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2022-23: 1-6-1 MIAC, 4-10-1 Overall

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2022-23: 3-3-2 MIAC, 9-4-2 Overall

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SMU-SCU * A YEAR AGO:

Feb. 4-5, 2022

W, 1-0; L, 3-1 * Series History

SAINT MARY’S * LAST ACTION:

Jan. 13-14, 2023 * St. Olaf

T, 2-2 (ot) * L, 2-1

ST. CATHERINE * LAST ACTION:

Jan. 13-14, 2023 * Hamline

L, 4-3 * T, 3-3

SAINT MARY’S * UP NEXT:

Jan. 21, 2023

St. Catherine * 2 p.m.

Drake Arena * St. Paul, MN

ST. CATHERINE * UP NEXT: 

Jan. 21, 2023

Saint Mary’s * 2 p.m.

SMU Ice Arena * Winona, MN

SAINT MARY’S CARDINALS SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR RECORD: The Cardinals head into their conference series against St. Catherine this weekend sitting at 4-10-1 overall, including a 1-6-1 mark in conference play.

• LAST ACTION: The Cardinals went 0-1-1 in their two-game MIAC series against St. Olaf last weekend. Kas Kingston (Black Diamond, Alberta) scored late in the third period, lifting the Cardinals to a 2-2 overtime tie against the Oles on Friday, while Allie Urlaub (Burnsville, Minn.) netted SMU’s lone goal in the rematch, as Saint Mary’s dropped a 2-1 decision to the Oles.

• ROAD SUCCESS: Three of the Cardinals’ four wins this season have come on the road. Saint Mary’s is sitting at 1-4-1 on its home ice this year, while sporting a 3-6-0 mark away from the Saint Mary’s Ice Arena.

• HITTING THE BREAKS: The Cardinals’ 2-1 loss to St. Olaf last Saturday snapped their season-high four-game unbeaten streak (3-0-1). Prior to the one goal loss, Saint Mary’s had swept Lawrence (3-0, 8-0) on Dec. 9-10, beaten UW-Stevens Point (2-1 in OT) on Jan. 7, and tied the Oles 2-2 last Friday

• WORKING OVERTIME: SMU’s 2-2 tie against St. Olaf last Friday was its second straight overtime game — and its third OT contest of the season. Along with their 2-2 stalemate vs. St. Olaf, the Cardinals also own a 2-1 overtime win over UW-Stevens Point on Jan. 7 and a 3-2 OT loss to Lake Forest on Oct. 29. … Saint Mary’s played four overtime games a year ago, finishing 1-1-2 in those four contests.

• LIGHTING THE LAMP: Kingston and Taryn Dornself (Somerset, Wis.) heads into Friday’s matchup with St. Catherine leading the team in goals with four, one more than Anna Braun (Mantorville, Minn.) and Allie Urlaub (Burnsville, Minn.), and two up on Sidney Polzin (Chippewa Falls, Wis.), Leah Parker (Hudson, Wis.), and Jenna Kurkowski (North Branch, Minn.). … SMU’s 28 goals have come from 16 different players. … 

• FIRST AS A CARDINAL: Saint Mary’s has had five players score their first collegiate goals this season. Jordy Wyant (Winnipeg, Manitoba) scored career-goal No. 1 against St. Olaf on Friday; Teagan Phillips (Oregon, Wis.) and Taverie Sherner (Maple Grove, Minn.) netted goal No. 1 as a Cardinal against Augsburg on Nov. 18; Dornself’s first-period goal against Lake Forest on Oct. 29 was her first as a Cardinal; and Parker netted her first as a Cardinal against Hamline on Nov. 12. … Saint Mary’s had 10 players net their first collegiate goals a year ago.

• SPREADING THE WEALTH: SMU’s eight goals in its 8-0 win over Lawrence on Dec. 10 were scored by eight different players — Dornself, Parker, Braun, Kingston, Kurkowski, Katie Devine (Glencoe, Ill.), Elle Hegdahl (Brookings, S.D.), and Anne Carmean (Spring Lake Park, Minn.).

• SPREADING THE WEALTH II: 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 Kennedy Kraus (Kasson, Minn.), Ella Ausman (Chippewa Falls, Minn.), Hegdahl, Dornself, Katie Pierpont (Holt, Mich.), and Parker all had assists.

• LENDING A HAND: Polzin enters Friday’s game against St. Catherine leading the Cardinals with four assists, while Carmean, Pierpont, Urlaub, and Kraus all have three. Dornself, Kingston, Parker, Devine, Hegdahl, Ausman, and Wyant have all collected a pair of helpers.

• POINT PRODUCERS: Dornself, Kingston, Urlaub, and Polzin sit atop the team’s points race with six, two more than Parker, Carmean, Kraus, and Pierpont.

• DOUBLING UP: SMU had four players post multiple-point games against Lawrence on Dec. 10. Devine, Kurkowski, and Kingston all had a goal and an assist, while Polzin had two 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 307 of the 333 shots she’s faced in 11 starts and owns a 2.64 goals-against-average and .922 save percentage, while Rimstad has recorded 115 saves in her first six appearances as a Cardinal and sports a 1.94 GAA and .915 save %. … Keeley has stopped 30 or more shots in six of her 10 starts this season. … Rimstad’s 40-save showing vs. Hamline Nov. 12 was a career-high.

