EAU CLAIRE -- Claiming a sweep of the season series, the Augsburg College men's hockey team claimed a 5-1 victory over the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in a matchup of nationally ranked teams on Friday evening at the Hobbs Ice Arena.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 5, Wisconsin-Eau Claire 1
LOCATION: Hobbs Ice Arena, Eau Claire, Wis.
RECORDS: Augsburg 10-2-2 overall, UW-Eau Claire 11-3-3 overall

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Augsburg, ranked No. 11 in the latest USCHO Division III national poll and No. 12 in the latest D3hockey.com national poll, claimed a season sweep of UW-Eau Claire, which entered Friday's game ranked No. 5 by USCHO and No. 7 by D3hockey.com. The Auggies edged the Blugolds 2-1 in overtime on Nov. 5 at Ed Saugestad Rink.
• The Auggies opened up a 4-0 lead in the first 24:59 of play. It's Augsburg's fourth game this season scoring five or more goals. The Auggies scored three goals on their first six shots on-goal of the game in the first period.
• Ryan Cagnoni (FY, Arvada, Colo./D.C. West HS) scored his first two collegiate goals in leading the Auggies to the win. He opened the game with a goal at the 10:17 mark of the first period, assisted by Paul Soubry (SO, Winnipeg, Manitoba/St. Paul's HS) and Dylan Meier (SR, Highlands Ranch, Colo./Arvada HS), then added an unassisted goal at the 16:49 mark of the opening frame.
• Eric Brenk (SO, Moorhead, Minn.) scored from Luke Dietsch (SO, St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall HS) at the 12:31 mark of the first period, and Lukas Gillett (SO, Rosemount, Minn.) gave the Auggies a 4-0 lead with a goal from Max Pernhem (JR, Stockholm, Sweden/Dragonskolan) and Will Peterson (JR, Eagan, Minn.) at the 4:59 mark of the second period.
• Andy Faust (JR, Stillwater, Minn./Hill-Murray HS) capped the scoring for the Auggies with a goal from Pernhem and Brenk at the 9:53 mark of the second period.
• Nick Schmit (SO, Fargo, N.D./Fargo North HS) improved to 6-1-1 on the season with 35 saves in goal for the Auggies, as the Auggies were outshot by a 36-23 margin in the game.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Balanced scoring has been a key to Augsburg's success this season. Twenty-two different Auggies have a goal or assist this season, with 18 different Auggies scoring goals.
• Augsburg has outscored its opponents by a 49-29 margin this season, with its 3.50 goals per-game best among MIAC teams in overall statistics and its 2.07 goals allowed per-game fewest in the MIAC and tied for ninth-fewest among NCAA Division III teams nationally.
• Schmit leads the MIAC's overall statistics in both goals against-average (1.61) and save percentage (.947). Both totals are fifth-best among NCAA Division III goalies nationally.
• Augsburg held UW-Eau Claire scoreless on one power-play opportunity. The Auggies have allowed just four opponent power-play goals in 61 opportunities, with its .934 penalty-kill percentage tops among MIAC teams and third-best among NCAA Division III teams nationally.

FOR THE FOES
• Colton Wolter scored from Todd Koritzinsky at the 6:21 mark of the second period for the lone goal for the Blugolds.
• Jay Deo had eight saves in the first two periods for UW-Eau Claire, with David Johnson collecting 10 saves in goal in the third period.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg travels to face defending NCAA Division III national champion Wisconsin-Stevens Point on Saturday (1/14) at 7 p.m. The Pointers are ranked No. 3 nationally by USCHO and No. 2 by D3hockey.com.