ECAC Hockey ECAC Hockey Regular Season Tournament Champions Champions 1988 // 2000 // 2007 1962 // 1988 // 1989 1992 // 2000 // 2001 @SkatingSaints @slumenshockey 2018-19 St. Lawrence Men’s Hockey Game Notes Beth Spadaccini // Assistant Sports Information Director (Men’s Hockey Contact) // [email protected] // Office: 315-229-5566 • Cell: 315-323-0650 THE MATCHUPS St. Lawrence Saints (0-2-0 Overall) vs. Holy Cross Crusaders (1-1-0 Overall) St. Lawrence Saints (0-2-0 Overall) vs. No. 13/15 Wisconsin Badgers (2-0-0 Overall) Appleton Arena in Canton, N.Y. Friday, October 19 • 7 p.m. | Saturday, October 20 • 7 p.m. Live Stats: saintsathletics.com | Video: ESPN+ Radio: WQTK 92.7 FM, WLFK 95.3 FM - Talent: Greg Lapinski (Play-by-Play), Wally Johnson (Color) 2018-19 LEADING SCORERS QUICK HITS GOALS • The Saints are coming off a pair of losses at Maine last weekend to start the season, as they fell to the Black Bears 3-1 and 4-1 on Friday and Saturday, respectively. • Ryan Garvey leads the Saints in scoring heading into this weekend’s games with a goal and an assist. Philip Alftberg also scored for St. Lawrence last weekend. PHILIP ALFTBErg (1) RYAN GARVEY (1) • Zach Risteau was the first of the 10 members of the Class of 2022 to record ASSISTS a point with an assist in his second game. • Eight of those 10 first-years made their collegiate debuts last weekend. • The Saints struggled on special teams last weekend, giving up two short- handed goals and a power play tally to Maine. St. Lawrence finished 1-for-12 with the man advantage with Alftberg’s first of the year coming on the power RYAN GARVEY (1) CARSON GICEWICZ (1) play. • St. Lawrence will be without sophomore defenseman and assistant captain Dylan Woolf for both games this weekend, as he serves a two-game suspen- sion resulting from a fighting major and a contact-to-the-head penalty he was assessed late in Saturday’s loss to the Bears. • Holy Cross is making its first trip to Appleton Arena as the one game the ZACH RISTEAU (1) JAKE STEVENS (1) teams had previously played against each other was played on neutral ice at POINTS Maine in 2000-01. • The Crusaders enter the weekend at 1-1-0 after a high-scoring Atlantic Hockey series against Canisius last weekend to start the year. • Wisconsin makes their second trip to the North Country in the last three seasons, after having not played in Appleton since the 1988-89 season. The RYAN GARVEY (2) Saints are 1-2-0 against the Badgers since 2016-17. *FOUR PLAYERS TIED WITH 1* • The Badgers broke into the national rankings in both the USCHO.com and 2018-19 Leadership Group USA Today/ USA Hockey Magazine polls this week after sweeping Boston *Each wears an “A” this season* College 3-0, 7-5 last weekend. ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Location ................................................Canton, N.Y. 13617 Men’s Hockey Coach ........Mark Morris (Colgate ’81) Founded ........................................................................... 1856 Career Record, College .......................... 331-198-51 Enrollment......................................................................2,528 Career Record, Professional .............338-224-66 President................................................Dr. William L. Fox Associate Head Coach ......................Mike Hurlbut ’89 Michael Ederer Carson Gicewicz Director of Athletics ............................... Bob Durocher Assistant Coach ..........Matt Deschamps (Maine ’05) Colors ...................................................Scarlet and Brown Student Assistant Coach ................. R.J. Gicewicz ’19 Affiliation .......................................................NCAA DI/DIII Dir. of Hockey Operations.............................Kyle Pettit Conference ..................................................ECAC Hockey Volunteer Goalie Coach ................................Eric Salvail Rink (Capacity) .................... Appleton Arena (3,200) Athletic Trainer ..............................................Matt Salmen 2018-19 Record ............ 0-2-0, 0-0-0 ECAC Hockey Equipment Manager .............................Ryan Dupuis ’21 2017-18 Record ..............8-27-2, 3-18-1 ECAC Hockey Assistant ...............................................Michael Ederer ’19 First Intercollegiate Season ..............................1925-26 Assistant Captain .............................Michael Laidley ’19 ECAC Hockey Championships ..................................... 6 Assistant Captain .........................Carson Gicewicz ’20 Michael Laidley Dylan Woolf NCAA Tournament Appearances ...............................16 Assistant Captain ................................... Dylan Woolf ’21 PB 1 ABOUT HOLY CROSS • The Crusaders started the season with a pair of Atlantic Hockey confer- SERIES HISTORY VS. HOLY CROSS ence games against Canisius last weekend, earning a split with a Friday Date Result Site win and a one-goal loss on Saturday. 