BULLDOGS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH MEN’S HOCKEY Communications Office • Bob Nygaard, Director • University of Minnesota Duluth • Duluth, MN 55812-2496 [email protected] • (218) 726-8191 • umdbulldogs.com • @umdbulldogs Nov. 2, 2016 WEEKEND SERIES AT NO. 8 ST. CLOUD STATE NEXT CHALLENGE FOR TOP-RANKED BULLDOGS THE SERIES: The University of Minnesota Duluth will engage in its first National Collegiate Hockey Confer- 2016-17 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH ROSTER ence road assignments of the 2016-17 season this Friday and Saturday (Nov. 4-5) when the Bulldogs take No. Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Yr. Birthdate Hometown (Previous Team/League) on St. Cloud State University in a two-game series. 3 Dan Molenaar D 5-11 190 Jr. 7/5/93 Eden Prairie, Minn. (Sioux City/USHL) Opening faceoff is set for 7:37 p.m. Friday and 7:07 4 Neal Pionk D 6-0 190 So. 7/29/95 Hermantown, Minn. (Sioux City/USHL) the following evening at the Herb Brooks National 5 Nick Wolff D 6-4 215 Fr. 7/21/96 Eagan, Minn. (Des Moines/USHL) Hockey Center (5,159) on the St. Cloud State campus. 7 Adam Johnson F 6-0 175 So. 6/22/94 Hibbing, Minn. (Sioux City/USHL) 8 Kyle Osterberg F 5-8 175 Sr. 9/5/94 Lakeville, Minn. (Omaha/USHL) THE RECORDS: UMD is 5-1-2 overall and 2-0-0-0 in 10 Brenden Kotyk (A) D 6-6 240 Sr. 8/27/91 Regina, Saskatchewan (St. Scholastica/NCHA) NCHC play while St. Cloud State, which makes its 11 Avery Peterson# F 6-3 215 Jr. 6/20/95 Grand Rapids, Minn. (Nebraska-Omaha/NCHC) conference debut Friday night, sports a 4-2-0 record 12 Jarod Hilderman D 6-1 205 Fr. 4/11/97 Kamsack, Saskatchewan (Fargo/USHL) and is riding a four-game winning streak 13 Joey Anderson F 6-0 195 Fr. 6/19/98 Roseville, Minn. (U.S. National Under-18 Team) 14 Alex Iafallo F 6-0 190 Sr. 12/21/93 Eden, N.Y. (Fargo/USHL) HOW THEY RANK: Here is how the Bulldogs and Huskies 15 Willie Raskob D 5-10 185 Sr. 3/14/95 Hastings, Minn. (Shattuck-St. Mary’s) stacked up in the this week’s USCHO.com and USA 16 Billy Exell F 5-10 180 So. 10/4/95 Thunder Bay, Ontario (Minnesota Wilderness/NAHL) Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls. 17 Blake Young F 6-3 210 Jr. 2/11/94 Battleford, Saskatchewan (Battlefords/SJHL) 18 Nick McCormack D 5-11 185 Jr. 9/9/93 Ramsey, Minn. (Brooks/AJHL) uscho.com USA Today 19 Dominic Toninato (C) F 6-2 200 Sr. 3/9/94 Duluth, Minn. (Fargo/USHL) UMD No. 1 No. 1 20 Karson Kuhlman (A) F 5-11 190 Jr. 9/26/95 Esko, Minn. (Dubuque/USHL) SCSU No. 8 No. 8 21 Carson Soucy (A) D 6-4 215 Sr. 7/24/94 Irma, Alberta (Spruce Grove/AJHL) 22 Jared Thomas F 6-2 200 Jr. 2/21/94 Hermantown, Minn. (Sioux City/USHL) ON THE AIR: The two UMD-St. Cloud State clashes will 24 Will Campion D 6-3 205 Fr. 3/7/95 Seaford, N.Y. (Langley/BCHL) be carried live on 92.1 FM The Fan with Bruce Ciskie 25 Peter Krieger* F 5-11 190 Jr. 12/9/93 Oakdale, Minn (U. of Alaska/WCHA) handling the play-by-play responsibilities. The broad- 26 Jade Miller F 5-10 190 Fr. 7/1/95 Minto, N.D. (Austin/NAHL) cast can also be heard on KQ 105.5 FM in Grand 27 Riley Tufte F 6-5 215 Fr. 4/10/98 Blaine, Minn. (Blaine H.S.) Rapids/Hibbing, Minn. and KQ 106.7 FM in Ely/ 28 Sammy Spurrell F 5-11 185 Jr. 10/5/92 Sherwood, Alberta (Spruce Grove/AJHL) Virginia, Minn., as part of the Bulldog Radio Network 32 G 6-0 205 Fr. 11/7/95 Cohasset, Minn. (Bismarck/NAHL) and at: 921thefan.com or free via the iHeartRadio app. 35 Hunter Miska G 6-1 175 Fr. 7/7/95 Stacy, Minn. (Dubuque/USHL) 37 Nick Deery G 6-2 195 So. 5/25/94 La Crosse, Wis. (Steinbach/MJHL) Both ends of this weekend’s series will also be tele- 39 Parker Mackay F 5-11 185 So. 6/10/94 Irma, Alberta (Spring Grove/AJHL) vised on Fox Sports North PLUS and Fox College Sports Head Coach: Scott Sandelin (Pacific on Friday and Atlantic on Saturday). The two Assistant Coaches: Jason Herter, Brett Larson, Brant Nicklin telecasts are also available on-line at: nchc.tv/umd. Athletic Trainer: Dr. Susan Hoppe Strength and Conditioning Coach: Blake Palmer THE COACH: The runnerup for the 2010-11 Spencer Equipment Manager: Chris Garner Penrose Award (American Hockey Coaches Association Director of Hockey Operations: Christian Koelling NCAA Division I Coach of the Year) and recipient of Operations Assistant: Bill Watson that honor in 2003-04, Scott Sandelin is in his 17th Manager: Dale Haagenson season behind the UMD bench where he has compiled #Not eligilble to play until Dec. 17, 2016 (transfer) a 292-278-77 overall record -- including a 169-118- *Not eligible to play in 2016-17 (transfer) 40 mark since the 2008-09 opener. Besides capturing the school’s first NCAA championship five years ago, his Bulldogs have won 20 or more games in five of the last eight seasons. Overall, they’ve advanced to to six NCAA tournaments (2004, 2009, 2011,2012, 2015 and 2016), including back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Northeast Region title games the past two winters, two NCAA Frozen Fours (2004 and 2011) and one NCHC Frozen Faceoff tournament (2016). Before UMD parted ways with the WCHA following the 2012-13 season, Sandelin directed his troops to berths in seven of 11 Final Five playoff events. He has also helped produce a pair of Hobey Baker Memorial Award winners (Jack Connolly in 2011-12 and Junior Lessard in 2003-04), six NCAA All-Americans and 19 different All-NCHC/WCHA selections. In addition,

2010-11 NCAA Champions • Home of 5 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Winners Lifetime Record vs. Providence College: 3-0-1 Lifetime NCHC Record (though 2015-16): 34-30-8 Lifetime NCHC Playoff Record (through 2015-16): 3-5-0 Lifetime Postseason Record (through 2015-16): 34-31-0 Lifetime Home Record (through 2015-16): 143-120-3 Lifetime Non-Conference Record (Through 2015-16): 76-43-16 Lifetime NCAA Tournament Record: 10-5

