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2020-21 WCHA STANDINGS Conference Overall Rk (Natl Rank) Team Pts GP W L T OTW/OTL SW Pts.% GF GA GP W L T GF GA 1. (4/3) Minnesota State^ 39 14 13 1 0 1/1 0 .929 56 15 28 22 5 1 100 46 2, (14/13) Lake Superior State* 27 14 9 5 0 2/2 0 .643 39 34 28 19 7 3 86 63 (18/RV) Bowling Green* 27 14 8 5 1 0/2 0 .643 46 34 31 20 10 1 108 67 4. (10/10) Bemidji State* 24 14 8 5 1 3/2 0 .571 42 34 29 16 10 3 82 70 5. (RV/UR) Michigan Tech 20 14 7 7 0 1/0 0 .476 38 35 30 17 12 1 78 63 (RV/UR) Northern Michigan 20 14 6 7 1 2/2 1 .476 40 47 29 11 17 1 79 103 7. Alabama Huntsville 8 14 3 11 0 1/0 0 .190 18 49 22 3 18 1 31 80 8. Ferris State 3 14 0 13 1 0/1 1 .071 28 59 25 1 23 1 55 103 Standings presented by ^-MacNaughton Cup champion/cliched No. 1 seed for WCHA Postseason; *- Clinched home ice for the WCHA Quarterfi nals Alaska Anchorage and Alaska Fairbanks have opted out of the 2020-21 season (Three points for a regulation win; two points for a 3-on-3 or shootout win; one point for a 3-on-3 or shootout loss; zero points for a regulation loss) (Rankings are USCHO.com followed by USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine; !-March 22 poll)

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• Minnesota State Advances to the Frozen Four: Minnesota State capped • Milestones: In addition to Minnesota State's unprecedented fourth another stellar season with the program's first Frozen Four appearance. The consecutive WCHA regular-season title, the 2020-21 season saw several other Mavericks opened the NCAA West Regional in Loveland, Colo., with a thrilling team and coaching milestones achieved. 4-3 come-from-behind overtime win over ECAC qualifier Quinnipiac on • Long-time Ferris State head coach Bob Daniels joined some exclusive March 27. MSU then punched its ticket to Pittsburgh with a dominant 4-0 win company when he was behind the bench for his 1,100th game at FSU over Big Ten champion - and former WCHA rival - Minnesota in the regional on Feb. 13 at Michigan Tech. With that contest, Daniels joined former championship game the following night to clinch the final spot in the 2021 Boston University head coach Jack Parker and former Michigan Frozen Four. bench boss Red Berenson as the third coach in NCAA men's ice • Lake Superior State, Bemidji State join Mavericks in NCAA Tournament: hockey history to coach 1,100 Division I games at one school. Ferris WCHA postseason champion Lake Superior State and Bemidji State joined State's March 13 WCHA Quarterfinal game at Minnesota State was the Minnesota State in the NCAA tournament this season, marking the first 1,106 contest of Daniels' FSU tenure. time three league teams reached the national tournament since the 2013 • Bowling Green became the just the 26th team in NCAA men's ice realignment. hockey history to reach the 1,000-win mark when the Falcons • The Lakers and Beavers were both placed in the NCAA East Regional defeated Northern Michigan on Jan. 26. in Bridgeport, Conn., with BSU posting one of the biggest upsets of • With a 5-1 win over Bemidji State on Feb. 12, Northern Michigan the 2021 postseason, taking down regional No. 1 seed Wisconsin, 6-3, became the 11th school in WCHA history to win 400 games as a league on the tournament's first day. LSSU fell to eventual national champion member. Massachusetts, 5-1, that evening with the Minutemen going on to • Bemidji State's Tom Serratore coached his 400th game as a WCHA defeat the Beavers, 4-0, in the East Regional championship game the head coach on Feb. 25 when the Beavers met Minnesota State. following day. Serratore ended his WCHA tenure ranked 20th on the league games • The NCAA tournament appearances were the first both Bemidji State coached list at 410. and Lake Superior State as WCHA members and the fifth and 11th, • WCHA Honors 70 Years of Excellence: The Men’s League of the Western respectively, all-time for the two programs. Collegiate Hockey Association celebrated seven decades of history during the • Lakers Win WCHA Postseason Crown: Lake Superior State became the fourth 2020-21 season. The league announced an All-Decade Team and a Coach and team in the last seven completed tournaments to win the WCHA postseason Player of the Decade for the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and championship when the second-seeded Lakers downed sixth-seeded 2010s throughout the campaign (see page 4 for more information). All current Northern Michigan, 6-3, on March 20 to skate off with the Jeff Sauer Trophy. and former WCHA member institutions were asked to submit nominees for The win also secured LSSU's first NCAA tournament appearance since 1996. consideration and nearly 200 current and former players and coaches were • Minnesota State's Continued Dominance: Minnesota State clinched the nominated. The honorees were selected by a panel of current and former 2020-21 WCHA regular-season title with a 4-3 overtime win over then No. 19/ WCHA staff and media members who have covered the league. RV Bemidji State on Feb. 26. The MacNaughton Cup-securing victory gave the • Home to a record 37 national championships, 16 Hobey Baker Award Mavericks a fourth-consecutive regular season league crown, marking the winners, 408 All-Americans, more than 450 National Hockey League first time in WCHA history a team has won a quartet of titles in a row. MSU had players and over 100 Olympians, the WCHA has been one of the most been tied with Colorado College (1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96) for the most successful and decorated leagues in intercollegiate hockey. consecutive outright titles at three. • This year’s celebration is the second event of its kind in league history. • McKay Rewrites Goaltender Record Book: Hobey Baker and Mike Richter During the 2001-02 season, the WCHA recognized the Top 50 Players finalist Dryden McKay will leave the WCHA as one of the top goaltenders in in 50 Years with a season-long campaign that culminated at that the league's long and storied history, ranking at or near the top in several key season’s Final Five. statistical categories. • Who's Your Granddaddy?: As the oldest conference in college hockey, the • The Downers Grove, Ill., native ended his WCHA tenure with 24 career WCHA has been home to 21 of the current 61 Division I programs (34.4 shutouts in 97 games and will begin his senior season just two percent) and saw former league members populate four other conferences blankings shy of the NCAA record of 26 set by Michigan State's Ryan - including one third generation league. The sons of the WCHA include Miller (1999-2002). the original CCHA (1971-2013), the Big Ten (2013-present) and the NCHC • McKay also ranks as the WCHA's all-time leader in goals against (2013-present). The reborn CCHA, which will begin play next season, will join average (1.53) and save percentage (.932) His career winning that group as the league's lone grandson. percentage of .819 is No. 2 in league history and his 75 career wins stand as 10th-best in WCHA history.

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WCHA Mission Website ...... wcha.com Streaming Partner ...... fl ohockey.tv The WCHA exists to achieve the highest level of competitive excellence in an Headquarters ...... 2950 Metro Drive environment that supports the academic and personal growth of all student ...... Suite 102 athletes...... Bloomington, Minn. 55425 Phone ...... 952-681-7947 Email ...... [email protected] WCHA Purpose Twitter ...... @WCHA_MHockey Instagram ...... @wcha_mhockey The WCHA is dedicated to outreach, education and support of men’s and Facebook ...... /WCHAmenshockey women’s intercollegiate ice hockey competition in furtherance of the student- LinkedIn ...... /wchahockey athletes that participate and its Member institutions, all under conditions compatible with the objectives, functions, and responsibilities of institutions Founded ...... 1951 of higher learning. The WCHA is organized for the purpose of continuing First Season ...... 1951-52 and improving competition in men’s and women’s ice hockey, both among its Members and with other interested institutions of higher learning. This Commissioner ...... Bill Robertson Association will provide a forum in which the representation of the Members Offi ce ...... 952-417-6958 will meet periodically for the discussion of mutual problems, the elimination Email ...... [email protected] of misunderstandings, the exchange of information and the determination of policies and procedures for ice hockey competition among Members. Assistant Commissioner, Operations ...... Dean Thibodeau Offi ce ...... 952-446-7152 WCHA Objectives Email ...... [email protected] • Maintaining the highest standard of valuing excellence on the ice and in Marketing & Communications Manager the classroom...... Todd Bell • Foster sportsmanship, fair play, and mutual respect by all Members of Offi ce ...... 952-681-7668 the WCHA. Mobile ...... 972-825-6686 • Insisting on the strict adherence to the concepts of compliance, integrity, Email ...... [email protected] accountability and ethical social conduct by student-athletes, coaches and administrators. Communications & Operations Intern • Maintain Association membership standards that refl ect the sport’s ...... Jane Horvat dynamic culture and ensure the preeminence of the WCHA in NCAA Offi ce ...... 952-681-7947 Division I Ice Hockey. Mobile ...... 815-721-0858 • Promote the development of hockey in our society to expand the Email ...... [email protected] opportunities for maintaining competitive and fi nancial viability of our Association Member institutions. Supervisor of Offi cials ...... Greg Shepard ABLE OF ONTENTS Regular Season Trophy ...... MacNaughton Cup T C 2019-20 Winner ...... Minnesota State WCHA QUICK FACTS ...... 2

Postseason Trophy WCHA SCHOOL DIRECTORY/MEDIA SERVICES/2020-21 WCHA CAPTAINS ...... 3 ...... Jeff Sauer WCHA Championship Trophy 70 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE ...... 4 2019-20 Winner ...... None (Tournament Cancelled) WCHA REGULAR SEASON/POSTSEASON ...... 5 2019-20 NCAA Tournament Teams ...... None (Tournament Cancelled) WCHA NCAA Tournament Teams All-Time ...... 180 WCHA PLAYER OF THE YEAR/GOALTENDER OF THE YEAR...... 6 WCHA Frozen Four Teams All-Time ...... 99 WCHA INDIVIDUAL AWARD WINNERS ...... 7 WCHA NCAA National Champions All-Time ...... 37 ALL-WCHA TEAMS/STATISTICAL CHAMPIONS ...... 8 Key Dates Nov. 13...... Regular season opens WCHA NOTES ...... 9 Dec. 2 ...... First WCHA league game WCHA POST-REALIGNMENT CAREER STATISTICAL LEADERS ...... 12 Jan. 1-2 ...... First weekend with fi ve league series Feb. 27 ...... Regular season concludes WCHA ACTIVE STATISTICAL LEADERS ...... 13 March 12-13 ...... WCHA Playoff Opening Round March 19-20 ...... WCHA Playoff Final Round SEASON HIGHS ...... 14

March 21 ...... NCAA Selection Announcement NON-CONFERENCE/H-TO-H/POTW, POTM ...... 15 March 26-28 ...... NCAA Regionals April 8-10 ...... NCAA Frozen Four NATIONAL POLLS/WEEK-BY-WEEK ...... 16

WCHA COMPOSITE SCHEDULE ...... 17

2020-21 WCHA PRESEASON POLLS ...... 18

TEAM NOTEBOOKS ...... 19

2020-21 STATISTICS ...... 27

2020-21 WCHA SEASON REVIEW 2 wcha.com WCHA MEDIA SERVICES/SCHOOL DIRECTORY #WEAREWCHA

WCHA School Directory WCHA Media Services Alabama Huntsville Statistics/Releases Hockey SID ...... Sam Baldwin Statistics are updated regularly on wcha.com while press releases are posted on the website throughout Offi ce ...... 256-824-2201 the season. Email ...... [email protected] Weekly Notes Alaska Anchorage Men’s League weekly notes packages will be posted on wcha.com and distributed via email on Wednesdays Hockey SID ...... Ian Marks during the season. Offi ce ...... 907-786-4625 Cell ...... 906-281-1204 Players of the Week Email ...... [email protected] Men’s League Players of the Week winners will be posted on wcha.com and distributed via email on Monday afternoons. Alaska Fairbanks Hockey SID ...... Nate Pearsall Offi ce ...... 907-474-6827 Offi cial Colors Cell ...... 360-389-8182 The offi cial colors of the WCHA logo are: Email ...... [email protected] Red (Pantone 485; CMYK: 0-95-100-0; RGB: 238-49-36) Bemidji State Black (Pantone Black; CMYK: 0-0-0-100; RGB: 35-31-32) Hockey SID ...... Brad Folkestad Silver: (Pantone 877; CMYK: 6-0-0-34; RGB: 167-177-183) Offi ce ...... 218-755-4603 Cell ...... 218-308-1115 Email [email protected] FLOHOCKEY.TV Press Box Phone ...... 218-441-4047 In partnership with FloSports, the innovator Bowling Green in live digital sports and original content, Hockey SID ...... Kyle Edmond FloHockey.tv - the offi cial online streaming Offi ce ...... 419-372-7105 platform of the WCHA - will provide fans with Cell ...... 419-618-3485 live and archived broadcasts of WCHA hockey Email ...... [email protected] via iOS, Roku, Fire TV or Apple TV 4. Press Box Phone ...... 814-464-8842 Featuring each of the 10 WCHA member Ferris State institutions, every league game – home and Hockey SID ...... Harrison Watt away – will be streamed live, along with all non- Offi ce ...... 231-591-3821 conference home games, select non-conference Cell ...... 231-920-5258 road contests and the 2021 WCHA Postseason. Email ...... [email protected] Press Box Phone ...... 231-591-2397

Lake Superior State Hockey SID ...... Kelsey Smith Offi ce ...... 906-635-2807 Cell ...... 631-560-2943 Email ...... [email protected] Press Box Phone ...... 906-635-7501 2020-21 WCHA CAPTAINS

Michigan Tech WCHA players donning the “C” or the “A” this season are: Hockey SID ...... Calvin Larson School Captain(s) Assistant Captain(s) Offi ce ...... 906-487-2351 Alabama Huntsville Bauer Neudecker Connor Merkley, Connor Wood Cell ...... 906-281-2493 Email ...... [email protected] Alaska Anchorage* Eric Sinclair Press Box Phone ...... 906-487-2337 Alaska* Max Newton Minnesota State Hockey SID ...... Paul Allan Bemidji State Ethan Somoza Brad Johnson, Owen Sillinger Offi ce ...... 507-389-2625 Cell ...... 507-381-7503 Bowling Green Connor Ford Alex Barber, Brandon Kruse Email ...... [email protected] Press Box Phone ...... 507-389-3000 Ferris State Liam MacDougall Coale Norris

Northern Michigan Lake Superior State Lukas Kaelble Ashton Calder, Hampus Eriksson, Will Riedell Hockey SID ...... Katherine Harvath Michigan Tech Alec Broetzman Trenton Bliss, Eric Gotz Offi ce ...... 906-227-1913 Cell ...... 248-496-9820 Minnesota State Riese Zmolek Jared Spooner, Dallas Gerads, Jack McNeely Email ...... [email protected] Northern Michigan Joseph Nardi Ben Newhouse

*-UAA and UAF have opted out of the 2020-21 season

2020-21 WCHA SEASON REVIEW 3 wcha.com WCHA HONORING 70 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE IN 2020-21 #WEAREWCHA

The Men’s League of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association All-Decade Teams celebrated seven decades of history this season. 1950s Name Pos. School Years The league announced an All-Decade Team and a Coach and Player John Mayasich F Minnesota 1951-55 of the Decade for the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s Ben Cherski F North Dakota 1951-55 and 2010s. All current and former WCHA member institutions John Matchefts F Michigan 1951-53 Ken Yackel D Minnesota 1952-56 were asked to submit nominees for consideration and nearly 200 Bill Steenson D North Dakota 1956-59 current and former players and coaches were nominated. The Jack McCartan G Minnesota 1955-58 honorees were selected by a panel of current and former WCHA 1960s staff and media members who have covered the league. Name Pos. School Years Home to a record 37 national championships, 16 Hobey Baker Keith Christiansen F Minnesota Duluth 1963-67 Bill Masterton F Denver 1958-61 Award winners, 408 All-Americans, more than 450 National Red Berenson F Michigan 1959-62 Hockey League players and over 100 Olympians, the WCHA Keith Magnuson D Denver 1966-69 has been one of the most successful and decorated leagues in Lou Nanne D Minnesota 1960-63 intercollegiate hockey. Tony Esposito G Michigan Tech 1964-67 This year’s celebration is the second event of its kind in league 1970s history. During the 2001-02 season, the WCHA recognized the Name Pos. School Years Mark Johnson F Wisconsin 1976-79 Top 50 Players in 50 Years with a season-long campaign that Tom Ross F Michigan State 1972-76 culminated at that season’s Final Five. Mike Zuke F Michigan Tech 1972-76 Curt Giles D Minnesota Duluth 1975-79 For more information on the WCHA's 70-Year Celebration, visit Craig Norwich D Wisconsin 1974-77 http://wcha.com/men/70-years-of-excellence/index.php Ron Grahame G Denver 1969-73

1980s Name Pos. School Years Player of the Decade Tony Hrkac F North Dakota 1984-85, 86-87 Pat Micheletti F Minnesota 1982-86 Bill Watson F Minnesota Duluth 1982-85 Tom Kurvers D Minnesota Duluth 1980-84 Chris Chelios D Wisconsin 1981-83 Robb Stauber G Minnesota 1986-89

1990s Name Pos. School Years Greg Johnson F North Dakota 1989-93 Brian Bonin F Minnesota 1992-96 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s Brian Swanson F Colorado College 1995-99 John Mayasich Keith Christiansen Mark Johnson Tony Hrkac Mike Crowley D Minnesota 1994-97 F, Minnesota F, Minnesota Duluth F, Wisconsin F, North Dakota Nick Naumenko D North Dakota 1992-96 Karl Goehring G North Dakota 1997-2001

2000s Name Pos. School Years Peter Sejna F Colorado College 2000-03 John Pohl F Minnesota 1998-2002 Brett Sterling F Colorado College 2002-06 Jordan Leopold D Minnesota 1998-2002 Matt Carle D Denver 2003-06 1990s 2000s 2010s Brian Elliott G Wisconsin 2003-07 Mike Crowley Jordan Leopold Jack Connolly D, Minnesota D, Minnesota F, Minnesota Duluth 2010s Name Pos. School Years Coach of the Decade Jack Connolly F Minnesota Duluth 2008-12 Marc Michaelis F Minnesota State 2016-20 Matt Leitner F Minnesota State 2011-15 Justin Schultz D Wisconsin 2009-12 Alec Rauhauser D Bowling Green 2016-20 Dryden McKay G Minnesota State 2018-present

1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s Vic Heyliger Murray Armstrong Herb Brooks Gino Gasparini Michigan Denver Minnesota North Dakota

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2020-21 WCHA SEASON REVIEW 4 wcha.com WCHA REGULAR SEASON/POSTSEASON #WEAREWCHA MacNaughton Cup Jeff Sauer WCHA Championship Trophy The Western Collegiate Hockey The Western Collegiate Hockey Association’s an- Association men’s regular season nual postseason playoff tournament, which was championship, as has proven time introduced for the 1959-60 season, has included and time again over the past 67 numerous formats over the past 50-plus years. seasons, has traditionally been one of the toughest titles to win in Formats have included: one round of four teams collegiate sports. (1960-61); one round and a fi nals (1961-62); one round and a championship game (1962-65); Since the Association’s founding in two rounds with eight teams (1965-68); eight 1951-52, the number of games that teams at East and West regionals (1968-71); have made up the league’s regular eight teams in two rounds of two-game total season championship race have goals series (1971-76, 1977-81); eight teams in fl uctuated as well as the methods two rounds of two-game total goals series plus of determining the champions. a two-team championship (1976-77, 1981-87); an The number of league games have opening round, best-of-three series at campus ranged from a low of 12 in the sites followed by a four-team playoff champion- founding season of 1951-52 to a ship at one venue (1988-92); and, a fi rst round, high of 35 that ran from 1986-87 best-of-three series at campus sites followed by through 1988-89. Since 1997- Jeff Sauer Trophy a WCHA Final Five at one venue (1993-2016). 98, the conference schedule has consisted of 28 games per team. Bringing the singular intensity and passion of playoff college hockey directly to its member institution fans, since 2017 Methods of determining the annual the entirety of the WCHA Men's League postseason – from the quarter- MacNaughton Cup regular season team champion fi nals through the championship game – has been hosted by the highest have included points accumulated remaining seeds at on-campus venues. The “WCHA Playoffs” consist of (1951-58, 1973-79 and 1980-present) and winning percentage (1959-73, four best-of-three, quarterfi nal round series hosted by the league’s top 1979-80). four regular-season fi nishers, followed by two best-of-three semifi - nal round series hosted by the highest remaining seeds. The “WCHA The conference regular season title includes the awarding of the fabled Championship” is a single game, hosted by the highest remaining seed. MacNaughton Cup to the team champion. In 2018, in honor of an icon and beloved fi gure in both WCHA and Dating back 106 years to its original purchase in 1913, handcrafted of pure college hockey history, the league introduced the Jeff Sauer WCHA silver, standing three-feet high, and weighing more than 40 pounds, the Championship Trophy, Presented by Anderson's Pure Maple Syrup. MacNaughton Cup is the shining symbol of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and its distinguished tradition as a premier collegiate hockey Sauer’s association with the WCHA spanned six decades, beginning with conference since the league’s founding in 1951. his playing career at Colorado College in the 1960s, continuing through 31 years as head coach at Colorado College and Wisconsin, and for 14 The MacNaughton Cup is awarded annually to the winner of the league’s seasons in various consulting capacities to the WCHA Commissioner and regular season championship and, as a traveling trophy, is on display the WCHA offi ce. The only WCHA head coach with 30 years behind the each season at the home of the reigning champion. Beginning in 2005- bench, he is the league’s all-time winningest coach with 665 victories – 06, the WCHA also began awarding a replica MacNaughton Cup to the the 10th most in NCAA men’s hockey history. regular season champion each season. A two-time WCHA Coach of the Year, Sauer guided his CC and UW The MacNaughton Cup has traveled a long and winding road since its teams to a pair of league regular season titles and six WCHA playoff initial purchase in 1913 by the Calumet (Mich.) and Hecla Mining Company, championships. but it offi cially settled into a home with the original WCHA (MCHL/WIHL) in 1951. Jeff Sauer was a legendary coach, a tremendous ambassador for the game of hockey and, above all, a wonderful person who brought great joy The MacNaughton Cup has gone to the league’s regular season winner on to all. From the WCHA to his extensive involvement with the U.S. National all but seven occasions since 1951. From 1962-65, the MacNaughton Cup Sled Team and the American Hearing Impaired Hockey Association, Jeff was presented to the league playoff winner. embodied the kindness, generosity and heart that makes our sport truly special. With seven WCHA regular season titles, Michigan Tech (1962, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1976, 2016) has won or shared the most MacNaughton Cups among current league members. Minnesota State (2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) is second with six. Northern Michigan (1991), Ferris State (2014) and Bemidji State (2017) have each won one title.

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2020-21 WCHA SEASON REVIEW 5 wcha.com WCHA PLAYER OF THE YEAR/GOALTENDER OF THE YEAR #WEAREWCHA

DRYDEN MCKAY, JR., G, MINNESOTA STATE (DOWNERS GROVE, ILL.) WCHA Player of the Year (1993-Present) WCHA Most Valuable Player (1960-92) Year Name, Position, Team Year Name, Position, Team For the third time in the last four seasons, the top player 1992-93 Derek Plante, F, 1959 60 (none selected) in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association hails from Minnesota Duluth 1960-61 Jerry Walker, F, Denver Minnesota State as Maverick junior goaltender Dryden 1993-94 Chris Marinucci, F, 1961-62 Red Berenson, F, Michigan McKay has been honored as the 2020-21 WCHA Player Minnesota Duluth 1962-63 Lou Nanne, D, Minnesota of the Year. 1994-95 Brian Bonin, F, Minnesota 1963-64 (none selected) 1995-96 Brian Bonin, F, Minnesota 1964-65 Gerry Kell, F, North Dakota McKay, who who was also named fi rst team All-WCHA 1996-97 Mike Crowley, D, Minnesota 1965-66 Mel Wakabayashi, F, Michigan and the WCHA Goaltender of the Year, was chosen for the 1997-98 Curtis Murphy, D, North Dakota 1966-67 Keith Christiansen, F, top overall league honor by WCHA head coaches from 1998-99 Jason Blake, F, North Dakota Minnesota Duluth among a group of fi nal candidates that also included two of McKay’s MSU 1999-00 Steve Reinprecht, F, Wisconsin 1967-68 Keith Magnuson, D, Denver teammates – Julian Napravnik (WCHA Offensive Player of the Year) and 2000-01 Jeff Panzer, F, North Dakota 1968-69 Murray McLachlan, G, Akito Hirose (WCHA Rookie of the Year) – along with Bowling Green’s Will 2001-02 Mark Hartigan, F, Minnesota Cullen and Bemidji State’s Elias Rosén (WCHA co-Defensive Players of the St. Cloud State 1969-70 Murray McLachlan, G, Year). 2002-03 Peter Sejna, F, Minnesota Colorado College 1970-71 Rob Murray, D, Michigan Tech McKay joins former Minnesota State forwards Marc Michaelis (2019-20) 2003-04 Junior Lessard, F, 1971-72 Doug Palazzari, F, and C.J. Suess, (2017-18), as the third Maverick skater to be recognized as Minnesota Duluth Colorado College the league’s top overall player. 2004-05 Marty Sertich, F, 1972-73 Ron Grahame, G, Denver Colorado College 1973-74 Doug Palazzari, F, The Downers Grove, Ill., native is also just the 10th goaltender to win WCHA 2005-06 Matt Carle, D, Denver Colorado College MVP or Player of the Year accolades, joining Minnesota’s Murray McLachlan 2006-07 Ryan Duncan, F, North Dakota 1974-75 Mike Polich, F, Minnesota & (1968-69, 1969-70), Denver’s Ron Grahame (1972-73), Minnesota Duluth’s 2007-08 Richard Bachman, G, Tom Ross, F, Michigan State Bob Mason (1982-83), Minnesota’s Robb Stauber (1987-88), Wisconsin’s Colorado College 1975-76 Mike Zuke, F, Michigan Tech Curtis Joseph (1988-89), Wisconsin’s Duane Derksen (1991-92), Colorado 2008-09 Jamie McBain, D, Wisconsin 1976-77 Brian Walsh, F, Notre Dame College’s Richard Bachman (2007-08), Denver’s Marc Cheverie (2009- 2009-10 Marc Cheverie, G, Denver 1977-78 Mike Eaves, F, Wisconsin 10) and Bemidji State’s Michael Bitzer (2016-17) 2010-11 Matt Frattin, F, North Dakota 1978-79 Mark Johnson, F, Wisconsin 2011-12 Jack Connolly, F, 1979-80 Tim Harrer, F, Minnesota McKay received his his second-straight Goaltender of the Year Award and Minnesota Duluth 1980-81 Steve Ulseth, F, Minnesota captured third consecutive WCHA Goaltending Championship this season 2012-13 Drew LeBlanc, F, 1981-82 Phil Sykes, F, North Dakota with a WCHA-record 1.07 goals-against average in league play. St. Cloud State 1982-83 Bob Mason, G, 2013-14 Cody Kunyk, F, Alaska Minnesota Duluth The record marks the third time in as many seasons that McKay has 2014-15 Tanner Kero, F, Michigan Tech 1983-84 Tom Kurvers, D, lowered the WCHA GAA record in league games. He joins NHL star and 2015-16 Alex Petan, F, Michigan Tech Minnesota Duluth Michigan Tech three-time All-American Tony Esposito (1964-65, 1965- 2016-17 Michael Bitzer, G, Bemidji State 1984-85 Bill Watson, F, 66, 1966-67) as just the second netminder to win three-straight WCHA 2017-18 C.J. Suess, F, Minnesota State Minnesota Duluth goaltending crowns. 2018-19 Troy Loggins, F, 1985-86 Dallas Gaume, F, Denver Northern Michigan 1986-87 Tony Hrkac, F, North Dakota The Hobey Baker and Mike Richter candidate begins the NCAA Frozen Four 2019-20 Marc Michaelis, F, 1987-88 Robb Stauber, G, Minnesota with an equally impressive 1.39 GAA in all games that ranks second in the Minnesota State 1988-89 Curtis Joseph, G, Wisconsin NCAA. He also leads the country in shutouts (10) and winning percentage 2020-21 Dryden McKay, G, 1989-90 Gary Shuchuk, F, Wisconsin (.875) and ranks second in victories (21-3-0). Minnesota State 1990-91 Scott Beattie, F, Northern Michigan McKay recorded his 24nd career shutout on Feb. 12 to establish a new 1991-92 Duane Derksen, G, Wisconsin WCHA record and move into second place on the NCAA career list. He upped that total to 24 on March 28 with a 4-0 shutout of Minnesota in the West Regional championship game. He is just two off the NCAA record of 26 blankings recorded by Michigan State’s Ryan Miller from 1999-2002.

