By DONNY NADEAU
Saint Mary's Sports Information Director
 
BLAINE, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota men's hockey team more than doubled its offensive output in its second game of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Showcase Saturday evening.
 
Unfortunately for the Cardinals, three goals was enough for 60 minutes, but it was not enough for 63, as Concordia scored the game-winning goal three minutes into overtime, handing Saint Mary's a 4-3 setback at the Schwan's Super Rink.
 
"It's a tough loss, but certainly a learning experience for us," said Saint Mary's coach Bill Moore. "With so many young players in the lineup, you are going to make mistakes, and we made a couple of miscues tonight that cost us — but that's what happens sometimes."
 
"I thought we played very well, we just have to avoid making those mistakes that come back to haunt you in the end."
 
Saint Mary's — which dropped a 3-1 decision to Gustavus in Friday's season-opener — got on the board first against Concordia, as Kyle Meeh (Fenton, Mo.) scored an unassisted goal midway through the first period.
 
Concordia answered six minutes later, when Mario Bianchi beat Saint Mary's goalie Al Rogers (North Haven, Conn.) to knot the game at 1-1.
 
The teams would trade goals in the second period — Saint Mary's coming on Owen Sikich's (Wolfeboro, N.H.) first collegiate goal to tie the game at 2-2 — and, despite Tommy Stang's (Mendota Heights, Minn.) third-period goal, his second goal in as many nights, the game would end deadlocked at 3-3 to force the five-minute overtime period.
 
And Bianchi would break the stalemate, netting his second of the game 3:31 into overtime to lift the Cobbers to the 4-3 win.
 
Rogers finished with 23 saves in goal for the Cardinals — including three in the overtime period, while Cam Haugenoe finished with 19 saves in goal for the Cobbers.
 
The Cardinals (0-2-0 overall) are back in action next weekend with a pair of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference games against St. Thomas. Saint Mary's will travel to St. Thomas Ice Arena in Mendota Heights, Minn., on Friday for a 7 p.m. contest, before the two teams head to the Saint Mary's Ice Arena for Saturday's 7 p.m. rematch.