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Red Knights falter at Stillwater

12/06/2008, 11:19pm CST
By Staff

Stillwater scored three third-period goals and limited Benilde-St. Margaret's to 23 shots on goal as the Ponies posted a 6-2 win over the Red Knights.

“I’ve said all along that we would have growing pains at the beginning of the year,” BSM head coach Ken Pauly said. “Tonight’s loss would fall under that category.”

The Red Knights spotted their hosts a 3-0 as Stillwater’s Blake Dochniak scored just 39 seconds into the game and Dereck Doronfeld scored on the power play at 8:35 of the opening period.

Brandon Schuman scored at 5:30 of the second period to make it 3-0 before BSM cut into the Ponies’ lead.

Bryan Glynn scored 70 seconds later as Patrick Duda passed him the puck out of the left corner. Glynn then moved across the slot and scored on a low shot through traffic for his first goal of the season.

The Red Knights allowed six power-play chances in the first two periods with the last one ending with seven seconds remaining the in middle stanza. As Stillwater’s power play came to an end, Will Nelson stole the puck at the Ponies’ blue line and, with a defenseman draped on him, he crashed the net and scored with six seconds on the clock.

With the momentum on its side, BSM got an early power-play chance in the third period but failed to generate a shot and the tide quickly turned as Schuman scored his second goal of the game 41 seconds after Stillwater returned to full strength.

“When we pulled within one goal at the end of the second period, I really thought we had gained the momentum,” Pauly said. “We really outplayed Stillwater through the first part of the third period but, when we didn’t capitalize on the power play, that shifted the momentum back to them.”

Down two goals late in the game, the Red Knights were forced to gamble offensively and the Ponies were able to take advantage of the situation, creating odd-man rushes which resulted in goals by Tyler Gosso, at 10:19, and Dochniak’s second of the game with 2:54 remaining.

“We have to keep working to find an identity,” Pauly added. “That’s what we’ll continue to do. Losing on December 6 isn’t fatal. But we can’t lose the value of the lessons that we learned from tonight’s defeat.”

The Red Knights return to action Tuesday, Dec. 9, when they host Cretin-Derham Hall at the St. Louis Park Rec Center, beginning at 7 p.m.

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