McKay’s nine shutouts in 22 contests this season are within one of equaling his WCHA single season record of 10 set last season in 37 appearances.

2020-21 WCHA SEASON REVIEW 6 wcha.com WCHA INDIVIDUAL AWARDS #WEAREWCHA

STUDENT-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR COACH OF THE YEAR ZACH DRISCOLL JULIAN NAPRAVNIK MIKE HASTINGS SR., G, BEMIDJI STATE (APPLE VALLEY, MINN.) JR., F, MINNESOTA STATE (BAD NAUHEIM, GERMANY) MINNESOTA STATE

Bemidji State’s Zach Driscoll Minnesota State’s Julian Napravnik Minnesota State’s Mike Hastings led graduated with a business stands atop Minnesota State’s the Mavericks to a berth in the WCHA administration degree in the spring scoring charts with 28 points on 10 Championship, an unprecedented of 2020 and carried a 3.85 GPA. He goals and 18 assists in 27 games fourth consecutive MacNaughton is currently enrolled as a graduate this season. Cup championship and the school's student pursuing a Masters of In WCHA league play, Napravnik fi rst Frozen Four appearance this Business Administration degree posted a 6g-11a/17pts line to tie season as the Mavericks rolled to the and with a 4.0 graduate GPA. for third in the league scoring WCHA regular season title with a 13- The Apple Valley, Minn., native is a championship chase. 1-0 mark in league play and fi nished two-time WCHA Scholar Athlete He tallied his team-leading sixth the season with a 22-5-1 mark to and a two-time Academic All-WCHA selection. He is game-winning goal of the season against Ferris State lead the nation in winning percentage (.804). a two-time AHCA Division I Krampade All-American on March 12, which is tied for the most in the nation Minnesota State is the fi rst school in WCHA history to Scholar selection. He is also a regular on the BSU this season. win four consecutive regular season crowns and one of Dean’s List and the Athletic Director’s 3.0 Club. The Bad Nauheim, Germany, native has doubled his just two to win three outright titles in a row. In 28 appearances in net this season, Driscoll, a carer GWG total to 12 in 2020-21 to rank eighth on the Under the Crookston, Minn., native’s tutelage, the Third-Team All-WCHA goaltender, was 15-10-3 and school’s all-time list and tie for second on the WCHA Mavericks have posted a 236-90-24 mark during his leads the league and the NCAA with 767 saves. post-realignment list. nine seasons behind the bench in Mankato, the top Driscoll continues to provide service to the community record in college hockey during that span. and campus members. He is active on the Student- MSU has captured six WCHA regular season titles and Athlete Advising Committee and BSU Chapter of three league postseason championships during his Fellowship of Christian Athletes. In most summers tenure. The Mavericks' 22 wins this season marked the he volunteers for Eastview youth hockey association ninth time in Hastings' tenure that the team reached through coaching young goaltenders and serving as the 20-win mark. a mentor to youth athletes in his hometown. This is his fourth WCHA Coach of the Year award. He was previously honored in 2012-13, 2014-15 and 2018- 19.

CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

WILL CULLEN ELIAS ROSÉN AKITO HIROSE JR., D, BOWLING GREEN (PELHAM MANOR, N.Y.) SO., D, BEMIDJI STATE (MORA. SWEDEN) FR., D, MINNESOTA STATE (CALGARY, ALTA.)

Bowling Green’s Will Cullen earns Bemidji State’s Elias Rosén shares In addition to earning All-WCHA the fi rst WCHA Defensive Player of WCHA Defensive Player of the and WCHA All-Rookie honors, the Year nod of his Falcon career. Year honors this season after Minnesota State’s Akito Hirose The Pelham Manor, N.Y., native another steady campaign as a key was a two-time WCHA Rookie of shares the NCAA blueliner scoring contributor on the Beaver blueline. the Week honoree this season and lead – and is tied for fi fth in the In 25 games this season, the Mora, earned WCHA Rookie of the Month WCHA among all players – with 25 Sweden, native has 16 points on fi ve honors in December. points on six goals and 19 assists. goals and 11 assists for BSU and The Calgary, Alta., native was His assist total ranks second is part of a Bemidji State penalty- Minnesota State’s top-scoring nationally among defenders. kill unit that leads the country with defenseman with 15 points on a He headlines a Bowling Green defenseman unit that a .917 average (77-of-84) and has killed 32 of its goal and 14 assists on the year. tops the WCHA with 81 points on 16 goals and 65 opponents’ last 35 power plays. His assist total led all NCAA rookie blueliners while his assists. Despite missing four games due to injury, Rosén has point total was second among freshmen defensemen The junior has also been a contributor on the power again been a consistent force for the Beavers. nationally. play, recording a team-high nine assists with the man He led all BSU defenders and fi nished fourth on the He fi nished with the MSU team lead in +/- at +18 advantage to tie for second in the WCHA. team in scoring. His 11 helpers place him third on the rating - a mark that tied for fourth nationally amongst In WCHA games this season, Cullen chipped in with team, while his nine points (2g-7a) in league play all newcomers. eight points on a pair of goals and six assists to again topped all WCHA blueliners. He is the fi fth Minnesota State freshman to earn lead the Falcon blueline corps. A member of the Beavers’ top power-play unit, Rosen WCHA Rookie of the Year honors, joining goaltender He joins two-time winner Alec Rauhauser (2017-18, ranks third on the team with fi ve points (1g-4a) on the Stephon Williams (2012-13) and forwards Marc 2019-20) as the Bowling Green defenseman to ear man advantage. Michaelis (2016-17), Jake Jaremko (2017-18) and WCHA Defensive Player of the Year accolades. A Third Team and All-Rookie Team selection a year Lucas Sowder (2019-20). ago, his 22 blocked shots this season ranks fi fth on the team. Rosén has at least one point in 13 of the 25 games he has appeared in during the 2020-21 season,

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Scoring Champion

Brandon Julian Connor Will Elias Dryden Kruse Napravnik Ford Cullen Rosén McKay Forward Forward Forward Defenseman Defenseman Goaltender André Ghantous Bowling Minnesota Bowling Bowling Bemidji Minnesota So., F, Northern Michigan Green State Green Green State State (6G/14A/20pts/14 WCHA Games) First Team Name Pos. Class School Hometown Goaltending Champion Brandon Kruse%+ F Sr. Bowling Green Saline, Mich. Julian Napravnik^ F Jr. Minnesota State Bad Nauheim, Germany Connor Ford& F Sr. Bowling Green Pittsburgh, Pa. Will Cullen D Jr. Bowling Green Pelham Manor, N.Y. Elias Rosén@& D So. Bemidji State Mora, Sweden Dryden McKay+^! G Jr. Minnesota State Downers Grove, Ill.

Second Team Name Pos. Class School Hometown Joseph Nardi F Sr. Northern Michigan Edmonton, Alta. Dryden McKay Nathan Smith F So. Minnesota State Hudson, Fla. Jr., G, Minnesota State Ashton Calder^ F Jr. Lake Superior State Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. (15GA/846:35MP/1.07 GAA Colin Swoyer D Jr. Michigan Tech Hinsdale, Ill. /14 WCHA Games) Will Riedell D Sr. Lake Superior State Greensboro, N.C. Mareks Mitens G Sr. Lake Superior State Ventspils, Latvia

Third Team Name Pos. Class School Hometown Trenton Bliss F Jr. Michigan Tech Appleton, Wis. Andre Ghantous F So. Northern Michigan Glendale, Calif. Pete Veillette F Jr. Lake Superior State Drummondville, Que. Akito Hirose D Fr. Minnesota State Calgary, Alta. Riese Zmolek D Sr. Minnesota State Rochester, Minn. Zach Driscoll# G Sr. Bemidji State Apple Valley, Minn.

WCHA All-Rookie Team Name Pos. Class School Hometown Arvid Caderoth F Fr. Michigan Tech Gothenburg, Sweden Lukas Sillinger F Fr. Bemidji State Regina, Sask. Tyrone Bronte F Fr. Alabama Huntsville Melbourne, Australia Akito Hirose D Fr. Minnesota State Calgary, Alta. Jake Livingstone D Fr. Minnesota State Creston, B.C. Rico DiMatteo G Fr. Northern Michigan Brasher Falls, N.Y.

! – denotes 2019-20 All-WCHA First Team # - denotes 2019-20 All-WCHA Second Team & - denotes 2019-20 All-WCHA Third Team @ - denotes 2019-20 WCHA All-Rookie Team + - denotes 2018-19 All-WCHA Second Team ^ - denotes 2018-19 WCHA All-Rookie Team % - denotes 2017-18 WCHA All-Rookie Team

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Hastings Honored with 2021 Spencer Penrose Award: Minnesota State head coach Mike Hastings was named the winner of the 2021 Spencer Penrose Award, the WCHA 2020-21 National Accolades American Hockey Coaches Association announced April 6. The 2015 Penrose winner, Hastings led the Mavericks to an unprecedented fourth Spencer Penrose Award consecutive MacNaughton Cup championship and the school’s fi rst NCAA Frozen Mike Hastings, Minnesota State Four appearance in 2020-21. Minnesota State rolled to the WCHA regular season title with a 13-1-0 mark in league play and fi nished the year with a 22-5-1 overall record. AHCA/CCM All-American- Second Team Minnesota State is the fi rst school in WCHA history to win four consecutive regular Dryden McKay, G, Minnesota State season crowns and one of just two to win three outright titles in a row. Under the Crookston, Minn., native’s tutelage, the Mavericks have posted a 236-90-24 (.708) USCHO All-American- First Team mark during his nine seasons behind the bench in Mankato, the top record in college Dryden McKay, G, Minnesota State hockey during that span. MSU has captured six WCHA regular-season titles, three league postseason College Hockey News All-America Teams championships and posted nine 20-win seasons during his tenure. Hastings earned Second Team: Brandon Kruse, F, Bowling Green his fourth WCHA Coach of the Year award earlier this season. He was previously Second Team: Dryden McKay, G, Minnesota State honored in 2012-13, 2014-15 and 2018-19. Rookie Team: Jake Livingstone, D, Minnesota State Hastings, who was voted the WCHA Coach of the Decade for the 2010s in March, joins Michigan Tech’s John MacInnes (1970, 1976) and North Dakota’s Dean Blais (1997, Hobey Baker Award Hat Trick Finalist 2001) as the third coach in WCHA history to win two Spencer Penrose Awards as a Dryden McKay, Jr., G, Minnesota State league coach. The honor also marks the 19th time a WCHA coach has earned national coach of the year honors from the AHCA. Hobey Baker Award Top Ten Finalist Dryden McKay, Jr., G, Minnesota State McKay Extends Shutout Mark: Minnesota State's Dryden McKay added to his WCHA career shutout record when he blanked Minnesota, 4-0, in the NCAA West Regional Mike Richter Award Top Three Finalist championship game on March 28. The shutout is the 24th of McKay's career in 96 Dryden McKay, Jr., Minnesota State career games. The total also moved him within in two whitewashes of the NCAA record 26 shutouts Mike Richter Award Top Ten Finalists authored by Michigan State's Ryan Miller from 1999-2002. McKay's 24 shutouts are Mareks Mitens, Sr., Lake Superior State the most among active NCAA netminders. Bemidji State's Zach Driscoll is tied for Blake Pietila, So., Michigan Tech sixth among active goaltenders with 10 shutouts while Bowling Green's Eric Dop is Dryden McKay, Jr., Minnesota State tied for eighth with eight. Mike Richter Award Watch List WCHA Career Shuout Leaders Zach Driscoll, Sr., Bemidji State Rk SO Goaltender, Team...... Seasons Eric Dop, Sr., Bowling Green 1. 24 Dryden McKay, Minnesota State ...... 2018-present Zack Rose, So., Bowling Green 2. 21 Michael Bitzer, Bemidji State ...... 2014-18 Mareks Mitens, Sr., Lake Superior State 3. 16 Jeff Sanger, Colorado College ...... 1998-2002 Blake Pietila, So., Michigan Tech 16 Brian Elliott, Wisconsin ...... 2003-07 Dryden McKay, Jr., Minnesota State 5. 15 Karl Goehring, North Dakota ...... 1997-2001 15 Peter Mannino, Denver ...... 2004-08 Hobey Baker Award Nominees Tyrone Bronte, Fr., F, Alabama Huntsville NCAA Career Shuout Leaders Zach Driscoll, Sr., G, Bemidji State Rk SO Goaltender, Team...... Seasons Will Cullen, Jr., D, Bowling Green 1. 26 Ryan Miller, Michigan State ...... 1999-2002 Connor Ford, Sr., F, Bowling Green 2. 24 Dryden McKay, Minnesota State ...... 2018-present Brandon Kruse, Sr., F, Bowling Green 3. 21 Michael Bitzer, Bemidji State ...... 2014-18 Ashton Calder, Jr., F, Lake Superior State 4. 20 Joe Fallon, Vermont ...... 2005-08 Lukas Kaelble, Sr., D, Lake Superior State 5. 19 Matthew Galajda, Cornell ...... 2018-present* Mareks Mitens, Sr., G, Lake Superior State 19 Micahel Garteig, Quinnipiac ...... 2013-16 Trenton Bliss, Jr., F, Michigan Tech 19 Ben Scrivens, Cornell ...... 2007-10 Blake Pietila, So., G, Michigan Tech 8. 18 David McKee, Cornell ...... 2004-06 Cade Borchardt, So., F, Minnesota State *- Team opted out of 2020-21 season Dryden McKay, Jr., G, Minnesota State Nathan Smith, So., F, Minnesota State NCAA Active Career Shutout Leaders Joseph Nardi, Sr., F, Northern Michigan Rk SO Name, Team (League) 1. 24 Dryden McKay, Minnesota State (WCHA) College Hockey News Team of the Week 2. 11 Matt Murray, Massachusetts (Hockey East) Feb. 3, 2021: Bowling Green 11 David Hrenak, St. Cloud State (NCHC) 11 Strauss Mann, Michigan (Big Ten) HCA National Rookie of the Month 11 Filip Lindberg, Massachusetts (Hockey East) November 2020: Tyrone Bronte, Fr., F, Alabama Huntsville 6. 10 Zach Driscoll, Bemidji State (WCHA) 10 Keith Petruzzelli, Quinnipiac (ECAC) HCA National Goaltender of the Month 8. 8 Eric Dop, Bowling Green (WCHA) December 2020: Blake Pietila, So., Michigan Tech 8 Tommy Nappier, Ohio State (Big Ten) January 2021: Dryden McKay, Jr. Minnesota State 8 Spencer Knight, Boston College (Hockey East) USA Hockey World Junior Championship Team- Gold Medal You'll Get Nothing and Like It: WCHA goaltenders were among the stingiest in the Logan Stein, Fr., G, Ferris State NCAA in 2020-21. League netminders authored 24 shutouts in 2020-21, which led all Division I conferences. The Big Ten and Hockey East were second with 20 each, AHCA Terry Flanagan Award followed by the NCHC (12), Atlantic Hockey (11) and the ECAC (five). In all, WCHA Mark Kaufman, Assistant Coach, Ferris State goalies accounted for 24 of the 92 shutouts in nationally this season (26.1 percent). The 24 shutouts include a pair of 0-0 ties between Lake Superior State's Mareks Mitens and Michigan Tech's Mark Sinclair on Nov. 21 in Sault Ste. Marie and Bolwing Green's Eric Dop and Northern Michigan's Rico DiMatteo on Feb. 20 in Marquette. Minnesota State's Dryden McKay leads the NCAA with 10 shutouts this season Michigan Tech sophomore Blake Pietila, is tied for eighth nationally with three. Dop, Sinclair and Bemidji State's Zach Driscoll are tied for 13th with two.

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That'll Leave a Mark: Northern Michigan ranked as one of the most-proficient shot- blocking teams in the country this season with 491 blocks to rank No. 2 nationally WCHA on Opening Night: Twenty-two alumni behind Wisconsin (499). NMU was led by senior defenseman Ben Newhouse, who representing nine current Western Collegiate Hockey topped the country with 91 blocks and sophomore blueliner Michael Van Unen, who is Association member institutions appear on National second in the NCAA with 79. Lake Superior State's Yuki Miuri finished as the national Hockey League rosters as the NHL opens the 2020-21 leader among forwards with 44 blocks. NMU's Joseph Nardi was second with 40. season. The total includes 14 players on active rosters, six Defense Wins Championships: In addition to boasting some of the top offensive units players on taxi squads and two on injured reserve. in the country, WCHA teams were among the stingiest defensive teams in the NCAA Fourteen of the 31 NHL teams feature at least one WCHA this season. Minnesota State led the nation in fewest goals allowed per game at 1.64. alum. Michigan Tech finished seventh at 2.10 while Bowling Green was ninth with a 2.16 Michigan Tech and Minnesota State boast the most average and Lake Superior State 10th at 2.17. Minnesota State was one of only four alumni with fi ve players each. Bowling Green is next teams in the country to allow fewer that two goals per game (Massachusetts- 1.66, with four players while Bemidji State and Lake Superior State have two. Alabama Michigan- 1.96, North Dakota- 1.97). Huntsville, Alaska, Alaska Anchorage and Ferris State are represented by one player. High-Caliber Backstops: The WCHA was the only Division I conferences with three Four players are members of the Minnesota Wild, the most of any team in the goaltenders ranked in the top-10 nationally in goals-against average this season. NHL. Five teams - Calgary, Dallas, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh and Vancouver are Minnesota State's Dryden McKay (1.54), Michigan Tech's Blake Pietila (1.81) and Lake home to a pair of WCHA players while Anaheim, Arizona, Chicago, Edmonton, Superior State's Mareks Mitens (1.96) ranked No. 2, No, 5 and No. 10, respectively, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Vegas and Washington opened the season with one in GAA. Pietila (.934) and Mitens (.930) checked in at No. 2 and No. 7, respectively in former WCHA player. save percentage. WCHA Alumni on NHL Rosters Nope...Nope...Nope: Bemidji State boasted one of the most proficient penalty-kill Player Pos. NHL Team WCHA School units in the country this season. In 29 games, the Beavers tied for the national lead Cam Talbot G Minnesota Wild Alabama Huntsville with a .917 PK percentage (77-of-84) and killed 32 of their opponents' last 35 man Colton Parayko D St. Louis Blues Alaska advantages. Michigan Tech joined BSU in the top-four, with the Huskies sitting fourth Jay Beagle F Vancouver Alaska Anchorage with a .900 percentage (72-of-80). Brad Hunt D Minnesota Wild Bemidji State The Beavers' penalty-kill prowess this year continues a run of excellence that began Zach Whitecloud D Vegas Golden Knights Bemidji State last season. Since the start of the 2019-20 season, BSU is 180-of-197 on the PK, a Ryan Carpenter F Chicago Blackhawks Bowling Green 91.3 percent average that leads the nation. Mark Friedman D Philadelphia Flyers Bowling Green Andrew Hammond (TS) G Minnesota Wild Bowling Green Make Them Pay: On the other end of the special teams spectrum, Minnesota Sean Walker (IR) D Los Angeles Kings Bowling Green State ranked No. 3 nationally in power-play percentage in 2020-21. The Mavericks Gerald Mayhew F Minnesota Wild Ferris State converted at a .274 clip (26-of-95) on the man advantage in 28 games this season. Buddy Robinson (TS) F Calgary Flames Lake Superior State Zach Trotman (IR) D Pittsburgh Penguins Lake Superior State Fire Away: Bowling Green and Minnesota State were the two of the most-proficient Pheonix Copley (TS) G Washington Capitals Michigan Tech WCHA squads at putting the puck on net in 2020-21. The Falcons finished second Tanner Kero F Dallas Stars Michigan Tech nationally with an average of 36.19 shots on goal per game while the Mavericks Jujhar Khaira F Edmonton Oilers Michigan Tech ranked seventh - and topped all Frozen Four participants - at 34.04. Joel L’Esperance F Dallas Stars Michigan Tech Individually, BGSU senior forward Cameron Wright led the league and ranked second Matt Roy D Los Angeles Kings Michigan Tech nationally with 141 shots on goal. Wright's BGSU teammate Connor Ford was seventh David Backes (TS) F Anaheim Ducks Minnesota State nationally with 107 shots on goal while Northern Michigan's AJ Vanderbeck tied for Teddy Blueger F Pittsburgh Penguins Minnesota State eighth at 104. Wright topped the WCHA and was fourth nationally in SOG per game Connor Mackey (TS) D Calgary Flames Minnesota State with a 4.55 average. Minnesota State's Reggie Lutz finished 10th nationally at 3.72. Marc Michaelis (TS) F Vancouver Canucks Minnesota State Tyler Pitlick F Arizona Coyotes Minnesota State Timing is Everything: WCHA Postseason champion Lake Superior State entered the NCAA Championship as one of the hottest teams in the country. From Feb. 1 through (IR)- Injured Reserve/(TS)- Taxi Squad the WCHA playoffs, the Lakers were 13-3-0 (.812) to lead the nation in wins in that span. Only one of the three losses came in regulation during in that run, and LSSU led WCHA Tops Games Played List: In addition to holding the longest current consecutive the country in goals (57), assists (97) and points (154) over that period. games streak, Bowling Green's Brandon Kruse also tops all active NCAA players in total games played at 151. In all, seven WCHA players rank among the top 10 in games Kruse, Johnson, Ford, Wright Among NCAA Active 100-Point Scorers: The Bowling played among current players nationally. Green quartet of Brandon Kruse, Max Johnson, Connor Ford and Cameron Wright rank as four of the NCAA's 15 active 100-point scorers. Kruse ranks second with 142 NCAA Active Games Played Leaders* points while Johnson was fi fth with 122, Ford tied for sixth with 114 points and Wright Rk. Games Name, School (Current League) tied for 12th among active players with 101 points. 1. 151 Brandon Kruse, Bowling Green (WCHA) 2. 149 Joseph Nardi, Northern Michigan (WCHA) Most Career Points, Active Players 3. 148 Connor Ford, Bowling Green (WCHA) Rk Pts. Name, Class, Team 147 Justin Misiak, Michigan Tech (WCHA) 1. 168 Odeen Tufto, Sr., Quinnipiac 5. 146 Matt Hellickson, Notre Dame (Big Ten) 2. 142 Brandon Kruse, Sr., Bowling Green 146 Seamus Donohue, St. Cloud State/Michigan Tech (NCHC) 3. 126 Jordan Kawaguchi, Sr., North Dakota 7. 144 Sam Craggs, Bowling Green (WCHA) 4. 125 Alex Limoges, Sr., Penn State 144 Cameron Wright, Bowling Green (WCHA)) 5. 122 Max Johnson, Sr., Bowling Green 144 Colin Thiesen, Notre Dame (Big Ten) 6. 114 Connor Ford, Sr., Bowling Green 10. 143 Max Johnson, Bowling Green (WCHA) 114 Jack Billings, Jr., Niagara *- As of the end of the 2020-21 season 114 Linus Weissbach, Sr., Wisconsin 9. 110 Johnny Walker, Sr., Arizona State 10. 105 Luke Santerno, Sr., Bentley

I Am Ironman: Bowling Green senior Brandon Kruse ended the season riding the longest active consecutive games played streak in NCAA hockey. The Saline, Mich., native has not missed a game in 151 career contests with the Falcons. Northern Michigan's Joseph Nardi has the second-longest active streak in the country at 149 games.

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Another First for McKay: Minnesota State junior Dryden McKay authored another Trio of Monthly Honors for the WCHA: WCHA players took home national player of lengthy scoreless streak this season. On Jan. 16, the Downers Grove, Ill., ran his recent the month honors in each of the first three months the awards were presented by scoreless streak to 217:37 minutes before surrendering a goal in the Mavericks' 6-2 the Hockey Commissioners Association in 2020-21. Alabama Huntsville freshman win at Lake Superior State. The streak is the ninth-longest in WCHA history and the forward Tyrone Bronte garnered Rookie of the Month honors in November after second streak of 200+ minutes for the 2021 Hobey Baker and Mike Richter Award leading the Chargers in assists (three) and tying for the team lead in points (three) fi nalist. McKay had a 234:25 run last season that ranks No. 5 on the WCHA all-time and plus/minus (+2). Michigan Tech sophomore Blake Pietila earned HCA Goaltender list. He is the only goaltender in WCHA history with two scoreless streaks of more of the Month honors in December after sharing the league lead in wins with four and than 200 minutes. posting a 1.52 GAA for the month. Minnesota State junior Dryden McKay earned national Goaltender of the Month accolades in January after leading the nation in Most Consecutive Scoreless Minutes shutouts for the month with four and posting a 0.50 GAA and a .971 save percentage. Rk Mins. Goaltender, Team (Dates) ...... Season 1. 339:05 Atte Tolvanen, Northern Michigan (1/20-2/17/2017) ...... 2016-17 Ferris State's Kaufman Honored by AHCA: Long-time Ferris State assistant coach 2. 269:51 Brian Elliott, Wisconsin (3/17 – 4/6/2006) ...... 2005-06 Mark Kaufman has been chosen as the 2021 recipient of the American Hockey 3. 249:41 Gerald ‘Spike’ Schultz, North Dakota (1/14 – 2/4/1954) ...... 1953-54 Coaches Association's Terry Flanagan Award. The award is presented annually to 4. 239:22 Michael Bitzer, Bemidji State (12/13/2014 - 1/16/2015) ...... 2014-15 honor an assistant coach's career body of work. In his 15th year with the Bulldogs, 5. 234:25 Dryden McKay, Minnesota State (2/7-28/2020) ...... 2019-20 Kaufman joins FSU associate head coach Drew Famulak as FSU's second Flanagan 6. 223:51 Marc Cheverie, Denver (10/9 – 10/30/2009) ...... 2009-10 winner. Famulak was honored in 2012. 7. 220.18 Chris Nell, Bowling Green (2/4/17-3/3/17) ...... 2016-17 8. 208:42 Peter Mannino, Denver (2/26 – 3/27/2004) ...... 2003-04 Captain America: Ferris State freshman goaltender Logan Stein brought home a gold 9. 217:37 Dryden McKay, Minnesota State (12/18/2020-1/16/2021) 2020-21 medal as a member of the U.S. squad that won the 2021 World Junior Championship 10. 189:24 Jamie Phillips, Michigan Tech (3/7 - 3/20/2015) ...... 2014-16 in Edmonton, Alta., with a 2-0 win over Canada in the championship game on Jan. 6. The Suwanee, Ga., native is the first FSU player to represent the United States at the Clean Weekend for Driscoll: Bemidji State's Zach Driscoll upped his career shutout WJC. total to 10 in the Beavers' home sweep of Alabama Huntsville March 6-7. The Apple Valley, Minn., native authored 2-0 and 4-0 shutouts against the Chargers, stopping all Bowling Green Shares Top Spot Among Returning Goal Leaders: Bowling Green 29 shots he faced over 120 minutes of play in the two contests. and Michigan Tech ranked among the top teams in terms of returning goal scorers entering the 2020-21 season. BGSU's 96 returning goals on this season's roster tied Double Shutout Again: Bowling Green's Eric Dop and Northern Michigan's Rico for the top spot in the NCAA with North Dakota. Michigan Tech's 86 returning goals DiMatteo dueled for 65 minutes on Feb. 20 with neither netminder surrendering a ranked No. 5. The WCHA joined the NCHC as the only two leagues with multiple teams goal in a 0-0 tie between the visiting Falcons and homestanding Wildcats. The double in the top 8. shutout was the second of the season in the WCHA, the third in the last two seasons and the eighth in the WCHA since 2013. Most Returning Goals- 2020-21 Rosters Michigan Tech netminder Mark Sinclair and his Lake Superior State counterpart Goals School Mareks Mitens posted the first 0-0 stalemate of the season in a non-conference 96 Bowling Green (WCHA) game at LSSU on Nov. 21. That result was the second involving Mitens and Sinclair 96 North Dakota (NCHC) in the last two seasons. The Lakers, backstoped by Mitens, and Alabama Huntsville, 93 Minnesota (Big Ten) with Sinclair in net, skated to a double shutout on Feb. 14, 2020. Sinclair transferred 90 Minnesota Duluth (NCHC) to Michigan Tech prior to the 2020-21 season. 86 Michigan Tech (WCHA) 84 Denver (NCHC) Milestone Game for Serratore: Bemidji State's Feb. 25 game with Minnesota State 84 Providence (Hockey East) was the 400th behind the bench for Tom Serratore as a WCHA head coach. He is 83 Arizona State (Independent) just the 20th coach in league history to coach in 400 games at a league school and stands No. 20 on the league's games coached list at 410. Minnesota State's Mike Hastings was behind the bench for 349 contests, which ranks 23rd on the WCHA's games coached list.

