2019-20 NCHC WEEKLY RELEASE National Collegiate Hockey Conference 1631 Mesa Avenue, Suite C Colorado Springs, CO 80906 Phone: 719-203-6818 Week of December 16-22, 2019 Fax: 719-645-8206 Volume 7, Issue 12 www.NCHCHockey.com Michael Weisman • O: 719-694-9924 • C: 513-310-4869 • [email protected] • @TheNCHC
2019-20 NCHC Standings Conference Overall Pts. GP W L T 3/SW Win Pct. GF GA GP W L T Win Pct. GF GA 1. North Dakota 23 8 7 0 1 1/0 .938 32 12 17 14 1 2 .882 71 27 2. Minnesota Duluth 19 8 6 1 1 0/0 .813 31 19 16 9 6 1 .594 47 41 3. Denver 12 8 3 3 2 0/1 .500 20 17 18 11 4 3 .694 56 36 4. Western Michigan 11 8 3 4 1 0/1 .438 21 31 16 7 7 2 .500 46 48 5. St. Cloud State 9 8 3 5 0 0/0 .375 21 24 16 5 7 4 .438 46 52 6. Miami 8 8 2 5 1 1/0 .313 21 27 17 4 10 3 .324 48 63 7. Colorado College 7 8 2 5 1 0/0 .313 20 29 14 6 7 1 .464 39 44 Omaha 7 8 2 5 1 0/0 .313 23 30 16 7 7 2 .500 52 48 Teams are awarded three points for each conference win in regulation or 5-on-5 overtime, and one point for a 5-on-5 overtime tie. Conference games still tied after a five-minute 5-on-5 overtime advance to a five-minute 3-on-3 overtime (and sudden victory shootout if still tied) with the team that wins the second overtime/shootout receiving an extra point in the standings (3/SW in the standings), making all games worth three (3) points. The 3-on-3 overtime and shootouts only affect conference standings, while the game is officially a tie for NCAA purposes. NCHC Facts and Figures Upcoming Games THE ONLY SHOW IN TOWN: There are only two Division I men’s college hockey games this weekend and they both involve an NCHC team, as Saturday, Dec. 21 Omaha hosts No. 16/14 Arizona State in a non-conference series. No. 16/14 Arizona State at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT • The Mavericks are 5-2-1 all-time against the Sun Devils, while the NCHC as a whole is 12-5-4 all-time against Arizona State. Sunday, Dec. 22 • This weekend’s series is at Baxter Arena, where ASU is 0-5-1 all- No. 16/14 Arizona State at Omaha, 4:07 p.m. CT time, while the Sun Devils are 0-11-3 all-time in NCHC arenas. However, ASU is 5-0-0 against NCHC teams at Oceanside Arena in Tempe, Ariz., but 0-1-1 on neutral ice against the NCHC, with both games in Arizona. • The Sun Devils lone series so far this season against the NCHC came Last Week’s Results on Dec. 6-7 against Denver, with ASU winning the opener in Oceanside Friday, Dec. 13 Arena and tying DU at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Ariz. a night later. *at St. Cloud State 4, Omaha 1 NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS: The NCHC has posted the best combined non-conference regular-season winning percentage among the six Division *at No. 8/8 Denver 3, Colorado College 0 I men’s hockey conferences in four of the last five seasons, including last year at .659. This season, NCHC teams have combined to go 35-21-10 in Saturday, Dec. 14 non-conference play so far, with the .606 win percentage ranking second *Omaha 4, at St. Cloud State 3 (OT) among conferences, barely trailing Hockey East at .608. Included in that *No. 8/8 Denver 3, at Colorado College 1 mark is Omaha’s 5-2-1 non-conference record this season. (page 9) POLL POSITIONS: The NCHC is once again home to the No. 1 team in *NCHC conference game the country after North Dakota claimed the top spot in both national polls for the first time this season. Four NCHC teams are ranked overall in the USCHO.com Poll this week, including three in the top 10. Three NCHC teams remain ranked in the USA Hockey Magazine Poll. (page 9) • North Dakota is ranked No. 1 for the first time since Oct. 24, 2016, while they are the third different NCHC team to be ranked No. 1 this season (along with Minnesota Duluth and Denver). • NCHC teams have now held the top spot in seven of 12 USCHO.com Polls so far this season. Since the start of the 2016-17 season, an NCHC team has been ranked No. 1 in the USCHO Poll in 67 of 84 polls. • Over the last six seasons, an NCHC team has been ranked No. 1 This Weekend’s Games on NCHC.tv in the USCHO Poll 84 weeks, 69 more weeks than any other conference Saturday, Dec. 21 combined (Big Ten second at 15 weeks). Four different NCHC teams (DU, No. 16/14 Arizona State at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT UMD, UND and St. Cloud State) have all held the No. 1 ranking for at least 19 weeks during that span, all more than any other conference combined. Sunday, Dec. 22 No. 16/14 Arizona State at Omaha, 4:07 p.m. CT GOING FOR GOLD: Five NCHC players could have a chance to bring home some hardware at the 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship in the Czech Republic. North Dakota sophomore defenseman Jacob Bernard-Docker has already made Canada’s National Junior Team, while Denver freshman forward Bobby Brink, UND freshman forward Shane Pinto, Omaha notes continued on page 8 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey /TheNCHC @TheNCHC TheNCHC NCHC.tv SID/School Directory
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Colorado College Tigers Denver Pioneers Head Coach: Mike Haviland (6th year) Head Coach: David Carle (2nd year) Record at CC: 58-123-18 Record at DU: 35-16-8 2018-19 Record: 17-20-4 (9-12-3-0, 6th) 2018-19 Record: 24-12-5 (11-10-3-2/1, 4th) 2019-20 Record: 6-7-1 (2-5-1-0, t-7th) 2019-20 Record: 11-4-3 (3-3-2-0/1, 3rd) Lettermen Ret./Lost: 18/11 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 19/4
• Colorado College was swept for the second time this season last • Denver closed in on taking back the Gold Pan trophy after sweeping weekend, dropping a home-and-home series to rival Denver. The Tigers long-time rival Colorado College in a home-and-home series last week- were shut out on Friday at Denver, 3-0, marking the second time this end. The Pioneers won at home on Friday, blanking the Tigers, 3-0, season they were held off the scoreboard (Nov. 23 at Minnesota Dulu- before traveling an hour south and downing CC, 3-1, on Saturday night. th). The following night, CC fell, 3-1, in Colorado Springs as the Tigers After losing the Gold Pan for the first time since 2014 last year, DU now now need to sweep Denver in March to retain the Gold Pan trophy. needs just one tie (or win) in March against CC to reclaim it.
• The lone Tiger to tally last weekend against DU was senior forward • Junior goaltender Devin Cooley stopped all 24 shots he faced against and captain Alex Berardinelli, who scored in the second period Satur- Colorado College on Friday for his first shutout of the season and fifth day. It was only his second goal of the season, though both have come of his career. After missing most of the first two months of the season in the last two weekends, also scoring Dec. 6 at Princeton after no goals with an injury, Cooley has now started three of DU’s last five games, in his first 10 games this season. He also has four helpers on the year. going 2-0-1 with a .958 save percentage and a 0.98 GAA.
• Although redshirt senior forward Chris Wilkie was held pointless • Sophomore forward Cole Guttman scored a goal both nights against against DU, his first series without a point all season, he still leads the CC and now has four goals in his last three games. He potted only three NCHC averaging 0.64 goals per game, while his nine goals tie with goals (all game-winners) in his first 14 games this season, while his sev- UMD’s Noah Cates for the NCHC lead. en goals are now tied for the team lead with freshman Bobby Brink. Off This Week - Next Games: Off This Week - Next Games: Sat., Dec. 28 at Dartmouth (4-4-2, 4-2-1 ECAC) - 5:00 p.m. MT Fri., Jan. 3 vs. No. 9/9 UMass (12-4-1, 6-3-1 HEA) - 7:07 p.m. MT Thompson Arena - Hanover, N.H. (Ledyard Classic) TV: ESPN+ Magness Arena - Denver, Colo. TV: Altitude
Sun., Dec. 29 vs. St. Lawrence (3-12-2, 1-6-0 ECAC) - 2:00 p.m. MT Sat., Jan. 4 vs. No. 9/9 UMass (12-4-1, 6-3-1 HEA) - 7:07 p.m. MT Thompson Arena - Hanover, N.H. (Ledyard Classic) TV: ESPN+ Magness Arena - Denver, Colo.
Game Fact: CC is idle this weekend before resuming action at the Ledy- Game Fact: Denver is idle for a few weeks before hosting Massa- ard Classic on Dec. 28-29, when they’ll face host Dartmouth and St. chusetts in a top-10 showdown, which are DU’s final non-conference Lawrence, both of ECAC Hockey. The Tigers last won an in-season tour- games of the season. DU is 3-1-0 all-time against UMass with the lone nament on those same dates in 2016, topping Merrimack and Cornell to loss coming in their last meeting in the 2019 Frozen Four semifinals in win the Florida College Hockey Classic. Buffalo, N.Y., a 4-3 overtime win for the Minutemen.
Sat., Oct. 5 Trinity Western (Exh.) W, 4-1 Sat., Oct. 5 at Alaska W, 4-3 Fri., Oct. 11 Minnesota W, 3-2 Sun. Oct. 6 at Alaska W, 3-0 Sat., Oct. 12 Minnesota L, 3-4 Fri., Oct. 11 at Lake Superior State W, 3-1 Fri., Oct. 25 Michigan State W, 3-1 Sat., Oct. 12 at Lake Superior State W, 4-3 Sat., Oct. 26 Michigan State L, 1-5 Fri., Oct. 18 No. 6/6 Boston College W, 3-0 Fri., Nov. 1 Western Michigan* L, 3-6 Sat., Oct. 19 No. 6/6 Boston College W, 6-4 Sat., Nov. 2 Western Michigan* T, 4-4 (OT/SOL) Fri., Nov. 1 Niagara W, 6-2 Fri., Nov. 15 at St. Cloud State* W, 4-2 Sat., Nov. 2 Niagara W, 4-0 Sat., Nov. 16 at St. Cloud State* W, 5-2 Fri., Nov. 8 at No. 7/7 Minnesota Duluth* T, 3-3 (OT/SOW) Fri., Nov. 22 at No. 9/10 Minnesota Duluth* L, 3-4 Sat., Nov. 9 at No. 7/7 Minnesota Duluth* L, 2-5 Sat., Nov. 23 at No. 9/10 Minnesota Duluth* L, 0-5 Fri., Nov. 15 No. 9/9 North Dakota* T, 1-1 (OT/3x3L) Fri., Dec. 6 at Princeton W, 7-2 Sat., Nov. 16 No. 9/9 North Dakota* L, 1-4 Sat., Dec. 7 at Princeton W, 2-1 (OT) Fri., Nov. 22 No. 20 Western Michigan* L, 1-2 Fri., Dec. 13 at No. 8/8 Denver* L, 0-3 Sat., Nov. 23 No. 20 Western Michigan* W, 6-1 Sat., Dec. 14 No. 8/8 Denver* L, 1-3 Fri., Dec. 6 at No. 20 Arizona State L, 1-4 Sat., Dec. 28 at Dartmouth% 7:00 p.m. Sat., Dec. 7 at No. 20 Arizona State T, 2-2 (OT) Sun.., Dec. 29 vs. St. Lawrence% 4:00 p.m. Fri., Dec. 13 Colorado College* W, 3-0 Fri., Jan. 10 Miami* 9:37 p.m. Sat., Dec. 14 at Colorado College* W, 3-1 Sat., Jan. 11 Miami* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 3 No. 9/9 Massachusetts 9:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 17 at Western Michigan* 7:05 p.m. Sat., Jan. 4 No. 9/9 Massachusetts 9:07 p.m. Sat., Jan. 18 at Western Michigan* 7:05 p.m. Fri., Jan. 10 St. Cloud State* 9:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 24 Omaha* 9:37 p.m. Sat., Jan. 11 St. Cloud State* 9:07 p.m. Sat., Jan. 25 Omaha* 6:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 17 at Omaha* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 31 at North Dakota* 8:37 p.m. Sat., Jan. 18 at Omaha* 8:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 1 at North Dakota* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 24 at Miami* 7:05 p.m. Fri., Feb. 7 St. Cloud State* 9:30 p.m. Sat., Jan. 25 at Miami* 7:05 p.m. Sat., Feb. 8 St. Cloud State* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 31 Minnesota Duluth* 9:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 14 Air Force 9:37 p.m. Sat., Feb. 1 Minnesota Duluth* 9:07 p.m. Mon. Feb. 17 at Air Force TBA Fri., Feb. 14 at North Dakota* 8:30 p.m. Fri., Feb. 21 at Omaha* 8:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 15 at North Dakota* 8:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 22 at Omaha* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 21 Miami* 9:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 28 Minnesota Duluth* 9:37 p.m. Sat., Feb. 22 Miami* 9:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 29 Minnesota Duluth* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 28 at St. Cloud State* 8:30 p.m. Fri., Mar. 6 Denver* 9:37 p.m. Sat., Feb. 29 at St. Cloud State* 7:07 p.m. Sat., Mar. 7 at Denver* 10:00 p.m. Fri., Mar. 6 at Colorado College* 9:37 p.m. March 13-15 NCHC Quarterfinals TBA Sat., Mar. 7 Colorado College* 10:00 p.m. March 20-21 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBA March 13-15 NCHC Quarterfinals TBA March 20-21 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBA Home Games in Bold; * NCHC game; % Ledyard Classic (Hanover, NH); All times are ET and subject to change Home Games in Bold; * NCHC game; All times are ET and subject to change Dec. 16-22, 2019 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 3 Team Notes/Match-Ups
Miami RedHawks Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs Head Coach: Chris Bergeron (1st year) Head Coach: Scott Sandelin (20th year) Record at MU: 4-10-3 Record at UMD: 378-317-88 2018-19 Record: 11-23-4 (5-17-2-1/0, t-7th) 2018-19 Record: 29-11-2 (14-9-1-0, 2nd) 2019-20 Record: 4-10-3 (2-5-1-1/0, 6th) 2019-20 Record: 9-6-1 (6-1-1-0, 2nd) Lettermen Ret./Lost: 16/7 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 20/6 • After completing a four-game stretch in conference play from Nov. 15- • Minnesota Duluth bounced back from being swept at home to com- 23 that saw the RedHawks go 2-1-1, Miami has since gone on a four- plete a road sweep of its own at then-No. 18 Omaha two weekends ago game losing streak, dropping a pair of home games to St. Cloud State (Dec. 6-7) in its last games. The Bulldogs tallied a season-high six goals in its last outing Dec. 6-7. The RedHawks lost the Dec. 6 opener, 2-1, in the series-opening 6-3 victory, before holding on for a 4-3 win in conceding the game-winning goal in the final 30 seconds of regula- Saturday’s finale for its second conference sweep of the season. tion, while Dec. 7 Miami fell, 5-3. Miami has now been outshot in nine straight games after getting outshot both games against SCSU. • Junior defenseman Scott Perunovich snapped a season-long three- game scoring drought with an assist in the Dec. 7 win at Omaha. He is • Senior captain and forward Gordie Green tallied two assists against St. tied for second in the NCHC and tied for second among NCAA defense- Cloud State, with one each night. He leads the team in all three cate- men in scoring with 21 points, while his 19 assists are tied for second gories with seven goals, 12 assists and 19 points. Green is now only two nationally among all skaters and tied for first among NCAA blue liners. points away from becoming the 53rd player in Miami program history to post 100 career points (41-57-98 currently in 128 games) and would be • Sophomore forward Noah Cates totaled four points at Omaha, includ- the first active NCHC player to do so. ing tying a career high with three points and two goals in the Dec. 6 win. It was his third-career three-point game and two-goal game, and • Senior goaltender Ryan Larkin has started 108 of a possible 126 second this season for each. He now has a team-high nine goals on the games in net since his freshman season. His 2,842 career saves rank season, matching his freshman season total in 24 fewer games. third in school history. He needs 15 saves to pass Mark Michaud for sec- ond all time and is 134 saves away from claiming the school record. Off This Week - Next Games: Off This Week - Next Game: Sun., Dec. 29 at Merrimack (4-11-2, 2-5-2 HEA) - 3:00 p.m. CT Mon., Dec. 30 at No. 11/10 Bowling Green (12-6-1, 7-4-1-1 WCHA) - 7:07 p.m. ET Lawler Rink - North Andover, Mass. Slater Family Ice Arena - Bowling Green, Ohio Mon., Dec. 30 at Merrimack (4-11-2, 2-5-2 HEA) - 3:00 p.m. CT Game Fact: The RedHawks are idle until after the holiday break when Lawler Rink - North Andover, Mass. they return to action at in-state rival No. 11/10 Bowling Green. The teams complete their home-and-home series, which BGSU took the first Game Fact: UMD went 1-for-8 on the power play at Omaha and ties for half of, 7-4, to open the season in Oxford back on Oct. 6. In the teams’ fourth nationally on the power play this season, going 19-for-69 (27.5 last five meetings, including this season, the series is even at 2-2-1. percent). The 19 power play goals are tied for fifth nationally.
Sun., Oct. 6 No. 17 Bowling Green L, 4-7 Sat., Oct. 5 Alberta (exh.) L, 3-5 Fri., Oct. 11 New Hampshire L, 2-6 Fri., Oct. 11 UMass Lowell L, 2-3 Sat., Oct. 12 New Hampshire T, 4-4 (OT) Sat., Oct. 12 UMass Lowell W, 2-1 Fri., Oct. 18 Ferris State W, 4-3 Fri., Oct. 18 at No. 17 Wisconsin L, 2-6 Sat., Oct. 19 Ferris State L, 1-3 Sat., Oct. 19 at No. 17 Wisconsin L, 1-3 Fri., Oct. 25 at Colgate T, 3-3 (OT) Fri., Oct. 25 at No. 20 Minnesota W, 5-2 Sat., Oct. 26 at Colgate W, 2-0 Sat., Oct. 26 No. 20 Minnesota W, 2-0 Fri., Nov. 1 U.S. U-18 National Team (exh.) W, 4-2 Fri., Nov. 8 No. 1/1 Denver* T, 3-3 (OT/SOL) Fri., Nov. 8 at No. 10/10 North Dakota* L, 1-7 Sat., Nov. 9 No. 1/1 Denver* W, 5-2 Sat., Nov. 9 at No. 10/10 North Dakota* L, 4-5 Fri., Nov. 15 at Miami* L, 1-3 Fri., Nov. 15 No. 6/6 Minnesota Duluth* W, 3-1 Sat., Nov. 16 at Miami* W, 3-2 Sat., Nov. 16 No. 6/6 Minnesota Duluth* L, 2-3 Fri., Nov. 22 Colorado College* W, 4-3 Fri., Nov. 22 at No. 18 Omaha* T, 3-3 (OT-3x3W) Sat., Nov. 23 Colorado College* W, 5-0 Sat., Nov. 23 at No. 18 Omaha* W, 4-1 Fri., Nov. 29 No. 1/1 Minnesota State L, 1-4 Fri., Nov. 29 at Connecticut L, 4-6 Sat., Nov. 30 No. 1/1 Minnesota State L, 1-3 Sat., Nov. 30 at Connecticut L, 3-4 Fri., Dec. 6 at No. 18 Omaha* W, 6-3 Fri., Dec. 6 St. Cloud State* L, 1-2 Sat., Dec. 7 at No. 18 Omaha* W, 4-3 Sat., Dec. 7 St. Cloud State* L, 3-5 Sun., Dec. 29 at Merrimack 4:00 p.m. Mon., Dec. 30 at No. 11/10 Bowling Green 7:07 p.m. Mon., Dec. 30 at Merrimack 4:00 p.m. Fri., Jan. 10 at Colorado College* 9:37 p.m. Fri., Jan. 10 Western Michigan* 8:07 p.m. Sat., Jan. 11 at Colorado College* 8:07 p.m. Sat., Jan. 11 Western Michigan* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 17 North Dakota* 6:30 p.m. Fri., Jan. 17 at St. Cloud State* 8:37 p.m. Sat., Jan. 18 North Dakota* 7:05 p.m. Sat., Jan. 18 at St. Cloud State* 5:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 24 Denver* 7:05 p.m. Fri., Jan. 24 North Dakota* 8:30 p.m. Sat., Jan. 25 Denver* 7:05 p.m. Sat., Jan. 25 North Dakota* TBA Fri., Jan. 31 at St. Cloud State* 8:37 p.m. Fri., Jan. 31 at Denver* 9:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 1 at St. Cloud State* 7:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 1 at Denver* 9:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 14 Western Michigan* 7:05 p.m. Fri., Feb. 7 Omaha* 8:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 15 Western Michigan* 7:05 p.m. Sat., Feb. 8 Omaha* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 21 at Denver* 9:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 21 at Western Michigan* 7:00 p.m. Sat., Feb. 22 at Denver* 9:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 22 at Western Michigan* 7:00 p.m. Fri., Feb. 28 Omaha* 7:05 p.m. Fri., Feb. 28 at Colorado College* 9:37 p.m. Sat., Feb. 29 Omaha* 7:05 p.m. Sat., Feb. 29 at Colorado College* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Mar. 6 at Western Michigan* 7:00 p.m. Fri., Mar. 6 St. Cloud State* 8:30 p.m. Sat., Mar. 7 at Western Michigan* 7:00 p.m. Sat., Mar. 7 St. Cloud State* 7:07 p.m. March 13-15 NCHC Quarterfinals TBA March 13-15 NCHC Quarterfinals TBA March 20-21 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBA March 20-21 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBA
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North Dakota Fighting Hawks Omaha Mavericks Head Coach: Brad Berry (5th year) Head Coach: Mike Gabinet (3rd year) Record at UND: 104-53-21 Record at UNO: 33-48-7 2018-19 Record: 18-17-2 (12-11-1-0, 5th) 2018-19 Record: 9-24-3 (5-17-2-0/1, t-7th) 2019-20 Record: 14-1-2 (7-0-1-1/0, 1st) 2019-20 Record: 7-7-2 (2-5-1-0, t-7th) Lettermen Ret./Lost: 20/6 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 15/12 • North Dakota enters the holiday break on an NCAA-best 13-game unbeaten streak (12-0-1) and seven-game win streak, the second-lon- • Omaha split its series at St. Cloud State last weekend, dropping the gest win streak in the country, with a sweep at Western Michigan two opener, 4-1, before earning a 4-3 overtime win on Saturday. The weekends ago (Dec. 6-7). UND was held scoreless for 60 minutes on victory snapped a four-game losing streak and season-long five-game Dec. 6, but did the same to WMU and won in overtime, 1-0, on a goal by winless skid for the Mavericks. The win also snapped a 10-game losing sophomore forward Gavin Hain. It was his first career game-winning goal streak to St. Cloud State with UNO’s last win prior to Saturday coming and just his second goal this season. On Dec. 7, UND erupted in an 8-2 on Dec. 9, 2016 in St. Cloud. Omaha improved to 1-0-2 in overtime win, the third time this season they have potted at least eight goals. games this season with the win Saturday, as well.
