DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's hockey team will have its final three games of the regular season this week, starting with a non-conference contest with No. 6  University of Wisconsin-River Falls on Wednesday and then a conference series with Finlandia University (Mich.) this weekend.
 
Where:
Mars Lakeview Arena – Duluth, Minn.
 
When:
Wednesday vs. UW-River Falls – 7 p.m.
Friday vs. Finlandia – 4 p.m.
Saturday vs. Finlandia – 2 p.m.
 
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St. Scholastica Saints
2015-16 Stats
Record: 7-13-2, 6-8-2 NCHA
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association: Standings | Stats
 
Last Action: The Saints earned three points last weekend at Concordia University (Wis.) to clinch a postseason spot … Lindsey Hartfiel (Big Lake, Minn./Buffalo HS) recorded her first shutout of the season, stopping 25 shots in Friday night's 1-0 victory … Kennedy Houge (Woodbury, Minn./Hill-Murray HS) scored the game-winner on Friday … Hartfiel then made 31 saves to get the 1-1 tie on Saturday.
 
Hartfiel Over 600: Hartfiel became the second CSS goaltender to eclipse 600 saves in a season on Friday … She currently has stopped 638 shots this season … The program record for saves in a season is 710 set by Teraysa White during the 2012-13 season … Hartfiel ranks third in save percentage (.930).
 
Slaats Cup Playoffs: The Saints will be the No. 4 seed in the four-team Slaats Cup playoffs that will begin on February 26 and 27 … The Saints will either travel to Lake Forest College (Ill.) or Adrian College (Mich.) for the two-game semifinals … Lake Forest holds a two-point lead over Adrian as those two faceoff for a two-game series this weekend.  
 
The Big 5-0: Senior Taylor Guzzo (Silver Bay, Minn./William Kelley HS (UW-River Falls)) hit 50 career points as a Saint with her goal in Saturday's game against Concordia … Junior Sierra Hanowski (Warroad, Minn./Warroad HS) is next in line to hit 50 points as she is one point short of hitting the 50 mark.
 
MacMillan Closing in on 100: Head Coach Jackie MacMillan is two wins shy of 100 career coaching victories … MacMillan recorded 31 wins at New England College in three seasons prior to arriving to CSS and has recorded 67 victories in her six seasons guiding the Saints.
 
Sawyer the Decider: Sophomore Abby Sawyer (Owatonna, Minn./Owatonna HS) already holds the program record for most career game-winning goals (7) … She currently tied for the single-season record with four.
 
Instant Impact: Since transferring in at semester, sophomore Mac Johnson (Monticello, Minn./Monticello HS (St. Cloud State)) had recorded 12 points in 13 games.

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Upcoming Opponents
#6 UW-River Falls Falcons
Record: 17-5-1, 8-3-0 WIAC
 
The Falcons defeated the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire 3-2 on Saturday … River Falls has alternated wins and losses over the past seven games … The Falcons lost to Adrian last Tuesday at home … Senior Chloe Kinzel ranks fourth in NCAA Division III averaging 0.96 goals per game … Kinzel has 22 goals and 23 games … Kinzel also leads the team with 22 assists … Sophomore Carly Moran has 17 goals and 11 assists … In goal, Angie Hall has started every game and has a 1.60 goals-against-average and a .925 save percentage … River Falls has out-scored teams 26-6 in the first period.
 
Finlandia Lions
Record: 0-22-0, 0-16-0 NCHA
 
The Lions have allowed at least three goals in 20 of 22 games this season and have been out-scored 141-16 … Sophomore defenseman Sierra Meiners leads the team with eight goals and five assists … Senior goaltender Taylor Gustafson has made 664 saves and has a .891 save percentage … Finlandia has been outscored 51-3 in the first period and is only 1-for-76 on the power-play.
 
 
Series Histories:
-UW-River Falls leads CSS 11-0-0
-CSS leads Finlandia 13-0-0
 
Last Meeting: The Saints fell to UW-River Falls 7-5 on January 12 in River Falls … The Saints had the lead at each intermission, but the Falcons scored five goals in the third period to get the victory … CSS opened its season with a 7-1 victory over Finlandia on November 3 … The Saints have scored at least four goals in 12 of the 13 all-time meetings and have allowed a total of five goals.

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Looking Ahead: The Saints will travel to either Adrian College (Mich.) or Lake Forest College (Ill.) for the semifinals of the NCHA Slaats Cup playoffs on Friday, February 26 and Saturday, February 27.