SAINT MARY'S CARDINALS 

(1-2-0 MIAC, 2-6-0 O'ALL)

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SAINT JOHN'S JOHNNIES 

(0-2-0 MIAC, 2-4-1 O'ALL

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LAST MEETING: Nov. 18, 2021 * W, 2-1

A YEAR AGO: March 18, 2021 * L, 5-2

HEAD-2-HEAD: Series History

SAINT MARY'S UP NEXT:

Nov. 23, 2021 * at Lawrence * Appleton, Wis. * 7:00

SAINT JOHN'S UP NEXT: 

Nov. 23, 2021 * at Bethel * Blaine, Minn. * 7:00

• FOR THE RECORD: Saint Mary’s enters Saturday’s rematch against Saint John’s sitting at 2-6-0 overall record — including a 1-2-0 record in conference play, thanks to Thursday’s 2-1 win over the Johnnies in St. Cloud, Minn.

• GAME 1 RECAP: Trevor Schroder (Des Moines, Iowa) and Kasyn Kruse (Luverne, Minn.) each scored their second goal of the season and Matt Sankner (Pennington, N.J.) kicked out 35 Johnnie shots, as the Cardinals beat SJU 2-1 at Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, Minn.

• FINALLY BACK HOME: Last Thursday’s game at Saint John’s was the third straight road game for the Cardinals, who will be back on the road for two of their final three games of 2021. Following Saturday’s home rematch with the Johnnies, the Cardinals will close out the 2021 portion of their schedule with a road game at Lawrence on Nov. 23 and a home-and-home series against St. Olaf on Dec. 3-4.

• LIGHTING THE LAMP: Ryan Stoynich (Calgary, Alberta) enters Saturday’s second game against Saint John’s leading the team with three goals, one more than Schroder, Kruse, Matt Hutton (Carmel, Ind.), and Bud Winter (St. Louis, Mo.). Gabe Potyk (Lake Orion, Mich.), Laudon Poellinger (La Crescent, Minn.), Trevor Paradise (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Brady Lindauer (Cary, Ill.), Andrew Froese (Traverse City, Mich.), and Tyson Liverance (Burford, Ontario) have netted SMU’s other six goals.

• FIRST AS A CARDINAL: The Cardinals boast five players who have scored their first collegiate goals this season — Kruse, Paradise, Poellinger, Potyk, and Hutton.

• LENDING A HAND: Hutton, Schroder, Lindauer, Poellinger, and Trevor Wilhelm (St. Louis, Mo.) all share the team lead with three assists each, followed by Stoynich with two. Eleven other Cardinals have all collected one helper through eight games.

• POINT PRODUCERS: Stoynich (3 G, 2 A), Hutton (2 G, 3 A), and Schroder (2 G, 3 A) lead the team in points with five, followed by Lindauer (1 G, 3 A) and Poellinger (1 G, 3 A) with four; and Winter (2 G, 1 A), Kruse (2 G, 1 A) and Wilhelm (0 G, 3 A) with three points each.

• POWER SURGE: Six of the Cardinals’ 17 goals this season have been scored on the power play. Saint Mary’s is 6-for-33 with the man advantage.

• MULTIPLE-POINT PERFORMANCES: The Cardinals have had seven players post multiple-point games this season — led by Stoynich and Hutton, who have achieved the feat twice. Schroder, Paradise, Winter, Lindauer and Wilhelm have accounted for the other five.

• BETWEEN THE PIPES: Matt Sankner (Pennington, N.J.) recorded his first collegiate win with his 35-save effort against Saint John’s last Thursday. Sankner’s 35 saves were a career high. The freshman has now stopped 30 or more shots in two of his three starts this season, having recorded 33 saves against Lake Forest on Oct. 30. Sankner heads into Saturday’s rematch with Saint John’s carrying a 3.37 goals-against-average and .912 save percentage. … A.J. Ruskowski (Traverse City, Mich.) notched his first collegiate win on Nov. 5, making 28 saves in SMU’s 4-3 win over UW-Superior. Ruskowski followed up that effort by stopping a career-best 43 shots in the Cardinals’ 4-1 loss to UW-Eau Claire the following evening. … Ruskowski owns a 4.30 GAA and an .869 save percentage.

