Saint John's hockey wraps up its non-conference schedule with a pair of games this weekend, beginning with a 3 p.m. matinee against Wisconsin-Stout on Friday, Jan. 13, at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud. SJU then hosts No. 10 Wisconsin-Stevens Point for a neutral-site game at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, at Bernicks Arena in Sartell. – Listen Live (WBHR-660 AM) | Live Stats/Live Video

FREE MATINEE: Friday's afternoon game (3 p.m.) against Wisconsin-Stout will be free for all to attend at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud.

SATURDAY NIGHT IN SARTELL: The Johnnies face No. 10 Wisconsin-Stevens Point at 7 p.m. Saturday for Youth Hockey Night at Bernicks Arena in Sartell. Tickets will be sold at the door. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children. Any youth hockey player wearing his or her jersey will gain free admittance. All CSB/SJU staff and students will get in free with their school ID.

A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John's (8-5-2, 5-2-1 MIAC) vaulted into first place in the conference standings with a sweep of Gustavus Adolphus last weekend.

at Saint John's 4, Gustavus Adolphus 1 (Jan. 6)
Eight Johnnies recorded a point as SJU returned to competition with a 4-1 win over Gustavus last Friday (Jan. 6) at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud. The game was the first in nearly a month (Dec. 10) for SJU, which outshot the Gusties by a 42-18 margin in the victory.

Following a scoreless first period, Gustavus was awarded a five-minute power play following a major penalty for kneeing 1:54 into the second. The Johnnies, however, matched the Gusties' two shots on goal during the man advantage, including a shorthanded goal from sophomore forward Matt DeRosa (Alpharetta, Ga.) on a two-on-1 rush from freshman defenseman Mason Campbell (Rosemount, Minn.) with 15 seconds left in GAC's power play. The shorthanded goal was SJU's fourth of the season, as well as DeRosa's first tally of the season and fifth of his collegiate career.

Campbell made it 2-0 with a shot from the blue line, through traffic, for his third goal of the season with 9:19 left in the second period and junior forward Josh Maucieri (Crosby, Minn.) extended SJU's lead with his third goal of the season 12:25 into the third.

Kylar Fenton erased the shutout for GAC on a tic-tac-toe goal with 4:19 remaining, but senior captain Auggie Moore (Edina, Minn.) ended the game's scoring with an empty-net goal – his 80th career point – just before the horn sounded.

Sophomore goaltender Bailey Huber (Mahtomedi, Minn.) made 17 saves to improve to 5-2-2 on the year.

Saint John's 4, at Gustavus Adolphus 0 (Jan. 7)
The Johnnies completed the weekend sweep of Gustavus with a 4-0 shutout on Saturday night (Jan. 7) in St. Peter.

Campbell scored the game's first two goals in the second period and Huber made 12 saves to record his first collegiate shutout for SJU, which outshot the Gusties by a 31-12 margin. 

Just like Friday's 4-1 home win, SJU found the scoreboard first with a shorthanded goal in the second period – this time from Campbell – unassisted with 6:53 left in the frame. Campbell, who tallied an even-strength goal and an assist Friday night, gave the Johnnies a two-goal lead 4:04 later when he put away a rebound for his fifth goal of the season.

Junior forward Lewis Crosby (Edina, Minn.) extended the margin with his fifth goal of the year and 40th point as a Johnnie 3:58 into the third period and DeRosa ended the game's scoring with his second goal of the weekend on a nice one-timer from classmate Garrett Smith (Eden Prairie, Minn.) with 5:05 remaining.

CAMPBELL CAN: Campbell totaled four points (3g/1a), including both game-winning goals, and a plus/minus rating of +6 in last weekend's sweep of Gustavus. He currently leads the MIAC, among defensemen, with 14 points (5g/9a) this season. 

BAILEY BARRIER: Huber posted both wins in net, a 0.50 GAA and a .967 save percentage (29 saves) in last weekend's sweep. He has a 6-2-2 record and leads the MIAC in both GAA (1.38) and save percentage (.944) this season.

ON A ROLL vs. GAC: SJU has now won nine in a row against GAC (13-2-2 in the last 17 meetings) and leads the series with a 43-13-9 record since 1995. At the HBNHC, the Johnnies are 26-5-3 against the Gusties since the 1992-93 season.

WIN NO. 175: Saturday's road win was the 175th of head coach Doug Schueller's coaching career. He now touts a 175-145-43 career record (.541) and is 66 victories from the program record of 241 held by his predecessor, John Harrington (241-142-31 from 1993-2008).

SHORTHANDED GOALS: The two shorthanded goals over the weekend brought the season total to five, which are the most for the Johnnies since they scored eight in 28 games during the 2012-13 season. Wisconsin-Stout currently has six shorthanded tallies this season and Wisconsin-Stevens Point has one. 

STAT COMPARISONS
Scoring Offense
-STOUT, 4.1 gpg.
-UWSP, 3.5 gpg.
-SJU, 3.3 gpg.

