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Des Moines Buccaneers Saturday December 27, 2014 Waterloo Black Hawks 13-10-3; 29 PTS 7:05pm 6-15-3; 15 PTS Buccaneer Arena Urbandale, IA

AT A GLANCE Perfect when Karty Scores Des Moines is 8-0-2 in Playing in Front The Buccaneers have trailed at one games in which Tanner Karty scores a goal. point in 17 of their last 19 games. (7-10-2) Multi-Point Games Tanner Karty leads the Bucs with The only games during that stretch the Bucs didn’t Place in Western Conference: 3 six multi-point games followed by Mark Petaccio, Alec trail in at anytime were their Nov. 8th win vs. Lincoln Rahauser and Joe Widmar who each have five. and their Nov. 26th win vs. Tri-City. Points Back/Ahead: -4 Making an Impact Joe Widmar has a point in 16 Not Dead Yet While the Bucs five-game winless Most Points Ahead for First: +1 games, the most by any Buc this season. That is streak is frustrating, its far from a death blow. Last Most Points Behind for First: -7 followed by Tanner Karty (15), Alec Rauhuaser (14) season in the USHL, Dubuque and Sioux Falls each and Mark Petaccio (13). had five-game winless stretches before making the High Water Mark: 9-3-1 (+5) (2) Ryan Dmowski leads all Bucs’ junior hockey rookies playoffs. Low Water Mark: 12-10-3 (-1) with a point in 12 games. Limit to Three The Buccaneers are 11-1-3 when Current Streak: Win 1 Home Game Stats The Bucs are 8-4-2 in home limiting their opponents to three goals or less. Longest Win Streak: 4 games this season, paced by Joe Widmar’s 17pts Des Moines’ goals against average was 2.43 in their (7,10). Tanner Karty (7,6) and Alec Rauhauser (3,10) first 11 games and is 3.76 in the next 14 games. Longest Point Streak: 6-0-1 (7) both have 13pts. Halfway Home With their game on Jan. 4th the Longest Losing Streak: 2 Goalie Ryland Pashovitz is 5-1-2 in eight home Buccaneers will reach the statistical midway point of Longest Winless Streak: 0-4-1 starts. the season. Since 2009-2010, the Buccaneers have Home Streak: 1-0-0 A Holiday Gift The Buccaneers went into the holiday averaged 14 wins and 30 points through 30 games. break in the TOP 4 of the division for the first time The best was 2010-2011 when the Bucs were 18-10- Road Streak: 0-1-1 since 2006-2007. 2 at the midway point. Home: 8-4-2 The Bucs were 13 points back of a playoff spot at Karty Back for More Tanner Karty is in his fourth Away 5-6-1 the holiday break a season ago. season with the Buccaneers. The Oklahoma City na- Scoring First: 9-3-1 Out-Shooting Opponents The Bucs are 8-2-2 when tive committed to Division I Lake Superior State dur- out-shooting their opponents. ing the off-season. Score in 1st Period: 12-4-0 Already at 20 The Bucs have four players with at In 167 career games he has 91pts (45g, 46a). Score in 2nd Period: 12-5-1 least 20 points this season and the season isn’t half- The Bucs would need to make the playoffs for Karty Score in 3rd Period: 11-3-3 way over. to have a shot at the franchise’s all-time games. Another six players are on pace for at least 20. 35th Anniversary Season Break out the coral, jade Outshooting Opponent: 8-2-2 Nearing Milestone Victory The Buccaneers hope to and emerald as the Des Moines Buccaneers cele- Shots Tied: 0-0-0 hit a milestone this season as they enter tonight with brate their 35th anniversary season. Only the Sioux Outshot by Opponent: 5-8-1 891 all-time regular season victories. City Musketeers and Waterloo Blackhawks are older Take less than 30 shots 3-6-1 Offensive Defense Veteran defenseman Alec having played in the loop’s entire 36 junior seasons Rauhauser is first in the USHL in defensemen points and going back even further as pro franchises. Take more than 30 shots: 10-4-2 (22) and assists (16). New Sherriff in Town On June 2, the Buccaneers Allow less than 30 shots: 4-4-3 Power Play Clicks in Wins Des Moines has been introduced Dave Allison as the team’s 14th head Leading After One: 7-1-0 near the top in power play stats most of the season so coach in team history. The longtime hockey head its no surprise that when the team wins the power coach has experience from Junior A all the way to Tied After One: 4-1-1 play is key. the NHL, including serving three seasons behind Trailing After One: 2-8-2 In their 13 victories, the Bucs power play is hitting at the bench for the AHL’s former Iowa Stars from 2005- Leading After Two: 9-0-0 29.2% (19/65) 2008. Tied After Two: 4-0-1 Second Half Success The Buccaneers are likely to Allison played 10 pro seasons and appeared in be in the discussion for their first postseason berth three games with the Montreal Canadians in 1983- Trailing After Two: 0-10-2 since 2006-2007 during the second half of the season 1984. He broke into coaching as a player-assistant Overtime: 0-0-1 and in order to achieve that goal will be looking to with Muskegon of the International Hockey League in Shootouts: 1-0-2 reverse a recent trend. 1986-1987 and his first head job came in 1989-1990 Since 2009-2010, the Buccaneers are 57-101-24 with the ECHL’s Virginia Lancers One-Goal Games: 3-0-3 (.379) after the holidays. In 1995-1996, he had a stint as the interim head Two-Goal Games: 6-3-0 The Bucs went 19-17-4 in 2010-2011. coach for the Ottawa Senators after being the head Games After a Win: 6-4-1 Offensive Wake-Up Needed In their 13 victories, the coach for the team’s AHL affiliate. Games After a Loss: 5-6-2 Bucs have averaged 4.5 goals. Along with pro experience, he was a head coach in Third Period Noise Rookie Ara Nazarian (+6) leads the Ontario Hockey League from 1992-1994 and in East Conference: 2-2-2 the Bucs in third-period plus/minus. the Superior International League from 2002- West Conference: 11-8-1 Making it Count Tanner Karty leads the USHL with 2005. Games has at least two fights: 1-2-0 four-game winning goals. Combined his head coaching record, coming into this season, was 573-485-114 (.538%). Des Moines Buccaneers (13-10-3; 27 PTS) Waterloo Black Hawks (6-15-3; 15 PTS)

