(ST. NORBERT COMMUNICATIONS) DE PERE – St. Norbert College opened its new home at the sparkling new Donald and Patricia Schneider Family Arena but came up short in a 5-4 setback to Oswego State University.
The Green Knights, ranked No. 4 in the USCHO.com Division III Poll, outshot the 12th-ranked Lakers 36-23 but came up short at the pay window in the first leg of a two-game non-conference series.
St. Norbert got momentum going early when Landon MacDonald scored just 1:57 into the game for the first goal in the new building. Oswego State shifted things its way in the final half of the first period, with Brandon Cohen scoring at 12:50 and Colin Vassallo at 14:23 for a 2-1 lead. The Lakers outshot St. Norbert 12-9 in the first period.
The Green Knights outshot Oswego State 17-4 in the second period but couldn’t erase the deficit by the end of the middle 20 minutes. St. Norbert tied it at 2-2 on Bryan Gilman’s goal at 1:03 and Calvin Hanson’s unassisted marker at 7:17 gave it a brief 3-2 lead. The Lakers countered moments later when Vassallo scored at 8:57, while Austin Borggaard put them ahead for good with a goal at 10:53.
Oswego State’s Ryan Burke pushed the lead to 5-3 with a goal at 5:43 of the third period. Gustav Portillo scored for St. Norbert at 13:39 to draw within one, but 1:13 of extra-attacker time at the end of the game could not net the equalizer.
Nathan Murray had two assists for St. Norbert’s lone multi-point game.
The Green Knights were 0-for-5 on the power play, coming up empty on nine shots in a full 10 minutes. Oswego State was 0-for-3 on the power play, netting just two shots in six minutes.
Hunter Garvey made 18 saves for St. Norbert, while Gavin McCarthy made 32 stops for the Lakers
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