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OFFICIAL 2016-2017 GAME PROGRAM SAINTMAR YSSPOR TS.COM SAINT MARY’S UNIVERSITY CARDINALS Head coach: Bill Moore • Assistants: J Reszka, John Morales

MEET THE CARDINALS THE SCHEDULE No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown / Last Team 2 Joey Mavrin Fr. D 5-11 175 Lockport, Ill. / Date Opponent Time 3 Bob Kinne Sr. F 5-11 175 St. Paul, Minn. / Bemidji State Oct. 28-30 MIAC Showcase 4 Ryan Charko So. D 6-1 195 Warren, N.J. / Walpole Express Oct. 28 St. Thomas T, 3-3 5 Seth Kamrass Fr. D 5-10 185 Peachtree Corners, Ga. / Topeka Roadrunners (1-0 shootout loss) 6 Brad Hauser Sr. D 6-6 225 Gurnee, Ill. / Minnesota Flying Aces Oct. 30 Concordia L, 3-2 OT 8 Jude Warner Jr. F 5-7 150 Pickerington, Ohio / Philadelphia Little Flyers 9 Landon Farrell Jr. F 5-10 180 Rochester, Minn. / Melville Millionaires Nov. 4 Eau Claire T, 3-3 10 Martin Gruse Sr. F 5-10 195 Trenton, Mich. / Nov. 5 River Falls 7:00 11 Nick Albergo Sr. F 5-10 185 Elmhurst, Ill. / Nov. 11 Bethel 7:00 12 Connor Langfield Sr. D 6-1 200 Rosemount, Minn. / North Bulls Nov. 12 at Bethel 7:00 13 Kelvin Walz Jr. F 5-8 170 Woodbury, Minn. / Melville Millionaires 14 Michael Cimba Jr. F 5-10 180 Wilmette, Ill. / Hartford Jr. Wolfpack Nov. 18 St. Olaf 7:00 15 Kyle Meeh Fr. D 6-2 195 Fenton, Mo. / Springfield Jr. Blues Nov. 19 at St. Olaf 7:30 16 Chad Cesarz Jr. F 6-0 200 Jackson, Mich. / Nov. 22 at MSOE 7:05 17 Drew DePalma Jr. F 5-11 160 Armada, Mich. / El Paso Rhinos Dec. 2 Concordia 7:00 18 Austin Arnold So. D 5-11 190 Anchorage, Alaska / WBS Knights Dec. 3 Concordia 2:00 19 Jared Johnson Jr. F 5-9 180 Hartland, Wis. / Cleveland Jr. Lumberjacks 20 Dylan Robertson Fr. F 5-11 160 Alpharetta, Ga. / Fort Frances Lakers Dec. 9 at Aurora 7:00 21 Jack Stang Fr. F 5-9 165 Mendota Heights, Minn. / Dec. 10 at Aurora 3:00 22 Chris Wilhite Jr. D 6-2 180 Colorado Springs, Colo. / El Paso Rhinos Jan. 6 at St. Thomas 7:00 23 Kellen Wasell Jr. F 5-9 170 Edmonds, Wash. / Jan. 7 St. Thomas 7:00 24 Michael Amelio Jr. D 5-10 185 Venetia, Pa. / Washington Nationals Jan. 13 at Stevens Pt. 7:00 25 Jack Strusz Jr. D 6-1 185 Red Wing, Minn. / El Paso Rhinos 26 Mike Mezzano Sr. D 5-11 170 Woodbury, Minn. / Jan. 14 at Stout 7:30 27 Jay Heinle Jr. F 5-8 175 York, Pa. / Connecticut Oilers Jan. 20 Hamline 7:00 28 Taylor Portner Sr. F 6-0 220 Andover, Minn. / UW-River Falls Jan. 21 at Hamline 7:00 29 Jake Hebda Sr. G 6-0 185 Firestone, Colo. / Concordia (Wis.) Jan. 27 at Augsburg 7:05 30 Phil Heinle Sr. G 5-8 185 York, Pa. / Jan. 28 Augsburg 7:00 31 Jake Tugnutt So. G 5-11 175 Douro Dummer, Ontario / Kemptville 73’s 32 Alex DiBacco Fr. D 5-11 180 Darien, Ill. / Feb. 