WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University men's hockey closes out its nonconference schedule on Saturday, hosting defending national champion St. Norbert in a 7:30 p.m. game at the SMU Ice Arena.



The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (3-9-0 Overall)
vs. St. Norbert Green Knights (7-3-4 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals got goals from Nick Gorup (Omaha, Neb.) and Kevin Wentland (Columbia Heights, Minn.), but UW-Stevens Point broke a 2-2 tie with less than five minutes remaining in regulation to hand SMU a 3-2 nonconference setback at the SMU Ice Arena. … St. Norbert, meanwhile, got a goal from Reid Campbell midway through the second period to earn the Green Knights a 2-2 overtime nonconference tie vs. St. Olaf in Northfield, Minn.

SMU vs. St. Norbert — Their Last Meeting:
January 10, 2009: St. Norbert scored two goals in each of the first two periods and rolled to a 5-1 nonconference victory over the Cardinals at the SMU Ice Arena.

Up Next:
The Cardinals return to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play next weekend, traveling to Blaine, Minn., and the Schwan's Super Rink for a 7 p.m. contest against Bethel on Friday, then return home for a 7:30 p.m. showdown against the Royals at the SMU Ice Arena on Saturday. … St. Norbert, meanwhile, hosts UW-Superior in a pair of NCHA games next weekend, squaring off against the Yellowjackets at 7 p.m. on Friday and 4 p.m. on Saturday.

Saint Mary's Cardinals News and Notes:
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Friday's 3-2 loss to UW-Stevens Point snapped the Cardinals' two-game winning streak. SMU is now 3-3-0 in its last six games. … Seven of SMU's 12 games have been decided by one goal. … Danny Wood (Wilmington, Ohio) assisted on both of SMU's goals vs. UW-Stevens Point Friday, earning the SMU junior his first collegiate two-point game. … Wood's effort also marked the second straight game in which SMU boasted a two-point performance — Mike Schaber (Blaine, Minn.) scored a pair of goals in SMU's 4-2 win over Marian on Dec. 9. … Nick Gorup (Omaha, Neb.) and Kevin Wentland (Columbia Heights, Minn.) accounted for SMU's two goals vs. the Pointers Friday. … Wentland's goal moved him into a tie with Austin Balko (Midland, Mich.) for the team lead in goals with four. … Wentland and Balko also share the team lead in points with eight each. … Brad Denney (Fishers, Ind.) picked up his team-leading sixth assist of the season vs. UW-Stevens Point Friday. … Andy Scheib (Sun Prairie, Wis.) boasted a 32-save effort against UW-Stevens Point Friday, a performance that included 17 saves in the third period alone. …  Scheib enters Saturday's game against St. Norbert leading the team with a 3.03 goals-against-average and a .906 save percentage. … Andrew Ketterer (Peoria, Ill.) scored SMU's game-winning goal against St. Olaf on Dec. 3 with 0.4 seconds remaining in regulation. It was Ketterer's second collegiate goal — with both coming against St. Olaf. … SMU's 28 goals have come from 15 different players. … SMU has gotten at least one point from 19 of the 25 players who have played this season. … The Cardinals equaled their season high with their four-goal effort against Marian on Dec. 9. SMU also scored four goals in a 6-4 loss at Hamline on Nov. 11. … All three of SMU's wins this season have come on their home ice. Two of those three wins were by identical 2-1 scores — a 2-1 win over MSOE on Nov. 22 and a 2-1 victory over St. Olaf on Dec. 3. …  The Cardinals have played two overtime games this season — a 4-3 loss to Hamline on Nov. 12 and a 2-1 win over Milwaukee School of Engineering on Nov. 23. … The 2-1, overtime win over MSOE also snapped the Cardinals' season-opening six-game losing streak. … SMU's 2-1 victory over MSOE was the Cardinals' first overtime win since beating UW-River Falls 2-1 on Jan. 17, 2009. … The Cardinals have been shut out just twice in their last 35 games, with both shutouts coming at the hands of Milwaukee School of Engineering. The Raiders blanked SMU 2-0 on Dec. 3, 2010, and 6-0 on Nov. 23, 2011. … SMU's Dec. 3 win over St. Olaf marked the first time this season SMU has won when its opponent scored the game's first goal (1-6-0).

St. Norbert Green Knights News and Notes:
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St. Norbert entered the weekend boasting a No. 6 ranking in the latest USCHO.com Division III  Poll. … St. Norbert has been ranked in the USCHO.com Division III Poll for 178 consecutive weeks. The Green Knights have been ranked in 216 of 222 polls conducted since its inception at the start of the 1998-99 season — the most of any school in Division III. … During the 178-week stretch of being ranked, St. Norbert has been No. 1 for 49 weeks — trailing Norwich's 53 for most all-time. St. Norbert was rated No. 1 in the 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2011 final polls. … With Friday's 2-2 tie at St. Olaf, the Green Knights moved to 3-1-3 in their last seven games. … Zach McDonald and Reid Campbell accounted for St. Norbert's two goals vs. St. Olaf Friday. … Johan Ryd holds the team scoring lead with12 assists and 20 points, while Seth Soley has a team-high nine goals. … Ryd and Soley are two of seven Green Knights with 10 or more points. … Freshman goaltender David Jacobson owns a 5-1-2 record this season with a 1.87 goals against average and .931 save percentage, while Travis Bosch is 2-2-1 with a 3.73 goals against average and .823 save percentage. … St. Norbert continues to be solid when leading after 40 minutes. The Green Knights are 6-0-1 this season when leading after two periods. … Under coach Tim Coghlin, St. Norbert is an astounding 214-1-2 at home when up after two periods. St. Norbert had a home unbeaten streak when leading after two periods of 200 games (197-0-3) before it was snapped by UW-Stout in a 4-3 overtime loss on Feb. 7, 2009 — Coghlin's only home setback when leading after two. … St. Norbert is unbeaten in its last 241 games when scoring five or more goals — going 234-0-7 mark since a 7-5 loss to Bemidji State in De Pere on Jan. 12, 1996. … On the flip side, St. Norbert is 5-21-6 in its last 32 games when allowing five goals or more dating back to the 1996-97 season. The Green Knights have allowed five goals just 18 times in their last 303 games. … St. Norbert enters Saturday's game at Saint Mary's with a 76-9-6 record against MIAC opponents