APPLETON, Wis. — Lawrence University scored three unanswered goals in the third period Saturday to rally for a 6-4 Northern Collegiate Hockey Association victory over Aurora University at the Appleton Family Ice Center.
Nick Felan had a goal and three assists for Lawrence (6-8-1, 5-4-1 NCHA), and Renato Engler picked up a goal and two assists.
Mattias Soderqvist pushed his unbeaten streak to four games for the Vikings and made 31 saves.
Trevor Hoth had a goal and two assists for Aurora (1-13-1, 1-8-1), and Jared Rutledge made 39 saves for the Spartans.
Tim Santopoalo scored just 1:06 into the third period to give Aurora a 4-3 lead, but the Vikings rallied quickly.
Jake Kreutzer, in just his second game back from injury for the Vikings, took the puck to the right of Rutledge and went top shelf. The puck snuck inside the upper corner for a goal to tie the game at 4-4 at the 4:43 mark.
Less than a minute later, Felix Henriksson fired a puck through a screen of multiple defenders and past Rutledge to give the Vikings a 5-4 lead at the 5:30 mark. That would prove to be the game-winner, the second game-winning goal for Henriksson in as many nights.
The Vikings then stretched the lead on the power play midway through the period. Engler beat Rutledge with assists from Felan and Steve Hughes, who finished with three helpers in the game, at the 11:08 mark.
The Spartans pulled Rutledge for the final 1:40 but couldn’t score.
Felan got Lawrence on the board with his third goal of the season at the 8:54 mark of the first. Lawrence made it 2-0 on Matt Moore’s goal just 43 seconds into the second period.
Aurora scored the game’s next two goals in the ensuing 5:01 to tie it at 2-2. Lawrence grabbed a 3-2 lead on Brandon Boelter’s power-play goal at the 16:13 mark of the second, but Toth scored for Aurora with 1:08 left in the period to make the score 3-3 after two.
Lawrence finished the game with 45 shots and went 2-for-5 on the power play.