THIS WEEK
For the first time in over a month, the University of Mary hockey teams plays on home ice when the Marauders host Dakota College of Bottineau on Thursday, Jan. 21. The midweek tilt is slated for 7 pm at the Starion Sports Complex Schwan Cadillac Rink.
 
SCHEDULE UPDATE
Originally scheduled to host Utah State University on Jan. 21 and Jan. 23, the Aggies were unable to make the trip… Dakota College will now play at UMary on Jan. 21. The Marauders will not compete on Jan. 23. For the most current schedule information, including start time changes and location adjustments, visit the Marauders hockey page on www.goumary.com. 
 
MARAUDERS HOME GAMES CLOSED TO PUBLIC
UMary hockey home events remain closed to the general public and no tickets will be sold. Currently Marauders hockey falls under the Lottery & Family Attendance Only policy for spectators. The Lottery & Family Attendance Only level combines the family attendance policy, which allows UMary student-athletes and coaches to distribute a limited number of will-call tickets to family members and fans, along with an additional number of will-call passes to be distributed to University of Mary students and faculty & staff as determined by a random lottery selection process. All names of fans accepting their lottery will-call pass, along with each team's family pass list, must be provided to the University of Mary Athletic department 24 hours prior to the contest. A limited number of will-call tickets are also available to the visiting team with distribution determined by the opposing head coach. Fans are encouraged to watch free live webcasts of all home games at www.GoUMary.com/coverage.
 
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.GoUMary.com/coverage
 
RECORDS
The Marauders are 17-1-2-1 (W-L-T-OTL) this season. 
 
HISTORY
The Marauders are 9-1 all-time against Dakota College at Bottineau, including a 2-0 mark this season.
 
YOU LOOK FAMILIAR
Including a pair of games last weekend, UMary will face the University of Providence four times in the Marauders next five games. Overall the Marauders will have faced the Argos six times in 11 games.
 
HALFWAY
The Marauders have 20 games in the books and 22 remaining, not counting postseason opportunities.
 
LAST WEEK
In their first outing in a month, the Marauders opened the 2021 portion of their schedule with a 10-1 win at Williston State College. Alex Flicek posted his first hat trick and Zach Garrett delivered five assists. Both Flicek and Garrett tied school records with their performance… Taking on the only ACHA D2 program against whom UMary had a losing record (1-2), the Marauders then swept a pair of road games at the University of Providence. The Marauders scored five straight goals with Kyler Moore assisting on four and scoring one as UMary opened with a 7-4 win. In game two, Conan Hayton stopped 23 shots for his third shutout of the year and Moore scored a goal and added an assist as the Marauders completed the weekend sweep with a 3-0 win.   
 
RECORDS

• Alex Flicek scored three goals in the 10-1 win at Williston State to ties the school record
• Zach Garrett had five assists at WSC to tie the school record

 
MORE MOORE
Kyler Moore had a tremendous weekend at Providence, taking part in seven of UMary's ten goals in a sweep of the Argos. After a goal and four assists in the opening 7-4 win, the Firestone, CO, native added another goal and assist in a 3-0 victory to close out the weekend. His four assists were just one short of the team record of five.
 
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 14 games, opponents are 3-for-57 on power play opportunities… For the year the Marauders have allowed the opposition to score on just 10.4% (8-for-77) of their power play opportunities… Conversely the Marauders have scored on 31.3% (27-of-87) 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 5-1-2-1 against ranked opponents.
 
FOUR
The Marauders are set to play their next four games at home before starting a stretch of six straight on the road and 9-of-10 on the road.
 
SUCCESS
In just three short seasons as a program, Marauders head coach Dan Huntley has led the UMary to a record of 95-15-4-4 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 17-1-2-1 in 2020-21 (W-L-T-OTL).
 
GOAL SAVANT
In his second season with the Marauders, Seth Cushing continues to pile up the goals. Through 21 games he has a team-best 19 goals. Cushing also has nine assists and 28 points. Three times he has posted the game-winning goal. In 71 career games Cushing has lit the lamp 56 times and has delivered 29 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 21 games he is second on the team in goals (14), third in points (27) and fourth in assists (14). 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 117 career games, Flicek has 84 goals, 66 assists and 150 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 16 assists this season – including six on power play goals – and five goals. For his career the third-year player has generated 113 points (31 goals and 82 assists) in 118 games. His play on both ends the rink has led UMary to outscore the opposition 557-209 in three seasons, including a 91-40 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 107 career points. This season he has produced eight goals and 14 assists for 22 points. Moore has four power play goals and owns three 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 20 assists for 28 points. He is sitting at 50 career goals and owns 141 points. 
 
POWER PLAYER
Drew Lenertz directs a potent power play for the Marauders. The third-year defenseman has 76 career points in 118 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 12 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 8-0-1-1 with a 2.15 goals against average, a 92.9 save percentage and three shutouts. Hayton, in his first season at UMary, is 9-1-1-0 with a 1.70 GAA, a 94% save percentage and two shutouts.
 
A PLUS PLUS PLUS
Johnny Witzke is +22 this season to pace the Marauders in +/- rankings. The dynamic skater has been on the ice for 22 more UMary goals than opponent's goals when teams are at even strength or while scoring a shorthanded goal. Individually the multi-dimensional Witzke has five goals and 15 assists for 20 points this season… Just behind Witzke at +20 is Kyler Moore, followed by Alex Flicek (+19), Drew Lenertz (+18) and Seth Cushing (+18)…. All Marauders skaters are at least even with no skaters featuring a negative number.  
 
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.
 
NEXT UP
After Thursday's home game against Dakota College, the Marauders will host the University of Providence on January 29-30.   
 
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