ST. PAUL, Minn. (2/23/00) --
Amber Nadreau (Jr., Anchorage, Alaska/Grace Christian HS),
Kristi Brusletto (So., Basalt, Colo.) and
Sarah Garrison (So., West Des Moines, Iowa/Valley HS) scored twice each as Augsburg College rallied for a 9-4 win over the host College of St. Catherine in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's hockey game Wednesday night at the Drake Ice Arena.
With the win, Augsburg (16-5-1 overall, 11-1-1 MIAC), in first-place in the MIAC, clinches a first-round home playoff series. The Auggies can clinch at least a share of their second-straight MIAC regular-season title -- and home-ice advantage for the entire MIAC playoffs -- with a win over St. Catherine (15-7-1 overall, 5-7-1 MIAC) in the regular-season finale Saturday at 2:05 p.m. at the Augsburg Ice Arena.
Augsburg will host a semifinal series March 3-4. The MIAC's playoff champion, determined in the conference finals series March 10-11, will represent the MIAC in the AWCHA Division III national championships, set for March 24-25 in Boston, Mass.
Augsburg led 3-1 after the first period, on goals from
Annie Simons (Sr., South St. Paul, Minn.) (15 seconds into the game),
Emily Miller (Sr., Blaine, Minn.) and Nadreau. But after a Brusletto goal put the Auggies up 4-1 early in the second period, the Wildcats rallied to tie the game at 4-4 with three straight goals. Kim Hayes (Fr., South St. Paul, Minn.) scored her second goal of the game, followed by consecutive goals from Courtney Adney (Fr., St. Paul, Minn.).
Cindy Drum (Sr., Milwaukee, Wis./Nicolet HS) put the Auggies ahead to stay on a feed from
Erica Johnson (Sr., Blaine, Minn.) at the 12:59 mark of the second period. The Auggies secured the win with two goals from Garrison, including an unassisted power-play tally, and Nadreau's and Brusletto's second goals each.
Augsburg outshot St. Catherine by a 56-29 margin, though the Wildcats pounded 19 shots on Auggie goalie
Meg Schmidt (Sr., West St. Paul, Minn./Henry Sibley HS) in the second period. Schmidt made 25 saves for the win. Karen Lidinsky (Fr., Mounds View, Minn.) made 47 saves in a losing effort for St. Catherine.
First Period
Goals
1. 0:15--Augsburg--Annie Simons (11) (Angie Rieger)
2. 3:22--St. Catherine--Kim Hayes (27) (Heather Tudahl)
3. 4:15--Augsburg--Emily Miller (6) (Sarah Garrison, Angie Rieger)
4. 14:37--Augsburg--Amber Nadreau (4) (Laura McGowan)
Penalties
None
Second Period
Goals
5. 1:05--Augsburg--Kristi Brusletto (1) (unassisted)
6. 1:48--St. Catherine--Kim Hayes (28) (unassisted)
7. 3:37--St. Catherine--Courtney Adney (19) (Kim Hayes)
8. 10:03--St. Catherine--Courtney Adney (20) (Heather Tudahl)
9. 12:59--Augsburg--Cindy Drum (6) (Erica Johnson)
10. 19:51--Augsburg--Sarah Garrison (11) (Angie Rieger, Annie Simons)
Penalties
5:15--Augsburg--Angie Rieger (2 Min) High Sticking
5:56--St. Catherine--Beth Janni (2 Min) Interference
14:57--Augsburg--Emily Miller (2 Min) Interference
15:33--Augsburg--Sarah Garrison (2 Min) Throwing the Stick
17:26--St. Catherine--Kim Hayes (2 Min) Cross Checking
Third Period
Goals
11. 12:45--Augsburg--Amber Nadreau (5) (Annie Mattison)
12. 14:10--Augsburg--Kristi Brusletto (2) (Jen Mintz)
13. 16:08--Augsburg--Sarah Garrison (12) (unassisted) pp
Penalties
5:12--Augsburg--Annie Mattison (2 Min) Tripping
15:30--St. Catherine--Robyn Lunda (2 Min) Illegal Check
Attendance: 200
Power Play: Augsburg 1 for 3 (33.3%), St. Catherine 0 for 4 (0.0%)
Scoring
Augsburg GP-GS G A Pts +/- Sht Sht % Pen/ Min PP SH EN GW GT HT
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Sarah Garrison F 1- 1 2 1 3 4 7 28.6 1/ 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Angie Rieger F 1- 1 0 3 3 4 6 0.0 1/ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amber Nadreau 1- 0 2 0 2 2 5 40.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kristi Brusletto 1- 0 2 0 2 3 2 100.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Annie Simons F 1- 1 1 1 2 5 7 14.3 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Emily Miller D 1- 1 1 0 1 2 5 20.0 1/ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cindy Drum 1- 0 1 0 1 3 2 50.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Laura McGowan 1- 0 0 1 1 3 5 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Annie Mattison D 1- 1 0 1 1 2 3 0.0 1/ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Erica Johnson 1- 0 0 1 1 3 2 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jen Mintz 1- 0 0 1 1 -1 1 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrie McCarville 1- 0 0 0 0 -1 4 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stephanie Johnson 1- 0 0 0 0 -1 3 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
April Leger 1- 0 0 0 0 -1 3 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brenda Selander 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
Katie Cheese 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anne Osberg 1- 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rachel Leger 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Augsburg 1- 1 9 9 18 56 16.1 4/ 8 1 0 0 1 0 0
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St. Catherine GP-GS G A Pts +/- Sht Sht % Pen/ Min PP SH EN GW GT HT
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Kim Hayes F 1- 1 2 1 3 0 10 20.0 1/ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Courtney Adney F 1- 1 2 0 2 -1 5 40.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heather Tudahl D 1- 1 0 2 2 -3 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mahrya Honer F 1- 1 0 0 0 -2 5 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anne Paape 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robyn Lunda D 1- 1 0 0 0 -4 1 0.0 1/ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrie McKinney 1- 0 0 0 0 -2 1 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beth Janni 1- 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 1/ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ana Niedermaier 1- 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Debbie McLoughlin 1- 0 0 0 0 -4 4 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nicki Norwich 1- 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karen Lidinsky G 1- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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St. Catherine 1- 1 4 3 7 29 13.8 3/ 6 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 4.00 1 0 0 0 0 4 25 .862
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Augsburg 1- 1 60:00 4.00 1 0 0 0 0 4 25 .862
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St. Catherine GP-GS Min GAA W L T EN Sho GA Sv Sv %
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Karen Lidinsky G 1- 1 60:00 9.00 0 1 0 0 0 9 47 .839
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St. Catherine 1- 1 60:00 9.00 0 1 0 0 0 9 47 .839
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Statistics by Period
Goals 1 2 3 Tot
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Augsburg 3 3 3 9
St. Catherine 1 3 0 4
Shots 1 2 3 Tot
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Augsburg 21 16 19 56
St. Catherine 4 19 6 29
Penalties 1 2 3 Tot
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Augsburg 0 3 1 4
St. Catherine 0 2 1 3
Penalty Minutes 1 2 3 Tot
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Augsburg 0 6 2 8
St. Catherine 0 4 2 6
