THIS WEEKEND
The #12 University of Mary hockey team plays a trio of games in The Windy City this weekend at the ACHA Chicago Classic on Thursday through Saturday, November 20-22. The Marauders open against the University of Delaware on Thursday at 7:40 pm. UMary then takes on #19 University of Utah at 4:40 pm on Friday. The weekend wraps up with a meeting against #18 West Chester University of Pennsylvania at 12:30 pm on Saturday.
 
All three games will be played at Canlan Sports Ice Arena in Romeoville, IL.   
 
FOLLOW LIVE
All Marauders home games are streamed live online. Links to home webcasts and stats plus available road games can be found at www.GoUMary.com/coverage.
 
ACHA CHICAGO CLASSIC
The 2025 ACHA Chicago Classic runs Thursday through Sunday, November 20-23, in Romero, IL. A total of 27 games featuring 18 American Collegiate Hockey Association Men's Division 1 programs will face off at the Canlan Sports Ice Arena. Teams scheduled to compete include: Alabama, Arizona State, Drury, Illinois, Illinois State, Jamestown, UMary, Minot State, Michigan Dearborn, Delaware, Ohio, Oregon, Purdue Northwest, Rhode Island, Roosevelt, UNLV, Utah, and West Chester.
 
Games will be streamed online by FloHockey (PPV$). Visit www.GoUMary.com/coverage for links to FloHockey and game stats.
 
THE RECORDS
UMary is 10-5-0-0-0-0 (W-L-OTL-T-SOW-SOL) overall, 9-5-0-0-0-0 against ACHA MD1 teams and 3-2-0-0-0-0 in MCH play. Additionally the Marauders are 7-5-0-0-0-0 when playing nationally-ranked teams… Deleware is 8-7-1-0-2-0… Utah is 7-6-0-0-0-1… West Chester is 9-5-0-0-0-0.
 
HISTORY LESSON
The Marauders have not previously played Delaware or Utah… The Marauders are 2-0 against West Chester, including a 2-1 neutral site win January 18, 2025, in Chesterfield, MO. The Marauders also own a 3-1 win over the Golden Rams to open the 2024 ACHA MD1 national tournament in Maryland Heights, MO.  
 
LAST TIME OUT
The #12 Marauders took down visiting #3 Minot State University on November 8, 2025. The Beavers opened the scoring with a 4-on-3 power play late in the first period. UMary evened the score at 3:07 in the second period on a David Loahr power play goal. In the third period the Marauders found themselves in a precarious position and was forced to kill off a 5-on-3 power play advantage by the Beavers. For the game UMary held Minot State to one goal on five power play opportunities. With 90 seconds left in the game defenseman Amraj Gill scored the winning goal on a long shot from the left point. Caleb Cross had a big night in net for the Marauders, stopping 38 of the 39 shots he faced in the game.
 
MARAUDERS REMAIN #12 IN ACHA MD1 POLL
For a fourth straight week the Marauders are ranked #12 in the ACHA Men's Division 1 national poll. UMary was 14^th in the preseason coaches' poll and remained 14^th in the first two regular season rankings. The October 29 poll was the last coaches' ranking of the season. Computerized rankings started November 5 and will continue into February. The computerized rankings determine the 18 squads that will join six teams earning automatic qualifying bids to form the 24-team ACHA MD1 national championship tournament field and compete for the title in Centene, MO, in March.
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Alex Senf is off to a blazing start. In the course of 15 games the 2^nd year forward leads the Marauders with eight goals and is tied for the team lead in points with 15 (8g 7a).
•  The 2024-25 Midwest College Hockey Rookie of the Year and all-conference forward is having another impressive season. Joe Gronholz is tied for the team lead in assists (10) and points (15). He has five goals. Including two game-winners.
• In his first season at UMary Dain Sardelli leads UMary with three game-winning goals. He is third on the team in both goals (5) and assists (8) and is fourth in points (13).
• David Loahr has seven goals already this season to go with seven assists for 14 points. He scored six goals last year in 36 games, his first season at UMary.
• Matt Scribner has been an offensive force for the Marauders on the blue line this season. He is tied with Gonholz for the team lead in assists (10) and has two goals. His 12 points lead the Marauders defensive unit.
• Right behind Scribner in scoring by defensemen is Michael Heitkamp. The ACHA MD1 All-Athletic 3^rd team selection in 2024-25 has two goals and eight assists for 10 points.
• Isaac Flatley has also found success in his first season at UMary. The forward owns five goals and six assists for 10 points.

 
TIMING
First-year forward Dain Sardelli has had perfect timing, scoring the game-winning goal in three different games this season, a team-high. He was credited with the game-winner in victories over Lake Region State (9-1), Colorado (4-2) and at Purdue Northwest (3-1).
 
SHARE THE LOAD
Fifteen Marauders have scored goals this season and 14 have at least two goals. Additionally 21 Marauders have a goal and/or an assist.
 
NET GAINS
Zane Clausen and Caleb Cross, both in their second seasons at UMary, have split time in the net for the Marauders this season. Clausen has played eight games and owns a 4-3 record with a 2.68 goals against average and a 91.7 save percentage. Cross is 6-2 with a 2.67 GAA and a 91.5 SV%.
 
