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A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John's (3-4-1, 1-2-0 MIAC) split its series with a pair of one-goals games against Saint Mary's last week.

Saint Mary's 2, at Saint John's 1 (Nov. 18)
The Johnnies controlled the game by out-shooting Saint Mary's with a 36-13 margin and winning 41 of the 62 faceoff draws, but hit the pipe twice and went 0-for-6 on the power play.

Freshman forward Spencer Rudrud (Eden Prairie, Minn.) gave the Johnnies a 1-0 lead with his first collegiate goal, on a breakaway, 4:31 into the second period. Moore sent a long pass to Rudrud on the other blue line and he beat the goaltender with a forehanded shot.

Trevor Schroder tied the game for the Cardinals with a breakaway goal of his own at the 12:54 mark of the second.

Kasyn Kruse scored what proved to be the game-winning goal for SMU with a deflection of Schroeder's shot atop the circle 8:23 into the third period.

Senior goaltender Mac Berglove (Elk River, Minn.) made 11 saves in the loss.

The 13 shots on goal allowed were the fewest in a Johnnie loss since then-No. 4 Wisconsin-River Falls scored four goals on 14 shots in a 4-0 shutout of then-No. 11 SJU on Dec. 9, 2014.

Junior forward Henry Enebak (Lakeville, Minn.) hit the pipe in the first period and sophomore defenseman Max Osborne (Anchorage, Alaska) clanked the iron with three minutes remaining.

SJU was given a power play with 1:51 remaining, but Moore was called for an offensive-zone penalty (slashing) six seconds later. The Johnnies were given another opportunity when SMU goaltender Matt Sankner was whistled for delaying the game (purposely kicking the net off its moorings) with 10 seconds remaining. The visitors, however, pushed a loose puck out of SJU's offensive zone to end the threat.

Saint John's 3, at Saint Mary's 2 (OT, Nov. 20)
Junior captain Auggie Moore (Edina, Minn.) gave the Johnnies a 3-2 win at Saint Mary's with his first goal of the season 2:14 into overtime Saturday night in Winona.

Osborne fed sophomore forward Nick Michel (Waconia, Minn.) into a 2-on-1 with Moore, who stick-handled the puck into a backhander to the net for the game-winning goal. Moore now has eight points (4g/4a) in three career games at SMU Ice Arena.

The Johnnies gained leads of 1-0 and 2-1 thanks to a pair of power-play goals from sophomore forward Lewis Crosby (Edina, Minn.), his fourth and fifth tallies of the season. He redirected a shot from sophomore defenseman Jack Olsen (Lakeville, Minn.) with 8:06 left in the first period and gave the lead back to SJU at the 16:11 mark of the second.

The Cardinals tied the game at 1-1 four minutes into the second period and again with a power-play goal of their own 8:32 into the third.

Berglove made 12 saves in the win, the 20th of his career (20-12-8 record). The Johnnies out-shot SMU 28-14 on the night and 64-27 in the two-game series.

STAT COMPARISONS
Scoring Offense
-BU, 3.50 gpg.
-SJU, 2.00 gpg.

GAA
-BU, 1.69
-SJU, 2.43

Power Play
-BU, 17.1 percent (6-for-35)
-SJU, 10.5 percent (4-for-38)

Penalty Kill
-BU, 97.3 percent (36-for-37)
-SJU, 77.8 percent (21-for-27)

A LOOK AT THE ROYALS: Bethel (6-1-1, 2-0-1 MIAC) earned five of the series' six points against Gustavus Adolphus last weekend (Nov. 19-20). The Royals picked up a 5-2 home win Friday night and posted a 2-2 tie in Saturday's series finale, but won the shootout for the extra point in the conference standings. Junior forward Luke Posner leads BU in goals (5) and points (9), while junior forward Jarrett Cammarata is close behind with eight points and team-leading six assists. Senior Ridge Gerads (4-1-1, 2.07 GAA, .930) and sophomore Travis Allen (2-0-0, 0.50 GAA, .979) have combined for a 1.69 GAA and a .940 save percentage (218 saves) in net so far this season. BU received a vote in the latest USCHO.com Top 15 poll released today (Nov. 22).

13 DAYS AGO: Bethel's Caydon Meyer scored as the final horn sounded in overtime to hand SJU a 1-0 loss back on Nov. 10 at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center (HBNHC) in St. Cloud.

The Johnnies dominated puck possession all night long and out-shot BU by a 42-25 margin, but their power-play woes continued with a 0-for-4 showing. 

SJU totaled 83 shot attempts to 51 for BU, but 28 were wide of the net. The Johnnies edged the Royals in defensive blocked shots, 16-13.

Berglove made 24 saves, including three on breakaways, in the loss, which snapped SJU's unbeaten streak in the series at 15 games (a 14-0-1 record) and was the first to BU at the HBNHC since Nov. 11, 2010 (4-3).

SERIES HISTORY: SJU is 21-9-1 against BU under the direction of head coach Doug Schueller, including an 8-4-1 record in Blaine. The Johnnies are unbeaten against BU at the Super Rink over the last six meetings (5-0-1 record).