At a glance

A look at the UPEI, Saint Mary’s first-round men’s hockey playoff series.

Saint Mary’s

Record – 18-10-2, fourth in the conference.

Goals for – 118.

Goals against – 86.

Top scorers – Hunter Garlent (10-31-41), Jake Coughler (13-2134), Anthony Repaci (19-10-29), Calder Brooks (8-19-27) and Aaron Berisha (10-15-25).

Top goalie – Eric Brassard, 9-8 record, 2.71 goals-against average and a .896 save percentage.

UPEI

Record – 11-18-1, fifth in the conference.

Goals for – 101.

Goals against – 136. Top scorers – Kameron Kielly (13-29-42), Ryan MacKinnon (524-29), Marcus Power (17-12-29), Darcy Ashley (10-13-23), Gabe Guertler (10-12-22), Beau McCue (9-13-22) and Cody Payne (1210-22).

Top goalie – Matt Mahalak, 6-9 record, 3.91 goals-against average and .862 save percentage.

Head to head

A look at the games this season between the Saint Mary’s Huskies and UPEI Panthers.

Pre-season

Sept. 23

Saint Mary’s 7 UPEI 2 (in Bridgewater, N.S.)

Regular season

Oct. 20

UPEI 0 at Saint Mary’s 6

Oct. 27 Saint Mary’s 4 at UPEI 3 OTL

Dec. 2

UPEI 4 at Saint Mary’s 5

Jan. 20

Saint Mary’s 5 at UPEI 2

Feb. 3

UPEI 1 at Saint Mary’s 9

Last year’s first-round playoff series:

Saint Mary’s 5 UPEI 1

UPEI 7 Saint Mary’s 2

Saint Mary’s 4 UPEI 3 Panthers forward Cody Payne: “We’ve gotten better and better and it seems like we’re going full speed into playoffs, so it’s perfect timing.”

Head coach Forbes MacPherson: “Whether we win or lose, this series is over in five days . . . We have to understand there’s urgency.”