Oct. 19, 2002

Final Stats

BEMIDJI, MN - Sophomore goalie Kevin Lapointe (Quebec City, Quebec) made 30 saves in net Saturday night to help the Sacred Heart men's ice hockey team to its second straight draw with Bemidji State in Minnesota.

Sacred Heart drew first blood as Chuck Metcalfe would score his first goal of the season, unassisted, at the 2:45 mark of the second. He took a loose puck off a faceoff in the BSU zone and fired it past BSU goaltender Dannie Morgan to put the Pioneers ahead 1-0.

Bemidji State sophomore Andrew Murray scored two power-play goals in a span of just 3:54 in the second period to give the Beavers tie. Helping the Beavers take advantage of a five-minute major and game misconduct penalties assessed to Sacred Heart's Michael Forsland for a crushing hit on BSU's Jesse Balsimo in a corner, Murray scored at the 14:08 and 18:02 marks of the second period. Both goals evened the score, his first at 1-1 and his second at 2-2 for the eventual game-tying goal.

The teams then battled through a penalty-strewn second period which saw Sacred Heart draw three penalties for 17 minutes - including the 15 minutes on Forsland's hit - and the Beavers draw four penalties for eight minutes Murray got the action going, and sophomore Garrett Larson put Sacred Heart back on top, 2-1, with an unassisted power-play tally at 15:25 of the second.

For the second consecutive night, both goalies turned in outstanding efforts. Morgan saved 17 of 19 shots faced to earn the draw for BSU. Kevin LaPointe went the distance for the Pioneers, saving 30 of 32 shots faced. In the two-game weekend series, the BSU and Sacred Heart goaltenders combined to save 122 of 128 combined shots faced (.953) and posted an aggregate goals-against average of just 1.38.