MARQUETTE, Mich.â€Ã‚ÂÂ" Craig Kowalski seems to come up big when he has to and on Saturday nightat the Berry Events Center he came up big once againfor his Ã‚  11^th career shutoutin blanking the Michigan Tech Huskies by a score of 2-0. Ã‚  It was Kowalskiâ€Ã‚™s third shutout in the pastfour games.  With the win the â€Ã‚˜Catspicked up the Ramada Cup.  The firstthree games of the series against the Huskies this season all went intoovertime.  With the win the â€Ã‚˜Cats are now8-7-1 overall while Tech is 3-9-4.

Alan Swanson scored the first goalof the game which turned out to be the game-winner at 19:52 of the first period. Alex Sawruk assisted on the goal. Ã¢Ã‚€ÃƒÃ‚‚œThings are clicking right now and I canâ€Ã‚™t explain it,â€Ã‚ Sawruksaid.  â€Ã‚œIt feels good and we are justwinning.â€Ã‚ Sawruk has five points over the past two weekends.

Justin Kinnunen scored an insurancegoal at 6:45 of the third period forthe final margin of the game.  JamieMilam assisted.  â€Ã‚œI would like to giveTech a lot of credit as three of the four games went into overtime,â€Ã‚ Walt Kyle,head coach of NMU, said. â€Ã‚œI think that we were better in our defensive zonecoverage tonight.â€Ã‚

Kowalski on the night had 29saves.  Cam Ellsworth for Tech had 18saves on the night.  Both teams had fourpower-play opportunities and came up empty.

NMU will not be back in actionuntil January 2-3 when they will face Michigan State in East Lansing, Mich.