Lawrence University (4-4-0) at NCHA-MIAC Thanksgiving Showdown Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 29-30, 2014 Lund Arena, St. Peter, Minn. SCHEDULE 2014-15 LAWRENCE SCHEDULE }Lawrence travels to St. Peter, Minn., THANKSGIVING SHOWDOWN Date Opponent Time/Res for two games at the NCHA-MIAC HISTORY Thanksgiving Showdown this week- This marks the seventh season that 10/31 Concordia (Wis.) W, 6-2 end. Lawrence faces Gustavus Adol- Lawrence has participated in the 11/1 at Concordia (Wis.) W, 4-2 phus (3-2-3) at 7 p.m. on Saturday, and Thanksgiving Showdown. Lawrence has a 1-10-1 record in the event. 11/7-8 Battle of Highway 41 then takes on St. Olaf (2-6-0) at 3:30 p.m on Sunday. Both games are at 2013-14 11/7 at Marian L, 2-1 Lund Arena on the Gustavus campus. Lawrence 6, Gustavus Adolphus 6 (OT) 11/8 Marian L, 5-2 St. Olaf 5, Lawrence 1 2012-13 11/14 Northland W, 4-2 WEBCAST/LIVE STATS }Webcasts and live stats are avail- St. Scholastica 9, Lawrence 2 11/15 Northland W, 5-4 OT St. Norbert 6, Lawrence 3 able for both games this weekend. 11/21 at UW-River Falls L, 4-1 2011-12 The webcasts are available at: http:// St. Norbert 5, Lawrence 1 11/22 at UW-Stout L, 2-1 portal.stretchinternet.com/gac/. Live St. Scholastica 6, Lawrence 1 11/29-30 NCHA/MIAC Showdown stats are at: https://gustavus.edu/ 2010-11 athletics/hky/LIVE/xlive.htm. Links to Lawrence 4, St. Scholastica 2 11/29 at Gustavus Adolphus 7:00 pm both webcasts and live stats are on St. Norbert 5, Lawrence 0 11/30 vs. St. Olaf 3:30 pm the Lawrence hockey page. 2009-10 St. Norbert 2, Lawrence 1 12/5 at St. Norbert 7:00 pm THE COACHES St. Scholastica 7, Lawrence 2 12/6 St. Norbert 7:00 pm }Mike Szkodzinski (St. Norbert 2000) 2008-09 St. Scholastica 4, Lawrence 3 (OT) 12/13 at UW-Eau Claire 7:00 pm is in his eighth season at Lawrence St. Norbert 4, Lawrence 0 1/10 at Concordia (Minn.) 2:00 pm and has a record of 94-118-18 (.448). }Brett Petersen (Denver 1992) is in his 1/11 at St. John’s (Minn.) 2:00 pm 15th season at Gustavus Adolphus against the Oles. 1/16 MSOE 7:00 pm and has a record of 201-150-35 (.566). 1/17 at MSOE 7:00 pm }Sean Goldsworthy (St. Olaf 1994) is LAST SERIES in his 19th season at St. Olaf and has a Lawrence dropped a pair of non- 1/23 at St. Scholastica 7:00 pm record of 184-210-55 (.471). conference games on the road this 1/24 at St. Scholastica 4:00 pm past weekend. 1/30 Lake Forest 7:00 pm THE SERIES Tenth-ranked UW-River Falls }Gustavus Aolphus holds a 4-0-1 scored a pair of second-period goals 1/31 at Lake Forest 7:00 pm record against Lawrence since the last Friday to break a tie and went on 2/6 Adrian 7:00 pm teams first met during the 1999-2000 to a 4-1 victory over Lawrence at Hunt 2/7 Adrian 4:00 pm season. The Vikings are 0-2-1 against Arena. the Gusties during the tenure of head The game was tied 1-1 midway 2/13 at Finlandia 7:15 pm coach Mike Szkodzinski. through the second period when 2/14 at Finlandia 3:00 pm }St. Olaf holds an 18-3-0 record Blake Huppert scored on the power against the Vikings in a series that play for the Falcons at 9:59. River Falls dates to the 1987-88 season. Law- added to that lead just 3:14 later when Home games in bold rence coach Mike Szkodzinski is 2-1-0 Mike Fazio scored his second goal of the game for a 3-1 edge. The Falcons added a power-play LAWRENCE’S CAREER LEADERS HEAD COACH Points MIKE goal with just 26 seconds left in the 116 Marc Howe 2006-10 game to seal the win. 103 Nick Jennette 2005-09 SZKODZINSKI Fazio gave the Falcons a 1-0 lead 103 Ryan Blick 2001-05 Hometown when he scored at the 8:16 mark of 99 Joe Searl 2003-07 Brighton, Mich. 99 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 Alma mater the first period. Lawrence tied it at 1-1 91 Matt Hughes 2008-12 when Sean Reynolds scored his first 89 Tom Conti 1998-2002 St. Norbert 2000 goal of the season for the Vikings off 86 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 Playing Experience a feed from Brendan Vetter at the 8:22 77 Josh Peterson 2004-08 Ferris State 1996-98; 73 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 mark of the second period. St. Norbert 1998-2000 Coaching Experience Mattias Soderqvist made 24 saves Goals Lawrence 2006-present; St. Norbert 2004- and took the loss for the Vikings. Tan- 65 Marc Howe 2006-10 06 (assistant); Findlay 2002-04 (assistant); ner Milliron stopped 28 shots for River 48 Nick Jennette 2005-09 48 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 UW-Eau Claire 2001-02 (assistant) Falls. 