BLAINE, Minn.  — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota men's hockey team squares off against Bethel in the second game of their two-game Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference series on Saturday, heading to the Schwan's Suer Rink for a 7 p.m matchup
 
The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (1-2-2 MIAC | 6-6-2 Overall) at Bethel Royals (0-6-1 MIAC | 2-11-2 Overall)
 
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Last Night:
• Jed McGlasson (Kenai, Alaska) scored a pair of goals, as the Cardinals scored five goals for the third straight game, beating Bethel 5-2 in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game Friday evening at the Saint Mary's Ice Arena | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. Bethel—A Year Ago:
• January 17, 2014: The Cardinals scored three of their four goals in the last 1:30 of a period in handing Bethel a 4-1 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference setback at the Schwan's Super Rink in Blaine, Minn. | Recap
• January 18, 2014: The Cardinals spotted Bethel a 3-0 lead in the game's opening 11 minutes. Down, but far from out, the Cardinals began digging — with Nick Albergo (Elhurst, Ill.) leading the way, as the freshman rattled off three straight goals for his first collegiate hat trick to pull SMU even, 3-3 five minutes into the third period. Unfortunately, Bethel would have the last laugh, as the Royals got a goal from Jack McFarlane with eight minutes remaining in regulation to beat the Cardinals 4-3 at the SMU Ice Arena | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals return to the Saint Mary's Ice Arena next Friday, hosting Gustavus in a 7 p.m. conference contest. The two teams will then travel to St. Peter, Minn., for Game 2 of their two-game MIAC series—a 7 p.m. matchup—on Saturday.
• Bethel: The Royals are also back in conference play next weekend, traveling to Northfield, Minn., for a 7:30 p.m. game against St. Olaf on Friday, before returning home to the Schwan's Super Rink in Blaine, Minn., for the 7 p.m. rematch with the Oles.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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After playing 10 of their first 11 games on the road, Friday's game against Bethel was the third straight home game for Saint Mary's. … With their 5-2 win over Bethel, the Cardinals have now scored five goals in three straight games. … Friday's 5-2 win over Bethel marked the first Friday MIAC game that did not go to a shootout. … The Cardinals boasted a multiple-goal scorer for the third straight game Friday, as Jed McGlasson (Kenai, Alaska) scored twice. Bob Kinne (St. Paul, Minn.), Kelvin Walz (Woodbury, Minn.), and Chad Cesarz (Jackson, Mich.) accounted for the other three. … McGlasson has now scored two goals in a game twice this year—the senior also netted a pair of goals against Concordia on Nov. 2. … With his goal vs. the Royals, Cesarz has now scored three goals in the Cardinals' last two games—the freshman recorded his first collegiate two-goal game last Saturday against Northland. … The Cardinals had a player score three goals in both of their games last weekend—Martin Gruse (Trenton, Mich.) netted his first collegiate hat trick against St. Scholastica last Friday, while Taylor Portner (Andover, Minn.) matched that feat against Northland a day later. … The last time the Cardinals have had two players record hat tricks in the same season was 2007-2008, when David Gross and Morgan Shepherd accomplished the feat. … Gruse's hat trick vs. St. Scholastica was his second multiple-goal game of the season—the sophomore scored twice vs. Aurora on Dec. 6, while also notching his first collegiate four-point game by adding a pair of assists vs. the Spartans. … Gruse, who has recorded 10 points—five goals and five assists—in Saint Mary's last four games, heads into Saturday's rematch against Bethel as the team-leader in goals (10) and points (20). … Gruse's 20 points rank No. 1 in the MIAC, while his 10 goals put the Cardinal sophomore No. 2. … Bob Marx (Sioux City, Iowa) owns a team-best 11 assists. … Gruse (20), Marx (15), McGlasson (15) and Walz (10) give the Cardinals four players with 10 or more points through 14 games. … The Cardinals' 11 goals in their 11-2 rout of Aurora on Dec. 6 were a season high—and the most scored in a game since Saint Mary's netted 14 in a 14-3 rout of Concordia during the 2007-08 season. … Saint Mary's 11 goals vs. Aurora on Dec. 6 came from eight different players. … The Cardinals boast 10 players who have netted their first collegiate goals this season—Kinne, Walz, Cesarz, Portner, Michael Cimba (Wilmette, Ill.), Kyle Blondin (Kent, Wash.), Johnny Morales (Torrance, Calif.), Joey VanAntwerp (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Kellen Wasell (Edmonds, Wash.), and Jude Warner (Pickerington, Ohio). … Saint Mary's 49 goals have come from 15 different players, while 22 Cardinals have notched at least one point. … Phil Heinle (York, Pa.) made 23 saves in the Cardinals' 5-2 win over Bethel on Friday. … Heinle recorded a career-high 51 saves against Saint John's on Nov. 21. … Heinle's 51 saves are the most by a Cardinal goalie since Jason Horstman stopped 52 shots against Gustavus on Feb. 19, 2011. … Heinle—who has started 11 of the team's 14 games—enters Saturday's game against Bethel owning a 2.62 goals-against-average and a .917 save percentage, while Christian Gaffy (Scandia, Minn.) boasts a 4.00 GAA and an .852 save percentage … The Cardinals have scored 22 of their 49 goals in the third period. … Two of the Cardinals' five conference games have gone to a shootout—with Saint Mary's winning both. Jonathon Elliott (Bloomfield Hills, Ill.) scored in Saint Mary's 1-0 shootout win over St. Thomas on Nov. 8, while Albergo and Gruse found the back of the net in the Cardinals' 2-1 shootout win over Saint John's on Nov. 21. … The Cardinals' 1-0 win in the shootout vs. St. Thomas on Nov. 8 was their first shootout in the two years since the MIAC added it to the end of tied games prior to the 2013-14 season. … The Cardinals have played three overtime games, going to a shootout vs. both St. Thomas and Saint John's, while dropping a 3-2 OT decision to nationally ranked UW-Stevens Point. … Seven of Saint Mary's first 12 games this season have been decided by two goals or less. … Saint Mary's 4-0 loss to MSOE on Jan. 5 marked just the second time this season they have failed to net at least one goal—the Cardinals were blanked by Augsburg 2-0 in their season-opener against Augsburg on Oct. 31. … The Cardinals' 1-1 showing at the season-opening MIAC Hockey Showcase marked the third straight season Saint Mary's has gone 1-1 at the conference's season-opening event. Saint Mary's lost to Augsburg (6-2) and beat St. Olaf (3-2), while topping Bethel (7-2) and falling to Saint John's (8-1) in 2012-13. … Saint Mary's season-opening 2-0 loss to Augsburg on Oct. 31 actually snapped its three-game winning streak—the Cardinals had closed out the 2013-14 season with a 5-2 win over Concordia and 6-5 and 8-3 victories over Hamline.

