LAKE FOREST, Ill. – Aaron O'Neill recorded two goals and two assists as host Lake Forest College scored the game's final five goals to record a 7-1 victory over the St. Olaf College men's hockey team on Sunday afternoon at Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse.
Lake Forest (7-2-1) led 2-0 after one period before senior
Paul Stehr halved the deficit for St. Olaf (1-9-0) on the power play at 3:37 of the second. The Foresters, who received votes in this week's USCHO.com national rankings, responded by scoring the final five goals of the game, including both of O'Neill's tallies, to complete the sweep.
In his collegiate debut, sophomore goaltender Colin Calin was drawn into action early and made his first-career save to deny Cullen Kane in a 1-on-1 juts 2:09 in after a defensive zone giveaway by the Oles. Two and a half minutes later, the Foresters opened the scoring when Austin Aksoy beat Cain through the five hole from the bottom of the right circle.
Lake Forest doubled its lead heading into the first intermission when Kane scored on the power play just nine seconds after hitting the post.
The second period featured a combined 13 penalties between the two teams, as St. Olaf killed off an early penalty and then converted on a power play to make it a one-goal game. Stehr tied classmate
Kyle Rimbach for the team lead with his third goal of the season, firing a shot through traffic from outside the circles off an assist from first year
Evan Shoemaker at 3:37.
After David Cohen gave the Foresters a two-goal lead again at 14:06 of the second, Stehr fired a shot off the pipe in the final seconds of a 33-second 5-on-3 for St. Olaf. O'Neill tallied his first goal of the afternoon on the power play with just half a second remaining in the second to send Lake Forest into the third with a 4-1 lead.
The Foresters tacked on goals from Drew Shields, Joey Sardina and O'Neill in the third to wrap up the six-goal victory. Lake Forest outshot St. Olaf by a 35-18 margin, as Cain finished with 28 saves in his debut. Boyd DiClemente registered 17 saves to record the victory for the hosts.
St. Olaf returns to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) play on Friday, Dec. 6 with a road game against Augsburg at Ed Saugestad Rink in Minneapolis. Puck drop is slated for 7 p.m.