DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The No. 15 St. Scholastica men's hockey team continues its 11-game unbeaten streak this weekend into the Fox Valley of Wisconsin with key conference games against Lawrence University (Wis.) on Friday and Marian University (Wis.) on Saturday.
Where:
Friday
Appleton Family Ice Center – Appleton, Wis.
Saturday
Blue Line Family Ice Center – Fond du Lac, Wis.
When:
Friday at Lawrence – 7 p.m.
Saturday at Marian – 3 p.m.
Live Video vs. Lawrence: http://vikings.lawrence.edu/links/3qw137
Live Video vs. Marian: http://www.sabreathletics.com/links/7b9lrf
Live Stats vs. Marian: http://www.sabreathletics.com/sports/mice/2017-18/boxscores/20180127_bvcr.xml
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 13-5-1, 7-4-1 NCHA
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association: Standings | Stats
What You Need to Know about the Saints:
-The Saints own the longest winning streak in all collegiate men's hockey at 10 games, following a 4-3 win over No. 1 St. Norbert on Saturday.
-The victory over the Green Knights was the program's second-ever win over a No. 1-ranked team. (St. Norbert-2013)
-The Saints are ranked No. 15 this week in the USCHO and D3hockey.com polls.
-The 11-game unbeaten streak is its longest since the Saints went 14 games without a loss in the 2008-09 season.
-That was also the same year the Saints had a 10-game win streak.
-The longest winning streak in program history is 16 games spanning from the conclusion of the 1974-75 season to the start of the 1975-76 season.
-The 13 wins match last season's win total.
-CSS has won four straight games by one goal and are 7-2 in such games on the year.
-St. Scholastica is 10-1-1 when it records the first goal.
-The Saints have out-scored teams 27-16 in the third period and have four wins when trailing at the second intermission.
-CSS has recorded at least one power-play goal in each of the last 10 games and is 13-2 when it scores with the man-advantage.
-Freshman
Parker Mismash (Edina, Minn./Edina HS (Minnesota Magicians-NAHL)) has a recorded at least one point in three straight games and is coming off his first collegiate multi-goal game.
-Sophomore
Kyle Star (Langley, British, Columbia/Brookswood (Trail Smoke-BCHL)) has at least one point in eight straight games and leads the team with 14 assists and 19 points.
-10 different Saints have recorded at least four goals this season and no one has more than six goals.
-Senior captain
Kale Derkson (Regina, Saskatchewan/Sheldon Williams Collegiate/Athol Murray College of Notre Dame (Notre Dame-SJHL)) played in his 100
th career game last Saturday.
-Senior assistant captain
Mark Whiteley (Surrey, British Columbia/Holy Cross HS (Marian University)) is projected to play in his 100
th career game on Saturday against his former school Marian.
-Whiteley is third in the conference among defenseman with 15 points.
-Sophomore defenseman
Davis Ross (Fort Frances, Ontario/Fort Frances HS (Fort Frances-SIJHL)) was named to the D3hockey.com Team of the Week on Tuesday after recording three points over the weekend.
-Freshman goaltenders
Nick Trenciansky (Vancouver, British Columbia/Holy Cross Regional HS (Kindersley-SJHL)) and
Forbes Ploszaj (Gilbert, Arizona/Gilbert HS (Aberdeen-NAHL)) rank in the top seven in the NCHA in goals-against-average and save percentage.
-The Saints are second in the North Division, five points behind leader St. Norbert and three points ahead of both of this weekend's opponents.
What You Need to Know about Lawrence:
-The Vikings enter the weekend with an 8-10-1 overall record and 6-6-0 in NCHA action.
-In each of the last four weekends they have played, the Vikings have won Friday night's game, but lost on Saturday.
-Lawrence has played only six games at home and are 3-3.
-Senior Lane King is second in the NCHA with 17 assists and leads the league with 28 points.
-Junior Josh Koepplinger leads the conference with 15 goals.
-King has a conference-best 11 power-play points.
-Sophomore goaltender Evan Cline has a .904 save percentage and a 3.33 goals-against-average.
-The Vikings have the second-best power-play unit in the conference with a 22 percent conversion rate.
-Lawrence has been out-scored 21-14 in the opening period.
Series Record: CSS leads 15-2-1
(Last Meeting: 2-1 CSS – 1/21/2017)
Series History: The Saints have won seven straight in the series … This will be the team's first trip Appleton since January of 2016 … Both of CSS' losses in the series have come at Lawrence.
What You Need to Know about Marian:
-The Sabres enter the weekend with an 11-6-1 overall record and 6-6-0 in conference action.
-Marian will host Northland College on Friday night before facing the Saints on Saturday.
-The Sabres were swept last weekend and have dropped three of their last four games.
-Marian is 3-4-1 at home on the year.
-Senior Derek Thorogood and Hunter Stewart each lead the team with 24 points, which is also tied for third in the NCHA.
-Thorogood has a team-high 11 goals.
-Stewart and junior Nick Monfils each lead the team with 15 assists.
-Sophomore goaltender Hunter Vorva is one of eight goalies in NCAA Division III that has at least three shutouts on the year.
-Vorva has a .911 save percentage and a 2.24 goals-against-average.
-The Sabres have out-scored teams 25-13 in the third period.
-Marian is 9-0-1 when scoring the first goal and 9-0 when leading after two periods.
Series Record: CSS leads 10-7-0
(Last Meeting: 4-2 Marian – 12/3/2016)
Series History: The Sabres have controlled the series as of late, winning five of the last six contests, including sweeping the Saints at the Blue Family Ice Center last season … CSS has not won at Marian since the Sabres became part of the conference.
Looking Ahead: The Saints have their final weekend road trip of the regular season when it faces St. Norbert College (Wis.) next Friday and Finlandia University (Mich.) next Saturday.
