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Saint Mary's Cardinals   1-2-0 MIAC / 1-6-0 Overall		Concordia Cobbers   0-3-0 MIAC / 0-7-0 Overall

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Last Night: Andy Roberts (Rochester, Minn.) scored less than two minutes into overtime, as the Cardinals collected their first win of the season, beating Concordia 6-5 at the SMU Ice Arena.

A Year Ago: The Cardinals swept both games of their two-game MIAC series vs. the Cobbers a year ago. SMU erupted for a season-high 14 goals — including the first collegiate hat trick by Morgan Shepherd (Brainerd, Minn.) and two goals each from Matt Staehely (Shorewood, Ill.) and Anthony Bohn (Spring Hill, Fla.) — as the Cardinals routed Concordia 14-3 in the first game. The Cardinals, whose 14-goal outburst in the opener was the most goals an SMU team had scored in nearly 20 years, picked up right where they left off in the rematch, scoring the game's first six goals en route to a 7-2 victory over the Cobbers — and, more importantly, a key MIAC sweep.

All-Time Series Record: With their sweep a year ago, and Friday's overtime win, the Cardinals improved to 52-19-3 all time against the Cobbers

Cardinal Notes: The Cardinals' 6-5 win over Concordia snapped the team's season-opening six-game losing streak. The last time SMU opened the season winless in its first six games was 2005-06, when the Cardinals opened 0-5-1. … SMU's first six games have all been against nationally ranked opponents. 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, meanwhile, entered last weekend's conference-opening series ranked No. 14 in the latest USCHO.com Poll. …  Nick Carlson (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) scored at 16:59 of the first period, snapping SMU's scoreless streak at 170 minutes, dating back to a Matt Staehely (Shorewood, Ill.) goal at 3:23 of the second period against UW-Eau Claire on Nov. 8. …  SMU's 6-0, 3-0 shutout losses to Gustavus last weekend was the first time SMU had been shut out in back-to-back games since before the 1982-83 season. … Steve Murphy (Anchorage, Alaska) scored his second goal of the game at 2:15 of the third period to put SMU up 5-4 Friday, giving the Cardinals their first lead of the season. … Murphy's two goals give him a team-leading four for the season. The SMU junior also shares the team lead in points (5) with Anthony Bohn (Spring Hills, Fla.). … Bohn, who has led the team in assists in each of his first two seasons, boasts a team-best four assists. … Scott Pederson (Lake Villa, Ill.) stopped a career-high 44 shots vs. the Cobbers on Friday. … Twenty-two of the 42 goals allowed by SMU have come on special teams — 17 power play goals and five shorthanded tallies. Concordia scored three power play and one shorthanded goal Friday. … SMU scored as many goals Friday (6) as they had in their first six games combined. … Nick Carlson (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) and Vincent Unklesbay (Maplewood, Minn.) scored their first collegiate goals vs. the Cobbers Friday. … The Cardinals have been outscored 12-2 in the first period, 15-5 in the second period and 15-4 in the third. … SMU has failed to score first in any of its seven games this season.

Cobber Notes: With their seven losses to open the season, Concordia enters Saturday's game winless in its last 30 straight games, dating back to a season-opening 2-1 win over UW-Eau Claire a year ago. … Four of Concordia's seven losses this season have been by one goal — including overtime losses Lake Forest on Nov. 8 and to SMU on Friday. … Hamline scored a season-high nine goals vs. the Cobbers on Friday, while Saturday's 3-0 loss marked the first time this season that Concordia has been shut out. … Michael Weiss scord his team-leading fourth goal of the season vs. SMU Friday … Ryan Clukey, meanwhile, boasts team-highs in assists (5) and points (8). He had a goal and an assist vs. the Cardinals Friday. … Eleven of the Cobbers' 17 goals — including three on Friday — have been on the power play. … Concordia's 17 goals have come from nine different players, while 15 different Cobbers have posted at least one point through six games. … Concordia is 0-3-0 when scoring first.