Saint John's hockey continues non-conference play by hosting No. 11/13 Wisconsin-Stout Polytechnic at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud. The Johnnies then travel to face No. 15 Wisconsin-River Falls at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14.

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A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John's (2-1-1 overall) split a pair of game against Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) opponents last weekend.

Wisconsin-Superior 6, at Saint John's 1 (Nov. 6)
The Yellowjackets scored in each period, including three in the first and two on the power play in the third, to hand the Johnnies their first loss of the season.

UWS netted its first 2:25 into play and doubled the lead just over halfway through the first period. The Yellowjackets scored their third just after time expired on an SJU power play, as the penalized Miles Berg broke free from the box for a breakaway and a 3-0 lead.

SJU scored its lone goal as time ticked down in the first period to cut the deficit to two. Senior forward Jack Wandmacher (St. Louis Park, Minn.) battled for the puck on the boards before moving it up to the point to freshman defenseman Logan Opgrand (Eagan, Minn.). Opgrand found senior forward Chris Kernan (Maple Grove, Minn.) in the middle of the ice and Kernan found the back of the net with 6.6 seconds remaining before the first intermission.

Superior scored again in the second period for the 4-1 advantage. 

It appeared the Johnnies were going to start a comeback effort halfway through the third period, as senior forward Jacob McPartland (Victoria, Minn.) settled a bouncing puck in the slot and sent it into the back of the net, but his goal was disallowed with by a delayed penalty. That resulted in a UW-Superior goal eight seconds into the man advantage. 

SJU was whistled for three more penalties in the final 10 minutes of play, with the Yellowjackets converting on another for the 6-1 final. 

The Johnnies were 0-for-4 on the power play, but senior transfer Luke Levandowski (Rosemount, Minn.) nearly scored on a number of opportunities in the final period. 

Sophomore goaltender Kyle Abrahamson (Cloquet, Minn.) made 25 saves between the pipes. Sophomore defenseman Cashen Naeve (Independence, Minn.) led SJU with four shots on goal, as the Johnnies out-shot Superior 36-31.

Saint John's 5, at Wisconsin-Eau Claire 1 (Nov. 7)
The Johnnies fell to a quick deficit in the first period but responded with five unanswered goals, including one on the power play and another on the penalty kill. 

SJU was awarded a power play halfway through the first period, but came up empty, only for the Blugolds to take the puck back the other way out of the box and score on a 2-on-1 for the lead at 9:18. 

Senior captain Parker Gnos (Excelsior, Minn.) tied things up with the sixth goal of his career. Gnos' tally was also the first on the power play for the Johnnies and the first that the UWEC penalty kill had allowed through the first four games of the young season. 

Senior forward Jack Wandmacher (St. Louis Park, Minn.) fed the puck down low for classmate Logan Lyke (Medina, Minn.), who found Gnos in the slot. Gnos' first shot was saved, but he buried the rebound to even the score 2:05 into the second period.

Sophomore forward Cadyn Campbell (Rosemount, Minn.) scored the eventual game-winner six minutes later. Freshman forward Jibber Kuhl (Plymouth, Minn.) bodied an Eau Claire defenseman off the puck in the corner to create the play, knocking the puck loose. Kuhl turned quick and found Campbell at the bottom of the circle for a one-timer go-ahead goal.

The Johnnies survived a 5-on-3 and a five-minute major to hold onto its 2-1 lead at the second intermission. 

Lyke scored the first of three third period goals, recovering a loose puck at the top of the circle. He took two strides before rifling the puck over the left shoulder of the UWEC goaltender Mason Joseph. 

Sophomore forward Jordan Larkee (St. Paul, Minn.) added another three minutes later, splitting the Blugold defenseman for a short breakaway. And, just like Lyke, Larkee beat Joseph high on his glove side. 

Sophomore forward Seth Terhell (Cambridge, Minn.) added an emphatic stamp on the game with a shorthanded tally. Just after the Johnnies had killed off a 5-on-3, Terhell recovered a rebound from the Blugolds and skated it end-to-end before knocking Joseph's water bottle off his net with a goal in the top right corner. 

Freshman goaltender Casimir Weckström (Kokkola, Finland) finished with 25 saves between the pipes for his first collegiate win (1-0-1 record). 

Senior forward Cam Boche (Lakeville, Minn.) led SJU with five shots on goal. Lyke led the Johnnies with two points (1g/1a) and had four shots on goal. A total of 16 penalties were called between the two teams Saturday night. SJU was 1-for-5 on the power play and successfully killed off 29 minutes worth of penalties (0-for-5).

