Lake Forest College Sports Information
November 26, 2005
Contact: Mike Wajerski, SID

Lake Forest Records NCHA Victories at Eau Claire and Stevens Point
Mike Kneeland ties school records with four assists and six points on Saturday

 Mike Kneeland leads the team with 17 points this season.
STEVENS POINT, WI – The Forester men’s hockey team swept a weekend (November 25-26) road series over a pair of Northern Collegiate Hockey Association teams. Lake Forest won 6-3 at UW-Eau Claire Friday evening and defeated UW-Stevens Point 8-3 the following night. The Foresters are 5-6-0 overall this season and 2-2-0 in NCHA games. Eau Claire fell to 0-7-2 overall and 0-3-0 in the league and Stevens Point’s record dropped to 4-5-0 overall and 1-3-0 in NCHA play.

Freshman Chris Wilson’s (Bloomfield Hills, MI/Cornwall Colts) unassisted goal just 96 seconds in to the contest started the scoring on Friday. The Blugolds tied the game at the 15:32 mark of the first period.

Senior Bryan Lafevor (Ft. Wayne, IN/Chicago Freeze) scored just 65 seconds in to the second stanza to give the visitors the lead for good. Junior Graham Melbourne (Belleville, ON/Trenton Sting) lit the lamp at 11:28 and a power play goal by junior Matt Forsyth (Calgary, AB/Calgary Royals) at 14:51 extended the Forester advantage to 4-1. The goals were the first of the season for all three players. Eau Claire’s tally at 17:53 closed out the period’s scoring.

The home team pulled to within one at the 5:56 mark of the third period but scores by junior Tyler Canal (Thunder Bay, ON/Stratford Cullitons) and freshman Peter Morrison (Roseville, MN/Roseville High School) at 8:33 and 10:59, respectively, put the game out of reach.

Freshman goaltender Scott Campbell (Bloomfield, ON/Elmira Sugar Kings) stopped 35 of 38 (92.1%) Blugold shots on goal to earn the victory, the first of his career against an NCHA team. Fellow freshman goalie Brandon Kohuch (Winsdor, ON/Chatham Maroons) also allowed three goals and recorded 47 saves on Saturday for a .940 save percentage and his first NCHA win.

Morrison scored the game’s first goal at 5:37 in the opening period and Wilson converted a power play at 8:43 for his fourth goal of the year. Freshman Mike Kneeland (Calgary, AB/Calgary Royals) lit the lamp at 15:44 and Morrison’s sixth goal of the season at 19:19 closed out the period’s scoring.

Sophomore Adam Tobias (Rockford, IL/Robert Morris University) added to the lead with his third goal of the season at 11:33 in the second and, after Stevens Point finally got on the scoreboard at 17:00, Kneeland scored his sixth of the year at 18:26 and Melbourne added his second at 19:09. Kneeland finished the game with a school record-tying four assists and six points.

Lafevor’s second score of the season was sandwiched between two Pointer goals in the third period.

Lake Forest will host UW-River Falls next Friday (December 2) night at 7:30 and the Foresters will entertain UW-Stout at 2:30 the following afternoon.

Lake Forest - Eau Claire Box Score
Lake Forest - Stevens Point Box Score