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2017-18 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 22 10 7 2 1 0/0 .750 41 21 17 12 2 3 .794 69 36 2. North Dakota 19 10 5 3 2 0/2 .600 31 27 20 10 5 5 .625 56 44 3. Western Michigan 18 10 6 4 0 0/0 .600 37 31 20 11 8 1 .575 70 59 Denver 18 10 5 3 2 1/0 .600 34 28 20 11 5 4 .650 71 48 5. Colorado College 12 10 3 5 2 1/0 .400 24 32 20 9 8 3 .525 55 59 6. Miami 10 8 3 4 1 0/0 .438 20 22 18 8 8 2 .500 53 50 7. Minnesota Duluth 9 10 3 7 0 0/0 .300 23 31 21 9 9 3 .500 58 54 8. Omaha 6 8 2 6 0 0/0 .250 21 39 18 9 8 1 .528 64 68 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 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 This Week’s Games • Conference play resumes this weekend with two NCHC series, while St. Friday, Jan. 5 Cloud State plays a non-conference series against in-state rival Minnesota. *No. 4/5 Denver at Miami, 7:35 p.m. ET Those two games are among only six non-conference games remaining *No. 18 Omaha at No. 6/6 North Dakota, 7:38 p.m. CT for NCHC teams, with the final four all against WCHA opponents (Bemidji TV: CBS Sports Network State and Minnesota State). Overall, NCHC teams are a combined 45- 19-14 in non-conference play this season, with the .667 win percentage Saturday, Jan. 6 second among the six conferences behind only the Big Ten at .694. The *No. 4/5 Denver at Miami, 7:05 p.m. ET NCHC is on pace to match last year’s non-conference record when teams No. 10/10 Minnesota at No. 1/2 St. Cloud State, 6:38 p.m. CT finished a combined 48-21-14 in the regular season.(page 9) TV: CBS Sports Network • Two NCHC players were selected to the 2018 U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team on Monday as Denver junior forward Troy Terry and St. Cloud State *No. 18 Omaha at No. 6/6 North Dakota, 7:07 p.m. CT junior defenseman Will Borgen are among only four current NCAA players Sunday, Jan. 7 named to Team USA. They will compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics this No. 1/2 St. Cloud State at No. 10/10 Minnesota, 6:00 p.m. CT February in PyeongChang, South Korea. • Previous history says a look at the current standings can be indicative TV: FOX Sports North/FOX College Sports Atlantic/TSN 2 of the final results. In the NCHC’s first four seasons, the Penrose Cup *National Collegiate Hockey Conference game champion was already in first place as of Jan. 1 two times (SCSU in 2013- 14 and North Dakota in 2015-16). Last season on Jan. 1, Penrose Cup champion Denver was in second place, only one point out of first, while in Last Week’s Results 2014-15, eventual champion UND sat in fourth place on Jan. 1, but only Thursday, Dec. 28 two points back of first place. No. 12/12 Western Michigan 5, at Bowling Green 2 • According to the KRACH on USCHO.com, NCHC teams have played seven of the eight toughest schedules in the country. Minnesota has faced Friday, Dec. 29 the toughest, but Western Michigan, Miami and Denver are second through % No. 17 Minnesota Duluth 5, Yale 0 fourth, respectively, while NCHC teams are also in spots five through eight. No. 1/1 St. Cloud State 3, at Princeton 3 (OT) Colorado College has played the “weakest” schedule among NCHC teams, at Omaha 5, No. 19 Union 1 which is still 22nd nationally, according to the KRACH Ratings. • The NCHC is one of only two Division I men’s conferences in which all at Air Force 6, Colorado College 3 of its teams have at least eight wins this season (along with the Big Ten). Merrimack 3, at No. 2/2 Denver 2 However, the NCHC is the only conference to have all of its teams with a Saturday, Dec. 30 .500 record or better. In fact, seven of eight NCHC teams have at least nine wins with only Miami sitting on eight victories. at Miami 8, Windsor 2 (exhib.) notes continued on page 8 % No. 17 Minnesota Duluth 2, at Dartmouth 2 (OT) No. 1/1 St. Cloud State 2, at Princeton 2 (OT) Upcoming Games on NCHC.tv at Omaha 5, No. 19 Union 3 Friday, Jan. 5 at No. 6/6 North Dakota 5, U.S. U-18 National Team 2 (exhib.) No. 4/5 Denver at Miami, 7:35 p.m. ET at Colorado College 2, Merrimack 1 Saturday, Jan. 6 at No. 2/2 Denver 6, Air Force 0 No. 4/5 Denver at Miami, 7:05 p.m. ET % Ledyard Classic (Hanover, N.H.) No. 18 Omaha at No. 6/6 North Dakota, 7:07 p.m. CT

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Colorado College Tigers Denver Pioneers Head Coach: Mike Haviland (4th year) Head Coach: Jim Montgomery (5th year) Record at CC: 29-87-11 Record at DU: 113-51-23 2016-17 Record: 8-24-4 (4-16-4-1/0, 8th) 2016-17 Record: 33-7-4 (18-3-3-0/2, 1st) 2017-18 Record: 9-8-3 (3-5-2-1/0 NCHC, 5th) 2017-18 Record: 11-5-4 (5-3-2-1/0 NCHC, t-3rd) Lettermen Ret./Lost: 19/10 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 15/7 • Colorado College split a pair of non-conference games last weekend, • Denver split its final two non-conference games of the season, falling falling at crosstown rival Air Force, 6-3, before rebounding for a 2-1 win late to Merrimack, 3-2, on Friday before bouncing back for a 6-0 blank- on Saturday against Merrimack. They were the final two non-conference ing of Air Force on Saturday. The Pioneers finished non-conference play games of the season for CC, which finishes 6-3-1 outside the NCHC. with a 6-2-2 record this season. The shutout Saturday was Denver’s The win also improved the Tigers to 7-2-1 on Saturdays this season and second whitewash in its last four games and third of the season. 6-1 in one-goal games. • Seven of the Pioneers 13 goals scored over the last four games have • With the win over Merrimack, Colorado College improved to 9-8-3 on been scored by freshmen, led by three from Kohen Olischefski. He the season, giving the Tigers their most wins in a season since 2012- potted one against Merrimack after scoring his first two career goals a 13, when they racked up 18 wins. It’s the highest win total under head game earlier (Dec. 16 vs. Dartmouth). Jaakko Heikkinen, the NCHC coach Mike Haviland. CC has allowed just 10 goals in its nine victories. Rookie of the Month for December, had two goals in that stretch, including one against Air Force. Ryan Barrow tallied his first collegiate • Sophomore forward Nick Halloran, this week’s NCHC Offensive Player goal against Air Force, as well. of the Week and NCHC December Player of the Month, scored a goal in both games last weekend and is now riding a career-long four-game • Denver has held leads in 17 of its 20 games this season, but have goal-scoring streak. He is the first Tiger to score a goal in four consec- seen a three-goal lead slip away three times this season, resulting utive games since Alexander Krushelnyski during the 2013-14 season. in losses. DU’s other two losses, including the one to Merrimack last Halloran has six goals in his last six games and a career-high 27 points Friday, have come in the third period as DU held one-goal leads in the on the season, which tie him for fourth nationally in scoring. final frame against Merrimack and Western Michigan Nov. 3. Off This Week - Next Games: This Week’s Games: Fri., Jan. 12 vs. No. 16 Minnesota Duluth (9-9-3, 3-7-0-0 NCHC) - 7:37 p.m. MT Fri., Jan. 5 at Miami (8-8-2, 3-4-1-0 NCHC) - 7:35 p.m. ET Broadmoor World Arena - Colorado Springs, Colo. TV: CET/NCHC.tv Steve Cady Arena - Oxford, Ohio NCHC.tv

Sat., Jan. 13 vs. No. 16 Minnesota Duluth (9-9-3, 3-7-0-0 NCHC) - 6:07 p.m. MT Sat., Jan. 6 at Miami (8-8-2, 3-4-1-0 NCHC) - 7:05 p.m. ET Broadmoor World Arena - Colorado Springs, Colo. NCHC.tv Steve Cady Arena - Oxford, Ohio NCHC.tv

Game Fact: Colorado College went 1-1-2 against Minnesota Duluth last Game Fact: Denver is 12-10-2 all-time against Miami, outscoring the season with all four meetings coming with UMD ranked No. 1 in the RedHawks, 82-67, in 24 meetings. The Pioneers have not lost a confer- country. CC lost, 2-1, and tied UMD, 2-2, in Colorado Springs last year. ence game since Nov. 17 against North Dakota, going 3-0-2 since.

Sat., Sept. 30 vs. Lethbridge (Exh.)% W, 4-1 Sun., Oct. 1 Lethbridge (Exh.) W, 3-1 Fri., Oct. 6 at Vermont L, 0-3 Fri., Oct. 13 at No. 6/4 Notre Dame T, 2-2 (OT) Sat., Oct. 7 at Vermont W, 4-3 Sat., Oct. 14 at No. 6/4 Notre Dame W, 4-2 Fri., Oct. 13 Alaska Anchorage W, 6-1 Fri., Oct. 20 Lake Superior State T, 3-3 (OT) Sat., Oct. 14 Alaska Anchorage W, 3-2 Sat., Oct. 21 Lake Superior State W, 5-1 Fri., Oct. 20 at No. 17 New Hampshire L, 3-6 Fri., Oct. 27 at No. 6/6 Boston University W, 4-3 Sat., Oct. 21 at No. 17 New Hampshire W, 2-1 (OT) Sat., Oct. 28 at No. 19 Boston College W, 6-1 Fri., Oct. 27 No. 4/4 North Dakota* W, 2-1 Fri., Nov. 3 at Western Michigan* L, 5-6 Sat., Oct. 28 No. 4/4 North Dakota* L, 4-6 Sat., Nov. 4 at Western Michigan* L, 4-7 Fri., Nov. 3 at Miami* L, 2-3 (OT) Fri., Nov. 10 No. 1/1 St. Cloud State* W, 4-2 Sat., Nov. 4 at Miami* W, 2-1 Sat., Nov. 11 No. 1/1 St. Cloud State* W. 5-1 Fri., Nov. 10 Omaha* L, 3-5 Fri., Nov. 17 No. 3/3 North Dakota* L, 4-5 Sat., Nov. 11 Omaha* W, 4-0 Sat., Nov. 18 No. 3/3 North Dakota* W, 4-1 Fri., Nov. 17 at No. 2/2 St. Cloud State* L, 1-6 Fri., Dec. 1 at No. 16/15 Minnesota Duluth* W, 1-0 Sat., Nov. 18 at No. 2/2 St. Cloud State* L, 1-5 Sat., Dec. 2 at No. 16/15 Minnesota Duluth* W, 2-1 Fri., Dec. 8 at No. 1/1 Denver* T, 4-4 (OT-3x3W) Fri., Dec. 8 Colorado College* T, 4-4 (OT-3x3L) Sat., Dec. 9 No. 1/1 Denver* T, 1-1 (OT-3x3L) Sat., Dec. 9 at Colorado College* T, 1-1 (OT-3x3W) Sat., Dec. 16 Arizona State W, 4-0 Fri., Dec. 15 Dartmouth W, 1-0 Sun., Dec. 17 Arizona State T, 4-4 (OT) Sat., Dec. 16 Dartmouth L, 4-5 Fri., Dec. 29 at Air Force L, 3-6 Fri., Dec. 29 Merrimack L, 2-3 Sat., Dec. 30 Merrimack W, 2-1 Sat., Dec. 30 Air Force W, 6-0 Fri., Jan. 12 No. 16 Minnesota Duluth* 7:37 p.m. Sat., Jan. 13 No. 16 Minnesota Duluth* 6:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 5 at Miami* 5:35 p.m. Fri., Jan. 19 at Western Michigan* 4:30 p.m. Sat., Jan. 6 at Miami* 5:05 p.m. Sat., Jan. 20 at Western Michigan* 5:05 p.m. Fri., Jan. 19 Omaha* 7:05 p.m. Fri., Jan. 26 Miami* 7:37 p.m. Sat., Jan. 20 Omaha* 7:05 p.m. Sat., Jan. 27 Miami* 4:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 26 at North Dakota* 6:38 p.m. Fri., Feb. 9 at North Dakota* 6:37 p.m. Sat., Jan. 27 at North Dakota* 6:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 10 at North Dakota* 6:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 2 Minnesota Duluth* 7:00 p.m. Fri., Feb. 16 Denver* 8:08 p.m. Sat., Feb. 3 Minnesota Duluth* 7:05 p.m. Sat., Feb. 17 at Denver* 7:05 p.m. Fri., Feb. 16 at Colorado College* 8:08 p.m. Fri., Feb. 23 at Omaha* 6:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 17 Colorado College* 7:05 p.m. Sat., Feb. 24 at Omaha* 6:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 23 at St. Cloud State* 6:30 p.m. Fri., Mar. 2 Western Michigan* 7:37 p.m. Sat., Feb. 24 at St. Cloud State* 6:07 p.m. Sat., Mar. 3 Western Michigan* 6:07 p.m. Fri., Mar. 2 Miami* 8:00 p.m. March 9-11 NCHC Quarterfinals TBD Sat., Mar. 3 Miami* 7:05 p.m. March 16-17 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBD March 9-11 NCHC Quarterfinals TBD Home Games in Bold; * NCHC game; All times are MT and subject to change March 16-17 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBD % Game in Breckenridge, Colo. Home Games in Bold; * NCHC game; All times are MT and subject to change

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Miami RedHawks Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs Head Coach: Enrico Blasi (19th year) Head Coach: Scott Sandelin (18th year) Record at MU: 383-276-69 Record at UMD: 324-293-85 2016-17 Record: 9-20-7 (5-14-5-2/1, 7th) 2016-17 Record: 28-7-7 (15-5-4-1/2, 2nd) 2017-18 Record: 8-8-2 (3-4-1-0 NCHC, 6th) 2017-18 Record: 9-9-3 (3-7-0-0 NCHC, 7th) Lettermen Ret./Lost: 17/4 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 16/9

• Miami returns to NCHC play this weekend, hosting Denver for two • Despite missing five players at the World Junior Championship, Minne- games after topping Windsor, 8-2, in an exhibition game last Saturday. sota Duluth won the Ledyard Classic last weekend in Hanover, N.H. The Miami is 7-2-1 when scoring three or more goals this season, but 1-7-1 Bulldogs blanked Yale, 5-0, Friday, and played host Dartmouth to a 2-2 when netting two goals or fewer. The RedHawks are 6-3 on Friday overtime tie Saturday, before winning a shootout to clinch the title. nights this season, but have won just twice (2-5-2) on Saturday. • Sophomore goaltender Hunter Shepard recorded the shutout against • Junior defenseman Grant Hutton has eight goals on the season, Yale on Friday, stopping 29 shots for his third shutout of the season and which tie for the NCAA lead among defensemen, while his six power of his career. The three whitewashes lead the NCHC and tie for fifth play goals are tied for the fourth most among all players in the country. nationally. Shepard then made a career-high 41 saves in the 2-2 tie on His 0.44 goals per game are first nationally by himself among NCAA Saturday, and made two more saves in the shootout. He was named defensemen. As a unit, RedHawk defensemen have scored a combined MVP of the Ledyard Classic for his efforts, finishing with a .972 save 15 goals, which is tied for the fourth most in the country. percentage at the tournament and a 0.96 goals-against average.

• While Miami’s scoring has been streaky so far, its possession game • UMD has the NCHC’s highest-scoring freshman class, as the rookies has been quite consistent since opening weekend as it is allowing only have combined for 54 points (11g, 43a), which rank fifth nationally 25.06 shots on goal per game (fourth nationally). MU’s 52.9 Corsi (per- among rookie classes. Defensemen have notched 35 of those points, centage of total shots attempted) ranks 13th in the country. including eight goals, both tops among NCAA rookie D corps. This Week’s Games: Off This Week - Next Games: Fri., Jan. 5 vs. No. 4/5 Denver (11-5-4, 5-3-2-1 NCHC) - 7:35 p.m. ET Fri., Jan. 12 at Colorado College (9-8-3, 3-5-2-1 NCHC) - 7:37 p.m. MT Steve Cady Arena - Oxford, Ohio NCHC.tv Broadmoor World Arena - Colorado Springs, Colo. NCHC.tv

Sat., Jan. 6 vs. No. 4/5 Denver (11-5-4, 5-3-2-1 NCHC) - 7:05 p.m. ET Sat., Jan. 13 at Colorado College (9-8-3, 3-5-2-1 NCHC) - 6:07 p.m. MT Steve Cady Arena - Oxford, Ohio NCHC.tv Broadmoor World Arena - Colorado Springs, Colo. NCHC.tv

Game Fact: Denver went an unbeaten 2-0-2 against Miami last season, Game Fact: The Bulldogs were just 1-1-2 against Colorado College last including a sweep in Oxford, to grab a 12-10-2 lead in the all-time season, but did earn a win and a tie in Colorado Springs. series. Sat., Sept. 30 Alberta (Exh.) L, 3-4 Fri., Oct. 6 No. 3/3 Minnesota% W, 4-3 (OT) Fri., Oct. 6 No. 5/11 Providence L, 1-3 Sat., Oct. 7 Michigan Tech% L, 3-4 Sat., Oct. 7 No. 5/11 Providence L, 2-3 Fri., Oct. 13 at Bemidji State L, 2-5 Fri., Oct. 13 at U.S. U-18 Team (Exh.) W, 7-5 Sat., Oct. 14 Bemidji State T, 0-0 (OT) Fri., Oct. 20 at Maine W, 7-5 Fri., Oct. 20 Merrimack T, 5-5 (OT) Sat., Oct. 21 at Maine L, 3-6 Sat., Oct. 21 Merrimack W, 7-2 Fri., Oct. 27 UConn W, 3-0 Fri., Oct. 27 at Maine W, 2-1 Sat., Oct. 28 UConn W, 7-1 Sat., Oct. 28 at Maine W. 2-0 Fri., Nov. 3 Colorado College* W, 3-2 (OT) Fri., Nov. 3 at No. 2/2 St. Cloud State* L, 3-5 Sat., Nov. 4 Colorado College* L, 1-2 Sat., Nov. 4 at No. 2/2 St. Cloud State* L, 0-5 Fri., Nov. 10 at No. 2/4 North Dakota* L, 1-4 Fri., Nov. 10 No. 18/15 Western Michigan* W, 3-0 Sat., Nov. 11 at No. 2/4 North Dakota* T, 3-3 (OT-SOL) Sat., Nov. 11 No. 18/15 Western Michigan* L, 0-5 Fri., Nov. 17 No. 14/15 Minnesota Duluth* L, 1-3 Fri., Nov. 17 at Miami* W, 3-1 Sat., Nov. 18 No. 14/15 Minnesota Duluth* W, 3-2 Sat., Nov. 18 at Miami* L, 2-3 Fri., Nov. 24 at Bowling Green W, 6-3 Sat., Nov. 25 No. 8/8 Minnesota State W, 3-1 Sat., Nov. 25 at Bowling Green T, 2-2 (OT) Fri., Dec. 1 No. 1/1 Denver* L, 0-1 Fri., Dec. 1 No. 5/5 Cornell W, 2-1 Sat., Dec. 2 No. 1/1 Denver* L, 1-2 Sat., Dec. 2 No. 5/5 Cornell L, 0-4 Fri., Dec. 8 at Omaha* L, 5-7 Fri., Dec. 8 at No. 11/10 Western Michigan* W, 5-2 Sat., Dec. 9 at Omaha* W, 6-2 Sat., Dec. 9 at No. 11/10 Western Michigan* L, 3-4 (OT) Fri., Dec. 29 vs. Yale$ W, 5-0 Sat., Dec. 30 Windsor (Exh.) W, 8-2 Sat., Dec. 30 at Dartmouth$ T, 2-2 (OT) Fri., Jan. 5 No. 4/5 Denver* 7:35 p.m. Fri., Jan. 12 at Colorado College* 8:37 p.m. Sat., Jan. 6 No. 4/5 Denver* 7:05 p.m. Sat., Jan. 13 at Colorado College* 7:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 12 at Omaha* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 19 North Dakota* 8:00 p.m. Sat., Jan. 13 at Omaha* 8:07 p.m. Sat., Jan. 20 North Dakota* 7:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 26 at Colorado College* 9:37 p.m. Tue., Jan. 23 at Minnesota State 7:07 p.m. Sat., Jan. 27 at Colorado College* 6:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 26 St. Cloud State* 7:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 2 Western Michigan* 7:35 p.m. Sat., Jan. 27 St. Cloud State* 7:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 3 Western Michigan* 7:05 p.m. Fri., Feb. 2 at Denver* 8:00 p.m. Fri., Feb. 9 St. Cloud State* 8:00 p.m. Sat., Feb. 3 at Denver* 8:05 p.m. Sat., Feb. 10 St. Cloud State* 7:05 p.m. Fri., Feb. 16 Miami* 7:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 16 at Minnesota Duluth* 8:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 17 Miami* 7:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 17 at Minnesota Duluth* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 23 at Western Michigan* 6:05 p.m. Fri., Feb. 23 North Dakota* 7:35 p.m. Sat., Feb. 24 at Western Michigan* 6:05 p.m. Sat., Feb. 24 North Dakota* 7:05 p.m. Fri., Mar. 2 Omaha* 7:07 p.m. Fri., Mar. 2 at Denver* 10:00 p.m. Sat., Mar. 3 Omaha* 7:07 p.m. Sat., Mar. 3 at Denver* 9:05 p.m. March 9-11 NCHC Quarterfinals TBD March 9-11 NCHC Quarterfinals TBD March 16-17 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBD March 16-17 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBD Home Games in Bold; * NCHC game; All times are CT and subject to change; Home Games in Bold; * NCHC game; All times are ET and subject to change % Ice Breaker Tournament (Duluth, Minn.); $ Ledyard Classic (Hanover, N.H.)

