Box Score
ST. CLOUD, Minn. – No. 15 Saint John's hockey opened the 2026-27 season with a 4-2 win over Marian (Wis.) on Friday night, Oct. 30, at the Municipal Athletic Complex (MAC) in St. Cloud.
Senior forward
Jackson Borst (Edina, Minn.) scored SJU's first goal of the season, capitalizing on a misplayed puck by the Sabre defense. Borst had an empty net to shoot the puck into after the Marian goaltender stepped out of the crease. Borst's celebration drew an SJU penalty that resulted in a power-play goal for the Sabres' Brendan Bottem 56 seconds later.
Borst started his next shift with revenge in mind, setting up SJU's forecheck off the opening faceoff. His pressure resulted in possession for the Johnnies, who worked the puck at the blue line between freshman defenseman
Logan Opgrand (Eagan, Minn.) and sophomore defenseman
Cashen Naeve (Independence, Minn.). Naeve made a defender miss and rifled a shot that tipped off Marian goaltender Andreai Proctor-Ramirez for junior forward
Jordan Newpower (Lino Lakes, Minn.) to tap into the net.
SJU's 2-1 lead held through the second period and for the majority of the third until sophomore forward
Seth Terhell (Cambridge, Minn.) gave the Johnnies a two-goal cushion. After senior forward
Luke Levandowski (Rosemount, Minn.) won possession of the puck below the goal line, senior forward
Jacob McPartland (Victoria, Minn.) hit Terhell in the slot with a pass that beat Proctor-Ramirez over his left pad.
The two-goal lead lasted for four minutes until Marian's Bronson Babyak intercepted an errant pass at the blue line for a breakaway goal over the shoulder of sophomore goaltender
Kyle Abrahamson (Cloquet, Minn.).
Naeve, however, put the comeback to rest with an empty-net goal with 1:26 remaining.
Abrahamson made 23 saves in the second start of his collegiate career. Naeve and senior forward
Jack Wandmacher (St. Louis Park, Minn.) led SJU's offensive attack with four shots apiece. The Johnnies also blocked seven shots, including three off of senior captain
Parker Gnos (Excelsior, Minn.), who returned for his first game in 281 days after suffering a season-ending injury Jan. 22 at Saint Mary's.
The two teams wrap the season-opening series with a 4 p.m. puck-drop on Saturday (Oct. 31) at the MAC.
