| After back-to-back road games, the Cardinals return home for the first of two consecutive games at the Saint Mary's Ice Arena. … Saint Mary's is coming off a heartbreaking 4-3 loss at St. Thomas Friday night. Nolan Dawson (Rocky View County, Alberta), Tommy Stang (Mendota Heights, Minn.), and Bud Winter (St. Louis, Mo.) netted Saint Mary's three goals in the loss. … Dawson's first-period tally against St. Thomas Friday night was the first of his collegiate career. Saint Mary's has now had four players net their first goals in a Cardinal uniform — Dawson, Winter, Andrew Froese (Traverse City, Mich.), and Trevor Schroeder (Des Moines, Iowa). … Brady Lindauer (Cary, Ill.) had a hand in all three Cardinal goals against St. Scholastica last Tuesday, scoring twice and assisting on Ryan Stoynich's (Calgary, Alberta) goal. … The two-goal and three-point effort was the first of Lindauer's collegiate career. … Lindauer is the third Cardinal to post a multiple-goal game this season, joining Andrew Froese (Traverse City, Mich.) recorded his first collegiate hat trick against Gustavus on Feb. 23, while Winter notched his first two-goal game as a Cardinal on Feb. 6. … Froese's hat trick was the first by a Cardinal since 2015-16, when Bob Kinne, Jared Johnson, and Jay Heinle all recorded three-goal games. … Stoynich picked up a single-game career-high three assists against Gustavus on Feb. 23. Stoynich's three points were also a single-game career-best. … Froese and Winter enter Saturday's game against Bethel leading the Cardinals with four goals each, one more than Lindauer, Stoynich, and Stang, while Stoynich leads the team in assists (6) and shares the team lead in points (9) with Winter. … Froese, Winter, Sam Hanson (Eau Claire, Wis.), and Jack Hatton (Naperville, Ill.) own Saint Mary's four game-winning goals. … Al Rogers (North Haven, Conn.) — who made 34 saves against St. Thomas Friday night — has started five of the Cardinals' seven games in goal, owning a 3.23 goals-against-average and .904 save percentage. … Rogers made a season-high 35 saves in Saint Mary's first meeting with St. Thomas on Feb. 27 and has now stopped 30 or more shots in a game seven times in his collegiate career. … Connor Close (Des Moines, Iowa) stopped 33 Bethel shots in his first collegiate start in goal for the Cardinals on Feb. 2. … Eleven of the Cardinals' 25 goals this season have been scored in the second period. SMU has netted just four first-period goals through seven games. … Saint Mary's has scored the game's first goal in six of its seven contests this season. … With their 4-3 loss to St. Thomas, Saint Mary's has played 22 games decided by one goal or less — including 12 that have gone into overtime — over the last three seasons. … The Cardinals held leads of 1-0, 2-1, and 3-2 against St. Scholastica Tuesday evening, but the Saints rattled off seven unanswered goals in beating SMU 9-3. … The Cardinals had their season-opening four-game winning streak snapped on Feb. 27, as St. Thomas scored four unanswered goals in beating Saint Mary's 4-2. … The Cardinals' 4-0-0 start to the season marked the first time since 1972-73 that SMU opened with four straight wins. The 1972-73 team opened the season with 11 straight wins. |
Saturday's game against Saint Mary's is the second of back-to-back road games for the Royals, who are 2-1-0 on the road this season. BU will close out its schedule with a pair of home games against Concordia (March 10) and St. Thomas (March 12). … The Royals' 5-4, overtime win over St. Thomas on Wednesday snapped their three-game losing streak. BU had opened the season with a 5-2 win over Hamline, before falling to Saint Mary's (5-4) and dropping two straight to Saint John's (4-2, 8-2). … Wednesday's win over St. Thomas marked the second straight win on the Tommies' home ice for the Royals — who were playing their first contest in 24 days. … Dylan Giorgio scored three of Bethel's five goals in Wednesday's 5-4 win over St. Thomas — including the game-winner with 50 seconds remaining in overtime. … Luke Posner and Joey McWilliams netted BU's other two goals vs. the Tommies on Wednesday. … With his three goals against St. Thomas Wednesday, Giorgio moved into the team lead with four, one more than Posner, and two in front of Carter Wagner and Michael Piehler. … Jarrett Cammarata is the team's assist leader with four, and Posner holds the team lead in points with six. … Giorgio and Wagner own BU's two game-winning goals. … BU has scored two power-play goals and one shorthanded. On the flip side, Bethel opponents have netted seven power-play goals and two shorties. … Ridge Gerads has seen the majority of the time between the pipes, compiling a 4.29 goals-against-average and .896 save percentage. Travis Allen (5.14 GAA, .828 save %) and Sam Metcalf (5.05 GAA, .714 save %) have each made one appearance in goal. … The Royals have scored eight of their 18 goals in the second period. … The Royals have not scored first in any of their five games this season. … BU has led after two periods twice, winning both of those contests. … Three of Bethel's five games have been decided by two goals or less. BU is 1-2-0 in those three games.
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