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North Dakota Omaha Mavericks Head Coach: Brad Berry (3rd year) Head Coach: Mike Gabinet (1st year) Record at UND: 65-27-12 Record at UNO: 9-8-1 2016-17 Record: 21-16-3 (11-12-1-1/0, 4th) 2016-17 Record: 17-17-5 (9-13-2-0/0, 6th) 2017-18 Record: 10-5-5 (5-3-2-0/2 NCHC, 2nd) 2017-18 Record: 9-8-1 (2-6-0-0 NCHC, 8th) Lettermen Ret./Lost: 18/6 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 23/4

• North Dakota resumes NCHC play this weekend, hosting Omaha for two • Omaha swept Union last weekend, knocking off the Dutchmen, 5-1 games, after topping the U.S. U-18 National Team, 5-2, in exhibition play and 5-3, to earn its second sweep of the season, both in non-confer- last Saturday. Five different Fighting Hawks tallied a goal in the win. With ence play (Nov. 24-25 vs. Northern Michigan). The Mavericks concluded the Mavericks ranked 18th entering the weekend, UND is facing its fourth their non-conference schedule with a record of 7-2-1, including 5-0-1 straight ranked NCHC opponent and sixth ranked opponent this year. in non-conference home games. UNO’s seniors finished with a career regular-season non-conference record of 30-6-6. • Sophomore forward Cole Smith scored a goal in the exhibition game and tallied a goal in each of the three NCAA games prior to that as he • Sophomore Ryan Jones, the NCHC Defenseman of the Week, regis- enters the series with Omaha on a three-game goal-scoring streak after tered his first career game-winning goal on Friday against Union, which notching one goal in his first 15 games this season. His four tallies this was also his first goal since his collegiate debut against Alaska Anchor- year top his rookie total of three goals in 29 games last season. age on Oct. 14, 2016. In Saturday’s win, junior forward Riley Alferd tallied the game-winner, the first game-winner of his collegiate career. • North Dakota leads the country in faceoff percentage, winning 56.2 percent of its draws. UND is third in the NCAA, allowing only 24.65 shots • Senior forward David Pope notched four points in the sweep of Union on goal against per game. with two points each night (1g, 3a). He is now riding a four-game point streak with eight points during that span (3g, 5a). This Week’s Games: Fri., Jan. 5 vs. No. 18 Omaha (9-8-1, 2-6-0-0 NCHC) - 7:38 p.m. CT This Week’s Games: Ralph Engelstad Arena - Grand Forks, N.D. TV: CBS Sports Network Fri., Jan. 5 at No. 6/6 North Dakota (10-5-5, 5-3-2-2 NCHC) - 7:38 p.m. CT Ralph Engelstad Arena - Grand Forks, N.D. TV: CBS Sports Network Sat., Jan. 6 vs. No. 18 Omaha (9-8-1, 2-6-0-0 NCHC) - 7:07 p.m. CT Ralph Engelstad Arena - Grand Forks, N.D. TV: MidcoSN/NCHC.tv Sat., Jan. 6 at No. 6/6 North Dakota (10-5-5, 5-3-2-2 NCHC) - 7:07 p.m. CT Ralph Engelstad Arena - Grand Forks, N.D. TV: MidcoSN/NCHC.tv Game Fact: North Dakota is 15-8-1 against Omaha all-time and had won six in a row before a 3-0 Omaha victory in their most recent meeting last Game Fact: Omaha is 8-15-1 all-time against North Dakota, including a Feb. 25 in Grand Forks. record of 5-6-1 in Grand Forks. The Mavericks have never failed to earn at least one point in six all-time series at Ralph Engelstad Arena. Sat., Sept. 30 Manitoba (Exh.) W, 6-2 Fri., Oct. 6 at Alaska Anchorage T, 1-1 (OT) Sat., Oct. 7 at Alaska Anchorage W, 3-2 (OT) Fri., Oct. 6 Nipissing (Exh.) W, 5-2 Fri., Oct. 13 St. Lawrence W, 2-1 Fri., Oct. 13 at No. 12/12 UMass Lowell W, 4-2 Sat., Oct. 14 St. Lawrence W, 6-1 Sat., Oct. 14 at No. 12/12 UMass Lowell L, 2-5 Fri., Oct. 20 No. 8/7 Minnesota L, 1-2 Fri., Oct. 20 Arizona State W, 5-1 Sat., Oct. 21 No. 8/7 Minnesota W, 4-0 Sat., Oct. 21 Arizona State T, 4-4 (OT) Fri., Oct. 27 at Colorado College* L, 1-2 Thu., Oct. 26 at No. 8/8 Notre Dame W, 6-4 Sat., Oct. 28 at Colorado College* W, 6-4 Fri., Oct. 27 at No. 8/8 Notre Dame L, 4-5 Fri., Nov. 3 at No. 7/7 Wisconsin W, 3-2 Fri., Nov. 10 at Colorado College* W, 5-3 Sat., Nov. 4 at No. 7/7 Wisconsin T, 2-2 (OT) Sat., Nov. 11 at Colorado College* L, 0-4 Fri., Nov. 10 Miami* W, 4-1 Fri., Nov. 17 at No. 15/14 Western Michigan* L, 1-4 Sat., Nov. 11 Miami* T, 3-3 (OT-SOW) Sat., Nov. 18 at No. 15/14 Western Michigan* L, 2-5 Fri., Nov. 17 at No. 1/1 Denver* W, 5-4 Fri., Nov. 24 Northern Michigan W, 4-3 Sat., Nov. 18 at No. 1/1 Denver* L, 1-4 Sat., Nov. 25 Northern Michigan W, 4-1 Fri., Nov. 24 Union L, 1-4 Fri., Dec. 1 No. 2/2 St. Cloud State* L, 4-7 Sat., Nov. 25 Union T, 2-2 (OT) Sat., Dec. 2 No. 2/2 St. Cloud State* L, 0-5 Fri., Dec. 1 No. 10/8 Western Michigan* W, 4-3 Fri., Dec. 8 No. 17 Minnesota Duluth* W, 7-5 Sat., Dec. 2 No. 10/8 Western Michigan* W, 4-1 Sat., Dec. 9 No. 17 Minnesota Duluth* L, 2-6 Fri., Dec. 8 at No. 2/2 St. Cloud State* T, 2-2 (OT-SOW) Fri., Dec. 29 No. 19 Union W, 5-1 Sat., Dec. 9 at No. 2/2 St. Cloud State* L, 1-3 Sat., Dec. 30 No. 19 Union W, 5-3 Sat., Dec. 30 U.S. U-18 Team (Exh.) W, 5-2 Fri., Jan. 5 at No. 6/6 North Dakota* 7:38 p.m. Fri., Jan. 5 No. 18 Omaha* 7:38 p.m. Sat., Jan. 6 at No. 6/6 North Dakota* 7:07 p.m. Sat., Jan. 6 No. 18 Omaha* 7:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 12 Miami* 7:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 12 at Bemidji State 7:07 p.m. Sat., Jan. 13 Miami* 7:07 p.m. Sat., Jan. 13 Bemidji State 7:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 19 at Denver* 8:05 p.m. Fri., Jan. 19 at Minnesota Duluth* 8:00 p.m. Sat., Jan. 20 at Denver* 8:05 p.m. Sat., Jan. 20 at Minnesota Duluth* 7:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 26 Western Michigan* 7:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 26 Denver* 7:38 p.m. Sat., Jan. 27 Western Michigan* 7:07 p.m. Sat., Jan. 27 Denver* 7:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 2 at St. Cloud State* 7:37 p.m. Fri., Feb. 9 Colorado College* 7:37 p.m. Sat., Feb. 3 at St. Cloud State* 7:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 10 Colorado College* 7:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 16 North Dakota* 6:38 p.m. Fri., Feb. 16 at Omaha* 6:38 p.m. Sat., Feb. 17 North Dakota* 7:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 17 at Omaha* 7:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 23 Colorado College* 7:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 23 at Miami* 6:35 p.m. Sat., Feb. 24 Colorado College* 7:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 24 at Miami* 6:05 p.m. Fri., Mar. 2 at Minnesota Duluth* 7:07 p.m. Fri., Mar. 2 St. Cloud State* 8:37 p.m. Sat., Mar. 3 at Minnesota Duluth* 7:07 p.m. Sat., Mar. 3 St. Cloud State* 8:07 p.m. March 9-11 NCHC Quarterfinals TBD March 9-11 NCHC Quarterfinals TBD March 16-17 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBD March 16-17 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBD Home Games in Bold; * NCHC game; All times are CT and subject to change Home Games in Bold; * NCHC game; All times are CT and subject to change

Jan. 1-7, 2018 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 5 Team Notes/Match-Ups

St. Cloud State Huskies Western Michigan Broncos Head Coach: Bob Motzko (13th year) Head Coach: Andy Murray (7th year) Record at SCSU: 263-185-44 Record at WMU: 114-105-33 2016-17 Record: 16-19-1 (10-13-1-0/0, 5th) 2016-17 Record: 22-13-5 (13-9-2-0/1, 3rd) 2017-18 Record: 12-2-3 (7-2-1-0 NCHC, 1st) 2017-18 Record: 11-8-1 (6-4-0-0 NCHC, t-3rd) Lettermen Ret./Lost: 18/8 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 17/10 • St. Cloud State played Princeton to a pair of overtime ties on the road • Western Michigan topped Bowling Green, 5-2, on the road last Thurs- last weekend, drawing 3-3 on Friday and 2-2 on Saturday. Both nights, day to complete a home-and-home sweep of the Falcons after a 3-1 SCSU rallied in the third period to earn the tie with junior defenseman win over BGSU back on Oct. 10. The Broncos finished non-conference Jimmy Schuldt scoring the tying goal Friday with less than two minutes play with a 5-4-1 record this season. to play, while he assisted on the tying goal Saturday in the final frame. • Sophomore forward Wade Allison recorded a goal and two assists in • Schuldt, who had three points (1g, 2a) against Princeton, leads all the win at Bowling Green Thursday, giving him eight points (4g, 4a) in NCAA defensemen with 22 points (6g, 16a) and 1.29 points per game his last three games. The Flyers draft pick now has 28 points on the this season, while his +21 plus-minus leads all NCAA skaters and is +2 season, which ties for the NCAA lead, while his 15 goals this year rank better than any other NCAA player. fourth in the country. Allison has already well surpassed his freshman goal total of 12 from last year. He is one of only three NCAA players • Junior defenseman Will Borgen was one of two NCHC players and one with two hat tricks this season. of four current NCAA players selected to the U.S. Olympic Team that will compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics this February in South Korea. • Sophomore defenseman Cam Lee scored a goal in Thursday’s win at BGSU. Of his four goals this season, three have come against the Fal- • SCSU ranks second in the country, scoring 4.06 goals per game. The cons. Freshman forward Austin Rueschhoff tallied two goals at Bowling Huskies rank fifth nationally, allowing 2.12 goals per game. SCSU and Green for his second multi-goal game this year (Oct. 20 at MSU), Cornell are the only two teams to rank in the top 5 of both categories. including scoring the first game-winning goal of his Bronco career. This Week’s Games: Off This Week - Next Games: Sat., Jan. 6 vs. No. 10/10 Minnesota (12-9-1, 4-7-1-1 B1G) - 6:38 p.m. CT Fri., Jan. 12 at No. 1/2 St. Cloud State (12-2-3, 7-2-1-0 NCHC) - 7:37 p.m. CT Herb Brooks National Hockey Center - St. Cloud, Minn. TV: CBSSN Herb Brooks National Hockey Center - St. Cloud, Minn. NCHC.tv

Sun., Jan. 7 at No. 10/10 Minnesota (12-9-1, 4-7-1-1 B1G) - 6:00 p.m. CT Sat., Jan. 13 at No. 1/2 St. Cloud State (12-2-3, 7-2-1-0 NCHC) - 7:07 p.m. CT 3M Arena at Mariucci - Minneapolis, Minn. TV: FS North/FCS Atlantic/TSN2 Herb Brooks National Hockey Center - St. Cloud, Minn. NCHC.tv

Game Fact: The Huskies swept the Gophers last season, winning 6-5 at Game Fact: WMU only faced SCSU twice last season, both in Kalama- Minnesota and earning a 3-2 win in St. Cloud. zoo, falling in the opener, 3-0, before earning a 5-5 tie a night later.

Sat., Sept. 30 Regina (Exh.) W, 8-0 Sat., Sept. 30 Wilfrid Laurier (Exh.) W, 8-2 Sat., Oct. 7 at No. 15/18 Minnesota State W, 4-0 Fri., Oct. 6 Ferris State W, 6-1 Fri., Oct. 13 Alaska Fairbanks W, 6-3 Sat., Oct. 7 at Ferris State L, 2-3 Sat., Oct. 14 Alaska Fairbanks W, 5-4 (OT) Tue., Oct. 10 Bowling Green W, 3-1 Fri., Oct. 20 No. 13/15 Boston College W, 5-2 Fri., Oct. 13 No. 15/15 Clarkson T, 2-2 (OT) Sat., Oct. 21 No. 13/15 Boston College W, 3-1 Sat., Oct. 14 No. 15/15 Clarkson L, 2-4 Fri., Nov. 3 No. 8/8 Minnesota Duluth* W, 5-3 Fri., Oct. 20 at Michigan State L, 4-6 Sat., Nov. 4 No. 8/8 Minnesota Duluth* W, 5-0 Sat., Oct. 21 Michigan State W, 3-1 Fri., Nov. 10 at No. 3/3 Denver* L, 2-4 Fri., Nov. 3 No. 1/1 Denver* W, 6-5 Sat., Nov. 11 at No. 3/3 Denver* L, 1-5 Sat., Nov. 4 No. 1/1 Denver* W, 7-4 Fri., Nov. 17 Colorado College* W, 6-1 Fri., Nov. 10 at No. 12/14 Minnesota Duluth* L, 0-3 Sat., Nov. 18 Colorado College* W, 5-1 Sat., Nov. 11 at No. 12/14 Minnesota Duluth* W, 5-0 Fri., Dec. 1 at No. 20 Omaha* W, 7-4 Fri., Nov. 17 Omaha* W, 4-1 Sat., Dec. 2 at No. 20 Omaha* W, 5-0 Sat., Nov. 18 Omaha* W, 5-2 Fri., Dec. 8 No. 5/5 North Dakota* T, 2-2 (OT-SOL) Fri., Nov. 24 No. 18 Colgate W, 5-3 Sat., Dec. 9 No. 5/5 North Dakota* W, 3-1 Sat., Nov. 25 No. 18 Colgate L, 1-5 Fri., Dec. 29 at Princeton T, 3-3 (OT) Fri., Dec. 1 at No. 6/6 North Dakota* L, 3-4 Sat., Dec. 30 at Princeton T, 2-2 (OT) Sat., Dec. 2 at No. 6/6 North Dakota* L, 1-4 Sat., Jan. 6 No. 10/10 Minnesota 6:38 p.m. Fri., Dec. 8 Miami* L, 2-5 Sun., Jan. 7 No. 10/10 at Minnesota 6:00 p.m. Sat., Dec. 9 Miami* W, 4-3 (OT) Fri., Jan. 12 Western Michigan* 7:37 p.m. Thu., Dec. 28 at Bowling Green W, 5-2 Sat., Jan. 13 Western Michigan* 7:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 12 at No. 1/2 St. Cloud State* 8:37 p.m. Sat., Jan. 20 Minnesota State 5:00 p.m. Sat., Jan. 13 at No. 1/2 St. Cloud State* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 26 at Minnesota Duluth* 7:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 19 Colorado College* 6:30 p.m. Sat., Jan. 27 at Minnesota Duluth* 7:07 p.m. Sat., Jan. 20 Colorado College* 7:05 p.m. Fri., Feb. 2 Omaha* 7:37 p.m. Fri., Jan. 26 at Omaha* 8:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 3 Omaha* 7:07 p.m. Sat., Jan. 27 at Omaha* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 9 at Miami* 7:00 p.m. Fri., Feb. 2 at Miami* 7:35 p.m. Sat., Feb. 10 at Miami* 6:05 p.m. Sat., Feb. 3 at Miami* 7:05 p.m. Fri., Feb. 16 at Western Michigan* 6:05 p.m. Fri., Feb. 16 St. Cloud State* 7:05 p.m. Sat., Feb. 17 at Western Michigan* 6:05 p.m. Sat., Feb. 17 St. Cloud State* 7:05 p.m. Fri., Feb. 23 Denver* 7:30 p.m. Fri., Feb. 23 Minnesota Duluth* 7:05 p.m. Sat., Feb. 24 Denver* 7:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 24 Minnesota Duluth* 7:05 p.m. Fri., Mar. 2 at North Dakota* 7:37 p.m. Fri., Mar. 2 at Colorado College* 9:37 p.m. Sat., Mar. 3 at North Dakota* 7:07 p.m. Sat., Mar. 3 at Colorado College* 8:07 p.m. March 9-11 NCHC Quarterfinals TBD March 9-11 NCHC Quarterfinals TBD March 16-17 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBD March 16-17 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBD Home Games in Bold; * NCHC game; All times are CT and subject to change Home Games in Bold; * NCHC game; All times are ET and subject to change

6 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey Jan. 1-7, 2018 Players of the Week

NCHC Players of the Week (Weeks of Dec. 11-31) Offensive Player of the Week Defenseman of the Week Rookie of the Week Goaltender of the Week

Nick Halloran Ryan Jones Kohen Olischefski Hunter Shepard Colorado College Omaha Denver Minnesota Duluth Sophomore Sophomore Freshman Sophomore Forward Defenseman Forward Goaltender Draper, Utah Crown Point, Ind. Abbotsford, B.C. Cohasset, Minn.

Halloran tallied five points to lead Jones contributed at both ends of Olischefski racked up four points Despite missing five skaters to CC to a 2-1-1 record in its last the ice to lead Omaha to a sweep in four games after having just World Juniors, Shepard back- four games, scoring a goal in all of No. 19 Union. On Friday, the one point all season prior to the stopped UMD to the Ledyard four. He is the first CC player to Penguins draft pick scored the last two series. On Dec. 15, he Classic title, earning tournament score a goal in four straight games eventual game-winning goal, the assisted on the game’s lone goal MVP honors after going 1-0-1 since Alexander Krushelnyski first of his career, on three shots in a 1-0 win over Dartmouth, set- in net. On Friday, he earned his during the 2013-14 campaign. on goal and was +2 in the Maver- ting up the game-winner on the third shutout of the season and of Halloran scored CC’s second goal icks’ 5-1 win. He also registered power play, while putting six shots his career, stopping all 29 shots in a win Dec. 16 vs. Arizona State, one shot block and helped the on goal. The next night, he scored he faced in a 5-0 win over Yale. while scoring the first goal for the penalty kill go 4-for-4 to earn the first two goals of his collegiate The next night in the title game, Tigers the next night in a tie. He Second Star of the Game. The career to earn First Star of the Shepard made a career-high then notched CC’s first goal both next night, he handed out two as- Game. This past Friday, he scored 41 saves in a 2-2 tie with host games this past weekend against sists, including on the game-win- again in an eventual loss to Dartmouth. He also then made Air Force and Merrimack, adding ning goal, was +1 and had three Merrimack. He was +1 and nabbed two saves in a three-person an assist against the Falcons for blocked shots in a 5-3 victory. Third Star of the Game Friday. shootout after OT to clinch the a two-point night Dec. 29. He Jones finished the series with a Olischefski finished the four-game tournament title. Shepard finished finished the four-game stretch goal, two assists, a +3 plus/minus, stretch with the first three goals with 70 saves on 72 shots faced with four goals, an assist and 21 four blocked shots and four shots of his career, an assist, +1 and 14 for a .972 save percentage, while shots on goal. on goal. shots on goal. posting a 0.96 GAA. Other Standout Performers (Weeks of Dec. 11-31) Wade Allison, So., F, WMU – Scored a goal and handed out two assists, including on the game-winner, in a 5-2 win at Bowling Green last Thursday when he was +1. Tanner Jaillet, Sr., G, DU – Posted a 2-2-0 record, totaling 84 saves in four games for a .923 save percentage, while logging a 1.83 GAA, including a shutout of Dartmouth on Dec. 15. Jarid Lukosevicius, Jr., F, DU – Totaled four points in four games on two goals and two assists, including three points in a win over Air Force Saturday, while firing 20 shots on goal in the four contests. Fredrik Olofsson, Jr., F, Omaha – Compiled three points in a sweep of Omaha with a goal each night, while also adding an assist in Friday’s win when he was +3. Austin Rueschhoff, Fr., F, WMU – Scored two goals in WMU’s lone game, a 5-2 win at Bowling Green on Thursday, including tally- ing the game-winner with a +1 plus/minus and three shots on goal. Jimmy Schuldt, Jr., D, SCSU – Tallied three points and blocked five shots in a pair of ties at Princeton, rallying SCSU for a tie each night with a goal and an assist Friday and another assist on Saturday. Nick Swaney, Fr., F, UMD – Handed out three assists to help UMD win the Ledyard Classic with two helpers in Friday’s shutout of Yale and another assist in a tie with Dartmouth Saturday.

