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2014-15 BIG TEN HOCKEY WEEKLY RELEASE - NOVEMBER 4, 2014 Contact: Adam Augus ne, Associate Director, Communica ons • Offi ce: 847-696-1010, ext. 151 • E-mail: aaugus [email protected] • Twi er: @B1GHockey 2014-15 STANDINGS THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE Conference Games All Games Last FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7 PTS GP W - L - T SOW PCT GF GA GP W - L - T PCT GF GA 10 #19/- Nebraska-Omaha at OHIO STATE 7 p.m. Minnesota 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 --- 0 0 6 5 - 1 - 0 .833 22 15 5-1-0 MICHIGAN STATE at New Hampshire* 7:30 p.m. Penn State 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 --- 0 0 8 5 - 1 - 2 .750 31 16 5-1-2 FOX College Sports Ohio State 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 --- 0 0 6 2 - 3 - 1 .417 15 17 2-3-1 #15/14 Notre Dame at #1/1 MINNESOTA* 8 p.m. Michigan State 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 --- 0 0 6 2 - 4 - 0 .333 13 12 2-4-0 BTN Michigan 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 --- 0 0 7 2 - 5 - 0 .286 19 27 2-5-0 #2/2 North Dakota at WISCONSIN 8 p.m. Wisconsin 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 --- 0 0 4 0 - 4 - 0 .000 3 11 0-4-0 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8 MICHIGAN STATE at New Hampshire* 7 p.m. BIG TEN. BIG NEWS. FOX College Sports #19/- Nebraska-Omaha at OHIO STATE 7 p.m. • Four conference teams will take the ice this weekend, with three squads hos ng ranked op- #2/2 North Dakota at WISCONSIN 8 p.m. ponents for a series on home ice. Wisconsin will make its home debut when it welcomes No. 2/2 Wisconsin Channel North Dakota to the Kohl Center on Friday and Saturday. Minnesota will host No. 15/14 Notre Dame at Mariucci Arena on Friday and Sunday while Ohio State will face No. 19/- Nebraska SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9 Omaha in a Friday-Saturday series in Columbus, Ohio. #15/14 Notre Dame at #1/1 MINNESOTA* 5 p.m. ESPNU • Sunday’s game between Minnesota and Notre Dame will be the fi rst of six scheduled broadcasts on ESPNEWS and ESPNU featuring Big Ten teams this season. Friday’s series-opener between the All mes are ET two teams will be carried by BTN, one of 27 contests scheduled to be featured on BTN this sea- Rankings: USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine son, including all fi ve games of the 2015 Big Ten Tournament. In all, Big Ten teams are scheduled * Big Ten/Hockey East Challenge to appear on na onal television at least 33 mes this season. LAST WEEK’S RESULTS • Through the fi rst 12 games of the Big Ten/Hockey East Challenge, Hockey East holds a 16-12 lead. Four games are scheduled this weekend with Minnesota making its 2014 Challenge debut THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30 with a home series against Notre Dame and Michigan State visi ng New Hampshire for a pair of PENN STATE def. Bentley, 3-2 games. Full details on the event can be found below. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31 #17/- Michigan Tech def. #15/13 MICHIGAN, 4-1 • The top two players in the na on in assists per game this season reside in the Big Ten. Minne- #14/15 Ferris State def. MICHIGAN STATE, 1-0 sota’s Mike Reilly leads all players with 1.33 assists per game while Penn State’s Taylor Holstrom PENN STATE def. Bentley, 3-2 is second with 1.14 assists per contest. Another Gopher, Kyle Rau, is ed for third in the country OHIO STATE ed Canisius, 3-3 with 1.00 assist per game. Rau is the Big Ten ac ve career leader in goals (50), assists (82) and #7/7 St. Cloud State def. #1/1 MINNESOTA, 4-1 points (132). SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 • Big Ten teams feature three of the top 15 power play units in the na on this season. Minnesota #1/1 MINNESOTA def. #7/7 St. Cloud State, 4-3 (OT) ranks third with a power-play conversion rate of 30.4 percent. The Gophers are followed by Penn #17/- Michigan Tech def. #15/13 MICHIGAN, 6-2 state in fourth place (27.0 percent) and Ohio State in 13th place (20.8 percent). MICHIGAN STATE def. #14/15 Ferris State, 4-1 OHIO STATE def. Canisius, 4-1 • Four Big Ten teams received votes