APPLETON, Wis. — Lawrence University scored a pair of third-period goals, but No. 2 St. Norbert College held on for a 4-2 Northern Collegiate Hockey Association victory Friday at the Appleton Family Ice Center.
Lawrence (3-6-0, 2-3-0 NCHA) trailed 4-0 heading into the third period, but the Vikings got back into the game via the power play.
After Storm Wahlrab was sent off for cross-checking at the 9:50 mark, Lawrence’s Lane King scored just five seconds later off a pass from Brandon Boelter to cut the lead to 4-1.
Lawrence got back on the power play when Lane Valimont was called for tripping at 15:16. Renato Engler scored on the man-advantage at the 16:54 mark off assists from Steve Hughes and Nick Felan to cut the margin to 4-2.
Lawrence finished 2-for-6 on the power play against the Green Knights (9-1-1, 6-1-0), who entered the game at 90.7 percent on the penalty kill. St. Norbert had only given up four power-play goals in its first 10 games.
The Green Knights did a great job of controlling the puck over the final few minutes to seal the victory.
St. Norbert struck first when it got a power-play goal from Sean Campbell with just 14 seconds left in the first period. The Green Knights made it 2-0 on Brad Pung’s goal just 2:37 into the second.
St. Norbert stretched the lead to 4-0 with goals from Wahlrab and Roman Uchyn in a span of 1:39 late in the second period.
Tony Kujava made 27 saves to pick up the win for St. Norbert. Mattias Soderqvist made 25 saves over the first two periods for the Vikings, and Greg Procopio stopped all seven shots he faced in the third.