Hockey

APPLETON, Wis. — Lawrence University put together a dominating performance on Friday night en route to a 7-0 Northern Collegiate Hockey Association victory over Aurora University at the Appleton Family Ice Center.

Playing in front of a near-capacity crowd for the Body Check Cancer Game, the Vikings (5-8-1, 4-4-1 NCHA) got two goals apiece from Renato Engler, Josh Koepplinger and Felix Henriksson. Mattias Soderqvist stopped 27 shots to earn his second shutout in the last three games.

The Vikings went 3-for-5 on the power play and fired 55 shots on goal.

Henriksson scored his first career goal midway through the first period off an assist from Ryan Eardley and the Vikings led 1-0 at the 10:34 mark. Renato Engler made it 2-0 with just 58 seconds left in the first when he passed the puck to himself off the boards and beat Aurora goaltender Jared Rutledge.

Koepplinger made it 3-0 just 2:40 into the second period with assists from Sean Reynolds and Ryan Robertson.

The score stayed that way until the Vikings scored three consecutive power-play goals in the third. Koepplinger scored on the man-advantage at 7:46 of the third with assists coming again from Robertson and Reynolds. Engler then scored on the power play just 1:13 later with Nick Felan and Brandon Boelter picking up assists. Lane King fired in another power-play goal at 11:39 with Felan and Boelter assisting again.

That was the end of the night for Rutledge, who finished with 44 saves for the Spartans (1-12-1, 1-7-1).

The Vikings finished the scoring on Henriksson’s second goal of the night at the 15:13 mark.

The teams wrap up the series on Saturday afternoon.

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APPLETON, Wis. — Lawrence University’s Mattias Soderqvist was named the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association Defensive Player of the Week after a pair of fine performances last weekend.

Soderqvist (Stockholm, Sweden), a junior goaltender, earned the honor after picking up his first career shutout last Friday and leading the Vikings to a series victory against Concordia (Wis.) University.

Soderqvist stopped 26 shots in Lawrence’s 2-0 victory over Concordia at the Appleton Family Ice Center. He then stopped 40 shots in a 2-2 overtime tie with the Falcons on the road the following night.

For the weekend, Soderqvist posted a .971 save percentage and 0.96 goals against average.

This is the third time Soderqvist has won the NCHA Defensive Player of the Week award. He took it twice during the 2014-15 season.

Lawrence is now 4-8-1 and 3-4-1 in the NCHA North Division. The Vikings host Aurora University in a league series this weekend at the Appleton Family Ice Center.

APPLETON, Wis. — Lawrence University welcomes Aurora University to the Appleton Family Ice Center for the first time when the teams meet this weekend in a Northern Collegiate Hockey Association series. This is Aurora’s first season of competition in the NCHA.

Friday’s opening game of the series is the Body Check Cancer Game. Lawrence will wear customized orange jerseys, which will be sold at a silent auction conducted for the rest of the season. Orange symbolizes kidney cancer, which has hit the family of Lawrence coach Mike Szkodzinski. Other donation opportunities include Chuck-A-Puck, which will be done between the second and third period, a gift basket raffle and a donation box.

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MEQUON, Wis. — Lawrence University skated to a 2-2 overtime tie Saturday in a Northern Collegiate Hockey Association game with Concordia (Wis.) University at the Ozaukee Ice Center.

Both teams scored once apiece in the first and third periods, and both teams had good scoring chances in the overtime.

Lawrence goaltender Mattias Soderqvist made three outstanding saves in the overtime and finished with 40 saves for the game. Andy Munroe stopped 39 shots for Concordia (8-4-2, 5-3-2 NCHA).

Lawrence (4-8-1, 3-4-1) got on the board first when Luke McDiarmid scored just 1:20 into the first period. McDiarmid took a pass from Austin Frank and tallied his first goal of the season. The Falcons bounced back and tied it exactly five minutes later on Nick Erb’s goal.

The score stayed that way until early in the third period when Steve Hughes put the Vikings ahead 2-1 at the 5:17 mark. Hughes picked up his third goal of the season off assists from Ryan Rumble and Matt Montemurro.

Concordia finally tied the score at 2-2 with just 4:03 left in the third on Adam Fauchoux’s goal.

The Falcons fired six shots in the overtime, and Lawrence had four. Concordia finished with 42 shots for the game, and Lawrence had 41.

Neither team was able to score on the power play as Lawrence went 0-for-5 and Concordia was 0-for-4.

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APPLETON, Wis. — Lawrence University goaltender Mattias Soderqvist earned his first career shutout as the Vikings topped Concordia (Wis.) University 2-0 Friday night in a Northern Collegiate Hockey Association game at the Appleton Family Ice Center.

