DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's hockey team will be on the road to play two ranked teams this weekend. The Saints face-off against the fourth-ranked Green Knights of St. Norbert on Friday night and head to Stevens Point the next night to play the 14th-ranked Pointers.

Game Schedule: (Game Day Media)
Friday @ St. Norbert – 7 p.m. (Live Video | Live Audio)
Saturday @ UW-Stevens Point – 7 p.m. (Live Video | Live Audio | Live Stats)

About the Saints
Record: 8-12-1, 4-9-1 NCHA

• The Saints are coming off a weekend split after the first of three travel partner weekends as they fell to Bridge Battle rival UW-Superior 4-3 on Thursday night.
• The Saints bounced back the next night to hand the Blue Devils of UW-Stout a 4-3 loss.
• CSS trailed the Blue Devils 3-1 in the third period and Brett Corcoran (Parksville, British Columbia/Ballenas Secondary (Trail Smoke-BCHL) ) scored the game winner with 20 seconds left.
• CSS is tied for sixth in the league with UW-River Falls.
• CSS is outscoring its opponents 25-22 in the first period but have a minus eight goal differential in the final two periods.
• Dylan Nowakowski (Calgary, Alberta/Centennial HS (Brooks-AJHL) ) has recorded at least one point in seven of the last nine games and his brother Brandon Nowakowski (Calgary, Alberta/Central Memorial HS (Calgary Royals-AJHL)) in six of his last eight.
• Brenden Kotyk (Regina, Saskatchewan/Michael A. Riffel HS (Dauphin-MJHL) ) is second in the NCHA for power play goals with six and tied for third in the NCHA with 12 power play points on the season.
• B. Nowakowski is tied for a league-high with three game-winning goals this season.
• CSS leads the league in penalty minutes with 18.7 per game.

About the Green Knights
Record: 16-4-1, 10-3-1 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 2-2 in their last two games including a 3-0 shutout at the hands of the conference leader, UW-Eau Claire
• Kyle Stroh leads the conference in all three scoring categories with 32 points total coming via 15 goals and 17 assists.
• David Jacobson is third in the nation with a 1.55 goals against average and leads the nation with five shutouts.
• The Green Knights' four losses have been by a combined seven goals.
• St. Norbert has the second-best power-play (.313) and penalty-kill (.908) in the country.
• The Green Knights have allowed only 1.71 goals per game, which is also second-best in NCAA Division III.
• St. Norbert is 15-0 this season when leading after two periods.

  
Series History: (CSS is 10-44-3 vs. St. Norbert)

• CSS is 4-7-1 in the last 12 games vs. the Green Knights.
• CSS lost a weekend series in Duluth earlier this year being outscored 12-3 in the two games.

About the Pointers
Record: 12-8-1, 6-7-1 NCHA

• UW-Stevens Point comes into the weekend just two games removed from its last match-up with the Saints that resulted in a weekend split in Duluth.
• The Pointers split those two games on the road against UW-River Falls and UW-Eau Claire.
• The Pointers have been outscoring opponents 26-12 and 26-23 in the first and second periods respectively.
• UWSP has shown to be a much better home team than on the road with a 6-2-1 record at Willett Arena and 6-6-0 away from Point.
• Kyle Heck leads the team with 10 goals on the year, while Johnny Meo and Scott Henegar are right behind him with eight goals a piece.
• Heck and Garrett Ladd share the team lead with 17 points.
• Brandon Jaeger has seen more action in net than Nick Graves and has recorded eight of the team's 12 victories.
• Graves has a better saves percentage (.905), goals-against-average (2.47) and has recorded two shutouts on the year.

  
Series History: (CSS is 14-48-4 vs. UW-Stevens Point)

• The Saints are 3-1-1 in their last five games in Stevens Point.