University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux Men’S Hockey January 6, 2009 2008-09 Schedule/Results THIS WEEK
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UniVersitY OF north Dakota FIGHTING SIOUX Men’S HOCKEY January 6, 2009 2008-09 Schedule/Results THIS WEEK... Date Opponent Time/Result Oct. 5 Manitoba (Exh.) (FSSN) W, 6-2 North Dakota Oct. 10 at #9 Boston University^ L, 1-5 Oct. 11 vs. Massachusetts^ L, 2-3 (11-10-1, 6-5-1 WCHA) Oct. 17 at #15 Minnesota State* L, 1-5 Oct. 18 at #15 Minnesota State* W, 4-3 vs. Oct. 31 Wisconsin* (FSSN, NHL) W, 3-2 Nov. 1 Wisconsin* (FSSN) L, 2-5 #3 Minnesota Nov. 7 at #1 Colorado College* W, 3-1 Nov. 8 at #1 Colorado College* L, 4-7 (10-3-5, 7-2-3 WCHA) Nov. 14 Alaska Anchorage* (FSSN, NHL) L, 2-3 Nov. 15 Alaska Anchorage* (FSSN) W, 3-1 Nov. 21 at Minn. Duluth* (WDAZ/FSSN/Charter) (ot) T, 2-2 Nov. 22 at Minnesota Duluth* (FSSN/Charter) L, 1-3 Fri./Sat., Jan. 9/10 • 7:37/7:07 pm CT • Ralph Engelstad Arena • Grand Forks, N.D. Nov. 28 #12 Cornell (FSSN, NHL)& W, 7-3 TV: Fighting Sioux Sports Network (Ch. 23), FSN North (Ch. 28) Nov. 29 #12 Cornell (FSSN)& L, 1-2 Dec. 5 at Harvard W, 10-1 RADIO: 96.1 The Fox (KQHT-FM) • WEBCAST/LIVE STATS: FightingSioux.com Dec. 6 at Harvard W, 4-3 Dec. 12 #17 St. Cloud State* (WDAZ, FSSN) W, 3-2 Dec. 13 #17 St. Cloud State* (FSSN) W, 7-4 THIS WEEK: The Fighting Sioux return to WCHA action this week when they host third- Dec. 19 U.S. Under-18 Team (Exh.) (FSSN) W, 5-2 Dec. 27 vs. Michigan State# L, 1-2 ranked Minnesota on Friday and Saturday at Ralph Engelstad Arena. The puck drops at Dec. 28 vs. Michigan Tech# L, 1-2 7:37 p.m. on Friday and 7:07 p.m. on Saturday. Jan. 2 at Bemidji State W, 4-3 Jan. 3 Bemidji State (FSSN) (ot) W, 4-3 Jan. 9 #3 Minnesota* (FSSN, FSN North) 7:37 pm UND enters the week in sixth place in the WCHA standings with 13 points, two points Jan. 10 #3 Minnesota* (FSSN, FSN North) 7:07 pm behind fifth-place Minnesota Duluth and four points behind the second-place Gophers. Jan. 16 at Michigan Tech* 6:07 pm Jan. 17 at Michigan Tech* 6:07 pm Jan. 23 #5 Denver* (WDAZ, FSSN) 7:37 pm MEDIA INFORMATION: All Fighting Sioux men’s hockey games - home and away - Jan. 24 #5 Denver* (FSSN) 7:07 pm can be heard on 96.1 FM (The Fox) and on stations across the Fighting Sioux Hockey Jan. 30 at St. Cloud State* (Charter) 7:07 pm Jan. 31 at St. Cloud State* (Charter) 7:07 pm Network, with veteran broadcaster Tim Hennessy calling the action. Feb. 13 Minnesota State* (FSSN) 7:37 pm Feb. 14 Minnesota State* (FSSN) 7:07 pm This weekend’s series will be televised live on both the Fighting Sioux Sports Network Feb. 20 at Alaska Anchorage* 10:07 pm Feb. 21 at Alaska Anchorage* 10:07 pm (channel 23 in Grand Forks) and FSN North (channel 28). Feb. 28 #10 Colorado College* (FSSN) 3:37 pm Mar. 1 #10 Colorado College* (FSSN) 3:37 pm Mar. 6 at #17 Wisconsin* (FSN-WI) 7:07 pm A video webcast of each game can be purchased at FightingSioux.com, where FREE live Mar. 7 at #17 Wisconsin* (FSN-WI) 7:07 pm stats and audio are also available. Mar. 13-15 WCHA First Round TBA Mar. 19-21 WCHA Final Five (St. Paul, Minn.) TBA Mar. 27-29 NCAA Regionals (TBA) TBA WEEKEND WHITE-OUT: Senior captain Ryan Duncan and the Fighting Sioux men’s Apr. 9-11 NCAA Frozen Four (Washington, D.C.) TBA hockey team have called for Sioux fans to create a ‘white-out’ by wearing white when UND * - WCHA game All times Central hosts Minnesota this weekend. ^ - Ice Breaker Invitational (Boston, Mass.) & - Subway Holiday Classic (Grand Forks) Sioux fans looking to add to their collection of white clothing can purchase a white t-shirt # - Great Lakes Invitational (Detroit, Mich.) designed specifically for the Sioux-Gophers series, which is available exclusively at the Engelstad Arena Sioux Shop and online at www.siouxshop.com. PARKING INFORMATION: Due to the large volume of traffic expected at this weekend’s Around the WCHA series, fans are encouraged to arrive on site earlier than normal. With all REA parking lots expected to be filled to capacity, fans are also encouraged to car pool to this weekend’s Friday, January 9 Minnesota Duluth at St. Cloud State, 7:07 pm CT* games. Minnesota at North Dakota, 7:37 pm CT* Michigan Tech at Denver, 7:37 pm MT* ABOUT MINNESOTA: The Gophers Minnesota State at Colorado College, 7:37 pm MT* are coming off of a pair of