University of St. Thomas Athletics
Saint John's
Men's Hockey tops Johnnies, 5-2
1/18/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Hockey
Senior Nate Ryan had two goals and two assists and the No. 4-ranked Tommies (11-2-1 overall, 5-0-0 MIAC) ran their conference regular-season win streak to 14 with Friday night's 5-2 men's hockey victory over the Johnnies (6-8-2, 2-3-2) at Saint Thomas Ice Arena in Mendota Heights.
Tyler Chestnut stopped 23 of 25 shots for St. Thomas, which remained atop the conference standings. Nick Pernula and Andrew Panchenko each had a goal and an assist and Adam Davis had three assists, all on power-play goals.
Mike Wallgren had a short-handed goal late in the first period to cut the UST lead to 2-1. Gabriel Harren scored 37 second into period two to trim the deficit to 3-2. But Ryan scored two later in the second period as UST took control.
The teams close the weekend series Saturday with a 2 p.m. match at St. Cloud State's arena.
St. John's-----1/1/0--2
St. Thomas---2/3/0--5
1st period
1, ST-Pernula (Johnson, Davis) 3:24 pp; 2, ST-Jacques (Ryan, Davis) 4:14 pp; 3, SJU-Wallgren (unasst) 19:01 sh.
2nd period
4, ST-Andrew Panchenko (Ryan, Pernula) 0:19; 5, SJU-Harren (McClure, Decker) 0:37; 6, ST-Ryan (Johnson, Davis) 3:03 pp; 7, ST-Ryan (Andrew Panchenko) 9:22.
3rd period
No scoring
Goalies
SJU: Vince Wheeler, 60 min., 5 GA, 23 saves (7-10-6)
UST: Tyler Chestnut, 60 min., 2 GA, 23 saves (6-5-12)
Penalties
SJU: 6 for 12
UST: 4 for 8
Power Plays
SJU: 0 for 4
UST: 3 for 6
