Lawrence University (5-6-1) at No. 13 UW-Eau Claire (5-3-2) Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014 Hobbs Ice Center, Eau Claire, Wis. SCHEDULE 16 saves to pick up the win. 2014-15 LAWRENCE SCHEDULE }Lawrence travels north to take on After a scoreless first period, the Date Opponent Time/Res UW-Eau Claire from the Wisconsin In- Green Knights got on the board when 10/31 Concordia (Wis.) W, 6-2 tercollegiate Athletic Conference. The Tyler Zepeda scored 5:11 into the sec- puck drops at 7 p.m. ond period. 11/1 at Concordia (Wis.) W, 4-2 The score remained that way un- 11/7-8 Battle of Highway 41 WEBCAST til Erik Cooper scored on a two-man 11/7 at Marian L, 2-1 }Webcast and live stats are available advantage on the power play just 59 11/8 Marian L, 5-2 for Saturday’s game at: www.blugolds. seconds into the third period to put 11/14 Northland W, 4-2 com/sports/mice/2014-15/schedule. the Green Knights up 2-0. A link to the webcast/live stats is on Michael Hill gave St. Norbert a 3-0 11/15 Northland W, 5-4 OT the Lawrence hockey page. lead with 3:29 left, but Lawrence did 11/21 at UW-River Falls L, 4-1 manage deny the shutout when Ryan 11/22 at UW-Stout L, 2-1 THE COACHES Rumble scored with 1:01 remaining. 11/29-30 NCHA/MIAC Showdown }Mike Szkodzinski (St. Norbert 2000) The Green Knights were impres- 11/29 at Gustavus Adolphus T, 3-3 OT is in his eighth season at Lawrence sive on Saturday at the Appleton Fam- and has a record of 95-120-19 (.447). ily Ice Center and rolled to a 9-0 vic- 11/30 vs. St. Olaf W, 4-3 }Matt Loen (UW-Eau Claire 1995) is tory. 12/5 at St. Norbert L, 3-1 in his eighth season at UW-Eau Claire The Green Knights scored four 12/6 St. Norbert L, 9-0 and has a record of 103-80-13 times in the opening 8:38 and had a 12/13 at UW-Eau Claire 7:00 pm 52-16 advantage in shots. THE SERIES Hill had a hat trick for St. Norbert 1/10 at Concordia (Minn.) 2:00 pm }UW-Eau Claire holds a 5-1-0 lead in and Cooper scored two of the Green 1/11 at St. John’s (Minn.) 2:00 pm the series, which was first played in Knights’ first three goals. 1/16 MSOE 7:00 pm the 2000-01 season. Lawrence’s lone Jacobson improved to 8-0-0 for 1/17 at MSOE 7:00 pm victory in the series was a 3-2 triumph the season while making 16 saves for 1/23 at St. Scholastica 7:00 pm in the 2009-10 season. the shutout. Soderqvist gave up the first three 1/24 at St. Scholastica 4:00 pm LAST SERIES goals of the contest and took the loss. 1/30 Lake Forest 7:00 pm Lawrence was swept in a NCHA Anton Olsson came on in relief in the 1/31 at Lake Forest 7:00 pm series with No. 1-ranked St. Norbert first period and finished with 41 saves 2/6 Adrian 7:00 pm last weekend. for the Vikings. 2/7 Adrian 4:00 pm The Green Knights got a pair of Lawrence missed a great scor- third-period goals on Friday at the ing chance in the first 20 seconds 2/13 at Finlandia 7:15 pm Cornerstone Community Center to of the game, and St. Norbert’s Ross 2/14 at Finlandia 3:00 pm pull away from Lawrence for a 3-1 vic- Pavek scored at 1:09 to put the Green 2/20-21 NCHA Quarterfinals TBA tory. Knights up 1-0. 2/28 NCHA Semifinals TBA Lawrence goaltender Mattias Cooper then scored at 6:35 and 3/7 NCHA Harris Cup Final TBA Soderqvist kept the Vikings in it by 8:25, and Hill got his first goal of the stopping a career-high 54 shots. St. night at 8:38 for a 4-0 lead. St. Norbert 3/24 NCAA First Round TBA Norbert’s All-America goaltender Da- added three more goals in the second Home games in bold vid Jacobson was forced to make just and a pair of goals in the third period. VIKINGS UPDATE }Lawrence continues LAWRENCE’S CAREER LEADERS HEAD COACH Points MIKE to run the gauntlet of 116 Marc Howe 2006-10 ranked teams when it 103 Nick Jennette 2005-09 SZKODZINSKI heads to UW-Eau Claire 103 Ryan Blick 2001-05 Hometown on Saturday. The Blu- 99 Joe Searl 2003-07 Brighton, Mich. 99 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 Alma mater golds are the fourth 91 Matt Hughes 2008-12 ranked team among 89 Tom Conti 1998-2002 St. Norbert 2000 Lawrence’s last seven opponents. 