FROM BEHIND THE BENCH
S a i n t M a r y ’s U n i v e r s i t y M e n ’s H o c k e y
FROM BEHIND THE BENCH SMU’S 3 STARS
Nick Nagel So. • Forward Owns 5-game goal-scoring streak
FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2012 • AT WINONA, MINN. O n We b : R e c a p | B o x S c o r e | P h o t o G a l l e r y | G a m e D a y P r e v i e w Getting a Friday night lead hasn't been the problem for the Saint Mary's University men's hockey team. Keeping it has. For the second straight Friday, the Cardinals grabbed a two-goal lead this time grabbed a 2-0 first-period lead against league-leading and 12th-ranked St. Thomas at the SMU Ice Arena. The Tommies, however, responded with four unanswered goals — two in the second and two more in the third — in handing SMU a 4-2 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference setback. The Cardinals got on the board at the 7:11 mark of the opening period, scoring their third power play goal in the last two games. Vincent Unklesbay (Maplewood, Minn.) won a face-off to the left of St. Thomas goalie Drew Fielding straight back to A.J. Mueller (New Berlin, Wis.), who rifled a slap shot past the screened Fielding for his third goal of the season and a 1-0 SMU advantage. SMU dominated the opening 20 minutes, outshooting St. Thomas 12-3 in taking the 1-0 lead into the locker room.
Special teams continued to be special for the Cardinals early in the second period, as Nick Nagel (Andover, Minn.) netted his fifth goal of the season — extending his goal-scoring streak to four straight games — to give SMU a 2-0 advantage. From there, however, the period — and the game — belonged to the Tommies. UST quickly erased SMU's two-goal advantage with back-to-back goals — including a power play tally of their own off the stick of Travis Baker with less than five minutes remaining — as the teams headed into the third period deadlocked at 2-2. The Tommies took their first lead of the game two minutes into the final stanza, as Robby Philipp netted his 10th goal of the season on the power play. Three minutes later, Riley Horgan beat SMU goalie Andy Scheib (Sun Prairie, Wis.) with a wrist shot to give UST a two-goal cushion they would not relinquish. Scheib finished with 23 saves, while Fielding kicked out 28 of the 30 Cardinal shots he faced in goal for UST.
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 2012 • AT WINONA, MINN. O n We b : R e c a p | B o x S c o r e | G a m e D a y P r e v i e w A.J. Mueller Fr. • Defense Scored vs. UST on Friday
Kevin Wentland Jr. • Forward Scored vs. UST on Saturday
New day, new venue. Unfortunately for the Saint Mary's University men's hockey team, same old result, as No. 12 St. Thomas handed the Cardinals their second straight 4-2 setback Saturday evening at the St. Thomas Ice Arena. The Cardinals, who jumped out to a 2-0 lead — only to surrender four unanswered goals — in Friday's 4-2 loss to the Tommies Friday evening, wasted little time jumping out in front again Saturday, as Kevin Wentland (Columbia Heights, Minn.) scored an unassisted goal three minutes into the opening period. UST answered two minutes later on Robbie Vannelli's second goal of the game at 5:29. The Tommies then grabbed the lead for good as Alex Alternbernd beat SMU goalie Jason Horstman (Faribault, Minn.) with a wrist shot with less than three minutes remaining in the period.
The Tommies pushed their lead to 3-1 on Brandon Bahnemann's goal at 7:25 of the second, but the two-goal lead didn't last long, as the Cardinals' Nick Nagel (Andover, Minn.) pushed his goal-scoring streak to five straight games with his sixth of the season just 19 seconds after Bahnemann's tally. The game remaining 3-2 through most of the third period, with Bryce Walker closing out the scoring with an empty net tally with 12 seconds remaining in regulation. After scoring four straight powerplay goals — two in a 2-2 tie vs. Bethel last Saturday and both in Friday's 4-2 loss to UST — SMU was 0-for-5 with the man advantage in Saturday's rematch. Horstman finished with 22 saves for the Cardinals, while UST goalie Drew Fielding kicked out 21 of the 23 SMU shots he faced.
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S a i n t M a r y ’s U n i v e r s i t y M e n ’s H o c k e y
FROM BEHIND THE BENCH SMU’S SCHEDULE Date
Opponent
Time
Oct. 29-30 MIAC Showcase Oct. 29 St. Thomas
L, 3-2
Oct. 30 St. Olaf
L, 3-2
Nov. 4
at St. Schol.
