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2022-23: 1-3-0 MIAC, 2-6-1 Overall

GUSTAVUS GUSTIES

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2022-23: 0-3-1 MIAC, 0-5-2 Overall

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SMU-GAC * A YEAR AGO:

Feb. 8, 2022 * W, 4-1

Series History

SAINT MARY’S * LAST ACTION:

Nov. 22, 2022 * Winona, MN

Lawrence * W, 3-1

GUSTAVUS * LAST ACTION:

Nov. 22, 2022 * Menomonie, WI

UW-Stout * L, 5-0

SAINT MARY’S * UP NEXT:

Dec. 3, 2022

Gustavus * 7 p.m.

Don Roberts Arena * St. Peter, MN

GUSTAVUS * UP NEXT: 

Dec. 3, 2022

Saint Mary’s * 7 p.m.

Don Roberts Arena * St. Peter, MN

SAINT MARY’S CARDINALS SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: Saint Mary’s heads into its conference game against Gustavus on Friday sitting at 2-6-1 overall, and 1-3-0 in conference play.

• LAST TIME OUT: Saint Mary’s got season-first goals from Thomas Magnavite (Chicago, Ill.), Gabe Potyk (Lake Orion, Mich.), and Nikita Sheberov (Obninsk, Russia) en route to a 3-1 nonconference win over Lawrence on Nov. 22.

• HOME SWEET HOME: Friday’s game against Gustavus is the sixth home game in the last seven contests for the Cardinals, who play nine of their first 12 games this season on their home ice.

• STREAK-SNAPPER: The Cardinals’ 3-1 win over Lawrence on Nov. 22 snapped their season-high four-game losing streak. … SMU’s three goals against the Vikings on Nov. 22 were the most since netting a season-best five goals in a season-opening 5-5 tie with Lake Forest on Oct. 28.

• LIGHTING THE LAMP: Trevor Schroder (Des Moines, Iowa) netted his team-leading third goal of the season against Augsburg on Nov. 19. Schroder’s three goals are one more than Bud Winter (St. Louis, Mo.), Laudon Poellinger (La Crescent, Minn.), Jack Campion (Crystal, Minn.), and Warner Young (Newberry, Mich.). Potyk, Sheberov, Magnavite, Brendan Westbrook (Pine City, Minn.), Callahan Nauss (Maple Plain, Minn.), Andrew Froese (Traverse City, Mich.), Colin Tushie (Prior Lake, Minn.), and Kasyn Kruse (Luverne, Minn.) own SMU’s other 10 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.) picked up his team-leading sixth assist in SMU’s 3-1 nonconference win over Lawrence on Nov. 22. Poellinger is second on the squad with four helpers, followed by Tushie with three and Kruse with two.

• POINT PRODUCERS: Poellinger and Tharaldson lead the Cardinals with six points, followed by Tushie with four, and Schroder, Winter, Campion, Young, and Kruse with three 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 seven games. Matt Sankner (Pennington, N.J.) has stopped 193 of the 215 shots he’s faced in six appearances en route to a 3.66 GAA and an .898 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.) has appeared in two games and owns a boasts a 7.29 GAA and .812 save %. … With his career-high 45-save effort against Augsburg on Nov. 18, Sankner has now stopped 30 or more shots eight times in his career — including three times this season. … 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.

• CLEAN SHEET: Saint Mary’s was not whistled for a penalty in its 3-1 win over Lawrence on Nov. 22. All told, there were just two penalties called in the nonconference contest, both against the Vikings.

• SCORING FIRST: Saint Mary’s opponents have scored first in seven of the Cardinals’ first nine games. SMU is 1-1-0 when scoring first, while going 1-5-1 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 nine of its 19 goals in the third period. SMU also owns six first-period goals and four second-period tallies. On the flip side, SMU’s opponents have scored 12 goals in the first period, 14 in the second, and 13 in the third. … Saint Mary’s is 4 of 34 on the power play (11.8 %), while the Cardinals’ opponents have netted nine power-play goals on 43 attempts (20.9 %).

GUSTAVUS GUSTIES SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: The Gusties head into their two-game conference series against Saint Mary’s still searching for its first win, sporting an 0-5-2 overall mark, including an 0-3-1 showing in four conference contests.

• LAST TIME OUT: UW-Stout erupted for four second-period goals — including two from Payton Hart — as the Blue Devils cruised to a 5-0 nonconference win over the Gusties on Nov. 22 in Menomonie, Wis.

• ROAD WARRIORS: Friday’s game at Saint Mary’s is the Gusties’ third straight road game. GAC, which plays six of its first eight games on the road, is 0-1-1 on its home ice, while sitting at 0-4-1 away from Don Roberts Ice Arena this season.

• OFFENSIVE FUNK: Gustavus has been shut out in each of its last two games and has scored just two goals in its last four games. … GAC has netted just seven goals through seven games. 

• OFFENSIVE LEADER: Mason Hendrickson has scored a team-leading two goals, while Nate Stone, Nick Moutain, Toby Sengvongxay, Jack Suchy, and Wilmer Svenson have accounted for GAC’s other five goals.

• LENDING A HELPING HAND: Gustavus’s eight assists this season have come from seven different players, led by Joey Gimberlin with two. Hendrickson, Stone, Stansilav Danaev, Kyle Heffron, Jack Kubitz, and Christian Miller all own one helper.

• POINT PRODUCTION: Hendrickson sits atop the team’s points lead with three, one more than Stone and Gimberlin.

• BETWEEN THE PIPES: Gustavus has used three different goalies through seven games. Jackson Hjelle has compiled a 3.10 goals-against-average and .914 save percentage in 270:46 minutes of work, while Will Pinney boasts a 4.00 GAA and an .867 save percentage in 120:00 minutes. Zach Dosan has played 40:00 minutes, owning a 7.50 GAA and .750 save percentage. … Hjelle has stopped 148 of the 162 shots he’s faced. Pinney has collected 52 saves and Dosan 15.

• BY THE NUMBERS: Gustavus recorded season-highs in goals (3), assists (3), points (6), and shots on goal (34) in its 10-3 loss to St. Scholastica on Nov. 10. … GAC has allowed three or more goals four times this season, including a season-high 10 goals against vs. St. Scholastica on Nov. 10. … Gustavus has yet to score a third-period goal, netting four goals in the first period and three in the second. On the flip side, GAC’s opponents own eight first-period goals, while adding 11 in the second, seven in the third, and one in OT.