DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The No. 15-ranked St. Scholastica men's hockey team will finish up play in the 2015 calendar year this weekend when it hosts Gustavus Adolphus College on Friday night and travels to Saint John's University on Saturday.
 
Where:
Friday
Mars Lakeview Arena – Duluth, Minn.
Saturday
Herb Brooks National Hockey Center – St. Cloud, Minn.
 
When:
Friday at 7 p.m.
Saturday at 7 p.m.
 
Live Video/Stats vs. Gustavus: http://www.csssaints.com/ssn
Live Video/Stats vs. Saint John's: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/csbsju/
Live Audio vs. Saint John's: http://www.csssaints.com/ssn
 
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#15 St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 5-2-1, 4-2-0 NCHA
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association: Standings | Stats
 
Last Action: The Saints split with Marian University (Wis.) last weekend at Mars Lakeview Arena … The Sabres took the series opener 4-1 on Friday night, despite recording only 14 shots on goal … On Saturday, the Saints were held scoreless for over 50 minutes of play before tying the game up and then winning it 16 minutes into overtime on a Brandon Millin (Port Moody, British Columbia/Heritage Woods HS (Notre Dame Hounds-SJHL) ) goal … The Saints out-shot the Sabres 61-31 in the two games.
 
Overtime Victory!: The Saints snapped a 12-game overtime winless streak in Saturday 2-1 win over Marian … The Saints were 0-6-6 in their previous 12 overtime games … The last overtime victory for CSS, prior to Saturday, was January 10, 2014 at Hamline University.
 
D3Hockey.com Team of the Week: The Saints have had two players named to the D3hockey.com Team of the Week this season … Brandon Millin (Port Moody, British Columbia/Heritage Woods HS (Notre Dame Hounds-SJHL) ) earned First Team honors the week of November 16 and Tyler Bruggeman (North Mankato, Minn./Mankato West HS (Austin-NAHL) ) earned second team honors the week of November 23.
 
Ranked: Despite the series split last weekend, the Saints are ranked for the sixth straight week in the USCHO.com Division III poll coming in at No. 15 this week … CSS is receiving votes in the D3hockey.com poll.
 
Where They Stand: The Saints are in second place in the North Division, six points behind current national No. 1 St. Norbert College … CSS is only one game behind the Green Knights in the loss column … The Saints are two points ahead of third place Milwaukee School of Engineering.
 
So Few Games: The Saints will have only played 10 games prior to the holiday break this season … It will be the fewest games played before New Year's Day since they played eight games in the 1981-82 season.
 
Millin Lighting the Lamp: Junior Brandon Millin (Port Moody, British Columbia/Heritage Woods HS (Notre Dame Hounds-SJHL) ) leads the conference and is ranks in the top 10 of NCAA Division III, averaging 0.88 goals per game … He has scored at least one goal in five of the last six games.
 
Penalty Kill: The Saints have the best penalty kill in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA), killing off 89 percent of opponents' power-plays this season … The Saints have killed off 13 straight power-plays, spanning four games entering this weekend.

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Upcoming Opponents
Gustavus Adolphus Gusties
Record: 3-5-2, 2-4-0 MIAC
 
The Gusties are coming off a series split with Saint John's last weekend and have won two of the their last three games … All three wins this season have come away from home … Gustavus has scored the fewest goals in the MIAC this season (19) and is only 2-for-35 on the power-play this season … Sophomore Colin Hernon leads the team with six points on three goals and three assists … Fellow sophomore Tim Donohue has also scored three goals this season … In net, freshman Chris Amsden has a .922 save percentage (second in the MIAC) and a 2.26 goals-against-average, while junior goaltender Erik Johnson has two of the team's three wins.
 
Saint John's Johnnies
Record: 3-7-2, 3-3-0 MIAC
 
All three wins for the Johnnies this season have come in conference play as they are 0-4-2 outside of the MIAC … Saint John's has lowest scoring offense amongst MIAC teams this season, averaging only 1.83 goals per game … The Johnnies have the third-best scoring defense, only allowing 2.58 goals per game … Senior goaltender Sexton Soley is third in the MIAC with a .919 save percentage … Sophomore forward Huba Sekesi leads the team with 10 points on four goals and six assists … Sophomore Tyler Dunagen has also scored four goals this season … The Johnnies are 0-5-0 this season when allowing the first goal.
 
 
Series Histories:
-Gustavus leads CSS 20-15-1
-CSS is tied with Saint John's 14-14-1
 
Last Meetings: The Saints and Gusties played to a scoreless draw last season in Saint Peter … It was the first scoreless tie in program history … Prior to that, Gustavus had won the previous two meetings … The Saints have not beaten the Gusties at home since 2003 … The Saints knocked off then No. 14-ranked Saint John's 2-1 last season at Mars Lakeview Arena … The teams have alternated wins and losses the last four meetings.

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Looking Ahead: The Saints get back to action after the holidays when it travels to Finlandia University (Mich.) for a two-game series on January 9 and 10.