Sandelin has seen 16 of his UMD pupils go on to do time in the and one take part in the Winter Olympic Games (Justin Faulk for Team USA The Numbers on Sandelin in 2014). During the course of the 2011-12 season, (Overall) (NCHC/ WCHA) the Bulldogs set a team record by going unbeaten in YEAR W L T PCT W L T PCT PLACE 2000-01 7 28 4 .231 3 22 3 .161 10th 17 straight games and were ranked first in both major 2001-02 13 24 3 .363 6 19 3 .268 9th weekly polls (USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey 2002-03 22 15 5 .583 14 10 4 .571 5th Magazine for a program-best nine consecutive weeks. 2003-04 28 13 4 .667 19 7 2 .714 2nd In March 2009, UMD became the first play-in game 2004-05 15 17 6 .473 11 13 4 .464 6th participant to ever claim the Final Five title and, later 2005-06 11 25 4 .325 6 19 3 .268 9th 2006-07 13 21 5 .397 8 16 4 .357 9th that spring, strung together a school-record six-game 2007-08 13 17 6 .444 9 14 5 .411 8th postseason winning streak before it fell to Miami 2008-09 22 13 8 .605 10 11 7 .482 7th University 2-1 in the NCAA West Regional final. Nine 2009-10 22 17 1 .562 16 11 1 .589 4th(T) years ago, Sandelin, 52, turned UMD into a NCAA 2010-11 26 10 6 .690 15 8 5 .625 4th Frozen Four participant for the first time in nearly a 2011-12 25 10 6 .683 16 7 5 .661 2nd generation, marshaling his troops to their most victories 2012-13 14 19 5 .434 10 13 5 .446 9th 2013-14 16 16 4 .500 11 11 2 .500 4th(T) (they were 28-13-4 overall) and highest WCHA finish 2014-15 21 16 3 .563 12 9 3 .564 5th (second place on a 19-7-2 mark) since 1992-93. For 2015-16 18 15 5 .539 11 10 3 .520 4th his efforts, the Hibbing, Minn., native was chosen the 2016-17 5 1 2 .750 2 0 0 1.000 WCHA Coach of the Year as well as the national coach Totals 292 278 77 .511 179 200 59 .476 of the year by both insidecollegehockey.com and uscho. Lifetime Record vs. St. Cloud State 20-33-4 com. In 2002-03, Sandelin’s charges went 22-15-5 Lifetime NCHC Record: 36-30-8 overall and captured fifth place in the WCHA with a 14-10-4 mark while experiencing the greatest one- season turnaround of any league member that winter. One year earlier, he guided UMD to a 13-24-1 record in all games -- nearly doubling the number of victories (1990-91) and Minnesota North Stars (1991-92). fell 3-1 to their intrastate rivals in the NCHC Frozen from the previous season (7-28-4). Sandelin officially Sandelin, one of just three active NCHC coaches to do Faceoff title game last March 19 at the Target Center signed on with the Bulldogs on March 31, 2000 fol- time in the NHL (Denver’s Jim Montgomery and North in Minneapolis. lowing six years of assistant coaching deployment at Dakota’s Brad Berry are the others), was the Montreal North Dakota (which won two NCAA titles during his Canadiens’ second-round pick in the 1982 NHL draft LAST WEEKEND: Hosting a No. 1 vs. No. 2 confronta- tenure). Prior to that, Sandelin spent the 1993-94 (40th choice overall). He served as Team USA’s head tion for the first time in program history, the Bulldogs season head coaching the Junior Elite Hockey League’s coach at the 2005 International Federation derailed top-ranked North Dakota twice, following up Fargo-Moorhead Junior Kings after working in that World Junior Championships, directing that club to a a 5-2 triumph on Friday by shutting down the Fight- same capacity (and doubling as general manager) fourth-place finish, and was an assistant coach for the ing Hawks 3-0 the next night. Senior left winger Alex the previous winter with the Fargo-Moorhead Express U.S. entry at that same event in 2011-12. Iafallo scored three times and assisted on another of the American Hockey Association. He capped off in the series opener while sophomore center his four-year playing career at North Dakota in 1985- THE RIVALRY: UMD and St. Cloud State have met on Adam Johnston (one goal and one assist), senior 86 by being named one of 10 finalists for the Hobey 117 previous occasions in a rivalry which stretches left winger Kyle Osterberg (two assists), sophomore Baker Memorial Award. An All-American second team back to the 1946-47 season. The Huskies hold a defenseman Neal Pionk (one goal and one assists) selection and All-WCHA first team pick as a senior, 63-45-9 lead in the all-time series and are 60-41-8 and senior defenseman Carson Soucy (two assists) Sandelin went on to play professionally for seven years, versus the Bulldogs since joining the NCAA Division all registered two-point nights. UMD’s special teams which included National Hockey League stints with the I ranks in 1987-88. UMD went 2-1-1 against the inflicted all of the scoring damage on Saturday, striking Montreal Canadiens (1986-88), Huskies during the 2015-16 regular season, but twice while shorthanded and once on the power play -- all during the second period -- and rookie Hunter Miska turned aside all 30 shots the Fighting Hawks sent his way.

HOW THEY’VE FARED AGAINST ST. CLOUD STATE St. Cloud State swept the University of Alabama- UMD’s current career scoring leaders Hunstville in a pair of non-conference home bouts versus the Huskies are: prevailing 5-1 on Friday and 5-2 on Saturday as five different Huskies picked up goals both of those two Player GP G A TP P-PM +/- PP SH GW nights. Defenseman Jack Ahcan finished the weekend Alex Iafallo 13 1 8 9 1-2 +5 1 0 0 with four points (one goal and three assists) en route Dominic Toninato 10 4 3 7 6-12 +6 0 0 0 to being name the NCHC Rookie of the Week. Karson Kuhlman 9 3 1 4 0-0 +3 1 0 1 Willie Raskob 13 1 3 4 3-6 -4 0 0 0 THIS IS YOUR SPEAKING: Senior center Dominic Kyle Osterberg 12 1 2 3 2-4 -3 0 0 0 Toninato is serving as UMD’s team captain during the Carson Soucy 13 1 1 2 6-12 +1 0 0 0 2016-17 season while the trio of senior defensemen Adam Johnson 5 1 1 2 1-2 0 0 0 0 Brenden Kotyk and Carson Soucy, and junior right Jared Thomas 8 1 1 2 0-0 0 0 0 0 winger Karson Kuhlman are sharing the assistant Neal Pionk 5 0 1 1 3-6 +2 0 0 0 captaincy duties. Brenden Kotyk 6 1 0 1 0-0 -1 0 0 1 Parker Mackay 5 0 1 1 1-2 +1 0 0 0 HOW THE MEDIA SEES THINGS SHAKING OUT: Media Nick McCormack 1 0 1 1 0-0 0 0 0 0 personnel who cover the NCHC collectively forecast Sammy Spurrell 4 0 0 0 0-0 -2 0 0 0 a third-place league finish UMD in 2016-17. UMD Dan Molenaar 5 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 received two first-place votes and totaled 173 points Blake Young 4 0 0 0 1-2 0 0 0 0 in the NCHC Preseason Poll. North Dakota, the defend- Billy Exell 2 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 ing NCAA and NCHC regular season champions, was deemed as the team to beat with 235 points and 25 first-place votes and was followed by the University of Denver (200 points and three first-place votes), UMD, 2010-11 NCAA Champions • Home of 5 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Winners Lifetime Record vs. Providence College: 3-0-1 Lifetime NCHC Record (though 2015-16): 34-30-8 Lifetime NCHC Playoff Record (through 2015-16): 3-5-0 Lifetime Postseason Record (through 2015-16): 34-31-0 Lifetime Home Record (through 2015-16): 143-120-3 Lifetime Non-Conference Record (Through 2015-16): 76-43-16 Lifetime NCAA Tournament Record: 10-5