2017-18 NCHC Players of the Week (previous winners) WEEK OF OFFENSIVE DEFENSEMAN ROOKIE GOALTENDER Oct. 2-8 Colt Conrad, WMU Jimmy Schuldt, SCSU Scott Perunovich, UMD Jeff Smith, SCSU Oct. 9-15 Mason Bergh, CC Jimmy Schuldt, SCSU Grant Mismash, UND Cam Johnson, UND Oct. 16-22 Gordie Green, Miami Grant Hutton, Miami Nick Swaney, UMD Cam Johnson, UND Oct. 23-29 David Pope, Omaha Louie Belpedio, Miami Grant Mismash, UND Hunter Shepard, UMD Oct. 30-Nov. 5 Wade Allison, WMU Corey Schueneman, WMU Dávid Hrenák, SCSU Peter Thome, UND Nov. 6-12 Mason Bergh, CC Adam Plant, Denver Grant Mismash, UND Ben Blacker, WMU Nov. 13-19 Henrik Borgström, Denver Scott Perunovich, UMD Easton Brodzinski, SCSU Jeff Smith, SCSU Nov. 20-26 Zach Jordan, Omaha Louie Belpedio, Miami Ben Lown, Miami Hunter Shepard, UMD Nov. 27-Dec. 3 Jake Wahlin, SCSU Jimmy Schuldt, SCSU Grant Mismash, UND Tanner Jaillet, Denver Dec. 4-10 Wade Allison, WMU Scott Perunovich, UMD Phil Knies, Miami Alex Leclerc, CC Dec. 11-31 Nick Halloran, CC Ryan Jones, Omaha Kohen Olischefski, Denver Hunter Shepard, UMD

Jan. 1-7, 2018 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 7 Players of the Month/Awards

NCHC Monthly Honors - December

Player of the Month Rookie of the Month alloran racked up eight points Nick Halloran Hin six games, helping the Tigers Jaakko Heikkinen eikkinen had a breakout month, Colorado College post a 2-1-3 record in December. Denver Hrecording seven points in eight Sophomore He led all NCHC players with six Freshman games in December, after entering Forward goals during the month, while his Forward with only three points all season. His Draper, Utah 1.00 goals per game in December Helsinki, Finland seven points led all NCHC rookies also led the conference. Halloran and ranked second nationally among tallied a goal in five of his six games during the month with one multi- freshmen, while his three goals tied goal game. He fired 32 shots on goal in the six games with his 5.33 for second in the NCAA during the month among freshmen. The Finn shots on goal per game tops in the NCHC in December. also dished out four assists and had a +1 plus/minus during the month Halloran opened December strong, recording three points, includ- to help DU go 4-2-2. ing two goals for his second career multi-goal game, in a 4-4 tie at After being held off the scoresheet in his first series of December, then No. 1 Denver Dec. 8. He set up the game-tying goal in the final Heikkinen tallied the go-ahead goal in the third period Dec. 8 against minute and put 10 shots on goal to earn First Star of the Game. The Colorado College in an eventual 4-4 tie. The following weekend, the following weekend the Draper, Utah, native potted a goal each night draft-eligible forward compiled three points against Dartmouth. He against Arizona State Dec. 16 and 17, scoring on the power play in the scored the game’s only goal, and hence the game-winner, on the power series finale. play in a 1-0 series-opening win Dec. 15 to earn Second Star of the Halloran wrapped up his month by stretching his goal-scoring Game. He then handed out a pair of helpers in the series finale for his streak to a career-long four games. He notched two points in a loss first two collegiate assists and his first career multi-point game. to Air Force Dec. 29, scoring CC’s first goal and assisting on another, Heikkinen wrapped up December with a career-best three points in while he scored the game’s first goal in a 2-1 win over Merrimack the a 6-0 shutout of Air Force Dec. 30. He scored a power play goal and next night when he was Second Star of the Game. Halloran was tabbed dished out two assists, including the primary helper on the game-win- NCHC Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts over his final four ning goal and another primary helper on the final goal, while logging a games of the month. +1 plus/minus. Heikkinen finished December with 10 shots on goal and went 48-36 (.571) in the faceoff circle.

In-Season National Accolades HCA National Player of the Month Jimmy Schuldt, Jr., D, St. Cloud State - October 2017-18 NCHC Players of the Month MONTH PLAYER ROOKIE NCAA Hockey Three Stars of the Week October Jimmy Schuldt, SCSU Grant Mismash, UND Christiano Versich, Fr., F, CC - Third Star (week of Dec. 11-17) Tanner Jaillet, Sr., G, DU - Second Star (week of Nov. 27-Dec. 3) November Henrik Borgström, Denver Scott Perunovich, UMD Jake Wahlin, So., F, SCSU - Third Star (week of Nov. 27-Dec. 3) December Nick Halloran, CC Jaakko Heikkinen, Denver Wade Allison, So., F, WMU - First Star (week of Oct. 30-Nov. 5) January Troy Terry, Jr., F, DU - Third Star (week of Oct. 23-29) February Gordie Green, So., F, Miami - First Star (week of Oct. 16-22) March/April Jimmy Schuldt, Jr., D, SCSU - Second Star (week of Oct. 9-15) Mason Bergh, Jr., F, CC - Third Star (week of Oct. 9-15) NCHC at the 2018 World Junior Championship College Hockey News Team of the Week Denver - week of Nov. 6-12 (swept No. 1 St. Cloud State) USA Western Michigan - week of Oct. 30-Nov. 5 (swept No. 1 Denver) Joey Anderson, So., F - Minnesota Duluth Mikey Anderson, Fr., D - Minnesota Duluth Senior CLASS Award Candidates Scott Perunovich, Fr., D - Minnesota Duluth Louie Belpedio, D, Miami Ryan Poehling, So., F - St. Cloud State Karson Kuhlman, F, Minnesota Duluth Dylan Samberg, Fr., D - Minnesota Duluth Judd Peterson, F, St. Cloud State Riley Tufte, So., F - Minnesota Duluth Austin Poganski, F, North Dakota Head Coach: Bob Motzko - St. Cloud State

Ledyard Classic Slovakia Hunter Shepard, So., G, UMD - MVP Dávid Hrenák, Fr., G - St. Cloud State Ice Breaker All-Tournament Team Riley Tufte, So., F, UMD NCHC Facts and Figures (cont. from page 1) Scott Perunovich, Fr., D, UMD • Six NCHC teams are ranked in the USCHO.com Poll, the most from one Preseason National Accolades conference, while all eight NCHC teams are receiving votes and would be ranked Mike Richter Award Watch List in the top 25. With St. Cloud State remaining in the top spot, the NCHC has now Ben Blacker, So. - Western Michigan held the No. 1 ranking in the USCHO Poll 36 of the last 38 weeks, with half of Tanner Jaillet, Sr. - Denver the NCHC teams earning the No. 1 spot during that span (SCSU, DU, UND and Cam Johnson, Sr. - North Dakota UMD). Since the USCHO Poll on Nov. 17, 2014, the NCHC has had a team ranked in the top two 94 times. Hockey East is second during that span with only 28 College Hockey News Preseason All-CHN First Team top-two appearances. In the Pairwise Ratings, all eight NCHC teams sit in the top Henrik Borgström, So., F - Denver 21. (page 9) Tanner Jaillet, Sr., G - Denver • St. Cloud State junior Jimmy Schuldt leads all NCAA defensemen with 22 points (6g, 16a) this season, while his +21 plus/minus is tops among all NCAA College Hockey News Preseason All-CHN Rookie Team skaters. Miami junior Grant Hutton is tied for first among NCAA blue liners with Dylan Samberg, D - Minnesota Duluth eight goals this year, including six power play goals, tops among defensemen. 8 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey Jan. 1-7, 2018 Polls/Non-Conference Comparison

National Polls

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll USCHO.com Poll Week 12 (Jan. 2) Week 12 (Jan. 2) (first-place votes in parentheses) (first-place votes in parentheses) LAST WEEK’S 2017-18 2017-18 LAST WEEK’S NO. TEAM POINTS RANKING RECORD NO. TEAM RECORD POINTS RANKING 1. Notre Dame 488 (16) 3 16-3-1 1. St. Cloud State 12-2-3 970 (33) 1 2. St. Cloud State 482 (17) 1 12-2-3 2. Notre Dame 16- 3-1 936 (14) 3 3. Clarkson 450 4 15-3-1 3. Clarkson 15- 3-1 898 (1) 4 4. Cornell 394 (1) 5 11-2-0 4. Denver 11-5-4 826 (1) 2 5. Denver 382 2 11-5-4 5. Cornell 11-2-0 823 (1) 5 6. North Dakota 336 6 10-5-5 6. North Dakota 10-5-5 766 6 7. Minnesota State 288 7 14-6-0 7. Minnesota State 14-6-0 687 7 8. Ohio State 262 9 12-4-4 8. Ohio State 12-4-4 647 9 9. Northeastern 236 8 11-5-2 9. Northeastern 11-5-2 595 8 10. Minnesota 204 10 12-9-1 10. Minnesota 12-9-1 527 10 11. Providence 178 11 12-7-1 11. Providence 12-7-1 508 11 12. Western Michigan 140 12 11-8-1 12. Western Michigan 11-8-1 456 12 13. Penn State 81 13 11-7-2 13. Boston College 10-7-2 376 14 14. Boston College 70 14 10-7-2 14. Penn State 11-7-2 325 15 15. Wisconsin 53 15 10-9-2 15. Wisconsin 10-9-2 319 13 16. Minnesota Duluth 9-9-3 222 17 Others receiving votes: Minnesota Duluth, 18; Colgate, 10; 17. Colgate 8-6-4 164 18 Omaha, 6; Canisius, 2. 18. Omaha 9-8-1 118 NR 19. Bowling Green 9-6-6 88 NR 20. New Hampshire 9-9-1 54 16

Others receiving votes: Canisius 39, Miami 38, Maine 21, Northern Michigan 20, Colorado College 19, Union 17, UMass 2017-18 NCHC Preseason Lowell 16, Boston University 6, Massachusetts 6, Michigan Tech 6, Michigan 4, Bentley 3. All-Conference Team

F: Henrik Borgström, So., Denver – 28 votes F: Troy Terry, Jr., Denver – 15 F: Dylan Gambrell, Jr., Denver – 13 The NCHC vs. ... (non-conference breakdown) for 2017-18 F: Shane Gersich, Jr., North Dakota – 13 D: Louie Belpedio, Sr., Miami – 24 AHA Big Ten ECAC HEA WCHA Ind. (ASU) Total D: Jimmy Schuldt, Jr., St. Cloud State – 14 Colorado College 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-2-0 2-0-0 1-0-1 6-3-1 G: Tanner Jaillet, Sr., Denver – 27 Denver 1-0-0 1-0-1 1-1-0 2-1-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 6-2-2 as voted on by 30 media members Miami 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-0 3-3-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 5-4-1 Minnesota Duluth 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-1 3-0-1 1-2-1 0-0-0 6-2-3 Omaha 0-0-0 1-1-0 2-0-0 1-1-0 2-0-0 1-0-1 7-2-1 North Dakota 0-0-0 2-1-1 2-1-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 5-2-3 2017-18 NCHC St. Cloud State 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-2 2-0-0 3-0-0 0-0-0 5-0-2 Media Preseason Poll Western Michigan 0-0-0 1-1-0 1-2-1 0-0-0 3-1-0 0-0-0 5-4-1 First-place votes in parentheses Total 1-1-0 6-3-2 8-5-5 14-7-1 14-3-4 2-0-2 45-19-14

Team Points 1. Denver 240 (30) The NCHC vs. ... (non-conf. breakdown) for 2016-17 (regular season) 2. St. Cloud State 187 3. North Dakota 172 AHA Big Ten ECAC HEA WCHA Ind. Total 4. Minnesota Duluth 160 Colorado College 0-1-0 0-1-0 1-0-0 3-4-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-6-0 5. Miami 104 Denver 1-0-0 3-1-0 0-0-0 2-2-1 0-0-0 2-0-0 8-3-1 6. Western Michigan 102 Miami 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-2-0 2-1-1 1-1-0 0-0-0 4-4-2 7. Omaha 83 Minnesota Duluth 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-2 3-0-1 0-0-0 5-1-3 8. Colorado College 32 Omaha 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-2-1 5-0-1 0-0-0 7-2-3 A total of 30 ballots were submitted by North Dakota 2-0-0 0-2-2 2-0-0 1-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 7-2-2 local and national media. Points were St. Cloud State 0-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 3-2-0 1-0-0 6-3-0 awarded on a descending scale with a Western Michigan 1-0-1 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-0-1 1-0-1 7-0-3 first-place vote worth eight points, a sec- ond-place vote worth seven points, etc. Total 4-1-1 9-4-4 3-2-0 10-11-5 18-3-3 4-0-1 48-21-14

Jan. 1-7, 2018 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. Alex Leclerc CC 16 2. Wade Allison WMU 15 3. Easton Brodzinski SCSU 14 4. Ben Blacker (WMU)/Dávid Hrenák (SCSU) 13 Team Leaders (conf. games only): SCHOOL...... POINTS Colorado College 1. Alex Leclerc...... 16 2. Nick Halloran...... 12 3. Mason Bergh...... 7 Denver 1. Tanner Jaillet...... 10 2. Troy Terry...... 8 2017-18 NCHC Institutional Demographics 3. Henrik Borgström/Logan O’Connor....6 Institution Location Population Enrollment Miami Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO 465,101 2.008 1. Josh Melnick...... 11 2. Ryan Larkin...... 9 Denver Denver, CO 682,545 11,614 3. Gordie Green...... 6 Miami Oxford, OH 22,341 19,367 Minnesota Duluth Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN 86,293 11,018 1. Scott Perunovich...... 8 North Dakota Grand Forks, ND 57,339 14,648 2. Hunter Shepard...... 7 Omaha Omaha, NE 446,970 15,627 3. Avery Peterson/Jared Thomas...... 5 St. Cloud State St. Cloud, MN 67,641 15,092 Omaha Western Michigan Kalamazoo, MI 75,984 23,252 1. David Pope...... 11 2. Zach Jordan...... 5 ission 3. Jake Randolph...... 1 NCHC M North Dakota The National Collegiate Hockey Conference facilitates and fosters competitive, 1. Nick Jones...... 10 academic and operational excellence for its member institutions through the 2. Austin Poganski...... 8 3. Christian Wolanin...... 6 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. Easton Brodzinski...... 14 creating a positive experience for the student-athletes and fans it serves. 2. Dávid Hrenák...... 13 3. Jake Wahlin...... 8 NCHC Vision Western Michigan 1. Wade Allison...... 15 The National Collegiate Hockey Conference strives to be the best single- 2. Ben Blacker...... 13 sport conference in the NCAA by embracing our core values and operating 3. Colt Conrad...... 7 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

CBS SPORTS NETWORK For NCHC News, Information and More... Date Game Time (ET) Fri., Jan. 5, 2018 Omaha at North Dakota 8:30 p.m. Sat., Jan. 6, 2018 *Minnesota at St. Cloud State 7:30 p.m. visit the NCHC website: NCHCHockey.com Fri., Jan. 19, 2018 Colorado College at Western Michigan 6:30 p.m. Fri., Jan. 19, 2018 North Dakota at Minnesota Duluth 9:00 p.m. follow the NCHC on Twitter: @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey Fri., Jan. 26, 2018 Denver at North Dakota 8:30 p.m. Fri., Feb. 2, 2018 Minnesota Duluth at Denver 9:00 p.m. like the NCHC on Facebook: Facebook.com/TheNCHC Fri., Feb. 9, 2018 St. Cloud State at Miami 8:00 p.m. Fri., Feb. 16, 2018 North Dakota at Omaha 7:30 p.m. Fri., Feb. 16, 2018 Denver at Colorado College 10:00 p.m. follow the NCHC on Instagram: @TheNCHC Fri., Feb. 23, 2018 Denver at St. Cloud State 8:30 p.m. Fri., Mar. 2, 2018 Miami at Denver 10:00 p.m. add the NCHC on Snapchat: TheNCHC Fri., Mar. 16, 2018 Frozen Faceoff Semifinal 1 5:00 p.m. Fri., Mar. 16, 2018 Frozen Faceoff Semifinal 2 8:30 p.m. Sat., Mar. 17, 2018 Frozen Faceoff Championship 8:30 p.m. watch/subscribe to the NCHC on NCHC.tv Channel Finder: cbssportsnetwork.com/channel-finder download the NCHC and NCHC.tv mobile apps

FOX SPORTS NORTH Date Game Time (CT) Sun., Jan. 7, 2018 *St. Cloud State at Minnesota 6:00 p.m. NCHC Radio Show Sat., Jan. 20, 2018 *Minnesota State at St. Cloud State+ 5:00 p.m. Each Thursday on NCHCHockey.com and NCHC.tv will be a weekly Fri., Jan. 26, 2018 St. Cloud State at Minnesota Duluth+ 7:00 p.m. audio show, the NCHC Radio Show, that recaps the previous week Fri., Feb. 2, 2018 Omaha at St. Cloud State 7:30 p.m. in the conference and previews the upcoming weekend. Included in Fri., Feb. 16, 2018 Miami at Minnesota Duluth+ 7:00 p.m. the roughly six-minute segment will be interviews with the confer- Sat., Feb. 24, 2018 Denver at St. Cloud State+ 7:00 p.m. ence’s players and coaches, as well as audio highlights from the past Sat., Mar. 3, 2018 Omaha at Minnesota Duluth+ 7:00 p.m. weekend’s contests. Channel Finder: foxsports.com/north/story/fox-sports-north-channel-finder-122313 To obtain a copy of the NCHC Radio Show (or other NCHC promo- + Indicates game is on Fox Sports North Plus tional audio/video spots) for use during a broadcast or on the air, email NCHC Director of Communications Michael Weisman at mweis- [email protected]. FOX COLLEGE SPORTS Date Game Time (CT) Sun., Jan. 7, 2018 *St. Cloud State at Minnesota 6:00 p.m. Weekly NCHC.tv Videos Fri., Jan. 12, 2018 Miami at Omaha 7:00 p.m. Plays of the Week: Each Tuesday, the NCHC unveils the “Top Five Plays Sat., Jan. 20, 2018 *Minnesota State at St. Cloud State 5:00 p.m. of the Week” from the previous weekend on NCHC.tv, which culminates Fri., Jan. 26, 2018 St. Cloud State at Minnesota Duluth 7:00 p.m. in the Play of the Year Tournament at the end of the season. Sat., Jan. 27, 2018 Denver at North Dakota 7:00 p.m. Fri., Feb. 2, 2018 Omaha at St. Cloud State 11 p.m. (TD) Inside the NCHC: Each Wednesday during the second half of the season, Sat., Feb. 3, 2018 Western Michigan at Miami 6:00 p.m. the NCHC will post a short feature video spotlighting a student-athlete or Sat., Feb. 10, 2018 St. Cloud State at Miami 6:00 p.m. aspect from an NCHC team, with all eight teams featured once. Sat., Feb. 10, 2018 Colorado College at North Dakota 7:00 p.m. Fri., Feb. 16, 2018 Miami at Minnesota Duluth 7:00 p.m. Preview Show: Each Friday, the NCHC will preview the upcoming week- Sat., Feb. 24, 2018 North Dakota at Miami 6:00 p.m. end on “NCHC Morning Skate” presented by XOS Digital, highlighting the Sat., Feb. 24, 2018 Denver at St. Cloud State 7:00 p.m. match-ups, the past week’s worth of news and spotlighting a feature Sat., Mar. 3, 2018 St. Cloud State at North Dakota 7:00 p.m. series for the upcoming weekend. Sat., Mar. 3, 2018 Omaha at Minnesota Duluth 7:00 p.m.

Channel Finder: fcs.channelfinder.net/v2/framework.aspx NCHC Media Excellence Award New in 2017-18, the NCHC Media Excellence Award will be presented to TSN (in Canada) one member of the media each season at the NCHC Awards Celebration Date Game Time (ET) Network in recognition of outstanding media coverage that conveys the stories Sun., Jan. 7, 2018 *St. Cloud State at Minnesota 7:00 p.m. TSN2 of the NCHC and its members, furthers the conference’s brand and/or Sat., Jan. 20, 2018 *Minnesota State at St. Cloud State 6:00 p.m. TSN2 mission, and promotes the NCHC and its members in a positive manner. All games on TSN also available on TSN GO The award will honor a media member who is well-regarded within the conference and college hockey as a whole, and who dedicates at least some of their time to covering the sport. Special consideration may also *Indicates non-conference game be given to media members who have covered the conference and/or TD = tape delayed Games this week in BOLD a member team for many years, or to a media member who has been All times subject to change bestowed with industry awards from other entities in that given year. NCHC member school sports information directors (SIDs) will submit nominations and also vote on the award at the end of the season.