3 Gustavus 7:00 33 Andrew Cummings Fr. F 5-7 185 Anchorage, Alaska / Notre Dame Hounds Feb. 4 at Gustavus 7:00 34 Shane Sefton Fr. F 6-3 205 Sudbury, Mass. / Cheyenne Stampede Feb. 10 at Saint John’s 7:30 35 Aaron Davis Jr. G 5-8 162 Mound, Minn. / Lake Superior State Feb. 11 at Saint John’s 7:00 36 Nick Turner Jr. F 5-6 170 Villa Rica, Ga. / New Jersey Titans UW-RIVER FALLS FALCONS Head coach: Steve Freeman • Assistants: Bob Ritzer, AJ Bucchino, Sean Roadhouse

MEET THE FALCONS No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown / Last Team THE SCHEDULE 1 Alex Okicki G 6-1 165 Jr. Concord Township, Ohio / Date Opponent Time Oct. 28 St. Scholastica L, 2-1 2 Blake Anderson D 5-10 173 Fr. Waunakee, Wis. / Kirkland Lake Gold Miners Oct. 29 Northland L, 4-2 4 Ryan Gotelaere D 6-3 205 So. Lake Nebayamon, Wis. / Nov. 4 at St. Thomas L, 3-2 5 Jeff Bergh D 6-0 190 Sr. Hallock, Minn. / Johnstown Tomahawks Nov. 5 at Saint Mary’s 7:00 6 Terry Leabo D 5-11 170 Jr. Fargo, N.D. / Nov. 8 at St. Scholastica 7:00 7 Mike Fazio F 5-11 205 Sr. Bartlett, Ill. / Kalamazoo K-Wings Nov. 11 Hamline 7:05 8 Mitchell Vanderburg F 5-8 173 Fr. Milford, Mich. / 500 Eagles Nov. 12 Augsburg 7:05 9 Eddie Matsushima F 5-11 185 So. Verona, Wis. / Coulee Region Chill Nov. 18 at Lake Forest 7:00 10 Taylor Burden F 5-11 180 Sr. Overland Park, Kan. / Kalamazoo K-Wings Nov. 19 at MSOE 7:00 11 Michael Lant D 6-2 200 Sr. Suwanee, Ga. / Soo Eagles Dec. 2 at UW-Stevens Pt. 7:00 12 Hunter Schneider F 5-10 170 Fr. Willmar, Minn. / Springfield Blues Dec. 3 UW-Eau Claire 7:05 14 Kyle Gattelaro F 6-0 180 Jr. Delray Beach, Fla. / Amarillo Bulls Dec. 6 at Bethel 7:00 15 Dillon Mershon F 6-0 178 Sr. Deer Park, Wis. / Duluth Clydesdales Dec. 9 at Finlandia 7:00 16 Blake Busch F 6-3 228 Fr. Prior Lake, Minn. / WB/Scranton Knights Dec. 10 at Finlandia 4:00 17 Mason Van Tuyl D 6-0 184 Fr. Champlin, Minn. / Ashton Rebels Jan. 5 at Saint John’s 7:00 18 Aussie Miller F 5-8 166 Fr. Stoughton, Wis. / Coulee Region Chill Jan. 7 at Concordia 7:00 Jan. 13 Bethel 7:05 19 Brian Drapluk D 5-10 170 So. Pembroke Pines, Fla. / Surrey Eagles Jan. 14 Gustavus 7:05 20 Joe Drapluk F 5-10 170 So. Pembroke Pines, Fla. / Surrey Eagles Jan. 19 at UW-Eau Claire 7:00 21 Mike Dietrich F 5-8 160 Sr. Vincetown, N.J. / Jan. 21 UW-Stevens Pt. 7:05 22 Danny Hamburg F 5-11 178 Sr. Chicago, Ill. / Kalamazoo K-Wings Jan. 24 at Hamline 7:00 23 Ryan Doner F 5-11 180 Sr. Mukilteo, Wash. / Kindersley, Klippers Feb. 2 UW-Stout 7:05 27 Christian George F 5-8 150 Sr. Orland Park, Ill. / Kalamazoo K-Wings Feb. 3 at UW-Superior 7:00 28 Tanner Bennett F 5-11 190 Fr. Columbus, Ind. / W-B/Scranton Knights Feb. 9 UW-Superior 7:05 29 Mitch Kontny F 6-0 190 Sr. Superior, Wis. / Johnstown Tomahawks Feb. 11 at UW-Stout 7:30 30 Colton Anderson G 6-3 180 So. Lake Elmo, Minn. / Iron Rangers 35 Zach Quinn G 6-2 183 Fr. Westland, Mich. / Wenatchee Wild CARDINALS BY THE NUMBERS: 2016-17 OVERALL STATISTICS FALCONS BY THE NUMBERS: 2016-17 OVERALL STATISTICS

