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2016 NCAA TOURNAMENT NOTES IMPORTANT LINKS Frozen Four History: http://collegehockeyinc.com/frozen-four NCAA Record Book: http://www.ncaa.org/championships/statistics/2016-men-s-and-women-s-frozen-four-records Bracket (.pdf): http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/icehockey-men/d1?cid=ncaahockeysocial_tw_sf22864647 TV Schedule: http://collegehockeyinc.com/tv-schedule Statistical Comparison: http://collegehockeyinc.com/pages/tourney-teams-numbers Sortable National Statistics: http://collegehockeyinc.com/stats/filters.php Team Rosters, Statistics & Results: http://collegehockeyinc.com/d1teams ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS ENTERING TOURNAMENT Points: Danny O’Regan, Boston University – 153 Kalle Kossila, St. Cloud State – 151 Kevin Roy, Northeastern – 149 Jimmy Vesey, Harvard – 144 Sam Anas, Quinnipiac – 130 Joey Benik, St. Cloud State – 124 Tony Cameranesi, Minnesota Duluth – 121 Josh Mitchell, RIT – 121 There are 21 100-point scorers in the field. Michigan and St. Cloud State have the most with three each. Four teams have none: Boston College, Ferris State, UMass Lowell and Yale. Five players enter the tournament within 6 points of 100: Ryan Fitzgerald, Boston College (98), Ethan Prow, St. Cloud State (98), Jimmy Murray, St. Cloud State (96), Adam Chapie, UMass Lowell (95), and Matt Grzelcyk, Boston University (94). Goals: Jimmy Vesey, Harvard – 80 Sam Anas, Quinnipiac – 68 Kevin Roy, Northeastern – 65 Danny O’Regan, Boston University – 65 Mario Lucia, Notre Dame – 61 Assists: Kalle Kossila, St. Cloud State – 103 Josh Mitchell, RIT – 90 Danny O’Regan, Boston University – 88 Kevin Roy, Northeastern – 84 Cristoval Nieves, Michigan – 81 Tony Cameranesi, Minnesota Duluth – 81 Games Played: Drake Caggiula, North Dakota – 158 Travis St. Denis, Quinnipiac – 158 Nolan Zajac, Denver – 157 Kalle Kossila, St. Cloud State – 156 Gabe Levin, Denver – 155 2016 NCAA TOURNAMENT NOTES Most Consecutive Games Played (Active): Josh Mitchell, RIT – 153 Danny O’Regan, Boston University – 153 Power-Play Goals: Sam Anas, Quinnipiac – 29 Austin Farley, Minnesota Duluth – 23 Danny O’Regan, Boston University – 23 Mario Lucia, Notre Dame – 21 Shorthanded Goals: JT Compher, Michigan – 5 Ryan Fitzgerald, Boston College – 5 Drake Caggiula, North Dakota – 5 Game-Winning Goals: Jimmy Vesey, Harvard – 16 Drake Caggiula, North Dakota – 16 Kyle Criscuolo, Harvard – 13 David Morley, St. Cloud State – 13 Overtime Goals: Kyle Criscuolo, Harvard – 3 Saves: Kevin Boyle, UMass Lowell – 2,755 Thatcher Demko, Boston College – 2,541 Michael Garteig, Quinnipiac – 2,525 Alex Lyon, Yale – 2,331 Steve Racine, Michigan – 2,243 Save Percentage: Merrick Madsen, Harvard – .931 Alex Lyon, Yale – .931 Cam Johnson, North Dakota – .931 Nick Ellis, Providence – .930 Evan Cowley, Denver – .929 Goals-Against Average: Cam Johnson, North Dakota – 1.74 Alex Lyon, Yale – 1.86 Nick Ellis, Providence – 1.91 Michael Garteig, Quinnipiac – 1.96 Merrick Madsen, Harvard – 1.98 Shutouts: Michael Garteig, Quinnipiac – 18 Alex Lyon, Yale – 15 Thatcher Demko, Boston College – 13 2016 NCAA TOURNAMENT NOTES ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS IN NCAA