Notables
-CSS has won three straight over the Pointers
-First meeting since 2012-13 season when both teams were part of the NCHA
-First collegiate goals for Johnson and Seitz
-First multi-assist game for Hansen since 2018-19 season
DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's hockey team killed off a major penalty in the final six minutes and got a career-high 47 saves from sophomore goaltender
Jack Bostedt (Janesville, Wis./Janesville Craig HS (Minnesota Mullets-USPHL)) as the Saints knocked off sixth-ranked University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point 2-1 Saturday night at Mars Lakeview Arena.
How it Happened
The Pointers (2-2-0) scored the lone goal of the first period as Brandon McReynolds found the net seven minutes into the game. The second period saw the Saints kill off a pair of Pointer power-plays early in the period. CSS then had a 5-on-3 power-play for one minute, but could not capitalize.
The Saints would get another power-play opportunity later in the second period and took advantage this time as
Bryce Johnson (Roseau, Minn./Roseau HS (Thief River Falls-SIJHL)) redirected a pass in front to tie the contest at 1-1 with 5:26 left in the second period.
Jon Hansen (Duluth, Minn./Duluth Marshall (Minnesota Mullets-USPHL)) and
Nathan Adrian (Roseau, Minn./Roseau HS (Minnesota Wilderness-NAHL)) had the assists.
CSS killed off another Stevens Point power-play at the end of the second and early third period. Moments later, four minutes and 30 seconds into the period,
Jacob Seitz (Mountain Iron, Minn./Virginia HS (Minnesota Magicians-NAHL)) found the net to give the Saints their first lead of the night at 2-1. Hansen and
Arkhip Ledenkov (Polotsk, Belarus/Ostroshitsko-Gorodokskaya (New York Aviators-USPHL)) had the assists.
With the score still 2-1, the Saints would commit a five-minute major penalty with 5:55 remaining. The Pointers pulled the netminder with less than two minutes remaining on the major, but the Saints and Bostedt stood tall as Bostedt made 10 saves during the major and made four more saves in the final minute to preserve the 2-1 St. Scholastica victory.
Goaltending
Bostedt finished with a career-high 47 saves. Ryan Wagner had 15 saves for the Pointers.
Up Next
The Saints (3-1-0) will have their first Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) series next weekend as they open with St. Olaf College. The first game of the home-and-home series takes place at Mars Lakeview Arena Friday night with puck drop scheduled for 7 p.m.