# P Name Stats # P Name Stats 1 G Ryan Ruck 14GP 6-7-0 3.40 .902% 1 G Trevor Gorsuch 5GP 1-3-1 3.35 .873% 33 G Ryland Pashovitz 13GP 7-3-2 2.91 .898% 30 G Kris Carlson 8GP 0-5-0 4.30 .847%

2 D Corey Schueneman 6-11-17 3 D Ethan Spaxman 1-9-10 3 D Alec Rauhauser 6-16-22 4 D Mike Bevilacqua 0-0-0 5 F Patrik Koch (kah-sh) 3-4-7 6 F George Mika 0-0-0 6 D Michael Mylchreest (mil-crease) 0-3-3 9 D Brandon Smith 0-0-0 7 F Patrick Grasso 5-11-16 10 F John Wiitala 4-4-8 8 F Joe Widmar 12-12-24 12 F Brock Boeser 12-14-26 9 F Kyle Patava (puh-tah-vuh) 0-1-1 14 F Niko Hildenbrand 6-3-9 11 F Miha Zajc (zike) 1-3-4 15 F Tom Novak 3-12-15 12 D Nick Wolff 0-4-4 16 F Nick Olczyk 1-0-1 13 F Stephan Seeger (stef-ahn) 1-1-2 17 F Brendan Shane 2-2-4 14 F Georgy Gorodetsky 3-12-15 18 D Alex Robert 0-0-0 15 F Ryan Dmowski 7-7-14 19 F Max Coatta 3-6-9 16 F Tanner Karty 13-9-21 20 D Sam Rossini 0-2-2 17 F Nikita Pavlychev 6-8-14 21 F Larry Jungwirth 1-2-3 19 F Tyler Drevitch (drev-itch) 1-2-3 22 F Tyler Sheehy 9-11-20 20 F Vince Marinaro 0-0-0 24 F Sean MacTavish 0-5-5 21 D Chris Allemon (alley-mon) 0-6-6 25 D Phil Beaulieu 5-8-13 22 F Ara Nazarian 3-6-9 26 F Ronnie Hein 0-1-1 23 F Brennan Sanford 3-5-8 27 D Ruslan Rakhmatov 1-0-1 24 F Mark Petaccio (pet-ah-chi-oh) 9-12-21 28 D Hayden Shaw 0-8-8 25 D Chandler Lindstrand 2-3-5 29 D Alec McCrea 1-6-7 54 F Henrik Rommel 3-6-9 Head Coach: Dave Allison 61 F Rem Pitlick 3-1-4 Assistant: Nate Weossner 88 F Tyson McLellan 2-1-3 Trainer: Colin Whitte Equipment: Justin Sturtz Head Coach: P.K. O’Handley Media: Scott Montesano Associate: Shane Fukushima Assistant: Steve Howard Trainer: Todd Klein PP: 20.9% (8) PK: 83.3% (6) Current Streak: Win 1 PP: 23.6% (4) PK: 77.5% (12) Home: 8-4-2 Current Streak: Winless 3 (0-2-1) Road: 5-6-1 Home: 1-8-1 Scoring First: 9-3-1 Road: 5-7-2 Leading after 2: 9-0-0 Scoring First: 6-4-2 Tied after 2: 4-0-1 Leading after 2: 5-1-0 Trailing after 2 0-10-2 Tied after 2: 1-0-2 OT: 0-1 Trailing after 2 0-14-1 SO: 1-2 OT: 0-1 SO: 0-2

Referee: Korey Chipperfield Linesmen: Michael Houle & Lucas Bisbee

USHL Western Conference USHL Eastern Conference December 27th Schedule (central) GP W L OTL PTS GP W L OTL PTS Sioux City 25 16 8 1 33 Cedar Rapids 26 20 6 0 40 Sioux City @ Tri-City 3:05pm Tri-City 24 13 7 4 30 Muskegon 26 18 7 1 37 Youngstown @ Muskegon 6:15pm Des Moines 26 13 10 3 29 Youngtown 25 13 7 5 31 Fargo @ Sioux Falls 7:05pm Fargo 24 12 9 3 27 Dubuque 23 14 7 2 30 Waterloo @ Des Moines 7:05pm Omaha 23 11 8 4 26 Madison 24 12 8 4 28 Bloomington @ Dubuque 7:05pm Sioux Falls 26 11 12 3 25 Bloomington 25 11 11 3 25 Madison @ Green Bay 7:05pm Lincoln 23 8 12 3 19 Chicago 24 11 11 2 24 Lincoln @ Omaha 7:05pm Waterloo 24 6 15 3 15 Green Bay 25 11 12 2 24 Chicago @ Cedar Rapids 7:05pm Team USA 21 7 14 0 14 Series History S C O U T I N G T H E WATERLOO BLACK HAWKS

