WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University men's hockey team, coming off a 5-2 loss to Saint John's on Friday night at the SMU Ice Arena, returns to the ice Saturday for the second game of the teams' two-game Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference series, as the Cardinals host the Johnnies in a 2 p.m. contest at the SMU Ice Arena.
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Saint Mary's Cardinals (1-12-0 MIAC / 1-20-1 Overall)
Saint John's (3-8-2 MIAC / 7-11-4 Overall)
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Last Action: The Cardinals got on the board first, but the Johnnies responded with three unanswered goals and never looked back in handing SMU a 5-2 conference loss at the SMU Ice Arena Friday.
Saint Mary's Cardinal Notes: Nate Percy (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) and #A.J. Woodward# (Lenexa, Kan.) netted the Cardinals' two goals in Friday's 5-2 loss to the Johnnies. The goal was the first of the season for Woodward, and the first of his career for Percy. … Greg Moore (Woodbury, Minn.) finished with 32 saves against the Johnnies Friday night. … Anthony Bohn (Spring Hill, Fla.) enters today's rematch with SJU as the team leader in assists (12) and points (17), while he shares the team lead in goals (5) with Morgan Shepherd (Brainerd, Minn.). … SMU's 46 goals have come from 18 different players, while 22 different Cardinals have notched at least one point. … The Cardinals have now scored a season-high four goals three times — going 0-2-1 in those three games (4-4 tie vs. Nichols, and 5-4 losses to Bethel and Augsburg). … The Cardinals have been outscored 38-15 in the game's middle period and 33-14 in the third period. … The Cardinals have led or been tied in the third period in nine of their 22 games this season. … The Cardinals have now scored first in seven of their 22 games, but are just 1-6-0 in those seven contest. SMU has not won this season when its opponent scores first (0-14-1). … SMU's Jan. 9 game vs. UW-River Falls was the second overtime game of the season for the Cardinals, who also tied Nichols 4-4 in overtime on Jan. 2. The Cardinals were 2-0-1 in OT games a year ago.
Saint John's Johnnie Notes: Friday's win over SMU snapped the Johnnies' three-game winless streak. … Gabriel Harren accounted for two of the Johnnies' five goals vs. SMU Friday, while Michael Palmiscno, Karl Gilbert and Axel Wikstrom scored the other three. … Wikstrom's goal was his first of the season, while Gilbert's was his team-leading 10th. … Gilbert also leads the team in points (20), while Mike Wallgren is the team-leader in assists with 12. … The Johnnies have six players with 10 or more points, and have gotten goals from 19 different players. … The Johnnies have used three goalies this season, with the trio combining for a 3.04 goals-against-average and an .899 save percentage. … Five of the Johnnies' seven wins have come on the road. SJU is 2-3-1 on its home ice. … SJU has scored first in six of its 22 games, going 3-1-2. … Saint John's has played four overtime games this season, tying all four of them — 1-1 vs. St. Thomas, 3-3 vs. UW-Stevens Point, 3-3 vs. Gustavus and 1-1 vs. Concordia. … SJU has scored a season-high seven goals twice this season, beating Finlandia 7-3 and Concordia 7-2. …
