Lawrence University (7-12-2, 6-8-2 NCHA) at Northland College (7-13-1, 6-10-0 NCHA) Friday and Saturday, Feb. 12-13, 2016 SCHEDULE was able to score. 2015-16 LAWRENCE SCHEDULE }Lawrence travels to Ashland, Wis., to Lawrence goaltender Mattias Date Opponent Time/Res face Northland in another important Soderqvist made 44 saves for the 10/30 UW-Eau Claire L, 5-1 NCHA series this weekend. Friday’s Vikings, and Nick Kohn stopped 34 game is at 7 p.m. at the Bay Area Civic shots for the Raiders. MSOE had a 46- 10/31 UW-Stevens Point L, 9-1 Center, and Saturday’s game is at 2 36 edge in shots on goal. 11/6-7 Battle of Highway 41 p.m. Senior captain Brandon Boelter 11/6 Marian W, 3-2 got the Vikings on the board 4:51 into 11/7 at Marian L, 6-0 WEBCAST/LIVE STATS the second period when he scored off 11/20 at Finlandia L, 4-3 OT }Both games feature a video web- assists from Renato Engler and Lane 11/21 at Finlandia W, 7-2 cast at: http://www.northland- King. collegesports.com/schedule. The Vikings held the 1-0 lead into 11/27-28 Thanksgiving Showdown aspx?path=mhockey& the third, but Evan Wilson tied it for at Blue Line Ice Center, Fond du Lac, Wis. MSOE 5:55 into the final period. 11/27 vs. UW-Eau Claire L, 7-0 THE COACHES After MSOE’s Dylan Dailey got sent 11/28 vs. St. Olaf W, 4-3 }Mike Szkodzinski (St. Norbert 2000) off for hooking at 8:19 of the third, the 12/4 St. Norbert L, 4-2 is in his 10th season at Lawrence and Vikings converted on the power play. has a record of 104-145-21 (.424). Josh Koepplinger scored at the 9:49 12/5 at St. Norbert L, 9-1 }Seamus Gregory (St. Thomas, Ont., mark off assists from Austin Frank and 1/2 at Augsburg L, 6-3 2001) is in his third season at North- Ryan Eardley for a 2-1 advantage. 1/8 Concordia (Wis.) W, 2-0 land and has a record of 15-52-6 (.247). MSOE countered with a power- 1/9 at Concordia (Wis.) T, 2-2 play goal of its own when Jordan 1/15 Aurora W, 7-0 THE SERIES Guth scored with just 3:42 left to tie }Lawrence holds a 58-15-2 lead over the game at 2-2. Both teams finished 1/16 Aurora W, 6-4 the Lumberjacks in a series that start- 1-for-4 on the power play. 1/22 St. Scholastica L, 6-2 ed in the 1997-98 season. The Vikings Nick Felan’s third-period goal and 1/23 St. Scholastica L, 3-1 have dominated the series under the Soderqvist’s superb goaltending 1/29 at Adrian L, 8-2 head coach Mike Szkodzinski with a lifted Lawrence to a 2-1 victory over 1/30 at Adrian L, 5-1 33-5-0 record. MSOE last Saturday at the Appleton Family Ice Center. 2/5 at MSOE T, 2-2 OT LAST SERIES Felan scored 3:34 into the third 2/6 MSOE W, 2-1 Lawrence picked up three big period to give the Vikings the 2-1 ad- 2/12 at Northland 7 pm points in the NCHA standings with a vantage and Soderqvist made it stand 2/13 at Northland 2 pm win and tie against MSOE last week- up. Soderqvist made 17 saves in the 2/19 at Lake Forest 7 pm end. third period on his way to a season- Lawrence skated to a 2-2 over- best 46 saves for the game. 2/20 Lake Forest 7 pm time tie with MSOE last Friday at the The Vikings grabbed a 1-0 lead on 2/26-27 NCHA Quarterfinals TBA Kern Center. Matt Moore’s power-play goal with 3/4 NCHA Semifinals TBA The Vikings took the lead twice, 7:23 left in the second period off as- 3/5 NCHA Final TBA but MSOE rallied to force the over- sists from Boelter and Ryan Rumble. time. Lawrence had the better of the Lawrence finished 1-for-6 on the pow- Home games in bold play in the five-minute OT, out-shoot- er play, and the Raiders were 0-for-5. ing the Raiders 6-3, but neither team The Raiders tied the game on Chris Hinrichs’ goal with 4:58 left in the second period. LAWRENCE’S CAREER LEADERS HEAD COACH Points MIKE Felan put the Vikings ahead for 116 Marc Howe 2006-10 good when he took the pass from Re- 103 Nick Jennette 2005-09 SZKODZINSKI nato Engler and beat Kohn with 16:26 103 Ryan Blick 2001-05 Hometown 99 Joe Searl 2003-07 Brighton, Mich. left. Lane King also picked up an assist 99 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 on that goal for the Vikings. 