Box Score

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Saint John's suffered its third consecutive one-goal loss, a 4-3 decision, to No. 11 St. Scholastica on Saturday, Nov. 6, in St. Cloud.

The Johnnies (0-4, 0-0 MIAC) countered their four-goal, first-period deficit with three goals in the second.

St. Scholastica (2-2, 0-2 NCHA) went ahead 1-0 with a shorthanded goal at the 13:28 mark of the first period, then built it to 3-0 with a pair of goals 1:20 apart to chase sophomore Adam Andersson (Pixbo, Sweden) from the contest. The Saints made it 4-0 with their second power-play goal of the game with 48 seconds left in the opening period.

Sophomore Michael Palmiscno (East Grand Forks, Minn.) snapped the Johnnies' scoreless power-play streak 4:08 into the second period. Senior Brent Brodersen (Shakopee, Minn.) and freshman Trent Johnson (Duluth, Minn.) were credited with assists.

Twenty-seven seconds later, senior Pat McClure (Maple Plain, Minn.) cut the deficit to 4-2, with assists going to senior Mike Wallgren (Oakdale, Minn.) and junior Conor Rooney (Stillwater, Minn.).

Wallgren charged the net and nearly cut it to a one-goal game a minute later, but he was called for a roughing-the-goaltender penalty. Seventeen seconds after his penalty expired, Wallgren tallied his second goal of the season to make is 4-3 in favor of the Saints. Junior Nick Roscoe (Eau Claire, Wis.) assisted on the scoring play.

Junior Tony Civello (Shoreview, Minn.) took the loss, allowing one goal (the eventual game-winner) with 19 stops in relief. He is now 0-3 on the season, despite a .905 save percentage and a 2.61 GAA.

SJU has now been outshot 50-20 and outscored 7-2 in the first period this season. On the flipside, the Johnnies have outshot their opponents 85-57 with a 6-5 goal disadvantage from the second period on.

The Johnnies begin the MIAC season by playing host to Bethel this Thursday, Nov. 11. The game is set for 7 p.m. at the National Hockey Center in St. Cloud.