2016-17 NCHC WEEKLY RELEASE National Collegiate Hockey Conference 1631 Mesa Avenue, Suite C Colorado Springs, CO 80906 Phone: 719-203-6818 Week of February 6-12, 2017 Fax: 719-645-8206 Volume 4, Issue 19 www.NCHCHockey.com Michael Weisman • O: 719-694-9924 • C: 513-310-4869 • [email protected] • @TheNCHC
2016-17 NCHC Standings Conference Overall Pts. GP W L T 3/SW Win Pct. GF GA GP W L T Win Pct. GF GA 1. Minnesota Duluth 40 18 12 4 2 1/1 .722 62 37 28 18 5 5 .732 90 56 2. Denver 35 16 10 3 3 0/2 .719 47 29 28 18 6 4 .714 86 56 3. Western Michigan 26 16 8 7 1 0/1 .531 44 45 26 15 7 4 .654 83 66 North Dakota 26 18 8 9 1 1/0 .472 51 45 29 15 11 3 .569 91 71 5. Omaha 23 18 7 9 2 0/0 .444 53 66 30 14 11 5 .550 96 97 6. St. Cloud State 22 18 7 10 1 0/0 .417 46 51 28 13 14 1 .482 80 80 7. Miami 21 16 5 7 4 1/1 .438 40 48 26 9 11 6 .462 67 71 8. Colorado College 11 16 3 11 2 0/0 .250 30 52 26 7 17 2 .308 56 87 Teams are awarded three points for each conference win in regulation or 5-on-5 overtime, and one point for a 5-on-5 overtime tie. Conference games still tied after a five-minute 5-on-5 overtime advance to a five-minute 3-on-3 overtime (and sudden victory shootout if still tied) with the team that wins the second overtime/shootout receiving an extra point in the standings (3/SW in the standings). A 3-on-3 overtime or shootout win then is worth two points in the standings while the team that loses the 3-on-3 overtime/shootout receives just one point for the tie. The 3-on-3 overtime and shootouts only affect conference standings while the game is officially a tie for NCAA purposes. acts and igures pcoming ames NCHC F F U G • Six NCHC teams are in action this weekend, all in conference play, as Friday, Feb. 10 the NCHC wrapped up non-conference play last weekend. NCHC teams *No. 8/8 Western Michigan at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT finished with a combined .663 non-conference winning percentage (48- *Miami at St. Cloud State, 7:38 p.m. CT 21-14) this season, which is tops among the six NCAA Division I men’s TV: CBS Sports Network conferences for the third straight season and the best mark posted by any *Colorado College at No. 2/2 Denver, 7:30 p.m. MT conference since the NCHC began play four seasons ago. Western Michigan TV: Altitude 2/TSN 2 finished 7-0-3 in non-conference play as the only NCAA team to go unbeaten out of conference this season. (page 10) Saturday, Feb. 11 • The NCHC remains the only conference to have a team ranked No. 1 at *No. 8/8 Western Michigan at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT any point this season in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll after *Miami at St. Cloud State, 7:07 p.m. CT Minnesota Duluth remained in the top spot (Denver and North Dakota have also been No. 1). Four NCHC teams are ranked in both the USA Hockey TV: FOX Sports North/FOX College Sports Pacific Magazine Poll and the USCHO.com Poll, with the NCHC holding the top *No. 2/2 Denver at Colorado College, 6:07 p.m. MT two spots in both for a second straight week (Denver is No. 2). (page 10) * National Collegiate Hockey Conference game • According to the RPI, NCHC teams have played the eight toughest schedules in the country with UMD facing the hardest and St. Cloud State second. The rest (in order): UND, Denver, CC, Omaha, Miami and WMU. Last Week’s Results • After three overtime games were played last weekend, all eight NCHC Friday, Feb. 3 teams have played at least four overtime games with five teams playing at No. 9/9 Western Michigan 4, Arizona State 2 at least six overtime games. Miami is tied for first in the NCAA with nine *at No. 1/1 Minnesota Duluth 2, Omaha 2 (OT) overtime games (its three OT wins first nationally), while UMD and SCSU UMD wins shootout, 1-0, in 1 round have each taken part in seven overtime contests, tying for sixth-most in the NCAA. Denver and Omaha tie for 12th with six overtime games each. *St. Cloud State 3, at No. 13/12 North Dakota 1 • The NCHC is home to two of the top four defensive teams in the Saturday, Feb. 4 country. Denver enters its series this weekend allowing only 2.00 goals per game, while Minnesota Duluth is also giving up only 2.00 gpg, both of at No. 9/9 Western Michigan 2, Arizona State 2 (OT) which tie for second nationally (Bemidji State is first at 1.81 gpg). *at No. 1/1 Minnesota Duluth 5, Omaha 0 • The NCHC is also home to the two least penalized teams in the country. *at No. 13/12 North Dakota 2, St. Cloud State 1 (OT) St. Cloud State averages only 3.93 penalties per game and has taken only 110 penalties all season, both of which are the fewest nationally. Denver’s * National Collegiate Hockey Conference game 4.39 penalties per game are second-fewest in the NCAA. • Minnesota Duluth senior forward Alex Iafallo sits on 99 career points Upcoming Games on NCHC.tv (40g, 59a) in 138 games entering UMD’s bye week. He needs only one more point to become the third active NCHC player in the century club Friday, Feb. 10 along with Omaha senior Austin Ortega and Miami senior Anthony Louis. No. 8/8 Western Michigan at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT • After a shutout last Saturday, Minnesota Duluth freshman goaltender Colorado College at No. 2/2 Denver, 7:30 p.m. MT Hunter Miska is tied for the NCAA lead with five whitewashes, and Saturday, Feb. 11 is the only rookie with five shutouts. His 17 wins this season tie for No. 8/8 Western Michigan at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT second nationally and are the most among any freshman goalie. WMU Miami at St. Cloud State, 7:07 p.m. CT freshman Ben Blacker has three shutouts, which ties for third among NCAA freshmen, while his .808 win percentage (10-2-1) leads all NCAA No. 2/2 Denver at Colorado College, 6:07 p.m. MT netminders. Miska’s .771 win percentage (17-4-3) is tied for third. @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey /TheNCHC @TheNCHC NCHC.tv SID/School Directory
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Colorado College University of Denver Website:...... CCTigers.com Website:...... DenverPioneers.com Hockey SID: ...... Jerry Cross Hockey SID: ...... Rick Bowness Office:...... 719-389-6755 Office:...... 303-871-2390 Cell: ...... 719-205-4432 Cell: ...... 720-425-0089 Email:...... [email protected] Email:...... [email protected] Press Box Phone:...... 719-540-6520 Press Box Phone:...... 303-871-3922 Hockey Specific Twitter:...... @CC_Hockey1 Hockey Specific Twitter:...... @DU_Hockey Hockey Facebook:...... /ColoradoCollegeHockey Hockey Facebook:...... /DenverHockey Address:...... 14 East Cache La Poudre Street Address:...... 2201 East Asbury Ave. Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Denver, CO 80208
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University of Nebraska Omaha University of North Dakota Website:...... OMavs.com Website:...... UNDSports.com Hockey SID: ...... Dave Ahlers Hockey SID: ...... Jayson Hajdu Office:...... 402-554-3387 Office:...... 701-777-2985 Cell: ...... 402-332-8329 Cell: ...... 701-740-7659 Email:...... [email protected] Email:...... [email protected] Press Box Phone:...... 402-599-6620 Press Box Phone:...... 701-777-3571 Hockey Twitter:...... @OmahaHKY Hockey Specific Twitter:...... @UNDmhockey Athletics Facebook:...... /omavs Hockey Facebook:...... /UNDMHockey Address:...... 6001 Dodge St. Address:...... Hyslop Sports Center Room 120 Omaha, NE 68182 2751 2nd Ave. N. Stop 9013, Grand Forks, ND 58202
St. Cloud State University Western Michigan University Website:...... SCSUHuskies.com Website:...... WMUBroncos.com Hockey SID: ...... Tom Nelson Hockey SID: ...... Adam Bodnar Office:...... 320-308-2141 Office:...... 269-387-4122 Cell: ...... 320-224-0813 Cell: ...... 269-760-5133 Email:...... [email protected] Email:...... [email protected] Press Box Phone:...... 320-308-5227 Press Box Phone:...... 269-760-5133 Hockey Specific Twitter: ...... @SCSUHUSKIES_MH Hockey Specific Twitter:...... @WMUHockey Hockey Facebook:...... /SCSUMensHockey Hockey Facebook:...... /WMUHockey Address:...... 720 4th Avenue South Address:...... 1903 W. Michigan Ave. St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498 Kalamazoo, MI 49008
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Colorado College Tigers Denver Pioneers Head Coach: Mike Haviland (3rd year) Head Coach: Jim Montgomery (4th year) Record at CC: 19-71-6 Record at DU: 87-46-18 2015-16 Record: 6-29-1 (4-19-1-0, 8th) 2015-16 Record: 25-10-6 (17-5-2-0, t-2nd) 2016-17 Record: 7-17-2 (3-11-2-0, 8th NCHC) 2016-17 Record: 18-6-4 (10-3-3-0/2, 2nd NCHC) Lettermen Ret./Lost: 21/5 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 18/6 • Colorado College was idle last weekend but earned a home split • Denver, which had a bye last weekend, swept Omaha at home in its last against North Dakota in its last games Jan. 27-28, falling 5-2 Friday games Jan. 27-28, with 5-3 and 5-0 victories. Junior goalie Tanner Jaillet before blanking UND, 3-0, on Saturday. The victory Jan. 28 was CC’s (51 minutes) and senior goalie Evan Cowley combined for the shutout Jan. first home win of the season, while the Tigers posted their first shutout 28, which was the Pioneers’ first whitewash of the season. at home since Feb. 28, 2015 (5-0 over Western Michigan). • Freshman forward Liam Finlay tallied four points in the series against • Sophomore goalie Alex Leclerc made a career-high 45 saves in the Omaha, doubling his season point total. He scored a goal Jan. 27 and victory over North Dakota Jan. 28. It was his second shutout of the sea- added a career-high three assists Jan. 28 for his first career multi-point son. His 45 saves were the most by a CC goalie in a shutout since Judd game. He is now riding a four-game point streak with six points in that Lambert had 60 in a 1-0 (4ot) victory over Wisconsin on March 8, 1997. span after notching only two points in his first 18 games this season.
• CC is the only team this season to blank North Dakota on the power • Senior forward Matt Marcinew ranks fifth nationally in faceoff percent- play in a weekend series (9-for-9 Jan. 27-28). The Tigers have killed 48 age at .617 with his 384 faceoff wins (of 622 draws) sixth in the NCAA. of their opponents’ last 55 power plays in their last 12 games. CC’s 87.3 penalty kill percentage is third-best in the NCHC and 12th-best in the • Denver is tied for second nationally allowing only 2.00 goals per game. nation during that stretch. DU has surrendered a goal or less in 12 of its 28 games this season. • Colorado College now has seven wins on the season, which are CC’s This Week’s Games: most wins in three seasons under head coach Mike Haviland. Fri., Feb. 10 vs. Colorado College (7-17-2, 3-11-2-0 NCHC) - 7:30 p.m. MT Magness Arena - Denver, Colo. TV: Altitude 2/TSN 2 This Week’s Games: Fri., Feb. 10 at No. 2/2 Denver (18-6-4, 10-3-3-2 NCHC) - 7:30 p.m. MT Sat., Feb. 11 at Colorado College (7-17-2, 3-11-2-0 NCHC) - 6:07 p.m. MT Magness Arena - Denver, Colo. TV: Altitude 2/TSN 2 Broadmoor World Arena - Colorado Springs, Colo.
Sat., Feb. 11 vs. No. 2/2 Denver (18-6-4, 10-3-3-2 NCHC) - 6:07 p.m. MT Game Fact: Denver has already clinched the Gold Pan Trophy for the Broadmoor World Arena - Colorado Springs, Colo. third straight season with its sweep of CC back in early December. The Pioneers have won 10 straight games over the Tigers, which is DU’s Game Fact: CC has dropped 10 straight games to rival Denver, including third-longest win streak ever over CC and longest since 1966-1970. a pair of 3-1 decisions in early December. Sat., Oct. 1 Mount Royal (Exh.) W, 4-1 Sun., Oct. 2 Mount Royal (Exh.) W, 3-0 Fri., Oct. 7 Ohio State$ L, 3-2 Fri., Oct. 7 at UMass L, 3-0 Sat., Oct. 8 No. 5/9 Boston College$ L 3-1 Sat., Oct. 8 at UMass W, 7-4 Fri., Oct. 14 No. 2/2 Boston University W, 4-3 Fri., Oct. 14 No. 8/7 UMass Lowell L, 8-5 Sat., Oct. 15 No. 2/2 Boston University W, 3-1 Sat., Oct. 15 No. 8/7 UMass Lowell L, 4-0 Fri., Oct. 21 at Michigan State W, 2-1 Fri., Oct. 21 at No. 10/10 Boston College L, 4-1 Sat., Oct. 22 at Michigan State W, 3-1 Sat., Oct. 22 at New Hampshire W, 4-3 Fri., Oct. 28 Western Michigan* W, 3-1 Fri., Nov. 4 at Omaha* W, 2-1 Sat., Oct. 29 Western Michigan* W, 4-2 Sat., Nov. 5 at Omaha* L, 6-4 Fri., Nov. 11 at No. 6/6 North Dakota* T, 1-1 (3x3 OTL) Fri., Nov. 11 No. 13/13 St. Cloud State* L, 7-3 Sat., Nov. 12 at No. 6/6 North Dakota* W, 3-2 Sat., Nov. 12 No. 13/13 St. Cloud State* L, 4-1 Fri., Nov. 18 Miami* T, 1-1 (OT-SOW) Fri., Nov. 25 Wisconsin L, 2-1 Sat., Nov. 19 Miami* T, 2-2 (OT-SOW) Sat., Nov. 26 Air Force L, 6-3 Fri., Nov. 25 at Air Force W, 4-3 (OT) Fri., Dec. 2 No. 2/2 Denver* L, 3-1 Sat., Nov. 26 Wisconsin W, 6-5 Sat., Dec. 3 at No. 2/2 Denver* L, 3-1 Fri., Dec. 2 at Colorado College* W, 3-1 Fri., Dec. 9 at Miami* T, 1-1 (OT-SOL) Sat., Dec. 3 Colorado College* W, 3-1 Sat., Dec. 10 at Miami* L, 3-2 (OT) Fri., Dec. 9 No. 1/1 Minnesota Duluth* W, 4-3 Wed., Dec. 28 vs. Merrimack$ W, 3-0 Sat., Dec. 10 No. 1/1 Minnesota Duluth* L, 3-1 Thu., Dec. 29 vs. Cornell$ W, 2-1 (OT) Fri., Dec. 30 at Providence T, 2-2 (OT) Fri., Jan. 6 at No. 1/1 Minnesota Duluth* T, 2-2 (3x3 OTL) Sat., Dec. 31 at Providence L, 3-1 Sat., Jan. 7 at No. 1/1 Minnesota Duluth* W, 2-1 Fri., Jan. 6 Arizona State W, 5-1 Fri., Jan. 13 Omaha* L, 5-2 Sat., Jan. 7 Arizona State W, 6-1 Sat., Jan. 14 Omaha* L, 4-2 Fri., Jan. 13 at No. 14/14 Western Michigan* L, 3-0 Fri., Jan. 20 at No. 13/12 Western Michigan* L, 4-2 Sat., Jan. 14 at No. 14/14 Western Michigan* W, 7-2 Sat., Jan. 21 at No. 13/12 Western Michigan* L, 3-0 Fri., Jan. 20 at St. Cloud State* L, 3-2 (OT) Fri., Jan. 27 No. 12/12 North Dakota* L, 5-2 Sat., Jan. 21 at St. Cloud State* W, 3-1 Sat., Jan. 28 No. 12/12 North Dakota* W, 3-0 Fri., Jan. 27 No. 18 Omaha* W, 5-3 Fri., Feb. 10 at No. 2/2 Denver* 7:30 p.m. Sat., Jan. 28 No. 18 Omaha* W, 5-0 Sat., Feb. 11 No. 2/2 Denver* 6:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 10 Colorado College* 7:30 p.m. Fri., Feb. 17 Minnesota Duluth* 7:30 p.m. Sat., Feb. 11 at Colorado College* 6:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 18 Minnesota Duluth* 7:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 17 at Miami* 5:35 p.m. Fri., Feb. 24 Western Michigan* 7:37 p.m. Sat., Feb. 18 at Miami* 6:00 p.m. Sat., Feb. 25 Western Michigan* 6:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 24 St. Cloud State* 8:00 p.m. Fri., Mar. 3 at St. Cloud State* 6:37 p.m. Sat., Feb. 25 St. Cloud State* 7:00 p.m. Sat., Mar. 4 at St. Cloud State* 6:07 p.m. Fri., Mar. 3 at Omaha* 6:30 p.m. March 10-12 NCHC Quarterfinals TBA Sat., Mar. 4 at Omaha* 6:07 p.m. March 17-18 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBA March 10-12 NCHC Quarterfinals TBA Home Games in Bold; * NCHC game; All times are MT and subject to change March 17-18 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBA $ Florida College Hockey Classic (Estero, Fla.) Home Games in Bold; * NCHC game; All times are MT and subject to change $ Ice Breaker Tournament (Denver, Colo.) February 6-12, 2017 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 3 Team Notes/Match-Ups
Miami RedHawks Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs Head Coach: Enrico Blasi (18th year) Head Coach: Scott Sandelin (17th year) Record at MU: 375-259-66 Record at UMD: 305-282-80 2015-16 Record: 15-18-3 (9-13-2-2, 5th) 2015-16 Record: 19-16-5 (11-10-3-1, 4th) 2016-17 Record: 9-11-6 (5-7-4-1/1, 7th NCHC) 2016-17 Record: 18-5-5 (12-4-2-1/1, 1st NCHC) Lettermen Ret./Lost: 10/12 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 16/9 • Miami was last in action Jan. 27-28 when it earned a weekend split • Minnesota Duluth regained sole possession of first place in the NCHC with Western Michigan, falling 2-1 on Friday, before earning a 4-3 win with a tie and a win against Omaha last weekend. After a 2-2 overtime on Saturday. It was Miami’s first win in four tries this year against WMU. tie and shootout win on Friday, UMD blanked the Mavericks, 5-0, on Saturday, to finish the regular season 3-0-1 against Omaha. • After recording just one multi-point game last season, sophomore for- ward Kiefer Sherwood has a team-high 10 this year. He has also already • With Saturday’s win, the Bulldogs matched their best NCHC win total far passed his 18 points from last season with 10 goals and 18 assists this in the conference’s four-year history (12). UMD also earned 12 NCHC season. The 18 helpers tie for the team lead. wins in 2014-15, the NCHC’s second season, when UMD took fifth.
• Senior forward Anthony Louis had an assist in the win over WMU, as • Freshman goaltender Hunter Miska, who has made 22 consecutive he now has at least one point in 20 of his last 24 games and leads the starts, earned his fifth shutout of the season on Saturday, which ties for team with 31 points (13g, 18a) this season, surpassing last year’s indi- the NCAA lead. He is the only freshman in the NCAA with five shutouts vidual team-leading total of 26 points. In conference play only, Louis is this season, while he also tied the UMD single-season shutout record. second in the NCHC with 21 points and tied for first with 13 assists. Miska’s 17 wins this season tie for second nationally, while his .771 win percentage (17-4-3) is tied for third in the country. • Since getting pulled on Nov. 11, freshman Ryan Larkin has a 2.26 • Senior forward Dominic Toninato tallied both goals in UMD’s tie on goals-against average and a .927 save percentage over his last 14 starts. Friday. It was his first multi-goal game this season and the fifth of his This Week’s Games: career. Of his eight goals this season, those were his first two at home. Fri., Feb. 10 at St. Cloud State (13-14-1, 7-10-1-0 NCHC) - 8:38 p.m. ET Off This Week - Next Games: Herb Brooks National Hockey Center - St. Cloud, Minn. TV: CBSSN Fri., Feb. 17 at Colorado College (7-17-2, 3-11-2-0 NCHC) - 8:38 p.m. CT Broadmoor World Arena - Colorado Springs, Colo. TV: CBSSN Sat., Feb. 11 at St. Cloud State (13-14-1, 7-10-1-0 NCHC) - 8:07 p.m. ET Herb Brooks National Hockey Center - St. Cloud, Minn. TV: FSN/FCS Sat., Feb. 18 at Colorado College (7-17-2, 3-11-2-0 NCHC) - 8:07 p.m. CT Broadmoor World Arena - Colorado Springs, Colo. Game Fact: Miami faces St. Cloud State for the second time in a little over a month after the RedHawks swept SCSU in Oxford Jan. 6-7. In Game Fact: CC is the only NCHC team UMD has faced so far this sea- that series, Louis had four points on a goal and three assists. son that it has yet to beat after a tie and loss at home to CC Jan. 6-7.
