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COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. - This week's #TakeMeBackTuesday is Saint John's hockey's 4-1 win over St. Thomas in the MIAC Playoff semifinals on Feb. 23, 2019, in St. Cloud. 



Defenseman Sean Lang '19 and forward Evan Okeley '19 scored two goals apiece, one each on the power play (2-for-5), and goaltender Andrew Lindgren '20 made 39 saves in the victory.

Lang opened the scoring with a blast from the point, on the power play, 8:01 into the game. He then made it 2-0 with a deflected shot trickled to him on the back door 8:28 into the second period (left). 

Okeley extended the Johnnies' lead to 3-0 when he deflected a power-play shot from forward Matt Colford '19 to the back of the net at the 13:08 mark of the second. Colford and forward Ryan Kero '21 collected two assists each on the afternoon.

Luke Radetic erased the shutout for UST with his 14th goal of the season, unassisted, with 3:34 left in the second frame.

Okeley ended the scoring with a rebound of his own initial shot 9:38 into the third period.

The multi-goal game was the second of Lang's career and first since he registered two goals and an assist on Jan. 21, 2017, in a 5-4 win at Bethel. The two-goal game for Okeley, meanwhile, was his first since he tallied two goals and an assist in a different 5-4 win at Bethel on Dec. 8, 2017.

The Tommies out-shot SJU 40-21, including a 31-12 advantage after the first period, but went 0-for-5 on the power play.

Lindgren (right) made a school-record 86 saves in the 2-1, four-overtime loss a week later at Augsburg in the MIAC Playoff championship game. He and forward Brady Heppner '20 received their second consecutive All-MIAC honor after the season, and were joined by defenseman Jake Dittel '21 and forward Kyle Wagner '20.