DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's hockey team will be at Mars Lakeview Arena once again this weekend for a two-game Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) series against 15th-ranked University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point on Friday and Saturday.

Game Schedule: (Game Day Media)
Friday vs. UW-Stevens Point – 7 p.m. (Live Video on Saints Sports Net | Live Stats)
Saturday vs. UW-Stevens Point – 7 p.m. (Live Video on Saints Sports Net | Live Stats)

About the Saints
Record: 4-10-0, 1-7-0 NCHA

• The Saints are coming off a weekend split against Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) foes Augsburg College and Gustavus Adolphus.
• CSS defeated Augsburg Friday night 4-2, but fell to Gustavus Saturday 3-2.
• The Saints are 1-3-0 in the first four games of a seven-game home stretch.
• The Saints have lost seven straight conference games, since winning the season opener at UW-Superior 5-1.
• With just four wins up to this point, CSS is off to its slowest start since they had three wins at this juncture in Head Coach Mark Wick's first season of 2004-05.
• The Saints are only 3-4-0 when they outshoot their opponents this season.
• CSS is 3-1 this season when leading after the first period, but are 0-5 when trailing at the first intermission.
• When the opponent scores first, the Saints are winless this season (0-3).
• CSS has scored first in 11 of its 14 games thus far.
• Brandon Nowakowski (Calgary, Alberta/Central Memorial HS (Calgary Royals-AJHL)) leads the team with seven goals this season.
• Brett Corcoran (Parksville, British Columbia/Ballenas Secondary (Trail Smoke-BCHL) ) has a team-high nine assists and 15 points.
• Colin Rundell (Tees, Alberta/Lacombe Composite (Alaska-Fairbanks) ) is second in the conference with 345 saves in the year.

About the Pointers
Record: 10-6-1, 4-5-1 NCHA

• UW-Stevens Point comes into the weekend winners in six of its last seven games.
• During that stretch, the Pointers handed UW-Eau Claire its first conference loss, swept UW-Stout and split with fifth-ranked Adrian College (Mich.).
• The Pointers are ranked 15th in both of this week's USCHO.com Division III and D3hockey.com polls.
• UWSP is coming off a weekend sweep of Saint Mary's and St. Olaf.
• The Pointers are 9-0-1 when they out-shoot their opponents this season.
• The Pointers are also unbeaten when leading at the first intermission (9-0-1) and second intermission (8-0-0).
• The Pointers have been outscoring opponents 18-9 in the first period this season.
• UWSP has shown to be a much better home team than on the road with a 6-1-1 record at Willett Arena and 4-5-0 away from Point.
• The Pointers penalty kill drops from .878 at home to .628 on the road.
• Kyle Heck leads the team with nine goals on the year, while Johnny Meo is right behind him with seven goals.
• Heck and Meo share the team lead with 15 points.
• Brandon Jaeger has seen more action in net than Nick Graves and has recorded seven of the team's 10 victories.
• Graves has a better saves percentage (.905), goals-against-average (2.46) and has recorded two shutouts on the year.

  
Series History: (CSS is 13-47-4 vs. UW-Stevens Point)

• The Pointers have won four straight at Mars Lakeview Arena, including a 5-1 victory in the NCHA Peters Cup semifinals last season.