APPLETON - St. Norbert College and Lawrence University engaged in a back-and-forth affair but the Green Knights got the last goal and thus earned a 4-3 win over the Vikings in a Northern Collegiate Hockey Association game at Appleton Ice Center.
The Green Knights (3-3, 2-0 NCHA) gave head coach
Tim Coghlin his 599th career win after
Peyton Frantti's goal at 9:23 of the third period held up as the game-winning marker to sweep the two-game series.
St. Norbert got on the board first at 6:37 of the first period when
Liam Fraser scored his third goal of the season off assists from
Jack Gaffney and
Jack Thomas. The Vikings countered with a power-play goal at 15:12 when Ivan Galaguzov scored, leading to a 1-1 tie at first intermission despite St. Norbert having to kill four penalties in the opening 20 minutes.
Tim Nicksic posted his fourth goal of the year off helpers from
Evan Cholak and
Carter Hottmann just 1:08 into the second period, but Lawrence answered again when Tyler Jensen scored at 9:18. The game was tied 2-2 after two periods.
Hottmann then picked up his first collegiate goal with Cholak and
Brendan Aird assisting at 3:38 of the third period. The Vikings capitalized on a power-play chance once again, this time Will Robertson connecting at 5:17. Frantti then scored his first of the year with
Brendan Mark and Nicksic assisting.
Nicksic, Cholak and Hottmann all finished with two-point games for St. Norbert.
The Green Knights outshot Lawrence 27-25, including 23-16 in the final two periods.
Johnny Roberts made 22 saves for St. Norbert, while Brian Tallieu made 23 stops for Lawrence..
St. Norbert was 0-for-4 on the power play, while Lawrence was 2-for-5.