Lawrence University (5-7-1) at Concordia (Minn.) College (6-4-3), No. 15 St. John’s Univ. (6-3-3) Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 10-11, 2015 SCHEDULE the teams have played. The teams 2014-15 LAWRENCE SCHEDULE }Lawrence travels to Moorhead, met for the first time iin the 1988-89 Date Opponent Time/Res Minn., to face Concordia (Minn.) Col- season and haven’t played since the 10/31 Concordia (Wis.) W, 6-2 lege on Saturday for a 2 p.m. game at 2004-05 campaign. the Moorhead Sports Center. 11/1 at Concordia (Wis.) W, 4-2 }The Vikings then travel to Colleg- LAST SERIES 11/7-8 Battle of Highway 41 eville, Minn., for a 2 p.m. game on Sun- Thirteenth-ranked UW-Eau Claire 11/7 at Marian L, 2-1 day vs. St. John’s at the Herb Brooks scored six times in the first period and 11/8 Marian L, 5-2 National Hockey Center. went on to an 11-2 nonconference 11/14 Northland W, 4-2 victory over Lawrence at Hobbs Ice WEBCAST/LIVE STATS Center on Dec. 13. 11/15 Northland W, 5-4 OT }Live stats are available for Saturday’s Brandon Wahlin had a hat trick 11/21 at UW-River Falls L, 4-1 game at Concordia at: http://con- and Ross Andersen and Ethan Nau- 11/22 at UW-Stout L, 2-1 cordiamn.prestosports.com/sports/ man scored two goals apiece for Eau 11/29-30 NCHA/MIAC Showdown mice/2014-15/boxscores/20150110_ Claire. Ryan Rumble and Sean Reyn- 11/29 at Gustavus Adolphus T, 3-3 OT o0g2.xml. olds both scored for the Vikings. }A webcast and live stats for Sun- Rumble scored just 24 seconds 11/30 vs. St. Olaf W, 4-3 day’s game at St. John’s are available into the game to give Lawrence a 1-0 12/5 at St. Norbert L, 3-1 at: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/ lead. Wahlin tied the game at the 5:29 12/6 St. Norbert L, 9-0 csbsju/. mark, and the Blugolds scored five 12/13 at UW-Eau Claire L, 11-2 }Links for both games are available more times over the next 10:52 to go on the Lawrence hockey page at: up 6-1. 1/10 at Concordia (Minn.) 2:00 pm http://www.lawrence.edu/athletics/ Eau Claire scored early in the 1/11 at St. John’s (Minn.) 2:00 pm winter_sports/hockey. second period, but Reynolds scored 1/16 MSOE 7:00 pm for Lawrence at the 4:35 mark to cut 1/17 at MSOE 7:00 pm THE COACHES the margin to 7-2. The Blugolds then 1/23 at St. Scholastica 7:00 pm }Mike Szkodzinski (St. Norbert 2000) scored two more times in the next is in his eighth season at Lawrence two minutes to put the game away. 1/24 at St. Scholastica 4:00 pm and has a record of 95-121-19 (.445). Jay Deo made 22 saves to get the 1/30 Lake Forest 7:00 pm }Chris Howe (St. John’s 1999) is in his win for Eau Claire. Mattias Soderqvist 1/31 at Lake Forest 7:00 pm seventh season at Concordia (Minn.) made 37 saves for the Vikings. 2/6 Adrian 7:00 pm and has a record of 62-81-24 (.443). 2/7 Adrian 4:00 pm }Doug Schueller (Bowling Green VIKINGS UPDATE 2001) is in his seventh season at St. }Lawrence returns 2/13 at Finlandia 7:15 pm John’s and has a record of 74-77-16 to action for the first 2/14 at Finlandia 3:00 pm (.491). time in nearly a month 2/20-21 NCHA Quarterfinals TBA when it travels to Min- 2/28 NCHA Semifinals TBA THE SERIES nesota this weekend. } 3/7 NCHA Harris Cup Final TBA This is the first meeting between Lawrence hasn’t played Lawrence and Concordia (Minn.). since its Dec. 13 game 3/24 NCAA First Round TBA }St. John’s has a 10-0-0 record against at UW-Eau Claire. Home games in bold Lawrence, but it’s been a decade since }Sophomore goaltender Mattias Soderqvist (Stockholm, Sweden) saw LAWRENCE’S CAREER LEADERS HEAD COACH Points MIKE his numbers balloon after a rough 116 Marc Howe 2006-10 outing in Lawrence’s last game at UW- 103 Nick Jennette 2005-09 SZKODZINSKI Eau Claire. Soderqvist is now at 5-6-1 103 Ryan Blick 2001-05 Hometown on the season. He has a .906 save per- 99 Joe Searl 2003-07 Brighton, Mich. 99 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 Alma mater centage and 3.70 goals against aver- 91 Matt Hughes 2008-12 age. 89 Tom Conti 1998-2002 St. Norbert 2000 86 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 Playing Experience }Freshman forward Jake Kreutzer 77 Josh Peterson 2004-08 Ferris State 1996-98; 73 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 (Lake Orion, Mich.) leads the team St. Norbert 1998-2000 Coaching Experience with seven assists, and he has three Goals Lawrence 2006-present; St. Norbert 2004- goals for a team-best 10 points. 