Benilde-St. Margaret's Boys' Hockey

Bryan Glynn recorded his first career hat trick and a career-high five points as Benilde-St. Margaret's routed St. Louis Park, 11-2.

In the battle of teams which call the city of St. Louis Park home, the Red Knights were dominant in their second win of the season over the Orioles.

"St. Louis Park has struggled but it’s always nice to get that series out of the way," BSM head coach Ken Pauly said afterwards. "Rival games are always dangerous regardless of the record."

His team put the game out of danger early, scoring five times in the first seven minutes, 12 seconds of the game, with Pat Cron scoring the first and fifth goals of the outburst.

"It was very good to see our guys get right on top of it tonight," Pauly said. "That four goal burst in the first six minutes was just what the doctor ordered."

Cron scored just 1:56 into the game, Sam Anderson followed with his first career goal at 4:21, scoring from the left point as he was being hooked to the ice. Will Nelson and Glynn scored goals 11 seconds apart as the Red Knights took a 4-0 lead at the 5:57 mark of the game.

With three of those goals coming in 96 seconds, Pauly pointed out that it was a key point in the game.

"Goals always give a team an emotional lift," he said. "Sam Anderson’s first career goal really seemed to fire the guys up, and it was a heckuva shot."

After Cron made it 5-0, the scoring stopped until the final minute of the opening frame as Patrick Daly crashed the net to take a pass from Glynn and knocked home his second goal from the right side of the goal crease.

Pat Borer scored a power-play goal from the right faceoff circle 1:29 into the second period and Glynn made it 8-0 less than three minutes later.

Kyle Johnson's 10th goal of the season, a power-play tally, got the Orioles on the scored at 5:17 but Christian Horn scored the first of his back-to-back goals just 27 seconds later and, with his goal with 3:56 remaining in the period, enabled the Red Knights to take a 10-1 lead.

The third period went nearly 10 minutes without a goal before Jacob Wood's shot from the right circle trickled through the legs of BSM goalie Jacob Meyers.

Glynn then closed out the scoring when Anderson head-manned the puck through the neutral zone. Glynn picked up the puck in the Orioles' zone, drew the puck from his backhand to forehand around SLP goalie Mickey Hills and tucked in his team-leading 16th goal of the season.

"If Bryan Glynn keeps putting up these type of numbers and playing with this kind of impact, he is really going to get a junior or college scout’s attention in a hurry," Pauly said. "With this size and skill he has all of the tools."

Another key for the Red Knights was the production from its line of Cron, Dan Pemberton and David Tranvik.

Cron scored twice and had two assists with Pemberton, normally a defenseman who centered the line, collecting four assists.

"Pat Cron just seems to have a knack for being in the right place at the right time," Pauly said of the first-year varsity player who scored his 10th and 11th goals of the season. "I think Pemberton at center really opened things up for the third line tonight."

BSM plays the second of four consecutive North Suburban Conference games Saturday, Feb. 7, when it travels to Lindstrom, Minn., to face Chisago Lakes. Game time is set for 2 p.m.