MINNEAPOLIS -- Goalie Daniil Gerasimov (SO, Moscow, Russia/State School 1944) stopped 28 of the 29 shots he faced, and Augsburg's forward line of Alex Rodriguez (SR, Miami, Fla./Shattuck-St. Mary's (Minn.) HS), Chandler Madry (SR, Bakersfield, Calif./Fairbanks (Alaska) BEST HS) and Tommy Carey (SO, Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead HS) scored two third-period goals, lifting the Augsburg University men's hockey team to a 3-1 nonconference win over the University of Wisconsin-Superior on Friday evening.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 3, Wisconsin-Superior 1
LOCATION: Ed Saugestad Rink, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 3-0-0 overall, UW-Superior 1-1-1 overall

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Trailing 1-0 after one period, Augsburg tied the game 3:10 into the second period, as Gavin Holland (FY, Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater HS) scored his first collegiate goal, assisted by Charlie Parker (SO, Verona, Wis./Verona HS) and Jason Krych (JR, Champlin, Minn./Totino-Grace HS).
• Madry gave the Auggies a 2-1 lead at the 7:10 mark of the third period, completing a break on assists from Carey and Rodriguez. On a power play following a major penalty, Rodriguez capped the scoring with his seventh goal of the season, assisted by Madry and Carey. 
• Playing in his fifth collegiate game and fourth start, Gerasimov recorded 28 saves to pick up the victory, his third of the season and fourth in his career. Gerasimov leads Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference goalies in both goals against-average (1.42) and save percentage (.947).
• Augsburg had a 31-29 shots on-goal advantage in the game. 

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• The Carey-Madry-Rodriguez forward line has accounted for eight of Augsburg's 11 goals in its three games this season. Rodriguez has scored seven goals with an assist for eight points, Madry has a goal and four assists for five points, and Carey has five assists.
• Rodriguez's seven goals are tops among all players in NCAA Division III nationally, while his eight points are tied for second-most nationally. Carey's five assists are tied for fourth-most nationally.
• Augsburg is ranked in both major NCAA Division III national polls -- No. 10 in the USCHO.com national poll, and No. 11 in the D3hockey.com national poll.

FOR THE FOES
• A.J. Smith had 28 saves in goal for UW-Superior.
• The Yellowjackets' lone goal came at the 12:45 mark of the first period, when Liam Blais scored from Connor Hamonic and Alex Spencer.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts Wisconsin-River Falls on Saturday (11/3) at 7 p.m. at Ed Saugestad Rink.