L, 4-2
Nov. 5
at UW-Superior L, 4-3
Nov. 11 at Hamline
L, 6-4
Nov. 12 Hamline
L, 4-3 OT
Nov. 22 MSOE
W, 2-1 OT
Nov. 23 MSOE
L, 6-0
Dec. 2
at St. Olaf
L, 5-2
Dec. 3
St. Olaf
W, 2-1
Dec. 9
Marian
W, 4-2
Jan. 6
Stevens Pt.
L, 3-2
Jan. 7
St. Norbert
W, 3-2
Jan. 13 at Bethel
L, 5-3
Jan. 14 Bethel
T, 2-2
Jan. 20 St. Thomas
L, 4-2
Jan. 21 at St. Thomas
L, 4-2
Jan. 27 Augsburg
7:30
Jan. 28 at Augsburg
7:05
Feb. 3
Saint John’s
8:00
Feb. 4
Saint John’s
4:00
Feb. 10 at Gustavus
7:00
Feb. 11 Gustavus
7:30
Feb. 17 at Concordia
7:00
Feb. 18 at Concordia
2:00
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SAINT MARY’S NEWS AND NOTES The Cardinals dropped both of their games against league-leading and nationally ranked St. Thomas by identical 4-2 scores. SMU and the Tommies squared off three times this season, with the Cardinals scoring two goals in all three contests. … Kevin Wentland’s (Columbia Heights, Minn.) first-period goal against St. Thomas Saturday snapped the Cardinals’ streak of four straight power play goals. SMU netted a pair of power play goals in a 2-2 tie vs. Bethel on Jan. 14, then scored two more goals with the man advantage in Friday’s 4-2 loss to UST. … Nick Nagel (Andover, Minn.) scored a game in both games vs. the Tommies, extending the SMU sophomore’s consecutive-game goal-scoring streak to five. … During his streak, Nagel has scored one game-winner — against St. Norbert on Jan. 7 — while also netting the game-tying goal against Bethel on Jan. 14. … Nagel’s five-game streak is the longest since Lenny Hofmann scored in six straight games during the 2003-04 season. … A.J. Mueller (New Berlin, Wis.) accounted for the Cardinals’ other goal vs. UST last Friday. … Fueled by his fivegame goal-scoring streak, Nagel moved into a tie with Austin Balko (Midland, Mich.) for the team lead in goals with six. … Balko also shares the tea lead in assists (6) with Brad Denney (Fishers, Ind.) and Tom Healy (Rolling Meadows, Ill.), while boasting a team-best 12 points. … Balko is one of three SMU players who enter this weekend’s game against Augsburg with 10 or more points — Nagel (10) and Wentland (10) are the other two. … The Cardinals have now scored 16 power play goals this season. … Andy Scheib (Sun Prairie, Wis.) finished with 23 saves against the Tommies last Friday, while Jason Horstman (Faribault, Minn.) had 22 saves in Saturday’s rematch with UST. … Scheib and Horstman have shared the goaltending duties this season, with Scheib owning a 3.26 goals-against-average and an .896save percentage, while Horstman boasts a 3.45 GAA and an .891 save percentage. … Fifteen of SMU’s 17 games have been decided by two goals or less — including eight one-goal decisions and one tie. … SMU’s 2-2 tie vs. Bethel
on Jan. 21 was the Cardinals’ first tie of the season. … The Cardinals have now played three overtime games this season. Along with their 2-2 tie vs. Bethel, the Cardinals dropped a 4-3 decision to Hamline on Nov. 12 and collected a 2-1 win over Milwaukee School of Engineering on Nov. 23. … SMU’s 2-1 victory over MSOE was the Cardinals’ first overtime win since beating UW-River Falls 2-1 on Jan. 17, 2009. … All four of SMU’s wins — and their lone tie — have come on their home ice. … Two of the Cardinals’ four wins were by identical 2-1 scores — a 2-1 win over MSOE on Nov. 22 and a 2-1 victory over St. Olaf on Dec. 3. … SMU’s 3-2 win over sixth-ranked and defending national champion St. Norbert on Jan. 6 was the Cardinals’ second win over a nationally ranked team this season. SMU downed then-eighth ranked Milwaukee School of Engineering 2-1 in overtime on Nov. 22. … The Cardinals equaled their season high with their four-goal effort against Marian on Dec. 9. SMU also scored four goals in a 6-4 loss at Hamline on Nov. 11. … SMU’s Dec. 3 win over St. Olaf marked the first time this season SMU has won when its opponent scored the game’s first goal (1-6-1). The Cardinals — who scored first in both games against St. Thomas last weekend — are 3-6-0 when scoring first.