• Freshman forward Judd Caulfield scored the first two goals of his colle- • Junior forward Martin Sundberg totaled three points at SCSU to lead giate career in the Dec. 7 8-2 win at WMU and tallied a career-high three the Mavericks and earn NCHC Forward of the Week honors. He scored points for his first multi-point game. He had just four assists in his first 13 UNO’s lone goal Friday and added two assists Saturday, including on games this season, before finding the back of the net twice in the series the overtime game-winner, for his second career multi-point game. finale. His second goal served as the game-winner, as well. Sundberg now has season career highs for goals (2) and points (6) after being limited to only nine games because of injury last season. • Sophomore goaltender Adam Scheel made a career-high 41 saves in the Dec. 6 overtime win for his second shutout of the season and third of This Week’s Games: his career. WMU’s 41 shots on goal allowed by UND in the win were the Sat., Dec. 21 vs. No. 16/14 Arizona State (9-5-2) - 7:07 p.m. CT most the Fighting Hawks have given up all season. The previous season Baxter Arena - Omaha, Neb. high for shots on goal allowed by UND was 31 by Denver on Nov. 15. Sun., Dec. 22 vs. No. 16/14 Arizona State (9-5-2) - 4:07 p.m. CT Off This Week - Next Game: Baxter Arena - Omaha, Neb. Sat., Dec. 28 at U.S. Under-18 National Team (exhibition) - 6:00 p.m. CT USA Hockey Arena - Plymouth, Mich. Game Fact: Omaha hosts Arizona State in the only Division I men’s college hockey games this weekend. The Mavericks lead the all-time Game Fact: North Dakota allows opponents only 21.88 shots on goal per series with the Sun Devils, 5-2-1, including a mark of 5-0-1 in Omaha. game, which are the fewest in the country. UND’s 4.18 goals per game Last season, Omaha split a four-game series with ASU, with each team are also first in the NCAA. sweeping the other on home ice.
Sat., Oct. 5 Manitoba (exh.) W, 5-1 Mon., Oct. 7 Manitoba (exh.) T, 3-3 (OT) Fri., Oct. 11 Canisius W, 5-0 Fri., Oct. 11 Alabama Huntsville W, 6-1 Sat., Oct. 12 Canisius W, 8-1 Sat., Oct. 12 Alabama Huntsville W, 5-0 Fri., Oct. 18 at No. 2/3 Minnesota State T, 4-4 (OT) Fri., Oct. 18 at No. 12/13 Ohio State L, 2-3 Sat., Oct. 19 at No. 2/3 Minnesota State L, 1-2 Sat., Oct. 19 at No. 12/13 Ohio State W, 2-1 Fri., Oct. 25 Bemidji State W, 2-1 (OT) Thu., Oct. 31 at Alaska Anchorage W, 4-3 Sat., Oct. 26 Bemidji State W, 4-1 Fri., Nov. 1 at Alaska Anchorage T, 3-3 (OT) Sat., Nov. 2 Michigan Tech% W, 3-1 Fri., Nov. 8 No. 12/12 Wisconsin L, 2-5 Fri., Nov. 8 Miami* W, 7-1 Sat., Nov. 9 No. 12/12 Wisconsin W, 5-2 Sat., Nov. 9 Miami* W, 5-4 Fri., Nov. 15 at No. 20 Western Michigan* L, 2-3 Fri., Nov. 15 at No. 2/1 Denver* T, 1-1 (OT/3x3W) Sat., Nov. 16 at No. 20 Western Michigan* W, 6-3 Sat., Nov. 16 at No. 2/1 Denver* W, 4-1 Fri., Nov. 22 Miami* T, 3-3 (OT/3x3L) Fri., Nov. 22 St. Cloud State* W, 4-2 Sat., Nov. 23 Miami* L,1-4 Sat., Nov. 23 St. Cloud State* W, 2-1 (OT) Fri., Dec. 6 No. 14/14 Minnesota Duluth* L, 3-6 Thur., Nov. 28 at Minnesota W, 9-3 Sat., Dec. 7 No. 14/14 Minnesota Duluth* L, 3-4 Fri., Nov. 29 at Minnesota W, 3-2 Fri., Dec. 13 at St. Cloud State* L, 1-4 Fri., Dec. 6 at No. 17 Western Michigan* W, 1-0 (OT) Sat., Dec. 14 at St. Cloud State* W, 4-3 (OT) Sat., Dec. 7 at No. 17 Western Michigan* W, 8-2 Sat., Dec. 21 No. 16/14 Arizona State 8:07 p.m. Sat., Dec. 28 at U.S. U-18 National Team (exh.) 7:00 p.m. Sun., Dec. 22 No. 16/14 Arizona State 5:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 3 Alabama Huntsville 8:37 p.m. Fri., Jan. 3 at Maine 6:00 p.m. Sat., Jan. 4 Alabama Huntsville 8:07 p.m. Sat., Jan. 4 at Maine 12:00 p.m. Fri., Jan. 10 Omaha* 8:37 p.m. Fri., Jan. 10 at North Dakota* 8:37 p.m. Sat., Jan. 11 Omaha* 8:07 p.m. Sat., Jan. 11 at North Dakota* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 17 at Miami* 6:30 p.m. Fri., Jan. 17 Denver* 8:07 p.m. Sat., Jan. 18 at Miami* 7:05 p.m. Sat., Jan. 18 Denver* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 24 at Minnesota Duluth* 8:30 p.m. Fri., Jan. 24 at Colorado College* 9:37 p.m. Sat., Jan. 25 at Minnesota Duluth* TBA Sat., Jan. 25 at Colorado College* 6:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 31 Colorado College* 8:37 p.m. Fri., Jan. 31 Western Michigan* 8:30 p.m. Sat., Feb. 1 Colorado College* 8:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 1 Western Michigan* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 14 Denver* 8:37 p.m. Fri., Feb. 7 at Minnesota Duluth* 8:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 15 Denver* 8:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 8 at Minnesota Duluth* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 21 at St. Cloud State* 8:37 p.m. Fri., Feb. 21 Colorado College* 8:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 22 at St. Cloud State* 7:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 22 Colorado College* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 28 Western Michigan* 8:37 p.m. Fri., Feb. 28 at Miami* 7:05 p.m. Sat., Feb. 29 Western Michigan* 8:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 29 at Miami* 7:05 p.m. Fri., Mar. 6 at Omaha* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Mar. 6 North Dakota* 8:07 p.m. Sat., Mar. 7 at Omaha* 8:07 p.m. Sat., Mar. 7 North Dakota* 8:07 p.m. March 13-15 NCHC Quarterfinals TBA March 13-15 NCHC Quarterfinals TBA March 20-21 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBA March 20-21 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBA
Home Games in Bold; * NCHC game; All times are ET and subject to change; Home Games in Bold; * NCHC game; All times are ET and subject to change % U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game Dec. 16-22, 2019 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 5 Team Notes/Match-Ups
St. Cloud State Huskies Western Michigan Broncos Head Coach: Brett Larson (2nd year) Head Coach: Andy Murray (9th year) Record at SCSU: 35-13-7 Record at WMU: 146-138-37 2018-19 Record: 30-6-3 (19-2-3-1/1, 1st) 2018-19 Record: 21-15-1 (13-10-1-0/1, 3rd) 2019-20 Record: 5-7-4 (3-5-0-0, 5th) 2019-20 Record: 7-7-2 (3-4-1-0/1, 4th) Lettermen Ret./Lost: 17/10 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 18/4 • St. Cloud State split its series with Omaha at home last weekend, • Western Michigan was swept at home in its last games, Dec. 6-7, by taking Friday’s opener, 4-1, before rallying but falling in overtime, 4-3, North Dakota, dropping a tough, 1-0 overtime decision Dec. 6, before on Saturday. The win Friday pushed SCSU’s win streak to a season-long falling in the finale, 8-2. The series opener marked the second time three games before having it snapped on Saturday. WMU has been shut out this season (Oct. 25 at Michigan), while the eight goals allowed Dec. 7 were the most WMU has given up this year. • With the overtime loss to Omaha Saturday, SCSU fell to 1-2-4 in The Broncos fell to 0-2-2 in overtime this season with the Dec. 6 loss. overtime this season, with both losses coming in conference play (also at North Dakota). The seven overtime games played this season tie for • Junior forward Paul Washe went 17-17 on faceoffs against North Dako- the most in the country with UMass Lowell and New Hampshire. ta two weekends ago. He leads the country in faceoff percentage among players with at least 50 faceoffs taken, winning 65.4 percent of draws • Senior defenseman Jack Ahcan tallied a goal and an assist in Friday’s (193-102). In conference play only, he’s an even more impressive 98-50 win over Omaha to push his point streak to five games, before having on draws for 66.2 percent, which is tops in the NCHC. it snapped on Saturday. The team captain now has 93 career points (18g/75a) and ranks fourth on the Huskies’ career points by a defen- • Senior forward and captain Hugh McGing dished out an assist in the seman list. SCSU’s all-time points leader on defense is Jimmy Schuldt, Dec. 7 loss to North Dakota. He now has 94 career points (35g, 59a) in who had 118 points from 2015-19. Ahcan also needs seven points to 127 games, needing six more to reach 100 for his career. become the 34th Husky to record 100 career points. Off This Week - Next Games: Off This Week - Next Games Fri., Jan. 3 at No. 15 Notre Dame (9-7-2, 5-3-2-1 B1G) - 7:00 p.m. ET Sat., Dec. 28 vs. No. 2/2 Minnesota State (15-2-1, 10-2-0 WCHA) - 4:00 p.m. CT Compton Family Ice Arena - South Bend, Ind. TV: NBC Sports Network 3M Arena at Mariucci - Minneapolis, Minn. (Mariucci Classic) Sun., Jan. 5 vs. No. 15 Notre Dame (9-7-2, 5-3-2-1 B1G) - 5:05 p.m. ET Sun., Dec. 29 vs. Minnesota (5-9-4) or Bemidji State (8-5-3) - 4 or 7:00 p.m. CT Lawson Ice Arena - Kalamazoo, Mich. 3M Arena at Mariucci - Minneapolis, Minn. (Mariucci Classic) Game Fact: Western Michigan is off until the New Year, when they’ll Game Fact: St. Cloud State is off for a week before taking part in the open with a home-and-home series against former CCHA foe Notre Mariucci Classic against three other Minnesota schools. SCSU opens with Dame. WMU last faced the Fighting Irish during the 2015-16 season, No. 2 Minnesota State, who the Huskies last faced in 2017-18, splitting when the teams met three times with WMU going 0-2-1. a home-and-home series, with each team winning on the road. Sat., Oct. 5 NAIT (exh.) W, 6-1 Fri., Oct. 11 vs. Ohio State% T, 2-2 (OT/SOL) Sun., Oct. 6 Alberta (Exh.) W, 4-2 Sat., Oct. 12 vs. No. 17 Bowling Green% W, 5-2 Fri., Oct. 11 at Bemidji State T, 4-4 (OT) Fri., Oct. 18 at Bowling Green L, 1-2 Sat., Oct. 12 at Bemidji State T, 2-2 (OT) Sat., Oct. 19 Bowling Green L, 1-2 (OT) Fri., Oct. 25 No. 11/11 Northeastern L, 1-4 Fri., Oct. 25 at Michigan L, 0-4 Sat., Oct. 26 No. 11/11 Northeastern W, 2-1 Sat., Oct. 26 Michigan W, 4-1 Fri., Nov. 1 Princeton L, 3-5 Fri., Nov. 1 at Colorado College* W, 6-3 Sat., Nov. 2 Princeton T, 5-5 (OT) Sat., Nov. 2 at Colorado College* T, 4-4 (OT/SOW) Fri., Nov. 8 at No. 16 Northern Michigan T, 3-3 (OT) Fri., Nov. 8 Ferris State W, 4-2 Sat., Nov. 9 at No. 16 Northern Michigan W, 5-4 (OT) Sat., Nov. 9 at Ferris State W, 8-2 Fri., Nov. 15 Colorado College* L, 2-4 Fri., Nov. 15 No. 19 Omaha* W, 3-2 Sat., Nov. 16 Colorado College* L, 2-5 Sat., Nov. 16 No. 19 Omaha* L, 3-6 Fri., Nov. 22 at No. 5/6 North Dakota* L, 2-4 Fri., Nov. 22 at No. 4/4 Denver* W, 2-1 Sat., Nov. 23 at No. 5/6 North Dakota* L, 1-2 (OT) Sat., Nov. 23 at No. 4/4 Denver* L, 1-6 Fri., Dec. 6 at Miami* W, 2-1 Fri., Dec. 6 No. 3/3 North Dakota* L, 0-1 (OT) Sat., Dec. 7 at Miami* W, 5-3 Sat., Dec. 7 No. 3/3 North Dakota* L, 2-8 Fri., Dec. 13 Omaha* W, 4-1 Fri., Jan. 3 at No. 15 Notre Dame 7:00 p.m. Sat., Dec. 14 Omaha* L, 3-4 (OT) Sun., Jan. 5 No. 15 Notre Dame 5:05 p.m. Sat., Dec. 28 vs. No. 2/2 Minnesota State% 5:00 p.m. Fri., Jan. 10 at Minnesota Duluth* 8:07 p.m. Sun., Dec. 29 vs. Minnesota/Bemidji State% 5 or 8:00 p.m. Sat., Jan. 11 at Minnesota Duluth* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 10 at Denver* 9:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 17 Colorado College* 7:05 p.m. Sat., Jan. 11 at Denver* 9:07 p.m. Sat., Jan. 18 Colorado College* 7:05 p.m. Fri., Jan. 17 Minnesota Duluth* 8:37 p.m. Fri., Jan. 24 St. Cloud State* 7:05 p.m. Sat., Jan. 18 Minnesota Duluth* 5:07 p.m. Sat., Jan. 25 St. Cloud State* 7:05 p.m. Fri., Jan. 24 at Western Michigan* 7:05 p.m. Fri., Jan. 31 at Omaha* 8:30 p.m. Sat., Jan. 25 at Western Michigan* 7:05 p.m. Sat., Feb. 1 at Omaha* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 31 Miami* 8:37 p.m. Fri., Feb. 7 RPI 7:05 p.m. Sat., Feb. 1 Miami* 7:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 8 RPI 7:05 p.m. Fri., Feb. 7 at Colorado College* 9:30 p.m. Fri., Feb. 14 at Miami* 7:05 p.m. Sat., Feb. 8 at Colorado College* 8:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 15 at Miami* 7:05 p.m. Fri., Feb. 21 North Dakota* 8:37 p.m. Fri., Feb. 21 Minnesota Duluth* 7:05 p.m. Sat., Feb. 22 North Dakota* 7:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 22 Minnesota Duluth* 7:05 p.m. Fri., Feb. 28 Denver* 8:30 p.m. Fri., Feb. 28 at North Dakota* 8:37 p.m. Sat., Feb. 29 Denver* 7:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 29 at North Dakota* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Mar. 6 at Minnesota Duluth* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Mar. 6 Miami* 7:05 p.m. Sat., Mar. 7 at Minnesota Duluth* 8:07 p.m. Sat., Mar. 7 Miami* 7:05 p.m. March 13-15 NCHC Quarterfinals TBA March 13-15 NCHC Quarterfinals TBA March 20-21 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBA March 20-21 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBA Home Games in Bold; * NCHC game; All times are ET and subject to change; Home Games in Bold; * NCHC game; All times are ET and subject to change; % Mariucci Classic (Minneapolis, Minn.) % Ice Breaker Tournament (Toledo, Ohio) 6 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey Dec. 16-22, 2019 Players of the Week
NCHC Players of the Week (Week of Dec. 9-15) Forward of the Week Defenseman of the Week Rookie of the Week Goaltender of the Week
Martin Sundberg Jack Ahcan Bobby Brink Devin Cooley Omaha St. Cloud State Denver Denver Junior Senior Freshman Junior Forward Defenseman Forward Goaltender Linkoping, Sweden Savage, Minn. Minnetonka, Minn. Los Gatos, Calif.
Sundberg had a career-best For the second straight week, Ah- Brink chipped in a pair of points In his only start of the weekend, weekend, tallying three points can earned NCHC Defenseman of to help Denver sweep rival Cooley backstopped Denver to a to tie for the NCHC lead while the Week honors. Both of Ahcan’s Colorado College last weekend 3-0 shutout of rival Colorado Col- helping Omaha split at St. Cloud points on the weekend came in and edge DU closer to regaining lege last Friday at Magness Arena. State. On Friday, Sundberg broke Friday’s 4-1 victory, as he scored control of the Gold Pan trophy. In He turned aside all 24 shots he up SCSU’s shutout late in the third the game’s opening goal on the Friday’s 3-0 shutout in Denver, period, tallying the Mavericks’ lone power play, while he then had the the Philadelphia Flyers draft faced, including 11 in the third goal in the loss while finishing +1. lone assist on the Huskies’ fourth pick dished out an assist on the period, for his first shutout of The next night, Sundberg helped goal in the third period. In addi- game-winning goal, setting up a the season in only his third start/ Omaha snap a 10-game losing tion, the team captain helped kill power play tally early in the third appearance this year. It was his streak against the Huskies. The all five Omaha power plays in the period to break a scoreless dead- fifth career whitewash after four Swede dished out two primary win. Ahcan also put three shots lock. He also fired two shots on last season. Of his 24 saves, four assists in Saturday’s overtime vic- on goal, blocked five shots and goal Friday. The next night, Brink came short-handed as he helped tory, setting up Omaha’s second was +1 on Friday when he earned helped cap the sweep in Colorado kill all three CC power plays. goal to make it 2-0 and also the First Star of the Game. The next Springs, again breaking a scoreless Cooley was tabbed First Star of game-winning goal in overtime. night, he blocked three more deadlock midway through the the Game Friday for his efforts. The two points tied his career shots and fired three shots on second period with a nifty back- With his 1.000 save percentage high and marked his second ca- goal in an overtime defeat. Ahcan hand goal to put DU up 1-0 in an and 0.00 goals-against average reer multi-point game. He was +2 finished the series with a goal, eventual 3-1 victory. He put two in Saturday’s 4-3 win. Sundberg an assist, eight blocks, six shots more shots on net and was +1 in on Friday night, he upped his ended the weekend with a goal, on goal and an even plus/minus, Saturday’s win. Brink finished the season save percentage to .958 two assists, a +3 plus/minus and while leading SCSU’s penalty kill series with a goal, an assist, four and lowered his GAA to 0.98 on two shots on goal. to go 6-for-6 against UNO. shots on goal and was +1. the year.
Other Standout Performers (week of Dec. 9-15) Emilio Pettersen, So., F, Denver – Totaled three points and seven shots on goal in a sweep of CC, scoring the game-winning goal and adding an assist on Friday, while setting up the game-winner on Saturday.
