Benilde-St. Margaret's Boys' Hockey

ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. -- A.J. Pauly recorded his first hat trick of the season and seven players recorded multiple-point games as the Benilde-St. Margaret's junior varsity closed out the home portion of its 2019-20 schedule with an 8-2 win over crosstown rival St. Louis Park.

A pair of four-goal periods, in the first two stanzas, allowed the Red Knights to coast through the third period on running time and into the six-goal victory.

It all four minutes into the game as Ryan Gearen scored his 20th goal of the season, becoming the first BSM JV player to reach the 20-goal plateau since Joe Collins in 2015-16.

Three minutes later, Aiden Wahlstrom scored a short-handed goal but, on the same power play, the Orioles got on the scoreboard and, midway through the period, it was a 2-1 game.

Pauly's first goal of the game came with 2:59 to play in the opening period and, 1:27 later, Ben Thompson made it a 4-1 game to close out the scoring in the first 15 minutes.

BSM dominated the second period, out-shooting St. Louis Park, 23-5. Again, it was a 4-1 scoring period in favor of the Red Knights, which got underway when Pauly scored on a goal-mouth scramble, 3:18 into session.

The team's two lead scorers then accounted for the next two goals as Mitchell Dokman scored his 18th goal of the season at 8:03 and Gearen got his 21st when he scored on a solo rush with 3:32 remaining in the middle period.

Pauly wrapped up his hat trick, and BSM's scoring, just 24 seconds later before the Orioles scored their second power-play goal with 42 seconds to play in the period.

For the game, the Red Knights enjoyed a 38-14 advantage in shots on goal. Sam Schumacher made 12 saves in record his team-leading sixth win of the season.

BSM wraps up its season, Saturday, as it takes on Bloomington Jefferson. Game time at the Bloomington Ice Garden is slated for 1 p.m.