By DONNY NADEAU
Saint Mary's Sports Information Director
 
WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University men's hockey team steps out of conference play on Tuesday, as the Cardinals entertain nationally ranked Milwaukee School of Engineering in a 7 p.m. nonconference matchup at the Saint Mary's Ice Arena.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (2-3-1 Overall) vs. #13 MSOE Raiders (5-1-1 Overall)
 
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Last Action:
• Saint Mary's — November 15-16, 2019 * Moorhead, Minn.: The Cardinals kicked off conference play with a pair of wins over Concordia, getting a goal from Tommy Stang (Mendota Heights, Minn.) with one second remaining in overtime en route to a 3-2 victory over the Cobbers on Nov. 15, before riding the 26-save effort from Nick Nast (Oxnard, Calif.) to a 5-0 victory in the rematch | CC Recap 1 * CC Recap 2
• MSOE — November 15-16, 2019 * Milwaukee, Wis.: The Raiders managed just one point in their NCHA-opening series against St. Scholastica, battling CSS to a 1-1 draw in their opener on Nov. 15, while falling to the Saints 3-1 in the rematch the following day | CSS Recap 1 * CSS Recap 2
 
Saint Mary's vs. Milwaukee School of Engineering — Their Last Meeting:
• November 22, 2016 * Milwaukee, Wis.: MSOE rattled off five unanswered goals — including two each in both the second and third periods — as the Raiders put an end to the Cardinals' winning ways with a 5-2 victory at the Kern Center | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals are now off until Dec. 6-7, when they return to MIAC play with a pair of games against Gustavus. Saint Mary's will head to Don Roberts Ice Arena in St. Peter, Minn., for a 7 p.m. conference matchup on Dec. 6, before the two teams head to the Saint Mary's Ice Arena for Saturday's 7 p.m. rematch.
• MSOE: The Raiders hit the road on Dec. 6-7, heading to Houghton, Mich., for a pair of conference games against Finlandia. MSOE and FU will drop the puck at 6:15 p.m. on Dec. 6, with the second game of their two-game series taking place at 3 p.m. the following afternoon.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2019-20 Roster | 2019-20 Schedule | 2019-20 Statistics
• Tuesday's nonconference game against MSOE is the first home game for the Cardinals since opening the season with back-to-back contests against Lake Forest. Saint Mary's has played its last four games away from the Saint Mary's Ice Arena. … The Cardinals' 3-2 overtime win over Concordia on Nov. 15 snapped their four-game, season-opening winless streak (0-3-1) — it was also the first collegiate coaching win for Cardinal head coach Ryan Egan. … The Cardinals' 3-2, 5-0 sweep of Concordia on Nov. 15-16 marked the first time since Nov. 12-13, 2010 that Saint Mary's has swept the Cobbers. … Tommy Stang (Mendota Heights, Minn.) scored the game-winning goal with one second remaining in overtime against the Cobbers on Nov. 15, while Sam Hanson (Eau Claire, Wis.) and Ryan Stoynich (Calgary, Alberta) netted Saint Mary's other two goals. … Kyle Meeh (Fenton, Mo.) — who assisted on two of the Cardinals' three goals in their 3-2 OT win over Concordia on Nov. 15 — scored twice in Saint Mary's 5-0 victory in the rematch, while Stoynich, Nikita Sheberov (Obninsk, Russia), Ian Currie (Franklin, Tenn.) accounted for the Cardinals' other three goals. … The goals by Hanson, Sheberov, and Currie were all collegiate firsts, giving Saint Mary's six players who have netted their first goals in a Cardinal uniform this season — joining Sam Schultz (Lakeland, Minn.), Thomas Magnavite (Chicago, Ill.), and Trevor Wilhelm (St. Louis, Mo.). … Magnavite recorded his first collegiate two-goal game in the Cardinals' 3-3, season-opening tie against Lake Forest on Nov. 1. … Jack Stang (Mendota Heights, Minn.) posted his first three-point game of the season against Lake Forest on Nov. 2, scoring once and assisting on the Cardinals' other two goals in the 4-3 loss. … Meeh enters Tuesday's nonconference game against MSOE leading the Cardinals in goals with three, one more than Tommy Stang, Stoynich, and Magnavite. … Jack Stang (Mendota Heights, Minn.), who owns three, two-assist games this season, leads the Cardinals with six helpers, one more than both Tommy Stang and Trevor Wilhelm (St. Louis, Mo.). … Tommy and Jack Stang share the team lead with seven points, followed by Wilhelm (6) and Meeh (5). … Nick Nast (Oxnard, Calif.) stopped all 26 shots he faced in the Cardinals' 5-0 win over Concordia on Nov. 16 en route to his first shutout of the season, and second of his collegiate career. … Nast has now stopped 145 shots in five starts this season. … With his 38-save effort against Lake Forest on Nov. 1, Nast has now stopped 30 or more shots eight times in the last two seasons. … Nast enters Tuesday's matchup against MSOE with a 3.08 goals-against-average and a .900 save percentage. … Al Rogers (North Haven, Conn.) recorded 32 saves — nine in relief against UW-Superior on Nov. 8 and 23 in his first start of the season against UW-Eau Claire the following day. … Parker Swanson (Eden Prairie, Minn.) stopped all seven shots he faced in relief of Rogers against UW-Eau Claire on Nov. 9 — it was his first collegiate appearance in goal. … Eight of the Cardinals' 16 goals this season have been scored in the first period. On the flip side, 11 of Saint Mary's opponents' 21 goals have come in the game's final 20 minutes. … With their 3-2 OT win over Concordia on Nov. 15, the Cardinals have now played 11 games decided by one goal or less — including eight that have gone into overtime — over the past two seasons. … Saint Mary's has scored first in two of its six games, going 1-1-0. The Cardinals are 1-2-1 when their opponent scores first. … Saint Mary's is 1-0-1 when leading after two, while going 0-2-0 when trialing heading into the third period. … The Cardinals — picked to finish sixth in the MIAC Preseason Coaches Poll — made their third MIAC Tournament appearance in the last five years a year ago. The Cardinals kicked off post-season play with a 5-2 win over Concordia, before falling to Augsburg 8-1 in the semifinals.
 