 Since November 7th, Waterloo is 1-11-1 with their only win coming Dec. 5th at Fargo while also earning a point with a shootout loss Dec. 13th vs. Lincoln. Bucs 2014-2015 Record: 1-0-0  The poor record heading into the holidays is a far cry from what Waterloo has mostly been accustomed too in Bucs 2013-2014 Record: 0-4-0 Last Bucs Win at Home: 12/19/14 recent years under P.K. O’Handley. Since O’Handley took over for the 2002-2003 season, he has led the Black Last Bucs Win on Road: 11/16/12 Hawks to the Clark Cup Finals four times including winning the title in 2003-2004. He has also guided the Last Waterloo Win at Home: 1/11/14 Black Hawks to eight 30-win seasons over the previous 11 seasons. He is the reigning USHL Coach of the Last Waterloo Win on Road: 3/16/14 Year. Last Overtime Decision: 1/15/11 (DM)  It’s a reunion of sorts for a few Black Hawks in Des Moines as Ruslan Rakhmatov and Brendan Shane were Last Shootout Decision: 10/28/08 (WAT) each members of the 2013-2014 Buccaneers. Shane was traded just prior to the season while Rakhmatov was released in the off-season. Forward Tom Novak was the Bucs’ first selection of the 2013 Phase I draft. Mean- 12/19/14 6-4 Win while, goalie Trevor Gorsuch, while he never played with the Buccaneers, had his rights acquired by the Bucs 12/27/14 vs. Waterloo in a deadline day deal with Tri-City in February 2012. 1/24/15 @ Waterloo 4/3/15 @ Waterloo

Bucs Situational Scoring Time Breakdown

Team Comparisons even strength 51/60 Situation Time GF/GA opp. empty net 1/0 Even Strength 1272:58 51/60 Buccaneers Black Hawks extra attacker 1/2 Power Play 208:49 27/6 3.2 (9) Goals For Per Game 2.8 (14) five on five 48/59 Shorthanded 177:40 3/17 3.4 (11) Goals Allowed Per Game 4.1 (16) 30.5 (11) Shots For Per Game 36.2 (1) four on four 2/2 Tied 414:13 22/23 32.2 (9 ) Shots Allowed Per Game 28.4 (3) three on three 0/0 Leading 526:08 35/25 123 (2) Power Plays 105 (6) power play 27/6 Trailing 642:34 27/37 25 Power Play Goals 23 six on four 0/1 103 (9) Times Short-Handed 96 (7) five on four 25/5 2 Short-Handed Goals 2 Last Time It Happened 13 Times Scoring 1st 12 five on three 2/0 1-3 OT/SO Games 0-3 four on three 0/0 19.8 (7) PIM Per Game 16.3 (12) shorthanded 3/17 Bucs Scored on Power Play 10 Major Penalties 6 Home: Corey Schueneman vs. Waterloo 12/19/14 four on six 0/0 four on five 3/16 Away: Tanner Karty @ Lincoln 11/29/14 three on five 0/1 Opponent Scored on Power Play Bucs Among USHL Ind. Leaders three on four 0/0 Home: Max Coatta (Waterloo) 12/19/14 1st min. of Per. 2/2 Away: Lukas Buchta (Sioux Falls) 12/18/14 Bucs Scored Short-Handed Category Player No. Rank last min of Per. 5/5 GWG Karty 1 4 first period 19/30 Home: Nikita Pavlychev vs. Waterloo 12/19/14 second period 33/28 Away Patrik Grasso @ Chicago 11/4/14 D Points Rauhauser 22 1 third period 30/26 Opponent Scored Short-Handed overtime 0/1 Home: Louie Rowe (Omaha) 12/13/14 D Goals Rauhauser 6 T3 shootout 4/4 Away: Patrick Polino (Lincoln) 11/29/14 penalty shot 1/0 Bucs Had a Hat Trick D Assists Rauhauser 16 1 wins 60/30 Home: Danny Elser vs. Tri-City 4/4/14 (4 goals) non-wins 22/55 Away: Joe Gambardella @ Waterloo 11/16/12 PIM Petaccio 84 2 Opponent Had a Hat Trick Wolff 81 3 Stats reflect Bucs’ situation (i.e. Home: Rob Blankemeier (Chicago) 12/5/14

shorthanded is when Bucs are shorthanded. Away Jared Thomas (Sioux City) 3/16/14 Bucs Had a Penalty Shot Home: Nikita Pavlychev vs. Sioux Falls 12/6/14 (missed) Bucs Division I NCAA Commitments Away: Mark Petaccio @ U-17 10/19/14 (missed) Bucs Had a Shutout Home: Ryan Ruck vs. Omaha 10/10/14 Tyler Drevitch Merrimack Nikita Pavlychev Penn State Away: Billy Christopoulos @ Tri-City 2/1/14 (SOL) Ryan Dmowski UMass-Lowell Ryan Ruck Northeastern Opponent Had a Shutout Patrick Grasso New Hampshire Brennan Sanford Michigan State Home Jacob Johansson (Tri-City) 10/5/13 Ara Nazarian New Hampshire Corey Schueneman Western Michigan Kyle Patava Air Force Nick Wolff Duluth Away Danny Tirone (Cedar Rapids) 1/29/14 Bucs Goalie Scored a Point: Home: Charles Williams vs. Sioux Falls 3/12/10 (A) Away: Ryan Ruck @ Lincoln 1/25/14 (A) Des Moines Buccaneers 2014-2015 Game-by-Game Results

Date Opponent Result Score SO Record Place Attendance PP PK First Goal GW Goal Bucs Goalie Opp. Goalie SOG Highlight

9/27 Fargo Win 4-0 1-0-0 T1 2,096 1/6 7/7 DM Rauhauser Pashovitz Israelsson 33-23 Rauhauser with 2 goals, Pashovitz shutout

10/3 @ Omaha Win 6-2 2-0-0 T1 2,518 2/6 1/1 DM Karty Ruck Hawkey 22-37 Karty, Koch two goals each. Ruck 18 1st per. svs.

