Touchdown In The 1st, Extra Point In The 3rd, Gives Cobbers 1st Road Win

ST. PETER, Minn. (01/21/22)---How do you end a winless streak on the road? If you're the Cobbers, you score a goal in the first 10-seconds of the game and then add five more in the first period and cruise to a 7-1 win at Gustavus.

Concordia scored the touchdown in the first 14 minutes of the opening period, and then added the extra point in the fourth minute of the third frame to earn its first road win of the year. CC entered the game 0-3-1 in away games.

The victory is the second straight in conference play for the Cobbers. CC is now 4-2-1 in the MIAC and 7-7-2 overall. The win also jumps Concordia into third place in the league standings. Gustavus remains winless in conference play as they fall to 0-4-1. GAC is 4-9-2 in all games.

Not only did the Cobbers score seven goals in their first league game of 2022, they also had seven different players light the lamp.

The top point getter for Concordia on the night didn't even have a goal. Senior defenseman Alex Stoley led all players with three assists.       

Senior All-American Tyler Bossert set the tone for the game on the very first shift. Kevin Ness won the opening draw and the puck came back to Stoley at the Cobber blueline. Stoley fired a perfect pass to Bossert who was skating between the Gustavus defense at the far blue line. He controlled the puck, skated in on a breakaway and slide the puck past the GAC goalie on the forehand side.

Bossert's sixth goal of the season ignited the fire and then Hanson O'Leary, Nicholas Ness, Jacen Bracko, Jaret Lalli and Isaac Henkemeyer-Howe fanned the flames to Homecoming bonfire level with five goals in a span of 10 minutes.

The teams would skate through a scoreless second period before Kevin Ness capped the Concordia scoring chart with a goal at 3:18 of the final frame.

Gustavus would break the shutout attempt by CC goalie Jackson Nelson at 7:37 of the third period.

The game was a low-shooting affair. Neither team had more than nine shots on goal in a single period. CC outshot the Gusties in all three periods and finished with a 21-12 shots on goal advantage.

The 12 shots on goal allowed is the fewest by a Cobber team since the 1999 season when CC only gave up 11 shots on goal against Hamline on Jan. 8.

Nelson made 11 saves for Concordia to record his fifth win of the year.    
        
UP NEXT: Concordia will hope to keep up its high-scoring ways when they face Gustavus in the series finale on Saturday, Jan. 22 at 2 p.m. at the Don Roberts Ice Rink on the campus of Gustavus.