UMD Hockey (1965-1966)
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GENERAL INFORMATION LOCATION-Duluth, Minnesota FOUNDED-As Scace Normal School, 1895. Became pare of University of Minnesota, July 1, 1947. ENROLLMENT-4300 (approx.) NICKNAME-Bulldogs SCHOOL COLORS-Maroon and Gold NAMES AND TITLES PROVOST-Dr. Raymond W. Darland BUSINESS MANAGER-Robert Bridges ATHLETIC DIRECTOR-Lloyd Peterson DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION-Dr. Ward Wells TEAM PHYSICIAN-Dr. John Dwyer HEAD, INFORMATION SERVICE-Julian Hoshal SPORTS PUBLICITY DIRECTOR-Ralph A. Romano BAND DIRECTOR-James Murphy COACHING FOOTBALL-James Malosky (Minn. '49) HOCKEY-Ralph Romano (UMD '56) BASKETBALL-Norman Olson (Wisc. '39) (Ind. '62) SKIING-Dr. Ward Wells (St. Cloud '41) (Ind. U '53-'55) GOLF AND TENNIS-Dr. Lewis Rickert (Western Colorado '30) (Columbia '52) TRACK AND SWIMMING-Nick Whelihan (UMD '62) INTRAMURAL-Craig Peterson (UMD '62) ATHLETIC FACILITIES FOOTBALL-Duluth Public Schools Stadium, 44th Ave. W. and 4th St. HOCKEY-Duluth Curling and Skating Club, 1330 London Road BASKETBALL-UMD Physical Education Building, Midway Drive and St. Marie Street TRACK-UMD Physical Education Building, Football Field Track SWIMMING-DMD Physical Education 'Building TICKET INFORMATION Football Basketball Hockey Family Season $12.00 $20.00 none Individual Season 7.00 14.00 $20.00 Single Reserved 2.00 I. 75 2.00 General Admission 1.50 1.25 none Students .5Q .50 1.00* Children .5 0 .50 1.00* *Available for most games Season ticket sales open one month prior to the first game. Single game admissions are available the week of the game. Ticket orders may be placed with the Athletic Ticket Office, Room 180, Physical Education Building, Ralph Romano, Ticket Manager. 1965-66 Schedule Date Opponent Site Nov. 12, 13 Freshman-Varsity Duluth Nov. 19, 20 Michigan Tech Duluth Nov. 26, 27 North Dakota Duluth Dec. 3, 4 Port Arthur Duluth Dec. 28 Eastern Olympic Braintree, Mass. Dec. 29, 30 Brown Tournament Prov., R. I. Jan. 1 Minnesota Duluth Jan. 7 Manitoba Duluth Jan. 8 Manitoba Eveleth Jan. 14, 15 Denver Denver Jan. 21, 22 Michigan Scace E. Lansing Jan. 24, 25 Denver Duluth Feb. 4, 5 Michigan Tech Houghton Feb. 8 Minnesota Minneapolis Feb. 11, 12 North Dakota Grand Forks Feb. 18, 19 Michigan Duluth Feb. 25, 26 Colorado College Colo. Springs Mar. 3 (Playoff) Michigan Tech Houghton Mar. 5• (Playoff) Michigan or Michigan Scace Away *Played by winner of March 3 game . 1964-65 final Results UMD 54 North Dakota 5 5 North Dakota 6 (OT) 4 Colorado College 3 (OT) 5 Colorado College 3 6 Minnesota 5 6 Pore Arthur 6 •10 Colgate 3 •10 McGill l •9 Rennesaler 2 3 Michigan Tech 6 3 Michigan Tech 4 5 Michigan 6(0T) 2 Michigan 4 6 Port Arthur 3 4 Port Arthur l 4 Michigan Scace 5 (OT) 7 Michigan Scace l 3 Colorado College 2(0T) 3 Minnesota 9 2 Minnesota 5 7 North Dakota 5 3 North Dakota 9 4 Minnesota 2 13 Lakehead U 0 11 Lakehead U l SEASON RECORD: Won 14, Lose 12, Tied 1 *R.P.I. Tournament Prospects In its first "member" season in the WCHA, the UMD Bulldogs must rely heavily on sophomores to form one for- ward line, man three-fourths of the defense and split the goaltending. "This inexperience could really hurt us in our first two