Lawrence University (8-12-3, 7-8-3 NCHA) vs. Lake Forest College (9-14-0, 7-11-0 NCHA) Friday and Saturday, Feb. 19-20, 2016 SCHEDULE Lawrence, and goaltender Mattias 2015-16 LAWRENCE SCHEDULE }Lawrence completes the regular Soderqvist made 41 saves to get the Date Opponent Time/Res season with a home-and-home series win for the Vikings. 10/30 UW-Eau Claire L, 5-1 with Lake Forest. The Vikings travel to The game was tied 2-2 when Ryan Lake Forest for a 7 p.m. game on Fri- Eardley gave the Vikings the lead for 10/31 UW-Stevens Point L, 9-1 day and then host the Foresters in a 7 good with just 1:06 left in the sec- 11/6-7 Battle of Highway 41 p.m. game on Saturday at the Apple- ond period. He scored off assists from 11/6 Marian W, 3-2 ton Family Ice Center. Brandon Boelter and Felix Henriksson 11/7 at Marian L, 6-0 to put the Vikings up 3-2. 11/20 at Finlandia L, 4-3 OT WEBCAST/LIVE STATS Lawrence expanded that lead } 11/21 at Finlandia W, 7-2 Both games will be webcast and are to 4-2 just 5:14 into the third period available at: http://portal.stretchinter- when senior forward Renato Engler 11/27-28 Thanksgiving Showdown net.com/lawrence/. CJ Revis is on the scored off assists from linemates Nick at Blue Line Ice Center, Fond du Lac, Wis. call for Saturday’s game. Felan and Lane King. 11/27 vs. UW-Eau Claire L, 7-0 The Vikings then withstood nearly 11/28 vs. St. Olaf W, 4-3 THE COACHES two minutes at the end of the game 12/4 St. Norbert L, 4-2 }Mike Szkodzinski (St. Norbert 2000) with an extra attacker on the ice for is in his 10th season at Lawrence and the Lumberjacks. 12/5 at St. Norbert L, 9-1 has a record of 105-145-22 (.426). Northland jumped out to a 1-0 1/2 at Augsburg L, 6-3 }Sean O’Malley (Brockport 2010) is in lead just 1:32 into the game when 1/8 Concordia (Wis.) W, 2-0 his second season at Lake Forest and Anthony Stempin scored. The Vikings 1/9 at Concordia (Wis.) T, 2-2 has a record of 24-21-5 (.520). tied it at 1-1 at the 8:05 mark on Matt 1/15 Aurora W, 7-0 Moore’s goal off a pass from Ryan THE SERIES Rumble. 1/16 Aurora W, 6-4 }In a series that dates back to the first Rumble gave the Vikings a 2-1 ad- 1/22 St. Scholastica L, 6-2 season of Lawrence hockey, 1986-87, vantage when he scored on the pow- 1/23 St. Scholastica L, 3-1 Lake Forest holds a 19-8-2 advantage. er play with Boelter and Steve Hughes 1/29 at Adrian L, 8-2 The Foresters have on the last four picking up assists at the 12:57 mark of 1/30 at Adrian L, 5-1 meetings, but prior to that, Lawrence the first. The Vikings went 1-for-2 on had posted a 5-2-1 record over an the power play, and Northland was 2/5 at MSOE T, 2-2 OT eight-game stretch. 0-for-4. 2/6 MSOE W, 2-1 The score stayed that way until 2/12 at Northland W, 4-2 LAST SERIES Northland’s Oscar Larsson scored with 2/13 at Northland T, 2-2 OT Lawrence picked up three points 4:45 left in the second to tie it at 2-2. 2/19 at Lake Forest 7 pm in the Northern Collegiate Hockey As- AJ Smith made 27 saves and took sociation standings with a win and a the loss for Northland. 2/20 Lake Forest 7 pm tie at Northland last weekend. Lawrence settled for a 2-2 over- 2/26-27 NCHA Quarterfinals TBA In the series opener last Friday, time tie with Northland in the series 3/4 NCHA Semifinals TBA Lawrence scored the game’s final two finale. Neither team scored for the -fi 3/5 NCHA Final TBA goals and posted a 4-2 victory over nal 21:52 of regulation or in the five- Northland at the Bay Area Civic Cen- minute overtime, but the Vikings had Home games in bold ter. the better of the play. Lawrence out- Four different players scored for shot the Lumberjacks 10-6 in the third period and had three quality chances in the overtime. LAWRENCE’S CAREER LEADERS HEAD COACH Points MIKE The Vikings jumped on Northland 116 Marc Howe 2006-10 just one minute into the game when 103 Nick Jennette 2005-09 SZKODZINSKI freshman Josh Koepplinger scored off 103 Ryan Blick 2001-05 Hometown 99 Joe Searl 2003-07 Brighton, Mich. assists from Ryan Robertson and Jake 99 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 Roeper for a 1-0 lead. 91 Matt Hughes 