By DONNY NADEAU
Saint Mary's Sports Information Director
 
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University men's hockey team hits the road for the second game of its two-game MIAC series against Augsburg, as the Cardinals head to Ed Saugestad Rink for a 7 p.m. rematch against the nationally ranked Auggies.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (5-4-0 MIAC, 7-8-1 Overall) at Augsburg Auggies (7-3-1 MIAC, 12-6-1 Overall)
 
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Last Night:
• January 31, 2020 * Saint Mary's Ice Arena * Winona, Minn.: Tommy Stang (Mendota Heights, Minn.) score two goals and added two assists, and Tyson Liverance (Burford, Ontario) added a goal and two assists, as the Cardinals used a pair of three-goal periods to rout No. 10 Augsburg 7-1 | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. Augsburg — A Year Ago:
• November 16, 2019 * Ed Saugestad Rink * Minneapolis, Minn.: Augsburg scored two unanswered goals — including the game-winner on a penalty shot less than two minutes into overtime — as the Auggies rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Cardinals | Recap
• November 17, 2019 * Saint Mary's Ice Arena * Winona, Minn.: Augsburg — coming off a 2-1 overtime win over Saint Mary's the night before — rattled off four unanswered goals, including three in the third period, to deal Saint Mary's a 4-1 setback | Recap
• February 23, 2019 * Ed Saugestad Rink * Minneapolis, Minn.: Augsburg erupted for six unanswered goals, including five in the second period, breaking opening a one-goal game and leading the Auggies to an 8-1 victory over the Cardinals — and an MIAC Tournament title game berth against Saint John's | Recap


Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals are back in action with a pair of conference games against Hamline next weekend. Saint Mary's travels to HU's TRIA Rink in St. Paul, Minn., for Friday's 7 p.m. opener, with both teams heading to the Saint Mary's Ice Arena for the rematch at 7 p.m. the following evening.
• Augsburg: The Auggies step out of conference play next Saturday, entertaining St. Norbert in a 7 p.m. nonconference game at Ed Saugestad Rink in Minneapolis, Minn.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2019-20 Roster | 2019-20 Schedule | 2019-20 Statistics
• Friday's game against Augsburg was the second straight home game for the Cardinals, who have played 11 of their last 17 games on the road. Saint Mary's is 3-5-1 on their home ice this season, while going 5-4-0 away from the Saint Mary's Ice Arena. … The Cardinals' seven goals in Friday's 7-1 win over No. 10 Augsburg were a season high — and marked the second straight year in which Saint Mary's has recorded a seven-goal game. … Five of Saint Mary's seven goals against Augsburg Friday came on special teams — the Cardinals scored three power-play goals and added a pair of shorthanded tallies. … Tommy Stang (Mendota Heights, Minn.) scored two goals, while Tyson Liverance (Burford, Ontario), Ryan Stoynich (Calgary, Alberta), Kyle Meeh (Fenton, Mo.), Brady Lindauer (Cary, Ill.), and Trevor Wilhelm (St. Louis, Mo.) netted the Cardinals' other five goals. … With his goal against Augsburg Friday, Stoynich has now recorded at least one point in nine of the Cardinals' last 10 games. … Tommy Stang's two-goal and four-point game against Augsburg Friday were both collegiate firsts, while Liverance equaled his career-high with three points (1 goal, 2 assists) against the Auggies. … Meeh scored two goals in Saint Mary's 5-4 loss to St. Thomas on Jan. 10, then added three assists in the Cardinals' 4-1 win the following evening, earning the senior his second MIAC Athlete of the Week honor. … Meeh's two-goal effort against St. Thomas on Jan. 10 marked the second time this season — and third time in his collegiate career — that the senior has netted two goals in a game. His three-assist showing the following evening was also a career-high. … With his goal against Augsburg on Friday — his second goal in as many games — Meeh pushed his team goal-scoring lead to a single-game career-high 10. … Jack Stang (Mendota Heights, Minn.), who recorded his first collegiate three-assist game against Augsburg Friday night — marking the sixth time this season the senior has recorded two or more assists in a game — leads the team in both assists (18) and points (21). … Tommy Stang (19), Meeh (16), Stoynich (15), and Wilhelm (10) have all cracked the 10-point barrier this season. … With his goal against UW-Stout on Jan. 17, Alex Rickoff (Winona, Minn.) became the ninth Cardinal to net his first collegiate goal this season — joining Lindauer, Ian Currie (Frankin, Tenn.), Robert Roslund (Vanersborg, Sweden), Sam Hanson (Eau Claire, Wis.), Thomas Magnavite (Chicago, Ill.), Trevor Wilhelm (St. Louis, Mo.), Nikita Sheberov (Obninsk, Russia), and Sam Schultz (Lakeland, Minn.). … The Cardinals have had a multiple-goal scorer five times this season — Tommy Stang vs. Augsburg on Friday; Meeh vs. Concordia on Nov. 23 and vs. St. Thomas on Jan. 17; Jack Stang against Williams on Jan. 3; and Magnavite against Lake Forest on Nov. 1. … Four of Meeh's 10 goals have come on the power-play — a team high — while Tommy Stang has scored three of Saint Mary's four shorthanded goals. … Tommy Stang's two shorthanded goals against Augsburg Friday marked the first time Saint Mary's has had a player score two shorthanded goals in a game since Martin Gruse netted two on Dec. 6, 2014. … Nick Nast (Oxnard, Calif.), making his first start in goal since Dec. 6, stopped 23 of the 24 Auggie shots he faced Friday. … Nast, who has compiled a 3.09 goals-against-average and an .895 save percentage in eight starts, has stopped 30 or more shots nine times in the last two seasons. … Al Rogers (New Haven, Conn.) — who recorded his first collegiate shutout, a 30-save showing against No. 10 Oswego on Jan. 3 — heads into Saturday's matchup against Augsburg boasting a 3.06 goals-against-average and an .891 save percentage. … Rogers has posted 30 or more saves three times this season — including a season-high 37 saves against No. 14 Williams on Jan. 4 — and eight times in his collegiate career. …  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 15-13 in the first period and 19-17 in the second, but have been outscored 27-18 in the third. … The Cardinals 4-3 loss to Bethel on Jan. 24 was their fourth overtime game of the season — and their first loss. Saint Mary's owns OT wins over Concordia (3-2) and Gustavus (5-4), while battling Lake Forest to a 3-3 tie. … 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. … With their 4-3 overtime loss to Bethel last Friday, the Cardinals have now played 17 games decided by one goal or less — including 10 that have gone into overtime — over the past two seasons. … Saint Mary's has scored first in 10 of its 18 games, going 5-5-0. The Cardinals are 3-4-1 when their opponent scores first. … Saint Mary's is 6-1-1 when leading after two periods, while going 0-4-0 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 Augsburg Auggies:
2019-20 Roster | 2019-20 Schedule | 2019-20 Statistics
• With Friday's loss to Saint Mary's, the Auggies are now 2-4-1 in their last seven games — with both wins coming via shutout. Augsburg had opened the season with 10 wins in its first 12 games. … The Auggies are currently ranked No. 10 in the latest USCHO.com Top 15. … Gavin Holland scored Augsburg's lone goal in Friday's 7-1 loss to Saint Mary's. … Holland has now scored three goals in the Auggies' last two games, having netted a pair of goals in last Saturday's win against Saint John's. … With his goal against Saint Mary's Friday, Holland pushed his team-leading goal total to 10, three in front of Grant Reichenbacher. … Austin Martinsen is the team-leader in both assists (10) and points (16). … Martinsen is one of five Auggies with 10 or more points this season — being joined by Holland (13), Gunnar Goodmanson (13), Reichenbacher (10), and Charlie Parker (10). … The Auggies have scored 10 power-play goals — led by Goodmanson and Holland with two each — while Goodmanson also leads the team with a pair of shorthanded tallies. … Martinsen, Holland, Reichenbacher, Blackowiak, and Michael Redmon all lead the team with two game-winning goals, with Parker and Matt Nehls netting the other two. … Danill Gerasimov has started 14 of the team's 19 games in goal, compiling a 1.66 goals-against-average and .940 save percentage. … Gerasimov stopped all 28 Saint John's shots last Saturday en route to his fourth shutout of the season. … Jack Robbel (1.38 GAA, .924 save %) has made four starts between the pipes, while Jon Albers (1.29 GAA, .951 save %) has made four appearances, including one start. … Augsburg has scored five or more goals in a game six times this season — including a season-high six goals in a 6-0 win over Bethel on Jan. 17. … Augsburg has outscored its opponents in every periods — 15-10 in the first, 21-13 in the second, and 18-10 in the third. … The Auggies have scored first in 12 of their 19 games, going 9-2-1. Augsburg is 3-4-0 when its opponent scores first. … Augsburg is unbeaten (10-0-0) when leading after two periods, but has yet to win a game when trailing entering the third (0-5-1). … Seven of the Auggies' 12 wins have been by three goals or more. On the flip side, Augsburg has been held to two goals or less in all six of its losses this season.