DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's hockey team will host Aurora University (Ill.) in a Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) series this weekend.
Where:
Mars Lakeview Arena – Duluth, Minn.
When:
Friday at 7 p.m.
Saturday at 4 p.m.
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 5-10-1, 3-8-1 NCHA
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association: Standings | Stats
What You Need to Know about the Saints:
-CSS is still in search of its first win of 2020 after dropping a pair of games last weekend at Marian University (Wis.).
-The Saints are looking to win their first January game since upending No. 1-ranked St. Norbert College (Wis.) on January 20, 2018.
-Despite the four-game losing streak, the Saints are only just two points out of third and five points out of first in the North Division.
-Marian was the only North Division team to earn more than two points last weekend.
-After recording two points on Saturday, junior captain
Nate Pionk (Hermantown, Minn./Hermantown HS (Minot-NAHL)) is just two points shy of 50 for his career.
-Pionk has a team-best seven assists.
-Juniors
Carson Rose (Surrey, British Columbia/Elgin Park Secondary (Weyburn-SJHL)) and
Jordan Fralich (Duluth, Minn./Duluth Marshall School (Bismarck-NAHL)) recorded points in both games last weekend.
-Rose leads the team with eight goals and 12 points.
-CSS has struggled to score on the power-play with only six goals in 67 opportunities.
-However, the team's penalty-kill ranks third in the conference with an 85 percent success rate.
What You Need to Know about Aurora:
Record: 9-5-3, 5-4-3 NCHA
-The Spartans are coming off a pair of ties at home against St. Norbert over the weekend.
-Aurora is currently third in the NCHA South Division standings with 13 points.
-The Spartans have gone to overtime six times, including 5-of-8 games against the NCHA North Division.
-Aurora is 2-1-3 in overtime games.
-The Spartans have been better on the road this season with a 6-2-1 record.
-Freshman forward Adam Keyes leads the team with 15 assists and 20 points. That leads all first-year players in the conference.
-Sophomore Riley Doyon has a team-best 11 goals.
-Six of his 11 goals have come on the power-play, which is tied for the conference lead.
-17 different Spartans have scored this season.
-Junior Josh Boyko has seen all of the action in net with a conference-best .934 save percentage and a 1.85 goals-against-average.
-Boyko's four shutouts are tied for a NCAA Division III high.
-Aurora has the best scoring defense in the conference, allowing only 1.94 goals per game.
-It leads the conference killing 88.5 percent of opponents' power-plays.
-The Spartans are 7-0-0 this season when scoring first.
Series Record: CSS leads 5-2-0
(Last Meeting: 4-3 (ot) AU – 11/2/2018)
Series History: The Spartans rallied to beat the Saints in overtime to open the 2018-19 season in the last meeting … CSS is undefeated against Aurora (3-0) in the three previous meetings at Mars Lakeview Arena.
Looking Ahead: The Saints will have their final road series of the season when it faces Lake Forest College (Ill.) next weekend.
