The Johnnie hockey team ends its season-opening, four-game homestand with the MIAC opener against Bethel at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10, at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud. - Listen Live (WBHR-660 AM) | Live Stats/Live Video

MASKS REQUIRED: Per MIAC guidelines, all spectators and event staff must be masked at indoor athletic events, regardless of vaccination status.

FREE BUSING FOR CSB/SJU STUDENTS: Thanks to the SJU Senate, a bus will be available for CSB/SJU students for Wednesday night's game. The bus departs the SJU Abbey Bell Banner at 6 p.m. (6:05 p.m. pickup from Flynntown) and leaves CSB's HCC at 6:20 p.m.

A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John's (1-1-1 overall) went 0-1-1 against the Milwaukee School of Engineering (Wis.) last weekend at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center (HBNHC). 

Milwaukee School of Engineering 5, at Saint John's 2
The Raiders scored three goals, including two on the power play, on their first five shots on net Saturday night (Nov. 6). The Johnnies out-shot MSOE by a 42-30 margin, including a 15-4 advantage in the first period, but went 0-for-5 on the power play.

Freshman forward Matt DeRosa (Alpharetta, Ga.) put SJU on the scoreboard with his first collegiate goal, a redirect of a shot from junior defenseman Peter Tabor (Edina, Minn.), at the 14:31 mark of the second period. MSOE, however, answered 2:18 later to re-gain a three-goal lead (4-1).

Sophomore defenseman Max Osborne (Anchorage, Alaska) made it 4-2 with his first tally as a Johnnie with 2:06 left in the second period. Senior forward Braden Altena (St. Cloud, Minn.) earned his second assist of the game on the scoring play. Matt Hanewall ended the scoring for MSOE 8:20 into the third period.

Senior goaltender Michael Magnuson (Sunfish Lake, Minn.) made his second collegiate start and stopped 25 shots. The Johnnies controlled the faceoff circle, winning 67.1 percent (49 of 73) of the draws.

t-at Saint John's 4, Milwaukee School of Engineering 4 (OT)
The two teams ended the weekend series with a 4-4 tie Sunday afternoon (Nov. 7). On the power play and with the goaltender pulled, Ryan Reid scored the game-tying, 6-on-4 goal for MSOE with 32 seconds remaining in regulation.

Sophomore forward Lewis Crosby (Edina, Minn.) scored a hat trick for SJU (1-1-1 overall), his first goals as a Johnnie, and sophomore forward Nick Michel (Waconia, Minn.) assisted on two of them. 

Sophomore forward Max Borst (Edina, Minn.) gave the home team a very quick 1-0 lead with his first career goal 16 seconds into the game. Crosby extended SJU's lead to 2-0 with his first goal of the afternoon, shorthanded, at the 8:09 mark of the first period. 

Christian Sabin, who recorded three assists last night, took advantage of a defensive-zone turnover by the Johnnies to cut the Raiders' deficit in half with 2:15 left in the opening period. Stian Owens tied the game at 2-2 on the power play 14:53 into the second period and Sabin gave MSOE its first lead of the game with 1:33 left in the frame, roughly a minute after Crosby rattled a shot off the pipe during a man advantage.

Crosby re-tied the game for SJU with 41 seconds left in the second period and tallied the go-ahead goal at the 12:38 mark of the third period.

Senior goaltender Mac Berglove (Elk River, Minn.) made 30 saves in the tie, as SJU out-shot MSOE 36-34.

HAT TRICK: Crosby's hat trick on Sunday was SJU's first nearly nine months to the date: Travis Brown '21 on Feb. 5, 2021, at Bethel.

FAST GOAL: Borst's quick goal 16 seconds into Sunday's tie was SJU's fastest to start a game since Nov. 2, 2007 (Nate Meinz '08, 16 seconds, at Wisconsin-Stevens Point) and the fastest to start a period since Jan. 21, 2016 (Andrew Commers '16, 15 seconds into the second period at Bethel).

RECEIVING VOTES: The Johnnies fell from No. 15 to the receiving-votes section in the latest USCHO.com Top 15 poll released Monday (Nov. 8). Wisconsin-Eau Claire, which SJU defeated Oct. 30 (1-0), fell from No. 7 to No. 15. Augsburg, fresh off its weekend sweep of then-No. 8 St. Norbert (Wis.), vaulted from receiving votes to No. 7.

