DE PERE – St. Norbert College kept the winning ways rolling with two victories over the University of Minnesota-Duluth in a non-conference series at Cornerstone Community Center.
The Green Knights (5-3), who have now won five straight contests, a program record and counting, defeated the Bulldogs 11-2 on Friday before a 8-5 triumph on Saturday.
St. Norbert opened the scoring on Friday from Sebastian Vaananen at 5:19 in the first period before adding goals from Jake Kunz (pictured) on a powerplay and John Athrop. Johannes Vaananen made it 4-0 early in the second period before the Bulldogs closed in with two quick goals a minute apart to make it 4-2.
St. Norbert continued to build on its lead, scoring seven goals in a row including two from Chaz DelMarcelle falling just seconds apart in the third period.
Anders Smith made 17 saves in yet another win.
In the second game, the Green Knights were tied 1-1 following a Luke Wessel goal on a power play before taking a 2-1 lead near the end of the period thanks to Brennon Kraft. Kunz scored both on a power play and a shorthanded goal in the second period. Kunz finshed the game with three goals, while Yurkov had two.
Patrick Boyler made 34 saves for St. Norbert.