Box Score
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – No. 15 Saint John's hockey cruised to a 5-1 victory at Wisconsin-Eau Claire on Saturday night, Nov. 7.
The Johnnies (2-1-1 overall) 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 (2-1-1 overall) 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 a UW-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).
The Johnnies return home to host No. 10/12 Wisconsin-Stout at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud.
