St. Scholastica used four third-period goals to get a 7-1 win over the Falcon men's hockey team in a NCHA game played in Duluth, Minn., on Saturday night.

CSS led 1-0 after one period and 3-1 after two.

The Saints scored the only goal of the first period at 7:51. With a Falcon in the penalty box, Chad Golanowski scored a power-play goal. Both teams had three power-play opportunities in the period. The Falcons finished the first 20 minutes with an 11-8 advantage in shots.

In the second period the Falcons started strong and scored to tie the game at 1-1. Ben Beaudoin scored the goal at 2:42 with an assist to Tyler Briola. It was Beaudoin's second goal of the year.

But the Saints scored twice to take a 3-1 lead before the period was over. Dave Williams scored at 5:15 followed by Tyler Miller at 9:30. After UWRF's strong start, the Saints finished the period with a 14-7 advantage in shots. Several of those shots came because the Saints had three power-play opportunities. The Falcons had one power-play opportunity in the second period.

The decisive third period started with a power-play goal by CSS's Carter Davis at 3:11. The Saints then exploded for three goals in a span of 37 seconds. Jeremy Dawes scored at 9:23, Williams got his second of the game at 9:42 and Brandon Nowakowski finished the onslaught with a goal at the 10-minute mark. CSS finished the third period with a 17-5 advantage in shots.

The Saints had a 40-17 advantage in shots for the game. They finished 2-7 on the power play while the Falcons were 0-5. The Falcons were called for 19 penalties for 81 minutes while the Saints had 10 minor penalties.

Falcon goalie Scott Lewan played just over 50 minutes of the game and allowed all seven goals and made 27 saves. Lyle Rocker played the remaining minutes and made six saves and did not allow a goal. It was Rocker's first action of the season.

The six-goal loss is the worst suffered by the Falcons this year. The seven goals allowed is the most given up by the Falcons in a single game this season. Twice the Falcons had allowed five goals this year. The last time the Falcons allowed more than seven goals in a game was Nov. 21, 2009 in an 8-3 loss to St. Norbert.

The Falcons, now 12-5-2 overall and 6-4-2 in NCHA play, play two more NCHA games next weekend. On Friday at 7 p.m., the Falcons play at St. Norbert. The Green Knights are in first place in the NCHA standings. On Saturday at 7 p.m., the Falcons are at Stevens Point. The Pointers are in a tie for fourth place in the league standings. UWRF enters next weekend's play in third place - just one point our of second and three out of first place.

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