Lawrence University (5-4-1, 4-2-0 NCHA) vs. No. 1 St. Norbert College (8-0-1, 5-0-1 NCHA) Friday and Saturday, Dec. 5-6, 2014 SCHEDULE 2014-15 LAWRENCE SCHEDULE }Lawrence travels north on Highway THANKSGIVING SHOWDOWN Date Opponent Time/Res 41 to the Cornerstone Community HISTORY 10/31 Concordia (Wis.) W, 6-2 Center in De Pere, Wis., for a 7 p.m. This marks the seventh season that game on Friday. Lawrence then hosts Lawrence has participated in the 11/1 at Concordia (Wis.) W, 4-2 St. Norbert at 7 p.m. on Saturday at Thanksgiving Showdown. Lawrence now 11/7-8 Battle of Highway 41 the Appleton Family Ice Center. has a 2-10-2 record in the event. 11/7 at Marian L, 2-1 2014-15 11/8 Marian L, 5-2 WEBCAST Lawrence 3, Gustavus Adolphus 3 (OT) 11/14 Northland W, 4-2 }Webcasts are available for both Lawrence 4, St. Olaf 3 games this weekend. Friday’s web- 11/15 Northland W, 5-4 OT 2013-14 cast is at: http://portal.stretchinternet. Lawrence 6, Gustavus Adolphus 6 (OT) 11/21 at UW-River Falls L, 4-1 com/snc/. Saturday’s game, with Dick St. Olaf 5, Lawrence 1 11/22 at UW-Stout L, 2-1 Knapinski on the call, is at: http://por- 2012-13 11/29-30 NCHA/MIAC Showdown tal.stretchinternet.com/lawrence/. St. Scholastica 9, Lawrence 2 St. Norbert 6, Lawrence 3 11/29 at Gustavus Adolphus T, 3-3 OT Links to both webcasts are on the Lawrence hockey page. 2011-12 11/30 vs. St. Olaf W, 4-3 St. Norbert 5, Lawrence 1 12/5 at St. Norbert 7:00 pm St. Scholastica 6, Lawrence 1 THE COACHES 2010-11 12/6 St. Norbert 7:00 pm }Mike Szkodzinski (St. Norbert 2000) Lawrence 4, St. Scholastica 2 12/13 at UW-Eau Claire 7:00 pm is in his eighth season at Lawrence St. Norbert 5, Lawrence 0 and has a record of 95-118-19 (.450). 1/10 at Concordia (Minn.) 2:00 pm 2009-10 }Legendary St. Norbert coach Tim St. Norbert 2, Lawrence 1 1/11 at St. John’s (Minn.) 2:00 pm Coghlin (UW-Stevens Point 1989) is in St. Scholastica 7, Lawrence 2 1/16 MSOE 7:00 pm his 22nd season at St. Norbert and has 2008-09 1/17 at MSOE 7:00 pm a record of 470-122-48 (.772). St. Scholastica 4, Lawrence 3 (OT) St. Norbert 4, Lawrence 0 1/23 at St. Scholastica 7:00 pm THE SERIES 1/24 at St. Scholastica 4:00 pm }St. Norbert holds a 40-4-0 lead in the Gustavus last Saturday. 1/30 Lake Forest 7:00 pm series, and the Green Knights are 35-1 Lawrence scored a pair of second- 1/31 at Lake Forest 7:00 pm in the series since its team went varsi- period goals to grab the lead, but 2/6 Adrian 7:00 pm ty for the 1988-89 season. Lawrence’s Gustavus got the equalizer at the sev- 2/7 Adrian 4:00 pm lone victory against St. Norbert’s var- en-minute mark of the third. Gustavus sity squad came last season at the had three power-play opportunities 2/13 at Finlandia 7:15 pm Cornerstone Community Center. later in the third but couldn’t cash in. 2/14 at Finlandia 3:00 pm The Gusties went 0-for-6 on the 2/20-21 NCHA Quarterfinals TBA LAST SERIES power play, and Lawrence was 0-for-2. 2/28 NCHA Semifinals TBA Lawrence went 1-0-1 at the Jake McCann gave Gustavus a 1-0 lead with his goal at 8:36 of the open- 3/7 NCHA Harris Cup Final TBA NCHA-MIAC Thanksgiving Showdown at Gustavus Adolphus last weekend. ing period. Lawrence tied it at 1-1 just 3/24 NCAA First Round TBA Lawrence opened the showdown over two minutes later when Brendan Home games in bold by skating to a 3-3 overtime tie with Vetter scored off a pass from Matt Moore. Gavin Tufte gave the Gusties a 2-1 LAWRENCE’S CAREER LEADERS HEAD COACH Points MIKE lead when he scored at 3:47 of the 116 Marc Howe 2006-10 second, but the Vikings scored twice 103 Nick Jennette 2005-09 SZKODZINSKI in a two-minute span to take the lead. 103 Ryan Blick 2001-05 Hometown Ryan Rumble scored off a pass from 99 Joe Searl 2003-07 Brighton, Mich. 99 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 Alma mater Brandon Boelter at 8:47 to tie it, and 91 Matt Hughes 2008-12 Jake Kreutzer scored off a pass from 89 Tom Conti 1998-2002 St. Norbert 2000 Austin Frank at 10:44 to give Lawrence 86 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 Playing Experience a 3-2 advantage. 