WINONA, Minn. — Due to COVID-19 testing protocols, the Saint Mary's University men's hockey team's two games against Gustavus, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, have been canceled.
 
According to the updated MIAC winter sport COVID-19 policy, all conference games unable to be played as scheduled due to COVID-19-impacted rosters will be declared no-contests. This plan was approved by the MIAC President's on Thursday, Jan. 13.
 
Conference games will not be rescheduled in order to avoid compacting the schedule with multiple games in a limited amount of days, though institutions will reserve the autonomy to schedule or reschedule conference teams as nonconference games (within the NCAA allowed limit) as they see fit.
 
The Cardinals, who have they conference bye next weekend, are not scheduled to play again until Feb. 11-12, when they square off against league-leading and nationally ranked Augsburg in a pair of MIAC matchups. SMU will host the Auggies on Feb. 11 at 7 p.m., and the two teams will complete their two-game series with a 7 p.m. matchup at Ed Saugestad Arena in Minneapolis, Minn., the following evening.