10/4 Tri-City SOL 1-2 1-2 2-0-1 T2 (-1) 1,863 1/5 3/4 TC Nardella Pashovitz Dillon 35-23 Gorodetsky ties game on PP goal with 2:39 left

10/10 Omaha Win 4-0 3-0-1 T2 (-1) 1,784 0/6 3/3 DM Karty Ruck Hawkey 36-27 Karty 2 goals, Ruck 27 save shutout

10/14 @ Omaha Win 5-3 4-0-1 1 (+1) 2,332 1/7 9/10 DM Rauhauser Ruck Hawkey (1) 28-32 Bucs built 5-0 lead

10/18 @ U-17 Win 5-3 5-0-1 T2 (-2) 303 2/4 3/3 DM Widmar Pashovitz Woll 32-23 Widmar, Pavlychev score in 3rd to break 3-3 tie

10/19 @ U-17 Win 3-1 6-0-1 T1 275 2/6 5/5 DM Petaccio Ruck Oetingger 36-32 Three different scorers for the Bucs

10/24 @ Sioux City Loss 1-5 6-1-1 T2 (-2) 1,744 0/3 2/2 SC Rodriguez Ruck Olson 29-40 SC scores twice in final minute making score look worse 10/25 Omaha Loss 2-4 6-2-1 R2 (-4) 2,167 1/6 7/8 OMA Spinner Ruck Oldham 18-29 Bucs killed off three 5-on-3s

10/31 Sioux Falls Win 7-3 7-2-1 2 (-2) 2,002 2/6 4/4 SF Lindstrand Pashovitz Brey 27-24 Bucs snap 3-3 tie with four 3rd period goals

11/1 @ Chicago Loss 2-7 7-3-1 2 (-2) 1,271 1/4 4/6 CHI Jackson Ruck Morris 34-43 Bucs were outscored 5-0 even strength

11/7 Fargo Win 4-2 8-3-1 T1 2,128 2/4 5/5 FAR Schueneman Pashovitz Israelsson 30-31 Bucs rally from 0-1 and 1-2 scores to win

11/8 Lincoln Win 5-3 9-3-1 T1 2,366 2/4 4/5 DM Petaccio Ruck Hackett 47-39 Petaccio 2g, 2 a

11/11 @ Lincoln Loss 2-5 9-4-1 2 (-2) 2,744 2/6 3/5 LN Lappin Pashovitz (1) Jones 32-29 Lincoln led 3-0 and 4-1. Outscored Bucs 3-0 even strength 11/14 @ Sioux Falls Loss 0-5 9-5-1 2 (-4) 5,132 0/2 1/1 SF Loggins Ruck Lekkas 19-38 Bucs out shot 16-3 in the first period

11/15 Green Bay SOL 2-3 1-2 9-5-2 2 (-3) 2,388 0/7 3/4 GB Walsh Pashovitz Reich 34-26 Bucs rallied back from 0-2 down to tie

11/21 @ Tri-City Loss 2-5 9-6-2 3 (-5) 2,199 1/5 1/2 TC Aibel Ruck Weyrick 23-41 TC jumped out to a 5-0 lead.

11/26 Tri-City Win 4-3 10-6-2 2 (-5) 2,292 1/5 4/5 DM Drevitch Pashovitz Weyrick 36-32 Bucs killed off major to end game and hold lead

11/29 @ Lincoln Win 3-2 11-6-2 2 (-5) 3,115 3/7 2/2 LN Karty Pashovitz Hackett 38-32 Karty scores twice on PP in final 10 minutes

11/30 Omaha SOW 5-4 2-0 12-6-2 2 (-3) 2,433 0/3 2/4 DM Petaccio Ruck Oldham 32-31 Grasso ties score with 55 seconds left in 3rd

12/5 Chicago Loss 4-7 12-7-2 2 (-3) 1,976 0/4 5/6 DM Schilling Pashovitz Morris 36-35 Blankemeier (3), Bergh (2) led Chicago

12/6 Sioux Falls Loss 2-4 12-8-2 2 (-3) 2,266 1/5 5/5 SF Tuomie Ruck Lekkas 32-42 Schueneman with a goal and assist in loss

12/12 @ Green Bay OTL 1-2 12-8-3 T2 (-4) 2,507 0/4 3/3 DM J.Kaupilla Pashovitz Reich 25-28 Only goals in regulation came in final 10 minutes

12/13 Omaha Loss 1-4 12-9-3 3 (-6) 2,463 0/4 2/2 DM Schuldt Ruck Oldham 28-31 Petaccio scores Teddy Bear Toss Goal

12/17 @ Sioux Falls Loss 2-4 12-10-3 3 (-6) 4,700 0/4 1/2 DM Buchta Pashovitz Lekkas 22-29 Bucs failed to hold 1-0 and 2-1 leads

12/19 Waterloo Win 6-4 13-10-3 3 (-4) 2,334 2/6 2/5 WAT Schueneman Pashovitz Gorsuch 33-35 Pavlychev with a goal and three assists

Multi-Goal Games Multi-Assist Games Multi-Point Games

Player 2 3 4 5 Player 2 3 4 5 Player 2 3 4 5 Dmowski 2 Karty 3 Dmowski 1 Gorodetsky 2 Koch 1 Gorodetsky 1 Grasso 2 Petaccio 1 Grasso 1 Karty 5 1 Rauhauser 1 Koch 1 Koch 1 1 Sanford 1 Pavlychev 1 Pavlychev 1 1 Schueneman 1 Petaccio 4 Petaccio 3 1 1 Widmar 2 Rauhauser 2 Rauhauser 4 1 Widmar 1 Widmar 3 2 Wolff 1 Sanford 1