2000-01 W, 5-1 N • In Friday’s 4-2 win, Holy Cross got two empty net goals from Mitch Collett - including one in the opening minutes of the second period. Peter Crinella and Neil Robinson also scored, while Tommy Nixon finished with 30 saves. SERIES HISTORY VS. WISCONSIN • In Saturday’s loss, the Crusaders had as much as a three-goal lead against the Griffs in the second period (4-1), but Canisius stormed back Date Result Site with six goals, including four in the final 20 minutes, for the 7-6 win. 1977-78 L, 5-3 A • Five players had multi-point games for the Crusaders on Saturday: 1977-78 L, 3-2 A Matt Barry (2-1-3), Logan Ferguson (1-1-2), Neil Robinson (0-2-2), Johnny 1982-83 L, 6-2^ A Coughlin (1-2-3) and Frank Boie (1-1-2). 1982-83 L, 7-1^ A • Holy Cross went 3-1-2 in October during the 2017-18 season. 1987-88 W, 7-0^ H • The Crusaders are coached by David Berard who is in his fifth season 1987-88 L, 4-3^ H at Holy Cross in 2018-19. His record at Holy Cross is 60-63-24, while his 1988-89 L, 3-1^ H overall collegiate coaching record through five seasons is 79-73-27. 1988-89 L, 4-2^ H 1990-91 L, 3-0 N THE SERIES WITH THE CRUSADERS 1991-92 L, 5-2^ N • Friday’s game will be just the second meeting between the two teams, 1999-00 L, 4-1 A as they played once in the 2000-01 season as part of the Black Bear Clas- 1999-00 T, 6-6 (OT) A sic at Maine. 2005-06 L, 3-2 A • The Saints won that game 5-1 behind goals from five different players: 2005-06 W, 2-1 A Alan Fyfe, Mike Gellard, Matt Desrosiers, Jim Lorentz and Blair Clarance. 2016-17 L, 5-2 H 2017-18 L, 4-2 A ABOUT NO. 13/15 WISCONSIN 2017-18 W, 6-3 A • Wisconsin started the season unranked in national polls but upset then No. 10/12 Boston College 3-0 and 7-5 in a series sweep of the Eagles in ^NCAA Tournament Madison. • Jack Berry made 29 saves in the shutout win, while the Badgers got goals from K’Andre Miller, Mick Messner and Tarek Baker. • With the game tied after 40 minutes on Saturday, Wisconsin scored three goals in the third period en route to the 7-5 win. • Six players had multi-point games on Saturday: Max Zimmer (0-2-2), Tark Baker (1-2-3), Linus Weissbach (1-1-2), Dominick Mersch (0-2-2), Sean Dhooghe (1-1-2) and Wyatt Kalynuk (2-1-3). • Wisconsin went 6-3-0 in the month of October during the 2017-18 sea- son, including a series split with the Saints on Oct. 27-28. The win was the Saints first of the season. • There are nine NHL draft picks on the Badgers’ roster this season repre- senting eight teams. Both Cameron Hughes and Trent Frederic are Bos- ton Bruins draft picks. • The Badgers are coached by Tony Granato who is in his third season with the team this year. His career record at Wisconsin is 22-15-1. TALE OF THE TAPE St. Lawrence Holy Cross Wisconsin Overall Record (League): 0-2-0 (0-0-0) 1-1-0 (1-1-0) 2-0-0 (0-0-0) Goals Per Game: 1.00 5.00 5.00 Assists Per Game: 2.00 6.50 8.00 Points Per Game: 3.00 11.50 13.00 Shots Per Game: 20.5 26.0 29.0 Opponent Goals Per Game: 3.50 4.50 2.50 Opponent Shots Per Game: 38.0 32.0 31.0 Power Play Percentage: 8.3% 25.0% 0.0% Penalty Kill: 93.3% 83.3% 75.0% Combined Special Teams: 55.6% 60.0% 42.9% Penalty Minutes: 64 24 18 Penalties Per Game: 10.5 6.0 4.5 2 3 2018-19 THE SERIES WITH THE BADGERS • Saturday’s game will be the 18th meeting between the Saints and Bad- SCHEDULE & RESULTS gers. 0-0-0, 0-0-0 ECAC HOCKEY • Wisconsin leads the series 13-3-1 with a 4-1-0 record at Appleton Arena. • The Saints one win at home came in the 2005-06 season with a 2-1 OCTOBER overtime win behind a shorthanded game winner from former captain 6 OTTAWA (Exhibition) .......... L, 3-1 12 @ Maine ..........................................L, 3-1 Kyle Rank just 10 seconds into OT against current NHL-er Brian Elliot 13 @ Maine ..........................................L, 4-1 (PHI). 19 HOLY CROSS....................... 7 p.m. • St. Lawrence won the last meeting, 6-3, in Madison on Oct. 28, 2017 to 20 WISCONSIN ........................ 7 p.m. earn a weekend split after falling 4-2 on Oct. 27. 26 @ Michigan ........................... 7:30 p.m. • Callum Cusinato leads current Saints with three goals against the Bad- 27 @ Michigan ........................... 7:30 p.m. gers. Bo Hanson also has a goal against Wisconsin in his career. • The last time the Saints played Wisconsin in Appleton Arena during the NOVEMBER 2016-17 season the game was tied 2-2 after 40 minutes, but St. Law- 2 @ Union* .......................................7 p.m. rence gave up three goals - including one shorthanded and one on the 3 @ Rensselaer* ............................7 p.m.