series of the season (Michigan Tech and North Da- kota)," said Coach Ralph Romano. "But by mid-season- barring injuries-I expect us to be as strong as last season. " The Bulldogs played 20 games against WC HA teams last season. Although they had their troubles with T ech and Dakota like everybody else, Dakota, Michigan State and Colorado all dropped games to the Bulldogs. The sophomore look dominates defense where senior Bob Hill, whom Romano considers the equal of any blue- liner in the country, is the lone veteran . He will be joined by Lee Sutton, a sophomore from St. Paul Breck. Tom Ahrens and John McKay, a combination out of Duluth East, will form the pure sophomore pair. The Bulldogs' leading All-American candidate Keith (Huffer)Chrisciansen will center a line that scored 67 goals last season. His wingmates are junior Pat Franc i s co and senior Mike Tok who led the club in individual goals with 24. Captain Owen Rogers, a senior, has been moved to center to form a second line with wings Dick Maertz and Bobby Bell. This trio thrives on forechecking and c apital- izing on opposition mistakes. Center Elroy Froiland from Thief River Falls and wings Dick Thompson of Baudette and Tom Mrozik of Du- luth Central appear likely to form the sophomore line. The goaltending duties are up for grabs between senior Ron Hill and Dave LeBlanc from Ft. William who was voted the outstanding freshman last season. Romano plans to alternate them during the regular season until one estab- lishes superiority. After his nine forwards, four defensemen and two goalies, Romano's available talent drops off sharply. Any major injuries could deal a crushing blow to the Bulldogs' season. Coaching Staff HEAD COACH RALPH ROMANO Native of Fort William, Ontario ... goaltender in minor league system ... came to Duluth Central as high school junior ... enrolled at UMD in 1952 ... earned three varsity letters as Bulldog goaltender. Active in all phases of student activity-R.0.T.C., stu- dent government, publications ... spent three years as Air Force navigator. Joined sports staff of Duluth Herald and News-Tribune after service tour ... came to UMD for 1959-60 season ... reams posted 30-8 record during two MIAC seasons ... led Bulldogs out of MIAC through independent status ro WCHA membership. Active in American Hockey Coaches Association ... elected to AHCA Board of Governors last spring. UMD's Athletic Business Manager with responsibilities in tickets and publicity as well as coaching. Married to former Barbara Pederson, a UMD graduate ... five children, Ralph Jr. 8, Elaine 7, Jeffrey 5, Kevin 4, Paul l . ASSISTAN T COACH MICHAEL HALEY Assistant coach Mike Haley, one of the finest goaltend- ers in UMD annals, enters his fifth season on the staff. Haley still owns the UMD record for the best goaltend- ing average in a season, set during his senior year (1960-61) at 2.7 goals per game. This performance also earned him the squad's Most Valuable Player award. It has naturally fallen upon Haley to correct the flaws of the goaltending corps. Haley prepped at Minneapolis Southwest where he also gained the Most Valuable Player award. He moved to Duluth with his family the following year. When not coaching hockey, Haley