RIVER FALLS, Wis. - The Yellowjacket men's hockey team hit the road Friday night to take on UW-River Falls. In the previous matchup between these two teams, the Falcons took down the 'Jackets by a final score of 4-3. In this contest, the Falcons used big first and second periods to take a 5-3 victory over the Yellowjackets.  

Game Notes: 

• The Yellowjackets struck early as Blake Setter (Calgary, Alberta/Central Memorial) scored off feeds from Carson Riddle (Ortonville, Mich./Brandon) and Justin Dauphinais (Val Caron, Ontario/École Secondaire Catholique Horizon) at 1:13 in the first period.  

• River Falls answered with three goals of their own in the first period as Tyler Waram, Reid Lune, and Ben Portner all found the back of the net.  

• The Yellowjackets scored their second goal on the power play as Alexey Yarmulnik (Old Bridge, N.J./Old Bridge) fired a shot that deflected off a Falcon skate and into the net just 12 seconds into the second period. Jordan Gibbs (Redwood Falls, Minn./Jefferson) and Dusty Bergstrom (Pine City, Minn./Pine City) were credited with assists on the goal.  

• The Falcons found themselves on the power play for their fourth goal of the game as Dylan Smith scored. River Falls added a second goal in the second from Gavin Middendorf to make the score 5-2.  

• Daniel Rozsival (Chicago, Ill./North Shore Country Day) scored the final goal of the game as he found the net one minute into the third period receiving assists from Chris Ishmael (Oakville, Ontario/Abbey Park Secondary School) and Kade Shea (Duluth, Minn./Denfeld).  

• Superior used a pair of goaltenders in the game with Jack Boschert (Florissant, Mo./Duchesne) drawing the start and making ten saves before Kobe Grant (Vernon, British Columbia/South Kamloops Secondary) came in and made 24.  

• Setter led the 'Jackets in shots making six while Riddle fired four of his own.  

The Yellowjackets and Falcons run it back tomorrow night for game two of their weekend series. The opening faceoff is set for 7 p.m. inside Hunt Arena in River Falls.