St. Cloud State University (155 pts.), the University of Nebraska-Omaha (119 pts.), Miami University 2016-17 NCHC STANDINGS (96 pts.), Western Michigan University (65 pts.) and TEAM (Overall Record) GP W L T 3/SW PTS GF AVG GA AVG Colorado College (37 pts.). UMD, incidentally, was the UMD (5-1-2) 2 2 0 0 0/0 6 8 4.00 2 1.00 league favorite in last year’s NCHC Preseason Poll. Denver (6-2-0) 2 2 0 0 0/0 6 7 3.50 3 1.50 Colorado College (2-4-0) 0 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 WELL DONE: Senior left winger Alex Iafallo and rookie Miami (3-2-2) 0 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 goaltender Austin Miska were both cited by the NCHC Omaha (3-2-1) 0 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 for their exemplary performances in last weekend’s St. Cloud State (4-2-0) 0 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 sweep of North Dakota. Iafallo was chosen the NCHC North Dakota (5-2-0) 2 0 2 0 0/0 0 2 1.00 8 4.00 Offensive Player of the Week and Miska earned the Western Michigan (3-2-1) 2 0 2 0 0/0 0 3 1.50 7 3.50 circuit’s Goaltender of the Week award. Iafallo was also selected the American Sports Network (ASN) National Player of the Week and the NCAA Hockey No. 2 Star of the Week. This marks the fourth time Iafallo has been bestowed with a weekly NCHC citation with the other three (all Rookie of the Week) coming during the 2013-14 season.

HOW SWEEP WAS THAT: The Bulldogs’ sweep of North Dakota last weekend was their first over their long-time rivals since Jan. 27-28, 1995 and their first in Duluth since Nov. 6-7, 1992. Friday’s loss also snapped THE LAST TIME ... North Dakota’s 15-game unbeaten streak (the Fighting Overtime Game: Oct. 8, 2016 -- UMD 1, UMass Lowell 1 (in Lowell, Mass.) Hawks had gone 14-0-1 since being toppled by UMD Overtime Game Won by UMD: March 25, 2016 -- UMD 2, Providence College 1 in 2 OTs (in Worcester, 4-2 in the NCHC Frozen Four semifinals on March 18 Mass. -- NCAA Northeast Regional) in Minneapolis.) North Dakota is 17-3-1 in its last 21 Overtime Game Lost By UMD: Feb. 19, 2016 -- North Dakota 2, UMD 1 (in Grand Forks, N.D.) outings with all three of those setbacks coming at the Overtime Game Tied: Oct. 8, 2016 -- UMD 1, UMass Lowell 1 (in Lowell, Mass.) hands of the Bulldogs. Scoreless Tie: March 3, 2007 -- UMD 0, Wisconsin 0 (Josh Johnson/Shane Connelly in Duluth, Minn.) NCHC 3 x 3 Overtime Win: Nov. 14, 2015 -- following a 1-1 tie with Denver (in Duluth, Minn.) BIG ICE IS NICE: Since falling 5-3 to St. Cloud State on NCHC 3 x 3 Overtime Loss: Jan. 16, 2016 -- following a 1-1 tie with St. Cloud State (in Duluth, Minn.) Feb. 14, 2014, the Bulldogs are 10-1-0 on Olympic- NCHC Shootout Win: Feb. 7, 2014 -- UMD 1, Colorado College 0 -- following a 2-2 tie (in Duluth, Minn.) sized sheets. During that stretch the Bulldogs are 2-0 NCHC Shootout Loss: Jan. 16, 2015 -- Western Michigan 2, UMD 1 -- following a 2-2 tie (in Duluth, Minn.) at Colorado College, 2-0 at Minnesota, 4-0 at St. Cloud UMD Shutout at Home: Oct. 29, 2016 -- UMD 3, North Dakota 0 (Hunter Miska) State, 1-0 at Minnesota State University-Mankato and UMD Shutout on the Road: Nov. 21, 2015 -- UMD 6, Colorado College 0 (Kasimir Kaskisuo) 1-1 at Northern Michigan University. The loss to the UMD Was Shut Out at Home: Dec. 12, 2015 -- North Dakota 3, UMD 0 (Cam Johnson) Wildcats came last winter (4-3 on Jan. 29). UMD Was Shut Out on the Road: March 14, 2015 -- Denver 4, UMD 0 (Evan Cowley-NCHC Playoffs) UMD Hat Trick: Oct. 28 -- Alex Iafallo (UMD 5, North Dakota 2 in Duluth) THEIR ICE IS NICE: The Bulldogs are a perfect 4-0-0 in Hat Trick By Two Bulldogs: Feb. 13, 1993 -- Joe Biondi and Derek Plante (UMD 8, Colorado College 4 their last four visits to the Herb Brooks National Hockey in Duluth, Minn.) Center, posting series sweeps in each of the last two UMD Player Scored Four or More Goals: Feb. 3, 2012 -- J.T. Brown (UMD 4, Alaska Anchorage 1 in seasons (3-2 in overtime and 3-1 on Nov. 7-8, 2014 Anchorage, Alaska), four goals and 4-1 and 2-1 on Feb. 26-27, 2016). Prior to that, UMD Player Scored Three Power Play Goals: Oct. 22, 2004 -- Marco Peluso (UMD 8, Minnesota the Bulldogs’ last road sweep over the Huskies was State-Mankato 3 in Duluth, Minn.) on Nov. 12-13, 1999. UMD Player Scored Two Shorthanded Goals: Nov. 23, 1990 -- Doug Torrel (UMD 5, Denver 1 in Denver, Colo.) THREE’S A CHARM: By scoring three times in UMD’s 5-2 UMD Player Scored a 5-on-3 Shorthanded Goal: Jan. 22, 1993 -- Brett Hauer (UMD 8, Minnesota 4 win over North Dakota last Friday night, Alex Iafallo in Duluth, Minn.) became first Bulldog to record a hat trick since cur- UMD Player Scored an Empty Net Goal: Oct. 28, 2016 -- Alex Iafallo (UMD 5, North Dakota 2 in rent Tampa Bay Lightning winger J.T. Brown struck for Duluth) four goals against the University Alaska Anchorage UMD Player Had Five or More Points: Feb. 11, 2012 -- Jack Connolly (UMD 5, North Dakota 4 in on Feb. 3, 2012. He also added an assist for the first Duluth, Minn.), 2 goals and 3 assists four-point night of his career and then helped set up UMD Player Made a Penalty Shot: Oct. 15, 2010 -- Travis Oleksuk at 18:03 of the second period one goal the following evening. Over the two games, against Alex Beaudry (UMD 5, Providence College 3 in Duluth, Minn.) Iafallo put 12 shots on net, including a personal-best UMD Player Missed A Penalty Shot: Oct. 1, 2016 -- Dominic Toninato at 2:27 of the third period best nine on Friday. against Devin Kero (UMD 6, Michigan Tech O in Duluth) UMD Opponent Made a Penalty Shot: Feb. 19, 2016 -- Austin Poganski (North Dakota) at 3:19 of THE PUCK STOPS HERE: With Saturday’s 3-0 whitewash overtime against Kasimir Kaskisuo (North Dakota 2, UMD 1 in Grand Forks, N.D.). of North Dakota, Hunter Miska now has two shutouts UMD Opponent Missed a Penalty Shot: Nov. 5, 2011 -- Jason Zucker at 15:30 of the second period in (with the first of those coming in his collegiate debut against Kenny Reiter (UMD 4, Denver 0 in Denver, Colo.) -- 6-0 over visiting Michigan Tech in the 2016-17 sea- UMD Goaltender Had 50 or More Saves: Jan. 11, 2014 -- 52 by Aaron Crandall (UMD 3, Nebraska- son opener on Oct. 2) in just five career appearances. Omaha 1 in Omaha, Neb.) On the weekend, the Stacy, Minn., product kept the UMD Goaltender Had 60 or More Saves: March 11, 2007 -- 62 by Josh Johnson (St. Cloud State 3, Fighting Hawks off the board for five of the six periods, UMD 2 in 3OT in St. Cloud, Minn./WCHA Playoffs) turned aside 54 of 56 shots over the weekend (for a UMD Goalie Received an Assist: Oct. 1, 2016 - Hunter Miska (UMD 6, Michigan Tech 0 in Duluth, Minn.) .964 saves percentage) and helped limit North Dakota UMD Goalie Had Two Assists: Feb. 25, 2012 -- Kenny Reiter (UMD 5, Colorado College 2 in Duluth, Minn.) to just one goal in 13 power play opportunities. His UMD Swept a Home Series: Oct. 28-29, 2016 -- UMD 5-3, North Dakota 2-0 shutout in the series’s finale was just the Bulldogs’ UMD Swept a Road Series: Feb. 26-27, 2016 -- UMD 4-2, St. Cloud State 1-1 fourth in 233 lifetime bouts with the Fighting Hawks. UMD Was Swept at Home: Dec. 11-12, 2015 -- North Dakota 3-3, UMD 0-0 UMD Was Swept on the Road: Feb. 19-20, 2016 -- North Dakota 2-1, UMD 1(OT)-1

