Lawrence University (2-0-0, 2-0-0 NCHA) vs. Marian University (0-2-0, 0-2-0 NCHA) Friday and Saturday, Nov. 7-8, 2014 Blue Line Ice Center/Appleton Family Ice Center SCHEDULE 2014-15 LAWRENCE SCHEDULE }The Battle of Highway 41 series be- BATTLE OF HIGHWAY 41 This marks the fifth season that Lawrence Date Opponent Time/Res gins Friday at the Blue Line Ice Center in Fond du Lac, Wis., at 7 p.m. Satur- and Marian have squared off in the Battle 10/31 Concordia (Wis.) W, 6-2 of Highway 41 series. The winning team day’s game is set for 7 p.m. at the Ap- 11/1 at Concordia (Wis.) W, 4-2 gets custody of the traveling trophy for the pleton Family Ice Center. year. 11/7-8 Battle of Highway 41 WEBCAST 2013-14 11/7 at Marian 7:00 pm }Saturday’s game will be webcast at: Lawrence 3, Marian 1 11/8 Marian 7:00 pm http://portal.stretchinternet.com/ Marian 6, Lawrence 2 Marian wins series in shootout lawrence/ with CJ Revis and Andrew 11/14 Northland 7:00 pm 2012-13 Borresen on the call. A video webcast 11/15 Northland 4:00 pm Marian 3, Lawrence 1 also is available for Friday’s game. Go Marian 3, Lawrence 2 11/21 at UW-River Falls 7:00 pm to: http://www.sabreathletics.com/ Marian wins series 2-0 11/22 at UW-Stout 7:30 pm sports/mice/2014-15/schedule. Links 2011-12 Lawrence 4, Marian 3 11/29-30 NCHA/MIAC Showdown for both webcasts are available on the Lawrence hockey page. Lawrence 6, Marian 2 11/29 at Gustavus Adolphus TBD Lawrence wins series 2-0 11/30 vs. St. Olaf TBD THE COACHES 2010-11 }Mike Szkodzinski (St. Norbert 2000) Marian 5, Lawrence 0 12/5 at St. Norbert 7:00 pm Marian 6, Lawrence 3 is in his eighth season at Lawrence 12/6 St. Norbert 7:00 pm Marian wins series 2-0 and has a record of 92-114-18 (.451). 2009-10 12/13 at UW-Eau Claire 7:00 pm }A.J. Aitken (Michigan Tech 2000) is in Marian 5, Lawrence 2 1/10 at Concordia (Minn.) 2:00 pm his third season at Marian and has a Marian 6, Lawrence 3 record of 25-27-3 (.478). Marian wins series 2-0 1/11 at St. John’s (Minn.) 2:00 pm 1/16 MSOE 7:00 pm THE SERIES a Northern Collegiate Hockey Asso- 1/17 at MSOE 7:00 pm }Marian holds a 49-15-6 lead in the ciation sweep of Concordia (Wis.) last series that started during the 1992-93 weekend. 1/23 at St. Scholastica 7:00 pm season. The teams split two games a In the series opener at the Ap- 1/24 at St. Scholastica 4:00 pm season ago. pleton Family Ice Center, Lawrence 1/30 Lake Forest 7:00 pm }The two games this weekend are the scored the game’s final four goals on annual Battle of Highway 41 series. to pull away for a 6-2 victory. 1/31 at Lake Forest 7:00 pm Since the inception of this series and Mattias Soderqvist stopped 40 2/6 Adrian 7:00 pm its traveling trophy back in 2009-10, shots for Lawrence and didn’t allow a 2/7 Adrian 4:00 pm the Sabres have a 4-1 edge in the se- goal for the final 44:07 of the contest. ries. Marian won last season’s series in Renato Engler had a goal and 2/13 at Finlandia 7:15 pm a shootout after the teams split the three assists for Lawrence, and Blake 2/14 at Finlandia 3:00 pm two games. Roubos picked up a goal and two as- sists for the Vikings. LAST SERIES Concordia led 1-0 when freshman Home games in bold Lawrence opened its season with Matt Montemurro scored his first ca- reer goal for Lawrence, a power-play tally, to tie the game at 1-1 at the LAWRENCE’S CAREER LEADERS HEAD COACH Points MIKE 13:12 mark of the first. Roubos scored 116 Marc Howe 2006-10 less than a minute later at 14:09 to 103 Nick Jennette 2005-09 SZKODZINSKI give the Vikings a 2-1 edge. 103 Ryan Blick 2001-05 Hometown 99 Joe Searl 2003-07 Cody Dixon then tied it at 2-2 Brighton, Mich. 99 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 Alma mater when he scored for the Falcons at the 91 Matt Hughes 2008-12 15:53 mark of the first. 