SAINT MARY'S VS. ST. JOHN'S / SATURDAY, DEC. 10, 2005 / SMU ICE ARENA / 2:05 P.M.

Saint Mary's Cardinals
1-4-0 MIAC, 2-7-1 Overall
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5-0-0 MIAC, 7-2-1 Overall
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Cardinal In The Spotlight

Tom Stewart

Year: Senior

Pos.: Defense

Hometown: Eden Prairie, MN

Major: Biology

From Coach Olson: "Tom exemplifies what a student-athlete is — not only excelling on the ice, but also in the classroom. He has worked hard to increase his role, and is has been counted on heavily this year, not only in 5-on-5 situations, but also on the power play and penalty kill.”



Game Notes
The Johnnies erupted for seven unanswered goals — including two from Scott Bjorklund — en route to a 7-3 win over the Cardinals Friday evening. … The Johnnies swept last year's series vs. the Cardinals — winning 3-2 in OT and 6-2 — and have won seven straigtht vs. SMU, dating back to SMU's 4-3 OT win on Feb. 2, 2002.

Cardinal Notes

David Gross
2 goals vs.
Saint John's
David Gross (Grasston, Minn.) netted SMU’s first two goals vs. the Johnnies Friday night, while Adam Fleishman (Vernon Hills, Ill.) accounted for the other. … Two of SMU's three goals came on the power play. … SMU scored the game’s first goal for the third straight time Friday evening, after giving up the opening goal of the game in each of its first seven games. … Adam Gill (Rochester, Minn.) assisted on Gross’ second goal vs. the Johnnies on Friday, giving him a point in four straight games, and at least one point in eight of the Cardinals’ 10 games. … Gill currently leads the team in goals (6), while Gross shares the team’s assist lead (5) with Marcus Reska (Winona, Minn.) and Adam Fingerhut (Oak Grove, Ill.), and boasts a team-best nine points. … Friday’s loss was the third straight home loss for the Cardinals, who are 0-3-1 on their home ice.

Johnnie Notes
The Johnnies have now won nine straight MIAC games, dating back to a 5-3 loss to Bethel on Feb. 4, 2005. … SJU is also 34-2-1 in its last 37 MIAC regular-season games. … SJU entered this weekend’s series ranked No. 5 in the latest USCHO.com poll — a jump up from No. 8 last week. … SJU goalie Adam Hanna, who stopped 22 of the 25 shots he faced Friday, is now a perfect 5-0-0 vs. SMU, giving up nine goals in those five starts. … Hanna also lowered his goals-against-average to 1.59 and pushed his save percentage to .929. … Aaron Getchell tallied three of SJU’s 12 assists vs. SMU Friday, pushing his team-leading assist total to eight and his team-best point total to 13. … Darryl Smoleroff, Greg Zemple and Matt Wocken all netted their first goals of the season Friday night.