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St. Norbert’s Coghlin and Cooper receive NCHA Awards

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Tim Coghlin

Tim Coghlin

St. Norbert College senior forward Erik Cooper was named the 2016 Northern Collegiate Hockey Association Player of the Year to pace the Green Knights’ league honors announced by the conference office on Tuesday night.

Cooper became the ninth different St. Norbert player to earn the Green Knights’ tenth NCHA Player of the Year award.  In addition to Cooper, senior forward Michael Hill and junior defenseman Blake Thompson also earned All-NCHA  honors.

St. Norbert coach Tim Coghlin was named NCHA Coach of the Year, his seventh overall and first since 2010.

Cooper led the Green Knights in scoring in the regular season with 11 goals and 17 assists for 28 points.  He [Read more…]

St. Norbert men’s hockey blanks UW-River Falls

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St. Norbert goalkeeper David Jacobson makes a save against UW-River Falls

The St. Norbert College Green Knight men’s hockey team swept the UW-River Falls Falcons defeating them 7-1 Friday night and 4-0 Saturday night.

These back-to-back conference wins come on the heels of a road loss to Gustavus Adophus College last weekend.

The Green Knights (6-1, 4-0 NCHA) outshot the Falcons (4-2, 0-2 NCHA) 33-22 with sophomore goalkeeper David Jacobson recording the shutout.

When asked about what impressed Green Knight head coach Tom Coghlin the most Saturday night, he said it was Jacobson and his defensive core.

AUDIO: Head coach Coghlin happy with defense :17

Freshman forward Tyler Zepada opened the scoring for St. Norbert at the 4:08 mark in the first period.

Three minutes into the second period, St. Norbert made the game 2-0 though sophomore defenceman Marian Fiala.

Freshman forward Erik Cooper made the game 3-0 at the 4:39 mark and junior forward Joe Perry scored the fourth goal at the 16:38 mark.

St. Norbert faces 11th ranked UW-Eau Claire at home next weekend, and coach Coghlin knows what playing Eau Claire means.

AUDIO: Coghlin on UW-Eau Claire :12

UW-River Falls looks to rebound with an away series against UW-Stevens Point next weekend.

St. Norbert men’s hockey dominates 9th ranked UW-River Falls

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Cody Keefer (#8) celebrates after scoring with teammates

The St. Norbert College men’s hockey team scored seven straight times to come back from a 1-0 deficit and take down the UW-River Falls Falcons 7-1 on Friday night.

In a game that saw the 3rd ranked Green Knights play the 9th ranked Falcons, the St. Norbert Green Knights (5-1, 3-0 NCHA) went a perfect 4-4 on power plays.

River Falls (4-1, 0-1 NCHA) scored very early in the first period through freshman forward Mike Williams at the 3:51 mark to take a 1-0 lead.

The Green Knights tied the game through senior forward Kyle Stroh at the 16:21 mark in the second period and just three minutes later, senior forward Cody Keefer scored to give St. Norbert a 2-1 lead.

The third period saw five goals from the Green Knights.  Junior forward Brandon Hoogenboom scored at the 2:44 mark, Keefer scored for his second goal of the game at the 4:22 mark, and sophmore forward Mason Baptista scored at the six minute mark to make the game 5-1.

Green Knight junior forward Joe Perry lit the lamp off a redirected shot at the 13:28 mark to make the game 6-1, and freshman forward Erik Cooper scored the seventh and final goal of the game at the 17:32 mark.

Sophmore goalkeeper David Jacobson recorded 21 saves for St. Norbert with junior goalkeeper Scott Lewan recording 37 saves for River Falls.

St. Norbert College looks to sweep UW-River Falls with the final game in this series Saturday night.