Hockey

DE PERE, Wis. — The College of St. Scholastic scored three goals in the first five minutes on Friday and rolled to a 9-2 nonconference victory over Lawrence University in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association/Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association Thanksgiving Classic at the Cornerstone Community Center.

Brenden Kotyk and Brandon Nowakowski both had two goals and two assists to pace St. Scholastica (2-5-0).

Renato Engler scored his first career goal for Lawrence (2-5-0), and Rudi Pino added a short-handed goal for the Vikings.

The Saints led 3-0 just 4:59 into the game and held that advantage into the second period. St. Scholastica then scored three goals, including two by Nowakowski, in the first 9:09 of the second period to pull away.

Engler finally got Lawrence on the board with a power-play goal at 17:19 of the second. Pino scored his short-hander with just 50 seconds left in the game.

Michael Baldino made 40 saves and took the loss for Lawrence, which was out-shot 49-18. Colin Rundell made 16 saves to pick up the win.

Lawrence finishes the Thanksgiving Classic when it faces No. 6 St. Norbert College on Saturday evening.

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Brian Berger scored 1:19 into overtime to lift the Marian University hockey team to a 4-3 Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association victory over Lawrence University on Friday night at the Appleton Family Ice Center.

Berger’s goal capped a rally by Marian (4-3-1, 4-2-0 MCHA), which trailed 2-0 entering the final period. This marks the third time in four losses this season by Lawrence (2-4-0, 2-4-0) in which the Vikings led entering the third period.

Brandon Boelter gave Lawrence a 1-0 lead at the 7:27 mark of the first period, and the Vikings increased that lead to 2-0 when Paul Zuke scored just 12 seconds into the second period.

Lawrence held that advantage until the Sabres got a 5-on-3 power play early in the third period. Brendan Roberts scored on the two-man advantage to trim the lead to 2-1 at the 5:19 mark.

The Sabres then tied it on Tyler Klein’s goal at the 13:12 mark, and Roberts scored his second goal of the game just 3:23 later to put the Sabres up 3-2.

Lawrence pulled goaltender Peter Emery late, and the Vikings got the equalizer with the extra attacker. Phil Bushbacher scored for Lawrence with just 24 seconds remaining to tie it at 3-3 and force the overtime.

Emery made 22 saves and took the loss, and Josh Baker made 22 saves for Marian to pick up the win.

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FOND DU LAC,  Wis. — The Marian University hockey team rallied for a pair of third-period goals to pull out a 3-2 Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association victory over Lawrence University on Thursday at the Blue Line Ice Center.

Lawrence (2-3-0, 2-3-0 MCHA) led 2-1 heading to the third period, but the Sabres (3-3-1, 3-2-0) scored twice in the first seven minutes of the final period.

Lucas Mertz scored his first goal of the season just 4:13 into third period to tie the game at 2-2. Ashton Reinboldt then gave the Sabres the lead for good with his goal at the 6:53 mark.

Lawrence pulled goaltender Peter Emery for the final 1:14 but couldn’t get the equalizer. Emery made 35 saves and took the loss.

Marian pulled ahead 1-0 on Aaron Leonard’s goal with 2:21 remaining in the first period. That lead didn’t last as Phil Bushbacher scored his third goal of the season, a power-play tally, off a pass from Brandon Boelter with just 23 seconds left in the first.

Lawrence grabbed a 2-1 lead at 5:54 of the second when Brad Scurfield scored off passes from Bushbacher and Rudi Pino.

Marian goaltender Josh Baker didn’t allow anything the rest of the way and finished with 33 saves.

The teams wrap up the series on Friday night at the Appleton Family Ice Center.

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The Concordia (Wis.) University hockey team rallied for three goals in the third period and posted a 3-2 Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association win over Lawrence University on Saturday night at the Appleton Family Ice Center.

Lawrence (0-2-0, 0-2-0 MCHA) led 1-0 after Brad Scurfield’s power-play goal at the 12:35 mark of the second period.

Concordia (2-3-0, 2-2-0) evened the score at 1-1 on Franco Loparco’s goal just 1:47 into the third period. The Falcons struck again with a power-play goal from Devin Stuermer at 3:34 to take a 2-1 advantage.

The Vikings came back to tie it at 2-2 on Phil Bushbacher’s goal at 13:50, but the Falcons took advantage of a power play to regain the lead. Dan Schilts scored on the man-advantage at 15:15 to give Concordia a 3-2 edge.

Concordia was on the power play again in the final minute when the Vikings pulled goaltender Peter Emery for an extra skater, but Lawrence couldn’t get the equalizer.

Emery made 26 saves and took the loss. Jake Hebda made 29 saves for the victory.

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MEQUON, Wis. — The Lawrence University hockey team opened its season on Friday night with a 3-2 Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association loss to Concordia (Wis.) University at the Ozaukee Ice Center.

Lawrence fell behind in the first 30 seconds of the contest and were never able to overtake the Falcons (1-3-0, 1-2-0 MCHA).

Concordia scored just 24 seconds into the game on Devin Stuermer’s unassisted goal. Huck Saunders scored on the power play for the Vikings to tie the game at 1-1 just 7:35 into the first period.

Kevin Michaelcavage countered with a power-play goal for Concordia early in the second period, and the score stayed that way until Travis Payne scored at the 15:12 mark of the third for a 3-1 lead.

Brandon Boelter got his first collegiate goal for Lawrence just 46 seconds later off a pass from Brad Scurfield to trim the lead to 3-2, but that’s as close as the Vikings would get.

Goaltender Jake Hebda made 31 saves to earn the win, and Peter Emery stopped 30 shots for the Vikings and took the loss.

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