MIAC OPENERS: The Johnnies have won six of their last seven MIAC openers, including each of the last four (all at the HBNHC in St. Cloud).

STAT COMPARISONS
Scoring Offense
-BU, 4.67 gpg.
-SJU, 2.33 gpg.

Scoring Defense
-BU, 1.60 GAA
-SJU, 2.92 GAA

Power Play
-BU, 36.4 percent (4-for-11)
-SJU, 0.0 percent (0-for-14)

Penalty Kill
-BU, 100.0 percent (14-for-14)
-SJU, 66.7 percent (8-for-12)

A LOOK AT THE ROYALS: Bethel (3-0 overall) swept Finlandia (Mich.) in a pair of home games last weekend (Nov. 5-6), 4-3 in overtime and 7-0. BU scored the series' final 10 goals. Junior forward Luke Posner leads the team in goals (5) and points (6), and is tied for second in shots (12). Another junior forward, Jarrett Cammarata, boast the team-lead in shots (18) and assists (4). Sophomore Travis Allen made 17 saves in Saturday's shutout, while senior Ridge Gerads has the team's other two wins in net with a 2.36 GAA and a .907 save percentage (49 saves). As noted above, the Royals have been potent on both sides of the power play through the season's first three games.

BACK IN FEBRUARY: The Johnnies won both meetings during the abbreviated 2020-21 season.

Saint John's 4, at Bethel 2
Defenseman Travis Brown '21 scored a hat trick in a 4-2 non-conference win at Bethel back on Feb. 5 at the Super Rink in Blaine. The hat trick was the first by an SJU defenseman since Tryg Sarsland '98 scored three in the Johnnies' 13-2 win on Jan. 30, 1998, at Hamline. All four of SJU's goals came from defensemen, as sophomore Jack Olsen (Lakeville, Minn.) made the scoresheet with a shorthanded goal in the second period.

Brown started the scoring for SJU 3:59 into the game and buried his own rebound, during a 4-on-4, 1:24 into the second period. He completed the hat trick with a power-play tally - during a BU five-minute major - with 9:48 remaining.

Olsen gave the Johnnies another two-goal lead with a shorthanded, breakaway goal - his first collegiate point - with 3:30 left in the second. Berglove made 25 saves to even his season record at 1-1.

at Saint John's 8, Bethel 2
SJU showcased superb special-teams play in an 8-2 MIAC win two days later (Feb. 7) at the HBNHC. The Johnnies were a perfect 5-for-5 on the power play and also scored a shorthanded goal in the win. The five power-play goals were the most for the program since SJU scored six (6-for-9) in a 10-4 victory on Nov. 22, 2003, at Lawrence (Wis.). The six special-teams goals were also the most since that game, as the Johnnies lit the lamp once shorthanded for a total of seven at Lawrence.

Not only were the Johnnies perfect on the man advantage, but they were also efficient. Aside from the first tally (1:52 in), the other four power-play goals were scored within the first 45 seconds of the opportunity - 0:40, 0:45, 0:23 and 0:41 - for a total elapsed time of 4:21 across the five chances.

SJU also disposed of all five power-play opportunities for Bethel, including a five-minute major early in the second period with the score 4-2 in favor of the home team.

Eight Johnnies recorded two points or more, led by junior forward Auggie Moore's (Edina, Minn.) four (1g/3a) on the afternoon.

SJU jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the game's first 12:09 thanks to a goal from junior forward Jack Johnson (Bemidji, Minn.) 1:01 into the contest, and Moore's shorthanded tally (8:22) sandwiched by a pair of power-play goals from Ryan Kero '21 and junior forward Dan Wieber (St. Joseph, Minn.).

Senior forward Brady Dahl (Rochester, Minn.), however, gave SJU a three-goal lead with his goal of the season at the 11:20 mark of the second period.

SJU broke the game open with three goals, all on the power play, in the third period. Kero tallied his second of the game 2:49 into the frame and forward Tanner Dufault '21 knocked in his own rebound at the 10:29 mark. Johnson ended the game's scoring with his second of the game with 3:40 remaining. Berglove made 32 saves in the victory.

SEE YOU IN 13 DAYS: The Johnnies and Royals will complete the MIAC series on a Tuesday night, Nov. 23, in Blaine.

SERIES HISTORY: SJU is 21-8-1 against BU under the direction of head coach Doug Schueller, including an 11-3 record at the HBNHC. The Johnnies are unbeaten in the series over the last 15 meetings (a 14-0-1 record) overall.