(ST NORBERT COMMUNICATIONS) – DE PERE – St. Norbert College couldn’t get untracked offensively and ended up dropping a 4-0 decision to Trine University to split a Northern Collegiate Hockey Association series at Cornerstone Community Center.
The Green Knights (12-1, 7-1 NCHA), ranked No. 2 in the USCHO.com Division III Poll, won the series opener 2-1 Friday over the Thunder (10-1-1, 6-1-1).
St. Norbert had a five-minute major power play but did not score before the man advantage ended with a minute left after a penalty of its own. Trine capitalized with a 4-on-4 goal by Josh Wright at 12:26 of the first period. The Thunder then went on the power play and scored a goal on the man advantage by Sean Henry at 13:31.
Trine was able to keep its 2-0 lead until scoring an empty-net goal by Alexander Babich with 8.6 seconds left and another goal by Brendan Hill as time expired.
St. Norbert outshot Trine 29-20 but the Thunder also blocked a whopping 27 other shots that never made it to goaltender Cristian Wong-Ramos, who made all 29 stops in the shutout. Hunter Garvey made 25 saves for the Green Knights.
St. Norbert was 0-for-6 on the power play, while Trine was 1-for-2.
Women
St. Norbert 5, Trine 0
ANGOLA, Ind. – St. Norbert College continued its solid defensive play and then pulled away offensively en route to a 5-0 win over Trine University in a Northern Collegiate Hockey Association game at Thunder Ice Arena.
The Green Knights (10-2, 8-0 NCHA) outshot Trine 50-12 but found themselves leading 1-0 at second intermission before scoring four third-period goals.
Following a scoreless first period, St. Norbert broke through at 9:11 of the second period with a power-play goal by Courtine Hogan.
St. Norbert’s 1-0 lead would hold up until Jo Mahlum scored at 6:30 of the third period doubled the lead. Kelsey Ross (pictured) scored shorthanded at 9:02 for a 3-0 edge. Sydney Zurawik scored at 13:02 and Allison Jacobsen followed at 14:31 to close out the scoring.
Ross added two assists to finish with a three-point game. Lexi Bonfe had two assists for the only other multi-point game for the Green Knights.
Keira Markell made 12 saves to get the shutout between the pipes for the Green Knights. Annie Kindseth, who made 60 saves in Friday’s series opener, made 45 stops for the Thunder.
St. Norbert was 1-for-2 on the power play, while Trine was 0-for-3.
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