APPLETON, Wis. — The Lawrence University hockey team returns from its holiday break to face a pair of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference teams on the road this weekend. Lawrence travels to Concordia (Minn.) College on Saturday and then takes on No. 15 St. John’s University on Sunday.
Category: Hockey
No. 13 Blugolds start fast, roll to win over Lawrence
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — The No. 13 UW-Eau Claire hockey team scored six times in the first period and went on to an 11-2 nonconference victory over Lawrence University on Saturday at Hobbs Ice Center.
Brandon Wahlin had a hat trick and Ross Andersen and Ethan Nauman scored two goals apiece for Eau Claire (7-3-2). Ryan Rumble and Sean Reynolds both scored for the Vikings (5-7-1).
Rumble scored just 24 seconds into the game to give Lawrence a 1-0 lead. Wahlin tied the game at the 5:29 mark, and the Blugolds scored five more times over the next 10:52 to go up 6-1.
Eau Claire scored early in the second period, but Reynolds scored for Lawrence at the 4:35 mark to cut the margin to 7-2. The Blugolds then scored two more times in the next two minutes to put the game away.
Jay Deo made 22 saves to get the win for Eau Claire. Mattias Soderqvist made 37 saves for the Vikings.
Hockey preview: Lawrence at No. 13 UW-Eau Claire
APPLETON, Wis. — The Lawrence University hockey team heads to northern Wisconsin to take on No. 13 UW-Eau Claire in a nonconference game on Saturday at Hobbs Arena. The puck drops at 7 p.m.
Top-ranked St. Norbert downs Vikings
APPLETON, Wis. — Top-ranked St. Norbert College put on an impressive display Saturday night in a 9-0 Northern Collegiate Hockey Association victory over Lawrence University at the Appleton Family Ice Center.
The Green Knights (10-0-1, 7-0-1 NCHA) scored four times in the opening 8:38 and had a 52-16 advantage in shots.
Michael Hill had a hat trick for St. Norbert and Erik Cooper scored two of the Green Knights’ first three goals.
David Jacobson improved to 8-0-0 for the season while making 16 saves for the shutout.
Lawrence goaltender Mattias Soderqvist gave up the first three goals of the contest and took the loss. Anton Olsson came on in relief in the first period and finished with 41 saves for the Vikings (5-6-1, 4-4-0).
Lawrence missed a great scoring chance in the first 20 seconds of the game, and St. Norbert’s Ross Pavek scored at 1:09 to put the Green Knights up 1-0.
Cooper then scored at 6:35 and 8:25, and Hill got his first goal of the night at 8:38 for a 4-0 lead. St. Norbert added three more goals in the second and a pair of goals in the third period.
Top-ranked Green Knights edge Lawrence
DE PERE, Wis. — Top-ranked St. Norbert College edged Lawrence University 3-1 Friday night in a Northern Collegiate Hockey Association game at the Cornerstone Community Center.
The No. 1 Green Knights (9-0-1, 6-0-1 NCHA) got a pair of third-period goals to pull away from Lawrence (5-5-1, 4-3-0).
Lawrence goaltender Mattias Soderqvist kept the Vikings in it by stopping a career-high 54 shots. His previous best was 50 last season at MSOE. St. Norbert’s All-America goaltender David Jacobson was forced to make just 16 saves to pick up the win.
After a scoreless first period, the Green Knights got on the board when Tyler Zepeda scored 5:11 into the second period. The score remained that way until Erik Cooper scored on a two-man advantage on the power play just 59 seconds into the third period to put the Green Knights up 2-0.
Michael Hill gave St. Norbert a 3-0 lead with 3:29 left, but Lawrence did manage deny the shutout when Ryan Rumble scored with 1:01 remaining.
The teams wrap up the series Saturday night at the Appleton Family Ice Center.
Hockey series preview: Lawrence vs. No. 1 St. Norbert
APPLETON, Wis. — Lawrence University faces a huge challenge this weekend as it takes on No. 1-ranked St. Norbert College in a home-and-home Northern Collegiate Hockey Association series. The Vikings travel to De Pere, Wis., on Friday for a 7 p.m. game at the Cornerstone Community Center, and Lawrence then hosts the Green Knights at the Appleton Family Ice Center at 7 p.m. on Saturday.
Soderqvist picks up second Player of the Week honor
APPLETON, Wis. — Lawrence University goaltender Mattias Soderqvist has been named the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season.
