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Jack Rendulich

Hockey Doubleheader on Tap for Friday and Saturday

DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's and women's hockey teams will both be at home on Friday and Saturday with the men hosting two-time defending national champion and sixth-ranked St. Norbert College and the women facing No. 10 University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point at Mars Lakeview Arena.

Game Schedule: (Game Day Media)
Friday
Women vs. UW-Stevens Point – 4 p.m. (Live Video | Live Stats)
Men vs. St. Norbert – 7 p.m. (Live Video | Live Stats)
Saturday
Women vs. UW-Stevens Point – 2 p.m. (Live Video | Live Stats)
Men vs. St. Norbert – 5 p.m. (Live Video | Live Stats)

Men

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About the Saints
Record: 3-7-0, 1-5-0 NCHA

  • The Saints are playing their final games of 2012 this weekend.
  • CSS is starting a stretch of seven consecutive games at home.   
  • CSS is seventh in the nation in penalty minutes per game (21.9).
  • Brandon Nowakowski (Calgary, Alberta/Central Memorial HS (Calgary Royals-AJHL)) and Brett Corcoran (Parksville, British Columbia/Ballenas Secondary (Trail Smoke-BCHL) ) lead the team and are tied for fifth in the conference with six goals each. 
  • Goaltender Colin Rundell (Tees, Alberta/Lacombe Composite (Alaska-Fairbanks) ) is second in the league with 246 saves and is third with a .911 save percentage.


About the Green Knights
Record: 8-2-1, 4-1-1 NCHA

  • The Green Knights have been to the national championship game the last three years, including winning it at all the last two years.
  • St. Norbert is coming off a bye weekend and has not played since Thanksgiving weekend.
  • Kyle Stroh leads the conference in points and goals with 19 and 10 respectively.
  • David Jacobson is third in the nation with a 1.22 goals against average and leads the nation with four shutouts.
  • The Green Knights' two losses have been by a combined three goals.
  
Series History: (CSS is 10-42-3 vs. St. Norbert)
  • CSS is 4-5-1 in the last ten games vs. the Knights.
  • It has been over eight years since the two teams played that the Green Knights have not been ranked.
  • CSS was 1-2 vs. SNC last year.


Women

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About the Saints
3-3-2, 2-3-1 NCHA

  • The Saints are coming off a tough home series to ninth-ranked Adrian College (Mich.), Falling 4-2 and 8-4.
  • Nina Waidacher (Arosa, Switzerland/Wirtschaftschule KV Chur (ZSC Lions/Swiss U18 National)) leads the Saints with five goals for 15 points on the year.
  • Waidacher's 1.25 assists per game are tied for first in NCAA Division III and her 1.88 points per game are tied for second in the nation.
  • Gina Dodge (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS (Minn.-Duluth)) is second on the team with four goals and five assists.
  • The Saints have outshot opponents 309-248.
  • CSS is sixth in the country, averaging four goals per game.
  • The Saints have converted on 11-of-42 power-plays, which is good enough for the sixth-best conversion rate in the nation.


About the Pointers
6-2-2, 5-1-2 NCHA

  • The Pointers are coming off of a series split with sixth-ranked UW-River Falls.
  • The Pointers are led by Cassandra Salmen with nine goals and five assists.
  • The Pointers share net-minding duties and boast a .933 save percentage.
  • Net minder Hillary Drake is fourth in the country with a 1.13 goals-against-average.
  • The Pointers have converted 11-of-37 power-plays.
  • Stevens Point is fifth in the country averaging 4.2 goals per game.
  • The Pointers are also in the top 10 in scoring defense, allowing 1.7 goals per game.
  • Stevens Point is third in the nation on the power-play with a 30.8 percent conversion rate.


Series History: (CSS is 1-3-0 vs. UW-Stevens Point)

  • The Pointers won the first three in the series; however the Saints won the last get together by a score of 3-2 in Stevens Point.
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