Notables
-CSS is 11-1-0 in its last 12 NCHA home games
-With tonight's victory the Saints have 499 as a program all-time
-Pionk scores first collegiate goal
-Trenciansky earns win in first collegiate start in goal
DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's hockey team scored four goals in the second period en route to a 5-2 victory over Aurora University (Ill.) Friday night in Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) action at Mars Lakeview Arena.
The Action
Penalties filled the stat sheet early on as each team committed two penalties in the first nine minutes of the game. The Saints capitalized off a pair of Spartan (0-2-1, 0-1-0 NCHA) penalties early as
Nate Pionk (Hermantown, Minn./Hermantown HS (Minot-NAHL)) scored his first collegiate goal with the 5-on-3 advantage five minutes in to make it 1-0.
Parker Mismash (Edina, Minn./Edina HS (Minnesota Magicians-NAHL)) and
Brett Radford (Campbell River, British Columbia/Athol Murray College of Notre Dame (Canmore-AJHL)) had the assists. That was the lone goal of the period with the Saints out-shooting Aurora 12-6.
The floodgates started to open in the second period. Radford got the scoring started less than two minutes into the period to make it 2-0.
Kyle Star (Langley, British, Columbia/Brookswood (Trail Smoke-BCHL)) had the assist.
Seth Chumley (Cambridge, Minn./Benilde-St. Margaret’s (Minnesota Iron Rangers-SIJHL)) scored his third goal in the last two games with 14:00 left in the period to extend the margin to 3-0.
Sam Williams (Winnipeg, Manitoba/River East Collegiate (Melville-SJHL)) and
Kale Derkson (Regina, Saskatchewan/Sheldon Williams Collegiate/Athol Murray College of Notre Dame (Notre Dame-SJHL)) were credited with the assists.
Three minutes later,
Jordan Fralich (Duluth, Minn./Duluth Marshall School (Bismarck-NAHL)) skated the length of the ice and had a highlight reel goal to make it 4-0. Goaltender
Nick Trenciansky (Vancouver, British Columbia/Holy Cross Regional HS (Kindersley-SJHL)) had the assist. The final goal of the period came in the final two minutes when
Mark Whiteley (Surrey, British Columbia/Holy Cross HS (Marian University)) found the net to give St. Scholastica a 5-0 lead at the second intermission.
The Spartans kept fighting in the third period and recorded a power-play goal, which was the first allowed this season by CSS. Aurora added one more goal midway through the period to make the final 5-2.
Goaltending
In his first collegiate start, Trenciansky made 24 saves to earn the victory. Josh Boyko had 25 saves in two periods of action to get the loss. Gwillim Jake stopped all 10 shots in the third period for the Spartans.
Up Next
The Saints (3-0-0, 3-0-0 NCHA) are back in action tomorrow at Mars Lakeview Arena when they face-off against Lake Forest College (Ill.) in another NCHA matchup. The puck drops at 4 p.m.