Sat., Oct. 1 Waterloo (Exh.) W, 8-1 Sat., Oct. 1 No. 17 Michigan Tech W, 6-0 Fri., Oct. 7 at No. 10/10 Providence L, 4-3 Sun., Oct. 2 No. 17 Michigan Tech W, 4-3 Sat., Oct. 8 at No. 10/10 Providence W, 2-1 Fri., Oct. 7 at No. 8/7 UMass Lowell T, 4-4 (OT) Sat., Oct. 15 No. 19/15 Ohio State T, 1-1 (OT) Sat., Oct. 8 at No. 8/7 UMass Lowell T, 1-1 (OT) Fri., Oct. 21 Maine T, 3-3 (OT) Fri., Oct. 14 No. 5/6 Notre Dame W, 4-3 Sat., Oct. 22 Maine W, 5-0 Sat., Oct. 15 No. 5/6 Notre Dame L, 3-1 Fri., Oct. 28 Bowling Green W, 2-1 (OT) Sat., Oct. 22 U.S. U-18 Team (Exh.) L, 2-1 Sat., Oct. 29 Bowling Green L, 4-1 Fri., Oct. 28 No. 1/1 North Dakota* W, 5-2 Fri., Nov. 4 at Western Michigan* L, 6-3 Sat., Oct. 29 No. 1/1 North Dakota* W, 3-0 Sat., Nov. 5 at Western Michigan* L, 5-2 Fri., Nov. 4 at No. 8/8 St. Cloud State* W, 5-3 Fri., Nov. 11 Omaha* L, 6-4 Sat., Nov. 5 at No. 8/8 St. Cloud State* W, 5-3 Sat., Nov. 12 Omaha* L, 6-2 Fri., Nov. 11 Western Michigan* L, 4-3 Fri., Nov. 18 at No. 1/1 Denver* T, 1-1 (OT-SOL) Sat., Nov. 12 Western Michigan* W, 2-0 Sat., Nov. 19 at No. 1/1 Denver* T, 2-2 (OT-SOL) Fri., Nov. 18 at Omaha* W, 6-4 Fri., Dec. 2 at Cornell L, 4-3 Sat., Nov. 19 at Omaha* W, 3-2 Sat., Dec. 3 at Cornell L, 2-1 Fri., Dec. 9 at No. 2/2 Denver* L, 4-3 Fri., Dec. 9 Colorado College* T, 1-1 (OT-SOW) Sat., Dec. 10 at No. 2/2 Denver* W, 3-1 Sat., Dec. 10 Colorado College* W, 3-2 (OT) Fri., Dec. 16 No. 15/15 Bemidji State T, 1-1 (OT) Sat., Dec. 31 at No. 9/10 Ohio State W, 6-3 Sat., Dec. 17 at No. 15/15 Bemidji State W, 2-1 Fri., Jan. 6 No. 20 St. Cloud State* W, 3-2 (OT) Fri., Jan. 6 Colorado College* T, 2-2 (3x3 OTW) Sat., Jan. 7 No. 20 St. Cloud State* W, 4-1 Sat., Jan. 7 Colorado College* L, 2-1 Fri., Jan. 13 at No. 7/7 North Dakota* W, 6-3 Fri., Jan. 13 St. Cloud State* L, 2-1 Sat., Jan. 14 at No. 7/7 North Dakota* L, 3-1 Sat., Jan. 14 St. Cloud State* W, 4-3 (OT) Fri., Jan. 20 at No. 19 Omaha* T, 3-3 (3x3 OTW) Fri., Jan. 20 at No. 8/8 North Dakota* W, 5-3 Sat., Jan. 21 at No. 19 Omaha* L, 2-0 Sat., Jan. 21 at No. 8/8 North Dakota* W, 4-0 Fri., Jan. 27 No. 10/10 Western Michigan* L, 2-1 Fri., Jan. 27 vs. No. 6/6 Minnesota$ W, 3-2 Sat., Jan. 28 No. 10/10 Western Michigan* W, 4-3 Sat., Jan. 28 vs. St. Cloud State$ W, 2-1 (OT) Fri., Feb. 10 at St. Cloud State* 8:38 p.m. Fri., Feb. 3 Omaha* T, 2-2 (OT-SOW) Sat., Feb. 11 at St. Cloud State* 8:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 4 Omaha* W, 5-0 Fri., Feb. 17 Denver* 7:35 p.m. Fri., Feb. 17 at Colorado College* 8:38 p.m. Sat., Feb. 18 Denver* 8:00 p.m. Sat., Feb. 18 at Colorado College* 8:07 p.m. Thu., Feb. 23 at Minnesota Duluth* 8:07 p.m. Thu., Feb. 23 Miami* 7:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 24 at Minnesota Duluth* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 24 Miami* 7:07 p.m. Fri., Mar. 3 North Dakota* 7:35 p.m. Fri., Mar. 3 at Western Michigan* 6:00 p.m. Sat., Mar. 4 North Dakota* 7:05 p.m. Sat., Mar. 4 at Western Michigan* 6:00 p.m. March 10-12 NCHC Quarterfinals TBA March 10-12 NCHC Quarterfinals TBA March 17-18 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBA March 17-18 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBA Home Games in Bold; * NCHC game; All times are CT and subject to change; Home Games in Bold; * NCHC game; All times are ET and subject to change $ North Star College Cup (St. Paul, Minn.)
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North Dakota Omaha Mavericks Head Coach: Brad Berry (2nd year) Head Coach: Dean Blais (8th year) Record at UND: 49-17-7 Record at UNO: 143-127-30 2015-16 Record: 34-6-4 (19-4-1-1, 1st) 2015-16 Record: 18-17-1 (8-15-1-0, 6th) 2016-17 Record: 15-11-3 (8-9-1-1/0, t-3rd NCHC) 2016-17 Record: 14-11-5 (7-9-2-0, 5th NCHC) Lettermen Ret./Lost: 18/9 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 20/6 • After falling to St. Cloud State, 3-1, last Friday, North Dakota snapped a • Omaha had its winless streak extended to four games with a 2-2 tie three-game home losing streak with a 2-1 overtime win over the Huskies and a 5-0 loss at Minnesota Duluth last weekend. The Mavericks were on Saturday. With the split, UND is only 3-7-2 in its last 12 home games. shut out for the second straight Saturday and have gone 0-3-1 in their last four road games after starting 9-1-2 away from home. • Sophomore forward Mike Gornall scored both UND goals in Saturday’s overtime win, which were his first two goals of the season. It was also his • With an assist last weekend, senior forward Austin Ortega tied his first career multi-goal and multi-point game as he had only one goal as a career high for points in a season with 37. He leads the NCHC in points freshman and now has four career points (3g, 1a). this season and is also first with 20 assists, while ranking second in goal scoring with 17, which ties for sixth nationally. • With Gornall’s goals, North Dakota’s sophomore class remains the top-scoring group of sophomores in the country as the nine-man class • After a goal at UMD, junior defenseman Luc Snuggerud leads all has totaled 119 points this season. UND’s 48 goals by sophomores this NCHC defensemen with 25 points, a career best. His nine goals this season also lead the country. season lead all NCHC blue liners and tie for first nationally, while the nine goals are also more than his previous two seasons combined (6). • UND is allowing only 24.41 shots on goal per game this season, which is the third-fewest in the country. The Fighting Hawks’ +8.72 shots on goal This Week’s Games: margin per game is fourth nationally. Fri., Feb. 10 vs. No. 8/8 Western Michigan (15-7-4, 8-7-1-1 NCHC) - 7:07 p.m. CT Baxter Arena - Omaha, Neb. TV: NET Off This Week - Next Games: Fri., Feb. 17 at No. 8/8 Western Michigan (15-7-4, 8-7-1-1 NCHC) - 6:08 p.m. CT Sat., Feb. 11 vs. No. 8/8 Western Michigan (15-7-4, 8-7-1-1 NCHC) - 7:07 p.m. CT Lawson Ice Arena - Kalamazoo, Mich. TV: CBS Sports Network Baxter Arena - Omaha, Neb.
Sat., Feb. 18 at No. 8/8 Western Michigan (15-7-4, 8-7-1-1 NCHC) - 6:00 p.m. CT Game Fact: The Mavericks are in the midst of 10 straight games against Lawson Ice Arena - Kalamazoo, Mich. teams ranked in the top 15 to finish the season, going 0-3-1 so far. Oma- ha is 20-12-6 all-time against the Broncos, including a record of 11-5-2 Game Fact: UND is 16-2-0 all-time against WMU, including 8-0-0 all- at home. The home team won all four meetings last year. time in Kalamazoo. The teams split in Grand Forks in early December. Sat., Oct. 8 Alberta (Exh.) L, 3-2 Sat., Oct. 1 Manitoba (Exh.) W, 5-1 Fri., Oct. 14 vs. Alaska-Anchorage$ W, 3-1 Fri., Oct. 7 Canisius W, 6-0 Sat., Oct. 15 at Alaska$ W, 4-3 (OT) Sat., Oct. 8 Canisius W, 4-1 Fri., Oct. 21 Vermont T, 4-4 (OT) Sat., Oct. 15 RPI (U.S. HHOF Game) W, 5-2 Sat., Oct. 22 Vermont L, 5-2 Fri., Oct. 21 No. 18 Bemidji State W, 3-2 Fri., Oct. 28 No. 5/5 UMass Lowell W, 5-1 Sat., Oct. 22 No. 18 Bemidji State W, 5-4 Sat., Oct. 29 No. 5/5 UMass Lowell L, 4-2 Fri., Oct. 28 at No. 2/2 Minnesota Duluth* L, 5-2 Fri., Nov. 4 Colorado College* L, 2-1 Sat., Oct. 29 at No. 2/2 Minnesota Duluth* L, 3-0 Sat., Nov. 5 Colorado College* W, 6-4 Fri., Nov. 4 at No. 13/13 Minnesota T, 5-5 (OT) Fri., Nov. 11 at Miami* W, 6-4 Sat., Nov. 5 at No. 13/13 Minnesota L, 2-0 Sat., Nov. 12 at Miami* W, 6-2 Fri., Nov. 11 No. 2/2 Denver* T, 1-1 (3x3 OTW) Fri., Nov. 18 No. 2/2 Minnesota Duluth* L, 6-4 Sat., Nov. 12 No. 2/2 Denver* L, 3-2 Sat., Nov. 19 No. 2/2 Minnesota Duluth* L, 3-2 Fri., Nov. 18 at No. 12/12 St. Cloud State* W, 4-0 Fri., Nov. 25 at Northern Michigan T, 2-2 (OT) Sat., Nov. 19 at No. 12/12 St. Cloud State* W, 3-0 Sat., Nov. 26 at Northern Michigan W, 2-0 Fri., Nov. 25 Michigan State L, 4-3 Fri., Dec. 2 at Wisconsin T, 3-3 (OT) Sat., Nov. 26 Michigan State T, 2-2 (OT) Sat., Dec. 3 at Wisconsin W, 7-4 Sat., Dec. 3 vs. No. 3/4 Boston College% W, 4-3 Fri., Dec. 9 at No. 17 St. Cloud State* W, 3-1 Fri., Dec. 9 No. 18 Western Michigan* W, 5-1 Sat., Dec. 10 at No. 17 St. Cloud State* L, 4-2 Sat., Dec. 10 No. 18 Western Michigan* L, 3-1 Fri., Dec. 30 Lake Superior State W, 4-1 Sat., Dec. 31 at No. 10/9 Union College W, 3-1 Sat., Dec. 31 Lake Superior State W, 5-3 Fri., Jan. 6 at No. 18 Omaha* W, 9-1 Fri., Jan. 6 No. 7/7 North Dakota* L, 9-1 Sat., Jan. 7 at No. 18 Omaha* W, 7-3 Sat., Jan. 7 No. 7/7 North Dakota* L, 7-3 Fri., Jan. 13 Miami* L, 6-3 Fri., Jan. 13 at Colorado College* W, 5-2 Sat., Jan. 14 Miami* W, 3-1 Sat., Jan. 14 at Colorado College* W, 4-2 Fri., Jan. 20 No. 4/3 Minnesota Duluth* L, 5-3 Fri., Jan. 20 Miami* T, 3-3 (3x3 OTL) Sat., Jan. 21 No. 4/3 Minnesota Duluth* L, 4-0 Sat., Jan. 21 Miami* W, 2-0 Fri., Jan. 27 at Colorado College* W, 5-2 Fri., Jan. 27 at No. 3/3 Denver* L, 5-3 Sat., Jan. 28 at Colorado College* L, 3-0 Sat., Jan. 28 at No. 3/3 Denver* L, 5-0 Fri., Feb. 3 St. Cloud State* L, 3-1 Fri., Feb. 3 at No. 1/1 Minnesota Duluth* T, 2-2 (OT-SOL) Sat., Feb. 4 St. Cloud State* W, 2-1 (OT) Sat., Feb. 4 at No. 1/1 Minnesota Duluth* L, 5-0 Fri., Feb. 17 at No. 8/8 Western Michigan* 6:08 p.m. Fri., Feb. 10 No. 8/8 Western Michigan* 7:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 18 at No. 8/8 Western Michigan* 6:00 p.m. Sat., Feb. 11 No. 8/8 Western Michigan* 7:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 24 Omaha* 7:37 p.m. Fri., Feb. 24 at North Dakota* 7:37 p.m. Sat., Feb. 25 Omaha* 7:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 25 at North Dakota* 7:07 p.m. Fri., Mar. 3 at Miami* 6:35 p.m. Fri., Mar. 3 Denver* 7:30 p.m. Sat., Mar. 4 at Miami* 6:05 p.m. Sat., Mar. 4 Denver* 7:07 p.m. March 10-12 NCHC Quarterfinals TBA March 10-12 NCHC Quarterfinals TBA March 17-18 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBA March 17-18 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBA Home Games in Bold; * NCHC game; All times are CT and subject to change; Home Games in Bold; * NCHC game; All times are CT and subject to change; % College Hockey Showdown at Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.) $ Brice Alaska Goal Rush (Fairbanks, Alaska)
February 6-12, 2017 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 5 Team Notes/Match-Ups
St. Cloud State Huskies Western Michigan Broncos Head Coach: Bob Motzko (12th year) Head Coach: Andy Murray (6th year) Record at SCSU: 247-177-43 Record at WMU: 96-91-31 2015-16 Record: 31-9-1 (17-6-1-1, t-2nd) 2015-16 Record: 8-25-3 (5-18-1-1, 7th) 2016-17 Record: 13-14-1 (7-10-1-0, 6th NCHC) 2016-17 Record: 15-7-4 (8-7-1-0/1, t-3rd NCHC) Lettermen Ret./Lost: 17/9 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 18/4
• St. Cloud State earned a split at North Dakota last weekend, winning • In the first ever meetings with Arizona State, Western Michigan earned Friday’s opener, 3-1, before falling in overtime Saturday, 2-1. Saturday a 4-2 win Friday and settled for a 2-2 overtime tie Saturday. With the was SCSU’s seventh overtime game this season, which ties for sixth- results, the Broncos finished their non-conference slate at 7-0-3 as most in the country, but the Huskies fell to just 2-4-1 in overtime this WMU is the only team in the NCAA to go unbeaten in non-conference season with the four OT losses tying for the most in the NCAA. play this season. The Broncos .850 non-conference win percentage ranks first nationally. • Sophomore forward Robby Jackson dished out two assists in Friday’s win, including on the game-winning goal, for his first multi-assist game • Freshman forward Wade Allison dished out a career-high three assists this season and second of his career (Feb. 20, 2016 at Omaha). in Friday’s win over ASU. It was his second career three-point game, with two goals and an assist Dec. 10 in a win at North Dakota. He • Over the last eight games, the Huskies have allowed only 16 goals, added the game-tying goal late Saturday as he leads the team now with posting a 1.95 goals-against average and a .937 save percentage. On 23 points, which is fourth among NCHC rookies. His 11 goals are second the season, SCSU is allowing 2.86 goals per game. among NCHC freshmen and tie for seventh nationally among rookies.
• SCSU is the least penalized team in the country, averaging only 3.93 • Sophomore forward Colt Conrad scored two goals Friday and added a penalties per game, while the 110 penalties taken are also the fewest goal and an assist Saturday, giving him three straight multi-point games nationally. SCSU’s 8.86 average penalty minutes per game is also the (4g, 2a) and a three-game goal-scoring streak. fewest in the NCAA, as are its 248 total penalty minutes. This Week’s Games: This Week’s Games: Fri., Feb. 10 at Omaha (14-11-5, 7-9-2-0 NCHC) - 8:07 p.m. ET Fri., Feb. 10 vs. Miami (9-11-6, 5-7-4-2 NCHC) - 7:38 p.m. CT Baxter Arena - Omaha, Neb. Herb Brooks National Hockey Center - St. Cloud, Minn. TV: CBSSN Sat., Feb. 11 at Omaha (14-11-5, 7-9-2-0 NCHC) - 8:07 p.m. ET Sat., Feb. 11 vs. Miami (9-11-6, 5-7-4-2 NCHC) - 7:07 p.m. CT Baxter Arena - Omaha, Neb. Herb Brooks National Hockey Center - St. Cloud, Minn. TV: FSN/FCS Game Fact: WMU is 12-20-6 all-time against the Mavericks with the Game Fact: SCSU is 5-5-0 in the last 10 meetings with Miami, though home team sweeping both weekend series last season. the RedHawks swept SCSU Jan. 6-7 in Oxford. Sat., Oct. 1 Toronto (Exh.) L, 4-3 Sun., Oct. 2 Regina (Exh.) W, 6-2 Thu., Oct. 6 at No. 20 Ferris State W, 5-3 Fri., Oct. 14 at No. 14 Minnesota State L, 4-1 Fri., Oct. 7 No. 20 Ferris State W, 2-1 Sat., Oct. 15 at No. 14 Minnesota State L, 6-4 Fri., Oct. 14 at No. 20 Bowling Green T, 4-4 (OT) Fri., Oct. 21 at No. 7/7 Minnesota W, 6-5 (OT) Sat., Oct. 15 No. 20 Bowling Green W, 8-2 Sat., Oct. 22 No. 7/7 Minnesota W, 3-2 Fri., Oct. 28 at No. 3/3 Denver* L, 3-1 Fri., Oct. 28 Alabama-Huntsville W, 5-1 Sat., Oct. 29 at No. 3/3 Denver* L, 4-2 Sat., Oct. 29 Alabama-Huntsville W, 5-2 Fri., Nov. 4 Miami* W, 6-3 Fri., Nov. 4 No. 1/1 Minnesota Duluth* L, 5-3 Sat., Nov. 5 Miami* W, 5-2 Sat., Nov. 5 No. 1/1 Minnesota Duluth* L, 5-3 Fri., Nov. 11 at No. 1/1 Minnesota Duluth* W, 4-3 Fri., Nov. 11 at Colorado College* W, 7-3 Sat., Nov. 12 at No. 1/1 Minnesota Duluth* L, 2-0 Sat., Nov. 12 at Colorado College* W, 4-1 Fri., Nov. 18 Air Force T, 5-5 (OT) Fri., Nov. 18 No. 8/8 North Dakota* L, 4-0 Sat., Nov. 19 No. 8/8 North Dakota* L, 3-0 Sat., Nov. 19 Air Force W, 4-1 Fri., Dec. 2 at No. 16/13 Western Michigan* W, 3-0 Fri., Dec. 2 No. 17 St. Cloud State* L, 3-0 Sat., Dec. 3 at No. 16/13 Western Michigan* T, 5-5 (OT-SOL) Sat., Dec. 3 No. 17 St. Cloud State* T, 5-5 (OT-SOW) Fri., Dec. 9 No. 20 Omaha* L, 3-1 Fri., Dec. 9 at No. 8/9 North Dakota* L, 5-1 Sat., Dec. 10 No. 20 Omaha* W, 4-2 Sat., Dec. 10 at No. 8/9 North Dakota* W, 3-1 Fri., Dec. 30 vs. UConn% L, 4-3 Thu., Dec. 29 vs. Michigan State% W, 4-1 Sat., Dec. 31 vs. Arizona State% W, 4-2 Fri., Dec. 30 vs. Michigan Tech% W, 1-0 (OT) Fri., Jan. 6 at Miami* L, 3-2 (OT) Fri., Jan. 13 No. 1/1 Denver* W, 3-0 Sat., Jan. 7 at Miami* L, 4-1 Sat., Jan. 14 No. 1/1 Denver* L, 7-2 Fri., Jan. 13 at No. 3/2 Minnesota Duluth* W, 2-1 Fri., Jan. 20 Colorado College* W, 4-2 Sat., Jan. 14 at No. 3/2 Minnesota Duluth* L, 4-3 (OT) Sat., Jan. 21 Colorado College* W, 3-0 Fri., Jan. 20 No. 2/1 Denver* W, 3-2 (OT) Fri., Jan. 27 at Miami* W, 2-1 Sat., Jan. 21 No. 2/1 Denver* L, 3-1 Sat., Jan. 28 at Miami* L, 4-3 Fri., Jan. 27 vs. No. 20 Bemidji State$ W, 2-1 Fri., Feb. 3 Arizona State W, 4-2 Sat., Jan. 28 vs. No. 2/1 Minnesota Duluth$ L, 2-1 (OT) Sat., Feb. 4 Arizona State T, 2-2 (OT) Fri., Feb. 3 at No. 13/12 North Dakota* W, 3-1 Fri., Feb. 10 at Omaha* 8:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 4 at No. 13/12 North Dakota* L, 2-1 (OT) Sat., Feb. 11 at Omaha* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 10 Miami* 7:38 p.m. Fri., Feb. 17 North Dakota* 7:00 p.m. Sat., Feb. 11 Miami* 7:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 18 North Dakota* 7:00 p.m. Fri., Feb. 24 at Denver* 9:00 p.m. Fri., Feb. 24 at Colorado College* 9:37 p.m. Sat., Feb. 25 at Denver* 8:00 p.m. Sat., Feb. 25 at Colorado College* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Mar. 3 Colorado College* 7:37 p.m. Fri., Mar. 3 Minnesota Duluth* 7:00 p.m. Sat., Mar. 4 Colorado College* 7:07 p.m. Sat., Mar. 4 Minnesota Duluth* 7:00 p.m. March 10-12 NCHC Quarterfinals TBA March 10-12 NCHC Quarterfinals TBA March 17-18 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBA March 17-18 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBA Home Games in Bold; * NCHC game; All times are CT and subject to change; Home Games in Bold; * NCHC game; All times are ET and subject to change; % Desert Hockey Classic (Prescott, Ariz.); $ North Star College Cup (St. Paul, Minn.) % Great Lakes Invitational (Detroit, Mich.)
6 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey February 6-12, 2017 Players of the Week
NCHC Players of the Week (Week of Jan. 30-Feb. 5) Offensive Player of the Week Defenseman of the Week Rookie of the Week Goaltender of the Week
Colt Conrad Neal Pionk Wade Allison Hunter Miska Western Michigan Minnesota Duluth Western Michigan Minnesota Duluth Sophomore Forward Sophomore Freshman Freshman St. Alphonse, Defenseman Forward Goaltender Manitoba Hermantown, Minn. Myrtle, Manitoba Stacy, Minn.
Conrad compiled four points in Pionk powered UMD against Allison racked up four points Miska held Omaha to two goals WMU’s win and a tie against Omaha to a tie and a win. against ASU. In Friday’s 4-2 win, while posting a 1-0-1 record. On Arizona State. In Friday’s 4-2 Offensively, he racked up three he tallied a career-high three Friday, he made 23 saves in a 2-2 win, he notched WMU’s first two points, including an assist on assists, which tied his career high OT tie, while also making a save goals, putting WMU in front each UMD’s go-ahead power play goal for points. The Flyers prospect in the shootout to help UMD earn time. Conrad posted a plus-2 in Friday’s eventual 2-2 OT tie. set up each of WMU’s first three the extra standings point. He was rating in the win and was named The next night, Pionk had another goals, with the primary assist on named Third Star of the Game. the Broncos’ first and the third the game’s First Star. The next power play assist while also A night later Miska compiled 27 goals, the latter of which was the night, he had a hand in both scoring the Bulldogs’ final goal in saves to pitch his fifth shutout of game-winner. He posted a plus-2 the season, which ties the UMD Bronco goals, tying the game a 5-0 shutout. In addition to the rating. In the series finale, Allison single-season record. He was with an unassisted marker while clean sheet, he led a PK unit that scored the tying goal with 55 tabbed First Star of the Game dishing out the primary assist on went 4-for-4 Saturday and posted seconds left in regulation to force Saturday. Miska finished the series the game-tying goal in the final a plus-2 rating en route to Third OT in an eventual 2-2 tie. He was with a .962 save percentage and minute of regulation to earn a Star of the Game. Pionk blocked named Third Star of the Game a 0.96 GAA, while totaling 50 2-2 tie. Conrad finished the series seven shots in the series, with while firing a career-high 10 shots saves. Of the two goals allowed, with three goals, an assist, a plus- five Saturday, while he finished on goal. Allison ended the series only one came even strength. He 3 rating, seven shots on goal and with a goal, two assists, a plus-1 with a goal, three assists, a plus-3 held Omaha scoreless the final went 16-for-32 on draws. rating and seven shots on goal. rating and 11 shots on goal. 83:18 of the series.
