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| 2006-07 Records: 1-4-1 MIAC, 3-7-1 Overall |
| Last Week's Results: Gustavus 2, Saint Mary's 1 OT / Details Gustavus 2, Saint Mary's 0 / Details |
| Upcoming Games: Tues., Dec. 12: SMU at UW-River Falls, 7:05 Sat., Jan. 6: SMU at St. Scholastica, 7:00 |
| Cardinal News and Notes: The Cardinals' back-to-back losses to Gustavus marked the first time SMU has been swept in an MIAC series since falling to the Gusties 4-0 and 5-3 on Jan. 20-21, 2006. … SMU's 2-0 loss Saturday was the Cardinals' first shutout loss of the season and first since the 4-0 setback vs. Gustavus last season. … Anthony Bohn (Spring Hill, Fla.) was held without a point vs. the Gusties, snapping the SMU freshman's three-game goal-scoring and seven-game point streaks. … Dan Smith (Rochester, Minn.) stopped 69 of the 73 shots he faced vs. GAC, including 44 in Friday's OT loss. … SMU's Friday loss was the Cardianls' second overtime game of the season (0-1-1) and thier first OT loss since falling to St. Olaf 3-2 in the final game of the 2004-05 season. … Jesse Polk (Hastings, Minn.) netted SMU's lone goal vs. the Gusties — his first non-power play goal of the season. … David Gross (Grasston, Minn.), who leads the team with seven goals, recorded his first assist of the season on Polk's third-period goal. … After scoring four of their seven goals vs. Saint John's on the power play two weeks ago, the Cardinals were 0-for-14 with the man advantage vs. Gustavus. … SMU's losses to Gustavus marked the first time this season that the Cardinals have held their opponent to two goals or less, and lost. |
outage as Gusties collect 2-1, 2-0 conference wins
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Dan Smith
69 saves vs. Gustavus |
Saturday, in the teams' Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference rematch, it wasn't just the power play that came up empty for the Cardinals — it was their entire offense — as Gustavus completed the two-game sweep with a 2-0 victory.
"It's pretty tough to win many (conference series) scoring one goal in two games," said SMU coach Don Olson, whose team has now lost three straight for the first time this season. "We struggled on the power play on Friday night, and it was more of the same (Saturday) — we just couldn't generate any good scoring chances."
For the second straight night, the Cardinals had the luxury of seven power play opportunities Saturday — and for the second straight night, they came up empty, managing just four shots in the eight minutes with the man advantage.
"Our special teams had done such a nice job last weekend (against Saint John's), said Olson, whose team scored four of its seven goals on the power play in the MIAC split vs. the Johnnies. "And then (against Gustavus), our power play never got on track — we just struggled all weekend."
Tim Ornell gave GAC all the offense it would need Saturday, beating SMU goalie Dan Smith (Rochester, Minn.) with a shot late in the second period that broke a scoreless tie. Eric Bigham gave the Gusties some breathing room with his sixth of the season 29 seconds into the third period.
Gustavus goalie Kevin Johnson stopped all 15 SMU shots — including eight in the second period when SMU held an 8-3 advantage in shot son goal — as the Gusties handed the Cardinals their first shutout loss since a 4-0 loss to GAC in the first game of their MIAC series a year ago.
"The second period (Saturday) was our best period of the weekend. I thought we played with a lot of energy and really controlled the play," said Olson. "Unfortunately, (Gustavus) was the one to get a goal in the period, and that really took away any momentum we may have gained.
"We've got to find a way to get better offensively," Olson added. "To hold an opponent to two goals in back-to-back games — and lose both — that's a little frustrating."