MOORHEAD, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's hockey team returns to the Moorhead Sports Center on Saturday for the second game of its two-game Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference series against Concordia. Game time is slated for 2 p.m.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (1-3-1 MIAC, 3-4-1 Overall) at Concordia Cobbers (4-1-0 MIAC, 6-2-1 Overall)
 
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Last Night:
• Concordia's Tori Davis scored the only goals of the game—one in the second and one in the third—as the Cobbers handed the Cardinals a 2-0 conference setback at the Moorhead Sports Center | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. Concordia—A Year Ago:
• December 4, 2015 * Winona, Minn.: McKenna Parent (Anoka, Minn.) did something that no other Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference team has been able to do against Concordia goalie Andrea Klug this season—score a goal. And Saint Mary's was far from satisfied with just one goal. Saint Mary's erupted for four goals—including two from Parent—as the Cardinals handed Concordia its first conference loss of the season, beating the Cobbers 4-2 at the Saint Mary's Ice Arena.
• December 5, 2015 * Winona, Minn.: A day after erupting for four goals—one goal shy of their season high—in a 4-2 win over Concordia, the Cardinals' offense could not get on track in the teams' rematch, as the Cobbers scored single goals in the second and third periods in dealing Saint Mary's a 2-0 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference setback at the Saint Mary's Ice Arena | Recap
• February 25, 2016 * Moorhead, Minn.: Saint Mary's headed into its Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Playoff opener against Concordia riding a wave of momentum—having scored two or more goals in each of its last nine games, while allowing just eight goals in over that same time frame. And the Cobbers appeared ripe for the picking, having been shut out in its final two regular-season games, and managing just four wins in their last 10. Unfortunately for the Cardinals, the Cobbers proved to be anything but what they appeared—scoring a pair of third-period goals to break a 1-1 tie and hand the Cardinals a season-ending 3-1 setback at the Moorhead Sports Center | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals step out of conference play next weekend, traveling to Hobbs Ice Arena in Eau Claire, Wis., for a 7 p.m. showdown with UW-Eau Claire on Friday, before heading to Ice Hawks Arena in Stevens Point, Wis., the following day to square off against UW-Stevens Point in a 7 p.m. matchup.
• Concordia: The Cobbers are off until Dec. 13, when they close out the 2016 portion of their schedule with a 7 p.m. nonconference game against Northland in Ashland, Wis.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2016-17 Roster | 2016-17 Statistics | 2016-17 Schedule
• Saturday's game against Concordia is the second of four straight road games for the Cardinals, who do not play at the Saint Mary's Ice Arena again until Jan. 6-7, when they entertain Lake Forest in a pair of nonconference games. … With their 2-0 loss to Concordia Friday, the Cardinals have now dropped back-to-back games—both by shutout. … 
 
With their 4-0 loss to UW-Eau Claire on Nov. 26, the Cardinals have now surrendered four goals in two of their last three games—and three times in in their seven contests this season. … The Cardinals' six goals in their 6-3 win over St. Olaf on Nov. 17 were a season high—and the highest single-game offensive output since scoring six against both Marian and Hamline during the 2009-2010 season. … Anya Hafiz (Woodbury, Minn.) recorded her first collegiate two-goal game against St. Olaf on Nov. 17, and followed that up with another goal in the teams' second meeting two days later. … Jane Hannula (Coon Rapids, Minn.), Kassie Lien (Grantsburg, Wis.), Bailey Wendt (Coon Rapids, Minn.), and Natalie Ryan (Village of Lakewood, Ill.) accounted for Saint Mary's other four goals in the 6-3 win over St. Olaf on Nov. 17, while Jesse Cwik (Chicago, Ill.) and Jamie Henderson (Madison, Wis.) joined Hafiz as goal-scorers in the 4-3, Game 2 loss to the Oles. … Hafiz recorded at least one point in each of the Cardinals' first six games this season—including four multiple-point games. … Hafiz heads into Saturday's conference game against Concordia leading the team in all three offensive categories—goals (6), assists (4), and points (10). … Henderson is second to Hafiz in goals with four, with Cwik, Hannula, and Lien tied for third with three. … Hafiz's goal at 9:50 of the opening period against Marian was her first collegiate goal—as well as the Cardinals' first goal of the season. … The Cardinals boast three players who have netted their first collegiate goals this season—Hafiz, Ryan, and Wendt. … Saint Mary's scored a pair of shorthanded goals against St. Olaf on Nov. 17—back-to-back tallies by Hannula and Lien less than a minute apart midway through the second period. … Eight of the Cardinals' 19 goals have come on special teams—four power-play and four shorthanded. … Marah Shields (Mitford, Mich.) made 30 saves against Cocnordia on Friday. The 30-save effort was two stops shy of her season-high 32-save performance against both St. Olaf on Nov. 19 and St. Norbert on Oct. 29. … Ashley Corcoran (Red Wing, Minn.) made a season-high 30 saves in the Cardinals' 4-0 loss to UW-Eau Claire on Nov. 26. The sophomore is 1-1-1 in her last three starts—stopping 25 shots in Saint Mary's 6-3 win over St. Olaf on Nov. 17, and 20 shots in the Cardinals' 2-2 tie against Bethel on Nov. 12. …  Corcoran owns a 2.74 goals-against-average and an .897 save percentage, while Shields has a 4.12 GAA and an .887 save percentage. … Saint Mary's has scored 10 goals in the second and eight in the third, while the Cardinals' opponents have netted 14 goals in both the second and third periods. … The Cardinals have not allowed a first-period goal all season. … The Cardinals have scored first in five of their eight games—going 2-2-1. Saint Mary's is 1-2-0 when its opponent scores first. … Four of the Cardinals' eight games have been decided by one goal or less—Saint Mary's opened the season with one-goal wins over Marian (4-3) and St. Norbert (5-4), and added a 2-2 tie vs. Bethel and a 4-3 loss against St. Olaf. … Saint Mary's wins over Marian and St. Norbert on Oct. 28-29 marked the first time the Cardinals have opened the year with back-to-back wins since beating the same two teams to open the 2010-11 season. … The Cardinals' combined nine goals against St. Olaf are the most in a two-game weekend series since netting nine in sweeping Marian 6-0 and 3-2 on Jan. 9-10, 2010. … Saint Mary's and St. Norbert scored seven third-period goals in their nonconference game on Oct. 29—including five in the game's final 1:33.  
 