TOURNAMENT GAMES Scoring: Joey Benik, St. Cloud State 7 GP 5-3—8 Nick Saracino, Providence 6 GP 2-5—7 Trevor Mingoia, Providence 6 GP 3-3—6 Mark Jankowski, Providence 6 GP 3-2—5 Brandon Tanev, Providence 6 GP 3-2—5 Danny O’Regan, Boston University 4 GP 2-3—5 Ahti Oksanen, Boston University 4 GP 2-2—4 Anthony Florentino, Providence 4 GP 2-2—4 Drake Caggiula, North Dakota 6 GP 2-2—4 Tom Parisi, Providence 6 GP 2-2—4 Kalle Kossila, St. Cloud State 7 GP 1-3—4 Paul LaDue, North Dakota 6 GP 0-4—4 Goaltending: Thatcher Demko, BC 4 GP 2-2 237:06 106 svs. 13 GA 3.29 .891 Charlie Lindgren, SCSU 3 GP 1-1 150:12 77 svs. 6 GA 2.40 .928 Tanner Jaillet, DU 2 GP 1-1 119:17 42 svs. 4 GA 2.01 .913 Kasimir Kaskisuo, UMD 2 GP 1-1 118:23 58 svs. 4 GA 2.03 .935 Michael Garteig, QU 2 GP 0-2 117:18 43 svs. 7 GA 3.58 .860 Alex Lyon, Yale 1 GP 0-1 67:27 39 svs. 3 GA 2.67 .929 Evan Cowley, Denver 1 GP 0-0 20:00 7 svs. 0 GA 0.00 1.000 Jacob Meyers, QU 1 GP 0-0 0:16 0 svs. 0 GA 0.00 -- NCAA TOURNAMENT Frozen Four History: http://collegehockeyinc.com/frozen-four Most Appearances: Michigan, Minnesota – 36 Boston College – 35 Boston University – 34 North Dakota – 31 Michigan State – 27 Denver – 26 Wisconsin – 25 Other 2016 Tournament Teams: Harvard – 23 Providence, St. Cloud State – 12 Minnesota Duluth – 10 Notre Dame, Yale – 8 UMass Lowell – 7 Northeastern, Quinnipiac – 5 Ferris State – 4 RIT – 3 2016 NCAA TOURNAMENT NOTES Most Frozen Fours: Boston College, Michigan – 24 Boston University – 22 Minnesota, North Dakota – 21 Denver – 13 Harvard – 12 Other 2016 Tournament Teams: Minnesota Duluth, Providence – 4 Notre Dame, Yale – 2 Ferris State, Northeastern, Quinnipiac, RIT, St. Cloud State – 1 Most Championships: Michigan – 9 Denver, North Dakota – 7 Wisconsin – 6 Boston College, Boston University, Minnesota – 5 Lake Superior State, Michigan State, Michigan Tech – 3 Other 2016 Tournament Teams: Harvard, Minnesota Duluth, Providence, Yale – 1 Longest Active Appearance Streaks: North Dakota – 14 Denver – 9 Boston College – 7 Longest Stretch Since Last Appearance: Northeastern – 2009 Michigan – 2012 Ferris State, UMass Lowell, Notre Dame – 2014 2016 NCAA TOURNAMENT NOTES NCAA Appearances by 2015 Tournament Coaches 23 – Jerry York, Boston College (5 titles) 23 – Red Berenson, Michigan (2 titles) 13 – Jeff Jackson, Notre Dame (2 titles) 7 – Bob Motzko, St. Cloud State 6 – Keith Allain, Yale (1 title) 6 – Scott Sandelin, Minnesota Duluth (1 title) 5 – Rand Pecknold, Quinnipiac 4 – Bob Daniels, Ferris State 4 – Ted Donato, Harvard 4 – Norm Bazin, UMass Lowell 4 – Nate Leaman, Providence (1 title) 3 – Jim Montgomery, Denver 3 – Wayne Wilson, RIT 2 – David Quinn, Boston University 1 – Brad Berry, North Dakota 1 – Jim Madigan, Northeastern Coaches Who Won NCAA Titles as Players Ted Donato, Harvard (1989, Harvard; tournament Most Outstanding Player) Jim Montgomery, Denver (1993, Maine; tournament Most Outstanding Player) Wayne Wilson, RIT (1984, Bowling Green) Coaches Coaching their Alma Mater (56%): Keith Allain, Yale Norm Bazin, UMass Lowell Red Berenson, Michigan Brad Berry, North Dakota Ted Donato, Harvard Jim Madigan, Northeastern Bob Motzko, St. Cloud State David Quinn, Boston University Jerry York, Boston College Tournament Most Outstanding Players Two former winners of the Most Outstanding Player award are coaching in this year’s tournament: Harvard head coach Ted Donato (1989) and Denver head coach Jim Montgomery (1993). 