Lawrence University (6-16-1, 5-11-0 NCHA) at Finlandia University (4-18-1, 3-13-0 NCHA) Friday and Saturday, Feb. 13-14, 2015 Houghton County Arena SCHEDULE period allowed Adrian to pull away, 2014-15 LAWRENCE SCHEDULE }Lawrence travels to Michigan’s Up- and the Bulldogs went on to a 6-1 win Date Opponent Time/Res per Peninsula for a pair of games at in the series opener last Friday at the 10/31 Concordia (Wis.) W, 6-2 Finlandia to wrap up the NCHA regu- Appleton Family Ice Center. lar season. Friday’s game at Houghton Matt Thompson recorded a hat 11/1 at Concordia (Wis.) W, 4-2 County Arena starts at 7:15 p.m. East- trick for the first-place Bulldogs, and 11/7-8 Battle of Highway 41 ern time (6:15 Central) and Saturday’s Ryan Gieseler picked up four assists. 11/7 at Marian L, 2-1 game is at 3 p.m. Eastern (2 p.m. Cen- Adrian led 2-0 after a pair of pow- 11/8 Marian L, 5-2 tral). er-play goals, one early in the first pe- 11/14 Northland W, 4-2 riod and the second early in the sec- WEBCAST ond. 11/15 Northland W, 5-4 OT }A free video webcast is available for Lawrence was on the power play 11/21 at UW-River Falls L, 4-1 both games this weekend at: http:// late in the second period, but Jeremy 11/22 at UW-Stout L, 2-1 www.fulions.com/watch/. Olinyk picked up a loose puck in the 11/29-30 NCHA/MIAC Showdown }A link for the games is available on Vikings’ end and got a short-handed 11/29 at Gustavus Adolphus T, 3-3 OT the Lawrence hockey page at: http:// goal for a 3-0 lead with 2:30 left. Josh www.lawrence.edu/athletics/winter_ Ranalli then scored with 1:20 remain- 11/30 vs. St. Olaf W, 4-3 sports/hockey. ing after fighting off Brad Mueller in 12/5 at St. Norbert L, 3-1 front of the net to give the Bulldogs a 12/6 St. Norbert L, 9-0 THE COACHES 4-0 edge. 12/13 at UW-Eau Claire L, 11-2 }Mike Szkodzinski (St. Norbert 2000) Olinyk added another goal mid- is in his ninth season at Lawrence and way through the third period, and 1/10 at Concordia (Minn.) L, 6-1 has a record of 96-130-19 (.431). Thompson got the hat trick when he 1/11 at St. John’s (Minn.) L, 6-2 }Dane Litke (North Dakota 1997) is in scored on the power play with just 1/16 MSOE L, 5-2 his first season at Finlandia and has a three seconds left. The Bulldogs went 1/17 at MSOE W, 3-2 record of 4-18-1 (.196). 3-for-6 on the power play, and Law- 1/23 at St. Scholastica L, 6-1 rence was 0-for-4. THE SERIES Sean Reynolds scored Lawrence’s 1/24 at St. Scholastica L, 4-2 }Lawrence holds a 21-19-5 advantage lone goal off assists from Brandon 1/30 Lake Forest L, 4-1 over Finlandia in a series that began Boelter and Renato Engler at the 12:18 1/31 at Lake Forest L, 6-3 in the 2000-01 season. Lawrence has mark of the third. 2/6 Adrian L, 6-1 dominated the series in recents sea- Scott Shackell stopped 21 shots to 2/7 Adrian L, 7-1 sons with a 10-5-1 record since the get the win for Adrian. Mattias Soder- 2010-11 campaign. qvist made 32 saves for the Vikings. 2/13 at Finlandia 7:15 pm Adrian scored four goals in the 2/14 at Finlandia 3:00 pm LAST SERIES first 11 minutes and rolled to a 7-1 vic- 2/20-21 NCHA Quarterfinals TBA Sixth-ranked Adrian swept a tory over Lawrence on Saturday. 2/28 NCHA Semifinals TBA Norhern Collegiate Hockey Associa- Kyle Brothers scored a pair of 3/7 NCHA Harris Cup Final TBA tion series from the Vikings to increase goals, and Ranalli had three assists for its stranglehold on first place in the the Bulldogs. 3/24 NCAA First Round TBA league. Steve Hughes scored the lone Home games in bold A pair of goals late in the second goal for the Vikings. The Bulldogs scored just 1:48 into the game on Micki Mihailovich’s shot LAWRENCE’S CAREER LEADERS HEAD COACH Points MIKE from the wing for a 1-0 edge. Duston 116 Marc Howe 2006-10 Hebebrand made it 2-0 at the 6:49 103 Nick Jennette 2005-09 SZKODZINSKI mark, and Thompson scored just 39 103 Ryan Blick 2001-05 Hometown seconds later for a 3-0 lead. Daniel Lisi 99 Joe Searl 2003-07 Brighton, Mich. 99 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 Alma mater goal at the 10:43 mark gave Adrian a 91 Matt Hughes 2008-12 4-0 advantage. 