WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University men's hockey team completes its two-game nonconference series against Milwaukee School of Engineering on Wednesday, hosting the Raiders in a 2:30 p.m. contest at the SMU Ice Arena



The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (1-6-0 Overall)
vs. Milwaukee School of Engineering Raiders (5-2-0 Overall)

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Last Night:
The Cardinals got a goal from Bob Marx (Sioux City, Iowa) three minutes into overtime, as SMU handed the eighth-ranked Raiders a 2-1 nonconference setback at the SMU Ice Arena.

SMU vs. Milwaukee School of Engineering — A Year Ago:
December 3, 2010: SMU — behind the stellar play of goalie Andy Scheib (Sun Prairie, Wis.) held high-powered and undefeated Milwaukee School of Engineering off the scoreboard for the game's first 55 minutes. Unfortunately for the Cardinals, in those final five minutes, the 11th-ranked Raiders scored twice, as MSOE handed SMU a 2-0 nonconference setback at the Kern Ice Center, in Milwaukee, Wis.
December 4, 2010: The Cardinals managed just one goal in the teams' nonconference rematch, as the 11th-ranked Raiders ran their season-opening winning streak to eight straight with a 7-1 win over SMU at the Kern Ice Center.

Up Next:
The Cardinals return to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play on Dec. 2-3 against St. Olaf. SMU travels to Northfield, Minn., for a 7:30 p.m. showdown with the Oles on Friday, Dec. 2, then return home for a 7:30 p.m. rematch against St. Olaf on Saturday at the SMU Ice Arena. … MSOE, meanwhile, squares off against Lake Forest for two Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association games Dec. 2-3. The Raiders host the Foresters at p.m. at the Kern Center Ice Arena in Milwaukee, Wis., on Friday, Dec. 3, then travel to Lake Forest, Ill., for the second game Saturday at 7 p.m.

Saint Mary's Cardinals News and Notes:
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The Cardinals' 2-1 win over MSOE Tuesday was their second straight overtime game of the season. SMU had dropped a 4-3 OT decision to Hamline on Nov. 12. … Tuesday's victory also snapped the Cardinals' season-opening six-game losing streak. … Five of the Cardinals' seven games this season have been decided by one goal. … SMU's 2-1 victory over MSOE was the Cardinals' first overtime win since beating UW-River Falls 2-1 on Jan. 17, 2009. … Wednesday's rematch against the Raiders is the third straight home game for the Cardinals, who play three of their next four games at home. … Wednesday's showdown with eighth-ranked MSOE is also the SMU's fifth straight games against a team that has been nationally ranked this season. … Austin Balko (Midland, Mich.) and Bob Marx (Sioux City, Iowa) scored the Cardinals' goals against MSOE. It was the third goal of the season for both. … Balko and Marx share the team led with three goals each, while Nick Nagel owns a team-best four assists. … Balko and Nagel also share the team's points lead at five. … SMU's 18 goals have come from 13 different players. … SMU has gotten at least one point from 19 of the 24 players who have played this season. … Andy Scheib (Sun Prairie, Wis.), who kicked out 28 MSOE shots in Tuesday's 2-1 win, enters Wednesday's rematch vs. the Raiders with a team-best 2.98 goals-against-average and a .910 save percentage. … Seven of the Cardinals' 18 goals have come in the first period. … The Cardinals have scored first in four of their seven games.

Milwaukee School of Engineering Raiders News and Notes:
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Tuesday's overtime loss to Saint Mary's was the second straight setback for the Raiders, who had opened the season with five straight wins. … Wednesday's game at Saint Mary's is just the third road contest of the season for MSOE. … The Raiders had outscored their opponents 27-8 during their five-game win streak. … Both of MSOE's losses this season have been by one goal. … The Raiders have allowed more than two goals in a game just twice this season — a 3-2 loss to fourth-ranked Adrian and a 7-3 win over Concordia (Wis.). … Cole Gibson scored his team-leading sixth goal of the season to account for MSOE's lone goal vs. Saint Mary's Tuesday. …  Jordan Keizer, Todd Krupa, Bradley Tierney, Josh Keizer and Mike Pao are all tied for second in goals with four. Those six players have accounted for 27 of the team's 30 goals this season. … Bauman is the team's assist leader with seven, while Gibson and Jordan Keizer own a team-best 10 points through seven games. … Three of Jordan Keizer's four goals have been short-handed tallies — which leads all of NCAA Division III. Not other Division III player has more than one short-handed goal thus far this season. … Senior goalie Connor Toomey broke the school record for wins, recording his 46th career victory on Nov. 5 against Finlandia. Toomey then notched career win No. 47 with a 22-save effort against Adrian on Nov. 11. … Toomey has started every game in goal for the Raiders, compiling a 1.85 goals-against-average and a .914 save percentage. … MSOE has scored first in all five of its wins, while the Raiders are 0-2-0 when their opponent scores first. … MSOE's two games vs. Saint Mary's are the first of six games against Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference opponents. The Raiders are also scheduled to face Saint John's, Bethel and Hamline.