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2022-23: 1-3-0 MIAC, 1-7-0 Overall

GUSTAVUS GUSTIES

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2022-23: 4-0-0 MIAC, 8-0-0 Overall

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SMU-GAC * LAST MEETING:

Jan. 28-29, 2022

T, 1-1 (ot); L, 5-0 * Series History

SAINT MARY’S * LAST ACTION:

Nov. 18-19, 2022

Augsburg * W, 4-2; L, 5-2

GUSTAVUS * LAST ACTION:

Nov. 18-19, 2022

Bethel * W, 4-1; W, 7-1

SAINT MARY’S * UP NEXT:

Dec. 3, 2022

Saint Mary’s * 2 p.m.

SMU Ice Arena * Winona, MN

GUSTAVUS * UP NEXT: 

Dec. 3, 2022

Gustavus * 2 p.m.

SMU Ice Arena * Winona, MN

SAINT MARY’S CARDINALS SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR RECORD: The Cardinals head into the first game of its two-game conference series against nationally ranked Gustavus sitting at 1-7-0 overall record, including a 1-3-0 mark in conference play.

• LAST TIME OUT: The Cardinals settled for a split in their two-game conference series against Augsburg on Nov. 18-19. Saint Mary’s had four players score their first goal of the season — including collegiate firsts from Teagan Phillips (Oregon, Wis.) and Taverie Sherner (Maple Grove, Minn.) — as the Cardinals picked up their first win of the season, a 4-2 victory over Augsburg at Ed Saugestad Arena on Nov. 18, before surrendering a late third-period goal in dropping a 3-2 decision to the Auggies the following afternoon at the SMU Ice Arena.

• ROAD WARRIORS: Friday’s game at Gustavus is the sixth road game of the season for the Cardinals, who have played just two of their first eight games on their home ice.

• TOUGH STRETCH: The Cardinals’ matchup against No. 1-ranked Gustavus this weekend marks the ninth and 10th straight games against teams appearing the USCHO.com Poll. Lake Forest, Hamline, and Augsburg have all received votes in the USCHO.com Top 15, while SMU has also faced then-No. 5 UW-Eau Claire (now ranked No. 9) and then-No. 7 UW-River Falls (currently ranked No. 2).

• 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.

• LIGHTING THE LAMP: Taryn Dornself (Somerset, Wis.) picked up her team-leading third goal of the season in SMU’s 3-2 loss to Augsburg on Nov. 19. … Dornself’s three goals are one more than Kas Kingston (Black Diamond, Alberta), who picked up a goal in both of SMU’s games against Lake Forest on Oct. 28-29. Phillips, Sherner, Kennedy Kraus (Kasson, Minn.), Allie Urlaub (Burnsville, Minn.), Sidney Polzin (Chippewa Falls, Wis.), Leah Parker (Hudson, Wis.), Anna Braun (Mantorville, Minn.) and Katie Pierpont (Holt, Mich.) own Saint Mary’s other eight goals this season

• FIRST AS A CARDINAL: Saint Mary’s has had four players score their first collegiate goals this season. Phillips and Sherner netted goal No. 1 as a Cardinal against Augsburg on Nov. 18, while Dornself’s first-period goal against Lake Forest on Oct. 29 was her first as a Cardinal, and Parker netted career goal No. 1 against Hamline on Nov. 12. … Saint Mary’s had 10 players net their first collegiate goals a year ago.

• LENDING A HAND: Saint Mary’s has eight players — Polzin, Parker, Kraus, Pierpont, Polzin, Urlaub, Ella Ausman (Chippewa Falls, Wis.), Ellie Hegdahl (Brookings, S.D.), and Anne Carmean (Spring Lake Park, Minn.) — who share the team lead with two assists. Dornself, Abigail Painovich (Hinckley, Minn.), Sydney Green (East Bethel, Minn.), and Morgan Leib (Farmington Hills, Mich.) all own one helper.

• POINT PRODUCERS: Dornself leads the team with four points through eight games, one more than Kraus, Parker, Pierpont, Polzin, and Urlaub, with Kingston, Ausman, Carmean, and Hegdahl chipping in two points each.

• SPREADING THE WEALTH: Saint Mary’s 10 points in its 4-2 win over Augsburg on Nov. 18 came from 10 different players: Phillips, Sherner, Urlaub, and Polzin scored goals, while Kraus, Ausman, Hegdahl, Dornself, Pierpont, and Parker all had assists.

• BETWEEN THE PIPES: Jordan Keeley (St. James, Minn.) and Celeste Rimstad (Richfield, Minn.) have shared the goaltending duties for the Cardinals this season. Keeley has stopped 184 of the 199 shots she’s faced in five starts and owns a 3.05 goals-against-average and .925 save percentage, while Rimstad has recorded 84 saves in her first three starts and sports a 3.28 GAA and .894 save %. … Keeley has stopped 30 or more shots in four of her five starts this season. … Rimstad’s 18-save effort against Lake Forest on Oct. 29 marked the first collegiate start for the freshman, while her 40-save showing vs. Hamline last Saturday was a career-high.

