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Saint Mary's Cardinals   1-2-1 MIAC / 1-6-1 Overall		Hamline Pipers   2-0-0 MIAC / 7-2-0 Overall

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Last Action: The Cardinals have been off since Nov. 21-22, when SMU picked up three of a possible four conference points in its two-game MIAC series against Concordia at the SMU Ice Arena. Andy Roberts (Rochester, Minn.) scored less than two minutes into overtime to lift SMU to a 6-5 victory over the Cobbers on Friday, while the two teams battled to a 3-3 OT tie the following afternoon. … Hamline, meanwhile, pushed its record to 7-2-0 with a 6-4 nonconference win over UM-Crookston Sunday.

A Year Ago: Hamline took both games of their two-game series a year ago, outscoring the Cardinals 8-5 in the first game — despite a pair of goals from SMU's Mike Glaesmer (Traverse City, Mich.) — then held SMU to a Morgan Shepherd (Brainerd, Minn.) goal in winning the rematch 3-1.

All-Time Series Record: Despite their two losses a year ago, SMU owns a 60-15-0 record all time against the Pipers. The Cardinals' 60 wins vs. Hamline are SMU's most vs. any conference opponent.

Cardinal Notes: The Cardinals' 6-5 win over Concordia on Nov. 21 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. … The Cardinals 6-5 victory over the Cobbers was SMU's first overtime victory since a 5-4 victory over Hamline on Jan. 26, 2007. … SMU's two OT games vs. Concordia were the Cardinals' first back-to-back overtime games since the 1999-2000 season, when they opened the season with a 3-3 tie and a 4-3 loss. …  SMU's first six games have all been against nationally ranked opponents. SMU's first four games were nonconference games against No. 15 St. Scholastica, No. 8 UW-Superior, No. 6 UW-Stevens Point and No. 12 UW-Eau Claire, while their conference-opening opponent, Gustavus, was ranked No. 14 in the latest USCHO.com Poll. …  Nick Carlson (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) scored at 16:59 of the first period vs. Concordia on Nov. 21, 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. … Steve Murphy (Anchorage, Alaska) scored three goals and added an assist in SMU's series vs. Concordia, while Anthony Bohn (Spring Hill, Fla.) — who has led the team in assists in each of his first two seasons as a Cardinal — added four assists. … Murphy's three goals pushed his team-leading total to five, one more than Staehely. … Bohn, meanwhile, leads the team in assists (6) and points (7). … Murphy scored his second goal of the game at 2:15 of the third period to put SMU up 5-4 vs. the Cobbers on Nov. 21, giving the Cardinals their first lead of the season. … Scott Pederson (Lake Villa, Ill.) picked up his first collegiate win in goal vs. Concordia, stopping a career best 44 shots in the 6-5 win. … Greg Moore (Woodbury, Minn.) kicked out 33 shots in earning his first career tie. … Moore and Pederson have combined for 303 saves in eight games (.871 save percentage), as the Cardinals have been outshot 348-200. …  Twenty-three of the 45 goals allowed by SMU have come on special teams — 17 power play goals and five shorthanded tallies. Concordia scored four power play and one shorthanded goal vs. the Cardinals. … SMU scored as many goals in their 6-5 win vs. Concordia on Nov. 21 Friday 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. … The Cardinals have been outscored 14-2 in the first period, 16-8 in the second period and 15-4 in the third. … SMU has failed to score first in any of its eight games this season.

Piper Notes: With Sunday's win over UM-Crookston, the Pipers pushed their winning streak to a season-high five straight. Hamline has not lost since a 3-0 decision vs. St. Scholastica on Nov. 8. … Hamline has scored 31 goals during its five-game winning streak, including a season-high nine goals vs. Concordia on Nov. 14. … Dustin Fulton scored two goals and added an assist vs. UM-Crookston, while Chris Berenguer tallied three assists vs. the Eagles.  … Berenguer's three assists vs. UM-Crookston extended his team assist lead to 11. The sophomore defenseman also leads the team in points with 15, while Fulton, Kyle Kurr and Andrew Birkholz share the team's goal-scoring lead with five each. … The Pipers' 40 goals have come from 15 different players, while 20 different Hamline players have recorded at least one point. … Hamline has scored the game's first goal in all seven of its wins, while the Pipers are 0-2-0 when their opponent scores first. … Tonight's game vs. Saint Mary's is the eighth straight road game for the Pipers, who have not played at home since opening with a 2-0 win over UW-River Falls and a 4-2 victory vs. UW-Stout on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1.