ST. PETER, Minn. (2/4/00) -- For 58 minutes on Friday night, the Gustavus Adolphus College women's hockey team kept the second-ranked (US College Hockey Online) Augsburg College women's hockey team at bay. However, the Auggies pulled a rabbit out of their hat, scoring two goals in the final two minutes, including the gamewinner with 13 seconds remaining to escape with a thrilling 5-4 victory in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference contest on Friday night at Lund Ice Arena.
Augsburg senior forward
Erica Johnson (Sr., Blaine, Minn.) scored the tying goal and junior forward
Angie Rieger (Jr., Courtland, Minn./New Ulm Public HS) scored the game-winner. It was a dissapointing loss for the Gusties, who led 4-2 early in the third period and outshot the Auggies 31 to 16 in the contest.
With the victory, Augsburg improves to 12-4-0 overall and 7-0-0 in the MIAC, while Gustavus falls to 10-8-0 overall and 4-3-0 in the MIAC. The two teams will play again Saturday night in Minneapolis (Augsburg Ice Arena) at 7:05 pm.
Gustavus forward Kat Christian (So., Annandale, Minn./Minnetonka HS) gave Gustavus a 4-2 lead just two minutes into the third period, but
Annie Simons (Sr., South St. Paul, Minn.) countered a goal just three minutes later. The score remained at 4-3 until Johnson scored at 17:57 to knot the score at 4-4. Rieger then gave the Auggies the thrilling victory with her goal, which was assisted by Johnson and Simons, at 19:47.
The Gusties claimed a 1-0 lead in the contest when Nikki Lindstrom (So., Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Simley HS) scored at 8:16 of the first period. Augsburg tied the score at 17:45 with a goal by
Annie Mattison (So., Anchorage, Alaska/East HS).
In the second period, Gustavus jumped out to a 3-1 lead on goals by Nicole Guimond (Fr., Orono, Minn.) at 7:06 and Linnea Carlson (So., Falcon Heights, Minn./Roseville HS), which was shorthanded, at 11:15. Augsburg kept the game close with a goal by
Laura McGowan (So., Fridley, Minn./Spring Lake Park HS) at 14:28 to cut the Gustavus lead to 3-2 entering the third period.
Augsburg goaltender
Meg Schmidt (Sr., West St. Paul, Minn./Henry Sibley HS) recorded 27 saves, while Gustavus netminder Sarah Pinkham (So., Naperville, Ill./North HS) turned away 11 shots.
The contest was very cleanly played, as only three penalties were whistled including two for four minutes to Gustavus and one for two minutes to Augsburg. The Auggies were one-for- two on the power play while Gustavus did not convert on its one power play opportunity.
First Period
Goals
1. 8:16--Gustavus Adolphus--Nikki Lindstrom (13) (Alyssa Stanley, Carrie Stefaniak)
2. 17:45--Augsburg--Annie Mattison (3) (Annie Simons, Erica Johnson) pp
Penalties
8:33--Augsburg--Emily Miller (2 Min) Hooking
16:31--Gustavus Adolphus--Nikki Lindstrom (2 Min) Interference
Second Period
Goals
3. 7:06--Gustavus Adolphus--Nicole Guimond (10) (Linnea Carlson, Michelle Zaske)
4. 11:15--Gustavus Adolphus--Linnea Carlson (12) (Jennifer McCall) sh
5. 14:28--Augsburg--Laura McGowan (6) (Amber Nadreau)
Penalties
9:43--Gustavus Adolphus--Nicole Guimond (2 Min) Hooking
Third Period
Goals
6. 1:47--Gustavus Adolphus--Kathryn Christian (4) (BreAnn Radloff)
7. 4:20--Augsburg--Annie Simons (6) (Angie Rieger)
8. 17:57--Augsburg--Erica Johnson (3) (unassisted)
9. 19:47--Augsburg--Angie Rieger (16) (Erica Johnson, Annie Simons)
Penalties
None
Power Play: Augsburg 1 for 2 (50.0%), Gustavus 0 for 1 (0.0%)
Scoring
Augsburg GP-GS G A Pts +/- Sht Sht % Pen/ Min PP SH EN GW GT HT
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Annie Simons 1- 0 1 2 3 3 4 25.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Erica Johnson 1- 0 1 2 3 2 1 100.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Angie Rieger 1- 0 1 1 2 1 3 33.3 0/ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Annie Mattison D 1- 1 1 0 1 2 3 33.3 0/ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Laura McGowan F 1- 1 1 0 1 1 2 50.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amber Nadreau F 1- 1 0 1 1 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrie McCarville 1- 0 0 0 0 -1 1 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stephanie Johnson 1- 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarah Garrison 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
Emily Miller D 1- 1 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 1/ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cindy Drum F 1- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kristi Brusletto 1- 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brenda Selander 1- 0 0 0 0 -1 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
Genevieve Antonello 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
April Leger 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 5 6 11 16 31.3 1/ 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
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Gustavus Adolphus GP-GS G A Pts +/- Sht Sht % Pen/ Min PP SH EN GW GT HT
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Linnea Carlson 1- 0 1 1 2 0 4 25.0 0/ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Nikki Lindstrom F 1- 1 1 0 1 0 3 33.3 1/ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kathryn Christian 1- 0 1 0 1 0 1 100.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nicole Guimond 1- 0 1 0 1 0 4 25.0 1/ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carrie Stefaniak F 1- 1 0 1 1 0 8 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michelle Zaske 1- 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jennifer McCall 1- 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alyssa Stanley 1- 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BreAnn Radloff 1- 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarah Pinkham G 1- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katie Carlson D 1- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anne Marie Giefer D 1- 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nikki Norton F 1- 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kendall Baumgartner 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Laura Schultz 1- 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alicia Lunde 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dena Kill 1- 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jenny Grabow 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lindsey Christensen 1- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Gustavus Adolphus 1- 1 4 6 10 31 12.9 2/ 4 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 4.00 1 0 0 0 0 4 27 .871
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Augsburg 1- 1 60:00 4.00 1 0 0 0 0 4 27 .871
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Gustavus Adolphus GP-GS Min GAA W L T EN Sho GA Sv Sv %
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Sarah Pinkham G 1- 1 60:00 5.00 0 1 0 0 0 5 11 .688
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Gustavus Adolphus 1- 1 60:00 5.00 0 1 0 0 0 5 11 .688
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Statistics by Period
Goals 1 2 3 Tot
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Augsburg 1 1 3 5
Gustavus Adolphus 1 2 1 4
Shots 1 2 3 Tot
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Augsburg 6 3 7 16
Gustavus Adolphus 14 10 7 31
Penalties 1 2 3 Tot
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Augsburg 1 0 0 1
Gustavus Adolphus 1 1 0 2
Penalty Minutes 1 2 3 Tot
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Augsburg 2 0 0 2
Gustavus Adolphus 2 2 0 4
