1998-99 Concordia Men's Hockey Box Scores
Feb. 27 MIAC Playoffs |

Concordia (13-11-2, 9-5-2) loses 10-2 at St. John's (13-11-2, 10-4-2) at National Hockey Center

Prior Meetings this year | Jan. 29, 4-1 Cobber win | Jan. 30, a 3-3 tie |
Feb. 26 Forum Story on MIAC Playoff series |
Feb. 26 This Week's Concordian Story

by Mike Hemmesch, SJU SID

Saint John's 10, Concordia-Moorhead 2

St. Cloud, Minn. - Five different Saint John's University players scored goals in the first period as the Johnnies jumped out to a 5-0 lead over Concordia-Moorhead College and went on to win 10-2 in the first game of its Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference playoff semifinal series at the National Hockey Center in St. Cloud.

SJU was led by senior Matt Erredge, Austin, who had the hat trick in the game. Sophomore Kelly Wynn, St. Paul, also added two goals for the Johnnies.  Senior Mike Wehmhoff, Plymouth, had four points - one goal and three assists in the win.

Concordia received goals by senior Paul Thacker, Minot, N.D. and sophomore Mark Schiller, Detroit Lakes.  Thacker and Schiller each had two points in the game along with junior Brent Kuehne, Detroit Lakes, who assisted on both of Concordia's goals.

SJU senior goalie Mark Rice, St. Louis Park, stopped 18 of 20 shots he faced in the game to pick up the win.  With today's win, Rice set a new SJU career goalie victory record with his 42nd career win, surpassing the previous record of 41 career wins by Mark Ketzner from 1993 to 1997.  Sophomore goalie Bryan Howard, Gold River, Calif., started in goal for the Cobbers and was pulled with 3:35 left in the first period after giving up five goals on 11 shots.  Junior goalie Shawn Morse, Regina, Sask., replaced Howard and stopped nine of 14 shots he faced the rest of the game.

SJU out shot the Cobbers 25 to 20 in the game.  The Johnnies were 2-of-6 on the power play, while Concordia was held scoreless on the man advantage in five attempts.  SJU is now 13-11-2 overall while Concordia falls to 13-11-2.  The second game of the weekend series will be held on Sunday, Feb. 28, beginning at 2 p.m. at the National Hockey Center in St. Cloud.  If Concordia wins on Sunday, there will a 15-minute mini-game to decide who advances to the MIAC playoff championship series next weekend.

Saint John's 10, Concordia-Moorhead 2
MIAC Hockey Playoff Semifinal Series - Game One
National Hockey Center, St. Cloud, Minn.

Saint John's - 5-2-3 - 10
Concordia - 0-1-1 - 2

First Period
SJU - 14:04 - John Konrad (Rick Talbot)
SJU - 12:35 - Matt Erredge (Mike Feiro, Reed Malvick)
SJU - 7:12 - Mike Zasada (Steve Aldrich, Bryan Romfo)
SJU - 6:42 - Kelly Wynn (Matt Thompson, Chad Preble)
SJU - 3:35 - Steve Aldrich (Mike Wehmhoff, Ryen Ratfield), pp

Second Period
SJU - 19:40 - Matt Erredge (Mike Wehmhoff)
CMC - 18:35 - Paul Thacker (Mark Schiller, Brent Kuehne)
SJU - 5:24 - Matt Erredge (Mike Wehmhoff, Steve Aldrich)

Third Period
CMC - 18:31 - Mark Schiller (Brent Kuehne, Paul Thacker)
SJU - 17:00 - Kelly Wynn (Chad Preble)
SJU - 12:06 - Mike Feiro
SJU - 0:33 - Mike Wehmhoff (John Konrad, Shawn Mitchell), pp

Shots on Goal
SJU - 12-8-5 - 25
CMC - 6-9-5 - 20

Goalies
Mark Rice, SJU - 60:00, 20 shots, 18 saves
Bryan Howard, CMC - 16:25, 11 shots, 6 saves
Shawn Morse, CMC - 43:35, 14 shots, 9 saves

Penalties
SJU - 8-for-16 minutes
CMC - 9-for-18 minutes

Records
SJU - 13-11-2
CMC - 13-11-2
 
 

Playoff format. This is not a total goals series. If the two teams are tied after the two games of the series, (a win each or two ties), there will be a 15 minute minigame to settle the series winner. If it is still tied after that minigame period, the teams will go into a sudden death period to settle the series. There is no "overtime" Saturday or Sunday.