Games Coached as a WCHA Head Coach Rk. Games Coach, Schools ...... Seasons 19. 449 Mike Eaves, Wisconsin ...... 2002-13 20. 410 Tom Serratore, Bemidji State ...... 2010-present 21. 391 Dave Hakstol, North Dakota ...... 2004-13 22. 370 Ralph Backstrom, Denver ...... 1981-90 23. 349 Mike Hastings, Minnesota State ...... 2012-present 24. 331 John Mariucci, Minnesota ...... 1952-66 25. 322 Bob Motzko, St. Cloud State ...... 2005-13

Exclusive Company for Ferris State's Daniels: Ferris State head coach Bob Daniels joined a select group of coaches when he was behind the bench for his 1,100 career game at the Bulldog helm on Feb. 13 at Michigan Tech. With that contest Daniels joined former Boston University head coach Jack Parker and former Michigan head man Red Berenson as just the third coach in NCAA men's ice hockey history to coach in 1,100 Division I games at one school. Ferris State's March 13 WCHA Quarterfinal game at No. 3/3 Minnesota State was the 1,106th game of Daniels' FSU tenure.

The 400 Club: With its 5-1 win at Bemidji State on Feb. 12, Northern Michigan became the 11th program in WCHA history to reach the 400-win mark as a WCHA member. The Wildcats join Michigan Tech and Minnesota State as the third current league member in the 400 Club.

Bowling Green Joins Elite Company: Bowling Green reached a milestone few programs have achieved when the Falcons defeated Northern Michigan, 6-2, on Jan. 16 at the Slater Family Ice Arena. The victory was the 1,000th for the Falcon program, making BGSU just the 26th team to reach that lofty number.

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WCHA Career Points (2013-present) WCHA Career Wins (2013-present) Rk Points Player, Pos., School ...... Years Rk Wins Goaltender, Team...... Seasons 1. 162 Marc Michaelis, F, Minnesota State...... 2016-20 1. 75 Dryden McKay, Minnesota State ...... 2018-21 2. 142 Brandon Kruse, F, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 2. 65 Michael Bitzer, Bemidji State ...... 2014-18 3. 132 Parker Tuomie, F, Minnesota State ...... 2016-20 3. 62 Atte Tolvanen, Northern Michigan ...... 2015-19 4. 127 C.J. Suess, F, Minnesota State ...... 2014-18 4. 55 Jamie Phillips, Michigan Tech ...... 2013-16 5. 122 Alec Rauhauser, D, Bowling Green ...... 2016-20 5. 52 Zach Driscoll, Bemidji State ...... 2017-21 6. 122 Max Johnson, F, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 6. 46 Cole Huggins, Minnesota State ...... 2013-17 7. 121 Philip Beaulieu, D, Northern Michigan ...... 2016-20 46 C.J. Motte, Ferris State ...... 2013-15 8. 119 Gerald Mayhew, F, Ferris State ...... 2013-17 8. 45 Eric Dop, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 9. 114 Connor Ford, F, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 9. 41 Chris Nell, Bowling Green ...... 2014-17 10. 113 Adam Rockwood, F, Northern Michigan ...... 2015-19 10. 39 Ryan Bednard, Bowling Green ...... 2016-19

WCHA Career Goals (2013-present) WCHA Career Saves (2013-present) Rk Goals Player, Pos., School ...... Years Rk Saves Goaltender, Team...... Seasons 1. 71 Marc Michaelis, F, Minnesota State...... 2016-20 1. 3,564 Atte Tolvanen, Northern Michigan ...... 2015-19 2. 64 Max Humitz, F, Lake Superior State ...... 2016-20 2. 3,449 Olivier Mantha, Alaska Anchorage ...... 2014-18 3. 57 C.J. Suess, F, Minnesota State ...... 2015-18 3. 2,962 Gordon Defi el, Lake Superior State ...... 2014-17 4. 56 Troy Loggins, F, Northern Michigan ...... 2015-19 4. 2,442 Zach Driscoll, Bemidji State ...... 2017-21 5. 54 Kevin Dufour, F, Bowling Green ...... 2013-17 5. 2,368 Carmine Guerriero, Alabama Huntsville ...... 2013-17 54 Robbie Payne, F, Northern Michigan...... 2014-18 6. 2,292 Mareks Mitens, Lake Superior State ...... 2017-21 7. 53 Connor Ford, F, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 7. 2,131 C.J. Motte, Ferris State ...... 2013-15 53 Mitchell McClain, F, Bowling Green ...... 2014-18 8. 2,099 Mark Sinclair, Alabama Huntsville/Michigan Tech ...... 2017-21 9. 52 Gerald Mayhew, F, Ferris State ...... 2013-17 9. 2,086 Darren Smith, Ferris ...... 2015-18 10. 51 Cameron Wright, F, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 10. 2,053 Chris Nell, Bowling Green ...... 2014-17

WCHA Career Assists (2013-present) WCHA Career Save Percentage (2013-present) Rk Assists Player, Pos., School ...... Years Min. 2 seasons, playing in 66.7% of team games 1. 104 Brandon Kruse, D, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 Rk Pct. Goaltender, Team...... Seasons 2. 95 Philip Beaulieu, D, Northern Michigan ...... 2016-20 1. .932 Dryden McKay, Minnesota State ...... 2018-21 3. 93 Alec Rauhauser, D,Bowling Green ...... 2016-20 2. .926 Michael Bitzer, Bemidji State ...... 2014-18 93 Adam Rockwood, F, Northern Michigan ...... 2015-19 3. .922 Chris Nell, Bowling Green ...... 2014-17 5. 91 Marc Michaelis, F, Minnesota State...... 2016-20 4. .920 Zach Driscoll, Bemidji State ...... 2017-21 6. 87 Parker Tuomie, F, Minnesota State ...... 2016-20 5. .918 Atte Tolvanen, Northern Michigan ...... 2015-19 7. 76 Troy Loggins, F, Northern Michigan ...... 2015-19 .915 Gordon Defi el, Lake Superior State ...... 2014-17 8. 74 Max Johnson, F, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 .915 Mathias Dahlström, Northern Michigan ...... 2013-16 9. 72 Ian Scheid, D, Minnesota State ...... 2017-20 8. .914 Mareks Mitens, Lake Superior State ...... 2017-21 10. 70 C.J. Suess, F, Minnesota State ...... 2014-18 .914 Cole Huggins, Minnesota State ...... 2013-17 .914 Eric Dop, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 WCHA Career Power Play Goals (2013-present) Rk PPG Player, Pos., School ...... Years WCHA Career Goals-Against Average (2013-present) 1. 30 Marc Michaelis, F, Minnesota State...... 2016-20 Min. 2 seasons, playing in 66.7% of team games 2. 27 Connor Ford, F, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 Rk GAA Goaltender, Team...... Seasons 3. 24 Max Johnson, F, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 1. 1.53 Dryden McKay, Minnesota State ...... 2018-21 4. 22 Troy Loggins, F, Northern Michigan ...... 2016-19 2. 2.00 Cole Huggins, Minnesota State ...... 2013-17 22 Gerry Fitzgerald, F, Bemidji State ...... 2014-18 3. 2.07 Chris Nell, Bowling Green ...... 2014-17 6. 20 Cameron Wright, F, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 4. 2.19 Zach Driscoll, Bemidji State ...... 2017-21 20 C.J. Suess, F, Minnesota State ...... 2014-18 5. 2.22 Eric Dop, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 20 Adam Brady, F, Bemidji State ...... 2016-20 6. 2.41 Atte Tolvanen, Northern Michigan ...... 2015-19 9. 18 Max Humitz, F, Lake Superior State ...... 2016-20 7. 2.46 Mathias Dahlström, Northern Michigan ...... 2013-16 10. 17 Trenton Bliss, F, Michigan Tech ...... 2018-21 8. 2.51 Mareks Mitens, Lake Superior State ...... 2017-21 17 Darien Craighead, F, Northern Michigan ...... 2016-20 17 Jake Lucchini, F, Michigan Tech ...... 2015-19 WCHA Career Shutouts (2013-present) 17 Tyler Heionen, F, Michigan Tech ...... 2013-17 Rk Shutouts Goaltender, Team...... Seasons 1. 24 Dryden McKay, Minnesota State ...... 2018-21 WCHA Career Shorthanded Goals (2013-present) 21 Michael Bitzer, Bemidji State ...... 2014-18 Rk SHG Player, Pos., School ...... Years 3. 13 Atte Tolvanen, Northern Michigan ...... 2015-19 1. 10 Marc Michaelis, F, Minnesota State...... 2016-20 4. 11 Cole Huggins, Minnesota State ...... 2013-17 2. 8 Troy Loggins, F, Northern Michigan ...... 2015-19 11 Chris Nell, Bowling Green ...... 2014-17 3. 6 Nick Rivera, F, Minnesota State ...... 2016-20 6. 10 Zach Driscoll, Bemidji State ...... 2017-21 6 Mitchell McLain, F, Bowling Green ...... 2014-18 10 C.J. Motte, Ferris State ...... 2013-15 5. 5 Diego Cuglietta, F, Lake Superior State ...... 2015-19 5 Kyle Bauman, F, Bemidji State ...... 2014-18 WCHA Career Games Played (2013-present) 5 Matt Salhany, F, Alabama Huntsville ...... 2013-17 Rk Games Goaltender, Team...... Seasons 1. 138 Michael Bitzer, Bemidji State ...... 2014-18 WCHA Career Game-Winning Goals (2013-present) 2. 137 Atte Tolvanen, Northern Michigan ...... 2015-19 Rk GWG Player, Pos., School ...... Years 3. 122 Olivier Mantha, Alaska Anchorage ...... 2014-18 1. 13 Darien Craighead, F, Northern Michigan ...... 2016-20 4. 102 Zach Driscoll, Bemidji State ...... 2017-21 2. 12 Max Johnson, F, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 5. 99 Gordon Defi el, Lake Superior State ...... 2013-17 12 Julian Napravnik, F, Minnesota State ...... 2018-21 6. 97 Dryden McKay, Minnesota State ...... 2018-21 12 Marc Michaelis, F, Minnesota State...... 2016-20 7. 94 Mareks Mitens, Lake Superior State ...... 2017-21 12 C.J. Suess, F, Minnesota State ...... 2014-18 8. 90 Jamie Phillips, Michigan Tech ...... 2013-16 6. 11 Jake Lucchini, F, Michigan Tech ...... 2015-19 9. 88 Cole Huggins, Minnesota State ...... 2013-17 7. 10 Diego Cuglietta, F, Lake Superior State ...... 2015-19 10. 84 Chris Nell, Bowling Green ...... 2013-17 10 Zeb Knutson, F, Minnesota State ...... 2014-18 10 Gerry Fitzgerald, F, Bemidji State ...... 2014-18 10 Gerald Mayhew, F, Ferris State ...... 2013-17

2020-21 WCHA SEASON REVIEW 12 wcha.com WCHA ACTIVE STATISTICAL LEADERS #WEAREWCHA

Active Career Points Goaltenders Rk Points Player, Pos., School ...... Years Active Career Wins 1. 142 Brandon Kruse, Sr., F, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 Rk Wins Player, Class, School ...... Years 2. 122 Max Johnson, Sr., F, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 1. 75 Dryden McKay, Jr., Minnesota State ...... 2018-21 3. 114 Connor Ford, Sr., F, Bowling Green ...... 2016-21 2. 52 Zach Driscoll, Sr., Bemidji State ...... 2017-21 4. 101 Cameron Wright, Sr., F, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 3. 45 Eric Dop, Sr., Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 5. 99 Joseph Nardi, Sr., F, Northern Michigan ...... 2017-21 4. 36 Mareks Mitens, Sr., Lake Superior State ...... 2017-21 6. 90 Jake Jaremko, Sr., F, Minnesota State ...... 2017-21 5. 15 Nolan Kent, Jr., Northern Michigan ...... 2018-21 7. 88 Reggie Lutz, Sr., F, Minnesota State ...... 2017-21 6. 14 Blake Pietila, So., Michigan Tech ...... 2019-21 8. 79 Ashton Calder, Jr., F, Lake Superior State ...... 2018-21 7. 13 Roni Salmenkangas, Jr., Ferris State ...... 2018-21 9. 78 Aaron Miller, Sr., F, Bemidji State ...... 2017-21 9. 11 Mark Sinclair, Alabama Huntsville/Michigan Tech ...... 2017-21 10. 77 Gavin Gould, Sr., F, Michigan Tech/Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 10. 9 Zack Rose, So., Bowling Green ...... 2019-21 77 Dallas Gerads, Sr., F, Minnesota State ...... 2017-21 Active Career Saves Active Career Goals Rk Saves Player, Class, School ...... Years Rk Goals Player, Pos., School ...... Years 1. 2,442 Zach Driscoll, Sr., Bemidji State ...... 2017-21 1. 53 Connor Ford, Sr., F, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 2. 2,292 Mareks Mitens, Sr., Lake Superior State ...... 2017-21 2. 51 Cameron Wright, Sr., F, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 3. 2,099 Mark Sinclair, Sr., Alabama Huntsville/Michigan Tech ...... 2017-21 3. 48 Max Johnson, Sr., F, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 4. 1,988 Dryden McKay, Jr., Minnesota State ...... 2018-21 4. 38 Brandon Kruse, Sr., F, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 5. 1,842 Eric Dop, Sr., Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 5. 38 Joseph Nardi, Sr., F, Northern Michigan ...... 2017-21 6. 1,411 Roni Salmenkangas, Jr., Ferris State ...... 2018-21 6. 37 Alec Broetzman, Jr., F, Michigan Tech ...... 2018-21 7. 916 Nolan Kent, Jr., Northern Michigan ...... 2018-21 37 Reggie Lutz, Sr., F, Minnesota State ...... 2017-21 8. 662 Blake Pietila, So., Michigan Tech ...... 2019-21 8. 36 Gavin Gould, Sr., F, Michigan Tech/Bowling Green ...... 2016-21 9. 597 David Fessenden, So., Alabama Huntsville ...... 2019-21 36 Dallas Gerads, Sr., F, Minnesota State ...... 2017-21 10. 391 Rico DiMatteo, Fr., Northern Michigan ...... 2020-21 10. 35 Griffi n Loughran, Jr., F, Northern Michigan ...... 2018-21 Active Career Save Percentage Active Career Assists Rk Pct. Player, Class, School ...... Years Rk Assists Player, Pos., School ...... Years 1. .932 Dryden McKay, Jr., Minnesota State ...... 2018-21 1. 104 Brandon Kruse, Sr., F, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 2. .920 Zach Driscoll, Sr., Bemidji State ...... 2017-21 2. 74 Max Johnson, Sr, F, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 3. .914 Mareks Mitens, Sr., Lake Superior State ...... 2017-21 3. 61 Connor Ford, Sr., F, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 .914 Eric Dop, Sr., Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 61 Joseph Nardi, Sr., F, Northern Michigan ...... 2017-21 5. .902 Mark Sinclair, Sr., Alabama Huntsville/Michigan Tech ...... 2017-21 5. 56 Jake Jaremko, Sr., F, Minnesota State ...... 2017-21 6. .896 Nolan Kent, Jr., Northern Michigan ...... 2018-21 6. 51 Reggie Lutz, Sr., F, Minnesota State ...... 2017-21 7. .884 Roni Salmenkangas, Jr., Ferris State ...... 2018-21 7. 50 Cameron Wright, Sr., F, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 50 Lukas Kaelble, Sr., D, Lake Superior State ...... 2017-21 Active Career GAA 9. 49 Jared Spooner, Sr., F, Minnesota State ...... 2017-21 Rk GAA Player, Class, School ...... Years 10. 48 Hampus Eriksson, Sr., F, Lake Superior State ...... 2018-21 1. 1.53 Dryden McKay, Jr., Minnesota State ...... 2018-21 2. 2.19 Zach Driscoll, Sr., Bemidji State ...... 2017-21 Active Career Power Play Goals 3. 2.22 Eric Dop, Sr., Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 Rk PPG Player, Pos., School ...... Years 4. 2.51 Mareks Mitens, Sr., Lake Superior State ...... 2017-21 1. 27 Connor Ford, Sr, F, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 5. 2.98 Nolan Kent, Jr., Northern Michigan ...... 2018-21 2. 24 Max Johnson, Sr., F, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 6. 3.31 Mark Sinclair, Sr., Alabama Huntsville/Michigan Tech ...... 2017-21 3. 20 Cameron Wright, Sr., F, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 7. 3.46 Roni Salmenkangas, Jr., Ferris State ...... 2018-21 4. 17 Trenton Bliss, Jr., F, Michigan Tech ...... 2018-21 5. 16 Alec Broetzman, Jr., F, Michigan Tech ...... 2018-21 Active Career Shutouts 6. 14 Julian Napravnik, Jr., F, Minnesota State ...... 2018-21 Rk SO Player, Class, School ...... Years 14 Alex Barber, Jr., F, Bowling Green...... 2018-21 1. 24 Dryden McKay, Jr., Minnesota State ...... 2018-21 8. 13 Dallas Gerads, Sr., F, Minnesota State ...... 2017-21 2. 10 Zach Driscoll, Sr., Bemidji State ...... 2017-21 9. 12 Gavin Gould, Sr., F, Michigan Tech/Bowling Green ...... 2016-21 3. 8 Eric Dop, Sr., Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 10. 11 Brandon Kruse, Sr., F, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 4. 6 Mareks Mitens, Sr., Lake Superior State ...... 2017-21 11 Jake Jaremko, Sr., F, Minnesota State ...... 2017-21 5. 5 Mark Sinclair, Sr., Alabama Huntsville/Michigan Tech ...... 2017-21 11 Reggie Lutz, Sr., F, Minnesota State ...... 2017-21 6. 3 Blake Pietila, So., Michigan Tech ...... 2019-21 2 Roni Salmenkangas, Jr., Ferris State ...... 2018-21 8. 1 John Hawthorne, So., Northern Michigan ...... 2019-21 Active Career Shorthanded Goals 1 Zack Rose, So., Bowling Green ...... 2019-21 Rk SHG Player, Pos., School ...... Years 1 Rico DiMatteo, Fr., Northern Michigan ...... 2020-21 1. 3 Alec Broetzman, So., F, Michigan Tech ...... 2018-21 1 David Fessenden, So., Alabama Huntsville ...... 2019-21 3 Owen Sillinger, Jr., F, Bemijdi State ...... 2019-21 Active Career Games Active Career Game-Winning Goals Rk Games Player, Class, School ...... Years Rk GWG Player, Pos., School ...... Years 1. 102 Zach Driscoll, Sr., Bemidji State ...... 2017-21 1. 12 Max Johnson, Sr., F, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 2. 97 Dryden McKay, Jr., Minnesota State ...... 2018-21 12 Julian Napravnik, Jr., F, Minnesota State ...... 2018-21 3. 94 Mareks Mitens, Sr., Lake Superior State ...... 2017-21 4. 80 Eric Dop, Sr., Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 Active Career Games 5. 73 Mark Sinclair, Sr., Alabama Huntsville/Michigan Tech ...... 2017-21 Rk Games Player, Class, Pos., School ...... Years 6. 59 Roni Salmenkangas, Jr., Ferris State ...... 2018-21 1. 151 Brandon Kruse, Sr., F, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 7. 42 Nolan Kent, Jr., Northern Michigan ...... 2018-21 2. 149 Joseph Nardi, Sr., F, Northern Michigan ...... 2017-21 8. 30 Blake Pietila, So., Michigan Tech ...... 2019-21 3. 148 Connor Ford, Sr., F, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 9. 23 David Fessenden, So., Alabama Huntsville ...... 2019-21 4. 147 Justin Misiak, Sr., F, Michigan Tech ...... 2017-21 10. 21 John Hawthorne, So., Northern Michigan ...... 2019-21 5. 144 Sam Craggs, Sr., F, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 144 Cameron Wright, Sr., F, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 7. 143 Max Johnson, Sr., F, Bowling Green ...... 2017-21 8. 139 Hampus Eriksson, Sr., F, Lake Superior State ...... 2017-21 9. 138 Will Riedell, Sr., D, Lake Superior State ...... 2017-21 138 Reggie Lutz, Sr., F, Minnesota State ...... 2017-21

2020-21 WCHA SEASON REVIEW 13 wcha.com WCHA 2020-21 SEASON HIGHS #WEAREWCHA

TEAM SEASON HIGHS INDIVIDUAL SEASON HIGHS GAME GAME Goals Goals 8 Northern Michigan (vs. Alabama Huntsville) ...... 2/17/2021 4 Owen Sillinger, Bemidji State (at Ferris State)^ ...... 2/6/2021

Goals (Two Teams) Assists 11 Northern Michigan (6) at Ferris State (5)* ...... 12/30/2020 4 Andre Ghantous, Northern Michigan (at Lake Superior State) ...... 2/6/2021

Assists Points 15 Northern Michigan (vs. Alabama Huntsville) ...... 2/17/2021 5 Owen Sillinger, Bemidji State (at Ferris State) ...... 2/6/2021

Points Penalties 23 Northern Michigan (vs. Alabama Huntsville) ...... 2/17/2021 4 Griffi n Loughran, Northern Michigan (at Michigan Tech) ...... 2/26/2021

Penalties Penalty Minutes 10 Ferris State (vs. Minnesota State)* ...... 2/19/2021 19 Griffi n Loughran, Northern Michigan (at Michigan Tech) ...... 2/26/2021 10 Bowling Green (at Minnesota State) ...... 2/6/2021 Power Play Goals Penalty Minutes 2 Alec Broetzman, Michigan Tech (vs. Northern Michigan) ...... 2/26/2021 50 Bowling Green (at Minnesota State) ...... 2/6/2021 2 Owen Sillinger, Bemidji State (at Ferris State) ...... 2/6/2021

Penalties- Two Teams Shorthanded Goals 19 Bowling Green (10) at Minnesota State (9)...... 2/6/2021 1 15 times; last: Ashton Calder (vs. Northern Michigan)$...... 3/20/2021

Penalty Minutes- Two Teams Shots on Goal 98 Bowling Green (60) at Minnesota State (48) ...... 2/6/2021 12 Cameron Wright, Bowling Green (vs. Alabama Huntsville ...... 2/24/2021

Fewest Penalties Blocked Shots 1 Ten times, last: Minnesota State (vs. St. Cloud State)@ ...... 4/8/2021 8 Ben Newhouse, Northern Michigan (at Bowling Green) ...... 2/20/2021 8 Michael Van Unen, Northern Michigan (vs. Minnesota State) ...... 1/2/2021 Fewest Penalty Minutes 8 Cameron Wright, Bowling Green (at Mercyhurst)* ...... 12/6/2020 2 Ten times, last: Minnesota State (vs. St. Cloud State)@ ...... 4/8/2021

Power Play Goals PERIOD 3 Seven times, last: Lake Superior State (vs. Alabama Huntsville) ...... 3/13/2021 Goals 2 Twelve times. Ashton Calder, Lake Superior State (vs. Northern Michigan) (3)$ . 3/20/2021 Shorthanded Goals 2 Bemidji State (vs. Wisconsin)! ...... 3/26/2021 Assists 2 Northern Michigan (at Bemidji State) ...... 2/12/2021 3 Andre Ghantous, Northern Michigan (at Lake Superior State) (2) .....2/6/2021

Fastest Two Goals Points 0:10 Bemidji State (vs. Michigan Tech)* ...... 12/12/2020 3 Andre Ghantous, Northern Michigan (at Lake Superior State) ...... 2/6/2021 3 Ethan Stewart, Ferris State (vs. Northern Michigan) * ...... 12/30/2020 Fastest Three Goals 0:54 Bemidji State (vs. Michigan Tech)* ...... 12/12/2020 Penalties 4 Griffi n Loughran, Northern Michigan (at Michigan Tech) (3) ...... 2/26/2021 Shots on Goal 57 Minnesota State (at Lake Superior State) ...... 1/16/2021 Penalty Minutes 19 Griffi n Loughran, Northern Michigan (at Michigan Tech) (3) ...... 2/26/2021 Fewest Shots on Goal 9 Alabama Huntsville (vs. Michigan Tech)* ...... 2/5/2021 Power Play Goals 1 Multiple times PERIOD Goals Shorthanded Goals 5 Bemidji State (vs. Michigan Tech) (2) * ...... 12/12/2020 1 Nine times; last: Owen Sillinger, Bemidji State (at Ferris State) ...... 2/6/2021

Assists 8 Northern Michigan (vs. Alabama Huntsville) (1) ...... 2/17/2021 GOALTENDING SEASON HIGHS 8 Minnesota State (at Alabama Huntsville) (2)...... 2/12/2021 SERIES 8 Bowling Green (at Adrian) (2)* ...... 11/21/2020 Saves 80 Zach Driscoll, Bemidji State (at Michigan Tech) ...... 2/19-20/2021 Points 13 Bemidji State (vs. Michigan Tech) (2)* ...... 12/12/2020 GAME Saves Penalties 47 Zach Driscoll, Bemidji State (at Michigan Tech) ...... 2/19/2021 10 Bowling Green (at Minnesota State) (3) ...... 2/6/2021 PERIOD Penalty Minutes Saves 50 Bowling Green (at Minnesota State) (3) ...... 2/6/2021 19 Zach Driscoll, Bemidji State (at Michigan Tech) (3) ...... 2/19/2021 19 Zach Driscoll, Bemidji State (at Michigan Tech) (1) ...... 2/19/2021 Power Play Goals 19 David Fessenden, Alabama Huntsville (vs. Ferris State) (3) ...... 1/9/2021 2 Nine times; last: Minnesota State (at Alabama Huntsville) (2) ...... 2/11/2021 *-Non-conference game Shorthanded Goals ^- WCHA quarterfi nals 2 Northern Michigan (at Bemidji State) (3) ...... 2/12/2021 $-WCHA championship game !-NCAA First Round Shots on Goal @-NCAA Frozen Four 29 Minnesota State (at Lake Superior State) (2)...... 1/16/2021

Fewest Shots on Goal 0 Alabama Huntsville (vs. Michigan Tech) (3)* ...... 2/5/2021