NEW
On a veteran team with 21 returning players, four new skaters have taken to the ice this season for the Marauders: defensemen John Lang and Amraj Gill and forwards Dain Sardelli and Isaac Flatley. 
 
SPECIALTY UNITS
The Marauders are even steven in power play opportunities this season. Both UMary and the opposition are 10-for-52 with a man advantage (19.2% success rate)… Where the Marauders take the advantage is scoring shorthanded. UMary has scored four times while down a skater. The Marauders have not allowed a shorthanded goal this season. Hunter Mangan. Isaac Flatley, David Loahr and Joe Gronholz all have scored while the Marauders have skated shorthanded.
 
MARAUDERS PICKED 3^RD IN MCH PRESEASON POLL
Midwest College Hockey coaches project the University of Mary to finish third this season in the seven-team league.
 
Defending league champion Minot State University tops the 2025-26 MCH Preseason Coaches' Poll, released September 24. The University of Jamestown is picked second, followed by UMary, Midland University, McKendree, Waldorf University and Iowa State University.
 
All seven teams will compete in the MCH conference tournament February 20-22 in Albert Lea, MN. The MCH Playoff champion will hoist the Lindsay Cup and earn a berth in the 2026 American Collegiate Hockey Association Men's Division 1 national championships set for March 12-17 in Maryland Heights, MO.
 
UMary opens its 12-game 2025-26 MCH schedule at Waldorf on Oct. 18-19 in Mason City, IA.
 
RANK AND FILE
In a schedule chock full of the top teams in the country, the Marauders play 27 games of their scheduled 38 contest against teams ranked in the Top 25 preseason poll. UMary faces #3 Minot State (5 games), #6 Jamestown (5), #9 Drury (2), #10 Utah (1), #11 Calvin (1), #15 Purdue-Northwestern (1), #18 Midland (4), #21 Arizona State (2), #21 Delaware (1), #23 Grand Valley State (1) and #25 Colorado (4).
 
2024-25 REWIND
The Marauders finished last season 23-15-0-0-0-0 overall and 22-15-0-0-0-0 against ACHA MD1 teams.
 
HISTORY LESSON
UMary, which won back-to-back ACHA Men's Division II national championships in 2020 and 2021, made the move up to MD1 for the 2022-23 season. Head Coach Dan Huntley has directed the incredibly successful UMary program since the Marauders first took to the ice in September 2018. Over the course of seven seasons UMary has fashioned a record of 239-56-9-11-2-1 (W-L-OTL-T-SOW-SOL), posting a winning season with 20 or more wins each year.
 
The Marauders made their second straight MD1 national tournament last spring and went 1-1, defeating the University of Pittsburgh 4-0 in the opening round before falling to #3 Ohio University 3-0. Throughout program history covering six national tournaments, the Marauders are 14-2-1-0-0-0 (W-L-OTL-T-SOW-SOL) in ACHA tournament games and has only two losses in regulation.  
 
HEITKAMP, GRONHOLZ, CUNNINGHAM LEAD VETERAN SQUAD
The Marauders return an experienced club as 21 of 25 players return from last season.
 
Michael Heitkamp leads the way for the Marauders returners. The two-way defenseman from Grand Rapids, MN, was a threat on both ends of the rink for UMary. In his second season with the Marauders and fourth overall in ACHA MD1, Heitkamp scored 15 goals and delivered 15 assists for 30 points to earn a spot on the 2024-25 ACHA MD1 All-Athletic 3^rd team. Heitkamp is the first UMary player to claim ACHA MD1 All-Athletic Status.
 
Heitkamp was also an All-Midwest College Hockey selection. Forward Joe Gronholz was the MCH Rookie of the Year and a 2^nd team All-MCH choice. Defenseman Dylan Cunningham and Gronholz were both named to the MCH All-Rookie team.
 
MARAUDERS HOCKEY TICKET INFORMATION
Single game and season tickets are available at www.UMaryTickets.com and via the HomeTown Fan App for iOS and Android mobile devices. Fans who purchase tickets online at www.UMaryTickets.com and on the HomeTown Fan App receive a discount over tickets purchased at the gate.
 
Hockey Ticket Prices – Online

• Adult tickets $10 plus fees
• Seniors and Youth (ages 13-18) $5 plus fees
• Children 12 and under are FREE when accompanied by an adult. Unaccompanied children ticket prices are $5 plus fees

 
Hockey Ticket Prices – At the gate

• Adults tickets $15 cash | $15 + fees with credit card
• Seniors and Youth (aged 13-18) $10 cash | $10 + fees with credit card
• Children 12 and under are FREE when accompanied by an adult. Unaccompanied children ticket prices are $5 cash | $5 + fees with credit card.

 
Note

• Both cash and credit card payments will be accepted at the UMary ticket gate.
• UMary students and faculty and staff with their MCard are admitted FREE. Children ages 12 and younger with an adult are admitted FREE. If children 12 and under unaccompanied by an adult the admission fee is $5 cash | $5 + fees with credit card.

 
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