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 Friday, as the Cardinals entertain UW-Stout in a 7 p.m. nonconference game at the Saint Mary's Ice Arena.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (6-6-1 Overall) vs. UW-Stout Blue Devils (4-10-1 Overall)
 
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Last Action:
• Saint Mary's — January 10-11, 2020 * UST Ice Arena/Saint Mary's Ice Arena * Mendota Heights/Winona: The Cardinals split their two conference games against St. Thomas — with both teams winning on the road. UST held off the Cardinals 5-4 in Game 1 of their two-game series last Friday, while Saint Mary's bounced back with a 4-1 road win the following evening | UST Recap 1 * UST Recap 2
• UW-Stout — January 14, 2020 * Dunn County Arena * Menomonie, Wis.: UW-River Falls scored four goals in the second period and rolled to a 6-2 WIAC victory over the Blue Devils in a game that included 21 penalties | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. UW-Stout — Earlier This Year:
• October 19, 2019 * Dunn County Arena * Menomonie, Wis.: UW-Stout scored the game's first four goals in dealing the Cardinals a 4-1 setback a season-opening exhibition game | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. UW-Stout — A Year Ago:
• January 17, 2019 * Saint Mary's Ice Arena * Winona, Minn.: UW-Stout netted three unanswered goals in the second and third periods in dealing the Cardinals a 4-2 setback | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals close out the nonconference portion of their schedule on Saturday, welcoming nationally ranked UW-River Falls to the Saint Mary's Ice Arena. Opening face-off is set for 7:30 p.m.
• UW-Stout: The Blue Devils are back on the road on Saturday, heading to St. Olaf Ice Arena in Northfield, Minn., for a 7 p.m. nonconference matchup against the Oles.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2019-20 Roster | 2019-20 Schedule | 2019-20 Statistics
• The Cardinals head into their two nonconference home games this weekend having played 10 of their last 13 games on the road. The Cardinals are 1-3-1 on their home ice this season, while going 5-3-0 away from the Saint Mary's Ice Arena. … The Cardinals head into Friday's game against UW-Stout having won four of their last five. Saint Mary's had its season-high three-game winning streak snapped with last Friday's 5-4 loss to St. Thomas. … Kyle Meeh (Fenton, Mo.) scored twice, and Robert Roslund (Vanersborg, Sweden) and Brady Lindauer (Cary, Ill.) netted the Cardinals' other two goals against St. Thomas last Friday, while Owen Sikich (Wolfeboro, N.H.), Brady Lindauer (Cary, Ill.), Ryan Stoynich (Calgary, Alberta), and Tommy Stang (Mendota Heights, Minn.) netted Saint Mary's four goals in its 4-1 win over the Tommies the following evening. … Meeh's two-goal effort against St. Thomas last Friday marked the second time this season — and third time in his collegiate career — that the senior has netted two goals in a game. … Meeh followed up his two-goal effort by assisting on three of Saint Mary's four goals in the Cardinals' 4-1 win over UST last Saturday. … Meeh's three-assist night was a career-best. … Tommy Stang and Stoynich both picked up points in each of Saint Mary's two games against St. Thomas last weekend, extending their point streaks to five straight games. Stang owns four goals and two assists in that span, while Stoynich has two goals and five assists. … With his two goals against St. Thomas last Friday, Meeh pushed his team goal-scoring lead to seven, one more than Tommy Stang. … Jack Stang (Mendota Heights, Minn.) recorded his fourth two-assist game this season last Saturday against St. Thomas, leads the team in both assists (12) and points (15). … Tommy Stang (13), Meeh (13), and Stoynich (10) have all cracked the 10-point barrier this season. … With goals by Roslund and Lindauer vs. St. Thomas last Friday, Saint Mary's now boasts eight players who have recorded their first collegiate goals this season — Roslund, Lindauer, Sam Hanson (Eau Claire, Wis.), Thomas Magnavite (Chicago, Ill.), Trevor Wilhelm (St. Louis, Mo.), Nikita Sheberov (Obninsk, Russia), Ian Currie (Franklin, Wis.), and Sam Schultz (Lakeland, Minn.). … The Cardinals have had a multiple-goal scorer four times this season — Meeh vs. Concordia on Nov. 23 and vs. St. Thomas Friday, Jack Stang against Williams on Jan. 3, Meeh against Concordia on Nov. 23, and Magnavite against Lake Forest on Nov. 1. … Jack Stang 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. … Tommy Stang's goal