FROM BEHIND THE BENCH SMU’S 3 STARS
Nick Nagel So. • Forward Owns 5-game goal-scoring streak
FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2012 • AT WINONA, MINN. O n We b : R e c a p | B o x S c o r e | P h o t o G a l l e r y | G a m e D a y P r e v i e w Getting a Friday night lead hasn't been the problem for the Saint Mary's University men's hockey team. Keeping it has. For the second straight Friday, the Cardinals grabbed a two-goal lead this time grabbed a 2-0 first-period lead against league-leading and 12th-ranked St. Thomas at the SMU Ice Arena. The Tommies, however, responded with four unanswered goals — two in the second and two more in the third — in handing SMU a 4-2 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference setback. The Cardinals got on the board at the 7:11 mark of the opening period, scoring their third power play goal in the last two games. Vincent Unklesbay (Maplewood, Minn.) won a face-off to the left of St. Thomas goalie Drew Fielding straight back to A.J. Mueller (New Berlin, Wis.), who rifled a slap shot past the screened Fielding for his third goal of the season and a 1-0 SMU advantage. SMU dominated the opening 20 minutes, outshooting St. Thomas 12-3 in taking the 1-0 lead into the locker room.
Special teams continued to be special for the Cardinals early in the second period, as Nick Nagel (Andover, Minn.) netted his fifth goal of the season — extending his goal-scoring streak to four straight games — to give SMU a 2-0 advantage. From there, however, the period — and the game — belonged to the Tommies. UST quickly erased SMU's two-goal advantage with back-to-back goals — including a power play tally of their own off the stick of Travis Baker with less than five minutes remaining — as the teams headed into the third period deadlocked at 2-2. The Tommies took their first lead of the game two minutes into the final stanza, as Robby Philipp netted his 10th goal of the season on the power play. Three minutes later, Riley Horgan beat SMU goalie Andy Scheib (Sun Prairie, Wis.) with a wrist shot to give UST a two-goal cushion they would not relinquish. Scheib finished with 23 saves, while Fielding kicked out 28 of the 30 Cardinal shots he faced in goal for UST.
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 2012 • AT WINONA, MINN. O n We b : R e c a p | B o x S c o r e | G a m e D a y P r e v i e w A.J. Mueller Fr. • Defense Scored vs. UST on Friday
Kevin Wentland Jr. • Forward Scored vs. UST on Saturday
New day, new venue. Unfortunately for the Saint Mary's University men's hockey team, same old result, as No. 12 St. Thomas handed the Cardinals their second straight 4-2 setback Saturday evening at the St. Thomas Ice Arena. The Cardinals, who jumped out to a 2-0 lead — only to surrender four unanswered goals — in Friday's 4-2 loss to the Tommies Friday evening, wasted little time jumping out in front again Saturday, as Kevin Wentland (Columbia Heights, Minn.) scored an unassisted goal three minutes into the opening period. UST answered two minutes later on Robbie Vannelli's second goal of the game at 5:29. The Tommies then grabbed the lead for good as Alex Alternbernd beat SMU goalie Jason Horstman (Faribault, Minn.) with a wrist shot with less than three minutes remaining in the period.
The Tommies pushed their lead to 3-1 on Brandon Bahnemann's goal at 7:25 of the second, but the two-goal lead didn't last long, as the Cardinals' Nick Nagel (Andover, Minn.) pushed his goal-scoring streak to five straight games with his sixth of the season just 19 seconds after Bahnemann's tally. The game remaining 3-2 through most of the third period, with Bryce Walker closing out the scoring with an empty net tally with 12 seconds remaining in regulation. After scoring four straight powerplay goals — two in a 2-2 tie vs. Bethel last Saturday and both in Friday's 4-2 loss to UST — SMU was 0-for-5 with the man advantage in Saturday's rematch. Horstman finished with 22 saves for the Cardinals, while UST goalie Drew Fielding kicked out 21 of the 23 SMU shots he faced.
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S a i n t M a r y ’s U n i v e r s i t y M e n ’s H o c k e y
FROM BEHIND THE BENCH SMU’S SCHEDULE Date
Opponent
Time
Oct. 29-30 MIAC Showcase Oct. 29 St. Thomas
L, 3-2
Oct. 30 St. Olaf
L, 3-2
Nov. 4
at St. Schol.
