>The St. John's hockey team (5-4, 4-0 MIAC) has swept Gustavus
>Adolphus and St. Olaf on consecutive weekends.  The Johnnies,
>coached by John Harrington, a 1980 and '84 Olympian, start three
> defensemen and two forwards.
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St. John's is an interesting story...they started the season going 1-4
including a split with lowly St. Scholastica (1-10). St. John's then
finished dead last in the pre-season MIAC tournament, going 0-3.
 
Since then, they're 4-0 and have swept 2 of the better
teams in the league. In their 4 regular season games, they have
allowed just 7 goals - the scores from last weekend's games
against Gustavus Adolphus (last year's MIAC champ) were 2-1
in both games. Looks like the 3-defensemen system is paying off.
 
Their next game is 1/4/94 at D-II powerhouse Bemidji State. It will be
interesting to see how they do.
 
Chris Lerch