Men's Hockey 11/13/04 -- Augsburg 5, St. Scholastica 4 

BOXSCORE

MINNEAPOLIS (11/13/04) -- Tyler Starke (Fr., Calgary, Alberta/Bowness HS) scored his first collegiate goal and added two assists for a three-point night, and Jason Fleck (Fr., Camrose, Alberta/Camrose Composite HS) added a shorthanded goal and an assist, leading the Augsburg College men's hockey team to a 5-4 victory over the College of St. Scholastica in a nonconference game Saturday night at the Augsburg Ice Arena.

Goalie Tony Ciro (Jr., Spring Lake Park, Minn./Hill-Murray HS), a transfer from Bethel, made 41 saves to score his first victory in an Augsburg uniform, as the Auggies improved to 1-2-1 on the season.

St. Scholastica, now 3-2-1 on the year, outshot Augsburg by a 45-30 margin in the game.

Augsburg claimed two shorthanded goals in the contest, including a shorthanded tally midway through the third period by Aaron Johnson (So., Plymouth, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong HS), a transfer from Division I Michigan Tech, that gave the Auggies a 5-3 cushion.

The Saints cut into the lead at the 16:23 mark on an unassisted steal and score by Curtis Markewich (Jr., Regina, Saskatchewan), but could not tie the game in the closing minutes. St. Scholastica outshot Augsburg by a 18-6 margin in the third period, but Ciro made 17 saves for the Auggies.

The line of Fleck, Starke and David Clements (Fr., Grande Prairie, Alberta/Grand Prairie Composite HS) accounted for three of Augsburg's five goals in the game. Starke opened the game with a power-play goal at the 2:21 mark of the first period, assisted by Fleck. Clements put in his first collegiate goal from Starke and Steve Belde (Sr., Lake Elmo, Minn./Hill-Murray HS) at the 9:02 mark.

After St. Scholastica's Dustin Sieben (Jr., Millet, Alberta) scored an unassisted power-play goal at the 15:11 mark, Augsburg again extended the lead to two goals, as Fleck earned his marker on a shorthanded goal from Starke at the 16:12 mark.

The Saints tied the game with two straight goals, on a Jamie Coffey (Jr., Anchorage, Alaska) goal from Markewich at the 17:50 mark of the first period, and an unassisted goal from Mike Rossa (Jr., Surrey, British Columbia) at the 14:26 mark.

But the Auggies took the lead back on Joe Haehn's (Jr., Minneapolis, Minn./Washburn HS) second goal of the season, on feeds from Dan Leopold (Fr., Afton, Minn./Stillwater HS) and Johnson at the 17:34 mark of the second frame.

St. Scholastica goalie Corey Wogtech (So., St. Peters, Mo.) made 25 saves in a losing effort.

Both teams conclude their MIAC-NCHA crossover series with nonconference games next weekend. On Friday (11/19) at 7 p.m., Augsburg plays at Wisconsin-Eau Claire, while St. Scholastica hosts St. Thomas. On Saturday (11/20), Augsburg plays at Wisconsin-Stevens Point at 7:30 p.m., while St. Scholastica hosts St. Mary's at 2 p.m.