WINONA, Minn. -- The Augsburg University men's hockey team closed its 2025-26 season with a 7-3 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference loss at Saint Mary's University on Saturday. Augsburg's effort included a power-play goal, but it was not enough to overcome Saint Mary's offensive surge in the third period. The game marked the final collegiate contest for eight Augsburg seniors: Nick Catalano, Jake Hale, Peyton Hanson, Mason Hendrickson, Kyler Kleven, Josh Koziol, James Miller, and Cade Stibbe.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Saint Mary's 7, Augsburg 3
LOCATION: Saint Mary's Ice Arena, Winona, Minn.
RECORDS: Augsburg 7-15-3 overall (4-10-2 MIAC), Saint Mary's 14-9-2 overall (10-5-1 MIAC)

GAME RECAP
The first period began with Augsburg's Nick Catalano scoring early at the 5:14 mark, with an assist from Peyton Hanson and Landon Parker, putting the visitors ahead 1-0. With the assist, Hanson finished the season as the Auggies' scoring leader, with 14 goals and 16 assists for 30 points, and a team-best plus-11 plus-minus rating. Duke Kiffin extended the lead to 2-1 at the 13:00 mark, with assists from Griffin Ayotte and Jake Hale. However, Saint Mary's responded with three goals, with Joona Juntunen, Ben Polomsky, and Jack Campion each finding the net, taking a 3-2 lead by the close of the period. 

Augsburg gained momentum in the second period with a power-play goal from Parker at 16:59, his ninth goal of the season, assisted by Zachary Reim and Ryan Comishock. Parker finished the season with nine goals and 11 assists for 20 points in 15 games, having missed 10 games midway through the campaign due to injury. Despite multiple attempts from Saint Mary's, Augsburg goaltender Josh Koziol was active throughout the period, making several saves against persistent shot attempts by Saint Mary's, including a key save on Juntunen's shot near the end of the period.

Augsburg faced a challenging third period as Saint Mary's surged ahead to secure a decisive victory. At the 8:49 mark, Campion netted the eventual game-winning goal for Saint Mary's, assisted by Carter Newpower and Cole Mickel, extending the home team's lead. Paden Hicks added a power-play goal at the 11:18 mark, again assisted by Mickel, to make it 5-3. In the final minutes, Campion completed his hat trick with an empty-net goal with 01:10 left before Adler Johnston sealed the result with a goal with 54 seconds left to play.

AUGSBURG PLAYER HIGHLIGHTS
• Landon Parker: 1 power-play goal, 1 assist, 8 shots on goal
• Conner Schneider: 22 faceoff wins, 84% faceoff win percentage
• Josh Koziol: 39 saves

SAINT MARY'S PLAYER HIGHLIGHTS
• Jack Campion: 3 goals, +4 rating
• Cole Mickel: 3 assists, +4 rating
• Connor Abric: 25 saves