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2022-23: 0-1-0 MIAC, 0-2-1 Overall

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

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SMU-HU * LAST NIGHT:

Nov. 4, 2022 * L, 3-2

Series History

SAINT MARY’S * UP NEXT:

Nov. 11, 2022

UW-Stevens Point * 7:05 p.m.

SMU Ice Arena * Winona, MN

Nov. 12, 2022

UW-Superior * 7:05 p.m.

SMU Ice Arena * Winona, MN

HAMLINE * UP NEXT: 

Nov. 11, 2022

Northland * 7 p.m.

TRIA Rink * St. Paul, MN

Nov. 12, 2022

UW-River Falls * 5 p.m.

TRIA Rink * St. Paul, MN

SAINT MARY’S CARDINALS SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: Saint Mary’s heads into its conference rematch with Hamline sitting at 0-2-1 overall, and 0-1-0 in conference play.

• LAST TIME OUT: The Cardinals surrendered back-to-back goals in the game’s final 3:33, as Hamline rallied for a 3-2 victory over SMU Friday evening at TRIA Rink in St. Paul, Minn.

• HOME SWEET HOME: Friday’s game at Hamline was the lone road game among Saint Mary’s first seven opponents. SMU opened the year with two games against Lake Forest and will face Hamline, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Superior, and Augsburg, before returning to the road for the second game of its two-game MIAC series against Augsburg on Nov. 18.

• LIGHTING THE LAMP: Bud Winter (St. Louis, Mo.) and Laudon Poellinger (La Crescent, Minn.) lead the team with two goals each — Winter netted two goals in SMU’s season-opening 5-5 tie with Lake Forest on Oct. 28, while Poellinger had goals in both games vs. the Foresters. Callahan Nauss (Maple Plain, Minn.), Warner Young (Newberry, Mich.), Andrew Froese (Traverse City, Mich.), Trevor Schroder (Des Moines, Iowa), Colin Tushie (Prior Lake, Minn.), Kasyn Kruse (Luverne, Minn.) own SMU’s other six 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: Tushie’s first-period goal against Lake Forest on Oct. 29 was the first of his collegiate career. The freshman also posted his first career two-assist performance in Friday’s 5-5 tie with the Foresters.

• LENDING A HAND: Tushie and Kellen Tharaldson (Wausau, Wis.) head into Saturday’s rematch against Hamline with a team-leading three assists, one more than Poellinger and Kruse, while Froese, Winter, Callahan Nauss, Brady Lindauer (Cary, Ill.), and Gabe Potyk (Lake Orion, Mich.) all have one helper.

• POINT PRODUCERS: Poellinger and Tushie sit atop the team’s points lead with four, followed by Tharaldson, Winter, and Kruse with three, and Froese and Callahan Nauss with two each.

• WEEKLY HONORS: After scoring two goals and adding a pair of assists against Lake Forest last weekend, Poellinger was named the MIAC Offensive Player of the Week, the league office announced on Monday.

• BETWEEN THE PIPES: Connor Close (Des Moines, Iowa) made his second straight start in goal Friday against Hamline, stopping 17 of the 20 shots he faced. Close — who made a career-high 36 saves in his first start of the season against Lake Forest last Saturday — heads into Saturday’s rematch with the Pipers owning a 4.53 goals-against-average and an .855 save percentage. … Matt Sankner (Pennington, N.J.) made 34 saves against the Foresters in his lone start of the season on Oct. 28. … Sankner has now stopped 30 or more shots six times in his career — including a career-best 35 saves twice.

• 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 last Friday was their fourth OT contest over the past two seasons.

HAMLINE PIPERS SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: The Pipers head into Saturday’s rematch against Saint Mary’s sitting at 1-1-0 through its first two games of the season, including Friday’s 3-2 win over Saint Mary’s in their conference-opener.

• LAST TIME OUT: Bailey Sommers scored the game-tying goal at 16:27 of the third period, and Sam Dabrowski adding his first of the season with 1:14 remaining in regulation, lifting HU to a 3-2 win over Saint Mary’s at TRIA Rink in St. Paul, Minn.

• HOME SWEET HOME: Friday night’s game against Saint Mary’s was the home-opener for the Pipers, who finished 3-10-2 on their home ice last season. Beginning with Friday’s game vs. Saint Mary’s, HU will play three of its next four contests on its home sheet at TRIA Rink, the lone exception, Saturday’s rematch with the Cardinals at the Saint Mary’s Ice Arena.

• A YEAR AGO: Hamline is coming off a 4-18-4 showing a year ago, including a 1-10-3 mark in conference play. Hamline closed out the season going 0-3-3 in its last six games, including a 4-3 loss to Gustavus in the MIAC Playoffs. HU has not won since beating UW-Stout 4-2 on Feb. 9, 2022.

• LIGHTING THE LAMP: Bailey Sommers, Sam Dabrowski, and Ike Taraszewski scored HU’s three goals against Saint Mary’s on Friday — the three goals were the first three of the season for the Pipers. … Brendan Sheehan and Jackson Wille closed out the 2021-22 season sharing the team lead in goals with seven, one more than Joe Collins and two in front of both Carson Simon and Jackson Bond. … Collins posted two, two-goal games last season, while Sheehan, Wille, and Tyler Nyman all scored two goals in a game once. … Wille, Bond, Bailey Sommers, and Ike Taraszewski netted HU’s four game-winning goals.

• LENDING A HELPING HAND: Collins picked up assists on two of Hamline’s three goals against Saint Mary’s on Friday, while Sommers, Brandon Bissett, and Andrew Erwin all recorded one helper. … Sheehan finished last season with a team-leading nine assists, while Collins and Simon each chipped in seven helpers, and Sommers, Andrew Erwin, and Erik Dahl added six each.

• POINT PRODUCTION: Collins and Sommers share the team lead in points with two each. … Hamline ended last season with four players boasting double-digit point totals. Sheehan led the way with 16 points, followed by Collins with 13, Simon with 12, and Sommers with 10.

• BETWEEN THE PIPES: Kevin Lake made a season-high 32 saves against Saint Mary’s on Friday. The 32-save effort follows Lake’s 29-save show in the Pipers’ season-opening loss to UW-River Falls on Oct. 28. … The Pipers used four different goalies a year ago, led by Lake, who started 22 of the team’s 26 games, compiling a 3.45 goals-against-average and an .885 save percentage. … Lake finished with 562 saves, recorded a pair of shutouts, and was in goal for all four of HU’s wins last season. … While posted a season-high 39-save effort against Concordia on Feb. 20, 2022.

• BY THE NUMBERS: Hamline has been outshot 67-37 through two games — including 34-20 against Saint Mary’s on Friday. … HU has surrendered five of its six goals against in the first period. … Hamline was outscored 102-58 last season — including 37-13 in the first period. … HU played six overtime games last season, finishing 0-2-4 in those six contests. … Hamline scored a season-high five goals in a game three times last season — vs. St. Scholastica on Dec. 4, vs. St. Olaf on Feb. 5, and vs. Gustavus on Feb. 12. On the flip side, HU surrendered a season-high nine goals in 9-0 loss to UW-Stevens Point on Jan. 9.