Nick Poehling, Sr., F, SCSU – Tallied three points and eight shots on goal in a split with Omaha, notching a goal and an assist in Friday’s win, while handing out another helper in Saturday’s overtime loss.
Nolan Sullivan, Fr., F, Omaha – Scored a goal and assisted on the overtime game-winner in Saturday’s 4-3 win at SCSU.
2019-20 NCHC Players of the Week (previous winners) WEEK OF FORWARD DEFENSEMAN ROOKIE GOALTENDER Oct. 5-13 Gordie Green, MU/Chris Wilkie, CC Ian Mitchell, Denver Bobby Brink, Denver Adam Scheel, UND Oct. 14-20 Tyson McLellan, Denver Derek Daschke, Miami Shane Pinto, UND Isaiah Saville, Omaha Oct. 21-27 Jordan Kawaguchi, UND Scott Perunovich, UMD Jack Clement, Miami Hunter Shepard, UMD Oct. 28-Nov. 3 Paul Washe, WMU Ronnie Attard, WMU Brandon Scanlin, Omaha Michael Corson, Denver Nov. 4-10 Jordan Kawaguchi, UND Matt Kiersted, UND Nolan Sullivan, Omaha Hunter Shepard, UMD Nov. 11-17 Kevin Conley, Omaha Scott Perunovich, UMD Matt Vernon, CC Adam Scheel, UND Nov. 18-24 Jaakko Heikkinen, Denver Scott Perunovich, UMD Ryan Savage, Miami Hunter Shepard, UMD Nov. 25-Dec. 1 Jordan Kawaguchi, UND Jacob Bernard-Docker, UND Shane Pinto, UND Adam Scheel, UND Dec. 2-8 Chris Wilkie, CC Jack Ahcan, SCSU Judd Caulfield, UND Adam Scheel, UND Dec. 9-15 Martin Sundberg, Omaha Jack Ahcan, SCSU Bobby Brink, Denver Devin Cooley, Denver
Dec. 16-22, 2019 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 7 Players of the Month/Awards
NCHC Monthly Honors - November Player of the Month Rookie of the Month Goaltender of the Month
Jordan Kawaguchi Ryan Savage Adam Scheel North Dakota Miami North Dakota Junior Freshman Sophomore Forward Forward Goaltender Abbotsford, B.C. Montreal, Quebec Lakewood, Ohio
cheel went undefeated in November, fter notching one point in his first month, awaguchi scored or assisted on seven playing every minute in goal for UND to Savage led all NCHC rookies in scoring S Kgame-winning goals during November and A backstop the Fighting Hawks to an 8-0-1 with seven points in eight November games. ranked third nationally with 16 points, leading record in the month. The eight wins were His 0.88 ppg also led all NCHC newcomers. North Dakota to an unbeaten month (8-0-1). three more than any other NCHC netminder He scored two goals, while his five assists Kawaguchi averaged 1.78 ppg in November, in November and ranked second nationally, were tops among NCHC freshmen in No- which was second in the NCAA, with at least a while his .944 win percentage was third in vember, as well. Savage had a point in four point in eight of the nine games, including five the country. He led the NCHC with a .918 games, including two multi-point games. multi-point outings. UND’s assistant captain save percentage and a 1.75 GAA, while Although the points didn’t count, Savage allowing only one goal in five of his nine scored six goals to tie for ninth nationally, four of started November with a three-point game in games during the month. which were game-winners to lead the NCAA in an exhibition win over the U.S. U-18 Team. Scheel topped 20 saves four times in November. He also dished out 10 assists, includ- He then recorded his first real points of the November, including a season-high 30 saves ing three primary helpers on game-winning goals, month at North Dakota on Nov. 9 when he in a 1-1 overtime tie at Denver on Nov. 15. which tied for sixth in the NCAA. scored his second career goal and added a He then made 27 more saves the next night Kawaguchi was twice named NCHC Forward primary assist in defeat for his first multi- in a 4-1 win to help UND record its first of the Week in November and NCAA Third Star point game. Savage had his biggest weekend series win at Magness Arena since 2003-04. of the Week once after a six-point weekend in at Omaha on Nov. 22-23, helping MU pick He allowed just two goals against the Pio- a sweep of Miami on Nov. 8-9. His other NCHC up five points in the series. The draft-eligible neers to earn NCHC Goaltender of the Week forward notched a career-high three points weekly honor came after a three-goal, four-point honors and NCAA Second Star of the Week. in a 3-3 overtime tie in the series opener, series to close November, guiding UND to its He finished his month backstopping UND to having a hand in each goal, scoring one, and first road sweep of Minnesota since 2006-07 by its first sweep at rival Minnesota since 2006- then gave MU the extra conference point with tallying both game-winners. He also notched four 07, compiling 41 saves in the two wins to a 3-on-3 overtime goal. The following night points in UND’s sweep of St. Cloud State a week- capture his second NCHC Goalie of the Week he handed out an assist in a 4-1 win as he end earlier (Nov. 22-23) to finish the month on a accolade in the month. Scheel finished No- earned NCHC Rookie of the Week honors. four-game point streak. He was +9 in November. vember with 180 saves on 196 shots faced.
2019-20 NCHC Players of the Month MONTH PLAYER ROOKIE GOALTENDER October Sam Hentges, So., F, SCSU Bobby Brink, F, Denver Magnus Chrona, Fr., Denver November Jordan Kawaguchi, Jr., F, UND Ryan Savage, F, Miami Adam, Scheel, So., UND December January February March/April
NCHC Facts and Figures (cont. from page 1) National Accolades freshman goaltender Isaiah Saville and Western Michigan sophomore NCAA Three Stars of the Week defenseman Mattias Samuelsson, who was on the U.S. silver medal- Paul Washe, Jr., F, WMU - Second Star (Nov. 1-2 at CC) winning team last year, are on the U.S. National Junior Team preliminary Jordan Kawaguchi, Jr., F, UND - Third Star (Nov 8-9 vs. MU) roster, with the final U.S. roster expected to be announced Dec. 24. Team Adam Scheel, So., G, UND - Second Star (Nov. 15-16 at DU) USA is coached by Minnesota Duluth head coach Scott Sandelin and assisted by St. Cloud State head coach Brett Larson. The tournament runs Scott Perunovich, Jr., D, UMD - First Star (Nov. 22-23 vs. CC) Dec. 26-Jan. 5 in Ostrava and Trinic, Czech Republic. The NCHC has had Chris Wilkie, Sr., F, CC - First Star (Dec. 6-7 at Princeton) 26 representatives on the U.S. National Junior Team in its history, while Preseason All-College Hockey News (CHN) Teams Bernard-Docker is the third NCHC player to make Canada’s team. Ian Mitchell, Jr., D, Denver - First Team ALSO ON EUROPEAN VACATION: While five NCHC players are getting Dylan Samberg, Jr., D, UMD - First Team ready for the World Junior Championship in the Czech Republic, Denver Hunter Shepard, Sr., G, UMD - First Team junior defenseman and captain Ian Mitchell will suit up for Team Canada at the Spengler Cup in Davos, Switzerland from Dec. 26-31. He’s the only current college hockey player on the roster and marks the second straight 2019-20 Preseason All-NCHC Team season the NCHC has been represented on Team Canada at the Spengler F: Hugh McGing; Sr., Western Michigan – 22 votes Cup after former Western Michigan forward Colt Conrad played in the six- F: Justin Richards; Jr., Minnesota Duluth – 13 team invite-only club tournament last year. F: *Wade Allison; Sr., Western Michigan – 10 ALL THEY DO IS (SCORE TO) WIN: Four players nationally have scored F: Nick Swaney; Jr., Minnesota Duluth – 10 an NCAA-best four game-winning goals this season and two reside in D: *Scott Perunovich; Jr., Minnesota Duluth – 25 the NCHC in North Dakota junior forward Jordan Kawaguchi and Omaha D: Jack Ahcan; Sr., St. Cloud State – 12 freshman forward Joey Abate. All four of Kawaguchi’s game-winners G: *Hunter Shepard; Sr., Minnesota Duluth – 27 (unanimous) came in November, while Abate’s first four goals this season were game- winners. Abate now has six goals overall on the season, while Kawaguchi Preseason all-conference team voted upon by 27 NCHC media members has seven goals overall. (page 26) * 2018-19 NCHC Preseason All-Conference Team also 8 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey Dec. 16-22, 2019 Polls/Non-Conference Comparison
National Polls
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll USCHO.com Poll Week 11 (Dec. 16) Week 11 (Dec. 16) (first-place votes in parentheses) (first-place votes in parentheses) LAST WEEK’S 2019-20 2019-20 LAST WEEK’S NO. TEAM POINTS RANKING RECORD NO. TEAM RECORD POINTS RANKING 1. North Dakota 500 (26) 2 14-1-2 1. North Dakota 14-1-2 979 (33) 2 2. Minnesota State 472 (8) 1 15-2-1 2. Minnesota State 15-2-1 948 (13) 1 3. Cornell 448 3 10-1-0 3. Cornell 10-1-0 917 (4) 3 4. Boston College 382 4 11-4-0 4. Clarkson 12-3-2 813 4 5. Clarkson 348 5 12-3-2 5. Boston College 11-4-0 789 5 6. Denver 340 8 11-4-3 t-6. Denver 11-4-3 699 8 7. Ohio State 304 6 10-4-2 t-6. Ohio State 10-4-2 699 6 8. Penn State 286 7 13-6-0 8. Penn State 13-6-0 647 7 9. Massachusetts 240 9 12-4-1 9. Massachusetts 12-4-1 628 9 10. Bowling Green 166 10 12-6-1 10. Minnesota Duluth 9-6-1 506 11 11. Minnesota Duluth 160 11 9-6-1 11. Bowling Green 12-6-1 463 10 12. Northeastern 126 12 11-5-2 12. Northeastern 11-5-2 450 12 13. UMass Lowell 114 13 10-4-4 13. Providence 9-5-3 407 13 14. Arizona State 70 15 9-5-2 14. UMass Lowell 10-4-4 397 14 15. Providence 66 NR 9-5-3 15. Notre Dame 9-7-2 311 15 16. Arizona State 9-5-2 278 16 Others receiving votes: Notre Dame 36, Harvard 16, Michigan Tech 6. 17. Harvard 6-4-0 174 17 18. Michigan State 9-8-1 145 18 19. Western Michigan 7-7-2 77 19 20. Sacred Heart 11-6-1 56 20
Others receiving votes: Army 31, Michigan Tech 31, Northern Michigan 31, Alaska 7, Bemidji State 5, Boston University 4, College Hockey News Quinnipiac 4, RIT 3, Dartmouth 1. Preseason Top-10 1. Minnesota Duluth 2. Denver 3. Minnesota State 4. Notre Dame The NCHC vs. ... (non-conference breakdown) for 2019-20 5. Boston College 6. Massachusetts AHA Big Ten ECAC HEA WCHA Ind. (ASU) Total 7. Providence Colorado College 0-0-0 2-2-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-2-0 8. Penn State Denver 2-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 4-0-0 0-1-1 8-1-1 9. Cornell Miami 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-3-1 1-2-0 0-0-0 2-5-2 10. Clarkson Minnesota Duluth 0-0-0 2-2-0 0-0-0 1-1-0 0-2-0 0-0-0 3-5-0 North Dakota 2-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-1-1 0-0-0 7-1-1 Omaha 0-0-0 2-2-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-0-1 0-0-0 5-2-1 2019-20 NCHC St. Cloud State 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 1-1-0 1-0-3 0-0-0 2-2-4 Media Preseason Poll Western Michigan 0-0-0 1-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-2-0 0-0-0 4-3-1 First-place votes in parentheses Total 4-0-0 9-7-1 3-1-2 4-5-1 15-7-5 0-1-1 35-21-10
Team Points 1. Minnesota Duluth 218 (23) The NCHC vs. ... (non-conf. breakdown) for 2018-19 (regular season) 2. Denver 178 (2) 3. Western Michigan 156 (3) AHA Big Ten ECAC HEA WCHA Ind. (ASU) Total 4. North Dakota 143 Colorado College 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-2-1 2-1-0 0-2-0 6-5-1 5. St. Cloud State 138 Denver 1-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 3-0-1 2-0-1 0-0-0 8-0-2 6. Colorado College 81 Miami 1-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 1-4-2 2-0-0 0-0-0 6-4-2 7. Omaha 53 Minnesota Duluth 0-0-0 2-1-1 0-1-0 2-0-0 3-0-0 0-0-0 7-2-1 8. Miami 41 North Dakota 0-2-0 3-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-2-1 0-0-0 6-4-1 A total of 28 ballots were submitted by Omaha 0-0-0 0-2-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 2-0-0 2-2-0 4-5-1 local and national media. Points were St. Cloud State 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 1-1-0 6-0-0 0-0-0 8-2-0 awarded on a descending scale with a Western Michigan 3-0-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 2-2-0 0-0-0 7-3-0 first-place vote worth eight points, a sec- Total 7-2-0 8-4-1 2-3-1 11-7-4 22-5-2 2-4-0 52-25-8 ond-place vote worth seven points, etc.
Dec. 16-22, 2019 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 9 NCHC Media Information/3 Stars of the Game
NCHC Map NCHC 3 Stars of the Game Overall Conference Leaders (conf. games only): PLAYER SCHOOL POINTS 1. Jordan Kawaguchi UND 16 (2) Scott Perunovich UMD 16 (2) 3. Adam Scheel UND 14 (2) 4. Noah Cates UMD 13 (2) Team Leaders (conf. games only): SCHOOL POINTS (1ST STARS) Colorado College 1. Kristian Blumenschein...... 5 (1) Christiano Versich...... 5 (1) 3. Conger/Copeland/Vernon...... 3 Denver 1. Bobby Brink...... 6 (1) 2. Magnus Chrona, Devin Cooley & 2019-20 NCHC Institutional Demographics Liam Finlay...... 5 (1) Miami Institution Location Population Enrollment 1. Ryan Larkin...... 8 (1) Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO 472,688 2,298 2. Gordie Green...... 5 (1) Denver Denver, CO 716,492 11,434 Ryan Savage...... 5 (1) Miami Oxford, OH 22,859 17,327 Minnesota Duluth Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN 86,066 11,040 1. Scott Perunovich...... 16 (2) North Dakota Grand Forks, ND 56,948 13,847 2. Noah Cates...... 13 (2) Omaha Omaha, NE 468,262 15,431 3. Cole Koepke...... 7 St. Cloud State St. Cloud, MN 67,984 13,467 Omaha Western Michigan Kalamazoo, MI 75,807 22,562 1. Kevin Conley...... 5 (1) Zach Jordan...... 5 (1) 3. Tyler Weiss...... 4 NCHC Mission North Dakota 1. Jordan Kawaguchi...... 16 (2) The National Collegiate Hockey Conference facilitates and fosters competitive, 2. Adam Scheel...... 14 (2) academic and operational excellence for its member institutions through the 3. Shane Pinto...... 8 (1) sport of ice hockey. The Conference supports a culture of professionalism and St. Cloud State integrity, reflecting its commitment to grow the sport of ice hockey while 1. Jack Ahcan...... 8 (1) creating a positive experience for the student-athletes and fans it serves. Nick Poehling...... 8 (1) 3. David Hrenak...... 7 (1) NCHC Vision Western Michigan 1. Brandon Bussi...... 9 (1) The National Collegiate Hockey Conference strives to be the best single- 2. Paul Washe...... 6 (1) sport conference in the NCAA by embracing our core values and operating 3. R. Attard/D. Worrad...... 5 (1) collectively for the best interests of the Conference and member institutions. 1st star = 5 pts.; 2nd star = 3 pts.; 3rd star = 1 pt.
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NCHC Games on National/Regional TV
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Sat., Jan. 18, 2020 Minnesota Duluth at St. Cloud State + 4:00 p.m. Sat., Feb. 22, 2020 North Dakota at St. Cloud State 6:00 p.m. Sat., Feb. 29, 2020 Denver at St. Cloud State + 6:00 p.m. NCHC Radio Show Fri., Mar. 6, 2020 St. Cloud State at Minnesota Duluth + 7:00 p.m. Each Thursday on NCHCHockey.com and NCHC.tv will be a weekly podcast, the NCHC Radio Show, that recaps the previous week in Channel Finder: foxsports.com/north/story/fox-sports-north-channel-finder-122313 the conference and previews the upcoming weekend. Included in + Indicates game is on FOX Sports North PLUS the roughly six-minute segment will be interviews with the confer- ence’s players and coaches, as well as audio highlights from the past weekend’s contests. FOX COLLEGE SPORTS Date Game Time (CT) To obtain a copy of the NCHC Radio Show (or other NCHC promo- Fri., Jan. 10, 2020 Western Michigan at Minnesota Duluth 7:00 p.m. tional audio/video spots) for use during a broadcast or on the air, Sat., Jan. 11, 2020 Omaha at North Dakota 7:00 p.m. email NCHC Director of Communications Michael Weisman at mweis- Sat., Jan. 18, 2020 Minnesota Duluth at St. Cloud State 4:00 p.m. Sat., Feb. 1, 2020 Colorado College at North Dakota 7:00 p.m. [email protected]. Sat., Feb. 15, 2020 Denver at North Dakota 7:00 p.m. Sat., Feb. 22, 2020 North Dakota at St. Cloud State 6:00 p.m. Sat., Feb. 29, 2020 Denver at St. Cloud State 6:00 p.m. Weekly NCHC.tv Videos Sat., Feb. 29, 2020 Western Michigan at North Dakota 7:00 p.m. Top Five Plays of the Week: Each Tuesday, the NCHC unveils the Fri., Mar. 6, 2020 St. Cloud State at Minnesota Duluth 7:00 p.m. “Top Five Plays of the Week” presented by TRIA Orthopaedics from the previous weekend on NCHC.tv, which culminates in the Play of the Year Channel Finder: fcs.channelfinder.net/v2/framework.aspx Tournament at the end of the season.
Inside the NCHC Features: Each Wednesday during the second half of TSN (in Canada) the season, the NCHC will produce a short feature video presented by Date Game Time (ET) Krampade featuring one team each week, which will showcase a player Upcoming games to be announced or aspect of each program.
Games this week in BOLD Top Moments: New this season, each Thursday during the second half of All times subject to change the season, the NCHC will take a look back at some of its top moments over its first six seasons.
Preview Show: Each Friday, the NCHC will preview the upcoming week- end on “NCHC Morning Skate” presented by XOS Digital, highlighting the match-ups with a focus on one feature series the upcoming weekend.
This Weekend’s Games on NCHC.tv NCHC Media Excellence Award Saturday, Dec. 21 Started in 2017-18, the NCHC Media Excellence Award will be presented No. 16/14 Arizona State at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT to one member of the media each season at the NCHC Awards Cele- bration in recognition of outstanding media coverage that conveys the Sunday, Dec. 22 stories of the NCHC and its members, furthers the conference’s brand No. 16/14 Arizona State at Omaha, 4:07 p.m. CT and/or mission, and promotes the NCHC and its members in a positive manner. The award will honor a media member who is well-regarded within the conference and college hockey as a whole. NCHC member school sports information directors (SIDs) will submit nominations and also vote on the award at the end of the season. Past winners: • 2017-18 - Brad Schlossman, Grand Forks Herald • 2018-19 - Mick Hatten, Forum Communications Dec. 16-22, 2019 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 11 NCHC Regular Season/Tournament/Quick Facts
NCHC Quick Facts/Directory Julie & Spencer Penrose Memorial Cup
warded to the NCHC regular season Website:...... NCHCHockey.com Achampion, the Julie and Spencer Penrose Digital Network:...... NCHC.tv Memorial Cup (right) serves as the league’s Headquarters:...... The Copper Building crowning achievement. The Cup is named 1631 Mesa Ave., Suite C after Julie and Spencer Penrose, who were Colorado Springs, CO 80906 tremendously successful in the business world General Email:...... [email protected] and did much of it in Colorado Springs in the early 1900s. The couple made much of their money in the copper industry, which is why the Founded:...... July 13, 2011 trophy includes copper stars on it. The Penroses Inaugural Season:...... 2013-14 also set up the El Pomar Foundation, which still today helps pay for amateur sports and other Commissioner:...... Josh Fenton non-profits, including the NCHC office located in Office Phone:...... 719-418-2427 the Copper Building next to the Penrose House Email:...... [email protected] on the grounds of the Penrose compound in Colorado Springs. The El Pomar Foundation has also issued grants for the Penrose Cup, medallions for each individual champion and the NCHC’s Director of Communications:...... Michael Weisman annual Post-Graduate Scholarship. St. Cloud State won its second Office Phone:...... 719-694-9924 straight and third Penrose Cup overall last season, also winning it in the Email:...... [email protected] NCHC’s inaugural season (2013-14). North Dakota has won two Penrose Cups back-to-back (2014-15, 2015-16), while Denver is the only other Business Operations Manager:...... Verna Toller Penrose Cup champion (2016-17) to date. Office Phone:...... 719-203-6818 Email:...... [email protected] NCHC Tournament/Frozen Faceoff
Director of Officiating:...... Don Adam he NCHC Tournament will consist of Office Phone:...... 719-203-6818 Tfour quarterfinal series on the first Email:...... [email protected] weekend following regular-season play (March 13-15, 2020). The four higher seeds will host the four lower seeds in Regular-Season Trophy...... Julie and Spencer a best two-out-of-three format. Seed Penrose Memorial Cup #1 will host Seed #8, Seed #2 will host 2018-19 Regular-Season Champion...... St. Cloud State Seed #7, Seed #3 will host Seed #6, 2019 Tournament Champion...... Minnesota Duluth and Seed #4 will host Seed #5. The Tournament Championship...... Frozen Faceoff winners of the four quarterfinal series Championship Site...... Xcel Energy Center will advance to the NCHC Frozen Faceoff at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minn. for the two semifinal games on Friday, Saint Paul, Minn. March 20. Semifinal games will be reseeded based Championship Dates: ...... March 20-21, 2020 on the final regular-season standings. The winners Tickets:...... NCHCHockey.com or ticketmaster.com of the two semifinal games (4:08/7:38 p.m. CT) will then meet in the Championship Game (7:38 2019 NCAA Tournament Teams:...... 3 p.m. CT) on Saturday, March 21 for an automatic NCAA Tournament Teams in NCHC History:...... 23 bid to the NCAA Tournament, while the two losers from the semifinal games will face each other in the 2019 NCAA Frozen Four Participants:...... 2 third-place game (3:38 p.m. CT) earlier in the day. NCAA Frozen Four Teams in NCHC History: ...... 10 The 2018 NCHC Frozen Faceoff, won by Denver, was National Champions:...... 4 named Visit Saint Paul’s Event of the Year for 2017- (North Dakota, 2016; Denver, 2017; Minnesota Duluth, 2018 & 2019) 18. Minnesota Duluth won the 2019 Frozen Faceoff title, its second NCHC Tournament crown (2017).
