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DULUTH, Minn. – On Senior Night, the 13th-ranked St. Scholastica hockey team followed last night's loss with a 4-3 victory tonight over Concordia-Moorhead at Mars Lakeview Arena.

The Saints are now 3-1-0 overall, while the Cobbers fall to 0-4-0. CSS is 16-13-1 all-time against Concordia-Moorhead.

The Saints were celebrating their eight seniors tonight. However, it was a pair of newcomers that put the Saints on top early as #Chris Sinclair# (Fr.-Fort Frances, Ont.) scored his first collegiate goal three minutes into the contest to give CSS a 1-0 lead. #Stephane Phaneuf# (So.-Winnipeg, Man.) had the assist.

Another freshman, #Tyler Miller# (Fr.-Fort Frances, Ont.) scored his first collegiate goal less than three minutes later to make it 2-0 St. Scholastica. #Jeremy Dawes# (So.-Winnipeg, Man.) and #Aaron Spotts# (Sr.-Spokane, Wash.) had the assists. CSS had a 13-5 shot advantage in the first period.

The Cobbers got on the board a minute into the second period with a power-play goal by Pat Deitz to make it 2-1. Concordia then tied it about halfway through the period with an even-handed goal by Jared Collen.

The Saints regained the lead with under eight minutes to go in the second period, when #Riley Riddell# (Jr.-Wawota, Sask.) scored his third of the season, unassisted to make it 3-2 CSS.

St. Scholastica added insurance with 14 minutes left in the game as #Paul Marcoux# (Fr.-Ottawa, Ont.) scored his first collegiate goal to extend the margin to 4-2. Chris Sinclair (Fort Frances, Ontario/Beaver Brae Secondary (Fort Frances-SIJHL) ) and #Dustin DeGagne# (Sr.-Winnipeg, Man.) had the assists.

Concordia made things interesting late as Collen scored his second of the night with less than seven minutes left, but the Saints held on to win by a tally of 4-3.

#Zach Kleiman# (Sr.-Ottawa, Ont.), who started his first game of the season for the Saints, stopped 14 shots to earn the win. Jacob Vatnsdal had 29 saves in the loss for the Cobbers. There were a total of 14 penalties in the contest.

The Saints will be at home again next weekend for a Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) series against second-ranked University of Wisconsin-Stout Blue Devils. The puck drops on both Friday and Saturday night at 7:05 p.m. The games can be heard on ESPN Radio 560-WEBC and can be seen live, courtesy of the iFan Sports Network, at csssaints.com.