SAINT MARY'S CARDINALS 

(4-7-0 MIAC, 7-13-1 Overall)

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BETHEL ROYALS

(7-7-1 MIAC, 14-9-1 Overall)

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LAST NIGHT:

L, 3-2 * Series History

SAINT MARY'S UP NEXT:

MIAC Playoffs * Opponent/Site: TBA

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MIAC Playoffs * Opponent/Site: TBA

• FOR THE RECORD: Saint Mary’s enters its final regular-season game against Bethel sitting at 7-13-1 overall, including a 4-7-0 record in 11 conference games.

• LAST NIGHT: The Cardinals put a season-high 57 shots on the Bethel net, but could only manage a pair of second-period goals in falling to Bethel 3-2 at the Saint Mary’s Ice Arena.

• SPREADING THE WEALTH: The Cardinals have not had a multiple-goal scorer all season, with Brady Lindauer (Cary, Ill.) and Nick Kiemel (Colorado Springs, Colo.) accounting for SMU’s two goals against Bethel Friday evening. 

• SPREADING THE WEALTH, PART II: Saint Mary’s 10 points against the Auggies last Friday — four goals and six assists — came to from 10 different players.

• LIGHTING THE LAMP: With his goals against Augsburg last weekend, Potyk moved into the team lead with six goals, one more than Lindauer and Bud Winter (St. Louis, Mo.). Kiemel, Ryan Stoynich (Calgary, Alberta) and Laudon Poellinger (La Crescent, Minn.) have scored four times, while Matt Hutton (Carmel, Ind.), Trevor Schroder (Des Moines, Iowa) and Kasyn Kruse (Luverne, Minn.) have all chipped in three goals.

• FIRST AS A CARDINAL: The Cardinals boast nine players who have scored their first collegiate goals this season — Kruse, Poellinger, Potyk, Hutton, Alex Cannon (South Bend, Ind.), Callahan Nauss (Wayzata, Minn., Warner Young (Newberry, Mich.), Nathan Solis (Saline, Mich.), Trevor Paradise (Colorado Springs, Colo.), and Kellen Tharaldson (Wausau, Wis.).

• LENDING A HAND: The Cardinals had three players — Hutton, Tyson Liverance (Burford, Ontario), and Cannon pick up two assists in SMU’s 4-1 win over Gustavus on Feb. 8. … Nauss recorded a career-high four assists and Kellen Tharaldson chipped in a pair of helpers in SMU’s 4-1 win over Hamline on Jan. 21.

• LENDING A HAND, TAKE 2: With his assist against Bethel Friday — giving him at least one point in each of SMU’s last four games — Hutton moved into the team lead with 10 assists, one more than Lindauer and three in front of Schroder, Theraldson, and Nauss.

• GIVING AN ASSIST x 4: Nauss’ four assists against Hamline on Jan. 21 marked the first time Saint Mary’s has had a player record four helpers in a game since Jack Stang achieved the feat against Augsburg on Jan. 31, 2020. 

• POINT PRODUCERS: With his two points against Bethel (1 G, 1 A), Lindauer grabbed the team lead in points with 14, followed by Hutton with 13, and Schroder with 10.

• NETTING THE GAME-WINNER: Saint Mary’s seven game-winning goals this season have come from seven different players — Hutton, Poellinger, Schroder, Stoynich, Kruse, Potyk, and Liverance.

• BETWEEN THE PIPES: Matt Sankner (Pennington, N.J.) owns a 2.98 goals-against-average and a .906 save percentage in 13 appearances. Sankner, who recorded his first collegiate win with a career-high 35-save effort against Saint John’s on Nov. 18, equaled that career-high with 35 saves against MSOE on Dec. 7. Sankner has stopped 30 or more shots four times this season.… Connor Close (Des Moines, Iowa) recorded a season-high 32-save showing in the Cardinals’ 2-1 loss to Hamline on Jan. 22. Close — who collected his first collegiate win against UW-River Falls on Jan. 15 — enters the weekend with a 2.78 goals-against-average and an .897 save percentage. … A.J. Ruskowski (Traverse City, Mich.) notched his first collegiate win on Nov. 5, making 28 saves in SMU’s 4-3 win over UW-Superior. Ruskowski followed up that effort by stopping a career-best 43 shots in the Cardinals’ 4-1 loss to UW-Eau Claire the following evening. … Ruskowski owns a 4.57 GAA and an .860 save percentage.

