MARQUETTE, Mich. - Lake Superior State lost 6-2 to Northern Michigan at the Berry Events Center Friday. The Wildcats lead the season series 2-1 and are up 11 goals to nine in the race for the Father Cappo Cup heading into Saturday's game.

As of release time the Lakers sit in sixth place in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association with 41 points. The Wildcats are tied for seventh place in the CCHA with Ohio State with 39 points. The Lakers are 16-14-5 overall and 11-12-4-4 in the CCHA, while NMU is 15-12-6 overall and 10-11-6-3 in the CCHA.

The Wildcats opened up scoring with a goal at 5:55 of the first period from Reed Seckel. At 17:04 of the first, sophomore forward Kyle Jean (12-10--22) netted LSSU's first goal from junior forwards Domenic Monardo (10-18--28) and Nick McParland (14-10--24).

NMU scored three unanswered goals (one even-strength goal, one 4-on-4 and one 4-on-3) in the second period and added a short-handed goal at 3:37 of the third period to build a 5-1 lead. Wildcat center Matt Thurber talled the short-handed marker and led his team with 1-2--3 for the night. LSSU lost Jean to a game disqualification and Monardo to an injury during the second period.

Freshman forward Buddy Robinson (4-3--7) scored the Lakers' second goal of the game at 10:39 on assists from sophomore forward Kellan Lain (8-5--13) and McParland.

At 14:28 of the third period, the Wildcats took a 6-2 lead with a goal from Andrew Cherniwchan.

Sophomore netminder Kevin Kapalka (15-11-5-4) made 18 saves for the Lakers while Jared Coreau totaled 26 saves for NMU. The Lakers were 0-for-7 on the power-play, while NMU was 1-for-4.

LSSU and the Wildcats will be back in action Saturday starting a 7:35 p.m.

LSSU 2, NMU 6