• THROWING UP BLANKS: Keeley and Rimstad both collected shutouts against Lawrence on Dec. 9-10. Keeley kicked out all 15 shots she faced on Dec. 9 for her first shutout of the season, and fourth of her collegiate career, while Rimstad stopped all 13 shots in the rematch the following afternoon for career shutout No. 1.

• BACK-TO-BACK GOOSE EGGS: The Cardinals 3-0 and 8-0 wins over Lawrence on Dec. 9-10 mark the first time since the 2003-04 season in which SMU has posted back-to-back shutouts. SMU did it three times during the 2003-04 season — beating Concordia (3-0) and St. Catherine (5-0); Bethel (3-0 and 5-0); and Hamline 8-0 and 5-0).

• CAREER NIGHTS: 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. 

• TOTAL DOMINATION: Saint Mary’s finished with 121 shots on goal against Lawrence on Dec. 9-10, while holding the Vikings to a combined 28. SMU outshot Lawrence 28-1 in the first period on Dec. 9 and boasted a 26-5 edge in shots in the second period on Dec. 10.

• MAKING THEIR MARK: The Cardinals’ 59 shots on goal against Lawrence on Dec. 9 rank No. 6 all-time, while their 62 shots the following afternoon are tied for No. 3 all-time.  The program-record for shots on goal in a game is 80 against St. Olaf on Nov. 11, 2000.

• TOUGH STRETCH: The Cardinals’ matchup against No. 1-ranked Gustavus last weekend marked 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).

• BY THE NUMBERS: SMU has scored six goals in the first period, while netting 11 goals in the second and 11 in the third. On the flip side, the Cardinals’ opponents have scored 11 times in the first period, 15 times in the second, 12 times in the third. … SMU’s four third-period goals against Lawrence on Dec. 10 were a single-period season-high. … Saint Mary’s is 4-for-54 on the power-play, while killing off 43 of its opponents’ 53 PP opportunities. … The Cardinals recorded season-highs in goals (8), assists (8), points (16), and shots on goal (62) against Lawrence on Dec. 10.

ST. CATHERINE WILDCATS SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: The Wildcats head into Friday’s game against Saint Mary’s owning a 9-4-2 overall record, including a 3-3-2 showing through eight games of the conference season.

• LAST TIME OUT: The Wildcats scored three goals in each game of their two-game conference series against Hamline last weekend, falling to the Pipers 4-3 last Friday at TRIA Rink, before battling HU to a 3-3 tie the following afternoon at Drake Arena.

• HOME SWEET HOME: The Wildcats have been dominant on their home ice this season, sporting a near-perfect 8-0-2 mark, while winning just once in five games against from Drake Arena. 

• SHOOTOUT SUCCESS: Last Saturday’s shootout win over Hamline marked the second time in as many tries that SCU has won the shootout — also collecting the extra conference point against Augsburg on Nov. 11.

• LIGHTING THE LAMP: St. Catherine heads into the weekend having scored 56 goals in 15 games, and has gotten at least one goal from 14 different players. … Paige Loidolt and Marie Reimer lead the SCU offensive attack, scoring eight goals each, one more than Laura Denchfield, and two up on Lauren Henriksen and Isabel Burt. … Reimer scored a season-high three goals against Lawrence on Nov. 4.

• LENDING A HELPING HAND: Denchfield has collected a team-high eight assists, followed by Abby Pirkl with seven, Loidolt with six, and Kaitlyn Blair, Madi Fleming, Raechel Painovich, Maiah Robert, and Ellie Skaja. … Pirkl owns the single-game season-high with three assists against Finlandia on Oct. 29.

• POINT PRODUCTION: St. Catherine boasts five players — Denchfield (15), Loidolt (14), Reimer (12), Blair (10), and Henricksen (10) — who have reached double-digits in points, with Fleming one point short with nine. … Loidolt recorded a season-high four-point game (2 G, 2 A) against Finlandia on Oct. 28.

• BETWEEN THE PIPES: St. Catherine has used three different goalies through 15 games, with Elizabeth Kubicek leading the way with a 1.74 goals-against-average and .916 save percentage in 12 starts. Abby Severson has appeared in four games — including three starts — and owns a 2.30 GAA and .884 save %, while Anna Friendshuh stopped the one shot she faced in 12 minutes of relief action. … Kubicek has stopped 218 of the 237 shots she’s faced and owns a pair of shutouts. … Kubicek stopped a season-high 37 shots against Augsburg on Nov. 11.

• BY THE NUMBERS: SCU has outscored its opponents 56-29 — including 24-7 in the second period. … The Wildcats have converted on 9 of 35 power-play opportunities (25.7 %) and has killed off 38 of their opponent’s 44 PP chances. … St. Catherine has scored four short-handed goals this season. … St. Catherine set single-game season-highs in goals (11), assists (15), points (26), and shots on goal (59) against Finlandia on Oct. 28.