DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's hockey team will travel to Adrian, Mich. to play second-ranked Adrian College (Mich.) in a Northern College Hockey Association (NCHA) Harris Cup semifinal postseason game Saturday night. Puck drops at 7 p.m. Eastern time.
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St. Scholastica Saints
Record: 15-8-4 (10-5-3 NCHA)
Head Coach: Mark Wick |
- The Saints are on a three-game-winning streak and had seven different scorers in their 9-4 win over Concordia (Wis.) in Saturday game 2 quarterfinal win.
- That marked the second time this season the Saints scored nine goals in a game. The last time CSS scored at least nine goals twice in a season was during the 1985-86 season.
- Senior captain
Brandon Nowakowski (Calgary, Alberta/Central Memorial HS (Calgary Royals-AJHL)) recorded his first collegiate hat trick in Saturday's win.
- Nowakowski still leads the team in points (26), goals (15), and power play goals (8).
- Brother
Dylan Nowakowski (Calgary, Alberta/Centennial HS (Brooks-AJHL) ) assisted on three goals as did defensemen
Matt Malenstyn (Surrey, British Columbia/Tamanawis Secondary (Waywayseecappo-MJHL) ).
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Tyler Bruggeman (North Mankato, Minn./Mankato West HS (Austin-NAHL) ) holds the fourth in the conference with a saves percentage (.924) and third with a goal-against-average (1.99).
- CSS has had a league low 92 power play opportunities this season and a league low of penalty minutes (302).
- CSS is 15-2-2 when leading or tied after two periods, but are 0-6-2 when trailing after two periods.
- The Saints have won 10 of their 15 games then they have scored first.
- The Saints have advanced to the semifinals of the NCHA postseason tournament seven times in the last eight seasons.
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#2 Adrian College Bulldogs
Record: 22-1-4 (14-1-3 NCHA)
Head Coach: Ron Fogarty |
- The Bulldogs increased its win streak to five and unbeaten streak to seven after sweeping MSOE last weekend in the Harris Cup quarterfinals. Adrian comes in with the best winning percentage in Division III at .889.
- Josh Ranalli lit the lamp twice for the Bulldogs in last Saturday's game, his second goal coming on a power play.
- Duston Hebebrand leads the NCHA with 34 points and follows closely behind Ranalli (20) in goals (18). Ranalli is fourth in NCAA Division III averaging .77 goals per game.
- Ryan Lowe is sixth in the nation averaging 0.88 assists per contest.
- Goaltender James Hamby is second in the conference with 19 goals against and has a .883 win percentage. Scott Shackell started both games against the Saints in January. Shackell leads the conference with a .958 winning percentage.
- Adrian has the second highest power play opportunity overall (142) and leads overall in power play goals (34).
- The Bulldogs are 9-0 this season in games decided by two goals or less.
Series History: (CSS is 0-1-1 vs. Adrian)
-When the two teams met in Adrian during the regular season it was the first meetings between the two programs.
- Both games went into overtime with the first ending in a tie and the second resulting in an Adrian win. |