Scouting The Concordia Cobbers:
2016-17 Roster | 2016-17 Statistics | 2016-17 Schedule
• After six straight road games, the Cobbers' game against Saint Mary's Saturday is their second straight home game. … The Cobbers' 1-0 loss to Marian last Saturday snapped their two-game winning streak. … CC opened the season on a four-game unbeaten streak (4-0-1), before suffering its lone loss of the season, a 6-2 setback at St. Catherine on Nov. 19. … Concordia's 1-0 loss to Marian last Sunday marked the first time this season—and the first time in the Cobbers' last nine games—that they have been shut out. Concordia's last shutout loss was a 5-0 setback to Bethel in the teams' final regular-season game a year ago. … Tori Davis scored both of Concordia's goals against Saint Mary's Friday. The Cobbers have now had a multiple-goal scorer in each of their last two games—Abbie Canton netted two of CC's five goals against Marian last Saturday. … Jess Nelson had two assists in the Cobbers' 5-2 win over Marian last Saturday, earning her third multiple-point game of the year. Nelson has at least one point in seven of the Cobbers' nine games this season. … Nelson enters Saturday's rematch against Saint Mary's as the team-leader in both goals (6) and points (10), while sharing the team lead in assists (4) with Ellen Rethwisch, Amber Schaack, Morgan Bruns, and Chelsey Petrich. … Concordia's 30 goals have come from 10 different players, while 17 Cobbers have recorded at least one point. … Nelson leads the team with four power-play goals, one more than Canton, while Rethwisch owns a team-best two game-winning goals. … Andrea Klug has started all nine games in goal, compiling a 2.30 goals-against-average and an .905 save percentage. … Klug, who has made 199 saves through nine games, stopped all 25 shots against Saint Mary's Friday for her second straight regular-season shutout against the Cardinals. … Concordia was 0-for-3 on the power play against Saint Mary's Friday. The Cobbers have netted at least one man-advantage goal in six of its last eight games. … Concordia outshot Marian 46-19 in its 1-0 loss to the Sabres last Saturday. The 46 shots on goal are the second-most this season. The Cobbers finished with 56 shots in their 7-6 OT win against St. Benedict on Nov. 12. … CC's 56 shots on goal are the most since finishing with 60 against St. Olaf during the 2001-02 season. … Concordia finished with 19 third-period shots against the Sabres, which was also the second-most in a single period this season—CC put up 20 in the second period against Saint Benedict on Nov. 12. … The Cobbers lead the MIAC in shots on goal with 321. … Concordia set a program record with three goals in 41 seconds in the third period of the Cobbers' 7-6 win over Saint Benedict on Nov. 12. … Concordia has outscored its opponents 12-8 in the first period and 9-6 in the second. … Concordia has played two overtime games this season—beating Saint Benedict (7-6) and tying UW-Stevens Point (3-3).