89 Tom Conti 1998-2002 St. Norbert 2000 Lawrence then got two goals in a 86 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 Playing Experience span of six seconds to take command 77 Josh Peterson 2004-08 Ferris State 1996-98; 73 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 in the second. Engler swiped the puck St. Norbert 1998-2000 Coaching Experience and scored unassisted at the 4:02 mak Goals Lawrence 2006-present; St. Norbert 2004- of the second to put Lawrence up 3-0. 65 Marc Howe 2006-10 06 (assistant); Findlay 2002-04 (assistant); The Vikings won the ensuing faceoff 48 Nick Jennette 2005-09 48 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 UW-Eau Claire 2001-02 (assistant) and Matt Moore scored at 4:08 for a 46 Matt Hughes 2008-12 4-2 edge. 43 Joe Searl 2003-07 Szkodzinski’s Year-by-Year Record 40 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 Lawrence sealed the win when Year NCHA Overall freshman Jake Kreutzer scored on the 40 Tom Conti 1998-2002 38 Ryan Blick 2001-05 2014-15 2 0 0 2 0 0 power play at 10:47 of the third to give 36 Andy Rozanski 2001-05 2013-14 5 12 1 6 19 2 the Vikings a 5-2 advantage. Brandon 32 Matt Melchiori 2000-03 2012-13 6 11 3 8 16 3 Boelter added a power-play goal with 2011-12 11 6 3 13 11 4 Assists just 1:21 left to close out the scoring. 2010-11 10 10 0 14 13 1 65 Ryan Blick 2001-05 In the series finale at the Ozaukee 56 Josh Peterson 2004-08 2009-10 7 11 2 10 16 2 Ice Center, Roubos scored twice and 56 Joe Searl 2003-07 2008-09 14 5 1 16 11 1 Engler piled up three points to lead 55 Nick Jennette 2005-09 2007-08 10 9 1 10 14 3 Lawrence to a 4-2 victory. 55 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 2006-07 8 11 2 13 14 2 51 Marc Howe 2006-10 Totals 73 75 13 92 114 18 Roubos scored the game’s first 51 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 goals in span of 3:36 in the opening 49 Tom Conti 1998-2002 period to give Lawrence the lead. 47 William Thoren 2010-14 Szkodzinski vs. the NCHA School Record Roubos scored at the 10:09 mark off 46 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 46 Josh DeSmit 2007-11 Adrian 0 14 3 assists from Engler and Kruetzer for a 46 Pete Mossberg 2002-06 Concordia 12 5 1 1-0 lead. He then added a power-play Finlandia 17 12 3 goal at 13:45 off a pass from Engler for Power Play Goals 19 Nick Jennette 2005-09 Lake Forest 6 5 2 a 2-0 advantage. 17 Brad Scurfield 2009-13 Marian 5 18 4 The Falcons cut the margin in half 17 Mike Burkhart 2001-05 MSOE 2 20 0 on Chris Hughes’ goal at the 14:34 16 Joe Searl 2003-07 Northland 31 5 0 15 Marc Howe 2006-10 mark and Lawrence led 2-1 after the St. Norbert 1 10 0 13 Jameson Raymond 2008-12 opening period. 13 Ryan Blick 2001-05 St. Scholastica 2 5 0 Moore scored 4:31 into the sec- ond period, and the score stayed 3-1 Wins Situational Records Under Szkodzinski until Engler scored just 1:45 into the 41 Evan Johnson 2007-11 Overall 92 114 18 30 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 NCHA 73 75 13 third period. The Falcons scored with 16 Daniel Ljung 2002-06 1:42 remaining for the final margin. 15 Peter Emery 2011-present Home 57 40 10 Soderqvist stopped 44 shots to 13 Grant Henderson 1998-2002 Away 34 67 8 pick up the win for Lawrence. Dylan Neutral 1 7 0 Saves Frank made 33 saves for Concordia. 2519 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 Scoring First 65 24 9 2394 Evan Johnson 2007-11 Scored On First 27 88 9 VIKINGS UPDATE 2328 Grant Henderson 1998-2002 Leading After First 52 15 4 }Lawrence opened the 1682 Daniel Ljung 2002-06 971 Jim Bauchiero 1986-90 Trailing After First 10 71 6 season with a NCHA Tied After First 29 28 8 series sweep of Concor- Shutouts Leading After Second 68 12 8 9 Evan Johnson 2007-11 dia (Wis.) last weekend. Trailing After Second 9 89 0 This is the first time 4 Andrew Isaac 2003-07 2 Peter Emery 2011-present Tied After Second 15 13 10 Lawrence has started 2 Jim Ryan 2007-09 Overtime Games 8 7 17 the season with a series sweep since the 2009-10 season when the Vikings Lawrence University Hockey Facts went 4-0-0 to start the campaign. Location Appleton, Wis. }The successful start to the season Founded 1847 netted Lawrence a mention in this Enrollment 1,500 week’s USCHO Top 15.