Box Score

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Saint John's hockey completed the series sweep of No. 12 Trine (Ind.) with a 4-2 win on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 3, at the Municipal Athletic Complex (MAC).

The Johnnies (6-2-3, 3-1-2 MIAC) responded to a 2-1 deficit in the second period with three-consecutive goals, while senior goaltender Jon Howe (Chanhassen, Minn.) made a career-high 46 saves – 86 on the weekend – between the pipes.

Junior forward Jackson Bisson (Edina, Minn.) got SJU rolling early in the game, tallying his fourth goal and 10th point of the season just 1:02 after the first puck drop. After junior forward Jack Wandmacher (St. Louis Park, Minn.) and senior captain Mason Campbell (Rosemount, Minn.) broke the puck out of the zone, Bisson made space for himself before rifling a shot at the Trine goaltender from the circle. His puck trickled through the arm of Ronnie Petrucci to put SJU ahead early.

Keiton Klein evened the score before the end of the first with a power-play goal at the 17:34 mark for a 1-1 deadlock at the first intermission.



Trine (7-5-2, 4-2-2 NCHA) then put the Johnnies down 2-1 in the second period for the second game in a row, as Brody Simko gave his team its only lead of the game 6:28 after the break. 

Once again, though, the Thunder were met with junior forward Logan Lyke (Medina, Minn.), who scored his third goal of the weekend to tie the game at two apiece. Senior defenseman Conner Couet (St. Michael, Minn.) fed Lyke a long pass through the neutral zone, and the junior wheeled the edge of the zone before roofing the puck for his sixth of the season.

Just over a minute later, freshman defenseman Cashen Naeve (Independence, Minn.) scored from the point off a Jordan Larkee (St. Paul, Minn.) faceoff win and Carter Krenke (Bloomington, Minn.) pass from the half-wall. 



Saint John's carried the 3-2 lead into the third period and iced the cake with an empty netter from junior forward Jackson Borst (Edina, Minn.) and a perfect period from Howe to seal the victory.

Nine different Johnnies recorded a point in Saturday's outing, led by Campbell's two assists. Howe has now made 40 or more saves in four different wins this season, while his record in net improves to 6-1-3. The 46 saves are the most by a Johnnie goaltender in a game since Bailey Huber '25 made 52 in a 1-1 tie at Utica (N.Y.) on Nov. 24, 2023.

The Johnnies host two more non-conference games next week at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, beginning with a 7 p.m. puck-drop against Beloit (Wis.) on Thursday, Jan. 8. SJU then faces Wisconsin-Superior at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10.