Box Score

NORTHFIELD, Minn. – Saint John's moved to within one win of a MIAC Playoff berth thanks to a 6-3 road victory at St. Olaf on Friday, Feb. 10, in Northfield.

The Johnnies (10-10-2, 8-5-0 MIAC) jumped out to a 3-0 lead and added three unanswered goals to earn the win, the seventh in their last eight games. Twelve different players tallied a point for SJU.

Freshman Wally Cossette (Maple Grove, Minn.) put SJU on the scoreboard with his fourth goal of the year 5:36 into the game, with an assist going to classmate John Carroll (Eagan, Minn.).

Junior Tobias Linbro (Nykvarn, Sweden) extended the lead to 2-0 with his second goal of the season, on a pass from Cossette and junior Michael Palmiscno (East Grand Forks, Minn.), with 4:46 left in the opening frame.

Junior Joe Harren (Warroad, Minn.) made it 3-0 in favor of the Johnnies 6:44 into the second period. The tally, which was his sixth of the season, was assisted by Linbro and Palmiscno.

Brian Hickey erased the shutout for St. Olaf (10-7-5, 6-5-2 MIAC) at the 15:00 mark of the second, and Ross Trousdale cut it to 3-2 with only 45 seconds expired in the third period.

Jeff Harris tied it at 3-3 with a power-play goal 3:29 into the third.

Junior Jascha Pettit (Wadena, Minn.) broke the tie with his team-leading 10th goal of the season, what proved to be the game-winning tally, 4:02 later. Senior Conor Rooney (Stillwater, Minn.) and freshman Nick Vatnsdal (Independence, Minn.) assisted on the scoring play.

Freshman Josh Gaughan (Buffalo, Minn.) padded the Johnnies' lead with his eighth goal of the year with 1:45 remaining, on an assist from freshman John Haeg (Lakeville, Minn.). Sophomore Justin Hochsprung (Alexandria, Minn.) ended the scoring with an empty-net goal with nine seconds left. Linbro and sophomore Axel Ramsgard (Gothenburg, Sweden) collected the assists.

Junior J.D. Wells (Anoka, Minn.) made 21 saves to remain undefeated with a 6-0 record between the pipes this season. Ben Leis made 16 stops for the Oles in the loss. Leis entered the game second in the conference (MIAC games only) in save percentage (.932) and third in GAA (2.08).

SJU returns home to host the Oles for a 7 p.m. game Saturday, Feb. 11, at the National Hockey Center in St. Cloud.