91 Matt Hughes 2008-12 Alma mater The Raiders pulled Kohn for the fi- 89 Tom Conti 1998-2002 St. Norbert 2000 nal 51 seconds but managed just one 86 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 Playing Experience 77 Josh Peterson 2004-08 shot on goal during the final minute. Ferris State 1996-98; 73 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 St. Norbert 1998-2000 Kohn finished with 29 saves for Coaching Experience the Raiders. Goals 65 Marc Howe 2006-10 Lawrence 2006-present; St. Norbert 2004- 48 Nick Jennette 2005-09 06 (assistant); Findlay 2002-04 (assistant); VIKINGS UPDATE 48 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 UW-Eau Claire 2001-02 (assistant) }Lawrence earned three 46 Matt Hughes 2008-12 43 Joe Searl 2003-07 points in the series with 40 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 Szkodzinski’s Year-by-Year Record MSOE and closed to 40 Tom Conti 1998-2002 Year NCHA Overall within one point of the 38 Ryan Blick 2001-05 2015-16 6 8 2 7 12 2 Raiders for third place 36 Andy Rozanski 2001-05 2014-15 6 12 0 7 19 1 32 Matt Melchiori 2000-03 in the NCHA North Divi- 2013-14 5 12 1 6 19 2 sion. The top three teams in each di- Assists 2012-13 6 11 3 8 16 3 vision earn a berth in the NCHA play- 65 Ryan Blick 2001-05 2011-12 11 6 3 13 11 4 56 Josh Peterson 2004-08 2010-11 10 10 0 14 13 1 offs. St. Norbert and St. Scholastica 56 Joe Searl 2003-07 2009-10 7 11 2 10 16 2 have already locked up playoff berths 55 Nick Jennette 2005-09 2008-09 14 5 1 16 11 1 from the North Division. 55 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 51 Marc Howe 2006-10 2007-08 10 9 1 10 14 3 51 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 2006-07 8 11 2 13 14 2 }Junior goaltender 49 Tom Conti 1998-2002 Totals 83 95 15 104 145 21 Mattias Soderqvist 47 William Thoren 2010-14 (Stockholm, Swe- 46 Brandon Boelter 2012-present Szkodzinski vs. the NCHA 46 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 den) hauled in a 46 Josh DeSmit 2007-11 School Record pair of awards after 46 Pete Mossberg 2002-06 Adrian 0 18 3 a pair of great per- Aurora 2 0 0 Power Play Goals formances against Concordia 13 5 2 19 Nick Jennette 2005-09 Finlandia 19 14 3 MSOE. Soderqvist Mattias Soderqvist 17 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 Lake Forest 6 7 2 was named the 17 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 16 Joe Searl 2003-07 Marian 6 21 4 NCHA Defensive Player of the Week 15 Marc Howe 2006-10 MSOE 4 21 1 and was named to the D3hockey.com 13 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 Northland 33 5 0 Team of the Week. Soderqvist posted 13 Ryan Blick 2001-05 St. Norbert 1 16 0 a .968 save percentage and 1.44 goals Wins St. Scholastica 2 9 0 against average for the two games. In 41 Evan Johnson 2007-11 last Friday’s 2-2 overtime tie at MSOE, 30 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 Situational Records Under Szkodzinski Soderqvist stopped a season-high 44 16 Mattias Soderqvist 2013-present Overall 104 145 21 16 Daniel Ljung 2002-06 NCHA 83 95 15 shots. He followed that with another 15 Peter Emery 2011-15 season high, this time making 46 13 Grant Henderson 1998-2002 Home 64 51 10 saves, in a 2-1 victory over the Raid- Away 37 86 11 Saves Neutral 3 8 0 ers at the Appleton Family Ice Center 2519 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 on Saturday. Soderqvist improved to 2394 Evan Johnson 2007-11 Scoring First 73 31 11 2328 Grant Henderson 1998-2002 7-9-2 on the season with an .894 save Scored On First 30 112 10 percentage and 3.79 goals against av- 1802 Mattias Soderqvist 2013-present 1682 Daniel Ljung 2002-06 Leading After First 59 16 4 erage. Trailing After First 10 93 6 Shutouts Tied After First 34 36 11 }This marks the first time a Law- 9 Evan Johnson 2007-11 Leading After Second 74 12 10 4 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 rence player has been chosen for the 2 Mattias Soderqvist 2013-present Trailing After Second 9 118 0 D3hockey.com Team of the Week. 2 Peter Emery 2011-15 Tied After Second 21 15 11 2 Jim Ryan 2007-09 Overtime Games 9 8 20 }Soderqvist moved into a tie for third place with 16 career victories.