In one of the best played games I've seen all year for St. Lawrence, the Saints defeated the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. This is only the second time in history SLU has ever beaten UND, and the first time since 1981.
St. Lawrence opened the scoring on the power play, as Justin Baker corralled a pass on the half boards and then fed the puck to the right point to Greg Carey. Carey's low snap shot was saved by Saunders, but the rebound kicked right off of Jeremy Wick's leg and through the crease right to Matt Carey who fired it home to give SLU the early lead. My concern for this game lay in goaltending, but when Eric Sweetman turned the puck over right in front of Weninger, the senior from Alberta calmly poked the puck off the North Dakota skater's stick before a shot could be taken. Weninger looked very comfortable all night, making 21 saves, including 9 in the third period.
The second period started with a quick North Dakota power play goal, as a pass through the crease deflected off Connor Gaarder's skate and past Weninger. Two power play goals from Jeremy Wick and Justin Baker would see the second period end with SLU holding a 3-1 lead.
North Dakota got another quick goal to open the third to cut the Saint lead to just 1, but from that point on the defense stepped up, and Weninger made the timely saves, something that's been missing thus far. Then, 12:52 into the third, with SLU on the power play, Chris Martin held the puck below the North Dakota red line, before feeding the nation's leading scorer, Greg Carey, with a pass in the slot. With Saunders out of position, he wasn't going to miss, and his shot blew past the outstretched goalies arm on the blocker side to put SLU up by two once again.
Jeremy Wick would score his second goal of the game, an empty netter with the Saints down a man to ice the win.
The Saints power play scored three goals on 5 opportunities, which does nothing but improve its already stellar percentage. SLU's penalty kill was 8 for 9 in the game, allowing only 5 shots on the 9 chances, and the lone blemish can't really be blamed on anyone but bad luck. Greg Carey had a 4 point night, which overshadowed Jeremy Wick's 3 point night. Wick was the best all around player on the ice, scoring two goals, adding an assist, but also playing extremely well on the penalty kill.
Also, Carey's 4 point night gives him 28 points, and a three point cushion over BC's Johnny Gaudreau for the national lead in points.
The two teams face off again tomorrow night in Grand Forks, the Saints looking for a sweep over the UND team that's ravaged with injuries.
St. Lawrence opened the scoring on the power play, as Justin Baker corralled a pass on the half boards and then fed the puck to the right point to Greg Carey. Carey's low snap shot was saved by Saunders, but the rebound kicked right off of Jeremy Wick's leg and through the crease right to Matt Carey who fired it home to give SLU the early lead. My concern for this game lay in goaltending, but when Eric Sweetman turned the puck over right in front of Weninger, the senior from Alberta calmly poked the puck off the North Dakota skater's stick before a shot could be taken. Weninger looked very comfortable all night, making 21 saves, including 9 in the third period.
The second period started with a quick North Dakota power play goal, as a pass through the crease deflected off Connor Gaarder's skate and past Weninger. Two power play goals from Jeremy Wick and Justin Baker would see the second period end with SLU holding a 3-1 lead.
North Dakota got another quick goal to open the third to cut the Saint lead to just 1, but from that point on the defense stepped up, and Weninger made the timely saves, something that's been missing thus far. Then, 12:52 into the third, with SLU on the power play, Chris Martin held the puck below the North Dakota red line, before feeding the nation's leading scorer, Greg Carey, with a pass in the slot. With Saunders out of position, he wasn't going to miss, and his shot blew past the outstretched goalies arm on the blocker side to put SLU up by two once again.
Jeremy Wick would score his second goal of the game, an empty netter with the Saints down a man to ice the win.
The Saints power play scored three goals on 5 opportunities, which does nothing but improve its already stellar percentage. SLU's penalty kill was 8 for 9 in the game, allowing only 5 shots on the 9 chances, and the lone blemish can't really be blamed on anyone but bad luck. Greg Carey had a 4 point night, which overshadowed Jeremy Wick's 3 point night. Wick was the best all around player on the ice, scoring two goals, adding an assist, but also playing extremely well on the penalty kill.
Also, Carey's 4 point night gives him 28 points, and a three point cushion over BC's Johnny Gaudreau for the national lead in points.
The two teams face off again tomorrow night in Grand Forks, the Saints looking for a sweep over the UND team that's ravaged with injuries.
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