The Eagles hosted the top ranked Benilde-St. Margaret’s Red Knights in the final regular season game at Parade Ice Garden and BSM came away with a lopsided 8-0 victory.  There was a bit of gamesmanship to start the contest following the National Anthem as neither team wanted to break first from their blue line.  Although the Red Knights have come out on top in the most recent games, it was clear tonight that there was no love lost between the 2 teams.  BSM displayed a high level of confidence to the point of arrogance during the team’s pre-game ritual.  Although the Red Knights dominated the play throughout the game, T-G made it clear that they would not back down and the result was a very spirited and physical contest.

BSM scored 4 goals in the first 6:34 of the first period and never looked back.  They would take a 5-0 lead into the first intermission.  They added a goal in the second period and 2 more goals in the 3rd period to round out the scoring.  The score could have been higher, if not for the strong play by Eagles goaltender Logan Knip.  Logan was the star of the game, making a dazzling save on Brittany Wheeler on a breakaway and stopping Kelly Pannek on a number of close-in shots.  Midway through the final period, Logan displayed a bit of showmanship when she came way out of her net to beat an oncoming Red Knight forward to a loose puck and cleared it away.  After she skated back into her crease, she turned to the T-G crowd and nodded her head as if she was bowing, acknowledging her slick performance.

For the game, Logan had 15 saves in the opening stanza, 19 more in the second period, and 20 saves in a running time final period to give her 54 total saves.  This tied the school record for saves in a game, currently held by both Missy King and Brittany Fussy.  Including tonight's contest, Logan also set the school mark for saves in a season with 719, topping the previous record of 703 set by Brittany Fussy.  With Logan being a sophomore, if she continues on this pace for the next 2 years, she could rewrite all of the T-G goaltending school records.

Team leaders for the season were Kristen Dellich in points (23), goals (13) and penalty minutes (25), and Laura Minkoff in assists (15).

The Eagles ended the regular season with a record of 11-10-4, and a conference record of 6-5-1.  T-G received the #3 seed in Section 4A and will open against Simley at St. Thomas Ice Arena at 5:30pm.  The 2 teams tied earlier this season 3-3.