THE WEEK AHEAD
The University of Mary returns to action with a home-and-away series with Dakota College at Bottineau this weekend. First the Marauders host the Lumberjacks on Saturday, Dec. 5. Face off is set for 5 pm at the Starion Sports Complex Schwan Cadillac Rink. The weekend concludes at 6 pm on Sunday, Dec. 6, in Bottineau, ND.
 
SCHEDULE UPDTES
For scheduling updates, including start time changes, visit the Marauders hockey page on www.goumary.com. 
 
MARAUDERS HOME GAMES CLOSED TO STUDENTS, PUBLIC
Public admission for Marauders home hockey games is currently not allowed due to a change in the local North Dakota Smart Restart risk level. Fans are encouraged to watch free live webcasts of all home games at www.GoUMary.com and https://nsicnetwork.com/goumary/
 
FREE LIVE STREAMS AVAILABLE FOR HOME GAMES
Fans unable to watch home UMary hockey games in person are encouraged to watch Marauders home games live online and free of charge at www.nsicnetwork.com/goumary and www.GoUMary.com.
 
RECORDS
The Marauders are 11-1-2-1 (W-L-T-OTL) this season… The Lumberjacks are 0-1-0-1 after opening their season last weekend with a pair of losses to Williston State in a home-and-away series.
 
PULLING THE PLUG
The Marauders penalty kill unit has overwhelmed the opposition this season. During one recent stretch UMary had skated off 23 straight shorthanded situations over the span of six games, all victories. In UMary's last eight games, opponents are 2-for-34 on power play opportunities… For the year the Marauders have allowed the opposition to score on just 13% (7-for-54) of their power play opportunities… Conversely the Marauders have scored on 26.7% (16-of-60) of their power play opportunities.
 
RANKED
The University of Mary are scheduled to play 19 games against teams ranked nationally in the final ACHA D2 and D1 polls from last season. The Marauders were ranked second in the final 2019-20 poll and spent several weeks atop the ratings. UMary's ranked foes are: #3 Liberty (three games), #7 Florida Gulf Coast (two games), #12 Providence (four games), and #17 Montana State (two games). The Marauders ranked ACHA Division I foes are #5 Minot State (four games) and #12 University of Jamestown (four games)… Florida Gulf Coast and Minot State are also the defending national champions of their respective divisions… So far this season the Marauders are 3-1-2-1 against ranked opponents.
 
NORTH DAKOTA OR BUST
After playing six straight games out of state in October, the Marauders aren't scheduled to leave North Dakota again until 2021 when UMary visits Great Falls, MT, for a pair of games against the University of Providence on January 15-16.
 
SUCCESS
In just three short seasons as a program, Marauders head coach Dan Huntley has led the UMary to a record of 89-15-4-4 overall. The Marauders finished 39-5-2-1 in their inaugural season of 2018-19 and 39-9-0-2 in 2019-20. UMary is 11-1-2-1 in 2020-21 (W-L-T-OTL).
 
ON THE CUSP
A pair of Marauders are approaching career milestones. Zach Garrett is sitting at 49 career goals in his UMary career and Kyler Moore owns 99 points while wearing the Blue & Orange.
 
GOAL SAVANT
In his second season with the Marauders, Seth Cushing continues to pile up the goals. Through 15 games he has a team-best 15 goals. Cushing also has five assists and 20 points. Three times he has posted the game-winning goal. In 64 career games Cushing has lit the lamp 52 times and has delivered 25 assists. Cushing is the fastest UMary player to reach 50 goals, needing just 61 games, ahead of Alex Flicek (68 games) and Andy Huber (89).
 
FLICEK FLYING
All-American Alex Flicek is off to an outstanding start. Through 15 games he is second on the team in goals (10), points (19) and assists (10). The Bismarck, ND, native earned 2019-20 ACHA D2 All-American honors after tallying 34 goals and posting 33 assists for a team-high 67 points. He scored nine game-winning goals, added two on power plays and one shorthanded. In 110 career games, Flicek has 79 goals, 63 assists and 142 points with 18 game-winning goals.
 
RUSH TIME
Marshall Tschida is incredibly adept at both stopping the opponent's offensive rush and leading the Marauders charge towards the opposing goal. The defenseman owns 13 assists this season – including six on power play goals – and three goals. For his career the third-year player has generated 109 points (29 goals and 80 assists) in 112 games. His play on both ends the rink has led UMary to outscore the opposition 519-198 in three seasons, including a 63-30 mark this year.
 
OLD FACES
The Marauders return 15 players from last season… Nine skaters are original members of the program entering their third season at UMary (Drew Lenertz, Alexander Horner, Marshall Tschida, Alex Flicek, Cyril Nagurski, Andrew Heckaman, Andrew Huber, Zach Garrett, Kyler Moore)… Six players are in their second year with the Marauders (Seth Cushing, David Ruiz, Cody Shepard, Noah Scordato, Johnny Witzke, Kyle Hayden)… The Marauders have nine players in their first season with UMary.
 
I WANT MOORE
Third-year player Kyler Moore is on the cusp of reaching triple digits for career points. The native of Firestone, CO, owns 99 career points. This season he has produced five goals and eight assists for 13 points. Moore has three power play goals and owns two game-winners.
 
CAPTAIN
Team captain Zach Garrett entered the 2020-21 season second all-time in points at UMary with 116. Able to both find the net and teammates, Garrett had 23 goals and 36 assists for 59 points last season after contributing 54 points (19 goals and 35 assists) in 2018-19. This year he owns seven goals and ten assists for 17 points. He is sitting at 49 career goals and owns 130 points. 
 
POWER PLAYER
Drew Lenertz directs a potent power play for the Marauders. The third-year defenseman has 71 career points in 112 games. Six of his goals have come on the power play, along with a program-record 29 assists. He has two goals (on a power play) and eight assists (two on a power play) this season. 
 
BRICK WALL
The Marauders net-minding duo of Kyle Hayden and Conan Hayton have been spectacular and own incredibly similar numbers. In his second season at UMary, Hayden is 6-0-1-1 with a 2.05 goals against average, a 93.1 save percentage and two shutouts. Hayton, in his first season at UMary, is 5-1-1-0 with a 1.97 GAA, a 93.5% save percentage and one shutout.
 
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