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NCHC Quick Facts/Directory Julie & Spencer Penrose Memorial Cup

warded to the NCHC regular Website:...... NCHCHockey.com Aseason champion, the Julie Digital Network:...... NCHC.tv and Spencer Penrose Memorial Cup Headquarters:...... The Copper Building (right) serves as the league’s crowning 1631 Mesa Ave., Suite C achievement. The Cup is named Colorado Springs, CO 80906 after Julie and Spencer Penrose, who General Email:...... [email protected] were tremendously successful in the business world and did much of it in Colorado Springs in the early 1900s. Founded:...... July 13, 2011 The couple made much of their money Inaugural Season:...... 2013-14 in the copper industry, which is why the trophy includes copper stars on Commissioner:...... Josh Fenton it. The Penroses also set up the El Office Phone:...... 719-418-2427 Pomar Foundation, which still today Email:...... [email protected] helps pay for amateur sports and other non-profits, including the NCHC office located in the Copper Building next Director of Communications:...... Michael Weisman to the Penrose House on the grounds Office Phone:...... 719-694-9924 of the Penrose compound in Colorado Email:...... [email protected] Springs. The El Pomar Foundation has also issued grants for the Penrose Business Operations Manager:...... Verna Toller Cup, medallions for each individual champion and the NCHC’s annual Office Phone:...... 719-203-6818 Post-Graduate Scholarship. Denver won its first Penrose Cup last season, while North Dakota won back-to-back Penrose Cups in 2015 and 2016 Email:...... [email protected] after St. Cloud State won the inaugural season. Director of Officiating:...... Don Adam Office Phone:...... 719-203-6818 NCHC Tournament/Frozen Faceoff Email:...... [email protected] he NCHC Tournament will consist of four quarterfinal series on the first Regular-Season Trophy...... Julie and Spencer T weekend following regular-season play Penrose Memorial Cup (March 9-11, 2018). The four higher 2016-17 Regular-Season Champion...... Denver seeds will host the four lower seeds in 2016-17 Tournament Champion...... Minnesota Duluth a best two-out-of-three format. Seed Tournament Championship...... Frozen Faceoff #1 will host Seed #8, Seed #2 will host Seed #7, Seed #3 will host Seed Championship Site...... Xcel Energy Center #6, and Seed #4 will host Seed #5. The winners of the four quarterfinal Saint Paul, Minn. series will advance to the NCHC Frozen Faceoff at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minn. for the two Championship Dates: ...... March 16-17, 2018 semifinal games on Friday, March 16. Semifinal Tickets:...... NCHCHockey.com or ticketmaster.com games will be reseeded based on the final regular- or call 1-800-745-3000 season standings. The winners of the two semifinal games (4:08/7:38 p.m. CT) will then meet in the 2017 NCAA Tournament Teams:...... 4 Championship Game (7:38 p.m. CT) on Saturday, NCAA Tournament Teams in NCHC History:...... 17 March 17 for an automatic bid to the NCAA 2017 NCAA Frozen Four Participants:...... 2 Tournament, while the two losers from the semifinal games will face each other in the third-place game NCAA Frozen Four Teams in NCHC History: ...... 7 (3:38 p.m. CT) earlier in the day. National Champions:...... 2 (North Dakota, 2016; Denver, 2017)

2016-17 Final NCHC Standings Conference Overall Pts. GP W L T SW Win Pct. GF GA GP W L T Win Pct. GF GA 1. Denver 59 24 18 3 3 0/2 .813 82 42 44 33 7 4 .795 152 80 2. Minnesota Duluth 52 24 15 5 4 1/2 .708 83 56 42 28 7 7 .750 140 95 3. Western Michigan 42 24 13 9 2 0/1 .583 79 75 40 22 13 5 .613 133 114 4. North Dakota 35 24 11 12 1 1/0 .479 69 63 40 21 16 3 .563 127 104 5. St. Cloud State 31 24 10 13 1 0/0 .438 64 69 36 16 19 1 .458 105 109 6. Omaha 29 24 9 13 2 0/0 .417 74 89 39 17 17 5 .500 122 128 7. Miami 23 24 5 14 5 2/1 .313 57 80 36 9 20 7 .347 91 113 8. Colorado College 17 24 4 16 4 1/0 .250 43 77 36 8 24 4 .278 70 120

12 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey Jan. 1-7, 2018 NCHC Composite Schedule

Saturday, Oct. 21 Friday, Nov. 24 All dates and times are subject to change Colorado College 2, at New Hampshire 1 (OT) Colgate 3, at Western Michigan 5 All times are local to site Miami 3, at Maine 6 Miami 6, at Bowling Green 3 Michigan State 1, at Western Michigan 3 Northern Michigan 3, at Omaha 4 Saturday, Sept. 30 Minnesota 0, at North Dakota 4 Union 4, at North Dakota 1 Wilfrid Laurier 2, at Western Michigan 8 (exh.) Arizona State 4, at Omaha 4 (OT) #Lethbridge 1, Colorado College 4 (exh.) Boston College 1, at St. Cloud State 3 Saturday, Nov. 25 Manitoba 2, at North Dakota 6 (exh.) Merrimack 2, at Minnesota Duluth 7 Colgate 5, at Western Michigan 1 Regina 0, at St. Cloud State 8 (exh.) Lake Superior State 1, at Denver 5 Miami 2, at Bowling Green 2 (OT) Alberta 4, at Minnesota Duluth 3 (exh.) Union 2, at North Dakota 2 (OT) Thursday, Oct. 26 Northern Michigan 1, at Omaha 4 Sunday, Oct. 1 Omaha 6, at Notre Dame 4 Minnesota State 1, at Minnesota Duluth 3 Lethbridge 1, at Denver 3 (exh.) Friday, Oct. 27 Friday, Dec. 1 Friday, Oct. 6 Minnesota Duluth 2, at Maine 1 Cornell 1, at Miami 2 Colorado College 0, at Vermont 3 Denver 4, at Boston University 3 *Denver 1, at Minnesota Duluth 0 Ferris State 1, at Western Michigan 6 Connecticut 0, at Miami 3 *St. Cloud State 7, at Omaha 4 Providence 3, at Miami 1 Omaha 4, at Notre Dame 5 *Western Michigan 3, at North Dakota 4 Nipissing 2, at Omaha 5 (exh.) *North Dakota 1, at Colorado College 2 ^Minnesota 3, at Minnesota Duluth 4 (OT) Saturday, Dec. 2 North Dakota 1, at Alaska Anchorage 1 (OT) Saturday, Oct. 28 Cornell 4, at Miami 0 Denver 6, at Boston College 1 *Denver 2, at Minnesota Duluth 1 Saturday, Oct. 7 Connecticut 1, at Miami 7 *St. Cloud State 5, at Omaha 0 Colorado College 4, at Vermont 3 Minnesota Duluth 2, at Maine 0 *Western Michigan 1, at North Dakota 4 Western Michigan 2, at Ferris State 3 *North Dakota 6, at Colorado College 4 Providence 3, at Miami 2 Friday, Dec. 8 St. Cloud State 4, at Minnesota State 0 Friday, Nov. 3 *Miami 5, at Western Michigan 2 ^Michigan Tech 4, at Minnesota Duluth 3 *Denver 5, at Western Michigan 6 *Minnesota Duluth 5, at Omaha 7 North Dakota 3, at Alaska Anchorage 2 (OT) *Colorado College 2, at Miami 3 (OT) *North Dakota 2, at St. Cloud State 2 (OT - UND SOW) *Minnesota Duluth 3, at St. Cloud State 5 *Colorado College 4, at Denver 4 (OT - CC 3x3 W) Tuesday, Oct. 10 North Dakota 3, at Wisconsin 2 Bowling Green 1, at Western Michigan 3 Saturday, Dec. 9 Saturday, Nov. 4 *Miami 3, at Western Michigan 4 (OT) Friday, Oct. 13 *Minnesota Duluth 0, at St. Cloud State 5 *Minnesota Duluth 6, at Omaha 2 Miami 7. at U.S. Under-18 Team 5 (exh.) *Denver 4, at Western Michigan 7 *North Dakota 1, at St. Cloud State 3 Clarkson 2, at Western Michigan 2 (OT) *Colorado College 2, at Miami 1 *Denver 1, at Colorado College 1 (OT - DU 3x3 W) Denver 2, at Notre Dame 2 (OT) North Dakota 2, at Wisconsin 2 (OT) Omaha 4, at UMass Lowell 2 Friday, Dec. 15 Minnesota Duluth 2, at Bemidji State 5 Friday, Nov. 10 Dartmouth 0, at Denver 1 St. Lawrence 1, at North Dakota 2 *Western Michigan 0, at Minnesota Duluth 3 Alaska 3, at St. Cloud State 6 *Miami 1, at North Dakota 4 Saturday, Dec. 16 Alaska Anchorage 1, at Colorado College 6 *St. Cloud State 2, at Denver 4 Arizona State 0, at Colorado College 4 *Omaha 5, at Colorado College 3 Dartmouth 5, at Denver 4 Saturday, Oct. 14 Denver 4, at Notre Dame 2 Saturday, Nov. 11 Sunday, Dec. 17 Omaha 2, at UMass Lowell 5 *Omaha 0, at Colorado College 4 Arizona State 4, at Colorado College 4 (OT) Clarkson 4, at Western Michigan 2 *Miami 3, at North Dakota 3 (OT - UND SOW) St. Lawrence 1, at North Dakota 6 *Western Michigan 5, at Minnesota Duluth 0 Thursday, Dec. 28 Alaska 4, at St. Cloud State 5 (OT) *St. Cloud State 1, at Denver 5 Western Michigan 5, at Bowling Green 2 Bemidji State 0, at Minnesota Duluth 0 (OT) Alaska Anchorage 2, at Colorado College 3 Friday, Nov. 17 Friday, Dec. 29 *Omaha 1, at Western Michigan 4 %Minnesota Duluth 5, Yale 0 Friday, Oct. 20 *Minnesota Duluth 3, at Miami 1 St. Cloud State 3, at Princeton 3 (OT) Colorado College 3, at New Hampshire 6 *Colorado College 1, at St. Cloud State 6 Union 1, at Omaha 5 Miami 7, at Maine 5 *North Dakota 5, at Denver 4 Colorado College 3, at Air Force 6 Western Michigan 4, at Michigan State 6 Merrimack 3, at Denver 2 Arizona State 1, at Omaha 5 Saturday, Nov. 18 Minnesota 2, at North Dakota 1 *Omaha 2, at Western Michigan 5 Boston College 2, at St. Cloud State 5 *Minnesota Duluth 2, at Miami 3 Merrimack 5, at Minnesota Duluth 5 (OT) *Colorado College 1, at St. Cloud State 5 Lake Superior State 3, at Denver 3 (OT) *North Dakota 1, at Denver 4

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Saturday, Dec. 30 Friday, Feb. 2 Friday-Sunday, March 9-11 Windsor 2, at Miami 8 (exh.) *Western Michigan at Miami, 7:35 p.m. ET NCHC Quarterfinals St. Cloud State 2, at Princeton 2 (OT) *Omaha at St. Cloud State, 7:37 p.m. CT Best of Three Series, hosted by the higher seed %Minnesota Duluth 2, at Dartmouth 2 (OT) *Minnesota Duluth at Denver, 7:08 p.m. MT #8 seed at #1 seed Union 3, at Omaha 5 #7 seed at #2 seed U.S. U-18 Team 2, at North Dakota 5 (exh.) Saturday, Feb. 3 #6 seed at #3 seed Merrimack 1, at Colorado College 2 *Western Michigan at Miami, 7:05 p.m. ET #5 seed at #4 seed Air Force 0, at Denver 6 *Omaha at St. Cloud State, 7:07 p.m. CT *Minnesota Duluth at Denver, 7:05 p.m. MT Friday, March 16 Friday, Jan. 5 (Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minn.) *Denver at Miami, 7:35 p.m. ET Friday, Feb. 9 Frozen Faceoff Semifinal Game 1, 4 p.m. CT *Omaha at North Dakota, 7:38 p.m. CT *Colorado College at North Dakota, 7:37 p.m. CT Frozen Faceoff Semifinal Game 2, 7:30 p.m. CT *St. Cloud State at Miami, 8:08 p.m. ET Saturday, Jan. 6 Saturday, March 17 *Denver at Miami, 7:05 p.m. ET Saturday, Feb. 10 (Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minn.) *Omaha at North Dakota, 7:07 p.m. CT *St. Cloud State at Miami, 7:05 p.m. ET Frozen Faceoff Third-Place Game, 3:30 p.m. CT Minnesota at St. Cloud State, 6:38 p.m. CT *Colorado College at North Dakota, 7:07 p.m. CT Frozen Faceoff Championship, 7:30 p.m. CT

Sunday, Jan. 7 Friday, Feb. 16 Friday, March 23-Sunday, March 25 St. Cloud State at Minnesota, 6 p.m. CT *St. Cloud State at Western Michigan, 7:05 p.m. ET NCAA Regionals *North Dakota at Omaha, 6:38 p.m. CT East Regional: Bridgeport, Conn. Friday, Jan. 12 *Miami at Minnesota Duluth, 7:07 p.m. CT Northeast Regional: Worcester, Mass. *Miami at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT *Denver at Colorado College, 8:08 p.m. MT Midwest Regional: Allentown, Pa. North Dakota at Bemidji State, 7:07 p.m. CT West Regional: Sioux Falls, S.D. *Western Michigan at St. Cloud State, 7:37 p.m. CT Saturday, Feb. 17 *Minn. Duluth at Colorado College, 7:37 p.m. MT *St. Cloud State at Western Michigan, 7:05 p.m. ET Thursday, April 5 (Saint Paul, Minn.) *North Dakota at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT NCAA Frozen Four National Semifinals Saturday, Jan. 13 *Miami at Minnesota Duluth, 7:07 p.m. CT *Minn. Duluth at Colorado College, 6:07 p.m. MT *Colorado College at Denver, 7:05 p.m. MT Saturday, April 7 (Saint Paul, Minn.) *Western Michigan at St. Cloud State, 7:07 p.m. CT NCAA National Championship Game *Miami at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT Friday, Feb. 23 Bemidji State at North Dakota, 7:07 p.m. CT *Minn. Duluth at Western Michigan, 7:05 p.m. ET *North Dakota at Miami, 7:35 p.m. ET All dates and times are subject to change Friday, Jan. 19 *Colorado College at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT All times are local to site *Colorado College at Western Michigan, 6:38 p.m. ET *Denver at St. Cloud State, 7:38 p.m. CT *North Dakota at Minnesota Duluth, 8:08 p.m. CT * National Collegiate Hockey Conference game *Omaha at Denver, 7:05 p.m. MT Saturday, Feb. 24 # Exhibition held in Breckenridge, Colo. *North Dakota at Miami, 7:05 p.m. ET ^ Ice Breaker Tournament (Duluth, Minn.) Saturday, Jan. 20 *Minn. Duluth at Western Michigan, 7:05 p.m. ET % Ledyard Classic (Hanover, N.H.) Minnesota State at St. Cloud State, 5 p.m. CT *Denver at St. Cloud State, 7:07 p.m. CT *Colorado College at Western Michigan, 7:05 p.m. ET *Colorado College at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT *North Dakota at Minnesota Duluth, 7:07 p.m. CT *Omaha at Denver, 7:05 p.m. MT Friday, March 2 *Omaha at Minnesota Duluth, 7:07 p.m. CT Tuesday, Jan. 23 *St. Cloud State at North Dakota, 7:37 p.m. CT Minnesota Duluth at Minnesota State, 7:07 p.m. CT *Western Michigan at Colorado College, 7:37 p.m. MT *Miami at Denver, 8:08 p.m. MT Friday, Jan. 26 *Western Michigan at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT Saturday, March 3 *St. Cloud State at Minnesota Duluth, 7:07 p.m. CT *Omaha at Minnesota Duluth, 7:07 p.m. CT *Denver at North Dakota, 7:38 p.m. CT *St. Cloud State at North Dakota, 7:07 p.m. CT *Miami at Colorado College, 7:37 p.m. MT *Western Michigan at Colorado College, 6:07 p.m. MT *Miami at Denver, 7:05 p.m. MT Saturday, Jan. 27 *Miami at Colorado College, 4:07 p.m. MT *Denver at North Dakota, 7:07 p.m. CT *Western Michigan at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT *St. Cloud State at Minnesota Duluth, 7:07 p.m. CT

