Lawrence University (4-2-0) at No. 10 UW-River Falls (4-0-0) UW-Stout (0-5-0) Friday and Saturday Nov
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Lawrence University (4-2-0) at No. 10 UW-River Falls (4-0-0) UW-Stout (0-5-0) Friday and Saturday Nov. 21-22, 2014 SCHEDULE Vikings and UW-Stout since the 2006- 2014-15 LAWRENCE SCHEDULE }Lawrence faces its first road week- 07 season. Stout holds a 15-0-1 lead in Date Opponent Time/Res end of the season with games at UW- the series that was first played in the River Falls and UW-Stout. The Vikings 1990-91 season. 10/31 Concordia (Wis.) W, 6-2 are at UW-River Falls for a 7:00 p.m. 11/1 at Concordia (Wis.) W, 4-2 game at Hunt Arena on Friday night. LAST SERIES 11/7-8 Battle of Highway 41 Lawrence then travels to UW-Stout for Lawrence completed a weekend a 7:30 p.m. game on Saturday at the sweep of Northland in dramatic fash- 11/7 at Marian L, 2-1 Dunn County Ice Arena. ion at the Appleton Family Ice Center. 11/8 Marian L, 5-2 Lawrence scored two goals in the 11/14 Northland W, 4-2 WEBCAST/LIVE STATS final 1:27 to tie it and then netted the }Both games will be webcast game-winner in overtime for a 5-4 11/15 Northland W, 5-4 OT this weekend but there is a fee to Northern Collegiate Hockey Associa- 11/21 at UW-River Falls 7:00 pm watch the games. You can access tion victory over Northland this past 11/22 at UW-Stout 7:30 pm Friday’s webcast or live stats at: Saturday. 11/29-30 NCHA/MIAC Showdown http://www.uwrfsports.com/index. Lawrence trailed 4-2 when the aspx?tab=hockey&path=mhockey. Vikings pulled goaltender Mattias 11/29 at Gustavus Adolphus TBD Saturday’s game at UW-Stout can be Soderqvist with 11/30 vs. St. Olaf TBD accessed at: http://athletics.uwstout. 1:45 left in the third 12/5 at St. Norbert 7:00 pm edu/schedule.aspx?path=mhockey. period. With an ex- Links for both games are available on tra attacker on the 12/6 St. Norbert 7:00 pm the Lawrence hockey page. ice, Lawrence’s Jake 12/13 at UW-Eau Claire 7:00 pm Kreutzer scored just 1/10 at Concordia (Minn.) 2:00 pm THE COACHES 12 seconds later to }Mike Szkodzinski (St. Norbert 2000) trim the lead to 4-3. 1/11 at St. John’s (Minn.) 2:00 pm is in his eighth season at Lawrence The Vikings put Renato Engler 1/16 MSOE 7:00 pm and has a record of 94-116-18 (.452). Soderqvist back in 1/17 at MSOE 7:00 pm }Steve Freeman (UW-Stevens Point the game, got control of the puck 1981) is in his 19th season at UW-River and pulled their goaltender again. 1/23 at St. Scholastica 7:00 pm Falls and has a record of 324-165-40 With the extra attacker back on the 1/24 at St. Scholastica 4:00 pm (.650). ice, Brendan Vetter scored with just 33 1/30 Lake Forest 7:00 pm }Terry Watkins (UW-Stout 1972) is in seconds left in regulation to tie it at his 19th season at UW-Stout and has 4-4. 1/31 at Lake Forest 7:00 pm a record of 215-256-28 (.459). The Vikings then got the game- 2/6 Adrian 7:00 pm winning goal from Renato Engler just 2/7 Adrian 4:00 pm THE SERIES 2:15 into the extra period off passes }This is just the third meeting be- from Kreutzer and Patrick Coyne. 2/13 at Finlandia 7:15 pm tween the Vikings and UW-River Falls. Engler, Kreutzer and Matt Monte- 2/14 at Finlandia 3:00 pm The Falcons hold a 2-0-0 lead in the murro all had a goal and an assist for series with 8-0 and 6-4 victories in the the Vikings. Soderqvist made 26 saves 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons. to pick up the win, and Northland Home games in bold }This is the first meeting between the goaltender Tyler Ampe made 28 saves and took the loss. Lawrence opened the series with LAWRENCE’S CAREER LEADERS HEAD COACH Points MIKE a 4-2 victory on Friday night. 116 Marc Howe 2006-10 The Vikings trailed 1-0 midway 103 Nick Jennette 2005-09 SZKODZINSKI through the second period when 103 Ryan Blick 2001-05 Hometown Steve Hughes got his first goal of the 99 Joe Searl 2003-07 Brighton, Mich. 99 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 Alma mater season off a pass from Austin Frank 91 Matt Hughes 2008-12 at the 9:08 mark. Northland’s Michael 89 Tom Conti 1998-2002 St. Norbert 2000 Berens scored his second goal of the 86 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 Playing Experience night just 19 seconds later to put the 77 Josh Peterson 2004-08 Ferris State 1996-98; 73 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 Lumberjacks up 2-1. St. Norbert 1998-2000 Coaching Experience Lawrence’s Tom Lee then slipped Goals Lawrence 2006-present; St. Norbert 2004- behind the Northland defense and 65 Marc Howe 2006-10 06 (assistant); Findlay 2002-04 (assistant); beat goaltender Jesse DiLillo one-on- 48 Nick Jennette 2005-09 48 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 UW-Eau Claire 2001-02 (assistant) one to tie the game at 2-2 at 10:54. 