SJU Hockey Hosts No. 12 Trine for Two Video games on the MAC

By: Ryan Klinkner, SJU Director of Athletic Communications

Saint John’s hockey returns to the ice this weekend with a pair of neutral-site video games towards No. 12 Trine (Ind.) on the Municipal Athletic Complex (MAC) in St. Cloud. The collection begins with a 7 p.m. puck-drop for St. Cloud Youth Hockey Night on Friday (Jan. 2), adopted by a 2 p.m. contest on Saturday (Jan. 3). 

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ST. CLOUD YOUTH HOCKEY NIGHT FRIDAY: All St. Cloud youth hockey gamers and their households achieve free admittance to Friday night time’s recreation on the MAC.

A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John’s (4-2-3, 3-1-2 MIAC) cut up a MIAC collection with Bethel a month in the past.

Bethel 3, at Saint John’s 2 (Dec. 4)

SJU dominated the third interval however couldn’t rating the equalizer in a 3-2 loss to Bethel on the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud. The Johnnies recorded a 46-22 benefit in photographs, 37-13 after the primary interval, and gained 39 of the 58 faceoffs within the loss.

BU book-ended the primary interval with a pair of targets for an early cushion. Jack Brown took benefit of an influence play and a pair of cross-zone passes to place Bethel up 3:56 into the sport. Joe Kelly doubled the lead with 4:24 left within the first body as Jeremiah Konkel fed him a move throughout the crease of SJU senior goaltender Jon Howe (Chanhassen, Minn.) on a makeshift 2-on-1 on the zone entry.

Sophomore ahead Jordan Newpower (Lino Lakes, Minn.) reduce the lead in half simply 51 seconds into the second interval together with his third aim of the season. After senior ahead Jackson Borst (Edina, Minn.) stored the puck within the zone, junior ahead Logan Lyke (Medina, Minn.) despatched a move throughout the ice for Newpower to capitalize on.

SJU narrowly missed two scoring alternatives later within the second interval, as freshman defenseman Cashen Naeve (Independence, Minn.) nicked the pipe with 7:44 left and junior ahead Jacob McPartland (Victoria, Minn.) unleashed a shot on internet that discovered its approach by BU goaltender Austin Ryman however trickled simply broad of the pipe with 2:48 remaining within the body.

Joe Westlund’s aim with 47 seconds left within the second interval proved to be the dagger, as an SJU turnover behind the online gave Peyton Blair a transparent move to Westlund within the slot for a 3-1 lead on the second intermission. 

Junior ahead Jackson Bisson (Edina, Minn.) broke the Johnnies’ energy play drought with a fast aim line shot off a backdoor feed from junior ahead Jack Wandmacher (St. Louis Park, Minn.) 3:23 into the third interval. Lyke picked up the second help on Bisson’s third of the season after setting the play from behind the online.

SJU out-shot BU 22-3 within the third interval (36-6 tried) and pulled Howe for the additional skater with 1:26 left within the recreation, however the Johnnies managed only one shot on aim for the rest of the sport.

Howe made 19 saves within the loss, his first of the season (3-1-3 file).

Saint John’s 6, at Bethel 4 (Dec. 6)

The Johnnies earned a collection cut up with Bethel because of a 6-4 win on the Super Rink in Blaine. Three Johnnies – Borst,  Wandmacher and freshman ahead Carter Krenke (Bloomington, Minn.) – every scored two targets to assist the Johnnies earn their first outright win over the Royals since Dec. 1, 2022 to stay atop the convention standings. 

Bethel scored first, taking a 1-0 lead midway into the primary interval. Krenke evened the rating just below 4 minutes later, however any Johnnie first interval momentum was extinguished by Bethel two minutes later, as the house staff took a 2-1 lead heading into the primary intermission.

Krenke netted his second of the sport 7:17 into the second to even the rating. Borst gave SJU its first lead of the sport simply over a minute later, however Bethel took benefit of an influence play alternative to set the sport at three apiece late within the second. 

Wandmacher’s first of the night time got here at an opportune time, shifting the momentum in favor of SJU heading into the third interval with a 4-3 lead. 

He added his second of the day on the facility play midway by the third interval, and whereas Bethel transformed on one other energy play within the third, Borst put the sport out of attain with lower than a minute to play to earn the cut up. 

Howe made 36 saves – together with 17 within the second interval – for his fourth win of the season.

Junior ahead Chris Kernan (Maple Grove, Minn.) completed with a pair of helpers alongside the two-goal scorers. Krenke led the staff with 5 photographs on aim of 29, which paled compared to Bethel’s 40 on the night time.  

A LOOK AT THE THUNDER: Trine (7-3-2, 4-2-2 NCHA) earned a pair of wins, 4-1 and 3-1, at residence towards Buffalo State (N.Y.) again on Dec. 12-13. This weekend’s collection serves because the Thunder’s first highway video games since Nov. 22 – a 6-3 loss on the Milwaukee School of Engineering (Wis.). Sophomore ahead Alexander Babich leads or is tied for the staff lead in all three offensive classes: targets (6), assists (11) and factors (17). Freshman ahead Brody Simko is subsequent with 15 factors (5g/10a) and a team-leading +11. Three goaltenders have made begins to date this season and all have a GAA at 2.25 or higher: senior Kyle Kozma (2-2-2, 2.22 GAA, .911 save share in 377:33); junior Peyton Grainer (4-0-0, 2.25 GAA, .913 save share in 239:46); and sophomore Ronnie Petrucci (1-1-0, 2.15 GAA, .917 save share in 111:34). Trine has three power-play targets in 42 alternatives (7.1 %), whereas the penalty kill operates at 87.8 % (43-for-49).

SERIES HISTORY: This weekend’s video games are the primary for SJU on the ice towards Trine, which began its hockey program previous to the 2017-18 season.