WOMEN’S COLLEGE HOCKEY:
– It was a defensive in-state battle as the University of Minnesota edged St. Cloud State 1-0. After a scoreless first period, St. Cloud’s Maddy Peterson would get a tripping penalty and the Gophers’ Abbey Murphy would take advantage and score the power play goal about mid-way through the second. Skylar Vetter would do the rest stopping all 24 shots she would face for Minnesota. The two teams will have a rematch on Saturday.
— For the sixth time this year St. Ben’s scored 5 goals in a game and shut out St. Olaf 5-0. Ava Stinnett led the Bennies with 2 goals. Kate Moffat recorded her third shutout of the season making 27 saves, and it was a team record 6th shutout this season. The two teams wrap up their weekend series on Saturday.
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MEN’S COLLEGE HOCKEY:
— The Gophers shut out Penn State 3-0 in game one of their two-game series. Rhett Pitlick scored on Minnesota’s first two shots less than three minutes apart and that would prove to be enough. The score would stay 2-0 until the third period when Connor Kurth would net the Gophers’ final goal. Justen Close was outstanding in goal for the Maroon and Gold stopping all 36 shots.
–Five different players would get scores as St. Cloud State downed Miami University (Ohio) 5-2 on Friday. The Huskies got goals from Jack Peart, Zach Okabe, Dylan Anhorn, Barrett Hall, and Cooper Wylie in the win. SCSU is 13-9-5 overall and 9-4-4 in the NCHC.
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— St. John’s closed out the regular season with a rough loss to St. Olaf on Friday losing 7-1. Garrett Smith scored the Johnnies’ only goal in the second period. St. John’s finishes the regular season at 9-12-4 and 6-9-1 in the MIAC. The Johnnies will find out their postseason fate after a week off as the rest of the conference will wrap up next weekend.
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JUNIOR HOCKEY:
–The Granite City Lumberjacks beat the Rochester Grizzlies 3-1 on Friday. Parker Dunaiski, Parker Comstock, and Joe Greniuk scored for the Jacks. They take on Rochester again on Saturday.
— The St. Cloud Norsemen needed overtime but were able to pull out a 2-1 win over the Austin Bruins on Friday. Hagen Moe scored the game-winner, and Michael Coleman netted the other goal for the Norsemen in the win.
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