MINNEAPOLIS (2/26/00) -- For the second season in a row, Augsburg College claimed a share of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's hockey regular-season championship, clinching the title by knocking off the College of St. Catherine 11-1 in a conference game Saturday afternoon at Augsburg Ice Arena.
Sarah Garrison (So., West Des Moines, Iowa/Valley HS, who transferred to Augsburg from Gustavus at the semester break, notched her first hat trick as an Auggie with a three-goal, one-assist performance to lead the Auggies, who finished the regular season 17-5-1 overall and 12-1-1 in the MIAC. St. Catherine finishes its season 15-8-1 overall and 5-8-1 in the MIAC. Garrison has 15 goals and 12 assists for 27 points in just 15 Auggie games this year.
For the second straight season, Augsburg shares the regular-season championship with St. Mary's, which swept St. Benedict by identical 3-0 scores Friday and Saturday. But thanks to a win and tie over St. Mary's earlier in the season, Augsburg clinches home-ice advantage for the entire four-team MIAC playoffs.
Next week, top seed Augsburg will play host to No. 4-seed St. Benedict (14-10-1 overall, 6-7-1 MIAC) in an MIAC playoff semifinal series, while No. 2-seed St. Mary's (18-5-2 overall, 12-1-1 MIAC) will host No. 3-seed Gustavus (16-8-0 overall, 10-3-0 MIAC). The Augsburg-St. Benedict series will be Friday at 7:05 p.m. and Saturday at a time to be determined at Augsburg Ice Arena.
After leading just 2-1 early in the second period, the Auggies poured on the goals, scoring five times in the second period and four times in the third.
Jen Mintz (So., Bradford, Pa./Bradford Public HS) scored two goals for the Auggies, while
Stephanie Johnson (Jr., Champlin, Minn./Anoka HS) had a goal and an assist.
Other Auggie goals came from
April Leger (So., Austin, Minn.),
Laura McGowan (So., Fridley, Minn./Spring Lake Park HS),
Anne Osberg (Jr., Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata HS),
Amber Nadreau (Jr., Anchorage, Alaska/Grace Christian HS) and
Cindy Drum (Sr., Milwaukee, Wis./Nicolet HS).
Angie Rieger (Jr., Courtland, Minn./New Ulm Public HS),
Emily Miller (Sr., Blaine, Minn.) and
Kristi Brusletto (So., Basalt, Colo.) had two assists apiece for the Auggies. Rieger finished the regular season with single-season school records (against varsity opponents only) for goals (22), assists (22) and points (44).
Mahrya Honer (Fr., Rochester, Minn.) notched her 47th goal of the season for the lone St. Catherine goal, on an assist from Kim Hayes (Fr., South St. Paul, Minn.) 13 seconds into the second period.
Augsburg outshot St. Catherine by a 59-17 margin.
Meg Schmidt (Sr., West St. Paul, Minn./Henry Sibley HS) made 16 saves to pick up the win. Karen Lidinsky (Fr., Mounds View, Minn.) made 48 saves in a losing effort.
First Period
Goals
1. 3:13--Augsburg--Jen Mintz (1) (Brenda Selander)
2. 8:11--Augsburg--April Leger (6) (Stephanie Johnson, Kristi Brusletto)
Penalties
5:33--Augsburg--Emily Miller (2 Min) Illegal Check
11:37--Augsburg--Cindy Drum (2 Min) Cross Checking
19:25--St. Catherine--Courtney Adney (2 Min) High Sticking
Second Period
Goals
3. 0:13--St. Catherine--Mahrya Honer (47) (Kim Hayes) sh
4. 1:32--Augsburg--Laura McGowan (8) (Katie Cheese, Sarah Garrison)
5. 6:00--Augsburg--Sarah Garrison (13) (Annie Simons, Angie Rieger)
6. 10:53--Augsburg--Anne Osberg (1) (Annie Mattison)
7. 16:39--Augsburg--Jen Mintz (2) (Kristi Brusletto)
8. 17:40--Augsburg--Sarah Garrison (14) (Angie Rieger, Emily Miller)
Penalties
None
Third Period
Goals
9. 1:12--Augsburg--Sarah Garrison (15) (Annie Mattison)
10. 6:02--Augsburg--Amber Nadreau (6) (unassisted)
11. 11:25--Augsburg--Stephanie Johnson (10) (Emily Miller, Annie Mattison) pp
12. 18:14--Augsburg--Cindy Drum (7) (Erica Johnson)
Penalties
9:20--St. Catherine--Beth Janni (2 Min) Holding
10:20--St. Catherine--Heather Tudahl (2 Min) Tripping
14:16--St. Catherine--Heather Tudahl (2 Min) Hooking
19:24--St. Catherine--Kim Hayes (2 Min) High Sticking
Attendance: 200
Power Play: Augsburg 1 for 5 (20.0%), St. Catherine 0 for 2 (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 1- 0 3 1 4 3 7 42.9 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Annie Mattison 1- 0 0 3 3 3 2 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jen Mintz F 1- 1 2 0 2 3 7 28.6 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stephanie Johnson 1- 0 1 1 2 1 5 20.0 0/ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Angie Rieger 1- 0 0 2 2 2 6 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Emily Miller D 1- 1 0 2 2 5 3 0.0 1/ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kristi Brusletto 1- 0 0 2 2 6 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Laura McGowan 1- 0 1 0 1 3 7 14.3 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cindy Drum F 1- 1 1 0 1 2 3 33.3 1/ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anne Osberg 1- 0 1 0 1 3 2 50.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amber Nadreau 1- 0 1 0 1 2 2 50.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
April Leger 1- 0 1 0 1 2 2 50.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Brenda Selander 1- 0 0 1 1 3 7 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Erica Johnson D 1- 1 0 1 1 6 2 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Annie Simons C 1- 1 0 1 1 3 2 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katie Cheese 1- 0 0 1 1 1 2 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
Carrie McCarville 1- 0 0 0 0 2 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 11 15 26 59 18.6 2/ 4 1 0 0 1 0 1
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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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Mahrya Honer C 1- 1 1 0 1 -6 10 10.0 0/ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Kim Hayes F 1- 1 0 1 1 -7 2 0.0 1/ 2 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
Anne Paape 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heather Tudahl D 1- 1 0 0 0 -7 1 0.0 2/ 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robyn Lunda D 1- 1 0 0 0 -4 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrie McKinney 1- 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beth Janni 1- 0 0 0 0 -7 0 0.0 1/ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Melanie Schulte 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ana Niedermaier 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Courtney Adney F 1- 1 0 0 0 -8 3 0.0 1/ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Debbie McLoughlin 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nicki Norwich 1- 0 0 0 0 -2 1 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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St. Catherine 1- 1 1 1 2 17 5.9 5/ 10 0 1 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 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 1 16 .941
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Augsburg 1- 1 60:00 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 1 16 .941
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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 11.00 0 1 0 0 0 11 48 .814
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St. Catherine 1- 1 60:00 11.00 0 1 0 0 0 11 48 .814
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Statistics by Period
Goals 1 2 3 Tot
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Augsburg 2 5 4 11
St. Catherine 0 1 0 1
Shots 1 2 3 Tot
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Augsburg 18 24 17 59
St. Catherine 8 6 3 17
Penalties 1 2 3 Tot
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Augsburg 2 0 0 2
St. Catherine 1 0 4 5
Penalty Minutes 1 2 3 Tot
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Augsburg 4 0 0 4
St. Catherine 2 0 8 10