Schueneman 4

3rd Period Scoring Wolff 2

Player G A PTS +/-

Allemon 0 1 1 0

Dmowski 4 1 4 -2 Shootout Statistics (1-2) Drevitch 1 0 1 -1

Galambos 0 0 0 +1 Player Goals Shots % Gorodetsly 1 4 5 +5 Gorodetsky 1 1 100 Grasso 2 3 5 +1 Grasso Karty 8 5 13 +5 2 3 66 Karty Koch 1 2 3 -2 0 2 0 Petaccio Lindstrand 1 1 2 +2 1 1 100 Widmar Marinaro 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0

Mylchreest 0 1 1 -3

Nazarian 0 3 3 +6

Patava 0 0 0 0 Goalie W-L Goals Shots % Pavlychev 4 2 6 +2

Petaccio 0 3 3 -1 Pashovitz 0-2 4 6 33 Rauhauser 2 7 9 +5 Ruck 1-0 0 2 100 Sanford 1 3 4 +3

Schueneman 1 3 4 +3

Seeger 0 0 0 +2 Widmar 2 5 7 0 Wolff 0 3 3 -2

Zajc 1 2 3 +2 Des Moines Buccaneers 2014-2015 Player Notes

#1 Ryan Ruck - Goalie Commitment: Northeastern Starts Allowing 3 or Less: 5-2-0 Hometown: Ashburn, VA Bucs Record in Total App.: 6-8-0 Even Strength GAA: (37/628:12) 3.54 Second year USHL veteran who in 35 appearances went 13-14-3 with a single shutout...Had a 2.99 GAA SH GAA: (8/90:00) 5.33 and .918 save percentage...Played25 games for the NAHL’s Minot Minotauros in 2012-2013...Played for the LA GAA When Ahead: (12/267:52) 2.69 Selects U-18 in 2011-2012...Favorite team is the Anaheim Ducks...Was a part of the 14U Tier II National Cham- GAA When Tied: (9/127:42) 4.21 GAA When Trailing: (25/385:36) 3.89 pions...Desires to major in business...Favorite place for a vacation is Maui...Would like to visit France...Father is 3rd Per./OT GAA: (16/277:48) 1.15 a graduate of West Point and captained the swim team...Played roller hockey starting at the age of six but didn’t start playing ice hockey until he was 12 (same age he started being a goalie).

#2 Corey Schueneman - Defense Longest Point Streak: 5 (11/26-12/13) Current Point Streak: 1 Commitment: Western Michigan Games with a Goal: 5 Hometown: Brighton, MI Games with an Assist: 10 Games with a Point: 12 Third year in USHL after joining the Bucs midway through the 2012-2013 season...Previously played for the Last Goal: 12/19 vs. WAT NAHL’s Michigan Warriors and one game with the Muskegon Lumberjacks...Selected in fourth round of 2011 Entry Draft by Muskegon...Spent three seasons with the Little Caesar’s Midget Program in Detroit…Has three GWG Goals: 12/19 vs. WAT dogs...Dislikes snakes more than any other animal...When he was young he thought he was allergic to peanut Bucs Record when Scoring: 3-2-0 butter simply because he didn’t like it...Prefers country music...Wishes he could dance well.

#3 Alex Rauhauser - Defense Longest Point Streak: 4 (10/10-10/24) Current Point Streak: 3 Commitment: Games with a Goal: 5 Hometown: Bismarck, ND Games with an Assist: 12 Games with a Point: 14 Second year with the Bucs after appearing in 35 games registering a goal and five assists...In 2012-2013, scored Last Goal: 11/21 @ TC 67-points (30 goals) in 27 games for Bismarck Century High School..3rd round pick of the Bucs in the 2013 GWG Goals: 10/14 @ OMA Phase II draft...Has three dogs...Favorite teams are North Dakota and Minnesota...Favorite book genre are Mys- teries...Made ESPN’s “Top 10 Plays” for a wraparound goal in ’12-’13 for Century...Father played football in Bucs Record when Scoring: 4-1-0 college...Besides hockey, he strives to work with the mentally handicapped in the future.

#5 Patrik Koch - Defense Longest Point Streak: 3 (10/10-10/24) Current Point Streak: 0 Commitment: Games with a Goal: 2 Hometown: Bratislav, Slovakia Games with an Assist: 4 Games with a Point: 5 First year USHLer whom the Bucs acquired in a preseason trade with Waterloo...Spent the last four seasons Last Goal: 11/1 @ CHI playing junior hockey in Europe including in the Czech Republic and Austria...spent time last season with the Slovakian U18 National Team in international games at the U18 World Juniors... GWG Goals: Bucs Record when Scoring: 1-1-0

#6 Michael Mylchreest - Defense Longest Point Streak: 2 (11/30-12/6) Current Point Streak: 1 Commitment: Major Juniors Games with a Goal: 0 Hometown: Gilroy, CA Games with an Assist: 3 Games with a Point: 3 Acquired by the Bucs from Springfield of the NAHL on Nov. 13th...Had o points in eight games with Last Goal: Springfield...Fourth junior hockey season...spent 2013-2014 with Springfield registering 12 points in 56 games...Played major juniors in the Western Hockey League with Prince George...Had 9 assists in 116 GWG Goals: games...Mother (Linda) and Father (Iain) and a pet cat (Misty)...Favorite NHL team is the San Jose Bucs Record when Scoring: 0-0-0 Sharks...Enjoys History and Non-Fiction books...Wishes he could shoot par on a golf course.

