SAINT MARY'S VS. HAMLINE / SATURDAY, FEB. 4, 2006 / SMU ICE ARENA / 7:05 P.M.

Saint Mary's Cardinals
4-7-0 MIAC, 5-13-1 Overall
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Hamline Pipers
2-6-1 MIAC, 3-13-2 Overall
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Tom Stewart: Defense / Eden Prairie, MN

Pat Chambers: Defense / Brookfield, WI

Graham Murphy: Defense / Webster Gr., MO

Jim Becker: Forward / Lockport, IL

Trevor Greer: Defense / Omaha, NE

Tony Truhler: Defense / Stillwater, MN

Adam Fingerhut: Forward / Oak Brook, IL

Marcus Reszka: Defense / Winona, MN

Asham Bell: Forward / Austin, MN

Tim McNamara: Forward / Hastings, MN

Curtis Nosal: Goalie / Omaha, NE



Game Notes
The Cardinals swept the two-game MIAC series vs. Hamline a year ago, winning 4-1 and 4-2. … Marcus Reszka and Jesse Polk each scored — Polk netting the game-winner in overtime — as the Cardinals ran their winning streak to three straight with a 2-1 overtime win over the Pipers Friday evening at Drake Arena in St. Paul, Minn.

Cardinal Notes

Jesse Polk
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OT vs. Pipers
After going 16 games without a goal, SMU’s Jesse Polk (Hastings, Minn.) has scored four times in SMU’s last three games. … Curtis Nosal (Omaha, Neb.), who earned MIAC Player of the Week honors after stopping 67 of the 68 shots he faced last weekend vs. Concordia, kicked out 31 shots vs. the Pipers on Friday. … Nosal’s 37-save shutout vs. the Cobbers last Friday was his first collegiate shutout. … Adam Gill (Rochester, Minn.), who picked up eight points last weekend vs. the Cobbers, pushed his team-leading point total to 21 with an assist vs. Hamline Friday night. … Tim McNamara (Hastings, Minn.) notched his team-high 13th assist of the season vs. the Pipers. … Friday’s win vs. Hamline was the Cardinals’ fifth road win of the season — the Cardinals enter today’s rematch still searching for their first home win (0-7-1). … The Cardinals’ current three-game winning streak is a season high. … SMU’s 2-1 win Friday was its lowest offensive output in a win this season — the Cardinals had not scored less than six goals in its first four wins.

Piper Notes
The Pipers had their season-high two-game winning streak snapped with Friday’s loss. … Ted Urschel netted his first goal of the season to account for Hamline’s lone tallly vs. the Cardinals Friday evening. … Todor Petkov stopped 20 of the 22 shots he faced in the losing effort vs. Saint Mary’s. … Friday’s one-goal effort marked the fifth time the Pipers have been held to one goal or less. … Hamline went 1-for-7 on the powerplay Friday vs. the Cardinals, while holding SMU without a goal in four powerplay opportunities. … Joe Lang and Dustin Fulton share the team lead in assists (11) and points (18), while Fulton’s eight goals are also a team high. … Hamline is unbeaten (2-0-1) when scoring the game’s first goal, but the Pipers are 1-13-1 in games in which their opponents score first. … Friday’s game was the third overtime game of the season (0-1-2). … Hamline has won just once in seven road games this season.