FOND DU LAC – St. Norbert College played its first road game of the season and came away with a hard-fought 3-0 win over Marian University in a Northern Collegiate Hockey Association matchup at Blue Line Family Ice Center.
The Green Knights (6-0, 3-0 NCHA) matched their best start since going 6-0 to start the 2017-18 season. St. Norbert had a penalty-free game, its second in its last three games. The Green Knights had just one game with no penalties in the first 1,015 games in program history.
St. Norbert had scored at least five goals in each of its first five games this season but had to grind out scoring against the Sabres. Following a scoreless first period, the Green Knights broke through at 15:31 of the second period when Braden Lindstrom scored off assists from Cameron Morris and Byron Hartley.
That goal would hold up until late in the third period, when Liam Fraser posted his fifth goal of the season, scoring off assists from Logan Dombrowsky and Bryan Gilman at 13:59. Brock Baker then sealed the win with an empty-net goal with 1:53 remaining, finishing off a Dombrowsky helper.
Fraser’s goal was the 62nd of his career, moving him into a tie for fifth place with Cody Keefer, Marc Belanger and Bruce Henderson for most goals in school history. He is also now eighth in career scoring with 133 points.
Dombrowsky had St. Norbert’s lone multi-point game with two assists.
Marian outshot St. Norbert 21-19. Hunter Garvey made 21 saves to fashion the shutout for the Green Knights. Nicholas Von Kaufman made 16 stops for the Sabres.
The Green Knights had just one power-play chance, coming up empty in the first period.
Women’s hockey
St. Norbert 4, Marian University 0
DE PERE – St. Norbert College remained unblemished on the season with a 4-0 win over Marian University in a Northern Collegiate Hockey Association game at Resch Olympic Pavilion.
The Green Knights (5-0, 3-0 NCHA) scored in each period before salting the game away late.
Lisa LaRoche scored her fourth goal of the season with 10:57 gone by in the first period for a 1-0 lead the Green Knights would carry into first intermission. Emma Stebbeds scored her first collegiate goal midway through the second period, scoring at the 9:23 mark for a 2-0 lead.
Kelsey Ross scored her first goal of the season at the 12:49 mark of the third period. Courtnie Hogan then registered her third marker of the year with a shorthanded, empty-net goal at 17:39.
Nine different players found the scoresheet for St. Norbert, with none recording a multi-point game.
St. Norbert outshot Marian 28-17. Ashley Ommen (pictured) turned away 17 shots for her second shutout of the season for the Green Knights. Sydney Magnuson made 24 saves for the Sabres.
The Green Knights were 0-for-4 on the power play, while Marian was 0-for-2.
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