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Saint John’s hockey returns to MIAC play with a home game against Hamline at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud. The two teams complete the series at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at the TRIA Rink in St. Paul.
LIVE COVERAGE
-Thursday, Jan. 19: Listen Live (WBHR-660 AM) | Live Stats/Live Video
-Saturday, Jan. 21: Listen Live (WBHR-660 AM) | Live Stats/Live Video
TICKET INFORMATION: Fans wishing to attend SJU hockey’s home games at the HBNHC in St. Cloud must purchase tickets online. The ticket booths will not be open due to staffing. – Purchase Online Tickets
STUDENT BUS FOR THURSDAY: Thanks to the SJU Senate, a bus will be available for CSB/SJU students for Thursday’s home game in St. Cloud. The bus departs the SJU Abbey Bell Banner at 6:15 p.m. (then a pickup from Flynntown) and leaves CSB’s HCC at 6:30 p.m.
NEXT WEEK: SJU’s outdoor game vs. Augsburg as part of Hockey Day Minnesota is already next Friday, Jan. 27! Puck-drop is set for 5:30 p.m. at Polar Lakes Park in White Bear Township. Tickets are available, both single-day for Friday’s game and for the three-day weekend. – Purchase Tickets
The game will be the first MIAC contest to be held as part of Hockey Day Minnesota since the event was established by the Minnesota Wild and Bally Sports North in 2007 and the second NCAA Division III game to be contested in the event’s history. St. Thomas tied Wisconsin-Stout 1-1 at Xcel Energy Center as part of the 2017 event.
The Johnnies are 44-39-2 against the Auggies since the 1986-87 season: 19-15-2 in St. Cloud, 19-22 in Minneapolis and 7-3 at a neutral site. SJU is 7-9-1 in the last 17 meetings and the two teams have split their MIAC series each of the past three seasons.
The two teams will complete their MIAC series at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28 , at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud.
A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John’s (9-6-2, 5-2-1 MIAC) split its final non-conference games of the regular season last weekend.
Wisconsin-Stout 3, at Saint John’s 1 (Jan. 13)
Wisconsin-Stout rode its special teams to a 3-1 win over Saint John’s hockey on Friday afternoon, Jan. 13, at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud. Stout scored two power-play goals and a shorthanded tally against SJU, which posted a 32-23 advantage in shots.
Jacob Halvorson gave Stout an early 1-0 lead on a power-play goal, his 10th tally of the season, 4:20 into the game. SJU outshot the Blue Devils in the opening period, 12-8, and had scoring multiple opportunities. Sophomore forward Jackson Sabo (Rosemount, Minn.) was denied on two point-blank chances, one following a bad defensive-zone turnover by Stout and the other on a breakaway, and freshman defenseman Zach Enebak (Lakeville, Minn.) hit the pipe. Sabo also hit the pipe in the second period.
Senior forward Nick Michel (Waconia, Minn.) tied the game with his team-leading 12th goal of the season 1:09 into the second period when he deflected a shot from Enebak to the back of the net.
The Blue Devils, however, regained the lead on another power-play goal – with two seconds remaining in the man advantage – from Gunner Moore 4:18 later. Dylan Rallis sealed the win for Stout on a shorthanded goal with 6:37 remaining in regulation.
Freshman goaltender Jon Howe (Chanhassen, Minn.) made his sixth collegiate start and stopped 20 shots in the defeat.
The Blue Devils finished 2-for-5 on the power play, while SJU registered only one shot on goal across three opportunities with the man advantage.
Saint John’s 3, No. 10 Wisconsin-Stevens Point 2 (Jan. 14)
SJU returned to the win column in a big way with a 3-2 victory over No. 10 Wisconsin-Stevens Point last Saturday (Jan. 14) at Bernicks Arena in Sartell.
Sophomore goaltender Bailey Huber (Mahtomedi, Minn.) made a career-high 41 saves and a pair of Johnnies scored their first goals of the season in the victory, which snapped a nine-game winless streak for SJU in the series. The Johnnies’ last win over the Pointers occurred Nov. 2, 2007, in Stevens Point, Wis. (a 5-3 score).
Senior defenseman Peter Tabor (Edina, Minn.) gave SJU a quick 1-0 lead with his second goal of the season 4:23 into the game, but Mick Heneghan tied it for UWSP on a power-play tally with 4:59 left in the frame.
Sophomore forward Spencer Rudrud (Eden Prairie, Minn.) gave the lead back to the Johnnies with the lone goal of the second period 8:52 in, his first tally of the season, on a one-timer directly off a faceoff win from Sabo.
Senior forward Jack Johnson (Bemidji, Minn.) padded the lead with what proved to be the game-winning goal – his first goal of the season and 15th of his career – at the 11:51 mark of the third period on a nice cross-ice feed from Michel.
Fletcher Anderson cut the Pointers’ deficit to one 38 seconds later, but the visitors could not find the equalizer with the goaltender pulled for the game’s final two minutes.