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29

Hockey Game Box Score (Final) Hockey Game Box Score (Final) #1 St. Cloud State vs Princeton (Dec 29, 2017 at Princeton, N.J.) #12 Western Michigan vs Bowling Green (Dec 28, 2017 at Bowling Green, Ohio) St. Cloud State (12-2-2) vs. Princeton (6-7-2) Western Michigan (11-8-1 (6-4-0 NCHC)) vs. Bowling Green (8-6-6 (7-2-5 WCHA)) Date: Dec 29, 2017 • Location: Princeton, N.J. • Arena: Hobey Baker Rink Date: Dec 28, 2017 • Location: Bowling Green, Ohio • Arena: Slater Ice Arena Attendance: 2048 • Start time: 7:00 • End time: 9:19 • Total time: Attendance: 1895 • Start time: 7:37 PM • End time: 9:57 PM • Total time: 2:20 Prd Time Team Scored by Assists Vis. on ice Home on ice Goals by Period Prd Time Team Scored by Assists Vis. on ice Home on ice Goals by Period 1. 1st 13:42 SCSU EV Easton Brodzinski/6 - 26,18,20,10,3 16,18,27,5,10 Team 1 2 3 OT Tot 1. 1st 01:48 WMU PP Hugh McGing/6 Corey Schueneman/ 16,6,9,17,22 26,23,4 Team 1 2 3 Tot 2. 1st 16:56 PRIN EV Hallisey, David/10 Teves, Josh/12 20,19,3,6,7 16,4,15,21,5 SCSU 1020 3 Dawson DiPietro/11 WMU 4 0 1 5 Kuffner, Ryan PRIN 1110 3 2. 1st 09:22 WMU EV Cam Lee/4 Ethen Frank/4 28,26,25,14,15 5,28,13,21,29 BGSU 0 1 1 2 3. 2nd 13:58 PRIN EV Robinson, Eric/7 Cressey, Jackson/11 23,28,26,10,22 18,10,16,20,27 3. 1st 13:01 WMU EV Austin Rueschhoff/6 Dawson DiPietro/12 22,9,2,17,6 6,16,7,5,21 Hallisey, David Shots by Period Wade Allison/12 4. 3rd 07:57 PRIN PP Kuffner, Ryan/10 Veronneau, Max/10 23,28,22,20 21,15,4,16,10 Shots by Period Team 1 2 3 OT Tot 4. 1st 14:08 WMU PP Wade Allison/15 Corey Schueneman/ 17,6,16,22,9 7,6,21,5 Team 1 2 3 Tot Teves, Josh/13 Ben Blacker/1 SCSU 8 5 13 14 40 WMU 10 4 10 24 5. 3rd 11:40 SCSU PP Blake Winiecki/5 Jimmy Schuldt/15 42,22,17,19,23 27,10,4,16 5. 2nd 01:09 BGSU PP RAUHAUSER, Alec/6 KRUSE, Brandon/9 4,16,13,10 23,28,13,6,10 Jacob Benson/7 PRIN 9 13 6 0 28 BGSU 7 5 9 21 6. 3rd 03:24 WMU PP Austin Rueschhoff/7 Hugh McGing/16 22,16,17,9,6 23,6,7,4 6. 3rd 18:21 SCSU PP Jimmy Schuldt/6 Robby Jackson/11 22,23,19,42,17 8,23,28,27 Wade Allison/13 Mikey Eyssimont/11 Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) 7. 3rd 19:24 BGSU PP McLAIN, Mitch/8 KRUSE, Brandon/10 18,26,4,13 6,28,13,10,23 Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) Prd SCSU PRINM Prd WMU BGSU BAYLIS, Stephen/9 TEAM SUMMARY 1st 0-0 (1) 0-1 (4) 1st 2-3 (2) 0-3 (2) 2nd 0-4 (2) 0-2 (3) 2nd 0-1 (1) 1-4 (3) # 1 2 3 O Tot +/- # 1 2 3 O Tot +/- 3rd 2-2 (3) 1-2 (2) TEAM SUMMARY St. Cloud State Princeton 3rd 1-2 (3) 1-2 (2) 3 Jack Poehling 1000 1 0 4 Teves, Josh 1000 1+1 OT 0-0 (0) 0-0 (0) # Western Michigan G A Pi Sh +/- Bl # Bowling Green G A Pi Sh +/- Bl Total 3-6 (6) 2-9 (7) 6 Luke Jaycox 1 0 1 0 2 -1 5 Paolini, Mark 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 2-6 (6) 1-5 (9) 2 Kale Bennett 0 0 2 0 +1 1 3 MUSSER, Carson 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 Nick Poehling 0001 1 -1 7 Grande, Liam 0000 0 0 4 Luke Bafia 0 0 0 2 0 3 4 McDONALD, Con 0 0 0 1 0 1 Penalties-Minutes by Prd 10 Jon Lizotte 1 0 0 1 2 0 8 Becker, Max 0 1 1 0 2 0 Penalties-Minutes by Prd 6 Corey Schuenem 0 2 2 0 +1 0 5 SMITH, Adam 0 0 0 1 -2 0 Prd WMU BGSU 12 Jack Ahcan 0030 3 0 9 Fallon, Joey 0000 0 0 Prd SCSU PRINM 1st 4-8 4-8 9 Dawson DiPietro 0 2 2 2 +1 0 6 McLAIN, Mitch 1 0 0 2 -1 0 14 Patrick Newell 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 Cressey, Jackson 2 1 0 0 3 0 1st 1-2 1-2 2nd 5-10 2-4 2nd 3-6 4-8 10 Lawton Courtnall 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 SPEZIA, Tyler 0 0 0 0 -1 1 17 Jacob Benson 0100 1 0 11 Riche, Alex 1100 2 0 3rd 2-4 2-4 3rd 2-4 2-4 13 Neal Goff 0 0 0 2 0 1 10 JOHNSON, Max 0 0 4 0 0 0 18 Judd Peterson 0 0 0 0 0 +1 15 Veronneau, Max 1 6 0 0 7 +1 Total 11-22 8-16 OT 2-12 2-12 14 Jade McMullen 0 0 0 0 +1 0 13 BAYLIS, Stephen 0 1 0 5 -1 0 19 Mikey Eyssimont 1121 5 -1 16 Hallisey, David 2000 2+1 Total 8-24 9-26 15 Scott Moldenhau 0 0 6 1 +1 1 14 WELLS, Justin 0 0 0 1 0 0 Three stars: 20 Will Borgen 0 0 0 1 1 0 18 Robinson, Eric 0 3 2 0 5 0 16 Hugh McGing 1 1 2 1 0 0 16 WRIGHT, Camer 0 0 4 0 -1 0 1. Austin Rueschhoff 21 Jake Wahlin 2000 2 0 20 Pomeroy, Stuart 0010 1+1 Three stars: 17 Wade Allison 1 2 0 2 +1 1 18 D'ANDREA, Brett 0 0 0 1 0 0 2. Wade Allison 22 Jimmy Schuldt 0 0 1 3 4 -1 21 Kuffner, Ryan 0 0 1 0 1 +1 1. Ferland, Ryan 18 Brett Van Os 0 0 0 0 0 3 20 FORD, Connor 0 0 0 1 0 0 3. DOP, Eric 23 Robby Jackson 0001 1 -1 23 Germain, Jeremy 1100 2 0 2. Jimmy Schuldt 21 Josh Passolt 0 0 2 1 0 0 21 DALTON, Jacob 0 0 4 1 -2 0 26 Easton Brodzinsk 2 1 1 3 7 0 24 Thom, Matthew 0 0 1 0 1 0 3. Teves, Josh 22 Austin Rueschho 2 0 2 3 +1 1 22 CRAGGS, Lukas 0 0 0 0 0 0 Officials: 27 Blake Lizotte 0200 2 0 25 Keenan, Luke 0000 0 0 23 Paul Washe 0 0 0 1 0 1 23 RAUHAUSER, Ale 1 0 2 2 0 0 Referee:Kevin Langseth 28 Kevin Fitzgerald 0 0 0 1 1 -1 26 Paganelli, Jake 1 0 0 0 1 0 Officials: 25 Richard Zehnal 0 0 0 2 +1 0 25 CRAGGS, Sam 0 0 0 1 0 0 Referee:Ryan Gordon 42 Blake Winiecki 0041 5 0 27 Grabowski, Joe 0000 0 0 Referee:Chip McDonald 26 Ethen Frank 0 1 0 1 +1 0 26 MEIER, Matt 0 0 2 0 0 0 Linesman:Frank Hempel 55 Mika Ilvonen 0 0 1 0 1 0 28 Topatigh, Derek 0 0 0 0 0 0 Linesman:Chris Mastrangelo 27 Cam Orchard 0 0 2 3 0 0 28 KRUSE, Brandon 0 2 0 2 -1 0 Linesman:TJ Likens 30 David Zevnik dnp 31 Shaw, Austin dnp Linesman:Dmity Antipin 28 Cam Lee 1 0 2 3 +1 1 29 SCHILLING, Joh 0 0 0 2 -1 0 Totals 8 5 13 14 40 -5 35 Halford, Ben dnp Goal judge:Philip Kitchen Scorer:Princeton OAC 33 Ben Blacker 0 1 0 0 0 0 32 RICH, Brett dnp Totals 9 13 6 0 28 +5 35 Trevor Gorsuch dnp Totals 2 3 16 21 -10 3 Totals 5 9 22 24 +1 13 GOALTENDERS ## St. Cloud State Dec Min GA 1 2 3 OT Saves ## Princeton Dec Min GA 1 2 3 OT Saves GOALTENDERS 1 Jeff Smith T 64:59 3 8 12 5 0 25 30 Ferland, Ryan T 64:57 3 7 5 11 14 37 ## Western Michigan Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves ## Bowling Green Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves EMPTY NET 0:01 0 0000 0 EMPTY NET 0:03 0 0000 0 33 Ben Blacker W 59:50 2 7 4 8 19 35 BEDNARD, Ryan L 14:08 4 5 0 0 5 PENALTY SUMMARY EMPTY NET 0:10 0 0 0 0 0 31 DOP, Eric 45:52 1 1 4 9 14 Prd Player Team MinOffense Time Prd Player Team MiOffense Time PENALTY SUMMARY 1st Jake Wahlin SCSU 2.Cross-Checking 14:51 PP 3rd Jake Wahlin SCSU 2.Slashing 07:33 PP 1st Keenan, Luke Prinm 2.Hooking 18:32 PP 3rd Topatigh, Derek Prinm 2.Roughing 10:39 PP Prd Player Team MinOffense Time Prd Player Team MiOffense Time 2nd Riche, Alex Prinm 2.Slashing 01:58 3rd Nick Poehling SCSU 2.Interference 15:46 PP 1st WRIGHT, Cameron BGSU 2.Tripping 00:56 PP 2nd Hugh McGing WMU 2.Holding 03:52 2nd Will Borgen SCSU 2.Roughing 01:58 3rd Grande, Liam Prinm 2.Tripping 18:08 PP 1st DALTON, Jacob BGSU 2.Tripping 01:40 PP 2nd Kale Bennett WMU 2.Interference 04:32 PP 2nd Judd Peterson SCSU 2.Hooking 04:07 PP OT Becker, Max Prinm 2.Roughing 05:00 1st Dawson DiPietro WMU 2.Holding 02:58 PP 2nd Corey Schueneman WMU 2.Hooking 07:44 PP 2nd Cressey, Jackson Prinm 2.Slashing 05:49 PP OT Will Borgen SCSU 2.Roughing 05:00 1st Cam Orchard WMU 2.Boarding 05:30 PP 2nd JOHNSON, Max BGSU 2.Slashing 14:14 PP 2nd Robby Jackson SCSU 2.Holding 09:04 PP OT Becker, Max Prinm 10.10-Minute Miscondu 05:00 1st JOHNSON, Max BGSU 2.Hooking 13:37 PP 2nd Josh Passolt WMU 2.Hooking 17:21 PP 2nd Kuffner, Ryan Prinm 2.Holding 09:31 PP OT Will Borgen SCSU 10.10-Minute Miscondu 05:00 1st WRIGHT, Cameron BGSU 2.Embellishment 15:59 3rd MEIER, Matt BGSU 2.Holding 02:44 PP 2nd Becker, Max Prinm 2.Hooking 14:39 PP 1st Scott Moldenhauer WMU 2.Cross-Checking 15:59 3rd DALTON, Jacob BGSU 2.Hooking 06:28 PP 1st Cam Lee WMU 2.Holding 15:59 PP 3rd Scott Moldenhauer WMU 2.O-Tripping 10:05 PP St. Cloud State-Jeff Smith (7-1-2). Princeton-Ferland, Ryan (5-5-2). 2nd Austin Rueschhoff WMU 2.High Sticking 00:44 PP 3rd Scott Moldenhauer WMU 2.Interference 19:03 PP Princeton timeout at 12:48 of 1st period. 2nd RAUHAUSER, Alec BGSU 2.Holding 03:52 Win-Ben Blacker (9-8-1). Loss-BEDNARD, Ryan (4-3-4). Referee's signature

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College Hockey Box Score (Final) Referees: Todd Anderson Game Start: 7:07 Union at Omaha Tom Sterns Game End: 9:27 Hockey Game Box Score (Final) Friday, December 29, 2017 Linesmen: Nate Stanton Game Length: 2:20 #17 Minn Duluth vs Yale (12/29/17 at Hanover, NH) Jake Jackson Attendance: 6067

Minn Duluth (9-9-2) vs. Yale (5-8-0) Scoring 1st 2nd 3rd Final Shots on Goal 1st 2nd 3rd SOG PP PP % PIM SHGF Date: 12/29/17 • Location: Hanover, NH • Arena: Thompson Arena Union 0 1 0 1 Union 6 6 7 19 Union 0/4 .000 3/6 0 Attendance: • Start time: 4:05 PM • End time: 6:11 PM • Total time: 2:06 Omaha 3 2 0 5 Omaha 8 13 7 28 Omaha 1/2 .500 5/10 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 1st 3:31 UNO 1-0 EV Fredrik Olofsson (3) Lukáš Buchta/3, Tristan Keck/4 6,27,19,28,15,G35 5,9,15,17,20,G34 1. 1st 19:57 UMD PP Parker Mackay Nick Swaney 39,23,20,12,25 27,21,25,2 Team 1 2 3 Tot 20,12,13,5,10,G35 4,9,14,15,17,G34 Karson Kuhlman UMD 1 2 2 5 2 1st 6:44 UNO 2-0 EV GW Ryan Jones (1) David Pope/10, Jake Randolph/8 2. 2nd 02:51 UMD PP Karson Kuhlman Peter Krieger 20,25,23,18,12 13,25,16,14 YALE 0 0 0 0 3 1st 12:03 UNO 3-0 EV Steven Spinner (7) Martin Sundberg/3, Teemu Pulkkinen/3 26,16,14,28,6,G35 7,13,19,22,24,G34 Nick Swaney 4 2nd 3:29 UNO 4-0 PP Joel Messner (3) Jake Randolph/9, David Pope/11 5,13,12,28,10,G35 7,17,22,25,G34 3. 2nd 11:46 UMD PP Blake Young Louie Roehl 17,6,19,21,8 28,25,19,6 Shots by Period 5 2nd 8:20 UNI 1-4 EV Cole Maier (5) Jack Adams/5, Greg Campbell/6 17,20,15,9,5,G1 21,19,22,9,23,G35 Justin Richards Team 1 2 3 Tot 19,27,28,20,5,G35 5,9,15,17,20,G1 4. 3rd 11:35 UMD EV Jared Thomas Parker Mackay 22,39,8,21,12 25,7,28,16,19 6 2nd 11:51 UNO 5-1 EV Tristan Keck (5) Zach Jordan/3, Fredrik Olofsson/11 UMD 6 10 8 24 5. 3rd 13:06 UMD EV Blake Young Koby Bender 17,8,19,21,12 14,12,2,10,13 YALE 10 10 9 29 ## Union G A P PIM SOG +/- ## Omaha G A P PIM SOG +/- Justin Richards 4 Joseph Campolieto 0 0 0 0/0 0 -1 5 Joel Messner 1 0 1 0/0 1 +2 TEAM SUMMARY Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) 5 Vas Kolias 0 0 0 0/0 0 -1 6 Lukáš Buchta 0 1 1 0/0 3 +2 Prd UMD YALE 7 Brandon Estes 0 0 0 1/2 0 -1 9 Riley Alferd 0 0 0 1/2 1 -1 # Minn Duluth G A Pi Sh +/- Bl # Yale G A Pi Sh +/- Bl 1st 1-2 (1) 0-1 (2) 5 Nick Wolff 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 Adam Larkin 0 0 0 3 -1 0 2nd 2-2 (5) 0-1 (2) 8 Anthony Rinaldi 0 0 0 0/0 3 E 10 Tyler Vesel 0 0 0 0/0 3 +1 6 Louie Roehl 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 Brian Matthews 0 0 0 1 0 1 3rd 0-0 (0) 0-1 (3) 9 Ryan Scarfo 0 0 0 0/0 2 -2 12 David Pope 0 2 2 0/0 3 +1 8 Koby Bender 0 1 0 1 +2 0 6 Billy Sweezey 0 0 0 2 0 1 Total 3-4 (6) 0-3 (7) 10 Ryan Burton 0 0 0 1/2 1 E 13 Jake Randolph 0 2 2 1/2 2 +1 10 Kobe Roth 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 Joe Snively 0 0 0 3 -1 0 13 Zachary Emelifeonwu 0 0 0 0/0 0 -1 14 Teemu Pulkkinen 0 1 1 0/0 0 +1 11 Avery Peterson 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 Robbie DeMontis 0 0 0 2 0 0 Penalties-Minutes by Prd 14 J.C. Brassard 0 0 0 0/0 0 -1 15 Jalen Schulz 0 0 0 0/0 1 +1 12 Jarod Hilderman 0 0 0 2 +2 3 10 Chandler Lindstr 0 0 0 0 -1 0 Prd UMD YALE 1st 1-2 2-4 16 Billy Exell 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Dante Palecco 0 0 0 1 -1 0 15 Jack Adams 0 1 1 0/0 3 -2 16 Martin Sundberg 0 1 1 1/2 1 +1 2nd 1-2 2-4 17 Blake Young 2 0 0 3 +1 0 13 Evan Smith 0 0 2 1 -1 1 17 Cole Maier 1 0 1 0/0 2 -2 17 Luke Nogard 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 3rd 3-17 0-0 18 Nick McCormack 0 0 17 0 0 0 14 Mitchell Smith 0 0 0 1 -1 0 Total 5-21 4-8 19 Brendan Taylor 0 0 0 0/0 0 -1 19 Tristan Keck 1 1 2 0/0 2 +1 19 Justin Richards 0 2 0 2 +1 0 16 Anthony Walsh 0 0 4 0 -1 0 20 Greg Campbell 0 1 1 0/0 2 -1 20 Ryan Jones 1 0 1 1/2 3 +2 20 Karson Kuhlman 1 1 2 1 0 1 17 Kevin O'Neil 0 0 0 6 0 1 Three stars: 22 Connor Light 0 0 0 1/2 1 -1 21 Ryan Galt 0 0 0 0/0 1 -1 21 Matt Anderson 0 0 0 1 +2 0 19 Ted Hart 0 0 0 0 -1 2 1. None 22 Jared Thomas 1 0 0 5 +1 2 21 Tyler Welsh 0 0 0 1 0 3 2. None 24 Liam Morgan 0 0 0 0/0 1 -1 22 Jordan Klehr 0 0 0 0/0 1 -1 23 Nick Swaney 0 2 0 1 0 0 22 JM Piotrowski 0 0 0 0 0 0 3. None 25 Ryan Walker 0 0 0 0/0 2 E 23 Grant Gallo 0 0 0 1/2 0 -1 25 Peter Krieger 0 1 0 2 0 0 25 Phil Kemp 0 0 0 1 -1 2 26 Josh Kosack 0 0 0 0/0 2 E 26 Steven Spinner 1 0 1 0/0 1 +1 Officials: 26 Jade Miller 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 Brett Jewell 0 0 2 1 0 1 28 Parker Foo 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 27 Zach Jordan 0 1 1 0/0 3 +2 28 Sammy Spurrell 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Luke Stevens 0 0 0 3 0 0 Referee:Anthony Kenney 39 Parker Mackay 1 1 0 2 +1 2 28 Ryan Hitchcock 0 0 0 3 -1 1 Referee:Kevin Graber 29 Sean Harrison 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 28 Fredrik Olofsson 1 1 2 0/0 1 +3 36 Ben Patt dnp 33 Corbin Kaczpers dnp Linesman:Mike Emanatian 1 G Jake Kupsky 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 1 G Alex Blankenburg Did Not Play Linesman:Matt Brady 37 Nick Deery dnp Totals 0 0 8 29 -10 13 34 G Darion Hanson 0 0 0 0/0 0 -3 33 G Kris Oldham Did Not Play Game timekeeper:Dartmouth SID Totals 5 9 21 24 +1 11 35 G Evan Weninger 0 0 0 0/0 0 +3 Union Totals 1 2 3 3/6 19 -3 Omaha Totals 5 10 15 5/10 28 +3 GOALTENDERS ## Goaltending MIN GA 1 2 3 Saves ## Goaltending MIN GA 1 2 3 Saves ## Minn Duluth Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves ## Yale Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves 34 Darion Hanson (L, 7-2-0) 24:58 4 5 4 0 9 35 Evan Weninger (W, 7-6-0) 60:00 1 6 5 7 18 32 Hunter Shepard W 59:54 0 10 10 9 29 1 Sam Tucker L 60:00 5 5 8 6 19 1 Jake Kupsky 35:00 1 0 7 7 14 EMPTY NET 0:06 0 0 0 0 0 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 Martin Sundberg UNO 2 Slashing 7:17 2nd Connor Light UNI 2 Holding 5:39 1st Karson Kuhlman UMD 2.Hitting From Behind 05:59 PP 2nd Anthony Walsh YALE 2.Kneeing 09:51 PP 1st Grant Gallo UNO 2 Hooking 19:11 3rd Ryan Jones UNO 2 Interference 4:16 1st Anthony Walsh YALE 2.Hooking 11:49 PP 3rd Nick McCormack UMD 10.Disqualification 06:30 1st Evan Smith YALE 2.Roughing 19:09 PP 3rd Nick McCormack UMD 5.Contact To The Hea 06:30 PP 1st Riley Alferd UNO 2 Kneeing 20:00 3rd Brandon Estes UNI 2 Slashing 16:27 2nd Brett Jewell YALE 2.Tripping 02:37 PP 3rd Louie Roehl UMD 2.Interference 07:23 PP 2nd Ryan Burton UNI 2 Cross-Checking 3:13 3rd Jake Randolph UNO 2 Interference 16:27 2nd Nick McCormack UMD 2.Interference 04:38 PP New Records: Omaha 8-8-1, Union 10-9-1 Win-Hunter Shepard. Loss-Sam Tucker. Three Stars: 1. Tristan Keck (Omaha) 2. Ryan Jones (Omaha) 3. Lukáš Buchta (Omaha)

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29 Hockey Game Box Score (Final) Colorado College vs Air Force (Dec 29, 2017 at Air Force Academy,CO)

