The UW-River Falls men's hockey team opens a six-game road stretch this weekend, traveling to face St. Olaf College and Saint Mary's University Jan. 17-18.

UW-RIVER FALLS (9-6, 4-3 WIAC) AT ST. OLAF (6-6-1, 2-4 MIAC)
Date: Friday, Jan. 17
Time: 7 p.m.
Site: Northfield, Minn. // St. Olaf Ice Arena
Live Coverage: Stats // Video

UW-RIVER FALLS (9-6, 4-3 WIAC) AT SAINT MARY'S (7-5-1, 3-2-1 MIAC)
Date: Saturday, Jan. 18
Time: 7 p.m.
Site: Winona, Minn. // SMU Ice Arena
Live Coverage: Stats // Video

FALCON NOTES

• The Falcons received 10 votes in this week's USCHO Division III national poll. UWRF was ranked as high as No. 14 in the Dec. 9 ranking.
• UWRF is coming off a 1-1 weekend, falling 6-3 to Bethel University before a 5-4 win over St. Scholastica.
  • The Falcons went 2-for-4 on the power play and outshot their opponents 29-27.5 while winning nearly 60 percent of faceoffs. 
  • Ethan Lindahl and Hunter Jones both had three-point weekends, while eight different Falcons found the back of the net.
• Dylan Smith, coming off a two-assist game versus St. Scholastica, is UWRF's leading scorer with 15 points. His eight goals is tied for fourth-most in the WIAC.
• Among the WIAC, Max Collette leads the league with 393 faceoff wins, Cole Teleki leads the league with 27 blocked shots, and Alex Atwill is tied for second with three game-winning goals.  
• Goaltender Brennan Boynton, already a two-time WIAC Player of the Week, has started in all 15 games and leads the WIAC with a .915 save percentage and 25.3 saves per game.