SAINT MARY'S CARDINALS 

(4-7-1 Overall)

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(2-6-2 Overall)

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SMU-MSOE * Last Meeting:

Nov. 26, 2019 * L, 3-2

HEAD-TO-HEAD: Series History

SAINT MARY'S LAST ACTION:

Dec. 3, 2021 * St. Olaf * W, 4-1

Dec. 4, 2021 * St. Olaf * W, 2-1

MSOE LAST ACTION: 

Dec. 3, 2021 * Adrian * L, 9-4

Dec. 4, 2021 * Adrian * L, 6-1

SAINT MARY'S UP NEXT:

Jan. 7, 2022 * St. Scholastica * Winona, MN * 7:00

Jan. 8, 2022 * St. Scholastica * Winona, MN * 2:00

MSOE UP NEXT: 

Jan. 2, 2022 * Adrian * Toledo, OH * 4:00

• FOR THE RECORD: Saint Mary’s enters Tuesday’s nonconference game against MSOE sitting at 4-7-1 overall, including a 3-3-0 record in conference play

• LAST ACTION: Saint Mary’s is coming off a conference sweep of St. Olaf last weekend, beating the Oles 4-1 on Friday night, and adding a 2-1 victory the following afternoon.

• CLOSING OUT THE YEAR: Tuesday’s game at MSOE is the final game of the 2021 portion of the Cardinals’ schedule. After its game vs. the Raiders, Saint Mary’s is off until Jan. 7-8, 2022, when they welcome St. Scholastica to the Saint Mary’s Ice Arena for a pair of conference games.

• FINDING THEIR GROOVE: With their sweep of St. Olaf last weekend, Saint Mary’s improved to 3-1-1 in its last five games. … SMU’s two wins over the Oles marked its first conference sweep since take two from Concordia (3-2, 5-0) on Nov. 15-16, 2019.

• SPREADING THE WEALTH: The Cardinals’ six goals against St. Olaf last weekend came from six different players — Bud Winter (St. Louis, Mo.), Laudon Poellinger (La Crescent, Minn.), Andrew Froese (Traverse City, Mich.), and Trevor Wilhelm (St. Louis, Mo.) all scored in last Friday’s 4-1 win, while Gabe Potyk (Lake Orion, Mich.) and Kellen Tharaldson (Wausau, Wis.) scored SMU’s two goals in its 2-1 win the following day. Saint Mary’s has yet to have a multiple-goal scorer this season.

• CAREER NIGHTS: Poellinger had a goal and an assist for his first collegiate multiple-point game in last Friday’s 4-1 win over St. Olaf, while Sam Hanson (Eau Claire, Wis.) and Tyson Liverance (Burford, Ontario) equaled their single-game career-high with two assists.

• LIGHTING THE LAMP: With his goal against St. Olaf last Friday, Winter moved into the team lead in goals with four, one more than Poellinger, Kasyn Kruse (Luverne, Minn.), and Ryan Stoynich (Calgary, Alberta). Potyk, Froese, Matt Hutton (Carmel, Ind.), Trevor Schroder (Des Moines, Iowa), and Brady Lindauer (Cary, Ind.) all own two goals, while Hanson, Wilhelm, Tharaldson, Liverance, and Trevor Paradise (Colorado Springs, Colo.) have netted SMU’s other five goals.

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

• LENDING A HAND: Hutton has recorded a team-best six assists, followed by Schroder and Lindauer with five, and Poellinger with four. Sixteen other Cardinals have collected  at least one helper through 11 games.

• POINT PRODUCERS: Along with his team-high six assists, Hutton (2 G, 6 A) also leads the team in points with eight, followed by Winter (4 G, 3 A, 7 Pts), Poellinger (3 G, 4 A, 7 Pts), Lindauer (2 G, 5 A, 7 Pts), Schroder (2 G, 5 A, 7 Pts), Kruse (3 G, 2 A, 5 Pts), and Stoynich (3 G, 2 A, 5 Pts).

• MULTIPLE-POINT PERFORMANCES: With the two-point performances by Poellinger and Hanson last Friday, the Cardinals have had 10 players post multiple-point games this season — led by Stoynich, Hutton, and Winter, who have achieved the feat twice.