46 Matt Hughes 2008-12 The Vikings pulled ahead 3-2 on Vet- 43 Joe Searl 2003-07 Szkodzinski’s Year-by-Year Record 40 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 ter’s first career goal off a pass from Year NCHA Overall Frank at the 13:19 mark. 40 Tom Conti 1998-2002 38 Ryan Blick 2001-05 2014-15 4 2 0 4 2 0 Blake Roubos then fired the puck 36 Andy Rozanski 2001-05 2013-14 5 12 1 6 19 2 into the upper corner of the net 5:41 32 Matt Melchiori 2000-03 2012-13 6 11 3 8 16 3 into the third period to stretch Law- 2011-12 11 6 3 13 11 4 Assists rence’s lead to 4-2. 2010-11 10 10 0 14 13 1 65 Ryan Blick 2001-05 Soderqvist stopped 31 shots to 56 Josh Peterson 2004-08 2009-10 7 11 2 10 16 2 pick up the win for Lawrence. He also 56 Joe Searl 2003-07 2008-09 14 5 1 16 11 1 held the Lumberjacks to 0-for-8 on 55 Nick Jennette 2005-09 2007-08 10 9 1 10 14 3 the power play. DiLillo made 15 saves 55 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 2006-07 8 11 2 13 14 2 51 Marc Howe 2006-10 Totals 75 77 13 94 116 18 for Northland. 51 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 49 Tom Conti 1998-2002 VIKINGS UPDATE 47 William Thoren 2010-14 Szkodzinski vs. the NCHA School Record }Lawrence earned a 46 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 46 Josh DeSmit 2007-11 Adrian 0 14 3 dramatic weekend 46 Pete Mossberg 2002-06 Concordia 12 5 1 sweep of Northland and Finlandia 17 12 3 that is the first time the Power Play Goals 19 Nick Jennette 2005-09 Lake Forest 6 5 2 Vikings had swept a se- 17 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 Marian 5 20 4 ries from an opponent 17 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 MSOE 2 20 0 since taking two from 16 Joe Searl 2003-07 Northland 33 5 0 15 Marc Howe 2006-10 Northland on Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2012. St. Norbert 1 10 0 13 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 13 Ryan Blick 2001-05 St. Scholastica 2 5 0 }It’s not uncommon to see a team pull the goaltender and score one goal to Wins Situational Records Under Szkodzinski tie a game in the final minute or two. 41 Evan Johnson 2007-11 Overall 94 116 18 30 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 NCHA 75 77 13 The Vikings scored two extra-attacker 16 Daniel Ljung 2002-06 goals in Lawrence’s 5-4 overtime win 15 Peter Emery 2011-present Home 59 41 10 over Northland this past Saturday. 13 Grant Henderson 1998-2002 Away 34 68 8 A quick check of Lawrence’s hockey Neutral 1 7 0 Saves records showed that is the first time 2519 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 Scoring First 65 26 9 that has happened 2394 Evan Johnson 2007-11 Scored On First 29 88 9 since Lawrence be- 2328 Grant Henderson 1998-2002 Leading After First 52 15 4 gan conference play 1682 Daniel Ljung 2002-06 971 Jim Bauchiero 1986-90 Trailing After First 10 71 6 in 1997-98. Tied After First 31 30 8 Shutouts Leading After Second 69 12 8 9 Evan Johnson 2007-11 }Rookie defenseman Trailing After Second 9 90 0 Brendan Vetter (Phil- 4 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 2 Peter Emery 2011-present Tied After Second 16 14 10 lips, Wis.) had four Brendan Vetter 2 Jim Ryan 2007-09 Overtime Games 9 7 17 points on the weekend and was key to both victories against Northland. Lawrence University Hockey Facts Vetter had the game-winning goal in Lawrence’s 4-2 victory on Friday night Location Appleton, Wis. and added an assist on the third-pe- Founded 1847 riod insurance goal. He also scored Enrollment 1,500 Lawrence’s fourth goal on Saturday to President Mark Burstein force the overtime. Vetter picked up Affiliation NCAA Division III an assist on the other extra-attacker goal that started the comeback just Conference Northern Collegiate Hockey Assoc.