Other Standout Performers (Jan. 30-Feb. 5) Mike Gornall, So., F, UND – Scored his first two goals of the season in UND’s 2-1 overtime win over SCSU Saturday, including the game-winner in OT, while posting a plus-2 rating.
Cam Johnson, Jr., G, UND – In his only game of the weekend, made 20 saves (.952 save percentage) in his first game back from a three-game absence (injury) to lead UND to a 2-1 overtime win over SCSU, with the only goal allowed coming on the power play.
Tucker Poolman, Jr., D, UND – Scored UND’s only goal in a 3-1 loss to SCSU on Friday that ended a long scoreless draught for UND, while blocking four shots in the series and leading a penalty kill that finished 6-for-7.
Jeff Smith, Fr., G, SCSU – Backstopped SCSU to a road split at UND, posting a .945 save percentage and a 1.49 GAA, while compil- ing 52 saves and allowing only three goals in the series.
Dominic Toninato, Sr., F, UMD – Totaled four points against Omaha with two goals, two assists and a plus-3 rating, including scor- ing both goals in Friday’s 2-2 overtime tie.
2016-17 NCHC Players of the Week (previous winners) WEEK OF OFFENSIVE DEFENSEMAN ROOKIE GOALTENDER Oct. 1-9 Brock Boeser, UND Neal Pionk, UMD Ben Blacker, WMU Nick Deery, UMD Oct. 10-16 Adam Johnson, UMD Will Butcher, Denver Wade Allison, WMU Tanner Jaillet, Denver Oct. 17-23 Brock Boeser, UND Louie Belpedio, Miami Nick Halloran, CC Ryan Larkin, Miami Oct. 24-30 Alex Iafallo, UMD Will Butcher, Denver Jack Ahcan, SCSU Hunter Miska, UMD Oct. 31-Nov. 6 Matheson Iacopelli, WMU Carson Soucy, UMD Joey Anderson, UMD Trevor Gorsuch, WMU Nov. 7-13 Austin Ortega, Omaha Luc Snuggerud, Omaha Jack Ahcan, SCSU Tanner Jaillet, Denver Nov. 14-20 Matheson Iacopelli, WMU Tucker Poolman, UND Ryan Larkin, Miami Cam Johnson, UND Nov. 21-27 Dylan Gambrell, Denver Will Butcher, Denver Henrik Borgström, Denver Evan Weninger, Omaha Nov. 28-Dec. 4 Austin Ortega, Omaha Will Butcher, Denver Tyson Jost, UND Evan Weninger, Omaha Dec. 5-11 Wade Allison, WMU Neal Pionk, UMD Alex Leclerc, CC Ben Blacker, WMU Dec. 26-Jan. 1 Austin Ortega, Omaha Ian Brady, Omaha Ben Blacker, WMU Alex Leclerc, CC Jan. 2-8 Troy Terry, Denver Christian Wolanin, UND Henrik Borgström, Denver Alex Leclerc, CC Jan. 9-15 Anthony Louis, Miami Jack Ahcan, SCSU Jack Ahcan, SCSU Tanner Jaillet, Denver Jan. 16-22 Riley Tufte, UMD Willie Raskob, UMD Hunter Miska, UMD Ben Blacker, WMU Jan. 23-29 Liam Finlay, Denver Will Butcher, Denver Alex Leclerc, CC Hunter Miska, UMD Jan. 30-Feb. 5 Colt Conrad, WMU Neal Pionk, UMD Wade Allison, WMU Hunter Miska, UMD
February 6-12, 2017 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 7 Players of the Month/Awards/In-Season Tournaments
NCHC Monthly Honors - January Player of the Month Rookie of the Month
Tanner Jaillet Jaillet backstopped the Pioneers Hunter Miska Miska started all eight games for Denver to a 5-1-0 record while in net to Minnesota Duluth the Bulldogs in January, leading begin the New Year. His five wins Minnesota Duluth to a 5-2-1 record Junior Goaltender Freshman and .833 win percentage led all with the five wins tying for the Red Deer, Alberta Goaltender NCHC goaltenders with both tying conference lead. He ranked second for fourth nationally in January. Stacy, Minn. among all NCHC goalies with both He also led the conference with a .932 save percentage and a 1.84 a 1.44 goals-against average and a .950 save percentage during the goals-against average during the month with the 1.84 GAA second na- month, both of which ranked in the top five in the NCAA in January. tionally among rookie goalies and the .932 save percentage fifth among Jaillet allowed a goal or less in five of his seven starts this past month. freshmen during January. Miska pitched a shutout during the month as Jaillet opened January with a 15-save performance in a 5-1 win well, while allowing only six even strength goals in the eight games. over Arizona State Jan. 6. After getting the night off in the series Miska opened January on a three-game winless streak before win- finale, he played in both games at Western Michigan the following ning his final five games. Against Colorado College Jan. 6-7, he com- weekend, totaling 49 saves in a split, despite allowing only one goal bined for 39 saves, giving up only two goals each night. The following in each game. On Jan. 13, he stopped 27 shots, allowing only a power weekend, he compiled 50 saves in a split against St. Cloud State. play goal in a loss, while he rebounded with a 22-save win the next Miska then backstopping UMD to a sweep at North Dakota – the night en route to First Star of the Game honors. He was also tabbed Bulldogs’ first road sweep of UND since 1995. On Jan. 20, he stopped NCHC Goaltender of the Week for his performance. 21 shots in a 5-3 win, before blanking the Fighting Hawks with a 29- On Jan. 20, Jaillet made 28 saves on 30 shots in an overtime loss save shutout in the series finale, marking the first time UND had been at St. Cloud State, but again responded with a career-high 37 saves shut out at home since Oct. 28, 2011. Miska was tabbed First Star of the following night to lead the Pioneers to a 3-1 win. He was named the Game and earned NCHC Rookie of the Week for his performance. the game’s Second Star on Jan. 21. Jaillet then finished out his month He then wrapped up his month leading the Bulldogs to the North with a sweep of Omaha, making 26 saves in a 5-3 win Jan. 27, while Star College Cup title in St. Paul, Minn., where he was named tourna- stopping all 16 shots he faced in the series finale before being relieved ment MVP. In last Friday’s semifinal, he stopped 37 shots, one shy of his with nine minutes to play to prevent him from earning the com- career high, as UMD topped rival Minnesota, 3-2, while he earned the plete-game shutout in the 5-0 victory. He was tabbed Third Star of the game’s Second Star. In the championship game against St. Cloud State, Game in the shutout. Miska turned aside 31 shots, while conceding only one goal in a 2-1 Of the nine goals Jaillet allowed during January, only five came overtime win to give the Bulldogs their first in-season tournament title even strength (four on the power play), as he totaled 171 saves in 375 in 15 years. He closed out January by being named NCHC Goaltender of minutes of action during the month. the Week after his showing at the North Star Cup. Miska compiled 207 saves on 222 shots in 488 minutes of action.
n eason ational ccolades I -S N A 2016-17 NCHC Players of the Month NCAA Three Stars of the Week MONTH PLAYER ROOKIE Brock Boeser, So., F, UND - Third Star (week of Oct. 17-23) Alex Iafallo, Sr., F, UMD - Second Star (week of Oct. 24-30) October Brock Boeser, UND Henrik Borgström, DU Cam Johnson, Jr., G, UND - First Star (week of Nov. 14-20) November Matheson Iacopelli, WMU Joey Anderson, UMD Ben Blacker, Fr., G, WMU - Third Star (week of Dec. 26-Jan. 1) December Austin Ortega, Omaha Ben Blacker, WMU Troy Terry, So., F, Denver - First Star (week of Jan. 2-8) January Tanner Jaillet, Denver Hunter Miska, UMD Brock Boeser, So., F, UND - Third Star (week of Jan. 2-8) Riley Tufte, Fr., F, UMD - First Star (week of Jan. 16-22) February March/April College Hockey News Team of the Week Denver - Week of Oct. 10-16 (swept No. 2/2 BU) St. Cloud State - Week of Oct. 17-23 (swept No. 7/7 Minnesota) n eason ournament itles Minnesota Duluth - Week of Oct. 24-30 (swept No. 1/1 UND) I -S T T North Dakota - Week of Nov. 14-20 (swept at No. 12/12 SCSU) Brice Alaska Goal Rush (Oct. 14-15, Fairbanks, Alaska) Miami - Week of Jan. 2-8 (swept No. 20 St. Cloud State) Champion: Omaha (4-3 win in OT over host Alaska) MVP: Austin Ortega, Sr., F All-Tournament Team: Jake Randolph, Jr., F
Preseason National Accolades Florida College Hockey Classic (Dec. 28-29, Estero, Fla.) Mike Richter Award Watch List for 2016-17 Champion: Colorado College (2-1 win in OT over host Cornell) Tanner Jaillet, JR, Denver MVP: Alex Leclerc, Fr., G Cam Johnson, JR, North Dakota All-Tournament Team: Teemu Kivihalme, Jr., D Evan Weninger, SO, Omaha Great Lakes Invitational (Dec. 29-30, Detroit, Mich.) College Hockey News All-CHN Preseason Teams Champion: Western Michigan (1-0 win in OT over Michigan Tech) Brock Boeser, SO, F, UND - First Team MVP: Colt Conrad, So., F Dylan Gambrell, SO, F, Denver - First Team All-Tournament Team: Ben Blacker, Fr., G; Corey Schueneman, So., D; Cam Johnson, JR, G, UND - First Team Matheson Iacopelli, So., F Will Butcher, SR, D, Denver - Second Team North Star College Cup (Jan. 27-28, St. Paul, Minn.) Champion: Minnesota Duluth (2-1 win in OT over St. Cloud State) MVP: Hunter Miska, Fr., G, UMD No All-Tournament Team
8 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey February 6-12, 2017 Awards/NHL Debuts/World Juniors
2017 Hobey Baker Award Candidates NCHC Alumni Debuts in 2016-17 NHL Season Twelve NCHC players were among the 66 candidates revealed for Name, NCHC Team Pos. NHL Team Date of Debut the 2017 Hobey Baker Award on Jan. 30. Fan voting runs through Nick Schmaltz, UND F Chicago Oct. 12, 2016 March 5 with the Top Ten finalists announced on March 15. Six Austin Czarnik, Miami F Boston Oct. 13, 2016 NCHC teams are represented among the nominees: Danton Heinen, Denver F Boston Oct. 13, 2016 • Louie Belpedio, Jr., D, Miami • Anthony Louis, Sr., F, Miami Troy Stecher, UND D Vancouver Oct. 25, 2016 • Brock Boeser, So., F, UND • Austin Ortega, Sr., F, Omaha Zane McIntyre, UND G Boston Oct. 25, 2016 • Will Butcher, Sr., D, Denver • Neal Pionk, So., D, UMD Sean Kuraly, Miami F Boston Nov. 3, 2016 • Shane Gersich, So., F, UND • Tucker Poolman, Jr., D, UND Drake Caggiula, UND F Edmonton Nov. 19, 2016 • Matheson Iacopelli, So., F, WMU • Kiefer Sherwood, So., F, Miami Jake Guentzel, Omaha F Pittsburgh Nov. 21, 2016 • Alex Iafallo, Sr., F, UMD • Dominic Toninato, Sr., F, UMD Dillon Simpson, UND D Edmonton Dec. 8, 2016 Blake Coleman, Miami F New Jersey Jan. 12, 2017 Kalle Kossila, SCSU F Anaheim Jan. 25, 2017 Paul LaDue, UND D Los Angeles Feb. 7, 2017 2016-17 Senior CLASS Award Candidates Will Butcher, Sr., D, Denver University of Denver senior defenseman Will Butcher Final NCHC Skater Statistics at was selected one of 15 NCAA men’s hockey student-ath- 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship letes up for the prestigious Senior CLASS Award, it was announced Jan. 13. Butcher is the lone NCHC candidate. U.S. National Junior Team* GP G A +/- SOG GWG PIM An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in Jack Ahcan, SCSU, Fr., D 7 0 1 +3 3 0 0 School ®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete Joey Anderson, UMD, Fr., F 7 0 2 +1 10 0 0 and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a posi- Jack Roslovic, Miami^, F 7 0 2 +1 13 0 4 tive impact as leaders in their communities. Troy Terry, DU, So., F 7 4 3 +1 13 3 2 To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of Canada National Junior Team GP G A +/- SOG GWG PIM excellence – community, classroom, character and competition. Tyson Jost, UND, Fr., F 7 1 3 -1 17 0 6 The 10 finalists will be announced in February with the winner re- vealed at the 2017 NCAA Frozen Four in Chicago on Friday, April 7. Finland National Junior Team GP G A +/- SOG GWG PIM Henrik Borgström, DU, Fr., F 6 0 0 -1 13 0 2
Slovakia National Junior Team GP Svs GA Save% GAA Record Matej Tomek, UND, So., G 2 73 7 .913 3.50 0-2 * Coached by St. Cloud State head coach Bob Motzko ^ Played at Miami in 2015-16
2016-17 NCHC Preseason All-Conference Team
F: Brock Boeser, So., North Dakota – 30 votes* F: Dylan Gambrell, So., Denver – 28 votes F: Austin Ortega, Sr., Omaha – 11 votes D: Will Butcher, Sr., Denver – 27 votes D: Louie Belpedio, Jr., Miami – 17 votes G: Cam Johnson, Jr., North Dakota – 27 votes
Poll voted on by 30 media members *Unanimous
February 6-12, 2017 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 9 Polls/Non-Conference Comparison
National Polls
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll USCHO.com Poll Week 17 (Feb. 6) Week 17 (Feb. 6) (first-place votes in parentheses) (first-place votes in parentheses) 2016-17 LAST WEEK’S 2016-17 LAST WEEK’S NO. TEAM POINTS RECORD RANKING NO. TEAM RECORD POINTS RANKING 1. Minnesota Duluth 507 (31) 18-5-5 1 1. Minnesota Duluth 18-5-5 996 (46) 1 2. Denver 470 (3) 18-6-4 2 2. Denver 18-6-4 950 (4) 2 3. Boston University 444 18-7-2 3 3. Boston University 18-7-2 879 3 4. Minnesota 383 17-7-2 7 4. Harvard 15-5-2 814 5 5. Harvard 371 15-5-2 6 5. Minnesota 17-7-2 796 7 6. Union 326 19-7-2 5 6. Union 19-7-2 723 4 7. Boston College 325 18-9-2 8 7. Boston College 18-9-2 721 8 8. Western Michigan 264 15-7-4 9 8. Western Michigan 15-7-4 618 9 9. Penn State 227 16-6-2 4 9. UMass Lowell 17-9-3 610 10 10. UMass Lowell 208 17-9-3 10 10. Penn State 16-6-2 533 6 11. North Dakota 116 15-11-3 12 11. Providence 16-8-4 435 15 12. Providence 113 16-8-4 15 t-12. Cornell 14-6-2 380 16 13. Ohio State 108 13-7-6 11 t-12. Ohio State 13-7-6 380 11 14. Vermont 78 16-9-3 13 14. North Dakota 15-11-3 368 13 15. Cornell 72 14-6-2 NR 15. Vermont 16-9-3 316 12 16. Notre Dame 15-9-4 259 17 Others receiving votes: St. Lawrence, 32; Wisconsin, 21; Notre 17. Wisconsin 15-8-1 232 18 Dame, 12; Air Force, 2; St. Cloud State, 1. 18. St. Lawrence 15-8-6 221 14 19. Quinnipiac 16-11-2 84 19 20. Air Force 18-8-4 60 NR
Others receiving votes: Bemidji State 46, St. Cloud State 45, PairWise Ratings Top 16 Omaha 18, Michigan Tech 12, Yale 3, Robert Morris 1. (as of Feb. 8) 1. Minnesota Duluth 2. Denver 3. Boston University 4. Minnesota The NCHC vs. ... NON-CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN 2016-17 5. Harvard AHA Big Ten ECAC HEA WCHA Ind. Total 6. Western Michigan 7. Providence Colorado College 0-1-0 0-1-0 1-0-0 3-4-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-6-0 8. Union Denver 1-0-0 3-1-0 0-0-0 2-2-1 0-0-0 2-0-0 8-3-1 9. North Dakota Miami 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-2-0 2-1-1 1-1-0 0-0-0 4-4-2 10. Boston College Minnesota Duluth 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-2 3-0-1 0-0-0 5-1-3 11. Penn State Omaha 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-2-1 5-0-1 0-0-0 7-2-3 12. UMass Lowell North Dakota 2-0-0 0-2-2 2-0-0 1-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 7-2-2 13. Cornell St. Cloud State 0-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 3-2-0 1-0-0 6-3-0 14. Vermont 15. Wisconsin Western Michigan 1-0-1 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-0-1 1-0-1 7-0-3 16. St. Cloud State Total 4-1-1 9-4-4 3-2-0 10-11-5 18-3-3 4-0-1 48-21-14
2016-17
NCHC Preseason Poll The NCHC vs. ... 2015-16 regular-season non-conference breakdown (voting conducted by media only) First-place votes in parentheses AHA Big Ten ECAC HEA WCHA Ind. Total Team Points CC 1-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-6-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 2-8-0 1. North Dakota 235 (25) DU 1-1-0 3-0-1 0-0-0 0-2-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-3-3 2. Denver 200 (3) Miami 0-0-0 2-0-0 2-2-0 0-1-1 2-0-0 0-0-0 6-3-1 3. Minnesota Duluth 173 (2) UMD 0-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-2 1-3-0 0-0-0 4-4-2 4. St. Cloud State 155 Omaha 2-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 10-0-0 5. Omaha 119 UND 0-0-0 3-1-0 0-0-0 2-0-1 4-0-1 0-0-0 9-1-2 6. Miami 96 SCSU 0-0-0 2-0-0 0-2-0 0-0-0 6-0-0 2-0-0 10-2-0 7. Western Michigan 65 WMU 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-3-0 0-2-1 3-0-1 0-0-0 3-5-2 8. Colorado College 37 Total 4-2-0 14-1-1 2-7-0 5-12-7 19-4-2 4-0-0 48-26-10
10 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey February 6-12, 2017 NCHC Media Information/3 Stars of the Game
NCHC Map NCHC 3 Stars of the Game Overall Conference Leaders (league games only): PLAYER, POS SCHOOL *POINTS 1. Hunter Miska, G UMD 24 (4) 2. Ryan Larkin, G Miami 22 (3) Tanner Jaillet, G Denver 22 (2) 4. Ben Blacker, G WMU 17 (3) 5. Josh Melnick, F Miami 16 (2) Evan Weninger, G Omaha 16 (2) * First Stars in () serve as tiebreaker Team Leaders (league games only): SCHOOL POINTS Colorado College 1. Alex Leclerc...... 14 2. Mason Bergh...... 10 3. Jacob Nehama/Sam Rothstein.... 5 Denver 2016-17 NCHC Institutional Demographics 1. Tanner Jaillet...... 22 Institution Location Population Enrollment 2. Henrik Borgström...... 13 Dylan Gambrell...... 13 Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO 439,886 2,050 Miami Denver Denver, CO 682,545 11,797 1. Ryan Larkin...... 22 Miami Oxford, OH 21,470 17,720 2. Josh Melnick...... 16 Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN 86,238 10,878 3. Anthony Louis...... 13 North Dakota Grand Forks, ND 58,277 14,951 Minnesota Duluth Omaha Omaha, NE 446,599 15,526 1. Hunter Miska...... 24 St. Cloud State St. Cloud, MN 67,109 15,461 2. Alex Iafallo...... 15 3. Adam Johnson/Kyle Osterberg... 12 Western Michigan Kalamazoo, MI 75,922 23,914 Omaha 1. Evan Weninger...... 16 NCHC Mission 2. Austin Ortega...... 10 Tyler Vesel...... 10 The National Collegiate Hockey Conference facilitates and fosters competitive, North Dakota academic and operational excellence for its member institutions through the 1. Shane Gersich...... 13 sport of ice hockey. The Conference supports a culture of professionalism and Cam Johnson...... 13 integrity, reflecting its commitment to grow the sport of ice hockey while 3. Austin Poganski...... 10 creating a positive experience for the student-athletes and fans it serves. St. Cloud State 1. Mikey Eyssimont...... 12 2. Jeff Smith...... 11 NCHC Vision 3. Judd Peterson...... 10 Western Michigan The National Collegiate Hockey Conference strives to be the best single- 1. Ben Blacker...... 17 sport conference in the NCAA by embracing our core values and operating 2. Matheson Iacopelli...... 10 collectively for the best interests of the Conference and member institutions. 3. Cam Lee...... 8 1st star = 5 pts.; 2nd star = 3 pts.; 3rd star = 1 pt.
NCHC Media Information/Services
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NCHC Games on National/Regional TV For NCHC News, Information and More... CBS SPORTS NETWORK visit the NCHC website: Date Game Time (ET) NCHCHockey.com Fri., Feb. 10, 2017 Miami at St. Cloud State 8:30 p.m. Fri., Feb. 17, 2017 North Dakota at Western Michigan 7:00 p.m. follow the NCHC on Twitter: @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey Fri., Feb. 17, 2017 Minnesota Duluth at Colorado College 9:30 p.m. Fri., Feb. 24, 2017 St. Cloud State at Denver 10:00 p.m. like the NCHC on Facebook: Facebook.com/TheNCHC Fri., Mar. 3, 2017 Denver at Omaha 8:30 p.m. Fri., Mar. 17, 2017 Frozen Faceoff Semifinal 1 5:00 p.m. Fri., Mar. 17, 2017 Frozen Faceoff Semifinal 2 8:30 p.m. follow the NCHC on Instagram: @TheNCHC Sat., Mar. 18, 2017 Frozen Faceoff Championship 8:30 p.m. Channel Finder: cbssportsnetwork.com/channel-finder watch/subscribe to the NCHC on NCHC.tv
AMERICAN SPORTS NETWORK download the NCHC mobile app Date Game Time (ET) Sat., Feb. 18, 2017 Denver at Miami 8:00 p.m. Channel Finder: americansportsnet.com/schedule/ NCHC.tv Returning for a third season in 2016-17 is the NCHC’s Digital Network: NCHC.tv. NCHC.tv aggregates all digital on-demand video and live FOX COLLEGE SPORTS streaming content of all eight members and the conference in one Date Game Time (CT) location. On-demand content is free while live streaming of games Sat., Feb. 11, 2017 Miami at St. Cloud State 7:00 p.m. requires a subscription. New this season, NCHC.tv is now available as Sat., Feb. 25, 2017 Omaha at North Dakota 7:00 p.m. an app on Apple TV and will be available on Roku soon. The NCHC Sat., Mar. 4, 2017 North Dakota at Miami 6:00 p.m. publishes weekly videos to NCHC.tv as free on-demand content: Channel Finder: fcs.channelfinder.net/v2/framework.aspx Top Five Plays of the Week: Each Tuesday, the NCHC unveils the “Top Five Plays of the Week” from the previous weekend on NCHC.tv, FOX SPORTS NORTH which culminates in the Goal of the Year Tournament in March. Date Game Time (CT) Features: Each Wednesday, the NCHC will post a video profiling a Sat., Feb. 11, 2017 Miami at St. Cloud State 7:00 p.m. coach or student-athlete, or the video will provide insight on a team, Channel Finder: foxsports.com/north/story/fox-sports-north-channel-finder-122313 coach or student-athlete.
