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Saint Mary's Cardinals   0-1-0 MIAC / 0-5-0 Overall		Gustavus Gusties   1-0-0 MIAC / 4-1-0 Overall

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Last Action: Gustavus scored three goals in the first period and never looked back in handing the Cardinals a 6-0 setback in the teams' Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference opener Friday evening at the SMU Ice Arena.

A Year Ago: The Cardinals and Gusties split their Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference series a year ago, with both teams winning on their home ice. GAC scored four goals in the second period en route to a 6-0 victory in the first game, while SMU got goals from five different players and four assists from Anthony Bohn (Spring Hill, Fla.) en route to a 5-2 victory in the rematch.

All-Time Series Record: With their win Friday, the Gusties improved to 40-30-1 all-time against the Cardinals.

Cardinal Notes: Today's game marks the sixth straight vs. a ranked opponent. SMU's first four games were against No. 15 St. Scholastica, No. 8 UW-Superior, No. 6 UW-Stevens Point and No. 12 UW-Eau Claire. Gustavus comes into tonight's game ranked No. 14 in the latest USCHO.com Poll. … With Friday's loss to Gustavus, the Cardinals' season-opening losing streak climbed to five straight. It marks the second straight season in which SMU opened winless in its first five games — the Cardinals went 0-4-1 to kick off last year's schedule. … Friday's loss was the second time this season SMU has failed to score at least one goal, having also been shut out by UW-Stevens Point 3-0 on Nov. 7. … The Cardinals' 3-0 loss to UW-Stevens Point on Nov. 7 extended SMU's winless streak vs. the Pointers to 15 straight (0-13-2). The Cardinals' last win vs. UW-Stevens Point was an 8-1 victory on Dec. 3, 1993. … Matt Staehely (Shorewood, Ill.) leads the team in both goals (3) and points (4), while Mike Glaesmer (Traverse City, Mich.) boasts a team-best three assists. … GK Greg Moore (Woodbury, Minn.) stopped 25 of the 28 shots he faced in two periods of relief Friday. The SMU junior has stopped 109 shots in 160 minutes this season. …  Seventeen of the 34 goals allowed by SMU have come on special teams — 13 powerplay goals and four shorthanded tallies. … Three of SMU's six goals have come on the powerplay — including two by Staehely. … The Cardinals have been outscored 9-1 in the first period, 11-2 in the second period and 14-3 in the third. SMU has been outscored by a combined 6-0 in the third period in its last three games.

Gustie Notes: After opening the season with a 7-5 loss to defending national champion St. Norbert, the Gusties have rattled off fourstraight wins. … Gustavus has now scored six goals in each of its four wins — 6-1 vs. Lake Forest, 6-5 vs. UW-Stout, 6-4 vs. UW-River Falls and 6-0 vs. Saint Mary's. … After scoring six powerplay goals vs. UW-Stout and UW-River Falls last weekend, the Gusties were 1-for-10 on the powerplay Friday vs. SMU. …  Cody Mosbeck scored his first two goals of the season vs. the Cardinals, while David Martinson netted his team-leading ninth of the season. Ross Ring-Jan, Justin Lee and Rory Dynan accounted for GAC's other three goals vs. the Cardinals. … Along with his team-leading nine goals, Martinson also leads the team in points with 11. Four of Martinson's nine goals have come on the powerplay. … Ring-Jarvi has dished out a team-leading six assists and is second to Martinson with eight points. … Fourteen players have accounted for GAC's 29 goals, with 17 players collecting at least one point through five games. … Gustavus has outscored its opponents in all three periods — 12-6 in the first, 7-5 in the second and 10-6 in the third.