University of St. Thomas Athletics
Saturday, March 7
St. Paul, Minn.
7:07 p.m. CST
20-11-5
5
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Lake Superior State
11-22-3
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3
F
Lake Superior St.
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0
1
2
St. Thomas (MN)
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5
Photo by: Nick Wosika
Men’s Hockey advances to Mason Cup Semifinal after opening series sweep
3/8/2026 12:28:00 AM | Men's Hockey
Lucas Van Vliet and Lucas Wahlin each tallied two goals
ST. PAUL, Minn. – St. Thomas men's hockey (20-11-5) dispatched Lake Superior State from the Mason Cup Playoffs with an emphatic 5-2 victory on Saturday night. Lucas Wahlin scored his progam-record 21st goal to help the Tommies to their first 20-win season of the DI era.
Game two began similarly to the previous night with an early Tommie goal. This time it was defenseman Colton Jamieson from Dylan Godbout and Caige Sterzer at 2:02. The tally was Jamieson's first collegiate goal. Unlike last night, the Lakers answered quickly with a game-tying tally at 6:01. Both sides went 0-1 on the power play in the period, a trend that would continue throughout.
Lucas Wahlin came through with the 20th of his season from Ryan O'Neill at 10:41 to put the Purple back out in front. The Toms were 0-2 on the power play in the second and kept the Lakers off the scoreboard for their one advantage of the period.
Lake State tied the game at 15:48 in the third to threaten overtime for the second consecutive night. That was until Charlie Schoen chased down his own rebound and filtered a pass from below the goal line to Lucas Van Vliet who finished at 17:23. Bauer Berry earned the secondary assist. Van Vliet's goal was the decider, his team-leading fourth game-winning goal of the season.
The Purple peppered in a pair of empty-net goals at 18:08 (Wahlin) and 19:15 (Van Vliet) to seal their spot in the Mason Cup Semis for the second year in a row. St. Thomas outshot Lake State 43-29. Carsen Musser was fantastic in net with 27 saves on 29 shots for his 10th win of the season. He is the third Tommie goaltender to record double digit wins in the DI era.
Up Next
The Tommies' opponent and game time are yet to be determined but they will play at Lee & Penny Anderson Arena on Saturday, March 14 in the Mason Cup Semifinal. They will host the penultimate game for the second season in a row.
Follow Along
For any and all information pertaining to the University of St. Thomas Men's Hockey team, follow along on Instagram and Twitter at @TommieMHockey. Follow the fun @tommiesports on TikTok.
Game two began similarly to the previous night with an early Tommie goal. This time it was defenseman Colton Jamieson from Dylan Godbout and Caige Sterzer at 2:02. The tally was Jamieson's first collegiate goal. Unlike last night, the Lakers answered quickly with a game-tying tally at 6:01. Both sides went 0-1 on the power play in the period, a trend that would continue throughout.
Lucas Wahlin came through with the 20th of his season from Ryan O'Neill at 10:41 to put the Purple back out in front. The Toms were 0-2 on the power play in the second and kept the Lakers off the scoreboard for their one advantage of the period.
Lake State tied the game at 15:48 in the third to threaten overtime for the second consecutive night. That was until Charlie Schoen chased down his own rebound and filtered a pass from below the goal line to Lucas Van Vliet who finished at 17:23. Bauer Berry earned the secondary assist. Van Vliet's goal was the decider, his team-leading fourth game-winning goal of the season.
The Purple peppered in a pair of empty-net goals at 18:08 (Wahlin) and 19:15 (Van Vliet) to seal their spot in the Mason Cup Semis for the second year in a row. St. Thomas outshot Lake State 43-29. Carsen Musser was fantastic in net with 27 saves on 29 shots for his 10th win of the season. He is the third Tommie goaltender to record double digit wins in the DI era.
Up Next
The Tommies' opponent and game time are yet to be determined but they will play at Lee & Penny Anderson Arena on Saturday, March 14 in the Mason Cup Semifinal. They will host the penultimate game for the second season in a row.
Follow Along
For any and all information pertaining to the University of St. Thomas Men's Hockey team, follow along on Instagram and Twitter at @TommieMHockey. Follow the fun @tommiesports on TikTok.
Team Stats
LSS
UST
Shots
29
43
PPG
0
0
SHG
0
0
Penalties
9
6
Penalty Mins
37
23
Faceoffs Won
33
32
Game Leaders
+/-
2
Goals
2
Sh
5
A
1
+/-
1
Goals
2
Sh
8
A
0
+/-
0
Goals
1
Sh
1
A
0
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
4
A
1
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