BLAINE, Minn. – The Bethel University men's hockey team outshot the Saints 41-31 but fell for the second night in a row to the College of St Scholastica by a score of 5-3.
HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Royals found themselves in a hole for the second night in a row after the Ledenkov twins scored the first two goals of the game just under halfway through the first period.
- Filimon Ledenkov put a rebound home at 10:49 and five minutes later Arkhip Ledenkov buried an open net opportunity off of a Royals' turnover.
• All the momentum in the building went to the Royals when
Braeden Bartoo intercepted a pass and scored short-handed with just five seconds left in the first period.
• An action packed second period led to the first lead of the night for the Royals after goals from
Spencer Kring and
Jack Bayless.
• Only two minutes after the go-ahead Bayless goal, the Saints scored their lone power play goal of the night off the stick of Carsen Richels to even the score at 3-3.
• Tristan Shewchuck put away a beautiful feed from Jacob Seitz which would prove to be the game winner.
•The Royals peppered goaltender Jack Bostedt over the final two minutes including over a minute and a half of 5-on-3 hockey. Nothing got through the MIAC's top goaltender and Carsen Rickels' shot from his own blue line into the Royal's empty net sealed the victory.
• A stark contrast from last night's zero penalty game, both teams combined for 13 penalties for 26 penalty minutes.
UP NEXT
Bethel has next weekend off as its conference bye weekend. The Royals will be back on the ice to finish their regular season on Friday, February 17th at Hamline.
