MENOMONIE, Wis. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota men's hockey team closes out the nonconference portion of its schedule on Friday, as the Cardinals head to Dunn County Arena for a 7 p.m. matchup against UW-Stout.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (4-10-2 Overall) at UW-Stout Blue Devils (5-10-2 Overall)
 
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Last Action:
• Saint Mary's—January 12-13, 2018 * Moorhead, Minn.: The Cardinals picked up a conference split against Concordia last weekend at the Moorhead Sports Center, rebounding from a heartbreaking, 5-4 overtime loss last Friday with a 5-3 victory the following afternoon | CC Recap 1 * CC Recap 2
• UW-Stout—January 12-13, 2018 * St. Paul, Minn./Minneapolis, Minn.: The Blue Devils dropped a pair of nonconference road games last weekend, falling to Hamline 5-3 on Friday night, before suffering a 6-2 loss to Augsburg the following night | HU Recap * AU Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. UW-Stout—A Year Ago:
• January 14, 2017 * Menomonie, Wis.: For the second game in a row, Saint Mary's scored three of the game's first four goals. Unlike Friday's 4-2 win over third-ranked and defending national champion UW-Stevens Point, however, this time around, the Cardinals could not hold the lead. UW-Stout scored 1:03 into overtime, as the host Blue Devils handed the Cardinals a 6-5 nonconference setback at Dunn County Arena | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals return to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play next weekend with a pair of games against Gustavus. Saint Mary's and GAC square off at Don Roberts Ice Arena in St. Peter, Minn., at 7 p.m. on Friday, before heading to the Saint Mary's Ice Arena for Saturday's 7 p.m. rematch.
• UW-Stout: The Blue Devils return to WIAC play on Wednesday, traveling to Hobbs Arena in Eau Claire, Wis., for a 7 p.m. showdown against UW-Eau Claire.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2017-18 Roster | 2017-18 Schedule | 2017-18 Statistics
• Friday's game against UW-Stout is the fourth of five consecutive road games for the Cardinals, who do not play a home contest until Jan. 27 against Gustavus. Saint Mary's played nine of its first 13 contests at the Saint Mary's Ice Arena. … With their 5-3 win over Concordia last Saturday, the Cardinals snapped a five-game winless streak (0-4-1). … Last Friday's 5-4 loss to Concordia was the Cardinals' third overtime game of the season—with the first two ending in ties. Saint Mary's battled St. Thomas to a 1-1 tie on Nov. 4, and tied Lawrence 2-2 on Dec. 6. The Cardinals played eight OT games a year ago, going 1-4-3. … Chad Cesarz (Jackson, Mich.) and Kyle Meeh (Fenton, Mo.) each scored in both games against the Cobbers last weekend. Jay Heinle (York, Pa.), Andrew Cummings (Anchorage, Alaska), Jared Johnson (Hartland, Wis.), Kelvin Walz (Woodbury, Minn.), Kellen Wasell (Edmonds, Wash.), and Michael Cimba (Willmette, Ill.) netted the Cardinals' other six goals. … Cesarz and Walz also had a pair of assists in last Saturday's 5-3 win. It was the fourth collegiate three-point game for both Cesarz and Walz. … Cesarz has now scored goals in three of the Cardinals' last four games. … Dylan Robertson (Alpharetta, Ga.) assisted on two of the Cardinals' four goals in last Friday's 5-4 overtime loss to Concordia—it was the first multiple-point game of his collegiate career. … Heinle, Johnson, and Cesarz head into Friday's nonconference game against UW-Stout sharing the team lead with five goals each, one more than Meeh and Jack Stang (Mendota Heights, Minn.). … Heinle is the team-leader in assists with eight and points with 13. … Heinle, Stang, Wasell, and Ben Owen (Allen, Texas) own the Cardinals' four game-winning goals. … Saint Mary's has scored eight power play goals—two from Johnson, Cesarz, Wasell, and Meeh. … Cesarz and Johnson own the Cardinals' two shorthanded goals. … Saint Mary's boasts three players who have scored their first collegiate goals this season—Stang, Owen, and Luke Seper (Lakeville, Minn.). Seper netted his first goal as a Cardinals against Saint John's on Dec. 2; Stang's came against St. Thomas on Nov. 3, while Owen's was against Bethel on Oct. 29. … Johnson picked up a pair of multiple-point games against Lake Forest on Nov. 24-25, scoring twice in Saint Mary's 6-3 loss on Nov. 24 and adding a goal and an assist in the Cardinals' 