Men's Hockey 1/10/06 -- Wisconsin-Stevens Point 4, Augsburg 3 

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STEVENS POINT, Wis. (1/10/06) -- It took the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and Augsburg College some time to get started, but the two teams finally put together plenty of offense late in the game, with the Pointers eventually prevailing for a 4-3 nonconference men's hockey victory Tuesday night at Willett Arena.

All seven goals in the game were scored in a span of less than 11 minutes, as the team skated scoreless until UW-Stevens Point's Nick Zebro scored with 1:18 left in the second period. Taylor Guay and Brett Coburn assisted the goal, which extended Zebro's scoring streak to seven games. The goal seemed to open the floodgates for more scoring as Augsburg's Danny Carlson (So., Roseville, Minn.) evened the game just 30 seconds later. Ben Bradbury (Fr., Winnipeg, Manitoba) and Aaron Johnson * (Jr., Plymouth, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong HS) assisted the goal.

UW-Stevens Point took a two-goal advantage early in the third period as Matt Stendahl picked off an Auggies' errant pass and raced to a breakaway goal. Nate Sorenson followed with a wrister through the pads of Auggies' goalie David Nash (Sr., Rochester, Minn./Mayo HS) for a 3-1 advantage.

Augsburg rallied with an unassisted goal from Kyle Thompson (Fr., Surrey, B.C./Enver Creek HS), but the Pointers regained the two-goal lead a minute later when Russel Law scored off assists from Rolf Ulvin and Sean Fish.

The Auggies got a goal from Critter Nagurski * (Jr., International Falls, Minn.), who launched a long shot from the blueline on a five-on-three power play from Johnson to pull within 4-3 with 10:20 left, but the Pointers' defense and goalie Marcus Paulson posted a shutout over the remaining time to earn the win. Paulson finished the night with 21 saves.

UW-Stevens Point outshot the Auggies 44-24, as Nash stopped 40 shots for Augsburg in his first start of the season. The Pointers improved to 8-6-1, while Augsburg fell to 5-5-3.

Augsburg travels to the Duluth-Superior area this weekend for a two-game nonconference series. On Friday (1/13) at 7 p.m., the Auggies will play at Wisconsin-Superior, and on Saturday (1/14) at 7 p.m., the Auggies will play at St. Scholastica. Wisconsin-Stevens Point hosts Gustavus on Friday at 7:30 p.m., and hosts St. Olaf on Saturday at 3:30 p.m.