University of St. Thomas Athletics
Lake Forest
Men's hockey wins 3-2 over Lake Forest
12/8/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Hockey
St. Thomas edged visiting Lake Forest 3-2 in non-conference men's hockey play Friday night at the Fairgrounds Coliseum.
Junior Mat Gershater stopped 13 of 15 shots to get the win in goal and junior Eric Wenkus had two assists for the Toms (4-5-2). Justion Howard stopped 23 of 26 shots for the Foresters (5-4-2).
After a scoreless first period, Mike McMahon scored a power-play goal early in period two to give UST a 1-0 lead. Tommie senior Ben Stauffer scored a power-play goal in the final minute of the second period to break a 1-1 tie. Junior teammate Tony Lawrence scored in the first minute of the third period for a 3-1 lead.
The Toms host St. Norbert Saturday (2 p.m.) in the Coliseum. St. Norbert topped St. Mary's Friday night in Winona, 5-1.
Lake Forest----0-1-1/2
St. Thomas-----0-2-1/3 2nd1, ST-Mike McMahon (Brian Waldo, Eric Wenkus) 6:59 pp; 2, LF-Holmes (Dimauro, Mutch) 9:08pp; 3, ST-Ben Stuffer (Jake Searles, Luke Volk) 19:39pp.
3rd5, ST-Tony Lawrence (Wenkus, Dan Starkey) :47. 6, LF-Dimauro (Bruni, Evans) 11:15 pp.
Goalies
LF-Justin Howard 58:45 min., 3 GA, 23 saves (8-10-5)UST-Mat Gershater 60 min., 2 GA, 13 saves (6-4-3)
Penalties
LF-8 for 16UST-9 for 26
Power Plays
LF-2 of 5UST-2 of 5
