DULUTH, Minn. (
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Where:Mars Lakeview Arena – Duluth, Minn.
When:Friday at 7 p.m.
Saturday at 5 p.m.
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www.facebook.com/css.saints St. Scholastica SaintsStatsRecord: 8-3-1, 6-2-0 NCHANorthern Collegiate Hockey Association: Standings | Stats Last Action: The Saints opened the second half of the season with a convincing sweep of Finlandia University (Mich.) … CSS won Saturday's game 7-0, which was the largest margin of victory in a shutout since 1982 … CSS came back the next day to win 6-2 … The Saints allowed just nine shots on goal in that win.
Big Weekend for Phee: Junior
Steven Phee (Balzac, Alberta/George McDougall HS (Canmore-AJHL) ) recorded four goals and an assist in the sweep over Finlandia last weekend … Phee had a pair of goals in both games … It was the first time in his career that he had back-to-back multi-goal games … Phee has three multi-goal games this season.
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.
Where They Stand: The Saints are in second place in the North Division, two points behind current national No. 1 St. Norbert College … The Saints are four points ahead of third place MSOE and five points up on Lawrence University (Wis.) … If you were to combine both divisions, the Saints would be tied for third overall with Concordia University (Wis.).
Special Team Success: The Saints have the best power-play unit in the conference and third nationally with a success rate if 29.6 percent … Combining the power-play and penalty-kill units, the Saints are plus-11, which also leads the NCHA.
Conference Leaders: Brandon Millin (Port Moody, British Columbia/Heritage Woods HS (Notre Dame Hounds-SJHL) ) leads the conference averaging 0.75 goals per game and with four game-winning goals … He is second with nine total goals … Millin and
Dylan Nowakowski (Calgary, Alberta/Centennial HS (Brooks-AJHL) ) are the only non-Adrian College players ranked in the top eight in the NCHA in points …
Derek Sutliffe (Las Vegas, Nev./Odyssey Charter School (Langley Rivermen-BCHL) ) leads the NCHA with 0.58 power-play points per game …
Justin Krabben (Rocky Mountain House, Alberta/Hunting Hills HS (Canmore-AJHL) ) is tied for second among defenseman in the league with 10 points.
Finishing Strong: The Saints have out-scored teams 14-4 in the third period this season … CSS has won two games this season when it has trailed at the second intermission … When that has happened the previous three seasons the Saints had a record of 1-26-4.
Upcoming Opponents #15 MSOE RaidersRecord: 9-4-0, 4-4-0 NCHA The Raiders cracked the USCHO.com Division III poll this week, coming in at No. 15 … MSOE is coming off a weekend split against Lake Forest College (Ill.) … After beginning the season 3-3-0, the Raiders have won six of their last seven games, including five straight victories on the road … Junior forward Gage Christianson leads the squad with 14 assists and 16 points … His 14 assists are tied for second in the NCHA … Sophomore Omar Mullan has a team-high six goals … Mullen leads the conference with four power-play goals … In net, senior Nick Kohn has seven wins, a .932 save percentage and a 2.00 goals-against-average … MSOE has the second-best penalty-kill unit in the league with an 89.8 percent success rate.
Series History: CSS leads 6-0-0
Last Meeting: The Saints swept the Raiders last season at Mars Lakeview Arena by scores of 4-1 and 7-3 … CSS has scored at least four goals in each of the four previous meetings against MSOE in Duluth.
Looking Ahead: The Saints will travel to the University of Wisconsin-Stout on Tuesday.
