NCHA Quarterinal Series Lawrence University (7-17-1) at No. 7/8 St. Norbert College (17-5-2) Friday and Saturday, Feb. 20-21, 2015 Cornerstone Community Center, De Pere, Wis. SCHEDULE 2014-15 LAWRENCE SCHEDULE }Lawrence travels north up Highway NCHA QUARTERFINAL SERIES Date Opponent Time/Res 41 to start the Harris Cup playoffs Lawrence’s history in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association quar- 10/31 Concordia (Wis.) W, 6-2 against No. 7/8 St. Norbert. The games terfinal series during head coach Mike are Friday and Saturday, and it is a 7 11/1 at Concordia (Wis.) W, 4-2 Szkodzinski’s tenure. p.m. start each day at the Cornerstone 11/7-8 Battle of Highway 41 2013-14 Community Center. 11/7 at Marian L, 2-1 St. Norbert 5, Lawrence 0 St. Norbert 3, Lawrence 1 11/8 Marian L, 5-2 WEBCAST St. Norbert wins series 2-0-0 11/14 Northland W, 4-2 }A free video webcast is available for 2012-13 11/15 Northland W, 5-4 OT both games this weekend at: http:// Lawrence 3, Northland 0 11/21 at UW-River Falls L, 4-1 portal.stretchinternet.com/snc/. Tim Northland 5, Lawrence 2 (Northland wins mini-game 1-0) 11/22 at UW-Stout L, 2-1 Derozier is on the call for both games. }A link for the games is available on Northland wins series 1-1-0 11/29-30 NCHA/MIAC Showdown 2011-12 the Lawrence hockey page at: http:// 11/29 at Gustavus Adolphus T, 3-3 OT Lawrence 5, Finlandia 1 www.lawrence.edu/athletics/winter_ 11/30 vs. St. Olaf W, 4-3 Lawrence 2, Finlandia 2 sports/hockey. Lawrence wins series 1-0-1 12/5 at St. Norbert L, 3-1 2010-11 12/6 St. Norbert L, 9-0 THE COACHES Lawrence 2, Northland 1 12/13 at UW-Eau Claire L, 11-2 }Mike Szkodzinski (St. Norbert 2000) Lawrence 3, Northland 1 1/10 at Concordia (Minn.) L, 6-1 is in his ninth season at Lawrence and Lawrence wins series 2-0-0 2009-10 1/11 at St. John’s (Minn.) L, 6-2 has a record of 97-131-19 (.431). }Tim Coghlin (UW-Stevens Point Lawrence 5, Northland 1 1/16 MSOE L, 5-2 1989) is in his 22nd season at St. Nor- Lawrence 5, Northland 3 Lawrence wins series 2-0-0 1/17 at MSOE W, 3-2 bert and has a record of 479-127-49 1/23 at St. Scholastica L, 6-1 2008-09 (.769). Lawrence 4, Concordia (Wis.) 0 1/24 at St. Scholastica L, 4-2 Lawrence 5, Concordia (Wis.) 3 1/30 Lake Forest L, 4-1 THE SERIES Lawrence wins series 2-0-0 1/31 at Lake Forest L, 6-3 }St. Norbert holds a 37-1-0 advantage 2007-08 2/6 Adrian L, 6-1 over Lawrence in a series that dates MSOE 3, Lawrence 1 back to 1986. Lawrence’s lone win in MSOE 4, Lawrence 2 2/7 Adrian L, 7-1 the series was a 5-4 victory at the Cor- MSOE wins series 2-0-0 2/13 at Finlandia W, 2-1 nerstone Community Center against 2006-07 2/14 at Finlandia L, 4-0 the second-ranked Green Knights in Lawrence 5, Minnesota-Crookston 3 Lawrence 2, Minnesota-Crookston 2 2/20-21 NCHA Quarterfinals December 2013. Lawrence posted Lawrence wins series 1-0-1 2/20 at St. Norbert 7:00 p.m. three wins against St. Norbert’s club 2/21 at St. Norbert 7:00 p.m. team during the 1987-88 season. Note – Games from 2006-13 were in the Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association 2/28 NCHA Semifinals TBA 3/7 NCHA Harris Cup Final TBA LAST SERIES Lawrence split last weekend’s se- Ryan Eardley and Brendan Vetter 3/24 NCAA First Round TBA ries at Finlandia to clinch a berth in each had a goal and an assist to lead Home games in bold the NCHA playoffs. Lawrence to a 2-1 victory over Fin- landia last Friday at Houghton County Arena. LAWRENCE’S CAREER LEADERS HEAD COACH Points MIKE Lawrence scored both of its goals 116 Marc Howe 2006-10 in a stretch of just 1:19 in the opening 103 Nick Jennette 2005-09 SZKODZINSKI period. 