SAINT JOSEPH, Minn. – The College of Saint Benedict Hockey Team (1-3, 0-0 MIAC) will face Concordia College, Minn. (3-0, 0-0 MIAC), in away and home MIAC matchups on Nov. 11-12. The first game will be played at 7 pm on Friday in Moorhead, Minn., before a return trip home to Ritsche Arena in St. Cloud, Minn., for a 7 pm home contest on Saturday, Nov. 12.  

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Ice notes on Bennies
This season the Bennies has opened 1-3 but won the last matchup, 1-0, over Concordia University Wisconsin on the road on Saturday as Jenna Timm scored the game-winning goal at 12:47 of the second period. The victory snapped a three-game losing streak and provided first-year Head Coach Lindsay Macy with her first career win at CSB. In the win, sophomore Jenna Timm, an All-MIAC honoree a year ago, scored her first goal of the year and the sixth of her career. Interesting, she had her second career goal against CUW and scored this time on the same date as a year ago on Nov. 5 when she had her first career goal.

Earlier this year the Bennies had lost to CUW, 3-2, and a 4-3 overtime decision to No. 8 UW-Eau Claire at home. The Blugolds also took a 4-1 decision in the opener. Aurora Opsahl leads CSB with three goals, including two in a 4-3 OT loss to nationally ranked UW-Eau Claire. Shauna Miller, Jenna Timm, Jamie Benzie and Chloe Lewis all have goals.  In goal, both Kate Moffatt and Ally Frantzick have seen action. Frantzick, who sits 1-2-0 this year, recorded her fourth career shutout in the 1-0 win over Concordia University Wisconsin on Nov. 5. She has allowed seven goales or 2.32 per match with two power play goals while registering a team-high 54 saves in 180:59 minutes on the ice. Moffatt is 0-1-0 as she has allowed three goals (3.08 avg.) with 25 saves.
 
Ice facts and stats
So far this year, the Bennies stand 1-3 and have played in three consecutive games decided by one goal. While being outscored, 11-7, CSB has a significant edge in shots with a 160-to-90 margin. In fact, they have registered 34, 31, 33 and 62 shots in the four games, with those total all better than each of their opponents.  

Breaking down the Concordia College Cobbers
Concordia College has opened the season at 3-0 with all three wins in nonconference play. The Cobbers opened with a 2-1 overtime win at home against Northland on Oct. 29 before recording 8-0 and 6-0 wins at Finlandia on Nov. 4-5. Head Coach Maureen Grenier, who became the program's eighth coach in 2018, led the team to a 10-14-1 overall record a year ago with a 5-10-1 mark in league play. Through three games, they are second in the league with 16 goals (5.33 per game) and have allowed just one goal. The Cobers have a league best 51.00 (153) shots on goals and have scored 37 points or 12.33 per game for second in the league.

Series Notes
In the all-time series, the Bennies trail 9-30-8 but sit 4-5-1 mark over the last five matches. In the most recent contest, CSB and Concordia College played to a 1-1 tie at Concordia Moorhead on Feb. 5, 2022. In the first matchup on Jan. 14, 2000, CSB dropped a 6-5 decision and recorded a 10-1 win on Nov. 20, 2005. The Bennies sit 2-12-4 at home and 6-15-4 in away games. In conference play, CSB is 8-29-7.   

MIAC Notes – Competition runs from Nov. 10 to Feb. 18
MIAC league play will run through Saturday, Feb. 18 with teams scheduled to play 18 conference matches, including two games against each MIAC opponent. The top five teams at the end of the regular season will meet in the 2023 MIAC Women's Hockey Playoffs. The quarterfinals is set Thursday, Feb. 23 with semifinals on Saturday, Feb. 25 and the championship on Saturday, March 4. The winner of the MIAC playoffs earns the league's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA DIII Hockey Championships.
 
Macy takes over hockey program
Lindsay Macy begins her first year as head coach at St. Ben's. She was hired on May 2 as the program's eighth head coach. Macy, whose team has opened 1-3 earned her first career win at CSB in a 1-0 decision over Concordia University Wisconsin on Nov. 5 in Mequon, Wis. She comes to Saint Benedict after two seasons as the head women's hockey coach at Finlandia University, and she brings plenty of coaching experience as well as high-level playing experience. Prior to joining CSB, Macy served as head coach at Finlandia since May 2020, and she orchestrated a rebuild of the program in her two seasons. She earned NCHA Coach of the Year honors – a first in Finlandia women's hockey history – after guiding the Lions to their best record since the 2017-18 season. Macy also owns Relentless Hockey, a summer hockey school in Idaho that trains hockey players at all levels of the game. She started her coaching career at the Coeur D'Alene Hockey Academy in Cour d'Alene, Idaho, where she spent three seasons as the general manager and head coach of the U19 women's team that competed as the only U.S. team in the prestigious Canadian Sport School Hockey League. Macy was an assistant for both the boys' and girls' varsity hockey programs in her hometown of Owatonna, and served as the head coach of the JV boys' team.- Before stepping on the ice as a coach, Macy had a successful playing career that started in high school and continued through a stint with the Minnesota Whitecaps and the U22 National Team. She started her collegiate career at the University of Wisconsin where she scored 74 points in 66 games, and finished her career at MSU-Mankato where she scored 44 points in 62 games. She helped the Whitecaps win the Western Women's Hockey League championship and reach the Clarkston Cup Final in 2008-09.