L, 4-2
Nov. 5
at UW-Superior L, 4-3
Nov. 11 at Hamline
L, 6-4
Nov. 12 Hamline
L, 4-3 OT
Nov. 22 MSOE
W, 2-1 OT
Nov. 23 MSOE
L, 6-0
Dec. 2
at St. Olaf
L, 5-2
Dec. 3
St. Olaf
W, 2-1
Dec. 9
Marian
W, 4-2
Jan. 6
Stevens Pt.
L, 3-2
Jan. 7
St. Norbert
W, 3-2
Jan. 13 at Bethel
L, 5-3
Jan. 14 Bethel
T, 2-2
Jan. 20 St. Thomas
L, 4-2
Jan. 21 at St. Thomas
L, 4-2
Jan. 27 Augsburg
7:30
Jan. 28 at Augsburg
7:05
Feb. 3
Saint John’s
8:00
Feb. 4
Saint John’s
4:00
Feb. 10 at Gustavus
7:00
Feb. 11 Gustavus
7:30
Feb. 17 at Concordia
7:00
Feb. 18 at Concordia
2:00
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SAINT MARY’S NEWS AND NOTES The Cardinals dropped both of their games against league-leading and nationally ranked St. Thomas by identical 4-2 scores. SMU and the Tommies squared off three times this season, with the Cardinals scoring two goals in all three contests. … Kevin Wentland’s (Columbia Heights, Minn.) first-period goal against St. Thomas Saturday snapped the Cardinals’ streak of four straight power play goals. SMU netted a pair of power play goals in a 2-2 tie vs. Bethel on Jan. 14, then scored two more goals with the man advantage in Friday’s 4-2 loss to UST. … Nick Nagel (Andover, Minn.) scored a game in both games vs. the Tommies, extending the SMU sophomore’s consecutive-game goal-scoring streak to five. … During his streak, Nagel has scored one game-winner — against St. Norbert on Jan. 7 — while also netting the game-tying goal against Bethel on Jan. 14. … Nagel’s five-game streak is the longest since Lenny Hofmann scored in six straight games during the 2003-04 season. … A.J. Mueller (New Berlin, Wis.) accounted for the Cardinals’ other goal vs. UST last Friday. … Fueled by his fivegame goal-scoring streak, Nagel moved into a tie with Austin Balko (Midland, Mich.) for the team lead in goals with six. … Balko also shares the tea lead in assists (6) with Brad Denney (Fishers, Ind.) and Tom Healy (Rolling Meadows, Ill.), while boasting a team-best 12 points. … Balko is one of three SMU players who enter this weekend’s game against Augsburg with 10 or more points — Nagel (10) and Wentland (10) are the other two. … The Cardinals have now scored 16 power play goals this season. … Andy Scheib (Sun Prairie, Wis.) finished with 23 saves against the Tommies last Friday, while Jason Horstman (Faribault, Minn.) had 22 saves in Saturday’s rematch with UST. … Scheib and Horstman have shared the goaltending duties this season, with Scheib owning a 3.26 goals-against-average and an .896save percentage, while Horstman boasts a 3.45 GAA and an .891 save percentage. … Fifteen of SMU’s 17 games have been decided by two goals or less — including eight one-goal decisions and one tie. … SMU’s 2-2 tie vs. Bethel
on Jan. 21 was the Cardinals’ first tie of the season. … The Cardinals have now played three overtime games this season. Along with their 2-2 tie vs. Bethel, the Cardinals dropped a 4-3 decision to Hamline on Nov. 12 and collected a 2-1 win over Milwaukee School of Engineering on Nov. 23. … SMU’s 2-1 victory over MSOE was the Cardinals’ first overtime win since beating UW-River Falls 2-1 on Jan. 17, 2009. … All four of SMU’s wins — and their lone tie — have come on their home ice. … Two of the Cardinals’ four wins were by identical 2-1 scores — a 2-1 win over MSOE on Nov. 22 and a 2-1 victory over St. Olaf on Dec. 3. … SMU’s 3-2 win over sixth-ranked and defending national champion St. Norbert on Jan. 6 was the Cardinals’ second win over a nationally ranked team this season. SMU downed then-eighth ranked Milwaukee School of Engineering 2-1 in overtime on Nov. 22. … The Cardinals equaled their season high with their four-goal effort against Marian on Dec. 9. SMU also scored four goals in a 6-4 loss at Hamline on Nov. 11. … SMU’s Dec. 3 win over St. Olaf marked the first time this season SMU has won when its opponent scored the game’s first goal (1-6-1). The Cardinals — who scored first in both games against St. Thomas last weekend — are 3-6-0 when scoring first.
