St. Norbert Ties Gustavus Adolphus

From Sports Information Director, November 4, 2011 | Men's Hockey
by Dan Lukes, dan.lukes@snc.edu, (920) 403-4077

DE PERE - St. Norbert College needed a second-period rally to eventually settle for a 2-2 tie with Gustavus Adolphus College in a non-conference game at Cornerstone Community Center.

The Green Knights (2-1-1) had a 25-game home winning streak snapped with the stalemate, the second-longest winning streak in NCAA Division III history.

Gustavus Adolphus (0-1-2) jumped ahead 2-0 when it finished a pair of St. Norbert defensive zone turnovers. Gustav Bengtson scored at 4:31 of the first period, and Zach May at 1:12 of the second period, gave the Gusties a 2-0 lead.

St. Norbert answered on a Cody Keefer power-play goal at 5:44 of the second. Justin Favreau scored on the power play at 15:00 of the second for the equalizer.

Tyler Venne stood tall in net for Gustavus Adolphus, making 39 saves as St. Norbert outshot the visitors 41-20. Travis Bosch made 18 stops for the Green Knights. St. Norbert was 2-for-5 on the power play, while the Gusties were 0-for-4.