Lake Forest College Sports Information
February 17, 2007
Contact: Mike Wajerski, SID

Foresters Eliminated in Peters Cup Quarterfinals at River Falls
Streak of reaching the conference semifinals ends at three years

Tyler Canal
RIVER FALLS, Wis. - The visiting Lake Forest College men’s hockey team was knocked out of the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association’s Peters Cup Playoffs by UW-River Falls over the weekend (February 16-17). The Falcons defeated the Foresters 4-1 Friday evening and 7-1 the following night to advance to the semifinal round. Lake Forest finished the season with a 3-21-3 record while River Falls, the third-ranked team in the nation, improved to 21-4-2.

The Foresters started the weekend off with a bang as senior Tyler Canal (Thunder Bay, Ont./Stratford Cullitons) scored his ninth goal of the year just 13 seconds into Friday’s game. He was assisted by sophomore Mike Kneeland (Calgary, Alb./Calgary Royals). River Falls, however, would tie the score on a power play goal at the 8:36 mark.

The home team took the lead with another power play goal just 50 seconds into the second period and scored again at 12:04. The Falcons tacked on a final insurance goal with 5:07 remaining in the contest.

Sophomore goaltender Scott Campbell (Bloomfield, Ont./Elmira Sugar Kings) tallied 45 saves in Friday’s contest and classmate Brandon Kohuch (Windsor, Ont./Chatham Maroons) matched the career-high he set against River Falls earlier in the year with 52 on Saturday.

River Falls scored three times in each of the first two periods Saturday and took a 7-0 lead with another score at 15:03 in the third. The Foresters finally got on the scoreboard 42 seconds later on Kneeland’s seventh score of the season. He was assisted by Canal and senior Brian Lee (Calgary, Alb./Calgary Royals).

Canal led the squad with 26 points on the season and finished his career with 127, the ninth-highest total in team history. He also ranks tied-for-eighth with 74 assists. Lee paced the squad with 10 goals.

The Foresters had reached the Peters Cup semifinals each of the last three seasons.

Friday's Box Score
Saturday's Box Score