Hockey Game Box Score (Final) Colorado College (8-8-3, 3-5-2 NCHC) vs. Air Force (8-8-3, 3-7-2 AHA) Merrimack vs #2 Denver (Dec 29, 2017 at Denver, Colo.) Date: Dec 29, 2017 • Location: Air Force Academy,CO • Arena: Cadet Ice Arena Attendance: 2921 • Start time: 7:05 • End time: 9:20 • Total time: 2:15 Merrimack (10-5-4, 5-3-2-1) vs. Denver (5-9-4, 2-6-2) Date: Dec 29, 2017 • Location: Denver, Colo. • Arena: Magness Arena Prd Time Team Scored by Assists Vis. on ice Home on ice Goals by Period Attendance: • Start time: 7:05 PM • End time: 9:30 PM • Total time: 2:25 1. 1st 00:28 AF EV BASKIN, Erik/7 LEDFORD, Tyler/7 17,2,5,29,8 27,13,15,23,7 Team 123Tot 2. 1st 02:13 AF EV MACKEY, Kyle/2 KUCERA, Ben/5 9,24,19,3,22 2,14,28,23,7 CC 120 3 TOMLAK, Brady/5 Prd Time Team Scored by Assists Vis. on ice Home on ice Goals by Period AF 321 6 3. 1st 04:44 AF PP HIMLEY, Jordan/6 LEDFORD, Tyler/8 15,39,14,5 10,13,4,15,20 1. 1st 02:38 MER EV Cole McBride/3 - 18,23,17,6,3 2,3,26,17,18 Team 123Tot CHRISTOPOULOS, Bi 2. 1st 15:48 DEN EV Kohen Olischefski/3 Henrik Borgstrom/124,6,19,25,28 12,5,13,15,21 Shots by Period MER 1 0 2 3 4. 1st 14:57 CC EV Nick Halloran/10 Trey Bradley/12 13,39,14,27,15 21,28,9,4,52 Colin Staub/11 Team 123Tot DEN101 2 Ben Israel/6 3. 3rd 08:14 MER EV Brett Seney/5 Jace Hennig/9 13,9,15,25,3 5,21,22,24,25 CC 8 11 9 28 5. 2nd 00:13 AF EV LEDFORD, Tyler/2 - 5,29,8,13 13,7,74,15 Jared Kolquist/12 Shots by Period AF 6 7 12 25 4. 3rd 08:58 MER PP Brett Seney/6 Jace Hennig/10 13,9,25,15,23 2,5,19,21 6. 2nd 07:37 CC EV Trey Bradley/4 Mason Bergh/13 14,15,13,8,5 28,9,21,74,20 Team 123Tot Sami Tavernier/5 Nick Halloran/16 MER 6 9 11 26 Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) 5. 3rd 18:27 DEN EX Ian Mitchell/2 Dylan Gambrell/16 15,19,23,27 15,7,5,14,19,24 7. 2nd 10:28 CC PP Mason Bergh/11 Trey Bradley/13 15,14,39,17,13 52,23,16,12 DEN 9 12 17 38 Andrew Farny/5 Prd CC AF Henrik Borgstrom/13 1st 0-3 (2) 1-2 (1) 8. 2nd 13:21 AF PP BASKIN, Erik/8 LEDFORD, Tyler/10 15,5,7,8 27,13,20,15,7 2nd 1-3 (4) 1-3 (1) Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) TEAM SUMMARY BOJE, Phil/9 3rd 0-1 (0) 0-0 (0) Prd MER DEN 9. 3rd 13:53 AF EV BASKIN, Erik/9 LEDFORD, Tyler/11 15,5,14,8,13 27,13,7,15,23 Total 1-7 (6) 2-5 (2) # Merrimack 1 2 3 Tot +/- # Denver 1 2 3 Tot +/- 1st 0-2 (3) 0-0 (0) BOJE, Phil/10 3 Aaron Titcomb 0 0 1 1 +2 2 Erich Fear 0 0 0 0 -1 2nd 0-1 (0) 0-1 (2) 3rd 1-1 (2) 1-3 (5) Penalties-Minutes by Prd 4 Marc Biega 0 1 0 1 -1 3 Tariq Hammond 1 1 1 3 -1 TEAM SUMMARY Total 1-4 (5) 1-4 (7) Prd CC AF 6 Alex Carle 0 0 0 0 0 4 Griffin Mendel 1 0 0 1 0 1st 3-6 3-6 # Colorado College G A Pi Sh +/- Bl # Air Force G A Pi Sh +/- Bl 8 Johnathan Kovac 1 0 1 2 0 5 Henrik Borgstro 0 0 2 2 0 2nd 2-4 4-8 Penalties-Minutes by Prd 2 Trevor Gooch 0 0 0 2 -1 1 2 MACKEY, Kyle 1 0 0 2 +1 1 9 Jace Hennig 0 1 0 1 +1 7 Dylan Gambrell 1 2 2 5 0 3rd 1-2 1-2 10 Derek Petti 0 0 0 0 0 10 Jaakko Heikkine 1 0 1 2 0 Prd MER DEN 3 Kristian Blumens 0 0 0 1 -1 1 4 BOJE, Phil 0 2 0 1 -1 4 1st 0-0 2-4 Total 6-12 8-16 11 Tyler Irvine 0 1 0 1 0 12 Kohen Olischefsk 1 1 1 3 +1 5 Cole McCaskill 0 0 0 0 -2 0 7 KOCH, Matt 0 0 2 2 +4 0 2nd 2-4 1-2 12 Ludvig Larsson 0 0 0 0 0 13 Liam Finlay 1 1 1 3 +1 8 Zach Berzolla 0 0 2 0 -2 2 9 STONE, Trevor 0 0 0 1 -2 0 3rd 2-4 1-2 Three stars: 13 Brett Seney 0 2 2 4 +1 14 Jarid Lukoseviciu 1 2 2 5 0 Total 4-8 4-8 9 Kade Kehoe 0 0 0 0 -1 0 10 HIMLEY, Jordan 1 02100 1. None 15 Jared Kolquist 2 1 1 4 +1 15 Ian Mitchell 2 0 4 6 +1 10 Tanner Ockey 0 0 0 2 0 0 12 SERRATORE, Ma 0 0 0 3 0 0 2. None 16 Laine McKay 1 0 0 1 0 17 Rudy Junda 0 0 0 0 -1 Three stars: 13 Nick Halloran 1 14400 13 LEDFORD, Tyler 1 4 0 3 +3 0 3. None 17 Logan Coomes 0 0 0 0 +1 18 Ryan Barrow 0 0 2 2 -1 1. Brett Seney 14 Trey Bradley 1 2 0 2 +1 0 14 KUCERA, Ben 0 1 4 2 +1 0 18 Cole McBride 1 1 5 7 +1 19 Troy Terry 0 1 0 1 0 2. Craig Pantano 15 Mason Bergh 1 1 0 4 +1 1 15 GIESLER, Evan 0 0 4 0 +3 0 Officials: 19 Michael Babcock 0 1 0 1 -1 21 Michael Davies 0 0 0 0 0 3. Kohen Olischefski 17 Westin Michaud 0 0 0 3 -1 1 16 HAAK, Kyle 0 0 0 1 0 1 Referee:Jim Troup 23 Alfred Larsson 1 0 0 1 +1 22 Logan O'Connor 0 1 0 1 -1 18 Branden Makara 0 00100 20 BAILEY, Dan 0 0 0 0 -1 2 Referee:Casey Terreri 25 Sami Tavernier 0 1 1 2 0 24 Colin Staub 0 1 0 1 -1 Officials: 19 Troy Conzo 0 0 0 1 -1 1 21 PULVER, Matt 0 0 0 1 -2 0 Linesman:Michael Trzeciak 27 Dominic Dockery 0 0 0 0 0 25 Blake Hillman 0 2 1 3 -1 Referee:Dan Dreger 22 Cole Josefchak 0 0 0 0 -1 0 23 ABOOD, Dylan 0 0 2 0 +3 2 Linesman:Jamie Alary Referee:Nathan Wieler 28 Jackson Bales 0 0 0 0 -1 26 Jack Doremus 0 0 0 0 -1 24 Jack Gates 0 0 0 2 -1 1 26 JAEGER, Erich 0 0 0 1 0 1 31 Drew Vogler dnp 30 Devin Cooley dnp Linesman:John Shaw Linesman:Chase McGee 25 Brian Williams 0 00100 27 BASKIN, Erik 3 0 0 5 +2 1 34 Logan Halladay dnp 31 Dayton Rasmuss dnp 27 Ben Israel 0 1 2 2 +1 0 28 TOMLAK, Brady 0 1 2 0 -1 0 Totals 6 9 11 26 +5 Totals 9 12 17 38 -5 29 Christiano Versic 0 0 0 2 -2 1 44 CHRISTOPOULO 0 10000 39 Andrew Farny 0 1 4 1 +1 0 52 KOPACKA, Jonat 0 0 0 1 -1 3 GOALTENDERS Totals 3 6 12 28 -9 9 74 MIRAGEAS, Zack 0 00100 ## Merrimack Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves ## Denver Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves 31 LaROCQUE, Zac dnp 29 Craig Pantano W 60:00 2 8 12 16 36 36 Tanner Jaillet L 56:24 3 5 9 9 23 38 ULRICH, Will dnp EMPTY NET 3:36 0 000 0 Totals 6 9 16 25 +9 15 GOALTENDERS PENALTY SUMMARY ## Colorado College Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves ## Air Force Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves Prd Player Team MinOffense Time Prd Player Team MiOffense Time 1st Jaakko Heikkinen DEN 2.Boarding 03:46 PP 2nd Aaron Titcomb MER 2.Holding 18:20 PP 1 Alex Leclerc 4:44 3 000 0 44 C H R I S T O P O U L O S , W 60:00 3 7 9 9 25 1st Michael Davies DEN 2.Tripping 12:48 PP 3rd Blake Hillman DEN 2.Hooking 08:14 PP 30 Alec Calvaruso L 55:16 3 3 5 11 19 2nd Michael Davies DEN 2.Holding 07:24 PP 3rd Dominic Dockery MER 2.Cross-Checking 16:46 PP 2nd Jace Hennig MER 2.Hooking 08:52 PP 3rd Tyler Irvine MER 2.Tripping 19:27 PP PENALTY SUMMARY Win-Craig Pantano (5-4-2). Loss-Tanner Jaillet (9-4-4). Prd Player Team MinOffense Time Prd Player Team MiOffense Time 1st GIESLER, Evan AF 2.Hooking 02:40 PP 2nd Andrew Farny CC 2.Hooking 03:27 PP Referee's signature 1st Nick Halloran CC 2.Hooking 03:58 PP 2nd KUCERA, Ben AF 2.Elbowing 08:22 PP 1st Zach Berzolla CC 2.Hooking 12:42 PP 2nd KOCH, Matt AF 2.Cross-Checking 09:47 PP 1st ABOOD, Dylan AF 2.Hooking 15:43 PP 2nd Nick Halloran CC 2.Tripping 11:51 PP 1st TOMLAK, Brady AF 2.Hooking 19:02 PP 2nd HIMLEY, Jordan AF 2.Interference 18:29 PP 1st Andrew Farny CC 2.Interference 19:19 PP 3rd GIESLER, Evan AF 2.Tripping 03:41 2nd KUCERA, Ben AF 2.Holding 02:46 PP 3rd Ben Israel CC 2.Holding 03:41 Win-CHRISTOPOULOS, Billy (8-8-3). Loss-Alec Calvaruso (0-1-1). SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30 Referee's signature

College Hockey Box Score (Final) Referees: Todd Anderson Game Start: 7:07 Union at Omaha Tom Sterns Game End: 9:27 Hockey Game Box Score (Final) Saturday, December 30, 2017 Linesmen: Nate Stanton Game Length: 2:20 Jake Jackson Attendance: 6396 Merrimack vs Colorado College (Dec 30, 2017 at Colorado Springs, CO)

Scoring 1st 2nd 3rd Final Shots on Goal 1st 2nd 3rd SOG PP PP % PIM SHGF Union 1 0 2 3 Union 8 18 9 35 Union 2/5 .400 7/36 0 Omaha 0 4 1 5 Omaha 12 12 8 32 Omaha 2/6 .333 6/12 0 Merrimack (5-10-4) vs. Colorado College (9-8-3) Date: Dec 30, 2017 • Location: Colorado Springs, CO • Arena: Broadmoor WorldArena # Prd Time Team Score Type Scored By Assists Offense On Ice Defense On Ice Attendance: 4467 • Start time: 6:07 pm • End time: 8:24 • Total time: 2:13 1 1st 19:55 UNI 1-0 PP Ryan Walker (5) Parker Foo/2, Anthony Rinaldi/6 25,28,8,14,9,G1 21,9,6,15,G33 28,13,10,12,5,G33 7,9,25,14,G1 2 2nd 8:51 UNO 1-1 PP Fredrik Olofsson (4) Jake Randolph/10, Tyler Vesel/8 Prd Time Team Scored by Assists Vis. on ice Home on ice Goals by Period 15,17,27,20,19,G33 28,20,14,19,G1 3 2nd 9:53 UNO 2-1 PP Tristan Keck (6) Luke Nogard/1, Zach Jordan/4 1. 2nd 17:05 CC EV Nick Halloran/11 Mason Bergh/14 8,2,7,23,25 13,15,14,27,39 Team 123Tot 4 2nd 14:16 UNO 3-1 EV Luke Nogard (5) Joel Messner/7, Ryan Galt/4 17,5,21,9,6,G33 25,5,15,28,6,G1 2. 3rd 10:15 MER EV Logan Coomes/2 Derek Petti/3 17,10,8,18,4 5,8,15,27,39 MER 0 0 1 1 5 2nd 17:48 UNO 4-1 EV GW Riley Alferd (1) David Pope/12, Ryan Jones/4 9,12,20,6,10,G33 5,15,17,9,6,G1 Johnathan Kovacevic CC 011 2 6 3rd 17:06 UNI 2-4 PP EA Cole Maier (6) Brandon Estes/3, Greg Campbell/7 17,25,20,7,28,8 20,5,10,21,G33 3. 3rd 18:55 CC EV Tanner Ockey/3 Ben Israel/7 4,13,15,25 10,27,39,2 Andrew Farny/6 7 3rd 18:04 UNO 5-2 EV EN David Pope (11) Tyler Vesel/9, Ryan Jones/5 12,10,13,5,20,G33 8,9,25,28,14,5 Shots by Period 25,6,4,16,29,G1 20,26,5,14,27,G33 Team 123Tot 8 3rd 19:08 UNI 3-5 EV Ryan Walker (6) Ben Newhouse/1 TEAM SUMMARY MER 5 10 7 22 ## Union G A P PIM SOG +/- ## Omaha G A P PIM SOG +/- # Merrimack G A Pi Sh +/- # Colorado College G A Pi Sh +/- CC 8 6 13 27 4 Joseph Campolieto 0 0 0 0/0 2 +1 5 Joel Messner 0 1 1 0/0 1 +1 2 Ryan Cook 0 0 0 1 -1 2 Trevor Gooch 0 0 2 2 +1 5 Vas Kolias 0 0 0 0/0 2 -3 6 Lukáš Buchta 0 0 0 0/0 1 +2 4 Marc Biega 0 0 2 1 0 3 Kristian Blumens 0 0 2 2 0 Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) 6 Ben Newhouse 0 1 1 0/0 1 -1 7 Colin Grannary 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 6 Alex Carle 0 0010 5 Cole McCaskill 0 0 0 1 -1 Prd MER CC 7 Simon Loof 0 0 0 0 -1 8 Zach Berzolla 0 0 0 0 -1 1st 0-0 (0) 0-1 (4) 7 Brandon Estes 0 1 1 0/0 1 E 9 Riley Alferd 1 0 1 1/2 3 +2 8 Johnathan Kovac 0 1400 9 Kade Kehoe 0 0020 2nd 0-0 (1) 0-2 (5) 8 Anthony Rinaldi 0 1 1 2/15 2 -1 10 Tyler Vesel 0 2 2 0/0 0 +2 9 Jace Hennig 0 0 0 1 0 10 Tanner Ockey 1 0 0 1 +1 3rd 0-3 (2) 0-3 (2) 9 Ryan Scarfo 0 0 0 1/2 4 -2 12 David Pope 1 1 2 0/0 3 +2 10 Derek Petti 0 1 0 3 +1 11 Nick Olczyk 0 0000 Total 0-3 (3) 0-6 (11) 11 Mark Dufour 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 13 Jake Randolph 0 1 1 1/2 2 +1 11 Tyler Irvine 0 0 0 2 0 13 Nick Halloran 1 0 0 7 +1 Penalties-Minutes by Prd 13 Zachary Emelifeonwu 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 14 Teemu Pulkkinen 0 0 0 1/2 1 -1 13 Brett Seney 0 0 0 0 -1 14 Trey Bradley 0 0 0 1 +1 15 Jared Kolquist 0 0 0 0 -1 15 Mason Bergh 0 1 0 3 0 Prd MER CC 14 J.C. Brassard 0 0 0 1/2 3 -1 15 Jalen Schulz 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 1st 1-2 0-0 16 Laine McKay 0 0200 17 Westin Michaud 0 0020 15 Jack Adams 0 0 0 0/0 0 -2 17 Luke Nogard 1 1 2 0/0 3 +1 2nd 3-17 1-2 17 Logan Coomes 1 0 2 3 +1 19 Troy Conzo 0 0 0 0 0 16 Luc Brown 0 0 0 0/0 0 +1 19 Tristan Keck 1 0 1 0/0 4 E 3rd 3-6 2-4 18 Cole McBride 0 0 0 0 +1 20 Alex Pernitsky 0 0000 Total 7-25 3-6 17 Cole Maier 1 0 1 1/2 4 -1 20 Ryan Jones 0 2 2 1/2 1 +1 19 Michael Babcock 0 0 15 2 0 24 Jack Gates 0 0 0 0 0 19 Brendan Taylor 0 0 0 0/0 3 E 21 Ryan Galt 0 1 1 1/2 1 +1 23 Alfred Larsson 0 0 0 1 -1 27 Ben Israel 0 1 0 2 +1 Three stars: 20 Greg Campbell 0 1 1 0/0 2 E 22 Jordan Klehr 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 25 Sami Tavernier 0 0 0 5 -2 29 Christiano Versic 0 0 0 2 0 1. Tanner Ockey 27 Dominic Dockery 0 0010 36 McKay Flanagan 0 0000 25 Ryan Walker 2 0 2 0/0 3 -1 23 Grant Gallo 0 0 0 1/2 2 E 2. Nick Halloran 28 Jackson Bales 0 0 0 1 0 39 Andrew Farny 0 1 2 2 +1 3. Alex Leclerc 26 Josh Kosack 0 0 0 2/15 1 E 26 Steven Spinner 0 0 0 0/0 2 -1 29 Craig Pantano 0 0000 30 Alec Calvaruso dnp 28 Parker Foo 0 1 1 0/0 3 -2 27 Zach Jordan 0 1 1 0/0 3 -1 31 Drew Vogler dnp 33 Jon Flakne dnp Officials: 29 Sean Harrison 0 0 0 0/0 2 +1 28 Fredrik Olofsson 1 0 1 0/0 3 E 34 Logan Halladay dnp Totals 2 3 6 27 +4 Referee:Scott Bokal 1 G Jake Kupsky 0 0 0 0/0 0 -1 1 G Alex Blankenburg Did Not Play Totals 1 2 25 22 -4 Referee:Ian Croft Linesman:John Grandt 34 G Darion Hanson Did Not Play 33 G Kris Oldham 0 0 0 0/0 0 +2 Linesman:Gary Pedigo 35 G Evan Weninger Did Not Play Game timekeeper:Heather Croze Union Totals 3 5 8 7/36 35 -2 Omaha Totals 5 10 15 6/12 32 +2 GOALTENDERS ## Goaltending MIN GA 1 2 3 Saves ## Goaltending MIN GA 1 2 3 Saves 1 Jake Kupsky (L, 3-8-1) 57:47 4 12 8 7 27 33 Kris Oldham (W, 1-1-1) 60:00 3 7 18 7 32 ## Merrimack Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves ## Colorado College Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves Empty Net 2:13 1 29 Craig Pantano L 59:36 2 8 5 12 25 1 Alex Leclerc W 59:35 1 5 10 6 21 EMPTY NET 0:24 0 000 0 EMPTY NET 0:25 0 000 0 Prd Player Team Min Infraction Time Prd Player Team Min Infraction Time 1st Ryan Scarfo UNI 2 Hooking 4:08 2nd Jake Randolph UNO 2 Interference 6:20 PENALTY SUMMARY 1st Teemu Pulkkinen UNO 2 Tripping 5:44 3rd Ryan Jones UNO 2 Hooking 1:54 Prd Player Team MinOffense Time Prd Player Team MiOffense Time 1st Cole Maier UNI 2 Roughing 6:58 3rd Ryan Galt UNO 2 Hooking 11:11 1st Logan Coomes MER 2.Tripping 08:32 PP 3rd Marc Biega MER 2.Interference 00:47 PP 1st J.C. Brassard UNI 2 Hooking 10:26 3rd Riley Alferd UNO 2 Interference 16:15 2nd Johnathan Kovacevic MER 2.Cross-Checking 05:33 PP 3rd Andrew Farny CC 2.Roughing 08:12 PP 2nd Michael Babcock MER 5.Contact To The Head 11:49 3rd Johnathan Kovacevic MER 2.Tripping 15:30 PP 1st Grant Gallo UNO 2 Interference 19:43 3rd Anthony Rinaldi UNI 5 Interference 20:00 2nd Michael Babcock MER 10.Game Misconduct 11:49 3rd Laine McKay MER 2.Boarding 17:51 PP 2nd Josh Kosack UNI 5 Kneeing 5:02 3rd Anthony Rinaldi UNI 10 Game Misconduct 20:00 2nd Trevor Gooch CC 2.Interference 18:19 PP 3rd Kristian Blumenschei CC 2.Hooking 18:24 PP 2nd Josh Kosack UNI 10 Game Misconduct 5:02 Win-Alex Leclerc (9-7-3). Loss-Craig Pantano (5-5-2). New Records: Omaha 9-8-1, Union 10-10-1 Timeout Merrimack 12:21 Third Period Three Stars: 1. Luke Nogard (Omaha) 2. Tristan Keck (Omaha) 3. David Pope (Omaha)