77 Josh Peterson 2004-08 Ferris State 1996-98; 73 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 St. Norbert 1998-2000 Andy Pearson then scored at 7:11 Coaching Experience of the third for the Gusties to tie it at Goals Lawrence 2006-present; St. Norbert 2004- 3-3. 65 Marc Howe 2006-10 48 Nick Jennette 2005-09 06 (assistant); Findlay 2002-04 (assistant); Mattias Soderqvist made 42 saves 48 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 UW-Eau Claire 2001-02 (assistant) for the Vikings, and Erik Johnson 46 Matt Hughes 2008-12 stopped 20 shots for Gustavus. 43 Joe Searl 2003-07 Szkodzinski’s Year-by-Year Record 40 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 In Sunday’s game, Rumble scored Year NCHA Overall Lawrence’s final two goals to lift the 40 Tom Conti 1998-2002 38 Ryan Blick 2001-05 2014-15 4 2 0 5 4 1 Vikings to a 4-3 victory over St. Olaf. 36 Andy Rozanski 2001-05 2013-14 5 12 1 6 19 2 Rumble gave Lawrence a 3-2 lead 32 Matt Melchiori 2000-03 2012-13 6 11 3 8 16 3 late in the second period and then 2011-12 11 6 3 13 11 4 Assists broke a tie early in the third, and that 2010-11 10 10 0 14 13 1 65 Ryan Blick 2001-05 proved to be the difference. 56 Josh Peterson 2004-08 2009-10 7 11 2 10 16 2 Rumble gave Lawrence the lead 56 Joe Searl 2003-07 2008-09 14 5 1 16 11 1 when he scored off assists from Ryan 55 Nick Jennette 2005-09 2007-08 10 9 1 10 14 3 Robertson and Jake Roeper with 1:30 55 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 2006-07 8 11 2 13 14 2 51 Marc Howe 2006-10 Totals 75 77 13 95 118 19 left in the second period. That lead 51 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 didn’t last as Matt Guerts scored on 49 Tom Conti 1998-2002 the power play with just 19 seconds 47 William Thoren 2010-14 Szkodzinski vs. the NCHA School Record left in the period to tie it at 3-3. 46 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 46 Josh DeSmit 2007-11 Adrian 0 14 3 Lawrence grabbed the 4-3 lead 46 Pete Mossberg 2002-06 Concordia 12 5 1 when Rumble scored 3:45 into the Finlandia 17 12 3 third period with Roeper and Robert- Power Play Goals 19 Nick Jennette 2005-09 Lake Forest 6 5 2 son picking up assists again. 17 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 Marian 5 20 4 Soderqvist made that lead stand 17 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 MSOE 2 20 0 up as he stopped all 15 St. Olaf shots 16 Joe Searl 2003-07 Northland 33 5 0 15 Marc Howe 2006-10 in the final period. Soderqvist finished St. Norbert 1 10 0 13 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 with 37 saves. 13 Ryan Blick 2001-05 St. Scholastica 2 5 0 The Vikings also had to kill off a pair of third-period penalties and held Wins Situational Records Under Szkodzinski the Oles to 1-for-5 on the man-ad- 41 Evan Johnson 2007-11 Overall 95 118 19 30 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 NCHA 75 77 13 vantage for the game. St. Olaf pulled 16 Daniel Ljung 2002-06 their goaltender for the final 1:22 but 15 Peter Emery 2011-present Home 59 41 10 couldn’t get the equalizer. 13 Grant Henderson 1998-2002 Away 34 70 9 Neutral 2 7 0 Lawrence trailed 1-0 when Vetter Saves scored with 9:00 left in the first period. 2519 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 Scoring First 65 26 9 The score remained tied at 1-1 until 2394 Evan Johnson 2007-11 Scored On First 30 90 10 Roeper scored his first collegiate goal, 2328 Grant Henderson 1998-2002 Leading After First 52 15 4 a power-play tally, at the 5:58 mark of 1682 Daniel Ljung 2002-06 971 Jim Bauchiero 1986-90 Trailing After First 10 73 6 the second. The Oles tied it at 2-2 on Tied After First 32 30 9 a short-hander by Brian Hickey at the Shutouts Leading After Second 69 12 9 9 Evan Johnson 2007-11 14:21 mark of the second. Trailing After Second 9 91 0 4 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 Luke Andriuk made 27 saves and 2 Peter Emery 2011-present Tied After Second 17 15 10 took the loss for St. Olaf. 2 Jim Ryan 2007-09 Overtime Games 9 7 18 VIKINGS UPDATE }Lawrence is coming Lawrence University Hockey Facts off its best outing ever at the Thanksgiving Location Appleton, Wis.