DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's hockey team travels to Milwaukee this weekend for a pair of Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) games against Concordia University Wisconsin and the Milwaukee School of Engineering.
Where:
Friday
Ozaukee Ice Center – Mequon, Wis.
Saturday
Kern Center – Milwaukee, Wis.
When:
Friday at Concordia Wisconsin – 7:30 p.m.
Saturday at MSOE – 4 p.m.
Live Video Friday: http://www.cuwfalcons.com/broadcast/gu2ypo
Live Stats Friday: http://www.cuwfalcons.com/sports/mice/2017-18/boxscores/20171110_ams1.xml
Live CSS Audio Friday: http://csssaints.com/watch/?Live=82
Live Video Saturday: http://www.go-raiders.com/sports/mice/raiders-network
Live Stats Saturday: http://www.go-raiders.com/sports/mice/2017-18/boxscores/20171111_v6ms.xml
Live CSS Audio Saturday: http://csssaints.com/watch/?Live=83
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 3-1-0, 3-1-0 NCHA
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association: Standings | Stats
What You Need to Know about the Saints:
-The Saints are coming off their first defeat of the season with a 1-0 setback against Lake Forest College (Ill.) last Saturday.
-St. Scholastica is first team out of the USCHO.com Division III poll this week.
-CSS has out-shot its opponents in each of the last three games.
-The Saints committed 17 penalties last weekend and allowed two power-play goals in 13 opportunities.
-CSS continues to rank in the top 10 in NCAA Division III with a 91-percent success rate on the penalty-kill.
-St. Scholastica has used three netminders in the first four games; all three have a win with freshman
Forbes Ploszaj (Gilbert, Arizona/Gilbert HS (Aberdeen-NAHL)) starting two games.
-Freshman
Nick Trenciansky (Vancouver, British Columbia/Holy Cross Regional HS (Kindersley-SJHL)) became the first CSS goaltender since 2015 to record an assist on Friday night against Aurora University (Ill.).
-
Seth Chumley (Cambridge, Minn./Benilde-St. Margaret’s (Minnesota Iron Rangers-SIJHL)) is tied for the NCAA Division III lead with two game-winning goals in the early going.
-20 different Saints have recorded points in the first four games; 21 players recorded a point all of last season.
-CSS has out-scored opponents 8-0 in the second period.
-The Saints are a win shy of their 500
th as a program.
NCHA Preseason Poll
1. Adrian 118 (8 first-place votes)
2. St. Norbert 114 (4 first-place votes)
3. St. Scholastica 95
4. Marian 78
5. MSOE 77
6. Concordia Wisconsin 73
7. Lake Forest 69
8. Northland 48
9. Aurora 45
10. Lawrence 43
11. Finlandia 16
12. Trine 16
What You Need to Know about Concordia:
-The Falcons enter Friday night's matchup with a 3-1 overall record and a 1-1 league mark.
-This is the first time CUW is 3-1 through four games in program history.
-Concordia went 1-1 last weekend, falling 6-2 to St. Norbert College (Wis.) and winning 3-0 over Finlandia University (Mich.).
-The Falcons went 2-0 at home to begin the season with victories over UW-River Falls and UW-Superior.
-CUW leads the NCHA with 13 goals thru four games.
-Freshman defenseman Brett Garvey has a team-high five points on two goals and three assists.
-Junior Nick Malvin has started three games in goal for the Falcons, while fellow junior Jack Romanuik has not allowed a goal in nearly 72 minutes of action.
Series Record: CSS leads 6-2-2
(Last Meeting: 5-3 CSS – 2/4/2017)
Series History: The Saints and Falcons have alternated wins and losses the last five meetings … Both of St. Scholastica's losses in the series have come in overtime.
What You Need to Know about MSOE:
-The Raiders enter the weekend with a 3-1 record overall and a 1-1 NCHA record.
-Like Concordia, MSOE defeated Finlandia, but fell to St. Norbert last weekend.
-Also like CUW, the Raiders opened the season with a pair of home wins against WIAC schools UW-Eau Claire and UW-River Falls.
-The Raiders are ranked No. 15 in this week's USCHO.com Division III poll.
-MSOE will play Northland College Friday, before the Saints on Saturday.
-Senior Brett Wagner leads the team with five points.
-Wagner and fellow senior Zach Simpson each had a team-high three goals.
-Wagner has two short-handed goals, while Simpson has two game-winning goals.
-Zach Woodman has seen all of the action in net with a .953 save percentage and two shutouts.
-MSOE has outscored teams 7-0 in the third period.
-The Raiders lead NCAA Division III with 26.8 penalty minutes per game, but have the fourth-best scoring defense in the country (1.25 G/Gm).
Series Record: CSS leads 8-1-1
(Last Meeting: 6-4 CSS – 1/14/2017)
Series History: The series is 1-1-1 in the last three meetings … The Saints are 3-0-1 all-time against the Raiders in Milwaukee … CSS trailed MSOE by at least two goals in each game entering the third period last year and came away with a tie and a win.
Looking Ahead: The Saints are off until Thanksgiving weekend when they renew a rivalry with Bridge Rival University of Wisconsin-Superior on Saturday, November 25.
