DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's hockey team will ride a two-game win streak into the weekend when it travels to face the University of Wisconsin-River Falls on Friday and No. 11 Augsburg University on Saturday.
Where:
Friday
Hunt Arena – River Falls, Wis.
Saturday
Ed Saugestad Rink – Minneapolis, Minn.
When:
Friday at UW-River Falls – 7:05 p.m.
Saturday at Augsburg – 7 p.m.
Live Video vs. UW-River Falls: http://www.uwrfsports.com/showcase?Live=166
Live Stats vs. UW-River Falls: http://www.sidearmstats.com/uwrf/mhockey/
Live CSS Audio vs. UW-River Falls: http://csssaints.com/watch/?Live=109
Live Video/Stats vs. Augsburg: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/augsburg/
Live CSS Audio vs. Augsburg: http://csssaints.com/watch/?Live=110
Social Media:
Twitter:
www.twitter.com/CSSMHockey
Instagram:
www.instagram.com/csssaints
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/csssaints
St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 5-5-1, 3-4-1 NCHA
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association: Standings | Stats
What You Need to Know about the Saints:
-The Saints are coming off back-to-back wins over Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) programs.
-Senior defenseman
Mark Whiteley (Surrey, British Columbia/Holy Cross HS (Marian University)) is coming off a four-point weekend where he had his first collegiate multi-goal game against Saint John's University on Thursday.
-Whiteley was named to the D3hockey.com Team of the Week for his efforts
-Sophomore
Zane Steeves (Red Deer, Alberta/Athol Murray College of Notre Dame (100 Mile Wranglers-KIJHL)) earned his first collegiate shutout on Friday, stopping all 25 shots he faced against Gustavus Adolphus College.
-Sophomore forward
Brett Radford (Campbell River, British Columbia/Athol Murray College of Notre Dame (Canmore-AJHL)) was named the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NHCA) Offensive Player of the Week after assisting the game-winning goal on Thursday and scoring the game-winner on Friday.
-Junior
Cole Golka (Ardrossan, Alberta/Athol Murray College of Notre Dame (Dryden Ice Dogs-SIJHL)) has four assists in the last three games.
-Freshman
Parker Mismash (Edina, Minn./Edina HS (Minnesota Magicians-NAHL)) has one point in five consecutive games.
-Whiteley and Mismash each lead the team with eight points.
-After recording only four power-play goals in the previous eight games, the Saints converted five power-play goals in the last two victories.
-CSS committed a season-low three penalties in the victory over Gustavus.
-St. Scholastica continues to rank second in NCAA Division III with 23.5 penalty minutes per game.
What You Need to Know about UW-River Falls:
-The Falcons will enter Friday's game with a 4-8-1 overall record.
-UWRF is 0-2-0 in Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) play.
-River Falls ended a three-game losing skid with a 4-1 victory over Lawrence University (Wis.) on Saturday.
-UWRF is 3-3 against NCHA teams this season.
-The Falcons have been outscored 19-11 in the third period.
-Junior Eddie Matsushima and freshman Peter Karavos both lead the team with 10 points.
-Matsushima has a team-high six goals and Karavos is tied with fellow freshman Christian Hausinger with six assists.
-Sophomore Zach Quinn has seen most of the action in goal with a .898 save percentage and a 3.13 goals-against average.
-River Falls is 0-2 on the year when leading at the first intermission.
Series Record: UWRF leads 60-40-8
(Last Meeting: 3-2 UWRF – 11/8/2016)
Series History: Since 2007, the Saints are 9-2-3 at Hunt Arena … CSS has not lost at River Falls since 2011.
What You Need to Know about Augsburg:
-The Auggies enter Saturday's game with an 8-4-0 overall record.
-Augsburg is 4-2-0 in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) action.
-The Auggies started the season 8-0, but have since dropped four straight games.
-Augsburg was just swept by No. 1 St. Norbert College (Wis.) last weekend.
-Despite the four consecutive losses, the Auggies are still ranked in the USCHO.com poll, coming in at No. 11 this week.
-Saturday's contest will be the first non-conference game at home for Augsburg.
-Five different Auggies have at least 10 points this season.
-Senior Nate Flynn leads the team with seven goals and 14 points.
-Junior Chandler Madry has a team-high 10 assists.
-Junior Nick Schmit has seen all of the action in net with a .919 save percentage and a 2.17 goals-against-average.
-The Auggies are out-scoring teams 14-6 in the opening period on the year.
-Augsburg is 5-0 when leading at the first intermission.
Series Record: CSS leads 16-10-3
(Last Meeting: 4-2 CSS– 1/4/2013)
Series History: The Saints have won five of the last seven meetings against the Auggies … Four of those seven games have been decided by one goal … The last three contests at Ed Saugestad Rink have all been decided by one goal with Augsburg going 2-1.
Looking Ahead: The Saints are off until 2018 when they host Hamline University on Wednesday, January 3 at Mars Lakeview Arena.
