The Johnnie hockey team begins a home-and-home series with St. Scholastica at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud. The two teams complete the weekend series at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, at Mars Lakeview Arena in Duluth.

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FREE BUS FOR CSB/SJU STUDENTS ON FRIDAY NIGHT: Thanks to the SJU Senate, a bus will be available for CSB/SJU students for Friday night's home game in St. Cloud. The bus departs the SJU Abbey Bell Banner at 6:15 p.m. (then a pickup from Flynntown) and leaves CSB's HCC at 6:30 p.m.

A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John's (4-1, 2-0 MIAC) started its conference schedule with a sweep of Concordia-Moorhead last week.

at Saint John's 7, Concordia 3 (Nov. 10) 
SJU scored four goals on special teams, three on the power play and one shorthanded, to win its home and MIAC opener 7-3 over Concordia-Moorhead last Thursday night in St. Cloud.

The two teams combined for five goals in the first period. Hanson O'Leary gave CC a 1-0 lead with a rebound goal 9:22 into the contest, but junior forward Lewis Crosby (Edina, Minn.) evened the score on a shorthanded breakaway 2:49 later. 

Cole O'Connell gave the lead back to the Cobbers with a power-play goal at the 15:07 mark, but SJU answered with two goals in the period's final 2:11. Senior forward Nick Michel (Waconia, Minn.) tied the game at 2-2 on a rebound following a shot from junior forward Max Borst (Edina, Minn.) at the 17:49 mark and junior forward Joe Papa (St. Charles, Ill.) gave the home team its first lead of the game with 25.5 seconds left.

A pair of power-play goals from sophomore forward Cody Carlson (Buffalo, Minn.) sandwiched another tally from O'Connell to give SJU a 5-3 lead at the end of the second period.

Junior forward Josh Maucieri (Crosby, Minn.) added a power-play goal of his own 4:49 into the third period and Borst ended the game's scoring with a pretty, tic-tac-toe goal from Crosby and Michel 1:22 later.

Freshman goaltender Jon Howe (Chanhassen, Minn.) made 25 saves to earn his first collegiate win in his second start.

SJU outshot CC by a 31-28 margin, including a 25-16 advantage after the first period.

Saint John's 5, at Concordia 1 (Nov. 12)
The Johnnies scored four more power-play goals, including three in the third period, to complete the sweep of Concordia with a 5-1 win last Saturday night in Moorhead.

Crosby opened the scoring for SJU with a power-play tally, his fourth goal of the season, 10:14 into the first period.

Senior forward Dan Wieber (St. Joseph, Minn.) made it 2-0 with his first goal of the season seven minutes into the second period, but Ben Luedtke cut the lead in half with a shorthanded goal for the Cobbers 6:24 later.

Michel broke the game open with a pair of power-play goals, one during a 5-on-3 and another 5-on-4, 1:04 apart halfway through the third period. 

Sophomore forward Jackson Sabo (Rosemount, Minn.) ended the scoring with the fourth power-play goal, his first of the season, with 4:18 remaining.

Sophomore goaltender Bailey Huber (Mahtomedi, Minn.) made a career-high 30 saves to improve 3-0 on the year. CC outshot SJU 31-20, but went 0-for-4 on the man advantage.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Michel totaled five points (3g/2a) in the Johnnies' sweep of Concordia last weekend to earn MIAC Men's Hockey Offensive Player of the Week honors. He tallied a goal and an assist in Thursday night's 7-3 home win and added three points (2g/1a) on the power play in Saturday evening's 5-1 victory in Moorhead. He currently leads the team with five goals and is tied for the team lead in points with eight in four games played this season. His 2.0 points and 1.25 points per game lead the MIAC.

DON'T TAKE A PENALTY: The Johnnies went 7-for-9 (77.8 percent) in the two-game sweep of Concordia and are now 12-for-25 (48 percent) through the season's first five games, which leads both divisions of NCAA hockey.

SPECIAL-TEAMS SHOWDOWN: SJU's top-ranked power play faces St. Scholastica this weekend, which touts a penalty kill at 95 percent (19-for-20) through the season's first six games. The 95 percent is tied for seventh in Division lll (is tied for eighth across both divisions).

