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2022-23: 4-3-0 MIAC, 8-7-1 Overall

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2022-23: 4-3-0 MIAC, 7-6-1 Overall

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SMU-STO * LAST NIGHT:

Jan. 13, 2022 * Northfield, MN

W, 8-2 * Series History

SAINT MARY’S * UP NEXT:

Jan. 27, 2023

Bethel * 7 p.m.

Bethel Arena * Blaine, MN

Jan. 28, 2023

Bethel * 7:05 p.m.

SMU Ice Arena * Winona, MN

ST. OLAF * UP NEXT: 

Jan. 20, 2023

St. Scholastica * 7 p.m.

St. Olaf Ice Arena * Northfield, MN

Jan. 21, 2023

St. Scholastica * 7 p.m.

Mars Lakeview Arena * Duluth, MN

SAINT MARY’S CARDINALS SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: Saint Mary’s heads into its conference rematch against St. Olaf on Saturday sitting at 8-7-1 overall, and 4-3-0 in conference play.

• LAST NIGHT: The Cardinals got goals from seven different players — including a pair of goals from Brady Lindauer (Cary, Ill.) — and A.J. Ruskowski (Traverse City, Mich.) stopped a season-high 42 shots, as the Cardinals routed St. Olaf 8-2 in Northfield, Minn.

• ROAD WARRIORS: Friday’s game at St. Olaf was the fourth straight road games for the Cardinals, who played nine of their first 13 games on their home ice. SMU is 4-4-1 at home, while going 4-3-0 away from the Saint Mary’s Ice Arena.

• STREAKING: The Cardinals had their season-high six-game win streak snapped with last Saturday’s 4-1 loss to St. Olaf. After opening the season 1-6-1, SMU had rattled off wins over Lawrence (3-1), Gustavus (4-1 & 4-3), MSOE (5-3), Lawrence (6-3), and Northland (5-4 OT). … Saint Mary’s six-game win streak was its longest since winning six in a row during the 2005-06 season.

• OFFENSE IN SYNC: The Cardinals have netted 36 goals in their last eight games — including back-to-back four-goal efforts against Gustavus on Dec. 3-4, five-goal showings vs. MSOE on Dec. 10 and Northland on Jan. 6, a seven-goal performance against Lawrence on Jan. 3, and a season-high eight-game outburst in beating St. Olaf 8-2 on Friday.

• LIGHTING THE LAMP: Nikita Sheberov (Obninsk, Russia), who has scored five goals in SMU’s last four games — including one of SMU’s eight tallies on Friday — owns the team lead in goals with seven goals, one more than Trevor Schroder (Des Moines, Iowa) and two in front of Colin Tushie (Prior Lake, Minn.). Warner Young (Newberry, Mich.) and Thomas Magnavite (Chicago, Ill.) have scored four goals, followed Bud Winter (St. Louis, Mo.), Laudon Poellinger (La Crescent, Minn.), Jack Campion (Crystal, Minn.) and Callahan Nauss (Maple Plain, Minn.) with three each. … SMU has gotten goals from 18 different players. 

• TOSSING THE HAT: Sheberov netted his first collegiate hat trick against Lawrence on Jan. 2. He is the first Cardinal player to score three goals in a game since Andrew Froese (Traverse City, Mich.) achieved the feat against Gustavus on Feb. 23, 2021.

• DOUBLING UP: Saint Mary’s has had a player score two or more goals in a game five times this season. Along with Lindauer’s two-game effort against St. Olaf on Friday and Sheberov’s three-goal night against Lawrence on Jan. 2, Winter scored twice against Lake Forest on Oct. 28; Tharaldson recorded his first collegiate two-goal game against Gustavus on Dec. 3; and Tushie collected his first two-goal game as a Cardinal against MSOE on Dec. 10.

• MULTIPLE POINTS: Lindauer collected a pair of assists to go along with his two goal en route to his first collegiate four-point night, while Sheberov and Campion have each recorded career-high three-point games — Sheberov’s coming on three goals against Lawrence on Jan. 2, while Campion picked up a pair of assists to go with his first-period goal against Gustavus on Dec. 2. … Winter collected helpers on three of SMU’s four goals vs. the Gusties on Dec. 2 for his first career three-assist game — and third career three-point night.

• FIRST COLLEGIATE GOAL: Saint Mary’s has five players who have scored their first goals in a Cardinal uniform this season. Blake Campbell (Keller, Texas) tallied his first career goal vs. St. Olaf on Friday; Jackson Nauss (Maple Plain, Minn.) tallied his first in a Cardinal jersey last Friday vs. Gustavus; Brendan Westbrook (Pine City, Minn.) scored his first SMU goal vs. UW-Stevens Point on Nov. 11; Tushie netted his first SMU goal 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.) has racked up a team-leading 10 assists, two more than Poellinger and three in front of Lindauer. Young and Winter are tied fourth on the team with six assists, with Tushie, Magnavite, and Campion sitting with five helpers each. 

• POINT PRODUCERS: Saint Mary’s boasts four players who have reached double-digits in points this season — Tharaldson leads the way with 12 points, one up on Poellinger, while Young and Tushie are tied for third with 10, and Sheberov, Tushie, Magnavite, and Lindauer have all collected nine points. … Saint Mary’s has gotten at least one point from 22 different players — including goalkeeper Matt Sankner (Pennington, N.J.).

