When Marquette beat Detroit 5-1 in exhibition play behind four goals from Jan Maertins, my reaction was “well, that was fun, but that’s not happening again this season.” That was meant as both “Maertins isn’t doing that again” as well as “Marquette’s offense isn’t going to explode for a four-goal victory again.” MU started the season with a 4-0 loss to Kentucky, somewhat reaffirming that concept.
Marquette promptly turned around and scored four goals of their own against both Northern Illinois and Illinois-Chicago. That’s quite the impressive scoring effort, made even more impressive because of where those goals have come from.