46 Matt Hughes 2008-12 A goal early in the third period 43 Joe Searl 2003-07 Szkodzinski’s Year-by-Year Record 40 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 proved to be the difference on Satur- Year NCHA Overall day as UW-Stout defeated Lawrence 40 Tom Conti 1998-2002 38 Ryan Blick 2001-05 2014-15 4 2 0 4 4 0 2-1 at the Dunn County Ice Arena. 36 Andy Rozanski 2001-05 2013-14 5 12 1 6 19 2 The Blue Devils got a goal from 32 Matt Melchiori 2000-03 2012-13 6 11 3 8 16 3 Justin Moody just 1:24 into the third 2011-12 11 6 3 13 11 4 Assists period to break a 1-1 tie. The Vikings 2010-11 10 10 0 14 13 1 65 Ryan Blick 2001-05 had a 14-12 edge in shots in the final 56 Josh Peterson 2004-08 2009-10 7 11 2 10 16 2 period and pulled goaltender Anton 56 Joe Searl 2003-07 2008-09 14 5 1 16 11 1 Olsson for the final 1:27 but could not 55 Nick Jennette 2005-09 2007-08 10 9 1 10 14 3 get the equalizer. 55 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 2006-07 8 11 2 13 14 2 51 Marc Howe 2006-10 Totals 75 77 13 94 118 18 Stout had grabbed a 1-0 lead on 51 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 Tyler Cayemberg’s power-play goal 49 Tom Conti 1998-2002 with just two seconds left in the first 47 William Thoren 2010-14 Szkodzinski vs. the NCHA School Record period. Lawrence tied it on Matt 46 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 46 Josh DeSmit 2007-11 Adrian 0 14 3 Moore’s goal off a feed from Brandon 46 Pete Mossberg 2002-06 Concordia 12 5 1 Boelter at the 17:08 mark of the sec- Finlandia 17 12 3 ond period. Power Play Goals 19 Nick Jennette 2005-09 Lake Forest 6 5 2 Olsson made 25 saves for the Vi- 17 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 Marian 5 20 4 kings, and Spencer Viele made 30 17 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 MSOE 2 20 0 saves for the Blue Devils. 16 Joe Searl 2003-07 Northland 33 5 0 15 Marc Howe 2006-10 St. Norbert 1 10 0 13 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 VIKINGS UPDATE 13 Ryan Blick 2001-05 St. Scholastica 2 5 0 }Lawrence’s offense generated 60 shots Wins Situational Records Under Szkodzinski in the two games this 41 Evan Johnson 2007-11 Overall 94 118 18 30 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 NCHA 75 77 13 past weekend but the 16 Daniel Ljung 2002-06 Vikings cashed in only 15 Peter Emery 2011-present Home 59 41 10 twice. Lawrence also 13 Grant Henderson 1998-2002 Away 34 70 8 went 0-for-8 on the Neutral 1 7 0 Saves power play in the two contests. 2519 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 Scoring First 65 26 9 2394 Evan Johnson 2007-11 Scored On First 29 90 9 }Sophomore forward Sean Reynolds 2328 Grant Henderson 1998-2002 Leading After First 52 15 4 (Anaheim, Calif.) scored his first goal 1682 Daniel Ljung 2002-06 971 Jim Bauchiero 1986-90 Trailing After First 10 73 6 of the season and his second career Tied After First 31 30 8 goal in the game at UW-River Falls. Shutouts Leading After Second 69 12 8 9 Evan Johnson 2007-11 Reynolds picked up his first career Trailing After Second 9 91 0 goal in a win over St. Scholastica on 4 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 2 Peter Emery 2011-present Tied After Second 16 15 10 Jan. 25, 2014. 2 Jim Ryan 2007-09 Overtime Games 9 7 17 }The leading scorer for the Vikings continues to be junior forward Renato Lawrence University Hockey Facts Engler (Davos, Switzerland). Engler has a team-best six assists to go with Location Appleton, Wis. three goals for nine points. Sopho- Founded 1847 more forward Blake Roubos (Niagara Enrollment 1,500 Falls, Ontario) leads the team with four President Mark Burstein goals and is second with eight points. Affiliation NCAA Division III }Sophomore goaltender Mattias Conference Northern Collegiate Hockey Assoc. Soderqvist (Stockholm, Sweden) Nickname Vikings played against UW-River Falls last School Colors Blue and White weekend and stopped 24 shots.