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St. Norbert to host NCAA hockey quarterfinal

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St. Norbert College earned the No. 1 seeding in the West Region in the NCAA Division 3 Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament and will host a national quarterfinal game for the 17th straight tournament appearance.

The Green Knights will host Augsburg University in a national quarterfinal game at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 17 at the Cornerstone Community Center in De Pere.  The winner will advance to the NCAA Division III Frozen Four on March 23-24 at Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York.

The Auggies (18-9) knocked off Marian 3-1 on Saturday in Minneapolis in a first round game.

This tournament appearance for the Knights will be their 18th.  They’re 28-13-1 all-time in the NCAA tournament and with National Championships in 2008, 2011, 2012 and 2014.  St. Norbert is 19-4 in its last 23 NCAA Tournament games dating back to 2008.

Augsburg is making its fifth NCAA Division III Tournament appearance.  the Auggies are 4-6-1 all-time, advancing to the Frozen Four in 1998.

 

Coghlin logs his 500th coaching victory

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Tim Coghlin

Tim Coghlin

St. Norbert College men’s hockey coach Tim Coghlin won his 500th career game on Saturday.  The Green Knights blanked Northland College in a NCHA contest as Coghlin became the third-fastest coach in NCAA hockey history for all divisions to reach 500 career wins.

Coghlin’s 500th win came in his 680th game.  He is the 25th coach in NCAA history to win 500 games, but only John Rolli of UMass-Dartmouth (658 games) and Bob Peters of Bemidji State (677 games) have accomplished the milestone in fewer games.

Tony Kujava recorded his eighth shutout of the season for the Green Knights (18-2-1, 14-2 NCHA).

The Ice is Heating Up

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Today the puck will drop for the Wisconsin Men’s hockey team (22-10-2, 13-6-1 Big Ten). Earning a first round bye with their 2nd-seed, Wisconsin will face Penn State in the second round. The 6th seeded Nittany Lions won their opening match against 3rd-seeded Michigan 2-1 in double overtime.

Wisconsin is undefeated (4-0-0) against Penn State this season.

The NCAA Division 3 Frozen Four Ice Hockey Championships are on tap this weekend.  Semi-final action this afternoon has top ranked St. Norbert College facing Geneseo State at 3pm. St. Norbert has been to the Frozen Four 8 times and won 3 National titles.

UW-Stevens Point faces Oswego State in the other semi-final.

 

St. Norbert dominates early season hockey clash

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The 2nd-ranked St. Norbert College Green Knights outshot top-ranked UW-Eau Claire in an early season NCAA Division 3 hockey clash 32-17 and

St. Norbert vs. UW-Eau Claire

St. Norbert vs. UW-Eau Claire

rolled to a 5-2 victory at the Cornerstone Community Center.

Last nights game marked the first time St. Norbert (7-0) faced one of the five WIAC schools since they departed from the NCHA to form their own conference after last season.  The Green Knights will take on another of those teams, UW-Stout tonight.

The Knights went 1-3-1 against the defending NCAA champion Blugolds last season.

After a scoreless first period, the Green Knights scored 4-goals in the second to take a 4-1 lead and never look back.

It was an early season matchup, but it’s one the Green Knights will draw from as they measure where they are in the early going.  The loss was the first of the season for the Blugolds.

Eau Claire advances in NCAA d-3 hockey tournament

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UW-Eau Claire knocked off St. John’s of Minnesota 4-2 in an NCAA Division 3 hockey

St. Norbert Hockey

St. Norbert Hockey

play-in game.

The Blugolds now get a rematch against St. Norbert College in the NCAA Quarterfinals on Saturday night at the Cornerstone Community Center in DePere.

The Knights blanked Eau Claire 3-0 last weekend in Eau Claire to claim the NCHA Peters Cup Championship.

The winner this weekend will advance to the NCAA Division 3 Frozen Four in Lake Placid.

St. Norbert sweeps UW-Superior on road

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St. Norbert College beat UW-Superior 3-1 Saturday to complete a two-game road sweep.  The Green Knights, ranked second in the nation, scored a goal in each of the three periods.

Chris Rial scored in the first period, with a goal at the 5:32 mark to make the game 1-0.

UW-Superior equalized early in the second period, with a goal at the 0:51 mark from Brett Wold.  Tyler Zepeda of the Green Knights cancelled that equalizer out, and regained the lead for St. Norbert with a power play goal at the 4:34 mark.

Going into the third period St. Norbert led 2-1, and sealed their win with another power play goal at the 8:57 mark from Mason Baptista.

The Green Knights return home to host UW-Stout this weekend.

St. Norbert hockey shuts out UW-Superior 5-0

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The St. Norbert College Green Knights took down the UW-Superior Yellowjackets 5-0 on the road Friday night.  It marks the seventh-straight win for the Green Knights in the first meeting this season between the two teams.

The game jumped off to a fast-paced start, scoring three goals in the first period.

Joe Perry lit the lamp with a goal at the 3:42 mark.  Kyle Stroh followed Perry’s goal with a powerplay tally at the 5:17 mark to make the game 2-0. Brandon Hoogenboom scored the third goal of the period at the 11:42 mark.

The second period saw Perry score his second of the night at the 6:56 mark to make the game 4-0.

The Green Knight’s Cody Keefer closed out the scoring at the 16:16 mark to make it 5-0.

David Jacobson made 25 saves in the shutout for St. Norbert.  The two teams close out the series in Superior today.

