Lawrence University (5-9-1, 4-4-0 NCHA) vs. MSOE (9-6-0, 4-4-0 NCHA) Friday and Saturday, Jan. 16-17, 2015 SCHEDULE LAST SERIES 2014-15 LAWRENCE SCHEDULE }Lawrence plays a home-and-home Lawrence hit the road last week- Date Opponent Time/Res series with NCHA rival MSOE this end for a pair of nonconference 10/31 Concordia (Wis.) W, 6-2 weekend. The series begins with Fri- games. day’s game at the Appleton Family Ice Concordia (Minn.) posted a 5-1 11/1 at Concordia (Wis.) W, 4-2 Center at 7 p.m. Saturday’s game will win over Lawrence last Saturday at 11/7-8 Battle of Highway 41 be played at the Kern Center in Mil- the Moorhead Sports Center. 11/7 at Marian L, 2-1 waukee at 7 p.m. The Cobbers got a hat trick from 11/8 Marian L, 5-2 Jordie Bancroft, and Lawrence record- 11/14 Northland W, 4-2 WEBCAST/LIVE STATS ed only 14 shots in the contest. }A webcast is availble for Friday’s Concordia got two goals in a 11/15 Northland W, 5-4 OT game at Lawrence is available at: stretch of 3:24 to take a 2-0 lead in the 11/21 at UW-River Falls L, 4-1 http://portal.stretchinternet.com/ first period. Matt Moore then scored 11/22 at UW-Stout L, 2-1 lawrence/. for the Vikings on the power play at 11/29-30 NCHA/MIAC Showdown }Live stats and a webcast are available the 16:39 mark, and Lawrence trailed 11/29 at Gustavus Adolphus T, 3-3 OT for Saturday’s game at MSOE at: http:// 2-1 after the first. go-raiders.com/sports/mice/2014-15/ Bancroft then scored his second 11/30 vs. St. Olaf W, 4-3 schedule. goal of the game, a power-play tally, 12/5 at St. Norbert L, 3-1 }Links for both games are available just 1:10 into the second period for a 12/6 St. Norbert L, 9-0 on the Lawrence hockey page at: 3-1 lead. Bancroft completed the hat 12/13 at UW-Eau Claire L, 11-2 http://www.lawrence.edu/athletics/ trick with another power-play goal winter_sports/hockey. at the 5:32 mark of the third, and the 1/10 at Concordia (Minn.) L, 6-1 Cobbers led 4-1. 1/11 at St. John’s (Minn.) L, 6-2 THE COACHES Concordia completed the scoring 1/16 MSOE 7:00 pm }Mike Szkodzinski (St. Norbert 2000) with a goal by Zach Doerring with just 1/17 at MSOE 7:00 pm is in his eighth season at Lawrence 21 seconds remaining in the contest. 1/23 at St. Scholastica 7:00 pm and has a record of 95-123-19 (.441). Peter Emery, seeing his first ac- }Mark Ostapina (Wisconsin 1979) is tion of the season, stopped 36 shots 1/24 at St. Scholastica 4:00 pm in his 14th season at MSOE and has a for the Vikings. Jordyn Kaufer made 13 1/30 Lake Forest 7:00 pm record of 204-155-15 (.566). Ostapina saves for Concordia. 1/31 at Lake Forest 7:00 pm is in his 29th season overall and has a No. 15 St. John’s scored the game’s 2/6 Adrian 7:00 pm record of 267-240-23 (.525) first four goals and went on to a 6-2 2/7 Adrian 4:00 pm victory over Lawrence on Sunday at THE SERIES the National Hockey Center. 2/13 at Finlandia 7:15 pm }MSOE holds a 48-19-2 lead in a series The Johnnies scored just 2:34 into 2/14 at Finlandia 3:00 pm that goes back to the 1992-93 season. the game and then added a pair of 2/20-21 NCHA Quarterfinals TBA The Raiders have won 11 consecutive goals just 34 seconds apart late in the 2/28 NCHA Semifinals TBA games in the rivalry, and Lawrence’s period to grab a 3-0 edge after the 3/7 NCHA Harris Cup Final TBA last win was a 1-0 victory during the first period. 2008-09 season. Kevin Becker scored at the 3:16 3/24 NCAA First Round TBA mark of the second period for a 4-0 Home games in bold edge before the Vikings started to rally. Renato Engler got Lawrence on the board at the 15:04 mark of the sec- LAWRENCE’S CAREER LEADERS HEAD COACH Points MIKE ond to cut the margin to 4-1. Brendan 116 Marc Howe 2006-10 Vetter then scored on the power play 103 Nick Jennette 2005-09 SZKODZINSKI with just 1:03 left in the second period 103 Ryan Blick 2001-05 Hometown to trim the lead to 4-2. 99 Joe Searl 2003-07 Brighton, Mich. 99 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 Alma mater That’s as close as the Vikings 91 Matt Hughes 2008-12 would get as Dan McNamara and Phil 89 Tom Conti 1998-2002 St. Norbert 2000 Johnson added third-period goals for 86 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 Playing Experience the Johnnies. 