WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's hockey team kicks off Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play on its home ice on Friday, as the Cardinals entertain Bethel in a 7 p.m. matchup at the Saint Mary's Ice Arena.
The Matchup:• Saint Mary's Cardinals (0-0-0 MIAC | 1-1-0 Overall) vs. Bethel Royals (0-0-0 MIAC | 0-3-0 Overall)
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GameDay Program Last Action:• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals have been off since Oct. 30-31, when they split a pair of nonconference games against UW-Superior in Superior, Wis. Saint Mary's opened the season with a 5-2 victory over the Yellowjackets, but dropped the rematch 2-0 a day later |
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Game 2 Recap• Bethel: The Royals dropped both of their nonconference games last weekend, falling to UW-Eau Claire 2-1 in Blaine, Minn., before suffering a 5-1 setback at the hands of UW-River Falls in River Falls, Wis., a day later |
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UW-RF Recap Saint Mary's vs. Bethel—A Year Ago:• January 16, 2015 * Blaine, Minn.:
Mackenzie Klimek (Hastings, Minn.) scored her first goal of the season—with less than two minutes remaining in regulation—as Saint Mary's collected a 2-1 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference win over Bethel at the Schwan's Super Rink |
Recap• January 17, 2015 * Winona, Minn.: Heading into their Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference rematch with Bethel, the Cardinals were unbeaten (3-0-1) in their last four meetings with the Royals at the Saint Mary's Ice Arena—with all four games being decided by one goal or less. And thanks to
Lindsay Paschke's (New Prague, Minn.) second-period goal and the stellar goaltending of
Tori Herrmann (Elk River, Minn.), the Cardinals pushed both of those streaks to five in a row with another one-goal home victory—a 1-0 decision |
Recap• February 26, 2015: Heading into their Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Playoff Quarterfinal, the Cardinals and Royals had played five straight games on Saint Mary's home ice decided by one goal or less. And after the first two periods, it looked like this playoff showdown would be No. 6. Then came the third period. A period Cardinal coach
Terry Mannor would just as soon forget. Bethel, clinging to a 2-1 lead after the game's opening 40 minutes, erupted for five third-period goals in dealing the Cardinals a 7-1 setback |
Recap Up Next:• The Cardinals and Royals head to the Schwan's Super Rink in Blaine, Minn., on Saturday for the second game of their two-game conference series. Opening face-off is set for 2 p.m.
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2015-16 Schedule• With their 5-2 win over UW-Superior on Oct. 30, the Cardinals snapped a four-game winless streak (0-3-1) in season-openers. Saint Mary's last season-opening win was a 5-0 victory over Marian on Oct. 29, 2010. … The Cardinals' 2-0 loss to UW-Superior on Oct. 31 marked 13th time in their last 14 contests that the game was decided by two goals or less. … The five-goal effort against UW-Superior on Oct. 30 was the Cardinals' highest offensive output since netting five goals in a 5-3 win over Hamline on Feb. 23, 2014. …
Jane Hannula (Coon Rapids, Minn.) scored a pair of goals for the Cardinals vs. UW-Superior Friday, while
Kassie Lien (Grantsburg, Wis.),
Jamie Henderson (Madison, Wis.), and
Molly Abraham (Sterling Springs, Mich.) accounted for the other three. … The two goal effort was Hannula's first multiple-goal game since netting a pair of goals against St. Olaf on Jan. 31, 2014. … Henderson also collected an assist vs. the Yellowjackets, giving the sophomore the second multiple-point game of her career—Henderson scored two goals vs. UW-Eau Claire on Jan. 2, 2015. …
Marah Shields (Milford, Mich.) recorded a school-record 79 saves in the Cardinals' 2-0 loss to UW-Superior on Oct. 31. … The 79-save effort—which ranks No. 6 all-time in NCAA Division III history—is 24 saves more than the previous record of 55, set by Nikki Jung against Gustavus on Jan. 21, 2005. … Shields made 22 saves in the first period, 33 in the second, and 24 in the third en route to her 79-save performance. …
Tori Herrmann (Elk River, Minn.)—a First-Team All-MIAC selection a year ago—finished with 36 saves against UW-Superior in the teams' season-opener on Oct. 30, including 18 in the first period. … Saint Mary's is coming off an 11-win season a year ago—the Cardinals' highest win total since going 11-11-3 during the 2010-11 season.
Scouting The Bethel Royals:2015-16 Roster |
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2015-16 Schedule• The Royals enter Friday's showdown with Saint Mary's still searching for their first win of the season—BU has dropped nonconference decisions to Marian, UW-Eau Claire, and UW-River Falls. … Bethel has been held to one goal in each of its first three games. … After a pair of 2-1 setbacks, the Royals surrendered a season-high five goals against UW-River Falls last Saturday. … Friday's game against Saint Mary's is the second straight road contest for the Royals. … Hadley Cookson, Wendy Roberts, and Kirsten Olson have accounted for Bethel's three goals this season. … Cookson and Roberts are two of five BU players to record an assist through three games—Erika Geary, Sarina Goos, and Jill Larson are the other three. … Cookson and Roberts share the team lead with two points each. … Michelle Klimstra and Maggie Straka have shared the goaltending duties, with Klimstra compiling a 3.52 goals-against-average and .860 save percentage in two starts, while Straka made 20 saves and owned a .909 save percentage in her lone start. … Bethel is still searching for its first power-play goal of the season—BU is 0-for-6 with the man advantage. … BU has been outscored 9-3 through three games—including 5-0 in the opening period.
