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John Nicholson
0
Saint Mary's Univ. SMU 8-11-2, 5-6-1 MIAC
5
Winner Augsburg College AUG 12-6-1, 8-1-1 MIAC
Saint Mary's Univ. SMU
8-11-2, 5-6-1 MIAC
0
Final
5
Augsburg College AUG
12-6-1, 8-1-1 MIAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Saint Mary's Univ. SMU 0 0 0 0
Augsburg College AUG 0 2 3 5

Game Recap: Men's Ice Hockey |

Auggies complete sweep of Cardinals with 5-0 win

MINNEAPOLIS -- Nate Flynn (SO, Hastings, Minn.) scored two goals, and Jordyn Kaufer (SO, Stillwater, Minn.) collected his first shutout in goal in an Augsburg College uniform, as the Auggies pulled away for a 5-0 victory over Saint Mary's University on Saturday evening, completing a sweep of a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's hockey series.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 5, Saint Mary's 0
LOCATION: Ed Saugestad Rink, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 12-6-1 overall (8-1-1 MIAC), Saint Mary's 8-11-2 overall (5-6-1 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Twelve different Auggies figured in the scoring in Saturday's win. It's Augsburg's 10th game of the season -- and eighth in its last 11 games -- scoring four goals or more.
• Claiming his third multi-goal game of the season, Flynn scored from Max Pernhem (SO, Stockholm, Sweden/Dragonskolan) at the 1:13 mark of the second period, then scored a power-play goal from Corbin Chapman (JR, Burnsville, Minn.) and Eric Brenk (FY, Moorhead, Minn.) at the 11:30 mark of the third period.
• Eli May (SO, Eagan, Minn.) gave the Auggies a 2-0 lead at the 12:23 mark of the second period, scoring from Drew Anderson (SO, Rochester, Minn./Century HS) and Rory Vesel (JR, Rochester, Minn./Lourdes HS).
• The Auggies capped the victory with two goals in the final 1:51 of the game. Chris Nuth (JR, Trabuco Canyon, Calif./Mission Viejo HS) scored an empty-net goal from Andy Faust (SO, Stillwater, Minn./Hill-Murray HS) and Drew Allen (SR, Arvada, Colo./Ralston Valley HS) at the 18:09 mark, and Lukas Gillett (FY, Rosemount, Minn.) scored from Anderson and Trevor Stewart (JR, Highlands Ranch, Colo./Eastmont HS) with 36 seconds left.
• A transfer from Concordia-Moorhead, Kaufer claimed his second collegiate shutout and first as an Auggie, stopping all 29 shots he faced.
• Augsburg went 1-for-3 on the power play, while limiting Saint Mary's to 0-for-6 on its power-play opportunities.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• With the win, combined with St. Thomas' tie with Saint John's (the Johnnies gained a bonus point with 4-3 shootout win), Augsburg pulled out to a four-point lead over the Tommies and Johnnies in the MIAC regular-season standings. Augsburg (25 points) and St. Thomas (21 points) have six conference games remaining in the regular season, while Saint John's (21 points) has four games left.
• Flynn's 24 points (13 goals, 11 assists) are fifth-most among MIAC players in overall statistics. His 13 goals are tied for fourth-most, and his 11 assists are tied for ninth-most.
• Vesel's 14 assists are sixth-most among MIAC players in overall statistics.
• The first MIAC goalie to reach the 11-win mark this season, Kaufer stands second among MIAC goalies in overall goals-against-average (2.19) and second in save percentage (.917).
• The two-assist effort marked Anderson's fourth multi-point game of the season.

FOR THE FOES
• Martin Gruse had eight shots on-goal for Saint Mary's, while Ryan Charko and Jared Johnson had four shots each.
• Jake Hebda had 28 saves in goal for Saint Mary's.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg faces Hamline in an MIAC series next weekend. Next Friday's (2/5) game is at 7:05 p.m. at Ed Saugestad Rink, and next Saturday's (2/6) game is at 7 p.m. at Oscar Johnson Arena in St. Paul, Minn.
• Saint Mary's faces Gustavus in an MIAC series next weekend.
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