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DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica hockey team played a strong first half of hockey, but the No. 1 team in the country, the St. Norbert College Green Knights, held them off long enough to earn a 3-0 victory at Mars Lakeview Arena to remain undefeated on the season.
Goaltender #Steve Bounds# (Sr.-Airdie, Alta.) stood on his head between the pipes on his way to making 34 saves for CSS, edging out Green Knights goalie Blake Bashor by three shots who earned a shutout and his fourth win of the season. Bounds falls to 4-3-1 on the season in net.
CSS had plenty of chances in the first and third periods, outshooting St. Norbert 22-18 over the initial and final frames, but second-period turnovers proved to be costly for the Saints as the Knights went up 2-0. Captain #Trevor Geiger# (Sr.-Salmon Arm, B.C.) lead the Saints in shots with seven, with five coming in the third period as the Saints tried to rally back from a three-goal defecit.
Forward Brandon Longley played the starring role for the Knights, netting a hat trick with assists going to Ryan Peterson getting the first assist on all three goals, with the second going to Sam Tikka on the first two and Steven Sleep on the final.
St. Norbert, now 8-0-0 overall (3-0-0 NCHA), will travel across the bridge to play the University of Wis.-Superior tomorrow night. The Saints, who fall to 4-3-1 overall and 1-2-0 in the NCHA, will play their final home game of 2008 tomorrow when they will host Lake Forest College. The puck drops at 7:05 p.m. at Mars Lakeview Arena.
