Cardinal In The Spotlight
Dan Smith
Year: Junior
Pos.: Goalie
Hometown: Rochester, MN
Major: History
From Coach Olson: “Dan is enjoying a great year for us this season. He has stepped in and been a steadying force for us, and his solid play has given us a chance to be competitive every night.”
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A Year Ago
David Gross (Grasston, Minn.), Adam Gill (Rochester, Minn.) and Jesse Polk (Hastings, Minn.) all scored two goals and Curtis Nosal stopped 37 shots, as SMU opened its MIAC series vs. Concordia with a 7-0 victory. SMU's offense remained in high gear in the rematch, scoring seven goals for the second straight night in a 7-2 win. …
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Last Action
The Cardinals got a pair of third-period goals from Adam Gill (Rochester, Minn.), but it was too little, too late, as SMU dropped a 5-2 decision to UW-River Falls on Saturday. … Concordia, meanwhile, dropped its third straight on Tuesday, Jan. 9, falling to UW-Stout 9-3.
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Cardinal Notes
Adam Gill
2 G, 1 A in
losses to
Stout, UWRF
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Adam Gill (Rochester, Minn.) had a hand in all three goals SMU scored last weekend, assisting on Anthony Bohn's (Spring Hill, Fla.) goal in Friday's loss to UW-Stout, then netting both goals — both in the third period — in Saturday's loss to UW-River Falls. … Gill's two goals on Saturday moved the SMU senior into the team lead in both goals (8) and points (15). … Gill's assist on Friday snapped a four-game pointless streak. The SMU senior has recorded at least one point in 10 of the Cardinals' 15 games. … Bohn, meanwhile, shares the team lead in assists (8) with Matt Staehely (Shorewood, Ill.) and Andy Roberts (Rochester, Minn.), and is second on the team in points with 14. … Dan Smith (Rochester, Minn.), who earned MIAC Player of the Week honors for his 39-save effort vs. St. Scholastica last weekend, posted his second-straight 39-save effort against UW-Stout on Friday. Smith finished with 31 saves in Saturday's loss to UW-River Falls. … Smith’s back-to-back 39-save outings mark the third and fourth times the SMU junior has stopped 39 or more shots.… The Cardinals have allowed 60 goals through 15 games, including 24 in the second period and 20 in the third.
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Cobber Notes
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The Cobbers’ current three-game losing streak comes on the heels of a three-game winning season, in which Concordia sandwiched a pair of shutout wins around a 6-4 win over Hamline. … Concordia has been outscored 26-5 during its current three-game slide. … The Cobbers’ year has been a season of streaks — two three-game winning streaks and four- and three-game losing streaks. … Alec Holen leads the team in all three offensive categories, boasting seven goals, 12 assists and 19 points.
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