Jimmies score seven in season opening win over St. Cloud State
The University of Jamestown D2 hockey team was victorious in its season debut Friday night, defeating St. Cloud State 7-4 at Wilson Arena.
The win was the first for the Jimmies as members of the Western Collegiate Club Hockey Association (WCCHA).
Gunnar Gibbs (SR/Grand Forks, N.D.) netted a pair of goals and an assist, Josh Hoffman (JR/McMurray, Pa.) scored a goal and assisted on two others, and Justin King (JR/Markham, Ontario) and Zane MacDonald (SR/Minnedosa, Manitoba) each had a goal and assist for UJ.
The Huskies took a 1-0 lead with a goal at the 6:55 mark of the first, but Braxton Neas (SR/Bismarck, N.D.) tied the game for Jamestown with assists from Gibbs and Jensen Baehr (JR/Boulder, Colo.) at 12:55.
In the second period, St. Cloud State retook the lead on Colin Steinberg's goal at 2:29. Gibbs notched his first of the game at 5:08 on assists from Connor Rollo (SR/Camarillo, Calif.) and Hoffman. The goal started a streak of four straight goals by the Jimmies, as MacDonald (6:48), Gibbs (13:15), and Hoffman (18:07) all lit the lamp to make it 5-2 going into the third period.
SCSU made it a two-goal game just 23 seconds into the final frame, but Christian Jarmusz (JR/Eden, N.Y.) pushed the lead back to three at the 4:04 mark. The Huskies scored their lone power play goal of the night at 5:28, and Jamestown rounded out the goal fest with a power play tally of their own from King at 12:14.
Josh Moe (JR/Mandan, N.D.), Lukas Brockman (JR/Elk River, Minn.), Matthew Poole (FR/Edmonton, Alberta), and Josh Bishop (FR/Kamloops, British Columbia) also recorded assists for UJ. Samuel Potter (SR) stopped 18 of the 22 shots he faced in goal. Jamestown outshot the Huskies 60-22, including 42-15 over the final forty minutes.
The two teams are back in action at Wilson Arena on Saturday beginning at 6 p.m.
M2 Saint Cloud State University 4 at M2 University of Jamestown 7 - Status: Final
Friday, September 23, 2022 - Wilson Arena
M2 Saint Cloud State University 1 1 2 - 4
M2 University of Jamestown 1 4 2 - 7
1st Period-1, M2 Saint Cloud State University, Ballantyne 1 (Johnson, Williams), 6:55. 2, M2 University of Jamestown, Neas 1 (Gibbs, Baehr), 12:54. Penalties-No Penalties
2nd Period-3, M2 Saint Cloud State University, Steinberg 1 2:29. 4, M2 University of Jamestown, Gibbs 1 (Rollo, Hoffman), 5:08. 5, M2 University of Jamestown, Macdonald 1 (Moe, King), 6:48. 6, M2 University of Jamestown, Gibbs 2 (Macdonald), 13:15. 7, M2 University of Jamestown, Hoffman 1 (Brockman, Poole), 18:07. Penalties-Bissett Scsu (tripping), 10:36; Johnson Scsu (high sticking), 15:59.
3rd Period-8, M2 Saint Cloud State University, Hormann 1 0:23. 9, M2 University of Jamestown, Jarmusz 1 (Bishop), 4:04. 10, M2 Saint Cloud State University, Bissett 1 (Rourk, Mariani), 5:28 (PP). 11, M2 University of Jamestown, King 1 (Hoffman), 12:14 (PP). Penalties-Bissett Scsu (tripping), 3:05; King Ujm2 (hooking), 3:42; Macdonald Ujm2 (hooking), 4:33; Bishop Ujm2 (tripping), 8:07; Bissett Scsu (tripping), 10:41.
Shots on Goal-M2 Saint Cloud State University 7-7-8-22. M2 University of Jamestown 18-19-23-60.
Power Play Opportunities-M2 Saint Cloud State University 1 / 3; M2 University of Jamestown 1 / 4.
Goalies-M2 Saint Cloud State University, Schmidley 0-1-0-0 (51 shots-44 saves); Woods 0-0-0-0 (9 shots-9 saves). M2 University of Jamestown, Potter 1-0-0-0 (22 shots-18 saves).
A-125