2018-19 Final NCHC Standings Conference Overall Pts. GP W L T 3/SW Win Pct. GF GA GP W L T Win Pct. GF GA 1. St. Cloud State 62 24 19 2 3 1/1 .854 94 52 39 30 6 3 .808 156 85 2. Minnesota Duluth 43 24 14 9 1 0/0 .604 75 48 42 29 11 2 .714 133 79 3. Western Michigan 41 24 13 10 1 0/1 .563 80 78 37 21 15 1 .581 129 115 4. Denver 39 24 11 10 3 2/1 .521 54 55 41 24 12 5 .646 115 83 5. North Dakota 37 24 12 11 1 0/0 .521 59 58 37 18 17 2 .514 93 90 6. Colorado College 30 24 9 12 3 0/0 .438 65 65 41 17 20 4 .463 117 114 7. *Omaha 18 24 5 17 2 0/1 .250 56 89 36 9 24 3 .292 90 132 Miami 18 24 5 17 2 1/0 .250 49 87 38 11 23 4 .342 87 122 *Omaha won tiebreaker over Miami on aggregate goals in games between the teams, 12-11.
12 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey Dec. 16-22, 2019 NCHC Composite Schedule
All dates and times are subject to change Saturday, Oct. 26 Thursday, Nov. 28 All times listed local to site Miami 2, at Colgate 0 North Dakota 9, at Minnesota 3 Michigan 1, at Western Michigan 4 Saturday, Oct. 5 Bemidji State 1, at North Dakota 4 Friday, Nov. 29 Denver 4, at Alaska Fairbanks 3 Northeastern 1, at St. Cloud State 2 Miami 4, at UConn 6 Manitoba 1, at North Dakota 5 (exh.) Minnesota 0, at Minnesota Duluth 2 North Dakota 3, at Minnesota 2 Alberta 5, at Minnesota Duluth 3 (exh.) Michigan State 5, at Colorado College 1 Minnesota State 4, at Minnesota Duluth 1 Trinity Western 1, at Colorado College 4 (exh.) NAIT 1, at Western Michigan 6 (exh.) Thursday, Oct. 31 Saturday, Nov. 30 Omaha 4, at Alaska Anchorage 3 Miami 3, at UConn 4 Sunday, Oct. 6 Minnesota State 3, at Minnesota Duluth 1 Denver 3, at Alaska Fairbanks 0 Friday, Nov. 1 Bowling Green 7, at Miami 4 *Western Michigan 6, at Colorado College 3 Friday, Dec. 6 Alberta 2, at St. Cloud State 4 (exh.) Niagara 2, at Denver 6 *Minnesota Duluth 6, at Omaha 3 Omaha 3, at Alaska Anchorage 3 (OT) *North Dakota 1, at Western Michigan 0 (OT) Monday, Oct. 7 Princeton 5, at St. Cloud State 3 *St. Cloud State 2, at Miami 1 Manitoba 3, at Omaha 3 (OT) (exh.) U.S. Under-18 Team 2, at Miami 4 (exh.) Denver 1, at Arizona State 4 Colorado College 7, at Princeton 2 Friday, Oct. 11 Saturday, Nov. 2 New Hampshire 6, at Miami 2 *Western Mich. 4, at Colo. College 4 (OT/WMU wins SO) Saturday, Dec. 7 &Western Michigan 2, Ohio State 2 (OT) Niagara 0, at Denver 4 *Minnesota Duluth 4, at Omaha 3 Denver 3, at Lake Superior State 1 ^Michigan Tech 1, at North Dakota 3 *North Dakota 8, at Western Michigan 2 Alabama Huntsville 1, at Omaha 6 Princeton 5, at St. Cloud State 5 (OT) *St. Cloud State 5, at Miami 3 Canisius 0, at North Dakota 5 Denver 2, at Arizona State 2 (OT) St. Cloud State 4, at Bemidji State 4 (OT) Friday, Nov. 8 Colorado College 2, at Princeton 1 (OT) UMass Lowell 3, at Minnesota Duluth 2 *Denver 3, at Minn. Duluth 3 (OT/DU wins SO) Minnesota 2, at Colorado College 3 *Miami 1, at North Dakota 7 Friday, Dec. 13 Ferris State 2, at Western Michigan 4 *Omaha 1, at St. Cloud State 4 Saturday, Oct. 12 Wisconsin 5, at Omaha 2 *Colorado College 0, at Denver 3 New Hampshire 4, at Miami 4 (OT) St. Cloud State 3, at Northern Michigan 3 (OT) &Western Michigan 5, Bowling Green 2 Saturday, Dec. 14 Denver 4, at Lake Superior State 3 Saturday, Nov. 9 *Omaha 4, at St. Cloud State 3 (OT) Alabama Huntsville 0, at Omaha 5 *Denver 2, at Minnesota Duluth 5 *Denver 3, at Colorado College 1 Canisius 1, at North Dakota 8 *Miami 4, at North Dakota 5 St. Cloud State 2, at Bemidji State 2 (OT) Western Michigan 8, at Ferris State 2 Saturday, Dec. 21 UMass Lowell 1, at Minnesota Duluth 2 Wisconsin 2, at Omaha 5 Arizona State at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT Minnesota 4, at Colorado College 3 St. Cloud State 5, at Northern Michigan 4 (OT) Sunday, Dec. 22 Friday, Oct. 18 Friday, Nov. 15 Arizona State at Omaha, 4:07 p.m. CT Western Michigan 1, at Bowling Green 2 *North Dakota 1, at Denver 1 (OT/UND wins 3x3) Boston College 0, at Denver 3 *Colorado College 4, at St. Cloud State 2 Saturday, Dec. 28 Ferris State 3, at Miami 4 *Omaha 2, at Western Michigan 3 %St. Cloud State vs. Minnesota State, 4:30 p.m. CT North Dakota 4, at Minnesota State 4 (OT) *Minnesota Duluth 1, at Miami 3 $Colorado College at Dartmouth, 7:00 p.m. ET Omaha 2, at Ohio State 3 North Dakota at U.S. Under-18 Team (exh.), 7 p.m. ET Minnesota Duluth 2, at Wisconsin 6 Saturday, Nov. 16 *North Dakota 4, at Denver 1 Sunday, Dec. 29 Saturday, Oct. 19 *Colorado College 5, at St. Cloud State 2 Minnesota Duluth at Merrimack, 4:00 p.m. ET Bowling Green 2, at Western Michigan 1 (OT) *Omaha 6, at Western Michigan 3 %St. Cloud State vs. Minnesota/Bemidji State, TBD Boston College 4, at Denver 6 *Minnesota Duluth 3, at Miami 2 $Colorado College vs. St. Lawrence, 4:00 p.m. ET Ferris State 3, at Miami 1 North Dakota 1, at Minnesota State 2 Friday, Nov. 22 Monday, Dec. 30 Omaha 2, at Ohio State 1 *Western Michigan 2, at Denver 1 Miami at Bowling Green, 7:07 p.m. ET Minnesota Duluth 1, at Wisconsin 3 *Colorado College 3, at Minnesota Duluth 4 Minnesota Duluth at Merrimack, 4:00 p.m. ET *Miami 3, at Omaha 3 (OT/MU wins 3x3 OT) Friday, Oct. 25 *St. Cloud State 2, at North Dakota 4 Friday, Jan. 3 Miami 3, at Colgate 3 (OT) Western Michigan at Notre Dame, 7:00 p.m. ET Western Michigan 0, at Michigan 4 Saturday, Nov. 23 Massachusetts at Denver, 7:07 p.m. MT Bemidji State 1, at North Dakota 2 (OT) *Western Michigan 1 , at Denver 6 Omaha at Maine, 6:00 p.m. ET Northeastern 4, at St. Cloud State 1 *Colorado College 0, at Minnesota Duluth 5 Alabama Huntsville at North Dakota, 7:37 p.m. CT Minnesota Duluth 5, at Minnesota 2 *Miami 4, at Omaha 1 Michigan State 1, at Colorado College 3 *St. Cloud State 1, at North Dakota 2 (OT)
Dec. 16-22, 2019 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 13 NCHC Composite Schedule
Saturday, Jan. 4 Friday, Feb. 7 Friday-Sunday, March 13-15 Massachusetts at Denver, 7:07 p.m. MT *Omaha at Minnesota Duluth, 7:07 p.m. CT NCHC Quarterfinals Omaha at Maine, Noon ET *St. Cloud State at Colorado College, 7:30 p.m. MT Best of Three Series, hosted by the higher seed Alabama Huntsville at North Dakota, 7:07 p.m. CT RPI at Western Michigan, 7:05 p.m. ET #8 seed at #1 seed #7 seed at #2 seed Sunday, Jan. 5 Saturday, Feb. 8 #6 seed at #3 seed Notre Dame at Western Michigan, 5:05 p.m. ET *Omaha at Minnesota Duluth, 7:07 p.m. CT #5 seed at #4 seed *St. Cloud State at Colorado College, 6:07 p.m. MT Friday, Jan. 10 RPI at Western Michigan, 7:05 p.m. ET Friday, March 20 *St. Cloud State at Denver, 7:07 p.m. MT (Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minn.) *Miami at Colorado College, 7:37 p.m. MT Friday, Feb. 14 NCHC Frozen Faceoff Semifinal 1, 4 p.m. CT *Omaha at North Dakota, 7:37 p.m. CT *Western Michigan at Miami, 7:05 p.m. ET NCHC Frozen Faceoff Semifinal 2, 7:30 p.m. CT *Western Michigan at Minnesota Duluth, 7:07 p.m. CT *Denver at North Dakota, 7:30 p.m. CT Air Force at Colorado College, 7:37 p.m. MT Saturday, March 21 Saturday, Jan. 11 (Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minn.) *St. Cloud State at Denver, 7:07 p.m. MT Saturday, Feb. 15 NCHC Frozen Faceoff Third-Place Game, 3:30 p.m. CT *Miami at Colorado College, 6:07 p.m. MT *Western Michigan at Miami, 7:05 p.m. ET NCHC Frozen Faceoff Championship, 7:30 p.m. CT *Omaha at North Dakota, 7:07 p.m. CT *Denver at North Dakota, 7:07 p.m. CT *Western Michigan at Minnesota Duluth, 7:07 p.m. CT Friday-Sunday, March 27-29 (NCAA Regionals) Monday, Feb. 17 Northeast Regional: Worcester, MA (March 27-28) Friday, Jan. 17 Colorado College at Air Force, TBA West Regional: Loveland, CO (March 27-28) *Denver at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT East Regional: Albany, NY (March 28-29) *Colorado College at Western Michigan, 7:05 p.m. ET Friday, Feb. 21 Midwest Regional: Allentown, PA (March 28-29) *North Dakota at Miami, 6:30 p.m. ET *Miami at Denver, 7:07 p.m. MT *Minnesota Duluth at St. Cloud State, 7:37 p.m. CT *Colorado College at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT Thursday, April 9 *North Dakota at St. Cloud State, 7:37 p.m. CT Frozen Four National Semifinals (Detroit, MI) Saturday, Jan. 18 *Minnesota Duluth at Western Michigan, 7:00 p.m. ET *Denver at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT Saturday, April 11 *Colorado College at Western Michigan, 7:05 p.m. ET Saturday, Feb. 22 National Championship (Detroit, MI) *North Dakota at Miami, 7:05 p.m. ET *Miami at Denver, 7:07 p.m. MT *Minnesota Duluth at St. Cloud State, 4:07 p.m. CT *Colorado College at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT *North Dakota at St. Cloud State, 6:07 p.m. CT * National Collegiate Hockey Conference game Friday, Jan. 24 *Minnesota Duluth at Western Michigan, 7:05 p.m. ET & Ice Breaker Tournament, Toledo, OH *Denver at Miami, 7:05 p.m. ET ^ U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game, Grand Forks, ND *Omaha at Colorado College, 7:37 p.m. MT Friday, Feb. 28 % Mariucci Classic, Minneapolis, MN *North Dakota at Minnesota Duluth, 7:30 p.m. CT *Denver at St. Cloud State, 7:30 p.m. CT $ Ledyard Classic, Hanover, NH *St. Cloud State at Western Michigan, 7:05 p.m. ET *Minn. Duluth at Colorado College, 7:37 p.m. MT *Omaha at Miami, 7:05 p.m. ET Saturday, Jan. 25 *Western Michigan at North Dakota, 7:37 p.m. CT All dates and times are subject to change *Denver at Miami, 7:05 p.m. ET All times listed local to site *Omaha at Colorado College, 4:07 p.m. MT Saturday, Feb. 29 *North Dakota at Minnesota Duluth, TBA *Denver at St. Cloud State, 6:07 p.m. CT *St. Cloud State at Western Michigan, 7:05 p.m. ET *Minn. Duluth at Colorado College, 6:07 p.m. MT *Omaha at Miami, 7:05 p.m. ET Friday, Jan. 31 *Western Michigan at North Dakota, 7:07 p.m. CT *Minnesota Duluth at Denver, 7:07 p.m. MT *Colorado College at North Dakota, 7:37 p.m. CT Friday, March 6 *Western Michigan at Omaha, 7:30 p.m. CT *North Dakota at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT *Miami at St. Cloud State, 7:37 p.m. CT *St. Cloud State at Minnesota Duluth, 7:07 p.m. CT *Miami at Western Michigan, 7:05 p.m. ET Saturday, Feb. 1 *Denver at Colorado College, 7:37 p.m. MT *Minnesota Duluth at Denver, 7:07 p.m. MT *Colorado College at North Dakota, 7:07 p.m. CT Saturday, March 7 *Western Michigan at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT *North Dakota at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT *Miami at St. Cloud State, 6:07 p.m. CT *St. Cloud State at Minnesota Duluth, 7:07 p.m. CT *Miami at Western Michigan, 7:05 p.m. ET *Colorado College at Denver, 8:00 p.m. MT
14 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey Dec. 16-22, 2019 Last Weekend’s Summaries
FRIDAY, DEC. 13 SATURDAY, DEC. 14 fter road teams swept all three conference series last week- fter home teams won both NCHC games Friday, it was road Aend, home teams regained home-ice advantage on Friday Ateams that ended the first half on a high note, winning night as both home teams won their series opener by three each of the final two conference games of 2019. Eighth-ranked goals. Long-time rivals collided in Denver, where the eighth- Denver completed a home-and-home sweep of long-time rival ranked Pioneers took the first step towards regaining the Gold Colorado College with a 3-1 win in Colorado Springs behind a Pan trophy with a 3-0 blanking of Colorado College at Magness big second period. DU now needs just a win or a tie against the Arena. Junior goaltender Devin Cooley recorded his first shutout Tigers in March to reclaim the Gold Pan trophy. In St. Cloud, of the season and fifth of his career, while DU scored all three senior forward Zach Jordan scored 11 seconds into overtime to goals in the third period. In the other series opener Friday, St. lift Omaha to a 4-3 win at St. Cloud State and a series split on Cloud State came within 20 seconds of its own shutout and the road, after the Huskies erased a two-goal first-period deficit. scored twice in both the second and third periods to top Omaha, The victory snapped a five-game winless skid for the Mavericks, 4-1, for the Huskies third straight win. while ending SCSU’s three-game winning streak and 10-game win streak against Omaha. No. 8/8 DENVER 3, COLORADO COLLEGE 0 After losing the Gold Pan trophy last year for the first time in five No. 8/8 DENVER 3, COLORADO COLLEGE 1 seasons, No. 8/8 Denver (10-4-3, 2-3-2-1/0 NCHC) took the Behind a big second period, No. 8/8 Denver moved closer to first step towards reclaiming it with a 3-0 victory over long-time regaining control of the Gold Pan trophy with a 3-1 win over rival rival Colorado College (6-6-1, 2-4-1-0 NCHC) Friday at Magness Colorado College Saturday at the Broadmoor World Arena. With Arena. Junior goaltender Devin Cooley stopped all 24 shots he the victory, DU (11-4-3, 3-3-2-0/1 NCHC) completed a home- faced for his first shutout of the season and fifth of his career. and-home sweep of the Tigers (6-7-1, 2-5-1-0 NCHC) and now The game was scoreless through 40 minutes, with the Pioneers need only a tie (or win) during their series in March to capture potting all three goals in the final frame. Sophomore forward the Gold Pan. Emilio Pettersen scored the game-winning goal early in the final After a scoreless first frame, Denver freshman forward Bob- frame, roofing a rebound on the power play. A few minutes by Brink broke through midway through the middle period, later, Pettersen then set up classmate Cole Guttman, who made back-handing in a feed from sophomore Hank Crone. Sophomore a nifty move along the goal line to double the lead, while an defenseman Kyle Mayhew doubled DU’s lead six minutes later, empty-net goal completed the scoring. DU outshot CC, 31-24, in knocking in a loose puck during a net-front scramble. the win. The Tigers got on the board late in the second period off the ST. CLOUD STATE 4, OMAHA 1 stick of senior forward Alex Berardinelli to close within one, but Striking twice in each of the final two periods, St. Cloud State DU sophomore forward Cole Guttman put home senior Liam Fin- (5-6-4, 3-4-0-0 NCHC) won its third straight game with a 4-1 lay’s pass on the power play early in the final frame to seal the victory over Omaha (6-7-2, 1-5-1-0 NCHC) Friday at the Herb victory. The Pioneers outshot CC, 37-21, in the win, including Brooks National Hockey Center. Senior defenseman Jack Ahcan 18-6 in the second period. opened the scoring on the power play less than a minute into the second stanza on a give-and-go with senior forward Nick OMAHA 4, ST. CLOUD STATE 3 (OT) Poehling. Sophomore forward Micah Miller made it 2-0 late in Senior forward Zach Jordan scored only 11 ticks into overtime to the middle period on a breakaway, while Poehling put it out of lift Omaha to a 4-3 win at St. Cloud State Saturday at the Herb reach with a goal early in the final frame. SCSU came within 20 Brooks National Hockey Center. With the win, the Mavericks seconds of a shutout, but the Mavericks broke it up with a late (7-7-2, 2-5-1-0 NCHC) earned a series split, while snapping a goal. Poehling and Ahcan finished with a goal and an assist each, five-game winless skid and 10-game losing streak to SCSU. while junior goalie David Hrenak finished with 25 saves in the near-shutout. Omaha scored all three of its regulation goals in the first period, striking twice in the first 3:26 of the game to go up 2-0, while an unassisted tally late in the first frame helped erase a Husky power play goal and made it 3-1 after 20 minutes. SCSU (5-7-4, 3-5-0-0 NCHC) started to rally late in the second stanza when sophomore defenseman Nick Perbix kept a puck in the zone and skated through Omaha’s defense to make it a one-goal game. Junior forward Kevin Fitzgerald then tied it for the Huskies early in the third period to force overtime, setting the stage for Jor- dan’s game-winner, which came off a feed from junior forward Martin Sundberg in front of net.
Jordan and freshman forward Nolan Sullivan each had a goal and an assist for Omaha in the win, setting up each other’s goals. SCSU outshot Omaha, 32-27, in the loss, as freshman Isaiah Saville totaled 29 saves in net for UNO.
