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PREVIEW: Men’s Hockey Back to NCHA Play with Weekend Series vs. Eau Claire

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The Saints men's hockey team is on the road Friday and back home Saturday for a weekend series against the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Blugolds.

Game Times:
Friday @ Eau Claire: 7 p.m.
Saturday @ Mars Lakeview Arena: 7 p.m.

Friday: Live Stats | Live Video | Live Audio    Saturday: Live Stats | Live Video

Last Action:  The Saints completed a weekend sweep of MIAC teams beating Saint Mary's 4-2 on Friday and St. Olaf 9-1 on Saturday.  Jojo Jeanetta (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS ) and Colin Rundell (Tees, Alberta/Lacombe Composite (Alaska-Fairbanks) ) made a combined 41 saves and Brandon Nowakowski (Calgary, Alberta/Central Memorial HS (Calgary Royals-AJHL)) had three goals on the weekend.

St. Scholastica Saints (2-1-1, 0-1-1 NCHA)
The Saints bounced back from a tie and loss to UW-Superior to sweep MIAC schools and get into the win column in a big way with 13 total goals in the weekend series.  Tyler Miller (Fort Frances, Ontario/Rainy River HS (Thunder Bay-SIJHL) ) leads the team with eight points on one goal and seven assists.  Brett Corcoran (Parksville, British Columbia/Ballenas Secondary (Trail Smoke-BCHL) ) leads the way in goals with six and he and Austin Brown (Lathrup Village, Mich./Legacy HS (Woodstock-MJAHL) ) have seven total points.  Sixteen of the 23 players on the roster have scored for the Saints.  Rundell has started three games making 88 saves on his way to a 1-1-1 record.  Jeanetta has just the one start on the year but it was a victory for the freshmen.

Wisconsin-Eau Claire Blugolds (3-1-0, 1-1-0 NCHA)
The Blugolds are also coming off of a weekend sweep of MIAC teams after beating Bethel and Hamline at home last weekend.  Jordan Singer has six points on the season on four goals and two assists to lead the way for the Blugolds.  Andrew McCabe and Tyler Romasco both have four points, all on assists, and a handful of players have three and two points.  Andrew Martin and Brandon Stephenson have both started two games for UW-EC with Martin going 2-0 and Stephenson 1-1.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. UW-Eau Claire: 21-43-6)
The Saints and Blugolds last met in February's season finale last year where UW-EC came away with a 3-0 victory over CSS.
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