Game Summary

WINONA, Minn. — This time around, the Saint Mary's University men's hockey team wasn't about to let history repeat itself.

Firday evening, the Cardinals scored once in the first period and three times in the second to take a 4-3 lead into the final 20 minutes, only to have Augsburg score with 32 seconds remaining in regulation to pull out a 4-4 tie.

In the teams' rematch Saturday at the SMU Ice Arena, the Cardinals once again scored once in the first and three times in the second – and once again held a 4-3 advantage heading into the game's final period.

That, however, is where the similarities stop, as SMU got third-period goals from David Gross (Grasston, Minn.) and John Paul (St. Paul, Minn.) before the third peirod was even four minutes old en route to a 6-4 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference win.

Chad Damerow (Albert Lea, Minn.) got SMU on the board first at the 6:29 mark of the first period as SMU — for the second night in a row — held a 1-0 lead after one period.

Augsburg responded with back-to-back goals from Greg May and Steve Collova to take a 2-1 lead early in the second, but three straight from the Cardinals — one by Damerow, one by Ryan Spencer (Winona, Minn.) and one from Paul — put SMU back on top 4-2. Danny Carlson, however, would pull the Auggies back to wiithin one, 4-3, before the second period ended, leaving SMU coach Don Olson with a feeling of deja vu.

Fortunately for Olson, Gross and Paul gave the Cardinals some breathing room as SMU ran its unbeaten streak to three straight.

Ryne Ess (Eden Prairie, Minn.), who stopped 41 shots in Friday's overtime tie, wasn't as busy Saturday, as the senior stopped 15 of the 19 shots he faced. Tony Ciro had 21 saves in the losing effort for Augsburg.