Lake Forest College Sports Information
February 19, 2005 Contact: Mike Wajerski, SID
Lake Forest Reaches NCHA Semifinals with Sweep at Stevens Point
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A power play goal, Forester junior Cory Wilson’s (Calgary, AB/Calgary Royals) 10th score of the season gave the visitors the early lead at the 4:55 mark of Friday’s first period. Freshman Brian Lee (Toronto, ON/Calgary Royals) scored second of the year at 10:12 and junior Troy Lother (Beach Park, IL/Green Bay Gamblers) added his sixth at 15:08 to put Lake Forest ahead by three.
The home team closed the gap to two goals with a power play score at 16:38 in the first and pulled to within one at 8:21 in the second.
Senior Robin Charest (Cabano, QC/Hebron Academy) scored what turned out to be the game winner at 12:20 in the third. The Pointers lit the lamp with 5:50 remaining but would get no closer.
Senior Joel Cameron (Markham, ON/Milton Merchants) stopped 45 of 48 shots on goal for the Foresters and is now the program’s all-time leader with 1,882 saves in his career. Classmate Cody Brown (Calgary, AB/Calgary Canucks) tallied 34 saves and surrendered just one goal in Saturday’s victory.
Charest started the scoring on Saturday at the 10:07 mark of the opening period, but Stevens Point pulled even with 2:03 remaining before the first intermission.
The Foresters pulled ahead once again on sophomore Greg Ihnken’s (Peoria, IL/Chicago Freeze) power play goal at the 6:18 mark of the second stanza. Senior Ryan Panet (Markham, ON/Wexford Raiders) scored for the fifth time this season at 14:45 and Charest added his second of the game, third of the weekend, and 14th of the year at 18:03.
Ihnken lit the lamp for the sixth time this season at 4:22 in the third and sophomore Tyler Canal () tacked on his team-high 16th of the year at 10:53 to close out the scoring.
Lake Forest will travel to St. Norbert College for a single-game semifinal match-up at 7:00 next Saturday (February 26) night. The Green Knights are currently the top-ranked Division III team in the nation.
Friday Box Score
Saturday Box Score