midway through the third period against No. 14 Williams on Jan. 4 was the Cardinals' first short-handed goal of the season. … Al Rogers (New Haven, Conn.) — who recorded his first collegiate shutout, a 30-save showing against No. 10 Oswego on Jan. 3 — kicked out 58 St. Thomas shots last weekend, 30 on Friday and 28 on Saturday. … Rogers has now posted 30 or more saves in three of his last four starts — including a season-high 37 saves against No. 14 Williams on Jan. 4 — and eight times in his collegiate career. … Rogers heads into Friday's nonconference game against UW-Stout boasting a 2.93 goals-against-average and a .909 save percentage. … Nick Nast (Oxnard, Calif.) has stopped a team-high 174 shots in seven starts in goal this season. … With his 30-save effort against MSOE on Nov. 26, Nast has now stopped 30 or more shots nine times in the last two seasons. … Nast boasts a 3.42 goals-against-average and an .888 save percentage this season. … Parker Swanson (Eden Prairie, Minn.), who stopped all seven shots he faced in relief of Rogers against UW-Eau Claire on Nov. 9 — his first collegiate appearance in goal — made eight saves in relief of Nast against Gustavus on Dec. 6. … The Cardinals have outscored their opponents 13-10 in the first period, but have been outscored 14-11 in the second and 19-10 in the third. … 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. … Saint Mary's 5-4 win over Gustavus on Dec. 7 was its third overtime game of the season — the Cardinals opened the season with a 3-3 tie against Lake Forest on Nov. 1 and added a 3-2 win over Concordia on Nov. 15. … With last Friday's 5-4 loss to St. Thomas the Cardinals have now played 16 games decided by one goal or less — including nine that have gone into overtime — over the past two seasons. … Saint Mary's has scored first in seven of its 13 games, going 4-3-0. The Cardinals are 2-3-1 when their opponent scores first. … Saint Mary's is 4-0-1 when leading after two, while going 0-3-0 when trialing heading into the third period. … Both of Saint Mary's wins at the Pathfinder/Oswego State Hockey Classic on Jan. 3-4 came against nationally ranked foes — No. 10 Oswego and No. 14 Williams. … Rogers, Tommy Stang, and Jack Stang were all named to the Pathfinder/Oswego State Hockey Classic all-tournament team, with Rogers being named tournament MVP. … 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 — 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 UW-Stout Blue Devils:
2019-20 Roster | 2019-20 Schedule | 2019-20 Statistics
• Friday night's game at Saint Mary's is the first of back-to-back road games for the Blue Devils, who play five of their next six games away from the Dunn County Arena. … This weekend's games against Saint Mary's and St. Olaf are the eighth and ninth contests against teams from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The Blue Devils are 1-4-1 in their first six games vs. the MIAC. … Alec Skar and Konnar Dechaine netted UW-Stout's two goals in Tuesday's 6-2 loss to UW-River Falls. … Dechaine's goal against the Falcons Tuesday was his team-leading seventh of the season. Logan Nelson and Vladislav Sorokin are second on the team in goal with five each. … Raphael Gosselin has recorded a team-leading six assists, one more than both Alex Nagel and Evan Butcher. … Dechaine and Sorokin have each scored two power-play goals, while Gosselin and Nelson have netted UW-Stout's other two PP goals. = UW-Stout has yet to score a shorthanded goal, but the Blue Devils have surrendered two shorties — including one against UW-River Falls on Tuesday. … UW-Stout's four game-winning goals have come from four different players — Gosselin, Nelson, Sorokin, and Lucas Carroll. … Brennan Kitchen has started 10 of the Blue Devils' 15 games in goal, compiling a 3.19 goals-against-average and an .893 save percentage. … Kitchen has made 251 saves and has been in goal for three of UW-Stout's four wins. … Evan Bisek (5 GP, 3.26 GAA, .892 save %) and Brady Meyers (4 GP, 7.56 GAA, .796 save %) have also seen time between the pipes. … The Blue Devils have scored four or more goals four times this season, including a season-high six-goal output in beating Northland 6-5 on Nov. 22. On the flip side, the Blue Devils have allowed four or more goals seven times. … UW-Stout has played in five one-goal games, game 2-3. The Blue Devils are 2-2 in two-goal contests and 0-5 in games decided by three or more goals. … UW-Stout has scored first twice this season, going 1-1-0, while sporting a 3-9-1 mark when their opponent scores first.