2010-11 NCAA Champions • Home of 5 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Winners TOP DOG: Prior to this Monday, UMD last occupied A BREAKDOWN the No. 1 position in the USCHO.com Poll during the 2016-17 UMD SALUTATIONS OF THE 2016-17 BULLDOGS 2011-12 season when it was ranked first for eight By Year consecutive weeks from Dec. 5 to Jan. 30. During that NCHC Player of the Week Seniors - 7 eight-week run, UMD only faced one nationally-ranked Oct. 10 Nick Deery (Goaltemder/UML) Juniors - 6 opponent and that was No. 8 Western Michigan (in Oct. 10 Neal Pionk (Defenseman/UML) Sophomores - 5 Kalamazoo, Mich. on Jan. 6-7) Oct. 17 Adam Johnson (Offensive/NDame) Oct. 31 Alex Iafallo (Offensive/NoDak) Freshmen - 8 MAKING A POINT ON THE POINT: Sophomore Neal Pi- Oct. 31 Hunter Miska (Goaltender/NoDak) By Position onk, who currently tops the 2016-17 Bulldog scoring Forward - 14 American Sports Network National Player of the Week charts, ranks first among all NCAA defensemen in Defense - 9 Oct. 31 Alex Iafallo (NoDak) assists (6) and power play goals (3) and is second in Goalie - 3 points (10) His four goals thus far match what he ac- NCAA Hockey Three Stars of the Week By State/Province/Country cumulated during his entire 40-game rookie season. Oct. 10 Alex Iafallo (NoDak) - 2nd Star Minnesota - 15 Alberta - 3 AT THE HEAD OF THEIR CLASS: UMD currently sports the Saskatchewan - 3 nation’s top-scoring senior class as that seven-mem- New York - 2 ber ensemble has combined to rack up 33 points on Ontario- 1 13 goals and 20 assists. North Dakota - 1 Illinois - 1 GET SHORTIE: UMD equaled a program single-game Wisconsin -1 record by scoring two shorthanded goals last Sat- By Major urday night against North Dakota with junior right Business- 8 winger Karson Kuhlman (the second of his career) Finance- 6 and senior left winger Kyle Osterberg (his third). The Organizational Management- 3 Fighting Hawks, incidentally, are last team to collect Communication- 2 a shorthanded goal against UMD, doing so on Dec. Criminology - 1 12, 2015 after the host Bulldogs had pulled their Environmental Studies- 1 goalie for an extra attacker. French Studies - 1 Mechanical Engineering -1 BLOCK PARTY: UMD has blocked more shots this sea- Public Health- 1 son (16.2 per game) than any NCHC club and all but Undeclared- 2 six teams in the entire country. They ranked 54th out of 60 NCAA clubs one year ago (10.9 bpg). Alex iafallo THEY JUST KEEP COMING: The Bulldogs will line up against a nationally-ranked club for the fifth time in as many regular season weekends this season when they face No. 8 St. Cloud State. Then-No. 17 Michigan Tech paid a visit to AMSOIL Arena for the 2016-17 season openers back on Oct. 1-2 while No. 8 UMass Lowell hosted UMD the following weekend. Three weeks ago (Oct. 15-16, it was No. 5 Notre Dame’s turn to take on UMD in Duluth and No. 1 North Dakota followed suit last Friday and Saturday.

GO JOHNNY GO: Sophomore center Adam Johnson, who last month collared his first NCHC weekly honor of any kind (Offensive Player of the Week vs. Notre NHL DRAFTEES Dame), had picked up at least one point in each of Player Year Round Team UMD’s first seven outings of 2016-17 before being Joey Anderson 2016 3rd New Jersey held off the score sheet by North Dakota last Satur- Avery Peterson 2013 6th Minnesota day. That seven-game scoring streak is a career-best. Carson Soucy 2013 5th Minnesota Dominic Toninato 2012 5th Toronto BULLDOG BITS: UMD will enter Friday’s bout in St. Riley Tufte 2016 1st Dallas Cloud armed with a school-record six-game NCHC Hunter Miska winning streak. That run began last Feb. 26-27 with PRONUNCIATIONS back-back victories at the Herb Brooks National Iafallo...... I-ah-fah-low Hockey Center. This marks the first time in four sea- Kotyk...... KAH-tick sons of NSIC warfare that the Bulldogs are off to a Kuhlman...... KOOL-man 2-0-0 conference start. Mackay...... MAH-kye Osterberg...... AH-ster-burg • The last time UMD and St. Cloud State butted Pionk...... PEE-onk heads in St. Cloud (Feb. 26-27), current UMD junior Soucy...... SUE-see right winger Karson Kuhlman collared the NCHC Of- Spurrell...... SPUR-ill fensive Player of the Week award after having a hand Toninato...... tah-neh-NAW-toe in four of UMD’s six goals in its two-game sweep of Tufte...... TUFF-tee the then No. 3 Huskies. In the series opener that weekend, he racked up a two goals and three points (both remain career highs) in a 4-1 triumph.