• CAREER EFFORT: Keeley stopped a career-high 49 shots in SMU’s 3-2 loss to Augsburg on Nov. 19. The 49 saves were four more than her previous career-best and the most by a Cardinal goalie since Ary Ziakas stopped 55 against Gustavus on Jan. 28, 2022. 

• SHUTTING THEM OUT: Keeley’s 19 save effort in SMU’s 0-0 tie against Bethel on Feb. 19, 2022 was her third collegiate shutout, having posted a pair of shutouts during her freshman season.

• WORKING OVERTIME: SMU’s 3-2 loss to Lake Forest on Oct. 29 was the Cardinals’ first overtime game of the season. Saint Mary’s played four overtime games a year ago, finishing 1-1-2 in those four contests.

• FIRST-GOAL ADVANTAGE: The team that has scored first has won 26 of the Cardinals’ last 30 games. Two of those exceptions came on Oct. 28-29, when Saint Mary’s scored first in back-to-back losses Lake Forest

• BY THE NUMBERS: SMU has scored four goals in both the first and third periods, while netting five goals in the third. On the flip side, the Cardinals’ opponents have scored seven times in the first period, 10 times in the second, nine times in the third, and once in OT. … Saint Mary’s is 2-for-33 on the powerplay, while killing off 28 of its opponents 34 PP opportunities. … SMU’s four goals, six assists, and 10 points in its 4-2 win over Augsburg on Nov. 18 were all season highs.

GUSTAVUS GUSTIES SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: The Gusties head into their two-game conference series against Saint Mary’s unbeaten in their first eight contests, including a perfect 4-0-0 mark in conference play.

• LAST TIME OUT: Gustavus dominated the Royals in the teams’ two-game MIAC matchup, opening with a 4-1 victory on Nov. 18 in Blaine, Minn., before completing the sweep with a 7-1 rout the following afternoon in St. Peter, Minn.

• MAGICAL RIDE: The Gusties are coming off a magical 2021-22 season, culminated with a second-place finish in the NCAA national tournament. GAC scored the game-tying goal with one-tenth of a second remaining in regulation, before falling to Middlebury 3-2 in overtime in the national title game. … The Gusties have now made four Frozen Four appearances, with the runner-up finish the highest in program history.

• TOTAL DOMINATION: The Gusties have allowed just four goals through their first eight games, outscoring their opponents 39-4. … GAC has posted three seven-goal games this season, while also adding a season-high nine-goal showing in a 9-1 rout of St. Scholastica on Nov. 10. 

• NAILBITERS: Gustavus has played two games decided by one goal, posting 1-0 victories over Augsburg on Oct. 28 and Lake Forest on Nov. 5.

• LIGHTING THE LAMP: Clara Billings has been virtually unstoppable this season, scoring a team-high nine goals in GAC’s first eight games. She is one of 13 different Gusties to net at least one goal this season. … Brooke Power is second ot Billings with six goals, one more than Lily Mortenson and two up on Kaitlyn Holland. … Six of Billings’ nine goals have come on the power play. … Gustavus has had a player score two goals in a game nine times — including four by Billings.

• SPREADING THE WEALTH: Gustavus’ eight game-winning goals have come from six different players, led by Power and Molly McHugh with two each.

• LENDING A HELPING HAND: Emily Holland has recorded a team-leading nine assists, followed by Kayla Vrieze with seven and Hailey Holland with six. … Hailey Holland dished out a single-game season-high three assists against Lake Forest on Nov. 4. 

• POINT PRODUCTION: Eighteen different players have recorded at least one point for the Gusties this season, led by Billings with 12 and Power with 10. Mortenson, Hailey Holland, and Olson are all tied for third on the team with nine points, one more than Vrieze. … Billings and Hailey Holland have each posted four-point games this season — Billings against UW-Superior on Nov. 19 (2 G, 2 A) and Holland vs. Lake Forest on Nov. 4 (1 G, 3 A).

• BETWEEN THE PIPES: GAC has used three different goalies this season, with Katie McCoy seeing the brunt of the work. McCoy has compiled a 0.60 goals-against-average and .952 save percentage in eight starts (402:10). Jori Jones has stopped all five shots she’s faced in 53:07 minutes of work, while Maria Widen owns four saves on four shots in 24:33 minutes of action. … McCoy has made 80 saves and posted two shutouts through eight games. 

• BY THE NUMBERS: Gustavus has allowed just one goal in both the first and third periods, while surrendering a pair of tallies in the second. GAC has outscored its opponents 12-1 in the first period, 16-2 in the second, and 11-1 in the third. … The Gusties have scored 14 power-play goals on 37 chances (37.8 %), while allowing just one PP goal on 18 opponent opportunities. … Gustavus has not allowed more than 18 shots on goal in any of its first eight contests. The Gusties are averaging 41.2 shots-per-game, while their opponents are sitting at 11.6 spg.