65 Marc Howe 2006-10 48 Nick Jennette 2005-09 06 (assistant); Findlay 2002-04 (assistant); 48 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 UW-Eau Claire 2001-02 (assistant) }Junior forward Renato Engler (Da- 46 Matt Hughes 2008-12 vos, Switzerland) is second on the 43 Joe Searl 2003-07 Szkodzinski’s Year-by-Year Record 40 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 team in both assists (6) and points (9). Year NCHA Overall Two of Engler’s three goals have been 40 Tom Conti 1998-2002 38 Ryan Blick 2001-05 2014-15 4 4 0 5 7 1 game-winners. Sophomore forward 36 Andy Rozanski 2001-05 2013-14 5 12 1 6 19 2 Blake Roubos (Niagara Falls, Ontario) 32 Matt Melchiori 2000-03 2012-13 6 11 3 8 16 3 is second on the team in both goals 2011-12 11 6 3 13 11 4 Assists 2010-11 10 10 0 14 13 1 (4) and points (9). 65 Ryan Blick 2001-05 56 Josh Peterson 2004-08 2009-10 7 11 2 10 16 2 }Junior forward 56 Joe Searl 2003-07 2008-09 14 5 1 16 11 1 Ryan Rumble (New- 55 Nick Jennette 2005-09 2007-08 10 9 1 10 14 3 market, Ontario) has 55 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 2006-07 8 11 2 13 14 2 51 Marc Howe 2006-10 Totals 75 79 13 95 121 19 grabbed the team 51 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 lead with five goals. 49 Tom Conti 1998-2002 All five of Rumble’s 47 William Thoren 2010-14 Szkodzinski vs. the NCHA 46 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 School Record goals have come in 46 Josh DeSmit 2007-11 Adrian 0 14 3 the last five games.Ryan Rumble 46 Pete Mossberg 2002-06 Concordia 12 5 1 He has picked up at Finlandia 17 12 3 least one goal in four of the last five Power Play Goals 19 Nick Jennette 2005-09 Lake Forest 6 5 2 games. Rumble is tied for third on the 17 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 Marian 5 20 4 team with seven points. 17 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 MSOE 2 20 0 16 Joe Searl 2003-07 Northland 33 5 0 15 Marc Howe 2006-10 }Lawrence got an addition to the St. Norbert 1 12 0 13 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 squad over the holiday break in fresh- 13 Ryan Blick 2001-05 St. Scholastica 2 5 0 man forward Tyler Madeley (Lake For- est, Ill.), who played his prep hockey at Wins Situational Records Under Szkodzinski Lake Forest Academy. 41 Evan Johnson 2007-11 Overall 95 121 19 30 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 NCHA 75 79 13 16 Daniel Ljung 2002-06 }Lawrence ranks eighth in the NCHA 15 Peter Emery 2011-present Home 59 42 10 in scoring offense at 2.62 goals per 13 Grant Henderson 1998-2002 Away 34 72 9 game. The Vikings are eighth in scor- Neutral 2 7 0 Saves ing defense at 4.00 goals per contest. 2519 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 Scoring First 65 27 9 2394 Evan Johnson 2007-11 Scored On First 30 92 10 }Lawrence has dropped to ninth in 2328 Grant Henderson 1998-2002 Leading After First 52 15 4 the league on the penalty kill at 73.5 1682 Daniel Ljung 2002-06 971 Jim Bauchiero 1986-90 Trailing After First 10 75 6 percent (50-68) after giving up six Tied After First 32 31 9 power-play goals to UW-Eau Claire. Shutouts Leading After Second 69 12 9 9 Evan Johnson 2007-11 Trailing After Second 9 94 0 }Lawrence is looking for improve- 4 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 2 Peter Emery 2011-present Tied After Second 17 15 10 ment in its power play in the second 2 Jim Ryan 2007-09 Overtime Games 9 7 18 half of the season. The Vikings haven’t scored a goal on the man-advantage Lawrence University Hockey Facts since scoring against St. Olaf on Nov. 30. Lawrence is ninth in the league on Location Appleton, Wis. the power play at 11.9 percent (7-59). Founded 1847 Enrollment 1,500 SCOUTING CONCORDIA President Mark Burstein }The Cobbers will Affiliation NCAA Division III face No. 2-ranked St. Norbert on Friday Conference Northern Collegiate Hockey Assoc. night before taking Nickname Vikings on the Vikings Satur- School Colors Blue and White day afternoon.