DULUTH, Minn. — St. Scholastica used its special teams for nearly all of its offense and went on to a 4-2 Northern Collegiate Hockey Association win over Lawrence University on Saturday at Mars Lakeview Arena.
The Saints (10-7-2, 7-4-1 NCHA) got a pair of power-play goals and a short-hander to secure a series sweep from Lawrence (6-12-1, 5-7-0). St. Scholastica won 6-1 on Friday night.
Lawrence jumped out to a 2-0 lead 12:10 into the first period. The Vikings scored first on Tom Lee’s second goal of the season at the 7:54 mark. Lawrence made it 2-0 when Blake Roubos scored his sixth goal of the season at the 12:10 mark.
A Cory Bastian roughing penalty put the Saints on the power play, and Dylan Nowakowski cashed in at the 13:59 mark to cut the lead to 2-1.
The Vikings were on the power play to start the second period, but Michael Spring’s short-hander 30 seconds into the period tied the game at 2-2.
The Saints were on a two-man advantage after penalties to Patrick Coyne and Kevin Killian, and Derek Hill scored on the power play at the 10:42 mark of the second to put St. Scholastica up 3-2.
St. Scholastica was 2-for-6 on the power play, and the Vikings went 0-for-5.
The score stayed that way until Joel Paiement scored with just 6:29 remaining in the third period to help seal the victory.
Tyler Bruggeman made 24 saves to pick up the win for the Saints. Mattias Soderqvist stopped 42 shots for the Vikings.