• AS A TEAM: The Cardinals have scored 52 goals through their first 20 games, including 11 on the power-play. Saint Mary’s has scored a season-high four goals five times this season — beating Gustavus 4-1 on Feb. 8 Hamline 4-2 on Jan. 21, UW-Superior 4-3 on Nov. 5, and St. Olaf 4-1 on Dec. 3; and falling to Augsburg 5-4 last Friday.

• FIRST-GOAL SUCCESS: In 17 of Saint Mary’s 21 games this season, the team that has scored first has gone on to win. The Cardinals are 5-1-0 when scoring first, while going 2-12-1 when their opponent nets the game’s first goal.

• WORKING OVERTIME: The Cardinals’ 3-3 tie against Lawrence on Nov. 23 was third OT contest this season. SMU dropped a 3-2 overtime decision to Saint John’s on Nov. 20, while falling 4-3 in OT to Lake Forest in its season-opener on Nov. Oct. 29.

• FOR THE RECORD: The Royals head into their regular-season finale against Saint Mary’s sitting at 14-9-1 overall, including a 7-7-1 showing in 14 conference games, leaving BU sitting in fourth in the MIAC standings.

• LAST NIGHT: Travis Allen made 55 saves and Jack Bayless scored the game-winning goal with less than seven minutes remaining in regulation, lifting the Royals to a 3-2 win over Saint Mary’s at the Saint Mary’s Ice Arena in Winona, Minn.

• ROAD WARRIORS: Friday’s game at Saint Mary’s was the fourth straight road game for the Royals, who are sitting at 6-5-1 on the road this season, while sporting an 8-4-0 mark in games played at Bethel Arena.

• QUICK START: Bethel kicked off its season with five consecutive wins — including three in overtime — and were sitting at 6-1-1 through eight games. Since that time, BU is 8-8-0, including 2-3-0 in its last five.

• LIGHTING THE LAMP: Dylan Giorgio has scored a team-leading 10 goals this season, two more than Luke Posner, while Jarrett Cammarata, Jake Herter, and Adam Bricker have all netted five goals. … Posner owns the team’s lone hat trick this season, scoring three times against UW-Stout on Oct. 29.

• DISHING OUT THE ASSIST: Cammarata boasts a team-leading 16 assists — leaving him sitting fifth in the conference. Cammarata is one of three Royals who are sitting in double digits in helpers, being joined by Braeden Bartoo with 11 and Ben Doherty with 10. … Doherty collected a season-high three helpers against Finlandia on Nov. 6.

• POINTS RACE: Bethel boasts seven players who have amassed 10 or more points this season, led by Cammarata with 21. Posner (17), Giorgio (16), Bartoo (15), Doherty (14), Wilhite (13), and Bayless (11) are the others. … Bethel has three players — Bartoo (twice), Doherty, and Posner — who own three-point games.

• NETTING THE WINNER: Cammarata, Posner, and Bartoo have all recorded two game-winning goals this season, with Giorgio, Doherty, Wilhite, Bayless, Ben Ward, Jake Herter, Caydon Meyer, and Brian Smith owning the other seven.

• BETWEEN THE PIPES: Three different goalies have seen time in goal for the Royals, led by Ridge Gerads, who has compiled a 2.25 goals-against-average and .925 save percentage in 15 appearances, including 14 starts. Travis Allen (2.26 GAA, .935 save %) has started nine of the 11 games he’s played in, while Sam Metcalf (9.25 GAA, .793 save %) has played in four games, including one start. … Gerads has made 396 saves, followed by Allen with 301. Gerads owns two shutouts and Allen has posted one.

• AS A TEAM: The Royals have scored 73 goals — including 17 power-play goals and a pair of shorthanded tallies — and own 117 assists for 190 points this season. … Bethel has scored four of more goals in a game nine times — including netting a season-high seven goals twice. BU beating Finlandia 7-0 on Nov. 6 and topped Hamline 7-3 on Jan. 29. … Four of Bethel’s nine losses have been by two goals or less.

• WORKING OVERTIME: Bethel has played six overtime games this season, going 4-1-1. BU has beaten UW-Stout (3-2), Finlandia (4-3), Saint John’s (1-0), and Hamline (3-2); lost to UW-Stout (3-2), and tied Gustavus (2-2).