St. Norbert 4, Stout 1 |
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MENOMONIE (October 31, 2009) - UW-Stout had to play defensively for much of the final two periods and St. Norbert went on to a 4-1 win Saturday afternoon at the Dunn County Ice Arena.
The Blue Devils (0-2-0, 0-2-0) were whistled for six consecutive penalties starting in the first period and carrying through into the third period. The Blue Devils penalty kill was fairly impressive as they allowed only one power play goal, and that came seconds before one power play ended and a delayed penalty was whistled in the second to push St. Norbert (3-0-0, 2-0-0) to a 3-1 lead.
It was St. Norbert that was on the defensive in the first period, picking up the first three penalties of the game. But St. Norbert fought off all Stout power play opportunities.
The Knights opened the scoring in the second minute of the game, getting a goal by Johan Ryd.
Stout tied the score in the second period as the Blue Devils' No. 1 line went to work.
Derek Hanson (Sr, Bemidji, Minn) took passes from
Scott Motz (Sr, Lake Elmo, Minn) and
Joel Gaulrapp (Sr, Owatonna) a minute into the stanza.
But the tie was short lived. Less than two minutes later, Ryd scored his second goal of the game at 2:37 in the period. Brandon Langley scored a power play goal at the 15 minute mark of the second period and put the game away with a goal by Matt Boyd with four minutes left in the game.
The Knights outshot Stout, 43-16. Stout's
Tom Lescovich (Fr, Clifton Park, NY) had 39 saves and the Knights' BJ O'Brien had 15 saves.
Stout will host St. Mary's, Friday, Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m. and St. Thomas, Saturday, Nov. 7, again at 7:30 p.m.
