WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary’s University men’s hockey team, coming off a pair of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference losses to Bethel last weekend, are back in conference play this weekend, taking on St. Thomas in a home-and-home series beginning Friday at the SMU Ice Arena. Game time is set for 7 p.m.
The Records:
Saint Mary’s Cardinals (1-7-0 MIAC / 1-15-1 Overall)
St. Thomas Tommies (3-5-2 MIAC / 6-9-4 Overall)
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Last Action: The Cardinals jumped out to a 4-2 lead and led 4-3 heading into the final 20 minutes, but the Royals scored twice in the third period — including the game-winner with just over two minutes remaining in regulation — to hand SMU a
5-4 conference setback at the Schwan’s Super Rink in Blaine, Minn., in Game 1 of their two-game conference series. The Royals erupted for four first-period goals and never looked back in rolling to a
9-1 MIAC win in the rematch Saturday at the SMU Ice Arena. St. Thomas, meanwhile, settled for a split in its MIAC series against eight-ranked Hamline. Tommies scored seven times in dropping the Pipers
7-4 at home on Friday, but then gave up seven unanswered goals as Hamline turned the tables in the rematch, winning
9-2 in St. Paul, Minn.
Last Meeting — October 30, 2009: The Cardinals surrendered a goal on the Tommies’ first shot — and another with one second remaining in the first period — as UST handed SMU a 4-2 setback during the MIAC Hockey Showcase at the Bloomington Ice Gardens.
Saint Mary’s Cardinal Notes: The Cardinals’ five goals scored vs. Bethel last weekend came from five different players — Jeff Miller (Portage, Mich.), Will Such (Broomfield, Colo.), Mike Glaesmer (Traverse City, Mich.) and Nick Carlson (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) scored SMU’s four goals vs. the Royals in Friday’s 5-4 loss, while Kevin Wentland (Columbia Heights, Minn.) tallied SMU’s lone goal in Saturday’s 9-1 loss. … Vincent Unklesbay (Maplewood, Minn.) collected assists on three of SMU’s four goals last Friday. … Anthony Bohn (Spring Hill, Fla.), who had two assists Friday and another Saturday, shares the tea lead in goals (4) with Wentland, while also leading the team in assists (11) and points (15). … Goalie Jason Horstman (Faribault, Minn.) has stopped 40 or more shots twice this season — kicking out a career-high 42 shots vs. Concordia on Nov. 14, 2009 and 41 vs. St. Olaf on Jan. 15. … Horstman enters this weekend’s series against St. Thomas with a team-leading 4.09 goals-against-average and an .883 save percentage. … SMU’s 34 goals have come from 16 different players, while 19 Cardinals have notched at least one point. … The Cardinals have surrendered 13 goals in the opening two minutes of a period through 15 games. … SMU has led after two periods three times in its last seven games — and lost all three. … The Cardinals have been outscored 30-11 in the game’s middle period and 25-11 in the third period. … SMU’s Jan. 9 game vs. UW-River Falls was the second overtime game of the season for the Cardinals, who also tied Nichols 4-4 in overtime on Jan. 2. The Cardinals were 2-0-1 in OT games a year ago.
St. Thomas Tommie Notes: The Tommies’ 7-4 win over Hamline last Friday snapped their five-game winless streak (0-3-2). … Hamline’s nine goals were the most allowed by the Tommies this season and the sixth time this season UST has surrendered five or more goals in a game. … The Tommies have played four overtime games this season, with all four ending in ties — 1-1 vs. Saint John’s, 3-3 vs. Augsburg, 2-2 vs. Milwaukee School of Engineering and 4-4 vs. Concordia. … UST’s seven goals vs. Hamline last Friday came from seven different people, while 15 players recorded at least one point. … Parker Burgess leads the Tommies with eight goals, while Andrew Kappers is the team-leader in assists (14) and points (20). … UST boasts four players with 10 or more points — Kappers (20), Rob Johnson (16), Burgess (13) and Alex Arnason (12). … Joe Schrader has started 14 of the Tommies’ 19 games in goal, compiling a 3.62 goals-against-average and an .870 save percentage. … The Tommies have allowed seven shorthanded goals this season. UST, meanwhile, has not scored while shorthanded. … The Tommies have outscored their opponents 19-12 in the first period, but have been outscored 33-15 in the second and 29-15 in the third. … UST has scored first in 12 of its 19 games, going 6-4-2. The Tommies are winless when their opponent scores first (0-5-2).