BLAINE, Minn. -- The Augsburg University men's hockey team rallied from an early 1-0 deficit with three unanswered goals to claim a series sweep of Bethel University in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play with a 3-1 road win on Saturday evening.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 3, Bethel 1
LOCATION: Schwan SuperRink, Blaine, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 5-1-0 overall (2-0-0 MIAC), Bethel 0-6-0 (0-2-0 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Chandler Madry (SR, Bakersfield, Calif./Faribanks (Alaska) BEST HS) had a goal and an assist to lead the Auggies, scoring an empty-net goal with 19 seconds left to cap the victory. He assisted, with John O'Connor (JR, Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead HS), on a power-play goal by Tommy Carey (SO, Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead HS) at the 17:46 mark of the first period.
• Jake Larson (SR, St. Michael, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville HS) gave the Auggies the lead with a goal from Gunnar Goodmanson (SO, Buffalo, Minn./Buffalo HS) and Matt Nehls (SO, Boulder, Colo./D.C. West HS) at the 16:16 mark of the second period.
• Bethel outshot Augsburg by a 24-23 margin, but Auggie goalie Daniil Gerasimov (SO, Moscow, Russia/State School 1944) had 23 saves to pick up the win, improving to 4-1-0 on the year.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Through its first six games of the season, Augsburg has outscored its opponents by a 22-12 margin. Augsburg's 22 goals scored are tops among MIAC teams, while its 12 goals allowed are fewest in the MIAC.
• Eleven different Auggies have scored goals, and 17 different Auggies have figured in the scoring with goals or assists.

FOR THE FOES
• Austin Langworthy opened the game with a goal from Johan Kling for Bethel at the 1:53 mark of the first period.
• Olof Djurberg had 20 saves in goal for the Royals.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg returns to MIAC play with a series against Saint Mary's. Next Friday's (11/16) game is at 7 p.m. at Ed Saugestad Rink, and next Saturday's (11/17) game is at 7 p.m. in Winona, Minn.
• Bethel hosts Concordia-Moorhead in an MIAC series next weekend.