DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The No. 14 St. Scholastica men's hockey team will look to gain some momentum heading into the postseason this weekend when it faces No. 3 Adrian College (Mich.) for a two-game Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) series at Mars Lakeview Arena.
 
Where:
Mars Lakeview Arena – Duluth, Minn.
 
When:
Friday at 7 p.m.
Saturday at 5 p.m.
 
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#14 St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 14-6-3, 12-5-1 NCHA
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association: Standings | Stats
 
Last Action: The Saints fell to No. 1 St. Norbert College (Wis.) 3-2 on Friday night, but responded Saturday by tying the Green Knights 2-2 … CSS was out-shot 47-26 and gave up three St. Norbert goals in the span of four minutes in Friday night's loss … The Saints then out-shot the Green Knights 27-20 in Saturday's 2-2 tie … Justin Krabben (Rocky Mountain House, Alberta/Hunting Hills HS (Canmore-AJHL) ), Derek Sutliffe (Las Vegas, Nev./Odyssey Charter School (Langley Rivermen-BCHL) ) and Keegan Bruce (Bellingham, Wash./Bellingham HS (Weyburn-SJHL) ) had a goal and an assist in the series.
 
Playoff Scenarios: The Saints already know they will be hosting a first round postseason game next Wednesday … The opponent will be decided this weekend between the Milwaukee School of Engineering and Lawrence University (Wis.) … MSOE holds a two-point lead on Lawrence, but the Vikings holds the tiebreaker… MSOE faces No. 1 St. Norbert, while Lawrence takes on Lake Forest College (Ill.), who battling for a playoff spot in the South Division.
 
Eight Seniors: St. Scholastica will have eight seniors playing their final regular season games at Mars Lakeview Arena this weekend …  Dylan Nowakowski (Calgary, Alberta/Centennial HS (Brooks-AJHL) ), Justin Krabben (Rocky Mountain House, Alberta/Hunting Hills HS (Canmore-AJHL) ) and Keegan Bruce (Bellingham, Wash./Bellingham HS (Weyburn-SJHL) ) have played over 100 career games … Goaltender Tyler Bruggeman (North Mankato, Minn./Mankato West HS (Austin-NAHL) ) has made 77 appearances in net … The class enters the weekend with a 55-42-11.
 
Special Teams Success: The Saints continue to have the best power-play unit in the conference and are fifth nationally with a success rate if 27.4 percent … Bruce leads the conference averaging 0.71 power-play points per game … Nowakowski is second with 0.52 power-play points per game.
 
Scoring First: The Saints are 10-2-1 when they score first, but are 4-4-2 when the opponent lights the lamp first.
 
D3Hockey.com Team of the Week: The Saints have had three players named to the D3hockey.com Team of the Week … Keegan Bruce (Bellingham, Wash./Bellingham HS (Weyburn-SJHL) ) on February 9, Brandon Millin (Port Moody, British Columbia/Heritage Woods HS (Notre Dame Hounds-SJHL) ) on November 16 and Tyler Bruggeman (North Mankato, Minn./Mankato West HS (Austin-NAHL) ) earned the accolade the week of November 23.

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Upcoming Opponents
#3 Adrian Bulldogs
Record: 19-3-1, 15-2-1 NCHA
 
The Bulldogs had no trouble with Concordia University (Wis.) last weekend, winning by scores of 12-2 and 6-1 … Adrian leads NCAA Division III in scoring offense, averaging 5.78 goals per game … They also lead the nation in scoring margin at +3.70 … Freshman Connor Armour leads all NCAA Division III rookies with 1.59 points per game and leads everybody with 1.32 assists per game … Another freshman, Cory Dunn, leads all defensemen in the country with 1.04 points per game … Sophomore Mathew Thompson leads the team with 16 goals … Freshman Kevin Entmaa is the only unbeaten and untied goaltender in the nation at 10-0-0 … Junior Tyler Parks has a 1.89 goals-against-average.
 
Series History: Adrian leads 3-1-2
 
Last Meeting: The Saints saw their season come to an end when the Bulldogs rallied to win 4-3 in overtime in last year's NCHA Harris Cup semifinals … Adrian's first trip to Duluth was last season during the regular season and the Bulldogs and Saints skated to a tie in game one and the Bulldogs took game two 3-0.

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Looking Ahead: The Saints will host either Milwaukee School of Engineering or Lawrence University (Wis.) in the first round of the NCHA Harris Cup playoffs Wednesday, February 24 at Mars Lakeview Arena.