Dec. 16-22, 2019 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 15 Last Weekend’s Box Scores
FRIDAY, DEC. 13
College Hockey Box Score (Final) Referees: Geno Binda Game Start: 7:37 Omaha at St. Cloud State Brian Hankes Game End: 9:58 Hockey Game Box Score (Final) Friday, December 13, 2019 Linesmen: Elliott Bucholz Game Length: 2:21 Colorado College vs #8 Denver (Dec 13, 2019 at Denver, Colo.) Kevin Cassidy Attendance: 3703
Colorado College (6-6-1, 2-4-1-0) vs. Denver (10-4-3, 2-3-2-1) Scoring 1st 2nd 3rd Final Shots on Goal 1st 2nd 3rd SOG PP PP % PIM SHGF Date: Dec 13, 2019 • Location: Denver, Colo. • Arena: Magness Arena Omaha 0 0 1 1 Omaha 6 11 9 26 Omaha 0/5 .000 4/8 0 Attendance: 5758 • Start time: 7:07 PM • End time: 9:30 PM • Total time: 2:23 St. Cloud State 0 2 2 4 St. Cloud State 11 7 10 28 St. Cloud State 1/3 .333 6/12 0
# Prd Time Team Score Type Scored By Assists Offense On Ice Defense On Ice Prd Time Team Scored by Assists Vis. on ice Home on ice Goals by Period 1 2nd 0:57 STC 1-0 PP Jack Ahcan (4) Nick Poehling/5, Sam Hentges/14 12,7,19,9,26,G34 18,13,16,20,G31 1. 3rd 02:23 DEN PP Emilio Pettersen/3 Bobby Brink/6 7,8,27,3 20,24,15,12,10 Team 1 2 3 Tot Ian Mitchell/10 CC 0 0 0 0 2 2nd 17:26 STC 2-0 EV GW Micah Miller (1) Nolan Walker/3, Jack Poehling/5 15,25,20,12,26,G34 7,5,11,10,48,G31 2. 3rd 06:57 DEN EV Cole Guttman/6 Emilio Pettersen/12 34,37,3,7 19,20,17,19 DEN 0 0 3 3 3 3rd 3:00 STC 3-0 EV Nick Poehling (5) Kevin Fitzgerald/4, Ondřej Trejbal/2 7,28,5,9,3,G34 7,4,10,17,11,G31 Slava Demin/4 4 3rd 9:24 STC 4-0 EV Easton Brodzinski (6) Jack Ahcan/11 26,12,20,19,25,G34 2,40,5,27,45,G31 3. 3rd 19:03 DEN EN Brett Edwards/2 Tyson McLellan/5 13,3,8,7,12,39 28,9,16,17,27 Shots by Period 5 3rd 19:40 UNO 1-4 EV Martin Sundberg (2) Taylor Ward/4 16,17,40,27,2,G31 16,12,25,28,15,G34 Jake Durflinger/3 Team 1 2 3 Tot CC 6 7 11 24 ## Omaha G A P PIM SOG +/- ## St. Cloud State G A P PIM SOG +/- TEAM SUMMARY DEN 14 6 11 31 2 Jason Smallidge 0 0 0 1/2 3 E 2 Clark Kuster 0 0 0 0/0 2 E # Colorado College 1 2 3 Tot +/- # Denver 1 2 3 Tot +/- 3 Kirby Proctor 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 3 Jack Poehling 0 1 1 0/0 0 +1 2 Chad Sasaki 0 0 0 0 0 2 Erich Fear 0 0 0 0 0 Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) 4 Brandon Scanlin 0 0 0 1/2 1 -1 5 Ondřej Trejbal 0 1 1 0/0 1 +1 3 Kristian Blumens 0 1 0 1 -2 4 Griffin Mendel 0 0 1 1 0 Prd CC DEN 4 Bryan Yoon 0 3 0 3 0 7 Brett Stapley 1 0 0 1 0 1st 0-1 (1) 0-2 (3) 5 John Schuldt 0 0 0 0/0 0 -2 6 Luke Jaycox 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 7 Alex Berardinelli 1 0 2 3 -2 9 Tyson McLellan 1 1 0 2 +1 2nd 0-0 (0) 0-0 (0) 7 Nate Knoepke 0 0 0 0/0 0 -2 7 Nick Poehling 1 1 2 0/0 4 +1 8 Zach Berzolla 2 0 1 3 -1 10 Jaakko Heikkine 1 0 1 2 0 3rd 0-2 (3) 1-1 (2) 9 Ryan Brushett 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 9 Spencer Meier 0 0 0 0/0 1 +1 9 Jackson Ross 0 0 0 0 0 11 Tyler Ward 1 1 0 2 0 Total 0-3 (4) 1-3 (5) 10 Kevin Conley 0 0 0 0/0 4 -2 12 Jack Ahcan 1 1 2 1/2 3 +1 10 Patrick Cozzi 0 0 0 0 0 12 Kohen Olischefsk 0 1 2 3 0 12 Ben Copeland 0 1 1 2 -1 13 Liam Finlay 0 1 0 1 0 Penalties-Minutes by Prd 11 Nolan Sullivan 0 0 0 0/0 0 -2 13 Jami Krannila 0 0 0 1/2 2 E 13 Nick Halloran 0 0 2 2 -1 15 Ian Mitchell 1 0 1 2 0 Prd CC DEN 13 Chayse Primeau 0 0 0 0/0 3 E 14 Zach Okabe 0 0 0 0/0 2 E 1st 3-6 2-4 18 Connor Mayer 0 1 2 3 0 16 Jake Durflinger 3 0 0 3 +1 2nd 0-0 0-0 14 Teemu Pulkkinen 0 0 0 0/0 3 E 15 Micah Miller 1 0 1 2/4 2 E 19 Troy Conzo 0 0 0 0 0 17 Slava Demin 0 0 0 0 +2 3rd 2-4 3-6 16 Martin Sundberg 1 0 1 0/0 1 +1 16 Will Hammer 0 0 0 0/0 0 -1 21 Grant Cruikshan 0 0 2 2 0 19 Cole Guttman 2 0 1 3 +2 Total 5-10 5-10 24 Jack Gates 1 0 0 1 0 20 Emilio Pettersen 2 1 1 4 +1 17 Taylor Ward 0 1 1 1/2 2 E 18 Brendan Bushy 0 0 0 0/0 2 E 27 Josiah Slavin 0 0 0 0 0 21 Michael Davies 0 0 0 0 0 Three stars: 18 Dean Stewart 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 19 Sam Hentges 0 1 1 1/2 1 +1 28 Andrew Gaus 1 0 0 1 0 23 Lane Krenzen 0 0 0 0 0 1. Devin Cooley 20 Ryan Jones 0 0 0 0/0 2 E 20 Nolan Walker 0 1 1 0/0 1 +2 29 Christiano Versic 0 0 1 1 0 24 Bobby Brink 0 0 2 2 0 2. Emilio Pettersen 23 Travis Kothenbeutel 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 21 Jake Wahlin 0 0 0 1/2 0 E 34 Chris Wilkie 1 0 0 1 -1 27 Kyle Mayhew 0 1 0 1 +1 3. Cole Guttman 27 Zach Jordan 0 0 0 0/0 3 E 25 Nick Perbix 0 0 0 0/0 0 +1 37 Casey Staum 0 1 0 1 -1 28 Brett Edwards 0 0 1 1 +1 39 Sam Renlund 0 0 0 0 -1 32 Justin Lee 1 0 0 1 0 Officials: 40 Tyler Weiss 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 26 Easton Brodzinski 1 0 1 0/0 5 +2 41 Ryan Ruck dnp 37 Hank Crone 1 0 1 2 0 Referee:Dan Dreger 45 Joey Abate 0 0 0 1/2 1 -1 27 Chase Brand 0 0 0 0/0 1 E Referee:Cameron Voss Totals 6 7 11 24 -10 30 Magnus Chrona dnp 48 Josh Boyer 0 0 0 0/0 0 -1 28 Kevin Fitzgerald 0 1 1 0/0 0 E 31 Michael Corson dnp Linesman:Bob Keltie 31 G Isaiah Saville 0 0 0 0/0 0 -2 30 G Joey Lamoreaux Did Not Play Totals 14 6 11 31 +9 Linesman:Gary Pedigo 36 G Austin Roden Did Not Play 34 G Dávid Hrenák 0 0 0 0/0 0 +2 GOALTENDERS 40 G Jaxon Castor Did Not Play ## Colorado College Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves ## Denver Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves Omaha Totals 1 1 2 4/8 26 -2 St. Cloud State Totals 4 7 11 6/12 28 +2 30 Matt Vernon L 59:45 2 14 6 8 28 1 Devin Cooley W 59:56 0 6 7 11 24 ## Goaltending MIN GA 1 2 3 Saves ## Goaltending MIN GA 1 2 3 Saves EMPTY NET 0:15 1 0 0 0 0 EMPTY NET 0:04 0 0 0 0 0 31 Isaiah Saville (L, 5-5-2) 60:00 4 11 5 8 24 34 Dávid Hrenák (W, 5-6-4) 59:58 1 6 11 8 25 Empty Net 0:02 0 PENALTY SUMMARY Prd Player Team Min Infraction Time Prd Player Team Min Infraction Time Prd Player Team MinOffense Time Prd Player Team MiOffense Time 1st Kristian Blumenschei CC 2.Tripping 07:55 PP 3rd Nick Halloran CC 2.Tripping 01:40 PP 1st Jake Wahlin STC 2 Interference 5:51 2nd Micah Miller STC 2 Hooking 15:00 1st Chris Wilkie CC 2.Hooking 10:07 PP 3rd Tyson McLellan DEN 2.Holding 06:03 1st Joey Abate UNO 2 Slashing 19:16 2nd Jack Ahcan STC 2 Cross-Checking 19:08 1st Jake Durflinger DEN 2.Roughing 15:35 PP 3rd Christiano Versich CC 2.Diving 06:03 2nd Taylor Ward UNO 2 Cross-Checking 5:06 3rd Jason Smallidge UNO 2 Roughing 12:15 1st Josiah Slavin CC 2.Holding 20:00 3rd Kohen Olischefski DEN 2.Roughing 08:55 PP 1st Justin Lee DEN 2.Slashing 20:00 3rd Liam Finlay DEN 2.Interference 19:58 PP 2nd Sam Hentges STC 2 Boarding 9:48 3rd Jami Krannila STC 2 Slashing 12:15 Win-Devin Cooley (2-0-1). Loss-Matt Vernon (4-3-1). 2nd Brandon Scanlin UNO 2 Holding 12:42 3rd Micah Miller STC 2 Tripping 17:18 New Records: St. Cloud State 5-6-4, Omaha 6-7-2 Referee's signature Three Stars: 1. Jack Ahcan (St. Cloud State) 2. Nick Poehling (St. Cloud State) 3. Dávid Hrenák (St. Cloud State)
SATURDAY, DEC. 14
College Hockey Box Score (Final) Referees: Geno Binda Game Start: 6:07 Hockey Game Box Score (Final) Omaha at St. Cloud State Brian Hankes Game End: 8:30 Saturday, December 14, 2019 Linesmen: Elliott Bucholz Game Length: 2:23 #8 Denver vs Colorado College (Dec 14, 2019 at Colorado Springs, CO) Kevin Cassidy Attendance: 3977
Scoring 1st 2nd 3rd OT Final Shots on Goal 1st 2nd 3rd OT SOG PP PP % PIM SHGF Omaha 3 0 0 1 4 Omaha 10 6 10 1 27 Omaha 0/1 .000 4/8 0 Denver (11-4-3, 3-3-2-1 NCHC) vs. Colorado College (6-7-1, 2-5-1 NCHC) St. Cloud State 1 1 1 0 3 St. Cloud State 16 9 7 0 32 St. Cloud State 1/4 .250 1/2 0 Date: Dec 14, 2019 • Location: Colorado Springs, CO • Arena: Broadmoor WorldArena # Prd Time Team Score Type Scored By Assists Offense On Ice Defense On Ice Attendance: 4400 • Start time: 7:10 pm • End time: 9:30 • Total time: 2:20 1 1st 2:05 UNO 1-0 EV Jason Smallidge (2) Kirby Proctor/4, Ryan Brushett/10 2,3,9,13,40,G31 15,13,27,6,18,G34 2 1st 3:26 UNO 2-0 EV Nolan Sullivan (3) Martin Sundberg/3, Zach Jordan/3 11,16,27,20,4,G31 26,9,5,19,20,G34 Prd Time Team Scored by Assists Vis. on ice Home on ice Goals by Period 1. 2nd 10:07 DEN EV Bobby Brink/7 Hank Crone/8 24,37,10,4,15 4,34,12,13,18 Team 123Tot 3 1st 9:47 STC 1-2 PP Jami Krannila (3) Nolan Walker/4, Nick Perbix/5 23,11,4,20,G31 2. 2nd 16:23 DEN EV Kyle Mayhew/1 Emilio Pettersen/13 27,20,12,17,19 3,4,10,19,7 DEN021 3 4 1st 18:40 UNO 3-1 EV Teemu Pulkkinen (3) - 14,47,7,48,23,G31 25,15,28,12,3,G34 Kohen Olischefski/6 CC 010 1 5 2nd 16:21 STC 2-3 EV Nick Perbix (3) - 25,12,15,16,21,G40 4,20,23,11,48,G31 3. 2nd 18:26 CC EV Alex Berardinelli/2 Zach Berzolla/2 20,19,12,32,2 7,8,19,3,39 6 3rd 1:13 STC 3-3 EV Kevin Fitzgerald (3) Nick Poehling/6, Easton Brodzinski/9 28,7,3,5,9,G40 18,7,17,10,45,G31 Troy Conzo/1 Shots by Period 4. 3rd 02:11 DEN PP Cole Guttman/7 Liam Finlay/10 19,13,7,37,17 3,7,8,13 7 OT 0:11 UNO 4-3 EV GW Zach Jordan (7) Martin Sundberg/4, Nolan Sullivan/5 27,16,11,4,20,G31 25,19,20,26,12,G40 Team 123Tot Brett Stapley/8 DEN 7 18 12 37 ## Omaha G A P PIM SOG +/- ## St. Cloud State G A P PIM SOG +/- CC 86721 2 Jason Smallidge 1 0 1 0/0 1 +1 3 Jack Poehling 0 0 0 0/0 0 E TEAM SUMMARY 3 Kirby Proctor 0 1 1 0/0 2 +1 5 Ondřej Trejbal 0 0 0 0/0 3 E # Denver G A Pi Sh +/- Bl # Colorado College G A Pi Sh +/- Bl Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) 4 Brandon Scanlin 0 0 0 0/0 2 +1 6 Luke Jaycox 0 0 0 0/0 0 -1 2 Erich Fear 0 0 0 0 -1 1 2 Chad Sasaki 0 00000 Prd DEN CC 7 Nate Knoepke 0 0 0 1/2 0 E 7 Nick Poehling 0 1 1 0/0 4 +1 4 Griffin Mendel 0 0 0 1 +1 0 3 Kristian Blumens 0 0 0 1 0 0 1st 0-0 (0) 0-3 (6) 9 Ryan Brushett 0 1 1 0/0 0 +1 8 Tyler Anderson 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 7 Brett Stapley 0 12300 4 Bryan Yoon 0 0 0 2 -2 2 2nd 0-1 (1) 0-0 (0) 9 Tyson McLellan 0 0 4 0 0 0 7 Alex Berardinelli 1 0 0 3 0 0 3rd 1-2 (6) 0-0 (0) 10 Kevin Conley 0 0 0 0/0 1 -1 9 Spencer Meier 0 0 0 0/0 2 E 10 Jaakko Heikkine 0 0 0 3 +1 0 8 Zach Berzolla 0 1 0 1 +1 4 Total 1-3 (7) 0-3 (6) 11 Nolan Sullivan 1 1 2 0/0 2 +1 12 Jack Ahcan 0 0 0 0/0 3 -1 11 Tyler Ward 0 0 0 7 0 0 9 Jackson Ross 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Chayse Primeau 0 0 0 0/0 1 +1 13 Jami Krannila 1 0 1 0/0 3 -1 12 Kohen Olischefsk 0 10200 10 Patrick Cozzi 0 0 0 0 -1 1 Penalties-Minutes by Prd 14 Teemu Pulkkinen 1 0 1 0/0 3 +1 14 Zach Okabe 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 13 Liam Finlay 0 1 0 3 0 0 12 Ben Copeland 0 0 2 0 -1 0 Prd DEN CC 1st 3-6 0-0 15 Ian Mitchell 0 0 0 3 +1 4 13 Nick Halloran 0 0 0 1 -1 1 16 Martin Sundberg 0 2 2 0/0 1 +2 15 Micah Miller 0 0 0 0/0 1 -1 2nd 1-2 2-4 16 Jake Durflinger 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 Connor Mayer 0 0 0 1 -1 1 17 Taylor Ward 0 0 0 0/0 4 -1 16 Will Hammer 0 0 0 0/0 2 +1 3rd 1-2 3-6 17 Slava Demin 0 0 2 1 +1 2 19 Troy Conzo 0 10100 18 Dean Stewart 0 0 0 0/0 0 -1 18 Brendan Bushy 0 0 0 0/0 2 -1 Total 5-10 5-10 19 Cole Guttman 1 0 0 2 0 0 21 Grant Cruikshan 0 0 2 2 0 0 20 Ryan Jones 0 0 0 0/0 3 +1 19 Sam Hentges 0 0 0 0/0 1 -2 20 Emilio Pettersen 0 12300 24 Jack Gates 0 02000 Three stars: 23 Travis Kothenbeutel 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 20 Nolan Walker 0 1 1 0/0 3 -2 24 Bobby Brink 1 0 0 2 +1 0 25 Brian Williams 0 0 0 0 0 0 1. Magnus Chrona 27 Zach Jordan 1 1 2 0/0 4 +2 21 Jake Wahlin 0 0 0 0/0 2 +1 26 Jack Doremus 0 00000 27 Josiah Slavin 0 04101 2. Kyle Mayhew 40 Tyler Weiss 0 0 0 0/0 1 +1 25 Nick Perbix 1 1 2 0/0 2 -1 27 Kyle Mayhew 1 0 0 1 +1 3 29 Christiano Versic 0 0 0 2 0 0 3. Alex Berardinelli 45 Joey Abate 0 0 0 1/2 0 -1 26 Easton Brodzinski 0 1 1 1/2 0 -2 28 Brett Edwards 0 00300 34 Chris Wilkie 0 0 0 6 -1 0 32 Justin Lee 0 0 0 0 -1 1 36 McKay Flanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 Officials: 47 Alex Roy 0 0 0 1/2 0 +1 27 Chase Brand 0 0 0 0/0 0 -1 37 Hank Crone 0 1 0 2 +1 0 39 Sam Renlund 0 0 0 0 +1 0 Referee:Dan Dreger 48 Josh Boyer 0 0 0 1/2 2 E 28 Kevin Fitzgerald 1 0 1 0/0 3 E 1 Devin Cooley dnp 33 Jon Flakne dnp Referee:Cameron Voss 31 G Isaiah Saville 0 0 0 0/0 0 +2 30 G Joey Lamoreaux Did Not Play Totals 3 5 10 37 +5 11 41 Ryan Ruck dnp Linesman:Bob Keltie Linesman:Gary Pedigo 36 G Austin Roden Did Not Play 34 G Dávid Hrenák 0 0 0 0/0 0 -3 Totals 1 2 10 21 -5 10 Scorer:Heather Croze 40 G Jaxon Castor 0 0 0 0/0 0 +1 Omaha Totals 4 6 10 4/8 27 +2 St. Cloud State Totals 3 4 7 1/2 32 -2 GOALTENDERS ## Goaltending MIN GA 1 2 3 OT Saves ## Goaltending MIN GA 1 2 3 OT Saves ## Denver Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves ## Colorado College Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves 31 Isaiah Saville (W, 6-5-2) 60:07 3 15 8 6 0 29 34 Dávid Hrenák 20:00 3 7 0 0 0 7 30 Magnus Chrona W 59:45 1 8 5 7 20 30 Matt Vernon L 60:00 3 7 16 11 34 Empty Net 0:04 0 40 Jaxon Castor (L, 0-1-0) 40:11 1 0 6 10 0 16 EMPTY NET 0:15 0 000 0
Prd Player Team Min Infraction Time Prd Player Team Min Infraction Time PENALTY SUMMARY 1st Joey Abate UNO 2 Kneeing 9:12 2nd Alex Roy UNO 2 Tripping 18:10 1st Josh Boyer UNO 2 Hooking 15:58 3rd Easton Brodzinski STC 2 Tripping 4:34 Prd Player Team MinOffense Time Prd Player Team MiOffense Time 1st Tyson McLellan DEN 2.Holding 06:18 PP 2nd Emilio Pettersen DEN 2.Roughing 00:29 2nd Nate Knoepke UNO 2 Cross-Checking 7:04 1st Tyson McLellan DEN 2.Interference 08:21 PP 3rd Grant Cruikshank CC 2.Tripping 01:01 PP New Records: Omaha 7-7-2, St. Cloud State 5-7-4 1st Slava Demin DEN 2.Tripping 13:02 PP 3rd Brett Stapley DEN 2.High Sticking 05:36 Three Stars: 1. Zach Jordan (Omaha) 2. Nick Perbix (St. Cloud State) 3. Jaxon Castor (St. Cloud State) 2nd Josiah Slavin CC 2.Roughing 00:29 PP 3rd Jack Gates CC 2.Holding 05:36 2nd Josiah Slavin CC 2.Embellishment 00:29 3rd Ben Copeland CC 2.Slashing 17:53 PP Win-Magnus Chrona (8-4-2). Loss-Matt Vernon (4-4-1).
