Rieger's second straight hat trick gives Augsburg 7-0 win at St. Thomas!

Game Summary:
MINNEAPOLIS (2/12/00) -- For the second consecutive night, Angie Rieger (Jr., Courtland, Minn./New Ulm Public HS) scored a three-goal hat trick to lead Augsburg College to a win, as the Auggies claimed a 7-0 win over the University of St. Thomas in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's hockey game Saturday night at St. Thomas' home rink, the Parade Ice Arena.

Rieger added an assist for a four-point night on Saturday. Combined with a three-goal, two assist performance in Friday's 7-6 win over the Tommies, Rieger, a two-time All-American, had a nine-point weekend against the Tommies. Rieger notched her school-record third hat trick of the season (and fourth of her career) in Saturday's performance, giving her team highs of of 21 goals and 15 assists (36 points) this season.

Augsburg improves to 14-5-0 overall and 9-1-0 in the MIAC, while St. Thomas drops to 10-7-1 overall and 4-5-1 in the MIAC.

Rieger's first goal was a power-play goal 12 minutes into the contest. Her other two goals came in the third period, including a goal just nine seconds after assisting on a goal by Annie Simons (Sr., South St. Paul, Minn.). Simons had a goal and two assists in the contest.

Stephanie Johnson (Jr., Champlin, Minn./Anoka HS) and April Leger (So., Austin, Minn.) each had a goal and assist for the Auggies in the second period. Amber Nadreau (Jr., Anchorage, Alaska/Grace Christian HS) added an unassisted goal for Augsburg.

Augsburg outshot St. Thomas by a 48-13 margin in the game. Meg Schmidt (Sr., West St. Paul, Minn./Henry Sibley HS) notched her school-record fourth shutout of the season in goal. Karissa Stapf (Fr., Burnsville, Minn.) made 34 saves and allowed seven goals to take the loss for the Tommies, before being relieved by Jill Janikowski (Fr., Burnsville, Minn.).

Augsburg hosts St. Mary's, currently unbeaten in the MIAC, in a weekend series Saturday (2/19 at Augsburg, 2:05 p.m.) and Sunday (2/20 at St. Mary's, 2:05 p.m.), while St. Thomas has a two-game series with St. Benedict Friday (2/18 at Parade Ice Arena, 7:30 p.m.) and Saturday (2/19 at River-Lakes Arena, Richmond, Minn., 3 p.m.).

First Period

Goals

 1. 12:43--Augsburg--Angie Rieger (19) (Erica Johnson, Kristi Brusletto) pp                   

Penalties

 5:00--Univ. of St. Thomas--Angie Schulte (2 Min) Holding                                      
 8:12--Augsburg--Rachel Leger (2 Min) Illegal Check                                                          
10:51--Univ. of St. Thomas--Sina Zimmerman (2 Min) Tripping                                    
14:17--Augsburg--Carrie McCarville (2 Min) Cross Checking                                      
15:04--Univ. of St. Thomas--Kelly Kopel (2 Min) Holding                                       

Second Period

Goals

 2.  3:38--Augsburg--April Leger (5) (Stephanie Johnson)                                       
 3.  9:18--Augsburg--Stephanie Johnson (9) (April Leger)                                     

Penalties

 1:08--Augsburg--Annie Mattison (2 Min) Illegal Check                                                      
16:19--Augsburg--Sarah Garrison (5 Min) Slashing                                               
18:40--Univ. of St. Thomas--Angie Schulte (2 Min) Holding                                     

Third Period

Goals

 4.  0:34--Augsburg--Angie Rieger (20) (Annie Simons, Annie Mattison)                          
 5.  5:36--Augsburg--Annie Simons (8) (Angie Rieger)                                           
 6.  5:45--Augsburg--Angie Rieger (21) (Annie Simons)                                          
 7. 12:22--Augsburg--Amber Nadreau (2) (unassisted)                                                       

Penalties

10:11--Augsburg--Annie Mattison (2 Min) Roughing                                               
10:11--Univ. of St. Thomas--Angie Schulte (2 Min) Roughing                                     
10:51--Augsburg--Emily Miller (2 Min) Illegal Check                                                         
11:41--Univ. of St. Thomas--Erica Buck (2 Min) Holding                                         
15:05--Univ. of St. Thomas--Angie Schulte (2 Min)                                              
17:07--Augsburg--Cindy Drum (2 Min) Illegal Check                                                          
17:07--Univ. of St. Thomas--Tina Simonson (2 Min) Roughing                                     
19:50--Univ. of St. Thomas--Shelby Spandl (2 Min) Roughing                                     
19:50--Univ. of St. Thomas--Gina Zimney (2 Min) Roughing                                       
19:50--Augsburg--Sarah Garrison (2 Min) Roughing                                              

