By MEAGHAN UPDIKE
Saint Mary's Sports Information Intern
 
WINONA, Minn. — This was the kind of game Saint Mary's men's hockey coach Bill Moore has been waiting all season for.
 
The Cardinals nearly scored as many goals in Saturday's rematch against Concordia Saturday afternoon as there were goals scored in Friday's 5-3 Concordia victory in the first game of the two-game series.
 
Ryan Stoynich (Calgary, Alberta) scored twice, as the Cardinals erupted for a season-high seven goals in routing the Cobbers 7-2 at the Saint Mary's Ice Arena — and dealing Concordia its first Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference loss of the season.
 
The Cardinals' offense exploded in the first period, scoring three times within the game's opening 10 minutes.
 
Owen Sikich (Wolfeboro, N.H.) opened the scoring less than two minutes into the first period, and a minute later, Jack Hatton (Naperville, Ill.) pushed that advantage to 2-0. Jack Stang (Mendota Heights, Minn.) would add to the Saint Mary's lead with a goal midway through the frame, as the Cardinals took a commanding 3-0 lead into the locker room after the game's opening 20 minutes.
 
And the Cardinals were just getting warmed up.
 
Tommy Stang (Mendota Heights, Minn.) pushed the Saint Mary's lead to 4-0, and Stoynich would net back-to-back tallies to make it 6-0 midway through the third period.
 
Concordia's Mario Bianchi foiled Saint Mary's goalie Al Rogers' (New Haven, Conn.) shutout bid with a power-play goal at 11:40, only to have Saint Mary's Ryan Charko (Warren, N.J.) answer with a power-play goal of his own two minutes later to make it 7-1.
 
Rogers finished with 20 saves in goal for Saint Mary's, while Jacob Stephan made 30 saves in goal for Concordia.
 
The Cardinals (2-4-2 MIAC, 3-10-3 overall) will return to the Saint Mary's Ice Arena on Thursday, hosting UW-Stout in a 7:30 p.m. nonconference game.