Lake Forest College Sports Information
February 8, 2003 Contact: Mike Wajerski, SID Foresters Finish NCHA Regular Season with Another
Weekend Split
Lake Forest scored just 97 seconds into Friday's game on sophomore Robin Charest's (Cabano, Quebec/Coaticooh Jr. A) seventh goal of the season. UW-Stout, however, finished the first period with a 2-1 lead on scores from Dan Riffe (2:18) and John Schaffner (11:11). Schaffner struck again at the 3:36 mark of the second, giving the visitors a two-goal advantage. Charest recorded an assist as sophomore Ryan Scapinello (Guelph, Ontario/Stratford Cullitons) scored his third of the year at 10:38 and junior Bryan O'Connor (Calgary, Alberta/Calgary Canucks) tied the game at 18:39 with his seventh. Junior Brad Saint's (Brantford, Ontario/Brantford Golden Eagles) goal 81 seconds into the third period was his first of the year and the game winner. Charest was credited with another assist, his career-high third point of the game. Senior David Evans (Calgary, Alberta/Calgary Royals) scored his team-leading 19th goal of 2002-03 on an empty net with 10 seconds to play to seal the victory. Senior Matt Bruni (Unionville, Ontario/Aurora Tigers) assisted on Evans' goal to record his 99th career point. On Saturday, River Falls finished the first with a 2-0 lead on goals by Jamie Steinert and Jess Johnson. With a one-man advantage, Lake Forest sophomore Ryan Panet (Markham, Ontario/Wexford Raiders) scored his fifth of the season at the 13:59 mark of the second. However, the Falcons regained their two-goal lead when Joe Dustin scored at 16:39. An empty-netter by Johnson with 25 seconds left in the third period closed out the scoring. The Foresters finished the regular season in fifth place in the NCHA, trailing fourth-place UW-Stevens Point (13-11-1, 8-6-0 NCHA) by three points in the standings. Lake Forest will play at Stevens Point next weekend (February 14-15) in the quarterfinals of the NCHA Tournament. The winner of the series will advance to the semifinals to be played on February 28 at the site of the highest-remaining seed. Lake
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