Scoring

Augsburg                    GP-GS   G   A  Pts +/-  Sht Sht % Pen/ Min  PP SH EN GW GT HT
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Angie Rieger          F      1- 1   3   1    4   5    8  37.5   0/   0   1  0  0  1  0  1
Annie Simons          F      1- 1   1   2    3   5    5  20.0   0/   0   0  0  0  0  0  0
Stephanie Johnson            1- 0   1   1    2   2    3  33.3   0/   0   0  0  0  0  0  0
April Leger                  1- 0   1   1    2   2    2  50.0   0/   0   0  0  0  0  0  0
Amber Nadreau                1- 0   1   0    1   1    2  50.0   0/   0   0  0  0  0  0  0
Kristi Brusletto             1- 0   0   1    1   4    5   0.0   0/   0   0  0  0  0  0  0
Annie Mattison        D      1- 1   0   1    1   1    3   0.0   2/   4   0  0  0  0  0  0
Erica Johnson                1- 0   0   1    1   3    3   0.0   0/   0   0  0  0  0  0  0
Sarah Garrison        F      1- 1   0   0    0   4    5   0.0   2/   7   0  0  0  0  0  0
Laura McGowan                1- 0   0   0    0   0    3   0.0   0/   0   0  0  0  0  0  0
Emily Miller          D      1- 1   0   0    0   1    2   0.0   1/   2   0  0  0  0  0  0
Katie Cheese                 1- 0   0   0    0   2    2   0.0   0/   0   0  0  0  0  0  0
Cindy Drum                   1- 0   0   0    0   1    1   0.0   1/   2   0  0  0  0  0  0
Carrie McCarville            1- 0   0   0    0   0    1   0.0   1/   2   0  0  0  0  0  0
Brenda Selander              1- 0   0   0    0   0    1   0.0   0/   0   0  0  0  0  0  0
Anne Osberg                  1- 0   0   0    0   0    1   0.0   0/   0   0  0  0  0  0  0
Genevieve Antonello          1- 0   0   0    0   1    1   0.0   0/   0   0  0  0  0  0  0
Meg Schmidt           G      1- 1   0   0    0   0    0   0.0   0/   0   0  0  0  0  0  0
Rachel Leger                 1- 0   0   0    0   2    0   0.0   1/   2   0  0  0  0  0  0
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Augsburg                     1- 1   7   8   15       48  14.6   8/  19   1  0  0  1  0  1
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Univ. of St. Thomas         GP-GS   G   A  Pts +/-  Sht Sht % Pen/ Min  PP SH EN GW GT HT
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Karissa Stapf         G      1- 1   0   0    0   0    0   0.0   0/   0   0  0  0  0  0  0
Jill Janikowski              1- 0   0   0    0   0    0   0.0   0/   0   0  0  0  0  0  0
Brittany Erickson     D      1- 1   0   0    0   0    0   0.0   0/   0   0  0  0  0  0  0
Gina Zimney           D      1- 1   0   0    0   0    0   0.0   1/   2   0  0  0  0  0  0
Amanda Steinkraus     F      1- 1   0   0    0   0    0   0.0   0/   0   0  0  0  0  0  0
Lisa Schlatter        F      1- 1   0   0    0   0    0   0.0   0/   0   0  0  0  0  0  0
Angie Schulte         F      1- 1   0   0    0   0    0   0.0   4/   8   0  0  0  0  0  0
Molly Nei                    1- 0   0   0    0   0    0   0.0   0/   0   0  0  0  0  0  0
Erica Buck                   1- 0   0   0    0   0    0   0.0   1/   2   0  0  0  0  0  0
Tina Simonson                1- 0   0   0    0   0    0   0.0   1/   2   0  0  0  0  0  0
Kelly Kopel                  1- 0   0   0    0   0    0   0.0   1/   2   0  0  0  0  0  0
Jenny Wiberg                 1- 0   0   0    0   0    0   0.0   0/   0   0  0  0  0  0  0
Sina Zimmerman               1- 0   0   0    0   0    0   0.0   1/   2   0  0  0  0  0  0
Lisa Navarro                 1- 0   0   0    0   0    0   0.0   0/   0   0  0  0  0  0  0
Shelby Spandl                1- 0   0   0    0   0    0   0.0   1/   2   0  0  0  0  0  0
Shannon Voto                 1- 0   0   0    0   0    0   0.0   0/   0   0  0  0  0  0  0
Heather Martin               1- 0   0   0    0   0    0   0.0   0/   0   0  0  0  0  0  0
Michelle Campbell            1- 0   0   0    0   0    0   0.0   0/   0   0  0  0  0  0  0
Team (no shots kept)         1- 0   0   0    0   0   13   0.0   0/   0   0  0  0  0  0  0
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Univ. of St. Thomas          1- 1   0   0    0       13   0.0  10/  20   0  0  0  0  0  0
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Goaltending

Augsburg                    GP-GS    Min    GAA  W  L  T EN Sho  GA   Sv  Sv %
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Meg Schmidt           G      1- 1   60:00  0.00  1  0  0  0   1   0   13 1.000
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Augsburg                     1- 1   60:00  0.00  1  0  0  0   1   0   13 1.000
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Univ. of St. Thomas         GP-GS    Min    GAA  W  L  T EN Sho  GA   Sv  Sv %
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Karissa Stapf         G      1- 1   52:02  8.07  0  1  0  0   0   7   34  .829
Jill Janikowski              1- 0    7:58  0.00  0  0  0  0   0   0    7 1.000
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Univ. of St. Thomas          1- 1   60:00  7.00  0  1  0  0   0   7   41  .854
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Statistics by Period

Goals                   1    2    3  Tot
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Augsburg                1    2    4    7
Univ. of St. Thomas     0    0    0    0

Shots                   1    2    3  Tot
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Augsburg               15   13   20   48
Univ. of St. Thomas     4    6    3   13

Penalties               1    2    3  Tot
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Augsburg                2    2    4    8
Univ. of St. Thomas     3    1    6   10

Penalty Minutes         1    2    3  Tot
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Augsburg                4    7    8   19
Univ. of St. Thomas     6    2   12   20
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