2020-21 WCHA SEASON REVIEW 14 wcha.com NONCONFERENCE AND HEAD-TO-HEAD, POTW, POTM #WEAREWCHA

2020-21 WCHA AGAINST THE REST 2020-21 WCHA PLAYERS OF THE MONTH By Team vs AHA vs B10 vs ECAC vs HEA vs NCHC vs. Ind.* Total Alabama Huntsville 0-2-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-2-0 Month Forward Defenseman Alaska Anchorage 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Alaska 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Nov. Ashton Calder, Jr., Lake Superior State Will Riedell, Jr., Lake Superior State Bemidji State 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-0 Dec. Cameron Wright, Sr., Bowling Green Will Cullen, Jr., Bowling Green Bowling Green 3-1-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 7-1-0 Jan. Brandon Kruse, Sr., Bowling Green Will Cullen, Jr., Bowling Green Ferris State 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 Feb. André Ghantous, So., Northern Michigan Colin Swoyer, Jr., Michigan Tech Lake Superior State 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 2-1-0 March/April Ashton Calder, Jr., Lake Superior State Michael Van Unen, So., Northern Michigan Michigan Tech 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Minnesota State 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 2-1-0 Northern Michigan 0-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 TOTALS: 3-3-0 2-0-0 3-0-0 0-2-0 0-1-0 5-0-0 13-6-0 Month Goaltender Rookie (.500) (1.000) (1.000) (.000) (.000) (1.000) (.684) Nov. Mareks Mitens, Sr., Lake Superior State Tyrone Bronte, Fr., F, Alabama Huntsville

By Site vs AHA vs B10 vs ECAC vs HEA vs NCHC vs. Ind* Total Dec. Blake Pietila, So., Michigan Tech Akito Hirose, Fr., D, Minnesota State Home 1-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-0-0 4-1-0 Jan. Dryden McKay, Jr., Minnesota State Arvid Caderoth, Fr., F, Michigan Tech Away 2-2-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 6-2-0 Feb. Blake Pietila, So., Michigan Tech Arvid Caderoth, Fr., F, Michigan Tech Neutral 0-0-0 2-0-0 1-0-0 0-2-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-3-0 March/April Zach Driscoll, Sr., Bemidji State Jake Livingstone, Fr., D, Minnesota State TOTALS: 3-3-0 2-0-0 3-0-0 0-3-0 0-0-0 5-0-0 13-6-0 (.500) (1.000) (1.000) (.000) (.000) (1.000) (.684) *- Includes games against non-Division I NCAA teams

2020-21 WCHA HEAD-TO-HEAD (REGULAR SEASON, LEAGUE GAMES) UAH (pts) BSU (pts) BGSU (pts) FSU (pts) LSSU (pts) MTU (pts) MSU (pts) NMU (pts) W-L-T-3/SW-0L (pts) UAH ---- 0-2-0-0-0 (0/6) 0-2-0-0-0 (0/6) 2-0-0-0-0 (5/6) 0-2-0-0-0 (0/6) 0-2-0-0-0 (0/6) 0-2-0-0-0 (0/6) 1-1-0-0-0 (3/6) 3-11-0-1-0 (8) BSU 2-0-0-0-0 (6/6) ---- 1-1-0-1-0 (2/6) 1-0-1-0-0 (4/6) 1-1-0-1-0 (2/6) 2-0-0-0-0 (6/6) 1-1-0-0-0 (0/0) 0-2-0-0-0 (0/6) 8-5-1-3-2 (24) BGSU 2-0-0-0-0 (6/6) 1-1-0-0-1 (4/6) ---- 2-0-0-0-0 (6/6) 0-2-0-0-0 (0/6) 2-0-0-0-0 (6/6) 0-2-0-0-0 (0/6) 1-0-1-0-1 (4/6) 8-5-1-0-2 (27) FSU 0-2-0-0-1 (1/6) 0-1-1-1-0 (2/6) 0-2-0-0-0 (0/6) ---- 0-2-0-0-0 (0/6) 0-2-0-0-0 (0/6) 0-2-0-0-0 (0/6) 0-2-0-0-0 (0/6) 0-13-1-1-1 (3) LSSU 2-0-0-0-0 (6/6) 1-1-0-0-0 (4/6) 2-0-0-0-0 (6/6) 2-0-0-0-0 (6/6) ----- 1-1-0-0-0 (3/6) 0-2-0-0-0 (0/6) 1-1-0-1-1 (3/6) 9-5-0-2-2 (27) MTU 2-0-0-0-0 (6/6) 0-2-0-0-0 (0/6) 0-2-0-0-0 (0/6) 2-0-0-0-0 (6/6) 1-1-0-0-0 (3/6) ----- 0-2-0-0-0 (0/6) 2-0-0-0-0 (5/6) 7-7-0-1-0 (20) MSU 0-0-0-0-0 (6/6) 2-0-0-0-0 (6/6) 2-0-0-0-0 (6/6) 2-0-0-0-0 (6/6) 2-0-0-0-0 (6/6) 2-0-0-0-0 (6/6) ----- 2-0-0-0-0 (6/6) 13-1-0-2-0 (39) NMU 1-1-0-0-0 (3/6) 2-0-0-0-0 (6/6) 0-1-1-1-0 (2/6) 2-0-0-0-0 (6/6) 1-1-0-1-1 (3/6) 0-2-0-0-0 (0/0) 0-2-0-0-0 (1/6) ----- 6-7-1-3-2 (20)

2020-21 WCHA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Date Forward Defenseman Goaltender Rookie Nov. 23 Tyr Thompson, Jr., Alabama Huntsville Dayne Finnson, Jr., Alabama Huntsville Mareks Mitens, Sr., Lake Superior State Tyrone Bronte, Fr., F, Alabama Huntsville Nov. 30 None None None None Dec. 8 Cameron Wright, Sr., Bowling Green Tim Theocharidis, Jr., Bowling Green Blake Pietila, So., Michigan Tech Quinn Green, Fr, F, Alabama Huntsville Dec. 14 Max Johnson, Sr., Bowling Green Colin Swoyer, Jr., Michigan Tech Blake Pietila, So., Michigan Tech Seth Fyten, Fr., F, Bowling Green Dec. 21 Connor Ford, Sr., Bowling Green Colin Swoyer, Jr., Michigan Tech Zack Rose, So., Bowling Green Akito Hirose, Fr., D, Minnesota State Jan. 4 Cameron Wright, Sr., Bowling Green Will Cullen, Jr., Bowling Green Dryden McKay, Jr., Minnesota State Akito Hirose, Fr., D, Minnesota State Jan. 11 Pete Veillette, Jr., Lake Superior State Dayne Finnson, Jr., Alabama Huntsville Mareks Mitens, Sr., Lake Superior State Tyrone Bronte, Fr., F, Alabama Huntsville Jan. 18 Cade Borchardt, So., Minnesota State Will Cullen, Jr., Bowling Green Dryden McKay, Jr., Minnesota State Chrystopher Collin, Fr., F, Bowling Green Jan. 26 Walker Duehr, Sr., Minnesota State Kyle Looft, So., Bemidj State Zach Driscoll, Sr., Bemidji State Arvid Caderoth, Fr., F, Michigan Tech Feb. 1 Griffi n Loughran, Jr., Northern Michigan Justin Wells, Sr., Bowling Green Zach Driscoll, Sr., Bemidji State Tim Erkkila, Fr., D, Northern Michigan Feb. 8 Owen Sillinger, Jr., Bemidj State Will Riedell, Sr., Lake Superior State Dryden McKay, Jr., Minnesota State Arvid Caderoth, Fr., F, Michigan Tech Feb. 15 André Ghantous, So., Northern Michigan Colin Swoyer, Jr., Michigan Tech Mareks Mitens, Sr., Lake Superior State Rico DiMatteo, Fr., G, Northern Michigan Feb. 22 Hampus Eriksson, Sr., Lake Superior State Jacob Nordqvist, Jr. Lake Superior State Zach Driscoll, Sr., Bemidji State Tyrone Bronte, Fr., F, Alabama Huntsville March 1 Connor Ford, Sr., Bowling Green Colin Swoyer, Jr., Michigan Tech Blake Pietila, So., Michigan Tech Lukas Sillinger, Fr., F, Bemidji State March 8 Ashton Calder, Jr., Lake Superior State Will Riedell, Sr., Lake Superior State Zach Driscoll, Sr., Bemidji State Jacob, Bengtsson, Fr., D, Lake Superior State

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Rk Team (1st Place Votes) Record Points Last Poll Rank Team, Points (1st place) Last Poll Record Top 15 1. Massachusetts (40) 20-5-4 800 6 1. Massachusetts, 510 (34) 2 20-5-4 22 2. St. Cloud State 20-11-0 740 7 2. St. Cloud State, 467 3 20-11-0 18 3. Minnesota Duluth 15-11-2 693 9 3. Minnesota State, 424 1 22-5-1 22 4. Minnesota State 22-5-1 681 5 4. Minnesota Duluth, 420 5 15-11-2 22 5. North Dakota 22-6-1 670 1 5. North Dakota, 385 4 22-6-1 22 6. Boston College 17-6-1 593 T-2 6. Boston College, 328 7 17-6-1 22 7. Minnesota 24-7-0 573 T-2 7. Minnesota, 311 6 24-7-0 22 8. Wisconsin 20-10-1 481 4 8. Wisconsin, 251 8 20-10-1 20 9. Michigan 15-10-1 449 8 9. Michigan, 220 9 15-10-1 22 10. Bemidji State 16-10-3 406 14 10. Bemidji State, 196 10 16-10-3 5 11. Boston University 10-5-1 396 10 11. Quinnipiac, 167 11 17-8-4 21 12. Quinnipiac 17-8-4 395 11 12. Boston University, 132 12 10-5-1 11 13. Omaha 14-11-1 320 12 13. Lake Superior State, 104 13 19-7-3 3 14. Lake Superior State 19-7-3 287 13 14. Omaha, 72 14 14-11-1 16 15. American International 15-4-0 215 15 15. American International, 42 15 15-4-0 9 16. Providence 11-9-5 169 16 17. Notre Dame 14-13-2 149 18 Others receiving votes: Notre Dame 19, Providence 12, Denver 8, 18. Bowling Green 20-10-1 125 17 Bowling Green 4, UMass-Lowell 3, Northeastern 3, Maine, 1, Western 19. UMass Lowell 10-9-1 84 19 Michigan 1. 20. Clarkson 11-7-4 54 20

Others receiving votes: Army 39, Denver 26, St. Lawrence 13, Northeastern 11, Michigan Tech 10, Connecticut 9, Canisius 6, Northern Michigan 5, Robert Morris 1.

2020-21 WCHA in the Rankings Week-by-Week

Week UAH UAA UAF BSU BGSU FSU LSSU MTU MSU NMU Preseason UR/UR UR/UR UR/UR 16/15 RV/RV UR/UR UR/UR RV/RV 4/5 RV/RV Nov. 16 UR/UR UR/UR UR/UR 16/RV 19/RV UR/UR UR/UR RV/UR 5/4 RV/RV Nov. 23 UR/UR X/X UR/UR 19/RV 18/RV UR/UR RV/RV RV/RV 6/5 RV/RV Nov. 30 UR/UR X/X UR/UR 19/RV 18/RV UR/UR RV/RV UR/UR 6/6 RV/RV Dec. 7 UR/UR X/X UR/UR RV/RV 16/RV UR/UR RV/RV RV/UR 6/6 RV/RV Dec. 14 UR/UR X/X X/X RV/UR 13/12 UR/UR RV/RV RV/UR 5/5 RV/RV Dec. 21 UR/UR X/X X/X RV/RV 9/8 UR/UR 20/RV RV/RV 5/5 UR/UR Dec. 28 UR/UR X/X X/X RV/UR 7/7 UR/UR 19/RV RV/UR 5/5 UR/UR Jan. 4 UR/UR X/X X/X RV/UR 7/6 UR/UR RV/RV RV/RV 4/4 UR/UR Jan. 11 UR/UR X/X X/X RV/UR 8/7 UR/UR 19/RV RV/RV 5/4 UR/UR Jan. 18 UR/UR X/X X/X UR/UR 5/5 UR/UR RV/RV RV/RV 2/2 UR/UR Jan. 25 UR/UR X/X X/X RV/UR 8/8 UR/UR RV/UR 18/RV 3/2 UR/UR Feb. 1 UR/UR X/X X/X 18/RV 8/8 UR/UR RV/UR RV/UR 6/4 UR/UR Feb. 8 UR/UR X/X X/X 17/RV 12/12 UR/UR RV/UR RV/RV 3/3 UR/UR Feb. 15 UR/UR X/X X/X RV/UR 14/T-13 UR/UR 20/UR RV/UR 3/3 RV/UR Feb. 22 UR/UR X/X X/X 19/RV 13/14 UR/UR 18/RV 20/RV 3/3 UR/UR March 1 UR/UR X/X X/X 17/RV 13/13 UR/UR 20/RV 19/RV 4/4 UR/UR March 8 UR/UR X/X X/X 15/RV 13/13 UR/UR 18/RV RV/UR 3/3 UR/UR March 15 UR/UR X/X X/X 13/12 16/RV UR/UR 17/RV RV/UR 3/3 RV/UR March 22 UR/UR X/X X/X 14/15 17/RV UR/UR 13/13 RV/UR 5/6 RV/UR March 29 NP/UR NP/X NP/X NP/10 NP/RV NP/UR NP/13 NP/UR NP/1 NP/UR April 12 UR/UR X/X X/X 10/10 18/RV UR/UR 14/13 RV/UR 4/3 RV/UR

Rankings are USHCO/USAT-USAHM) X/X- UAA and UAF have opted out of the 2020-21 season; NP- No poll released

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NOVEMBER Thursday, February 25 Friday, November 13 (19/RV) Bemidji State 3, at (3/3) Minnesota State 4 (OT)* Adrian 2, at (RV/RV) Bowling Green (NC) 6 Schedule presented by Friday, February 26 Saturday, November 21 (18/RV) Lake Superior State 4, at Ferris State 2* (RV/UR) Michigan Tech 0, at Lake Superior State 0 (NC) (LSSU W/SO, 2-1) Saturday, January 16 Northern Michigan 1, at (20/RV) Michigan Tech 6* (19/RV) Bowling Green 5, at Adrian (Mich.) 0 (NC) Trine (Ind.) 0, at Ferris State 7 (NC) Alabama Huntsville 2, at (RV/UR) Robert Morris 5 (NC) Northern Michigan 2, at (8/7) Bowling Green 6 (NC) Saturday, February 27 (5/4) Minnesota State 6, at (19/RV) Lake Superior State 2* (20/RV) Michigan Tech 3, at Northern Michigan 2 (OT)* Sunday, November 22 (3/3) Minnesota State 3, at (19/RV) Bemidji State 4 (OT)* (RV/UR) Michigan Tech 1, at Lake Superior State 4 (NC) Thursday, January 21 Alabama Huntsville 3, at (RV/UR) Robert Morris 4 (NC) (2/2) Bowling Green 1, at Bemidji State 2 (NC) Sunday, February 28 (5/4) Minnesota State 5, at (16/RV) Bemidji State 0(NC) (13/14) Bowling Green 4, at Alabama Huntsville 2* Friday, January 22 Friday, November 27 (2/2) Bowling Green 1, at Bemidji State 3 (NC) MARCH Adrian 3, at (RV/RV) Lake Superior State 5 (NC) Saturday, January 23 Tuesday, March 2 Sunday, November 29 Ferris State 0, at (2/2) Minnesota State 4* (20/RV) Lake Superior State 1, at (17/RV) Bemidji State 2 (OT)* (RV/RV) Lake Superior State 2, at Adrian 1 (NC) Northern Michigan 0, at (RV/RV) Michigan Tech 2 (NC) Wednesday, March 3 DECEMBER Sunday, January 24 (18/RV) Lake Superior State 5, at (19/RV) Bemidji State 2* Tuesday, Dec. 1 Ferris State at 1, (2/2) Minnesota State 4* (18/RV) Bowling Green 6, at (RV/RV) Robert Morris 3 (NC) Friday, March 5 Monday, January 25 (19/RV) Michigan Tech 1, at (4/4) Minnesota State 2* Saturday, December 5 (RV/RV) Michigan Tech 4, at Northern Michigan 1 (NC) Mercyhurst 2, at (18/RV) Bowling Green 1 (NC) Saturday, March 6 Alabama Huntsville 2, at (RV/RV) Lake Superior State 2 (NC) (LSSU w/SO, 2-1) Friday, January 29 Ferris State 1, at (20/RV) Lake Superior State 2* (3/2) Minnesota State 1, at (RV/UR) Bemidji State 4 (NC) Alabama Huntsville 0, at (17/RV) Bemidji State 2* Sunday, December 6 Ferris State 4, at Northern Michigan 5* (19/RV) Michigan Tech 2, at (4/4) Minnesota State 3* (18/RV) Bowling Green 3, at Mercyhurst 1 (NC) (18/RV) Michigan Tech 3, at (8/8) Bowling Green 6* Alabama Huntsville 2, at (RV/RV) Lake Superior State 3 (NC) Sunday, March 7 (6/6) Minnesota State 1, at Michigan Tech 3 (NC) Saturday, January 30 Alabama Huntsville 0, at (17/RV) Bemidji State 4* Ferris State 3. at Northern Michigan 5* Monday, December 7 (18/RV) Michigan Tech 2, at (8/8) Bowling Green 5* 2021 WCHA POSTSEASON (6/6) Minnesota State 2, at Michigan Tech 0 (NC) WCHA Quarterfi nals FEBRUARY Best two-of-three quarterfi nals at higher seed Friday, December 11 Tuesday, February 2 Ferris State 2, at Bowling Green 3 (NC) (RV/UR) Michigan Tech 6, at Ferris State 4* March 12 No. 8 Ferris State 0, at No. 1 Minnesota State 3 Saturday, December 12 Friday, February 5 No. 7 Alabama Huntsville 1, at No. 2 Lake Superior State 6 Bowling Green 6, at Ferris State 2 (NC) (18/RV) Bemidji State 3, at Ferris State 3 (OT) (FSU w/SO, 1-0) No. 6 Northern Michigan 4, at No. 3 Bowling Green 3 Michigan Tech 3, at Bemidji State 6 (NC) (8/8) Bowling Green 0, at (6/4) Minnesota State 4* No.5 Michigan Tech 1, at No. 4 Bemidji State 3 (RV/UR) Michigan Tech 3, at Alabama Huntsville 1 (NC) Sunday, December 13 March 13 Michigan Tech 3, at Bemidji State 0 (NC) Saturday, February 6 No. 8 Ferris State 1, at No. 1 Minnesota State 3 Northern Michigan 4, at (RV/UR) Lake Superior State 5 (OT)* (MSU w/series, 2-0) Wednesday, December 16 (18/RV) Bemidji State 7, at Ferris State 2* No. 7 Alabama Huntsville 1, at No. 2 Lake Superior State 4 Ferris State 4, at (RV/RV)Northern Michigan 5 (NC)* (RV/UR) Michigan Tech 4, at Alabama Huntsville 1 (NC) (LSSU w/series, 2-0) (8/8) Bowling Green 1, at (6/4) Minnesota State 5* No. 6 Northern Michigan 0, at No. 3 Bowling Green 5 Friday, December 18 No.5 Michigan Tech 1, at No. 4 Bemidji State 4 (13/12) Bowling Green 4, at (11/11) Quinnipiac 1 (NC) Sunday, February 7 (BSU w/series, 2-0) (RV/RV) Northern Michigan 3, at (RV/UR) Michigan Tech 4 (OT) (NC) Northern Michigan 4, at (RV/UR) Lake Superior State 3 (OT)* (RV/UR) Bemidji State 4, at (5/5) Minnesota State 5 (NC) March 14 Tuesday, February 9 No. 6 Northern Michigan 5, at No. 3 Bowling Green 1 Saturday, December 19 (RV/RV) Michigan Tech 2, at Ferris State 1* (NMU w/series, 2-1) (13/12) Bowling Green 4, at (11/11) Quinnipiac 2 (NC) (RV/UR) Michigan Tech 3, at (RV/RV) Northern Michigan 1 (NC) Thursday, February 11 March 19 (RV/UR) Bemidji State 1, at (5/5) Minnesota State 1 (OT) (MSU W/SO, 1-0) (NC) (3/3) Minnesota State 4, at Alabama Huntsville 1* WCHA Semifi nals^ No. 6 Northern Michigan 5, vs. No. 1 Minnesota State 1 Tuesday, December 29 Friday, February 12 No. 4 Bemidji State 1, vs. No. 2 Lake Superior State 4 (RV)/RV) Robert Morris 1, at (7/7) Bowling Green 2 (NC) (RV/UR)Lake Superior State 2, at (12/12) Bowling Green 1 (OT)* Ferris State 0, at (RV/RV) Michigan Tech 3 (NC) March 20 Wednesday, December 30 (3/3) Minnesota State 5, at Alabama Huntsville 0* WCHA Championship Game^ Northern Michigan 6, at Ferris State 5 (OT) (NC) Northern Michigan 5, at (17/RV) Bemidji State 1* No. 6 Northern Michigan 3, vs. No. 2 Lake Superior State 6

JANUARY Saturday, February 13 March 26 Saturday, January 2 Ferris State 1, at (RV/RV) Michigan Tech 5 (NC) NCAA East Regional First Round- Bridgeport, Conn. (7/7) Bowling Green 6, at Ferris State 1* (RV/UR) Lake Superior State 5, at (12/12) Bowling Green 2* No. 4 Bemidji State 6, vs. No. 1 Wisconsin 3 Alabama Huntsville 0, at (RV/UR) Michigan Tech 4* Northern Michigan 3, at (17/RV) Bemidji State 2 (OT)* No. 3 Lake Superior State 1, vs. No. 2 Massachusetts 5 (RV)/UR) Bemidji State 4, at (19/RV) Lake Superior State 1 (NC) (5/5) Minnesota State 5, at Northern Michigan 0* Tuesday, February 16 March 27 (RV/UR) Northern Michigan 1 vs. Alabama Huntsville 3*$ NCAA East Regional Championship- Bridgeport, Conn. Sunday, January 3 (20/UR) Lake Superior State 3, at (18/RV) Michigan Tech 1* No. 4 Bemidji State 0, vs. No. 2 Massachusetts 4 Alabama Huntsville 1, at (RV/UR) Michigan Tech 2* (RV/UR) Bemidji State 1, at (19/RV) Lake Superior State 2 (OT) (BSU W/SO, 1-0 (NC) Wednesday, February 17 March 27 (7/7) Bowling Green 4, at Ferris State 2* (RV/UR) Northern Michigan 8, vs. Alabama Huntsville 2*$ NCAA West Regional First Round- Loveland, Colo. (5/5) Minnesota State 4, at Northern Michigan 0* No. 3 Quinnipiac 34, No. 2 Minnesota State 4 (OT) Friday, February 19 Thursday, January 7 Alabama Huntsville 1, at (20/UR) Lake Superior State 2* March 28 (RV/UR) Bemidji State 2, at (7/6) Bowling Green 3* (RV/UR) Bemidji State 4, at (18/RV) Michigan Tech 1* NCAA West Regional Championship- Loveland, Colo. (3/3) Minnesota State 5, at Ferris State 4 (OT) (NC) No. 2 Minnesota State 4, vs. No. 1 Minnesota 0 Friday, January 8 (RV/UR) Bemidji State 4, at (7/6) Bowling Green 3 (OT)* Saturday, February 20 April 8 (RV/RV) Lake Superior State 4, at Northern Michigan 1 (NC) Alabama Huntsville 1, at Lake Superior State 4* NCAA Frozen Four Semifi nals- Pittsburgh, Pa. Ferris State 4, at Alabama Huntsville 5 (OT)* (14/T-13) Bowling Green 0, at (RV/UR) Northern Michigan 0 (NMU W/SO, 1-0)* No. 2 Minnesota State 4, vs. No. 2 St. Cloud State 5 Bemidji State 2, at Michigan Tech 1* Saturday, January 9 Minnesota State 5, at Ferris State 1 (NC) (NC)- Non-conference contest (RV/RV) Lake Superior State 3, at Northern Michigan 2 (OT) (NC) (EXH)- Exhibition contest Ferris State 0, at Alabama Huntsville 2* Sunday, February 21 $ - Games played at NMU with UAH as the home team (14/T-13) Bowling Green 6, at (RV/UR) Northern Michigan 2* ^- Games played at Mankato, Minn. Monday, January 11 (8/7) Bowling Green 1, at USNTDP 5 (EXH) Tuesday, February 23 (18/RV) Lake Superior State 1, at (20/RV) Michigan Tech 4* Friday, January 15 Northern Michigan 1, at (8/7) Bowling Green 5 (NC) Wednesday, February 24 (5/4) Minnesota State 3, at (19/RV) Lake Superior State 0* Alabama Huntsville 0, at (13/14) Bowling Green 5*

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Minnesota State is Coaches' Choice to ThreePeat as WCHA Regular Season Champion 2020-21 WCHA Preseason Coaches’ Poll Rank Team (1st Place Votes) Points 1. Minnesota State (6) 86 2. Bemidji State (1) 79 3. Bowling Green (3) 78 4. Michigan Tech 64 5. Northern Michigan 63 6. Lake Superior State 49 7. Alaska 40 8. Ferris State 35 9. Alaska Anchorage 28 10. Alabama Huntsville 18 Coaches could not vote for their own teams. Based on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2 scale.

WCHA Coaches’ Preseason Player of the Year (Votes) Brandon Kruse, Sr., F, Bowling Green (4) Dryden McKay, Jr. G, Minnesota State (4) Others Receiving Votes: Connor Ford, Sr., F, Bowling Green (1); Trenton Bliss, Jr., F, Michigan Tech (1)

WCHA Coaches’ Preseason Rookie of the Year (Votes) Akito Hirose, D, Minnesota State (3) Others Receiving Votes: Carson Bantle, F, Michigan Tech (2); Brendan Furry, F, Minnesota State (2); Jake Livingstone, D, Minnesota State (1); Logan Stein, G, Ferris State (1); Ethan Scardina, F, Bowling Green (1)

Coaches’ Preseason All-WCHA Team (Votes) Forwards: Griffi n Loughran, Jr., Northern Michigan (7); Brandon Kruse, Sr., Bowling Green (7); Connor Ford, Sr., Bowling Green (4); Lucas Sowder, So., Minnesota State (4) Others Receiving Votes: Owen Sillinger, Jr, Bemidji State (3); Nathan Smith, So., Minnesota State (3); Alec Broetzman, Jr., Michigan Tech (1); Trenton Bliss, Jr., Michigan Tech (1). Defensemen: Elias Rosén, So., Bemidji State (7); Chris Jandric, Jr., Alaska (6) Others Receiving Votes: Jake Willets, So., Ferris State (4); Colin Swoyer, Jr., Michigan Tech (3) Goaltender: Dryden McKay, Jr., Minnesota State (7) Others Receiving Votes: Zach Driscoll, Sr., Bemidji State (3)

Media Tabs Minnesota State as Unanimous Choice as WCHA Regular Season Champion 2020-21 WCHA Preseason Media Poll Rank Team (1st Place Votes) Points 1. Minnesota State (10) 100 2. Bemidji State 89 3. Bowling Green 76 4. Northern Michigan 68 5. Michigan Tech 67 6. Lake Superior State 44 7. Alaska 40 8. Ferris State 33 9. Alaska Anchorage 21 10. Alabama Huntsville 12 Predicted order of fi nish. Based on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 scale.

