Box Score

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – Senior Colin Haley (St. Charles East HS, St. Charles, Ill.) scored with 2:36 remaining Saturday to cap Augustana's 6-5 come-from-behind win over Trine in the Vikings' 2015 home opener at Thorson-Lucken Field. With the victory, Coach Kyle Hart's club improves to 2-1 on the season. The contest was the season opener for the Thunder.
 
Augustana trailed 4-1 with less than five minutes remaining in the third quarter. Haley started the Vikings' comeback, assisting on a goal by freshman John Danko (Lockport HS, Lockport, Ill.) with 3:34 left in the third. Barely a minute later, it was junior Kevin Gleason (Loyola Academy, Chicago, Ill.) scoring off an Andrew Miller (Waukesha North HS, Waukesha, Wis.) assist to cut the deficit to 4-3.
 
Early in the fourth, Trine capitalized on a man advantage, with Nick Maher scoring off an assist from G.T. Youpel. Junior Jonathan Bryk (Fremd HS, Paltine, Ill.) answered for Augustana, scoring an unassisted goal with 10:46 to play and Gleason scored his third of the game and sixth of the season at the 7:12 mark to knot the score at 5-5.
 
With overtime looming, Haley fired one past Thunder goalie Ryan Nelson with 2:36 left to put the hosts on top for the first time, 6-5. The unassisted goal was Haley's second of the season. Senior Taylor McGinnis (New Trier HS, Kenilworth, Ill.) won the ensuing faceoff and the Vikings were able to run out the clock for the win.
 
Paul Carlquist assisted on a Chris Ward goal less than two minutes in to give the visitors an early 1-0 lead. Gleason used a Danko assist to score the tying goal midway through the first period. Carlquist assisted on two straight Youpel goals early in the second and Trine took a 3-1 lead into the halftime break.
 
Ward scored off Brandon Walters' assist at 5:26 of the third to put the Thunder on top 5-1.
 
Senior Cody Burgdorff (Peak to Pek Academy, Aurora, Colo.) and junior Jack Peters (Maine South HS, Park Ridge, Ill.) split time in goal for Hart. Burgdorff recorded a pair of saves in the first half and Peters stopped four Trine shots in the second and picked up the win.
 
Not surprisingly, the team stats were nearly identical. Augustana held advantages of 31-30 in shots and 30-29 in ground balls, while turnovers were even at 21.
 
The Vikings will be back on the road on March 3, taking on Centre in Danville, Kentucky.