wins at their HOCKEY ContaCT Wisconsin at Alaska Anchorage, 7:07 pm AT* Dodge Holiday Classic, having defeated Media Relations Director _______________ Jayson Hajdu Brown (6-2) and Northeastern (3-2, OT) ... [email protected] Saturday, January 10 Freshman D Aaron Ness was named the Office Phone _______________________(701) 777-2985 Minnesota Duluth at St. Cloud State, 7:07 pm CT* Cell Phone _________________________(701) 740-7659 tournament’s most valuable player after Office Fax _________________________(701) 777-4352 Minnesota at North Dakota, 7:07 pm CT* registering his first career goal and a pair Michigan Tech at Denver, 7:07 pm MT* AMR Mailing Address ____Athletic Media Relations Office Minnesota State at Colorado College, 7:07 pm CT* of assists in the title game. He was also University of North Dakota Wisconsin at Alaska Anchorage, 7:07 pm CT* named WCHA Defensive Player of the Hyslop Sports Center Room 120 Week ... UM welcomes back to its lineup 2751 2nd Avenue North, Stop 9013 * WCHA game Fs Jordan Schroeder and Mike Hoeffel Grand Forks, ND 58202-9013 and D Cade Fairchild, each of whom represented the United States at the World Junior Championships in Ottawa, Ontario ... Schroeder is the highest scoring rookie in the nation with 21 points in 16 games ... Sophomore G Alex Kangas leads the WCHA during WE ARE 1. WE ARE NORTH DAKOTA. PAGE 2 • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA FIGHTING SIOUX MEN’S HOCKEY GAME NOTES • JANUARY 6, 2009 2008-09 UND-UM Comparison league play in goals against average (1.88) and save percentage (.932) ... Minnesota (Per game averages w/ WCHA rank) enters the weekend boasting the WCHA’s top-ranked overall power-play (21.9%) and penalty killing (93.2%). UND UM 3.18 (5) Goals For 3.28 (4) 2.95 (7) Goals Against 2.28 (3) UM COachING STAFF: Don Lucia (Notre Dame ‘81) is in his 10th year as UM head 19.4% (4) Power Play 21.9% (1) coach and is 249-116-43 (.663). Lucia will miss this weekend’s series due to illness. He 83.2% (5) Penalty Kill 93.2% (1) 47.1% (7) Combined Special Teams 57.2% (1) also missed last weekend’s games. 16.9 (6) Penalty Minutes 16.9 (5) Assistant coach John Hill (Alaska Anchorage ‘88) will serve as acting head coach. UND vs. Minnesota THE ALL-TIME SERIES: UND trails the all-time series 130-122-12 but owns a 64- All-Time Series 53-7 edge in games played in Grand Forks. All-Time: UND trails 122-130-12 (.485) In Grand Forks: UND leads 64-53-7 (.544) Last season the Sioux went 2-1-1 against the Gophers, splitting a home series in In Minneapolis: UND trails 51-70-5 (.425) December and claiming an overtime win and a tie in Minneapolis in February. Neutral: Series tied 7-7-0 (.500) Last 10: UND leads 6-3-1 (.650) - See Below Four of the last six meetings between the two teams have gone into overtime, including Date Location Result Note the 2007 WCHA Final Five championship and 2007 NCAA West Region championship. 01-13-06 Minneapolis L, 1-6 01-14-06 Minneapolis W, 4-2 UND’s LAST acTION: UND is coming off of a stretch of four straight non-conference 01-26-07 Minneapolis W, 5-3 games, most recently skating to a home-and-home sweep of Bemidji State last weekend 01-27-07 Minneapolis W, 7-3 with a 4-3 victory each night (overtime Saturday). 03-17-07 St. Paul (ot) L, 2-3 Final Five final 03-25-07 Denver (ot) W, 3-2 Regional final 12-07-07 Grand Forks W, 4-2 Second-period goals by freshman F Brett Hextall (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and senior 12-08-07 Grand Forks L, 3-4 F Ryan Martens (Selkirk, Manitoba) erased a 3-2 deficit and lifted the Sioux to a 4-3 win 02-01-08 Minneapolis (ot) W, 2-1 in Bemidji on Friday. 02-02-08 Minneapolis (ot) T, 1-1 The newly created line of Evan Trupp (So., Anchorage, Alaska), Chris VandeVelde (Jr., Career Scoring vs. Minnesota Moorhead, Minn.) and Matt Frattin (So., Edmonton, Alberta) combined for seven points on Friday, led by a goal and two assists by Trupp. VandeVelde had a goal and an assist Player GP G A Pts. while Frattin notched a career-best two assists as UND erased a 2-0 deficit. Blood ......................................0 0 0 0 Davidson.................................0 0 0 0 Duncan .................................12 7 4 11 Hextall scored a power-play goal 31 seconds into overtime Saturday night in Grand Forks Fienhage.................................0 0 0 0 to complete the sweep.