St. Norbert hockey sweeps St. Olaf

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The St. Norbert College Green Knights continued their winning ways Saturday night with a 6-3 win against St. Olaf College.

The Green Knights (12-2-1), coming off an offensive record-setting 12-2 win against St. Mary’s Friday night, made the most of a major checking-from-behind penalty in the second period, scoring twice during the five minute penalty.

Before that penalty, St. Olaf jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first period with a goal through Kevin Harris at the 10:42 mark.  St. Norbert was held at bay for the rest of the period, with St. Olaf holding a one goal advantage as they started the second period.

Cullen Bradshaw, who scored four goals last night, equalized for St. Norbert at the 1:09 mark in the second period, and Kyle Stroh scored again at the 2:32 mark to make the game 2-1.

The Green Knights scored twice during the major penalty, with Chris Rial scoring at 8:29 and Cody Keefer scoring at the 8:48 mark to make the game 4-1.  Mason Baptista lit the lamp for St. Norbert at the 12:37 mark to give the Green Knights a commanding 5-1 lead at the end of the second period.

34 seconds into the third period, Bradshaw got his second goal of the night, scoring the sixth and final goal for the Green Knights.  St. Olaf scored twice at the 2:48 mark through Harris, and again at the 7:39 mark through Joel Lundstrom.

St. Olaf’s Henrik Wood made 24 saves in the loss, while St. Norbert’s David Jacobson made 17 saves in the victory.

The Green Knight’s next test comes on the road against 11th ranked UW-Superior next weekend.

St. Norbert men’s hockey swarms St. Mary 12-2

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St. Norbert College men’s hockey played their first game since the December 7 break, and picked up where they left off with a 12-2 win over St. Mary’s University.  The fifth ranked St. Norbert College Green Knights (11-2-1) outshot the St. Mary’s University Cardinals 37-24, scoring one goal almost every three shots.

The game took awhile to explode, with the first period only seeing one lone goal from the Green Knights.  Cullen Bradshaw lit the lamp at the 10:51 mark, giving St. Norbert the lead 1-0.

St. Mary’s tied the game up 11 seconds into the second period, with a goal from Mike Hill.  For the rest of the period, St. Norbert dominated scoring seven times.

Cody Keefer scored his first of two goals at the 1:41 mark, making the game 2-1.  Joe Perry scored again at the 5:07 mark.  Bradshaw scored four minutes later to make the game 3-1, with Mason Baptista making it 4-1 at the 15:33 mark.

Erik Cooper scored on a powerplay at the 16:44 mark, and Bradshaw got his hat-trick at the 18:18 mark to make the game 6-1.  Patrick McCadden hit one last goal, in the second period, at the 19:39 mark to make the game 8-1.

The third period saw a similar scoring pattern when compared to the second period.  St. Mary’s scored first, at the 3:39 mark through Mike Hill, bringing the game to 8-2.  Kyle Stroh added to the Green Knight goal tally at the 12:03 mark, and Bradshaw scored his fourth goal at the 13:29 mark to make the game 10-2.

Patrick McCadden and Cody Keefer scored their second goals of the game at the 14:10 and 19:57 marks, respectively, to end the game 12-2.

This offensive overload from St. Norbert is the best winning margin in over a decade.  It also marks the first time they have scored double-digits since 2005.

The Green Knights next take on the St. Olaf Oles at home, this Saturday night.

St. Scholastica and St. Norbert continue winning ways in tournament

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Kyle Stroh (11) had a hat-trick in the 6-3 St. Norbert College win

The St. Norbert College Green Knights (8-2-1) and College of St. Scholastica Saints (3-5-0) stacked on Friday’s success and won their respective games Saturday in the MCHA/NCHA Thanksgiving Tournament.

The Green Knights beat the Lawrence University Vikings 6-3 in a physical game.  St. Norbert finished the first period with a lead of 4-1.  Tyler Zepeda opened the scoring at the 1:18 mark with teammate Cody Keefer scoring only 16 seconds later at the 1:34 mark to make it 2-0.

Kyle Stroh scored the first of his three goals at the 9:52 mark, and Carl Ekstrom scored at the 14:21 mark.  Lawrence’s Steve Hughes put the Vikings on the scoreboard at the 11:10 mark.

The second period saw St. Norbert’s Kyle Stroh score his second at the 7:35 mark to make the game 5-1.

Lawrence scored two goals in the third period from Renato Engler, at the 15:04 mark, and Derek Brickan, at the 15:50 mark, to give the Vikings life and make the game 5-3.

St. Norbert put the nail in the coffin with Stroh’s third goal of the game at the 16:33 mark to make the game 6-3.

Green Knight Travis Bosch had 24 saves in the win, while Viking Anton Olsson had 31 saves.

The St. Scholastica Saints rallied from behind and scored two third period goals to take down the Marian University Sabres 2-1.

The first period saw a total of 16 shots on goal for both teams, and Matt Berger of Marian University finally broke through with a goal at the 10:17 mark in the second period.

The Saints tied the game up when Brandon Nowakowski scored in the third period at the 3:37 mark.  With a little under four minutes to go, Brandon scored his second goal of the game to win it for St. Scholastica.

St. Scholastica’s Colin Rundell had 32 saves in the win, while Marian’s Randy Willis had 35 saves.

St. Norbert College and St. Scholastica will look to continue their winning ways as they play each other in two weeks.