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PREVIEW: Men’s Hockey Back on the Ice Tuesday at Northland

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DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica men's hockey team will hope to bounce back after a pair of losses over the weekend when it plays at Northland College on Tuesday night in a non-conference contest at the Bay Area Civic Center.

Game Time:
Tuesday – 7 p.m.

Game Day Media:
Northland Live Audio

Last Action: 
The Saints fell to Augsburg College on Saturday night in Rosemount 3-2. Matt Malenstyn (Surrey, British Columbia/Tamanawis Secondary (Waywayseecappo-MJHL) ) and Brandon Nowakowski (Calgary, Alberta/Central Memorial HS (Calgary Royals-AJHL)) each scored for the Saints.

St. Scholastica Saints (7-5-2)
The Saints suffered a pair of 3-2 defeats over the weekend at Gustavus Adolphus College and Augsburg … In both games, the Saints gave up a power-play goal in the final three minutes of regulation, which broke a tie game … CSS committed 15 penalties for 55 minutes in the two games … In the previous six games, the Saints only had 50 penalty minutes combined … In Friday night's game at Gustavus, the Saints were on the penalty-kill for more than half the game and were two-men down for most of the second period … In Saturday's loss to Augsburg, the Saints committed five of their six penalties in the final 16 minutes of the game … Jeremy Dawes (Winnipeg, Manitoba/College Jeanne Suave (Portage-MJHL) ) saw his seven-game goal streak come to an end in Saturday's loss to Augsburg … Brandon Nowakowski (Calgary, Alberta/Central Memorial HS (Calgary Royals-AJHL)) and Carter Davis (Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan/Central Collegiate (Waywayseecappo-MJHL) ) are currently on a three-game point streak … The Saints have moved to second in the nation on the power-play, converting 32.9 percent of their opportunities.

Northland LumberJacks (3-7-2)
Tuesday's game will be the first game of the second half of the season for Northland … The LumberJacks finished 2011, winless in their last four games … Colin McIntosh leads the 'Jacks in goals scored (11) and is second in points (23) … Kraig Wright leads the team with 16 assists and 24 points … Wright's two points per game average is tied for the best in NCAA Division III, while McIntosh is third at 1.92 … Freshman goaltender Ian Perrier has seen the most action in net for Northland this season … Perrier has a .901 save percentage and has two of the team's three victories.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Northland: 11-0)
The Saints defeated the LumberJacks 6-2 last season at Mars Lakeview Arena. Six different Saints recorded a goal in the victory.
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