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Saint Mary's Cardinals   1-5-1 / 2-13-1Overall		St. Olaf Oles   7-1-1 / 11-6-1 Overall

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Last Action: The Oles raced out to a 3-1 first-period lead and never let the Cardinals catch up, outlasting SMU 6-4 Friday in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game at the SMU Ice Arena.

A Year Ago: The Oles picked up a pair of wins over the Cardinals last season, rallying from a 2-0 first-period deficit to beat the Cardinals 5-2 in Northfield, Minn., then followed that up by getting the game-winning by off the stick of Nick Stalock eight minutes into the third period of a 2-1 St. Olaf win at the SMU Ice Arena.

Cardinal Notes: With Friday's 6-4 decision, seven of the last eight games between the Cardinals and Oles have been decided by two goals or less. … Steve Murphy (Anchorage, Alaska) scored a pair of goals for the Cardinals Friday. … Friday's effort was Murphy's second two-goal game of his SMU career and his third multiple-point outing of the season. … Murphy now leads the team with seven goals and 11 points. He is one of three players with 10 or more points. Mike Glaesmer (Traverse City, Mich.) and Anthony Bohn (Spring Hill, Fla.) are the other two, each boasting 10 points. … Bohn's nine assists are also a team high. … Monday's loss to UW-Stout was the 11th time in 15 games that the Cardinals have faced a nationally ranked team. 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 its Jan. 10 game vs. SMU as the nation's fourth-ranked team, while UW-Stout is ranked seventh. … With their 2-1 win over UW-River Falls last 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. … The Cardinals have now allowed six goals in each of their last two games. Friday's game was also the 11th time in SMU's 16 games that they have allowed five or more goals. … UW-River Falls' single goal in last Saturday's 2-1 overtime loss to SMU was also the fewest allowed by the Cardinals since a 3-1 win over St. Scholastica on Jan. 26, 2007. … On the flip side, SMU's single goal vs. UW-Stout on Monday — the first collegiate tally by Tommy Healy (Rolling Meadows, Ill.) — marked the 10th time this season the Cardinals have been held to two goals or less. Healy added his second collegiate goal in Friday's loss to St. Olaf. … Scott Pederson (Lake Villa, Ill.) stopped 40 of the Falcons' 41 shots last Friday. It was the third time in eight appearances that the Cardinal freshman has posted 40 of more saves. Pederson followed that up with a 39-save effort in Monday's 6-1 loss to UW-Stout and a 35-save showing vs. St. Olaf Friday. …  The Cardinals have been outscored 33-7 in the first period, 32-14 in the second period and 25-12 in the third. … St. Olaf scored first in Friday's 6-4 Ole win, marking the 15th time in 16 games that the Cardinals' opponent has scored first. A first-period tally by Andy Roberts (Rochester, Minn.) vs. Lake Forest on Jan. 9 is the only time this season the Cardinals have scored first. … UW-Stout's 12 goals in the teams' first meeting on Jan. 6 were the most allowed by SMU since giving up 12 in a 12-4 loss to St. Thomas on Jan. 25, 1990.

Ole Notes: The Oles' 4-1 win over Hamline last Saturday snapped the team's season-high three-game losing streak. The Oles have now won two straight. It's the first time St. Olaf has won back-to-back games since since winning five straight from Nov. 14-Dec. 5 … St. Olaf has scored two goals of less in four of its five losses. … SMU's four goals were the most allowed in a St. Olaf win this season. … The Oles' 4-2 loss to UW-Stevens Point on Jan. 3 snapped their season-best seven-game unbeaten streak (6-0-1). … Dylan Mueller leads the team in goals (11) and points (24), while also sharing the assist lead (13) with Isak Tranvik. … The Oles have gotten goals from 17 different players and points from 25. … Nick Krauss and Ben Leis have shared the goaltending duties, combining for a 2.76 goals-against-average and a .916 save percentage. … St. Olaf is 8-1-1 when scoring first, and just 3-5-0 when its opponent scores first. … Twenty of the Oles' 62 goals — including three of their six vs. SMU — have come on the power play. St. Olaf has also netted three shorthanded goals.