The University of Minnesota-Crookston men’s club hockey team surged from behind in the 3rd period to beat the St. Thomas Tommies by a score of 5-4 at the Crooskton Sports Center on Friday night.
FIRST PERIOD
St. Thomas was off to a great start to begin the game, as they controlled the puck on offense for the first 5 minutes, preventing UMC from getting a shot on goal. The Tommies had 4, but all were saved by Adam Goody. After that is when UMC started to get going, and that culminated on a great shot by Mason Romfo on the power play to put the Golden Eagles up 1-0. The puck then went back and forth in the neutral zone at a very fast pace, with both teams getting shots, and both goalies making saves. Then, at 15:10, Dalson Kelly sniped a shot top shelf to further the lead to 2-0. That lead only lasted 36 seconds, however, as Winston Wheaton beat Goody to cut the lead down to 2-1, which would be the score that would stand at the end of the period.
SECOND PERIOD
In the second period, the play slowed down and became more sloppy, with both teams drawing penalties, yet unable to capitalize. That is, until on the power play, Michael Scherer scored from the blue line to tie the game up a 2 apiece. In the rest of the period, there really wasn’t a whole lot of action. There were a lot of shots, but both Adam Goody of UMC and Van Eigner of the Tommies exchanged fantastic saves, and kept the game tied. The Tommies had a late power play, but they could not capitalize, and the game would stay tied at 2 heading into the 3rd period.
THIRD PERIOD
The play was slowing down throughout the end of the second period, and things couldn’t have been more opposite in the third, as the pace from the first period came back in full force. St. Thomas did not waste any time, as Luke Morrisette beat Adam Goody to give the Tommies their first lead of the game at 3-2. Two minutes later, Drew Fisher scored on the power play to give the Tommies a 4-2 advantage. It seemed like UMC might be on the back foot, but they responded a lot better that what might be anticipated, as Kadin Edwards scored on the rebound at 7:41 to cut the lead to 4-3. Two minutes later, Anthony Foster scored on yet another rebound to tie the game at 4. While the crowd was still cheering, UMC pushed forward, and Ben Hines scored from a tight angle 37 seconds later to give UMC the lead right back, putting them up 5-4. St. Thomas tried to respond, especially at the end with a 6 on 5 advantage, but UMC was able to hold on, winning the game 5-4.
UMC improves to 6-1 on the season and will play St. Thomas again on Saturday afternoon.
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | |
| St. Thomas | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| UM-Crookston | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Scoring:
FIRST PERIOD
8:53 – UMC (PP) – Mason Romfo (Anthony Foster, Alex Bailey)
15:10 – UMC – Dalston Kelly (Kadin Edwards)
15:46 – UST – Winston Wheaton (unassisted)
SECOND PERIOD
4:52 – UST (PP) – Michael Scherer (Drew Fisher)
THIRD PERIOD
2:21 – UST – Luke Morrisette (Gino Gatti)
4:31 – UST (PP) – Drew Fisher (Toran Dobchuk, Danny Pasqua)
7:41 – UMC – Kadin Edwards (Dalston Kelly)
9:39 – UMC – Anthony Foster (unassisted)
10:06 – UMC – Ben Hines (Dalston Kelly)
| Saves | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final |
| Van Eigner – UST | 14 | 16 | 8 | 38 |
| Adam Goody – UMC | 12 | 16 | 7 | 35 |