 Scouting The Bethel Royals:
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After opening the season with back-to-back wins over Gustavus and St. Olaf at the MIAC Hockey Showcase, the Royals have gone 0-11-2 in their last 13 contests—including Friday's 5-2 loss to Saint Mary's. … Two of Bethel's last five games have ended in ties—5-5 vs. Hamline on Dec. 5 and 3-3 vs. Lake Forest last Saturday. … Adrian's seven goals in its 7-3 win over BU on Jan. 9 were the most allowed by the Royals this season. … Seven different players have accounted for Bethel's last eight goals. Jackson Purvis has scored in each of BU's last two games, while J.T. Walters, Tony Larson, Justin Bonanno, Brock Raffaele, Eric Szafranski, and Grant Dye have accounted for the other six. … Mitch Hughes enters Saturday's game against Saint Mary's as the team leader in assists (11) and points (16). … Hughes, Raffaele, Walters and Travis Payne share the team lead in goals with five each. … The Royals boast three players with 10 or more points through 15 games—Hughes (16), Raffaele (15) and Payne (12). … Bethel's 12 power play goals have come from nine different players. … Walters has scored BU's lone shorthanded goal this season. … The Royals have used three different goalies this season—Matt Rowe has started six games, compiling a 4.17 goals-against-average and .875 save percentage, while Matt Arnold (3.75 GAA, .906 save %) and Will Griswold (4.55 GAA, .867 save %) have made four and five starts, respectively. … Rowe has amassed a team-high 175 saves, while Griswold and Arnold are close behind with 150 and 145, respectively. … The Royals have scored a season-high five goals twice—beating Concordia (Wis.) 5-x on Nov. 28, and tying Hamline 5-5 on Dec. 5. … Bethel has been outscored 64-37 through 15 games—including 22-12 in the game's middle period and 23-12 in the final stanza … BU is 0-7-0 when trailing after one period, and 0-10-1 when behind heading into the game's final 20 minutes. … Bethel has scored first in six of its 15 games, going 1-3-2. The Royals are 1-8-0 when their opponent scores first.