## Name GP GAPts Shots Pct +/- Pen-Min ## Name GP GAPts Shots Pct +/- Pen-Min 3 Bob Kinne 3213 11 .182 0 1-2 20 Joe Drapluk 3202 6.333 0 0-0 32 Alex DiBacco 3112 3.333 -3 0-0 29 Mitch Kontny 3112 7.143 0 1-2 26 Mike Mezzano 3112 5.200 +1 1-2 9 Eddie Matsushima 3112 10 .100 +2 0-0 16 Chad Cesarz 3101 11 .091 -1 0-0 12 Hunter Schneider 2112 3.333 +1 0-0 14 Michael Cimba 1101 2.500 +1 0-0 8 Mitchell Vanderburg 2011 2.000 -2 0-0 2 Joey Mavrin 3101 2.500 +2 0-0 11 Michael Lant 3011 12 .000 -1 1-2 28 Taylor Portner 1101 5.200 +1 2-4 6 Terry Leabo 3011 6.000 -2 0-0 33 Andrew Cummings 3011 7.000 0 1-2 16 Blake Busch 3011 7.000 +1 0-0 9 Landon Farrell 3011 4.000 -1 2-4 21 Mike Dietrich 3011 7.000 -1 3-6 10 Martin Gruse 3011 8.000 0 3-6 23 Ryan Doner 3011 10 .000 -1 0-0 19 Jared Johnson 3011 4.000 -2 0-0 4 Ryan Gotelaere 3000 3.000 0 0-0 15 Kyle Meeh 3011 6.000 0 0-0 5 Jeff Bergh 3000 6.000 -1 2-7 8 Jude Warner 3011 4.000 -2 0-0 7 Mike Fazio 3000 8.000 +1 1-2 23 Kellen Wasell 3011 4.000 0 0-0 14 Kyle Gattelaro 3000 11 .000 -5 0-0 11 Nick Albergo 3000 10 .000 0 0-0 17 Mason Van Tuyi 3000 0.000 -2 2-4 24 Michael Amelio 3000 5.000 -2 0-0 18 Aussie Miller 2000 0.000 0 0-0 4 Ryan Charko 1000 2.000 -2 2-4 19 Brian Drapluk 3000 3.000 -3 1-2 27 Jay Heinle 3000 10 .000 0 0-0 22 Danny Hamburg 3000 4.000 0 0-0 5 Seth Kamrass 2000 2.000 -1 0-0 27 Christian George 3000 11 .000 -6 1-2 20 Dylan Robertson 1000 0.000 -1 1-2 30 Colton Anderson 1000 0.000 0 0-0 13 Kelvin Walz 3000 6.000 0 1-2 35 Zach Quinn 1000 0.000 0 0-0 Saint Mary’s 3810 18 111 .072 -9 14-28 UW-River Falls 35914 116 .043 -19 12-27 Opponents 3915 24 74 .122 - 24-48 Opponents 3914 23 58 .155 - 18-36

## Player GP Min. GA GAA SV Sv% WLT ShO ## Player GP Min. GA GAA SV Sv% WLT ShO 30 Phil Heinle 2 129:36 6 2.78 50 .893 002 0 1 Alex Okicki 3 174:51 9 3.09 49 .845 030 0 35 Aaron Davis 1 61:48 3 2.91 15 .833 010 0 TM EMPTY NET 3 5:09 0-0.000 000 0 TM EMPTY NET 1 0:24 0-0.000 000 0 UW-River Falls 3 180:00 9 3.00 49 .845 030 0 Saint Mary’s 3 191:48 9 2.82 65 .878 012 0 Opponents 3 180:00 5 1.67 111 .957 300 0 Opponents 3 191:48 8 2.50 103 .928 102 0 SAINT MARY’S CARDINALS RIVER FALLS FALCONS 0-1-2 Overall 0-3-0 Overall

SATURDAY, NOV. 5, 2016 • SAINT MARY’S ICE ARENA • WINONA, MINN.

CARDINALS LAST TIME OUT CARDINALS v. BLUGOLDS—THEIR LAST MEETING Friday, Nov. 4, 2016 * Winona, Minn. November 7, 2015 • River Falls, Wis.

