Box Score

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Saint John's hockey closed its non-conference schedule with a narrow 6-5 loss to No. 12 Wisconsin-Stevens Point on Saturday, Jan. 18, at the Municipal Athletic Complex.

A pair of sophomore forwards from Edina, Jackson Bisson and Jackson Borst, had big games for the Johnnies (6-9, 3-3 MIAC). Bisson tallied his first collegiate hat trick, including a pair of goals with senior goaltender Bailey Huber (Mahtomedi, Minn.) on the bench in the final minute of play, and Borst registered four points (2g/2a).

The Pointers (12-4-1, 4-2-1 WIAC) broke open a 4-3 lead with goals from Chris Engelbert (3:38) and Matthew Falls (9:56) in the first half of the third period, but Bisson made it 6-4 with 51 seconds remaining and added another to complete the hat trick with 10 seconds on the clock.

SJU out-shot UWSP 43-38, including a 33-24 margin over the final two periods.
 
Fletcher Anderson gave Stevens Point an early 1-0 lead with a power-play goal 3:24 into the game. The Pointers entered the game 10th in NCAA Division III at 28.6 percent (18-for-63) on the man advantage this season.

Borst tied the game three minutes later on a pretty one-timer from classmate Logan Lyke (Medina, Minn.), but Blake Norris gave the lead back to UWSP with 11:22 left in the opening period.

Both teams exchanged a pair of goals in the second period. Nico Chmelevski opened the scoring halfway (10:03) through and Bisson netted his first of the day 2:52 later.  Falls lit the lamp 29 seconds after Bisson's tally and Borst tallied his second of the game with 2:49 remaining in the period.

Huber made 32 saves in the loss for SJU, which returns to MIAC play by hosting Saint Mary's at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23, at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud.