UW-Stout 4, St. Olaf 2 |
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NORTHFIELD, Minn. (January 4, 2019) - UW-Stout rained on St. Olaf's parade as the Blue Devils scored three first period goal on their way to a 4-2 win over the Oles as the school played their first-ever game at the just completed on-campus St. Olaf Ice Arena Friday.
Senior defenseman and team captain
Mathias Ahman put the Blue Devils (10-4-1) on the board seven minutes into the game, scoring his sixth goal of the season and second power play goal, getting assists from
Alex Nagel and
Connor Chambers.
Stout scored two goals in just less than four minutes of game time to take a 3-0 first period lead when freshman
Arturas Laukaitis scored at 11:31 and
Gavin Smith scored at 15:28.
Lucas Carroll assisted on both goals and Smith assisted on Laukaitis' goal and
Alex Toscano assisted on Smith's goal.
The Oles (3-7-1) cut the lead to 3-1 when Roshen Jaswal scored with just over two minutes left to play in the period.
Nagel got the goal back late in the second period, getting assists from
Joe Kleven and
Conner Valesano at 17:39.
Jaswal made the game more interesting in the third period when he scored his second goal of the game, this one coming on the power play at 13:59.
Tommi Ahlgren recorded 23 saves for the Blue Devils and Eric Hancock turned away 23 shots.
Including an exhibition game in October, this was the team's third win over St. Olaf this season.
The Blue Devils return to action Tuesday, Jan. 8 when they travel to Northland College, then return home to host Hamline University Friday, Jan. 11 in a Community Day contest. No admission will be charged at the Hamline game.