2010-11 NCAA Champions • Home of 5 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Winners • UMD has more senior defensemen (four) on its 2016-17 roster than any other program in the coun- 2016-17 UMD TEAM SINGLE-GAME HIGHS AND LOWS try. It shares that distinction with Princeton Univer- Goals - 6 vs. MTU (Oct. 1) 1 (2 Times) sity and St. Lawrence University. Overall, the Bulldog Assists - 12 vs.MTU (Oct. 1) 1 vs. NDame (Oct. 15) blueline crew has collectively generated 24 points Points - 18 vs. MTU (Oct. 1) 12 vs. NDame (Oct. 15) -- a number unsurpassed by any NCHC club and only Total Shot Attempts - 74 at UML (Oct. 7) 46 vs. NoDak (Oct. 29) four teams nationally. Shots On Goal - 43 at UML (Oct. 7) 25 vs. NoDak (Oct. 29) Penalties - 8 (3 Times) 3 (2 Times) •Sophomore center Adam Johnson, who last month Penalty Minutes - 16 (3 Times) 6 (2 Times) Power Play Pct. - .500 (3/6) vs. MTU (Oct. 1) .000 (0/6) at UML (Oct. 8) collared his first NCHC weekly honor of any kind Power Play Goals - 3 (2 Times) 0 (2 Times) (Offensive Player of the Week vs. Notre Dame), had Power Play Attempts - 11 at UML (Oct. 7) 4 vs. NDame (Oct. 15) picked up at least one point in each of UMD’s first Penalty Kill Pct. - 1.000 (6/6) vs. MTU (Oct. 2) .625 (5/5) vs. UML (Oct. 7) seven outings of 2016-17 before behind held off Saves - 35 vs. NDame (Oct. 15) 18 vs. MTU (Oct. 18) the score sheet by North Dakota last Saturday. That Shorthanded Goals - 2# vs. NoDak (Oct. 29) 0 (7 Times) seven-game scoring streak was a career-best. Blocked Shots - 18 (2 Times) 10 vs. MTU (Oct. 2) Goals Allowed - 4 at UML (Oct. 7) 0 (2 Times) • Denver is now the only two league club the Bull- Shots On Goal Allowed - 38 vs. NDame (Oct. 15) 21 (2 Times) dogs have not swept since the NCHC began play in Power Play Goals Allowed - 3 at UML (Oct. 7) 0 (2 Times) 2013-14. Shorthanded Goals Allowed - 0 (8 Times) 0 (8 Times) Plus-Minus Rating - +15 vs. MTU (Oct. 1) -5 vs. NDame (Oct. 15) • Senior left winger Alex Iafallo has been credited with five of UMD’s last seven empty net goals (dat- 2016-17 UMD INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-GAME HIGHS ing back to the 2014-15 season), including its lone Goals - 3 by Alex Iafallo vs. NoDak (Oct. 28) such tally this year. Assists - 3 by Joey Anderson vs. NDame (Oct. 14) Points - 4 by Alex Iafallo vs. NoDak (Oct. 28) •Since falling to host Miami University 4-3 in over- Point Scoring Streak - 8 Games by Adam Johnson (Oct. 1-present) time on Feb. 21, 2015, the Bulldogs are 20-0-0 Goal Scoring Streak - 3 Games by Adam Johnson (Oct. 14-Oct. 28) when taking a lead into the third period. They were 3 Games by Neal Pionk (Oct. 2-8) 14-0-0 in that situation last winter and 4-0-0 so far Shots On Goal - 9 by Alex iafallo vs. NoDak (Oct. 28) in 2016-17. Blocked Shots - 4 by Brenden Kotyk vs. NoDak (Oct. 28) 4 by Neal Pionk vs. MTU (Oct. 1) +/- Rating - + 2 by Karson Kuhlman vs. NoDak (Oct. 28 and Oct. 29) •Going back to a 5-4 loss to visiting Minnesota on +2 by Kyle Osterberg vs. NoDak (Oct. 290 Oct. 15, 2011, the Bulldogs are unbeaten in 67 of + 2 by Alex Iafallo vs. NoDak (Oct. 28) the 68 games they’ve struck for more than three goals + 2 by Dominic Toninato vs. NoDak (Oct. 28) (61-1-6). The sole setback during that stretch was + 2 by Nick McCormack vs. MTU (Oct. 1) inflicted by Minnesota State University-Mankato on Penalty Minutes - 3 by Carson Soucy vs. MTU (Oct. 1) Oct. 17, 2014 in Duluth (5-4 in overtime). Penalty Minutes - 3 by Carson Soucy vs. MTU (Oct. 1) Power Play Goals - 1 by Eight Players, including Neal Pionk (three times) •The 46 shots the Bulldogs attempted last Saturday Shorthanded Goals - 1 by Karson Kuhlman vs. NoDak (Oct. 29) night against North Dakota were a 2016-17 single- 1 by Kyle Osterberg vs. NoDak (Oct. 29) game low -- five fewer than the previous low set one Saves - 35 by Hunter Shepard vs. NDame (Oct. 15) night earlier against those same Fighting Hawks. #ties school record • Karson Kuhlman has skated in all 88 games over the last three seasons -- a claim no other Bulldog •Going back to last March, the Bulldogs have won in 2015-16. can make. nine of their last 10 games at AMSOIL Arena with the lone loss occurring earlier this season -- 3-1 to Notre •There is almost seven years age difference separating •Of the 22 non-goalies who have seen ice time in Dame on Oct. 15. the oldest (senior defenseman Brenden Kotyk, who 2016-17 for the Bulldogs only three -- rookie de- turned 25 last Aug. 27 and is the oldest player in fensemen Will Campion and Jarod Hilderman and • UMD is winless (0-1-1) when it has failed to score NCAA hockey) and youngest (freshman winger Joey freshman left winger Riley Tufte -- remain pointless. on the power play. Anderson, whose 19th birthday doesn’t come up until June 19) Bulldogs. •UMD has been outshot just twice this season (by •The 35 saves rookie Hunter Shepard made in UMD’s Notre Dame on Oct. 15 and by North Dakota last 3-1 loss to Notre Dame on Oct. 15 were the most by a •There have been 11 father-son combination who Saturday) and ranks 13th nationally in shots per Bulldog goalie in his first collegiate appearance since have done time with the Bulldogs, with the most lat- game average (33.12) Jerome Butler also turned aside 35 shots against est addition being sophomore forward Adam Johnson, visiting Northern Michigan on Oct. 26, 1991 (a 5-2 whose dad (Davey Johnson), was a four-year letterman •Scott Sandelin is in his 17th season presiding over UMD triumph). and captained the Bulldogs as a senior center in the UMD puck program. That’s the second longest continuous tenure of any NCHC head coach. (Enrico • Prior to this year, the last time the Bulldogs sport- Blassi is in his 18th year at Miami). Of all-time UMD ed only freshmen on their roster was in SCORING BY CLASS bench bosses, only Mike Sertich (18 years between 1985-86. That was also the last time three different UMD’s class-by-class scoring breakdown for 1982-2000) served longer than Sandelin. UMD goaltenders all made their collegiate debuts in 2016-17 is as follows (includes goalies): the same season. Class G-A-TP Nat’l Rank • UMD has won just four of the last 28 games that Seniors (7) 13-20=33 1st(t) have required overtime, going 4-6-18. Only three •Senior center Dominic Toninato is the second straight Juniors (6) 3-11=14 26th(t) active Bulldogs -- senior left wingers Alex Iafallo and Duluth East High School alumnus to serve as the Bull- Sophomores (5) 11-12=23 11th(t) Kyle Osterberg and junior right winger Karson Kuhlman dogs’ team captain. Two-time All-NCHC second team Freshmen (8) 1-9=10 37th(t) -- have an overtime goal on their collegiate resume. defenseman Andy Welinski handled that responsibility