Preview Show: Each Friday, the NCHC will preview the upcoming weekend on the “NCHC Morning Skate”, highlighting the match-ups, TSN (in Canada) the past week’s worth of news and spotlighting a feature series for the Date Game Time (ET) TSN Station upcoming weekend. Fri., Feb. 10, 2017 Colorado College at Denver 9:30 p.m. TSN2/TSN GO
*Indicates non-conference game + Indicates game is on Fox Sports North Plus NCHC Radio Show Games this week in BOLD Each Thursday on NCHCHockey.com and NCHC.tv will be a weekly All times subject to change audio show, the NCHC Radio Show, that recaps the previous week in the conference and previews the upcoming weekend. Included in the roughly six-minute segment will be interviews with NCHC players and coaches, as well as audio highlights from the past weekend.
The NCHC on Social Media
Get involved and stay connected with the NCHC on social media. See behind the scenes photos, find out the latest news and take part in giveaway contests during the season on social media. When discussing the NCHC on Twitter, please use the hashtag #NCHCHockey.
In addition to general NCHC news and updates, the NCHC will have an interactive activity on social media each day during the week.
NCHC Social Media Weekly Schedule Monday – Players of the Week/Fan of the Week announced Tuesday - Trivia (Twitter/Facebook)/Top 5 Plays of Week (NCHC.tv) Wednesday – Caption Contest (Instagram)/Feature Video (NCHC.tv) Thursday - #ThrowbackThursday (#TBT)/NCHC Radio Show Friday – NCHC Morning Skate (weekend preview on NCHC.tv)
12 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey February 6-12, 2017 NCHC Regular Season/Tournament/Quick Facts
NCHC Quick Facts/Directory Julie & Spencer Penrose Memorial Cup
Website:...... NCHCHockey.com warded to the NCHC regular Digital Network:...... NCHC.tv Aseason champion, the Julie and Spencer Penrose Memorial Cup Headquarters:...... The Copper Building (right) serves as the league’s crowning 1631 Mesa Ave., Suite C achievement. The Cup is named Colorado Springs, CO 80906 after Julie and Spencer Penrose, who General Email:...... [email protected] were tremendously successful in the business world and did much of it in Founded:...... July 13, 2011 Colorado Springs in the early 1900s. Inaugural Season:...... 2013-14 The couple made much of their money in the copper industry, which is why the trophy includes copper stars on Commissioner:...... Josh Fenton it. The Penroses also set up the El Office Phone:...... 719-418-2427 Pomar Foundation, which still today Email:...... [email protected] helps pay for amateur sports and other non-profits, including the NCHC office Director of Communications:...... Michael Weisman located in the Copper Building next Office Phone:...... 719-694-9924 to the Penrose House on the grounds of the Penrose compound in Colorado Email:...... [email protected] Springs. The El Pomar Foundation has also issued grants for the Penrose Cup, Business Operations Manager:...... Verna Toller medallions for each individual champion and the NCHC’s annual Post- Office Phone:...... 719-203-6818 Graduate Scholarship. North Dakota has won back-to-back Penrose Cups Email:...... [email protected] after St. Cloud State won the inaugural season.
Director of Officiating:...... Don Adam Office Phone:...... 719-203-6818 NCHC Tournament/Frozen Faceoff Email:...... [email protected] he NCHC Tournament consists of four quarterfinal series on the first weekend Regular-Season Trophy...... Julie and Spencer T following regular-season play (March 10-12, Penrose Memorial Cup 2017). The four higher seeds will host the 2015-16 Regular-Season Champion...... North Dakota four lower seeds in a best two-out-of-three 2015-16 Tournament Champion...... St. Cloud State format. Seed #1 will host Seed #8, Seed #2 Tournament Championship...... Frozen Faceoff will host Seed #7, Seed #3 will host Seed #6, Championship Site...... Target Center and Seed #4 will host Seed #5. The winners Minneapolis, Minn. of the four quarterfinal series will advance to the NCHC Frozen Faceoff at Championship Dates: ...... March 17-18, 2017 Target Center in Minneapolis for the two semifinal Tickets:...... NCHCHockey.com or AXS.com games on Friday, March 17. (Semifinal games will or call 1-888-9-AXS-TIX (888-929-7849) be reseeded based on the final regular-season standings). The winners of the two semifinal 2016 NCAA Tournament Teams:...... 4 games (4:00/7:30 p.m. CT) will then meet in the NCAA Tournament Teams in NCHC History:...... 13 Championship Game (7:30 p.m. CT) on Saturday, 2016 NCAA Frozen Four Participants:...... 2 March 18 for an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, while the two losers from the semifinal NCAA Frozen Four Teams in NCHC History: ...... 5 games will face each other in the third-place game National Champions:...... 1 (North Dakota, 2016) (3:30 p.m. CT) earlier in the day.
2015-16 Final NCHC Standings Conference Overall Pts. GP W L T SW Win Pct. GF GA GP W L T Win Pct. GF GA 1. North Dakota 59 24 19 4 1 1 .813 89 49 44 34 6 4 .818 162 81 2. St. Cloud State 53 24 17 6 1 1 .729 104 53 41 31 9 1 .768 175 90 Denver 53 24 17 5 2 0 .750 74 52 41 25 10 6 .683 134 96 4. Minnesota Duluth 37 24 11 10 3 1 .521 64 44 40 19 16 5 .538 107 82 5. Miami 31 24 9 13 2 2 .417 54 65 36 15 18 3 .458 86 97 6. Omaha 25 24 8 15 1 0 .354 60 83 36 18 17 1 .514 103 107 7. Western Michigan 17 24 5 18 1 1 .229 56 103 36 8 25 3 .264 80 142 8. Colorado College 13 24 4 19 1 0 .188 47 99 36 6 29 1 .181 71 145
February 6-12, 2017 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 13 NCHC Composite Schedule
All dates and times are subject to change Saturday, Oct. 22 Friday, Nov. 25 All times are local to site Maine 0, at Miami 5 Omaha 2, at Northern Michigan 2 (OT) Vermont 5, at Omaha 2 Wisconsin 2, at Colorado College 1 Saturday, Oct. 1 Colorado College 4, at New Hampshire 3 Denver 4, at Air Force 3 (OT) Michigan Tech 0, at Minnesota Duluth 6 Denver 3, at Michigan State 1 Michigan State 4, at North Dakota 3 Waterloo 1, at Miami 8 (exh.) Minnesota 2, at St. Cloud State 3 Toronto 4, at Western Michigan 3 (exh.) Bemidji State 4, at North Dakota 5 Saturday, Nov. 26 Mount Royal 1, at Denver 4 (exh.) U.S. U-18 Team 2, at Minnesota Duluth 1 (exh.) Omaha 2, at Northern Michigan 0 Manitoba 1, at North Dakota 5 (exh.) Air Force 6, at Colorado College 3 Friday, Oct. 28 Wisconsin 5, at Denver 6 Sunday, Oct. 2 *Western Michigan 1, at Denver 3 Michigan State 2, at North Dakota 2 (OT) Michigan Tech 3, at Minnesota Duluth 4 *North Dakota 2, at Minnesota Duluth 5 Regina 2, at St. Cloud State 6 (exh.) Alabama Huntsville 1, at St. Cloud State 5 Friday, Dec. 2 Mount Royal 0, at Colorado College 3 (exh.) Bowling Green 1, at Miami 2 (OT) *Denver 3, at Colorado College 1 UMass Lowell 1, at Omaha 5 *St. Cloud State 3, at Western Michigan 0 Thursday, Oct. 6 Miami 3, at Cornell 4 Western Michigan 5, at Ferris State 3 Saturday, Oct. 29 Omaha 3, at Wisconsin 3 (OT) *Western Michigan 2, at Denver 4 Friday, Oct. 7 *North Dakota 0, at Minnesota Duluth 3 Saturday, Dec. 3 Miami 3, at Providence 4 Alabama Huntsville 2, at St. Cloud State 5 *Colorado College 1, at Denver 3 Ferris State 1, at Western Michigan 2 Bowling Green 4, at Miami 1 *SCSU 5, at Western Michigan 5 (OT - WMU wins SO) Colorado College 0, at UMass 3 UMass Lowell 4, at Omaha 2 $Boston College 3, North Dakota 4 ^Ohio State 3, at Denver 2 Miami 1, at Cornell 2 Canisius 0, at North Dakota 6 Friday, Nov. 4 Omaha 7, at Wisconsin 4 Minnesota Duluth 4, at UMass Lowell 4 (OT) *Miami 3, at Western Michigan 6 *Minnesota Duluth 5, at St. Cloud State 3 Friday, Dec. 9 Saturday, Oct. 8 *Colorado College 2, at Omaha 1 *Western Michigan 1, at North Dakota 5 Miami 2, at Providence 1 North Dakota 5, at Minnesota 5 (OT) *Omaha 3, at St. Cloud State 1 Colorado College 7, at UMass 4 *Colorado College 1, at Miami 1 (OT- MU wins SO) ^Boston College 3, at Denver 1 Saturday, Nov. 5 *Minnesota Duluth 3, at Denver 4 Canisius 1, at North Dakota 4 *Miami 2, at Western Michigan 5 Minnesota Duluth 1, at UMass Lowell 1 (OT) *Minnesota Duluth 5, at St. Cloud State 3 Saturday, Dec. 10 Alberta 3, at Omaha 2 (exh.) *Colorado College 4, at Omaha 6 *Western Michigan 3, at North Dakota 1 North Dakota 0, at Minnesota 2 *Omaha 2, at St. Cloud State 4 Friday, Oct. 14 *Colorado College 2, at Miami 3 (OT) @Omaha 3, Alaska-Anchorage 1 Friday, Nov. 11 *Minnesota Duluth 3, at Denver 1 Western Michigan 4, at Bowling Green 4 (OT) *Omaha 6, at Miami 4 UMass Lowell 8, at Colorado College 5 *Western Michigan 4, at Minnesota Duluth 3 Friday, Dec. 16 Boston University 3, at Denver 4 *Denver 1, at North Dakota 1 (UND wins 3x3 OT) Bemidji State 1, at Minnesota Duluth 1 (OT) St. Cloud State 1, at Minnesota State 4 *St. Cloud State 7, at Colorado College 3 Notre Dame 3, at Minnesota Duluth 4 Saturday, Dec. 17 Saturday, Nov. 12 Minnesota Duluth 2, at Bemidji State 1 Saturday, Oct. 15 *Omaha 6, at Miami 2 Ohio State 1, at Miami 1 (OT) *Western Michigan 0, at Minnesota Duluth 2 Wednesday, Dec. 28 @Omaha 4, at Alaska 3 (OT) *Denver 3, at North Dakota 2 %Colorado College 3, Merrimack 0 Bowling Green 2, at Western Michigan 8 *St. Cloud State 4, at Colorado College 1 UMass Lowell 4, at Colorado College 0 Thursday, Dec. 29 Boston University 1, at Denver 3 Friday, Nov. 18 %Colorado College 2, Cornell 1 (OT) St. Cloud State 4, at Minnesota State 6 *Minnesota Duluth 6, at Omaha 4 #Western Michigan 4, Michigan State 1 Notre Dame 3, at Minnesota Duluth 1 *North Dakota 4, at St. Cloud State 0 RPI 2, at North Dakota 5 (U.S. HHOF Game) *Miami 1, at Denver 1 (OT - DU wins SO) Friday, Dec. 30 Air Force 5, at Western Michigan 5 (OT) #Western Michigan 1, Michigan Tech 0 (OT) Friday, Oct. 21 Denver 2, at Providence 2 (OT) Maine 3, at Miami 3 (OT) Saturday, Nov. 19 +St. Cloud State 3, UConn 4 Vermont 4, at Omaha 4 (OT) *Minnesota Duluth 3, at Omaha 2 Lake Superior State 1, at Omaha 4 Colorado College 1, at Boston College 4 *North Dakota 3, at St. Cloud State 0 Denver 2, at Michigan State 1 *Miami 2, at Denver 2 (OT - DU wins SO) St. Cloud State 6, at Minnesota 5 (OT) Air Force 1, at Western Michigan 4 Bemidji State 2, at North Dakota 3
14 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey February 6-12, 2017 NCHC Composite Schedule
Saturday, Dec. 31 Friday, Feb. 3 Friday-Sunday, March 10-12 Denver 1, at Providence 3 *Omaha 2, at Minn. Duluth 2 (OT-UMD wins SO) NCHC Quarterfinals +St. Cloud State 4, Arizona State 2 *St. Cloud State 3, at North Dakota 1 Best of Three Series, hosted by the higher seed Lake Superior State 3, at Omaha 5 Arizona State 2, at Western Michigan 4 #8 seed at #1 seed Miami 6, at Ohio State 3 #7 seed at #2 seed North Dakota 3, at Union 1 Saturday, Feb. 4 #6 seed at #3 seed *Omaha 0, at Minnesota Duluth 5 #5 seed at #4 seed Friday, Jan. 6 *St. Cloud State 1, at North Dakota 2 (OT) *Colorado College 2, at Minn. Duluth 2 (UMD wins 3x3 OT) Arizona State 2, at Western Michigan 2 (OT) Friday, March 17 (Minneapolis, Minn.) *North Dakota 9, at Omaha 1 Frozen Faceoff Semifinal Game 1, 4:00 p.m. CT *St. Cloud State 2, at Miami 3 (OT) Friday, Feb. 10 Frozen Faceoff Semifinal Game 2, 7:30 p.m. CT Arizona State 1, at Denver 5 *Miami at St. Cloud State, 7:38 p.m. CT *Western Michigan at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT Saturday, March 18 (Minneapolis, Minn.) Saturday, Jan. 7 *Colorado College at Denver, 7:30 p.m. MT Frozen Faceoff Third-Place Game, 3:30 p.m. CT *Colorado College 2, at Minnesota Duluth 1 Frozen Faceoff Championship, 7:30 p.m. CT *North Dakota 7, at Omaha 3 Saturday, Feb. 11 *St. Cloud State 1, at Miami 4 *Miami at St. Cloud State, 7:07 p.m. CT Friday-Sunday, March 24-26 Arizona State 1, at Denver 6 *Western Michigan at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT NCAA East Region: Providence, R.I. *Denver at Colorado College, 6:07 p.m. MT NCAA Northeast Region: Manchester, N.H. Friday, Jan. 13 NCAA Midwest Region: Cincinnati, Ohio *Denver 0, at Western Michigan 3 Friday, Feb. 17 NCAA West Region: Fargo, N.D. *Miami 6, at North Dakota 3 *Denver at Miami, 7:35 p.m. ET *St. Cloud State 2, at Minnesota Duluth 1 *North Dakota at Western Michigan, 7:00 p.m. ET Thursday, April 6 (Chicago, Ill.) *Omaha 5, at Colorado College 2 *Minnesota Duluth at Colorado College, 7:30 p.m. MT NCAA Frozen Four National Semifinals
Saturday, Jan. 14 Saturday, Feb. 18 Saturday, April 8 (Chicago, Ill.) *Denver 7, at Western Michigan 2 *Denver at Miami, 8:00 p.m. ET NCAA National Championship Game *Miami 1, at North Dakota 3 *North Dakota at Western Michigan, 7:00 p.m. ET *St. Cloud State 3, at Minnesota Duluth 4 (OT) *Minnesota Duluth at Colorado College, 7:07 p.m. MT *Omaha 4, at Colorado College 2 Thursday, Feb. 23 * National Collegiate Hockey Conference game Friday, Jan. 20 *Miami at Minnesota Duluth, 7:07 p.m. CT ^ Ice Breaker Tournament, Denver, Colo. *Denver 2, at St. Cloud State 3 (OT) @ Brice Alaksa Goal Rush, Fairbanks, Alaska *Colorado College 2, at Western Michigan 4 Friday, Feb. 24 $ College Hockey Showdown at MSG, New York City *Miami 3, at Omaha 3 (MU wins 3x3 OT) *Miami at Minnesota Duluth, 7:07 p.m. CT % Florida College Hockey Classic, Estero, Fla. *Minnesota Duluth 5, at North Dakota 3 *Omaha at North Dakota, 7:37 p.m. CT # Great Lakes Invitational, Detroit, Mich. *St. Cloud State at Denver, 8:00 p.m. MT + Desert Hockey Classic, Prescott Valley, Ariz. Saturday, Jan. 21 *Western Michigan at Colorado College, 7:37 p.m. MT & North Star College Cup, St. Paul, Minn. *Denver 3, at St. Cloud State 1 *Colorado College 0, at Western Michigan 3 Saturday, Feb. 25 *Miami 0, at Omaha 2 *Omaha at North Dakota, 7:07 p.m. CT All dates and times are subject to change *Minnesota Duluth 4, at North Dakota 0 *St. Cloud State at Denver, 7:00 p.m. MT All times are local to site *Western Michigan at Colorado College, 6:07 p.m. MT Friday, Jan. 27 *Western Michigan 2, at Miami 1 Friday, March 3 *Omaha 3, at Denver 5 *Denver at Omaha, 7:30 p.m. CT *North Dakota 5, at Colorado College 2 *Colorado College at St. Cloud State, 7:37 p.m. CT &St. Cloud State 2, Bemidji State 1 *North Dakota at Miami, 7:35 p.m. ET &Minnesota Duluth 3, Minnesota 2 *Minnesota Duluth at Western Michigan, 7:00 p.m. ET
Saturday, Jan. 28 Saturday, March 4 *Western Michigan 3, at Miami 4 *Denver at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT *Omaha 0, at Denver 5 *Colorado College at St. Cloud State, 7:07 p.m. CT *North Dakota 0, at Colorado College 3 *North Dakota at Miami, 7:05 p.m. ET &Minnesota Duluth 2, St. Cloud State 1 (OT) *Minnesota Duluth at Western Michigan, 7:00 p.m. ET
February 6-12, 2017 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 15 Last Week’s Box Scores
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3
College Hockey Box Score (Final) Referees: Todd Anderson Game Start: 7:07 Omaha at Minnesota Duluth Andy Thackaberry Game End: 9:37 Friday, February 3, 2017 Linesmen: Nick Biondich Game Length: 2:30 Minnesota Duluth Wins Shootout 10 (1 Rounds) Dana Penkivech Attendance: 6243
Scoring 1st 2nd 3rd OT Final Shots on Goal 1st 2nd 3rd OT SOG PP PP % PIM SHGF Omaha 0 1 1 0 2 Omaha 3 12 10 0 25 Omaha 1/2 .500 6/12 0 Minnesota Duluth 0 2 0 0 2 Minnesota Duluth 5 15 14 5 39 Minnesota Duluth 1/4 .250 4/8 0
# Prd Time Team Score Type Scored By Assists Offense On Ice Defense On Ice 17,18,20,12,21 11,3,24,18,10 1 2nd 0:12 MND 10 EV Dominic Toninato (7) Willie Raskob/4, Carson Soucy/12 19,15,7,14,21,G35 10,16,12,5,4,G35 22,23,14,11,27 2 2nd 10:35 UNO 11 PP Luc Snuggerud (9) Austin Ortega/20, Tyler Vesel/16 4,16,13,10,12,G35 14,21,19,15,G35 3 2nd 19:05 MND 21 PP Dominic Toninato (8) Joey Anderson/16, Neal Pionk/16 19,13,4,14,7,G35 28,10,24,22,G35 3,22,28,27,18 4 3rd 1:32 UNO 22 EV GT Ian Brady (3) Fredrik Olofsson/10, Tyler Vesel/17 24,28,20,10,G35 13,3,4,7,G35 23,14,22,27,11 19,16,20,6,14 ## Omaha G A P PIM SOG +/ ## Minnesota Duluth G A P PIM SOG +/ 4 Luc Snuggerud 1 0 1 1/2 1 1 3 Dan Molenaar 0 0 0 0/0 0 1 5 Joel Messner 0 0 0 0/0 2 1 4 Neal Pionk 0 1 1 1/2 4 1 7 Colin Grannary 0 0 0 0/0 3 E 5 Nick Wolff 0 0 0 0/0 0 E St. Cloud State North Dakota 9 Riley Alferd 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 7 Adam Johnson 0 0 0 0/0 4 E 10 Tyler Vesel 0 2 2 0/0 0 E 8 Kyle Osterberg 0 0 0 0/0 2 E 11 Mason Morelli 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 10 Brenden Kotyk 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 12 David Pope 0 0 0 0/0 0 1 11 Avery Peterson 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 13 Jake Randolph 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 13 Joey Anderson 0 1 1 0/0 8 1 14 Teemu Pulkkinen 0 0 0 0/0 3 E 14 Alex Iafallo 0 0 0 0/0 4 +1 16 Austin Ortega 0 1 1 1/2 5 1 15 Willie Raskob 0 1 1 0/0 0 +1 18 Dean Stewart 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 16 Billy Exell 0 0 0 0/0 2 E 20 Ryan Jones 0 0 0 2/4 3 +1 19 Dominic Toninato 2 0 2 0/0 6 +1 21 Ryan Galt 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 20 Karson Kuhlman 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 22 Jordan Klehr 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 21 Carson Soucy 0 1 1 1/2 4 +1 24 Ian Brady 1 0 1 0/0 1 +1 22 Jared Thomas 0 0 0 1/2 1 E 25 Justin Parizek 0 0 0 1/2 2 E 26 Jade Miller 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 26 Steven Spinner 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 27 Riley Tufte 0 0 0 1/2 1 E 28 Fredrik Olofsson 0 1 1 1/2 1 +1 28 Sammy Spurrell 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 33 G Kris Oldham Did Not Play 32 G Hunter Shepard Did Not Play 35 G Evan Weninger 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 35 G Hunter Miska 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 37 G Nick Deery Did Not Play Omaha Totals 2 4 6 6/12 25 E Minnesota Duluth Totals 2 4 6 4/8 39 E ## Goaltending MIN GA 1 2 3 OT Saves ## Goaltending MIN GA 1 2 3 OT Saves 35 Evan Weninger (T, 964) 64:41 2 5 13 14 5 37 35 Hunter Miska (T, 1643) 65:00 2 3 11 9 0 23 Empty Net 0:19 0 St. Cloud State North Dakota Prd Player Team Min Infraction Time Prd Player Team Min Infraction Time 1st Fredrik Olofsson UNO 2 Goaltender Interference 16:47 2nd Ryan Jones UNO 2 Interference 12:12 1st Jared Thomas MND 2 Hooking 16:47 2nd Ryan Jones UNO 2 Slashing 18:15 1st Carson Soucy MND 2 Elbowing 17:40 2nd Justin Parizek UNO 2 Slashing 19:55 2nd Luc Snuggerud UNO 2 Slashing 0:12 2nd Riley Tufte MND 2 Roughing 19:55 2nd Neal Pionk MND 2 Slashing 10:03 3rd Austin Ortega UNO 2 Goaltender Interference 10:50 Shootout Summary UNO MND Shootout Attempt by UNO Jake Randolph Saved by MND Goaltender Hunter Miska 0 0 Round 1 Shootout Goal by MND Alex Iafallo, against UNO Goaltender Evan Weninger 0 1 New Records: Minnesota Duluth 1755, Omaha 14105 Three Stars: 1. Dominic Toninato (Minnesota Duluth) 2. Evan Weninger (Omaha) 3. Hunter Miska (Minnesota Duluth) Hockey Game Box Score (Final) Arizona State vs #9 Western Michigan (Feb 03, 2017 at Kalamazoo, Mich.)
