SAINT MARY'S vs. UW-STEVENS POINT / FRIDAY, NOV. 3, 2006 / SMU ICE ARENA / 7:05 P.M.

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Cardinal In The Spotlight

Adam Gill

Year: Senior

Pos.: Forward

Hometown: Rochester, MN

Major: Business

From Coach Olson: "Adam is without question one of the hardest workers on this team. He is a true leader — both on and off the ice — and we’re looking for big things from him again this year.”



Game Notes
The Pointers erupted for seven goals in the second period and cruised to a 10-1 nonconference win over the Cardinals in their meeting a year ago. …  Tonight's game is the season-opener for both the Cardinals and the Pointers. … UW-Stevens Point holds a 10-5-2 all-time record vs. SMU and is 3-0-1 in the teams’ last four meetings. … Seven of the last eight meetings between the two teams have been decided by three goals or less.

Cardinal Notes

David Gross
7 G, 9 A
16 points in
2005-06
After going 2-13-1 in their first 16 games, SMU closed out its season with seven wins in its last eight games a year ago. … SMU’s MIAC sweeps of Concordia, Hamline and St. Olaf had marked the first time the Cardinals had won back-to-back-to-back MIAC series since sweeping Bethel, Saint John’s and Hamline during the 1989-90 season. … The Cardinals’ season-high, six-game winning streak was also their longest since stringing six together early in the 1994-95 season. …SMU goalie Curtis Nosal closed out the season with a 2.97 goals-against-average and a .916 save percentage. … Adam Gill (Rochester, Minn.) ended as SMU's leader in goals (15) and points (27), while Tim McNamara was first in assists (13) and second in goals (10) and points (23).

Pointer Notes
UW-Stevens Point opens its season on the road for the first time since opening the 1998-99 season at St. Norbert. … UW-SP had played seven straight season openers and 10 of its last 13 at home. … The Pointers are 13-5 in their last 18 season openers. … The Pointers are opening the season against a non-NCHA opponent for the first time since the 2001-02 season, when they faced Elmira (N.Y.). The Pointers have never opened against an MIAC opponent. … The Pointers are picked fifth in the NCHA preseason coaches poll. UW-SP tied for fourth in the NCHA standings a year ago and has pladced lower than fourth just three times in its 20-year membership in the conference. … Eighteen of the Pointers’ 27 games were tied or one-goal margins heading into the third period – and 12 were decided by one goal or less.