Soderqvist (Stockholm, Sweden) picked up a win and a tie against a pair of tough opponents in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Thanksgiving Showdown. Soderqvist also was named the NCHA Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 5 after picking up two wins in a sweep of Concordia (Wis.) University.
In last Saturday’s 3-3 overtime tie with Gustavus Adolphus College, Soderqvist made 42 saves, his second-highest total of the season (44 vs. Concordia, Wis.), including stopping 32 shots in the second, third and overtime periods combined.
In Sunday’s 4-3 win vs. St. Olaf College, Soderqvist made 37 saves to give Lawrence just its second win ever in the Thanksgiving Showdown. Soderqvist made 15 saves in the third period to preserve Lawrence’s lead and the win.
For the two games, Soderqvist stopped 79 of 85 shots for a .929 save percentage and 2.88 goals against average.
On the season, Soderqvist improved his record to 5-3-1. He now has a .924 save percentage and 2.76 GAA.
Lawrence returns to the ice this weekend when it faces No. 1-ranked St. Norbert College in a home-and-home series. The Vikings will face the Green Knights at the Appleton Family Ice Center at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Rumble scores twice as Vikings top St. Olaf
ST. PETER, Minn. — Ryan Rumble scored Lawrence University’s final two goals Sunday to lift the Vikings to a 4-3 nonconference victory over St. Olaf College in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Thanksgiving Showdown.
Rumble gave Lawrence (5-4-1) a 3-2 lead late in the second period and then broke a tie early in the third, and that proved to be the difference against the Oles (2-8-0).
Rumble gave Lawrence the lead when he scored off assists from Ryan Robertson and Jake Roeper with 1:30 left in the second period. That lead didn’t last as Matt Guerts scored on the power play with just 19 seconds left in the period to tie it at 3-3.
Lawrence grabbed the 4-3 lead when Rumble scored 3:45 into the third period with Roeper and Robertson picking up assists again.
Lawrence goaltender Mattias Soderqvist made that lead stand up as he stopped all 15 St. Olaf shots in the final period. Soderqvist finished with 37 saves.
The Vikings also had to kill off a pair of third-period penalties and held the Oles to 1-for-5 on the man-advantage for the game. St. Olaf pulled their goaltender for the final 1:22 but couldn’t get the equalizer.
Lawrence trailed 1-0 when Brendan Vetter scored with 9:00 left in the first period. The score remained tied at 1-1 until Roeper scored his first collegiate goal, a power-play tally, at the 5:58 mark of the second. The Oles tied it at 2-2 on a short-hander by Brian Hickey at the 14:21 mark of the second.
Luke Andriuk made 27 saves and took the loss for St. Olaf.
Lawrence, Gusties skate to 3-3 tie
ST. PETER, Minn. — The Lawrence University hockey team skated to a 3-3 overtime tie with Gustavus Adolphus College Saturday night in a nonconference game at the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Thanksgiving Showdown.
Lawrence (4-4-1) scored a pair of second-period goals to grab the lead, but Gustavus (3-2-4) got the equalizer at the seven-minute mark of the third. Gustavus had three power-play opportunities later in the third but couldn’t cash in.
The Gusties went 0-for-6 on the power play, and Lawrence was 0-for-2.
Jake McCann gave Gustavus a 1-0 lead with his goal at 8:36 of the opening period. Lawrence tied it at 1-1 just over two minutes later when Brendan Vetter scored off a pass from Matt Moore.
Gavin Tufte gave the Gusties a 2-1 lead when he scored at 3:47 of the second, but the Vikings scored twice in a two-minute span to take the lead. Ryan Rumble scored off a pass from Brandon Boelter at 8:47 to tie it, and Jake Kreutzer scored off a pass from Austin Frank at 10:44 to give Lawrence a 3-2 advantage.
Andy Pearson then scored at 7:11 of the third for the Gusties to tie it at 3-3.
Mattias Soderqvist made 42 saves for the Vikings, and Erik Johnson stopped 20 shots for Gustavus.
Lawrence takes on St. Olaf College on Sunday afternoon to wrap up the Thanksgiving Showdown.
Hockey preview: Lawrence at NCHA-MIAC Thanksgiving Showdown
APPLETON, Wis. — The Lawrence University hockey team heads to Minnesota this weekend for the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Thanksgiving Showdown. The games will be played in St. Peter, Minn., at Lund Arena on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College. Lawrence faces Gustavus on Saturday at 7 p.m. and then faces St. Olaf College at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday.