Sam Morton helped stall any upset thoughts with an early third period goal and Lucas Sowder provided the game-winner later in the period as the Mavericks snatched the first game of the best-of-three CCHA quarterfinal series.
Minnesota State kept the 109-year-old silver trophy in the comforts of its own home by winning the CCHA regular season championship on Saturday with a 5-1 victory over Bemidji State.