#7 Patrick Grasso - Forward Longest Point Streak: *2 (11/30-12/6) Current Point Streak: 1 Commitment: New Hampshire Games with a Goal: 5 Hometown: Ankeny, IA Games with an Assist: 7 Games with a Point: 11 Second full season in the USHL...Had 24 points (9 goals) in 59 games last season...Had 5-points (3 goals) in 17 Last Goal: 12/5 vs. CHI games in 2012-2013...Previously played with the Omaha AAA midget program...Favorite NHL team is the Philadelphia Flyer...Plays golf and fishes in his free time...Favorite moment while playing hockey was his first GWG Goals: Bucs’ home game...New Jersey and Cape Cod are his favorite places for vacations...Father’s cousins Brian and Bucs Record when Scoring: 3-2-0 Joey Mullen had lengthy NHL careers...Joey Mullen is a Hall of Fame inductee with more than 500 goals. Des Moines Buccaneers 2014-2015 Player Notes

#8 Joe Widmar - Forward Longest Point Streak: 4 (11/26-12/6) Current Point Streak: 3 Commitment: Games with a Goal: 10 Hometown: Northbrook, IL Games with an Assist: 11 Games with a Point: 16 Acquired by the Bucs as part of the Indiana Ice dispersal draft in May 2014...Spent last season with the Last Goal: 12/17 @ SF Connecticut Oilers of the Eastern Hockey League...Scored 16 goals, 33 assists in 40 games and was named a second team All-Star...Played in 54 USHL games with Chicago and Indiana during the 2012-2013 season...His GWG Goals: 10/18 @ U-17 older brother Charlie is a freshman on the St. Olaf Division III team...Favorite NHL team is the Minnesota Bucs Record when Scoring: 6-3-1 Wild...Father played hockey at Western Michigan...Favorite food is pizza...Wishes he had music talent.

#9 Kyle Patava - Forward Longest Point Streak: 1 Current Point Streak: 0 Commitment: Air Force Games with a Goal: 0 Hometown: Norwalk, IA Games with an Assist: 1 Games with a Point: 1 Acquired by the Bucs Nov. 13th from Janesville of the NAHL...Had 15pts (5g, 10a) and a +10 rating in 19 games Last Goal: with Janesville this season...Last season, had 39pts (14g, 25a) for Janesville...Before juniors he played for the Omaha AAA midget program...Father Tim, Mother Jill and brother Cole...Has a yellow lab dog named Bud- GWG Goals: dy...Also played high school baseball at Norwalk...Enjoys Club/Dance music...Plans to major in biochemistry/pre Bucs Record when Scoring: 0-0-0 -med...Favorite place for a vacation is British Columbia...Would like to visit Stockholm.

#11 Miha Zajc- Forward Longest Point Streak: *1 (10/31-11/1) Current Point Streak: 0 Commitment: Games with a Goal: 1 Hometown: Ljubljana, Slovenia Games with an Assist: 2 Games with a Point: 3 USHL rookie who, since 2011-2012, has split time in Slovenia and Austrian junior leagues as well as the German Last Goal: 10/3 @ OMA Development League...A “Player to Watch” by Central Scouting...Played for the Slovenia U18 team last season...Has a pet cat...Also plays tennis and soccer...Favorite NHL teams are the LA Kings and Chicago Black- GWG Goals: hawks...His favorite hockey moment is having the chance to train with NHL players...Favorite hockey memory is Bucs Record when Scoring: 1-0-0 winning a Bronze medial at the U18 World Juniors with Slovenia...Wishes he had the ability to fly airplanes.

#12 Nick Wolff– Defense Longest Point Streak: *1 Current Point Streak: 0 Commitment: Minnesota-Duluth Games with a Goal: 0 Hometown: Eagan, MN Games with an Assist: 5 Games with a Point: 5 First full season in the USHL after appearing in nine games at the end of 2013-2014...Scored a goal in his first Last Goal: USHL game...Spent three seasons playing for Eagan, MN High...Played for Team USA at the Ivan Hlinka Tournament this summer...Had a brother and a sister...Favorite sports teams are the Atlanta Falcons, Minnesota GWG Goals: Wild and UMD-Bulldogs...Likes country music...Favorite music group is the American Kids...Likes mystery Bucs Record when Scoring: 0-0-0 novels and favorite book is Twisted...Wishes he could be a good car drifter...Would like to invent something.

#13 Stephan Seeger– Forward Longest Point Streak: 2 (12/5-12/12) Current Point Streak: 0 Commitment: Major Juniors Games with a Goal: 1 Hometown: Mississauga, ON Games with an Assist: 1 Games with a Point: 2 Joined the Bucs in late November after playing one games with the Ontario Hockey League’s Oshawa Last Goal: 12/6 vs. SF Generals...He played 25 games with the Quebec Major Junior League’s Moncton Wildcats with 11pts (5g, 6a)...Previously he played prep and junior hockey in Connecticut since 2010...Has two sisters...enjoys alternative GWG Goals: music...Favorite book is Lord of the Flies...Likes to play tennis recreationally...Favorite NHL team is the Toronto Bucs Record when Scoring: 0-1-0 Maple Leafs.