103 Ryan Blick 2001-05 Hometown 99 Joe Searl 2003-07 The Vikings jumped on the board Brighton, Mich. 99 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 Alma mater first when Eardley scored his second 91 Matt Hughes 2008-12 goal of the year off 89 Tom Conti 1998-2002 St. Norbert 2000 assists from Vetter 86 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 Playing Experience and Matt Moore at 77 Josh Peterson 2004-08 Ferris State 1996-98; 73 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 the 9:25 mark. St. Norbert 1998-2000 Coaching Experience After coinciden- Goals Lawrence 2006-present; St. Norbert 2004- tal minors to Law- 65 Marc Howe 2006-10 06 (assistant); Findlay 2002-04 (assistant); rence’s Blake Rou- 48 Nick Jennette 2005-09 48 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 UW-Eau Claire 2001-02 (assistant) bos and the Lions’ Ryan Eardley 46 Matt Hughes 2008-12 Thomas Clayton, 43 Joe Searl 2003-07 Szkodzinski’s Year-by-Year Record 40 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 both teams were skating a man down Year NCHA Overall when the Vikings scored again. Vetter 40 Tom Conti 1998-2002 38 Ryan Blick 2001-05 2014-15 6 12 0 7 17 1 picked up his seventh goal of the sea- 36 Andy Rozanski 2001-05 2013-14 5 12 1 6 19 2 son off an assist from Eardley at the 32 Matt Melchiori 2000-03 2012-13 6 11 3 8 16 3 10:44 mark for a 2-0 lead. 2011-12 11 6 3 13 11 4 Assists The score stayed that way un- 2010-11 10 10 0 14 13 1 65 Ryan Blick 2001-05 til late in the third period. Finlandia 56 Josh Peterson 2004-08 2009-10 7 11 2 10 16 2 pulled goaltender Andrew Brownlee 56 Joe Searl 2003-07 2008-09 14 5 1 16 11 1 for an extra attacker and Chris Hoff- 55 Nick Jennette 2005-09 2007-08 10 9 1 10 14 3 man scored his first goal of the season 55 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 2006-07 8 11 2 13 14 2 51 Marc Howe 2006-10 Totals 77 87 13 97 131 19 with just 2:52 remaining in the con- 51 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 test. 49 Tom Conti 1998-2002 Szkodzinski vs. the NCHA Brownlee went back on the ice 47 William Thoren 2010-14 School Record until the Lions gained control of the 46 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 46 Josh DeSmit 2007-11 Adrian 0 16 3 puck, and Finlandia had an extra at- 46 Pete Mossberg 2002-06 Concordia 12 5 1 tacker for the final 1:35 but could not Finlandia 18 13 3 get the equalizer. Power Play Goals 19 Nick Jennette 2005-09 Lake Forest 6 7 2 Mattias Soderqvist stopped 29 17 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 Marian 5 20 4 shots to pick up the win for Lawrence. 17 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 MSOE 3 21 0 Brownlee made 14 saves for the Lions. 16 Joe Searl 2003-07 Northland 33 5 0 15 Marc Howe 2006-10 Lane King scored a pair of goals to St. Norbert 1 12 0 13 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 lead Finlandia to a 4-0 win over Law- 13 Ryan Blick 2001-05 St. Scholastica 2 7 0 rence in the series finale on Saturday. Finlandia scored twice in the Wins Situational Records Under Szkodzinski opening period to take control. With 41 Evan Johnson 2007-11 Overall 97 131 19 30 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 NCHA 77 87 13 both teams down a skater due to co- 16 Daniel Ljung 2002-06 incidental minors, Finlandia grabbed 15 Peter Emery 2011-present Home 59 46 10 a 1-0 lead on Travis Armstrong’s goal 13 Grant Henderson 1998-2002 Away 36 78 9 at the 8:01 mark. The Lions made it 2-0 Neutral 2 7 0 Saves on King’s goal at 17:07 of the first. 2519 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 Scoring First 67 30 9 After a scoreless second period, 2394 Evan Johnson 2007-11 Scored On First 30 99 10 Skylar Harding made it 3-0 with 5:12 2328 Grant Henderson 1998-2002 Leading After First 54 16 4 left in the game, and King scored again 1682 Daniel Ljung 2002-06 971 Jim Bauchiero 1986-90 Trailing After First 10 81 6 with 2:16 left for the final margin. Tied After First 32 34 9 Jordan Marr made 24 saves to Shutouts Leading After Second 71 12 9 9 Evan Johnson 2007-11 earn the shutout for Finlandia. Backup Trailing After Second 9 104 0 goalie Peter Emery made the start and 4 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 2 Peter Emery 2011-present Tied After Second 17 15 10 stopped 19 shots. 2 Jim Ryan 2007-09 Overtime Games 9 7 18 VIKINGS UPDATE }Lawrence has reached Lawrence University Hockey Facts the Harris Cup playoffs during each of Mike Location Appleton, Wis. Szkodzinski’s nine sea- Founded 1847 sons as the head coach. Enrollment 1,500 Lawrence is looking for President Mark Burstein its first quarterfinal series win since Affiliation NCAA Division III 2011-12.