SAINT MARY'S VS. ST. OLAF / SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26 / SMU ICE ARENA

Saint Mary's Cardinals
6-8-1 MIAC, 10-13-1 Overall
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St. Olaf Oles
7-4-4 MIAC, 12-6-6 Overall
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Game Notes
Last Night: The Cardinals’ hopes of a second straight MIAC playoff appearance took a serious hit as St. Olaf jumped out to a 3-1 lead and held on down the stretch to beat the Cardinals, 3-2.
Playoff Scenarios: The Cardinlas’ hopes of qualifying for the MIAC playoffs rests on a victory vs. St. Olaf today, and a Gustavus loss vs. Augsburg. If the Gusties beat Augsburg, SMU is automatically eliminated, since GAC holds the head-to-head tiebreaker over SMU with its two wins earlier this season. … With their win Friday night, the Oles locked up a spot in the MIAC post-season. Where they finish, however, it yet to be determined. A St. Olaf win and a Bethel loss will leave the Oles third, while an Oles loss and a Bethel win would put them fourth.

LINING UP THE CARDINALS
Left Wing
Center
Right Wing
#25 Mike Bry
#10 Chad Damerow
#15 Adam Gill
#2 T.VanDynHoven
#28 David Gross
#33 Jesse Polk
#27 Tim McNamara
#8 Bill Flynn
#22 C. Buetow-Staples
#26 Jim Becker
#21 John Paul
#19 Adam Fingerhut
Defense
Defense
Goalie
#18 Chris Wickersham
#20 Marcus Reszka
#30 Ryne Ess
#12 M. Buetow-Staples
#24 Ryan Radke
#31 Nick Berra
#3 Tom Stewart
#6 Graham Murphy
#35 Curtis Nosal
LINING UP THE OLES
Left Wing
Center
Right Wing
#17 Josh Biser
#13 Patrick Gilles
#21 Joel Ihrie
#19 Keith Townsend
#25 Jeff Budish
#12 Billy Martin
#18 John Egge
#27 Mike MacMillan
#8 Ted Bickel
#9 Justin Green
#10 Brett Kistner
#15 Andy Ockuly
Defense
Defense
Goalie
#24 Will Wetterlin
#5 John Paulson
#29 Dan Kehler
#6 Mitch Mudra
#26 Andrew Gastineau
#1 Jeff Wilde
#4 Andy Heyne
#11 David Short
#30 Mark Skeba

This and That
Saint Mary's:

Chad Damerow
Assisted on
both SMU goals
vs. the Oles
With Friday’s loss, the Cardinals had their season-high four-game winning streak snapped. … Chad Damerow (Albert Lea, Minn.) assisted on both SMU goals Friday night, pushing him into a tie for the team lead in points (24) with Mike Bry (Manvel, N.D.). … Bry, who scored SMU’s second goal on Friday, also leads the team in assists, while Adam Fingerhut (Oak Brook, Ill) is SMU’s top goal scorer with 11. … Bry (24), Damerow (24) and Fingerhut (21) all have 20 or more points. … Ryne Ess (Eden Prairie, Minn.) has started all 24 games in goal for the Cardinals, posting a 3.34 goals-against-average and an .893 save percentage. … The Cardinals are 8-1-1 when scoring the game's first goal, but just 2-12-0 when giving up the first goal. … SMU's 3-2 loss to St. Olaf was the ninth time this season the Cardinals have lost by two goals or less.

 St. Olaf:

Ted Bickel
Leads Oles with
16 G, 25 Pts
St. Olaf clinched its second straight MIAC playoff berth with Friday's 3-2 win. … The Oles can clinch the third seed in the playoffs with a win vs. SMU, or a Bethel loss to Hamline. If the Oles finish tied with Bethel, for third place the Royals would have to outscore Hamline by at least nine more goals than St. Olaf's goal differential vs. Saint Mary's to win the deciding tiebreaker. … St. Olaf has lost just once, a 6-1 decision to Saint John's, in their last 11 games (6-1-4) dating back to Jan. 15. … During the Oles' current six -game unbeaten streak (6-0-1), they have outscored their opponents 33-9. … Ted Bickel leads the team in goals (16) and is tied with Keith Townsend for the team lead in points (25). … Townsed also leads the team in assists (19) and the two are joined by Mike MacMillan as St. Olaf's three 20-plus point producers. … St. Olaf is 10-2-3 when scoring first and 2-4-3 when giving up the game's first goal.