#14 Georgy Gorodetsky - Forward Longest Point Streak: 5 (10/4-10/24) Current Point Streak: 1 Commitment: Games with a Goal: 3 Hometown: Yekaterinburg, Russia Games with an Assist: 8 Games with a Point: 10 Acquired by the Bucs in a trade with Cedar Rapids during the preseason...First year Junior A player...Played Last Goal: 12/19 vs. WAT midget hockey for the Oakland Grizzlies last season registering 42 points (21, 21) in 27 games played...Spent three seasons at Shattuck St. Mary’s recording 170 points in 111 career games...Was Cedar Rapids’ first round GWG Goals: pick (12th overall) in the Phase II draft in May...Has two dogs...Enjoys Hip Hop music and reality televi- Bucs Record when Scoring: 2-0-1 sion...Plays the FIFA ‘15 video game...Favorite foods are pasta, burritos and ribs. Des Moines Buccaneers 2014-2015 Player Notes

#15 Ryan Dmowski- Forward Longest Point Streak: *3 (11/1-11/11) Current Point Streak: 1 Commitment: UMass-Lowell Games with a Goal: 7 Hometown: East Lyme, CT Games with an Assist: 6 Games with a Point: 12 USHL rookie who spent the last three seasons at The Gunnery prep school in Connecticut...Scored 36 goals in Last Goal: 12/19 vs. WAT high school...second round selection of the Bucs in the 2013 Phase I draft...Father named Dave, mom named Beth and three sisters named Bella, Brianna and Emma...Has two cats for pets...Is a Boston sports fan following the GWG Goals: Bruins, Patriots and Red Sox...Favorite TV shows are “Game of Thrones” and “Walking Dead”...Enjoys the Bucs Record when Scoring: 6-1-0 Harry Potter book series...Favorite food is pancakes with bacon...Dad played basketball at Springfield University.

#16 Tanner Karty - Forward Longest Point Streak: 4 (10/31-11/11) Current Point Streak: 1 Commitment: Games with a Goal: 10 Hometown: Oklahoma City, OK Games with an Assist: 8 Games with a Point: 15 Longest tenured Buc entering his fourth season….Enters season with 141 career games compiling 31 goals and 37 Last Goal: 12/19 vs. WAT assists...Scored his first two career goals 11/12/11 at Fargo...Played for Dallas Stars midget team before joining the Bucs...Has a brother and two sisters...Desires to major in psychology in college...Favorite place for a vacation GWG Goals: 11/29 @ LN is Cozumel, Mexico...Enjoys playing golf in his free time...His favorite hockey moment is his first USHL Bucs Record when Scoring: 8-0-2 goal...Favorite TV show is “Cops”...He wishes he was taller.

#17 Nikita Pavlychev - Forward Longest Point Streak: 4 (10/14-10/25) Current Point Streak: 1 Commitment: Penn State Games with a Goal: 6 Hometown: Yaroslavl, Russia Games with an Assist: 5 Games with a Point: 10 USHL rookie who has played the last two years with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights midget program...2013 Last Goal: 12/19 vs. WAT Phase I draft pick of the Bucs...A “Player to Watch” by Central Scouting,,,Appeared in 4 games, with one assist, with the Bucs in 2013-2014...Has also played soccer, basketball and tennis...Favorite NHL team is the Pittsburgh GWG Goals: 10/18 @ U-17 Penguins...Enjoys watching “The Voice”...Favorite music artist is Eminem...Favorite hockey moment is scoring Bucs Record when Scoring: 4-2-0 the game winning goal at the midget national championships...Favorite food is pasta...Wishes he could golf

#19 Tyler Drevitch - Forward Longest Point Streak: *1 (11/26-11/29) Current Point Streak: 0 Commitment: Merrimack Games with a Goal: 1 Hometown: Middleboro, MA Games with an Assist: 2 Games with a Point: 2 USHL rookie who spent the last three seasons with the Boston Bandits junior program...Scored 11 goals, 26 Last Goal: 11/26 vs. TC assists in 44 games last season...12th round pick of the Bucks in the 2014 Phase II draft...Father Scott played 19 pro seasons and was coached by current Bucs’ coach Dave Allison while in the ECHL in the early 1990s...His GWG Goals: 11/26 vs. TC uncle Todd also played two pro seasons...Younger brother Logan is on the Bucs; affiliate list...Favorite places for Bucs Record when Scoring: 1-0-0 a vacation are Cape Cod & North Carolina…Holds all-time wins record in tennis at Middleboro High School.

#20 Vince Marinaro —Forward Longest Point Streak: Current Point Streak: 0 Commitment: Games with a Goal: 0 Hometown: Algonquin, IL Games with an Assist: 0 Games with a Point: 0 Junior hockey rookie who joined the Bucs in early December...Started the season with the NAHL’s Coulee Last Goal: Region Chill playing 22 games with 6pts (2g, 4a). ..He was a 19th Round Phase II selection of the Chicago Steel in 2013... He previously played midget hockey for Team Illinois. GWG Goals: Bucs Record when Scoring: 0-0-0

#21 Chris Allemon—Defense Longest Point Streak: 2 (10/14-10/19) Current Point Streak: 0 Commitment: Games with a Goal: 0 Hometown: St. Clair Shores, MI Games with an Assist: 5 Games with a Point: 5 USHL rookie who played for the Little Caesars U18 midget team...Third round draft pick of the Bucks in the Last Goal: 2014 Phase II draft...Has a brother and two sisters...Has two dogs and a cat...Also played baseball and football...Favorite TV Show is “Friday Night Lights”...Favorite place for a vacation is Mexico...Likes playing GWG Goals: sports video games...When away from the rink he likes to sleep...Favorite hockey moment is winning Michigan Bucs Record when Scoring: 0-0-0 state title...Lists desserts among he favorite foods...Wishes he could play the piano. Des Moines Buccaneers 2014-2015 Player Notes

#22 Ara Nazarian—Forward Longest Point Streak: 3 (11/30-12/12) Current Point Streak: 0 Commitment: New Hampshire Games with a Goal: 3 Hometown: Boxford, MA Games with an Assist: 5 Games with a Point: 8 USHL rookie who spent the last two years with the Malden Catholic program in Massacusstes...Scored 35 goals Last Goal: 11/30 vs. OMA in 44 games in high school...Parents are Kevin and Rocknelle...Brothers Alex and Anthony...Sisters Adara and Ani...Has also played baseball and lacrosse...Favorite sports teams are the Boston Bruins, red Sox and GWG Goals: New England Patriots...Favorite TV show is “Graceland”...Would like to visit Costa Rica...Won three state Bucs Record when Scoring: 3-0-0 championships in high school...Favorite food is Chicken/Broccoli Ziti.

