University of St. Thomas Athletics
11-8-2, 8-3-1MIAC
Saint Mary's
3-17-1, 2-9-1MIAC
Men's Hockey gets 9-2 win over Cardinals
2/7/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Hockey
Parker Burgess scored a hat trick and Andrew Kappers added two goals and three assists to lead the host Tommies (11-8-2 overall, 8-3-1 MIAC) to a 9-2 win over St. Mary's in men's hockey play Saturday afternoon in Mendota Heights.
The nine goals were a season for the Tommies, who outscored St. Mary's 16-3 on the weekend and swept the Cards for the fourth season in a row. Todd Alexander added four assists.
UST freshman Cary Wood played 45:00 in goal and stopped 12 of 14 shots in improving to 7-0, all in the last five weeks.
Tommy Healy and Colin McGlynn had goals for the Cardinals, who were outshot 37-23.
The Tommies moved into second place in the MIAC race with four games to go, and will face first-place St. Olaf next weekend.
Over the last 16 days, St. Thomas is 21-1 in hockey and basketball.
Click here for box score:
http://www.collegehockeystats.net/boxes/mstrstt1.f07
Sean Bryant (Mike Ekern photo)
The Tommies celebrate a third-period goal. (Mike Ekern photo)
A.J. Panchenko scores for the Tommies (Mike Ekern photo)
The weekend sweep let the Tommies move back into second place in the MIAC race. (Mike Ekern photo)
