SAINT MARY'S VS. AUGSBURG / SATURDAY, NOV. 18, 2006 / SMU ICE ARENA / 7:05 P.M.

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0-1-0 MIAC / 1-4-0 Overall
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Cardinal In The Spotlight

David Gross

Year: Junior

Pos.: Forward

Hometown: Grasston, Minn.

Major: Biology

From Coach Olson: “David has a tremendous work ethic and leads by example. He possesses a physical and mental toughness that make him such an asset to this team. David is one of the fastest skaters in the league and utilizes that speed to his advantage.”



Game Notes
Augsburg broke open a 3-1 game with four third-period goals in beating SMU 7-2 in the first game of their MIAC regular-season meeting a year ago. SMU turned the tables in the rematch, getting two goals and an assist from Tim McNamara in a 6-3 Cardinal win. … Augsburg’s Critter Nagurski scored with less than one second remaining in the opening period, and the Cardinals never recovered, as the Auggies knocked off SMU 4-2 in the teams’ MIAC opener Friday night in Minneapolis.

Cardinal Notes

Eric Dahl
1st collegiate
goal vs. Auggies
After scoring nine goals in back to back games vs. UW-Eau Claire (a 6-5 loss) and Lake Forest (a 4-2 win), the Cardinals have managed just four goals in their last two games combined (a 7-2 loss to St. Norbert and a 4-2 loss to Augsburg). … SMU leading scorer Adam Gill (Rochester, Minn.) failed to record a point vs. Augsburg Friday, snapping the SMU junior’s four-game point streak. … Gill currently leads the team in goals (3) and points (7) and is tied for the team lead in assists (4) with Anthony Bohn (Spring Hill, Fla.) and Andy Roberts (Rochester, Minn.). … Bohn, who scored SMU’s first goal in Friday’s loss, has at least one point in four of the Cardinals’ five games. … Eric Dahl (St. Cloud, Minn.) netted his first collegiate goal vs. the Auggies Friday. … SMU gave up three second-period goals vs. the Auggies and has been outscored 12-7 in the game’s second stanza this season.  

Auggie Notes
Friday’s win over Saint Mary’s snapped the Auggies’ season-opening four-game losing streak. … Augsburg’s four goals vs. SMU also equalled its season high. … Critter Nagurski scored a goal and added an assist vs. the Cardinals and leads the Auggies in points with five. … A.J. Hau scored his team-leading third goal of the season vs. SMU Friday. … Aaron Johnson leads the team in assists with four. … Augsburg has scored just two of its 12 goals in the third period. … After giving up more than four goals a game through their first four games, Augsburg held SMU to just two goals.