Arizona State (10-19-2) vs. Western Michigan (15-7-3) Date: Feb 03, 2017 • Location: Kalamazoo, Mich. • Arena: Lawson Ice Arena Attendance: 2123 • Start time: 7:05 pm • End time: 9:25 pm • Total time: 2:20
Prd Time Team Scored by Assists Vis. on ice Home on ice Goals by Period 1. 1st 08:06 WMU EV Colt Conrad/7 Wade Allison/10 8,16,4,44,13 29,27,16,28,13 Team 1 2 3 Tot Hugh McGing/7 ASU 0 1 1 2 2. 2nd 11:50 ASU EV Anthony Croston/10 Liam McGing/7 18,24,29,32,12 7,12,6,20,19 WMU 1 1 2 4 3. 2nd 17:59 WMU PP Colt Conrad/8 Taylor Fleming/15 24,12,39,27 29,20,27,17,16 Wade Allison Shots by Period 4. 3rd 07:28 ASU PP Wade Murphy/9 Robbie Baillarge/12 15,9,39,10,32 17,8,13,20 Team 1 2 3 Tot Brinson Pasichnuk/7 ASU 12 10 10 32 5. 3rd 08:25 WMU EV Corey Schueneman/3 Wade Allison/11 18,29,12,44,32 6,27,16,29,20 WMU 16 13 10 39 Hugh McGing/8 6. 3rd 19:47 WMU EN Griffen Molino/8 Aaron Hadley/3 10,9,15,32,39,29 17,23,8,15,28 Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) TEAM SUMMARY Prd ASU WMU 1st 0-0 (0) 0-0 (0) # Arizona State G A Pim Sh +/- Bl # Western Michigan G A Pim Sh +/- Bl 2nd 0-0 (0) 1-1 (1) 4 Edward McGovern 0 0 0 2 -1 2 4 Luke Bafia 0 0 2 0 0 2 3rd 1-1 (2) 0-2 (2) 8 Joe Lappin 0 0 0 1 -1 0 6 Corey Schueneman 1 0 0 5 0 1 Total 1-1 (2) 1-3 (3) 9 Robbie Baillargeon 0 1 0 4 -1 0 7 Matheson Iacopelli 0 0 0 2 -1 1 10 Tyler Busch 0 0 0 2 -1 1 8 Sheldon Dries 0 0 0 5 +1 4 Penalties-Minutes by Prd 11 Jack Rowe 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Lawton Courtnall 0 0 0 0 0 0 Prd ASU WMU 1st 0-0 0-0 12 Dylan Hollman 0 0 0 2 0 1 12 Aidan Muir 0 0 0 2 -1 0 2nd 2-4 1-2 13 Riley Simpson 0 0 0 1 -1 1 13 Neal Goff 0 0 0 1 +1 1 3rd 2-4 1-2 15 Wade Murphy 1 0 0 3 -1 0 14 Jade McMullen 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total 4-8 2-4 16 Ryan Belonger 0 0 0 1 -1 1 15 Scott Moldenhauer 0 0 2 3 +1 0 18 Anthony Croston 1 0 0 4 0 0 16 Hugh McGing 0 2 0 4 +2 0 Three stars: 24 Liam McGing 0 1 2 1 +1 0 17 Griffen Molino 1 0 0 2 +1 1 1. Colt Conrad 27 Brett Gruber 0 0 0 2 0 1 19 Frederik Tiffels 0 0 0 5 -1 0 2. Ben Blacker 28 Steenn Pasichnuk 0 0 2 1 0 0 20 Taylor Fleming 0 1 0 1 0 0 3. Joey Daccord 29 Jakob Stridsberg 0 0 0 1 -1 0 23 Aaron Hadley 0 1 0 1 +1 0 32 Louie Rowe 0 0 0 2 -1 0 26 Michael Rebry 0 0 0 2 0 0 Officials: 39 Brinson Pasichnuk 0 1 2 3 -1 3 27 Wade Allison 0 3 0 1 +2 0 Referee:#2 Dan Dreger 44 Joey Raats 0 0 2 1 -2 0 28 Cam Lee 0 0 0 1 +2 1 Referee:#9 Matt Miller 47 Nicholas Gushue 0 0 0 1 0 0 29 Colt Conrad 2 0 0 3 +2 1 Linesman:#71 Brent Gawlik 31 Ryland Pashovitz dnp 1 Collin Olson dnp Linesman:#52 John Philo Scorer:Adam Bodnar 38 Robert Levin dnp 35 Trevor Gorsuch dnp Totals 2 3 8 32 -11 10 Totals 4 7 4 39 +10 12
GOALTENDERS ## Arizona State Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves ## Western Michigan Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves 35 Joey Daccord L 59:26 3 15 12 8 35 33 Ben Blacker W 60:00 2 12 9 9 30 EMPTY NET 0:34 1 0 0 0 0
PENALTY SUMMARY
Prd Player Team MinOffense Time Prd Player Team MinOffense Time 2nd Scott Moldenhauer WMU 2.Unsportsmanlike Conduct 06:04 3rd Luke Bafia WMU 2.Holding 06:30 PP 2nd Steenn Pasichnuk ASU 2.Unsportsmanlike Conduct 06:04 3rd Brinson Pasichnuk ASU 2.Interference 09:48 PP 2nd Joey Raats ASU 2.Tripping 17:09 PP 3rd Liam McGing ASU 2.Tripping 12:30 PP Win-Ben Blacker (10-2-0). Loss-Joey Daccord (3-8-0). WMU Timeout 9:24 3rd Period ASU Timeout 19:13 3rd Period
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4
College Hockey Box Score (Final) Referees: Joe Sullivan (21) Game Start: 7:07 St. Cloud State at North Dakota Timm Walsh (17) Game End: 9:23 College Hockey Box Score (Final) Referees: Todd Anderson Game Start: 7:07 Saturday, February 4, 2017 Linesmen: Mike Eslinger (49) Game Length: 2:16 Omaha at Minnesota Duluth Andy Thackaberry Game End: 9:23 Saturday, February 4, 2017 Linesmen: Nick Biondich Game Length: 2:16 Tyler Liffrig (40) Attendance: 11774 Dana Penkivech Attendance: 7008
Scoring 1st 2nd 3rd OT Final Shots on Goal 1st 2nd 3rd OT SOG PP PP % PIM SHGF Scoring 1st 2nd 3rd Final Shots on Goal 1st 2nd 3rd SOG PP PP % PIM SHGF St. Cloud State 1 0 0 0 1 St. Cloud State 8 7 6 0 21 St. Cloud State 1/5 .200 1/2 0 Omaha 0 0 0 0 Omaha 7 9 11 27 Omaha 0/4 .000 8/27 0 North Dakota 0 1 0 1 2 North Dakota 7 12 6 1 26 North Dakota 0/1 .000 6/20 0 Minnesota Duluth 1 2 2 5 Minnesota Duluth 12 12 11 35 Minnesota Duluth 2/4 .500 8/27 0
# Prd Time Team Score Type Scored By Assists Offense On Ice Defense On Ice # Prd Time Team Score Type Scored By Assists Offense On Ice Defense On Ice 1 1st 11:25 STC 10 PP Mikey Eyssimont (11) Jacob Benson/8, Jack Ahcan/14 19,42,17,12,23,G1 9,14,3,6,G33 1 1st 12:28 MND 10 EV GW Adam Johnson (11) Willie Raskob/5 15,21,7,19,14,G35 18,16,11,10,22,G35 2 2nd 14:10 NDK 11 EV Mike Gornall (1) Shane Gersich/15, Brock Boeser/12 13,19,16,28,20,G33 12,21,20,18,17,G1 2 2nd 6:25 MND 20 PP Alex Iafallo (13) Dominic Toninato/8, Joey Anderson/17 14,13,19,4,7,G35 11,24,20,26,G35 3 OT 0:41 NDK 21 EV GW Mike Gornall (2) Rhett Gardner/10 13,22,26,20,28,G33 22,17,21,27,18,G1 3 2nd 8:01 MND 30 PP Joey Anderson (7) Adam Johnson/12, Neal Pionk/17 7,4,14,19,13,G35 16,4,5,28,G35 4 3rd 12:50 MND 40 EV Avery Peterson (5) Brenden Kotyk/8, Riley Tufte/4 11,10,27,4,20,G35 18,28,14,4,25,G35 ## St. Cloud State G A P PIM SOG +/ ## North Dakota G A P PIM SOG +/ 5 3rd 17:31 MND 50 EV Neal Pionk (6) Alex Iafallo/16, Dominic Toninato/9 4,14,19,7,21,G35 28,5,14,22,25,G35 3 Jack Poehling 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 3 Tucker Poolman 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 4 Ben Storm 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 4 Andrew Peski 0 0 0 0/0 0 E ## Omaha G A P PIM SOG +/ ## Minnesota Duluth G A P PIM SOG +/ 5 Nathan Widman 0 0 0 1/2 0 E 6 Colton Poolman 0 0 0 0/0 3 E 4 Luc Snuggerud 0 0 0 1/2 4 1 3 Dan Molenaar 0 0 0 0/0 2 E 5 Joel Messner 0 0 0 1/2 0 1 4 Neal Pionk 1 1 2 0/0 3 +2 8 Nick Poehling 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 7 Zach Yon 0 0 0 0/0 2 E 7 Colin Grannary 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 5 Nick Wolff 0 0 0 1/2 1 E 10 Jon Lizotte 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 9 Dixon Bowen 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 9 Riley Alferd 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 7 Adam Johnson 1 1 2 0/0 2 +2 11 Ryan Poehling 0 0 0 0/0 2 E 10 Johnny Simonson 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 10 Tyler Vesel 0 0 0 0/0 0 1 8 Kyle Osterberg 0 0 0 1/2 2 E 12 Jack Ahcan 0 1 1 0/0 0 1 11 Trevor Olson 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 11 Mason Morelli 0 0 0 0/0 1 1 10 Brenden Kotyk 0 1 1 0/0 0 +1 14 Patrick Newell 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 13 Mike Gornall 2 0 2 0/0 3 +2 13 Jake Randolph 0 0 0 1/2 1 E 11 Avery Peterson 1 0 1 0/0 3 +1 17 Jacob Benson 0 1 1 0/0 3 2 14 Austin Poganski 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 14 Teemu Pulkkinen 0 0 0 0/0 3 2 13 Joey Anderson 1 1 2 0/0 2 E 18 Judd Peterson 0 0 0 0/0 1 2 16 Brock Boeser 0 1 1 1/2 2 +1 16 Austin Ortega 0 0 0 0/0 3 1 14 Alex Iafallo 1 1 2 0/0 4 +2 19 Mikey Eyssimont 1 0 1 0/0 5 E 18 Chris Wilkie 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 18 Dean Stewart 0 0 0 0/0 0 2 15 Willie Raskob 0 1 1 0/0 1 +1 20 Will Borgen 0 0 0 0/0 1 1 19 Shane Gersich 0 1 1 0/0 2 +1 19 Tristan Keck 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 16 Billy Exell 0 0 0 0/0 3 E 21 Jake Wahlin 0 0 0 0/0 2 2 20 Gage Ausmus 0 0 0 0/0 2 +2 20 Ryan Jones 0 0 0 2/15 0 E 17 Blake Young 0 0 0 1/2 1 E 22 Jimmy Schuldt 0 0 0 0/0 0 1 22 Rhett Gardner 0 1 1 2/12 1 +1 21 Ryan Galt 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 19 Dominic Toninato 0 2 2 2/4 3 +2 23 Robby Jackson 0 0 0 0/0 2 E 24 Christian Wolanin 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 22 Jordan Klehr 0 0 0 0/0 2 2 20 Karson Kuhlman 0 0 0 0/0 2 +1 27 Dennis Cholowski 0 0 0 0/0 1 1 26 Cole Smith 0 0 0 1/2 5 +1 24 Ian Brady 0 0 0 2/4 3 E 21 Carson Soucy 0 0 0 0/0 0 +2 42 Blake Winiecki 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 27 Ludvig Hoff 0 0 0 1/2 2 E 25 Justin Parizek 0 0 0 1/2 5 2 22 Jared Thomas 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 67 Daniel Tedesco 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 28 Hayden Shaw 0 0 0 1/2 1 +2 26 Steven Spinner 0 0 0 0/0 2 E 27 Riley Tufte 0 1 1 1/2 4 +1 1 G Jeff Smith 0 0 0 0/0 0 2 30 G Matt Hrynkiw Did Not Play 28 Fredrik Olofsson 0 0 0 0/0 1 2 28 Sammy Spurrell 0 0 0 2/15 2 E 33 G Zach Driscoll Did Not Play 33 G Cam Johnson 0 0 0 0/0 0 +2 33 G Kris Oldham Did Not Play 32 G Hunter Shepard Did Not Play St. Cloud State Totals 1 2 3 1/2 21 2 North Dakota Totals 2 3 5 6/20 26 +2 35 G Evan Weninger 0 0 0 0/0 0 3 35 G Hunter Miska 0 0 0 0/0 0 +3 37 G Nick Deery Did Not Play ## Goaltending MIN GA 1 2 3 OT Saves ## Goaltending MIN GA 1 2 3 OT Saves Omaha Totals 0 0 0 8/27 27 3 Minnesota Duluth Totals 5 9 14 8/27 35 +3 1 Jeff Smith (L, 780) 60:35 2 7 11 6 0 24 33 Cam Johnson (W, 1483) 60:41 1 7 7 6 0 20 ## Goaltending MIN GA 1 2 3 Saves ## Goaltending MIN GA 1 2 3 Saves Empty Net 0:06 0 35 Evan Weninger (L, 974) 60:00 5 11 10 9 30 35 Hunter Miska (W, 1743) 60:00 0 7 9 11 27 Prd Player Team Min Infraction Time Prd Player Team Min Infraction Time Prd Player Team Min Infraction Time Prd Player Team Min Infraction Time 1st Rhett Gardner NDK 2 Roughing 10:35 2nd Brock Boeser NDK 2 Boarding 18:00 1st Nick Wolff MND 2 Slashing 2:28 2nd Sammy Spurrell MND 5 FACEMASKING 8:42 1st Rhett Gardner NDK 10 Misconduct 11:25 3rd Ludvig Hoff NDK 2 Hooking 6:56 1st Dominic Toninato MND 2 Tripping 17:29 2nd Sammy Spurrell MND 10 Game Misconduct 8:42 1st Nathan Widman STC 2 CrossChecking 11:57 3rd Cole Smith NDK 2 Hooking 14:21 1st Dominic Toninato MND 2 Slashing 19:51 2nd Blake Young MND 2 Roughing 8:42 2nd Hayden Shaw NDK 2 Interference 6:10 2nd Joel Messner UNO 2 HighSticking 6:11 2nd Luc Snuggerud UNO 2 HighSticking 18:43 New Records: North Dakota 15113, St. Cloud State 13141 2nd Jake Randolph UNO 2 Slashing 7:50 3rd Justin Parizek UNO 2 CrossChecking 0:04 Three Stars: 1. Mike Gornall (North Dakota) 2. Jeff Smith (St. Cloud State) 3. Cam Johnson (North Dakota) 2nd Ryan Jones UNO 5 FACEMASKING 8:42 3rd Riley Tufte MND 2 CrossChecking 0:04 2nd Ryan Jones UNO 10 Game Misconduct 8:42 3rd Kyle Osterberg MND 2 Tripping 6:27 2nd Ian Brady UNO 2 Roughing 8:42 3rd Ian Brady UNO 2 Tripping 14:36
New Records: Minnesota Duluth 1855, Omaha 14115 Three Stars: 1. Hunter Miska (Minnesota Duluth) 2. Adam Johnson (Minnesota Duluth) 3. Neal Pionk (Minnesota Duluth)
Hockey Game Box Score (Final) Arizona State vs #9 Western Michigan (Feb 04, 2017 at Kalamazoo, Mich.)
Arizona State (10-19-3) vs. Western Michigan (15-7-4) Date: Feb 04, 2017 • Location: Kalamazoo, Mich. • Arena: Lawson Ice Arena Attendance: 2839 • Start time: 7:05 pm • End time: 9:53 pm • Total time: 2:48
Prd Time Team Scored by Assists Vis. on ice Home on ice Goals by Period 1. 2nd 08:06 ASU EV Tyler Busch/9 Brett Gruber/9 10,27,24,8,29 16,28,19,12,15 Team 1 2 3 OT Tot 2. 2nd 09:19 WMU EV Colt Conrad/9 - 18,32,2,47,12 29,6,16,20,27 ASU 0 1 1 0 2 3. 3rd 15:13 ASU EV Jack Rowe/4 Louie Rowe/10 11,32,47,39,29 29,16,15,28,27 WMU 0 1 1 0 2 4. 3rd 19:05 WMU EX Wade Allison/11 Colt Conrad/7 32,29,18,12,39 27,29,16,9,19,6 Scott Moldenhauer/7 Shots by Period Team 1 2 3 OT Tot TEAM SUMMARY ASU 10 8 11 4 33 # Arizona State G A Pim Sh +/- Bl # Western Michigan G A Pim Sh +/- Bl WMU 13 19 17 3 52 2 Drew Newmeyer 0 0 0 0 -1 0 4 Luke Bafia 0 0 0 3 0 1 8 Joe Lappin 0 0 2 0 +1 0 6 Corey Schueneman 0 0 0 1 +2 1 Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) 9 Robbie Baillargeon 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 Matheson Iacopelli 0 0 0 3 0 0 Prd ASU WMU 10 Tyler Busch 1 0 0 6 +1 0 8 Sheldon Dries 0 0 0 6 0 3 1st 0-2 (5) 0-0 (0) 11 Jack Rowe 1 0 0 2 +1 0 9 Chris Dienes 0 0 0 2 +1 1 2nd 0-1 (1) 0-1 (0) 12 Dylan Hollman 0 0 0 3 -2 2 10 Lawton Courtnall 0 0 0 0 0 1 3rd 0-1 (1) 0-0 (0) 13 Riley Simpson 0 0 0 1 0 1 12 Aidan Muir 0 0 2 2 -1 0 OT 0-0 (0) 0-0 (0) 15 Wade Murphy 0 0 0 4 0 0 13 Neal Goff 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 0-4 (7) 0-1 (0) 16 Ryan Belonger 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 Scott Moldenhauer 0 1 0 1 -2 0 18 Anthony Croston 0 0 0 2 -2 1 16 Hugh McGing 0 0 2 4 0 1 Penalties-Minutes by Prd Prd ASU WMU 22 Jake Clifford 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 Griffen Molino 0 0 0 5 0 3 1st 0-0 2-4 24 Liam McGing 0 0 0 0 +1 1 19 Frederik Tiffels 0 0 0 1 0 0 2nd 1-2 1-2 27 Brett Gruber 0 1 0 1 +1 0 20 Taylor Fleming 0 0 0 2 +1 2 3rd 0-0 1-2 28 Steenn Pasichnuk 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 Mike McKee 0 0 4 1 0 0 OT 0-0 0-0 29 Jakob Stridsberg 0 0 0 0 +1 4 23 Aaron Hadley 0 0 0 5 0 0 Total 1-2 4-8 32 Louie Rowe 0 1 0 3 -1 0 27 Wade Allison 1 0 0 10 +1 0 39 Brinson Pasichnuk 0 0 0 4 0 3 28 Cam Lee 0 0 0 2 -2 4 Three stars: 47 Nicholas Gushue 0 0 0 1 0 1 29 Colt Conrad 1 1 0 4 +1 0 1. Joey Daccord 31 Ryland Pashovitz dnp 1 Collin Olson dnp 2. Ben Blacker 38 Robert Levin dnp 35 Trevor Gorsuch dnp 3. Wade Allison Totals 2 2 2 33 0 14 Totals 2 2 8 52 +1 17 Officials: Referee:#2 Dan Dreger Referee:#9 Matt Miller Linesman:#71 Brent Gawlik Linesman:#52 John Philo Scorer:Stefan Sekula
GOALTENDERS ## Arizona State Dec Min GA 1 2 3 OT Saves ## Western Michigan Dec Min GA 1 2 3 OT Saves 35 Joey Daccord T 64:56 2 13 18 16 3 50 33 Ben Blacker T 64:38 2 10 7 10 4 31 EMPTY NET 0:04 0 0 0 0 0 0 EMPTY NET 0:22 0 0 0 0 0 0
PENALTY SUMMARY
Prd Player Team MinOffense Time Prd Player Team MinOffense Time 1st Mike McKee WMU 2.Elbowing 09:18 PP 2nd Mike McKee WMU 2.Slashing 14:55 PP 1st Hugh McGing WMU 2.Goaltender Interference 16:14 PP 3rd Aidan Muir WMU 2.Kneeing 11:46 PP 2nd Joe Lappin ASU 2.Interference 02:38 PP Arizona State-Joey Daccord (3-8-1). Western Michigan-Ben Blacker (10-2-1). Timeout: WMU 14:00 2nd / ASU 14:08 3rd 2OT Shots: ASU 2 / WMU 4 2OT Penalties: ASU 0-0 / WMU 1-10 2OT Power Plays: ASU 0-0 / WMU 0-0
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FRIDAY, FEB. 3 SATURDAY, FEB. 4
espite only half the National Collegiate Hockey Conference ational Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) fans were treated D(NCHC) playing conference games Friday night, the standings Nto plenty of bonus hockey Saturday night as two of the three crept even tighter in the middle of the pack, where places three games required extra time, while the third ended in a shutout. With through seven are now separated by only five points and places No. 2/2 Denver idle, top-ranked Minnesota Duluth extended its first- four through seven just two points. St. Cloud State avenged being place lead in the NCHC to five points with a 5-0 shutout of Omaha swept at home by No. 13/12 North Dakota earlier this season with as freshman Hunter Miska pitched his fifth shutout of the year. In a 3-1 win in Grand Forks to inch within one point of fourth place. the only other conference game Saturday, No. 13/12 North Dakota Top-ranked Minnesota Duluth collected two points to reclaim sole erased a deficit and scored in overtime to pick up a 2-1 win over St. possession of first place in the NCHC with a 2-2 overtime tie and Cloud State at home and earn a weekend split. In the final non-con- shootout win against Omaha in Duluth. In non-conference play, No. ference game this regular season involving an NCHC team, No. 9/9 9/9 Western Michigan remained unbeaten outside NCHC play with a Western Michigan rallied in the final minute of regulation to earn a 4-2 win over Arizona State in the programs’ first meeting. 2-2 overtime tie with Arizona State. NCHC teams combined to finish with a 48-21-14 record in non-conference play this season, with Returning half of the favor from being swept at home in November, the .663 win percentage tops among the six NCAA Division I men’s St. Cloud State topped No. 13/12 North Dakota, 3-1, Friday night conferences for the third straight season. at Ralph Engelstad Arena. The Huskies (13-13-1, 7-9-1-0 NCHC) broke the deadlock midway through the first period when sopho- Setting a record in the process, No. 1/1 Minnesota Duluth blanked more forward and Grand Forks native Jacob Benson scored from be- Omaha, 5-0, Saturday at AMSOIL Arena in the series finale to hind the goal line, banking the puck off the goaltender’s stick. SCSU complete a five-point weekend. Freshman goaltender Hunter Miska then doubled its lead 6:05 into the second stanza when sophomore totaled 27 saves to pitch his fifth shutout of the season, which ties defenseman Jimmy Schuldt blasted a shot into the net. The Fighting for the NCAA lead and ties the UMD single-season record. Five Hawks (14-11-3, 7-9-1-1/0 NCHC) closed within one on a power play different Bulldogs recorded a goal with sophomore forward Adam goal from junior defenseman Tucker Poolman, who knocked in a Johnson scoring the game-winner midway through the first peri- rebound midway through the final frame, but the Huskies answered od, while UMD (18-5-5, 12-4-2-1/1 NCHC) added a pair of power 28 seconds later to seal the victory. Sophomore forward Robby Jack- play goals in the second stanza and the final two goals in the final son dished out two primary assists, including banking the third goal frame. Johnson, senior forward Alex Iafallo, freshman forward Joey off freshman forward Ryan Poehling’s facemask. Despite the loss, Anderson and sophomore defenseman Neal Pionk all finished with a UND outshot St. Cloud State, 29-19, but freshman Jeff Smith made goal and an assist in the win. The Bulldogs outshot Omaha (14-11- 28 saves for SCSU. 5, 7-9-2-0 NCHC), 35-27, in the victory. UMD is off next weekend before heading west for a series at Colorado College Feb. 17-18, With No. 2/2 Denver idle, top-ranked Minnesota Duluth moved while the Mavericks return home to host No. 9/9 Western Michigan back into sole possession of first place in the NCHC by picking up next weekend. two points in a 2-2 overtime tie and shootout win against Omaha at AMSOIL Arena. After a scoreless first frame, the teams traded three Using some overtime heroics from an unlikely source, No. 13/12 goals in the second stanza. Senior forward Dominic Toninato scored North Dakota snapped a three-game home losing streak by edging two goals in the period for UMD (17-5-5, 11-4-2-1/1 NCHC), scoring St. Cloud State, 2-1, in extra time Saturday at Ralph Engelstad Are- in the first and last minutes of the period, while junior defenseman na. The Huskies (13-14-1, 7-10-1-0 NCHC) grabbed a 1-0 lead on a Luc Snuggerud scored on the power play for the Mavericks (14-10- power play goal from sophomore forward Mikey Eyssimont midway 5, 7-8-2-0 NCHC) midway through the period. Omaha then tied through the first frame, but fellow sophomore forward Mike Gornall the game on senior defenseman Ian Brady’s tally early in the third pulled the Fighting Hawks (15-11-3, 8-9-1-1/0 NCHC) even in the period. After a scoreless 5-on-5 overtime, resulting in an official tie, second period with his first goal of the season. After neither team and 3-on-3 overtime, the game went to a sudden death shootout scored in the third period, the game went to overtime where Gornall where senior forward Alex Iafallo scored in the first round to give scored his second of the night only 41 ticks into the extra session to UMD the extra standings point. The Bulldogs outshot Omaha, 39-25, lift UND to the victory. It was Gornall’s first career multi-goal game in the game, but sophomore goalie Evan Weninger made 37 stops as he entered the night with one goal in his career. North Dakota for UNO. outshot SCSU, 26-21, in the win. The Huskies are back in action next weekend, hosting Miami, while the Fighting Hawks are idle until heading to No. 9/9 Western Michigan Feb. 17-18. In the first ever meeting between Arizona State andNo. 9/9 West- ern Michigan, the Sun Devils gave WMU everything it could handle In the final non-conference game of the regular season involving an but the Broncos pulled away for a 4-2 win at Lawson Ice Arena. NCHC team, No. 9/9 Western Michigan rallied late to pick up an Sophomore forward Colt Conrad notched the first two goals for the exciting 2-2 overtime tie against Arizona State Saturday at Lawson Broncos (15-7-3), the second of which came on the power play Ice Arena. After a scoreless first period, the Sun Devils (10-19-3) late in the second period to break a 1-1 tie. The Sun Devils (10- grabbed the lead eight minutes into the second stanza, but soph- 19-2) again pulled even with their own power play goal in the third omore forward Colt Conrad answered 1:13 later with an unassisted period, but sophomore defenseman Corey Schueneman buried the tally to pull the Broncos (15-7-4) level. ASU again took the lead game-winner a minute later for WMU, which added an empty-net- when Jack Rowe scored with less than five minutes to play, but ter to seal the win. Freshman forward Wade Allison dished out a WMU again had an answer as freshman forward Wade Allison scored career-high three assists in the victory that keeps WMU unbeaten in with an extra attacker with 54 seconds remaining in regulation to non-conference play. The Broncos outshot ASU, 39-32. tie the game and force overtime, where neither team scored during the 5-on-5 extra session. Conrad set up Allison’s game-tying marker for a two-point night. WMU outshot Arizona State, 52-33, in the tie, but Joey Daccord made 50 saves in net for ASU. The Broncos return to NCHC play next weekend at Omaha.
18 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey February 6-12, 2017 NCHC Overall Scoring Leaders
Scoring GP GAP PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/ NHL 1 Austin Ortega UNO SR F 30 172037 1.23 12/24 4 1 3 1 +3 2 Shane Gersich NDK SO F 29 181533 1.14 7/14 4 0 3 1 +16 WSH 3 Anthony Louis MIA SR F 26 131831 1.19 8/16 3 0 2 0 +3 CHI 4 Alex Iafallo MND SR W 28 131629 1.04 7/14 4 0 3 1 +17 Tyler Vesel UNO JR F 30 121729 0.97 3/6 7 1 1 0 3 EDM 6 Kiefer Sherwood MIA SO F 26 101828 1.08 6/12 4 1 2 0 +1 7 Henrik Borgström DEN FR F 22 141125 1.14 5/10 7 0 2 0 +13 FLA Dylan Gambrell DEN SO F 23 71825 1.09 5/21 3 0 1 0 +10 SJS Luc Snuggerud UNO JR D 30 91625 0.83 14/28 5 1 1 0 2 CHI 10 Tyson Jost NDK FR F 22 111324 1.09 16/32 4 0 1 0 +13 COL Joey Anderson MND FR F 25 71724 0.96 1/2 1 0 1 0 +6 NJD Mikey Eyssimont STC SO F 28 111324 0.86 10/20 5 0 3 0 4 LOS Will Butcher DEN SR D 28 51924 0.86 7/14 3 0 0 0 +19 COL 14 Brock Boeser NDK SO F 23 111223 1.00 10/20 2 0 1 1 +5 VAN David Pope UNO JR F 25 91423 0.92 6/12 5 1 2 0 +1 DET Wade Allison WMU FR F 26 111223 0.88 10/28 5 0 1 0 +9 PHI Adam Johnson MND SO F 28 111223 0.82 6/12 3 0 3 0 +7 Neal Pionk MND SO D 28 61723 0.82 7/14 3 0 0 0 +19 19 Troy Terry DEN SO F 20 111122 1.10 5/10 1 0 3 0 +14 ANA Josh Melnick MIA SO F 25 81422 0.88 6/12 5 0 2 0 +4 Matheson Iacopelli WMU SO F 26 15722 0.85 6/12 4 0 2 1 E CHI Jake Randolph UNO JR F 27 51722 0.81 3/6 2 0 1 0 3 Blake Winiecki STC JR F 28 111122 0.79 5/10 3 0 1 0 +4 Tucker Poolman NDK JR D 28 51722 0.79 5/10 3 0 1 0 +10 WPG 25 Carson Meyer MIA FR F 22 71421 0.95 5/10 1 0 0 0 +5 Patrick Newell STC SO F 28 31821 0.75 3/6 1 1 0 0 +6
Defenseman Scoring GP GAP PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/ NHL 1 Luc Snuggerud UNO JR D 30 91625 0.83 14/28 5 1 1 0 2 CHI 2 Will Butcher DEN SR D 28 51924 0.86 7/14 3 0 0 0 +19 COL 3 Neal Pionk MND SO D 28 61723 0.82 7/14 3 0 0 0 +19 4 Tucker Poolman NDK JR D 28 51722 0.79 5/10 3 0 1 0 +10 WPG 5 Ian Brady UNO SR D 26 31720 0.77 8/16 2 0 0 0 +5 6 Jack Ahcan STC FR D 24 51419 0.79 2/4 2 0 3 0 +1 7 Corey Schueneman WMU SO D 24 31417 0.71 5/21 1 0 1 0 E 8 Louie Belpedio MIA JR D 20 6915 0.75 15/33 5 1 0 0 4 MIN Taylor Fleming WMU SR D 25 01515 0.60 23/90 0 0 0 0 +2 Christian Wolanin NDK SO D 26 31215 0.58 10/31 1 0 0 0 +4 OTT Carson Soucy MND SR D 28 31215 0.54 18/36 1 0 0 0 +11 MIN 12 Jimmy Schuldt STC SO D 28 4913 0.46 12/24 1 1 1 0 +3 13 Scott Moldenhauer WMU JR D 22 4711 0.50 9/18 2 0 1 0 1 Will Borgen STC SO D 27 2911 0.41 17/40 0 0 0 0 +5 BUF 15 Cam Lee WMU FR D 24 1910 0.42 9/18 0 0 0 0 +6 Dennis Cholowski STC FR D 28 1910 0.36 5/10 1 0 0 0 7 DET
Freshman Scoring GP GAP PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/ NHL 1 Henrik Borgström DEN FR F 22 141125 1.14 5/10 7 0 2 0 +13 FLA 2 Tyson Jost NDK FR F 22 111324 1.09 16/32 4 0 1 0 +13 COL Joey Anderson MND FR F 25 71724 0.96 1/2 1 0 1 0 +6 NJD 4 Wade Allison WMU FR F 26 111223 0.88 10/28 5 0 1 0 +9 PHI 5 Carson Meyer MIA FR F 22 71421 0.95 5/10 1 0 0 0 +5 6 Jack Ahcan STC FR D 24 51419 0.79 2/4 2 0 3 0 +1 7 Alex Berardinelli CC_ FR F 25 6511 0.44 7/14 1 1 0 0 4 Hugh McGing WMU FR F 25 3811 0.44 9/18 1 0 1 0 +4 9 Cam Lee WMU FR D 24 1910 0.42 9/18 0 0 0 0 +6 Gordie Green MIA FR F 26 4610 0.38 3/6 1 0 1 0 4 Ludvig Hoff NDK FR F 27 2810 0.37 11/22 1 0 0 0 +3 Dennis Cholowski STC FR D 28 1910 0.36 5/10 1 0 0 0 7 DET Teemu Pulkkinen UNO FR F 30 4610 0.33 4/8 0 0 1 0 2 14 Riley Tufte MND FR F 24 549 0.38 6/12 1 0 0 0 +8 DAL Nick Halloran CC_ FR F 26 549 0.35 10/20 3 0 2 0 15 Ryan Poehling STC FR F 27 639 0.33 6/12 1 0 2 0 4 Jake Wahlin STC FR F 27 549 0.33 4/8 1 0 1 0 4 Michael Davies DEN FR D 28 279 0.32 6/12 1 0 0 0 +11 Colton Poolman NDK FR D 29 279 0.31 3/6 1 0 1 0 +3
February 6-12, 2017 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 19 NCHC Overall Scoring Leaders
Goal Scoring GP G GPG Assist Scoring GP A APG 1 Shane Gersich NDK SO F 29 18 0.62 1 Austin Ortega UNO SR F 30 20 0.67 2 Austin Ortega UNO SR F 30 17 0.57 2 Will Butcher DEN SR D 28 19 0.68 3 Matheson Iacopelli WMU SO F 26 15 0.58 3 Dylan Gambrell DEN SO F 23 18 0.78 4 Henrik Borgström DEN FR F 22 14 0.64 Anthony Louis MIA SR F 26 18 0.69 5 Anthony Louis MIA SR F 26 13 0.50 Kiefer Sherwood MIA SO F 26 18 0.69 Alex Iafallo MND SR W 28 13 0.46 Patrick Newell STC SO F 28 18 0.64 7 Mason Bergh CC SO F 26 12 0.46 7 Joey Anderson MND FR F 25 17 0.68 Tyler Vesel UNO JR F 30 12 0.40 Ian Brady UNO SR D 26 17 0.65 9 8 Players Tied With 11 Jake Randolph UNO JR F 27 17 0.63 Neal Pionk MND SO D 28 17 0.61 Tucker Poolman NDK JR D 28 17 0.61 Tyler Vesel UNO JR F 30 17 0.57
Power Play Goals GP G GPG Power Play Points GP GAP PPG 1 Henrik Borgström DEN FR F 22 7 0.32 1 Tyler Vesel UNO JR F 30 7916 0.53 Tyler Vesel UNO JR F 30 7 0.23 Austin Ortega UNO SR F 30 41216 0.53 3 Louie Belpedio MIA JR D 20 5 0.25 3 Luc Snuggerud UNO JR D 30 5914 0.47 Josh Melnick MIA SO F 25 5 0.20 4 Jake Randolph UNO JR F 27 21113 0.48 David Pope UNO JR F 25 5 0.20 Will Butcher DEN SR D 28 31013 0.46 Griffen Molino WMU SO F 26 5 0.19 6 Louie Belpedio MIA JR D 20 5712 0.60 Wade Allison WMU FR F 26 5 0.19 Henrik Borgström DEN FR F 22 7512 0.55 Mikey Eyssimont STC SO F 28 5 0.18 Jack Ahcan STC FR D 24 21012 0.50 Luc Snuggerud UNO JR D 30 5 0.17 Kiefer Sherwood MIA SO F 26 4812 0.46 10 11 Players Tied With 4 Anthony Louis MIA SR F 26 3912 0.46 Mikey Eyssimont STC SO F 28 5712 0.43
Shorthanded Goals GP G GPG GameWinning Goals GP G GPG 1 Sam Rothstein CC SR F 26 2 0.08 1 Jarid Lukosevicius DEN SO F 27 5 0.19 Robby Jackson STC SO F 27 2 0.07 2 11 Players Tied With 3 Logan O'Connor DEN SO F 28 2 0.07 Dominic Toninato MND SR C 28 2 0.07 5 22 Players Tied With 1
PlusMinus GP +/ Hat Tricks GP HT 1 Will Butcher DEN SR D 28 +19 1 Brock Boeser NDK SO F 23 1 Neal Pionk MND SO D 28 +19 Joel Janatuinen NDK SO F 26 1 3 Alex Iafallo MND SR W 28 +17 Matheson Iacopelli WMU SO F 26 1 Dominic Toninato MND SR C 28 +17 Robby Jackson STC SO F 27 1 Karson Kuhlman MND JR W 28 +17 Alex Iafallo MND SR W 28 1 6 Brenden Kotyk MND SR D 28 +16 Judd Peterson STC JR F 28 1 Shane Gersich NDK SO F 29 +16 Shane Gersich NDK SO F 29 1 8 Troy Terry DEN SO F 20 +14 Austin Ortega UNO SR F 30 1 Adam Plant DEN JR D 28 +14 10 Henrik Borgström DEN FR F 22 +13 Tyson Jost NDK FR F 22 +13