• FIRST CAREER STARTS: Ruskowski and Sankner each made their first collegiate starts in goal for the Cardinals against Lake Forest on Oct. 29-30. Ruskowski finished with 28 saves in SMU’s 4-3 overtime loss on Oct. 29, while Sankner kicked out 33 of the 35 Forester shots he faced the following afternoon.

• STREAKING ALONG: The Cardinals picked up their first win of the season on Nov. 5, snapping a season-opening three-game losing streak with a 4-3 win over UW-Superior. SMU put an end to its second three-game losing streak last Thursday with their 2-1 victory over Saint John’s.

• FIRST-GOAL SUCCESS: In seven of Saint Mary’s first eight games this season, the team that has scored first has gone on to win — the lone exception, last Thursday’s win over Saint John’s, in which Saint Mary’s scored the game’s final two goals for the 2-1 victory.

• FOR THE RECORD: The Johnnies enter Saturday’s second game of their two-game series against Saint Mary’s sitting at 2-4-1 overall, while still searching for their first conference win of the year. SJU dropped a 1-0 decision to Bethel its conference-opener on Nov. 10, before falling to Saint Mary’s on Thursday.

• THURSDAY RECAP: The Johnnies scored the game’s first goal, and outshot Saint Mary’s 36-13, but it was not enough, as SJU fell one goal short, 2-1 on Thursday at Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, Minn.

• QUALITY, NOT QUANTITY: The 13 shots on goal allowed by SJU against Saint Mary’s on Thursday were the fewest in a Johnnie loss since then-No. 4 UW-River Falls scored four goals on 14 shots in a 4-0 shutout of then-No. 11 SJU on Dec. 9, 2014.

• ROAD WARRIORS: After opening the season with four straight home games, Saint John’s is in the midst of playing four of five games on the road — the lone exception, last Thursday’s 2-1 home loss to Saint Mary’s.

• CLOSE CALLS: Five of Saint John’s seven games have been decided by one goal or less. SJU has beaten UW-Eau Claire (1-0) and UW-Stout (3-2), lost to Bethel (1-0) and Saint Mary’s (2-1), and tied Milwaukee School of Engineering (4-4).

• WORKING OVERTIME: SJU has played three overtime games this season — falling to Bethel (1-0) on Nov. 10, beating UW-Stout (3-2) last Friday, and tying MSOE (4-4) on Nov. 7

• OFFENSIVE LEADERS: Nick Michel — who scored the overtime game-winner against UW-Stout on Nov. 13 — and Lewis Crosby share the team lead with three goals each, followed by Matt DeRosa with two. Cole Souto, Spencer Rudrud, Max Borst, Brett Meister, and Max Osborne own SU’s other five goals.

• LENDING A HAND: Souto leads the Johnnies with four assists, one more than both Henry Enebak and Auggie Moore, and two in front of Michel, Rudrud, and Braden Altena. … Souto, Rudrud, Michel, and Altena have all posted two-assist games this season.

• POINT PRODUCERS: Michel (3 G, 2 A) and Souto (1 G, 4 A) share the team lead in points with five each, followed by Crosby (3 G, 1 A) with four, and Enebak (0 G, 3 A), Rudrud (1 G, 2 A), and Moore (0 G, 3 A) with three each.

• TOSSING THE HAT: Crosby picked up three of his team-leading five goals against Milwaukee School of Engineering on Nov. 7, scoring his first three goals as a Johnnie en route to his first collegiate hat trick.

• BETWEEN THE PIPES: Mac Berglove and Michael Magnuson have shared the goaltending duties for the Johnnies this season. Berglove has compiled a 1.74 goals-against-average and .930 save percentage in five starts, while Magnuson sports a 4.08 GAA and .879 save percentage in two starts. … Berglove has stopped 120 of the 129 shots he’s faced and has been in goal for both of the Johnnies’ wins. … Berglove stopped a season-high 34 shots in shutting out UW-Eau Claire on Oct. 30.

• AS A TEAM: The Johnnies have scored 13 goals in seven games, including two power-play tallies and one shorthanded goal. SJU’s opponents, meanwhile, have scored 18 goals — six with the man advantage and two shorties. … Saint John’s has scored six of its 13 goals in the first period, while SJU’s opponents have scored five goals in the first period, six in both the second and third, and one in overtime.