From this week's Johnnie Sports Update

This Week's Games:
MIAC Playoff Semifinal Series
Feb. 27 - Concordia-Moorhead at Saint John's, 2:30 p.m. (Radio: KJNB-FM, 99.9 -- CSB/SJU)
Feb. 28 - Concordia-Moorhead at Saint John's, 2 p.m. (Radio: KJNB-FM, 99.9 -- CSB/SJU)
Latest News:
The SJU hockey team completed its regular season with a weekend sweep of St. Olaf - 6-0 on Feb. 19 and 3-1 on Feb. 20.

Friday’s game in Northfield saw the Johnnies get five points each from senior Matt Erredge, Austin, and junior Steve Aldrich, Woodbury, in a 6-0 win. Erredge had four goals and an assist, while Aldrich tallied one goal and four assists. Senior Mark Rice, St. Louis Park, continued his strong play in goal by stopping all 18 shots that he faced in the game.

On Saturday in St. Cloud, SJU completed the sweep with a 3-1 win over the Oles. Matt Erredge added the game winner in the second period for the Johnnies. Mark Rice stopped 16 of 17 shots in the game as the Johnnies wrapped up home-ice for the first round of the MIAC playoffs. With the two wins over the weekend, Mark Rice tied the SJU career goalie wins record at 41. Rice is currently tied with Mark Ketzner (1993-1997) for the career record.

SJU is currently 12-11-2 overall and 10-4-2 in the MIAC. SJU finished second in the final regular season standings, behind St. Thomas. SJU will host Concordia-Moorhead on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 27 and 28 in the MIAC playoff semifinal series at the National Hockey Center in St. Cloud. Saturday’s game begins at 2:30 p.m., with Sunday’s rematch scheduled for 2 p.m. Both games can be heard live on CSB/SJU campus radio station KJNB or on the SJU sports web site through RealAudio.

 Concordia College Hockey
                Lines for St. John's Play-off
                Saturday, February 27,1999
 

                         Forwards

11 Thacker              8 Schiller              26 Kuehne
19 Guertin              55 Burgess              21 Putt
9 Blikre                20 Gast                 16 DiMatteo
24 Nilsen               12 Selch                25 Tranby
 

                     Defense
        2 Clairmont             17 Pearson
        7 Knutson               33 Gramer
        27 Rupp                 22 Bender
 

                    Goalies
                    29 Howard
                    1 Morse
                    30 Lindquist

        Defense Defense
        18-Mike Wehmhoff        21-Chris Owens
        19-Matt Thompson        5- Chad Helmer
        13-Scott Lochner        3- ReedMalvick
        2- Tim Boman    20- Chris Howe

        Goalie
        30-Mark Rice
        29-Mike Rose
1-Ian Anderson
 
 

MIAC Men's Hockey Playoff Semifinals

Sat. Feb. 27 -- at State Fairgrounds Coliseum

St. Thomas 4, Augsburg 3

ST. PAUL -- Ben Stauffer's goal at 8:38 of the third period powered host St.
Thomas to a 4-3 victory over Augsburg Saturday night in the opening game of
the best-of-2 MIAC men's hockey semifinal series.

The Tommies led 1-0 after one period and moved ahead 3-0 in the second, as
Steve Aronson and Brian Bolf each had a goal and an assist. But goals by
Trevor Tallickson and Mario LeBlanc led the Auggies pull within 3-2 after
two periods.

Stauffer's goal gave the Toms a 4-2 lead, but Dave Olson scored for Augsburg
with 5:12 to play. The Auggies outshot UST 38-35, as Tommie goalie Tavis
Gillard stopped 35 of 38 shots and Augsburg's Ryan McIntosh stopped 31 of
35.

St. Thomas can advance to the finals for the 13th time in the 14-year
history of the playoffs with a win or tie in Sunday's 4 p.m. clash. If
Augsburg wins, a 15-minute mini-game will be held to determine the series
winner.

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