Notables:-CSS goalie Tyler Bruggeman (North Mankato, Minn./Mankato West HS (Austin-NAHL) ) made 39 saves on 40 shots.-Derek Sutliffe (Las Vegas, Nev./Odyssey Charter School (Langley Rivermen-BCHL) ) scored two goals for the Saints including a power-play goal in the third period.-Matt Malenstyn (Surrey, British Columbia/Tamanawis Secondary (Waywayseecappo-MJHL) ) and Rich Coyne (Cave Creek, Ariz./Pinnacle HS (Alaska-Fairbanks) ) each recorded two assists in the game for St. Scholastica.-Keegan Bruce (Bellingham, Wash./Bellingham HS (Weyburn-SJHL) ) scored the game-winning goal for CSS 19:23 of the second period.-Cody Ganchar scored the lone goal for the Raiders on a power play to start the second period.
DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's hockey team started out the 2014-2015 season in strong fashion with a 4-1 victory over the Milwaukee School of Engineering at Mars Lakeview Arena Friday night.
The Saints and Raiders played a scoreless first period with both goalies shutting the door on any offensive chances. CSS goalie
Tyler Bruggeman (North Mankato, Minn./Mankato West HS (Austin-NAHL) ) made 16 saves in the first alone as MSOE was in control outshooting the Saints 16-5.
Just over a minute into the second period Cody Ganchar broke open the scoring for the Milwaukee School of Engineering with a power-play goal on an assist from Logan Bauman.
Despite the early set back, the Saints would go on to have a strong middle period outshooting the Raiders 19-10, drawing two power plays, and winning over 60% of the faceoffs taken in the period.
At 10:14 of the second period
Derek Sutliffe (Las Vegas, Nev./Odyssey Charter School (Langley Rivermen-BCHL) ) scored the first goal of the season for the Saints to tie the game 1-1.
Luke Simpson (Canmore, Alberta/Athol Murray College of Notre Dame (Canmore-AJHL) ) and
Matt Malenstyn (Surrey, British Columbia/Tamanawis Secondary (Waywayseecappo-MJHL) ) were credited with assists on the goal.
Then with 37 seconds left in the second period
Keegan Bruce (Bellingham, Wash./Bellingham HS (Weyburn-SJHL) ) found the back of the net for St. Scholastica for his first goal of the season.
Rich Coyne (Cave Creek, Ariz./Pinnacle HS (Alaska-Fairbanks) ) and
Justin Krabben (Rocky Mountain House, Alberta/Hunting Hills HS (Canmore-AJHL) ) recorded the assists on the go-ahead goal.
CSS got off to a good start in the third period as well with
Joel Paiement (Okotoks, Alberta/Holy Trinity Academy (Calgary Canucks-AJHL) ) scoring an unassisted goal to stretch the lead to 3-1 shortly after the Raiders had killed off a Saints power play.
St. Scholastica would convert on its power play in the season opener, even though they started game 0-3 with man-advantage, with
Derek Sutliffe (Las Vegas, Nev./Odyssey Charter School (Langley Rivermen-BCHL) ) getting his second goal of the game at 10:18 of the third period. Malenstyn and Coyne each recorded their second assists of the contest on the power-play goal.
The third period would finish without another goal scored between the two teams making the final score 4-1.
Tyler Bruggeman (North Mankato, Minn./Mankato West HS (Austin-NAHL) ) was rock solid for the Saints all night making 39 saves in the game and keeping the team in the game despite a slow start.
Nick Cohn made 32 saves for the Raiders in a solid effort.
The Saints will be back in action on Saturday looking for the sweep over the Milwaukee School of Engineering at Mars Lakeview Arena. Puck drop is at 5 p.m.
