Notables
- A. Ledenkov scored on the PP
- Saints go 3/3 on penalty kill
-Young Scores Goal
-Shewchuck recorded 6 shots
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The College of St. Scholastica men's hockey fell 3-2 to Augsburg in regulation to wrap up the end of the 23-2024 regular season.
How It Happened
The Saints battled hard with Augsburg tonight, winning the shots on goal battle 37-35 but the Auggies found a way to score late in a tied game to find the edge over the Saints.
In the first period, both teams seemed evenly matched as there wasn't a goal until the 13th minute of play which was scored by the Auggies. The Saints tied it up a few minutes later off the stick of Declan Young (Fergus Falls, Minn./Kennedy Secondary School), assisted by Hunter Hanson (Blaine, Minn./Blaine HS).
Augsburg scored one more in the second period taking a 2-1 lead heading into the third.
Arkhip Ledenkov (Polotsk, Belarus/Ostroshitsko-Gorodokskaya) tied the game (assisted by Kieran Chung (Nottingham, England) and Filimon Ledenkov (Polotsk, Belarus/Ostroshitsko-Gorodokskaya)) around the halfway point of the third on the power play to give the Saints some steam late. Then with less than five minutes remaining, the Auggies scored a dagger to take the lead making it 3-2.
The Saints looked like a different team than last night and battled hard against the conference leaders in Augsburg but wasn't enough playing in Augsburgs home environment.
Goaltending
Eino Rissanen (Sonvillier, Switzerland/Lycée Blaise-Cendrars) got the start for the Saints tonight stopping 32 of the 35 he faced.
Augsburg's goalie Samuel Vyletelka played another good game stopping 35 of 37 of the Saints shots.
Up Next
The Saints (15-9-1, 8-7-1) will look forward to a rematch against Bethel in Blaine next Saturday to start off the MIAC playoffs in a quarterfinal matchup. Puck drop between the #2 and #3 seeds is slated for 7 P.M.
