Men's Hockey 2/1/02 -- Augsburg 4, St. Olaf 3 

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MINNEAPOLIS (2/1/02) -- David May (Fr., Burnsville, Minn.) scored two goals, including the game-winner on the power play with 1:14 remaining in the game, lifting Augsburg College to 4-3 win over St. Olaf College in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's hockey game Friday night at the Augsburg Ice Arena.

May's three-point effort -- two goals and an assist -- helped Augsburg to its fourth straight win, improving to 10-7-3 overall and 6-4-1 in MIAC play. Augsburg has a five-game unbeaten streak (4-0-1) and has won five of its last seven games. St. Olaf has lost three games in a row and four of its last five to fall to 8-10-2 overall and 2-7-2 in MIAC play.

May's goals broke ties both times -- his first goal giving the Auggies a 2-1 lead in the first minute of the second period, and his game-winner coming 36 seconds into an Auggie power play in the closing two minutes of play, on assists from Shawn Smith (Jr., Temagami, Ontario/E.C. Drury HS) and Joe Johnson (Sr., Ramsey, Minn./Anoka HS).

Augsburg went 2-for-3 on the power play in the game, with the other man-advantage goal coming from Frank Huebner (Sr., Northfield, Minn.) from Jake Wegscheider (Sr., Little Canada, Minn./Roseville HS) early in the third period.

Nick Murray (Sr., Bloomington, Minn./Holy Angels HS) had a goal and an assist, and Joe Pontrelli (So., Eagan, Minn.) had two assists in the victory.

Augsburg outshot St. Olaf by a 38-33 margin -- including a 18-7 advantage in the first period. But the game remained close throughout, as Garret Hasti (So., St. Louis Park, Minn./Hopkins HS) made 34 saves for the Oles, while Peter Samargia (Jr., Gilbert, Minn./Eveleth-Gilbert HS), last week's MIAC Player of the Week, came up with 30 saves for the Auggies.

St. Olaf answered nearly every Auggie rally with one of its own, as Patrick Gilles (Fr., Waunakee, Wis.) had a goal and an assist, and Justin Bronce (Sr., Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Dana Quinn (Fr., Madison, Wis.) had goals for the Oles. Craig Newman (Sr., Eagan, Minn.) and Brian Meyer (Jr., Sun Prairie, Wis.) had assists for the Oles.

The teams complete their MIAC series on Saturday (2/2) at 7 p.m. at the Northfield (Minn.) Ice Arena.