When Saint Mary's squared off against nal goalie Phil Heinle for his second UW-Eau Claire a year ago, the Blugolds goal of the season. entered the nonconference showdown UW-River Falls would grab its first unbeaten in its first two games of the lead of the game at 4:42 of the second season and ranked No. 8 in the period, but the lead did not even last USCHO.com poll. two minutes, as Nick Albergo scored an And the Cardinals promptly battled 4 2 assisted tally at 6:05 to make it a 2-2 3 the nation's eighth-ranked team to a 3-3 game. Jay Heinle would tack on the deadlock. For the second night in a row, Saint Cardinals' second goal of the period— Fast-forward 363 days. Mary's squared off against one of the and his second in as many nights—at Saint Mary's and UW-Eau Claire hit the nation's top teams. 12:31 to give Saint Mary's a 3-2 edge ice for another nonconference matchup And for the second night in a row, Friday evening, and once again the Blu - heading into the game's final 20 min - the Cardinals came away with a posi - golds were unbeaten in their first two utes. tive result. games—and ranked No. 8 in the Landon Farrell picked an ideal time 3 The Cardinals, coming off a 3-3 tie USCHO.com poll. to record his first goal in a Cardinal against UW-Eau Claire, scored three And the game had an eerily similar uniform, as the freshman scored at unanswered goals en route to a 4-2 feel—and outcome. 2:21 of the third period—giving Saint victory over 10th-ranked UW-River Unlike a year ago—when Bob Kinne (St. Paul, Minn.) scored Mary's some much-needed breathing Falls at W.H. Hunt Arena. with less than three minutes remaining in regulation to earn room against the high-powered Fal - the Cardinals the 3-3 tie—this time around, the Cardinals In a repeat of Friday's performance, cons. needed to dig themselves out of a rather large. it was the Cardinals who would jump And a two-goal lead was more than Which is exactly what they did, scoring three unanswered out to a quick 1-0 lead, as Chad Cesarz enough for the Cardinals and goalie goals—including the game-tying tally by Alex DiBacco five min - scored at 4:54 of the opening period. Phil Heinle, who finished with 24 utes into the third period, lifting Saint Mary's to its second Kyle Gattelaro pulled the Falcons saves. straight 3-3 tie against the Blugolds. even five minutes later, beating Cardi - The Blugolds netted a pair of first-period goals, and took advantage of an early second-period Saint Mary's penalty to pad its lead to 3-0. UW-EC’s three-goal lead lasted less than two minutes, as Taylor Portner got the Cardinals on the board THE MIAC STANDINGS with his first of the season, rifling a shot over the shoulder of UW-Eau Claire goalie Jay Deo to make it a 3-1 game. Through Friday, Nov. 4, 2016 And the Cardinals weren't finished, getting a goal by Bob Team Pts. MIAC O’All Friday’s Results Kinne—his second of the season—at 14:16 to pull Saint Mary's Saint John's 3 1-0-0 3-0-0 Hamline 4, St. Olaf 1 Bethel 6, UW-Stout 2 within one, 3-2, heading into the game's final 20 minutes. Hamline 3 1-0-0 2-0-1 Saint Mary's would net its third straight goal at 5:16 of the UW-Stevens Point 3, Gustavus 3 third period, as DiBacco recorded his first goal as a Cardinal, Augsburg 0 0-0-0 2-0-1 Saint Mary’s 3, UW-Eau Claire 3 blasting a shot from the blue line that snuck through Deo's Gustavus 0 0-0-0 1-1-1 Saint John’s 5, Concordia 2 St. Thomas 3, UW-River Falls 2 pads and into the net to knot the game at 3-3. Bethel 0 0-0-0 1-2-0 Today’s Games Heinle certainly did his part to preserve the tie, stopping a Saint Mary's 0 0-0-0 0-1-2 Saint John’s at Concordia, 2:00 pair of third-period breakaways—including stoning the Blu - St. Thomas 0 0-0-0 1-1-1 River Falls at Saint Mary’s, 7:00 golds' Jesse Tredinnick with less than six minutes remaining in Concordia 0 0-1-0 2-1-0 Stevens Point at Bethel, 7:00 regulation—and adding another breakaway save midway St. Olaf 0 0-1-0 0-3-0 Superior at St. Thomas, 7:00 through the overtime session. Eau Claire at Augsburg, 7:30 Hamline at St. Olaf, 7:30 Gustavus at Stout, 7:30