Scouting The MSOE Raiders:
2019-20 Roster | 2019-20 Schedule | 2019-20 Statistics
• The Raiders head into Tuesday's nonconference game against Saint Mary's ranked No. 13 in the latest USCHO.com Poll. … MSOE's 3-1 loss to St. Scholastica on Nov. 16 snapped the Raiders' season-opening six-game unbeaten streak (5-0-1) and was their first loss of the 2019-20 season. … After scoring three of more goals in each of their first five contests, the Raiders managed just two goals combined in their 1-1 tie and 3-1 loss to St. Scholastica on Nov. 15-16. … Tuesday's game against Saint Mary's is the Raiders' third, and final, contest against an opponent from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. MSOE beat both St. Thomas (5-2) and Concordia (4-2) earlier this season. … Tuesday's game at Saint Mary's is just the second road game of the season for the Raiders, who have played six of their first seven contests on their home ice at Kern Center in Milwaukee, Wis. … Matt Hanewall heads into Tuesday's nonconference showdown against Saint Mary's leading the Raiders in both goals (5) and points (6). … Stian Owens is second to Hanewall with three goals, while Nigel Nelson and Kevin Shand have each scored twice. … Garrett Gintoli has collected a team-best five assists, leaving him one point back of Hanewall. … MSOE has scored five power-play goals, with all five coming from a different player — Hanewall, Owens, Shand, Will Gauthier, and Jeff Makowski. … Hanewall, Shand, Brandon Turer, Adem Arifi, and David Marabella have netted MSOE's five game-winning goals. … Logan Halladay has started all seven games in goal for the Raiders, compiling a 1.84 goals-against-average and a .930 save percentage. … Halladay has stopped 174 of the 187 shots he's faced. … MSOE scored a season-high five goals in its season-opening 5-2 win over St. Thomas. On the flip side, the Raiders have surrendered a season-high three goals twice — beating Lake Forest 4-3 and falling to St. Scholastica 3-1. … MSOE has outscored its opponents in every period — 9-5 in the first, 5-3 in the second, and 7-5 in the third. … The Raiders are 3-0-1 when netting the game's first goal, while going 2-1-0 when their opponent scores first. … MSOE is 5-0-1 when leading after two periods, while going 0-1-0 when trailing heading into the third.