#23 Brennan Sanford - Forward Longest Point Streak 2 (9/27-10/4) Current Point Streak: 1 Commitment: Michigan State Games with a Goal: 1 Hometown: Holt, MI Games with an Assist: 5 Games with a Point: 5 Acquired by the Bucs in a trade with Cedar Rapids during the preseason...Third year Junior A player wo is in his Last Goal: 12/19 vs. WAT first full season in the USHL...Played 33 games with 7pts (3,4) with Cedar Rapids in 2013-2014...Also played 29 games in the NAHL with Austin last season and 42 games with Kalamazoo of the NAHL in 2012-2013...Siblings GWG Goals: Ryan, Alex and Lauren...Also played golf, tennis and baseball...Doesn’t play video games...Would like to visit Bucs Record when Scoring: 2-0-0 Paris...Member of Quebec PeeWee Tournament champs...Three time state champion...Likes country music.

#24 Mark Petaccio—Forward Longest Point Streak: 6 (10/25-11/14) Current Point Streak: 2 Commitment: Major Juniors Games with a Goal: 8 Hometown: Sicklerville, NJ Games with an Assist: 8 Games with a Point: 13 Junior A and Major Junior veteran whom the Bucs acquired in a preseason trade with Tri-City...Played for Last Goal: 12/13 vs. OMA Pembroke of the Canadian Central Jr. A league last season registering 71pts (33, 38) in 52 games played...From 2010-2013, played in the Ontario Hockey League with Oshawa, Ottawa and Sault Ste. Marie...Parents Mike and GWG Goals: 11/8 vs. LN Linda...Has two siblings...Has three cats...Also played baseball...Favorite NHL team is the Philadelphia Bucs Record when Scoring: 6-2-0 Flyers...Enjoys Toby Keith...Favorite hockey moment is scoring OT winner in an OHL playoff game.

#25 Chandler Lindstrand - Defense Longest Point Streak: 2 (10/25-11/1) Current Point Streak: 0 Commitment: Games with a Goal: 2 Hometown: Medina, MN Games with an Assist: 4 Games with a Point: 5 USHL rookie who played the last three years at Wayzata, MN High School...An eighth round pick of the Bucs in Last Goal: 10/31 vs. SF the 2014 Phase II draft...Father Dennis, Mother Tina and Brother Logan...Has a pet dog named Lucky...Enjoys country music...Likes motivational books...Desires to major in business...Favorite hockey moment was playing in GWG Goals: 10/31 vs. SF the 2012-2013 Minnesota state tournament...All-Conference and second team All-Metro in 2012-2013...Wishes Bucs Record when Scoring: 2-0-0 he could play a musical instrument.

#33 Ryland Pashovitz - Goalie Commitment: Starts Allowing 3 or Less: 6-0-3 Hometown: Saskatoon, SK Bucs Record in Total App.: 7-3-3 Even Strength GAA: (16/415:43) 2.31 USHL rookie who spent last season in the Saskatchewan Junior League with Humboldt...Had a 1.60 GAA SH GAA: (10/74:43) 8.00 and .948 save percentage in 30 games...Acquired by the Bucs as a free agent just before opening night...First team GAA When Ahead: (9/228:44) 2.36 All-Star in the Saskatchewan Midget Hockey League in 2012-2013 GAA When Tied: (11/270:55) 2.46 GAA When Trailing: (10/200:25) 3.00 3rd Per./OT GAA: (9/241:42) 0.74

2014-2015 Des Moines Buccaneers Transaction Log Affiliate Player Updates 9/23 23-man roster and affiliate list set Vaughn Ahrens G Minnesota Magicians (NAHL) 9/25 Add Ryland Pashovitz Chris Berger F Buffalo Jr. Sabres (OJHL) Drop Alec Derks 10/1 Add Quin Foreman from Affiliate List Matthew Doran F Coulee Region Chill (NAHL) 10/18 Add Anea Ferrairo from Affiliate List Logan Drevitch F Boston Bandits Add Mitch Lewandowski from Affiliate List Sean Driscoll D Homestead, WI High School 10/19 Add Nick McKeeby from Affiliate List Anea Ferrario D Victory Honda 10/29 Drop Troy Conzo Dalton Gally D Omaha AAA 10/31 Add Mark Senden from Affiliate List Matthew Goeree F Michigan Nationals 11/13 Add Michael Mylchreest Noah LaLonde F Honeybaked Add Kyle Patava Mitch Lewandowski F Honeybaked Drop Grant Hutton 11/20 Drop Quin Foreman Nick McKeebly D Honeybaked 11/25 Add Stephan Seeger Austin Rook D The Rivers School 12/6 Add Vince Marinaro Kobe Roth F Warroad, MN High School 12/16 Drop Zak Galambos Mark Senden F Wayzata, MN High School Keenan Suthers F NTDP U-17 Andrew Vanderbeck F Lone Star Brahmas (NAHL)