LAKE FOREST, Ill.. - Marian University NCAA men's hockey (11-11-2, 5-6-5-1 NCHA) clinched at least the No. 6 seed in the NCHA Harris Cup Playoffs with a 5-4 win over Lake Forest.

   

• The Sabres wasted no time finding the back of the net just 1:24 into the game when senior Jack Sampson scored his eighth goal of the season.  Sophomore Daunte Fortner and freshman Noah Pickart each earned assists.
• Lake Forest responded scoring just 1:57 later to tie the game and then took the lead at the 9:50.  This lead held going into the second intermission.
• Marian bounced back scoring the first three goals of the second period.
• Sophomore Jaymes Knee netted a power-play goal, his 12th of the season, just 17 seconds into the second period with assists to Sampson and Pickart.
• Fellow sophomore Nick Cherkowski then scored his eighth goal of the year at the 5:14 mark with assists to junior Ty Mosimann and sophomore Jordan Simoneau.
• Mosimann gave Marian a 4-2 lead at the 8:51 mark with his fourth goal of the season, assists to juniors Mason Richey and Alex Rondeau.
• The Foresters were able to trim their deficit to one goal going into the third period and then scored at the 7:33 mark of the final stanza to tie the game.
• The game looked to be headed to overtime until Fortner lit the lamp with just 48 seconds remaining, assists to Sampson and Pickart.

   

• Marian was outshot in all three periods with the Foresters holding a 33-27 advantage for the game.
• Each team had seven chances on the power play with Marian scoring the only power-play goal of the game.
• Lake Forest had a hefty advantage in faceoffs winning 46 of the 67 draws.
• Marian has now clinched at least the No. 6 seed for the NCHA Harris Cup Playoffs.  With a win in the series finale against Lake Forest and an MSOE loss against Aurora the Sabres would move up to the fifth spot.

 

Senior Jack Sampson had a goal with two assists for his seventh multi-point game of the season.	Freshman Noah Pickart had three assists for his fourth multi-point games in 11 games played.  He now has nine assists on the year.	Junior Aaron Brunn (2-2-0) made double-digit saves in two periods stopping 29 shots in total.