SAINT MARY'S at ST. OLAF / FRIDAY, FEB. 9, 2007 / NORTHFIELD, MINN. / 7:00 P.M.

Saint Mary's Cardinals
4-5-1 MIAC / 7-11-1 Overall
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6-4-2 MIAC / 7-12-2 Overall
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Ole Notes
The Oles enter tonight's game having won three of their last four games. … St. Olaf knows a thing or two about one-goal games — of their 12 losses, 11 have been decided by one goal, while three of their six wins have also been one-goal decisions. … The Oles have also been involved in four overtime games — losing to Lawrence (2-1) and Gustavus (4-3), while tying both games of their MIAC series against Augsburg (4-4 and 2-2). … St. Olaf's back-to-back ties vs. Augsburg extended the two teams' streak of consecutive ties vs. .each other to eight straight games. … St. Olaf has scored three or more goals in its last six games, going 3-3 during that six-game stretch. … John Paulson is the team's leader in goals (8) and points (13), while John Egge boasts a team-best eight assists and is second in points with 12. … Goalie Jeff Wilde has appeared in 16 of St. Olaf's 21 games, posting a 2.53 goals-against-average and a .910 save percentage.



Last Action
The Cardinals have been off since Jan. 27-28, when they split their MIAC series against Hamline, getting an overtime goal from Matt Staehely (Shorewood, Ill.) — his third of the game — as SMU opened with a 5-4 win. Hamline had the upper hand in the second game, winning 4-2. … St. Olaf, meanwhile, also enters tonight's game on the heels of a split vs. Hamline, dropping the first game 4-3, before winning Game 2, 3-1.

A Year Ago
The Cardinals got scoring from five different players and Curtis Nosal stopped 67 of the 71 shots he faced as SMU swept St. Olaf 3-2 and 3-2 in the teams' MIAC meeting a year ago.

Cardinal Notes

Matt Staehely
1st collegiate
hat trick vs.
Hamline
The Cardinals' loss to Hamline snapped their season-high three-game winning streak. …  The Jan. 26 game vs. the Pipers was the Cardinals' third overtime game of the season — and their first OT win (1-1-1). … After scoring just 12 goals during a seven-game stretch in which SMU went 1-6-0, the Cardinals scored 18 goals during their three-game win streak. … Matt Staehely (Shorewood, Ill.) netted his first collegiate hat trick vs. Hamline on Friday, and his overtime tally was his second game-winning goal of the season. … Anthony Bohn (Spring Hill, Fla.), who dished out six assists vs. the Cobbers on Jan., 19-20 — two in the opener and a career-high four in the Saturday rematch — added fthree more assists vs. the Pipers and now leads the team with 17 assists and 24 points. … Adam Gill (Rochester, Minn.) is the team's goal-scoring leader (11) and he and Bohn are two of seven Cardinals to have 10 or more points. … Mike Christensen (Detroit Lakes, Minn.), who posted the first two-goal game of his career vs. Concordia on Jan. 19, netted his fourth goal in the last three games with the game-tying tally vs. Hamline on Jan. 26. … The Cardinals' loss to Hamline snapped a five-game winning streak vs. the Pipers, dating back to a 3-2 loss on Feb. 21, 2004. … Saturday's game marked the seventh time in their 11 losses that SMU has scored two goals or less.