RIVER FALLS, Wis. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota men's hockey team hits the road again on Saturday, traveling to Hunt Arena for a 7 p.m. nonconference game against UW-River Falls.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (0-2-1 Overall) at UW-River Falls Falcons (2-0-1 Overall)
 
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Last Night:
• Saint Mary's: Bob Kinne (St. Paul, Minn.) scored with less than three minutes remaining in regulation to lift the Cardinals to a 3-3 overtime tie against eighth-ranked UW-Eau Claire Friday evening in Eau Claire, Wis. | Recap
• UW-River Falls: Mitch Kontny scored 1:13 into overtime, lifting UW-River Falls to a 3-2 nonconference victory over St. Thomas Friday in River Falls, Wis. | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. UW-River Falls—Their Last Meeting:
• January 7, 2011 * River Falls, Wis.: When Saint Mary's stepped on the ice Friday evening for its nonconference game against UW-River Falls, it had been 27 days since the Cardinals last competed. Unfortunately for Saint Mary's coach Bill Moore, the Cardinals' offense remained in hiatus, as the Falcons scored the game's first three goals en route to a 4-1 victory at W.H. Hunt Arena | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals kick off Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play on Friday, traveling to Schwan's Super Rink in Blaine, Minn., for a 7 p.m. showdown against Bethel. Saint Mary's and BU will then head to the Saint Mary's Ice Arena for Saturday's 7 p.m. rematch.
• UW-River Falls: The Falcons are back on the ice on Thursday, traveling to Oscar Johnson Arena in St. Paul, Minn., for a 7 p.m. nonconference game against Hamline.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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• This weekend's games against UW-Eau Claire and UW-River Falls are the third and fourth of five straight road games to open the season for the Cardinals. … With their 5-4 loss to Gustavus on Oct. 30, the Cardinals fell to 0-3-0 in their last three season openers. Saint Mary's last season-opening win was a 7-2 victory over Bethel on Oct. 27, 2012. … Six of the Cardinals' last nine games—including Friday's xxxx—have been decided by one goal or less. … The Cardinals' five goals in their 8-5 loss to Hamline on Nov. 1 were the most in a loss since netting six in a 7-6 overtime loss to the Pipers on Dec. 6, 2008. … Jared Johnson (Hartland, Wis.), Jay Heinle (York, Pa.), and Bob Kinne (St. Paul, Minn.) scored the Cardinals' three goals in their 3-3 tie vs. UW-Eau Claire Friday. … Kellen Wasell (Edmonds, Wash.) picked up assists on two of the Cardinals' three goals vs. UW-Eau Claire Friday. … The Cardinals' nine goals in their two MIAC Hockey Showcase games last weekend came from nine different players—Johnson, Heinle, Mike Mezzano (Woodbury, Minn.), Kelvin Walz (Woodbury, Minn.), Martin Gruse (Trenton, Mich.), Nick Albergo (Elmhurst, Ill.), Connor Langfield (Rosemount, Minn.), Jude Warner (Pickerington, Ohio), and Taylor Portner (Andover, Minn.). … Mezzano also collected three assists in Saint Mary's two games last weekend and leads the team with four points. … Sixteen of the 22 players who have played for the Cardinals this season have recorded at least one point. … Ten of the 16 goals the Cardinals have allowed this season have been on the power play—including two of UW-Eau Claire's three goals Friday. … The Cardinals have been outscored 13-4 in the first two periods—including 11-1 in the second—but Saint Mary's holds a 7-2 scoring edge in the game's final 20 minutes.

 
Scouting The UW-River Falls Falcons:
2015-16 Roster | 2015-16 Statistics | 2015-16 Schedule
• After opening the season with back-to-back road games, the Falcons' nonconference matchup with Saint Mary's is the second of three straight home games. … The Falcons will play 12 of their first 16 games at home—where they were
10-3-1 a year ago. … Mitch Kontny scored his team-leading third goal of the season to lift the Falcons to Friday's overtime win over St. Thomas. … Joe Drapluk and Cory Lushanko scored UW-River Falls' other two goals vs. the Tommies Friday. … Drapluk enters Saturday's game against Saint Mary's as the Falcons' leader in assists (3). … Kontny and Drapluk also share the team's points lead with six each. … UW-River Falls' 11 goals this season have come from seven different players, while 12 Falcons have recorded at least one point. … Tanner Milliron—who started every game last year and had a conference-high 729 saves—has been in goal for all three UW-River Falls games this season, boasting a 1.93 goals-against-average and a .903 save percentage. … UW-River Falls holds an 11-6 scoring advantage through three games—including a 5-1 edge in the game's middle period.