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16 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey Dec. 16-22, 2019 NCHC Overall Scoring Leaders
Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Jordan Kawaguchi NDK JR F 17 7-17-24 1.41 1/2 0 0 4 0 +15 2 Sam Hentges STC SO F 16 7-14-21 1.31 4/8 2 0 1 0 E MIN Scott Perunovich MND JR D 16 2-19-21 1.31 12/35 2 0 0 0 +3 STL 4 Gordie Green MIA SR F 17 7-12-19 1.12 2/4 2 0 2 0 +2 5 Chris Wilkie CC_ SR F 14 9-7-16 1.14 4/11 1 0 1 0 +6 FLA Noah Cates MND SO F 16 9-7-16 1.00 5/10 3 0 1 0 -2 PHI Emilio Pettersen DEN SO F 18 3-13-16 0.89 3/6 1 0 2 0 +2 CGY 8 Easton Brodzinski STC JR F 16 6-9-15 0.94 8/27 3 0 0 0 -5 Jack Ahcan STC SR D 16 4-11-15 0.94 5/21 2 1 0 0 -5 Westin Michaud NDK SR F 17 7-8-15 0.88 3/6 1 0 1 0 +14 Karch Bachman MIA SR F 17 6-9-15 0.88 2/4 2 1 0 0 +5 FLA 12 Paul Washe WMU JR F 16 7-7-14 0.88 5/10 3 0 1 0 +2 Kevin Conley UNO JR F 16 6-8-14 0.88 7/25 2 0 1 1 E Shane Pinto NDK FR F 17 8-6-14 0.82 5/10 1 0 1 0 +12 OTT Casey Gilling MIA JR F 17 5-9-14 0.82 9/18 3 0 0 0 +3 Jacob Bernard-Docker NDK SO D 17 3-11-14 0.82 4/8 2 0 0 0 +11 OTT 17 Nick Halloran CC_ SR F 13 6-7-13 1.00 2/4 2 0 1 0 +4 Jackson Cates MND SO F 16 6-7-13 0.81 3/6 4 0 2 0 -2 Collin Adams NDK JR F 17 5-8-13 0.76 3/6 0 0 3 0 +16 NYI Bobby Brink DEN FR F 18 7-6-13 0.72 4/8 4 0 0 0 -2 PHI Liam Finlay DEN SR F 18 3-10-13 0.72 7/14 0 0 1 0 +3 22 Nick Swaney MND JR F 13 4-8-12 0.92 1/2 1 0 1 0 -1 MIN Ethen Frank WMU JR F 15 4-8-12 0.80 2/4 1 0 1 0 E Hugh McGing WMU SR F 15 2-10-12 0.80 11/30 0 0 0 0 +4 STL Derek Daschke MIA SO D 17 4-8-12 0.71 4/8 1 0 1 0 +4 Matt Kiersted NDK JR D 17 2-10-12 0.71 8/16 1 0 0 0 +14 Ian Mitchell DEN JR D 18 3-9-12 0.67 3/6 1 1 1 0 +1 CHI
Defenseman Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Scott Perunovich MND JR D 16 2-19-21 1.31 12/35 2 0 0 0 +3 STL 2 Jack Ahcan STC SR D 16 4-11-15 0.94 5/21 2 1 0 0 -5 3 Jacob Bernard-Docker NDK SO D 17 3-11-14 0.82 4/8 2 0 0 0 +11 OTT 4 Derek Daschke MIA SO D 17 4-8-12 0.71 4/8 1 0 1 0 +4 Matt Kiersted NDK JR D 17 2-10-12 0.71 8/16 1 0 0 0 +14 Ian Mitchell DEN JR D 18 3-9-12 0.67 3/6 1 1 1 0 +1 CHI 7 Colton Poolman NDK SR D 16 2-8-10 0.62 2/4 1 0 0 0 +10 8 Dylan Samberg MND JR D 12 0-9-9 0.75 5/10 0 0 0 0 +3 WPG Brandon Scanlin UNO FR D 16 2-7-9 0.56 2/4 2 0 0 0 -1 10 Bryan Yoon CC_ SO D 14 0-8-8 0.57 1/2 0 0 0 0 +3 Nick Perbix STC SO D 16 3-5-8 0.50 0/0 1 0 1 0 -7 TBL 12 Jonny Tychonick NDK SO D 12 3-4-7 0.58 1/2 0 0 0 0 +11 OTT Jack Clement MIA FR D 16 3-4-7 0.44 6/12 0 0 0 0 +5 Dean Stewart UNO SR D 16 1-6-7 0.44 5/10 0 0 0 0 +4 ARI Luke Bafia WMU SR D 16 0-7-7 0.44 5/10 0 0 0 0 +2 Michael Joyaux WMU SO D 16 0-7-7 0.44 4/19 0 0 0 0 -1
Freshman Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Shane Pinto NDK FR F 17 8-6-14 0.82 5/10 1 0 1 0 +12 OTT 2 Bobby Brink DEN FR F 18 7-6-13 0.72 4/8 4 0 0 0 -2 PHI 3 Ryan Brushett UNO FR F 16 0-10-10 0.62 0/0 0 0 0 0 -1 4 Joey Abate UNO FR F 16 6-3-9 0.56 10/20 0 0 4 0 -1 Brandon Scanlin UNO FR D 16 2-7-9 0.56 2/4 2 0 0 0 -1 6 Nolan Sullivan UNO FR F 13 3-5-8 0.62 7/25 0 0 0 0 +2 Harrison Blaisdell NDK FR F 15 2-6-8 0.53 6/12 0 0 0 0 +9 WPG John Sladic MIA FR F 16 4-4-8 0.50 1/2 0 0 0 0 -8 Ryan Savage MIA FR F 17 3-5-8 0.47 4/8 0 0 0 0 -2 10 Chase Pletzke MIA FR F 14 4-3-7 0.50 3/6 1 0 0 0 -4 Judd Caulfield NDK FR F 14 2-5-7 0.50 1/2 1 0 1 0 +8 PIT Jack Clement MIA FR D 16 3-4-7 0.44 6/12 0 0 0 0 +5 13 Jami Krannila STC FR F 16 3-3-6 0.38 3/6 1 0 0 0 -6 14 Ronnie Attard WMU FR D 10 4-1-5 0.50 1/2 2 0 2 0 +5 PHI Chase Brand STC FR F 14 2-3-5 0.36 5/21 1 0 0 0 -7 Connor Mayer CC_ FR D 14 1-4-5 0.36 3/6 0 0 0 0 +3 Josiah Slavin CC_ FR F 14 1-4-5 0.36 8/35 0 0 0 0 -1 CHI
Dec. 16-22, 2019 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 17 NCHC Overall Scoring Leaders
Goal Scoring GP G GPG Assist Scoring GP A APG 1 Chris Wilkie CC SR F 14 9 0.64 1 Scott Perunovich MND JR D 16 19 1.19 Noah Cates MND SO F 16 9 0.56 2 Jordan Kawaguchi NDK JR F 17 17 1.00 3 Shane Pinto NDK FR F 17 8 0.47 3 Sam Hentges STC SO F 16 14 0.88 4 Zach Jordan UNO SR F 15 7 0.47 4 Emilio Pettersen DEN SO F 18 13 0.72 Taylor Ward UNO SO F 16 7 0.44 5 Gordie Green MIA SR F 17 12 0.71 Sam Hentges STC SO F 16 7 0.44 6 Jack Ahcan STC SR D 16 11 0.69 Paul Washe WMU JR F 16 7 0.44 Jacob Bernard-Docker NDK SO D 17 11 0.65 Cole Guttman DEN SO F 17 7 0.41 8 Hugh McGing WMU SR F 15 10 0.67 Gordie Green MIA SR F 17 7 0.41 Ryan Brushett UNO FR F 16 10 0.62 Jordan Kawaguchi NDK JR F 17 7 0.41 Matt Kiersted NDK JR D 17 10 0.59 Westin Michaud NDK SR F 17 7 0.41 Liam Finlay DEN SR F 18 10 0.56 Bobby Brink DEN FR F 18 7 0.39 12 6 Players Tied With 9
Power Play Goals GP G GPG Power Play Points GP G-A-P PPG 1 Kobe Roth MND JR F 16 4 0.25 1 Scott Perunovich MND JR D 16 2-13-15 0.94 Jackson Cates MND SO F 16 4 0.25 2 Jackson Cates MND SO F 16 4-4-8 0.50 Cole Guttman DEN SO F 17 4 0.24 Noah Cates MND SO F 16 3-5-8 0.50 Bobby Brink DEN FR F 18 4 0.22 Jack Ahcan STC SR D 16 2-6-8 0.50 5 Tanner Laderoute MND SO F 13 3 0.23 Sam Hentges STC SO F 16 2-6-8 0.50 Noah Cates MND SO F 16 3 0.19 Ian Mitchell DEN JR D 18 1-7-8 0.44 Easton Brodzinski STC JR F 16 3 0.19 Emilio Pettersen DEN SO F 18 1-7-8 0.44 Paul Washe WMU JR F 16 3 0.19 8 Matt Kiersted NDK JR D 17 1-6-7 0.41 Casey Gilling MIA JR F 17 3 0.18 Jordan Kawaguchi NDK JR F 17 0-7-7 0.41 Jasper Weatherby NDK SO F 17 3 0.18 10 5 Players Tied With 6 Points
Shorthanded Goals GP G GPG Game-Winning Goals GP G GPG 1 Justin Richards MND JR F 16 2 0.12 1 Joey Abate UNO FR F 16 4 0.25 2 Clark Kuster STC SR D 12 1 0.08 Jordan Kawaguchi NDK JR F 17 4 0.24 Grant Cruikshank CC SO F 14 1 0.07 3 Cole Guttman DEN SO F 17 3 0.18 Nick Poehling STC SR F 16 1 0.06 Collin Adams NDK JR F 17 3 0.18 Jack Ahcan STC SR D 16 1 0.06 5 Ronnie Attard WMU FR D 10 2 0.20 Austin Rueschhoff WMU JR F 16 1 0.06 Cole Koepke MND SO F 16 2 0.12 Brett Stapley DEN SO F 17 1 0.06 Jackson Cates MND SO F 16 2 0.12 Karch Bachman MIA SR F 17 1 0.06 Gordie Green MIA SR F 17 2 0.12 Cole Smith NDK SR F 17 1 0.06 Emilio Pettersen DEN SO F 18 2 0.11 Jaakko Heikkinen DEN JR F 18 1 0.06 10 39 Players Tied With 1 Ian Mitchell DEN JR D 18 1 0.06
Plus-Minus GP +/- Hat Tricks GP HT 1 Collin Adams NDK JR F 17 +16 1 Rhett Kingston WMU SO F 13 1 2 Andrew Peski NDK SR D 17 +15 Kevin Conley UNO JR F 16 1 Jordan Kawaguchi NDK JR F 17 +15 4 Matt Kiersted NDK JR D 17 +14 Westin Michaud NDK SR F 17 +14 6 Shane Pinto NDK FR F 17 +12 7 Jonny Tychonick NDK SO D 12 +11 Ethan Frisch NDK FR D 15 +11 Jacob Bernard-Docker NDK SO D 17 +11 10 Colton Poolman NDK SR D 16 +10
Blocked Shots GP BLK BLK/G Face-Off Percentage FW FL FO % 1 Luke Bafia WMU SR D 16 40 2.50 1 Paul Washe WMU JR F 193 102 .654 2 Kale Bennett WMU SR D 16 33 2.06 2 Monte Graham MIA SO F 138 88 .611 3 Derek Daschke MIA SO D 17 32 1.88 3 Cam Orchard WMU JR F 20 13 .606 4 Zach Berzolla CC JR D 14 29 2.07 4 Nolan Sullivan UNO FR F 113 74 .604 5 Rourke Russell MIA JR D 17 28 1.65 5 Justin Richards MND JR F 204 134 .604 6 Luke Jaycox STC JR D 16 27 1.69 6 Jasper Weatherby NDK SO F 142 97 .594 Nick Perbix STC SO D 16 27 1.69 7 Jackson Cates MND SO F 177 128 .580 8 Jack Clement MIA FR D 16 26 1.62 8 Shane Pinto NDK FR F 138 102 .575 Jack Ahcan STC SR D 16 26 1.62 9 Collin Adams NDK JR F 98 75 .566 10 Nick Wolff MND SR D 15 24 1.60 10 Austin Rueschhoff WMU JR F 127 105 .547
18 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey Dec. 16-22, 2019 NCHC Overall Goaltending Leaders
Goals Against Average GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % NHL 1 Adam Scheel NDK SO 17 1035:38 27 1.56 14-1-2 2 345 .927 2 Magnus Chrona DEN FR 14 844:08 30 2.13 8-4-2 2 343 .920 TBL 3 Hunter Shepard MND SR 16 956:30 39 2.45 9-6-1 2 353 .901 4 Brandon Bussi WMU FR 16 881:00 40 2.72 7-7-2 0 396 .908 5 Matt Vernon CC_ FR 10 495:10 24 2.91 4-4-1 0 268 .918 6 Isaiah Saville UNO FR 14 809:59 41 3.04 6-5-2 0 328 .889 VGK 7 Dávid Hrenák STC JR 16 907:15 46 3.04 5-6-4 0 361 .887 LOS 8 Ryan Ruck CC_ SR 6 346:47 19 3.29 2-3-0 0 177 .903 9 Ryan Larkin MIA SR 10 533:23 37 4.16 3-7-0 1 282 .884
Save Percentage GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % NHL 1 Adam Scheel NDK SO 17 1035:38 27 1.56 14-1-2 2 345 .927 2 Magnus Chrona DEN FR 14 844:08 30 2.13 8-4-2 2 343 .920 TBL 3 Matt Vernon CC_ FR 10 495:10 24 2.91 4-4-1 0 268 .918 4 Brandon Bussi WMU FR 16 881:00 40 2.72 7-7-2 0 396 .908 5 Ryan Ruck CC_ SR 6 346:47 19 3.29 2-3-0 0 177 .903 6 Hunter Shepard MND SR 16 956:30 39 2.45 9-6-1 2 353 .901 7 Isaiah Saville UNO FR 14 809:59 41 3.04 6-5-2 0 328 .889 VGK 8 Dávid Hrenák STC JR 16 907:15 46 3.04 5-6-4 0 361 .887 LOS 9 Ryan Larkin MIA SR 10 533:23 37 4.16 3-7-0 1 282 .884
Saves GP SVS/G Saves Shutouts GP Shutouts 1 Brandon Bussi WMU FR 16 24.8 396 1 Magnus Chrona DEN FR 14 2 2 Dávid Hrenák STC JR 16 22.6 361 Hunter Shepard MND SR 16 2 3 Hunter Shepard MND SR 16 22.1 353 Adam Scheel NDK SO 17 2 4 Adam Scheel NDK SO 17 20.3 345 4 Michael Corson DEN SO 1 1 5 Magnus Chrona DEN FR 14 24.5 343 Devin Cooley DEN JR 3 1 6 Isaiah Saville UNO FR 14 23.4 328 Austin Roden UNO FR 3 1 7 Ryan Larkin MIA SR 10 28.2 282 Ryan Larkin MIA SR 10 1 8 Matt Vernon CC_ FR 10 26.8 268 9 Ryan Ruck CC_ SR 6 29.5 177 10 Ben Kraws MIA FR 5 21.8 109 11 Grant Valentine MIA JR 4 22.2 89 12 Devin Cooley DEN JR 3 22.7 68 13 Austin Roden UNO FR 3 17.7 53 14 Ben Blacker WMU SR 3 13.0 39 15 Michael Corson DEN SO 1 16.0 16 Jaxon Castor STC FR 1 16.0 16 17 Joey Lamoreaux STC FR 1 14.0 14
Dec. 16-22, 2019 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 19 National Collegiate Hockey Conference Team Overall Stats
TEAM OFFENSE TEAM DEFENSE Team Games Goals G/GM Team Games Goals G/GM 1 North Dakota 17 71 4.18 1 North Dakota 17 27 1.59 2 Omaha 16 52 3.25 2 Denver 18 36 2.00 3 Denver 18 56 3.11 3 Minnesota Duluth 16 41 2.56 4 Minnesota Duluth 16 47 2.94 4 Omaha 16 48 3.00 5 St. Cloud State 16 46 2.88 Western Michigan 16 48 3.00 Western Michigan 16 46 2.88 6 Colorado College 14 44 3.14 7 Miami 17 48 2.82 7 St. Cloud State 16 52 3.25 8 Colorado College 14 39 2.79 8 Miami 17 63 3.71
POWER PLAY PENALTY KILL Team Totals SHA PP % Team Totals SHF PK % 1 Minnesota Duluth 19/69 2 27.5 1 Denver 61/67 3 91.0 2 St. Cloud State 13/61 1 21.3 2 North Dakota 54/60 1 90.0 3 Omaha 15/71 3 21.1 3 Western Michigan 60/76 1 78.9 4 Denver 16/82 3 19.5 4 Minnesota Duluth 50/64 2 78.1 5 North Dakota 13/67 0 19.4 5 Omaha 52/67 0 77.6 6 Miami 11/59 1 18.6 6 St. Cloud State 41/54 3 75.9 7 Western Michigan 10/65 0 15.4 7 Miami 53/71 1 74.6 8 Colorado College 9/60 0 15.0 8 Colorado College 37/54 1 68.5
PENALTY MINUTES SHOTS ON GOAL Team Games PIM PIM/G Team Games SOG SOG/G 1 Omaha 16 267 16.7 1 Denver 18 632 35.1 2 Western Michigan 16 238 14.9 2 Western Michigan 16 538 33.6 3 Minnesota Duluth 16 221 13.8 3 Minnesota Duluth 16 521 32.6 4 Colorado College 14 176 12.6 4 North Dakota 17 514 30.2 5 Denver 18 216 12.0 5 Omaha 16 457 28.6 6 St. Cloud State 16 188 11.8 6 Colorado College 14 398 28.4 7 Miami 17 180 10.6 7 St. Cloud State 16 440 27.5 8 North Dakota 17 161 9.5 8 Miami 17 412 24.2
SCORING BY PERIOD GOALS ALLOWED BY PERIOD Team 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Team 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total 1 North Dakota 23 24 21 3 71 1 North Dakota 8 10 9 0 27 2 Denver 9 24 23 0 56 2 Denver 16 8 12 0 36 3 Omaha 15 15 21 1 52 3 Minnesota Duluth 9 16 16 0 41 4 Miami 18 14 16 0 48 4 Colorado College 8 15 21 0 44 5 Minnesota Duluth 11 12 24 0 47 5 Omaha 14 19 15 0 48 6 St. Cloud State 9 22 14 1 46 Western Michigan 12 20 14 2 48 Western Michigan 12 21 13 0 46 7 St. Cloud State 11 19 20 2 52 8 Colorado College 11 16 11 1 39 8 Miami 19 22 22 0 63
SPECIAL TEAMS NET Team PPF SHA PP NET PPA SHF SH NET ST NET 1 Denver 16 3 +13 6 3 -3 +10 2 North Dakota 13 0 +13 6 1 -5 +8 3 Minnesota Duluth 19 2 +17 14 2 -12 +5 4 St. Cloud State 13 1 +12 13 3 -10 +2 5 Omaha 15 3 +12 15 0 -15 -3 6 Western Michigan 10 0 +10 16 1 -15 -5 7 Colorado College 9 0 +9 17 1 -16 -7 Miami 11 1 +10 18 1 -17 -7
20 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey Dec. 16-22, 2019 NCHC Conference Scoring Leaders
Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Scott Perunovich MND JR D 8 0-15-15 1.88 6/12 0 0 0 0 +1 STL 2 Jordan Kawaguchi NDK JR F 8 2-11-13 1.62 0/0 0 0 1 0 +3 3 Noah Cates MND SO F 8 7-5-12 1.50 2/4 3 0 1 0 +2 PHI 4 Westin Michaud NDK SR F 8 4-6-10 1.25 2/4 0 0 0 0 +11 5 Cole Koepke MND SO F 8 6-3-9 1.12 3/6 1 0 2 0 +5 TBL 6 Nick Swaney MND JR F 7 2-6-8 1.14 0/0 0 0 0 0 +2 MIN Gordie Green MIA SR F 8 2-6-8 1.00 0/0 1 0 1 0 -2 Matt Kiersted NDK JR D 8 1-7-8 1.00 5/10 1 0 0 0 +2 9 Ethen Frank WMU JR F 7 3-4-7 1.00 0/0 1 0 1 0 -2 Kevin Conley UNO JR F 8 4-3-7 0.88 3/17 1 0 1 1 -3 Paul Washe WMU JR F 8 4-3-7 0.88 1/2 1 0 1 0 E Jackson Cates MND SO F 8 3-4-7 0.88 1/2 2 0 1 0 +2 Nick Poehling STC SR F 8 3-4-7 0.88 0/0 1 0 0 0 +4 Emilio Pettersen DEN SO F 8 2-5-7 0.88 2/4 1 0 1 0 +1 CGY Jack Ahcan STC SR D 8 2-5-7 0.88 3/6 1 0 0 0 E 16 Kobe Roth MND JR F 8 4-2-6 0.75 0/0 3 0 1 0 +3 Taylor Ward UNO SO F 8 4-2-6 0.75 4/8 1 0 0 0 -2 Collin Adams NDK JR F 8 4-2-6 0.75 0/0 0 0 2 0 +3 NYI Shane Pinto NDK FR F 8 4-2-6 0.75 2/4 1 0 0 0 +5 OTT Bobby Brink DEN FR F 8 3-3-6 0.75 1/2 1 0 0 0 -4 PHI Ryan Savage MIA FR F 8 2-4-6 0.75 3/6 0 0 0 0 +1 Easton Brodzinski STC JR F 8 2-4-6 0.75 2/4 1 0 0 0 -2 Karch Bachman MIA SR F 8 1-5-6 0.75 0/0 0 1 0 0 +2 FLA Sam Hentges STC SO F 8 1-5-6 0.75 2/4 0 0 0 0 E MIN 25 13 Players Tied With 5 Points
