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| 2006-07 Records: 0-0-0 MIAC, 0-2-0 Overall |
| Last Week's Results: UW-Stevens Point 5, Saint Mary's 3 / Details UW-Eau Claire 6, Saint Mary's 5 / Details |
| Upcoming Games: Fri., Nov. 10: Lake Forest at SMU, 7:05 p.m. Sat., Nov. 11: St. Norbert at SMU, 7:05 p.m. |
| Cardinal News and Notes: The Cardinal are now winless in their last four season-openers, dating back to a 9-3 win over Finlandia to kick off the 2002-2003 season. … David Gross (Grasston, Minn.), who netted seven goals a year ago, scored three times over the weekend — twice vs. UW-Stevens Point and once vs. UW-Eau Claire. … Adam Gill (Rochester, Minn.) netted a goal and added three assists and leads the team with four points. … Joe Mayer (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Matt Staehely (Shorewood, Ill.) each scored their first collegiate goals vs. UW-Eau Claire. … The Cardinals fell behind 2-0 in the first period of both games last weekend — and each time came back to tie the game, 2-2. … SMU was outscored 4-1 in the first period vs. UW-Stevens Point and UW-Eau Claire. … Four of SMU's eight goals last weekend came on the powerplay, while the Cardinals' opponents scored six of their 11 goals with the man advantage. |
as Cardinals open with losses to Pointers, Blugolds
WINONA, Minn. —
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Gross 3 goals in SMU's 1st 2 games |
Joe Mayer (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Matt Staehely (Shorewood, Ill.) each netted their first collegiate goals as SMU improved its offensive output from three goals vs. the Pointers to five goals vs. the Pointers.
Unfortunately, five goals wasn't quite enough, as UW-Eau Claire scored a pair of goals in all three periods in handing SMU its second straight setback, a 6-5 decision Saturday at the Hobbs Ice Arena.
"I can't say I'm totally disappointed," said SMU coach Don Olson. "To score eight goals in our first two games is definitely a positive — but, the bottom line is, we're still 0-2.
"(Saturday's) game was pretty similar to Friday's — there wasn't a whole lot of flow to it," said Olson, who watched as the referees called a combined 58 penalties in the Cardinals' first two games — 30 in Friday's loss to UW-Stevens Point and 28 more vs. the Blugolds. "There are just so many questionable calls being made right now. The guys are to the point, they don't really know what to do, because it seems like, no matter what they do on the ice, it's being called a penalty."
For the second straight night, the Cardinals found themselves staring at a 2-0 first-period deficit against the Blugolds, but Mayer cut the gap to 2-1 before the first period ended, and Jesse Polk (Hastings, Minn.) netted the first of his two second-period goals to knot the game at 2-2. UW-Eau Claire, however, sandwiched two goals around Polk's second goal of the period to take a 4-3 advantage into the third and final period.
The Blugolds pushed their lead to 5-3 early in the third, but David Gross (Grasston, Minn.) — who netted a pair of goals in Friday's loss to UW-Stevens Point — cut the gap to 5-4 and Staehely knotted things up with his first collegiate goal midway through the period. The Blugolds, however, netted the game-winner three minutes later to ice the win.
"Overall, I thought we did a lot of good things this weekend — everyone worked hard and competed at a very high level," said Olson. "But I don't think the players feel the same way. To play two games like this — games that we could have just as easily come away with two wins instead of two losses — it's a tough pill to swallow.
"The biggest thing we have to remember right now is, it's very early in the season and we are very young," added Olson. "We had a lot of players playing in their first collegiate games — and they are going to make mistakes.
"The key is, making sure they learn from those mistakes."