Notables
- Hanson records two goals
- Richels has two points
- Bostedt earns 39th win, most by a Saints goaltender
WINONA, Minn. – The College of St. Scholastica men's hockey team wrapped up their away series with St. Marys on Saturday afternoon. After falling 4-2 on Friday evening, the Saints were able to bounce back from a defeat and secure the split with St. Marys, winning 4-1.
How It Happened
Just five minutes into the period,
Hunter Hanson (Blaine, Minn./Blaine HS) scored in his second consecutive game, and teammates
Sam Olson (Duluth, Minn./Cloquet HS) and
Nick Lanigan (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) secured the assists on the goal. A few minutes later,
Carsen Richels (Ham Lake, Minn./Blaine HS) would get the Saints another goal, his 14th of the season.
Filimon Ledenkov (Polotsk, Belarus/Ostroshitsko-Gorodokskaya) and Issac Suppin would be credited for the assists.
The Saints were up 2-0 early but weren't counting the Cardnials out of the game just yet, as they saw four unanswered goals on Friday. The Saints would be able to capitalize on their power-play in the middle of the first but were successful in killing both of the Cardnials' extra skaters on their power-play attempts in the first period.
Eight minutes into the second, a holding call on St. Scholastica would allow the home team to get back on their third power play on the evening. This time, the Cardnials would be able to strike with a goal of their own, making the score 2-1. The Saints would have 10 shots on goal while the Cardinals managed eight in the second period.
A few minutes into the final period, the Saints were looking to put this game away, they fired five shots in a row, one from Suppin, two from
Nathan Adrian (Roseau, Minn./Roseau HS), and two of Richel's shots were all saved by the Cardinal netminder. At the 12:59 mark,
Jacob Seitz (Mountain Iron, Minn./Virginia HS) put one behind the net for his ninth goal of the season. Richels would achieve another point as he got the assist.
With minutes winding down, St. Mary's would pull their goalie and look for some answers,
Jack Fuss (Edina, Minn./Edina HS) would record a blocked shot and
Jack Bostedt (Janesville, Wis./Janesville Craig HS) would make a key save. With the net empty, Hanson added to his already impressive weekend, with an empty net goal,
Alec Severson (Roseau, Minn./Roseau HS) had the assist.
Goaltending
Bostedt not only made 25 saves on the night, but he picked up his 39th collegiate win in the net tonight to become the newest all-time leader in career wins for a Saints goaltender. He passed Tyler Bruggeman, who had 38 wins and played from 2012 to 2016.
For the Cardinals, A.J. Ruskowski had 33 saves in the net tonight.
Up Next
The Saints (15-7-1, 8-5-1) conclude their final home game of the regular season next weekend, against in a very important matchup with Augsburg University. The Saints will play their home game on Friday night at 7 p.m., it will also be Senior Day. Then hit the road on Saturday.
