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2021-22: 13-10-2 Overall
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2022: 15-10-0 Overall
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SMU-LF * LAST MEETING:
Jan. 6-7, 2018 * Lake Forest, IL
W, 3-2; L, 6-3 * Series History
SAINT MARY’S * LAST ACTION:
March 2, 2022 * St. Paul, MN
Hamline * L, 4-2
LAKE FOREST * LAST ACTION:
March 4, 2022 * Adrian, MI
St. Norbert * L, 3-2 (ot)
SAINT MARY’S * UP NEXT:
Oct. 29, 2022
Alumni Arena * Lake Forest, IL
Lake Forest * 4 p.m.
LAKE FOREST * UP NEXT:
Oct. 29, 2022
Alumni Arena * Lake Forest, IL
Saint Mary’s * 4 p.m.
SAINT MARY’S CARDINALS SCOUTING REPORT:
• FOR RECORD: The Cardinals closed out the 2021-22 season with a 13-10-2 overall record, including a 9-5-2 mark in conference play, good for this place in the regular-season standings and a No. 3 seed in the MIAC Playoffs.
• IN THE POST-SEASON: Saint Mary’s erupted for a season-high five goals — including two in each of the final two periods — in rolling past Saint Benedict 5-3 in the MIAC Playoffs quarterfinals on Feb. 26, before falling to second-seeded Hamline 4-2 on March 2.
• MIAC HISTORY: Saint Mary’s made its 10th appearance in the MIAC Playoffs and their first since 2020. The Cardinals have also appeared in the conference’s post-season tournament in 2019, 2016, 2015, 2010, 2007, 2006, 2005, and 2004.
• RACKING UP THE W’s: The Cardinals 13 wins in 2021-22 were the most since the 2003-04 season, when Saint Mary’s finished 15-9-2, and the sixth-most victories in program history.
• WINNING THE CLOSE ONES: With their 5-3 win and 4-2 loss in the MIAC Playoffs, 16 of SMU’s 25 games were decided by two goals or less, including 11 of their 13 wins.
• HOME & ROAD ICE ADVANTAGE: The Cardinals closed out the season with a 7-5-0 record on the road, while sitting at 6-5-2 at the Saint Mary’s Ice Arena.
• SCORE GOALS, WIN GAMES: Saint Mary’s scored 35 goals in its 13 wins last season — including three games with four or more goals. On the flip side, the Cardinals managed just nine goals in their 10 losses.
• LIGHTING THE LAMP: Sidney Polzin (Chippewa Falls, Wis.) closed out her freshman campaign scoring a team-leading five goals, one more than Morgan Leib (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Anna Braun (Mantorville, Minn.), Kas Kingston (Black Diamond, Alberta), Allie Urlaub (Burnsville, Minn.), and Elie Hegdahl (Brookings, S.D.). Delaney Wolf (Bismarck, N.D.) and Jenna Kurkowski both chipped in three goals.
• JOINING THE CROWD: Saint Mary’s closed out the year with 10 players netting their first goals in a Cardinal uniform — Braun, Hegdahl, Kingston, Urlaub, Polzin, Leib, Kurkowski, Abigail Painovich (Hinckley, Minn.), Katie Pierpont (Holt, Mich.), and Nina Langley (Chaska, Minn.).
• LENDING A HAND: Avrey Simonson (Waupaca, Wis.) finished the year — and her collegiate career — as the team’s assist lead with five helpers, one more than Braun, Wolf, and Sydney Green (East Bethel, Minn.). Urlaub, Carson Sheridan (Waunakee, Wis.), Kennedy Kraus (Kasson, Minn.), Amber Miller (Kasson, Minn.), and Jordan Modjeski (South Lyon, Mich.)
• POINT PRODUCERS: Braun recorded a team-best eight points in 2021-22, followed by Polzin, Urlaub, and Wolf with seven each. Kingston, Leib, Sheridan, and Simonson were all two points back of the team lead with six.
• THE GAME-WINNER: Leib, Kingston and Kurkowski each netted two game-winning goals a year ago, with Carmean, Urlaub, Langley, Pierpont, Polzin, Hegdahl, and Wolf accounting for Saint Mary’s other seven game-winners this season.
• TWO FOR NO. 6: Urlaub picked up her first collegiate multiple-goal game, scoring both of SMU’s goals in SMU’s 2-1 win over Saint Benedict on Nov. 20. The two-goal game is Saint Mary’s first since Anne Carmean (Spring Lake Park, Minn.) found the back of the net twice in the Cardinals’ 4-0 win over … Saint Benedict … on March 13, 2021.
• MULTIPLE-POINTS: Kurkowski’s three-point game against St. Norbert (2 G, 1 A) on Oct. 29 was the first of her collegiate career. The three points were also the most by a Cardinal in a game since Carmean scored two goals and added an assist against Saint Benedict on March 13, 2021. … Braun (1 G, 1 A), Kraus (1 G, 1 A), Polzin (1 G, 1 A), Hegdahl (1 G, 1 A), Kingston (! G, 1 A), and Simonson (2 A) also posted multiple-point games last season. It was the first collegiate multiple-point game for all except Braun, who now owns to games with multiple points.
• BETWEEN THE PIPES: Ary Ziakas (Palatine, Ill.) and Jordan Keeley (St. James, Minn.) shared the goaltending duties this season. Ziakas closed out the season with a 2.44 goals-against-average and .914 save percentage, while Keeley compiled a 2.33 GAA and .920 save %. … Ziakas posted the best performance of her five-year collegiate career against Gustavus on Jan. 28 stopping 55 of the 56 shots she faced. The 55 saves were the most since Ashley Corcoran made 56 saves against Gustavus on Feb. 3, 2017. … Keeley kicked out a career-high 44 Concordia shots in SMU’s 3-1 win over the Cobbers on Nov. 13. … Ziakas has collected a team-leading 488 saves, with Keeley owning 162 saves.