WCHA Preseason Media Player of the Year (Votes) Dryden McKay, Jr., G, Minnesota State (25) Others Receiving Votes: Griffi n Loughran, Jr., F, Northern Michigan (21); Owen Sillinger, Jr., F, Bemidji State (5); Zach Driscoll, Sr., G, Bemidji State (2); Brandon Kruse, Sr., F, Bowling Green (2); Nathan Smith, So., F, Minnesota State (2); Connor Ford, Sr., F, Bowling Green (1); Colin Swoyer, Jr., D, Michigan Tech (1). Based on a 3-2-1 scale.

WCHA Preseason Media Rookie of the Year (Votes) Carson Bantle, F, Michigan Tech (16) Others Receiving Votes: Akito Hirose, D, Minnesota State (14); Tanner Edwards, F, Minnesota State (3); Connor Gregga, F, Minnesota State (3); Anton Malmstrom, D, Bowling Green (3); Lukas Sillinger, F, Bemidji State (3); Aaron Myers, F, Bemidj State (3); Ondrej Pavel, F, Minnesota State (3); Grant Johnson, F, Northern Michigan (3); Jed Pietila, D, Michigan Tech (2); Jake Livingstone, D, Minnesota State (2); Jett Jungels, F, Northern Michigan (2); Logan Stein, G, Ferris State (1); Joshua Wildauer, F, Lake Superior State (1); Mack Byers, F, Northern Michigan (1). Based on a 3-2-1 scale.

Preseason Media All-WCHA Team (Votes) Forwards: Griffi n Loughran, Jr. Northern Michigan (10); Connor Ford, Sr., Bowling Green (7); Owen Sillinger, Jr., Bemidji State (5). Others Receiving Votes: Brandon Kruse, Sr., Bowling Green (3) Lucas Sowder, So., Minnesota State (2); Nathan Smith, So., Minnesota State (1); Jared Spooner, Sr., Minnesota State (1); Trenton Bliss, Jr., Michigan Tech (1). Defensemen: Elias Rosén, So., Bemidji State (9); Jake Willets, So., Ferris State (6). Others Receiving Votes: Chris Jandric, Jr., Alaska (2); Colin Swoyer, Jr., Michigan Tech (1); Tim Theochardis, Jr., Bowling Green (1); Jack McNeely, Sr., Minnesota State (1). Goaltender: Dryden McKay, Jr., Minnesota State (10). Others Receiving Votes: None

2020-21 WCHA Media Poll Voters Alabama Huntsville: Justin Bradford, Penalty Box Radio Alaska Anchorage: Kurt Haider, Seawolf Radio Alaska: Bruce Cech, Nanook Radio Bemidji State: Austin Monteith, Bemidji Pioneer Bowling Green: Nick Piotrowicz, Toledo Blade Ferris State: John Raffel, Big Rapids Pioneer Lake Superior State: Bill Crawford, LSSU Radio Michigan Tech: Adam Niemi, Houghton Daily Mining Gazette Minnesota State: Kevin Dudley, Mankato Free Press Northern Michigan: Ryan Stieg, Marquette Mining Journal

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2020-21 ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE SCHEDULE

Head Coach: Lance West (First season) Date Opponent Time/Result Record at UAH: 3-18-1 Nov. 21 at (RV/UR) Robert Morris (NC) L, 2-5 Overall: 14-40-4 (Second season) Nov. 22 at (RV/UR) Robert Morris (NC) L, 3-4 Dec. 5 at (RV/RV) Lake Superior State (NC) T, 2-2 (OT) (LSSU W SO, 2-1) 2020-21 Overall Record: 3-18-1 Dec. 6 at (RV/RV) Lake Superior State (NC) L, 3-2 2020-21 WCHA Record: 3-11-0-1-0-0 Jan. 2 at (RV/UR) Michigan Tech* L, 0-4 Jan. 3 at (RV/UR) Michigan Tech* L, 1-2 Jan. 8 Ferris State* W, 5-4 (OT) Jan. 9 Ferris State* W, 2-0 CHARGERS Jan. 28 at (3/2) Minnesota State (NC) PPD Jan. 29 at (3/2) Minnesota State (NC) PPD UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE Feb. 5 (RV/UR) Michigan Tech (NC) L, 1-3 Feb. 6 (RV/UR) Michigan Tech (NC) L, 1-4 • UAH wrapped up the 2020-21 season with a fi rst round exit from Feb. 11 (3/3) Minnesota State* L, 1-4 the 2021 WCHA postseason tournament with a pair of losses at Feb. 12 (3/3) Minnesota State* L, 0-5 second-seeded Lake Superior State on Friday and Saturday. The Feb. 16 vs. (RV/UR) Northern Michigan*$ W, 3-1 Feb. 17 vs. (RV/UR) Northern Michigan*$ L, 2-8 Chargers fi nished with a 3-18-1 overall record and a 3-11-0 mark in Feb. 19 at (20/UR) Lake Superior State* L, 1-2 WCHA games, which helped the program to its fourth-ever WCHA Feb. 20 at (20/UR) Lake Superior State* L, 1-4 postseason berth. Feb. 24 at (13/14) Bowling Green* L, 0-5 • This was head coach Lance West’s fi rst season at the helm of the Feb. 28 (13/14) Bowling Green* L, 2-4 program, joined by fellow UAH alums in associate head coach Karlis March 6 at (17/RV) Bemidji State* L, 0-2 Zirnis and assistant coach Carmine Guerriero in their fi rst seasons March 7 at (17/RV)Bemidji State* L, 0-4 behind the UAH bench. March 12 No. 2 (18/RV) Lake Superior State# L, 1-6 March 13 No. 2 (18/RV) Lake Superior State# L, 1-4 • Freshman Tyrone Bronte – a native of Melbourne, Australia – was the Chargers offensive leader in the 2020-21 campaign with 13 *- WCHA game points on four goals and a team-high nine assists. Bronte was named #- WCHA quarterfi nals the program’s second-ever WCHA All-Rookie Team honoree for his (NC)- Non-conference contest performance this season. (National rank at time of game) • Junior captain Bauer Neudecker scored a team-high fi ve goals in No. X- Tournament seed addition to seven assists to rank second on the team with 12 points in $ - Games played in Marquette, Mich. with UAH as the home team 2020-21. He has twice eclipsed 10 points in a season in his career. • David Fessenden played the majority of time in goal for the Chargers with a 2.93 goals against average and a .910 save percentage over 16 starts this season. He ended the year with a 3-11-1 overall record, recording his fi rst career win on Jan .8 and his fi rst career shutout on Jan. 9. • The Chargers combined for a total of 324 blocks this season, as 16 different UAH players had 10 blocks or more. Lucas Bahn had a team- high 37 blocks, followed by Ayodele Adeniye who got in the way of 36 shots.

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2020-21 BEMIDJI STATE SCHEDULE

Head Coach: Tom Serratore (20th season) Date Opponent Time/Result Record at BSU/Overall: 335-307-92 Nov. 22 (5/4) Minnesota State (NC) L, 0-5 2020-21 Overall Record: 16-10-3 Dec. 12 (RV/UR) Michigan Tech (NC) W, 6-3 Dec. 13 (RV/UR) Michigan Tech (NC) L, 0-3 2020-21 WCHA Record: 8-5-1-3-2-0 Dec. 18 at (5/5) Minnesota State (NC) L, 4-5 TM Dec. 19 at (5/5) Minnesota State (NC) T, 1-1 (OT) (MSU W SO, 1-0) Jan. 2 at (19/RV) Lake Superior State (NC) W, 4-1 Jan. 3 at (19/RV) Lake Superior State (NC) T, 2-2 (OT) (BSU W/SO, 1-0) Jan. 7 at (7/6) Bowling Green* L, 2-3 BEAVERS Jan. 8 at (7/6) Bowling Green* W, 4-3 (OT) Jan. 21 (5/5) Bowling Green (NC) W, 2-1 BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY Jan. 22 (5/5) Bowling Green (NC) W, 3-1 Jan. 29 vs. (3/2) Minnesota State (NC) W, 4-1 • Bemidji State’s 2020-21 season came to an end in the NCAA tournament’s East Feb. 5 at Ferris State* T, 3-3 (OT) (FSU W SO, 1-0) Regional Championship. The Beavers dropped the game 4-0 to the second Feb. 6 at Ferris State* W, 7-2 seed, University of Massachusetts (18-5-4). BSU was to 16-10-3. Feb. 12 Northern Michigan* L, 1-5 • Making its fi fth appearance in the tournament and its fi rst since 2010, BSU Feb. 13 Northern Michigan* L, 2-3 (OT) earned a 6-3 victory over No. 1 seed Wisconsin March 26 to advance to the Feb. 19 at (18/RV) Michigan Tech* W, 4-1 fi nal. It marked the fi rst time the Beavers advanced out of the fi rst round since Feb. 20 at (18/RV) Michigan Tech* W, 2-1 defeating Notre Dame in the 2009 Midwest Regional en route to the Frozen Four. Feb. 25 at (3/3) Minnesota State* L, 3-4 (OT) • The March 27 match-up marked just the third all-time between BSU and UMass. Feb. 27 (3/3) Minnesota State* W, 4-3 (OT) Dating back to 2008, the series is now 2-1-0 in favor of the Minutemen. The fi rst March 2 (20/RV) Lake Superior State* W, 2-1 (OT) meeting was a 4-2 BSU victory Dec. 28, 2008. Most recently, UMass earned March 3 (20/RV) Lake Superior State* L, 2-5 a 4-3 win Dec. 30, 2013. Both games were part of Dartmouth’s Ledyard Bank March 6 Alabama Huntsville* W, 2-0 Classic. March 7 Alabama Huntsville* W, 4-0 • At the NCAA Division I level BSU is 21-32-1 in the postseason, which includes March 12 No. 5 (RV/UR) Michigan Tech# W, 3-1 a 3-5 record in NCAA tournament play. BSU’s four previous trips to the NCAA Division I tournament were: 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010. March 13 No. 5 (RV/UR) Michigan Tech# W, 4-1 • BSU is 3-2 in the postseason this year. After earning the fourth seed and the March 19 vs. No. 2 (17/RV) Lake Superior State$ L, 1-4 right to host the fi rst round of the WCHA Playoffs, BSU swept Michigan Tech (W, March 26 vs. No. 1 (4/4) Wisconsin^ W, 6-3 4-1 and W, 3-1) to advance to the WCHA semifi nal. The Beavers were eliminated March 27 vs. No. 2 (6/5) Massachusetts^ L, 0-4 by Lake Superior State University (L, 4-1), the East Region’s No. 2 seed. • Ethan Somoza (4g), Alex Ierullo, Brendan Harris, and Elias Rosén (1g-3a) each *- WCHA game had four points in BSU’s fi ve 2020-21 postseason games. Somoza had a team- #- WCHA quarterfi nals best four goals, while both and Rosén had three-game points streaks until being $- WCHA semifi nals shut out in the fi nal. ^- NCAA East Regional- Bridgeport, Conn. • Owen Sillinger has produced BSU’s best career postseason point production. In (NC)- Non-conference contest 10 career postseason appearances, the junior has eight points (4g-4a), which (National rank at time of game) includes a 2019-20 postseason during which he netted two goals and two No. X- Tournament seed assists in three postseason contests. • BSU’s leading scorer Alex Ierullo recorded an assist March 26 to bring his point mark to 27 (7g-17a). He ranks 12th among the WCHA’s top scorers while his 17 • BSU was 16-1-3 when tied or leading after 40 minutes this season. On the other helpers is fi fth among the league’s leading scorers. hand, BSU is 0-9-0 when trailing to open the third period. • The two short-handed goals March 26 were the second of the season for both • BSU has held its opponents to one goal or fewer in 12 of its 29 games in 2020- Owen Sillinger and Brendan Harris. It marked the fi rst time BSU scored two 21. It was 11-0-1 in those games. shorties in a game since Jan. 6, 2018 in a 6-3 win at Lake Superior State and • The Beavers appeared the USA Today/USA Hockey magazine top 15 poll 14 doubled BSU’s SHG season total to four. times and was ranked four time with its highest, a No. 10 billing, March 29. • Sophomore defender Elias Rosén logged his fi fth goal of the season to go with • BSU has been ranked in the USCHO.com poll for 11 weeks this season and an assist March 26. BSU was 5-0-0 when he scored a goal this season and fi nished among the top 20 seven of the fi nal eight weeks. BSU climbed to a held a 10-2-1 mark when he recorded a point. season-best No. 13 March 15--its highest rank since it was No. 10 Mar. 2, 2020. • When Ross Armour scored March 26, it marked a career-high fi ve goals for the • No NCAA team has allowed fewer than the seven power-play goals BSU has junior. He has nine career goals. surrendered this season (77-of-84). • Senior Brendan Harris had a career-high three points (1g-2a) to lead BSU • This season, the BSU penalty kill was historically good. On the heels of program March 26. Since Feb. 13, he has 13 points (3g-10a) in 14 games. His 23 points records set a year ago of 11 PPG allowed and a .912 penalty-kill percentage, in 2020-21 (9g-14a) stood as a career-high. His previous season-best was 18 BSU did it again. This year, BSU allowed the fewest power-play goals in program points (4g-14a) in 2018-19. history and its .917 penalty-kill mark also set a new standard. • BSU’s top scoring rookie Lukas Sillinger had 15 points in 2020-21 (6g-9a) to • Sophomore blueliner Elias Rosén became the fi rst BSU player to win WCHA rank second among WCHA rookies. He had eight points (2g-6a) in BSU’s last 12 Defensive Player of the Year recognition to cap 2020-21. On the heels of a games but fi nished without a point after March 12 - a career-high four-game season during which he netted 24 points (5g-19a) to pull down WCHA All-Rookie scoring drought. Team and Third Team All-WCHA honors, the native of Mora, Sweden enters the • BSU’s top-ranked penalty-kill unit was tested March 26. Wisconsin went 2-for-6 NCAA Tournament with 14 points (4g-10a). on the man advantage to snap a string of 18 straight penalty’s kills spanning six • Goaltender Zach Driscoll was selected as the 2021 WCHA Student-Athlete of games. It was just the second time in 2020-21 that BSU surrendered more than the Year, marking the fi rst time a BSU player has earned an honor of the type one power-play goal in a game. The other was a night in which Minnesota State since Kyle Hardwick nabbed the award in 2009 - the fi nal year of BSU’s run went 2-for-2 to defeat BSU 5-4 Dec. 18. in College Hockey America. Driscoll graduated with a business administration • BSU fi nished the season 77-for-84 (.917) to top the national penalty-kill chart degree in 2020 and carried a 3.85 GPA. He is now a full-time grad student with after a 40-for-43 (.930) run in WCHA play to pace the league. The Beavers’ .917 a 4.0 pursuing his MBA. ranks third in NCAA Division I men’s hockey history for penalty-kill effi ciency. • BSU had three players selected for All-WCHA teams in 2021. Elias Rosén • BSU failed to net a power-play goal in two chances versus Wisconsin and was became the third Beaver to earn a spot on the All-WCHA First Team, while Zach 0-for-5 versus UMass. The Beavers fi nished 2020-21 13-for-91 (.143) on the Driscoll was selected to the Third Team and freshman Lukas Sillinger was season, while they were 9-for-43 (.209) on the man advantage in WCHA play to named to the league’s All-Rookie squad. Both Rosén (Third Team/All-Rookie) rank third. and Driscoll (Second Team) also received All-WCHA recognition in 2019-20. • Alex Ierullo (1g-5a) and Owen Sillinger (4g-2a) led all current Beavers in power- play scoring with six points apiece, while Sillinger has scored four of BSU’s 13 PPGs and Ierullo has a team-high fi ve helpers on the man advantage. • Driscoll’s 767 save total this season led the country and is sixth on BSU’s Division I-era single season saves list. • Driscoll fi nished ranked among the top 10 Beavers goaltenders of all time in minutes played (5,168-8th), wins (46-10th), saves (2,157-9th), goals against average (2.055-3rd), shutouts (9-t3rd) and save percentage (.9234-1st).

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2020-21 BOWLING GREEN SCHEDULE

Date Opponent Time/Result Head Coach: Ty Eigner (Second season) Nov. 13 Adrian (Mich.) (NC) W, 6-2 Record at BGSU/Overall: 41-23-5 Nov. 21 at Adrian (Mich.) (NC) W, 5-0 2020-21 Overall Record: 20-10-1 Dec. 1 at (RV/RV) Robert Morris (NC) W, 6-3 2020-21 WCHA Record: 8-5-1-0-2-0 Dec. 5 Mercyhurst (NC) L, 1-2 Dec. 6 at Mercyhurst (NC) W, 3-1 Dec. 11 Ferris State (NC) W, 3-2 Dec. 12 at Ferris State (NC) W, 6-2 Dec. 18 at (11/11) Quinnipiac (NC) W, 4-1 FALCONS Dec. 19 at (11/11) Quinnipiac (NC) W, 4-2 Dec. 29 (RV/RV) Robert Morris (NC) W, 2-1 BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY Jan. 2 at Ferris State* W, 6-1 Jan. 3 at Ferris State* W, 4-2 Jan. 7 (RV/UR) Bemidji State* W, 3-2 • With 20 wins during the 2020-21 season, the Falcons extended the Jan. 8 (RV/UR) Bemidji State* L, 3-4 (OT) streak of 20+ win seasons, now at seven consecutive seasons dating Jan. 11 at USNTDP (EXH) L, 1-5 back to the 2014-15 season. The streak is now the second longest Jan. 15 Northern Michigan (NC) W, 5-0 in program history trailing just a nine-season streak that spanned Jan. 16 Northern Michigan (NC) W, 6-2 from 1981-82 until 1989-90. With the seventh season added, this Jan. 22 at Bemidji State (NC) L, 1-2 streak surpasses the six-year streak that spanned the entirety of Ron Jan. 23 at Bemidji State (NC) L, 1-3 Jan. 29 (18/RV) Michigan Tech* W, 6-3 Mason's tenure, being from 1973-74 until 1978-79. Jan. 30 (18/RV) Michigan Tech* W, 5-2 • In the fi rst game against Northern Michigan on Friday (March 12), Feb. 5 at (6/4) Minnesota State* L, 0-4 Taylor Schneider scored all three of the Falcons' goals for his fi rst Feb. 6 at (6/4) Minnesota State* L, 1-5 career hat trick with the Falcons. The hat trick was the fi rst for the Feb. 12 (RV/UR) Lake Superior State* L, 1-2 (OT) Falcons since Cameron Wright had one against Miami to begin the Feb. 13 (RV/UR) Lake Superior State* L, 2-5 2019-20 season, scoring four goals, however, Schneider's was the Feb. 20 at (RV/UR) Northern Michigan* T, 0-0 (OT) (NMU W/SO, 1-0) fi rst against a league opponent since March 10, 2017. That trio of Feb. 21 at (RV/UR) Northern Michigan* W, 6-2 Feb. 24 Alabama Huntsville* W, 5-0 goals was logged by Kevin Dufour against Bemidji State. Schneider Feb. 28 at Alabama Huntsville* W, 4-2 and Dufour have accounted for two of the fi ve hat tricks in the WCHA March 12 No. 6 Northern Michigan# L, 3-4 postseason since 2010. March 13 No. 6 Northern Michigan# W, 5-0 • Assisting on one of Schneider's goals on Friday (March 12), Cameron March 14 No. 6 Northern Michigan# L, 1-5 Wright logged his 100th career point, doing so with an even split of 50 goals and 50 assists. Wright added a goal on the weekend as well, *- WCHA game concluding with 101 points. Wright joins Brandon Kruse, Max Johnson #- WCHA quarterfi nals (NC)- Non-conference contest and Connor Ford as active 100-point scorers on the Falcons' roster, (EXH)- Exhibition contest marking the fi rst time since 1996-97 that BGSU had at least four (National rank at time of game) 100-point scorers on its roster. The four 100-point scorers were put No. X- Tournament seed on a power-play unit, along with Taylor Schneider, this past weekend, placing 531 career points on the ice at the same time. • In the second game against Northern Michigan, Eric Dop was able to tally his second shutout of the season as well as his eighth of his career. With the eight shutouts, Dop moves into sole possession of second all-time in program history for career shutouts, passing Andrew Hammond, Ryan Bednard and Tyler Masters. Only Chris Nell has more career shutouts as a Falcon, logging 11 from 2014-17.

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2020-21 FERRIS STATE SCHEDULE

Date Opponent Time/Result Head Coach: Bob Daniels (29th season) Dec. 11 at (16/RV) Bowling Green (NC) L, 2-3 Record at FSU/Overall: 464-535-107 Dec. 12 (16/RV) Bowling Green (NC) L, 2-6 2020-21 Overall Record: 1-23-1 Dec. 16 at (RV/RV) Northern Michigan (NC) L, 4-5 2020-21 WCHA Record: 0-13-1-0-1-1 Dec. 30 Northern Michigan (NC) L, 5-6 (OT) Jan. 2 (7/7) Bowling Green* L, 1-6 Jan. 3 (7/7) Bowling Green* L, 2-4 Jan. 8 at Alabama Huntsville* L, 4-5 (OT) Jan. 9 at Alabama Huntsville* L, 0-2 BULLDOGS Jan. 16 Trine (Ind.) (NC) W, 7-0 Jan. 23 at (2/2) Minnesota State* L, 0-4 FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY Jan. 24 at (2/2) Minnesota State* L, 1-4 Jan. 29 at Northern Michigan* L, 4-5 Jan. 30 at Northern Michigan* L, 3-5 • Ferris State senior forward Coale Norris fi nished with 17 points in 25 Feb. 2 (RV/UR) Michigan Tech* L, 4-6 games (8g-9a/17pts) for his fi rst Bulldog scoring title in his collegiate Feb. 5 (18/RV) Bemidji State* T, 3-3 (OT) (FSU W SO, 1-0) career. At 122 games through four years, Norris fi nished with 31 goals Feb. 6 (18/RV) Bemidji State* L, 2-7 and 32 assists for 63 points, becoming the fi rst Bulldog to pass 30+ Feb. 9 (RV/UR) Michigan Tech* L, 1-2 career goals since Corey Mackin. Feb. 12 at (RV/RV) Michigan Tech (NC) L, 0-3 • Several Ferris State skaters hit career marks in point scoring during Feb. 13 at (RV/RV) Michigan Tech (NC) L, 1-5 Feb. 19 (3/3) Minnesota State (NC) L, 4-5 (OT) the 2020-21 season. Junior forwards Ethan Stewart and Jake Transit Feb. 20 (3/3) Minnesota State (NC) L, 1-5 each tied for second in team point-scoring with identical scoring lines Feb. 26 (18/RV) Lake Superior State* L, 2-4 (6g-8a/14pts). Junior forward Justin Michaelian had a career-best March 6 at (20/RV) Lake Superior State* L, 1-2 11 points in just 14 games, missing the fi nal 11 games with an injury. March 12 at No. 1 (3/3) Minnesota State# L, 0-3 Michaelian’s .786 points-per-game was the team-high for Ferris March 13 at No. 1 (3/3) Minnesota State# L, 1-3 State this season. Sophomore Jason Brancheau also fi nished with a career-best in point-scoring as well. *- WCHA game #- WCHA quarterfi nals • At 19.4 percent, the Ferris State power play fi nished a full fi ve percent (NC)- Non-conference contest better than the 2019-20 man advantage unit. Ferris State fi nished (National rank at time of game) 23rd nationally, their highest fi nish since the 2012-13 season when No. X- Tournament seed they fi nished 12th in the country at 20.8 percent. Ferris State scored 14 power play goals on 72 attempts, led by freshman forward Mitch Deelstra (three). Senior forwards Marshall Moise and Coale Norris as well as junior forward Ethan Stewart and sophomore defenseman Jake Willets each had a pair of power play goals. • Ferris State’s freshmen, their highest ranked recruiting class in program history by NeutralZone, had a strong fi nish. Three freshmen, Mitch Deelstra, Antonio Venuto, and Stepan Pokorny fi nished in the top ten in team scoring. Freshman defensemen Luke Farthing and Ben Schultheis fi nished fi rst and second amongst Ferris State defensemen in plus minus by Bulldog defensemen playing more than 16 games, while freshman goaltender Logan Stein turned in a pair of 40+ save outings for the Bulldogs in his fi rst go-around.

