MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University men's hockey team hits the road for the second game of their key two-game MIAC series against Augsburg, as the Cardinals head to Ed Saugestad Rink for a 7:05 p.m. contest against the Auggies.

The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (2-9-0 MIAC | 6-13-1 Overall) vs. Augsburg Auggies (3-5-3 MIAC | 10-7-3 Overall)

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Last Night:
Augsburg scored three unanswered goals, erasing an early first-period SMU lead, as the Auggies handed the Cardinals a 3-1 MIAC setback at the SMU Ice Arena.

SMU vs. Augsburg — Earlier This Year:
November 1, 2013: SMU coach Bill Moore admitted that he saw his share of good — and bad — during the Cardinals' season-opener against Augsburg at the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Hockey Showcase at Fogerty Arena. Unfortunately for the SMU head coach, there was more bad than good, as Augsburg rode a three-goal second period to a 6-2 nonconference victory over the Cardinals.

SMU vs. Augsburg — A Year Ago:
January 25, 2013: In the first 20 minutes at Ed Saugestad Rink, the two teams had already combined for nine goals. Unfortunately for the Cardinals, it was the Auggies doing the majority of the scoring, as Augsburg accounted for six of the first period's nine goals in handing SMU a 7-3 setback in Minneapolis, Minn.
January 26, 2013: Christian Gaffy (Scandia, Minn.) kicked out a career-high 33 shots in his fourth collegiate start, but Augsburg goalie John Bretzman did the Cardinal sophomore one better, kicking out all 25 SMU shots, as the Auggies handed Saint Mary's a 2-0 conference setback at the SMU Ice Arena.

Up Next:
The Cardinals are back on the road next weekend, as SMU heads to the Moorhead Sports Center in Moorhead, Minn., for a pair of conference games against Concordia. Puck drops at 7 p.m. on Friday and 2 p.m. on Saturday. … Augsburg is back in conference play next weekend, hosting Hamline in a 7:05 p.m. game at Ed Saugestad Rink on Friday, before traveling to Oscar Johnson Arena in St. Paul, Minn., for the 7 p.m. rematch on Saturday.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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Saturday's game against Augsburg is the first of four straight road games for the Cardinals, who do not return home until closing out the regular-season against Hamline on Feb. 22. … Dylan Dock (River Falls, Wis.) scored SMU's goal in Friday's 3-1 loss to Augsburg. … Mike Wolter (Antigo, Wis.) assisted on Dock's goal and has now had a point in each of SMU's last two games. The junior scored one of SMU's two goals in last Saturday's 7-2 loss to St. Olaf. … Bobby Thompson (Centerville, Minn.) heads into Saturday's rematch with Augsburg sharing the team lead in points (11) with Bob Marx (Sioux City, Iowa). … Along with sharing the team lead in points, Marx also leads the team in goals with a career-high seven. … Thompson shares the team lead in assists (6) with Wolter and Nick Nagel (Andover, Minn.). … Nick Albergo (Elmhurst, Ill.) 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 — Wolter, Albergo, Martin Gruse (Trenton, Mich.), Jonathon Elliott (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) and Mike Mezzano (Woodbury, Minn.). … Twelve of SMU's 41 goals this season have come on the power-play. … Phil Heinle (York, Pa.) recorded a career-high 32 saves against Augsburg Friday. … Heinle enters Saturday's rematch with the Auggies leading the team in both goals-against-average (2.89) and save percentage (.906). … Christian Gaffy (Scandia, Minn.) finished with 45 saves against St. Olaf on Jan. 31 — including 38 in the first two periods combined. … Gaffy's 45 saves vs. the Oles were one shy of his career-high 46-save effort against UW-Stevens Point on Nov. 16. … 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. … Friday's 3-1 loss to Augsburg marked the 10th time in 20 contests that the game has been decided by two goals or less. … SMU's 2-2 tie vs. MSOE on Jan. 11 was the Cardinals' first overtime game of the season. … The Cardinals' four goals in a 6-4 loss against UW-Stevens Point on Nov. 16 were the most in a loss since scoring four in a 5-4 overtime setback against Augsburg on Jan. 28, 2012. … Four of SMU's six wins this season have been by one goal — 3-2 win over Augsburg and Saint John's, and back-to-back 2-1 victories over Lake Forest. … SMU is 3-3-1 when scoring first and 3-9-0 when its opponent nets the game's first goal.

Scouting The Augsburg Auggies:
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Friday's 3-1 win over Saint Mary's snapped the Auggies' seven-game winless streak (0-5-2). The Auggies had not won since beating Milwaukee School of Engineering 3-1 on Jan. 10. … The Auggies, who opened the season 8-0-1 — a run that included a season-high six-game winning streak — are 2-7-2 in their last 11 games. … Not only did Augsburg tie its two games against Concordia on Jan. 24-25, but they also lost both shootouts 1-0. … Augsburg has played four overtime games this season, going 1-0-3. … Carl Krieger, Dylan Meier and Ben McClellan scored Augsburg's three goals vs. Saint Mary's Friday. … The Auggies' last seven goals have come from seven different players. … Mack Ohnsted heads into Saturday's rematch against Saint Mary's leading the team in assists (15) and points (18). … Ohnsted is one of seven Augsburg players with 10 or more points through 19 games — Ben McClellan (16), Nicholas Widing (12), Niklas Almstrom (11), Chris Student (11), Carl Krieger (11) and Dylan Meier (11) are the others. … Ben McClellan's goal vs. Saint Mary's Friday was his team-leading 12th of the season 11. … Augsburg's 60 goals have come from 15 different players, while 21 of the 23 players who have seen action this season have notched at least one point. … John Bretzman and Matthew Bartels have shared the goaltending duties, with Bretzman owning a 2.82 goals-against-average and .894 save percentage, while Bartels — who made 26 saves Friday evening — comes into Saturday's game vs. Saint Mary's with a 2.70 GAA and .866 save percentage. … Bretzman also leads the team with 312 saves. … Augsburg netted a season-high nine goals in a 9-2 win over Northland on Nov. 22. … The Auggies have outscored their opponents 57-55, but have been outscored 22-15 in the third period. … Augsburg is 7-2-2 when scoring the game's first goal, but just 2-5-1 when its opponent scores first.