Box Score

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Saint John's hockey scored four unanswered goals in the final 7:25 of the third period, including two with an empty net, to defeat Hamline 6-3 on Thursday, Jan. 19, at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud.

Eleven Johnnies recorded a point, led by junior forward Max Borst (Edina, Minn.), sophomore forwards Spencer Rudrud (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Jackson Sabo (Rosemount, Minn.) with three apiece.

Senior forward Nick Michel (Waconia, Minn.) tied the game at 3-3 for SJU (10-6-2, 6-2-1 MIAC) with his team-leading 13th goal of the season – during a scrum in front of the net – at the 12:35 mark. Borst tallied what proved to be the game-winning goal, a rebound off the initial shot from Rudrud, 3:22 later.

Sabo and senior forward Henry Enebak (Lakeville, Minn.) sealed the win with an empty-net goal each in the final 1:28.



SJU recorded the game's first 11 shots on goal, with the 11th serving as freshman defenseman Mason Campbell's (Rosemount, Minn.) sixth goal of the season (15th point) 11:10 into the contest. 

The Pipers (8-7-1, 1-6-0 MIAC) tallied their first shot on net with eight minutes left in the opening frame and gained a 2-1 lead on their third and fourth shots. Sam Dabrowski knotted the game at 1-1 at the 12:31 mark and Carson Simon gave the visitors the lead 12 seconds into a power play.

Borst tied the game at 2-2 with his fifth goal of the season, and 10th of his career, on a give-and-go from Sabo with 1:56 remaining. The Johnnies posted a 21-6, first-period advantage in shots.

Joe Collins gave the lead back to HU with a 5-on-3, power-play goal 3:19 into the second period. The Johnnies gained a five-minute power play at the 12:55 mark but mustered only four shots on goal.

Sophomore goaltender Bailey Huber (Mahtomedi, Minn.), the reigning MIAC Men's Hockey Defensive Player of the Week, made 21 saves to improve his record to 8-2-2 (5-1-1 MIAC).

The Pipers, who entered the game eighth in the MIAC on the power play at 9.1 percent (2-for-22) in conference play, went 2-for-3 to the Johnnies' 0-for-4 showing. SJU nearly doubled HU in shots, 42-24.

The two teams complete the regular-season series at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at the TRIA Rink in St. Paul.