NORTHFIELD, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University men's hockey team, coming off a 2-0 win over St. Olaf on Friday, heads to St. Olaf for the rematch Saturday at 7:30 p.m.




The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (3-2-0 MIAC / 4-10-0 Overall) vs.
St. Olaf Oles (0-4-3 MIAC / 5-7-3 Overall)

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Last Night:
The Cardinals got single goals in the second and third periods and 27 saves from Jason Horstman (Faribault, Minn.), as SMU knocked off St. Olaf 2-0 Friday evening at the SMU Ice Arena.

Earlier This Year:
November 6, 2010 — The Cardinals scored three goals in the second period and held off a late St. Olaf charge, as SMU handed the Oles a 3-1 nonconference setback at the SMU Ice Arena.

A Year Ago:
November 7, 2009: The Oles scored two goals in the game's opening minute – and three in the opening 10 minutes – and then held off a furious SMU rally to beat the Cardinals 5-2 in Northfield, Minn.

January 15, 2010: St. Olaf scored the game's first four goals in beating SMU 5-2 for the second straight time in Northfield, Minn.

January 16, 2010: The Cardinals surrendered a goal with five seconds remaining in the opening period and never recovered, falling to St. Olaf 4-1 at the SMU Ice Arena.

Up Next:
The Cardinals return home for the first game of a two-game conference series against Bethel on Friday, hosting the Royals in a 7 p.m. contest at the SMU Ice Arena. St. Olaf, meanwhile, steps out of conference play next Saturday, taking on UW-Stout in a 7:30 p.m. game in Rosemount, Minn.

Saint Mary's Cardinals News and Notes:
Friday's game vs. St. Olaf was the first home game of 2011 — and the first home game since dropping a one-goal, 4-3 decision to Hamline on Nov. 19, 2010. SMU had played its last six games on the road — the last five all in the state of Wisconsin. … Nick Nagel (Andover, Minn.) and Andrew Ketterer (Peoria, Ill.) accounted for SMU's two goals in Friday's 2-0 win over the Oles. Both goals were the first collegiate tallies for Nagel and Ketterer. … Jason Horstman (Faribault, Minn.) stopped all 27 shots he faced Friday evening en route to his first collegiate shutout. … Friday's win over the Oles snapped SMU's seven-game losing streak. … Kevin Wentland (Columbia Heights, Minn.) scored both of SMU's goals vs. UW-Eau Claire on Jan. 8, marking the first time this season SMU has had a player score two or more goals. … Wentland enters tonight's game at St. Olaf with a team-best seven goals. He also leads the team with 13 points. … Austin Balko's (Midland, Mich.) seven assists are tops on the team. … The Cardinals' 30 goals this season have come from 16 different players, while 19 players have at least one point. … The Cardinals have now scored two goals in each of their last two games, after snapping a string of four straight games in which the Cardinals were held to one goal or less. … After scoring 20 goals in their first seven games, the Cardinals have scored nine goals in their last seven games. … With their losses at UW-River Falls and UW-Eau Claire last weekend, the Cardinals are still searching for their first road win of the season (0-8-0). … Eight of SMU's 10 losses have come against teams that have been nationally ranked. … The Cardinals are 4-3-0 when scoring first, but are winless (0-7-0) when their opponent scores first. … SMU netted its first shorthanded goal of the season vs. UW-Stout on Nov. 4. … With their 5-2 and 2-1 wins over Concordia on Nov. 12-13, the Cardinals posted their first conference sweep since beating the Cobbers twice (14-3, 7-2) during the 2007-2008 season. … The Cardinals' 2-0 start to the conference schedule was their first since opening the 2001-2002 MIAC season with back-to-back wins over Hamline (5-2, 5-2) | 2010-2011 Overall Statistics

St. Olaf Oles News and Notes:
With their loss at Saint Mary's Friday, the Oles have now dropped back-to-back games and are 1-3-1 in their last five. … Friday's game also marked the first time this season St. Olaf has failed to score at least one goal. … With last Saturday's 3-2 OT loss to Augsburg, the Oles have now played six overtime games this season, going 0-3-3. … Ten of St. Olaf's 15 games have now been decided by one goal or less — including their last five in a row. … Derek Grogan and Isak Tranvik accounted for St. Olaf's two goals vs. Augsburg Saturday, while Jeff Warren assisted on both goals. … Grogan and Peter Rohn have each scored a team-best six goals, while Grogan and Tranvik share the team lead in assists with six each. … Grogan boasts a team-best 12 points, while Rohn is second with 10. … The Oles have gotten goals from 14 different players this year, while 21 different players have recorded at least one point. … Goalie Nick Krauss has appeared in 11 of the team's 15 games, compiling a 2.31 goals-against-average and a .913 save percentage. … Both Krause and back-up Ben Leis have recorded a shutout this season — Krause stopping all 19 shots he faced in a 6-0 win over Lake Forest on Nov. 26, while Leis kicked out 22 in St. Olaf's 1-0 win over the Foresters the following day. … St. Olaf has scored first in 10 of its 15 games, going 5-3-2. The Oles are still searching for their first win when their opponent scores first (0-4-1) … The Oles are coming off a fifth-place conference finish — and their sixth MIAC playoff appearance in their last seven seasons — in 2009-2010. … St. Olaf fell to Augsburg 3-2 in double overtime in last year's conference playoffs. … The Oles return three First-Team All-MIAC selections in Tranvik, Britton Smith and Charlie Raskob. | 2010-2011 Overall Statistics