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Kevin Healy
2
Winner UW-Stevens Point UWSP 11-2-0
1
Augsburg College AUG 6-6-0
Winner
UW-Stevens Point UWSP
11-2-0
2
Final
1
Augsburg College AUG
6-6-0
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
UW-Stevens Point UWSP 0 1 1 2
Augsburg College AUG 0 1 0 1

Game Recap: Men's Ice Hockey |

Auggies edged in closing minutes by Pointers

MINNEAPOLIS -- Lucas Hendrickson (JR, Savage, Minn./Burnsville HS) scored a power-play goal for Augsburg College, but the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point responded with two goals, including a goal with 1:46 left in the third period, claiming a 2-1 win over the host Auggies in a nonconference men's hockey game on Friday evening at Ed Saugestad Rink.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Wisconsin-Stevens Point 2, Augsburg 1
LOCATION: Ed Saugestad Rink, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 6-6-0 overall, UW-Stevens Point 11-2-0 overall

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Hendrickson gave the Auggies a 1-0 lead with his third goal of the season and second power-play goal, scoring from Ben McClellan (SR, Cottage Grove, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall HS) and Evan Hesse (FY, Monticello, Minn./Parker (Alaska) HS), at the 13:17 mark of the first period.
• UW-Stevens Point outshot Augsburg by a 46-26 margin, including a 34-13 advantage in the final two periods.
• Augsburg goalie Fredrik Melander (SO, Uppsala, Sweden/Trinity-Pawling Prep (N.Y.) HS) had a season-high 44 saves, his first 40-plus-save effort in an Augsburg uniform.
• Hesse had six shots on-goal for Augsburg, while Mack Ohnsted (JR, Vernon Hills, Ill./Adali E. Stevenson HS) had three shots.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• McClellan is now tied for second among MIAC players in overall statistics with 10 assists on the season. His 13 points (three goals, 10 assists) are tied for seventh-most among MIAC players.
• Hesse's nine points (one goal, eight assists) put him tied for first among MIAC first-year players in scoring, while his eight assists are most by any MIAC rookie. Hesse is tied for sixth among all MIAC players in assists.

FOR THE FOES
• Logan Lemirande tied the game for UW-Stevens Point just 2:28 after Hendrickson's goal, scoring from Garrett Ladd and Jacob Barber.
• Joe Kalisz gave the Pointers the lead with his team-leading 10th goal of the season at the 18:14 mark of the third period, scoring from Nick D'Avolio and Drew Graves.
• Brandon Jaeger recorded 25 saves in goal for the Pointers.
• UW-Stevens Point is ranked No. 6 in the latest U.S. College Hockey Online Division III national poll, and No. 5 in the latest D3hockey.com national poll.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts UW-Eau Claire in a nonconference game on Saturday (1/10) at 7:05 p.m. at Ed Saugestad Rink.
• UW-Stevens Point plays at Hamline in nonconference action on Saturday at 7 p.m.
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