Six Cobbers Score in 7-2 Cruise at Northland

ASHLAND , Wis. (12/14/13)—Concordia received goals from six different players, scored three goals in the each of the first and third periods and cruised past Northland 7-2 in a non-conference game.

The Cobbers outshot the Lumberjacks 46-20 en route to their seventh win of the season. Concordia is now 7-3-1 on the year. The seven goals and 46 shots on goal are season highs for CC. The Cobbers seven goals is the most since the last game of the 2011-12 season when CC beat St. Mary's 7-0 and the 46 shots is the most since Nov. 8, 2008 when they put up 58 shots at Lake Forest.

Concordia and Northland traded goals in the first 14 minutes of the opening period before the Cobbers seized control of the game with a pair of goals 1:03 apart in the final 5-minutes of the first frame. Joe Becker scored at 15:17 to give CC a 2-1 lead and then Andrew Deters made it 3-1 with a score at 16:14. It was Deters' first of two goals in the game. The goals by Becker and Deters followed the opener from Caleb Suderman who scored his team-high eighth goal of the season. Suderman also had two assists in the game and earned the helper on Deters' goal.

Concordia freshman Jordan Krebsbach scored the only goal of the second period when he scored an even-strength nugget at 13:27. It was Kresbach's first collegiate goal and it gave CC a 4-1 lead.

The Lumberjacks (2-10-0) tried to get back into the game with a shorthanded goal in the second minute of play in the third period but then Concordia slammed the door shut with two power play goals in a span of 2:21. Tucker Coborn restored the Cobbers' three-goal cushion by scoring at 2:51 and then Deters tacked on the team's sixth goal on the man-advantage situation at 5:12. Coborn earned his second goal of the season while Deters posted his fourth score of the season.

Jordie Bancroft capped the scoring by finding the back of the net at 15:44. Deters was credited with the assist to finish off his three-point night. Deters and Bancroft both have 10 points on the year which is second on the team to Suderman's 13 points.

Cobber goalie Chris Neamonitis made 18 saves to record his seventh win of the year. Northland goaltender Mason Riley stopped 39 shots in the 60 minutes of play.

Concordia went 2-for-3 on the power play which ended a two-game power-play scoreless streak. The Lumberjacks were held scoreless in their three man-advantage situations.

The Cobbers will finish off the 2013 portion of their schedule when they square off against Northland in the finale of the two-game series on Sunday at 2 p.m. in Ashland, Wis.