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Hockey Game Box Score (Final) College Hockey Box Score (Final) Referees: Chip McDonald Game Start: 7:00 St. Cloud State at Princeton Chris Mastrangelo Game End: 9:10 Air Force vs #2 Denver (Dec 30, 2017 at Denver, Colo.) Saturday, December 30, 2017 Linesmen: Dmitry Antipin Game Length: 2:10 Philip Kitchen Attendance: 1897 Air Force (8-9-3, 3-7-2) vs. Denver (11-5-4, 5-3-2-1) Date: Dec 30, 2017 • Location: Denver, Colo. • Arena: Magness Arena Scoring 1st 2nd 3rd OT Final Shots on Goal 1st 2nd 3rd OT SOG PP PP % PIM SHGF Attendance: 6281 • Start time: 7:05 PM • End time: 9:26 PM • Total time: 2:21 St. Cloud State 0 1 1 0 2 St. Cloud State 10 19 13 3 45 St. Cloud State 1/5 .200 7/14 0 Princeton 0 1 1 0 2 Princeton 6 15 17 4 42 Princeton 1/7 .143 5/10 0 Prd Time Team Scored by Assists Vis. on ice Home on ice Goals by Period 1. 1st 06:14 DEN EV Liam Finlay/4 Jaakko Heikkinen/3 8,10,23,52,74 13,10,14,21,2 Team 123Tot # Prd Time Team Score Type Scored By Assists Offense On Ice Defense On Ice Jarid Lukosevicius/7 AF 000 0 1 2nd 6:46 STC 1-0 EV Judd Peterson (2) Nick Poehling/2, Jack Poehling/3 18,7,12,3,6,G1 18,16,4,24,10,G30 2. 2nd 12:17 DEN PP Jarid Lukosevicius/7 Henrik Borgstrom/147,10,23,27 14,5,19,15,7 DEN141 6 2 2nd 17:51 PRN 1-1 EV Jake Paganelli (2) Luke Keenan/2, Eric Robinson/6 26,25,24,4,18,G30 3,18,7,12,20,G1 Troy Terry/17 3 3rd 0:30 PRN 2-1 PP Ryan Kuffner (11) David Hallisey/7, Max Véronneau/11 21,16,15,10,4,G30 23,28,10,20,G1 3. 2nd 13:27 DEN PP Jaakko Heikkinen/6 Jarid Lukosevici/8 7,12,23,27 10,14,13,25,7 Shots by Period 4. 2nd 13:58 DEN EV Logan O'Connor/4 Jake Durflinger/5 26,2,23,20 22,16,2,21,6 4 3rd 12:18 STC 2-2 PP GT Jacob Benson (6) Blake Winiecki/4, Jimmy Schuldt/16 17,42,22,19,14,G1 6,25,10,27,G30 Team 123Tot 5. 2nd 14:49 DEN EV Ryan Barrow/1 Logan O'Connor/6 12,10,7,23,16 18,22,13,3,6 AF 93618 ## St. Cloud State G A P PIM SOG +/- ## Princeton G A P PIM SOG +/- Tariq Hammond/2 DEN 14 22 10 46 3 Jack Poehling 0 1 1 0/0 1 E 4 Josh Teves 0 0 0 0/0 2 E 6. 3rd 14:23 DEN PP Rudy Junda/1 Jaakko Heikkinen/4 4,23,28 17,10,3,6,12 Tariq Hammond/3 6 Luke Jaycox 0 0 0 0/0 1 +1 5 Mark Paolini 0 0 0 0/0 0 E Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) 7 Nick Poehling 0 1 1 0/0 1 E 6 Matt Nelson 0 0 0 0/0 1 E TEAM SUMMARY Prd AF DEN 1st 0-1 (0) 0-2 (4) 10 Jon Lizotte 0 0 0 1/2 3 E 7 Liam Grande 0 0 0 0/0 0 E # Air Force 1 2 3 Tot +/- # Denver 1 2 3 Tot +/- 2nd 0-0 (2) 2-6 (10) 12 Jack Ahcan 0 0 0 0/0 2 E 8 Max Becker 0 0 0 1/2 2 E 2 MACKEY, Kyle 1 0 0 1 -1 2 Erich Fear 1 0 0 1 +2 3rd 0-2 (1) 1-3 (7) 14 Patrick Newell 0 0 0 0/0 3 E 9 Joey Fallon 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 4 BOJE, Phil 1 0 0 1 0 3 Tariq Hammond 0 0 1 1 +1 Total 0-3 (3) 3-11 (21) 17 Jacob Benson 1 0 1 0/0 2 E 10 Jackson Cressey 0 0 0 0/0 2 -1 7 KOCH, Matt 0 2 0 2 -1 5 Henrik Borgstro 1 1 0 2 0 18 Judd Peterson 1 0 1 1/2 7 E 11 Alex Riche 0 0 0 1/2 6 E 8 BOWERY, Marsh 0 0 0 0 -1 6 Ryan Orgel 0 1 2 3 +2 Penalties-Minutes by Prd 9 STONE, Trevor 0 0 1 1 0 7 Dylan Gambrell 1 2 0 3 0 Prd AF DEN 19 Mikey Eyssimont 0 0 0 1/2 2 E 15 Max Véronneau 0 1 1 0/0 4 E 1st 2-4 1-2 10 HIMLEY, Jordan 0 0 0 0 -2 10 Jaakko Heikkine 0 1 0 1 +1 20 Will Borgen 0 0 0 1/2 5 -1 16 David Hallisey 0 1 1 1/2 4 -1 2nd 6-12 1-2 12 SERRATORE, Ma 0 0 0 0 -1 12 Kohen Olischefsk 1 0 0 1 0 21 Jake Wahlin 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 18 Eric Robinson 0 1 1 1/2 7 E 3rd 5-10 3-6 13 LEDFORD, Tyler 1 0 0 1 0 13 Liam Finlay 1 0 1 2 +2 Total 13-26 5-10 22 Jimmy Schuldt 0 1 1 1/2 5 E 21 Ryan Kuffner 1 0 1 0/0 8 E 14 KUCERA, Ben 0 0 0 0 0 14 Jarid Lukoseviciu 1 6 0 7 +1 23 Robby Jackson 0 0 0 0/0 5 E 23 Jeremy Germain 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 15 GIESLER, Evan 2 0 2 4 0 15 Ian Mitchell 2 0 0 2 0 Three stars: 26 Easton Brodzinski 0 0 0 1/2 0 E 24 Matthew Thom 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 16 HAAK, Kyle 1 1 0 2 -1 16 Jake Durflinger 1 1 0 2 +1 1. Jarid Lukosevicius 20 BAILEY, Dan 0 0 0 0 -1 17 Rudy Junda 0 0 3 3 0 2. Logan O'Connor 27 Blake Lizotte 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 25 Luke Keenan 0 1 1 0/0 0 +1 23 ABOOD, Dylan 0 0 0 0 -3 18 Ryan Barrow 0 3 0 3 +1 3. Tanner Jaillet 28 Kevin Fitzgerald 0 0 0 0/0 2 E 26 Jake Paganelli 1 0 1 0/0 3 +1 26 JAEGER, Erich 0 0 0 0 -1 19 Troy Terry 2 1 0 3 0 42 Blake Winiecki 0 1 1 0/0 4 E 27 Joe Grabowski 0 0 0 1/2 0 E Officials: 27 BASKIN, Erik 1 0 0 1 0 21 Michael Davies 2 0 0 2 +2 55 Mika Ilvonen 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 28 Derek Topatigh 0 0 0 0/0 2 E 28 TOMLAK, Brady 0 0 1 1 0 22 Logan O'Connor 0 2 1 3 +2 Referee:Dan Dreger 1 G Jeff Smith 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 30 G Ryan Ferland 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 52 KOPACKA, Jonat 1 0 1 2 -1 24 Colin Staub 0 2 1 3 0 Referee:Nathan Weiler 74 MIREGEAS, Zack 1 0 1 2 -1 25 Blake Hillman 1 2 1 4 0 Linesman:John Shaw 30 G David Zevnik Did Not Play 31 G Austin Shaw Did Not Play T TEAM 0 0 0 0 0 31 Dayton Rasmuss dnp Linesman:Chase McGee Bench 1/2 35 G Ben Halford Did Not Play 38 ULRICH, Will dnp Totals 14 22 10 46 +1 St. Cloud State Totals 2 4 6 7/14 45 E Princeton Totals 2 4 6 5/10 42 E Totals 9 3 6 18 -14 ## Goaltending MIN GA 1 2 3 OT Saves ## Goaltending MIN GA 1 2 3 OT Saves GOALTENDERS 1 Jeff Smith (T, 7-1-3) 64:46 2 6 14 16 4 40 30 Ryan Ferland (T, 6-5-3) 65:00 2 10 18 12 3 43 Empty Net 0:14 0 ## Air Force Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves ## Denver Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves 44 C H R I S T O P O U L O S , L 33:58 4 13 17 0 30 36 Tanner Jaillet W 54:42 0 9 3 3 15 Prd Player Team Min Infraction Time Prd Player Team Min Infraction Time 31 LaROCQUE, Zack 26:02 2 0 1 9 10 EMPTY NET 0:37 0 000 0 1st Jon Lizotte STC 2 Hooking 0:23 2nd Jimmy Schuldt STC 2 Interference 18:50 30 Devin Cooley 4:41 0 003 3 1st Max Becker PRN 2 Cross-Checking 8:13 3rd Alex Riche PRN 2 Holding 4:04 1st Easton Brodzinski STC 2 Boarding 9:47 3rd David Hallisey PRN 2 Tripping 10:50 PENALTY SUMMARY 1st Eric Robinson PRN 2 Checking from Behind 12:08 3rd Will Borgen STC 2 Tripping 12:39 Prd Player Team MinOffense Time Prd Player Team MiOffense Time 1st Joe Grabowski PRN 2 Tripping 15:06 3rd Bench STC 2 Too Many Players 18:09 1st ABOOD, Dylan AF 2.Holding 04:08 PP 2nd Tariq Hammond DEN 2.Cross-Checking 19:00 PP 2nd Judd Peterson STC 2 Boarding 0:36 OT Mikey Eyssimont STC 2 Slashing 2:15 1st Henrik Borgstrom DEN 2.Contact To The Head 10:21 PP 3rd Ryan Barrow DEN 2.Hooking 07:20 PP 1st HAAK, Kyle AF 2.Hooking 11:40 PP 3rd Henrik Borgstrom DEN 2.Cross-Checking 10:06 New Records: Princeton 6-7-3, St. Cloud State 12-2-3 2nd GIESLER, Evan AF 2.Slashing 00:20 PP 3rd JAEGER, Erich AF 2.Holding 10:06 Three Stars: 1. Ryan Kuffner (Princeton) 2. Judd Peterson (St. Cloud State) 3. Ryan Ferland (Princeton) 2nd KOPACKA, Jonathan AF 2.Holding 02:50 PP 3rd Jake Durflinger DEN 2.Roughing 12:33 2nd LEDFORD, Tyler AF 2.Hooking 08:14 PP 3rd BAILEY, Dan AF 2.Roughing 12:33 2nd ABOOD, Dylan AF 2.Boarding 09:21 PP 3rd MIREGEAS, Zack AF 2.Holding 12:33 PP 2nd MIREGEAS, Zack AF 2.Tripping 11:20 PP 3rd KOPACKA, Jonathan AF 2.Tripping 13:05 PP 2nd TEAM AF 2.Bench 12:17 PP 3rd HAAK, Kyle AF 2.Cross-Checking 14:02 PP Win-Tanner Jaillet (10-4-4). Loss-CHRISTOPOULOS, Billy (8-9-3).

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Hockey Game Box Score (Final) Hockey Game Box Score (Final) Windsor vs Miami (Dec 30, 2017 at Oxford, OH) #17 Minn Duluth vs Dartmouth (12/30/17 at Hanover, NH)

Minn Duluth (9-9-3) vs. Dartmouth (4-8-2) Date: 12/30/17 • Location: Hanover, NH • Arena: THompson Arena Windsor (6-14) vs. Miami (8-8-2) Attendance: • Start time: 7:11 PM • End time: 9:27 PM • Total time: 2:16 Date: Dec 30, 2017 • Location: Oxford, OH • Arena: Steve Cady Arena Attendance: • Start time: 5:00 PM • End time: • Total time: Prd Time Team Scored by Assists Vis. on ice Home on ice Goals by Period 1. 1st 00:24 DART EV Michalowski, Charley Warpecha, Daniel 23,6,25,5,20 15,8,16,23,6 Team 1 2 3 OT Tot Prd Time Team Scored by Assists Vis. on ice Home on ice Goals by Period Kilistoff, Kevan UMD 1 1 0 0 2 1. 1st 01:15 MIAM EV Conor Lemirande/2 Alec Mahalak/2 22,9,15,5,8 39,7,42,18,6 Team 1 2 3 Tot 2. 1st 19:32 UMD EV Billy Exell Kobe Roth 16,10,26,12,21 18,14,11,24,23 DART 1 1 0 0 2 2. 1st 04:48 MIAM EV Karch Bachman/8 Josh Melnick 4,9,22,10,6 55,37,8,85,9 WIND 0 0 2 2 Jarod Hilderman 3. 1st 07:17 MIAM EX Kiefer Sherwood/4 Josh Melnick/11 43,15,73,5,12 44,37,58,39,9,85 MIAM 3 2 3 8 3. 2nd 06:49 UMD EV Peter Krieger Nick Swaney 25,23,21,20,12 5,15,8,24,16 Shots by Period Louie Belpedio/12 Matt Anderson Team 1 2 3 OT Tot 4. 2nd 09:27 MIAM EV Phil Knies/4 Ben Lown/6 21,19,17,6,20 67,10,27,6,44 4. 2nd 09:46 DART EV Sellar, Shane Graber, Will 23,21,12,16,26 10,28,17,2,27 Shots by Period UMD 14 13 9 5 41 5. 2nd 10:18 MIAM EV Christian Mohs/1 Grant Hutton/6 24,20,43,73,6 20,55,18,11,58 Foreman, Quin Team 1 2 3 Tot DART 17 14 11 1 43 Casey Gilling/5 WIND 4 3 6 13 6. 3rd 03:54 MIAM EV Ben Lown/2 Louie Belpedio/12 15,22,10,9,5 10,58,44,7,67 TEAM SUMMARY MIAM 11 16 14 41 Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) Phil Knies/5 # Minn Duluth G A Pi Sh +/- Bl # Dartmouth G A Pi Sh +/- Bl Prd UMD DART 7. 3rd 05:27 MIAM EV Josh Melnick/9 Gordie Green 19,21,25,17,4 85,37,27,7,9 5 Nick Wolff 0 0 0 5 -1 4 2 Rymsha, River 0 0 0 4 +1 1 1st 0-0 (0) 0-1 (4) 8. 3rd 08:13 WIND EV Brennan Feasey Jake Brown 8,21,15,5,12 27,9,11,85,37 Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) 6 Louie Roehl 0 0 2 3 -1 0 5 Shoup, Tim 0 0 0 2 -1 1 2nd 0-0 (0) 0-1 (2) 9. 3rd 13:34 WIND EV Dan Beaudoin Todd Ratchford 43,5,24,10,15 20,9,74,27,8 Prd WINDSO MIAMI 1st 0-1 (1) 0-3 (1) 8 Koby Bender 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 Yau, Connor 0 0 0 1 +1 1 3rd 0-0 (0) 0-0 (0) Ryan Taylor 2nd 0-1 (1) 0-1 (3) 10 Kobe Roth 0 1 0 4 +1 0 8 Warpecha, Danie 0 1 0 5 0 0 OT 0-0 (0) 0-0 (0) 10. 3rd 14:12 MIAM EV Josh Melnick/9 Gordie Green/15 8,12,11,20,6 37,9,85,58,27 11 Avery Peterson 0 0 0 3 0 1 9 Rutherford, Colli 0 0 0 3 0 1 Total 0-0 (0) 0-2 (6) 3rd 0-0 (0) 0-2 (0) Karch Bachman/6 Total 0-2 (2) 0-6 (4) 12 Jarod Hilderman 0 1 2 0 +1 5 10 Sellar, Shane 1 0 0 2 +1 1 16 Billy Exell 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 Jasiek, Alex 0 0 0 0 -1 1 Penalties-Minutes by Prd Prd UMD DART TEAM SUMMARY Penalties-Minutes by Prd 17 Blake Young 0 0 0 2 0 0 12 Strong, Cam 0 0 0 0 0 1 1st 1-2 0-0 # Windsor G A Pi Sh +/- Bl # Miami G A Pi Sh +/- Bl Prd WINDSO MIAMI 19 Justin Richards 0 0 0 1 0 1 14 Baker, Matt 0 0 0 4 -1 0 1st 3-6 1-2 2nd 1-2 0-0 4 Nathan Veres 0 0 0 0 -2 0 6 Alec Mahalak 0 1 0 0 +2 2 20 Karson Kuhlman 0 0 0 2 0 0 15 Michalowski, Cha 1 0 0 3 0 2 3rd 0-0 0-0 2nd 1-2 1-2 5 Todd Ratchford 0 1 0 0 -1 0 7 Grant Frederic 0 0 0 3 +3 2 21 Matt Anderson 0 1 0 4 +1 1 16 Kilistoff, Kevan 0 1 0 2 0 0 OT 0-0 0-0 3rd 2-4 0-0 22 Jared Thomas 0 0 0 2 0 1 17 Foreman, Quin 0 1 0 2 +1 0 Total 2-4 0-0 6 Josh Slegers 0 0 0 0 -4 0 8 Chaz Switzer 0 0 0 0 0 2 Total 6-12 2-4 23 Nick Swaney 0 1 0 8 -1 0 18 Kalk, Corey 0 0 0 4 -1 2 8 Brennan Feasey 1 0 0 3 -1 0 9 Gordie Green 0 2 0 3 +2 0 25 Peter Krieger 1 0 0 1 0 0 22 McLaughlin, Jami 0 0 0 2 0 1 Three stars: 9 Ben Assad 0 0 0 0 -3 1 10 Ben Lown 1 1 0 2 +2 0 Three stars: 26 Jade Miller 0 0 0 3 0 0 23 Han, Clay 0 0 0 1 0 0 1. None 10 Blake Blondeel 0 0 0 1 -1 3 11 Rourke Russell 0 0 0 1 0 0 1. None 28 Sammy Spurrell 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 Less, Brendan 0 0 0 3 -2 3 2. None 11 Eric Palazzolo 0 0 0 1 -1 1 18 Carson Meyer 0 0 0 2 +2 0 2. None 39 Parker Mackay 0 0 0 1 0 1 27 Demler, Brendan 0 0 0 1 +1 4 3. None 12 Ian Parker 0 0 2 1 -1 0 20 Christian Mohs 1 0 0 2 0 0 3. None 36 Ben Patt dnp 28 Graber, Will 0 1 0 4 +1 0 15 Kody Gagnon 0 0 0 0 -1 1 24 Ryan Siroky 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 Nick Deery dnp 30 Shatzer, Dean dnp Officials: 17 Konner Haas 0 0 0 0 -2 0 27 Scott Dornbrock 0 0 0 3 +1 1 Officials: Totals 2 4 4 41 0 15 35 Clark, Adrian dnp Referee:Robert St. Lawrence 19 Alex Friesen 0 0 0 0 -2 0 28 Zach LaValle 0 0 4 2 0 1 Referee:Matt Miller Referee:CJ Hanafin Totals 2 4 0 43 0 19 20 Jonathan Tecce 0 0 0 0 -3 1 37 Josh Melnick 2 2 0 4 +3 0 Referee:Andy Thackaberry Linesman:Jim Briggs 21 Jake Brown 0 1 0 1 -1 0 39 Casey Gilling 0 1 0 2 +2 0 Linesman:Dan Cohen Linesman:Jason Shattie Linesman:Eric Frank Game timekeeper:Dartmouth SID 22 Ryan Shaw 0 0 0 1 -3 0 42 Conor Lemirand 1 0 0 1 +1 1 24 Ryan Taylor 0 1 0 3 0 0 44 Kiefer Sherwood 1 0 0 1 +3 0 GOALTENDERS 25 Kyle Haas 0 0 0 0 -1 0 55 Grant Hutton 0 1 0 3 +2 0 43 Dan Beaudoin 1 0 2 2 -1 0 58 Louie Belpedio 0 2 0 2 +4 3 ## Minn Duluth Dec Min GA 1 2 3 OT Saves ## Dartmouth Dec Min GA 1 2 3 OT Saves 73 Kyle Hope 0 0 8 0 -2 0 67 Phil Knies 1 1 0 3 +2 0 32 Hunter Shepard T 65:00 2 16 13 11 1 41 33 Buffalo, Devin T 65:00 2 13 12 9 5 39 Totals 2 3 12 13 -30 7 74 Austin Alger 0 0 0 5 -1 0 85 Karch Bachman 1 1 0 2 +3 0 PENALTY SUMMARY 92 Willie Knierim 0 0 0 0 0 0 Prd Player Team MinOffense Time Prd Player Team MiOffense Time Totals 8 12 4 41 +3 12 1st Jarod Hilderman UMD 2.Hooking 09:28 PP 2nd Louie Roehl UMD 2.Interference 13:12 PP Minn Duluth-Hunter Shepard. Dartmouth-Buffalo, Devin. GOALTENDERS UMD wins shootout 2-1 ## Windsor Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves ## Miami Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves 31 Jonathan Reinhart 29:27 4 8 10 0 18 31 Ryan Larkin 19:41 0 4 0 0 4 Referee's signature 1 Blake Richard 30:33 4 0 4 11 15 EMPTY NET 0:19 0 0 0 0 0 30 Chase Munroe 20:00 0 0 3 0 3 36 Grant Valentine 20:00 2 0 0 4 4

PENALTY SUMMARY

Prd Player Team MinOffense Time Prd Player Team MiOffense Time 1st Kyle Hope Winds 2.Elbowing 01:56 PP 2nd Kyle Hope Winds 2.Slashing 05:01 PP 1st Ian Parker Winds 2.Tripping 05:10 PP 2nd Zach LaValle Miami 2.High Sticking 16:25 PP 1st Kyle Hope Winds 2.Slashing 07:17 PP 3rd Kyle Hope Winds 2.Slashing 10:18 PP 1st Zach LaValle Miami 2.Interference 17:18 PP 3rd Dan Beaudoin Winds 2.Cross-Checking 17:10 PP

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also looked sharp from puck drop, potting three goals in the first frame SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30 en route to a 5-1 win over No. 19 Union at Baxter Arena. Top-ranked St. Cloud State fell behind by two goals but struck twice in the third period   on the power play to salvage a 3-3 overtime tie at Princeton. In the

 battle for the Pikes Peak Trophy, Colorado College got behind 3-0 early  and was again on the wrong end of the result, falling at crosstown rival  Air Force, 6-3, while No. 2/2 Denver couldn’t recover from a two-goal                14,17,18,5,10 26,6,24,11,10   deficit in a 3-2 loss to Merrimack.              18,15,43,17,5                  Playing under-manned with five Bulldogs representing Team USA at         14,22,19,24,6           29,18,24,8,16      the IIHF World Junior Championship, No. 17 Minnesota Duluth used a              18,43,25,28,19 22,14,19,20,6 strong power play and great goaltending to shut out Yale, 5-0, Friday         17,19,24,5,9,8 19,24,22,14,6     afternoon at the Ledyard Classic in Hanover, N.H. The Bulldogs (9-9-        2) scored their first three goals on the power play, finishing 3-for-4 a  USA       North Dakota                          man up, while killing all four Yale (5-8-0) power plays. UMD broke the                              scoreless deadlock with three ticks left in the first frame when junior                                   forward Parker Mackay found the back of the net. Senior forward Karson                                      Kuhlman, who set up the first goal, then made it 2-0 early in the second                              stanza. Freshman forward Nick Swaney assisted on both markers. Senior                               forward Blake Young scored the third power play goal midway through                              the middle period, which was the first of his two goals on the night,                               also capping the Bulldogs’ scoring in the third period. Sophomore goalie                               Hunter Shepard made 29 saves to earn his third shutout of the year as                           Yale outshot UMD, 29-24.                   

