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Saint Mary's Cardinals   2-11-1Overall		UW-Stout Blue Devils   12-5-0 Overall

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Last Action: The Cardinals put an end to their five-game losing streak in dramatic fashion Saturday, as Eric Dahl (St. Cloud, Minn.) scored with 0.4 seconds remaining in overtime to lift SMU to a 2-1 win over UW-River Falls at the SMU Ice Arena. … UW-Stout, meanwhile, also beat the Falcons in its last game, dropping UW-River Falls 3-2 on Friday.

Last Meeting: The Blue Devils scored 10 unanswered goals — five in each of the first two periods — and rolled to a 12-2 nonconference win over the Cardinals last Tuesday.

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 7-4-0 record against UW-Stout all time.

Cardinal Notes: With their 2-1 win over UW-River Falls Saturday, the Cardinals put an end to their season-high five-game losing streak. The win was also SMU's first vs. the NCHA this season, snapping a streak of seven straight losses vs. the NCHA, dating back to a 4-2 win over UW-Stout on Jan. 22, 2008. … Saturday's win over UW-River Falls was SMU's fourth overtime game this season. The Cardinals are 2-1-1 in those four games, with wins over Concordia (6-5) and UW-River Falls (2-1), a 7-6 loss to defending MIAC regular-season champion Hamline and a 3-3 tie vs. Concordia. … Ten of SMU's 14 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. St. Norbert entered last Saturday's game as the nation's fourth-ranked team, while UW-Stout is currently ranked seventh. … UW-River Falls' one goal scored vs. SMU Saturday snapped a string of four straight games in which the Cardinals had allowed five or more goals. … The Falcons' single goal was also the fewest allowed by the Cardinals since a 3-1 win over St. Scholastica on Jan. 26, 2007. … Eric Dahl (St. Cloud, Minn.) scored the Cardinals' game-winner vs. UW-River Falls, while Mike Glaesmer (Traverse City, Mich.) netted SMU's first goal with 1:55 remaining in regulation. … Glaesmer's goal moved him into a tie with Steve Murphy (Anchorage, Alaska) for the team lead in goals with five. … Four of Glaesmer's five goals came vs. Hamline on Dec. 6, when the SMU sophomore recorded his first collegiate four-goal game. 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. … Anthony Bohn (Spring Hill, Fla.), meanwhile, boasts a team-best nine assists and 10 points — one more point than both Glaesmer and Murphy. … Scott Pederson (Lake Villa, Ill.) stopped 40 fo the Falcons' 41 shots Friday. It was the third time in eight appearances that the Cardinal freshman has posted 40 of more saves. …  The Cardinals have been outscored 28-6 in the first period, 28-13 in the second period and 22-9 in the third. … UW-River Falls scored its lone goal in the first period, marking the 13th time in 14 games that the Cardinals' opponent has scored first. A first-period tally by Andy Roberts (Rochester, Minn.) vs. Lake Forest on Jan. 9 marked the only time this season the Cardinals have scored first. … The Blue Devils' 12 goals in the teams' first meeting last Tuesday were the most allowed by SMU since giving up 12 in a 12-4 loss to St. Thomas on Jan. 25, 1990.

Blue Devil Notes: The Blue Devils enter tonight's game having won two straight and seven of their last eight. … The Blue Devils had their season-high five-game winning streak snapped with a 4-1 loss to Concordia on Jan. 9. … UW-Stout enters tonight's game ranked seventh 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 29 points. He also leads the team with 17 assists. … Scott Motz (23 points), Nick Klaren (21) and Joel Gaulrapp (21) have also eclipsed the 20-point barrier. … Motz recorded his second hat trick of the season with three goals vs. SMU in the teams' first meeting last Tuesday. Hanson has also netted a pair of hat tricks this season, while Klaren has recorded the other. … Stout has gotten at least one goal from 17 different players, and at least one assist from 20 different players. … Matt Koenig has been the workhorse in goal for UW-Stout, posting a 2.60 goals-against-average and a .919 save percentage in 15 games. … Eleven of UW-Stout's 17 games have been decided by two goals or less. … The Blue Devils have scored 10 or more goals twice this season, netting 11 in an 11-2 win vs. Northland on Nov. 4, then tallying a season-best 12 in last Tuesday's 12-2 win over SMU. … The Blue Devils have outscored their opponents in every period, including a 26-13 advantage in the game's final 20 minutes. … UW-Stout has scored the game's first goal in 10 of its 17 contests, going 8-2-0 in that span. … The Blugolds have not given up a shorthanded goal this season, while scoring four times when a man down.