RECEIVING VOTES: SJU picked up two votes, from two to four, in the most recent USCHO Division III poll released Monday (Nov. 14). 

A LOOK AT THE SAINTS: St. Scholastica (3-3, 2-0 MIAC) matched the Johnnies' pair of wins with a sweep of Gustavus Adolphus, 10-3 and 2-1 in overtime, last weekend. GAC outshot CSS 34-29 last Thursday (Nov. 10) in Duluth but the Saints scored nine even-strength goals, including five in the first period. Junior forward Arkhip Ledenkov collected four points (1g/3a) and freshman forward Tristan Shewchuk recorded his first collegiate hat trick. Saturday's (Nov. 12) contest was a much closer affair. GAC scored first, 12:35 into the game, but CSS tied it in the second period and junior forward Bryce Johnson tallied the game-winner 42 seconds into overtime.  

Shewchuk and junior forward Nathan Adrian lead the team with four goals apiece, while Adrian and Ledenkov tout five assists. Junior goaltender Jack Bostedt has played all 358:55 in net and has a 2.17 GAA and a .925 save percentage (160 saves). Despite a strong penalty kill, St. Scholastica is just 1-for-21 (4.8 percent) on the power play.

LAST SEASON: SJU earned four of the six possible points with a win and tie (shootout loss) against St. Scholastica last Jan. 20-21.

at Saint John's 5, St. Scholastica 2 (Jan. 20)
The Johnnies jumped out to a 3-0 lead and scored a pair of empty-net goals to seal the 5-2 victory in what was their first home game since Dec. 2.

Crosby started the scoring with his team-leading 10th goal of the season 3:19 into the game and senior forward Jack Johnson (Bemidji, Minn.) tallied his first goal of the season, and 35th point in his 35th career game, with 3:54 remaining in the opening frame. Wieber made it 3-0 with his first goal of the season 3:54 into the second period.

St. Scholastica erased the shutout on a power-play goal from Sam Fuss with 2:51 left in the second period and made it a one-goal game on Arkhip Ledenkov's seventh goal of the season 5:39 into the third period.

CSS was whistled for a five-minute major penalty with 10:49 to play but mustered only three shots on goal. SJU finished 0-for-5 on the man advantage (a total of 12:20).

The Johnnies thwarted the Saints' comeback attempt with two empty-net goals late in the third period. Crosby fired a long shot from deep in the Johnnies' defensive zone for his second tally of the night - and fourth multi-goal game of the season - at the 18:03 mark and sophomore forward Garrett Smith (Eden Prairie, Minn.) ended the scoring with his first collegiate goal with 26 seconds remaining.

Goaltender Mac Berglove '21 made 24 saves to improve to 8-3-1 on the year as SJU out-shot CSS, 41-26.

t-Saint John's 5, at St. Scholastica 5 (CSS, 1-0; Jan. 21)
Crosby recorded his third hat trick of the season in a 5-5 tie the following night in Duluth. The Saints won the shootout, 1-0, to earn the extra point in the MIAC standings.

Senior defenseman Peter Tabor (Edina, Minn.) started the night's scoring with his first goal of the season, and fourth of his career, 3:47 into the game. CSS tied the game, however, on a goal from Filimon Ledenkov 4:02 later and gained a 2-1 lead thanks to a power-play tally from Brodie Girod with 5:12 left in the opening frame.

Crosby scored the first of his three goals with 7:37 left in the second period and junior forward Josh Maucieri (Crosby, Minn.) gave the lead back to SJU with his third goal of the season 2:32 later.

The Saints swung the momentum back in their favor with a pair of goals 22 seconds apart late in the second period. 

Crosby tied the game at 4-4 with 8:53 remaining, but Ledenkov returned the lead back to the home team 1:11 later (with 7:42 left). Crosby came through again to complete the hat trick with his team-leading 14th goal of the season, tying the game at 5-5 with 4:24 left on the clock.

CSS held a narrow edge in shots, 38-37. SJU went 0-for-5 on the power play for the second straight game.

SERIES HISTORY: SJU leads the series with an 18-13-1 record since 1988, but just 9-8-2 this century. Last season's home win was the Johnnies' second in the last seven meetings at the HBNHC.