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## Player gp g a pts sh sh% +/- pen-min pp sh fg gw gt ot ht ua gp g a pts sh sh% +/- pen-min pp sh fg gw gt ot ht ua 4 Neal Pionk 8 4 6 10 17 . 2 3 5 +5 3-6 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 48 8 19 27 102 . 0 7 8 +16 21-50 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 14 Alex Iafallo 8 5 4 9 33 . 1 5 2 +2 3-6 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 118 32 47 79 365 . 0 8 8 +20 18-36 8 0 5 7 0 1 1 4 7 Adam Johnson 8 5 4 9 33 . 1 5 2 +2 1-2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 47 11 16 27 128 . 0 8 6 -1 5-10 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 8 Kyle Osterberg 8 4 5 9 19 . 2 1 1 +3 3-6 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 115 29 35 64 248 . 1 1 7 +5 32-78 6 3 10 2 1 1 0 5 20 Karson Kuhlman 8 2 5 7 27 . 0 7 4 +6 0-0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 88 22 23 45 227 . 0 9 7 +27 9-18 4 2 4 5 0 1 0 1 13 Joey Anderson 8 0 7 7 19 . 0 0 0 +1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 7 7 19 . 0 0 0 +1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2010-11 NCAA Champions • Home of 5 Hobey Baker2010-11 NCAAChampions •Homeof5Hobey Memorial Award Winners 15 Willie Raskob 8 2 2 4 20 . 1 0 0 +2 3-6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 115 8 38 46 225 . 0 3 6 +12 25-61 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 21 Carson Soucy 8 1 3 4 19 . 0 5 3 +4 7-14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 10 26 36 194 . 0 5 2 +28 71-175 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 22 Jared Thomas 8 0 3 3 8 . 0 0 0 -2 4-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 7 19 26 93 . 0 7 5 -3 19-38 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 19 Dominic Toninato 8 0 3 3 23 . 0 0 0 +4 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 38 27 65 294 . 1 2 9 +22 62-149 6 4 10 5 0 0 0 3 16 Billy Exell 8 1 1 2 5 . 2 0 0 +2 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 2 3 10 . 1 0 0 +3 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Brenden Kotyk 8 1 1 2 11 . 0 9 1 +1 6-12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 5 7 12 78 . 0 6 4 +6 20-40 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 39 Parker Mackay 4 1 1 2 6 . 1 6 7 -1 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 33 5 3 8 35 . 1 4 3 +2 3-6 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 17 Blake Young 6 1 1 2 5 . 2 0 0 +2 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 1 2 3 28 . 0 3 6 +1 7-17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Dan Molenaar 7 0 2 2 2 . 0 0 0 +2 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 2 6 8 44 . 0 4 5 +9 7-14 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 26 Jade Miller 8 1 0 1 6 . 1 6 7 +2 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 1 6 . 1 6 7 +2 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Nick McCormack 3 0 1 1 1 . 0 0 0 +2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 6 6 9 . 0 0 0 +9 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 Hunter Miska 5 0 1 1 0 . 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 . 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Sammy Spurrell 8 0 1 1 3 . 0 0 0 +3 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 4 4 8 31 . 1 2 9 -4 14-50 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 Nick Wolff 4 0 1 1 2 . 0 0 0 +1 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 2 . 0 0 0 +1 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Will Campion 1 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Jarod Hilderman 3 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 +2 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 +2 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Riley Tufte 4 0 0 0 6 . 0 0 0 0 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 6 . 0 0 0 0 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 8 28 52 80 265 . 1 0 6 +43 48-96 11 2 4 5 2 0 1 0 Opponents 8 16 27 43 212 . 0 7 5 - 56-134 8 0 4 1 0 0 0 1

## Goalie gp-gs minutes ga gaavg saves pct w l t sho pp sh en gp-gs minutes ga gaavg saves pct w l t sho pp sh en 37 Nick Deery 3-2 155:44 4 1.54 57 . 9 3 4 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 3-2 155:44 4 1.54 57 . 9 3 4 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 35 Hunter Miska 5-5 273:17 9 1.98 104 . 9 2 0 4 0 0 2 4 0 0 5-5 273:17 9 1.98 104 . 9 2 0 4 0 0 2 4 0 0 32 Hunter Shepard 1-1 58:31 3 3.08 35 . 9 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1-1 58:31 3 3.08 35 . 9 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Total 8-0 489:30 16 1.96 196 . 9 2 5 5 1 2 2 8 0 0 Opponents 8-0 489:30 28 3.43 237 . 8 9 4 1 5 2 0 11 2 1 The Automated ScoreBook Minnesota Duluth Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 01, 2016) 2016-17 UNIVERSITY OFAll MINNESOTA games DULUTH TEAM STATISTICS

Overall: 5-1-2 Conf: 2-0-0 Home: 5-1-0 Away: 0-0-2 Neut: 0-0-0

TEAM STATISTICS UMD OPP SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts 28-265 16-212 Shot pct. . 1 0 6 . 0 7 5 G o a l s / G a m e 3.5 2.0 S h o t s / G a m e 33.1 26.5 A s s i s t s 52 27 POWER PLAYS Goals-Power Plays 11-49 8-43 Conversion Percent . 2 2 4 . 1 8 6 Shot Attempts 77 59 Shot Percent . 1 4 3 . 1 3 6 GOAL BREAKDOWN Total Goals 28 16 Power Play 11 8 S h o r t - h a n d e d 20 Empty net 1 0 P e n a l t y 00 U n a s s i s t e d 0 1 O v e r t i m e 00 S h o o t o u t 0 0 Delayed Penalty 0 0 PENALTIES N u m b e r 48 56 M i n u t e s 96 134 P e n a l t i e s / G a m e 6.0 7.0 Pen minutes/Game 12.0 16.8 M i n o r 48 52 M a j o r 0 2 10-minute Misconduct 0 0 Game Misconduct 0 2 Gross Misconduct 0 0 M a t c h 0 0 SHOOTOUTS (Made-Att) 0-0 0-0 ATTENDANCE T o t a l 35998 10704 Dates/Avg Per Date 6/6000 2/5352 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0

Goals by Period 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Minnesota Duluth 7 13 8 0 28 Opponents 7 7 2 0 16

Saves by Period 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Minnesota Duluth 63 82 49 2 196 Opponents 70 82 77 8 237

