Men's Hockey Game Notes Vol. VIII | Page 3

MARIAN HOCKEY LAST 10 W W W L L L T L T L W W L L L L L L T W STORYLINES HISTORY: The Foresters lead the all-time series 14-9-2 ... The two teams split the season series last year with each team losing a game by a 3-2 margin BIG STORY: It’s go time for the Sabres as they have a number of important games on the upcoming schedule. They currently sit in sixth place in the NCHA standings behind Lake Forest who is in fifth place. There is still plenty of time to make a run in the league standings, but this weekend is where it all begins. - - - TEAM SCOPE - - MARIAN: The long weekend ended with the Sabres winless in 2014. On Friday night, the offense dropped four goals on Concordia-Moorhead, but a late goal from the Cobbers sent the teams to overtime. On Saturday, senior Tyler Klein put the Sabres on the board early in the first, but the offense sputtered, sending Marian to overtime for the second consecutive night. Less than two minutes into the overtime period, the Sabres were forced to go to the penalty kill and St. John’s would capitalize on the man-advantage. LAKE FOREST: Sitting just one spot ahead of Marian in the standings, Lake Forest has had a rough go of things in the past month. After starting 5-2, the Foresters couldn’t escape a six game losing streak. They’ve since responded by getting back into the win column last Saturday against St. Olaf. On Friday, the Foresters battled to a 2-2 tie with Gustavus Adolphus. Both opponents defeated Marian at the MIAC/NCHA Showcase in November. WHO’S HOT: The offensive line of Tyler Klein, Ben Morgan, and Rjay Berra was largely responsible for the offense last weekend...Klein finished with three assists on Friday against ConcordiaMoorhead and a goal on Saturday against St. John’s ... Sophomore Ben Morgan found twine twice on Friday night and added an assist on Saturday...Junior Rjay Berra collected a goal and an assist in Friday night’s 4-4 tie...Junior Bobby Barrett leads the Lake Forest offense with 11 goals and five assists, including three game-winning goals. Barrett has scored in his previoius three games and has had points in each of the last four...Joining him in the offense is defenseman Ben Certo who has five points in his last three games. Against St. Olaf, Certo scored a goal and added an assist. GP RECORD HOME AWAY G/G GA/G PP% PK% PIM/G 15 4-9-2 2-2-1 2-5-1 2.53 2.80 14% 81% 17.1 12 6-8-1 4-3-0 2-5-1 3.07 3.27 17% 83% 14.1 MUSabreAthletics @MUSabres MUSabres SabreAthletics