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Winner UW-Eau Claire M-UWEC 11-3-2
1
Augsburg College AUG 9-5-0
Winner
UW-Eau Claire M-UWEC
11-3-2
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Final
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Augsburg College AUG
9-5-0
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
UW-Eau Claire M-UWEC 0 0 2 2
Augsburg College AUG 0 1 0 1

Game Recap: Men's Ice Hockey |

Auggie streak snapped by No. 8 Blugolds

MINNEAPOLIS -- Eli May (SO, Eagan, Minn.) gave his Augsburg College men's hockey team a lead in the second period, but two third-period goals gave the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire a 2-1 win in a nonconference men's hockey game on Friday evening at Ed Saugestad Rink.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Wisconsin-Eau Claire 2, Augsburg 1
LOCATION: Ed Saugestad Rink, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 9-5-0 overall, UW-Eau Claire 11-3-2 overall

HOW IT HAPPENED
• May scored the first goal of the game for the Auggies, his seventh of the season, assisted by Rory Vesel (JR, Rochester, Minn./Lourdes HS) and Chris Nuth (JR, Trabuco Canyon, Calif./Mission Viejo HS), at the 15:08 mark of the second period.
• Augsburg outshot UW-Eau Claire by a 31-26 margin in the game. 
• The loss snapped a streak of five straight victories by Augsburg. Augsburg is now 8-2-0 in its last 10 games.
• Vesel now has a team-high 12 assists on the season, tied for fifth-most among MIAC players in overall statistics.
• Trevor Stewart (JR, Highlands Ranch, Colo./Eastmont HS) and Luke Dietsch (FY, St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall HS) had five shots on-goal each for the Auggies, while May had four shots.
• Jordyn Kaufer (SO, Stillwater, Minn.) had 24 saves in goal for Augsburg.

FOR THE FOES
• Jesse Tredinnick tied the game for UW-Eau Claire with a goal at the 12:12 mark of the third period, assisted by Brandon Wahlin and Jake Hopfner.
• The Blugolds took the lead with 1:14 remaining in the game, as Patrick Moore scored from Adam Knochenmus and David Henry.
• Tyler Green collected 30 saves in goal for UW-Eau Claire, ranked No. 8 in the latest USCHO.com Division III national poll.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts No. 4-ranked Wisconsin-Stevens Point on Saturday (1/16) at 4:05 p.m. at Ed Saugestad Rink.
• UW-Eau Claire travels to face St. Thomas on Saturday at 7 p.m.
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