Blocked Shots GP BLK BLK/G FaceOff Percentage FW FL FO % 1 Jimmy Schuldt STC SO D 28 69 2.46 1 Luke Nogard UNO JR F 52 31 .627 2 Joel Messner UNO JR D 29 68 2.34 2 Tyson Jost NDK FR F 247 152 .619 3 Gage Ausmus NDK SR D 27 58 2.15 3 Matt Marcinew DEN SR F 384 238 .617 4 Will Butcher DEN SR D 28 57 2.04 4 Evan Ritt DEN SR F 122 88 .581 Brenden Kotyk MND SR D 28 57 2.04 5 Ben Storm STC SR F 40 31 .563 6 Adam Plant DEN JR D 28 53 1.89 6 Brock Boeser NDK SO F 96 77 .555 7 Sheldon Dries WMU SR F 26 45 1.73 7 Colt Conrad WMU SO F 183 149 .551 8 Tyler Vesel UNO JR F 30 44 1.47 8 Rhett Gardner NDK SO F 286 240 .544 9 Neal Pionk MND SO D 28 43 1.54 9 Judd Peterson STC JR F 288 245 .540 10 Willie Raskob MND SR D 27 42 1.56 10 Mikey Eyssimont STC SO F 46 41 .529
20 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey February 6-12, 2017 NCHC Overall Goaltending Leaders
Goals Against Average GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % NHL 1 Ben Blacker WMU FR 15 819:58 25 1.83 1021 3 342 .932 2 Tanner Jaillet DEN JR 25 1460:20 46 1.89 1644 0 618 .931 3 Hunter Miska MND FR 25 1488:07 49 1.98 1743 5 627 .928 4 Cam Johnson NDK JR 26 1517:33 57 2.25 1483 3 563 .908 5 Ryan Larkin MIA FR 24 1446:59 61 2.53 896 1 664 .916 6 Jeff Smith STC SO 20 1035:39 44 2.55 780 0 455 .912 7 Evan Weninger UNO SO 21 1201:59 59 2.95 974 2 593 .910 8 Zach Driscoll STC FR 13 651:43 33 3.04 661 1 273 .892 9 Trevor Gorsuch WMU SO 10 547:59 28 3.07 432 0 235 .894 10 Alex Leclerc CC_ FR 22 1235:51 65 3.16 5142 2 583 .900
Save Percentage GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % NHL 1 Ben Blacker WMU FR 15 819:58 25 1.83 1021 3 342 .932 2 Tanner Jaillet DEN JR 25 1460:20 46 1.89 1644 0 618 .931 3 Hunter Miska MND FR 25 1488:07 49 1.98 1743 5 627 .928 4 Ryan Larkin MIA FR 24 1446:59 61 2.53 896 1 664 .916 5 Jeff Smith STC SO 20 1035:39 44 2.55 780 0 455 .912 6 Evan Weninger UNO SO 21 1201:59 59 2.95 974 2 593 .910 7 Cam Johnson NDK JR 26 1517:33 57 2.25 1483 3 563 .908 8 Alex Leclerc CC_ FR 22 1235:51 65 3.16 5142 2 583 .900 9 Trevor Gorsuch WMU SO 10 547:59 28 3.07 432 0 235 .894 10 Zach Driscoll STC FR 13 651:43 33 3.04 661 1 273 .892
Saves GP SVS/G Saves Shutouts GP Shutouts 1 Ryan Larkin MIA FR 24 27.7 664 1 Hunter Miska MND FR 25 5 2 Hunter Miska MND FR 25 25.1 627 2 Ben Blacker WMU FR 15 3 3 Tanner Jaillet DEN JR 25 24.7 618 Cam Johnson NDK JR 26 3 4 Evan Weninger UNO SO 21 28.2 593 4 Evan Weninger UNO SO 21 2 5 Alex Leclerc CC_ FR 22 26.5 583 Alex Leclerc CC_ FR 22 2 6 Cam Johnson NDK JR 26 21.7 563 6 Zach Driscoll STC FR 13 1 7 Jeff Smith STC SO 20 22.8 455 Ryan Larkin MIA FR 24 1 8 Ben Blacker WMU FR 15 22.8 342 9 Zach Driscoll STC FR 13 21.0 273 10 Kris Oldham UNO FR 10 27.2 272 11 Trevor Gorsuch WMU SO 10 23.5 235 12 Evan Cowley DEN SR 7 12.1 85 13 Collin Olson WMU SR 5 16.0 80 14 Derek Shatzer CC_ SR 5 13.8 69 15 Jacob Nehama CC_ SO 3 22.3 67 16 Matt Hrynkiw NDK SR 4 16.2 65 17 Nick Deery MND FR 3 19.0 57 18 Chase Munroe MIA FR 3 15.0 45 19 Hunter Shepard MND FR 1 35.0 35 20 Alex Blankenburg UNO SO 2 7.5 15
February 6-12, 2017 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 21 National Collegiate Hockey Conference Team Overall Stats
TEAM OFFENSE TEAM DEFENSE Team Games Goals G/GM Team Games Goals G/GM 1 Minnesota Duluth 28 90 3.21 1 Denver 28 56 2.00 2 Omaha 30 96 3.20 Minnesota Duluth 28 56 2.00 3 Western Michigan 26 83 3.19 3 North Dakota 29 71 2.45 4 North Dakota 29 91 3.14 4 Western Michigan 26 66 2.54 5 Denver 28 86 3.07 5 Miami 26 71 2.73 6 St. Cloud State 28 80 2.86 6 St. Cloud State 28 80 2.86 7 Miami 26 67 2.58 7 Omaha 30 97 3.23 8 Colorado College 26 56 2.15 8 Colorado College 26 87 3.35
POWER PLAY PENALTY KILL Team Totals SHA PP % Team Totals SHF PK % 1 Omaha 36/147 2 24.5 1 Miami 112/131 2 85.5 2 Western Michigan 31/141 4 22.0 2 St. Cloud State 81/96 4 84.4 3 Denver 27/134 1 20.1 3 North Dakota 107/128 3 83.6 4 St. Cloud State 21/106 1 19.8 4 Western Michigan 118/142 1 83.1 5 Minnesota Duluth 24/124 1 19.4 5 Denver 90/110 2 81.8 6 North Dakota 24/126 5 19.0 6 Colorado College 105/130 5 80.8 7 Miami 23/131 5 17.6 7 Minnesota Duluth 102/128 4 79.7 8 Colorado College 14/137 7 10.2 8 Omaha 109/142 9 76.8
PENALTY MINUTES SHOTS ON GOAL Team Games PIM PIM/G Team Games SOG SOG/G 1 Western Michigan 26 383 14.7 1 Denver 28 964 34.4 2 Miami 26 340 13.1 2 North Dakota 29 961 33.1 3 North Dakota 29 367 12.7 3 Western Michigan 26 837 32.2 4 Colorado College 26 328 12.6 4 Minnesota Duluth 28 901 32.2 5 Minnesota Duluth 28 340 12.1 5 St. Cloud State 28 864 30.9 6 Omaha 30 350 11.7 6 Omaha 30 886 29.5 7 Denver 28 287 10.2 7 Miami 26 693 26.7 8 St. Cloud State 28 248 8.9 8 Colorado College 26 673 25.9
SCORING BY PERIOD GOALS ALLOWED BY PERIOD Team 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Team 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total 1 Omaha 31 25 39 1 96 1 Denver 15 16 24 1 56 2 North Dakota 29 32 29 1 91 Minnesota Duluth 24 20 12 0 56 3 Minnesota Duluth 26 33 29 2 90 3 Western Michigan 25 30 11 0 66 4 Denver 22 41 22 1 86 4 Miami 23 25 23 0 71 5 Western Michigan 28 25 29 1 83 North Dakota 28 14 29 0 71 6 St. Cloud State 25 34 19 2 80 6 St. Cloud State 22 28 26 4 80 7 Miami 18 20 26 3 67 7 Colorado College 27 32 27 1 87 8 Colorado College 26 13 16 1 56 8 Omaha 32 38 27 0 97
SPECIAL TEAMS NET Team PPF SHA PP NET PPA SHF SH NET ST NET 1 Omaha 36 2 +34 33 9 24 +10 2 St. Cloud State 21 1 +20 15 4 11 +9 3 Denver 27 1 +26 20 2 18 +8 4 Western Michigan 31 4 +27 24 1 23 +4 5 Miami 23 5 +18 19 2 17 +1 Minnesota Duluth 24 1 +23 26 4 22 +1 North Dakota 24 5 +19 21 3 18 +1 8 Colorado College 14 7 +7 25 5 20 13
22 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey February 6-12, 2017 NCHC Conference Scoring Leaders
Scoring GP GAP PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/ NHL 1 Alex Iafallo MND SR W 18 91322 1.22 2/4 3 0 2 1 +16 2 Anthony Louis MIA SR F 16 81321 1.31 7/14 1 0 0 0 +3 CHI 3 Austin Ortega UNO SR F 18 81220 1.11 6/12 2 1 1 0 1 4 Kiefer Sherwood MIA SO F 16 61218 1.12 3/6 3 1 0 0 E Shane Gersich NDK SO F 18 13518 1.00 6/12 3 0 1 1 +6 WSH 6 Mikey Eyssimont STC SO F 18 8917 0.94 7/14 3 0 2 0 4 LOS 7 Joey Anderson MND FR F 17 7916 0.94 1/2 1 0 1 0 +5 NJD Luc Snuggerud UNO JR D 18 7916 0.89 8/16 4 1 1 0 4 CHI 9 Dylan Gambrell DEN SO F 16 6915 0.94 5/21 2 0 1 0 +8 SJS Will Butcher DEN SR D 16 21315 0.94 5/10 1 0 0 0 +13 COL 11 Josh Melnick MIA SO F 16 7714 0.88 4/8 5 0 2 0 E Dominic Toninato MND SR C 18 7714 0.78 7/14 1 2 0 0 +15 TOR 13 David Pope UNO JR F 15 7613 0.87 2/4 3 1 2 0 E DET Adam Johnson MND SO F 18 7613 0.72 4/8 2 0 2 0 +4 Blake Winiecki STC JR F 18 6713 0.72 4/8 3 0 0 0 1 Tyler Vesel UNO JR F 18 5813 0.72 0/0 3 0 0 0 7 EDM Carson Soucy MND SR D 18 31013 0.72 9/18 1 0 0 0 +9 MIN Neal Pionk MND SO D 18 31013 0.72 6/12 1 0 0 0 +13 19 Jake Randolph UNO JR F 15 21012 0.80 2/4 1 0 0 0 6 Matheson Iacopelli WMU SO F 16 8412 0.75 5/10 2 0 1 0 4 CHI Jack Ahcan STC FR D 17 4812 0.71 2/4 2 0 2 0 5 Kyle Osterberg MND SR W 18 7512 0.67 5/10 2 1 2 0 +8 Tucker Poolman NDK JR D 18 21012 0.67 3/6 1 0 0 0 E WPG Patrick Newell STC SO F 18 11112 0.67 3/6 1 0 0 0 +4 25 8 Players Tied With 11 Points
Defenseman Scoring GP GAP PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/ NHL 1 Luc Snuggerud UNO JR D 18 7916 0.89 8/16 4 1 1 0 4 CHI 2 Will Butcher DEN SR D 16 21315 0.94 5/10 1 0 0 0 +13 COL 3 Carson Soucy MND SR D 18 31013 0.72 9/18 1 0 0 0 +9 MIN Neal Pionk MND SO D 18 31013 0.72 6/12 1 0 0 0 +13 5 Jack Ahcan STC FR D 17 4812 0.71 2/4 2 0 2 0 5 Tucker Poolman NDK JR D 18 21012 0.67 3/6 1 0 0 0 E WPG 7 Corey Schueneman WMU SO D 16 11011 0.69 3/6 0 0 0 0 E Christian Wolanin NDK SO D 17 3811 0.65 10/31 1 0 0 0 3 OTT Ian Brady UNO SR D 18 2911 0.61 7/14 1 0 0 0 +1 10 Louie Belpedio MIA JR D 10 369 0.90 5/13 2 1 0 0 1 MIN 11 Jimmy Schuldt STC SO D 18 448 0.44 8/16 1 1 1 0 1 12 Adam Plant DEN JR D 16 167 0.44 9/29 0 0 0 0 +9 Will Borgen STC SO D 17 167 0.41 15/36 0 0 0 0 +1 BUF Colton Poolman NDK FR D 18 257 0.39 1/2 1 0 1 0 +3 Dennis Cholowski STC FR D 18 167 0.39 3/6 1 0 0 0 4 DET
Freshman Scoring GP GAP PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/ NHL 1 Joey Anderson MND FR F 17 7916 0.94 1/2 1 0 1 0 +5 NJD 2 Jack Ahcan STC FR D 17 4812 0.71 2/4 2 0 2 0 5 3 Wade Allison WMU FR F 16 5611 0.69 8/16 2 0 1 0 +3 PHI 4 Tyson Jost NDK FR F 12 4610 0.83 8/16 3 0 1 0 +3 COL 5 Carson Meyer MIA FR F 12 279 0.75 4/8 0 0 0 0 1 6 Henrik Borgström DEN FR F 12 538 0.67 3/6 3 0 1 0 +2 FLA 7 Liam Finlay DEN FR F 12 347 0.58 1/2 1 0 1 0 +3 Alex Berardinelli CC_ FR F 16 437 0.44 3/6 1 0 0 0 4 Ludvig Hoff NDK FR F 17 167 0.41 4/8 0 0 0 0 +1 Riley Tufte MND FR F 18 437 0.39 5/10 1 0 0 0 +6 DAL Teemu Pulkkinen UNO FR F 18 347 0.39 2/4 0 0 1 0 3 Colton Poolman NDK FR D 18 257 0.39 1/2 1 0 1 0 +3 Dennis Cholowski STC FR D 18 167 0.39 3/6 1 0 0 0 4 DET 14 Gordie Green MIA FR F 16 336 0.38 1/2 0 0 1 0 3 Michael Davies DEN FR D 16 156 0.38 2/4 1 0 0 0 +5
February 6-12, 2017 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 23 NCHC Conference Scoring Leaders
Goal Scoring GP G GPG Assist Scoring GP A APG 1 Shane Gersich NDK SO F 18 13 0.72 1 Will Butcher DEN SR D 16 13 0.81 2 Alex Iafallo MND SR W 18 9 0.50 Anthony Louis MIA SR F 16 13 0.81 3 Anthony Louis MIA SR F 16 8 0.50 Alex Iafallo MND SR W 18 13 0.72 Matheson Iacopelli WMU SO F 16 8 0.50 4 Kiefer Sherwood MIA SO F 16 12 0.75 Austin Ortega UNO SR F 18 8 0.44 Austin Ortega UNO SR F 18 12 0.67 Mikey Eyssimont STC SO F 18 8 0.44 6 Patrick Newell STC SO F 18 11 0.61 7 David Pope UNO JR F 15 7 0.47 7 Jake Randolph UNO JR F 15 10 0.67 Mason Bergh CC SO F 16 7 0.44 Corey Schueneman WMU SO D 16 10 0.62 Josh Melnick MIA SO F 16 7 0.44 Carson Soucy MND SR D 18 10 0.56 Joey Anderson MND FR F 17 7 0.41 Neal Pionk MND SO D 18 10 0.56 Kyle Osterberg MND SR W 18 7 0.39 Tucker Poolman NDK JR D 18 10 0.56 Dominic Toninato MND SR C 18 7 0.39 12 5 Players Tied With 9 Adam Johnson MND SO F 18 7 0.39 Luc Snuggerud UNO JR D 18 7 0.39
Power Play Goals GP G GPG Power Play Points GP GAP PPG 1 Josh Melnick MIA SO F 16 5 0.31 1 Luc Snuggerud UNO JR D 18 4711 0.61 2 Luc Snuggerud UNO JR D 18 4 0.22 2 Jake Randolph UNO JR F 15 189 0.60 3 10 Players Tied With 3 Jack Ahcan STC FR D 17 279 0.53 Austin Ortega UNO SR F 18 279 0.50 5 Anthony Louis MIA SR F 16 178 0.50 Tyler Vesel UNO JR F 18 358 0.44 Mikey Eyssimont STC SO F 18 358 0.44 8 Kiefer Sherwood MIA SO F 16 347 0.44 Will Butcher DEN SR D 16 167 0.44 Alex Iafallo MND SR W 18 347 0.39
Shorthanded Goals GP G GPG GameWinning Goals GP G GPG 1 Logan O'Connor DEN SO F 16 2 0.12 1 Jarid Lukosevicius DEN SO F 16 3 0.19 Dominic Toninato MND SR C 18 2 0.11 2 11 Players Tied With 2 3 14 Players Tied With 1
PlusMinus GP +/ Hat Tricks GP HT 1 Alex Iafallo MND SR W 18 +16 1 Alex Iafallo MND SR W 18 1 2 Dominic Toninato MND SR C 18 +15 Shane Gersich NDK SO F 18 1 3 Karson Kuhlman MND JR W 18 +14 4 Will Butcher DEN SR D 16 +13 Brenden Kotyk MND SR D 18 +13 Neal Pionk MND SO D 18 +13 7 Adam Plant DEN JR D 16 +9 Carson Soucy MND SR D 18 +9 9 Avery Peterson MND JR F 8 +8 Dylan Gambrell DEN SO F 16 +8 Kyle Osterberg MND SR W 18 +8
Blocked Shots GP BLK BLK/G FaceOff Percentage FW FL FO % 1 Jimmy Schuldt STC SO D 18 49 2.72 1 Matt Marcinew DEN SR F 213 129 .623 2 Brenden Kotyk MND SR D 18 46 2.56 2 Tyson Jost NDK FR F 126 77 .621 3 Joel Messner UNO JR D 18 43 2.39 3 Luke Nogard UNO JR F 34 21 .618 4 Will Butcher DEN SR D 16 32 2.00 4 Evan Ritt DEN SR F 76 49 .608 Gage Ausmus NDK SR D 16 32 2.00 5 Brock Boeser NDK SO F 78 54 .591 6 Teemu Kivihalme CC JR D 16 31 1.94 6 Colt Conrad WMU SO F 114 81 .585 Tyler Vesel UNO JR F 18 31 1.72 7 Justin Greenberg MIA SR F 101 77 .567 8 Sheldon Dries WMU SR F 16 30 1.88 8 Avery Peterson MND JR F 32 25 .561 Neal Pionk MND SO D 18 30 1.67 9 Matt Hansen CC SR F 19 15 .559 10 Dean Stewart UNO FR D 16 29 1.81 10 Rhett Gardner NDK SO F 188 159 .542
3-on-3 OT Goals in 2016-17 Conference Games WINNER OPPONENT DATE SCORE GOAL SCORER TIME UND Denver 11/11/16 1-1 Shane Gersich 3:28 UMD CC 1/6/17 2-2 Neal Pionk 0:18 Miami Omaha 1/20/17 3-3 Scott Dornbrock 2:50
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Goals Against Average GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % NHL 1 Tanner Jaillet DEN JR 15 872:17 23 1.58 923 0 374 .942 2 Ben Blacker WMU FR 8 417:47 13 1.87 520 2 171 .929 3 Hunter Miska MND FR 18 1084:53 37 2.05 1242 4 471 .927 4 Cam Johnson NDK JR 15 853:10 31 2.18 761 2 339 .916 5 Jeff Smith STC SO 12 602:22 24 2.39 450 0 276 .920 6 Ryan Larkin MIA FR 14 840:43 38 2.71 454 0 434 .919 7 Alex Leclerc CC_ FR 13 785:28 36 2.75 292 1 410 .919 8 Zach Driscoll STC FR 9 481:26 24 2.99 351 1 215 .900 9 Trevor Gorsuch WMU SO 7 384:06 20 3.12 330 0 171 .895 10 Evan Weninger UNO SO 14 772:01 44 3.42 562 1 390 .899
Save Percentage GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % NHL 1 Tanner Jaillet DEN JR 15 872:17 23 1.58 923 0 374 .942 2 Ben Blacker WMU FR 8 417:47 13 1.87 520 2 171 .929 3 Hunter Miska MND FR 18 1084:53 37 2.05 1242 4 471 .927 4 Jeff Smith STC SO 12 602:22 24 2.39 450 0 276 .920 5 Ryan Larkin MIA FR 14 840:43 38 2.71 454 0 434 .919 6 Alex Leclerc CC_ FR 13 785:28 36 2.75 292 1 410 .919 7 Cam Johnson NDK JR 15 853:10 31 2.18 761 2 339 .916 8 Zach Driscoll STC FR 9 481:26 24 2.99 351 1 215 .900 9 Evan Weninger UNO SO 14 772:01 44 3.42 562 1 390 .899 10 Trevor Gorsuch WMU SO 7 384:06 20 3.12 330 0 171 .895
Saves GP SVS/G Saves Shutouts GP Shutouts 1 Hunter Miska MND FR 18 26.2 471 1 Hunter Miska MND FR 18 4 2 Ryan Larkin MIA FR 14 31.0 434 2 Ben Blacker WMU FR 8 2 3 Alex Leclerc CC_ FR 13 31.5 410 Cam Johnson NDK JR 15 2 4 Evan Weninger UNO SO 14 27.9 390 4 Zach Driscoll STC FR 9 1 5 Tanner Jaillet DEN JR 15 24.9 374 Alex Leclerc CC_ FR 13 1 6 Cam Johnson NDK JR 15 22.6 339 Evan Weninger UNO SO 14 1 7 Jeff Smith STC SO 12 23.0 276 8 Zach Driscoll STC FR 9 23.9 215 9 Trevor Gorsuch WMU SO 7 24.4 171 Ben Blacker WMU FR 8 21.4 171 11 Kris Oldham UNO FR 5 26.8 134 12 Jacob Nehama CC_ SO 3 22.3 67 13 Matt Hrynkiw NDK SR 4 16.2 65 14 Collin Olson WMU SR 4 15.5 62 15 Chase Munroe MIA FR 3 15.0 45 16 Evan Cowley DEN SR 4 9.8 39 17 Matej Tomek NDK SO 2 4.5 9 18 Alex Blankenburg UNO SO 1 6.0 6 19 Derek Shatzer CC_ SR 1 3.0 3
February 6-12, 2017 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 25 National Collegiate Hockey Conference Team ConferenceOnly Stats
TEAM OFFENSE TEAM DEFENSE Team Games Goals G/GM Team Games Goals G/GM 1 Minnesota Duluth 18 62 3.44 1 Denver 16 29 1.81 2 Omaha 18 53 2.94 2 Minnesota Duluth 18 37 2.06 3 Denver 16 47 2.94 3 North Dakota 18 45 2.50 4 North Dakota 18 51 2.83 4 Western Michigan 16 45 2.81 5 Western Michigan 16 44 2.75 5 St. Cloud State 18 51 2.83 6 St. Cloud State 18 46 2.56 6 Miami 16 48 3.00 7 Miami 16 40 2.50 7 Colorado College 16 52 3.25 8 Colorado College 16 30 1.88 8 Omaha 18 66 3.67
POWER PLAY PENALTY KILL Team Totals SHA PP % Team Totals SHF PK % 1 Omaha 22/82 2 26.8 1 Denver 53/59 2 89.8 2 Denver 15/70 0 21.4 2 North Dakota 64/75 2 85.3 3 North Dakota 16/80 3 20.0 3 St. Cloud State 54/65 1 83.1 St. Cloud State 14/70 1 20.0 4 Colorado College 61/74 1 82.4 5 Minnesota Duluth 14/71 1 19.7 5 Miami 64/79 2 81.0 6 Miami 12/72 4 16.7 6 Minnesota Duluth 67/83 4 80.7 7 Western Michigan 12/78 2 15.4 Western Michigan 67/83 1 80.7 8 Colorado College 7/73 5 9.6 8 Omaha 54/78 5 69.2
PENALTY MINUTES SHOTS ON GOAL Team Games PIM PIM/G Team Games SOG SOG/G 1 Minnesota Duluth 18 244 13.6 1 Denver 16 545 34.1 2 Western Michigan 16 212 13.2 2 North Dakota 18 589 32.7 3 Colorado College 16 202 12.6 3 Minnesota Duluth 18 573 31.8 4 Miami 16 200 12.5 4 Western Michigan 16 484 30.2 5 North Dakota 18 216 12.0 5 St. Cloud State 18 541 30.1 6 Omaha 18 196 10.9 6 Omaha 18 501 27.8 7 Denver 16 164 10.2 7 Miami 16 426 26.6 8 St. Cloud State 18 180 10.0 8 Colorado College 16 395 24.7
SCORING BY PERIOD GOALS ALLOWED BY PERIOD Team 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Team 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total 1 Minnesota Duluth 19 23 19 1 62 1 Denver 9 9 10 1 29 2 Omaha 16 14 23 0 53 2 Minnesota Duluth 13 15 9 0 37 3 North Dakota 18 19 13 1 51 3 North Dakota 17 10 18 0 45 4 Denver 12 25 10 0 47 Western Michigan 17 21 7 0 45 5 St. Cloud State 18 19 8 1 46 5 Miami 15 18 15 0 48 6 Western Michigan 14 13 17 0 44 6 St. Cloud State 14 15 19 3 51 7 Miami 14 10 14 2 40 7 Colorado College 14 18 19 1 52 8 Colorado College 13 10 7 0 30 8 Omaha 25 27 14 0 66
SPECIAL TEAMS NET Team PPF SHA PP NET PPA SHF SH NET ST NET 1 Denver 15 0 +15 6 2 4 +11 2 North Dakota 16 3 +13 11 2 9 +4 3 St. Cloud State 14 1 +13 11 1 10 +3 4 Minnesota Duluth 14 1 +13 16 4 12 +1 Omaha 22 2 +20 24 5 19 +1 6 Miami 12 4 +8 15 2 13 5 Western Michigan 12 2 +10 16 1 15 5 8 Colorado College 7 5 +2 13 1 12 10
