BLAINE, Minn. -- With nine different players figuring in the scoring, the Augsburg University men's hockey team completed a sweep of its games in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Showcase game with a 4-1 win over Concordia College-Moorhead on Sunday afternoon.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 4, Concordia-Moorhead 1
LOCATION: Schwan SuperRink, Blaine, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 2-0-0 overall, Concordia 0-2-0 overall
HOW IT HAPPENED
• For the second straight game, Augsburg had to rally from a deficit, as the Auggies scored four straight goals after surrendering the opening goal 6:32 into the second period.
• Augsburg scored twice in a 1:57 span in the second period to take the lead, as
Lukas Gillett (JR, Rosemount, Minn./Rosemount HS) pocketed an unassisted goal at the 9:26 mark, and
Luke Dietsch (JR, St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall HS) scored from
Max Pernhem (SR, Stockholm, Sweden/Dragonskolan) and
Nate Flynn (SR, Hastings, Minn./Hastings HS).
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Matt Nehls (FY, Boulder, Colo./D.C. West HS) scored his first collegiate goal at the 16:25 mark of the second period, assisted by
Alex Rodriguez (JR, Miami, Fla./Shattuck-St. Mary's HS) and
Chandler Madry (JR, Bakersfield, Calif./Fairbanks (Alaska) BEST HS).
• Augsburg capped the scoring at the 1:48 mark of the third period, when
Eric Brenk (JR, Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead HS) scored from
Andrew Faust (SR, Stillwater, Minn./Hill-Murray HS).
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Nick Schmit (JR, Fargo, N.D./Fargo North HS) improved to 2-0-0 on the season with a 23-save effort in goal for Augsburg.
• Augsburg outshot Concordia by a 45-24 margin in the game, including an 18-3 advantage in the third period. All but one of the 18 skaters in the game had at least one shot on-goal in the contest.
• Augsburg is ranked No. 13 in both preseason Division III national polls, from
USCHO.com and
D3hockey.com.
FOR THE FOES
• Zach Doerring scored the opening goal of the game at the 6:32 mark of the second period, a power-play goal from Mario Bianchi and Jon Grebosky.
• Goalie Sam Nelson had 41 saves for Concordia.
UP NEXT
• Augsburg travels to face Wisconsin-Superior on Friday (11/3) at 7:05 p.m.