DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica men's hockey team will partake in travel partner play as it continues a home stretch when conference opponents University of Wisconsin-Stout and University of Wisconsin-River Falls come to Duluth for the weekend.

Game Times:
Friday vs. UW-Stout @ 7:05 p.m.
Saturday vs. UW-River Falls @ 7:05 p.m.

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Last Action:
The Saints were swept in a weekend series to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire this past weekend. The Saints lost 5-3 on Friday night after a 3-1 lead in the opening period. CSS would lose the next night 5-2.

St. Scholastica Saints (8-10-1, 3-9-0 NCHA)
The Saints will look to get back to .500 on the season and will look for their first win against the Blue Devils on Friday and hope to take the season series against the Falcons on Saturday … The Saints have played three ranked opponents so far in the year and are 2-2-1 in those five games ... #Carter Davis# has the team lead with eight goals … #Alex Valenti# and #Jeremy Dawes# are close behind with six apiece … #Riley Riddell# has the NCHA lead in assists with 14 and is fourth in points with 19 … #Patrick Sullivan# has played the majority of the minutes in the net for the Saints this year and has a goals against average of 3.34 … The Saints are 7-1-1 this season when the opponent scores three goals or less, but are just 1-9-0 when teams score more than three goals.

UW-Stout Blue Devils (11-8-0, 6-6-0 NCHA)
The Blue Devils are 6-5 since they swept the Saints in a weekend series in November at home … Stout is coming off six straight home games where they went 4-2 … Branden Gay has the team lead in goals, assists and the NCHA lead in points with 12 goals, 13 assists and 25 points … Kevin O'Donnell shares the lead in assists with Gay with 13 as well … Tom Lescovich has logged over 800 minutes between the pipes so far this year and has a goals against average of 3.04 … Stout is averaging 3.83 goals per game, while giving up only 3.47.

Last Meeting: (All-Time vs. UW-Stout: 11-21-3)
The Saints were swept by the Blue Devils earlier in the season and were outscored 11-6 in the two games combined.

UW-River Falls Falcons (7-11-1, 3-9-0 NCHA)
The Falcons and Saints resume play after just 13 days since they last played … the Falcons were swept last weekend by UW-Stevens Point … The Falcons are 6-4-0 and home but are only 1-7-1 away from Hunt Arena … Alec Hagman has taken over the team lead in goals with nine on the year … Justin Brossman is close behind with eight goals … Brossman has nine assists as well for the team lead to give him a team-high 17 points … Scott Lewan has over 830 minutes in net for the Falcons and has a goals against average of 2.36, which is good for second in the NCHA … As a team the Falcons are scoring 2.67 goals per game while giving up only 2.52.

Last Meeting: (All-Time vs. UW-River Falls: 33-55-5)
CSS split a weekend series in River Falls with the Falcons two weekends ago. Patrick Sullivan (Kelowna, British Columbia/Chase Secondary (Fort William-SIJHL) ) stopped 55 saves in the two games.