After scoring 10 goals and defeating the Kansas on Friday, Iowa State swept up the series and improved their record to 5-1 with a 3-2 win over the Jayhawks.

The Cyclone hockey team scored first, with a goal by freshman forward Jason Pacheco with 8 minutes, 17 seconds remaining. After Pacheco’s goal, the rest of the first period was a defensive showcase, as both teams did not allow a goal.

Kansas was able to tie the game 1-1 early in the second period with a power play at the 18:58 mark. Tempers flared in the second period, however, as each team found themselves in the penalty box numerous times. Coach Al Murdoch said competition was the main reason for the penalties.

“I think since there are so many healthy players trying to make the team, they’re just playing really hard,” Murdoch said. “Maybe they do a little more than they need to on the [body] checks and they beat the progress of the opposing player. That’s a penalty, and we’ll take a few of those.”

Kansas would score again in the second period with 23 seconds remaining to take the lead, 2-1.

The third period began with Iowa State in need of a couple of big plays to take the lead and avoid another series split. With that being said, senior forward Bill Adolph scored and tied the game 2-2 with 12:12 remaining on an unassisted goal.

However, Adolph said, he didn’t even realize the puck had gone into the goal.

“I didn’t know it went in,” Adolph said. “Normally when you score a goal, you know almost immediately it went in. This one took a second to kick in.”

Adolph also mentioned a conversation he had before the third period began with Murdoch’s son, Cyclones hockey alumnus Andrew Murdoch, which helped to get him ready for the final period, Adolph said.

“[Andrew] came in and pulled some of us aside and told us that we needed to start playing selfish hockey,” Adolph said. “[Andrew] said that we were being too nice and passing the puck around, instead of shooting.”

Iowa State would take the lead for good when junior forward Pete Majkozak took an assist from junior forward Brad Krueger and scored with 3:53 remaining to give them a 3-2 lead and the victory.

After the game, Majkozak said he was relieved to score his first goal of the season.

“It’s good to get the monkey off my back,” Majkozak said. “To hit the game winner and listen to coach tell everyone last week that someone had to step up — it felt good.”

When asked about the play that led to the game-winning goal, Majkozak mentioned Krueger’s play to set up the goal.

“It was definitely Krueger’s drive to the net,” Majkozak said. “And following me down the side and snapping the puck over to me.”

The goal was Majkozak’s first of the season, a milestone Adolph also reached in Saturday’s game.

“Normally it doesn’t take me five games to find the goal,” Adolph said. “It was a big goal for me and it was a big goal for the team.”