Lawrence University (5-15-1, 4-10-0 NCHA) Vs. No. 2 Adrian College (17-1-3, 11-1-2 NCHA) Friday and Saturday, Feb
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Lawrence University (5-15-1, 4-10-0 NCHA) vs. No. 2 Adrian College (17-1-3, 11-1-2 NCHA) Friday and Saturday, Feb. 7-8, 2014 Arrington Ice Arena, Adrian, Mich. SCHEDULE to pick up the shutout for Lake For- 2013-14 LAWRENCE SCHEDULE }Lawrence travels to Adrian, Mich., est. Mattias Soderqvist played the first Date Opponent Time/Res to face the No. 2-ranked Bulldogs at 30 minutes and took the loss for Law- 11/1 Concordia (Wis.) L, 6-2 7 p.m. Eastern time on Friday at Ar- rence. rington Ice Arena. Saturday’s game is After a scoreless first period, the 11/2 at Concordia (Wis.) L, 3-2 OT at 3 p.m. Eastern time. Foresters took advantage of some 11/8-9 Battle of Highway 41 power-play chances and raced away 11/8 Marian W, 3-1 WEBCAST to a big lead. Jack Lewis and Swarden- 11/9 at Marian L, 6-2 }Both games will be webcast at: ski both scored on the power play in 11/15 at Northland L, 4-3 http://adrianbulldogs.com/sports/m- the first 4:38 of the second period to hockey/stream with a link on the Law- put the Foresters up 2-0. 11/16 at Northland W, 5-3 rence hockey page. Violette scored at the 6:07 mark, 11/29-30 Thanksgiving Showdown and Andrew Stein added a power- 11/29 Gustavus Adolphus T, 6-6 THE COACHES play goal at 9:16 to make it 4-0. Lake 11/30 St. Olaf L, 5-1 }Mike Szkodzinski (St. Norbert 2000) Forest added two more goals in the 12/6 St. Norbert L, 4-0 is in his eighth season at Lawrence next 4:35 to build a 6-0 edge. and has a record of 89-110-17 (.451). The Foresters 12/7 at St. Norbert W, 5-4 }Ron Fogerty (Colgate 1995) is in his fired 23 shots on net 12/10 St. Mary’s (Minn.) W, 5-2 seventh season at Adrian and has a re- in the second pe- 12/13 at UW-Stevens Point L, 9-2 cord of 162-21-9 (.867). riod and had a 51-31 12/14 UW-Eau Claire L, 5-0 edge in shots for the 1/10 at UW-Stevens Point L, 7-2 THE SERIES game. }Adrian holds a 13-0-2 record against Bobby Barrett 1/11 at UW-Eau Claire L, 4-0 the Vikings in a series that started in scored 53 seconds Huck Saunders 1/17 at MSOE L, 1-0 the 2007-08 season. Lawrence picked into overtime to lift 1/18 MSOE L, 4-1 up both of the ties in the series last Lake Forest to a 3-2 victory over Law- 1/24 St. Scholastica L, 4-1 season. rence on Saturday at Alumni Memo- 1/25 St. Scholastica W, 3-2 rial Fieldhouse. LAST SERIES Lawrence had built a 2-1 lead in 1/31 Lake Forest L, 7-0 Lake Forest posted a shutout and the second period, but the Vikings 2/1 at Lake Forest L, 3-2 OT an overtime victory to sweep a week- couldn’t hang on. Senior forward 2/7 at Adrian 7:00 pm* end Northern Collegiate Hockey Asso- Huck Saunders scored both goals for 2/8 at Adrian 3:00 pm* ciation series from Lawrence. the Vikings. Lake Forest College scored six Saunders scored just 28 seconds 2/14 Finlandia 7:00 pm times in the second period and went into the game to give Lawrence a 1-0 2/15 Finlandia 4:00 pm on to a 7-0 victory over Lawrence last advantage. Mcauley Banning tied it 2/21-22 NCHA Quarterfinals TBD Friday at the Appleton Family Ice Cen- for Lake Forest midway through the 3/1 NCHA Semifinals TBD ter. first period, but Saunders gave Law- 3/8 NCHA Harris Cup Finals TBD Luke Swardenski scored a pair of rence a 2-1 lead with a power-play goals, and Mike Violette had a goal goal with 4:29 left in the second pe- *Eastern Time and three assists to pace the Forest- riod. Home games in bold ers. Banning then scored 4:09 into the Leo Podolsky stopped 31 shots third period to tie it at 2-2. Podolsky made 20 saves to get the win for Lake Forest. Soderqvist LAWRENCE’S CAREER LEADERS HEAD COACH Points MIKE stopped 39 shots and took the loss for 116 Marc Howe 2006-10 Lawrence. 103 Nick Jennette 2005-09 SZKODZINSKI 103 Ryan Blick 2001-05 Hometown VIKINGS UPDATE 99 Joe Searl 2003-07 Brighton, Mich. 99 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 }Lawrence is hanging Alma mater 91 Matt Hughes 2008-12 onto the eighth, and 89 Tom Conti 1998-2002 St. Norbert 2000 final, playoff spot by 86 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 Playing Experience just two points. The 77 Josh Peterson 2004-08 Ferris State 1996-98; St. Norbert 1998-2000 Vikings have eight 73 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 Coaching Experience Lawrence 2006-present; St. Norbert 2004- points and Northland Goals is in ninth place with 65 Marc Howe 2006-10 06 (assistant); Findlay 2002-04 (assistant); six points. While Lawrence has a tough 48 Nick Jennette 2005-09 UW-Eau Claire 2001-02 (assistant) test heading to Adrian this weekend, 48 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 46 Matt Hughes 2008-12 Northland also has to go on the road Szkodzinski’s Year-by-Year Record 43 Joe Searl 2003-07 as it travels to Concordia (Wis.). 