• SHUTTING THEM OUT: Ziakas recorded two shutouts during her final season in 2021-22 — stopping all 12 shots she faced against Johnson & Wales on Jan. 5, 2022 and added a 29-save effort in blanking St. Catherine on Feb. 4, 2022. Ziakas ended her career with five shutouts.
• SHUTTING THEM OUT II: Keeley’s 19 save effort in SMU’s 0-0 tie against Bethel on Feb. 19, 2022 was her first shutout of the season — and the third of her collegiate career, having posted a pair of shutouts during her freshman season.
• FIRST-GOAL ADVANTAGE: The team that scored first won 21 of the Cardinals’ 25 games this season — the lone exceptions, SMU’s come-from-behind wins over Hamline (3-2) and Augsburg (2-1), its 4-3 OT loss to Bethel, and its 1-1 tie against Gustavus on Jan. 28.
• BEEN THERE, DONE THAT: The Cardinals’ 0-0 tie against Bethel in the teams’ regular-season finale on Feb. 19, 2022 marked the second straight season in which the Cardinals have played to a scoreless draw. SMU and Concordia played 65 minutes without a goal being scored on Nov. 6, 2021. Saint Mary’s has now played to a 0-0 tie four times in program history — twice coming against Concordia, with the other two against Bethel and St. Thomas.
ª FIT TO BE TIED: With their 1-1 stalemate against Gustavus on Jan. 28, 2022, the Cardinals have now played the Gusties to a draw at least once in each of the last four seasons.
• PROGRAM FIRSTS: Saint Mary’s nonconference games against Johnson & Wales and Worcester State on Jan. 5-6, 2022 marked the first time in program history the schools have met.
• STREAK-SNAPPER: The Cardinals snapped a 10-game winless streak (0-9-1) against Hamline with their 3-2 win over the Pipers on Jan. 21, 2022.
• BRING OUT THE BROOMS: Saint Mary’s 3-1, 2-1 wins over Augsburg on Feb. 11-12, 2022 marked the third conference sweep of the season for the Cardinals, who also swept St. Olaf (2-1, 2-1) and Concordia (3-2, 3-1).
• FACING THE NATION’S BEST: The Cardinals’ two games against Gustavus on Jan. 28-29 marked the third and fourth times last season in which SMU faced a nationally ranked opponent. The Cardinals also squared off against then-No. 3 UW-Eau Claire and then-No. 4 UW-River Falls this season.
• NEW THIS YEAR:The MIAC point system has changed and both men and women are using the same point system this year. The points breakdown is: Regulation win (3 points), Overtime/Shootout win (2 points), Overtime/Shootout loss (1 point), Regulation loss (0 points).
LAKE FOREST FORESTERS SCOUTING REPORT:
• FOR THE RECORD: The Foresters closed out the 2021-22 season with a 15-10-0 overall record, including a 13-3-0 mark in Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) play.
• IN THE POST-SEASON: Lake Forest kicked off NCHA Slaats Cup action with a sweep of Marian (4-1, 5-0), before being eliminated with a 3-2 loss to St. Norbert in the semifinals.
• STREAKING ALONG: The Foresters opened the season with four consecutive losses and were just 2-6-0 in their first eight games, before going 13-9-0 in their last 22 games. During that 22-game span, Lake Forest put together winning streaks of three, four, and six games — and finished 8-3-0 in its final 11 contests.
• AT HOME ON THE ROAD: Lake Forest finished 7-3-0 on the road last season, while going 8-7-0 on its home ice at Alumni Memorial Arena.
• OFFENSIVE SILENCE: The Foresters scored just seven goals in their 10 losses in 2021-22, and were shut out three times.
• OFFENSIVE LEADER: Marissa Gebauer closed out the year as the Foresters’ leader with 14 goals, while Stokli Ashcraft and Olyvia Opsahl each chipped in nine tallies a year ago. … Gebauer scored two or more goals in a game twice last season, including a season-high three goals against Aurora on Nov. 20.
• LENDING A HELPING HAND: Lake Forest boasted four players who shared the team lead in assists with nine — Ashcraft, Gebauer, Opsahl, and Samantha Shoebottom — while Caitlyn Dahut and Emilia Edmondson were one back with eight helpers each.
• POINT PRODUCTION: Lake Forest closed out the 2021-22 season boasting five players with 10 or more points, led by Gebauer with 23. Ashcraft (18), Opsahl (18), Edmondson (14), and Shoebottom (11) also closed out the year in double digits in points. … Twenty-one of the 22 players who saw ice time last season recorded at least one point.
• BETWEEN THE PIPES: Hannah Turnage appeared in all 25 games in goal last season — including 24 starts — compiling a 1.93 goals-against-average and a .935 save percentage in 1462:31 minutes. … Turnage stopped 675 of the 722 shots she faced and recorded a pair of shutouts. … Turnage made 40 or more saves in a game five times last season, including stopping a season-high 45 shots against nationally ranked UW-River Falls on Oct. 30.
• BY THE NUMBERS: Ten of Lake Forest’s 28 games last season were decided by one goal — including five of the Foresters’ 10 losses. … Lake Forest allowed four or more goals in a game three times. On the flip side, the Foresters scored four or more goals in a game 10 times — including a season-high six goals on three different occasions.
