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Adam Gill (Rochester, Minn.) scored his team-leading ninth goal of the season vs. the Gusties on Saturday. … Gill's goal, along with an assist, pushed his team-high points total to 10. … David Gross (Grasston, Minn.) netted his fifth goal vs. GAC. All five of Gross' goals have been powerplay goals … Marcus Reszka (Winona, Minn.) and Graham Murphy (Webster Groves, Mo.) each picked up two assists vs. Gustavus, and share the team lead with seven assists. … The Cardinals were whistled for 27 penalties for 73 minutes in the two-game series vs. Gustavus. … Five of the Gusties' nine goals came on the powerplay. … Friday's 4-0 loss vs. Gustavus marked the first time the Cardinals have been shut out since a 5-0 loss to St. Thomas on Jan. 11, 2003. … SMU, which is 1-6-0 in Saturday games, is still looking for its first win at home (0-7-1). … The Cardinals have won just once when their opponent scores first (1-11-1). … SMU, which has been outscored 23-8 in the first period and 31-18 in the second, did not allow a first- or second-period goal vs. GAC on Friday — just the third time this season the Cardinals have not given up a goal in the opening 20 minutes and only the fourth time SMU has not surrendered a goal in the second period. … Gustavus scored five of its nine goals vs. SMU in the third period — including all four in Friday's 4-0 win. … SMU's seven-game losing streak is its longest since a seven-game slide in the middle of the 1999-2000 season.
Penalties keep Cardinals out of sync, as SMU drops
pair of conference games to Gusties, falling 4-0, 5-3

WINONA, Minn. —
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Curtis
Nosal
66 saves
vs. Gustavus
After giving up four third-period goals in falling to Gustavus 4-0 last Friday, the Saint Mary's University men's hockey team knew they were going to have their hands full in Saturday's rematch.

What they did not know, however, was that they were going to have to try and beat the Gusties with special teams, because the majority of the game would be played with one team, or the other — or both — with a player in the penalty box.

And the special teams weren't all that special for the Cardinals, as Gustavus scored four powerplay goals — including two during a five-minute major penalty in the second period — in handing SMU a 5-3 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference defeat at the SMU Ice Arena.

"It's tough to get into any kind of rhythm when you are killing so many penalties," said SMU coach Don Olson, whose team was whistled for 17 penalties for 53 minutes. "I thought we played hard all night, but I wouldn't say we played smart. We took some careless penalties, and you can't do that against a team like Gustavus, which is a very good powerplay team — they move the puck very well."

Jon Keseley netted GAC's only even-strength goal at 11:28 of the opening period, rifling a shot over the glove of SMU goalie Curtis Nosal (Omaha, Neb.) for the period's only tally.

SMU evened things up seven minutes into the second period as David Gross (Grasston, Minn.) netted his fifth goal of the season on the powerplay.

That, however, would be as close as SMU would get as GAC rattled off three straight powerplay tallies — including two less than two minutes apart when GAC took advantage of a five-minute major penalty for checking from behind called on the Cardinals' Deven VanHouse (Silver Bay, Minn.) — to push the Gusties' lead to 4-1.

Still killing the VanHouse penalty, SMU's Adam Gill (Rochester, Minn.) got the Cardinals within two, 4-2, taking a feed from Tim McNamara (Hastings, Minn.) and netting the shorthanded goal with less than four minutes remaining in the second period.

The Gusties regained their three-goal cushion with their fourth powerplay goal of the game six minutes into the third, while SMU's Andy Roberts (Rochester, Minn.) rounded out the scoring with his fourth of the season at the 19:32 mark.

"We had more than our share of chances, we just can't seem to put the puck in the net," said Olson, whose team dropped its seventh straight in falling to 1-7-0 in the MIAC and 2-13-1 overall. "(On Friday), I thought we played 40 minutes of good hockey — we didn't play all that well in the third period and that cost us.

"(Saturday), I thought we played hard for 60 minutes, and that's really all I can ask of them."