RIVER FALLS, Wis. — The Saint Mary's University men's hockey team, which has been off since Nov. 22, returns to action Friday evening, traveling to UW-River Falls for a 7 p.m. nonconference contest against the Falcons at W.H. Hunt Arena.
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Saint Mary's Cardinals (1-7-0 Overall)
UW-River Falls Falcons (6-3-1 Overall
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Last Action: The Cardinals' bid for a split in their two-game Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference series against Hamline came up one goal short, as the Pipers scored less than a minute into the third period and held off SMU
3-2 on Nov. 22 at the SMU Ice Arena. UW-River Falls, meanwhile, broke open a one-goal game with a pair of third-period tallies in handing Bethel a
5-2 setback Tuesday in Blaine, Minn.
Last Meeting: January 27, 2009: The Cardinals scored with less than two minutes remaining in regulation, then got the game-winner off the stick of Eric Tenvoorde (St. Cloud, Minn.) with 0.4 seconds left in overtime to lift SMU to a 2-1 victory at the SMU Ice Arena.
Saint Mary's Cardinal Notes: After seven straight road games, the Cardinals finally opened its home season on Nov. 22 vs. the Pipers. … Nick Carlson (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.), Morgan Shepherd (Brainerd, Minn.) and Anthony Bohn (Spring Hill Fla.) accounted for SMU's three goals in their two-game conference series. … Shepherd's third-period tally in SMU's 3-2 loss to Hamline was his team-leading third of the season. … Bohn, meanwhile, leads the squad in assists (5) and points (7). … Blake Zemaitis (Mount Prospect, Ill.) assisted on Bohn's goal in the 5-1 loss to Hamline on Nov. 20 for his first collegiate point, while Joey Nadeau (Winona, Minn.) notched his first collegiate point with an assist on Carlson's goal a day later. … Jason Horstman (Faribault, Minn.) stopped 34 shots vs. the Pipers on Nov. 21. The freshman, who stopped 42 shots in a 3-1 win vs. Concordia on Nov. 14 for his first collegiate victory, enters today's contest as the team-leader in goals-against-average (3.35) and save percentage (.914). … The Cardinals have given up 10 power play goals, while scoring on just 4 of 44 power play opportunities. … The Cardinals have surrendered eight goals in the opening minute of a period through eight games.
UW-River Falls Falcon Notes: Tuesday's nonconference win over Bethel snapped the Falcons' two-game losing streak. … The Falcons had started the season with three straight wins and were 5-1-1 after six games. … Two of UW-RF's three losses have come vs. No. 1-ranked St. Norbert. … The Falcons enter tonight's contest ranked No. 10 in the latest USCHO.com Poll. … Tuesday's win was also the third win in four meetings against MIAC schools this season. The Falcons have beaten Concordia (10-1), Augsburg (1-0) and Bethel (5-2), while falling to Gustavus (3-2). … Ben Beaudoin scored two of UW-RF's five goals vs. Bethel, while Andy Inderleden netted his team-leading fifth vs. the Royals. … Inderleden shares the team's goal-scoring lead (5) with Justin Brossman, while Brossman also leads the team in assists (12) and points (17). … Bo Storozuk stopped 24 Royal shots and enters tonight's game boasting a 2.12 goals-against-average and a .923 save percentage. … The Falcons have scored first in eight of their 10 games this season, going 5-2-1 in those eight contests. … UW-RF has outscored its opponents 13-4 in the first period, while the Falcons' opponents have scored 13 of their 25 goals in the second period.
