Lake Forest College Sports Information
February 11, 2006
Contact: Mike Wajerski, SID

Split with Nation’s #1 Team Earns Lake Forest a Home Playoff Series
Team falls at home, prevails at St. Norbert

 Adam Tobias had two goals
and an assist on Saturday.
DE PERE, WI – The Forester men’s hockey team split its final two regular season Northern Collegiate Hockey Association games with St. Norbert College, the nation’s top-ranked team, over the weekend (February 10-11). Lake Forest fell 5-1 at home Friday night before knocking off the Green Knights 4-2 on the road on Saturday. The Foresters finished the regular season 13-12-0 overall and 7-7-0 and tied for fourth place in the NCHA. St. Norbert finished 20-3-2 overall and won the league title at 10-2-2.

The Green Knights scored three unanswered goals in Friday’s opening period and added two more to start the third. The Foresters’ lone goal of the night came off the stick of freshman Mike Kneeland (Calgary, AB/Calgary Royals) with 5:07 to play in the contest. It was Kneeland’s team-leading 14th goal of the year and he leads the league with 35 points.

Lake Forest scored twice in the first period on Saturday. The visitors took the lead on freshman Peter Morrison’s (Roseville, MN/Roseville High School) power play goal at 8:13. Sophomore Adam Tobias (Rockford, IL/Robert Morris University) earned the assist on Morrison’s eighth goal of the year. Tobias then put the visitors ahead by two when he scored with just 10 seconds remaining in the period. Morrison and freshman Chris Wilson (Bloomfield Hills, MI/Cornwall Colts) were each credited with an assist.

St. Norbert got on the scoreboard just 44 seconds into the second stanza and then tied the score at the period’s 9:46 mark. Less than two minutes later (11:42), however, Forester juniors Greg Ihnken (Peoria, IL/Chicago Freeze) and Paul Cullen (Kirkland, QE/Millbrook School) assisted freshman Ramin Taheri (Encino, CA/L.A. Jr. Kings) on what turned out to be the game winner. It was Taheri’s first career goal and the first career point for Cullen.

Tobias lit the lamp for the second time in the game at 9:42 in the third. The goal, his 10th of the season, was assisted by junior Matt Forsyth (Calgary, AB/Calgary Royals) and closed out the game’s scoring.

Lake Forest freshman goaltender Scott Campbell (Bloomfield, ON/Elmira Sugar Kings) stopped 39 of 41 shots on goal in the victory, raising his save percentage on the year to .915.

The Foresters will host UW-Stevens Point in next weekend’s (February 17-18) Peters Cup quarterfinals. The Pointers finished the regular season with a 12-9-4 overall record and 6-6-2 mark in league play. Both teams had 14 points in the standings but Lake Forest swept the season series to earn home-ice advantage.

Friday's Box Score
Saturday's Box Score