MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. -- The Augsburg University men's hockey team will be the No. 3 seed in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference playoffs, after ending the regular season with a 5-4 loss at the University of St. Thomas on Saturday evening.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: St. Thomas 5, Augsburg 4
LOCATION: St. Thomas Ice Arena, Mendota Heights, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 14-10-1 overall (9-6-1 MIAC), St. Thomas 12-10-3 overall (9-6-1 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Augsburg had to play from behind for most of the game, after the Tommies broke a 1-1 tie with two goals in a 3:30 span early in the second period.
• Jarod Blackowiak (FY, Eden Prairie, Minn./Eden Prairie HS) tied the game at 1-1 with a goal 40 seconds after a St. Thomas goal, assisted by Ben Henderson (SR, North Branch, Minn./Totino-Grace HS) and Michael Redmon (FY, West Bloomfield, Mich./Centennial (Tenn.) HS).
• Tommy Carey (SR, Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead HS) scored a power-play goal at the 17:09 mark of the second period, assisted by Patrick O'Connor (SO, Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead HS) and John O'Connor (SR, Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead HS).
• Gavin Holland (SO, Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater HS) scored a power-play goal from Carey and John O'Connor 2:32 into the third period, and Austin Martinsen (JR, Farmington, Minn./Farmington HS) scored from Carey and Jonathan Waring (JR, Farmington Hills, Mich.) at the 12:33 mark.
• Augsburg outshot St. Thomas by a 29-27 margin in the game. Jon Albers (JR, Blaine, Minn./Centennial HS) made his second career start in goal for Augsburg, and collected 22 saves.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
• Winners of a conference-record four straight MIAC postseason titles, Augsburg will be appearing in the conference playoffs for the sixth straight season and 19th time in program history.

FOR THE FOES
• Jack Christensen and Broydon Stufko scored a goal with an assist each for the Tommies, with John Panvica, Frankie Spellman and Bret Gravelle adding the other St. Thomas goals.
• Camden Burggrabe had 25 saves in goal for St. Thomas.

UP NEXT
• The No. 3 seed in the MIAC playoffs, Augsburg will travel to face No. 2-seed Concordia-Moorhead in a semifinal game on Saturday (2/29).
• St. Thomas is the No. 4 seed in the playoffs, and will host No. 5-seed Gustavus in a quarterfinal game on Thursday (2/27), with the winner traveling to face top-seed Saint John's on Saturday.