MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Lawrence University scored three first-period goals and rode that to a 3-2 Northern Collegiate Hockey Association win over MSOE on Saturday at the Kern Center.
Lawrence (6-10-1, 5-5-0 NCHA) got goals from three different players in the first 17 minutes and kept MSOE (10-7-0, 5-5-0) off the board for the final 31:06 of the contest.
Lawrence goaltender Mattias Soderqvist was superb in net as he stopped 39 shots to pick up the win.
The Vikings got on the board while MSOE was on the power play early in the first period. The Raiders were on the man-advantage after Brandon Boelter was sent off for interference at 4:52, but Lawrence’s Matt Moore scored a short-handed goal just 21 seconds later to give the Vikings a 1-0 lead.
Lawrence made it 2-0 on Ryan Eardley’s first goal of the season at the 13:04 mark. The Raiders cut the margin to 2-1 on Ryan Moneer’s power-play goal at 16:17.
The Vikings struck back quickly as Blake Roubos scored 35 seconds later to push the advantage to 3-1.
MSOE cut the margin to 3-2 on another Moneer power-play goal at the 8:54 mark of the second. Lawrence stopped the Raiders from that point as the Vikings killed off three penalties, including two in the final period. Soderqvist stopped all 13 shots he faced in the final period.
Austin Campbell made the start in net for MSOE but allowed all three goals before being replaced. Zach Woodman stopped 30 shots in relief as the Vikings fired off 44 shots on the evening.