77 Josh Peterson 2004-08 Ferris State 1996-98; 73 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 St. Norbert 1998-2000 Saxton Soley made 32 saves to Coaching Experience pick up the win for St. John’s. Mattias Goals Lawrence 2006-present; St. Norbert 2004- Soderqvist stopped 34 shots for the 65 Marc Howe 2006-10 06 (assistant); Findlay 2002-04 (assistant); Vikings. 48 Nick Jennette 2005-09 48 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 UW-Eau Claire 2001-02 (assistant) 46 Matt Hughes 2008-12 VIKINGS UPDATE 43 Joe Searl 2003-07 Szkodzinski’s Year-by-Year Record 40 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 }Defense is the focus Year NCHA Overall this week as the Vikings 40 Tom Conti 1998-2002 38 Ryan Blick 2001-05 2014-15 4 4 0 5 9 1 attempt to stem the 36 Andy Rozanski 2001-05 2013-14 5 12 1 6 19 2 recent tide of lopsided 32 Matt Melchiori 2000-03 2012-13 6 11 3 8 16 3 scores. After not giving 2011-12 11 6 3 13 11 4 Assists up more than four goals 2010-11 10 10 0 14 13 1 65 Ryan Blick 2001-05 in a game just once in 56 Josh Peterson 2004-08 2009-10 7 11 2 10 16 2 the first 11 games this season, the Vi- 56 Joe Searl 2003-07 2008-09 14 5 1 16 11 1 kings have allowed no fewer than five 55 Nick Jennette 2005-09 2007-08 10 9 1 10 14 3 goals in the last contests. 55 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 2006-07 8 11 2 13 14 2 51 Marc Howe 2006-10 Totals 75 79 13 95 123 19 51 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 }Lawrence has dropped to eighth in 49 Tom Conti 1998-2002 the NCHA in scoring defense at 4.20 47 William Thoren 2010-14 Szkodzinski vs. the NCHA School Record goals per game. The Vikings are also 46 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 46 Josh DeSmit 2007-11 Adrian 0 14 3 eighth in scoring offense at 2.47 goals 46 Pete Mossberg 2002-06 Concordia 12 5 1 per game. Finlandia 17 12 3 Power Play Goals 19 Nick Jennette 2005-09 Lake Forest 6 5 2 }One of the main problems has been 17 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 Marian 5 20 4 Lawrence’s inability to kill off penal- 17 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 MSOE 2 20 0 ties. Over the past four games, op- 16 Joe Searl 2003-07 Northland 33 5 0 15 Marc Howe 2006-10 ponents have scored on 12-of-29 St. Norbert 1 12 0 13 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 power-play chances for a sizzling 41.4 13 Ryan Blick 2001-05 St. Scholastica 2 5 0 conversion percentage. Wins Situational Records Under Szkodzinski }On the season, Lawrence ranks ninth 41 Evan Johnson 2007-11 Overall 95 123 19 30 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 NCHA 75 79 13 in the NCHA on the penalty kill at 73.4 16 Daniel Ljung 2002-06 percent. Lawrence has killed off only 15 Peter Emery 2011-present Home 59 42 10 58-of-79 chances. Lawrence ranks 13 Grant Henderson 1998-2002 Away 34 74 9 eighth in the league on the power Neutral 2 7 0 Saves play at 12.7 percent (9-of-71). 2519 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 Scoring First 65 27 9 2394 Evan Johnson 2007-11 Scored On First 30 94 10 }Lawrence’s goaltending numbers 2328 Grant Henderson 1998-2002 Leading After First 52 15 4 have have dipped over the past 1682 Daniel Ljung 2002-06 971 Jim Bauchiero 1986-90 Trailing After First 10 77 6 month. Sophomore netminder Mat- Tied After First 32 31 9 tias Soderqvist (Stockholm, Sweden), Shutouts Leading After Second 69 12 9 9 Evan Johnson 2007-11 who has seen the bulk of action in net, Trailing After Second 9 96 0 is now 5-7-1 on the season with a 3.89 4 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 2 Peter Emery 2011-present Tied After Second 17 15 10 goals against average and .901 save 2 Jim Ryan 2007-09 Overtime Games 9 7 18 percentage. Lawrence University Hockey Facts }Freshman forward Jake Kreutzer (Lake Location Appleton, Wis. Orion, Mich.) leads Founded 1847 the team eith eight Enrollment 1,500 assists, and he has a President Mark Burstein team-best 11 points.