THIS WEEKEND
After a month off, the University of Mary hockey team opens the 2021 calendar year with three road games over four days. The Marauders first face off against Williston State College at 7 pm on Wednesday, Jan. 13. UMary then heads to Great Falls, MT, for a pair of games against the University of Providence on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 15-16. Game time both days is 8 pm CST. This is the Marauders first trip to Great Falls.
 
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 GoUMary.com.
 
RECORDS
The Marauders are 14-1-2-1 (W-L-T-OTL) this season.  
 
HISTORY
The Marauders are 9-0 all-time against Williston State College, including a 10-1 win over the Tetons earlier this season in Mandan… UMary is 1-2 all-time against Providence. The Marauders split a home series against the Argos last season before dropping a 3-2 overtime decision in the 2020 MWCHL championship game.
 
HAVE WE MET BEFORE?
UMary will face Providence four times in the Marauders next six games and six times in the next 12 games.
 
22
The Marauders have 22 games remaining on their schedule, not counting possible MWCHL, ACHA West Region and the ACHA national tournament appearances. 
 
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 11 games, opponents are 3-for-47 on power play opportunities… For the year the Marauders have allowed the opposition to score on just 11.8% (8-for-68) of their power play opportunities… Conversely the Marauders have scored on 31.2% (24-of-77) of their power play opportunities.
 
RANKED
After changes in schedules, the University of Mary are scheduled to play 17 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 ACHA Division 2 opponents are #3 Liberty (three games) and #12 Providence (six games). The Marauders ranked ACHA Division I foes are #5 Minot State (four games) and #12 University of Jamestown (four games)… Minot State is also a defending national champion… 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 92-15-4-4 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 14-1-2-1 in 2020-21 (W-L-T-OTL).
 
MILESTONES
A pair of Marauders reach career milestones in the Marauders 6-5 win at Dakota College on Dec. 6. Zach Garrett scored his 50^th career goal at UMary against DC. Garrett previously had played for the Lumberjacks… Kyler Moore reached 100 career points in his Marauders career with a second period assist in the same game.
 
GOAL SAVANT
In his second season with the Marauders, Seth Cushing continues to pile up the goals. Through 17 games he has a team-best 17 goals. Cushing also has seven assists and 24 points. Three times he has posted the game-winning goal. In 67 career games Cushing has lit the lamp 54 times and has delivered 27 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 18 games he is second on the team in goals (9), third in points (21) and fourth in assists (12). 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 113 career games, Flicek has 79 goals, 67 assists and 146 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 15 assists this season – including six on power play goals – and four goals. For his career the third-year player has generated 112 points (30 goals and 82 assists) in 115 games. His play on both ends the rink has led UMary to outscore the opposition 537-204 in three seasons, including a 81-36 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 has reached triple digits for career points at UMary. The native of Firestone, CO, owns 100 career points. This season he has produced six goals and nine assists for 15 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 eight goals and 15 assists for 23 points. He is sitting at 50 career goals and owns 136 points. 
 
POWER PLAYER
Drew Lenertz directs a potent power play for the Marauders. The third-year defenseman has 74 career points in 115 games. Seven of his goals have come on the power play, along with a program-record 30 assists. He has three goals (two on a power play) and ten assists (three 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 7-0-1-1 with a 2.07 goals against average, a 93.0 save percentage and three shutouts. Hayton, in his first season at UMary, is 7-1-1-0 with a 1.94 GAA, a 93.4% save percentage and one shutout.
 
A PLUS PLUS PLUS
Johnny Witzke is +17 this season to pace the Marauders in +/- rankings. The dynamic skater has been on the ice for 17 more UMary goals than opponent's goals when teams are at even strength or while scoring a shorthanded goal. Individually Witzke has four goals and 13 assists for 17 points this season… Just behind Witzke at +14 is Alex Flicek, Kyler Moore and Drew Lenertz…. All Marauders skaters are at least even with no skaters featuring a negative number.   
 
NEXT UP
After the team's three-game road trip to start January, the Marauders start a 5-game home stand with a visit from Utah State University on January 21 and January 23.  
 
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