Defenseman Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Scott Perunovich MND JR D 8 0-15-15 1.88 6/12 0 0 0 0 +1 STL 2 Matt Kiersted NDK JR D 8 1-7-8 1.00 5/10 1 0 0 0 +2 3 Jack Ahcan STC SR D 8 2-5-7 0.88 3/6 1 0 0 0 E 4 Nick Perbix STC SO D 8 1-4-5 0.62 0/0 0 0 0 0 E TBL 5 Dylan Samberg MND JR D 4 0-4-4 1.00 0/0 0 0 0 0 +8 WPG Jacob Bernard-Docker NDK SO D 8 2-2-4 0.50 3/6 2 0 0 0 +2 OTT Mattias Samuelsson WMU SO D 8 1-3-4 0.50 4/19 0 0 0 0 +1 BUF Colton Poolman NDK SR D 8 0-4-4 0.50 1/2 0 0 0 0 +4 9 13 Players Tied With 3 Points
Freshman Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Shane Pinto NDK FR F 8 4-2-6 0.75 2/4 1 0 0 0 +5 OTT Bobby Brink DEN FR F 8 3-3-6 0.75 1/2 1 0 0 0 -4 PHI Ryan Savage MIA FR F 8 2-4-6 0.75 3/6 0 0 0 0 +1 4 Jami Krannila STC FR F 8 3-2-5 0.62 1/2 1 0 0 0 -5 Nolan Sullivan UNO FR F 8 2-3-5 0.62 3/6 0 0 0 0 E 6 Joey Abate UNO FR F 8 2-2-4 0.50 7/14 0 0 0 0 -3 Judd Caulfield NDK FR F 8 2-2-4 0.50 0/0 1 0 1 0 +4 PIT Ryan Brushett UNO FR F 8 0-4-4 0.50 0/0 0 0 0 0 -3 9 Ronnie Attard WMU FR D 2 2-1-3 1.50 0/0 0 0 0 0 +4 PHI John Sladic MIA FR F 7 0-3-3 0.43 0/0 0 0 0 0 -3 Chase Pletzke MIA FR F 8 3-0-3 0.38 2/4 1 0 0 0 -3 Josiah Slavin CC_ FR F 8 1-2-3 0.38 5/21 0 0 0 0 E CHI Harrison Blaisdell NDK FR F 8 0-3-3 0.38 4/8 0 0 0 0 +4 WPG 14 8 Players Tied With 2 Points
3-on-3 OT Goals in 2019-20 Conference Games WINNER OPPONENT DATE SCORE GOAL SCORER ASSISTS TIME UND Denver 11/15/19 1-1 Colton Poolman J. Weatherby, G. Mismash 2:22 Miami Omaha 11/22/19 3-3 Ryan Savage K. Bachman, B. Crowder 1:58
Dec. 16-22, 2019 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 21 NCHC Conference Scoring Leaders
Goal Scoring GP G GPG Assist Scoring GP A APG 1 Noah Cates MND SO F 8 7 0.88 1 Scott Perunovich MND JR D 8 15 1.88 2 Cole Koepke MND SO F 8 6 0.75 2 Jordan Kawaguchi NDK JR F 8 11 1.38 3 Nick Halloran CC SR F 8 5 0.62 3 Matt Kiersted NDK JR D 8 7 0.88 4 Kobe Roth MND JR F 8 4 0.50 4 Nick Swaney MND JR F 7 6 0.86 Kevin Conley UNO JR F 8 4 0.50 Gordie Green MIA SR F 8 6 0.75 Taylor Ward UNO SO F 8 4 0.50 Westin Michaud NDK SR F 8 6 0.75 Collin Adams NDK JR F 8 4 0.50 7 Emilio Pettersen DEN SO F 8 5 0.62 Jasper Weatherby NDK SO F 8 4 0.50 Karch Bachman MIA SR F 8 5 0.62 Westin Michaud NDK SR F 8 4 0.50 Noah Cates MND SO F 8 5 0.62 Shane Pinto NDK FR F 8 4 0.50 Tyler Weiss UNO SO F 8 5 0.62 Paul Washe WMU JR F 8 4 0.50 Jack Ahcan STC SR D 8 5 0.62 12 13 Players Tied With 3 Sam Hentges STC SO F 8 5 0.62
Power Play Goals GP G GPG Power Play Points GP G-A-P PPG 1 Kobe Roth MND JR F 8 3 0.38 1 Scott Perunovich MND JR D 8 0-12-12 1.50 Tanner Laderoute MND SO F 8 3 0.38 2 Jordan Kawaguchi NDK JR F 8 0-7-7 0.88 Noah Cates MND SO F 8 3 0.38 3 Noah Cates MND SO F 8 3-3-6 0.75 Jasper Weatherby NDK SO F 8 3 0.38 Matt Kiersted NDK JR D 8 1-5-6 0.75 5 Drew Worrad WMU SO F 4 2 0.50 5 Jackson Cates MND SO F 8 2-3-5 0.62 Bailey Conger CC JR F 6 2 0.33 6 17 Players Tied With 3 Points Nick Halloran CC SR F 8 2 0.25 Christiano Versich CC JR F 8 2 0.25 Jackson Cates MND SO F 8 2 0.25 Jacob Bernard-Docker NDK SO D 8 2 0.25
Shorthanded Goals GP G GPG Game-Winning Goals GP G GPG 1 Karch Bachman MIA SR F 8 1 0.12 1 Cole Koepke MND SO F 8 2 0.25 Justin Richards MND JR F 8 1 0.12 Collin Adams NDK JR F 8 2 0.25 Cole Smith NDK SR F 8 1 0.12 3 24 Players Tied With 1 Austin Rueschhoff WMU JR F 8 1 0.12
Plus-Minus GP +/- Hat Tricks GP HT 1 Westin Michaud NDK SR F 8 +11 1 Kevin Conley UNO JR F 8 1 2 Andrew Peski NDK SR D 8 +10 3 Dylan Samberg MND JR D 4 +8 4 Jonny Tychonick NDK SO D 5 +7 5 Tyler Ward DEN SO F 8 +5 Kyle Mayhew DEN SO F 8 +5 Louie Roehl MND JR D 8 +5 Cole Koepke MND SO F 8 +5 Shane Pinto NDK FR F 8 +5 10 8 Players Tied With +4
Blocked Shots GP BLK BLK/G Face-Off Percentage FW FL FO % 1 Luke Bafia WMU SR D 8 23 2.88 1 Paul Washe WMU JR F 98 50 .662 2 Jack Ahcan STC SR D 8 20 2.50 2 Drew Worrad WMU SO F 19 10 .655 3 Kale Bennett WMU SR D 8 19 2.38 3 Shane Pinto NDK FR F 62 36 .633 4 Nick Wolff MND SR D 8 17 2.12 4 Collin Adams NDK JR F 66 41 .617 5 Jack Clement MIA FR D 8 16 2.00 5 Cam Orchard WMU JR F 20 13 .606 6 Zach Berzolla CC JR D 8 15 1.88 6 Justin Richards MND JR F 99 67 .596 Rourke Russell MIA JR D 8 15 1.88 7 Nolan Sullivan UNO FR F 81 56 .591 Derek Daschke MIA SO D 8 15 1.88 8 Kevin Fitzgerald STC JR F 65 45 .591 9 Bryan Yoon CC SO D 8 13 1.62 9 Austin Rueschhoff WMU JR F 75 52 .591 Ian Mitchell DEN JR D 8 13 1.62 10 Jackson Cates MND SO F 97 69 .584 Nick Poehling STC SR F 8 13 1.62
Shootouts in 2019-20 Conference Games WINNER OPPONENT DATE SCORE SHOOTOUT WINNER ROUNDS WMU CC 11/2/19 4-4 Josh Passolt 2 Denver UMD 11/8/19 3-3 Brett Stapley 1
22 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey Dec. 16-22, 2019 NCHC Conference Goaltending Leaders
Goals Against Average GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % NHL 1 Adam Scheel NDK SO 8 491:55 12 1.46 7-0-1 1 193 .941 2 Hunter Shepard MND SR 8 481:52 18 2.24 6-1-1 1 182 .910 3 Magnus Chrona DEN FR 6 365:02 14 2.30 1-3-2 0 157 .918 TBL 4 Dávid Hrenák STC JR 8 408:01 19 2.79 3-4-0 0 169 .899 LOS 5 Matt Vernon CC_ FR 7 368:27 18 2.93 2-3-1 0 197 .916 6 Brandon Bussi WMU FR 8 416:08 23 3.32 3-4-1 0 204 .899 7 Grant Valentine MIA JR 4 216:34 12 3.32 0-2-1 0 89 .881 8 Isaiah Saville UNO FR 7 387:06 25 3.87 2-3-1 0 158 .863 VGK 9 Ryan Larkin MIA SR 4 202:21 14 4.15 1-3-0 0 103 .880
Save Percentage GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % NHL 1 Adam Scheel NDK SO 8 491:55 12 1.46 7-0-1 1 193 .941 2 Magnus Chrona DEN FR 6 365:02 14 2.30 1-3-2 0 157 .918 TBL 3 Matt Vernon CC_ FR 7 368:27 18 2.93 2-3-1 0 197 .916 4 Hunter Shepard MND SR 8 481:52 18 2.24 6-1-1 1 182 .910 5 Dávid Hrenák STC JR 8 408:01 19 2.79 3-4-0 0 169 .899 LOS 6 Brandon Bussi WMU FR 8 416:08 23 3.32 3-4-1 0 204 .899 7 Grant Valentine MIA JR 4 216:34 12 3.32 0-2-1 0 89 .881 8 Ryan Larkin MIA SR 4 202:21 14 4.15 1-3-0 0 103 .880 9 Isaiah Saville UNO FR 7 387:06 25 3.87 2-3-1 0 158 .863 VGK
Saves GP SVS/G Saves Shutouts GP Shutouts 1 Brandon Bussi WMU FR 8 25.5 204 1 Devin Cooley DEN JR 2 1 2 Matt Vernon CC_ FR 7 28.1 197 Hunter Shepard MND SR 8 1 3 Adam Scheel NDK SO 8 24.1 193 Adam Scheel NDK SO 8 1 4 Hunter Shepard MND SR 8 22.8 182 5 Dávid Hrenák STC JR 8 21.1 169 6 Isaiah Saville UNO FR 7 22.6 158 7 Magnus Chrona DEN FR 6 26.2 157 8 Ryan Larkin MIA SR 4 25.8 103 9 Grant Valentine MIA JR 4 22.2 89 10 Ryan Ruck CC_ SR 2 28.5 57 11 Devin Cooley DEN JR 2 24.0 48 12 Austin Roden UNO FR 2 17.5 35 13 Ben Kraws MIA FR 1 32.0 32 14 Ben Blacker WMU SR 2 14.5 29 15 Jaxon Castor STC FR 1 16.0 16 16 Joey Lamoreaux STC FR 1 14.0 14
Dec. 16-22, 2019 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 23 National Collegiate Hockey Conference Team Conference-Only Stats
TEAM OFFENSE TEAM DEFENSE Team Games Goals G/GM Team Games Goals G/GM 1 North Dakota 8 32 4.00 1 North Dakota 8 12 1.50 2 Minnesota Duluth 8 31 3.88 2 Denver 8 17 2.12 3 Omaha 8 23 2.88 3 Minnesota Duluth 8 19 2.38 4 Miami 8 21 2.62 4 St. Cloud State 8 24 3.00 St. Cloud State 8 21 2.62 5 Miami 8 27 3.38 Western Michigan 8 21 2.62 6 Colorado College 8 29 3.62 7 Colorado College 8 20 2.50 7 Omaha 8 30 3.75 Denver 8 20 2.50 8 Western Michigan 8 31 3.88
POWER PLAY PENALTY KILL Team Totals SHA PP % Team Totals SHF PK % 1 Minnesota Duluth 12/35 1 34.3 1 North Dakota 29/32 1 90.6 2 North Dakota 10/36 0 27.8 2 Denver 22/26 0 84.6 3 Miami 6/25 0 24.0 3 St. Cloud State 22/27 0 81.5 4 St. Cloud State 6/28 0 21.4 4 Miami 25/32 1 78.1 5 Colorado College 6/32 0 18.8 Minnesota Duluth 25/32 1 78.1 Denver 6/32 1 18.8 6 Omaha 22/29 0 75.9 7 Western Michigan 5/28 0 17.9 7 Western Michigan 27/37 1 73.0 8 Omaha 4/29 2 13.8 8 Colorado College 18/30 0 60.0
PENALTY MINUTES SHOTS ON GOAL Team Games PIM PIM/G Team Games SOG SOG/G 1 Western Michigan 8 126 15.8 1 Minnesota Duluth 8 275 34.4 2 Colorado College 8 116 14.5 2 Denver 8 264 33.0 3 Omaha 8 115 14.4 Western Michigan 8 264 33.0 4 Minnesota Duluth 8 108 13.5 4 North Dakota 8 237 29.6 5 North Dakota 8 95 11.9 5 Colorado College 8 228 28.5 6 Denver 8 89 11.1 6 Omaha 8 222 27.8 7 St. Cloud State 8 82 10.2 7 St. Cloud State 8 205 25.6 8 Miami 8 72 9.0 8 Miami 8 177 22.1
SCORING BY PERIOD GOALS ALLOWED BY PERIOD Team 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Team 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total 1 North Dakota 13 10 7 2 32 1 North Dakota 3 4 5 0 12 2 Minnesota Duluth 7 8 16 0 31 2 Denver 6 6 5 0 17 3 Omaha 8 4 10 1 23 3 Minnesota Duluth 6 6 7 0 19 4 Miami 7 6 8 0 21 4 St. Cloud State 7 7 8 2 24 St. Cloud State 4 9 8 0 21 5 Miami 11 8 8 0 27 Western Michigan 6 8 7 0 21 6 Colorado College 3 10 16 0 29 7 Colorado College 4 12 4 0 20 7 Omaha 9 12 9 0 30 Denver 4 8 8 0 20 8 Western Michigan 8 12 10 1 31
SPECIAL TEAMS NET Team PPF SHA PP NET PPA SHF SH NET ST NET 1 North Dakota 10 0 +10 3 1 -2 +8 2 Minnesota Duluth 12 1 +11 7 1 -6 +5 3 Denver 6 1 +5 4 0 -4 +1 St. Cloud State 6 0 +6 5 0 -5 +1 5 Miami 6 0 +6 7 1 -6 0 6 Western Michigan 5 0 +5 10 1 -9 -4 7 Omaha 4 2 +2 7 0 -7 -5 8 Colorado College 6 0 +6 12 0 -12 -6
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Points Per Game GP G-A-P P/GM Goals Against Average Minutes GA GAA 1 Jack Dugan (VGK) Providence SO F 17 6-27-33 1.94 1 Dryden McKay Minnesota State SO 991:19 18 1.09 2 Tyce Thompson (NJD) Providence SO F 17 13-14-27 1.59 2 Matthew Galajda Cornell JR 657:15 15 1.37 3 Devin Brosseau Clarkson SR F 15 7-16-23 1.53 3 Matt Murray Massachusetts JR 473:45 11 1.39 4 David Cotton (CAR) Boston College SR F 15 8-14-22 1.47 4 Adam Scheel North Dakota SO 1035:38 27 1.56 5 Jordan Kawaguchi North Dakota JR F 17 7-17-24 1.41 5 Zach Driscoll Bemidji State JR 847:05 24 1.70 6 Patrick Harper (NSH) Boston University SR F 15 8-13-21 1.40 6 Tyler Wall (NYR) UMass Lowell SR 1043:38 30 1.72 7 Julius Mattila Boston College SR F 15 5-15-20 1.33 7 Spencer Knight (FLA) Boston College FR 900:12 26 1.73 Tyler Madden (VAN) Northeastern SO F 18 13-11-24 1.33 8 Frank Marotte Clarkson SR 1030:43 30 1.75 9 Scott Perunovich (STL) Minnesota Duluth JR D 16 2-19-21 1.31 9 Zackarias Skog American International SR 851:26 25 1.76 Sam Hentges (MIN) St. Cloud State SO F 16 7-14-21 1.31 10 Filip Lindberg (MIN) Massachusetts SO 544:29 16 1.76 11 Casey Dornbach Harvard SO F 10 5-8-13 1.30 11 Tommy Nappier Ohio State JR 892:11 28 1.88 12 David Farrance (NSH) Boston University JR D 17 10-12-22 1.29 12 Trevin Kozlowski Army West Point JR 1060:32 35 1.98 Mitchell Chaffee Massachusetts JR F 17 12-10-22 1.29 13 Eric Dop Bowling Green JR 1022:56 34 1.99 14 Morgan Barron (NYR) Cornell JR F 11 7-7-14 1.27 14 Matt Jurusik Michigan Tech SR 867:56 29 2.00 15 Nate Sucese Penn State SR F 19 8-16-24 1.26 15 John Lethemon Michigan State SR 927:37 31 2.01 16 Aaron Miller Bemidji State JR F 16 9-11-20 1.25 16 Strauss Mann Michigan SO 991:26 34 2.06 17 Mike Lee Sacred Heart SR D 17 2-19-21 1.24 17 Fraser Kirk Bentley SO 348:00 12 2.07 18 Marc Michaelis Minnesota State SR F 18 10-12-22 1.22 18 Evan Debrouwer Arizona State SO 895:24 31 2.08 19 Reilly Walsh (NJD) Harvard JR D 10 4-8-12 1.20 19 Alex Schilling Air Force SO 599:57 21 2.10 Nick Abruzzese (TOR) Harvard FR F 10 4-8-12 1.20 20 Magnus Chrona (TBL) Denver FR 844:08 30 2.13 21 James Sanchez Arizona State JR F 16 6-13-19 1.19 21 Justin Kapelmaster Robert Morris SR 837:34 31 2.22 22 Haralds Egle Clarkson SR F 17 7-13-20 1.18 22 Mitchell Gibson (WSH) Harvard FR 323:29 12 2.23 Greg Printz Providence JR F 17 11-9-20 1.18 23 Brian Wilson Niagara JR 671:52 25 2.23 Alex Limoges Penn State JR F 17 7-13-20 1.18 24 Craig Pantano Northeastern SR 1062:33 40 2.26 25 Griffin Loughran Northern Michigan SO F 18 13-8-21 1.17 25 Josh Benson Sacred Heart SO 1061:09 40 2.26
Points Per Game (Defensemen) GP G-A-P P/GM Save Percentage Saves GA Save % 1 Scott Perunovich (STL) Minnesota Duluth JR D 16 2-19-21 1.31 1 Dryden McKay Minnesota State SO 384 18 .955 2 David Farrance (NSH) Boston University JR D 17 10-12-22 1.29 2 Tyler Wall (NYR) UMass Lowell SR 512 30 .945 3 Mike Lee Sacred Heart SR D 17 2-19-21 1.24 3 Justin Kapelmaster Robert Morris SR 495 31 .941 4 Reilly Walsh (NJD) Harvard JR D 10 4-8-12 1.20 4 Matthew Galajda Cornell JR 239 15 .941 5 Alec Rauhauser Bowling Green SR D 19 6-13-19 1.00 5 John Lethemon Michigan State SR 492 31 .941 Jack Rathbone (VAN) Harvard SO D 10 3-7-10 1.00 6 Spencer Knight (FLA) Boston College FR 409 26 .940 Ryan Shea (CHI) Northeastern SR D 18 3-15-18 1.00 7 Frank Marotte Clarkson SR 460 30 .939 8 Jack Ahcan St. Cloud State SR D 16 4-11-15 0.94 8 Tommy Nappier Ohio State JR 396 28 .934 9 Jake Willets Ferris State FR D 17 1-14-15 0.88 9 Evan Debrouwer Arizona State SO 425 31 .932 Michael Callahan (ARI) Providence SO D 17 4-11-15 0.88 10 Matt Murray Massachusetts JR 150 11 .932 11 Brinson Pasichnuk Arizona State SR D 16 2-12-14 0.88 11 Zach Driscoll Bemidji State JR 327 24 .932 Joshua Maniscalco Arizona State SO D 16 5-9-14 0.88 12 Jeremy Swayman (BOS) Maine JR 612 45 .932 Max Gildon (FLA) New Hampshire JR D 16 5-9-14 0.88 13 Strauss Mann Michigan SO 459 34 .931 14 Cole Hults (LOS) Penn State JR D 19 4-12-16 0.84 14 Mitchell Gibson (WSH) Harvard FR 159 12 .930 15 Philip Beaulieu Northern Michigan SR D 18 1-14-15 0.83 15 Zackarias Skog American International SR 329 25 .929 16 Jacob Bernard-Docker (OTT) North Dakota SO D 17 3-11-14 0.82 16 Brian Wilson Niagara JR 327 25 .929 17 Yanni Kaldis Cornell SR D 11 2-7-9 0.82 17 Adam Scheel North Dakota SO 345 27 .927 Alex Green (TBL) Cornell JR D 11 3-6-9 0.82 18 Filip Lindberg (MIN) Massachusetts SO 201 16 .926 Sam Malinski Cornell FR D 11 2-7-9 0.82 19 Cameron Gornet Harvard SR 159 13 .924 20 Wyatt Kalynuk (PHI) Wisconsin JR D 18 4-10-14 0.78 20 Matt Jurusik Michigan Tech SR 352 29 .924
