DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's hockey team hosts the Lions of Finlandia University (Mich.) seeking four crucial points in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) standings this weekend.
Where:
Mars Lakeview Arena – Duluth, Minn.
When:
Friday at 4 p.m. (
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Saturday at 2 p.m. (
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St. Scholastica Saints
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Record: 11-6-1, 9-3-0 NCHA
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association: Standings | Stats
What You Need to Know about the Saints:
-The Saints come into the weekend against the Lions tied for second with Lake Forest College (Ill.) for the second place spot in the NCHA standings with 18 points.
-CSS has not played at Mars Lakeview since January 4.
-The Saints split last weekend with fourth-place Concordia University Wisconsin.
-The Saints recorded five goals last weekend, scored by three players.
Taylor Thompson (Buffalo, Minn./Buffalo HS) and
Alexia Klaas (Duluth, Minn./Duluth Denfeld HS (Minnesota-Duluth)) both scored two goals,
Greta Nundahl (New Brighton, Minn./Irondale HS) added one as well.
-Sophomores Thompson and
Rachel Anderson (Shoreview, Minn./Mounds View HS) both had two assist weekends.
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Alexia Klaas (Duluth, Minn./Duluth Denfeld HS (Minnesota-Duluth)) now leads the team with 10 goals on the season; she has now scored double-digit goals in all three seasons she's put on the Saints sweater.
-Klaas needs three more goals to become the third Saint in program history to reach 40 in a career.
-Anderson and Thompson, along with freshman
Amber Tilander (International Falls, Minn./Falls HS), all rank second on the team with seven goals apiece.
-Anderson leads the Saints and the NCHA with 26 points and 19 assists. Both of those are at least five ahead of the next closest player.
-Thompson and Klaas also have 18 points on the season.
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Lexi Thomeczek (St. Louis, Mo./St. Joseph Academy (St. Louis AAA Blues)) has totaled 820:22 minutes in net this season; so far, she's totaled a 7-5-1 record with three shutouts. Her 2.05 GAA is third in the conference, and her .938 save percentage ranks second in the league.
-Thomeczek needs two more wins to tie Lindsey Hartfiel's program record for career victories.
-Closing in on the end of the season, the Saints power-play continues to dominate the league. They lead the league in power-play percentage at 23.9 percent, 6.1 percentage points over the second-place team.
-The Saints penalty kill ranks fourth and is holding opponents to a .132 conversion rate.
-The Saints are 6-3-0 at home this season.
-CSS outshoots opponents in the first period by a nine-shot margin but are outscored by two goals. In the second and third periods they are outshot by a combined 68 shots, yet they outscore opponents by 19 goals in those two periods.
What You Need to Know about Finlandia:
Record: 1-18-0, 1-11-0 NCHA
-Finlandia comes into the weekend last in the NCHA with two points.
-Finlandia got their first win since the end of last season with a 1-0 OT victory over Northland College last weekend.
-Freshman Taylor Pingrey recorded her first goal of her career with the GWG over Northland.
-Junior Bella Abear and Sophomore Abby Kolek leads the Lions with three goals.
-Pingrey leads the team with seven assists, and eight points. Her eight points are doubled the next closest player.
-Junior Annah Smiddy has played majority of the games in net for the Lions. This season she has totaled a 3.97 GAA and a .917 save percentage.
-Finlandia is only averaging 1.05 goals per game this season
-They are allowing 4.42 goals a game.
-This season the Lions are being outshot by a total of 612 shots through the three periods.
-The Lions are 0-8-0 on the road this season.
Series Record: CSS leads 20-0
(Last Meeting: 5-2 CSS – 2/3/2018)
Series History: CSS has dominated the all-time series between these two teams. There has never been a one-goal game in this series and only two, two-goal games. The Saints have recorded nine shutouts in the 20 games. They have scored double digits four different times, all four times where combined in two weekends.
Looking Ahead: The Saints jump back on the road for one last regular season road trip this season as they'll travel to Aurora, Illinois to take on Aurora University next weekend.
