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Dickman’s hat trick dooms UAA in hockey loss to Bemidji State

For the second time in the last three games, the UAA hockey team went down a goal in the first minute of the game.

Bemidji State forward Myles Fitzgerald scored his first of two goals 42 seconds into the game and the Beavers dismantled the Seawolves 5-1 Friday in a Western Collegiate Hockey Association game in Bemidji, Minnesota.

"We need to be better to start games," UAA coach Matt Thomas said in a news release. "We can't expect to win when we spot teams early leads."

Bemidji State forward Jay Dickman recorded a hat trick for the Beavers with two goals in the first period and one in the second. The Beavers led 3-0 through the game's first 20 minutes.

Beavers forward Kyle Bauman tacked on four assists.

UAA defenseman Jarrett Brown scored the Seawolves' lone goal early in the second period — his second of the season. Assists were credited to senior winger Tad Kozun and junior winger Alex Jackstadt.

The Beavers (6-6-5, 3-4-4 WCHA) outshot the Seawolves 40-22.

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UAA goalie Olivier Mantha supplied 35 saves and Bemidji goalie Michael Bitzer had 21 stops.

Both squads finished 0 for 3 on the power play.

UAA (1-12-4, 1-7-3) is 0 for 26 on the power play in its last seven games and has the second-worst winning percentage in NCAA Division I.

Only St. Lawrence, a team from Canton, New York, owns a worse record at 1-14-1.

The Seawolves are riding a nine-game winless streak heading into Saturday's rematch against Bemidji State.

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