University of St. Thomas Athletics
Saturday, February 25
Mendota Heights, Minn.
6:07 p.m. Central
11-21-2, 10-14-2
2
vs
7
Bemidji State
14-15-5, 12-11-3
1
2
3
F
Bemidji St.
1
4
2
7
St. Thomas (MN)
1
1
0
2
Team Stats
BSU
UST
Shots
36
17
PPG
2
1
SHG
1
0
Penalties
5
7
Penalty Mins
10
14
Faceoffs Won
34
40
Game Leaders
Skaters
+/-
1
Goals
1
Sh
1
A
0
+/-
-3
Goals
1
Sh
1
A
0
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
1
A
1
+/-
-3
Goals
0
Sh
1
A
1
Players Mentioned
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D
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Photo by: Rebecca Twite
Men's Hockey drops 7-2 score; on to CCHA playoffs
2/25/2023 8:43:00 PM | Men's Hockey
Mendota Heights, Minn. -- Lleyton Roed and Will Zmolek each had two goals and an assist to lead Bemidji State to a 7-2 road defeat of St. Thomas Men's Hockey in Saturday night's CCHA contest at Saint Thomas Ice Arena.
The Beavers ocercame an early 1-0 deficit. They outshot the Purple 36-17 as they avenged a 3-1 loss to the Tommies one night earlier. They converted two power-play goals and one shorthanded goal in the victory.
Mack Byers and Ethan Gauer scored goals for St. Thomas (11-21-2). Three goalies logged time in net for the Toms.
The contest closed the regular season and most likely capped St. Thomas' home season. St. Thomas took the league's No. 7 seed and opens CCHA playoff action next Friday March 3 on the road at No.-2 seed and top-20 ranked Michigan Tech in the league quarterfinals. It's a best-of-three format with a Sunday March 5 game if needed.
Quoting Coach Rico Blasi:
"A couple of bad goals (we allowed), Trotter probably wants a couple of them back. We got a little discombobulated there.
"They wanted home ice, they were a desperate team. They deserve all the credit. They deserved to win tonight. They were just a little better than us in every phase of the game."
Did You Know?
The Beavers ocercame an early 1-0 deficit. They outshot the Purple 36-17 as they avenged a 3-1 loss to the Tommies one night earlier. They converted two power-play goals and one shorthanded goal in the victory.
Mack Byers and Ethan Gauer scored goals for St. Thomas (11-21-2). Three goalies logged time in net for the Toms.
The contest closed the regular season and most likely capped St. Thomas' home season. St. Thomas took the league's No. 7 seed and opens CCHA playoff action next Friday March 3 on the road at No.-2 seed and top-20 ranked Michigan Tech in the league quarterfinals. It's a best-of-three format with a Sunday March 5 game if needed.
Quoting Coach Rico Blasi:
"A couple of bad goals (we allowed), Trotter probably wants a couple of them back. We got a little discombobulated there.
"They wanted home ice, they were a desperate team. They deserve all the credit. They deserved to win tonight. They were just a little better than us in every phase of the game."
Did You Know?
- It was Senior Night for eight Tommies: Andrew Kangas and Henry Baribeau played all four seasons in the program, two years in D-III and two in D-I. Others honored were graduate students Jarrett Lee, Luke Perunovich and Nolan Sawchuk; as well as Matthew Jennings, Trevor Zins, and Garrett Daly.
- Baribeau was rewarded with his first Division I start in goal and made one save in his 2:03 opening shift. Aaron Trotter played the next 37:57. Ethan Roberts played the final 20:00
- After a 2-12 start to the season, St. Thomas went 9-9-2 over the final 20 regular-season games. The scored at least one point in each of their last nine CCHA weekend series.
- Lucas Wahlin, who had an assist tonight, and Byers, who chipped in two assists last night, each had a three-point weekend.
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