2010-11 NCAA Champions • Home of 5 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Winners 2015-16 UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA OF MINNESOTA DULUTH DULUTH RESULTS/SCHEDULE 2016-17 Men's Hockey Results DATE W-L-T OPPONENT (Attendance) UMD-OPP UMD GOALS GOALIES SAVES Oct. 1 W No. 17 Michigan Tech 6-0 MACKAY, Young, Raskob, Osterberg, Miska 21 (6,202) Johnson, Miller Wintjes/Kero 11/10 Oct. 2 W No. 17 Michigan Tech 4-3 Osterberg, Pionk, Exell, IAFALLO Miska 18 (5,104) Kero 27 Oct. 7 T No. 8 UMass-Lowell 4-4 OT Pionk, Kuhlman, Kotyk, Osterberg Miska/Deery 11/13 (6,066) Hernberg 39 Oct. 8 T No. 8 UMass-Lowell 1-1 OT Pionk Deery 24 (4,638) Wall 40 Oct. 14 W No. 5 Notre Dame 4-3 JOHNSON (2), Raskob, Iafallo Deery 20 (5,526) Petersen 28 Oct. 15 L No. 5 Notre Dame 1-3 Johnson Shepard 35 (6,014) Petersen 27 Oct. 22 L U.S. National U-18 Team# 1-2 Toninato Miska/Deery/Shepard 5/4/7 (3,561) St. Cyr 32 Oct. 28 W No. 1 North Dakota* 5-3 IAFALLO (3), Johnson, Pionk Miska 24 (6,393) Johnson 33 Oct. 29 W No. 1 North Dakota* 3-0 KUHLMAN, Soucy, Osterberg Miska 30 (6,759)≠ Johnson 22 Nov. 4 No. 8 St. Cloud State* 7:37 p.m. Nov. 5 No. 8 St. Cloud State* 7:07 p.m. Nov. 11 Western Michigan* 7:07 p.m. Nov. 12 Western Michigan* 7:07 p.m. Nov. 18 Nebraska Omaha* 7:07 p.m. Nov. 19 Nebraska Omaha* 7:00 p.m. Dec. 9 Denver* 8:00 p.m. Dec. 10 Denver* 8:00 p.m. Dec. 16 Bemidji State* 7:07 p.m. Dec. 17 Bemidji State* 7:07 p.m. Jan. 6 Colorado College* 7:07 p.m. Jan. 7 Colorado College* 7:07 p.m. Jan. 13 St. Cloud State* 7:07 p.m. Jan. 14 St. Cloud State* 7:07 p.m. Jan. 20 North Dakota* 7:37 p.m. Jan. 21 North Dakota* 7:07 p.m. Jan. 27 Minnesota+ 7:00 p.m. Jan. 28 Bemidji State/St. Cloud State+ 4:00 p.m./7:00 p.m. Feb. 3 Nebraska Omaha* 7:07 p.m. Feb. 4 Nebraska Omaha* 7:07 p.m. Feb. 17 Colorado College* 8:37 p.m. Feb. 18 Colorado College* 8:07 p.m. Feb. 23 Miami* 7:07 p.m. Feb. 24 Miami* 7:07 p.m. March 3 Western Michigan* 6:00 p.m. March 4 Western Michigan* 6:00 p.m.

*NCHC Game +North Star College Cup (St. Paul Minn.) #Exhibition Game GAME-WINNING GOALS ARE IN ALL CAPS Home games are in boldface ≠Sellout Times are CT 2016-17 WIN-LOSS SUMMARY W L T PCT W L T PCT Home Games 5 1 0 .833 Sunday Games 1 0 0 1.000 Road Games 0 0 2 .500 Scoring First Goal 3 1 0 .750 Neutral Site Games 0 0 0 .000 Leading After One Period 2 0 0 1.000 NCHC Games 2 0 0 1.000 Trailing After One Period 1 0 2 .667 NCHC Playoff Games 0 0 0 .000 Tied After One Period 2 1 0 .667 Nonconference Games 3 1 2 .667 Leading After Two Periods 4 0 0 1.000 Exhibition Games 0 1 0 .000 Trailing After Two Periods 1 0 2 .667 3 x 3 NCHC Overtime Games 0 0 0 .000 Tied After Two Periods 0 1 0 .000 NCHC Shootouts 0 0 0 .000 Outshooting Opponent 4 0 2 .833 Overtime Games 0 0 2 .500 Outshot by Opponent 1 1 0 .500 One-Goal Games 2 0 0 1.000 Same No. of Shots as Opponent 0 0 0 .000 Two-Goal Games 0 1 0 .000 Scoring More Than Three Goals 4 0 1 .900 Friday Games 2 0 1 .833 Scoring Three Goals or Less 1 1 1 .500 Saturday Games 2 1 1 .625

2016-17 ATTENDANCE~ All Games Home Away Total Attendance 46,702 35,998 10,704 (Average) (5,838) (6,000) (5,352) Sellouts 1 1 0 ~does not include exhibition games

2010-11 NCAA Champions • Home of 5 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Winners The Automated ScoreBook Minnesota Duluth Game-by-Game Goals-Assists-Points (as of Nov 01, 2016) 2016-17 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH INDIVIDUALAll games GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS (GOALS-ASSISTS-TOTAL POINTS)

3 4 5 7 8 10 12 13 14 15 16 Opponent Date Score MOLENAAR,D PIONK,NEAL WOLFF,NICK JOHNSON,AD OSTERBERG, KOTYK,BREN HILDERMAN,J ANDERSON,J IAFALLO,ALE RASKOB,WIL EXELL,BILLY MTU Oct 01 6-0 W DNP 0 - 1 - 1 DNP 1 - 0 - 1 1 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 1 - 1 1 - 1 - 2 0 - 1 - 1 MTU Oct 02 4-3 W 0 - 1 - 1 1 - 1 - 2 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 1 - 1 1 - 0 - 1 0 - 1 - 1 DNP 0 - 1 - 1 1 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 1 at UML Oct 07 4-4 t 0 - 0 - 0 1 - 1 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 1 1 - 1 - 2 1 - 0 - 1 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 at UML Oct 08 1-1 t 0 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 1 DNP 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 ND Oct 14 4-3 W 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 1 - 1 DNP 2 - 0 - 2 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 DNP 0 - 3 - 3 1 - 0 - 1 1 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 ND Oct 15 1-3 L 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 DNP 1 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 UND Oct 28 5-2 W 0 - 0 - 0 1 - 1 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 1 - 1 - 2 0 - 2 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 DNP 0 - 1 - 1 3 - 1 - 4 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 UND Oct 29 3-0 W 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 1 - 1 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0

17 18 19 20 21 22 24 26 27 28 32 Opponent Date Score YOUNG,BLAK MCCORMACK TONINATO,D KUHLMAN,KA SOUCY,CARS THOMAS,JAR CAMPION,WIL MILLER,JADE TUFTE,RILEY SPURRELL,S SHEPARD,HU MTU Oct 01 6-0 W 1 - 0 - 1 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 2 - 2 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 1 - 1 DNP 1 - 0 - 1 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 DNP MTU Oct 02 4-3 W 0 - 1 - 1 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 1 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 DNP at UML Oct 07 4-4 t 0 - 0 - 0 DNP 0 - 1 - 1 1 - 1 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 DNP at UML Oct 08 1-1 t 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 DNP 0 - 1 - 1 DNP ND Oct 14 4-3 W 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 DNP ND Oct 15 1-3 L 0 - 0 - 0 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 UND Oct 28 5-2 W DNP DNP 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 2 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 DNP UND Oct 29 3-0 W DNP DNP 0 - 0 - 0 1 - 1 - 2 1 - 0 - 1 0 - 1 - 1 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 DNP