SJU went 0-for-5 on the power play, including a pair of 5-on-3 advantages: for 1:40 late in the first period and another for a duration of 1:47 in the second.
MIAC ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Huber was named the MIAC Men’s Hockey Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season on Monday (Jan. 16) for his performance in Saturday night’s win over No. 10 UWSP. The victory came after he posted both wins in net, a 0.50 GAA and a .967 save percentage (29 saves) in the Jan. 6-7 sweep of Gustavus Adolphus. Huber touts a 7-2-2 record and leads the MIAC in both GAA (1.44) and save percentage (.945) this season.
STAT COMPARISONS
Scoring Offense
3. SJU, 3.63 gpg. (3.12 overall)
8. HAM, 1.80 gpg. (2.53 overall)
GAA
2. SJU, 1.86 (1.92 overall)
4. HAM, 2.80 (2.45 overall)
Power Play
2. SJU, 27.3 percent/9-33 (25.7 percent/19-74 overall)
8. HAM, 9.1 percent/2-22 (9.3 percent/5-54 overall)
Penalty Kill
5. HAM, 81.8 percent/18-22 (82.8 percent/48-58 overall)
8. SJU, 73.7 percent/14-19 (75.9 percent/41-54 overall)
A LOOK AT THE PIPERS: Hamline (8-6-1, 1-5-0 MIAC) extended its win streak to five games a pair of overtime wins last weekend at home to close its non-conference schedule. The Pipers scored two goals in the third period to tie the game and senior defenseman Erik Dahl tallied the game-winner at 3:36 of overtime to top Wisconsin-Eau Claire Friday night. Sophomore defenseman Ryan Brandt provided the heroics 1:05 into overtime in Saturday’s 2-1 win over Wisconsin-Superior. HU was outshot by a 67-37 margin on the weekend, including 36-15 to the Blugolds. The two wins followed another overtime victory, 3-2, back on Jan. 6 at No. 10 Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Senior forward Sam Dabrowski leads the team in goals (7) and points (11), while junior forward Bailey Sommers has a team-best six assists and is next with nine points. Senior goaltender Kevin Lake is 6-6 with a 2.68 GAA and a .920 save percentage (367 saves).
LAST SEASON: The Johnnies extended its unbeaten streak against Hamline to five games (3-0-2 record) with a non-conference sweep last season. The two conference games were canceled due to COVID-19 protocols.
Saint John’s 4, at Hamline 1 (Jan. 26)
SJU ended a grueling stretch of four games in six days (3-0-1 record) with a 4-1 win over Hamline last Jan. 26 (2022) in St. Paul. The Johnnies outshot the Pipers by a 39-24 margin and scored four unanswered goals, after HU (Brendan Sheehan) scored 8:56 into the game, to seal the victory.
Forward Brady Dahl ’22 tied the game at 1-1 with his first goal of the season with 35 seconds left in the opening frame. Senior forward Brett Meister (White Bear Lake, Minn.) scored what proved to be the game-winning goal, his second tally of the season, 5:14 into the second period.
Like Dahl’s goal in the first period, SJU lit the lamp again late in the second when Michel found the back of the net for the eighth time this season with 15 seconds remaining.
Senior captain Auggie Moore (Edina, Minn.) ended the game’s scoring with his eighth goal of the season, during a 5-on-3 power play, with 9:18 left in the contest.
Goaltender Mac Berglove ’21 made 23 saves to improve his record to 9-3-2 on the year.
at Saint John’s 8, Hamline 3 (Feb. 7)
Seven different Johnnies scored a goal in an 8-3 victory back on Feb. 7 (2022) at the Municipal Athletic Complex in St. Cloud. SJU outshot the Pipers by a slim 37-35 margin and went 3-for-5 on the power play. Two seniors from Edina, Moore (2g/2a) and Tabor (0g/4a), recorded four-point games.
SJU jumped out to a 3-0 lead on nine shots in the first period. Rudrud started the scoring with his fifth goal of the year 3:23 into the game. Junior forward Lewis Crosby (Edina, Minn.) tallied his team-leading 15th goal with 6:10 left in the opening frame and senior forward Joe Papa (St. Charles, Ill.) registered his second collegiate goal at the 18:20 mark.
HU erased the shutout 3:05 into the second period before the Johnnies scored five straight goals, including a four in the second. Moore made it 4-1 with a power-play tally at the 8:32 mark and sophomore forward Cody Carlson (Buffalo, Minn.) added to the lead 2:26 later. Goals from Borst and Moore, again, gave the home team a 7-1 lead entering the third period. Defenseman Max Osborne scored the Johnnies’ third power-play goal of the evening 4:26 into the final frame.
The Pipers ended the games scoring with a pair of goals in the final four minutes, including a 5-on-3 power play tally with 55 seconds remaining.
Goaltender Michael Magnuson ’22 made his fifth start of the season and stopped 32 shots in the win (3-2 record).
SERIES HISTORY: The Johnnies are 57-27-7 against the Pipers since the 1981-82 season, including a 16-5-4 record in the last 25 meetings.
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