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Points Per Game GP GAP P/GM Goals Against Average Minutes GA GAA 1 Mike Vecchione Union SR F 28 222648 1.71 1 Michael Bitzer Bemidji State JR 1863:28 50 1.61 2 Tyler Kelleher New Hampshire SR F 28 163147 1.68 2 Angus Redmond Michigan Tech FR 1605:52 46 1.72 Zach AstonReese Northeastern SR F 28 222547 1.68 3 Jake Oettinger Boston University FR 1437:48 42 1.75 4 Dylan Sikura (CHI) Northeastern JR F 28 172946 1.64 4 Charles Williams Canisius SR 1531:00 46 1.80 Spencer Foo Union JR F 28 172946 1.64 5 Ben Blacker Western Michigan FR 819:58 25 1.83 6 Adam Gaudette (VAN) Northeastern SO F 27 192443 1.59 6 Parker Gahagen Army West Point SR 1627:27 51 1.88 7 Brady Ferguson Robert Morris JR F 28 172744 1.57 7 Tanner Jaillet Denver JR 1460:20 46 1.89 8 Mason Jobst Ohio State SO F 26 122537 1.42 8 Francis Marotte Robert Morris FR 1110:08 36 1.95 9 Nick Schilkey Ohio State SR F 22 201131 1.41 9 Hunter Miska Minnesota Duluth FR 1488:07 49 1.98 10 Anders Bjork (BOS) Notre Dame JR F 27 162238 1.41 10 Justin Kapelmaster Ferris State FR 784:43 26 1.99 11 Tyler Sheehy Minnesota SO F 26 162036 1.38 11 Collin Delia Merrimack JR 657:21 22 2.01 12 Joe Snively Yale SO F 23 102030 1.30 12 Kyle Hayton St. Lawrence JR 1613:37 56 2.08 13 Trent Frederic (BOS) Wisconsin FR F 18 101323 1.28 13 Cal Petersen (BUF) Notre Dame JR 1647:12 58 2.11 14 Joe Gambardella UMass Lowell SR F 29 122537 1.28 14 Mitch Gillam Cornell SR 1292:25 46 2.14 15 Alexander Kerfoot (NJD) Harvard SR F 23 101929 1.26 15 Andrew Shortridge Quinnipiac FR 640:13 23 2.16 16 Daniel Leavens Robert Morris SR F 28 102535 1.25 16 Hayden Hawkey (MTL) Providence SO 1751:30 63 2.16 17 Austin Ortega Omaha SR F 30 172037 1.23 17 Shane Starrett Air Force SO 1417:48 52 2.20 18 Max Véronneau Princeton SO F 22 81927 1.23 18 Tyler Wall (NYR) UMass Lowell FR 1378:53 51 2.22 19 Sam Lafferty (PIT) Brown JR F 23 82028 1.22 19 Merrick Madsen (PHI) Harvard JR 1344:25 50 2.23 John Hayden (CHI) Yale SR F 23 161228 1.22 20 Cam Johnson North Dakota JR 1517:33 57 2.25 21 Alex Tonge Robert Morris SO F 28 151934 1.21 21 Cole Huggins Minnesota State SR 854:29 34 2.39 22 Denis Smirnov Penn State FR F 24 111829 1.21 22 Rob Nichols Connecticut SR 770:21 31 2.41 23 Anthony Louis (CHI) Miami SR F 26 131831 1.19 23 Alex Sakellaropoulos Union SR 1326:22 54 2.44 24 Tanner Laczynski (PHI) Ohio State FR F 21 71825 1.19 24 Chris Nell Bowling Green JR 1545:53 63 2.45 25 Sean Malone (BUF) Harvard SR F 23 131427 1.17 25 Stefanos Lekkas Vermont FR 1357:12 56 2.48
Points Per Game (Defensemen) GP GAP P/GM Save Percentage Saves GA Save % 1 Adam Fox (CGY) Harvard FR D 22 22325 1.14 1 Charles Williams Canisius SR 810 46 .946 Gavin Bayreuther St. Lawrence SR D 22 71825 1.14 2 Justin Kapelmaster Ferris State FR 416 26 .941 3 Matias Cleland New Hampshire SR D 28 22628 1.00 3 Francis Marotte Robert Morris FR 548 36 .938 4 Garret Cockerill Northeastern JR D 28 62127 0.96 4 Jake Oettinger Boston University FR 626 42 .937 5 Dylan Zink UMass Lowell SR D 29 91827 0.93 5 Parker Gahagen Army West Point SR 745 51 .936 6 Eric Israel Robert Morris SO D 28 71825 0.89 6 Michael Bitzer Bemidji State JR 723 50 .935 7 Trevor Hamilton Penn State JR D 24 41721 0.88 7 Kyle Hayton St. Lawrence JR 794 56 .934 8 Will Butcher (COL) Denver SR D 28 51924 0.86 8 Collin Delia Merrimack JR 301 22 .932 Jordan Gross Notre Dame JR D 28 71724 0.86 9 Ben Blacker Western Michigan FR 342 25 .932 10 Luc Snuggerud (CHI) Omaha JR D 30 91625 0.83 10 Tanner Jaillet Denver JR 618 46 .931 11 Neal Pionk Minnesota Duluth SO D 28 61723 0.82 11 Hunter Miska Minnesota Duluth FR 627 49 .928 Jeff Taylor (PIT) Union SR D 28 81523 0.82 12 Cal Petersen (BUF) Notre Dame JR 713 58 .925 13 Chase Priskie (WSH) Quinnipiac SO D 27 61622 0.81 13 Angus Redmond Michigan Tech FR 541 46 .922 14 Jake Bischoff (NYI) Minnesota SR D 26 21921 0.81 14 Shane Starrett Air Force SO 609 52 .921 15 Vince Pedrie Penn State SO D 24 71219 0.79 15 Alex Sakellaropoulos Union SR 630 54 .921 Jack Ahcan St. Cloud State FR D 24 51419 0.79 16 Joseph Woll (TOR) Boston College FR 675 59 .920 17 Tucker Poolman (WPG) North Dakota JR D 28 51722 0.79 17 Adam Huska (NYR) Connecticut FR 520 46 .919 18 Patrick McCarron Cornell SR D 23 41418 0.78 18 Colin DeAugustine Mercyhurst FR 393 35 .918 19 Ian Brady Omaha SR D 26 31720 0.77 19 Rob McGovern Maine SO 716 64 .918 20 Michael Kapla UMass Lowell SR D 29 12122 0.76 20 Andrew Shortridge Quinnipiac FR 255 23 .917 Brogan Rafferty Quinnipiac FR D 29 22022 0.76
Points Per Game (Freshmen) GP GAP P/GM Winning Percentage WLT Win % 1 Trent Frederic (BOS) Wisconsin F 18 101323 1.28 1 Ben Blacker Western Michigan FR 1021 .808 2 Denis Smirnov Penn State F 24 111829 1.21 2 Alex Sakellaropoulos Union SR 1741 .795 3 Tanner Laczynski (PHI) Ohio State F 21 71825 1.19 3 Shane Starrett Air Force SO 1743 .771 4 Henrik Borgström (FLA) Denver F 22 141125 1.14 Hunter Miska Minnesota Duluth FR 1743 .771 Adam Fox (CGY) Harvard D 22 22325 1.14 5 Tanner Jaillet Denver JR 1644 .750 6 Marc Michaelis Minnesota State F 30 122133 1.10 Peyton Jones Penn State FR 1442 .750 7 Tyson Jost (COL) North Dakota F 22 111324 1.09 7 Merrick Madsen (PHI) Harvard JR 1652 .739 8 Patrick Grasso New Hampshire F 28 171128 1.00 8 Mitch Gillam Cornell SR 1552 .727 9 Patrick Harper (NSH) Boston University F 27 81826 0.96 9 Jake Oettinger Boston University FR 1662 .708 10 Joey Anderson (NJD) Minnesota Duluth F 25 71724 0.96 Justin Kapelmaster Ferris State FR 723 .708 11 Jackson Cressey Princeton F 23 51722 0.96 Matt Tomkins (CHI) Ohio State SR 723 .708 12 Carson Meyer Miami F 22 71421 0.95 12 Francis Marotte Robert Morris FR 1352 .700 13 Wade Allison (PHI) Western Michigan F 26 111223 0.88 13 Eric Schierhorn Minnesota SO 1772 .692 14 Ross Colton (TBL) Vermont F 27 101323 0.85 14 Charles Williams Canisius SR 1564 .680 15 Josh Wilkins Providence F 29 101424 0.83 15 Stefanos Lekkas Vermont FR 1463 .674 16 Jack Ahcan St. Cloud State D 24 51419 0.79 16 Angus Redmond Michigan Tech FR 1565 .673 17 Brogan Rafferty Quinnipiac D 29 22022 0.76 17 Matt Jurusik Wisconsin SO 840 .667 18 Jake Slaker Michigan F 24 51318 0.75 18 Tyler Wall (NYR) UMass Lowell FR 1681 .660 19 Blake Christensen American International F 27 81220 0.74 19 Hayden Hawkey (MTL) Providence SO 1784 .655 20 Dominic Franco Army West Point F 26 81119 0.73 20 Kyle Hayton St. Lawrence JR 1476 .630
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Goals Per Game GP G G/GM Assists Per Game GP A A/GM 1 Nick Schilkey Ohio State SR F 22 20 0.91 1 Tyler Kelleher New Hampshire SR F 28 31 1.11 2 Zach AstonReese Northeastern SR F 28 22 0.79 2 Adam Fox (CGY) Harvard FR D 22 23 1.05 Mike Vecchione Union SR F 28 22 0.79 3 Dylan Sikura (CHI) Northeastern JR F 28 29 1.04 4 Andrew Sturtz Penn State SO F 22 17 0.77 Spencer Foo Union JR F 28 29 1.04 5 Luke Kunin (MIN) Wisconsin SO F 23 17 0.74 5 Cam Brown Maine SR F 26 26 1.00 6 Adam Gaudette (VAN) Northeastern SO F 27 19 0.70 6 Brady Ferguson Robert Morris JR F 28 27 0.96 7 John Hayden (CHI) Yale SR F 23 16 0.70 7 Mason Jobst Ohio State SO F 26 25 0.96 8 Dominik Shine Northern Michigan SR F 24 16 0.67 8 Matias Cleland New Hampshire SR D 28 26 0.93 9 Henrik Borgström (FLA) Denver FR F 22 14 0.64 Mike Vecchione Union SR F 28 26 0.93 10 Tage Thompson (STL) Connecticut SO F 27 17 0.63 10 Zach AstonReese Northeastern SR F 28 25 0.89 11 Shane Gersich (WSH) North Dakota SO F 29 18 0.62 Daniel Leavens Robert Morris SR F 28 25 0.89 12 Tyler Sheehy Minnesota SO F 26 16 0.62 12 Adam Gaudette (VAN) Northeastern SO F 27 24 0.89 13 Charlie Corcoran Brown JR F 23 14 0.61 13 Sam Lafferty (PIT) Brown JR F 23 20 0.87 14 Danny Lopez Holy Cross JR F 28 17 0.61 Joe Snively Yale SO F 23 20 0.87 Patrick Grasso New Hampshire FR F 28 17 0.61 15 Max Véronneau Princeton SO F 22 19 0.86 Dylan Sikura (CHI) Northeastern JR F 28 17 0.61 16 Joe Gambardella UMass Lowell SR F 29 25 0.86 Brady Ferguson Robert Morris JR F 28 17 0.61 17 Tanner Laczynski (PHI) Ohio State FR F 21 18 0.86 Spencer Foo Union JR F 28 17 0.61 18 Alexander Kerfoot (NJD) Harvard SR F 23 19 0.83 19 Gerald Mayhew Ferris State SR F 25 15 0.60 19 Gavin Bayreuther St. Lawrence SR D 22 18 0.82 20 Anders Bjork (BOS) Notre Dame JR F 27 16 0.59 20 Anders Bjork (BOS) Notre Dame JR F 27 22 0.81 21 Matheson Iacopelli (CHI) Western Michigan SO F 26 15 0.58 21 David Goodwin Penn State SR F 24 19 0.79 22 Kyle Schmidt Bentley JR F 28 16 0.57 22 Dylan Gambrell (SJS) Denver SO F 23 18 0.78 Tyler Kelleher New Hampshire SR F 28 16 0.57 23 Tyler Sheehy Minnesota SO F 26 20 0.77 Jason Salvaggio New Hampshire JR F 28 16 0.57 24 Michael McNicholas New Hampshire JR F 25 19 0.76 Andrew Oglevie Notre Dame SO F 28 16 0.57 25 Derek Barach Mercyhurst SO F 29 22 0.76 T.J. Moore Holy Cross JR F 21 12 0.57
Power Play Goals GP PPG/G PPG GameWinning Goals GP GWG 1 Adam Gaudette (VAN) Northeastern SO F 27 0.44 12 1 Jarid Lukosevicius Denver SO F 27 5 Danny Lopez Holy Cross JR F 28 0.43 12 Anders Bjork (BOS) Notre Dame JR F 27 5 3 Nick Schilkey Ohio State SR F 22 0.50 11 Daniel Leavens Robert Morris SR F 28 5 Zach AstonReese Northeastern SR F 28 0.39 11 Mike Vecchione Union SR F 28 5 5 John Hayden (CHI) Yale SR F 23 0.43 10 Jake Lucchini Michigan Tech SO F 34 5 6 Patrick Grasso New Hampshire FR F 28 0.32 9 6 Troy Crema Dartmouth SR F 23 4 Alex Tonge Robert Morris SO F 28 0.32 9 Gerald Mayhew Ferris State SR F 25 4 8 Michael McNicholas New Hampshire JR F 25 0.32 8 Justin Kloos Minnesota SR F 26 4 Tyler Kelleher New Hampshire SR F 28 0.29 8 Erik Foley (WPG) Providence SO F 26 4 Dylan Sikura (CHI) Northeastern JR F 28 0.29 8 Brett Seney (NJD) Merrimack JR F 27 4 Brady Ferguson Robert Morris JR F 28 0.29 8 Dylan Sikura (CHI) Northeastern JR F 28 4 12 9 Players Tied With 7 Ryan Schmelzer Canisius JR F 29 4 Craig Martin Quinnipiac SO F 29 4 David Cotton (CAR) Boston College FR F 30 4 C.J. Franklin (WPG) Minnesota State JR F 30 4
Shorthanded Goals GP SHG/G SHG 1 Clayton Keller (ARI) Boston University FR F 20 0.20 4 Mike Vecchione Union SR F 28 0.14 4 3 Justin Kloos Minnesota SR F 26 0.12 3 Gus Correale Lake Superior State SR F 27 0.11 3 Zach AstonReese Northeastern SR F 28 0.11 3 Austin Cangelosi Boston College SR F 29 0.10 3 Riley Bourbonnais Rensselaer SR F 29 0.10 3 8 26 Players Tied With 2
28 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey February 6-12, 2017 National Team Leaders TEAM SCORING TEAM DEFENSE
SCORING OFFENSE GP Goals G/GM SCORING DEFENSE GP Goals G/GM 1 Penn State 24 100 4.17 1 Bemidji State 32 58 1.81 2 Ohio State 26 106 4.08 2 Boston University 28 56 2.00 3 Harvard 23 89 3.87 Denver 28 56 2.00 4 Minnesota 26 99 3.81 Minnesota Duluth 28 56 2.00 5 Union 28 106 3.79 5 Army West Point 27 56 2.07 6 Wisconsin 24 89 3.71 6 Canisius 31 67 2.16 7 Northeastern 28 101 3.61 7 Cornell 23 50 2.17 8 UMass Lowell 29 104 3.59 8 Michigan Tech 34 74 2.18 9 Boston College 30 100 3.33 9 St. Lawrence 29 64 2.21 10 Notre Dame 28 92 3.29 10 Providence 29 65 2.24 11 Vermont 28 91 3.25 11 Notre Dame 28 63 2.25 12 Minnesota Duluth 28 90 3.21 12 Harvard 23 53 2.30 13 Omaha 30 96 3.20 13 Boston College 30 72 2.40 14 Western Michigan 26 83 3.19 14 North Dakota 29 71 2.45 15 New Hampshire 28 89 3.18 15 Air Force 30 74 2.47 16 Air Force 30 95 3.17 16 Minnesota State 30 75 2.50 17 Robert Morris 28 88 3.14 Robert Morris 28 70 2.50 18 North Dakota 29 91 3.14 18 Western Michigan 26 66 2.54 19 Minnesota State 30 94 3.13 19 UMass Lowell 29 74 2.55 20 Boston University 28 87 3.11 20 Merrimack 28 72 2.57 21 Providence 29 90 3.10 21 Penn State 24 62 2.58 22 Clarkson 28 86 3.07 22 Quinnipiac 29 75 2.59 Denver 28 86 3.07 23 Minnesota 26 69 2.65 24 Yale 23 70 3.04 24 Ferris State 29 77 2.66 25 Cornell 23 69 3.00 25 Vermont 28 75 2.68 Princeton 23 69 3.00 26 Connecticut 29 79 2.72 27 Quinnipiac 29 86 2.97 27 Miami 26 71 2.73 St. Lawrence 29 86 2.97 28 Northern Michigan 30 82 2.73 29 Lake Superior State 28 83 2.96 29 Union 28 77 2.75 30 RIT 29 85 2.93 30 Bowling Green 33 91 2.76 31 Maine 28 81 2.89 31 St. Cloud State 28 80 2.86 32 St. Cloud State 28 80 2.86 32 Holy Cross 28 82 2.93 33 Arizona State 32 91 2.84 33 Yale 23 68 2.96 34 Holy Cross 28 79 2.82 34 Ohio State 26 77 2.96 35 Connecticut 29 80 2.76 35 Clarkson 28 84 3.00 36 Bowling Green 33 89 2.70 Lake Superior State 28 84 3.00 37 Dartmouth 23 62 2.70 Mercyhurst 29 87 3.00 38 Bentley 28 75 2.68 38 Alaska Anchorage 28 85 3.04 39 Michigan 24 64 2.67 39 RIT 29 89 3.07 40 Mercyhurst 29 77 2.66 40 Sacred Heart 28 86 3.07 41 Michigan Tech 34 90 2.65 41 Michigan 24 75 3.12 42 Miami 26 67 2.58 Wisconsin 24 75 3.12 43 Ferris State 29 74 2.55 43 New Hampshire 28 90 3.21 44 Canisius 31 79 2.55 Northeastern 28 90 3.21 45 Army West Point 27 68 2.52 45 Dartmouth 23 74 3.22 46 American International 30 73 2.43 46 Omaha 30 97 3.23 47 Sacred Heart 28 67 2.39 47 Colgate 28 91 3.25 48 Michigan State 24 56 2.33 Maine 28 91 3.25 49 Alaska 28 65 2.32 49 Alaska 28 92 3.29 50 Bemidji State 32 74 2.31 50 Colorado College 26 87 3.35 51 Brown 23 53 2.30 51 Bentley 28 95 3.39 52 Northern Michigan 30 69 2.30 52 American International 30 103 3.43 53 Merrimack 28 63 2.25 53 Massachusetts 28 98 3.50 54 Alabama Huntsville 30 67 2.23 54 Alabama Huntsville 30 106 3.53 55 Rensselaer 30 66 2.20 55 Princeton 23 82 3.57 56 Colorado College 26 56 2.15 56 Rensselaer 30 111 3.70 57 Colgate 28 59 2.11 57 Michigan State 24 94 3.92 58 Massachusetts 28 56 2.00 58 Brown 23 92 4.00 59 Niagara 28 54 1.93 59 Arizona State 32 130 4.06 60 Alaska Anchorage 28 47 1.68 60 Niagara 28 122 4.36
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POWER PLAY Totals SHA PP% PENALTY KILL Totals SHF PK% 1 Ohio State 32/111 5 28.8 1 Bemidji State 111/124 3 89.5 2 Northeastern 43/157 6 27.4 2 Air Force 117/132 5 88.6 3 UMass Lowell 36/132 4 27.3 3 Michigan Tech 153/174 6 87.9 4 Harvard 26/98 1 26.5 4 Canisius 123/140 1 87.9 5 Omaha 36/147 2 24.5 5 St. Lawrence 133/152 5 87.5 6 Robert Morris 35/144 0 24.3 6 Wisconsin 97/111 4 87.4 7 Minnesota 28/117 3 23.9 7 Boston University 130/149 8 87.2 8 New Hampshire 33/144 4 22.9 8 Army West Point 109/126 4 86.5 9 Western Michigan 31/141 4 22.0 9 Providence 124/144 1 86.1 10 Princeton 22/104 3 21.2 10 Vermont 115/134 1 85.8 11 Wisconsin 28/133 4 21.1 11 Sacred Heart 138/161 5 85.7 12 Yale 22/106 6 20.8 12 Connecticut 107/125 2 85.6 13 Penn State 24/116 4 20.7 13 Miami 112/131 2 85.5 14 American International 24/118 2 20.3 14 Quinnipiac 122/143 0 85.3 15 Rensselaer 28/138 2 20.3 15 Minnesota 91/107 6 85.0 16 Denver 27/134 1 20.1 16 Lake Superior State 119/140 6 85.0 17 Canisius 27/135 4 20.0 Notre Dame 102/120 3 85.0 Michigan 19/95 2 20.0 18 Ferris State 136/161 4 84.5 19 St. Cloud State 21/106 1 19.8 19 St. Cloud State 81/96 4 84.4 20 Minnesota Duluth 24/124 1 19.4 20 Cornell 91/108 1 84.3 RIT 24/124 4 19.4 21 Alaska Anchorage 128/152 4 84.2 22 Holy Cross 27/140 3 19.3 Penn State 80/95 5 84.2 23 Cornell 21/110 2 19.1 23 Northeastern 111/132 4 84.1 24 North Dakota 24/126 5 19.0 24 Clarkson 137/163 5 84.0 Quinnipiac 36/189 3 19.0 25 Robert Morris 121/144 7 84.0 26 Clarkson 26/137 4 19.0 26 Princeton 77/92 0 83.7 27 Boston University 25/134 3 18.7 27 North Dakota 107/128 3 83.6 28 Minnesota State 26/140 2 18.6 28 Minnesota State 111/133 4 83.5 29 Providence 29/157 5 18.5 29 UMass Lowell 120/144 3 83.3 30 Bemidji State 24/131 2 18.3 30 Western Michigan 118/142 1 83.1 31 Vermont 26/142 2 18.3 31 Alaska 120/145 3 82.8 32 Colgate 24/132 5 18.2 32 Massachusetts 115/139 1 82.7 33 Air Force 25/138 4 18.1 33 Yale 89/108 1 82.4 34 Miami 23/131 5 17.6 34 Colgate 123/150 2 82.0 35 Maine 24/137 6 17.5 35 Denver 90/110 2 81.8 36 Michigan Tech 27/155 4 17.4 36 New Hampshire 88/108 3 81.5 Union 27/155 3 17.4 37 Boston College 138/170 7 81.2 38 Notre Dame 24/140 1 17.1 38 Michigan 101/125 6 80.8 39 Connecticut 21/125 2 16.8 39 Colorado College 105/130 5 80.8 40 Bentley 17/104 3 16.3 Maine 126/156 4 80.8 41 Sacred Heart 22/141 6 15.6 41 Bowling Green 130/161 4 80.7 42 Ferris State 23/149 3 15.4 42 Merrimack 119/148 3 80.4 43 Boston College 20/134 3 14.9 43 Union 98/122 6 80.3 44 Michigan State 17/116 3 14.7 44 Northern Michigan 121/151 5 80.1 45 Dartmouth 16/110 2 14.5 45 Harvard 76/95 8 80.0 46 Alaska 21/145 6 14.5 Rensselaer 128/160 5 80.0 47 Merrimack 21/147 4 14.3 47 Minnesota Duluth 102/128 4 79.7 48 Arizona State 19/139 9 13.7 48 Alabama Huntsville 109/137 3 79.6 Lake Superior State 19/139 7 13.7 49 Holy Cross 92/116 0 79.3 50 Niagara 20/148 2 13.5 50 American International 116/150 4 77.3 51 Army West Point 19/141 1 13.5 51 Ohio State 83/108 2 76.9 52 Bowling Green 23/172 2 13.4 52 Omaha 109/142 9 76.8 53 St. Lawrence 19/143 4 13.3 53 Mercyhurst 131/171 0 76.6 54 Mercyhurst 21/159 8 13.2 54 Niagara 122/160 3 76.2 55 Northern Michigan 17/139 5 12.2 55 Bentley 99/130 8 76.2 56 Alabama Huntsville 17/141 8 12.1 56 RIT 101/133 2 75.9 57 Colorado College 14/137 7 10.2 57 Arizona State 125/165 1 75.8 58 Massachusetts 16/157 3 10.2 58 Dartmouth 76/101 0 75.2 59 Brown 9/91 3 9.9 59 Michigan State 81/110 3 73.6 60 Alaska Anchorage 12/148 2 8.1 60 Brown 79/112 4 70.5
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