WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University men's hockey team bids farewell to its 12 graduating seniors on Saturday, as SMU hosts Hamline in the teams' conference rematch at the SMU Ice Arena. Game time is set for 7 p.m.

The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (4-10-0 MIAC | 8-14-1 Overall) at Hamline Pipers (1-13-0 MIAC | 2-20-1 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals came within two seconds of sweeping Concordia in Moorhead, Minn., last weekend. The Cobbers scored the game-tying goal with two seconds remaining, then scored the game-winner two minutes into overtime to beat SMU 5-4 last Friday, while SMU turned the tables in the teams' rematch with a 5-2 conference win last Saturday. … Hamline dropped both of its conference games against Augsburg last weekend, falling 4-2 on Friday and 4-0 on Saturday.

SMU vs. Hamline — A Year Ago:
November 9, 2012: SMU scored early — and often — against Hamline, as the Cardinals erupted for five goals in the game's first 12 minutes en route to a 9-2 conference victory at the SMU Ice Arena.
November 10, 2012: The Cardinals — coming off a 9-2 win over the Pipers that included a five-goal first period — scored five unanswered goals, erasing a 2-1 deficit and leading SMU to a 6-2 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory at the Vadnais Heights Sports Complex in Vadnais Heights, Minn.

Up Next:
The Cardinals and Pipers will square off again on Sunday in a noon rematch at Westside Arena in St. Paul, Minn.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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Last Saturday's win over Concordia was SMU's second win in its last three games. … The Cardinals equaled their season high with five goals against the Cobbers last Saturday. SMU also scored five goals in a 5-4 win over Augsburg on Feb. 8. … Last Friday's 5-4 loss to Concordia was the Cardinals' second overtime game of the season. SMU battled MSOE to a 2-2 tie on Jan. 11 for its other OT contest. … The Cardinals' 5-4 setback vs. Concordia also marked the 12th time in 23 contest that the game has been decided by two goals or less. … Five of SMU's eight wins this season have been by one goal — 3-2 and 5-4 wins over Augsburg, a 3-2 win vs. Saint John's, and back-to-back 2-1 victories over Lake Forest. … Bobby Thompson (Centerville, Minn. scored a goal in both games vs. Concordia last weekend and has now scored in three straight games. … Martin Gruse (Trenton, Mich.), Nick Nagel (Andover, Minn.) and Jonathon Elliott (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) scored SMU's other three goals vs. the Cobbers last Friday, while Bob Marx (Sioux City, Iowa), Mike Wolter (Antigo, Wis.), Austin Balko (Midland, Mich.) and Nick Albergo (Elmhurst, Ill.) joined Thompson as goal scorers against the Cobbers last Saturday. … Albergo recorded assists on two of SMU's four goals last Friday vs. Concordia, while Brad Denney (Fishers, Ind.) and Mike Mezzano (Woodbury, Minn.) had two-assist games in SMU's rematch with Concordia last Saturday. … Gruse, who had a goal and an assist last Friday and another assist last Saturday, has now recorded six points in his last three games. The freshman notched his first collegiate three-point game with a goal and an assist vs. Augsburg on Feb. 8. … Marx's goal last Saturday was his team-leading ninth of the season, one more than Thompson, who owns a team-leading 16 points. … Albergo and Gruse share the team lead in assists with nine each. … The Cardinals boast six players with 10 or more points — Thompson (16), Albergo (15), Marx (14), Gruse (14), Nagel (12) and Wolter (11) … Albergo accounted for all three of the Cardinals' goals against Bethel on Jan. 18 en route to his first collegiate hat trick. … Albergo's hat trick marked the first time since Mike Glaesmer scored four goals at Hamline on Dec 6, 2008 that SMU has boasted a player with three or more goals in a game. … The Cardinals boast five players who have scored their first collegiate goals this season — Albergo, Gruse, Elliott, Wolter and Mezzano. … Phil Heinle (York, Pa.) recorded 74 saves in the Cardinals' two games against Concordia last weekend — including a career-high 43 saves in last Saturday's 5-2 win. … Heinle's 43 saves were just three shy of the season- and career-high 46 save effort recorded by fellow goalie Christian Gaffy (Scandia, Minn.) against UW-Stevens Point on Nov. 16. … Heinle enters Saturday's matchup with Hamline leading the team in both goals-against-average (3.14) and save percentage (.910). … Gaffy's 46 saves against UW-Stevens Point on Nov. 16 were the most saves by a Cardinal goalie since Jason Horstman stopped 52 on Feb. 19, 2011. … Gaffy, who leads the team with 329 saves, owns a 3.42 GAA and an .896 save percentage, while Mitch Fernsler (Ballwin, Mo.) has a 4.76 GAA and .846 save percentage. … As a team, the Cardinals posted a season-high 41 shots on goal against UW-Superior on Nov. 16. … The Cardinals' four goals in last Friday's 5-4 OT loss to Concordia marked the second time this season SMU has scored four goals in a loss. SMU also netted four goals in a 6-4 loss against UW-Stevens Point on Nov. 16. … SMU is 4-3-1 when scoring first and 4-11-0 when its opponent nets the game's first goal.

Scouting The Hamline Pipers:
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With their two losses to Augsburg last weekend, the Pipers saw their losing streak climb to a season-high 10 straight. HU's last win was a 5-4 victory over Northland on Jan. 11. … Twelve of Hamline's 23 games have been decided by two goals or less. … Diego Wilson and Chris Williford accounted for Hamline's two goals vs. the Auggies last weekend. … Kevin Novakovich enters this weekend's games against Saint Mary's leading the team with 12 points. … Novakovich shares the team's lead in goals (6) with Williford, while Joe Rubbelke owns a team-high nine assists. … The Pipers have three players with 10 or more points this season — Novakovich (12), Brandon Zurn (11) and Rubbelke (11). … Williford owns the Pipers top two single-game goal-scoring performances, netting three goals against Northland on Jan. 11, while also recording a two-goal game against Saint John's on Feb. 7. … Hamline recorded team highs in goals (5), assists (9) and points (14) in a 5-4 victory over Northland on Jan. 11. … Hamline has used five different goalies this season, with John Selle-Hanson and Nick Heimer seeing the majority of the work. Selle-Hanson owns a 3.74 goals-against-average and .877 save percentage in 12 games, while Heimer has a 4.14 GAA and .853 save percentage in 12 appearances. … Hamline has been outscored 95-32 this season — including 24-4 in the first period and 40-14 in the second. … The Pipers are 1-4-1 in games in which they score first, but have won just once in the 18 games in which their opponent scores first.