Saturday, UJ Hockey…D-1 Jamestown 6 Midland 4
Fremont, Neb. (UJ)– A pair of empty-net goals provided the margin of victory Saturday night for the University of Jamestown hockey team as they completed a weekend sweep of Midland University with a 6-4 win.
Carter Johnson (JR/Meeteetse, Wyo.) had a pair of goals and Greg Susinski (FR/Calgary, Alberta), Marquez Ginger (FR/Augusta, Ga.), Jordon Kromm (FR/Calgary, Alberta), and Andrew Clark (FR/Spokane, Wash.) also tallied for the Jimmies.
Jed Butler (FR/Mazama, Wash.) registered two assists while Reid Wilson (FR/Castlegar, British Columbia) and Jordan Popoff (SO/Calgary, Alberta) each were credited with a helper.
Susinski scored on the power play at 11:08 of the first to give Jamestown the early lead. Ginger’s power-play goal made it 2-0 ayt 8:58 of the second, then at 10:46 Johnson netted a short-handed goal for his first of the game. Midland scored with 27 seconds left in the period to make it 3-1.
The Warriors made it a one-goal game 5:42 into the third, but Johnson countered just 49 seconds later to double the lead.
Another Midland goal at 16:49 made it 4-3, and after the Warriors pulled the goalie, Kromm’s empty-netter at 19:03 made it 5-3.
Things got interesting after Midland scored with 13 seconds to play. Jamestown again took advantage of the empty net with Clark sealing the deal at 19:55.
Tyson Brouwer (SR/Lethbridge, Alberta) stopped 24 shots in the win.
Friday night the Jimmies used a four-goal barrage in a span of 1:43 during the second period on the way to an 8-5 series opening win.
Jason Richter (SR/Kimberley, British Columbia) scored twice and Jake Huculak (FR/Jasper, Alberta) also found the net as UJ led 3-1 after the first.
Midland cut the lead to 3-2 at 4:29 of the second, but Jed Butler gave the Jimmies another two-goal lead at 9:43. The Warriors needed just eight seconds to answer, making it 4-3.
Carter Johnson (10:16), Gage Thompson (SO/Valley City, N.D.) (10:42), and Justin Dumont (FR/Atlanta, Ga.) (11:26) finished off UJ’s goal-scoring in the second, putting UJ ahead 7-3 heading into the third period.
Two Midland goals in the first 6:27 of the third gave the Warriors a brief spark of momentum, but Nathan Cohen-Wallis (FR/Canmore, Alberta) provided a key insurance goal at 9:56 to round out the scoring.
Reid Wilson (3), Quin Garrison (SO/Prince George, British Columbia) (2), Cohen-Wallis (2), Butler (2), Marquez Ginger, and Morgan Venne (FR/Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) all had assists. Tyson Brouwer had 24 saves.
Jamestown (7-6-3) returns home to host Dakota College-Bottineau at 7 p.m. on Wednesday.
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University Of MN Crookston 5 Jamestown 3