GAA
-SJU, 1.84
-UWSP, 1.88
-STOUT, 2.06

Power Play
-SJU, 28.8 percent (19-66)
-STOUT, 24.0 percent (12-50)
-UWSP, 14.3 percent (6-42)

Penalty Kill
-UWSP, 92.3 percent (36-39)
-STOUT, 89.3 percent (50-56)
-SJU, 78.3 percent (36-46)

A LOOK AT THE BLUE DEVILS: Wisconsin-Stout (10-4-1, 3-3-1 WIAC) ran its unbeaten streak to three games (2-0-1 record) with a 6-3 home win over Bethel last Friday (Jan. 6). Stout erased a 2-1 deficit with three-consecutive goals in the second period and tallied the game's final two for good measure. Sophomore forward Peyton Hart recorded a hat trick, including two shorthanded goals, in the victory. He leads the team in goals (12), both shorthanded (3) and game-winners (3). Junior forward Matt Dahlseide (5g/11a) and senior forward Kobe Keller (5g/11a) boast a team-leading 16 points apiece. Sophomore goaltender Tyler Masternak has started nine of the 15 games and is 7-1-1 with a 1.88 GAA and a .928 save percentage (218 saves).

IN 2021: SJU ended its power-play drought with two tallies from junior forward Nick Michel (Waconia, Minn.), including the game-winner 59 seconds into overtime, in a 3-2 victory at Wisconsin-Stout last Nov. 13 (2021) in Menomonie, Wis. SJU killed off a roughing-the-goaltender penalty over the final 1:54 of regulation and the first six seconds of overtime, only to earn a power play for the same offense 10 seconds after the Blue Devils' expired.

Michel drove home a tic-tac-toe one-timer from senior forward Henry Enebak (Lakeville, Minn.) and defenseman Cole Souto '22 with 4:01 left in the extra session to end the Johnnies' winless streak at four games. SJU finished 2-for-4 on the man advantage.

Souto gave SJU a 1-0 lead with his first goal of the season (16th of his career) and his 40th career point 12:24 into the first period. The Johnnies saw their scoreless streak on the power play end at 0-for-24 when Michel scored his first PPG of the game 1:14 later.

Landon Lushanko cut the Johnnies' lead in half with a wrister off an offensive-zone faceoff with 9:32 left in the second period and Raphael Gosselin tied the game for Stout 14 seconds into a power play with 13:22 remaining in regulation.

Goaltender Mac Berglove '21 made 21 saves in the victory. The Johnnies out-shot the Blue Devils, which went 1-for-6 on the power play, by a 28-23 margin.

SERIES HISTORY: The Johnnies are 17-5-1 against the Blue Devils with an even 4-4 mark at the HBNHC. SJU, however, is unbeaten against Stout over the last nine meetings (8-0-1 record).

A LOOK AT THE POINTERS: Wisconsin-Stevens Point (9-2-3, 6-0-0 WIAC) split a pair of home games last weekend as the Pointers suffered their second loss of the season, 3-2 in overtime to Hamline, on Friday (Jan. 6). UWSP bounced back, however, and blanked then-No. 4 Augsburg with a 4-0 score on Saturday night (Jan. 7).Twenty-three Pointers have a point this season and are led by junior forward Conor Witherspoon's 11 (7g/4a). Witherspoon and Michel were teammates at Division I Alabama-Huntsville. Sophomore forward Fletcher Anderson (3g/7a) and senior forward Jordan Fader (1g/9a) are next with 10. Freshman Alex Proctor (4-0-2, 1.77 GAA, .928) and senior Ryan Wagner (3-2-0, 2.26 GAA, .900) have each started six games in net. UWSP makes the trek to Moorhead to face Concordia Friday night before Saturday's tilt in Sartell.

LAST SEASON: Then-No. 11 Wisconsin-Stevens Point scored two shorthanded goals in the game's final 2:14 to defeat SJU 4-2 last Nov. 12 (2021) in Stevens Point, Wis.

The Johnnies were given their sixth power play of the game with 2:52 remaining and the game tied at 2-2, but Connor Scahill scored a controversial, shorthanded goal with 2:14 left. Goaltender Michael Magnuson '22 made the save with his glove, but an official ruled that the puck crossed the goal line. The goal judge disagreed, but the officials let the goal stand. Magnuson tied a career high with 33 saves in the loss.

The bizarre goal was another late swing of momentum against the Johnnies. The third consecutive, to be exact. The Milwaukee School of Engineering (Wis.) scored the game-tying goal, with an extra attacker on the power play (6-on-4), with 32 seconds remaining the previous weekend's (Nov. 7) 4-4 tie. Three days later (Nov. 10), Bethel scored the game-winning goal as the overtime horn sounded in 1-0 loss to open the MIAC schedule.

Carter Roo ended the scoring for UWSP with another shorthanded goal, thanks to an empty net, with 1:45 left. The Pointers gained an early 1-0 lead 30 seconds into the game, but senior forward Brett Meister (White Bear Lake, Minn.) tied it up with his first goal of the season (second of his career) 1:42 later. Stevens Point re-gained the lead with 5:34 left in the opening period.

Following a scoreless second period, DeRosa tied the game with his second collegiate goal 4:21 into the third period. UWSP out-shot SJU by a 37-25 margin, but just 11-10 in the third period.