in the latest USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls, released on Monday. Minnesota con nues to hold the No. 1 spot in both Rankings: USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls, a posi on the Gophers have occupied since the preseason rankings were announced in September. Michigan and Penn State received votes in both polls while Ohio State earned votes in the USCHO rankings. FOLLOW THE BIG TEN The Big Ten hockey page on bigten.org will feature daily BIG TEN/HOCKEY EAST CHALLENGE notes, previews, recaps, sta s cs, standings and more. You can also keep track of Big Ten hockey in real- me by Fourteen of the country’s most storied college hockey following the conference on Twi er @B1GHockey and programs are compe ng this fall in the second Big Ten/ @BigTenConf or become a fan of the Big Ten Conference Hockey East Challenge. Five of the six Big Ten schools will on Facebook and receive exclusive updates. meet nine of 12 Hockey East ins tu ons in 20 designated games to be played between Oct. 10 and Nov. 29, with 10 games scheduled in Hockey East arenas and 10 in Big Ten facebook.com/BigTenConference venues. twitter.com/B1GHockey A Big Ten/Hockey East Challenge Cup will be presented to the conference that records the most points from the 20 instagram.com/bigtenconf contests. Teams will earn two points for a win, one point for a e and a bonus point will be awarded for a road win. Through Oct. 25, Hockey East leads 16-12. BIG LIFE. BIG STAGE. BIG TEN. BTN is in 60 million homes, is carried by all major cable, satellite and telco providers and is also available via BTN2Go on smartphones, tablets and the internet. BIG TEN HOCKEY WEEKLY RELEASE 2 BIG TEN IN THE POLLS BIG TEN HOCKEY USCHO.com Division I Poll - Nov. 3, 2014 USA Today/USA Hockey Division I Poll - Nov. 3, 2014 THREE STARS Last Last First Star Rank School (Votes) Record Points Poll Rank School (Votes) Record Points Poll Jake Hildebrand, Michigan State 1 MINNESOTA 37 510 984 1 1 MINNESOTA 24 510 500 1 G – Jr. – Butler, Pa. 2 North Dakota (11) 5-1-1 960 3 2 North Dakota (9) 5-1-1 474 2 • Notched a goals-against average of 1.01 as 3 Boston College (1) 4-2-0 810 5 3 Boston College (1) 4-2-0 382 5 Michigan State earned a split with na onally 4 Colgate 6-2-0 796 4 4 Colgate 6-2-0 378 4 ranked Ferris State 5 Boston University 4-1-0 761 6 5 Boston University 4-1-0 354 6 • Turned aside 35 of the 37 shots he faced in the 6 UMass Lowell 5-1-1 732 8 6 St. Cloud State 3-3-0 309 7 series for a save percentage of .946 7 St. Cloud State 3-3-0 688 7 7 UMass Lowell 5-1-1 307 9 • Has held opponents to two goals or fewer in each 8 Union 5-3-0 644 2 8 Union 5-3-0 262 3 of his last four games, all against teams ranked 9 Michigan Tech (1) 6-0-0 512 17 9 Michigan Tech 6-0-0 230 NR among the na on’s top 15 10 Denver 4-2-0 491 11 10 Providence 2-3-1 190 8 • Earns his fi h career Big Ten weekly award and 11 Miami 5-3-0 490 10 11 Miami 5-3-0 178 10 fi rst since Feb. 18, 2014 (Third Star) 12 Providence 2-3-1 469 9 12 Denver 4-2-0 146 11 • Last Michigan State honoree: Ma Berry (First 13 Minnesota State 5-3-0 370 12 13 Minnesota State 5-3-0 80 12 Star) on Oct. 21, 2014 14 Vermont 4-1-1 340 13 14 Notre Dame 5-2-1 73 NR 15 Notre Dame 5-2-1 249 20 15 Vermont 4-1-1 70 14 16 Ferris State 3-4-0 182 14 Second Star 17 Minnesota-Duluth 4-4-0 177 19 Receiving Votes: Ferris State 26, Northern Michigan Jus n Kloos, Minnesota 18 Robert Morris 7-0-1 163 NR 26, Nebraska Omaha 25, Robert Morris 23, Alaska 8, F – So. – Lakeville, Minn. 19 Nebraska-Omaha 4-1-1 151 NR Minnesota Duluth 8, Quinnipiac 8, Yale 8, Merrimack • Ne ed a hat trick, including the game-winner, to 20 Northern Michigan 5-0-1 103 NR 5, Cornell 4, MICHIGAN 4, Bowling Green 1, PENN lead Minnesota to a 4-3 over me victory over No. STATE 1. 7/7 St. Cloud State on Saturday Receiving Votes: Bowling Green 79, Quinnipiac 55, • Scored a pair of goals in the second period and Alaska 53, Merrimack 51, MICHIGAN 49, Cornell po ed the game-winning tally 1:19 into the extra 41, Yale 24, PENN STATE 15, St. Lawrence 14, OHIO session STATE 13, Alaska-Anchorage 11, Mercyhurst 8, Bemi- • Currently ed for the Big Ten lead in goals with dji State 6, Harvard 6, Maine 3.