University of St. Thomas Athletics
Friday, January 20
Mendota Heights, Minn.
7:07 p.m. Central
7-15-2, 6-10-2
3
vs
3
Bowling Green
14-13-1, 11-8-1
1
2
3
OT 1
OT 2
F
Bowling Green
2
0
1
0
0
3
St. Thomas (MN)
0
2
1
0
0
3
Another point for Men's Hockey after 3-3 tie vs. Falcons
1/20/2023 3:17:00 PM | Men's Hockey
Mendota Heights, Minn. -- After overcoming an early 2-0 deficit and surviving a hard-fought overtime period, Tommie Men's Hockey tied first-place Bowling Green and claimed a four-point series after Friday night's CCHA game at Saint Thomas Ice Arena.
St. Thomas (7-15-2 overall, 6-10-2 CCHA), which scored a 4-2 win over the Falcons on Thursday night, has built its first three-game unbeaten streak of the D-I era (2-0-1).
The Toms improved to 5-3-2 over their last 10 games.
All four season meetings between St. Thomas and Bowling Green have gone down to the wire, with each team scoring 11 of the 22 total goals. Both goalies were sharp in both games this weekend making many point-blank saves. On Friday, Aaron Trotter stopped 35 of 38 shots, while BGSU's Christian Stoever stopped 26 of 29.
Freshman Jake Braccini started the scoring for Coach Rico Blasi's squad with an unassisted goal in the sixth-minute of the second period to cut the Falcon lead to 2-1. Junior Mack Byers scored the equalizer with 5:31 left in the second, just a minute behind Braccini, connecting on his 13th goal of the season. Byers has scored nine goals in the past eight games.
Sophomore Tim Piechowski recorded the go-ahead goal with seven minutes left in the third period, putting the Purple up 3-2 with their 22nd shot of the night.
Bowling Green (14-13-1, 11-8-1 CCHA) came out hot with two quick goals in the first-period, fueled by Thursday's surprise loss. The Falcons offense went quiet but came alive in the game's final 2:00. Trailing 3-2, BGSU pulled its goalie with 1:40 left in regulation and converted an extra-attacker goal with 1:31 to play to know the score 3-3.
After a scoreless five-minute overtime, Bowling Green earns two points in the conference after scoring a 2-1 decision in the shootout.
Quoting Coach Rico Blasi:
"That's college hockey. They battled hard, we battled back. (Aaron) Trotter made some nice saves. Their guy (Christian Stoever) made some big saves. The hardest thing to do in college hockey is sweep. You saw that.
"We got four points out of the weekend, so overall I think that's a pretty good weekend."
Next Up
St. Thomas returns to action next Friday and Saturday nights, Jan. 27-28, in Tempe, Ariz., against Arizona State in the final non-conference games of 2022-23.
Did You Know?
St. Thomas (7-15-2 overall, 6-10-2 CCHA), which scored a 4-2 win over the Falcons on Thursday night, has built its first three-game unbeaten streak of the D-I era (2-0-1).
The Toms improved to 5-3-2 over their last 10 games.
All four season meetings between St. Thomas and Bowling Green have gone down to the wire, with each team scoring 11 of the 22 total goals. Both goalies were sharp in both games this weekend making many point-blank saves. On Friday, Aaron Trotter stopped 35 of 38 shots, while BGSU's Christian Stoever stopped 26 of 29.
Freshman Jake Braccini started the scoring for Coach Rico Blasi's squad with an unassisted goal in the sixth-minute of the second period to cut the Falcon lead to 2-1. Junior Mack Byers scored the equalizer with 5:31 left in the second, just a minute behind Braccini, connecting on his 13th goal of the season. Byers has scored nine goals in the past eight games.
Sophomore Tim Piechowski recorded the go-ahead goal with seven minutes left in the third period, putting the Purple up 3-2 with their 22nd shot of the night.
Bowling Green (14-13-1, 11-8-1 CCHA) came out hot with two quick goals in the first-period, fueled by Thursday's surprise loss. The Falcons offense went quiet but came alive in the game's final 2:00. Trailing 3-2, BGSU pulled its goalie with 1:40 left in regulation and converted an extra-attacker goal with 1:31 to play to know the score 3-3.
After a scoreless five-minute overtime, Bowling Green earns two points in the conference after scoring a 2-1 decision in the shootout.
Quoting Coach Rico Blasi:
"That's college hockey. They battled hard, we battled back. (Aaron) Trotter made some nice saves. Their guy (Christian Stoever) made some big saves. The hardest thing to do in college hockey is sweep. You saw that.
"We got four points out of the weekend, so overall I think that's a pretty good weekend."
Next Up
St. Thomas returns to action next Friday and Saturday nights, Jan. 27-28, in Tempe, Ariz., against Arizona State in the final non-conference games of 2022-23.
Did You Know?
- The Tommies took their first point of the D-I era in games where they fell behind 2-0. Coming into Friday, they were 0-15 last season and 0-8 this season in games where they trailed 2-0.
- The Purple have scored at least one point in five-consecutive conference series.
- Both teams struggled on the power play this weekend -- St. Thomas went 0-for-8, while Bowling Green was 0-for-5.
Team Stats
BGS
UST
Shots
38
29
PPG
0
0
SHG
0
0
Penalties
7
6
Penalty Mins
14
12
Faceoffs Won
30
42
Game Leaders
+/-
0
Goals
1
Sh
4
A
0
+/-
0
Goals
1
Sh
3
A
0
+/-
0
Goals
1
Sh
3
A
0
+/-
1
Goals
0
Sh
2
A
1
Players Mentioned
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