SMU Men's Hockey

**Last Action**
The Cardinals gave up three goals in both games vs. Bethel — single goals in each period both nights — as Bethel officially eliminated SMU from playoff contention with Friday’s 3-2 win, then completed the sweep with a 3-1 victory on Saturday. … St. Thomas, meanwhile, extended its winning streak to seven games with a 5-1, 7-2 sweep of Hamline.

**A Year Ago**
The Tommies escaped with a pair of one-goal wins over SMU in the teams' regular-season meetings a year ago, winning 2-1 in the Friday meeting, before posting a 3-2 triumph in the rematch.

Cardinal Notes

Karl Reinke
1 G, 1 A vs.
Bethel

With Friday's loss, SMU was eliminated from the MIAC playoff picture. … After winning a season-high three straight in late January, SMU has now dropped four in a row. … Last Friday's 3-2 loss to the Royals was SMU's third straight one-goal loss. It was also the Cardinals' fifth one-goal loss of the season. … Karl Reinke (Duluth, Minn.) and Adam Fleishman (Vernon Hills, Ill.) netted the Cardinals' two goals in Friday's loss, while Jesse Polk's (Hastings, Minn.) third-period tally accounted for SMU's lone goal in Saturday's rematch. … Bethel scored single goals in all three periods — in both games vs. the Cardinals. … Adam Gill (Rochester, Minn.) currently leads the team in goals (12) and is second in points with 21, four behind team-leader Anthony Bohn (Spring Hill, Fla.) . … Bohn also leads the team in assists (17), and he and Gill are two of seven SMU players with at least 10 points this season. … The Cardinals have scored more than two goals just four times in their 15 losses this season. … With Saturday's loss to the Royals, the Cardinals are now 3-12-0 when their opponent scores first. … Five of SMU's seven wins have come at home — the Cardinals are 2-9-0 away from the SMU Ice Arena. … The Cardainls have scored just 23 goals in their 11 road games, while netting nearly twice that many (44) on their home ice.

**Tommie Notes**
The Tommies enter today’s game riding a season-high seven-game winning streak. … With their sweep of Hamline, the Tommies locked up their 25th consecutive winning season and qualified for the MIAC playoffs for the 22nd time in the 22-year history of the format. UST has outscored its opponents 52-15 during its current winning streak. … After opening the season 5-8-0 in its first 13 games, UST is 9-1-0 in its last 10. … Nick Pernula leads the team in goals (20) and points (40), while Nick Harris boasts a team-best 21 assists and is tied for second in points (35) with teammate Kevin Rollwagen. … UST boasts three players with 30 or more points and six with 10 or more. … UST has lost just three times — 5-3 at UW-Stevens Point, 9-3 at Bethel and 7-3 at Elmira — in 10 road games. … St. Thomas was the first current Division III institution to win 900 career hockey games. The Tommies are now 968-566-67 in the 83-year history of the program. The next most men's hockey wins among the 68 other Division III hockey programs is 948 by Middlebury (82 seasons). The next most all-time victories among MIAC programs is Gustavus at 725 (71 seasons).