(Ann Arbor, MI) - The Concordia Cardinals men's hockey team prepares for the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) Quarterfinals with their first matchup being against the Saints of Aquinas College.
Game Information
#4 Concordia Cardinals vs #5 Aquinas Saints
February 24th / 5 pm / SportONE/Parkview Ice House / Fort Wayne, IN
About the Saints
The Saints finished the regular season with a 15-19 overall record while compiling a 10-14 WHAC record. Aquinas opened their season up with a non-conference split against the Calvin Knights. The Saints would go 4-4 with the rest of their non-conference schedule, with games against Purdue-Northwest, Niagara, Grand Valley State, and Davenport.
On the offensive side, Aquinas has five players with double-digit goals scored this season. Dylan Rumpke (23) leads the team in goals scored, followed by Brandon Rozema (19) and Alex Johnson (14). The Saints also have seven players with double-digit assists on the year, once again led by Dylan Rumpke (24). Mason Stewart and Christian Look (both 18) are tied for second on the team while Brandon Rozema (15) follows close behind.
Four goalies have spent time in the net for the Saints this season, with Michael Allman playing over 700 minutes and Max Johnston playing just under 675 minutes. Allman carries a 4-7 record with 488 saves and an average of 4.60 goals allowed. Johnston has a 5-5 record with 439 saves and allows an average of 4.00 goals per game.
About the Cardinals
The Cardinals finished the season with a 17-15-3 overall record while collecting an 11-12-1 conference record. Concordia began its season with a pair of non-conference wins against Oakland University. The Cards would then go 5-3-2 with their remaining non-conference schedule with games against Roosevelt, John Carroll University, Grand Valley State, Purdue-Northwest, and Duquesne.
On the offensive side, the Cardinals had a balanced attack as six skaters would wind up with 10 or more goals. Quinn Bieniek (20) would lead the team in goals scored, followed by Kyle Hebner (15) and Seth Francois (13). Concordia would also have nine skaters end the year with 10 or more assists, with Hunter Kepple (21) leading the team in this area. Close behind Kepple were Shane Romback (20), Brandon Troyer (18), Nicholas Twombley (18), and Brayden Tayles (18).
The Cardinals had three goalies spend time in the net this season. Zachary Janis spent the most time in goal, logging over 1,300 minutes, while Anthony Seykora would spend over 700 minutes guarding the net. Janis picked up an 8-10-3 record with 732 saves and allowed an average of 3.21 goals per game, and Seykora would compile an 8-5 record with 380 saves and would average 2.98 goals per game.
In Case You Missed It (Previous Matchups)
The Cardinals swept the season series against the Saints, going 4-0 against them in the regular season.
The first two games were played in November when Concordia was able to pick the first two wins by the scores of 5-3 and 6-1.
Earlier this month the two teams met up again and Concordia was able to pick up the season sweep by winning 3-2 and 2-1. Both games were highly contested as The Cards had to use late goals in both games to pull out the victories. Quinn Bieniek scored three times that weekend to help the team collect the 4 seed.
WHAC Tournament
All games will be hosted by Indiana Tech at SportONE/Parkview Ice House in Fort Wayne, IN
Quarterfinals, February 24th
#1 Indiana Tech (31-3/22-2) - Bye
#2 UM-Dearborn (18-12-2/17-6-1) vs #7 Rochester (0-22/0-19) - 2pm
#3 Lawrence Tech (24-8/16-8) vs #6 Clearly (11-20/8-16) - 8pm
#4 Concordia (17-15-3/11-12-1) vs #5 Aquinas (15-19/10-14) - 5pm
Semifinals, February 25th
#1 Indiana Tech vs Winner #5/#4 - 3pm
Winner #2/#7 vs Winner #3/#6 - 7pm
Championship, February 26th
Semifinals winners - 1pm