2008-12 Alma mater The Lumberjacks scored just 1:47 89 Tom Conti 1998-2002 St. Norbert 2000 into the second period on Wyatt Ga- 86 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 Playing Experience 77 Josh Peterson 2004-08 ragan’s goals, but Lawrence took the Ferris State 1996-98; 73 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 St. Norbert 1998-2000 lead back late in the second. Coaching Experience The high-scoring line of King, En- Goals 65 Marc Howe 2006-10 Lawrence 2006-present; St. Norbert 2004- gler and Felan struck again when King 48 Nick Jennette 2005-09 06 (assistant); Findlay 2002-04 (assistant); scored with 4:28 left in the second 48 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 UW-Eau Claire 2001-02 (assistant) off assists from Engler and Felan. The 46 Matt Hughes 2008-12 43 Joe Searl 2003-07 Lumberjacks tied it 2:26 later on Jason 40 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 Szkodzinski’s Year-by-Year Record Reynolds’ first goal of the season. 40 Tom Conti 1998-2002 Year NCHA Overall Soderqvist made 34 saves for the 38 Ryan Blick 2001-05 2015-16 7 8 3 8 12 3 Vikings. Jason DeLillo stopped 29 36 Andy Rozanski 2001-05 2014-15 6 12 0 7 19 1 32 Matt Melchiori 2000-03 shots for the Lumberjacks. 2013-14 5 12 1 6 19 2 Assists 2012-13 6 11 3 8 16 3 VIKINGS UPDATE 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 }Lawrence enters play 56 Joe Searl 2003-07 2009-10 7 11 2 10 16 2 this weekend two points 55 Nick Jennette 2005-09 2008-09 14 5 1 16 11 1 behind MSOE for the fi- 55 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 51 Marc Howe 2006-10 2007-08 10 9 1 10 14 3 nal playoff spot from the 51 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 2006-07 8 11 2 13 14 2 North Division. St. Nor- 49 Tom Conti 1998-2002 Totals 84 95 16 105 145 22 bert has locked down 48 Brandon Boelter 2012-present the North’s No. 1 spot and St. Scholas- 47 William Thoren 2010-14 Szkodzinski vs. the NCHA 46 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 tica is in the No. 2 position. While the 46 Josh DeSmit 2007-11 School Record Vikings face Lake Forest, MSOE has a 46 Pete Mossberg 2002-06 Adrian 0 18 3 tougher test as the Raiders take on Aurora 2 0 0 Power Play Goals No. 1-ranked St. Norbert. The No. 3 Concordia 13 5 2 19 Nick Jennette 2005-09 Finlandia 19 14 3 seed will travel to St. Scholastica for 17 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 Lake Forest 6 7 2 the NCHA quarterfinals on Feb. 26-27. 17 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 16 Joe Searl 2003-07 Marian 6 21 4 15 Marc Howe 2006-10 MSOE 4 21 1 }A tie with MSOE in the standings 13 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 Northland 34 5 1 would be good enough because Law- 13 Ryan Blick 2001-05 St. Norbert 1 16 0 rence holds the tiebreaker with the Wins St. Scholastica 2 9 0 Raiders. Lawrence posted a win and a 41 Evan Johnson 2007-11 tie in the series with the Raiders ear- 30 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 Situational Records Under Szkodzinski lier this month. 17 Mattias Soderqvist 2013-present Overall 105 145 22 16 Daniel Ljung 2002-06 NCHA 84 95 16 15 Peter Emery 2011-15 }Lawrence coach Mike Szkdozinski 13 Grant Henderson 1998-2002 Home 64 51 10 has a bit of history on his side when Away 38 86 12 Saves Neutral 3 8 0 it comes to the playoffs. The Vikings 2519 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 have qualified for the playoffs in every 2394 Evan Johnson 2007-11 Scoring First 73 31 12 year of his tenure at Lawrence. 2328 Grant Henderson 1998-2002 1877 Mattias Soderqvist 2013-present Scored On First 31 112 10 1682 Daniel Ljung 2002-06 Leading After First 60 16 5 }Junior goaltender Mattias Soderqvist Trailing After First 10 93 6 (Stockholm, Sweden) was named the Shutouts Tied After First 34 36 11 NCHA Defensive Player of the Week 9 Evan Johnson 2007-11 Leading After Second 75 12 10 4 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 for the second consecutive week and 2 Mattias Soderqvist 2013-present Trailing After Second 9 118 0 the third time this season.