Box Score
ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Saint John's hockey built a 3-1 lead and senior forward
Logan Lyke's (Medina, Minn.) breakaway goal with 8:29 remaining served as the game-winner in a 4-3 victory over No. 11/13 Wisconsin-Stout on Thursday night, Nov. 12, at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center.
Stout (2-2-1 overall) stormed back to tie the game at 3-3 with two goals in the third period's first seven minutes, but Lyke broke free for the second breakaway goal of the day for the Johnnies (3-1-1 overall). The tally was his second of the season and 23rd of his career.
Freshman defenseman
Michael Tarasenko (Heusenstamm, Germany) gave SJU the lead with a minute to play in the first period. His defensive partner
George Moore III (Little Falls, Minn.) moved the puck across the blue line to the 6'7" defender who rifled it into the goal behind UW-Stout's All-American goaltender and heavy traffic out front.
Sartell native Carter Bollinger tied the game for the Blue Devils 4:36 into the second period, and the Johnnies were whistled for a penalty not long after. The man advantage did not matter, though, as sophomore forward
Jordan Larkee (St. Paul, Minn.) scored a shorthanded goal - his team-leading third goal of the season - with 24 seconds remaining in the penalty kill.
Freshman defenseman
Joe Luger (Woodbury, Minn.) fed Larkee with the pass from deep in the Johnnie zone after Moore III gathered a loose puck in the corner. Larkee split the UWS defensemen and broke free before rifling a quick shot into the back of the net for the Johnnies' second shorty in as many games.
Senior forward
Jackson Borst (Edina, Minn.) extended the lead to two before the end of the second, scoring his second goal of the season and 15th of his career. Senior defenseman
Kasen Sauer (Maple Grove, Minn.) moved the puck to Borst through the neutral zone, who drove wide before taking a sharp angle shot that rattled around both top corners of the net.
Freshman goaltender Casimir Weckström (Kokkola, Finland) made 44 saves, including six over the game's final 2:11 with Stout's goaltender pulled, for his second-career win.
UW-Stout out-shot SJU 47-23, including a 38-11 margin after the first period, but SJU blocked 11 shots and denied the Blue Devils' two power-play opportunities.
The Johnnies travel to race No. 15 Wisconsin-River Falls (5-0-0 overall) at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at Hunt Arena.
