Notables
-Adrian captures a share of the NCHA regular season title and will be the No. 1 seed in the Harris Cup playoffs
-Adrian scored three goals in the third period after being down 2-1 after two
-The Saints scored two goals in the first period despite recording only four shots
-CSS took six penalties to just three for Adrian

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DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The No. 14 St. Scholastica men's hockey team let a two-goal lead slip away as it lost game two of the weekend series with No. 3 Adrian College (Mich.) 4-2 to end the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) regular season.
 
First Period
The Saints scored two goals in the first period just 2:19 apart from one another.
 
The first goal came when Rich Coyne (Cave Creek, Ariz./Pinnacle HS (Alaska-Fairbanks) ) would notch his first of the season 14:32 into the game with the assist going to Sam Williams (Winnipeg, Manitoba/River East Collegiate (Melville-SJHL) )
 
Mark Whiteley (Surrey, British Columbia/Holy Cross HS (Marian University)) would follow up the Coyne goal with a power play goal of his won at the 16:51 mark of the first period to set the score at 2-0 in favor of the Saints. Keegan Bruce (Bellingham, Wash./Bellingham HS (Weyburn-SJHL) ) and Dylan Nowakowski (Calgary, Alberta/Centennial HS (Brooks-AJHL) ) got credited with the helpers on the goal, and CSS would take their two goal lead into the first intermission.
 
Second Period
There was only one goal scored in the second period, and unfortunately for the Saints it was scored by the Bulldogs.
 
Just one minute into the second period Connor Armour would score a power play goal to cut the Saints lead in half at 2-1.
 
That score would hold through the next 19 minutes of play as defense was the story of the second period. 
 
Third Period
The third period would start almost exactly the same way as the second. Adrian tallied a goal 1:10 into the period to tie the game up at 2-2.
 
The Bulldogs would follow their early goal with a second goal to take their first lead at 3-2 with over 15 minutes remaining when Cory Dunn beat Saints goalie Tyler Bruggeman (North Mankato, Minn./Mankato West HS (Austin-NAHL) ).
 
The Saints would try and mount a comeback effort over the next 10 minutes, but an Adrian goal with 6:31 to go all but sealed the game as CSS fell in its regular season finale by a final score of 4-2.
 
Bruggeman ended the game stopping 29-of-33 shots in the losing effort.
 
Up Next
Despite the loss, St. Scholastica (14-8-3, 12-7-1 NCHC) will play at least one home playoff game this Wednesday against either the Milwaukee School of Engineering or Lawrence University (Wis.). The puck drop for that game is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Mars Lakeview Arena.