WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota men's hockey team returns home on Saturday for the second game of its two-game Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference series against St. Thomas on Saturday. Game time is slated for 7 p.m. at the Saint Mary's Ice Arena.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (4-3-0 MIAC, 7-5-2 Overall) vs. #15 St. Thomas Tommies (6-0-1 MIAC, 7-3-3 Overall)
 
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Last Night:
• Saint Mary's got a goal from Bob Kinne (St. Paul, Minn.) with 16 seconds remaining in regulation to pull the Cardinals even with St. Thomas 5-5, but the Tommies scored just 32 seconds into overtime in handing Saint Mary's a 6-5 MIAC setback at the St. Thomas Ice Arena in Mendota Heights, Minn. | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. St. Thomas—Earlier This Year:
• October 28, 2016 * Blaine, Minn.: Bob Kinne (St. Paul, Minn.) scored with 25 seconds remaining regulation to earn Saint Mary's a 3-3 nonconference tie against the Tommies during the opening day of the MIAC Men's Hockey Showcase at Schwan's Super Rink | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. St. Thomas—A Year Ago:
• January 8, 2016 * Winona, Minn.: For the first time since Dec. 11, 2004—a span of 22 games—Saint Mary's left the ice with a regulation victory over St. Thomas. The Cardinals got a pair of goals from Martin Gruse (Trenton, Mich.), the game-winner off the stick of Nick Albergo (Elmhurst, Wis.) with less than three minutes remaining in regulation, and a 45-save effort from Jake Hebda (Firestone, Colo.) in handing the league-leading Tommies a 4-3 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference setback at the Saint Mary's Ice Arena | Recap
• January 9, 2016 * Mendota Heights, Minn.: St. Thomas scored four unanswered goals—and six of the game's final seven—as the Tommies handed the Cardinals a 6-2 setback at the St. Thomas Ice Arena in the second game of the teams' two-game conference series | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals step out of conference play for the final time next weekend, heading to K.B. Willett Arena in Stevens Point, Wis., next Friday for a 7 p.m. contest against UW-Stevens Point, before traveling to Dunn County Ice Arena in Menomonie, Wis., to face UW-Stout in a 7:30 p.m. matchup a day later.
• St. Thomas: The Tommies play a pair of road nonconference games next weekend, traveling to Dunn County Ice Arena on Friday for a 7 p.m. contest vs. UW-Stout, before squaring off against UW-Eau Claire at Hobbs Ice Arena in Eau Claire, Wis., in a 7 p.m. matchup the following evening.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2016-17 Roster | 2016-17 Statistics | 2016-17 Schedule
• Friday's game against St. Thomas was the Cardinals' third straight road game—Saint Mary's owns a 4-3-1 record away from the Saint Mary's Ice Arena this season. … Saint Mary's 6-5 loss to St. Thomas Friday marked the fourth time this season the Cardinals have gone into overtime—having opened the year with a 3-3 tie against St. Thomas and a 3-2 OT loss to Concordia at the MIAC Hockey Showcase, before battling UW-Eau Claire to a 3-3 deadlock on Nov. 4. … With their 6-5 loss against No. 15 St. Thomas Friday, Saint Mary's is now 0-3-4 in their last seven overtime games. The Cardinals' last OT win was a 4-3, double-overtime victory over Concordia in the 2015 MIAC Playoffs. … Seven of the Cardinals' 14 games have been decided by one goal or less. … Bob Kinne (St. Paul, Minn.) scored two of the Cardinals' five goals vs. UST Friday, while assisting on another. … Kinne second goal of the game Friday—with 16 seconds remaining in regulation, marked the second time in as many meetings with the Tommies this season that the senior has forced overtime with a late-game goal. Kinne scored with 26 left in the Cardinals 3-3 tie with the Tommies at the MIAC Hockey Showcase. … Jared Johnson (Hartland, Wis.), Seth Kamrass (Peachtree Corners, Ga.), and Mike Mezzano (Woodbury, Minn.) netted Saint Mary's other three goals vs. St. Thomas Friday. … With his goals against St. Thomas, Kinne has now scored in three straight games. … Kinne heads into Saturday's rematch with St. Thomas leading the team in goals (9) and points (15). … Kinne has recorded at least one point in 10 of the team's 14 games—including goals in eight of those 14 contests. … Martin Gruse (Trenton, Mich.), who had two assists against UST Friday, shares the team's assist lead (9) with Nick Albergo (Elmhurst, Ill.) and Kelvin Walz (Woodbury, Minn.). … Walz picked up assists on three of the Cardinals' five goals in their 5-0 Dec. 11 win over Aurora—it was his first career three-assist game. … Walz became the third Cardinal to record a three-assist game this season, joining Albergo and Gruse, who each picked up assists on three of Saint Mary's five goals vs. UW-River Falls