40 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 Year NCHA Overall 40 Tom Conti 1998-2002 2013-14 4 10 0 5 15 1 }Since Lawrence started a conference 38 Ryan Blick 2001-05 2012-13 6 11 3 8 16 3 affiliation for the 1997-98, the Vikings 36 Andy Rozanski 2001-05 2011-12 11 6 3 13 11 4 32 Matt Melchiori 2000-03 have only missed the league playoffs 2010-11 10 10 0 14 13 1 once. Lawrence didn’t participate in Assists 2009-10 7 11 2 10 16 2 the conference playoffs in the 1999- 65 Ryan Blick 2001-05 2008-09 14 5 1 16 11 1 2000 season when the team went 56 Josh Peterson 2004-08 2007-08 10 9 1 10 14 3 56 Joe Searl 2003-07 1-15-1 in Dave Ruhly’s first season as 2006-07 8 11 2 13 14 2 55 Nick Jennette 2005-09 head coach. 55 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 Totals 70 73 12 89 110 17 51 Marc Howe 2006-10 }After this weekend’s two games, 10 51 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 Szkodzinski vs. the NCHA of Lawrence’s 23 games this season 49 Tom Conti 1998-2002 School Record 46 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 will have been against ranked oppo- Adrian 0 13 2 46 Josh DeSmit 2007-11 nents. 46 Pete Mossberg 2002-06 Concordia 10 5 1 Finlandia 16 11 3 }Senior forward Huck Saunders (Seat- Power Play Goals Lake Forest 6 5 2 tle, Wash.) continues to be Lawrence’s 19 Nick Jennette 2005-09 Marian 5 18 4 17 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 hottest player on offense lately. Saun- 17 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 MSOE 2 20 0 ders scored both goals in Lawrence’s 16 Joe Searl 2003-07 Northland 31 5 0 3-2 loss at Lake Forest last Saturday. 15 Marc Howe 2006-10 St. Norbert 1 8 0 Saunders has now scored Lawrence’s 13 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 St. Scholastica 2 5 0 last five goals over a span of four 13 Ryan Blick 2001-05 games. Wins Situational Records Under Szkodzinski 41 Evan Johnson 2007-11 Overall 89 110 17 }Saunders has the team lead with 11 30 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 NCHA 70 73 12 goals, including a team-best four on 16 Daniel Ljung 2002-06 Home 55 39 10 15 Peter Emery 2011-present the power play, and ranks second on 13 Grant Henderson 1998-2002 Away 33 64 7 the squad with 17 points. Neutral 1 7 0 Saves }With 24 career goals, Saunders is 2519 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 Scoring First 63 23 8 2394 Evan Johnson 2007-11 now tied with Josh DeSmit for 18th Scored On First 26 85 9 2328 Grant Henderson 1998-2002 place on Lawrence’s career list. 1682 Daniel Ljung 2002-06 Leading After First 50 14 4 971 Jim Bauchiero 1986-90 Trailing After First 10 69 6 }Freshman forward Blake Roubos (Ni- Tied After First 28 27 7 agara Falls, Ontario) leads the team Shutouts Leading After Second 65 11 7 9 Evan Johnson 2007-11 with 20 points and is tied for the team 4 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 Trailing After Second 9 86 0 lead with defenseman Brandon Boel- 2 Peter Emery 2011-present Tied After Second 15 13 10 ter (Saginaw, Mich.) with 13 assists. 2 Jim Ryan 2007-09 Overtime Games 8 6 16 }Roubos ranks first in the Northern Col- Lawrence University Hockey Facts legiate Hockey As- sociation in fresh- Location Appleton, Wis. man scoring at 1.00 Founded 1847 points per game. He Enrollment 1,500 is tied with St. Nor- President Mark Burstein bert defenseman Blake Roubos Blake Thompson. Affiliation NCAA Division III Conference Northern Collegiate Hockey Assoc. }Freshman goaltender Mattias Soder- Nickname Vikings qvist (Stockholm, Sweden) was spec- School Colors Blue and White tacular in the first period last Friday Home Arena Appleton Family Ice Center against Lake Forest but ended up be- (capacity 1,000) ing touched for four goals, including Director of Athletics Mike Szkodzinski three on the power play, in the second First season of hockey 1986-87 period.