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2020-21 LAKE SUPERIOR STATE SCHEDULE

Date Opponent Time/Result Head Coach: Damon Whitten (Seventh season) Nov. 21 (RV/UR) Michigan Tech (NC) T, 0-0 (OT) (LSSU W SO, 2-1) Record at LSSU/Overall: 99-132-27 Nov. 22 (RV/UR) Michigan Tech (NC) W, 4-1 2020-21 Overall Record: 19-7-3 Nov. 27 Adrian (Mich.) (NC) W, 5-3 2020-21 WCHA Record: 9-5-0-2-2-0 Nov. 29 at Adrian (Mich.) (NC) W, 2-1 Dec. 5 Alabama Huntsville (NC) T, 2-2 (W/SO, 2-1) Dec. 6 Alabama Huntsville (NC) W, 3-2 Jan. 2 (RV/UR) Bemidji State (NC) L, 1-4 Jan. 3 (RV/UR) Bemidji State (NC) T, 2-2 (BSU W/S0, 1-0) LAKERS Jan. 8 at Northern Michigan (NC) W, 4-1 Jan. 9 at Northern Michigan (NC) W, 3-2 (OT) LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY Jan. 15 (5/4) Minnesota State* L, 0-3 Jan. 16 (5/4) Minnesota State* L, 2-6 • Lake Superior State fi nished the 2020-21 season with an overall record of Feb. 6 Northern Michigan* W, 5-4 (OT) 19-7-3 and a 9-5-0 mark in WCHA play as the team won the program’s fi rst Feb. 7 Northern Michigan* L, 4-3 (OT) WCHA Championship and qualifi ed for the NCAA Tournament for the fi rst time Feb. 12 at (12/12) Bowling Green* W, 2-1 (OT) since the 1995-96 season. Feb. 13 at (12/12) Bowling Green* W, 5-2 • The Lakers fell to Massachusetts by a fi nal score of 5-1 in the opening round of Feb. 16 at (18/RV) Michigan Tech* W, 3-1 the East Regional of the NCAA Tournament on March 26 at the Webster Bank Feb. 19 Alabama Huntsville* W, 2-1 Arena in Bridgeport, Conn. Feb. 20 Alabama Huntsville* W, 4-1 • Lake Superior State received an automatic bid into the national tournament Feb. 23 at (20/RV) Michigan Tech* L, 1-4 after clinching the WCHA postseason title on Saturday, March 20 in a 6-3 win Feb. 26 at Ferris State* W, 4-2 over Northern Michigan to earn the Jeff Sauer Trophy in Mankato, Minn. March 2 at (17/RV) Bemidji State* L, 1-2 (OT) • In the storied history of LSSU hockey, the program has a 1,000-864-174 all-time March 3 at (17/RV) Bemidji State* W, 5-2 record in 55 seasons of competition. Since the program's inception in 1966, March 6 Ferris State* W, 2-1 Lake Superior State reached 1,000 wins in 2,037 games, totaling a .533 win March 12 No. 7 Alabama Huntsville# W, 6-1 percentage en route to the milestone victory. The Lakers have become one of March 13 No. 7 Alabama Huntsville# W, 4-1 only four NCAA Division I programs that began competing after 1946 to record March 19 vs. No. 4 (13/12) Bemidji State$ W, 4-1 1,000 victories (Bemidji State, Denver, Bowling Green). March 20 vs. No. 6 (RV/UR) Northern Michigan! W, 6-3 • The Lakers earned the Jeff Sauer Championship Trophy as the program won March 26 vs. No. 2 (6/5) Massachusetts^ L, 1-5 a conference championship for the fi rst time since the 1994-95 season and advanced to the NCAA tournament for the fi rst time since the 1995-96 season. Including 2021, Lake Superior State has made 11 appearances in the Division I *- WCHA game tournament and has posted an all-time record of 20-12-1 on the NCAA stage. #- WCHA quarterfi nals • Lake Superior State fi nished the regular season with 27 points in league play, $- WCHA semifi nals which tied Bowling Green for second in the league standings. !- WCHA championship game • It marked the highest regular season fi nish for the Lakers since the 1995-96 ^- NCAA East Regional- Bridgeport, Conn. season when the team fi nished tied for fi rst place in the CCHA. Lake Superior (NC)- Non-conference contest State's highest fi nish in the WCHA regular season standings was fourth place (National rank at time of game) in 2018-19. No. X- Tournament seed • Laker head coach Damon Whitten concluded his seventh season behind the bench in Sault Ste. Marie in 2020-21. Whitten has led the team to a 99-132-27 record, and playoff appearances in all but one season. • Four Lakers received all-conference honors following the end of the WCHA • Senior goaltender Mareks Mitens fi nished his Laker career with 36 wins, regular season. Forward Ashton Calder, defenseman Will Riedell, and including a career-best 14 victories during the 2020-21 campaign. Mitens ends goaltender Mareks Mitens earned All-WCHA second team honors while forward his time as a Laker ranking ninth all-time in wins in program history, fourth Pete Veillette earned All-WCHA third team honors. all-time in goals against average (2.51), ninth all-time in saves (2,292), fi fth • On 13 occasions this season, a Laker received either WCHA Player of the Week all-time in save percentage (.914) and tied for eighth all-time in games played or Player of the Month honors. In addition, nine Lakers earned WCHA Scholar (94). The netminder, who was one of nine fi nalists for the Mike Richter Award, Athlete honors and 16 student-athletes were named to the 2020-21 WCHA All- started 25 games for the Lakers this season, posting a 14-6-3 record with a Academic team. 1.96 goals against average and a .930 save percentage. In all but fi ve of his 25 • Twenty-two Lakers notched at least a point this season and eight recorded at appearances this season, Mitens allowed two goals or fewer. least 15 points during the campaign. Seventeen skaters have scored a goal • Mitens’ senior season will hold a place in the Laker record book as his 1.96 for the Lakers this season with nine of them scoring four or more goals. Two goals against average is fi rst all-time among single season Laker goaltenders Lakers have 13 or more goals this season (Ashton Calder, Pete Veillette). and his .930 save percentage during the 2020-21 season is tied for second • Junior forward Ashton Calder fi nished as the Lakers leading goal scorer and all-time. point scorer with 16 goals and 29 points in 29 games this season. Calder, who • The Ventspils, Latvia, native ranks eighth among all NCAA goaltenders in save is tied for third among WCHA skaters in points and fi rst among WCHA players percentage and ninth in goals against average. in goals, as of March 31, posted career bests in goals and points this year. The • With an 8-2-0 record on the road this season, the Lakers were the last Division junior forward recorded two hat tricks this season, including one in the WCHA I program with an undefeated road record this season and all four of Lake Championship game on March 20 and was named the tournament’s Most Superior State’s wins against ranked opponents came while on the road. Outstanding Player. • Lake Superior State’s .707 winning percentage ranks sixth nationally while its 19 • Junior forward Pete Veillette totaled a career high 27 points for the Lakers this wins is tied for fourth-best in the NCAA as of March 31. The Lakers have posted season as he totaled a personal best 13 goals, and 14 assists. As of March 31, the program's highest win percentage since the 1995-96 season (.775). Veillette tied for fi fth among WCHA players in points. Veillette posted 24 of his points since Jan. 8 and recorded points in 14 of the team’s fi nal 16 games of the season, which included an eight game point streak (6g-5a) and two separate three-game goal streaks. • Sophomore forward Louis Boudon fi nished his second season with 19 points through 27 games played this season for the Lakers with eight goals and 11 assists. Boudon, who ended the season tied for third on the team in points, set a new season-best in goals and led his teammates in power play goals with four. • Senior forward Hampus Eriksson shared the third place spot in points on the team with Boudon as the alternate captain posted six goals and 13 assists for 19 points this season. In the Lakers playoff run, Eriksson posted back-to-back three point games on March 13 and March 19. • Three LSSU defensemen rank among the top eight scorers in the WCHA among fellow defenders. Senior Will Riedell is tied for second with 17 points (6g-11a) while senior Lukas Kaelble (2g-13a) and junior Jacob Nordqvist (3g-12a) are tied for fourth place.

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2020-21 MICHIGAN TECH SCHEDULE

Head Coach: Joe Shawhan (Fourth season) Date Opponent Time/Result Record at MTU/Overall: 74-64-12 Nov. 21 at Lake Superior State (NC) T, 0-0 (OT) (LSSU W SO, 2-1) Nov. 22 at Lake Superior State (NC) L, 1-4 2020-21 Overall Record: 17-12-1 Dec. 6 (6/6) Minnesota State (NC) W, 3-1 2020-21 WCHA Record: 7-7-0-1-0-0 Dec. 7 (6/6) Minnesota State (NC) L, 0-2 Dec. 12 at (RV/RV) Bemidji State (NC) L, 3-6 Dec. 13 at (RV/RV) Bemidji State (NC) W, 3-0 Dec. 18 (RV/RV) Northern Michigan (NC) W, 4-3 (OT) Dec. 19 at (RV/RV) Northern Michigan (NC) W, 3-1 HUSKIES Jan. 2 Alabama Huntsville* W, 4-0 Jan. 3 Alabama Huntsville* W, 2-1 MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Jan. 23 Northern Michigan (NC) W, 2-0 Jan. 25 at Northern Michigan (NC) W, 4-1 • Michigan Tech fi nished the season with a 17-12-1 overall record. Jan. 29 at (8/8) Bowling Green* L, 3-6 • Colin Swoyer was named to the All-WCHA Second Team Jan. 30 at (8/8) Bowling Green* L, 2-5 Feb. 2 at Ferris State* W, 6-4 • Trenton Bliss was named to the All-WCHA Third Team Feb. 5 at Alabama Huntsville (NC) W, 3-1 • Arvid Caderoth was named to the All-WCHA Rookie Team Feb. 6 at Alabama Huntsville (NC) W, 4-1 • Trenton Bliss led the team with 25 points after 12 goals and 13 Feb. 9 at Ferris State* W, 2-1 assists. Feb. 12 Ferris State (NC) W, 3-0 • Alec Broetzman had 21 points with a team-leading 13 goals and eight Feb. 13 Ferris State (NC) W, 5-1 assists. Feb. 16 vs. (20/UR) Lake Superior State* L, 1-3 • Arvid Caderoth led the team with 16 assists. Feb. 19 (RV/UR) Bemidji State* L, 1-4 Feb. 20 (RV/UR) Bemidji State* L, 1-2 Feb. 23 vs. (18/RV) Lake Superior State* W, 4-1 Feb. 26 Northern Michigan* W, 6-1 Feb. 27 at Northern Michigan* W, 3-2 (OT) March 5 at (4/4) Minnesota State* L, 1-2 March 6 at (4/4) Minnesota State* L, 2-3 March 12 at No. 4 (15/RV) Bemidji State# L, 1-3 March 13 at No. 4 (15/RV) Bemidji State# L, 1-4

*- WCHA game #- WCHA quarterfi nals (NC)- Non-conference contest (National rank at time of game) No. X- Tournament seed

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2020-21 MINNESOTA STATE SCHEDULE

Head Coach: Mike Hastings (Ninth season) Date Opponent Time/Result Record at MSU/Overall: 236-90-24 Nov. 22 at (16/RV) Bemidji State (NC) W, 5-0 TM 2020-21 Overall Record: 22-5-1 Nov. 23 at (16/RV) Bemidji State (NC) PPD 2020-21 WCHA Record: 13-1-0-1-1-0 Dec. 6 at Michigan Tech (NC) L, 1-2 Dec. 7 at (RV/UR) Michigan Tech (NC) W, 2-0 Dec. 18 (RV/UR) Bemidji State (NC) W, 5-4 Dec. 19 (RV/UR) Bemidji State (NC) T, 1-1 (OT) (MSU W SO, 1-0) Jan. 2 at Northern Michigan* W, 4-0 Jan. 3 at Northern Michigan* W, 5-0 MAVERICKS Jan. 15 at (19/RV) Lake Superior State* W, 3-0 Jan. 16 at (19/RV) Lake Superior State* W, 6-2 MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY Jan. 23 Ferris State* W, 4-0 Jan. 24 Ferris State* W, 4-1 • Minnesota State, which was rated No. 4 in the fi nal USCHO poll of the Jan. 28 Alabama Huntsville (NC) PPD season, ended the 2020-21 campaign with a 22-5-1 mark and claimed Jan. 29 Alabama Huntsville (NC) PPD the WCHA regular-season title with a 13-1-0 mark in league games. Jan. 29 at (RV/UR) Bemidji State (NC) L, 1-4 • The Mavericks, who claimed wins over Quinnipiac and Minnesota at Feb. 5 (8/8) Bowling Green* W, 4-0 the 2021 NCAA West Regional, advanced to the NCAA Frozen Four for Feb. 6 (8/8) Bowling Green* W, 5-1 Feb. 11 at Alabama Huntsville* W, 4-1 the fi rst time in program history this season. Feb. 12 at Alabama Huntsville* W, 5-0 • Minnesota State has gone 236-90-24 under the tutelage of head Feb. 19 at Ferris State (NC) W, 5-4 (OT) coach Mike Hastings (St. Cloud State ‘93), who completed his ninth Feb. 20 at Ferris State (NC) W, 5-1 season in charge of the Mavericks. Named the recipient of this year’s Feb. 25 (19/RV) Bemidji State* W, 4-3 (OT) Spencer Penrose Award as the national coach of the year, Hastings Feb. 27 at (19/RV) Bemidji State* L, 3-4 (OT) has guided the Mavericks to a Frozen Four appearance, one NCAA March 5 (19/RV) Michigan Tech* W, 2-1 regional championship, six NCAA tournament appearances, six March 6 (19/RV) Michigan Tech* W, 3-2 March 12 No. 8 Ferris State# W, 3-0 WCHA regular-season titles and three WCHA postseason tournament March 13 No. 8 Ferris State# W, 3-1 championships. No program in the nation has won more games (236) March 19 vs. No. 6 (RV/UR) Northern Michigan$ L, 1-5 during the time Hastings has been behind the MSU bench. March 27 vs. No. 3 (11/10) Quinnipiac^ W, 4-3 (OT) • Junior netminder Dryden McKay, a Hobey Baker Hat Trick fi nalist March 28 vs. No. 1 (T-2/2) Minnesota^ W, 4-0 and a fi nalist for the Mike Richter Award, ranks second on the NCAA April 8 vs. No. 2 (7/3) St. Cloud State@ L, 4-5 career shutouts list with 24 and fi nished the season leading the country with a .840 winning percentage and 10 shutouts. He also *- WCHA game #- WCHA quarterfi nals ranked second with a 1.54 goals against average and was 15th with $- WCHA semifi nals a .924 save percentage. The year’s WCHA Player of the Year and a ^- NCAA West Regional- Loveland, Colo. two-time WCHA Goaltender of the year, McKay stands 75-15-4 with a @- NCAA Frozen Four- Pittsburgh, Pa. .1.53 GAA, and .932 save percentage in 97 games played for his three- (NC)- Non-conference contest year college career. The only goaltender in NCAA history to record (National rank at time of game) double-digit shutout seasons (10 this year, 10 in 2019-20), McKay is No. X- Tournament seed one of two goaltenders in the history of the WCHA to lead the league in goals against average for three straight seasons, with the other • Senior defenseman Riese Zmolek, who assisted on Sam Morton’s being Tony Esposito who accomplished the feat while tending the net game-winning goal in the regional championship game vs. Minnesota, for Michigan Tech (1964-65, 1965-66, 1966-67). had a career-high 13 points on the year with a goal and 12 assists. • Senior forward Dallas Gerads fi nished the year riding a fi ve-game Zmolek, who led the Mavericks with 45 blocked shots this season, is point-scoring streak during which he racked up 2g-5a/7pts, The +54 with 179 blocked shots in 135 career games. Blaine, Minn., had 9g-10a/19pts in 28 games this year and for his • Freshman defenseman Jake Livingstone, a member of this year’s four-year career owns 36g-43a/79pts in 125 contests. WCHA All-Rookie Team, registered 4g-10a/14pts in 28 games played • Sophomore forward Ryan Sandelin, who scored the overtime game- in his fi rst year of college hockey. winning goal in the regional semifi nal vs. Quinnipiac and added a goal • Akito Hirose, a WCHA All-Rookie Team defenseman this year, led all and an assist on the game-winning tally in the regional championship Minnesota State blueliners in scoring on the year with 1g-14a/15pts, victory over Minnesota, was named the West Regional MVP. The along with a team-best +18 rating. The Calgary, Alta., native also Hermantown, Minn., native posted 7g-2a/9pts in 27 games played in picked up WCHA Rookie of the Year honors to go along with All-WCHA 2020-21 and 8g-5a/13pts in 49 career games. Third Team honors. • Junior forward Julian Napravnik, who stood atop Minnesota State’s • Sophomore forward Cade Borchardt had a goal in the regional semi- scoring charts this season with 10g-18a/28pts in 27 games played, fi nal vs. Quinnipiac and added a assist in the regional championship had six game-winning goals on the year to rank fi rst in the nation. victory over Minnesota and fi nished the season ranking third on the His 12 GWGs for his three-year career to tie for fi fth on the school’s team with 9-15--24 in 28 games played. all-time list. This year’s WCHA Forward of the Year, Napravnik led the • Junior defenseman Wyatt Aamodt upped his season totals to Mavericks with fi ve power play goals and has 14 career PPGs in his 2g-5a/7pts in 27 games this year with an assist in both wins at the three seasons of college hockey. West Regional. • Sophomore forward Nathan Smith scored a goal in both games at • Sophomore forward Brendan Furry, who fi nished the year with the regional tournament and two goals vs. St. Cloud State in the NCAA 0g-3a/3pts in the last four games, registered 5g-8a/13pts and semifi nal contest, ranked third on the Mavericks in scoring on the played in all 28 games in 2020-21. Furry assisted on Ryan Sandelin’s season with 9g-17a/25pts. game-winning goal in the overtime victory vs. Quinnipiac in the fi rst • Senior forward Walker Duehr, who had a goal and an assist vs. game of the 2021 West Regional. St. Cloud State in the NCAA semifi nal contest, fi nished the year • Including the last nine seasons, Minnesota State has won 20 games with 10g-7a/17pts in 28 games. Duehr, a Sioux Falls, S.D., native in a season 21 times in the history of the program. who signed a NHL entry-level contract with Calgary following the conclusion of the season, completed his four-year college career with 25g-26a/51pts in 102 games played.

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2020-21 NORTHERN MICHIGAN SCHEDULE

Head Coach: Grant Potulny (Fourth season) Date Opponent Time/Result Record at NMU/Overall: 75-64-10 Dec. 16 Ferris State (NC) W, 5-4 2020-21 Overall Record: 11-17-1 Dec. 18 at (RV/UR) Michigan Tech (NC) L, 3-4 (OT) 2020-21 WCHA Record: 6-7-1-2-2-1 Dec. 19 (RV/UR) Michigan Tech (NC) L, 1-3 Dec. 30 at Ferris State (NC) W, 6-5 (OT) Jan. 2 (5/5) Minnesota State* L, 0-4 Jan. 3 (5/5) Minnesota State* L, 0-5 Jan. 8 (RV/RV) Lake Superior State (NC) L, 1-4 Jan. 9 (RV/RV) Lake Superior State (NC) L, 2-3 (OT) WILDCATS Jan. 15 at (8/7) Bowling Green (NC) L, 1-5 Jan. 16 at (8/7) Bowling Green (NC) L, 2-6 NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY Jan. 23 at Michigan Tech (NC) L,0-2 Jan. 25 Michigan Tech (NC) L, 1-4 • Northern Michigan's 2020-21 campaign came to a close in the Jan. 29 Ferris State* W, 5-4 WCHA Championship game as the team took on Lake Superior State Jan. 30 Ferris State* W, 5-3 University. Despite a hard fi ght through the fi nal horn, the Wildcat Feb. 6 at (RV/UR) Lake Superior State* L, 4-5 (OT) skaters were unable to overcome an early defi cit to the Lakers and Feb. 7 at (RV/UR) Lake Superior State* W, 4-3 (OT) Feb. 12 at (17/RV) Bemidji State* W, 5-1 ultimately fell, 6-3, in the WCHA Finals. Feb. 13 at (17/RV) Bemidji State* W, 3-2 (OT) • André Ghantous was named third star of the tournament as the Feb. 16 Alabama Huntsville*$ L, 1-3 sophomore tallied three goals and two assists over the course of fi ve Feb. 17 Alabama Huntsville*$ W, 8-2 games, including NMU’s fi rst goal of the night Saturday to inch his Feb. 20 (14/T-13) Bowling Green* T, 0-0 (OT) (NMU W/SO, 1-0) team back into the fi ght. Feb. 21 (14/T-13) Bowling Green* L, 2-6 • AJ Vanderbeck and David Keefer both scored in the fi nal period of Feb. 26 at (20/RV) Michigan Tech* L, 1-6 regulation for the 6-3 fi nal. Feb. 27 (20/RV) Michigan Tech* L, 2-3 (OT) March 12 at No. 3 (13/13) Bowling Green# W, 4-3 • Their trip to the WCHA Championship was the team’s second under March 13 at No. 3 (13/13) Bowling Green# L, 0-5 head coach Grant Potulny, having previously hosted the 2018 March 14 at No. 3 (13/13) Bowling Green# W, 5-1 Championship series against Michigan Tech. The team has also March 19 vs. No. 1 (3/3) Minnesota State$ W, 5-1 fi nished second in the regular season twice in Potulny’s four-years at March 20 vs. No. 2 (17/RV) Lake Superior State! L, 3-6 NMU. • With 149 career games played, Joseph Nardi leads the nation in *- WCHA game consecutive contests among all active skaters. In four years as a #- WCHA quarterfi nals !- WCHA championship game Wildcat, the senior never missed a game during his NMU career. (NC)- Non-conference contest • Two Wildcat defensemen rank atop the nation in blocked shots as Ben (National rank at time of game) Newhouse and Michael Van Unen have combined to stop 170 shots No. X- Tournament seed this season. Newhouse’s 91 blocked shots leads the nation while Van $ - Games played in Marquette, Mich. with UAH as the home team Unen is second in the category with 79. • Joseph Nardi’s 396 faceoffs won led the nation in 2020-21. • Following their best-of-three series win at Bowling Green, the Wildcats have advanced to the WCHA Semifi nals in three of Grant Potulny’s four years. • Following their performance against Ferris State in late January, both • Following the 2021 WCHA Championship game, Wildcat sophomore Griffi n Loughran and Tim Erkkila were named WCHA Players of the André Ghantous was named Third Star of the tournament. Having led Week. Loughran registered fi ve points on the weekend, leading the the league in scoring during the regular season, the forward boasted league in the category, while Erkkila recorded his fi rst career point in three goals and two assists in his fi nal three games of the postseason. game one before a two-assist night on Saturday for the fi rst multi- • The WCHA announced its all-league teams, featuring three Wildcats point game of his career. among the conference’s best. Joseph Nardi was awarded second- team honors, ranking second in the league in scoring with 28 points and 18 assists. André Ghantous was named to the third-team All-WCHA as the league’s leading scorer with 20 conference points (6g-14a/20pts) and earning multiple player of the week/month honors. The fi nal Wildcat honoree was Rico DiMatteo who joined the team at the halfway point of the season. The goaltender from Brasher Falls, N.Y. had previously been named Rookie of the Week following his performance at Bemidji State. • André Ghantous was named WCHA Forward of the Month (February) following his improbable success on the Wildcats’ top line. The sophomore forward tallied 16 points in 10 games played last month, including fi ve goals and 11 assists, en route to the honors. His 11 assists was a league best along with his 16 points while ranking second in the nation for points and fi rst in assists. • André Ghantous (Forward) and Rico DiMatteo (Rookie) earned WCHA weekly honors following the team's weekend sweep of then-17th ranked Bemidji State in mid-February. Ghantous led both the team and league in points (fi ve) and assists (four) over the weekend and was second nationally in both categories as well. DiMatteo continued his impressive start to his collegiate career between the pipes, remaining undefeated in his fi rst three games with a pair of wins over the Beavers. He made 47 saves on 50 shots faced in the two-game stretch while boasting a 1.46 goals against average and .940 save percentage.

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Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 André Ghantous NMU SO F 14 6-14-20 1.43 5/10 2 1 0 0 +9 2 Brandon Kruse BGSU SR F 14 4-14-18 1.29 3/6 1 0 0 0 +14 VGK 3 Joseph Nardi NMU SR F 14 7-10-17 1.21 0/0 0 0 0 0 +7 Julian Napravnik MNS JR F 14 6-11-17 1.21 1/2 3 0 4 0 +12 5 Connor Ford BGSU SR F 14 11-4-15 1.07 3/6 4 1 1 0 +2 Nathan Smith MNS SO F 14 4-11-15 1.07 3/6 3 0 2 0 +4 WPG 7 Alex Ierullo BMJ JR F 14 4-10-14 1.00 7/14 0 0 1 0 +5 8 Pete Veillette LSSU JR F 14 7-6-13 0.93 1/2 0 0 1 0 +12 Cade Borchardt MNS SO F 14 4-9-13 0.93 0/0 2 0 1 0 +7 10 Ashton Calder LSSU JR F 14 7-5-12 0.86 3/6 0 0 2 1 +8 Trenton Bliss MTU JR F 14 7-5-12 0.86 5/10 4 0 1 0 -6 Cameron Wright BGSU SR F 14 6-6-12 0.86 7/14 0 0 2 0 +11 13 Alec Broetzman MTU JR F 14 7-4-11 0.79 1/2 4 0 1 0 -3 Walker Duehr MNS SR F 14 6-5-11 0.79 6/20 0 0 2 0 +11 Reggie Lutz MNS SR F 14 5-6-11 0.79 6/23 1 0 0 0 +6 Brendan Harris BMJ SR F 14 3-8-11 0.79 3/17 1 1 0 0 -5 Brian Halonen MTU JR F 14 3-8-11 0.79 5/10 0 0 2 0 +2 18 Griffin Loughran NMU JR F 11 4-6-10 0.91 8/27 0 0 0 0 +6 Louis Boudon LSSU SO F 12 4-6-10 0.83 3/6 2 0 1 0 +8 Jake Transit FSU JR F 13 4-6-10 0.77 5/21 0 0 0 0 -1 Ethan Somoza BMJ SR F 14 7-3-10 0.71 3/6 0 0 1 0 -2 AJ Vanderbeck NMU SO F 14 7-3-10 0.71 2/4 1 0 3 1 +2 Dallas Gerads MNS SR F 14 6-4-10 0.71 5/10 4 0 1 0 +6 Arvid Caderoth MTU FR F 14 0-10-10 0.71 2/4 0 0 0 0 -2 25 6 Players Tied With 9 Points

Defenseman Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Elias Rosén BMJ SO D 14 2-7-9 0.64 3/6 1 0 0 0 E Akito Hirose MNS FR D 14 1-8-9 0.64 5/10 0 0 0 0 +12 3 Will Cullen BGSU JR D 11 2-6-8 0.73 7/44 0 0 1 0 +7 Riese Zmolek MNS SR D 11 1-7-8 0.73 6/23 0 0 0 0 +13 William Riedell LSSU SR D 14 3-5-8 0.57 2/4 2 0 2 0 +3 Tyler Rockwell MTU SR D 14 3-5-8 0.57 4/8 2 0 0 0 +3 7 Colin Swoyer MTU JR D 14 2-5-7 0.50 4/8 2 0 0 0 +1 Michael Van Unen NMU SO D 14 2-5-7 0.50 11/22 0 0 0 0 -3 Jake Livingstone MNS FR D 14 1-6-7 0.50 4/8 0 0 0 0 +11 10 Jacob Nordqvist LSSU JR D 14 2-4-6 0.43 1/2 0 0 0 0 +5 Mitchell Oliver LSSU JR D 14 2-4-6 0.43 1/2 1 0 0 0 +1 Andy Carroll MNS JR D 14 2-4-6 0.43 1/2 1 0 0 0 +5 Ben Newhouse NMU SR D 14 2-4-6 0.43 1/2 1 0 1 0 -1 Chris Lipe MTU SO D 14 1-5-6 0.43 1/2 0 0 1 0 +4 T.J. Lloyd BGSU SO D 14 0-6-6 0.43 8/16 0 0 0 0 +2 Eric Gotz MTU JR D 14 0-6-6 0.43 5/10 0 0 0 0 -14

Freshman Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Arvid Caderoth MTU FR F 14 0-10-10 0.71 2/4 0 0 0 0 -2 2 Akito Hirose MNS FR D 14 1-8-9 0.64 5/10 0 0 0 0 +12 3 Benito Posa LSSU FR F 13 4-4-8 0.62 5/10 0 0 1 0 +4 4 Lukas Sillinger BMJ FR F 13 2-5-7 0.54 9/21 2 0 0 0 -2 Tyrone Bronte ALH FR F 14 3-4-7 0.50 1/2 2 0 0 0 -9 Jake Livingstone MNS FR D 14 1-6-7 0.50 4/8 0 0 0 0 +11 7 Antonio Venuto FSU FR F 13 3-2-5 0.38 3/6 0 0 0 0 -5 Mitch Deelstra FSU FR F 14 3-2-5 0.36 3/6 1 0 0 0 -8 Eric Martin BMJ FR F 14 2-3-5 0.36 4/8 1 0 0 0 -3 Nick Nardella MTU FR F 14 2-3-5 0.36 3/6 0 0 0 0 +1 Jacob Bengtsson LSSU FR D 14 1-4-5 0.36 8/16 0 0 1 0 E Tim Erkkila NMU FR D 14 1-4-5 0.36 4/8 0 0 0 0 +5 Stepan Pokorny FSU FR F 14 0-5-5 0.36 2/4 0 0 0 0 -4 14 Mikey Colella NMU FR F 10 1-3-4 0.40 2/7 0 0 0 0 -5 Quinn Green ALH FR F 13 3-1-4 0.31 3/6 1 0 0 0 -9 Seth Fyten BGSU FR F 13 3-1-4 0.31 1/2 0 0 0 0 +2 WCHA Conference Scoring Leaders

Goal Scoring GP G GPG Assist Scoring GP A APG 1 Connor Ford BGS SR F 14 11 0.79 1 Brandon Kruse BGS SR F 14 14 1.00 2 Ethan Somoza BMJ SR F 14 7 0.50 André Ghantous NMU SO F 14 14 1.00 Ashton Calder LSS JR F 14 7 0.50 3 Julian Napravnik MNS JR F 14 11 0.79 Pete Veillette LSS JR F 14 7 0.50 Nathan Smith MNS SO F 14 11 0.79 Trenton Bliss MTU JR F 14 7 0.50 5 Alex Ierullo BMJ JR F 14 10 0.71 Alec Broetzman MTU JR F 14 7 0.50 Arvid Caderoth MTU FR F 14 10 0.71 Joseph Nardi NMU SR F 14 7 0.50 Joseph Nardi NMU SR F 14 10 0.71 AJ Vanderbeck NMU SO F 14 7 0.50 8 Cade Borchardt MNS SO F 14 9 0.64 9 Owen Sillinger BMJ JR F 5 6 1.20 9 Brendan Harris BMJ SR F 14 8 0.57 Cameron Wright BGS SR F 14 6 0.43 Brian Halonen MTU JR F 14 8 0.57 Walker Duehr MNS SR F 14 6 0.43 Akito Hirose MNS FR D 14 8 0.57 Dallas Gerads MNS SR F 14 6 0.43 12 4 Players Tied With 7 Julian Napravnik MNS JR F 14 6 0.43 André Ghantous NMU SO F 14 6 0.43