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LIVE STATS/VIDEO portal.stretchinternet.com/smu WEBSITE saintmaryssports.com GAMEDAY PROFILE GAMEDAY NOTES Nick Saint Mary’s v. UW-River Falls SCOUTING THE CARDINALS SCOUTING THE FALCONS Albergo • Saturday’s game against UW-River • The Falcons entered the season Falls is the second of three straight ranked No. 12 in the USCHO.com Pre - home games for the Cardinals, who season Poll, but dropped out of the play six of their next nine games at rankings after dropping back-to-back the Saint Mary’s Ice Arena. … The Car - games to St. Scholastica (2-1) and dinals’ 3-3 tie against UW-Eau Claire Northland (4-2) during the opening Friday was their third straight over - weekend. … Saturday’s game against time game—Saint Mary’s opened the Saint Mary’s is the second of three season with a 3-3 tie against St. straight road contests for the Falcons, Thomas and a 3-2 overtime loss to who were at St. Thomas on Friday, Concordia. … Saint Mary’s is now 0-2-4 and head to St. Scholastica for a re - in their last six overtime games. The match with the Saints on Tuesday. … THE VITALS Cardinals’ last OT win was a 4-3, dou - UW-River Falls’ game against Saint Sen • YEAR: ior ble-overtime victory over Concordia in Mary’s Saturday is the second straight • HEIGHT: 5-11 POSITION: Forward the 2015 MIAC Playoffs. … Taylor Port - against a team from the MIAC. The • HOMETOWN: Elmhurst, Ill. ner (Andover, Minn.), Bob Kinne (St. Falcons have all nine MIAC opponents • LAST TEAM: Janesville Jets Paul, Minn.), and Alex DiBacco on their schedule this season. … UW- • MAJOR: Finance (Darien, Ill.) scored the Cardinals’ River Falls’ three goals in its losses to • PARENTS: Michael & Debbie Albergo three goals against UW-Eau Claire on St. Scholastica and Northland came Friday. … Saint Mary’s eight goals this from three different players—Eddie FAVORITES season have come from seven differ - Matsushima, Hunter Schneider, and • TV SHOW: Breaking Bad ent players. Kinne is the only player Joe Drapluk. … Drapluk and Mitch • MOVIE: S upertroopers with more than one goal. … Along Kontny netted the Falcons’ two goals with his team-leading two goals, vs. St. Thomas on Friday. … With his • SPORTS TEAM: N ew York Rangers Kinne also leads the team in points goal against St. Thomas Friday, • PRO ATHLETE: Ryan Callahan with three. … The Cardinals’ 10 assists Drapluk moved into the team lead in • FOOD: Portillos Beef / Hot Dogs this season have come from 10 differ - goals with two, while sharing the top • RESTAURANT: Portillos ent players. … Mike Mezzano (Wood - spot in points (2) with Matsushima, • CARTOON CHARACTER: Donald Duck bury, Minn.) scored the Cardinals’ first Kontny, and Schneider. … Alex Okicki • FAMILY VACATION: Trip to Vegas goal of the season, finding the back of has played all three games in goal for the net at 12:45 of the second period the Falcons, stopping 49 of the 58 THIS AND THAT against St. Thomas on Oct. 28. … shots he’s faced. Okicki owns a 3.09 • NICKNAME: “Bergs” DiBacco and Joey Mavrin (Lockport, goals-against-average and an .845 • CELEBRITY CRUSH: Margot Robbie Ill.) have each scored their first colle - save percentage. … UW-River Falls has • iPHONE OR ANDROID: iPhone giate goals this season. … Phil Heinle scored two goals in both the second • ONE APP I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: Safari (York, Pa.) finished with 23 saves in and third periods, while the Falcons’ the Cardinals’ 3-3 tie against UW-Eau opponents have scored three times in • MOST RECENTLY WATCHED ON NETFLIX: Claire Friday night. It’s the second all three periods. … UW-River Falls’ 4- Shameless time in two starts Heinle has earned a 2 loss to Northland last Saturday • WHAT TV CHARACTER WOULD YOU LIKE TO 3-3 tie, having stopped 27 shots marked the first time in the teams’ SPEND THE DAY WITH: Adam Sandler against St. Thomas on Oct. 28. … four meetings that the Lumberjacks • WHAT’S ON YOUR FAVORITE PLAYLIST: Aaron Davis (Mound, Minn.) recorded have beaten the Falcons. Been Waiting For A Girl Like You — Foreigner 15 saves in the Cardinals’ 3-2 OT loss • ONE THING I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: Family to Concordia last Sunday. Davis’ start • NOBODY KNOWS HOW MUCH I LIKE TO: against the Cobbers was his first in a Play the guitar Cardinal uniform. … The Cardinals • NOBODY KNOWS HOW MUCH I’M AFRAID have scored four of their eight goals OF: S piders this season in the third period. On the flip side, Saint Mary’s opponents have • PLACE I’D MOST LIKE TO VISIT: Italy outscored the Cardinals 3-1 in the • IF I WERE TO PLAY ANOTHER SPORT, IT first period and 4-3 in the second. … WOULD BE: Saint Mary’s has surrendered the • PERSON I’D MOST LIKE TO TALK SPORTS game’s first goal in all three games WITH: My brother, Anthony this season. • ONE THING I ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO DO BEFORE I’M 40: Win the lottery • MY DREAM JOB: NHL scout