• 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 this season. Sankner has stopped 299 of the 331 shots he’s faced in 11 appearances en route to a 3.10 GAA and a .903 save percentage, while A.J. Ruskowski (Traverse City, Mich.) has appeared in four games — including three starts — and owns a 3.81 GAA and .904 save %. Connor Close (Des Moines, Iowa) boasts a 5.34 GAA, .831 save % and has made 69 saves in his three starts. … Sankner delivered a career-high 45-save effort against Augsburg on Nov. 18, while Ruskowski stopped a season-best 42 shots against St. Olaf on Friday and  Close recorded a career-high 36 saves against Lake Forest on Oct. 29.

• FROM DEFENSE TO OFFENSE: Sankner collected his first collegiate assist, getting the lone helper on Sheberov’s first goal in the second period SMU’s 6-3 win over Lawrence on Jan. 2. … Sankner’s assist is the first by a Cardinal goalie since Nick Nash picked up an assist against Gustavus on Oct. 26, 2018.

• WORKING OVERTIME: The Cardinals have played two overtime games this season, battling Lake Forest to a 5-5 draw on Oct. 28, while beating Northland 5-4 Friday night. Friday’s OT game was SMU’s fifth over the last 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 has scored first in six of its last eight games, and is sitting at 5-2-0 when netting the game’s first goal, while going 3-5-1 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 16 goals in the first period, 14 in the second, and 21 in the third. SMU has been outscored 22-14 in the second and 23-21 in the third. … Saint Mary’s is 11 of 62 on the power play (17.7 %), while killing off 52 of its opponents 67 power-play opportunities (75.8 %). … SMU set season-highs in goals (8), assists (14), and points (22) against St. Olaf on Friday, while its 46 shots on goal against Lawrence on Nov. 22 are also a season high.

ST. OLAF OLES SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: The Oles head into their conference rematch against Saint Mary’s on Saturday sitting at 10-5-1 overall, including a 4-3-0 mark through the first six games of the conference season.

• LAST NIGHT: Tyler Cooper and Evan Shoemaker netted third-period goals, but it wasn’t nearly enough, as the Oles dropped an 8-2 conference decision to Saint Mary’s at the St. Olaf Ice Arena in Northfield, Minn.

• SLUMPING: After opening the season 7-1-1 — including a six-game unbeaten streak (6-0-1) — the Oles have gone 3-4-0 in its last six contests.

• HOME SWEET HOME: Six of St. Olaf’s 10 wins this season have come on its home ice. The Oles are 6-3-1 at home, while going 4-2-0 away from the St. Olaf Ice Arena.

• WORKING OVERTIME: Three of St. Olaf’s last seven games have all been decided in overtime. The Oles dropped a 6-5 decision to second-ranked Augsburg on Dec. 3, while beating Bethel 2-1 on Dec. 10 and topping Northland 3-2 last Saturday. All told, STO has played five overtime games this season, having also beating Marian 3-2 on Nov. 27 and battling UW-Stevens Point to a 5-5 draw on Nov. 12.

• NAILBITERS: Twelve of St. Olaf’s 16 games have been decided by two goals or less — the lone exceptions: a 7-1 win over Northland, a 3-0 victory against UW-River Falls, a 5-2 loss to Milwaukee School of Engineering, and Friday’s 8-2 setback against Saint Mary’s.

• LIGHTING THE LAMP: Cooper enters Saturday’s rematch against Saint Mary’s boasting a team-leading 10 goals, while Troy Bowditch, Jonathan Young, and Jonathan Panisa are all tied for second with five goals, and Connor Kaithoff and Sean Walsh have each found the back of the net four times. … St. Olaf has gotten a goal from 18 different players. … Young and Ashton Altman have both posted two-goal games this season — Young vs Augsburg on Dec. 3 and Altmann against Marian on Nov. 27.

• LENDING A HAND: Bowditch has amassed a team-best 15 assists, seven more than Kaithoff. Parker Casey owns seven helpers, followed by Kelijah McElroy and and Matthew Pointer with five. 

• POINT PRODUCTION: St. Olaf boasts four players who have reached double digits in points, led by Bowditch with 20. Cooper (14), Kaithoff (12), and Young (10) have also reached the 10-point mark.

• BETWEEN THE PIPES: St. Olaf has used three different goalies this season. Lukas Haugen has appeared in seven starts (381:17 minutes) and owns a 2.52 goals-against-average and .910 save percentage, while Thomas Lalonde has made five starts (343:06) with a 2.80 GAA and .893 save % and Tyler Laureault has played in four games (245:35) and has compiled a 2.69 GAA and .908 save %. … Haugen leads the team with 162 saves, followed closely by Lalonde with 134 and Laureault with 108. … Laureault recorded a season-high 35 saves against Northland last Saturday.

• BY THE NUMBERS: The Oles have outscored their opponents 51-45, including 15-13 in the second, and 22-18 in the third. … St. Olaf has scored nine power-play goals on 68 chances (13.2 %), while its opponents have netted 13 goals on 63 man-advantage situations (20.6 %). … The Oles posted single-game season-highs in virtually every offensive category against Northland in their first meeting on Oct. 28, including goals (7), assists (11), points (18), and shots on goal (48).