Box Score

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Saint John's hockey tied No. 5/6 Augsburg 2-2 and earned the additional point in the conference standings with a 2-0 win in the shootout on Thursday, Jan. 31, at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud.

Junior forward Kyle Wagner (St. Francis, Minn.) scored the Johnnies' first shootout goal in the second round and senior forward Robb Stautz (Roseville, Minn.) sealed it for SJU (8-8-4, 6-3-2 MIAC) in the third.

John O'Connor gave the Auggies (16-3-3, 10-1-2 MIAC) a 1-0 lead with 1:57 left in the first period, but Wagner answered 10 seconds later with his fourth goal of the season, and 10th of his career. 

Junior forward Brady Heppner (Crookston, Minn.) gave the Johnnies a 2-1 lead with a textbook one-timer, his team-leading 11th goal of the season, 4:11 into the second period. Wagner took a pass from Heppner up the left wing and found sophomore defenseman Troy Dobbs (Lancaster, N.Y.), who crashed the slot. Dobbs passed up the scoring chance by feeding Heppner for a sharp-angle shot into a wide-open net.

Austin Dollimer tied it back up with an unassisted, wrap-around goal at the 10:08 mark of the second.

Junior goaltender Andrew Lindgren (Minneapolis, Minn.) tied a career high with 38 saves in the tie. 

The two teams conclude the series with a 7 p.m. puck-drop on Friday, Feb. 1, at the Ed Saugestad Rink in Minneapolis.