ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — Drew LeBlanc scored twice in the second period to lift St. Cloud State to a 2-1 men’s college hockey win over Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Friday.

LeBlanc’s goals helped the Huskies (12-8-0) earn a split of their two-game series. RPI won the first meeting of the series 4-3 on Thursday.

LeBlanc’s first goal on the power play at 12:54 of the second period tied the game 1-1. RPI (5-7-4) had taken a 1-0 lead on Matt Tinordi’s goal just 2:43 into the game. LeBlanc netted the winner at 19:37 of the second.

Ryan Faragher made 14 saves for St. Cloud State, which outshot the Engineers 25-15.

RPI goalie Scott Diebold made 23 saves. The teams combined for only eight shots on goal in the third period.

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