89 Tom Conti 1998-2002 St. Norbert 2000 Ryan Lowe then scored with just 86 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 Playing Experience 31 seconds left in the first period, and 77 Josh Peterson 2004-08 Ferris State 1996-98; 73 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 the Bulldogs led 5-0 after one. St. Norbert 1998-2000 Coaching Experience The Vikings cut the advantage to Goals Lawrence 2006-present; St. Norbert 2004- 5-1 when Hughes scored off a feed 65 Marc Howe 2006-10 06 (assistant); Findlay 2002-04 (assistant); from Ryan Robertson at the 8:07 mark 48 Nick Jennette 2005-09 48 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 UW-Eau Claire 2001-02 (assistant) of the second period. 46 Matt Hughes 2008-12 The Bulldogs added a pair of 43 Joe Searl 2003-07 Szkodzinski’s Year-by-Year Record 40 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 power-play goals in the third period Year NCHA Overall to complete the scoring. The Bulldogs 40 Tom Conti 1998-2002 38 Ryan Blick 2001-05 2014-15 5 11 0 6 16 1 were 2-for-8 on the power play, and 36 Andy Rozanski 2001-05 2013-14 5 12 1 6 19 2 Lawrence went 0-for-6. 32 Matt Melchiori 2000-03 2012-13 6 11 3 8 16 3 Shackell made eight saves in the 2011-12 11 6 3 13 11 4 Assists first period to pick up the win. James 2010-11 10 10 0 14 13 1 65 Ryan Blick 2001-05 Hamby stopped 24 shots over the fi- 56 Josh Peterson 2004-08 2009-10 7 11 2 10 16 2 nal two periods for Adrian. Peter Em- 56 Joe Searl 2003-07 2008-09 14 5 1 16 11 1 ery made the start for the Vikings, but 55 Nick Jennette 2005-09 2007-08 10 9 1 10 14 3 allowed the first three goals and was 55 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 2006-07 8 11 2 13 14 2 51 Marc Howe 2006-10 Totals 76 86 13 96 130 19 relieved by Soderqvist. Soderqvist 51 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 made 33 saves for the Vikings. 49 Tom Conti 1998-2002 47 William Thoren 2010-14 Szkodzinski vs. the NCHA School Record VIKINGS UPDATE 46 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 46 Josh DeSmit 2007-11 Adrian 0 16 3 }Lawrence controls 46 Pete Mossberg 2002-06 Concordia 12 5 1 its own NCHA playoff Finlandia 17 12 3 destiny as it travels to Power Play Goals 19 Nick Jennette 2005-09 Lake Forest 6 7 2 Finlandia this weekend. 17 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 Marian 5 20 4 Lawrence is currently 17 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 MSOE 3 21 0 the seventh seed and 16 Joe Searl 2003-07 Northland 33 5 0 15 Marc Howe 2006-10 would clinch that spot St. Norbert 1 12 0 13 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 with two points this weekend (two 13 Ryan Blick 2001-05 St. Scholastica 2 7 0 points for a win, one for a tie). Law- rence holds the tiebreaker with two Wins Situational Records Under Szkodzinski of the three teams chasing the Vikings 41 Evan Johnson 2007-11 Overall 96 130 19 30 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 NCHA 76 86 13 based on sweeps of both Concordia 16 Daniel Ljung 2002-06 (Wis.) and Northland. Lawrence can’t 15 Peter Emery 2011-present Home 59 46 10 move up any higher in the standings 13 Grant Henderson 1998-2002 Away 35 77 9 because the Vikings are five points Neutral 2 7 0 Saves behind sixth-place Marian. Finlandia 2519 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 Scoring First 66 30 9 would likely need to sweep the Vi- 2394 Evan Johnson 2007-11 Scored On First 30 98 10 kings to reach the playoffs. Of the 2328 Grant Henderson 1998-2002 Leading After First 53 16 4 other teams chasing the Vikings, Con- 1682 Daniel Ljung 2002-06 971 Jim Bauchiero 1986-90 Trailing After First 10 80 6 cordia (Wis.) has a home-and-home Tied After First 32 34 9 series with MSOE, and Northland Shutouts Leading After Second 70 12 9 9 Evan Johnson 2007-11 hosts No. 8 St. Norbert. Trailing After Second 9 103 0 4 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 2 Peter Emery 2011-present Tied After Second 17 15 10 }If recent history is any indication, 2 Jim Ryan 2007-09 Overtime Games 9 7 18 Lawrence has a fight on its hands this weekend at Finlandia.