Box Score

BLAINE, Minn. - A large crowd was on hand at Bethel University Arena to see the Royals win their third conference game in a row over the St. John's Johnnies 2-1.

Christian Fogerty (Fr., Forest Lake, Minn.) scored his sixth goal of the season midway through the first period with the help of Don Hochbrunn (Jr., Circle Pines, Minn.) to put Bethel up 1-0.

Tom Menozzi (Fr., Lakeville, Minn.) added to Bethel's lead early in the second period by scoring his first collegiate goal with the help of older brother Bill Menozzi (Sr., Lakeville, Minn.) and Steve Eastman (Sr., Edina, Minn.).

St. John's got on the board with 5:43 remaining in the second period when Jason Weigel scored a power play goal with the assists going to Jordan Swan and Joel Stacklie.

The Royals won despite being outshot by a 2:1 ratio, 36-18.  Aaron Damjanovich (So., Remer, Minn.) was able to save 35 of those shots, enabling Bethel to hang on for the victory.

Bethel is now 8-2 overall and 3-2 in the MIAC.  St. John's drops to 4-6-1 overall and 2-2-1 in the conference.  The same two teams will face off again tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m. at the National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, Minn.