Mike Gast Sr. Fargo, ND Mike scored two of the team's three goals to help the Cobbers beat Bethel 3-2, and earn the series sweep.

Last year:  Game 1 | Game 2 |
 

Teams	1st	2nd	3rd	Final
Concordia College	2	1	0	3
Bethel College	0	2	0	2

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12/02 Concordia Sweeps Bethel 3-2, Remains on Top of the MIAC.

Concordia scored two goals in the first period and never looked back as they betterd Bethel 3-2. Captain Mike Gast (Sr., Fargo, ND) scored two of the three goals, and helped the Cobbers sweep Bethel and
remain in first place in the MIAC. Junior Craig Walter (Jr., Grand Forks, ND) opened the scoring when he netted his first goal of the season at 13:13 of the second period. Concordia never trailed after that, as Bethel could only get to within one at 2-1 and then 3-2. The Royals stormed the Cobber net in the third and forced Concordia All-American goaltender Bryan Howard (Sr., Gold River, CA) to make 22 saves in the period. For the game Howard had 41 stops while Bethel goalie Jeff Hall made 24.

Concordia remains undefeated in MIAC play at 5-0-1 and moves to 5-2-1 overall. Bethel, in second place coming into the weekend, drops to 3-3 in league play and 3-6 overall.
The Cobbers do not play anymore MIAC games until after Christmas and will host two important non-coference games against NCHA opponents next weekend. On Friday Concordia plays host to UW-Stout, and on Saturday UW-River Falls will travel north. River Falls is currently leading the NCHA
and Stout is tied for second. Both games start at 7:00.
 

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Concordia College vs Bethel Royals

                   Concordia College vs Bethel Royals (Final)
                                Concordia Hockey
      Concordia College vs Bethel Royals (Dec 02, 2000 at Bethel College)

Hockey Match Summary

                          Hockey Match Summary (Final)
                                Concordia Hockey
      Concordia College vs Bethel Royals (Dec 02, 2000 at Bethel College)

 Concordia College (5-0-1) vs. Bethel Royals (3-3)
 Date: Dec 02, 2000  Location: Bethel College        Arena:                     
 Attendance:   Start time:3:15      End time:5:40      Total time:2:25    

 Goals by Period       1  2  3  Tot
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 Concordia College...  2  1  0 -  3
 Bethel Royals.......  0  2  0 -  2
 
   1st period - 1, COBBERS, Craig Walter (Brian Nelson) 06:47. 
                2, COBBERS, Mike Gast 02:36 (sh).

   2nd period - 3, BETHEL, Brent Balvin (Bryan Peltjer, Corey McKinnono) 10:20. 
                4, COBBERS, Mike Gast (Nick Bourdon, Brady Burgess) 09:09. 
                5, BETHEL, Mike Marshall 05:53.

   3rd period -

   Shots on goal - COBBERS 27; BETHEL 43.

   Power plays - COBBERS 0 of 5; BETHEL 0 of 3.

   Penalties - COBBERS 5 (10 min); BETHEL 3 (6 min).

   Goalies - COBBERS, Bryan Howard 5-0-1 (60:00 minutes, 43 shots-41 saves); 
             BETHEL, Jeff Hall 3-3 (60:00, 27-24).

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