86 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 Playing Experience 77 Josh Peterson 2004-08 Ferris State 1996-98; 73 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 }The Vikings are looking to bounce St. Norbert 1998-2000 Coaching Experience back from a rough night against No. Goals Lawrence 2006-present; St. Norbert 2004- 1 St. Norbert last Saturday. Lawrence’s 65 Marc Howe 2006-10 06 (assistant); Findlay 2002-04 (assistant); 9-0 loss to the Green Knights was the 48 Nick Jennette 2005-09 48 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 UW-Eau Claire 2001-02 (assistant) worst defeat the Vikings have endured 46 Matt Hughes 2008-12 since a 10-1 setback to St. Scholastica 43 Joe Searl 2003-07 Szkodzinski’s Year-by-Year Record 40 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 in the 2000-01 season. Year NCHA Overall 40 Tom Conti 1998-2002 38 Ryan Blick 2001-05 2014-15 4 4 0 5 6 1 }Sophomore goaltender Mattias 36 Andy Rozanski 2001-05 2013-14 5 12 1 6 19 2 Soderqvist (Stockholm, Sweden) had 32 Matt Melchiori 2000-03 2012-13 6 11 3 8 16 3 a career night against St. Norbert last 2011-12 11 6 3 13 11 4 Assists Friday at the Cornerstone Community 2010-11 10 10 0 14 13 1 65 Ryan Blick 2001-05 Center. Soderqvist stopped a career- 56 Josh Peterson 2004-08 2009-10 7 11 2 10 16 2 high 54 shots in Lawrence’s 3-1 loss. 56 Joe Searl 2003-07 2008-09 14 5 1 16 11 1 That topped his previous best of 50 55 Nick Jennette 2005-09 2007-08 10 9 1 10 14 3 saves against MSOE on Jan. 17, 2014. 55 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 2006-07 8 11 2 13 14 2 51 Marc Howe 2006-10 Totals 75 79 13 95 120 19 51 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 }Soderqvist is now 5-5-1 on the sea- 49 Tom Conti 1998-2002 son with a 3.04 goals against average 47 William Thoren 2010-14 Szkodzinski vs. the NCHA School Record and .921 save percentage. 46 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 46 Josh DeSmit 2007-11 Adrian 0 14 3 46 Pete Mossberg 2002-06 Concordia 12 5 1 } Freshman forward Jake Kreutzer Finlandia 17 12 3 (Lake Orion, Mich.) leads the team Power Play Goals 19 Nick Jennette 2005-09 Lake Forest 6 5 2 with seven assists, and he has three 17 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 Marian 5 20 4 goals for a team-best 10 points. 17 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 MSOE 2 20 0 16 Joe Searl 2003-07 Northland 33 5 0 15 Marc Howe 2006-10 }Junior forward Re- St. Norbert 1 12 0 13 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 nato Engler (Davos, 13 Ryan Blick 2001-05 St. Scholastica 2 5 0 Switzerland), who missed last Satur- Wins Situational Records Under Szkodzinski day’s game, is sec- 41 Evan Johnson 2007-11 Overall 95 120 19 30 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 NCHA 75 79 13 ond on the team in 16 Daniel Ljung 2002-06 both goals (3), assists 15 Peter Emery 2011-present Home 59 42 10 (6) and points (9). Renato Engler 13 Grant Henderson 1998-2002 Away 34 71 9 Two of Engler’s three Neutral 2 7 0 Saves goals have been game-winners. 2519 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 Scoring First 65 26 9 2394 Evan Johnson 2007-11 Scored On First 30 92 10 }Three players, sophomore forward 2328 Grant Henderson 1998-2002 Leading After First 52 15 4 Blake Roubos (Niagara Falls, Ontario), 1682 Daniel Ljung 2002-06 971 Jim Bauchiero 1986-90 Trailing After First 10 74 6 freshman defenseman Brendan Vetter Tied After First 32 31 9 (Phillips, Wis.) and junior forward Ryan Shutouts Leading After Second 69 12 9 9 Evan Johnson 2007-11 Rumble (Newmarket, Ontario) are Trailing After Second 9 93 0 tied for the team lead with four goals 4 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 2 Peter Emery 2011-present Tied After Second 17 15 10 apiece. 2 Jim Ryan 2007-09 Overtime Games 9 7 18 }Lawrence ranks eighth in the NCHA in scoring offense at 2.67 goals per Lawrence University Hockey Facts game. The Vikings are seventh in scor- ing defense at 3.42 goals per contest. Location Appleton, Wis. Founded 1847 }Lawrence is seventh in the league on Enrollment 1,500 the penalty kill at 79.3 percent (46-58). President Mark Burstein St. Norbert scored on 4-of-14 power Affiliation NCAA Division III plays against the Vikings last week- end.