A LOOK AT THE BLUE DEVILS: Wisconsin-Stout Polytechnic (2-1-1 overall) went 1-0-1 against MIAC opponents last weekend: a 5-0 home win over Hamline on Friday (Nov. 6) and a 3-3 tie on Saturday (Nov. 7) at Saint Mary's. Junior forward Fyodor Nikolayenya, a transfer from Division I Alaska-Fairbanks, leads the team in goals (4), game-winning goals, power-play goals (2) and points (6) through the season's first four games. Sophomore forward Arhip Sidarovich is next with five points, including a team-best four assists. Sophomore goaltender Sebastian Monaco is 1-1-1 with a 2.28 GAA and a .926 save percentage (87 saves).

LAST SEASON: Stout scored six unanswered goals, including four in the third period, to hand SJU its first loss of the 2025-26 season – 6-2 – last Nov. 15 (2025).

McPartland gave SJU the lead 8:25 into the first period. Boche passed the puck up the wall to junior defenseman George Moore III (Little Falls, Minn.), who moved it across the blue line to defenseman Zach Enebak '26. McPartland hacked Enebak's shot into the goal for his second tally of the season.

Goaltender Tom Kuriscak '26 made his second collegiate start and stopped 15 shots through period one, smothering a Blue Devil chance and subsequent rebounds to keep his team ahead. 

Captain Mason Campbell '26 doubled the lead 10 minutes later, walking a Stout defender with a toe drag and roofing the puck for a 2-0 advantage.

That was the Johnnies' last goal, though, as the home team rattled off six unanswered goals. 

Stout evened the score in the second period, as a pass behind the back to Maksis Brimanis out front caught Kuriscak on the near post. 

The Blue Devils made it 2-2 heading into the third period after a goal on a 3-on-2 rush down the ice. 

Sidarovich scored the eventual game-winner on a shot from outside the dots that beat Kuriscak over the shoulder. 

The Blue Devils added another on a penalty shot and two more with an empty SJU net for the 6-2 final.

Kuriscak finished with 30 saves between the pipes. Four different Johnnies had three shots on goal, but Stout out-shot the visitors 36-25.

SERIES HISTORY: The Johnnies are 19-7-1 all-time against Stout, including an 8-5 record on their home ice.

A LOOK AT THE FALCONS: Wisconsin-River Falls (4-0-0 overall) remained undefeated with a home sweep of Concordia-Moorhead – 6-3 and 5-0 – last Friday and Saturday (Nov. 6-7). Sophomore forward Keenan Ingram leads UWRF in goals (6) and points (9), while sophomore forward Ben Portner is close behind with eight assists. Freshman goaltender Chris Quizi has played all 241:29 in net and has a 1.99 GAA and a .937 save percentage (119 saves). River Falls visits Hamline Thursday night before hosting SJU Saturday.

IN 2025-26: SJU scored four unanswered goals, including two in the game's final minute, to top River Falls 4-2 last Nov. 14 (2025) at Hunt Arena. Lyke broke a 2-2 tie for SJU off a Campbell shot from the point with 53 seconds remaining in regulation to tilt the scales for SJU in the final period. 

Boche drove the puck into the zone to create a scoring play. After Boche's possession, junior forward Jordan Newpower (Lino Lakes, Minn.) sent a pass to Campbell at the point who rifled a shot that was tipped by Lyke into the goal with under a minute left to play in the third.

Wandmacher added his second of the night on a make-shift empty-netter 20 seconds later, as his breakaway on the empty net was called for a penalty shot with 33 seconds on the clock, which resulted in an automatic goal.

River Falls scored the first goal of the game with two minutes remaining in the first period, taking advantage of a power play for the lead heading into the first intermission. The rotating power play unit caught the Johnnies looking for Alex Atwill to knock the puck in from the goal line. 

UWRF doubled its lead in the second period on another power play, as Ingram cleaned up the rebound on a tight shot in front of the net. 

SJU evened the score before the end of the period, the first from Wandmacher with the man advantage. Wandmacher caught the River Falls goalie on the lateral slide across the crease, as a quick pass from senior forward Jackson Borst (Edina, Minn.) across the zone fed him the Johnnies' first goal.

Terhell knotted it at 2-2 less than a minute after Wandmacher's score, ripping a shot over the Falcon goaltender on the zone entry after a tap pass from Borst. 

The Johnnies had a number of chances in the third period but waited until the final minute of play to tally the game-winner.

Goaltender Jon Howe '26 finished with 28 saves between the pipes.

SERIES HISTORY: SJU is 9-16-2 against UWRF since the 1995-96 season, including a 6-9 record on the Falcons' home ice. The Johnnies, however, have won three of the last four meetings at Hunt Arena.