works in the sales department of Minnesota Power and Light Company. FRESHMAN COACH BOB LUND First season with B ulldogs ... completing work on el- ementary education degree ... hockey experience with UMD, Warroad Lakers and U.S . Nationals ... native of Salo, Minn . Warroad high school graduate ... placing particular em- phasis on preparing defensemen. UMD HOCKE1 ROSTER 1965-66 NAME POS. AGE HEIGHT WEIGHT CLASS HOMETOWN 12 Ahrens, Thomas D 19 6 165 So. Duluth (East) 14 Bell, Robert* LW 19 5-10 180 Jr. Proctor 9 Christiansen, Keith* C 21 5-6 155 Jr. Fort Frances, Ont. 17 Francisco, Patrick* RW 19 5-11 175 Jr. Duluth (Denfeld) 4 Froiland, Elroy LW 19 5-9 158 So. Thief River Falls 3 Hill, Bob D 21 6-1 190 Sr. Duluth (East) 1 Hill, Ronald* G 23 5-6 150 Sr. Oak Park, Ill. 1 LeBlanc, David G 18 5-5 145 So. Fort William, Ont. 7 Maertz, David C 19 5-11 160 So . Duluth (East) 11 Maertz, Dick* RW 20 5-10 170 Jr. Duluth (East) 13 McKay, John D 19 5-10 170 So. Duluth (East) 15 Mrozik, Thomas C 18 5-10 185 So. Duluth (Central) 16 Rogers, Owen* RW 23 5-11 165 Sr. Frenchman Butte, Sask. 7 Sutton, Lee D 22 6-2 200 So. St. Paul (Breck) 10 Thompson, Richard LW 29 5-11 170 So. Baudette 8 Tok, Michael* LW 21 5-9 170 Sr . Bovey *Lettermen FRESHMAN H04 KEY ROSTER Barbo, Ed G Duluth (East) Iverson, Tom F Minneapolis (Marshall) Helland, Sam G Thief River Falls Kreidler, Jack F Duluth (Denfe Id) Devich , John D Duluth (Cathedral) McGiffert, Wells F Duluth (East) Howell, Carter D Minneapolis (West) McLeod, Bruce F Fort Frances, Ont. Newell, Rick D Winnipeg, Man. Murphy, Gary F Bovey (Coleraine) Wolfe, Benjie D Duluth (East) Sertich, Mike F Virginia Wood, Gary D International Falls Williams, Richard F Duluth (East) Carow, Steve F Minneapolis (Southwest) from the Records HOCKEY'S TOP SCORERS (61 -62 to present ) Games G A Pts . Pen-Min. •Keith Christiansen, 5 l 39 55 94 52-127 Fort Frances *Mike Tok, Bovey 74 46 40 86 28- 75 •Pat Francisco, Duluth 49 34 29 63 l0-23 •Bob Hill, Duluth 76 l 7 46 63 18-47 Terry Shercliffe, Regina 67 26 36 62 22-71 HOCKEY ' S TOP FIVE (oll -t ime) Goals Assists Pts. Harvey Flaman, Regina 74 79 153 Elmer Schwartz, Regina 72 77 149 Keith Christiansen, 39 55 94 Fort F ranees Mike Tok, Bovey 46 40 86 Alex Sisto, Duluth 30 43 73 INDIVIDUAL RECORDS SI NCE 1950 Most points, career, Harvey Flaman (55-58) 153 Most goals, career, Flaman (55-58) 74 Most assists, career, Flaman (55-58) 79 Most points, season, Keith Christiansen (64-65) 58 Most goals, season, Elmer Schwartz (57) 34 Most assists, season, Christiansen (64-65) 36 Best goaltending, career, Jerry Kleisinger (58) 3 . l Best goaltending, season, Mike Haley (60) 2. 7 Most points, game, Orest Wojcichowsky (Cone . 59) l0 Most goals, game, Flaman (Gustavus 58) 6 Most assists, game, Schwartz (Hamline 57) 7 Most goals, period, Schwartz (Hamline 57) 5 SEASON RECORD SINCE 1950 Won Lost Tie GF GA 1950 4 3 l 30 16 195 l 2 3 0 22 24 1952 2 8 0 33 55 1953 9 3 0 56 47 1954 10 7 0 80 65 1955 9 8 0 71 84 1956 17 6 0 l36 70 1957 16 4 3 129 60 1958 12 5 1 106 61 1959 l 0 8 l 105 82 1960 15 5 0 128 67 1961 15 3 0 120 42 •1962 6 14 3 69 119 1963 7 15 2 80 103 1964 11 14 0 95 95 1965 14 12 1 108 146 145 106 l l •E nte red ma jor competit ion.