34 former winners have gone on to play in the NHL, including 2014-15 NHLers Thomas Vanek (Minnesota, 2003), Justin Abdelkader (Michigan State, 2007), Nathan Gerbe (Boston College, 2008), Ben Smith (Boston College, 2010), J.T. Brown (Minnesota Duluth, 2011), Andrew Miller (Yale, 2013) and Shayne Gostisbehere (Union, 2014). 2016 NCAA TOURNAMENT NOTES First-Round Regular-Season Rematches Boston College vs. Harvard Feb. 1 at TD Garden: BC 3, Harvard 2. Colin White had a goal and an assist and BC outshot Harvard, 33-22, in the opening game of the Beanpot. Boston University vs. Denver Oct. 31 at BU. BU 5, Denver 4 OT. Ahti Oksanen’s second goal of the game was the winner in OT. BU captured the win despite Denver scoring twice in the third period to erase a two-goal deficit. TEAMS BY THE NUMBERS To see all tournament teams ranked by height, weight, age and other stats, visit: http://collegehockeyinc.com/articles/stat-pack-ncaa-breakdown 2015-16 Records vs. Other NCAA Tournament Teams 7-1-1 – Quinnipiac 9-4-3 – Boston College 2-1-0 – Michigan 7-3-3 – Providence 7-4-1 – North Dakota 9-6-2 – UMass Lowell 6-5-1 – St. Cloud State 9-8-3 – Boston University 2-3-1 – Yale 5-7-4 – Denver 5-8-4 – Northeastern 3-8-6 – Notre Dame 4-10-4 – Minnesota Duluth 2-7-1 – Harvard 0-1-0 – RIT 0-2-0 – Ferris State Last 10 Games 10-0-0 – Northeastern 9-1-0 – Providence 8-1-1 – Denver, North Dakota, Quinnipiac 8-2-0 – St. Cloud State 7-3-0 – UMass Lowell, Minnesota Duluth, Yale 6-3-1 – Boston College, Harvard, Michigan, RIT 5-4-1 – Boston University 5-5-0 – Ferris State, Notre Dame 2016 NCAA TOURNAMENT NOTES Top-scoring senior classes: 210 points – St. Cloud State (71g-139a) 197 – Providence (74g-123a) 138 – Boston University (59g-79a) 115 – Harvard (51g-64a) 110 – Minnesota Duluth (41g-69a) Top-scoring freshman classes: 129 points – St. Cloud State (43g-86a) 128 – Boston College (39g-89a) 126 – Michigan (50g-76a) 114 – Boston University (36g-78a) 114 – North Dakota (58g-56a) Most freshmen and sophomores: 17 – UMass Lowell, North Dakota Most juniors and seniors: 17 – Northeastern, Quinnipiac 16 – Minnesota Duluth, Providence, Yale Top-Scoring Defense Corps 121 points – St. Cloud State (22g-99a) 117 – Boston College (28g-89a) 115 – Quinnipiac (31g-84a) 110 – North Dakota (24g-86a) 102 – Michigan (17g-85a) 102 – Providence (31g-71a) 98 – RIT (32g-66a) Biggest Win Improvement Since Last Season +11 – St. Cloud State +6 – Northeastern, Quinnipiac +3 – UMass Lowell Most Consecutive 20-Win Seasons 15 – Denver 14 – North Dakota 7 – BC Brothers in the NCAA Tournament: Brady and Chase Norrish (RIT, twins) Connor and Tim Clifton (Quinnipiac) Casey and Ryan Fitzgerald (Boston College) Bo and Canon Pieper (Quinnipiac) John and Nolan Stevens (Northeastern) Fathers and Sons in the NCAA Tournament Wayne (RIT head coach) and Stu (Yale senior) Wilson Ted (Harvard head coach) and Ryan (Harvard freshman) Donato 2016 NCAA TOURNAMENT NOTES Geographic Breakdown 8 countries, 27 states, 6 Canadian provinces and the District of Columbia are represented