Hockey

ASHLAND, Wis. — Brad Scurfield’s power-play goal with 6:07 left lifted Lawrence University to a 3-2 Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association victory over Northland College Friday night at the Bay Area Civic Center.

Scurfield, who has a team-high five power-play goals on the season, scored off assists from Matt Hughes and Jameson Raymond to break a 2-2 tie.

Evan Johnson stopped 22 shots to pick up the victory for Lawrence (7-4-1, 5-2-0 MCHA). The Vikings outshot the Lumberjacks (3-9-0, 2-5-0) 35-24.

Northland got the on the board first when Chad Liley scored on a penalty shot at 15:50 of the first. Lawrence quickly tied the score at 1-1 when Jesse Byam-Katzman scored with just 2:04 left in the opening period. Freshmen Huck Saunders and Paul Zuke picked up assists on that goal.

Hughes then gave Lawrence the lead at 2-1 just 6:18 into the second period when he scored an even-strength goal with assists from Scurfield and Byam-Katzman.

Northland tied the score at 2-2 four minutes later on Colin McIntosh’s goal.

Lawrence looks the series sweep when it faces the Lumberjacks on Saturday afternoon.

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The Lawrence University hockey teams drops the puck on the second half of the season when it travels to Northland College for a weekend Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association series.

The Vikings haven’t played since skating to a 1-1 overtime tie with 15th-ranked UW-Superior back on Dec. 7.

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Lawrence University standout Evan Johnson has been named the Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association Defensive Player of the Week.

Johnson (Suwanee, Ga./Pomfret), a senior goaltender, was chosen after a stellar performance in Lawrence’s 1-1 overtime tie at UW-Superior on Dec. 7.

Johnson stopped 35 of 36 shots against the 15th-ranked Yellowjackets. Johnson was especially good on the penalty kill as Superior went 0-for-6 on the man-advantage. Johnson made three of his biggest saves of the night in killing off a pair of 5-on-3 situations and a 4-on-3 situation.

Johnson, who was chosen as Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season, improved to 5-4-1. He now has a 3.31 goals against average and a .905 save percentage.

Lawrence, which is now 2-2-1 against nonconference opponents this season, doesn’t return to action until it travels to Northland College on Jan. 7.

SUPERIOR, Wis. — The Lawrence University hockey team skated to a 1-1 overtime tie at 15th-ranked UW-Superior on Tuesday night.

Lawrence (6-4-1) was forced to kill off a penalty in the final four minutes of regulation to force the overtime.

The Vikings got on the board first when defenseman Jim Crowley scored his first goal of the season. After Superior’s Logan Isley was sent off for tripping at 15:11, Crowley took a pass from fellow defenseman Jameson Raymond and scored just 10 seconds later to give the Vikings a 1-0 lead.

That lead stood up until midway through the third period. The Vikings killed off five penalties after they took the lead, but Brett Meyers tied the game on an even-strength goal with 9:36 left in the game.

Lawrence was forced to kill off one last penalty after Crowley was whistled for kneeing at the 16:09 mark.

Lawrence goaltender Evan Johnson stopped 35 shots for the Vikings, including two in overtime. Drew Strandberg was forced to make only 12 saves for the Yellowjackets (7-3-1).

This game marks the end of the first half of the season for Lawrence, which doesn’t return to action until it travels to Northland on Jan. 7.

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Lawrence University goaltender Michael Baldino has been named the Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association Defensive Player of the Week.

Baldino (Woburn, Mass./Milton Academy) won the honor after earning his first collegiate victory in goal this past weekend. The sophomore goalie made 33 saves in Lawrence’s 4-2 victory over the College of St. Scholastica on Nov. 26.

Not only was it Baldino’s first collegiate win, it marked the first time Lawrence had defeated St. Scholastica in seven tries.

With Lawrence holding a one-goal lead late and an extra attacker on the ice for the Saints, Baldino made a pair of saves in the final minutes. Lawrence then sealed the win with an empty-net goal in the final minute.

Baldino, who has played in three games this season, improved his save percentage to .908 and lowered his goals against average to 3.56.

Lawrence, now 6-2-0 on the season, returns to action Friday when it hosts Marian University in a MCHA contest at the Appleton Family Ice Center.

The Lawrence University hockey team scored two goals in an eight-second span late in the third period and went on to a 4-2 victory Friday over the College of St. Scholastica in a nonconference game at the Appleton Family Ice Center.

The game was part of the Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association/Northern Collegiate Hockey Association Thanksgiving Showdown. In the early game Friday, St. Norbert College topped Marian University 4-1.

Lawrence (6-1-0) led 1-0 thanks to Jameson Raymond’s power-play goal late in the second period, and St. Scholastica (3-5-0) didn’t get the equalizer until Jeremy Dawes scored at the 12:35 mark of the third.

The Saints quickly grabbed a 2-1 lead when Riley Riddell scored just 1:47 later.

Lawrence struck back and tied the game at 2-2 on Josh DeSmit’s goal with just 2:28 remaining. The Vikings then won the ensuing faceoff and Matt Hughes took the pass from Huck Saunders and raced to the net. He beat Saints goaltender Patrick Sullivan just eight seconds later to give Lawrence a 3-2 edge.

The Saints then pulled Sullivan with just over a minute remaining, and Hughes sealed the win with an empty-net goal with just 57 seconds remaining.

Lawrence goaltender Michael Baldino picked up his first collegiate victory. Baldino, a sophomore, stopped 33 shots. Sullivan made 31 saves and took the loss.

Lawrence is back in action on Saturday when it hosts St. Norbert at 7 p.m. St. Scholastica faces Marian at 3:30 p.m.

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