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Emily Bauermeister
2
Winner Augsburg College AUG 1-0-0
0
Saint Mary's Univ. SMU 0-1-0
Winner
Augsburg College AUG
1-0-0
2
Final
0
Saint Mary's Univ. SMU
0-1-0
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Augsburg College AUG 2 0 0 2
Saint Mary's Univ. SMU 0 0 0 0

Game Recap: Men's Ice Hockey |

Auggies open season with 2-0 win over SMU

BLAINE, Minn. -- Mack Ohnsted (JR, Vernon Hills, Ill./Adali E. Stevenson HS) and Evan Hesse (FY, Monticello, Minn./Palmer (Alaska) HS) scored first-period goals for Augsburg College, as the Auggies claimed a 2-0 win over Saint Mary's University in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Showcase men's hockey game on Friday evening at the Schwan Super Rink.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 2, Saint Mary's 0
LOCATION: Schwan Super Rink Ramsey County Arena, Blaine, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 1-0-0 overall, Saint Mary's 0-1-0

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Fredrik Melander (SO, Uppsala, Sweden/Trinity-Pawling Prep (N.Y.) HS), a transfer from Division I Sacred Heart playing his first game in goal for Augsburg, scored his first collegiate shutout, stopping all 20 shots he faced in the game.
• Ohnsted scored the first goal of the season for the Auggies at the 12:23 mark of the first period, scoring from Corbin Chapman (SO, Burnsville, Minn.) and Ben McClellan (SR, Cottage Grove, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall HS).
• Hesse scored his first collegiate goal with four seconds remaining in the first period, scoring from Zach Dick (SR, Grand Rapids, Minn.) and Drew Anderson (FY, Rochester, Minn./Century HS).
• Augsburg outshot Saint Mary's by a 28-20 margin. Nate Flynn (FY, Hastings, Minn.) had four shots-on-goal for Augsburg, while Dick, Anderson, Chapman and Dylan Meier (SO, Highlands Ranch, Colo./Mountain Vista HS) had three shots each.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Augsburg outshot Saint Mary's by a 23-11 margin through the first two periods -- an 11-3 advantage in the first period and a 12-8 margin in the second period. 
• Playing in his 51st career game, Ohnsted now has nine goals and 27 assists for 36 career points.
• Melander, who was 0-3-0 in seven career games at Sacred Heart, claimed his first collegiate victory in goal.

FOR THE FOES
• Martin Gruse had five shots on-goal for Augsburg, while Jared Johnson had three shots.
• Phil Heinle had 26 saves in goal for the Cardinals.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg has its second Showcase game against Concordia-Moorhead on Saturday (11/1) at 7 p.m.
• Saint Mary's faces Concordia-Moorhead at the Showcase on Sunday (11/2) at 2:30 p.m.
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