Box Score

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Saint John's hockey scored the game's final two goals for a 4-2 victory over Hamline on Thursday, Jan. 30, at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center.

Senior forward Justin Thompson (Woodbury, Minn.) scored what proved to be the game-winning goal, his third tally of the season and 20th point as a Johnnie, with 3:04 left in the second period.

Junior defenseman Conner Couet (St. Michael, Minn.) ended the scoring with his first goal of the season and second of his SJU (8-10, 5-4 MIAC) career 2:22 into the third.

The Johnnies gained a 2-0 lead in the second half of the first period with a pair of goals on special teams. Sophomore forward Jackson Bisson (Edina, Minn.) found the back of the net on the power play, his sixth tally of the season, 13:11 into the game on a one-timer from Thompson.

Senior captain Matt DeRosa (Alpharetta, Ga.) then found sophomore forward Jackson Borst (Edina, Minn.) on the blue line for a shorthanded, breakaway goal 2:07 later. The shorthanded goal was SJU's first of the season and Borst's 15th career point.



Tanner Rausch cut the deficit in half, 2-1, when he put away his own rebound with 2:33 remaining in the opening period and Brandon McNamara tied the game for HU (6-14, 4-7 MIAC) with a power-play goal 5:05 into the second.

The Pipers recorded 10 of the game's final 11 shots on goal but could get past senior goaltender Bailey Huber (Mahtomedi, Minn.), who made 28 saves to improve to 4-4 on the season. He is now 3-2 with a 1.98 GAA and .937 save percentage in MIAC play.

Both teams went 1-for-4 on the man advantage and SJU finished with a 36-30 margin in shots.

The two teams complete the series with a 5 p.m. puck-drop on Saturday, Feb. 1, at the TRIA Rink in St. Paul.