35 37 39 Opponent Date Score MISKA,HUNT DEERY,NICK MACKAY,PAR MTU Oct 01 6-0 W 0 - 1 - 1 DNP 1 - 1 - 2 MTU Oct 02 4-3 W 0 - 0 - 0 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 at UML Oct 07 4-4 t 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 DNP at UML Oct 08 1-1 t DNP 0 - 0 - 0 DNP ND Oct 14 4-3 W DNP 0 - 0 - 0 DNP ND Oct 15 1-3 L DNP DNP DNP UND Oct 28 5-2 W 0 - 0 - 0 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 UND Oct 29 3-0 W 0 - 0 - 0 DNP 0 - 0 - 0

2010-11 NCAA Champions • Home of 5 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Winners The Automated ScoreBook Minnesota Duluth Team Game-by-Game Comparison (as of Nov 02, 2016) All games 2016-17 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH GAME-BY-GAME COMPARISON Shots Penalties Power Plays Date Opponent Score Goals Assists Shots Pen-Min Pen-Min G-Ch G-Ch Oct 01 MICHIGAN TECH 6-0 6 / 0 12 / 0 27 / 21 6-12 / 9-29 3-6 / 0-4 Oct 02 MICHIGAN TECH 4-3 4 / 3 8 / 5 31 / 21 6-12 / 7-25 1-6 / 0-6 Oct 07 at UMass Lowell 4-4 4 / 4 6 / 7 43 / 28 8-16 / 11-22 3-11 / 3-8 Oct 08 at UMass Lowell 1-1 1 / 1 2 / 2 41 / 25 3-6 / 6-12 0-6 / 1-3 Oct 14 NOTRE DAME 4-3 4 / 3 7 / 5 32 / 23 6-12 / 6-12 1-6 / 2-6 Oct 15 NOTRE DAME 1-3 1 / 3 1 / 6 28 / 38 3-6 / 4-8 0-4 / 1-3 Oct 28 NORTH DAKOTA 5-2 5 / 2 10 / 2 38 / 26 8-16 / 7-14 2-5 / 1-6 Oct 29 NORTH DAKOTA 3-0 3 / 0 6 / 0 25 / 30 8-16 / 6-12 1-5 / 0-7 Totals 28-16 28 / 16 52 / 27 265 / 212 48-96 / 56-134 11-49 / 8-43

Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category

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## Points GP G A Pts Sh ## Assists GP G A Pts Sh 4 Neal Pionk 8 4 6 10 17 13 Joey Anderson 8 0 7 7 19 14 Alex Iafallo 8 5 4 9 33 4 Neal Pionk 8 4 6 10 17 7 Adam Johnson 8 5 4 9 33 8 Kyle Osterberg 8 4 5 9 19 8 Kyle Osterberg 8 4 5 9 19 20 Karson Kuhlman 8 2 5 7 27 20 Karson Kuhlman 8 2 5 7 27 14 Alex Iafallo 8 5 4 9 33 13 Joey Anderson 8 0 7 7 19 7 Adam Johnson 8 5 4 9 33 15 Willie Raskob 8 2 2 4 20 21 Carson Soucy 8 1 3 4 19 21 Carson Soucy 8 1 3 4 19 22 Jared Thomas 8 0 3 3 8 22 Jared Thomas 8 0 3 3 8 19 Dominic Toninato 8 0 3 3 23 19 Dominic Toninato 8 0 3 3 23 15 Willie Raskob 8 2 2 4 20

## Goals GP G A Pts Sh ## Shots GP G A Pts Sh Sh% 14 Alex Iafallo 8 5 4 9 33 14 Alex Iafallo 8 5 4 9 33 . 1 5 2 7 Adam Johnson 8 5 4 9 33 7 Adam Johnson 8 5 4 9 33 . 1 5 2 4 Neal Pionk 8 4 6 10 17 20 Karson Kuhlman 8 2 5 7 27 . 0 7 4 8 Kyle Osterberg 8 4 5 9 19 19 Dominic Toninato 8 0 3 3 23 . 0 0 0 20 Karson Kuhlman 8 2 5 7 27 15 Willie Raskob 8 2 2 4 20 . 1 0 0 15 Willie Raskob 8 2 2 4 20 8 Kyle Osterberg 8 4 5 9 19 . 2 1 1 21 Carson Soucy 8 1 3 4 19 13 Joey Anderson 8 0 7 7 19 . 0 0 0 16 Billy Exell 8 1 1 2 5 21 Carson Soucy 8 1 3 4 19 . 0 5 3 10 Brenden Kotyk 8 1 1 2 11 4 Neal Pionk 8 4 6 10 17 . 2 3 5 39 Parker Mackay 4 1 1 2 6 10 Brenden Kotyk 8 1 1 2 11 . 0 9 1

## Power-Play Goals GP PPG ## Shot Pct. GP G A Pts Sh Sh% 4 Neal Pionk 8 3 4 Neal Pionk 8 4 6 10 17 . 2 3 5 15 Willie Raskob 8 2 8 Kyle Osterberg 8 4 5 9 19 . 2 1 1 16 Billy Exell 8 1 1 2 5 . 2 0 0 ## Short-Handed Goals GP SHG 17 Blake Young 6 1 1 2 5 . 2 0 0 20 Karson Kuhlman 8 1 26 Jade Miller 8 1 0 1 6 . 1 6 7 8 Kyle Osterberg 8 1 39 Parker Mackay 4 1 1 2 6 . 1 6 7 7 Adam Johnson 8 5 4 9 33 . 1 5 2 ## Game-Winning Goals GP GWG 14 Alex Iafallo 8 5 4 9 33 . 1 5 2 14 Alex Iafallo 8 2 15 Willie Raskob 8 2 2 4 20 . 1 0 0 10 Brenden Kotyk 8 1 1 2 11 . 0 9 1 ## Plus/Minus GP +/- 20 Karson Kuhlman 8 +6 ## Penalties GP Pen Min 4 Neal Pionk 8 +5 21 Carson Soucy 8 7 14 21 Carson Soucy 8 +4 10 Brenden Kotyk 8 6 12 19 Dominic Toninato 8 +4 22 Jared Thomas 8 4 8 8 Kyle Osterberg 8 +3 8 Kyle Osterberg 8 3 6 28 Sammy Spurrell 8 +3 14 Alex Iafallo 8 3 6 7 Adam Johnson 8 +2 15 Willie Raskob 8 3 6 15 Willie Raskob 8 +2 28 Sammy Spurrell 8 3 6 14 Alex Iafallo 8 +2 4 Neal Pionk 8 3 6 3 Dan Molenaar 7 +2 12 Jarod Hilderman 3 2 4 5 Nick Wolff 4 2 4

## Penalty Minutes GP Pen Min 21 Carson Soucy 8 7 14 10 Brenden Kotyk 8 6 12 22 Jared Thomas 8 4 8 28 Sammy Spurrell 8 3 6 4 Neal Pionk 8 3 6 8 Kyle Osterberg 8 3 6 14 Alex Iafallo 8 3 6 15 Willie Raskob 8 3 6 12 Jarod Hilderman 3 2 4 5 Nick Wolff 4 2 4

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