| The Cardinals closed out their first year under coach Ryan Egan by going 4-8-1 on their home ice, while posting a 5-6-1 mark away from the Saint Mary's Ice Arena. … The Cardinals' 3-2 overtime win over Concordia on Nov. 15 was Egan's first collegiate coaching win. … Kyle Meeh (Fenton, Mo.) closed out his senior season with a team-leading and single-season career-high 13 goals a year ago. … Tommy Stang (Mendota Heights, Minn.) was second to Meeh with 11 goals, while leading the team in points with 28. … Jack Stang (Mendota Heights, Minn.) posted a team-best 24 assists — the most in a season since Anthony Bohn recorded 26 helpers during the 2007-08 season. … Tommy Stang (28) and Jack Stang (27) were two of six players with 10 or more points in 2019-20, being joined by Meeh (22), Ryan Stoynich (Calgary, Alberta / 18), Trevor Wilhelm (St. Louis, Mo. / 16), and Tyson Liverance (Burford, Ontario / 11). … Tommy Stang and Wilhelm each put together four-point games in Saint Mary's 7-2 win over Hamline on Feb. 8, 2020 — Stang had two goals and two assists, while Wilhelm recorded one goal and three assists. … Saint Mary's finished the year boasting nine players who netted their first goals in a Cardinal uniform — Alex Rickoff (Winona, Minn.), Brady Lindauer (Cary, Ill.), Ian Currie (Franklin, 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 had a multiple-goal scorer seven times last season — Meeh vs. Saint John's on Feb. 22 and vs. Concordia on Nov. 23; Tommy Stang vs. Hamline on Feb. 8 and Augsburg on Jan. 31; Jack Stang against Williams on Jan. 3; and Magnavite against Lake Forest on Nov. 1. … Seven of Meeh's 13 goals came on the power play, while six of Stoynich's nine were with the man advantage. … Tommy Stang scored three of Saint Mary's four shorthanded goals. … Tommy Stang's two shorthanded goals against Augsburg on Jan. 31 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. … Al Rogers (New Haven, Conn.) recorded his first collegiate shutout, a 30-save showing against No. 10 Oswego on Jan. 3, 2020 and closed out the season boasting a 2.94 goals-against-average and an .893 save percentage. … Rogers — who made a season-high 38 saves against St. Olaf on Feb. 14, 2020 — posted 30 or more saves four times last season and nine times in his collegiate career. … Nick Nast (Oxnard, Calif.), who compiled a 3.45 goals-against-average and an .881 save percentage in 11 appearances last season, stopped 30 or more shots nine times in the last two seasons. … Parker Swanson (Eden Prairie, Minn.) stopped all seven shots he faced in relief against UW-Eau Claire on Nov. 9, 2019 — his first collegiate appearance in goal. … Five of Saint Mary's seven goals against Augsburg on Jan. 31, 2020 came on special teams — the Cardinals scored three power-play goals and added a pair of shorthanded tallies. … The Cardinals equaled their single-game season-high with seven goals in their 7-2 win over Hamline on Feb. 8, 2020. Saint Mary's scored seven goals in each of its last two wins — having beaten No. 10 Augsburg 7-1 on Jan. 31. … With its season-ending 6-5 loss to regular-season champion Saint John's, Saint Mary's has now played 20 games decided by one goal or less — including 11 that went into overtime — over the past two seasons. … The Cardinals' 1-1 tie against St. Olaf on Feb. 14, 2020 was their fifth overtime game of the season. Saint Mary's owned OT wins over Concordia (3-2) and Gustavus (5-4), while falling to Bethel (4-3), and tying St. Olaf (1-1) and Lake Forest (3-3). … 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 swept the Cobbers. … Saint Mary's scored first in 15 of its 25 games, going 6-8-1. The Cardinals finished 3-5-1 when their opponent scored first. … Saint Mary's went 7-3-1 when leading after two periods, while going 0-6-0 when trailing heading into the third period. … Saint Mary's five goals in its season-ending 6-5 loss to Saint John's were the most in a loss single falling to St. Thomas 6-5 in overtime on Jan. 6, 2017. … Both of Saint Mary's wins at the Pathfinder/Oswego State Hockey Classic on Jan. 3-4, 2020 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 Gusties are coming off a fifth-place showing the conference standings a year ago, finishing 7-7-3 in MIAC play en route to a 11-12-3 overall record. … Gustavus dropped a 3-2 decision to St. Thomas in the opening round of the 2020 MIAC Tournament. … Caleb Anderson returns for his senior season, after being named MIAC Co-Player of the Year last season. Anderson led the Gusties in all three offensive categories — goals (16), assists (18), and points (34). … Anderson was one of 10 Gusties to amass 10 or more points in 2019-20. … GAC's 11 game-winning goals a year ago came from seven different players — including two each from Anderson, Connor Clemons, Tyler Rock, and Jared Bromberg. … Robbie Goor started in 21 of the Gusties' 26 games between the pipes last season, compiling a 2.46 goals-against-average and a .914 save percentage. … Gustavus outscored its opponents 79-64 last season, including 32-24 in the second period and 25-17 in the third. … The Gusties finished the year 10-1-=1 whne leading after two periods, while going 7-4-2 when netting the game's first goal. |