4-2 win the following night in the teams' rematch. … Walz collected assists on all three of the Cardinals' goals against Lake Forest on Nov. 24. It was the second time in his collegiate career that he has recorded three assists in a game. … Owen and Austin Arnold (Anchorage, Alaska) each recorded their first collegiate multiple-point games against Lake Forest on Nov. 25—Owen added two assists to his second-period goal, while Arnold notched a pair of assists. … Stang and Cesarz each scored twice in Saint Mary's 5-4 loss to No. 11 UW-Eau Claire on Nov. 11. Cesarz's two-goal effort against UW-Eau Claire was his sixth career multiple-goal game—including five two-goal showings—while Stang's was the first of his collegiate career. … Stang also delivered a pair of assists against the Blugolds on Nov. 11 en route to his first collegiate four-point game. … Al Rogers (North Haven, Conn.) notched his first career win—in his first collegiate start—stopping 37 of the 39 shots in faced in the Cardinals' 4-2 win over Lake Forest on Nov. 25. … Nick Nast (Oxnard, Calif.) made his first collegiate start in goal in the Cardinals' 5-4 loss to UW-Eau Claire on Nov. 11, finishing with 41 saves. … Aaron Davis (Mound, Minn.) has started 11 of the team's 16 games in goal, compiling a 3.61 goals-against-average and .872 save percentage, while Nast boasts a 4.73 GAA and .860 save percentage, and Rogers owns a 2.67 GAA and .904 save percentage. … Davis earned his first collegiate shutout, making 31 saves in a 2-0 win over Gustavus on Feb. 4, 2017, while stopping 28 shots en route to his first win as a Cardinal on Nov. 5, 2016. … The Cardinals are 12-1-2 in the last 15 games in which they limit their opponent to two goals or less. … With their 4-2 win over Lake Forest on Nov. 25, Saint Mary's snapped its season-high five-game losing streak. … Saint Mary's has scored 17 its goals 38 goals in the third period. … Saint Mary's has been outscored 20-6 in the first period and 19-15 in the second. … Saint Mary's is 2-3-0 when scoring first, while going 2-7-2 when its opponent scores the game's opening goal.
 
Scouting The UW-Stout Blue Devils:
2017-18 Roster | 2017-18 Statistics | 2017-18 Schedule
• Friday's game against Saint Mary's is the eighth and final game against teams from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference for the Blue Devils, who are 1-6 vs. the MIAC thus far this season. UW-Stout beat Gustavus 5-3, while falling to Concordia (3-2), Saint John's (4-1), St. Olaf (5-3 and 6-5 in OT), Hamline (5-3), and Augsburg (6-2). … With last weekend's losses to Hamline and Augsburg, the Blue Devils saw their losing streak climb to three straight, while their winless streak reached five (0-4-1). … Three of UW-Stout's five wins this season have been by one goal, with the other two were two-goal victories. … UW-Stout's five goals last weekend came from five different players. Mathias Ahman, Alex Toscano, and Gavin Smith all scored in last Friday's 5-3 loss to Hamline, while Jonathan Marzec and Adam Kresl accounted for the Blue Devils' two goals in the loss to Augsburg a day later. … Ahman's goal against Hamline last Friday was his team-leading 10^th of the season. No other Blue Devil has more than four goals on the year. … Connor Chambers owns a team-leading 11 assists—three more than Ahman—while Ahman is the team's points leader with 18. … Seven of Ahman's team-leading 10 goals have come on the power play. … Hunter Anderson owns two of UW-Stout's five game-winning goals, with Lucas Carroll, Jack Forbort, and Joe Kleven accounting for the other three. … UW-Stout has used four different goalies this season. Tommie Ahlgren (2.78 GAA, .896 save percentage) has started 10 of the Blue Devils' 17 games in goal, while Etienne Roy (3.88 GAA, .871 save %) has started four games. Evan Hauser (3.36 GAA, .848 save %) owns two starts and Evan Bisek (4.02 GAA, .789 save %) stopped 15 of 19 shots in his lone start last Friday vs. Hamline. … UW-Stout holds a 15-14 first-period scoring advantage, but the Blue Devils have been outscored 19-17 in the second period and 24-12 in the third. … UW-Stout has played three overtime games this season—falling to St. Olaf 6-5, while tying Aurora (3-3) and Concordia-Wisconsin (4-4). … The Blue Devils have scored first in seven of their 17 games this season. UW-Stout is 3-3-1 when scoring first, while going 2-7-1 when their opponent nets the game's first goal.