DE PERE - St. Norbert College got a pair of goals in the final three minutes to gain a 3-1 win over Lake Forest College in a Northern Collegiate Hockey Association game at
Tim Coghlin Rink at Cornerstone Community Center.
The Green Knights (10-5-1, 7-2 NCHA) snapped a 1-1 tie when
Carter Hottmann banged home a rebound with exactly 3 minutes remaining for a power-play goal. St. Norbert and Lake Forest then had a skirmish in front of the Foresters goal just 20 seconds later, with the Green Knights getting whistled for a five-minute major facemasking penalty. St. Norbert killed off 90 seconds with Lake Forest then pulling goaltender Nick Wiencek with 1:10 remaining. Moments later,
Curtis Hammond took a puck up the near wall and had plenty of space and time to fire a shorthanded empty-net goal into the cage with 1:02 left.
The Foresters would get 45 seconds of extra-attacker time in the final minute but did not get any quality scoring chances to draw nearer.
Lake Forest (6-7-3, 3-4-2 NCHA) got on the board early when Connor Scahill put a puck home at 7:29 of the first period. The Green Knights outshot the Foresters 18-9 in the first period but still trailed 1-0 after 20 minutes.
St. Norbert scored early in the second period when
Brock Baker registered a marker at the 1:51 mark. That goal held up until Hottmann's goal put the Green Knights ahead late in the third.
Hammond added an assist on Baker's goal for the Green Knights only two-point game.
St. Norbert outshot Lake Forest 46-26.
Johnny Roberts made 25 saves for the Green Knights, while Wiencek made 43 stops for the Foresters.
The Green Knights were 1-for-4 on the power play, while Lake Forest was 0-for-3.
