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2022-23: 2-6-1 MIAC, 5-10-1 Overall
ST. CATHERINE WILDCATS
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2022-23: 3-4-2 MIAC, 9-5-2 Overall
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SMU-SCU * LAST NIGHT:
Jan. 20, 2023 * Winona, MN
W, 5-0 * Series History
SAINT MARY’S * UP NEXT:
Jan. 27, 2023
Bethel * 7 p.m.
SMU Ice Arena * Winona, MN
Jan. 28, 2023
Bethel * 2 p.m.
ST. CATHERINE * UP NEXT:
Jan. 27, 2023
Gustavus * 7 p.m.
Drake Arena * St. Paul, MN
Jan. 28, 2023
Gustavus * 2 p.m.
Don Roberts Ice Arena * St. Peter, MN
SAINT MARY’S CARDINALS SCOUTING REPORT:
• FOR RECORD: The Cardinals head into their conference rematch against St. Catherine on Saturday sitting at 5-10-1 overall, including a 2-6-1 mark in conference play.
• LAST NIGHT: Sidney Polzin (Chippewa Falls, Wis.) had a hand in all five Saint Mary’s goals — scoring three times and assisting on the other two — as Saint Mary’s cruised to a 5-0 conference win over St. Catherine Friday evening at the Saint Mary’s Ice Arena.
• ROAD SUCCESS: Three of the Cardinals’ five wins this season have come on the road. Saint Mary’s is sitting at 2-4-1 on its home ice this year, while sporting a 3-6-0 mark away from the Saint Mary’s Ice Arena.
• HITTING THE BRAKES: With Friday’s win, Saint Mary’s improved to 4-1-1 in its last six games. 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 on Jan. 13 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.
• A NIGHT TO REMEMBER: Polzin recorded her first collegiate hat trick and her first career five-point game in Friday’s 5-0 win over St. Catherine. The hat trick was Saint Mary’s first since Bailey Wendt scored four times against Bethel on Feb. 3, 2018, while her five-point night was the team’s first since Nicole Olson equaled that feat with three goals and two helpers against St. Norbert on Nov. 4, 2011.
• LIGHTING THE LAMP: With her three goals against St. Catherine Friday, Polzin moved into the team lead in goals with five, one more than Kas Kingston (Black Diamond, Alberta), Anna Braun (Mantorville, Minn.), and Taryn Dornself (Somerset, Wis.). Allie Urlaub (Burnsville, Minn.) and Jenna Kurkowski — who both netted goals against St. Catherine on Friday — are sitting with three goals, followed by Leah Parker (Hudson, Wis.) with two. … SMU’s 33 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 Jan. 13; 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 Saturday’s rematch against St. Catherine leading the Cardinals with six assists, two up on both Kingston and Carmean, while Pierpont and Urlaub, and Kraus all have three.
• POINT PRODUCERS: With her five points against St. Catherine on Friday, Polzin became the first Cardinal to reach double digits with 11 points, followed by Kingston with eight, and Dornself and Urlaub with six.
• 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 139 saves in her first seven appearances as a Cardinal and sports a 1.63 GAA and .933 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.
• A BRICK WALL: Rimstad stopped all 24 shots she faced against St. Catherine Friday night and has now posted shutouts in each of her last two starts — having recorded a 13-save shutout against Lawrence on Dec. 10. … With Friday’s shutout, Rimstad has not allowed a goal in the last 188:14 minutes, dating back to a late, third-period goal by Hamline on Nov. 12.
• 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 NIGHT: 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 seven goals in the first period, while netting 14 goals in the second and 12 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-56 on the power-play, while killing off 48 of its opponents’ 58 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 Saturday’s game against Saint Mary’s owning a 9-5-2 overall record, including a 3-4-2 showing through eight games of the conference season.
• LAST NIGHT: The Wildcats surrendered three second-period goals and were unable to solve Saint Mary’s goalie Celeste Rimstad, as St. Catherine dropped a 5-0 decision to Saint Mary’s Friday evening at the Saint Mary’s Ice 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 six 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 16 games, with Elizabeth Kubicek leading the way with a 1.93 goals-against-average and .909 save percentage in 13 starts. Abby Severson has appeared in five games — including three starts — and owns a 2.49 GAA and .885 save %, while Anna Friendshuh stopped the one shot she faced in 12 minutes of relief action. … Kubicek has stopped 231 of the 254 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 56-34 — including 24-10 in the second period. … The Wildcats have converted on 9 of 40 power-play opportunities (22.5 %) and has killed off 40 of their opponent’s 46 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.
