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2022-23: 1-1-0 MIAC, 1-4-1 Overall

AUGSBURG AUGGIES

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2022-23: 0-0-0 MIAC, 3-1-1 Overall

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SMU-AUG * A YEAR AGO:

Feb. 11-12, 2022

L, 5-4; L, 7-3 * Series History

SAINT MARY’S * LAST ACTION:

Nov. 12, 2022 * Winona, MN

UW-Superior * L, 6-1

AUGSBURG * LAST ACTION:

Nov. 12, 2022 * Minneapolis, MN

Northland * W, 5-1

SAINT MARY’S * UP NEXT:

Nov. 19, 2022

Augsburg * 7 p.m.

Ed Saugestad Arena * Minneapolis, MN

AUGSBURG * UP NEXT: 

Nov. 19, 2022

Saint Mary’s * 7 p.m.

Ed Saugestad Arena * Minneapolis, MN

SAINT MARY’S CARDINALS SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: Saint Mary’s heads into its conference matchup against nationally ranked Augsburg sitting at 1-4-1 overall, and 1-1-0 in conference play.

• LAST TIME OUT: The Cardinals had no answer for the high-powered offenses of UW-Stevens and UW-Superior last weekend, falling to the Pointers 8-1 on Friday, before dropping a 6-1 decision to the Yellowjackets the following evening.

• HOME SWEET HOME: Friday’s game against Augsburg is the fourth straight home game for the Cardinals, who play six of their first seven contests this season on their home ice — the lone exception, SMU’s 3-2 loss at Hamline on Nov. 4.

• CLOSE CALLS: With their 3-2 loss and 2-1 win over Hamline on Nov. 4-5, three of SMU’s six games this season have been decided by one goal or less — the third a season-opening 5-5 tie against Lake Forest on Oct. 28. 

• LIGHTING THE LAMP: Bud Winter (St. Louis, Mo.), Laudon Poellinger (La Crescent, Minn.), Jack Campion (Crystal, Minn.), and Trevor Schroder (Des Moines, Iowa) all share the team lead with two goals each. Brendan Westbrook (Pine City, Minn.), Callahan Nauss (Maple Plain, Minn.), Warner Young (Newberry, Mich.), Andrew Froese (Traverse City, Mich.), Colin Tushie (Prior Lake, Minn.), and Kasyn Kruse (Luverne, Minn.) own SMU’s other seven goals.

• DOUBLING UP: It took the Cardinals 22 games before they had a player record a two-goal game last season. It took less than two periods this season, as Winter netted two of SMU’s first three goals in SMU’s 5-5 tie vs. Lake Forest on Oct. 28.

• COLLEGIATE FIRSTS: Saint Mary’s has three players who have scored their first goals in a Cardinal uniform this season. Westbrook scored his first SMU goal vs. UW-Stevens Point Friday, while Tushie netted his goal as a Cardinal against Lake Forest on Oct. 29 and Campion delivered his first career goal vs. Hamline on Nov. 5.

• LENDING A HAND: Kellen Tharaldson (Wausau, Wis.) enters Friday’s against Augsburg with a team-leading four assists, one more than Poellinger and Tushie and two up on Kruse, while Froese, Winter, Nauss, Young, Westbrook, Brady Lindauer (Cary, Ill.), and Gabe Potyk (Lake Orion, Mich.) all have one helper.

• POINT PRODUCERS: Poellinger leads the Cardinals with five points, followed by Tharaldson and Tushie with four, Winter and Kruse with three, and Campion, Froese, Nauss, Schroder, and Young with two each.

• WEEKLY HONORS: After scoring two goals and adding a pair of assists against Lake Forest on Oct. 28-29, Poellinger was named the MIAC Offensive Player of the Week, the league office announced on Oct. 31.

• BETWEEN THE PIPES: Saint Mary’s has used three different goalies through six games. Matt Sankner (Pennington, N.J.) has stopped 100 of the 114 shots he’s faced in three starts en route to a 4.57 GAA and an .877 save percentage, while Connor Close (Des Moines, Iowa) boasts a 5.34 GAA, .831 save % and has made 69 saves in his three starts. A.J. Ruskowski (Traverse City, Mich.) stopped 11 of the 12 shots he faced (2.73 GAA, .917 save %) in 21:58 minutes of relief against UW-Superior last Saturday. … With his 34-save effort against Lake Forest on Oct. 28 and career-high 39-save showing against UW-Stevens Point last Friday, Sankner has now stopped 30 or more shots seven times in his career. … Close recorded a career-high 36 saves against Lake Forest on Oct. 29.

