Box Score

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Concordia-Moorhead broke a 1-1 tie with two goals during a five-minute major power play in the third period and defeated Saint John's 4-2 on Saturday, Nov. 23, at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center (HBNHC) in St. Cloud.

The Cobbers (3-5, 1-2 MIAC) out-shot the Johnnies (2-2-2, 1-1-1 MIAC) by a 19-4 margin in the third period, of which 14 of the shots came on a man advantage. SJU was whistled for two five-minute major penalties in the third period and was on the penalty kill for a total of 12 minutes in the final frame.

CC entered the game at 7.7 percent (2-for-26) on the power play and finished 3-for-7 Saturday night. SJU held a 22-19 edge in shots after the first two periods.

Junior defenseman Travis Brown (Otsego, Minn.) put SJU on the scoreboard first with a power-play goal, his third tally of the season, 8:31 into the game.

Christian Cakebread tied the game with a power-play goal of his own with 5:38 left in the second period before the Cobbers took advantage of the third period's first five-minute major penalty with a pair of goals 55 seconds apart (SJU killed off the first 4:05 of the man advantage).

Junior defenseman Troy Dobbs (Lancaster, N.Y.) cut the Johnnies' deficit to one (3-2) with his first collegiate goal at the 13:45 mark of the third period.

The Cobbers, however, tacked on an empty-net goal with seven seconds remaining to seal the win.

Senior goaltender Andrew Lindgren (Minneapolis, Minn.) made 34 saves in the loss.

The two teams wrap up the weekend series at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, at the HBNHC.