Power Play Goals GP G GPG Power Play Points GP G-A-P PPG 1 Connor Ford BGS SR F 14 4 0.29 1 Nathan Smith MNS SO F 14 3-6-9 0.64 Trenton Bliss MTU JR F 14 4 0.29 2 Cade Borchardt MNS SO F 14 2-6-8 0.57 Alec Broetzman MTU JR F 14 4 0.29 3 Alec Broetzman MTU JR F 14 4-3-7 0.50 Dallas Gerads MNS SR F 14 4 0.29 Arvid Caderoth MTU FR F 14 0-7-7 0.50 5 Owen Sillinger BMJ JR F 5 3 0.60 5 Trenton Bliss MTU JR F 14 4-2-6 0.43 Julian Napravnik MNS JR F 14 3 0.21 Julian Napravnik MNS JR F 14 3-3-6 0.43 Nathan Smith MNS SO F 14 3 0.21 Todd Burgess MNS SR F 14 2-4-6 0.43 8 10 Players Tied With 2 8 6 Players Tied With 5 Points

Shorthanded Goals GP G GPG Game-Winning Goals GP G GPG 1 12 Players Tied With 1 1 Julian Napravnik MNS JR F 14 4 0.29 2 AJ Vanderbeck NMU SO F 14 3 0.21 3 Ross Armour BMJ JR F 14 2 0.14 Cameron Wright BGS SR F 14 2 0.14 William Riedell LSS SR D 14 2 0.14 Ashton Calder LSS JR F 14 2 0.14 Brian Halonen MTU JR F 14 2 0.14 Walker Duehr MNS SR F 14 2 0.14 Nathan Smith MNS SO F 14 2 0.14 10 33 Players Tied With 1

Plus-Minus GP +/- Hat Tricks GP HT 1 Brandon Kruse BGS SR F 14 +14 1 Owen Sillinger BMJ JR F 5 1 2 Riese Zmolek MNS SR D 11 +13 Ashton Calder LSS JR F 14 1 Justin Wells BGS SR D 14 +13 AJ Vanderbeck NMU SO F 14 1 4 Pete Veillette LSS JR F 14 +12 Julian Napravnik MNS JR F 14 +12 Akito Hirose MNS FR D 14 +12 7 Cameron Wright BGS SR F 14 +11 Walker Duehr MNS SR F 14 +11 Jake Livingstone MNS FR D 14 +11 10 André Ghantous NMU SO F 14 +9

Blocked Shots GP BLK BLK/G Face-Off Percentage FW FL FO % 1 Ben Newhouse NMU SR D 14 48 3.43 1 Trenton Bliss MTU JR F 2611 .703 2 Michael Van Unen NMU SO D 14 44 3.14 2 Ian Malcolmson NMU FR F 3418 .654 3 Jack McNeely MNS SRD 14 28 2.00 3 Connor Ford BGS SR F 16593 .640 4 Connor Fedorek FSU SOD 14 26 1.86 4 Carter Jones BMJ SO F 2012 .625 Colin Swoyer MTU JR D 14 26 1.86 5 Dustin Manz LSS SO F 10265 .611 6 Drew Lennon ALH JR D 14 25 1.79 6 Sam Morton MNS JR F 6442 .604 Yuki Miura LSS SRC/LW 14 25 1.79 7 Jared Spooner MNS SR F 3624 .600 8 Riese Zmolek MNS SRD 11 24 2.18 8 Owen Sillinger BMJ JR F 6745 .598 Tim Erkkila NMU FR D 14 24 1.71 9 Alexandro Ambrosio LSS SR C/F 57 41 .582 10 3 Players Tied With 23 10 Nathan Smith MNS SO F 10881 .571 WCHA Conference Goaltending Leaders

Goals Against Average GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % NHL 1 Dryden McKay MNS JR 14 843:07 15 1.07 13-1-0 6 259 .945 2 Mareks Mitens LSSU SR 11 630:34 22 2.09 7-4-0 0 284 .928 3 Eric Dop BGSU SR 12 652:20 24 2.21 6-4-1 1 286 .923 4 Blake Pietila MTU SO 12 704:17 26 2.22 6-6-0 1 293 .918 5 Zach Driscoll BMJ SR 13 786:32 31 2.36 7-5-1 2 334 .915 6 Rico DiMatteo NMU FR 9 539:26 25 2.78 4-4-1 1 232 .903 7 David Fessenden ALH SO 11 636:20 30 2.83 3-8-0 1 319 .914 8 Nolan Kent NMU JR 5 291:30 17 3.50 2-2-0 0 106 .862 9 Logan Stein FSU FR 9 515:19 31 3.61 0-8-1 0 247 .888 10 Roni Salmenkangas FSU JR 6 324:45 24 4.43 0-5-0 0 140 .854

Save Percentage GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % NHL 1 Dryden McKay MNS JR 14 843:07 15 1.07 13-1-0 6 259 .945 2 Mareks Mitens LSSU SR 11 630:34 22 2.09 7-4-0 0 284 .928 3 Eric Dop BGSU SR 12 652:20 24 2.21 6-4-1 1 286 .923 4 Blake Pietila MTU SO 12 704:17 26 2.22 6-6-0 1 293 .918 5 Zach Driscoll BMJ SR 13 786:32 31 2.36 7-5-1 2 334 .915 6 David Fessenden ALH SO 11 636:20 30 2.83 3-8-0 1 319 .914 7 Rico DiMatteo NMU FR 9 539:26 25 2.78 4-4-1 1 232 .903 8 Logan Stein FSU FR 9 515:19 31 3.61 0-8-1 0 247 .888 9 Nolan Kent NMU JR 5 291:30 17 3.50 2-2-0 0 106 .862 10 Roni Salmenkangas FSU JR 6 324:45 24 4.43 0-5-0 0 140 .854

Saves GP SVS/G Saves Shutouts GP Shutouts 1 Zach Driscoll BMJ SR 13 25.7 334 1 Dryden McKay MNS JR 14 6 2 David Fessenden ALH SO 11 29.0 319 2 Zach Driscoll BMJ SR 13 2 3 Blake Pietila MTU SO 12 24.4 293 3 Rico DiMatteo NMU FR 9 1 4 Eric Dop BGSU SR 12 23.8 286 David Fessenden ALH SO 11 1 5 Mareks Mitens LSSU SR 11 25.8 284 Eric Dop BGSU SR 12 1 6 Dryden McKay MNS JR 14 18.5 259 Blake Pietila MTU SO 12 1 7 Logan Stein FSU FR 9 27.4 247 8 Rico DiMatteo NMU FR 9 25.8 232 9 Roni Salmenkangas FSU JR 6 23.3 140 10 Nolan Kent NMU JR 5 21.2 106 11 Derek Krall ALH FR 5 18.2 91 12 Ethan Langenegger LSSU FR 3 22.0 66 13 Zack Rose BGSU SO 4 13.5 54 14 Mark Sinclair MTU SR 3 12.0 36 15 Seth Eisele LSSU SO 1 29.0 29 16 Michael Carr BMJ SO 1 26.0 26 17 John Hawthorne NMU SO 1 10.0 10 18 Connor Ryckman NMU JR 1 7.0 7 19 Gavin Enright BMJ FR 1 3.0 3 20 Brett Rich BGSU SR 1 0.0 0 WCHA Men Team Conference Statistics

TEAM OFFENSE TEAM DEFENSE Team GamesGoalsG/GM Team GamesGoalsG/GM 1 Minnesota State 14 56 4.00 1 Minnesota State 14 15 1.07 2 Bowling Green 14 46 3.29 2 Bemidji State 14 34 2.43 3 Bemidji State 14 42 3.00 Bowling Green 14 34 2.43 4 Northern Michigan 14 40 2.86 Lake Superior State 14 34 2.43 5 Lake Superior State 14 39 2.79 5 Michigan Tech 14 35 2.50 6 Michigan Tech 14 38 2.71 6 Northern Michigan 14 47 3.36 7 Ferris State 14 28 2.00 7 Alabama Huntsville 14 49 3.50 8 Alabama Huntsville 14 18 1.29 8 Ferris State 14 59 4.21

POWER PLAY PENALTY KILL Team Totals SHA PP % Team TotalsSHFPK % 1 Minnesota State 17/52 1 32.7 1 Bemidji State 40/43 2 93.0 2 Michigan Tech 14/50 1 28.0 2 Minnesota State 41/46 2 89.1 3 Bemidji State 9/43 3 20.9 3 Michigan Tech 34/40 1 85.0 4 Bowling Green 9/55 1 16.4 4 Alabama Huntsville 48/57 1 84.2 5 Ferris State 6/42 2 14.3 5 Bowling Green 38/46 3 82.6 6 Alabama Huntsville 5/39 0 12.8 6 Lake Superior State 33/42 1 78.6 7 Lake Superior State 6/52 1 11.5 7 Northern Michigan 43/57 2 75.4 8 Northern Michigan 5/52 3 9.6 8 Ferris State 37/54 0 68.5

PENALTY MINUTES SHOTS ON GOAL Team GamesPIMPIM/G Team GamesSOGSOG/G 1 Bowling Green 14 213 15.2 1 Minnesota State 14 468 33.4 2 Minnesota State 14 195 13.9 2 Bowling Green 14 459 32.8 3 Northern Michigan 14 187 13.4 3 Michigan Tech 14 424 30.3 4 Alabama Huntsville 14 171 12.2 4 Bemidji State 14 397 28.4 5 Ferris State 14 150 10.7 5 Northern Michigan 14 396 28.3 6 Lake Superior State 14 135 9.6 6 Lake Superior State 14 383 27.4 7 Michigan Tech 14 125 8.9 7 Ferris State 14 351 25.1 8 Bemidji State 14 118 8.4 8 Alabama Huntsville 14 251 17.9

SCORING BY PERIOD GOALS ALLOWED BY PERIOD Team 1st2nd3rdOTTotal Team 1st2nd3rdOTTotal 1 Minnesota State 17 26 12 1 56 1 Minnesota State 4 5 5 1 15 2 Bowling Green 13 12 21 0 46 2 Bemidji State 10 12 10 2 34 3 Bemidji State 12 12 15 3 42 Bowling Green 9 17 6 2 34 4 Northern Michigan 10 14 14 2 40 Lake Superior State 10 14 8 2 34 5 Lake Superior State 8 17 12 2 39 5 Michigan Tech 10 10 15 0 35 6 Michigan Tech 10 16 11 1 38 6 Northern Michigan 15 12 18 2 47 7 Ferris State 10 9 9 0 28 7 Alabama Huntsville 11 22 16 0 49 8 Alabama Huntsville 6 8 3 1 18 8 Ferris State 17 22 19 1 59

SPECIAL TEAMS NET Team PPF SHA PP NET PPA SHF SH NET ST NET 1 Minnesota State 17 1 +16 5 2 -3 +13 2 Michigan Tech 14 1 +13 6 1 -5 +8 3 Bemidji State 9 3 +6 3 2 -1 +5 4 Bowling Green 9 1 +8 8 3 -5 +3 5 Alabama Huntsville 5 0 +5 9 1 -8 -3 Lake Superior State 6 1 +5 9 1 -8 -3 7 Northern Michigan 5 3 +2 14 2 -12 -10 8 Ferris State 6 2 +4 17 0 -17 -13 WCHA Overall Scoring Leaders

Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Brandon Kruse BGSU SR F 31 11-23-34 1.10 13/26 1 0 0 0 +29 VGK 2 Joseph Nardi NMU SR F 29 12-21-33 1.14 0/0 3 0 2 0 +1 3 Ashton Calder LSSU JR F 29 16-13-29 1.00 10/20 0 1 5 2 +17 Cameron Wright BGSU SR F 31 13-16-29 0.94 12/32 1 0 4 0 +26 5 André Ghantous NMU SO F 25 10-18-28 1.12 8/16 5 1 0 0 +1 Julian Napravnik MNS JR F 27 10-18-28 1.04 2/4 5 0 6 0 +15 Connor Ford BGSU SR F 31 16-12-28 0.90 5/10 6 1 3 0 +4 8 AJ Vanderbeck NMU SO F 29 14-13-27 0.93 7/22 2 0 3 1 E Pete Veillette LSSU JR F 29 13-14-27 0.93 2/4 1 2 1 0 +22 10 Nathan Smith MNS SO F 28 9-16-25 0.89 8/16 5 0 2 0 +7 WPG Will Cullen BGSU JR D 28 6-19-25 0.89 12/54 1 0 2 0 +20 Trenton Bliss MTU JR F 29 12-13-25 0.86 8/27 4 0 1 0 -2 13 Max Johnson BGSU SR F 27 10-14-24 0.89 4/8 2 0 4 0 +14 Cade Borchardt MNS SO F 28 9-15-24 0.86 5/10 4 0 1 0 +14 Alex Ierullo BMJ JR F 29 7-17-24 0.83 9/18 1 0 4 0 +4 16 Brendan Harris BMJ SR F 29 9-14-23 0.79 3/17 1 2 1 0 E Alex Barber BGSU JR F 31 9-14-23 0.74 12/35 5 0 2 0 +10 18 Reggie Lutz MNS SR F 25 10-11-21 0.84 11/33 2 0 1 0 +8 Alec Broetzman MTU JR F 30 13-8-21 0.70 4/16 6 0 1 0 -1 20 Ethan Somoza BMJ SR F 29 15-5-20 0.69 7/14 1 0 3 0 +3 21 Louis Boudon LSSU SO F 27 8-11-19 0.70 7/14 4 0 2 0 +12 Dallas Gerads MNS SR F 28 9-10-19 0.68 10/31 4 0 1 0 +12 Hampus Eriksson LSSU SR F 29 6-13-19 0.66 8/16 1 0 1 0 +8 Taylor Schneider BGSU JR F 31 10-9-19 0.61 4/8 2 1 1 1 +9 25 Brian Halonen MTU JR F 28 8-10-18 0.64 8/16 2 0 4 0 +6 Arvid Caderoth MTU FR F 30 2-16-18 0.60 6/12 0 0 1 0 -3

Defenseman Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Will Cullen BGSU JR D 28 6-19-25 0.89 12/54 1 0 2 0 +20 2 William Riedell LSSU SR D 29 6-11-17 0.59 9/18 3 0 3 0 +8 Colin Swoyer MTU JR D 30 3-14-17 0.57 12/24 2 0 1 0 +9 4 Elias Rosén BMJ SO D 25 5-11-16 0.64 5/10 1 0 0 0 +1 5 Lukas Kaelble LSSU SR D 27 2-13-15 0.56 8/16 0 0 0 0 +19 Akito Hirose MNS FR D 28 1-14-15 0.54 7/14 0 0 0 0 +18 Jacob Nordqvist LSSU JR D 29 3-12-15 0.52 5/10 0 0 0 0 +22 Tim Theocharidis BGSU JR D 31 5-10-15 0.48 4/8 1 0 1 0 +1 9 Jake Livingstone MNS FR D 28 4-10-14 0.50 8/16 0 0 0 0 +15 Michael Van Unen NMU SO D 29 3-11-14 0.48 18/47 1 0 0 0 -17 Eric Gotz MTU JR D 30 3-11-14 0.47 6/12 3 0 2 0 -11 T.J. Lloyd BGSU SO D 31 0-14-14 0.45 13/26 0 0 0 0 +14 13 Riese Zmolek MNS SR D 24 1-12-13 0.54 8/27 0 0 0 0 +12 14 Tyler Rockwell MTU SR D 30 4-7-11 0.37 6/12 2 0 1 0 +3 15 Mitchell Oliver LSSU JR D 25 3-7-10 0.40 4/8 2 0 1 0 +2 Blake Evennou FSU SO D 25 1-9-10 0.40 5/10 0 0 0 0 -17 Brad Johnson BMJ SR D 29 3-7-10 0.34 10/20 1 0 2 0 -6 Tyler Vold BMJ SR D 29 1-9-10 0.34 1/2 0 0 0 0 -9 Carson Musser BGSU SR D 31 1-9-10 0.32 4/8 0 0 1 0 +12

Freshman Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Arvid Caderoth MTU FR F 30 2-16-18 0.60 6/12 0 0 1 0 -3 2 Lukas Sillinger BMJ FR F 28 6-9-15 0.54 16/46 2 0 0 0 -5 Akito Hirose MNS FR D 28 1-14-15 0.54 7/14 0 0 0 0 +18 4 Jake Livingstone MNS FR D 28 4-10-14 0.50 8/16 0 0 0 0 +15 5 Tyrone Bronte ALH FR F 22 4-9-13 0.59 4/8 3 0 0 0 -7 6 Mitch Deelstra FSU FR F 25 7-4-11 0.44 9/18 3 0 0 0 -12 7 Benito Posa LSSU FR F 20 4-5-9 0.45 10/28 0 0 1 0 +4 Antonio Venuto FSU FR F 22 3-6-9 0.41 3/6 0 0 0 0 -5 Nick Nardella MTU FR F 22 2-7-9 0.41 5/10 0 0 0 0 +4 Stepan Pokorny FSU FR F 24 2-7-9 0.38 4/8 0 0 0 0 -4 11 Mikey Colella NMU FR F 24 4-3-7 0.29 5/13 1 0 1 0 -15 Eric Martin BMJ FR F 27 2-5-7 0.26 5/10 1 0 0 0 -3 Jacob Bengtsson LSSU FR D 28 2-5-7 0.25 13/26 0 0 2 0 E Brett Thorne MTU FR D 30 1-6-7 0.23 9/29 0 0 0 0 +6 15 Quinn Green ALH FR F 19 3-3-6 0.32 6/12 1 0 0 0 -11 Tim Erkkila NMU FR D 27 1-5-6 0.22 4/8 0 0 0 0 +2 WCHA Overall Scoring Leaders

Goal Scoring GP G GPG Assist Scoring GP A APG 1 Ashton Calder LSS JR F 29 16 0.55 1 Brandon Kruse BGS SR F 31 23 0.74 Connor Ford BGS SR F 31 16 0.52 2 Joseph Nardi NMU SR F 29 21 0.72 3 Ethan Somoza BMJ SR F 29 15 0.52 3 Will Cullen BGS JR D 28 19 0.68 4 AJ Vanderbeck NMU SO F 29 14 0.48 4 André Ghantous NMU SO F 25 18 0.72 5 Pete Veillette LSS JR F 29 13 0.45 Julian Napravnik MNS JR F 27 18 0.67 Alec Broetzman MTU JR F 30 13 0.43 6 Alex Ierullo BMJ JR F 29 17 0.59 Cameron Wright BGS SR F 31 13 0.42 7 Nathan Smith MNS SO F 28 16 0.57 8 Trenton Bliss MTU JR F 29 12 0.41 Arvid Caderoth MTU FR F 30 16 0.53 Joseph Nardi NMU SR F 29 12 0.41 Cameron Wright BGS SR F 31 16 0.52 10 Brandon Kruse BGS SR F 31 11 0.35 10 Cade Borchardt MNS SO F 28 15 0.54 11 7 Players Tied With 10 11 7 Players Tied With 14

Power Play Goals GP G GPG Power Play Points GP G-A-P PPG 1 Alec Broetzman MTU JR F 30 6 0.20 1 Nathan Smith MNS SO F 28 5-8-13 0.46 Connor Ford BGS SR F 31 6 0.19 Joseph Nardi NMU SR F 29 3-10-13 0.45 3 André Ghantous NMU SO F 25 5 0.20 3 Cade Borchardt MNS SO F 28 4-8-12 0.43 Julian Napravnik MNS JR F 27 5 0.19 4 AJ Vanderbeck NMU SO F 29 2-9-11 0.38 Nathan Smith MNS SO F 28 5 0.18 5 André Ghantous NMU SO F 25 5-5-10 0.40 Alex Barber BGS JR F 31 5 0.16 Will Cullen BGS JR D 28 1-9-10 0.36 7 Owen Sillinger BMJ JR F 20 4 0.20 Alec Broetzman MTU JR F 30 6-4-10 0.33 Louis Boudon LSS SO F 27 4 0.15 Arvid Caderoth MTU FR F 30 0-10-10 0.33 Dallas Gerads MNS SR F 28 4 0.14 Connor Ford BGS SR F 31 6-4-10 0.32 Cade Borchardt MNS SO F 28 4 0.14 10 Julian Napravnik MNS JR F 27 5-4-9 0.33 Trenton Bliss MTU JR F 29 4 0.14 Alex Barber BGS JR F 31 5-4-9 0.29

Shorthanded Goals GP G GPG Game-Winning Goals GP G GPG 1 Owen Sillinger BMJ JR F 20 2 0.10 1 Julian Napravnik MNS JR F 27 6 0.22 Jake Transit FSU JR F 24 2 0.08 2 Ashton Calder LSS JR F 29 5 0.17 Brendan Harris BMJ SR F 29 2 0.07 3 Max Johnson BGS SR F 27 4 0.15 Pete Veillette LSS JR F 29 2 0.07 Brian Halonen MTU JR F 28 4 0.14 5 13 Players Tied With 1 Alex Ierullo BMJ JR F 29 4 0.14 Cameron Wright BGS SR F 31 4 0.13 7 Sam Morton MNS JR F 17 3 0.18 Ethan Somoza BMJ SR F 29 3 0.10 William Riedell LSS SR D 29 3 0.10 AJ Vanderbeck NMU SO F 29 3 0.10 Connor Ford BGS SR F 31 3 0.10

Plus-Minus GP +/- Hat Tricks GP HT 1 Brandon Kruse BGS SR F 31 +29 1 Ashton Calder LSS JR F 29 2 2 Cameron Wright BGS SR F 31 +26 2 Owen Sillinger BMJ JR F 20 1 3 Jacob Nordqvist LSS JR D 29 +22 AJ Vanderbeck NMU SO F 29 1 Pete Veillette LSS JR F 29 +22 Taylor Schneider BGS JR F 31 1 Justin Wells BGS SR D 31 +22 6 Will Cullen BGS JR D 28 +20 7 Lukas Kaelble LSS SR D 27 +19 8 Akito Hirose MNS FR D 28 +18 9 Ashton Calder LSS JR F 29 +17 10 Julian Napravnik MNS JR F 27 +15 Jake Livingstone MNS FR D 28 +15

Blocked Shots GP BLK BLK/G Face-Off Percentage FW FL FO % 1 Ben Newhouse NMU SR D 29 91 3.14 1 Sam Morton MNS JR F 128 73 .637 2 Michael Van Unen NMU SO D 29 79 2.72 2 Dustin Manz LSS SOF 229 142 .617 3 Colin Swoyer MTU JR D 30 53 1.77 3 Owen Sillinger BMJ JR F 301 190 .613 4 Riese Zmolek MNS SRD 24 45 1.88 4 Connor Ford BGS SR F 354 227 .609 Tim Erkkila NMU FR D 27 45 1.67 5 Trenton Bliss MTU JR F 55 37 .598 6 Yuki Miura LSS SR C/LW 29 44 1.52 6 Ian Malcolmson NMU FR F 45 34 .570 7 Jack McNeely MNS SR D 27 41 1.52 7 Jared Spooner MNS SR F 73 56 .566 8 Wyatt Aamodt MNS JR D 28 40 1.43 8 Joseph Nardi NMU SR F 396 315 .557 Tyler Vold BMJ SRD 29 40 1.38 9 Alexandro Ambrosio LSS SR C/F 135 108 .556 Joseph Nardi NMU SRF 29 40 1.38 10 Ross Armour BMJ JR F 176 143 .552 WCHA Overall Goaltending Leaders

Goals Against Average GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % NHL 1 Dryden McKay MNS JR 26 1522:07 39 1.54 21-4-0 10 477 .924 2 Blake Pietila MTU SO 24 1393:58 42 1.81 14-9-0 3 596 .934 3 Mareks Mitens LSSU SR 25 1380:55 45 1.96 14-6-3 1 602 .930 4 Eric Dop BGSU SR 23 1306:07 47 2.16 13-8-1 2 566 .923 5 Zach Driscoll BMJ SR 28 1678:17 65 2.32 15-10-3 2 767 .922 6 Rico DiMatteo NMU FR 14 823:15 39 2.84 7-6-1 1 391 .909 7 David Fessenden ALH SO 16 897:29 44 2.94 3-11-1 1 445 .910 8 Nolan Kent NMU JR 10 589:35 32 3.26 2-7-0 0 248 .886 9 Logan Stein FSU FR 12 695:19 44 3.80 0-11-1 0 345 .887 10 Roni Salmenkangas FSU JR 14 759:01 49 3.87 1-10-0 1 349 .877

Save Percentage GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % NHL 1 Blake Pietila MTU SO 24 1393:58 42 1.81 14-9-0 3 596 .934 2 Mareks Mitens LSSU SR 25 1380:55 45 1.96 14-6-3 1 602 .930 3 Dryden McKay MNS JR 26 1522:07 39 1.54 21-4-0 10 477 .924 4 Eric Dop BGSU SR 23 1306:07 47 2.16 13-8-1 2 566 .923 5 Zach Driscoll BMJ SR 28 1678:17 65 2.32 15-10-3 2 767 .922 6 David Fessenden ALH SO 16 897:29 44 2.94 3-11-1 1 445 .910 7 Rico DiMatteo NMU FR 14 823:15 39 2.84 7-6-1 1 391 .909 8 Logan Stein FSU FR 12 695:19 44 3.80 0-11-1 0 345 .887 9 Nolan Kent NMU JR 10 589:35 32 3.26 2-7-0 0 248 .886 10 Roni Salmenkangas FSU JR 14 759:01 49 3.87 1-10-0 1 349 .877

Saves GP SVS/G Saves Shutouts GP Shutouts 1 Zach Driscoll BMJ SR 28 27.4 767 1 Dryden McKay MNS JR 26 10 2 Mareks Mitens LSSU SR 25 24.1 602 2 Blake Pietila MTU SO 24 3 3 Blake Pietila MTU SO 24 24.8 596 3 Mark Sinclair MTU SR 8 2 4 Eric Dop BGSU SR 23 24.6 566 Eric Dop BGSU SR 23 2 5 Dryden McKay MNS JR 26 18.3 477 Zach Driscoll BMJ SR 28 2 6 David Fessenden ALH SO 16 27.8 445 6 Zack Rose BGSU SO 10 1 7 Rico DiMatteo NMU FR 14 27.9 391 Roni Salmenkangas FSU JR 14 1 8 Roni Salmenkangas FSU JR 14 24.9 349 Rico DiMatteo NMU FR 14 1 9 Logan Stein FSU FR 12 28.8 345 David Fessenden ALH SO 16 1 10 Nolan Kent NMU JR 10 24.8 248 Mareks Mitens LSSU SR 25 1 11 Zack Rose BGSU SO 10 17.8 178 12 Derek Krall ALH FR 9 19.6 176 13 Mark Sinclair MTU SR 8 16.5 132 14 Connor Ryckman NMU JR 5 19.8 99 15 Ethan Langenegger LSSU FR 6 12.8 77 16 John Hawthorne NMU SO 4 17.0 68 17 Seth Eisele LSSU SO 4 15.5 62 18 Michael Carr BMJ SO 2 14.0 28 Ryan Edquist MNS SR 4 7.0 28 20 Carter McPhail FSU SO 2 13.0 26 WCHA Men Team Overall Statistics

TEAM OFFENSE TEAM DEFENSE Team GamesGoalsG/GM Team GamesGoalsG/GM 1 Minnesota State 28 100 3.57 1 Minnesota State 28 46 1.64 2 Bowling Green 31 108 3.48 2 Michigan Tech 30 63 2.10 3 Lake Superior State 29 86 2.97 3 Bowling Green 31 67 2.16 4 Bemidji State 29 82 2.83 4 Lake Superior State 29 63 2.17 5 Northern Michigan 29 79 2.72 5 Bemidji State 29 70 2.41 6 Michigan Tech 30 78 2.60 6 Northern Michigan 29 103 3.55 7 Ferris State 25 55 2.20 7 Alabama Huntsville 22 80 3.64 8 Alabama Huntsville 22 31 1.41 8 Ferris State 25 103 4.12