• PITCHING A SHUTOUT: Sankner kicked out all 31 shots he faced in the Cardinals’ 4-0 win over Bethel on Feb. 19, 2022 en route to his first collegiate shutout. The 4-0 win was also Saint Mary’s first shutout victory of the season.

• BIG OFFENSIVE NIGHT: The Cardinals’ five goals against Lake Forest on Oct. 28 were the most since SMU netted six against Bethel on March 6, 2021.

• WORKING OVERTIME: The Cardinals’ 5-5 tie against Lake Forest on Oct. 28 was their fourth OT contest over the past two seasons.

• SCORING FIRST: Saint Mary’s opponents have scored first in five of the Cardinals’ first six games. SMU is 0-1-0 when scoring first, while going 1-3-1 when its opponent scores first. … The Cardinals were 6-1-0 when netting the game’s first goal a year ago, while going 2-13-1 when their opponent nets the game’s first goal.

• BETTER LATE THAN NEVER: It was a tale of late-game heroics in SMU’s conference-opening series against Hamline on Nov. 4-5. HU scored two goals in the game’s final 3:33 en route to a 3-2 win over the Cardinals in the first game on Nov. 4, with SMU turning the tables in the rematch, scoring twice in a 33-second span in the final two minutes of regulation en route to a 2-1 victory the following evening.

• BY THE NUMBERS: Saint Mary’s has scored six of its 15 goals in the third period. SMU also owns five first-period goals and three second-period tallies. On the flip side, SMU’s opponents have scored six goals in the first period, 12 in the second, and 11 in the third. … Saint Mary’s is 3 of 23 on the power play (13.0 %), while the Cardinals opponents have netted eight power-play goals on 31 attempts (25.8 %).

AUGSBURG AUGGIES SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: The Auggies head into their conference-opening series against Saint Mary’s sitting at 3-1-1 overall — the lone loss a 3-2, overtime decision to UW-Stout on Nov. 5.

• LAST TIME OUT: Augsburg closed out its season-opening five-game nonconference run with a convincing 5-1 win over Northland last Saturday at Ed Saugestad Rink in Minneapolis, Minn.

• QUITE A RUN: The Auggies are coming off a stellar 2021-22 season, finishing 25-5-0 and reaching the NCAA Division III national tournament semifinals, where they fell to top-ranked and eventual national champion Adrian 5-1. … Last year’s appearance marked the third time in program history in which Augsburg reached the national tournament semifinals. … Augsburg’s 25 wins last season were second-most in program history.

• NCAA REMATCH: Augsburg kicked off its 2022-23 season with a rematch against top-ranked Adrian — battling the defending national champs to a 2-2 draw.

• FINDING THEIR GROOVE: After going 0-1-1 to kick off the season — with both games decided in overtime — the Auggies head into their two-game series against Saint Mary’s having won three straight, outscoring their opponents 13-4.

• LIGHTING THE LAMP: Austin Dollmer leads the Auggies’ high-powered offensive attack with three goals, one more than Michael Redmon, Nick Woodward, and Gavin Holland. … The Auggies’ 17 goals this season have come from 12 different players. … Augsburg’s three game-winning goals have come from three different players — Redmon, Woodward, and Grant Reichenbacher.

• LENDING A HELPING HAND: Redmon and Woodward share the team lead in assists with three each, one more than Holland, Erik Palmqvist, Dylan Schneider, Jarod Blackowiak, Mason Palmer, and Vincent Weis.

• POINT PRODUCTION: With their two goals and three assists, Redmon and Woodward sit atop the team’s points lead with five each, followed by Holland and Dollmer with four, and Palmqvist and Schneider with three. 

• DOUBLING UP: Redmon has posted a pair of multiple-point games, scoring twice against UW-Superior on Nov. 8 and recording a two-assist game against Northland on Nov. 12. Holland and Daniel Chladek have also posted two-point games this season.

• BETWEEN THE PIPES: Samuel Vyletelka and Jack Robbel have shared the goaltending duties this season. Vyletelka has appeared in all five games (262:54 minutes)— including four starts — compiling a 1.60 goals-against-average and .922 save percentage, while Robbel boasts a 2.76 GAA and .933 save % in one start (43:27 minutes). … Vyletelka has stopped 83 of the 90 shots he’s faced and owns a 3-1-1 record. 

• BY THE NUMBERS: The Auggies hold a commanding 203-120 advantage in shots on goal. Augsburg is averaging 40.6 shots-per-game, compared to 24.0 spg by its opponents. … Augsburg is 5-for-24 on the power play (20.8 %) and has killed off 10 of 12 opponent man advantage opportunities. … Augsburg has outscored its opponents 17-9 — 6-3 in the first period, 7-3 in the second, and 4-3 in the third. … The Auggies are 0-1-1 in overtime games this season.