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ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Saint John's kept its MIAC Playoff hopes alive with a 4-2 win over Saint Mary's on Sunday, Feb. 13, in St. Cloud.

The Johnnies (6-15-2, 5-7-2 MIAC) reciprocated its first-period deficit from Saturday night with a 3-1 lead Sunday afternoon. Sophomore Michael Palmiscno (East Grand Forks, Minn.) gave SJU a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal 3:30 into the contest. Freshmen Trent Johnson (Duluth, Minn.) and James Saintey (Rosemount, Minn.) were credited with the assists.

Less than three minutes later, senior Alex Lindeberg (Forest Lake, Minn.) scored his second goal in as many games, with assists going to senior Grant Ellena (Coon Rapids, Minn.) and junior Conor Rooney (Stillwater, Minn.).

Saint Mary's (5-16-2, 4-8-2 MIAC) cut the deficit to 2-1 with a power-play goal from Brad Denney 1:10 later.

Ellena tallied his sixth goal of the season with 1:16 left in the opening period, with Rooney and senior Mike Wallgren (Oakdale, Minn.) assisting on the scoring play.

Following a scoreless second period, freshman Axel Ramsgard (Gothenburg, Sweden) scored his first collegiate point and goal 5:35 into the third to make it 4-1 in favor of SJU. Palmiscno won the faceoff back to Ramsgard, who then ripped a slap shot past the Cardinals' goaltender.

SMU ended the scoring with a goal from Danny Wood with seven seconds left in the game.

Junior Tony Civello (Shoreview, Minn.) made 20 saves to improve to 5-9-2 on the year. SJU outshot the Cardinals 38-22 in the game, including a 27-8 advantage late in the second period.

The Johnnies travel to face St. Olaf this Friday, Feb. 18. The puck is scheduled to drop at 7:30 p.m. in Northfield. SJU needs to win both games and hope for Bethel to take three points from Augsburg next weekend. An Auggie win on either Friday or Saturday would eliminate the Johnnies, regardless of SJU's results against the Oles.