MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg University held a 47-23 advantage in shots on-goal, but just two Auggie shots were able to find the back of the net, as visiting Saint John's University claimed a 5-2 victory over the No. 8-ranked Auggies in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's hockey game on Friday evening.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Saint John's 5, Augsburg 2
LOCATION: Ed Saugestad Rink, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 11-5-1 overall (6-2-1 MIAC), Saint John's 5-6-5 overall (2-1-4 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Jonathan Waring (JR, Farmington Hills, Mich.) opened the scoring for the Auggies with a 4-on-4 goal 3:36 into the game, snapping a wrist shot from the top of the right faceoff circle from Erik Palmqvist (FY, Linkoping, Sweden/Anderstorpsgymnasiet) and Charlie Parker (JR, Verona, Wis./Verona HS).
• The Johnnies took the lead with two goals in a 1:45 span, the first a shorthanded marker, and the second goal coming after the officials overturned their initial ruling of no goal on a shot that hit both the crossbar and left pipe. The officials ruled that the shot crossed the goal line following the deflections. 
• Augsburg tied the game at 2-2 at the 5:30 mark of the second period, as John O'Connor (SR, Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead HS) scored his first goal of the season, firing the shot over the goalie's shoulder off a faceoff win by Gunnar Goodmanson (JR, Buffalo, Minn./Buffalo HS).
• But the Johnnies scored the last three goals of the game, a power-play goal late in the second period and a pair of goals in the final 1:16, including an empty-net goal.
• Daniil Gerasimov (JR, Moscow, Russia/State School 1944) had 18 saves in goal for Augsburg.

FOR THE FOES
• Brady Heppner scored a goal with three assists for the Johnnies, while Kyle Wagner and Auggie Moore had a goal and assist each. Brady Dahl and Jack Johnson also scored goals for Saint John's.
• Andrew Lindgren had 45 saves in goal for the Johnnies.

UP NEXT
• The teams complete the MIAC series on Saturday (1/25) at 7 p.m. at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, Minn.