WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University men's hockey team, coming off a 5-2 win over Concordia Friday evening, play host to the Cobbers in the second game of the teams' two-game conference series Saturday at 2 p.m. at the SMU Ice Arena.


The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (1-0-0 MIAC / 2-3-0 Overall) vs.
Concordia Cobbers (0-1-0 MIAC / 1-4-0 Overall)

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Last Night:
The Cardinals scored a pair of power-play goals in the second period, then erupted for three more tallies in the third period, as SMU cruised to a 5-2 victory over Concordia in the teams' Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference opener Friday evening at the SMU Ice Arena.

A Year Ago:
November 13, 2009: The Cardinals surrendered three goals in the third period — including two powerplay goals and one short-handed tally — as Concordia handed SMU a 6-3 setback in the teams' MIAC opener at the Moorhead Sports Center.

November 14, 2010: The Cardinals scored the game's first three goals — by Eric Tenvoorde, Vincent Unklesbay (Maplewood, Minn.) and Chase Marshall (Maple Grove, Minn.) — and never looked back in beating the Concordia 3-1 for their first win of the season.

Saint Mary's Cardinals News and Notes:
With Friday's win over Concordia, the Cardinals opened conference play with a victory for the first time since beating Hamline 5-2 to kick off MIAC action during the 2001-2002 season. … SMU's five goals against the Cobbers Friday came from five different players — Tom Healy (Rolling Meadows, Ill.), Tim Wolford (Maple Grove, Minn.), Blake Zemaitis (Mount Prospect, Ill.), Nick Carson (Coon Rapids, Minn.) and Brad Denney (Fishers, Ind.). … The goals by Wolford and Carson were the first of their collegiate careers. … SMU is still searching for its first individual two-goal game. … After scoring three power-play goals through their first four games, the Cardinals erupted for four power-play goals vs. the Cobbers Friday. … The Cardinals have five players — Denney, Zemaitis, Healy, Kevin Wentland (Columbia Heights, Minn.) and Brad Fusaro (Soldotna, Alaska) — who share the team lead with two goals each, while Denney also leads the team in points with five and Austin Balko () boasts a team-best four assists. … Jason Horstman (Faribault, Minn.) stopped 26 of the Cobbers' 28 shots Friday to earn his second straight win. … With his effort Friday, Horstman lowered his goals-against-average to 3.67, while improving his save percentage to .874. Andy Scheib (Sun Prairie, Wis.) leads the team with a 3.02 GAA and a .905 save percentage. … SMU has scored eight of its 16 goals in the second period. … Two of SMU's three losses have been by one goal — 2-1 vs. eighth-ranked Gustavus and 4-3 vs. UW-Stout. … SMU netted its first shorthanded goal of the season vs. UW-Stout last Thursday. … The Cardinals put an end to a pair of lengthy streaks with last Saturday's 3-1 win over St. Olaf. The win snapped a 19-game winless streak (0-18-1) and was SMU's first victory since beating Concordia on Nov. 14, 2010, a span of 22 games. … Today's game vs. Concordia is the fourth of five straight home games for the Cardinals, who do not go back on the road until Nov. 20, when they travel to Hamline for the first of six consecutive road games | 2010-2011 Overall Statistics

Concordia Cobbers News and Notes:
After opening the season with a 6-4 nonconference win over Bethel at the MIAC Showcase, the Cobbers have now dropped four straight. … Pat Deitz and Marc Harrie scored vs. Saint Mary's Friday and moved into a tie with Jared Collen and Aaron Wheeler for the team lead in goals with two each. … Harrie is also one of four CC players with a team-leading two assists. … Concordia's 11 goals have come from eight different players, while 15 different Cobbers have recorded at least one point. … The Cobbers return their top seven scorers from a year ago, including leading scorer Nick Thielen, who led the squad in both goals (10) and points (23). … Concordia boasted seven players with 10 or more points last season —?and all seven are back for the 2010-2011 campaign. … The Cobbers have started three different goalies through four games — Glen Gayet (3.00 GAA, .902 save percentage), Chris Neamonitis (3.52 GAA, .875 save percentage) and Kelly Andrew (4.00 GAA, .892 save percentage). … The Cobbers have been outscored 6-3 in the game's opening 20 minutes. … All five of the Cobbers' ties last season came in MIAC play —?3-3 and 1-1 vs. St. Olaf, 4-4 vs. St. Thomas, 1-1 vs. Saint John's and 2-2 vs. Hamline. … Fourteen of Concordia's 25 games last season were decided by two goals or less. … All five of the Cobbers' wins last season came on their home ice, where Concordia went 5-5-1 | 2010-2011 Overall Statistics