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Saint Mary's Cardinals   1-10-1Overall		UW-Stout Blue Devils   10-5-0 Overall

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Last Action: The Cardinals saw their losing streak climb to four straight Saturday, as SMU dropped a 5-1 decision to defending NCAA Division III national champion St. Norbert at the SMU Ice Arena. … UW-Stout, meanwhile, gave up two power play goals and two empty netters, as Concordia handed the sixth-ranked Blue Devils a 4-1 nonconference setback Friday evening.

A Year Ago: Andy Roberts (Rochester, Minn.) and Kevin Eidsmo scored goals less than a minute apart early in the third period, breaking a 2-2 tie and sending SMU to the 4-2 victory. It was the first win in four tries against a nationally ranked opponent for the Cardinals.

All-Time Series Record: The Cardinals own a 7-3-0 record against UW-Stout all time.

Cardinal Notes: With their loss to St. Norbert Saturday, the Cardinals have now dropped four straight and are winless in their last five (0-4-1). … #A.J. Woodward# (Lenexa, Kan.) accounted for SMU's lone goal vs. the Green Knights Saturday, while Andy Roberts (Rochester, Minn.) and Alex North (Faribault, Minn.) netted SMU's two goals vs. the Foresters. … North's tally vs. Lake Forest was his first collegiate goal. … Robert's first-period tally, which accounted for all the scoring in the opening 20 minutes Friday, marked the first time this season that SMU has scored first. … Scott Pederson (Lake Villa, Ill.) stopped 34 of the 39 shots he faced Friday vs. Lake Forest, while Greg Moore (Woodbury, Minn.) kicked out 38 of the 43 shots he faced Saturday vs. St. Norbert. … SMU gave up five goals in both games last weekend, and have now allowed five or more goals in eight of the 12 games they've played hits season. … Two of Lake Forest's five goals last Friday were shorthanded. SMU has now surrendered eight shorthanded goals through 11 games. … Mike Glaesmer (Traverse City, Mich.) recorded his first collegiate four-goal game in SMU's 7-6 overtime loss to the Pipers on Dec. 6. It was the first four-goal game by a SMU player since Nov. 1, 2002, when Al Schumacher tallied four goals in SMU's season-opening 9-3 win over Finlandia. … Steve Murphy (Anchorage, Alaska) boasts a team-leading five goals, one more than Glaesmer and Matt Staehely (Shorewood, Ill.)… Anthony Bohn (Spring Hill, Fla.), meanwhile, boasts a team-best nine assists and 10 points. … SMU's six goals vs. Hamline on Dec. 6 were the most scored in a losing effort since the 1998-98 season, when the Cardinals dropped an identical 7-6, overtime decision to Bethel. … Nine of SMU's 12 games have 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 conference opponents Gustavus and Hamline were ranked No. 14 and No. 13, respectively, as St. Norbert entered Saturday's game as the nation's fourth-ranked team. … Thirty-one of the 66 goals allowed by SMU have come on special teams — 23 power play goals and eight shorthanded tallies. … The Cardinals have been outscored 22-6 in the first period, 23-12 in the second period and 20-7 in the third.
 
Blue Devils Notes: The Blue Devils had their season-high five-game winning streak snapped with Friday's 4-1 loss to Concordia. … UW-Stout enters tonight's game ranked fifth in the latest USCHO.com Poll. With the exception of the Nov. 17, 2008 USCHO.com poll, Stout has been ranked in the top 15 since the Nov. 13, 2006 poll. Stout made their first appearance in the poll on Nov. 27, 2000, when they received one vote, then moved up to 10th the following week. The highest ranking Stout has achieved was second in the Jan. 29, 2007 poll. … Derek Hanson leads the Blue Devils in scoring, boasting a team-best 12 goals and 23 points. Nick Klaren has also eclipsed the 20-point barrier with seven goals and a team-leading 13 assists. … Hanson is currently tied for second in Division III in power play goals with seven. Hanson, meanwhile, is tied for 25th nationally in goals per game (1.54 g/game). … Hanson has scored two of the team's four hat tricks, with Klaren and Scott Motz accounting for the other two. … Stout has gotten at least one goal from 15 different players, and at least one assist from 19 different players. … Matt Koenig has been the workhorse in goal for UW-Stout, posting a 2.70 goals-against-average and a .916 save percentage in 13 games. … Ten of UW-Stout's 15 games have been decided by two goals or less. … The Blue Devils scored a season-high 11 goals in an 11-2 win over Northland on Nov. 4, while giving up a season-high six goals in a 6-5 loss to Gustavus on Nov. 7. … The Blue Devils have outscored their opponents in every period, including a 23-12 advantage in the game's final 20 minutes. … UW-Stout has scored the game's first goal in nine of its 15 contests, going 7-2-0 in that span. … The Blugolds have not given up a shorthanded goal this season, while scoring three times when a man down. …