Box Score

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Saint John's hockey fell to Concordia-Moorhead by a 4-2 score on Thursday, Feb. 20, at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center.

Hunter Bjorge snapped home a shot near the right faceoff circle to give Concordia (11-10-3, 7-5-3 MIAC) a 1-0 lead 1:52 into the second period. 

Sophomore Chris Kernan (Maple Grove, Minn.) tied the game for SJU (10-13-1, 7-7-1 MIAC) with his 10th goal of the season – a shot off his own rebound – 1:43 later.

The Cobbers, however, scored a pair of goals 1:30 apart less than three minutes later to gain a 3-1 advantage. Ben Luedtke took advantage of an error by junior goaltender Jon Howe (Chanhassen, Minn.) for an unassisted tally at the 6:17 mark and Joe Harguindeguy hammered home his own rebounded 1:30 later. Howe came out to play the puck before a hard-charging Luedtke could reach it, but his attempt to clear went to Luedtke's stick, and the CC junior side-stepped the sprawled goaltender for an easy goal.

Troy Dahlheimer extended the lead to 4-1 on a deep shot in the slot with 5:16 remaining in the game and sophomore forward Logan Lyke (Medina, Minn.) closed the scoring with a shorthanded goal, the Johnnies' second in as many games, 47 seconds later. The tally was Lyke's fifth of the season and 20th career point.

Howe made 36 saves in the loss as CC posted a 40-36 edge in shots. SJU denied the Cobbers' three power-play chances but went 0-for-4 on the man advantage. Junior defenseman Mason Campbell (Rosemount, Minn.) hit the pipe during the Johnnies' second power play in the first period.

The two teams end the regular-season schedule at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Moorhead Ice Arena.