The Lawrence University hockey team held off a determined effort from Northland College on Friday night and posted a 5-3 Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association victory at the Appleton Family Ice Center.
The Vikings (2-0-1, 2-0-1 MCHA) got goals from five different players, and freshman goaltender Peter Emery picked up his second win of the season. Emery made 28 saves to improve to 2-0-0 on the season.
Lawrence jumped out to a 1-0 lead just 2:10 into the game on Huck Saunders’ first goal, a power-play tally, of the season. The Lumberacks scored on the power play just 33 seconds into the second period to tie it.
Lawrence freshman Patrick Coyne got his first collegiate goal when he scored exactly one minute later to give the Vikings a 2-1 edge.
Colin McIntosh countered for the Lumberjacks (0-3-0, 0-3-0) at the 4:23 mark to tie the score at 2-2. Lawrence scored just 40 seconds later on Ben Friedman’s first goal of the season to grab a 3-2 lead. Phil Bushbacher scored his first goal in a Lawrence uniform when he got a power-play goal at 11:28 of the second to give the Vikings a 4-2 edge.
Lawrence went 2-for-4 on the power play.
The Lumberjacks cut the margin to 4-3 on Kraig Wright’s short-handed goal 4:48 into the third period. The score stayed that way until Gustav Lindgren sealed the win for the Vikings with a goal with just 2:12 remaining.
Ian Perrier made 40 saves and took the loss for Northland.
The teams wrap up the series on Saturday afternoon.