• BETWEEN THE PIPES: Matt Sankner (Pennington, N.J.), who recorded his first collegiate win with a career-high 35-save effort against Saint John’s on Nov. 18, made 45 saves in beating St. Olaf twice last weekend. … Sankner — who posted a 34-save effort in SMU’s 3-3 tie against Lawrence on Nov. 23 — has stopped 30 or more shots three times this season. Sankner heads into Tuesday’s game against MSOE carrying a 2.50 goals-against-average and .921 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.

• AS A TEAM: The Cardinals have scored 28 goals through their first 12 games, including eight on the power-play. Saint Mary’s has scored a season-high four goals twice this season — beating UW-Superior 4-3 on Nov. 5, and dropping St. Olaf 4-1 Friday night.

• 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 with their 2-1 victory over Saint John’s on Nov. 18. SMU is 2-1-1 in its last four games.

• FIRST-GOAL SUCCESS: In 10 of Saint Mary’s first 12 games this season, the team that has scored first has gone on to win. The Cardinals are 3-0-0 when scoring first, while going 1-7-1 when their opponent nets the game’s first goal.

• WORKING OVERTIME: The Cardinals’ 3-3 tie against Lawrence on Nov. 23 was its second straight overtime game — and its third OT contest this season. SMU dropped a 3-2 overtime decision to Saint John’s on Nov. 20, while falling 4-3 in OT to Lake Forest in its season-opener on Nov. Oct. 29.

• FOR THE RECORD: The Raiders head into Tuesday’s nonconference game against Saint Mary’s — their final game of the 2021 portion of their schedule — sitting a 2-6-2 overall, including a 1-4-1 mark in NCHA play.

• LAST ACTION: MSOE is coming off back-to-back road losses to second-ranked Adrian last weekend. The Raiders dropped a high-scoring, 9-4 affair last Friday, before falling in the rematch, 6-1, the following day.

• RARE HOME CONTEST: Tuesday’s matchup against Saint Mary’s is just the third home game of the season for the Raiders, who have played eight of their first 10 games away from the Kern Center. MSOE is 2-4-2 on the road, while still searching for their first home win of the season (0-2-0).

• TOUGH STRETCH: With their back-to-back losses to second-ranked Adrian, MSOE saw its losing streak climb to five straight. The Raiders, who have been outscored 30-9 during its five-game swoon, have not won since beating Lawrence 3-2 on Nov. 19.

• LIGHTING THE LAMP: Matt Hanewall — who has scored four goals in the last three games, including solo tallies in both contests vs. Adrian last weekend — owns a team-leading eight goals, three more than Garrett Gintoli. Christian Sabin has scored three times, while Adam Czarnecki and Kyle Herbster have each netted two goals. Eight other Raiders have found the back of the net once this season. … MSOE has a multiple-goal scorer four this times season, led by Hanewall, who has scored two goals in a game twice.

• LENDING A HAND: Sabin is the team’s assist leader with eight, followed by Herbster with seven and Stian Owens with six. Thirteen other Raiders have collected at least one assist through 10 games.

• POINT PRODUCERS: The Raiders boast three players with 10 or more points this season — Sabin (3 G, 8 A, 11 Pts), Gintoli (5 G, 5 A, 10 Pts), and Hanewall (8 G, 2 A, 10 Pts).

• BETWEEN THE PIPES: Nick Stofcheck and Darius Bell have been the workhorses in goal for the Raiders this season. Stofcheck owns a 4.08 goals-against-average and .869 save percentage in eight appearances (382:17 minutes), while Bell boasts a 4.81 GAA and .848 save percentage in six contests (224:40). … Stofcheck has stopped a team-leading 172 shots, followed by Bell with 101 saves. … Both Stofcheck and Bell have been in goal for one of MSOE’s two wins.

• AS A TEAM: The Raiders have scored 26 goals in their first 10 games (2.80 gpg), including seven power-play tallies. … MSOE has been outscored in all three periods — including 17-6 in the third period and 44-28 overall. … The Raiders scored a season-high five goals in their 5-X win over Saint John’s on Nov. 6. On the flip side, MSOE has allowed six or more goals in a game three times — including a season-high nine in last Friday’s 9-4 loss to Adrian.

• WORKING OVERTIME: MSOE has played three overtime games this season, falling to Plattsburg State 4-3 on Nov. 27, while battling both Saint John’s and Lake Forest to back-to-back 4-4 ties in a five-day stretch in early November.