Points Per Game (Freshmen) GP G-A-P P/GM Winning Percentage W-L-T Win % 1 Nick Abruzzese (TOR) Harvard F 10 4-8-12 1.20 1 Matthew Galajda Cornell JR 10-1-0 .909 2 Cole Caufield (MTL) Wisconsin F 18 12-8-20 1.11 2 Dryden McKay Minnesota State SO 14-1-1 .906 3 Trevor Zegras (ANA) Boston University F 16 5-12-17 1.06 3 Adam Scheel North Dakota SO 14-1-2 .882 4 Aidan McDonough (VAN) Northeastern F 15 7-8-15 1.00 4 Matt Murray Massachusetts JR 7-1-0 .875 5 Matt Brown UMass Lowell F 18 5-12-17 0.94 5 Frank Marotte Clarkson SR 12-3-2 .765 6 Nathan Smith (WPG) Minnesota State F 16 4-11-15 0.94 6 Spencer Knight (FLA) Boston College FR 11-4-0 .733 Alex Turcotte (LOS) Wisconsin F 16 6-9-15 0.94 7 Alex Schilling Air Force SO 5-1-3 .722 8 Lucas Sowder Minnesota State F 14 3-10-13 0.93 8 Nolan Kent Northern Michigan SO 5-2-0 .714 9 Braeden Tuck Sacred Heart F 18 2-14-16 0.89 9 Eric Dop Bowling Green JR 12-5-0 .706 10 Jake Willets Ferris State D 17 1-14-15 0.88 Peyton Jones Penn State SR 12-5-0 .706 11 Carl Berglund UMass Lowell F 18 6-9-15 0.83 Tyler Wall (NYR) UMass Lowell SR 10-3-4 .706 12 Shane Pinto (OTT) North Dakota F 17 8-6-14 0.82 12 Trevin Kozlowski Army West Point JR 12-5-1 .694 Parker Ford Providence F 17 6-8-14 0.82 13 Craig Pantano Northeastern SR 11-5-2 .667 14 Sam Malinski Cornell D 11 2-7-9 0.82 Fraser Kirk Bentley SO 4-2-0 .667 15 Alex Newhook (COL) Boston College F 15 6-6-12 0.80 15 Logan Drackett RIT JR 10-5-2 .647 John Farinacci (ARI) Harvard F 10 4-4-8 0.80 16 Zach Driscoll Bemidji State JR 8-4-2 .643 17 Nick Wicks Alaska Anchorage F 16 4-8-12 0.75 Magnus Chrona (TBL) Denver FR 8-4-2 .643 18 Bobby Brink (PHI) Denver F 18 7-6-13 0.72 Tommy Nappier Ohio State JR 8-4-2 .643 19 Colton Young Colgate F 17 7-5-12 0.71 19 Josh Benson Sacred Heart SO 11-6-1 .639 Zac Jones (NYR) Massachusetts D 17 3-9-12 0.71 20 John Lethemon Michigan State SR 9-5-1 .633 Andre Lee (LOS) UMass Lowell F 17 4-8-12 0.71 Matt Jurusik Michigan Tech SR 9-5-1 .633
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Goals Per Game GP G G/GM Assists Per Game GP A A/GM 1 Tyce Thompson (NJD) Providence SO F 17 13 0.76 1 Jack Dugan (VGK) Providence SO F 17 27 1.59 2 Tyler Madden (VAN) Northeastern SO F 18 13 0.72 2 Scott Perunovich (STL) Minnesota Duluth JR D 16 19 1.19 Griffin Loughran Northern Michigan SO F 18 13 0.72 3 Mike Lee Sacred Heart SR D 17 19 1.12 Jason Cotton Sacred Heart SR F 18 13 0.72 4 Devin Brosseau Clarkson SR F 15 16 1.07 5 Mitchell Chaffee Massachusetts JR F 17 12 0.71 5 Jordan Kawaguchi North Dakota JR F 17 17 1.00 6 Austin McIlmurray Sacred Heart SR F 18 12 0.67 Julius Mattila Boston College SR F 15 15 1.00 Cole Caufield (MTL) Wisconsin FR F 18 12 0.67 7 David Cotton (CAR) Boston College SR F 15 14 0.93 Curtis Hall (BOS) Yale SO F 9 6 0.67 8 Mitchell Fossier Maine SR F 19 17 0.89 9 John Leonard (SJS) Massachusetts JR F 17 11 0.65 9 Sam Hentges (MIN) St. Cloud State SO F 16 14 0.88 Greg Printz Providence JR F 17 11 0.65 10 Patrick Harper (NSH) Boston University SR F 15 13 0.87 11 Chris Wilkie (FLA) Colorado College SR F 14 9 0.64 11 Nate Sucese Penn State SR F 19 16 0.84 12 Morgan Barron (NYR) Cornell JR F 11 7 0.64 12 Ryan Shea (CHI) Northeastern SR D 18 15 0.83 13 Cameron Wright Bowling Green JR F 19 12 0.63 13 Jake Willets Ferris State FR D 17 14 0.82 14 Johnny Walker Arizona State JR F 16 10 0.62 Tyce Thompson (NJD) Providence SO F 17 14 0.82 15 Matt Tugnutt Sacred Heart JR F 18 11 0.61 15 James Sanchez Arizona State JR F 16 13 0.81 16 Gustaf Westlund Ohio State SO F 15 9 0.60 16 Odeen Tufto Quinnipiac JR F 15 12 0.80 17 Patrick Curry Boston University SR F 17 10 0.59 Reilly Walsh (NJD) Harvard JR D 10 8 0.80 David Farrance (NSH) Boston University JR D 17 10 0.59 Casey Dornbach Harvard SO F 10 8 0.80 19 Aaron Miller Bemidji State JR F 16 9 0.56 Nick Abruzzese (TOR) Harvard FR F 10 8 0.80 Noah Cates (PHI) Minnesota Duluth SO F 16 9 0.56 20 Evan Barratt (CHI) Penn State JR F 19 15 0.79 21 Marc Michaelis Minnesota State SR F 18 10 0.56 21 Zach Solow Northeastern JR F 18 14 0.78 22 Justin Jallen Brown SO F 13 7 0.54 Philip Beaulieu Northern Michigan SR D 18 14 0.78 23 David Cotton (CAR) Boston College SR F 15 8 0.53 Braeden Tuck Sacred Heart FR F 18 14 0.78 Aapeli Räsänen (EDM) Boston College JR F 15 8 0.53 Cam Donaldson Cornell JR F 9 7 0.78 Patrick Harper (NSH) Boston University SR F 15 8 0.53 25 Haralds Egle Clarkson SR F 17 13 0.76 Alex Limoges Penn State JR F 17 13 0.76
Power Play Goals GP PPG/G PPG Game-Winning Goals GP GWG 1 David Farrance (NSH) Boston University JR D 17 0.47 8 1 Joey Abate Omaha FR F 16 4 Austin McIlmurray Sacred Heart SR F 18 0.44 8 Jordan Kawaguchi North Dakota JR F 17 4 3 Aidan McDonough (VAN) Northeastern FR F 15 0.47 7 Cameron Wright Bowling Green JR F 19 4 4 Patrick Moynihan (NJD) Providence FR F 17 0.35 6 Trenton Bliss Michigan Tech SO F 19 4 Marc Michaelis Minnesota State SR F 18 0.33 6 5 21 Players Tied With 3 Connor Ford Bowling Green JR F 19 0.32 6 7 Aapeli Räsänen (EDM) Boston College JR F 15 0.33 5 Max Gildon (FLA) New Hampshire JR D 16 0.31 5 Tobias Fladeby American International JR F 17 0.29 5 Connor McCarthy Clarkson JR D 17 0.29 5 Josh Dunne Clarkson SO F 17 0.29 5 Vincent de Mey Northern Michigan SO F 18 0.28 5 Cole Caufield (MTL) Wisconsin FR F 18 0.28 5 Adam Dawe Maine SO F 19 0.26 5 15 22 Players Tied With 4
Shorthanded Goals GP SHG/G SHG 1 Jason Cotton Sacred Heart SR F 18 0.17 3 2 Patrick Giles Boston College SO F 6 0.33 2 Justin Richards Minnesota Duluth JR F 16 0.12 2 Brendan Hamblet Bentley JR F 17 0.12 2 Jakov Novak (OTT) Bentley SO F 17 0.12 2 Luke Morgan Michigan JR F 18 0.11 2 Marc Michaelis Minnesota State SR F 18 0.11 2 Owen Lindmark (FLA) Wisconsin FR F 18 0.11 2 Alec Rauhauser Bowling Green SR D 19 0.11 2 10 59 Players Tied With 1
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SCORING OFFENSE GP Goals G/GM SCORING DEFENSE GP Goals G/GM 1 North Dakota 17 71 4.18 1 Minnesota State 18 23 1.28 2 Harvard 10 41 4.10 2 Cornell 11 15 1.36 3 Penn State 19 77 4.05 3 North Dakota 17 27 1.59 4 Sacred Heart 18 69 3.83 4 Massachusetts 17 29 1.71 5 Providence 17 65 3.82 5 Clarkson 17 31 1.82 6 Cornell 11 42 3.82 6 Boston College 15 28 1.87 7 Boston College 15 56 3.73 7 Ohio State 16 30 1.88 8 Minnesota State 18 66 3.67 8 UMass Lowell 18 35 1.94 9 Massachusetts 17 61 3.59 9 American International 17 34 2.00 10 Bemidji State 16 54 3.38 Bemidji State 16 32 2.00 11 Omaha 16 52 3.25 Denver 18 36 2.00 12 Northern Michigan 18 58 3.22 12 Michigan Tech 19 39 2.05 13 Bowling Green 19 61 3.21 13 Army West Point 18 38 2.11 14 Boston University 17 54 3.18 14 Michigan 18 39 2.17 15 Northeastern 18 57 3.17 15 Bowling Green 19 42 2.21 16 Denver 18 56 3.11 16 Arizona State 16 36 2.25 Wisconsin 18 56 3.11 17 Colgate 18 43 2.39 18 American International 17 52 3.06 Michigan State 18 43 2.39 Clarkson 17 52 3.06 Northeastern 18 43 2.39 20 UConn 16 48 3.00 Sacred Heart 18 43 2.39 RIT 18 54 3.00 21 Penn State 19 46 2.42 22 Arizona State 16 47 2.94 22 Robert Morris 18 46 2.56 Minnesota Duluth 16 47 2.94 23 Minnesota Duluth 16 41 2.56 24 Dartmouth 10 29 2.90 24 Maine 19 49 2.58 25 St. Cloud State 16 46 2.88 25 Providence 17 44 2.59 Western Michigan 16 46 2.88 26 Harvard 10 26 2.60 27 Notre Dame 18 51 2.83 27 RIT 18 47 2.61 28 Miami 17 48 2.82 28 New Hampshire 16 42 2.62 29 Colorado College 14 39 2.79 29 Alaska 20 53 2.65 30 Ferris State 17 47 2.76 30 Quinnipiac 15 40 2.67 31 Ohio State 16 44 2.75 31 Bentley 17 47 2.76 32 Bentley 17 45 2.65 32 Niagara 16 45 2.81 33 UMass Lowell 18 47 2.61 33 Union 17 48 2.82 34 Rensselaer 16 41 2.56 34 Brown 13 37 2.85 35 Army West Point 18 45 2.50 35 Air Force 16 46 2.88 Michigan State 18 45 2.50 36 Boston University 17 50 2.94 New Hampshire 16 40 2.50 37 Northern Michigan 18 53 2.94 38 Minnesota 18 44 2.44 Notre Dame 18 53 2.94 39 Michigan Tech 19 46 2.42 39 Omaha 16 48 3.00 40 Yale 12 29 2.42 Western Michigan 16 48 3.00 41 Maine 19 45 2.37 41 Rensselaer 16 50 3.12 42 Merrimack 17 39 2.29 42 Colorado College 14 44 3.14 43 Mercyhurst 15 34 2.27 Vermont 14 44 3.14 44 Air Force 16 36 2.25 44 Princeton 13 41 3.15 45 Colgate 18 40 2.22 45 Ferris State 17 55 3.24 46 Quinnipiac 15 33 2.20 46 St. Cloud State 16 52 3.25 47 Michigan 18 39 2.17 47 Dartmouth 10 33 3.30 48 Lake Superior State 22 47 2.14 48 Alaska Anchorage 16 53 3.31 49 Holy Cross 16 34 2.12 UConn 16 53 3.31 50 Robert Morris 18 37 2.06 50 Minnesota 18 60 3.33 51 Alaska 20 41 2.05 Yale 12 40 3.33 52 Niagara 16 31 1.94 52 St. Lawrence 17 58 3.41 53 Canisius 14 27 1.93 53 Holy Cross 16 55 3.44 54 Princeton 13 25 1.92 54 Wisconsin 18 62 3.44 55 St. Lawrence 17 31 1.82 55 Merrimack 17 61 3.59 56 Alaska Anchorage 16 29 1.81 56 Lake Superior State 22 79 3.59 57 Alabama Huntsville 18 31 1.72 57 Miami 17 63 3.71 58 Union 17 29 1.71 58 Canisius 14 57 4.07 59 Brown 13 21 1.62 59 Alabama Huntsville 18 77 4.28 60 Vermont 14 22 1.57 60 Mercyhurst 15 67 4.47
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POWER PLAY Totals SHA PP% PENALTY KILL Totals SHF PK% 1 Minnesota State 23/73 1 31.5 1 Bemidji State 47/50 1 94.0 2 Penn State 22/74 1 29.7 2 Northeastern 68/73 3 93.2 3 Sacred Heart 22/76 1 28.9 3 Minnesota State 61/66 2 92.4 4 Minnesota Duluth 19/69 2 27.5 4 Army West Point 65/71 1 91.5 Providence 19/69 0 27.5 5 Denver 61/67 3 91.0 6 Clarkson 17/66 0 25.8 6 Clarkson 64/71 2 90.1 7 Cornell 12/47 0 25.5 7 North Dakota 54/60 1 90.0 8 Boston College 15/59 1 25.4 8 Harvard 29/33 2 87.9 9 Bowling Green 23/91 0 25.3 9 Massachusetts 57/65 1 87.7 10 Harvard 9/37 1 24.3 10 Bowling Green 68/78 4 87.2 11 American International 18/75 0 24.0 11 Maine 81/93 1 87.1 12 Northern Michigan 18/77 2 23.4 12 Robert Morris 75/87 1 86.2 13 Ohio State 16/70 0 22.9 13 Rensselaer 48/56 0 85.7 14 New Hampshire 14/64 0 21.9 14 American International 53/62 1 85.5 15 St. Cloud State 13/61 1 21.3 15 Minnesota 50/59 0 84.7 16 Brown 7/33 0 21.2 Ohio State 50/59 0 84.7 17 Omaha 15/71 3 21.1 Princeton 50/59 1 84.7 18 Dartmouth 6/29 0 20.7 18 Penn State 61/72 1 84.7 19 Northeastern 17/84 1 20.2 19 Union 54/64 1 84.4 20 Mercyhurst 14/71 1 19.7 20 Sacred Heart 64/76 5 84.2 Wisconsin 14/71 2 19.7 21 Northern Michigan 68/81 1 84.0 22 Bemidji State 11/56 4 19.6 22 UMass Lowell 57/68 1 83.8 23 Michigan State 10/51 0 19.6 23 Ferris State 67/80 3 83.8 24 Denver 16/82 3 19.5 24 Brown 35/42 0 83.3 25 Bentley 15/77 0 19.5 25 Alaska 73/88 1 83.0 26 Ferris State 14/72 0 19.4 26 Arizona State 63/76 2 82.9 27 North Dakota 13/67 0 19.4 27 Providence 61/74 0 82.4 28 Maine 15/78 0 19.2 28 Quinnipiac 42/51 1 82.4 Notre Dame 10/52 1 19.2 29 Michigan 46/56 2 82.1 30 Miami 11/59 1 18.6 30 Merrimack 55/67 1 82.1 Minnesota 11/59 0 18.6 31 Michigan State 57/70 1 81.4 32 Boston University 12/65 1 18.5 32 Boston College 52/64 5 81.2 33 Canisius 11/60 1 18.3 33 Michigan Tech 51/63 2 81.0 34 Michigan Tech 15/82 1 18.3 Wisconsin 51/63 3 81.0 35 Merrimack 12/66 2 18.2 35 Holy Cross 58/72 0 80.6 36 Rensselaer 10/56 0 17.9 36 Colgate 53/66 0 80.3 37 UMass Lowell 12/68 2 17.6 37 RIT 73/91 1 80.2 38 UConn 9/54 0 16.7 38 St. Lawrence 62/78 0 79.5 39 Holy Cross 12/73 2 16.4 39 Air Force 57/72 0 79.2 40 Michigan 12/74 0 16.2 40 Western Michigan 60/76 1 78.9 41 Arizona State 11/68 2 16.2 41 Boston University 55/70 2 78.6 42 Army West Point 14/88 3 15.9 42 Vermont 43/55 0 78.2 43 Princeton 9/58 1 15.5 43 Minnesota Duluth 50/64 2 78.1 44 Alaska Anchorage 8/52 0 15.4 44 Niagara 57/73 0 78.1 Western Michigan 10/65 0 15.4 45 Omaha 52/67 0 77.6 46 Colorado College 9/60 0 15.0 46 Canisius 50/65 2 76.9 Massachusetts 9/60 3 15.0 Notre Dame 40/52 0 76.9 48 RIT 10/70 2 14.3 48 Bentley 69/90 5 76.7 49 Robert Morris 11/86 7 12.8 49 New Hampshire 45/59 0 76.3 50 Yale 6/47 1 12.8 50 Lake Superior State 70/92 2 76.1 51 Quinnipiac 8/64 2 12.5 51 Alaska Anchorage 60/79 2 75.9 St. Lawrence 9/72 2 12.5 52 St. Cloud State 41/54 3 75.9 53 Vermont 7/58 2 12.1 53 Cornell 28/37 0 75.7 54 Niagara 7/63 3 11.1 54 Dartmouth 34/45 0 75.6 55 Alaska 9/86 5 10.5 55 Miami 53/71 1 74.6 56 Union 7/67 0 10.4 56 UConn 43/58 1 74.1 57 Air Force 7/75 1 9.3 57 Alabama Huntsville 53/72 0 73.6 58 Lake Superior State 6/82 3 7.3 58 Yale 28/40 0 70.0 59 Alabama Huntsville 5/78 4 6.4 59 Colorado College 37/54 1 68.5 60 Colgate 4/69 2 5.8 60 Mercyhurst 47/70 1 67.1
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