MINNEAPOLIS – Nick Catalano (SO, Pewaukee, Wis./Arrowhead Union HS) claimed his second collegiate multi-goal game, scoring a pair of goals for the Augsburg University men's hockey team in its 4-2 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory over St. Olaf College, as the Auggies salvaged a series split with the Oles.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 4, St. Olaf 2
LOCATION: Ed Saugestad Rink, Minneapolis
RECORDS: Augsburg 5-3-1 overall (3-1-0 MIAC), St. Olaf 5-5-2 overall (3-2-1 MIAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Catalano scored his first goal of the game at the 17:28 mark of the first period, a power-play marker, as he pounced on the puck on a rebound off the boards following a wide shot by Logan Kons (SR, Niles, Ill./Niles West HS). Daniel Chladek (SR, Anaheim, Calif./Canyon HS) received the second assist.
• The teams exchanged a pair of goals in the second period. Landon Parker (FY, East Grand Forks, Minn./East Grand Forks HS) took a pass in the slot from Duke Kiffin (FY, Shorewood, Minn./Minnetonka HS) and scored at the 12:09 mark, with Luke Mountain (JR, Woodbury, Minn./Shattuck-St. Mary's HS) receiving the second assist.
• Catalano scored his second goal at the 16:20 mark, finding an open right side of the net off a pass through the slot by Kyler Yeo (SR, Woodbury, Minn./Hill-Murray HS), fed by Fritz Belisle (SR, Red Wing, Minn./Red Wing HS).
• Belisle added an insurance goal on the power play 3:47 into the third period, scoring a rebound in front off a shot from the point by Erik Palmqvist (SR, Linkoping, Sweden/Anderstorpsgymnasiet), with Michael Ferrandino (JR, Lisle, Ill./Waterloo West HS) receiving the second assist.
• Augsburg outshot St. Olaf by a 30-26 margin. Both teams were 2-of-5 on the power play.
• Samuel Vyletelka (JR, Zilina, Slovakia/Grammar School of St. Francis of Assisi) collected 24 saves in goal for the Auggies.

FOR THE FOES
• Kelijah McElroy and Parker Casey scored power-play goals for St. Olaf. 
• Lukas Haugen had 26 saves for the Oles.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg travels to face defending national runner-up Adrian College in a nonconference series next Friday and Saturday (12/8-9) in Adrian, Mich.