POWER PLAY PENALTY KILL Team Totals SHA PP % Team TotalsSHFPK % 1 Minnesota State 26/95 1 27.4 1 Bemidji State 77/84 4 91.7 2 Michigan Tech 21/95 1 22.1 2 Michigan Tech 72/80 1 90.0 3 Northern Michigan 20/101 6 19.8 3 Minnesota State 70/83 2 84.3 4 Ferris State 14/72 2 19.4 4 Lake Superior State 85/104 4 81.7 5 Bowling Green 24/128 1 18.8 5 Alabama Huntsville 76/94 1 80.9 6 Alabama Huntsville 11/68 1 16.2 6 Bowling Green 86/107 5 80.4 7 Bemidji State 13/91 4 14.3 7 Northern Michigan 86/112 2 76.8 8 Lake Superior State 13/114 1 11.4 8 Ferris State 65/90 2 72.2

PENALTY MINUTES SHOTS ON GOAL Team GamesPIMPIM/G Team GamesSOGSOG/G 1 Northern Michigan 29 377 13.0 1 Bowling Green 311122 36.2 2 Alabama Huntsville 22 284 12.9 2 Minnesota State 28 953 34.0 3 Bowling Green 31 393 12.7 3 Michigan Tech 30 938 31.3 4 Ferris State 25 292 11.7 4 Northern Michigan 29 833 28.7 5 Minnesota State 28 321 11.5 5 Bemidji State 29 809 27.9 6 Lake Superior State 29 309 10.7 6 Lake Superior State 29 801 27.6 7 Michigan Tech 30 257 8.6 7 Ferris State 25 601 24.0 8 Bemidji State 29 229 7.9 8 Alabama Huntsville 22 392 17.8

SCORING BY PERIOD GOALS ALLOWED BY PERIOD Team 1st2nd3rdOTTotal Team 1st2nd3rdOTTotal 1 Bowling Green 31 32 45 0 108 1 Minnesota State 15 18 12 1 46 2 Minnesota State 27 43 27 3 100 2 Lake Superior State 16 26 19 2 63 3 Lake Superior State 24 33 26 3 86 Michigan Tech 16 22 25 0 63 4 Bemidji State 23 28 28 3 82 4 Bowling Green 17 31 17 2 67 5 Northern Michigan 19 33 24 3 79 5 Bemidji State 22 26 20 2 70 6 Michigan Tech 21 27 28 2 78 6 Alabama Huntsville 19 32 29 0 80 7 Ferris State 19 19 17 0 55 7 Ferris State 25 40 35 3 103 8 Alabama Huntsville 9 15 6 1 31 Northern Michigan 35 25 39 4 103

SPECIAL TEAMS NET Team PPF SHA PP NET PPA SHF SH NET ST NET 1 Minnesota State 26 1 +25 13 2 -11 +14 2 Michigan Tech 21 1 +20 8 1 -7 +13 3 Bowling Green 24 1 +23 21 5 -16 +7 4 Bemidji State 13 4 +9 7 4 -3 +6 5 Lake Superior State 13 1 +12 19 4 -15 -3 6 Alabama Huntsville 11 1 +10 18 1 -17 -7 7 Northern Michigan 20 6 +14 26 2 -24 -10 8 Ferris State 14 2 +12 25 2 -23 -11 National Category Leaders

Points Per Game GP G-A-P P/GM Goals Against Average Minutes GA GAA 1 Cole Caufield (MTL) Wisconsin SO F 31 30-22-52 1.68 1 Filip Lindberg (MIN) Massachusetts JR 918:43 19 1.24 2 Odeen Tufto Quinnipiac SRF29 8-39-47 1.62 2 Dryden McKay Minnesota State JR 1522:07 39 1.54 3 Matt Boldy (MIN) Boston College SO F 22 11-20-31 1.41 3 Adam Scheel North Dakota JR 1590:38 46 1.74 4 Will Calverley RIT JR F 18 12-13-25 1.39 4 Jack LaFontaine (CAR) Minnesota SR 1705:52 51 1.79 5 Linus Weissbach (BUF) Wisconsin SRF 31 12-29-41 1.32 5 Blake Pietila Michigan Tech SO 1393:58 42 1.81 6 Ty Pelton-Byce Wisconsin SR F 24 12-19-31 1.29 6 Zach Stejskal Minnesota Duluth FR 621:53 19 1.83 7 Jordan Kawaguchi North Dakota SRF 28 10-26-36 1.29 7 Keith Petruzzelli (DET) Quinnipiac SR 1715:45 54 1.89 8 Jonny Evans UConn JRF2314-15-29 1.26 8 Strauss Mann Michigan JR 1205:00 38 1.89 9 Thomas Bordeleau (SJS) Michigan FR F 24 8-22-30 1.25 9 Trevin Kozlowski Army West Point SR 1253:29 40 1.91 10 Bobby Trivigno Massachusetts JRF 29 11-23-34 1.17 10 Mareks Mitens Lake Superior State SR 1380:55 45 1.96 Collin Adams (NYI) North Dakota SR F 29 14-20-34 1.17 11 Matt Murray Massachusetts SR 850:57 28 1.97 12 Shane Pinto (OTT) North Dakota SOF 28 15-17-32 1.14 12 Ethan Haider (NSH) Clarkson FR 959:52 32 2.00 Zach Solow Northeastern SRF 21 11-13-24 1.14 13 Cameron Rowe Wisconsin FR 759:33 26 2.05 14 Joseph Nardi Northern Michigan SRF 29 12-21-33 1.14 14 Eric Dop Bowling Green SR 1306:07 47 2.16 15 Colin Bilek Army West Point JR F 22 18-7-25 1.14 15 Spencer Knight (FLA) Boston College SO 1296:27 47 2.18 16 Jakov Novak (OTT) Bentley JR F 15 7-10-17 1.13 16 Jaxson Stauber Providence SO 1393:11 52 2.24 17 Tobias Fladeby American International SRF 16 10-8-18 1.12 17 Jacob Barczewski Canisius SO 653:21 25 2.30 18 André Ghantous Northern Michigan SOF 25 10-18-28 1.12 18 Zach Driscoll Bemidji State SR 1678:17 65 2.32 19 Alex Steeves Notre Dame JR F 29 15-17-32 1.10 19 Ryan Fanti Minnesota Duluth SO 1169:33 46 2.36 20 Elijah Gonsalves RIT SO F 20 9-13-22 1.10 20 Emil Zetterquist St. Lawrence JR 975:04 39 2.40 21 Brandon Kruse (VGK) Bowling Green SR F 31 11-23-34 1.10 21 Dylan St. Cyr Notre Dame SR 1254:42 51 2.44 22 Jackson Pierson New Hampshire JR F 23 9-16-25 1.09 22 Stefano Durante American International SR 710:35 29 2.45 23 Luke Santerno Bentley SRF15 5-11-16 1.07 23 Magnus Chrona (TBL) Denver SO 1043:40 43 2.47 24 Keaton Mastrodonato Canisius SOF 17 9-9-18 1.06 24 Gabe Carriere Vermont FR 284:11 12 2.53 25 Jake Hamacher RIT SRF20 7-14-21 1.05 25 Henry Welsch UMass Lowell FR 686:23 29 2.54

Points Per Game (Defensemen) GP G-A-P P/GM Save Percentage Saves GA Save % 1 Jordan Harris (MTL) Northeastern JR D 19 6-13-19 1.00 1 Filip Lindberg (MIN) Massachusetts JR 357 19 .949 2 Brennan Kapcheck American International SR D 19 0-18-18 0.95 2 Blake Pietila Michigan Tech SO 596 42 .934 3 Dan Willett RIT SR D 20 4-14-18 0.90 3 Jack LaFontaine (CAR) Minnesota SR 717 51 .934 4 Zach Metsa Quinnipiac JRD29 5-21-26 0.90 4 Cameron Rowe Wisconsin FR 362 26 .933 5 Will Cullen Bowling Green JR D 28 6-19-25 0.89 5 Spencer Knight (FLA) Boston College SO 644 47 .932 6 Ronnie Attard (PHI) Western Michigan SO D 25 8-14-22 0.88 6 Adam Scheel North Dakota JR 616 46 .931 7 Cam York (PHI) Michigan SO D 24 4-16-20 0.83 7 Mareks Mitens Lake Superior State SR 602 45 .930 8 Zac Jones (NYR) Massachusetts SOD 29 9-15-24 0.83 8 Strauss Mann Michigan JR 507 38 .930 9 Matthew Kessel (STL) Massachusetts SOD 29 10-13-23 0.79 9 Zach Stejskal Minnesota Duluth FR 250 19 .929 10 Nick Jenny Robert Morris SR D 24 6-13-19 0.79 10 Jacob Barczewski Canisius SO 315 25 .926 11 Kalle Eriksson New Hampshire SO D 23 6-12-18 0.78 11 Emil Zetterquist St. Lawrence JR 488 39 .926 12 Jackson LaCombe (ANA) Minnesota SOD 27 4-17-21 0.78 12 Keith Petruzzelli (DET) Quinnipiac SR 671 54 .926 13 Matt Kiersted North Dakota SRD 29 3-19-22 0.76 13 Ludvig Persson Miami FR 533 43 .925 14 Drew Bavaro Bentley FRD16 2-10-12 0.75 14 Gabe Carriere Vermont FR 147 12 .925 15 Nick Perbix (TBL) St. Cloud State JR D 31 7-16-23 0.74 15 Dryden McKay Minnesota State JR 477 39 .924 16 Declan Carlile Merrimack SO D 14 2-8-10 0.71 16 Drew DeRidder Michigan State JR 723 60 .923 17 Brandon Scanlin Omaha SO D 24 2-15-17 0.71 17 Eric Dop Bowling Green SR 566 47 .923 18 Peter DiLiberatore (VGK) Quinnipiac JR D 29 6-14-20 0.69 18 Trevin Kozlowski Army West Point SR 473 40 .922 19 Drew Helleson (COL) Boston College SOD 22 4-11-15 0.68 19 Zach Driscoll Bemidji State SR 767 65 .922 Jake Sanderson (OTT) North Dakota FR D 22 2-13-15 0.68 20 Dylan St. Cyr Notre Dame SR 597 51 .921

Points Per Game (Freshmen) GP G-A-P P/GM Winning Percentage W-L-T Win % 1 Thomas Bordeleau (SJS) Michigan F 24 8-22-30 1.25 1 Dryden McKay Minnesota State JR 21-4-0 .840 2 Randy Hernandez Robert Morris F 24 11-14-25 1.04 2 Adam Scheel North Dakota JR 20-4-1 .820 3 Kent Johnson Michigan F 26 9-18-27 1.04 3 Filip Lindberg (MIN) Massachusetts JR 10-1-4 .800 4 Matty Beniers Michigan F 24 10-14-24 1.00 4 Cameron Rowe Wisconsin FR 9-2-1 .792 5 Carson Briere Mercyhurst F 21 5-14-19 0.90 5 Spencer Knight (FLA) Boston College SO 16-4-1 .786 6 Landon Slaggert (CHI) Notre Dame F 25 8-14-22 0.88 6 Trevin Kozlowski Army West Point SR 14-4-1 .763 7 Brendan Brisson (VGK) Michigan F 24 10-11-21 0.88 7 Jack LaFontaine (CAR) Minnesota SR 22-7-0 .759 8 Carter Savoie (EDM) Denver F 24 13-7-20 0.83 8 Matt Murray Massachusetts SR 10-4-0 .714 9 Travis Treloar Ohio State F 25 8-12-20 0.80 9 Jacob Barczewski Canisius SO 7-3-0 .700 10 Josh Lopina Massachusetts F 29 9-14-23 0.79 10 Stefano Durante American International SR 9-4-0 .692 11 Nikita Nesterenko (MIN) Boston College F 24 8-11-19 0.79 11 Mareks Mitens Lake Superior State SR 14-6-3 .674 12 Dante Sheriff Mercyhurst F 19 5-10-15 0.79 12 Keith Petruzzelli (DET) Quinnipiac SR 17-8-4 .655 13 Veeti Miettinen (TOR) St. Cloud State F 31 11-13-24 0.77 13 Drew Commesso (CHI) Boston University FR 6-3-1 .650 14 Alex Campbell (NSH) Clarkson F 22 4-13-17 0.77 14 Dávid Hrenák (LOS) St. Cloud State SR 17-10-0 .630 15 Matthew Kopperud Arizona State F 25 13-6-19 0.76 15 Eric Dop Bowling Green SR 13-8-1 .614 16 Drew Bavaro Bentley D 16 2-10-12 0.75 16 Alex Aslanidis Western Michigan FR 5-3-1 .611 Austin Heidemann Mercyhurst F 16 7-5-12 0.75 17 Blake Pietila Michigan Tech SO 14-9-0 .609 18 Mitch Machlitt Army West Point F 22 5-11-16 0.73 18 Ryan Fanti Minnesota Duluth SO 11-7-2 .600 19 Riese Gaber North Dakota F 29 11-10-21 0.72 19 Zach Driscoll Bemidji State SR 15-10-3 .589 Ty Smilanic (FLA) Quinnipiac F 29 14-7-21 0.72 20 Jaxson Stauber Providence SO 11-7-5 .587 National Category Leaders

Goals Per Game GP G G/GM Assists Per Game GP A A/GM 1 Cole Caufield (MTL) Wisconsin SO F 31 30 0.97 1 Odeen Tufto Quinnipiac SRF2939 1.34 2 Colin Bilek Army West Point JR F 22 18 0.82 2 Brennan Kapcheck American International SR D 19 18 0.95 3 Will Calverley RIT JR F 18 12 0.67 3 Linus Weissbach (BUF) Wisconsin SRF 3129 0.94 4 Tobias Fladeby American International SRF 16 10 0.62 4 Jordan Kawaguchi North Dakota SRF 2826 0.93 5 Sampo Ranta (COL) Minnesota JRF 3119 0.61 5 Thomas Bordeleau (SJS) Michigan FR F 24 22 0.92 6 Jonny Evans UConn JRF2314 0.61 6 Matt Boldy (MIN) Boston College SO F 22 20 0.91 7 Carson Gicewicz Massachusetts SRF 2817 0.61 7 Bobby Trivigno Massachusetts JRF 2923 0.79 8 Ashton Calder Lake Superior State JRF 29 16 0.55 8 Ty Pelton-Byce Wisconsin SR F 24 19 0.79 9 Carter Savoie (EDM) Denver FR F 24 13 0.54 9 Chris Theodore American International JR F 19 15 0.79 Ethen Frank Western Michigan SRF 2413 0.54 10 Jáchym Kondelík (NSH) UConn JR F 23 18 0.78 11 Cole Koepke (TBL) Minnesota Duluth JR F 28 15 0.54 11 Oliver Chau Massachusetts SRF 2922 0.76 Shane Pinto (OTT) North Dakota SO F 28 15 0.54 12 Nick Prkusic Robert Morris SR F 24 18 0.75 13 Keaton Mastrodonato Canisius SOF 17 9 0.53 13 Brandon Kruse (VGK) Bowling Green SR F 31 23 0.74 14 Jonathan Bendorf Mercyhurst SOF 2111 0.52 14 Luke Santerno Bentley SRF1511 0.73 Zach Solow Northeastern SRF 2111 0.52 15 Joseph Nardi Northern Michigan SRF 2921 0.72 16 Matthew Kopperud Arizona State FRF 2513 0.52 Zach Metsa Quinnipiac JRD2921 0.72 17 Ethan Somoza Bemidji State SR F 29 15 0.52 17 Will Calverley RIT JR F 18 13 0.72 Alex Steeves Notre Dame JR F 29 15 0.52 18 André Ghantous Northern Michigan SO F 2518 0.72 19 Connor Ford Bowling Green SR F 31 16 0.52 Drew Worrad Western Michigan JR F 25 18 0.72 20 Taylor Ward Omaha JR F 26 13 0.50 20 Cole Caufield (MTL) Wisconsin SO F 31 22 0.71 Ty Pelton-Byce Wisconsin SR F 24 12 0.50 21 Dan Willett RIT SR D 20 14 0.70 Matt Boldy (MIN) Boston College SO F 22 11 0.50 Jake Hamacher RIT SR F 20 14 0.70 Justin Cole American International JR F 18 9 0.50 23 Jackson Pierson New Hampshire JR F 23 16 0.70 Jay O'Brien (PHI) Boston University SO F 16 8 0.50 24 Kent Johnson Michigan FRF2618 0.69 Eduards Tralmaks Maine SR F 12 6 0.50 25 Collin Adams (NYI) North Dakota SR F 29 20 0.69

Power Play Goals GP PPG/G PPG Game-Winning Goals GP GWG 1 Cole Caufield (MTL) Wisconsin SO F 31 0.35 11 1 Julian Napravnik Minnesota State JR F 27 6 2 Colin Bilek Army West Point JR F 22 0.36 8 Scott Reedy (SJS) Minnesota SR F 28 6 Ethan de Jong Quinnipiac JRF29 0.28 8 3 Marc McLaughlin Boston College JR F 24 5 4 Carter Savoie (EDM) Denver FR F 24 0.29 7 Ashton Calder Lake Superior State JR F 29 5 Ty Pelton-Byce Wisconsin SR F 24 0.29 7 Cole Caufield (MTL) Wisconsin SO F 31 5 Matthew Kopperud Arizona State FRF 25 0.28 7 6 Chris Theodore American International JR F 19 4 Shane Pinto (OTT) North Dakota SO F 28 0.25 7 Colin Bilek Army West Point JR F 22 4 8 Aidan McDonough (VAN) Northeastern SO F 21 0.29 6 Max Johnson Bowling Green SR F 27 4 Ethen Frank Western Michigan SRF 24 0.25 6 Brannon McManus Minnesota SRF 27 4 Matthew Kessel (STL) Massachusetts SOD 29 0.21 6 Brian Halonen Michigan Tech JR F 28 4 Ty Smilanic (FLA) Quinnipiac FR F 29 0.21 6 Kobe Roth Minnesota Duluth SRF 28 4 Alec Broetzman Michigan Tech JR F 30 0.20 6 Alex Ierullo Bemidji State JR F 29 4 Connor Ford Bowling Green SR F 31 0.19 6 Ty Smilanic (FLA) Quinnipiac FR F 29 4 14 12 Players Tied With 5 Cameron Wright Bowling Green SR F 31 4 Sampo Ranta (COL) Minnesota JRF 31 4

Shorthanded Goals GP SHG/G SHG 1 Matt Boldy (MIN) Boston College SO F 22 0.14 3 Josh McKechney Colgate SRF22 0.14 3 Marc McLaughlin Boston College JR F 24 0.12 3 4 Logan Cockerill (NYI) Boston University SR F 12 0.17 2 Eduards Tralmaks Maine SR F 12 0.17 2 Kaden Pickering St. Lawrence JR F 17 0.12 2 Willie Knierim Arizona State SR F 18 0.11 2 Owen Sillinger Bemidji State JR F 20 0.10 2 Filip Engarås (EDM) New Hampshire JR F 22 0.09 2 Jake Transit Ferris State JR F 24 0.08 2 Paul Washe Western Michigan SRF 25 0.08 2 Jackson LaCombe (ANA) Minnesota SO D 27 0.07 2 Owen Lindmark (FLA) Wisconsin SO F 27 0.07 2 Brendan Harris Bemidji State SR F 29 0.07 2 Pete Veillette Lake Superior State JR F 29 0.07 2 National Team Leaders TEAM SCORING TEAM DEFENSE

SCORING OFFENSE GP Goals G/GM SCORING DEFENSE GP Goals G/GM 1North Dakota 29 114 3.93 1Minnesota State 28 46 1.64 2Wisconsin 31 118 3.81 2Massachusetts 29 48 1.66 3Boston College 24 91 3.79 3Michigan 26 51 1.96 4Minnesota 31 117 3.77 4North Dakota 29 57 1.97 5Minnesota State 28 100 3.57 5Quinnipiac 29 59 2.03 6Massachusetts 29 103 3.55 6Minnesota 31 64 2.06 7Robert Morris 24 85 3.54 7Michigan Tech 30 63 2.10 8American International 19 67 3.53 8American International 19 40 2.11 9 Michigan 26 91 3.50 9Bowling Green 31 67 2.16 10Bowling Green 31 108 3.48 10Lake Superior State 29 63 2.17 11Canisius 17 59 3.47 11Army West Point 22 48 2.18 12Quinnipiac 29 100 3.45 12Minnesota Duluth 28 66 2.36 13RIT 20 68 3.40 13Clarkson 22 52 2.36 14Northeastern 21 69 3.29 14Bemidji State 29 70 2.41 15Omaha 26 85 3.27 15Boston College 24 58 2.42 16St. Cloud State 31 101 3.26 16Wisconsin 31 80 2.58 17Boston University 16 52 3.25 17St. Lawrence 17 45 2.65 18Army West Point 22 71 3.23 18Providence 25 67 2.68 19Western Michigan 25 77 3.08 19Notre Dame 29 78 2.69 20Mercyhurst 21 64 3.05 20Canisius 17 46 2.71 21UConn 23 70 3.04 21St. Cloud State 31 84 2.71 22Minnesota Duluth 28 84 3.00 22Denver 24 66 2.75 23Lake Superior State 29 86 2.97 23Boston University 16 45 2.81 24Penn State 22 65 2.95 24Michigan State 27 77 2.85 25UMass Lowell 20 59 2.95 25Robert Morris 24 69 2.88 26Notre Dame 29 84 2.90 26Colgate 22 66 3.00 27Providence 25 71 2.84 UConn 23 69 3.00 28Bemidji State 29 82 2.83 28Northeastern 21 64 3.05 29Clarkson 22 62 2.82 29Omaha 26 81 3.12 30Denver 24 67 2.79 30UMass Lowell 20 63 3.15 31Northern Michigan 29 79 2.72 31Niagara 22 70 3.18 32Maine 16 43 2.69 32Bentley 16 51 3.19 33Bentley 16 42 2.62 33Mercyhurst 21 67 3.19 34Arizona State 26 68 2.62 34Vermont 13 42 3.23 35Merrimack 18 47 2.61 35Holy Cross 16 52 3.25 36New Hampshire 23 60 2.61 36Sacred Heart 18 59 3.28 37 Michigan Tech 30 78 2.60 37Colorado College 23 79 3.43 38Niagara 22 57 2.59 38RIT 20 70 3.50 39Air Force 14 35 2.50 39Northern Michigan 29 103 3.55 40Sacred Heart 18 43 2.39 40Miami 25 89 3.56 41St. Lawrence 17 40 2.35 Western Michigan 25 89 3.56 42Ferris State 25 55 2.20 42Alabama Huntsville 22 80 3.64 43Colgate 22 48 2.18 43Merrimack 18 66 3.67 44Ohio State 27 53 1.96 44Penn State 22 81 3.68 45Miami 25 48 1.92 45Ohio State 27 101 3.74 46Holy Cross 16 30 1.88 46New Hampshire 23 88 3.83 47Long Island University 13 23 1.77 47Air Force 14 56 4.00 48Colorado College 23 36 1.57 48Arizona State 26 106 4.08 49Vermont 13 20 1.54 49Ferris State 25 103 4.12 50Michigan State 27 40 1.48 50Long Island University 13 55 4.23 51Alabama Huntsville 22 31 1.41 51Maine 16 68 4.25 National Team Leaders POWER PLAY PENALTY KILL

POWER PLAY Totals SHA PP% PENALTY KILL Totals SHF PK% 1Wisconsin 31/98 3 31.6 1Massachusetts 100/109 5 91.7 2Western Michigan 23/76 3 30.3 2Bemidji State 77/84 4 91.7 3Minnesota State 26/95 1 27.4 3St. Lawrence 57/63 3 90.5 4Northeastern 25/93 1 26.9 4 Michigan Tech 72/80 1 90.0 5Robert Morris 23/92 6 25.0 5Quinnipiac 95/107 1 88.8 6Quinnipiac 32/131 2 24.4 6North Dakota 100/116 4 86.2 7Michigan 18/76 0 23.7 7Boston College 80/93 8 86.0 8 American International 21/89 1 23.6 8Wisconsin 67/78 3 85.9 9Army West Point 23/98 1 23.5 9Minnesota 65/76 4 85.5 10Massachusetts 25/107 2 23.4 10Omaha 88/103 2 85.4 11RIT 21/90 323.3 11Niagara 68/80 3 85.0 12North Dakota 29/125 0 23.2 12Providence 78/92 1 84.8 13Maine 15/67 522.4 13Minnesota State 70/83 2 84.3 14Michigan Tech 21/95 1 22.1 14Boston University 53/63 2 84.1 15Penn State 13/59 1 22.0 15Denver 79/94 1 84.0 16St. Cloud State 21/96 1 21.9 16Northeastern 63/75 1 84.0 17Bentley 11/51 0 21.6 17Sacred Heart 53/64 0 82.8 18 Merrimack 14/66 2 21.2 18St. Cloud State 90/109 2 82.6 19Omaha 20/99 520.2 19Clarkson 70/85 1 82.4 20Air Force 10/50 1 20.0 20Michigan 64/78 0 82.1 21Northern Michigan 20/101 6 19.8 21Lake Superior State 85/104 4 81.7 22Minnesota Duluth 19/97 2 19.6 22Bentley 57/70 0 81.4 23Ferris State 14/72 2 19.4 23 Alabama Huntsville 76/94 1 80.9 24Denver 19/98 1 19.4 24RIT 59/73 580.8 25Notre Dame 14/73 0 19.2 25Mercyhurst 63/78 1 80.8 26Sacred Heart 13/68 4 19.1 Notre Dame 63/78 1 80.8 27Providence 17/89 5 19.1 27Holy Cross 54/67 1 80.6 28Clarkson 16/84 2 19.0 28Bowling Green 86/107 5 80.4 29UMass Lowell 13/69 3 18.8 29Maine 65/81 380.2 30Bowling Green 24/128 1 18.8 30Robert Morris 66/83 1 79.5 31Canisius 11/59 1 18.6 31Arizona State 58/73 2 79.5 32New Hampshire 19/107 3 17.8 32American International 59/75 1 78.7 33Minnesota 17/96 2 17.7 33Canisius 44/56 4 78.6 34Niagara 13/74 3 17.6 34Merrimack 58/74 1 78.4 35UConn 18/103 2 17.5 35UConn 76/97 378.4 36Mercyhurst 12/69 2 17.4 36Michigan State 71/91 1 78.0 37Ohio State 15/88 4 17.0 37UMass Lowell 54/70 2 77.1 38Arizona State 14/84 4 16.7 38Northern Michigan 86/112 2 76.8 39 Alabama Huntsville 11/68 1 16.2 39Ohio State 79/103 1 76.7 40Boston University 10/64 1 15.6 40Miami 62/81 176.5 41Boston College 13/84 3 15.5 41Penn State 48/63 0 76.2 42Miami 12/83 114.5 42Army West Point 57/75 2 76.0 43Bemidji State 13/91 4 14.3 43Western Michigan 64/85 2 75.3 44Holy Cross 7/53 1 13.2 44Minnesota Duluth 76/101 2 75.2 45St. Lawrence 7/54 2 13.0 45Vermont 38/51 1 74.5 46Lake Superior State 13/114 1 11.4 46Colgate 59/80 4 73.8 47Colgate 8/74 110.8 47Ferris State 65/90 2 72.2 48Vermont 5/47 2 10.6 48Colorado College 57/80 1 71.2 49Michigan State 5/71 0 7.0 49Air Force 44/62 2 71.0 50Colorado College 5/89 3 5.6 50New Hampshire 62/92 4 67.4 51Long Island University 2/42 2 4.8 51Long Island University 43/64 1 67.2