Box Score
RIVER FALLS, Wis. – Saint John's hockey fell short in a high-scoring slugfest – 6-5 in overtime – to No. 15 Wisconsin-River Falls on Saturday night, Nov. 14.
Sophomore forward
Carter Krenke (Bloomington, Minn.) tied the game for SJU (3-2-1 overall) at 5-5 with 1:36 remaining, but Luke Margenau tallied the game-winner for UWRF (6-0-0 overall) with 1:37 left of the 3-on-3 overtime.
The Johnnies pulled freshman goaltender
Hunter Bauer (Bristow, Va.) for the extra skater with two minutes remaining, and it paid off, as Krenke was able to toe drag through a number of defenders before roofing the puck on his backhand.
UWRF found an open Margenau, and he did not miss, one-timing a shot from the slot that beat Bauer under the crossbar.
The Johnnies outshot the Falcons 47-36 and both teams were 50 percent (SJU: 1-2, UWRF: 2-4) on the power play.
Ben Portner gave the home team a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal 7:14 into the game.
Senior forward
Logan Lyke (Medina, Minn.) evened the score with his third goal in as many games with 3:37 left in the opening frame. Freshman defenseman
Joe Luger (Woodbury, Minn.) rifled a shot from the circle and junior forward
Jordan Newpower (Lino Lakes, Minn.) got a stick on it and created traffic in front, drawing UWRF's attention away from a wide-open Lyke, who delivered the rebound into the open goal.
River Falls, however, answered 11 seconds later with an unassisted goal off a turnover in the neutral zone and subsequent breakaway.
Sophomore forward
Jordan Larkee (St. Paul, Minn.) knotted it again with a power play tally two seconds left in the first period. Junior defenseman
George Moore III (Little Falls, Minn.) moved the puck across the blue line to senior forward
Luke Levandowski (Rosemount, Minn.) who took a quick shot from the point. Larkee was there to clean up the rebound heading into the first intermission.
Senior forward
Cam Boche (Lakeville, Minn.) gave SJU its first lead of the game, 3-2, at the 11:41 mark of the second period. Boche moved the puck out wide to Krenke on the zone entry, who was able to feed Boche back with a one-timer tip in front of the goal.
Another UWRF power-play goal tied the game at 3-3 with 2:01 left in the second.
Newpower helped SJU take a 4-3 lead 1:09 into the third thanks to a quick pass from Lyke and a shot into the top corner, but the Falcons scored two in response, including the go-ahead goal from All-American and 2025-26 Rookie of the Year Keenan Ingram.
Bauer made 30 saves in his first collegiate start and appearance in net.
The Johnnies begin MIAC play by hosting Concordia-Moorhead (1-2-0 overall) at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud.