on Nov. 5. It was the fourth time in his collegiate career Gruse has had a three-assist night, while Albergo's was his first. … Saint Mary's 48 goals have come from 15 different players—including collegiate firsts from Kamrass, Andrew Cummings (Anchorage, Alaska), Dylan Robertson (Darien, Ill.), Kyle Meeh (Fenton, Mo.), Alex DiBacco (Darien, Ill.) and Joey Mavrin (Lockport, Ill.). … Eighteen different players have accounted for Saint Mary's 60 assists. … Johnson scored on a first-period penalty shot against MSOE on Nov. 22—it was the Cardinals' first since Jesse Polk scored on a penalty shot during the 2007-08 season. … Saint Mary's boasts five players who have recorded multiple-goal games this season—led by Heinle, who has achieved the feat twice. Kinne, Walz, Albergo, and Chad Cesarz (Jackson, Mich.) are the other three. … Albergo and Heinle own five career-multiple-goal games, while Kinne and Cesarz have four. Walz's two-goal effort against UW-River Falls on Nov. 5 was the first multiple-goal game of his career. … Phil Heinle (York, Pa.) finished with 24 saves against St. Thomas Friday. … Heinle made 25 saves against St. Olaf on Nov. 19 en route to his first shutout of the season—and fourth of his career. … Heinle stopped a season-high 38 shots against Bethel on Nov. 12. … Davis finished with 28 saves against UW-River Falls on Nov. 5 en route to his first win in a Cardinal uniform. … Heinle heads into Saturday's conference game against St. Thomas owning a 2.85 goals-against-average and a .895 save percentage in eight starts. Aaron Davis (Mound, Minn.), meanwhile, boasts a 2.98 GAA and .886 save percentage in four starts. … Jake Hebda (Firestone, Colo.)—making his first start of the season—stopped all 12 shots he face against Aurora on Dec. 11 in recording his first collegiate shutout. … Davis stopped 21 of the 23 shots he faced against Aurora on Dec. 10 in posting his second win of the season. … The Cardinals have scored first in 10 of their 14 games this season—including all seven of their wins. … Saint Mary's has outscored its opponents 19-10 in the first period, and 14-12 in the third. … The Cardinals, who had their five-game winning streak snapped with a 5-2 loss to Milwaukee School of Engineering on Nov. 22, snapped a season-high three-game losing streak with their 7-2 win over Aurora on Dec. 10. … Saint Mary's loss to Concordia on Dec. 2 snapped their conference-opening four-game winning streak. The Cardinals' four straight wins to open the conference was the first time since the 1997-98 season that Saint Mary's has opened MIAC play 4-0-0. … The Cardinals' 3-3 tie against UW-Eau Claire on Nov. 4 marked the second straight meeting between the two teams that has ended in a 3-3 deadlock.
 
Scouting The St. Thomas Tommies:
2016-17 Roster | 2016-17 Statistics | 2016-17 Schedule
• St. Thomas heads into Saturday's against Saint Mary's ranked No. 15 in the latest USCHO.com Poll. … The Tommies' 4-2 loss to top-ranked St. Norbert on Dec. 10 snapped their seven-game unbeaten streak (5-0-2). … With their win over Saint Mary's Friday, St. Thomas improved to 5-0-0 on its home ice—the Tommies are 2-3-3 away from the St. Thomas Ice Arena this season. … UST has been held to two goals or less in all three of its losses, while scoring three goals or more in all seven of its victories. … St. Thomas' six goals in Friday's 6-5 win over Saint Mary's equaled its season high. UST also scored a season-high six goals in its 6-4 win over Hamline on Dec. 3. The Tommies also own a pair of five-goal games, beating both Gustavus and Bethel by 5-2 counts. … Michael Dockry, who scored a goal and had a pair of assists in Friday's win over Saint Mary's, enters Saturday's game against Saint Mary's as the team-leader in all three offensive categories—goals (6), assists (9), and points (15). … Johnny Roisum, and Thomas Williams are second to Dockry with five goals each, while Brett Gravelle is second in assists (7). … Charlie Donlin and Williams share the team lead with two game-winning goals each. … St. Thomas has scored seven special teams goals—five power play and two shorthanded. … The Tommies have used three different goalies through their first 13 games. Benjamin Myers has made a team-high nine appearances, compiling a 2.29 goals-against-average and .929 save percentage, while Devon Tappenden (2.80 GAA, .880 save percentage) has played in three games, and Andrew Rohkol (2.57 GAA, .918 save percentage) has also made three appearances. … St. Thomas has outscored its opponents 13-11 in the first period and 18-9 in the second, but have been outscored 12-9 in the game's final 20 minutes. … St. Thomas has scored first in eight of its 13 games, going 5-1-2. UST is 2-2-1 when its opponent nets the game's first goal. … St. Thomas has now played four overtime games this season, with three ending in ties—3-3 vs. Saint Mary's, 1-1 vs. Bethel and 3-3 vs. Adrian.