Box Score 

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Saint John's hockey earned five of the weekend series' six possible points against St. Olaf with a 1-0 shootout win following the 2-2 draw on Saturday night, Nov. 22, at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud. 

Junior forward Jackson Borst (Edina, Minn.) scored the shootout's lone goal, a backhanded shot following a deke, in the fourth round and senior goaltender Jon Howe (Chanhassen, Minn.) denied all four attempts for SJU (3-1-3, 2-0-2 MIAC). Howe finished with 30 saves and is now 3-0-3 between the pipes this season.

The Johnnies out-shot the Oles (4-2-2, 2-1-1 MIAC) by a 58-32 margin, but were whistled for three penalties in a span of 2:33 that led to the game-tying goal for STO during a 5-on-3 power play. 

Tyler Green gave the visitors a 1-0 lead 7:22 into the game after a failed clear from the Johnnies landed on the stick of Wyatt Hickok at the point. Green tipped Hickock's shot around Howe for the game's first goal. 

Freshman defenseman Cashen Naeve (Independence, Minn.) evened the score at the 14:35 mark of the opening frame with his second goal of the season. Naeve fed the puck to Jack Wandmacher (St. Louis Park, Minn.) on the breakout, which eventually turned into a 2-on-1. Wandmacher beat the Ole defender with a pass back to Naeve, who made a move and roofed the puck for the 1-1 tie. 

Borst gave SJU its first lead of the game with his second goal of the season with 6:15 left in the second period. Naeve walked into the zone for a better angled shot on Olaf goaltender Matthew Malin, which deflected off his blocker. Junior forward Chris Kernan (Maple Grove, Minn.) picked up the rebound for a shot of his own that was blocked by an Ole defender in the crease making up for Nolan's sprawl across the crease. Borst put the puck away on the third attempt for a 2-1 advantage at the end of the second. 

The Johnnies held St. Olaf without a shot on goal for more than half of the third period, but 18 seconds of a 5-on-3 proved to be too much to keep the puck out of the back of the net, as Jonathan Panisa knotted the game at 2-2 with 5:29 left to play. 



Each team had a quality scoring chance in overtime, but Saturday at the Herb was once again decided by a shootout. 

Senior defenseman Mason Campbell (Rosemount, Minn.) led SJU with eight shots – five in the second period, while Naeve, junior defenseman Parker Gnos (Excelsior, Minn.) and junior forward Cam Boche (Lakeville, Minn.) each had five. SJU's 58 shots were the team's most since SJU totaled the same amount in a quadruple-overtime loss to Augsburg in the MIAC Championship on March 2, 2019. 

The Johnnies were 0-1 on their only power play opportunity Saturday, as the Oles were called for too many men on the ice in the second period. 

The Johnnies return to the ice following Thanksgiving break by hosting Bethel at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, at the HBNHC in St. Cloud.