Saint John's hockey hosts Hamline for a 7:30 p.m. non-conference game tonight (Monday, Feb. 7) at the Municipal Athletic Complex (MAC) in St. Cloud. - Listen Live (WMIN-1010 AM) | Live Stats

SPECTATOR POLICY: Saint John's University updated the spectator policy for tonight's game at the Municipal Athletic Complex.

-Masks and social distancing are strongly encouraged. Masks will likely still be required at Saturday's home game at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center (the building's policy).

A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John's (12-6-2, 6-3-1 MIAC) split an MIAC series with Concordia-Moorhead last weekend with the visiting team picking up a 4-1 victory in each game.

Concordia 4, at Saint John's 1 (Feb. 3)
The Cobbers iced the game with two empty-net goals, including the final tally with 0:00.1 remaining. Concordia found the back of the net first, 41 seconds after SJU generated six power-play shots but did not score, on a goal from Brady Tatro 7:01 into the second period. Hunter Olson made it 2-0 in favor of CC with his first goal of the season, a direct one-timer from a faceoff, 6:22 later.

Sophomore defenseman Max Osborne (Anchorage, Alaska) cut SJU's deficit in half with his fourth goal of the season - in his first game back after missing the previous three due to injury - on a nice tip-in in front from sophomore Josh Maucieri (Crosby, Minn.) with 3:16 left in the second.

Tanner Breidenbach tallied the first empty-netter with 1:38 to play and Isaac Henkemeyer-Howe, the reigning MIAC Men's Hockey Athlete of the Week, ended the scoring on a 2-on-1 just before the final horn.

Senior goaltender Mac Berglove (Elk River, Minn.) made 25 saves in the loss as the visitors finished with a narrow 29-28 edge in shots. The Johnnies went 0-for-3 on the power play, including two empty chances in the third period.

Saint John's 4, at Concordia 1 (Feb. 4)
SJU broke a 1-1 tie with three third-period goals to earn a 4-1 win and series split against Concordia. All four SJU goals were scored by underclassmen in a game that started around 8:25 p.m.

Maucieri scored what proved to be the game-winning goal on the power-play, his fourth tally of the season, 32 seconds into the third period. Freshman defenseman Cooper Anderson (White Bear Lake, Minn.) lit the lamp with his first collegiate goal, a shot from the right circle with a screen in front, 1:51 later. Freshman forward Jackson Sabo (Rosemount, Minn.) ended the scoring with his second goal of the season, and fifth point in six games as a Johnnie, with 7:44 remaining.

Sophomore forward Nick Michel (Waconia, Minn.) gave the Johnnies a 1-0 lead with his ninth goal of the season 5:59 into the second period, 1:58 after junior forward Dan Wieber (St. Joseph, Minn.) hit the crossbar on a breakaway.

The Cobbers tied the game at 1-1, however, when Mason Plante scored with 11:36 left in the second.

Berglove made 37 saves to collect his 10th win of the season (10-4-2 record).

STAT COMPARISONS
Scoring Offense
-SJU, 3.30 gpg. 
-HU, 2.06 gpg.

GAA
-SJU, 1.92
-HU, 3.68

Power Play
-SJU, 10.7 percent/9-for-84
-HU, 8.8 percent/6-for-68

Penalty Kill
-SJU, 83.6 percent/51-for-61
-HU, 79.5 percent/58-for-73

A LOOK AT THE PIPERS: Hamline (3-14-1, 1-9-0 MIAC) saw its losing streak move to five games with a pair of defeats decided by one goal (its third and fourth of the season), 2-1 in overtime and 6-5, to St. Olaf last weekend (Feb. 4-5). Senior forward Brendan Sheehan leads the team in points with 10 (5g/5a), while freshman forward Carson Simon is close behind with nine (4g/5a). Junior goaltender Kevin Lake is 3-13-0 with two shutouts, a 3.68 GAA and a .884 save percentage (421 saves).

JAN. 26: SJU ended a grueling stretch of four games in six days (3-0-1 record) with a 4-1 non-conference win over Hamline two weeks ago (Jan. 26) at the TRIA Rink in St. Paul. The Johnnies out-shot the Pipers by a 39-24 margin and scored four unanswered goals, after HU (Sheehan) scored 8:56 into the game, to seal the victory.

Senior forward Brady Dahl (Rochester, Minn.) tied the game at 1-1 with his first goal of the season with 35 seconds left in the opening frame.

Junior forward Brett Meister (White Bear Lake, Minn.) scored what proved to be the game-winning goal, his second tally of the season, 5:14 into the second period.

Like Dahl's goal in the first period, SJU lit the lamp again late in the second when Michel found the back of the net for the eighth time this season with 15 seconds remaining.

Junior captain Auggie Moore (Edina, Minn.) ended the game's scoring with his eighth goal of the season, during a 5-on-3 power play, with 9:18 left in the contest.

SERIES HISTORY: The Johnnies are 56-27-7 against the Pipers since the 1981-82 season, including a 15-5-4 record in the last 24 meetings.