EAU CLAIRE - St. Norbert College got a goal from Liam Fraser with 2 minutes 42 seconds remaining to lift the Green Knights to a 4-3 win over UW-Eau Claire in a non-conference game to open a two-game series at Hobbs Ice Arena.

Fraser pumped in his team-leading seventh goal of the season off assists from Adam Stacho and Carter Hottmann to go ahead at the 17:18 mark of the third period. Eau Claire would pull goaltender Riley McVeigh with 1:18 to go, and the Blugolds would put three shots on St. Norbert goaltender Colby Entz, but he made all three saves to seal the victory, the Green Knights' fifth in a row.

Eau Claire took the early lead when Ty Readman scored just 2:05 into the game, a goal that would hold up into first intermission.

St. Norbert answered with a Hottmann goal at 4:55 of the second period, but the 1-1 tie was short lived. The Green Knights were cited for a five-minute major for boarding at 9:37, and Eau Claire's Simon Sagissor converted at 11:27 to give the host a 2-1 edge. The penalty expired at 14:37, and St. Norbert needed less than a minute to square the game at 2-2, with Fraser scoring at 15:20.

Eau Claire would go ahead 3-2 when Connor Koviak scored at 7:08, but St. Norbert would get its only power-play goal of the game when Peter Bates scored for the fourth time on the season with a marker at 8:24, his fourth of the season.

Fraser figured in on all four St. Norbert goals, with two goals and two assists for four points. Bates had two assists with his goal for three points. Hottmann had an assists to total two points, while Peyton Frantti had two assists for two points.

Eau Claire outshot St. Norbert 23-20. Entz made 20 saves for the Green Knights, while McVeigh turned away 16 shots for the Blugolds.

Each team was 1-for-3 on the power play.