Soderqvist, a junior from Stockholm, Sweden, stopped 26 shots to post the first shutout for the Vikings (4-8-0, 3-4-0 NCHA) since a 3-0 win over Northland College on Feb. 22, 2013.

In a game filled with spectacular goaltending from both teams, Jack Romanuik made 21 saves for the Falcons (8-4-1, 5-3-1). Lawrence finished with 23 shots on goal.

Lawrence grabbed the lead on its first shot on goal for the game. Mikkel Joehnk took a pass from Brad Mueller and his shot from above the right face-off circle went over Romanuik’s shoulder for a 1-0 lead at 4:20 of the first period.

Despite great chances for both teams, the score stayed that way until the third period. Lawrence’s Renato Engler raced in down the right side and fired a hard shot that was saved by Romanuik. The rebound bounced to Romanuik’s left and freshman Nick Felan stuffed in the rebound to put the Vikings up 2-0 at the 8:45 mark of the third.

Lawrence killed off a Concordia power play later in the period, and the Falcons pulled Romanuik with 1:35 left for an extra attacker. The Vikings stymied the Falcons for the final minute to preserve the shutout.

The teams wrap up the series Saturday night at the Ozaukee Ice Center.

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APPLETON, Wis. — Lawrence University returns to Northern Collegiate Hockey Association play this weekend when the Vikings take on Concordia University of Wisconsin in a home-and-home series. Lawrence hosts the Falcons at 7 p.m. on Friday at the Appleton Family Ice Center, and the Vikings travel to the Ozaukee Ice Center for a 7 p.m. game on Saturday.

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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Two short-handed goals propelled Augsburg College to a 6-3 non-conference victory over Lawrence University on Saturday at Saugestad Rink.

Short-handed goals from Max Pernhem in the second period and Mack Ohnsted in the third broke a 3-3 tie.

Lawrence’s Brandon Boelter scored the second of his two goals to tie it at 3-3 with 4:01 left in the second period. Sean Reynolds and Lane King picked up assists for the Vikings.

The Auggies then got a short-handed goal from Pernhem with 2:58 left in the period to take a 4-3 lead after two periods. Ohnsted then picked up another short-hander with 7:06 left in the third to put Augsburg up 5-3.

Ohnsted then added a power-play goal on a two-man advantage with 1:38 left to seal the victory.

Jordyn Kaufer stopped 31 shots to pick up the win for Augsburg (7-4-0). Mattias Soderqvist stopped 30 shots for the Vikings (3-8-0).

Lawrence grabbed an early 1-0 lead when Steve Hughes scored just 2:36 into the first period off a feed from Renato Engler.

That lead didn’t last as Drew Anderson scored just over four minutes later to tie the game at 1-1. The Auggies took a 2-1 lead on Eli May’s power-play goal at the 10:26 mark.

Boelter tied the game at 2-2 for the Vikings less than three minutes later when he scored off assists from Brad Mueller and Matt Moore.

Anderson grabbed the lead right back for Augsburg when he scored with 3:09 left in the first. The Auggies took that 3-2 advantage into the first intermission, and the scored stayed that way deep into the second period.

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DE PERE, Wis. — Second-ranked St. Norbert College pulled away late in the second period Saturday and went on to a 9-1 Northern Collegiate Hockey Association victory over Lawrence University at the Cornerstone Community Center.

After Lawrence cut the St. Norbert’s lead to 2-1 early in the second period, the Green Knights responded with three second-period goals. St. Norbert then scored four more times in the third to turn the game into a runaway.

St. Norbert (10-1-1, 7-1-0 NCHA) led 2-0 after the opening period on goals from Michael Hill and Jake Larson. Lawrence’s Renato Engler sliced the lead in half when he scored a power-play goal off assists from Nick Felan and Josh Koepplinger 4:41 into the second.

St. Norbert then scored three times in a span of 2:55 in the second to pull away as Blake Thompson, Riley Christensen and Roman Uchyn all found the back of the net.

The Green Knights then added three even-strength goals and a power-play tally in the third. The Green Knights were 2-for-10 on the power play, and Lawrence finished 1-for-7 in a game that featured 26 penalties.

T.J. Black made just 12 saves to pick up the win for St. Norbert. Freshman Greg Procopio made the start for Lawrence (3-7-0, 2-4-0) but was removed after allowing five goals and making 11 saves.

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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.

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APPLETON, Wis. — Lawrence University takes on second-ranked St. Norbert College in a Northern Collegiate Hockey Association series this weekend. The Vikings host the Green Knights in the series opener at 7 p.m. on Friday at the Appleton Family Ice Center. Lawrence then travels to the Cornerstone Community Center to face St. Norbert at 7 p.m. on Saturday.

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