Patrick Cozzi and Logan Will each scored his first career goal and Dominic Basse made 17 saves to lead Colorado College to a 4-1 victory over Miami Tuesday night at Baxter Arena.
 
The Tigers (2-2-1) scored all four goals in the third period after the teams skated to a scoreless draw after 40 minutes, not for a lack of decent opportunities for CC. Junior transfer Brian Hawkinson rang a shot off the pipe against his former teammates midway through the second period, while Jack Gates and Jackson Jutting each had point-blank looks denied by Miami goalie Ben Kraws early in the third.
 
Team captain Grant Cruikshank finall broke through and opened the scoring with his fourth goal of the season at the 6:55 mark of the final frame. Cruikshank, who had two tallies against No. 3 Minnesota Duluth on Sunday, took a cross-ice pass from freshman Nicklas Andrews (first career point) and buried a shot from the right circle past Kraws.
 
Cozzi notched his first career goal at the 9:00 mark when Josiah Slavin stole the puck behind the Miami net and found Cozzi all alone in the slot for a 2-0 lead.

"I was lucky enough to get that goal," Cozzi said. "I want to thank my teammates for being super supportive during the drought, but it's nice to get the first one."
 
Kraws went to the bench in favor of an extra attacker with roughly four minutes to play, and the Tigers took full advantage as Ben Copeland gathered a loose puck at center ice and scored his second of the season into the open net to make it 3-0.
 
Basse was stellar in the net again for the Tigers, stopping 17 of the RedHawks' 18 shots. Derek Daschke averted the shutout with 2:52 remaining in the game, then Will produced his first career goal, another empty-netter with 1:32 remaining in the game.

"Basse played another solid game for us tonight," head coach Mike Haviland said. "He's making the saves he's supposed to make."
 
The Tigers outshot Miami, 30-18, and Kraws finished with 26 saves for Miami (1-6-0).
 
Colorado College returns to action on Friday, Dec. 18, against ninth-ranked St. Cloud State, beginning at 7:35 p.m. (CT).