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Saint Mary's Cardinals   2-10-1 / 3-18-1Overall		Augsburg Auggies   7-6-0 / 8-14-0 Overall

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Last Action: The Cardinals got on the board first, as Steve Murphy (Anchorage, Alaska) netted the first of his two goals, but Augsburg responded with five unanswered goals en route to a 6-2 win over SMU in Minneapolis, Minn., Friday evening.

A Year Ago: SMU and Augsburg closed out their regular-seasons with a pair of one-goal games a year ago. The Cardinals got two goals from David Gross and three assists by Adam Gill en route to a 4-3 victory at the SMU Ice Arena, while the Auggies scored three times in the second period and pushed their lead to 5-1 early in the third before holding off a late charge in a 5-4 victory in Minneapolis, Minn.

Cardinal Notes: Steve Murphy (Anchorage, Alaska) scored both goals for the Cardinals vs. Augsburg Friday. Morgan Shepherd (Brainerd, Minn.) and Jeff Miller (Portage, Mich.), meanwhile, both assisted on each of Murphy's goals. … The two-goal game was the third of the season for the Cardinal junior. … Murphy now leads the team with 10 goals and 16 points.  He is one of four players with 10 or more points. #A.J. Woodward# (Lenexa, Kan.), Mike Glaesmer (Traverse City, Mich.) and Anthony Bohn (Spring Hill, Fla.) are the other three, boasting 12, 11 and 10 points, respectively. … Bohn's nine assists are also a team high. … SMU's loss to Augsburg extended its losing streak to four straight. … Karac Davis (Pittsburgh, Pa.), who stopped 31 shots en route to his first collegiate win (6-3 vs. Bethel on Jan. 30) in his first collegiate start, posted a career-best 40 saves in SMU's loss to St. Thomas Friday, then followed that up with 30 saves vs. Augsburg Friday. … SMU's six goals, 10 assists and 16 points vs. Bethel on Jan. 30 all equaled the team's season highs. … Fourteen of Saint Mary's 22 games have been against nationally ranked teams. 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, Hamline and St. Olaf are all in the Top 15. St. Norbert entered its Jan. 10 game vs. SMU as the nation's fourth-ranked team, while UW-Stout was ranked seventh. … SMU has played four overtime games 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. … Murphy's goal 1:31 into the opening period Friday marked just the third time in 21 games that the Cardinals have scored first. Trevor Tolibas (Colorado Springs, Colo.) got SMU on the board first vs. Bethel on Jan. 30, and Andy Roberts (Rochester, Minn.) netted a first-period tally vs. Lake Forest on Jan. 9.

Auggie Notes: Augsburg enters tonight's game red-hot, having won five straight, including Friday's 6-2 victory over SMU and last Saturday's 5-4 OT thriller vs. Hamline. … Jim Jensen and Nick Guran each scored two of Augsburg's six goals vs. the Cardinals, while Chris Johnson netted his team-leading 13th of the season. Mario Mjelleli, meanwhile, picked up four assists vs. SMU. … Johnson's goal vs. the Cardinals pushed his team-leading points total to 30. He is one of seven Augsburg players with 10 or more points. … Guran has scored 10 goals for the Auggies — six of which have come on the power play. … Cory Ellertson netted the overtime game-winner for the Auggies vs. Hamline. It was his third goal of the season and second game-winner. … Despite being held to a season-low 16 shots on goal vs. Hamline last Friday, Augsburg still came away with a 6-3 win. … Andrew Kent has been the workhorse in goal for the Auggies, starting all 22 games — including a 25-save effort vs. SMU on Frdiay. He boasts a 3.71 goals-against-average and an .889 save percentage. … Five of Augsburg's eight wins have come at home, where Augsburg is 5-6-0. The Auggies are 3-8-0 on the road. … Eleven of the Auggies' 22 games have been decided by two goals or less. … Augsburg has been held to two goals or less in nine of their 14 losses.