Game Summary

ST. PAUL, Minn. — For the second night in a row, the Saint Mary's University men's hockey team showed its resiliency by bouncing back from an early deficit against league-leading St. Thomas.

Unfortunately for the Cardinals, that comeback was for naught — again — as St. Thomas held on for a 4-3 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference win Saturday evening.

The Cardinals —  who rallied from a 4-2 third-period deficit Friday evening, only to give up a pair of late goals in UST's 6-4 win — found themselves in much the same predicament on Saturday.

Nick Harris gave UST a 1-0 lead seven minutes into the opening period, but SMU responded five minutes later as Jason Fillipp (Fox River Grove, Ill.) netted his ninth of the season. The Tommies regained their one-goal advantage before the period ended as Brandon Wilcox beat SMU goalie Ryne Ess (Eden Prairie, Minn.) with two minutes remaining.

St. Thomas pushed its lead to 3-1 as Dan Krmpotich netted the only goal of the period at the 15:35 mark. Al Schumacher (Oakdale, Minn.) pulled the Cardinals within one with a shorthanded tally at 4:21 of the third period, only to have UST make it 4-2 32 seconds later on Anthony Blumer's powerplay goal.

Mike Bry (Manvel, N.D.) gave SMU hope, scoring his fourth of the season with 59 seconds left in regulation. That, however, would be as close as the Cardinals would get in falling to UST for the fifth straight time.