DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's hockey team rides a nine-game unbeaten streak into this weekend when it welcomes Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) North Division foes Finlandia University (Mich.) on Friday and No. 1-ranked St. Norbert College (Wis.) on Saturday.
Where:
Mars Lakeview Arena – Duluth, Minn.
When:
Friday vs. Finlandia – 7 p.m.
Saturday vs. St. Norbert – 5 p.m.
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Live Video vs. St. Norbert: http://www.csssaints.com/watch/?Live=65
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 11-5-1, 5-4-1 NCHA
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association: Standings | Stats
What You Need to Know about the Saints:
-The Saints enter the weekend unbeaten in their last nine games and winners of their last eight.
-The nine-game unbeaten streak is currently the third-longest in NCAA Division III.
-It is the longest win streak since the Saints won 10 games in a row during the 2008-09 season.
-The Saints are coming off a pair of 3-2 home victories last weekend over Concordia University Wisconsin and the Milwaukee School of Engineering.
-The two wins improved St. Scholastica's record to 6-1-0 at Mars Lakeview Arena.
-CSS is 15-4 at home in the last two seasons.
-Freshman
Carson Rose (Surrey, British Columbia/Elgin Park Secondary (Weyburn-SJHL)) was named the NCHA Offensive Player of the Week on Tuesday after scoring three goals in three games last week.
-Sophomore
Kyle Star (Langley, British, Columbia/Brookswood (Trail Smoke-BCHL)) has at least one point in each of the last six games, including six assists in the last four games.
-Star leads the team with 11 assists and 15 points.
-CSS has recorded at least one power-play goal in each of the last eight games and is 11-2 when it scores with the man-advantage.
-That is the longest such streak since the beginning of the 2011-12 season when CSS scored a power-play goal in 10 consecutive games.
-Freshman
Jordan Fralich (Duluth, Minn./Duluth Marshall School (Bismarck-NAHL))'s game-winner on Saturday gave him his fifth goal of the season, which is tied with
Davis Ross (Fort Frances, Ontario/Fort Frances HS (Fort Frances-SIJHL)) for the team lead.
-Freshman goaltender
Forbes Ploszaj (Gilbert, Arizona/Gilbert HS (Aberdeen-NAHL)) was named the NCHA Defensive Player of the Week on Tuesday.
-Ploszaj has won three straight games and has seen his save percentage rise from .904 to .915 in the last two games.
-Ploszaj has allowed 17 goals this season, 10 of which have come on the power play.
-Fellow freshman goaltender
Nick Trenciansky (Vancouver, British Columbia/Holy Cross Regional HS (Kindersley-SJHL)) picked up his third assist of the season in Saturday's win.
-CSS continues to lead NCAA Division III in penalty minutes per game (20.6).
-The Saints have out-scored teams 22-13 in the third period and have three wins when trailing at the second intermission.
-St. Scholastica is 8-1-1 when it records the first goal.
-With eight regular season games remaining, the Saints have all eight games against divisional opponents.
-CSS is in third in the North Division a point behind Marian University (Wis.) and a point ahead of Lawrence University (Wis.).
-The top four from the Division make the postseason.
What You Need to Know about Finlandia:
-The Lions are coming off their first victory of the season on Tuesday a 2-1 non-conference win over the University of Wisconsin-Superior.
-Finlandia will be 1-15-1 and 0-9-1 in NCHA play entering Friday night.
-The Lions are 0-10 away from the Houghton County Ice Arena.
-The Lions have scored just 21 goals this season with no player recording more than two goals thus far.
-The 21 goals are tied for the fewest in NCAA Division III.
-Junior Bryce Mitzel and sophomore Blake Peavey lead the team with five assists and seven points.
-Freshman Marcus Gloss and junior Matt Arnold have split time in goal.
-Gloss earned the win on Tuesday and the tie against Trine University (Ind.) earlier this season.
-The Lions have been out-scored 28-8 in the third period.
Series Record: CSS leads 9-1-0
(Last Meeting: 5-3 CSS – 1/7/2017)
Series History: The Saints have won the last five in the series … CSS has scored at least four goals against the Lions in eight of the 10 previous meetings … St. Scholastica is 5-0 all-time at home against Finlandia.
What You Need to Know about St. Norbert:
-The Green Knights enter the weekend with a 15-1-1 overall record and 10-0-0 in NCHA play.
-St. Norbert is No. 1 in both the USCHO.com and D3hockey.com polls.
-St. Norbert will face Northland College in Ashland on Friday before facing the Saints on Saturday.
-The Green Knights have won four straight since falling in a non-league game at MSOE on January 2.
-The only other blemish on the record was a 2-2 tie against Manhattanville College over Thanksgiving.
-SNC has scored at least five goals in each of the last four games.
-St. Norbert is led by senior Tanner Froese, who has 12 assists and 19 points.
-Freshman Keegan Milligan has a team-best nine goals.
-Milligan leads all NCHA freshmen with 18 points.
-Fellow freshman Peter Bates has a league-high three game-winning goals in NCHA play.
-Junior goaltender T.J. Black ranks second in the nation with a 1.32 goals-against-average and third with a .946 save percentage.
-The Green Knights lead the country in scoring defense, allowing only 1.29 goals per game.
-SNC has the third-best power-play unit in NCAA Division III, scoring at a 26.5 percent rate and sixth in the penalty kill with a 90.7 success rate.
-St. Norbert has out-scored teams 20-3 in the opening period and have scored the first goal in 14 of the 17 games.
Series Record: SNC leads 53-13-4
(Last Meeting: 4-0 SNC – 2/25/2017)
Series History: The Green Knights have won the last three meeting and are 5-0-1 in the last six games … This will be the ninth time the Saints will face St. Norbert when the Green Knights are ranked No. 1 … CSS is 1-7-1 in those games … The Saints are looking for their first victory over the Green Knights at Mars Lakeview Arena since December of 2010.
Looking Ahead: The Saints begin a four-game road stretch at Lawrence University (Wis.) on Friday, January 26.
