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ST. CLOUD, Minn. \u2013 The Gustavus Adolphus College men’s hockey team battled the Saint John’s University Johnnies on the road Saturday night in the MIAC Playoff Championship game. The Gusties scored the first three goals of the game, but the Johnnies rallied to tie the game in regulation and defeat Gustavus 4-3 with an overtime game-winner.
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\nGustavus scored two goals in less than two minutes near the close of the opening period. Ludvig Mellgren<\/a> capitalized on a power-play opportunity, scoring his eighth goal of the season to put the Gusties on the board in the 18th minute, assisted by Sam Rice<\/a> and Jack Anderson<\/a>. Riku Brown<\/a> followed in the final minute of the first frame with his fifth goal of the year to double Gustavus’ lead with Mellgren assisting.
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\nJack Wineman<\/a> put the Gusties up by three five minutes into the second period with his sixth goal this winter, assisted by Anderson and Mellgren. The Johnnies broke the shutout midway through the second with an even-strength goal to cut Gustavus’ lead down to two.
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\nSaint John’s scored again six minutes into the third period to pull within one. The Johnnies tied the game in the 15th minute of the third to even the score at 3-3.
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\nThe game went to overtime, where Cashen Naeve scored the championship game-winner for Saint John’s.
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\nGustavus finishes their season 18-8-1 overall, placing second in the MIAC regular season with a 12-4-0 record in the conference.
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