 Jumping out to a 3-0 first-period lead,Omaha rolled to a 5-1 win over  USA         North Dakota        No. 19 Union Friday night at Baxter Arena to open the second half of                             the season. Five different Mavericks found the back of the net, begin-               ning with junior forward Fredrik Olofsson on a deflection 3:31 into the

 game, while sophomore defenseman Ryan Jones doubled the lead three

                      minutes later finishing a 2-on-1 rush and junior forward Steven Spinner                         capped the opening-period outburst with eight minutes to go in the       frame. Senior defenseman Joel Messner added a power play goal from  the point early in the second stanza to make it 4-0 Omaha (8-8-1)  before the Dutchmen (10-9-1) got on the board. Sophomore forward THURSDAY, DEC. 28 Tristan Keck scored the final goal to cap a two-point night. Junior goalie n the lone NCAA game Thursday night, No. 12/12 Western Michigan Evan Weninger made 18 saves in the win as UNO outshot Union, 28-19. Iopened the second half of the season strong, riding a four-goal first period and powerful power play to a 5-2 victory over former CCHA Using a late rally, top-ranked St. Cloud State, who was missing head rival Bowling Green Thursday night at Slater Family Ice Arena. With the coach Bob Motzko and two players at the World Junior Championship, win, the Broncos (11-8-1) completed a sweep of the Falcons (8-6-6) managed to earn a 3-3 overtime tie at Princeton Friday night at Hobey after collecting a 3-1 win in Kalamazoo back on Oct. 10. WMU showed Baker Rink. After freshman forward Easton Brodzinski scored unassist- no signs of rust despite a three-week layoff, striking only 1:48 into the ed to put SCSU (12-2-2) in front, the Tigers (6-7-2) answered a few game when sophomore forward Hugh McGing scored on the power play. minutes later. Eric Robinson then put Princeton in front with 6:02 left Sophomore defenseman Cam Lee then doubled the lead midway through in the second stanza and the Tigers made it 3-1 with a power play goal the first frame, potting his fourth goal of the year, three of which have in the third period. The Huskies then started their comeback with senior come against BGSU. Freshman forward Austin Rueschhoff made it 3-0 forward Blake Winiecki scoring on the power play to bring the deficit minutes later with the first of his two goals on the night, while 1:07 to one, while junior defenseman Jimmy Schuldt, who set up Winiecki’s after Rueschhoff tallied, sophomore forward Wade Allison buried his tally, buried the tying goal also on the man advantage with 1:39 left in NCHC-leading 15th goal of the season on the man advantage to cap the regulation to salvage the tie. SCSU dominated overtime, outshooting first-period outburst. The Falcons got one back with their own power Princeton, 14-0, but the Huskies couldn’t get the game-winner. St. Cloud play goal early in the second stanza, but Rueschhoff sealed the win with State outshot the Tigers, 40-28, overall with junior Jeff Smith making 25 his second goal of the night, also on the power play, in the third period, saves for the Huskies. for his second multi-goal game of the year. The Broncos went 3-for-6 on the power play, while BGSU was 2-for-9 on the man advantage. Allison A one-minute stretch in the third period doomed No. 2/2 Denver, which assisted on both Rueschhoff markers for a three-point night, while dropped its second straight game, falling to Merrimack, 3-2, Friday at McGing added a helper for two points in the win. Sophomore goalie Ben Magness Arena. With the game tied 1-1 in the third period, Merrimack’s Blacker turned aside 19 shots to earn the win in net as WMU outshot the Brett Seney scored twice in a span of 44 seconds, the latter coming on Falcons, 24-21. the power play and serving as the game-winner. Freshman defense- man Ian Mitchell scored on the power play and with an extra attacker FRIDAY, DEC. 29 with 1:33 to play to bring Denver (10-5-4) within one, but the Warriors n the first full night back from holiday break, some National Col- (5-9-4) were able to hold on for the win. Sophomore forward Henrik Olegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) teams showed no signs of rust, Borgstrom assisted on both DU tallies. Despite the loss, Denver outshot while others definitely did in getting off to slow starts as the conference Merrimack, 38-26, but Craig Pantano totaled 36 saves for the Warriors. posted a 2-2-1 non-conference record on Friday night. Despite missing five players to the World Junior Championship, No. 17 Minnesota Duluth A sluggish start was too much for Colorado College to overcome against didn’t miss a beat, blanking Yale, 5-0, in the battle of the Bulldogs crosstown rival Air Force as the Falcons claimed the Pikes Peak Trophy behind sophomore Hunter Shepard’s third shutout of the season. Omaha again with a 6-3 win Friday night at Cadet Ice Arena. Air Force (8-8-3) jumped out to 3-0 lead in the first 4:44 of the game and the Tigers

18 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey Jan. 1-7, 2018 Previous Week Round-Up were never able to pull even again. Erik Baskin recorded a hat trick for his goal-scoring streak to four games when he finished a feed from ju- the Falcons, including on the game’s opening goal. The Tigers (8-8-3) nior forward Mason Bergh with 2:55 left in the middle period to put the got on the board when sophomore forward Nick Halloran scored in the Tigers (9-8-3) in front. Logan Coomes pulled the Warriors (5-10-4) level closing minutes of the first period but Air Force again went up three midway through the final frame, but Ockey potted a rebound with 1:05 goals only 13 ticks in to the second stanza. CC closed within one in the left in regulation to give CC the victory. The Tigers outshot Merrimack, second period at 4-3 on goals by junior forwards Trey Bradley and Mason 27-22, in the win, despite going 0-for-6 on the power play. Sophomore Bergh in a span of three minutes with Bergh’s coming on the power play, Alex Leclerc made 21 saves in net for CC. Colorado College is idle until but Baskin sealed the victory scoring the game’s final two goals to cap hosting No. 17 Minnesota Duluth Jan. 12-13. his hat trick. Halloran and Bergh each had two points in the loss while Bradley had two assists to go with his goal. Despite the loss, CC outshot Despite only managing a tie against host Dartmouth, No. 17 Minnesota the Falcons, 28-25. Duluth won the Ledyard Classic in a shootout Saturday night at Thomp- son Arena after drawing with the Big Green, 2-2. Dartmouth (4-8-2) SATURDAY, DEC. 30 got on the board only 24 ticks into the game, but the Bulldogs (9-9-3) n the final night of play in 2017, National Collegiate Hockey Confer- pulled even with only 28 ticks left in the first frame when junior forward Oence (NCHC) teams closed out the year with a bang as one team Billy Exell potted his first goal of the year. Junior forward Peter Krieger completed a sweep, another pitched a shutout, while a third won a tour- then put UMD in front in the second stanza, but Shane Sellar answered nament, as NCHC teams combined to go 3-0-2 in non-conference play for the Big Green less than three minutes later. Neither team tallied in Saturday, while both NCHC teams won their exhibition contests as well. the final frame or overtime, despite a 5-1 edge in shots for UMD in the For the second straight night, Omaha put up five goals as the Mavericks extra session, as the game ended in a tie. However, because it was the downed No. 19 Union, 5-3, to complete a weekend sweep at Baxter championship game, the teams then held a three-man shootout with Arena. Rebounding from a tough loss Friday, No. 2/2 Denver erupt- Krieger and freshman Kobe Roth scoring and sophomore Hunter Shepard ed in the second period and shut out Air Force in a 6-0 victory, while making two saves to win the shootout and tournament title. Dartmouth down the road, Colorado College avenged a loss to Air Force on Friday held a slight, 43-41 edge in shots, but Shepard made a career-high 41 by edging Merrimack, 2-1, with a late goal from Tanner Ockey. Despite saves in the tie and was named MVP of the Ledyard Classic. Minnesota missing six skaters for various reasons, No. 17 Minnesota Duluth gutted Duluth is off next week before heading to Colorado College to resume out a 2-2 overtime tie at Dartmouth and then won a shootout with the NCHC play Jan. 12-13. host Big Green to win the Ledyard Classic championship. Top-ranked St. Cloud State also tied an ECAC Hockey foe, settling for a 2-2 overtime tie For the second straight night, top-ranked St. Cloud State needed a at Princeton as the Huskies and Tigers tied for a second straight night. In third-period rally to earn a tie at Princeton, as the Huskies salvaged a exhibition play, Miami rolled to an 8-2 win over Windsor while No. 6/6 2-2 overtime tie Saturday at Hobey Baker Rink. After a scoreless first North Dakota topped the U.S. U-18 National Team, 5-2. frame filled with penalties, senior forward Judd Peterson put SCSU (12- 2-3) in front with his second goal of the year in the second stanza, but A four-goal second period lifted Omaha to a 5-3 win over No. 19 Union late in the middle period Jake Paganelli pulled the Tigers (6-7-3) even. Saturday night at Baxter Arena to complete a weekend sweep. The Princeton then grabbed the lead on a power play goal 30 ticks into the Dutchmen (10-10-1) opened the scoring on the power play with only third period, but junior forward Jacob Benson was able to tie the game, five ticks left in the first frame as Ryan Walker tallied the first of his two tucking in a rebound also on the power play with less than eight minutes goals in the game. The Mavericks (9-8-1) stormed back in the second, to go in regulation. The Tigers earned a power play in the overtime but however, scoring power play goals a minute apart midway through SCSU was able to kill it and skate away with the tie. SCSU finished with the middle period to take the lead for good. Senior Luke Nogard, who a 45-42 advantage in shots on goal, while junior Jeff Smith stopped 40 assisted on UNO’s second goal, made it 3-1 a few minutes later, while shots in net for the Huskies and Ryan Ferland made 43 for PU. St. Cloud junior forward Riley Alferd notched his first goal of the year with 2:12 State remains out of conference next weekend when the play a home- left in the stanza, which turned out to be the game-winner, to cap the and-home series with rival No. 10/10 Minnesota. second-period outburst. Union got one back late in the third period to get within two, but an empty-netter from senior David Pope, who also In exhibition action, seven RedHawks found the back of the net as Mi- had a two-point night, sealed the victory. Despite the loss, Union out- ami rolled to an 8-2 win over Windsor Saturday night at Steve Cady Are- shot Omaha, 35-32, but sophomore Kris Oldham made 32 saves in net na to start its second half of the season. The RedHawks (8-8-2) scored to earn the win for UNO. The Mavericks resume NCHC play at No. 6/6 three goals in the first period, including two in the first five minutes, North Dakota next weekend. with junior forward Josh Melnick assisting on the latter two. Miami then tacked on two more tallies in the second period from freshmen forward One night after dropping its second straight game, No. 2/2 Denver took Phil Knies and Christian Mohs. Fellow rookie Ben Lown made it 6-0 early out its frustration on in-state foe Air Force, blanking the Falcons, 6-0, in the third period while Melnick struck two minutes later to make it 7-0 Saturday at Magness Arena. Sophomore forward Liam Finlay opened the before the Lancers got on the board. Melnick capped the scoring as well scoring 6:14 into the game, but it was a three-minute stretch in the sec- with his second goal of the night, both assisted by sophomore Gordie ond period that doomed the Falcons (8-9-3). Junior forward Jarid Lukos- Green, as Melnick had a four-point game. Knies, Lown and sophomore evicius, who also had two assists in the game, started the outburst with forward Karch Bachman each had two points in the win on a goal and a power play goal, while 1:10 later freshman forward Jaakko Heikkinen, an assist. Miami outshot Windsor, 41-13. The RedHawks return to NCHC who also finished with a three-point game, also struck on the power play play next weekend, hosting No. 2/2 Denver. to make it 3-0 with an assist from Lukosevicius. Junior forward Logan O’Connor scored only 21 seconds after Heikkinen, while O’Connor then Behind a big first period,No. 6/6 North Dakota cruised to a 5-2 exhibi- set up freshman forward Ryan Barrow for his first career goal less than tion win over the U.S. U-18 National Team Saturday at Ralph Engelstad a minute after that to make it 5-0. Senior forward Rudy Junda tallied Arena. Sophomore forward Cole Smith opened the scoring only 2:23 into his first career goal in the third to cap the scoring. Senior goalie Tanner the game, while senior forward Austin Poganski and freshman defense- Jaillet made 15 saves to earn the win in net, as Denver (11-5-4) outshot man Matt Kiersted added goals in the first frame to make it 3-0 before the Falcons, 46-18. DU also finished 3-for-11 on the power play. The the U-18s got on the board. Freshman forward Jordan Kawaguchi tacked Pioneers return to conference play at Miami next weekend. on a power play goal early in the second stanza to make it 4-1, while an empty netter from junior forward Shane Gersich sealed the victory. UND A late goal from junior forward Tanner Ockey lifted Colorado College to (10-5-5) outshot the U-18s, 35-30, in the win. North Dakota resumes a 2-1 win over Merrimack Saturday night at the Broadmoor World Arena. NCHC play next weekend when it hosts Omaha. After a scoreless first frame, sophomore forward Nick Halloran stretched

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Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Henrik Borgström DEN SO F 10 8-7-15 1.50 4/8 3 1 0 1 +3 FLA 2 Wade Allison WMU SO F 10 10-4-14 1.40 4/8 2 0 1 2 +3 PHI Nick Halloran CC_ SO F 10 5-9-14 1.40 5/10 2 0 2 0 E 4 Mason Bergh CC_ JR F 10 5-8-13 1.30 2/4 1 0 0 0 E Hugh McGing WMU SO F 10 4-9-13 1.30 4/8 2 0 0 0 +2 Troy Terry DEN JR F 10 3-10-13 1.30 0/0 2 0 0 0 +3 ANA 7 Mikey Eyssimont STC JR F 10 5-7-12 1.20 7/14 2 0 1 0 +6 LOS 8 David Pope UNO SR F 8 5-6-11 1.38 1/2 5 0 0 0 -11 DET Dawson DiPietro WMU SO F 10 5-6-11 1.10 5/10 1 0 1 0 +5 Dylan Gambrell DEN JR F 10 3-8-11 1.10 0/0 1 0 0 0 +1 SJS 11 Robby Jackson STC JR F 10 4-6-10 1.00 1/2 1 1 0 0 +6 Colt Conrad WMU JR F 10 4-6-10 1.00 2/7 0 0 1 0 +5 13 Jacob Benson STC JR F 9 3-6-9 1.00 1/2 3 0 1 0 +3 Corey Schueneman WMU JR D 9 1-8-9 1.00 1/2 1 0 0 0 +2 Scott Perunovich MND FR D 10 3-6-9 0.90 4/8 0 0 0 0 +4 Jimmy Schuldt STC JR D 10 1-8-9 0.90 4/19 0 0 0 0 +14 17 Gordie Green MIA SO F 8 4-4-8 1.00 1/2 1 0 0 0 +6 Mason Morelli UNO JR F 8 2-6-8 1.00 7/14 1 0 0 0 -5 Easton Brodzinski STC FR F 9 5-3-8 0.89 3/9 2 0 2 0 +3 Nick Jones NDK JR F 9 4-4-8 0.89 2/4 1 0 0 0 +3 Ryan Poehling STC SO F 9 3-5-8 0.89 4/8 0 0 1 0 +3 MTL Patrick Newell STC JR F 9 2-6-8 0.89 0/0 1 0 0 0 +5 Jarid Lukosevicius DEN JR F 10 6-2-8 0.80 5/10 3 0 1 0 -2 Grant Mismash NDK FR F 10 4-4-8 0.80 2/4 1 0 0 0 +3 NSH Kevin Fitzgerald STC FR F 10 3-5-8 0.80 5/10 0 0 0 0 +5 Ian Mitchell DEN FR D 10 1-7-8 0.80 2/4 0 0 0 0 +2 CHI Christian Wolanin NDK JR D 10 1-7-8 0.80 7/14 1 0 0 0 +5 OTT

Defenseman Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Corey Schueneman WMU JR D 9 1-8-9 1.00 1/2 1 0 0 0 +2 Scott Perunovich MND FR D 10 3-6-9 0.90 4/8 0 0 0 0 +4 Jimmy Schuldt STC JR D 10 1-8-9 0.90 4/19 0 0 0 0 +14 4 Ian Mitchell DEN FR D 10 1-7-8 0.80 2/4 0 0 0 0 +2 CHI Christian Wolanin NDK JR D 10 1-7-8 0.80 7/14 1 0 0 0 +5 OTT 6 Louie Belpedio MIA SR D 8 2-4-6 0.75 2/4 0 0 0 0 +4 MIN Nick Wolff MND SO D 10 2-4-6 0.60 5/18 0 0 0 0 -1 Colton Poolman NDK SO D 10 2-4-6 0.60 0/0 0 0 0 0 +5 Jon Lizotte STC JR D 10 1-5-6 0.60 2/4 0 0 0 0 +11 Luke Bafia WMU SO D 10 1-5-6 0.60 4/8 0 0 1 0 +3 11 Kristian Blumenschein CC_ SO D 9 1-4-5 0.56 2/4 0 0 0 0 +1 Scott Moldenhauer WMU SR D 10 0-5-5 0.50 4/8 0 0 0 0 +2 13 Michael Davies DEN SO D 9 0-4-4 0.44 2/4 0 0 0 0 E Will Borgen STC JR D 10 1-3-4 0.40 7/17 0 0 1 0 +4 BUF Ben Israel CC_ JR D 10 0-4-4 0.40 6/12 0 0 0 0 -3 Jack Ahcan STC SO D 10 0-4-4 0.40 2/4 0 0 0 0 -4 Neal Goff WMU SR D 10 0-4-4 0.40 8/16 0 0 0 0 +2 Cam Lee WMU SO D 10 0-4-4 0.40 8/16 0 0 0 0 +1

Freshman Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Scott Perunovich MND FR D 10 3-6-9 0.90 4/8 0 0 0 0 +4 2 Easton Brodzinski STC FR F 9 5-3-8 0.89 3/9 2 0 2 0 +3 Grant Mismash NDK FR F 10 4-4-8 0.80 2/4 1 0 0 0 +3 NSH Kevin Fitzgerald STC FR F 10 3-5-8 0.80 5/10 0 0 0 0 +5 Ian Mitchell DEN FR D 10 1-7-8 0.80 2/4 0 0 0 0 +2 CHI 6 Jake Durflinger DEN FR F 9 2-4-6 0.67 3/6 0 0 1 0 +1 7 Blake Lizotte STC FR F 9 1-4-5 0.56 1/2 0 0 0 0 +5 8 Christiano Versich CC_ FR F 10 1-3-4 0.40 5/10 1 0 0 0 -3 Jordan Kawaguchi NDK FR F 10 1-3-4 0.40 2/4 0 0 1 0 +1 10 Brett Van Os WMU FR F 7 1-2-3 0.43 0/0 0 0 0 0 +2 Mikey Anderson MND FR D 7 0-3-3 0.43 3/6 0 0 0 0 +1 LOS Casey Gilling MIA FR F 8 1-2-3 0.38 4/16 0 0 0 0 +3 Paul Washe WMU FR F 9 3-0-3 0.33 1/2 1 0 1 0 E Jaakko Heikkinen DEN FR F 10 3-0-3 0.30 0/0 0 0 0 0 -3 Austin Rueschhoff WMU FR F 10 2-1-3 0.30 5/10 0 0 0 0 E Gabe Bast NDK FR D 10 1-2-3 0.30 4/8 0 0 0 0 +2

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Goal Scoring GP G GPG Assist Scoring GP A APG 1 Wade Allison WMU SO F 10 10 1.00 1 Troy Terry DEN JR F 10 10 1.00 2 Henrik Borgström DEN SO F 10 8 0.80 2 Nick Halloran CC SO F 10 9 0.90 3 Jarid Lukosevicius DEN JR F 10 6 0.60 Hugh McGing WMU SO F 10 9 0.90 4 David Pope UNO SR F 8 5 0.62 4 Corey Schueneman WMU JR D 9 8 0.89 Easton Brodzinski STC FR F 9 5 0.56 Mason Bergh CC JR F 10 8 0.80 Mason Bergh CC JR F 10 5 0.50 Dylan Gambrell DEN JR F 10 8 0.80 Nick Halloran CC SO F 10 5 0.50 Jimmy Schuldt STC JR D 10 8 0.80 Mikey Eyssimont STC JR F 10 5 0.50 8 Henrik Borgström DEN SO F 10 7 0.70 Dawson DiPietro WMU SO F 10 5 0.50 Ian Mitchell DEN FR D 10 7 0.70 10 10 Players Tied With 4 Christian Wolanin NDK JR D 10 7 0.70 Mikey Eyssimont STC JR F 10 7 0.70 12 8 Players Tied With 6

Power Play Goals GP G GPG Power Play Points GP G-A-P PPG 1 David Pope UNO SR F 8 5 0.62 1 David Pope UNO SR F 8 5-3-8 1.00 2 Jacob Benson STC JR F 9 3 0.33 2 Henrik Borgström DEN SO F 10 3-4-7 0.70 Westin Michaud CC JR F 10 3 0.30 3 Nick Halloran CC SO F 10 2-4-6 0.60 Jarid Lukosevicius DEN JR F 10 3 0.30 Troy Terry DEN JR F 10 2-4-6 0.60 Henrik Borgström DEN SO F 10 3 0.30 Mikey Eyssimont STC JR F 10 2-4-6 0.60 6 10 Players Tied With 2 Ian Mitchell DEN FR D 10 0-6-6 0.60 7 Jake Randolph UNO SR F 8 0-5-5 0.62 Jacob Benson STC JR F 9 3-2-5 0.56 Corey Schueneman WMU JR D 9 1-4-5 0.56 Hugh McGing WMU SO F 10 2-3-5 0.50 Jimmy Schuldt STC JR D 10 0-5-5 0.50

Shorthanded Goals GP G GPG Game-Winning Goals GP G GPG 1 Grant Hutton MIA JR D 8 1 0.12 1 Josh Melnick MIA JR F 8 3 0.38 Jack Poehling STC SO F 9 1 0.11 2 Easton Brodzinski STC FR F 9 2 0.22 Ethen Frank WMU FR F 9 1 0.11 Nick Halloran CC SO F 10 2 0.20 Logan O'Connor DEN JR F 10 1 0.10 4 27 Players Tied With 1 Henrik Borgström DEN SO F 10 1 0.10 Karson Kuhlman MND SR F 10 1 0.10 Judd Peterson STC SR F 10 1 0.10 Robby Jackson STC JR F 10 1 0.10

Plus-Minus GP +/- Hat Tricks GP HT 1 Jimmy Schuldt STC JR D 10 +14 1 Wade Allison WMU SO F 10 2 2 Jon Lizotte STC JR D 10 +11 2 Zach Jordan UNO SO F 6 1 3 Gordie Green MIA SO F 8 +6 Henrik Borgström DEN SO F 10 1 Blake Winiecki STC SR F 8 +6 Kale Bennett WMU SO D 8 +6 Hayden Shaw NDK JR D 10 +6 Mikey Eyssimont STC JR F 10 +6 Robby Jackson STC JR F 10 +6 9 9 Players Tied With +5

Blocked Shots GP BLK BLK/G Face-Off Percentage FW FL FO % 1 Luke Bafia WMU SO D 10 31 3.10 1 Jacob Benson STC JR F 16 9 .640 2 Jimmy Schuldt STC JR D 10 29 2.90 2 Kiefer Sherwood MIA JR F 65 39 .625 3 Jon Lizotte STC JR D 10 22 2.20 3 Blake Lizotte STC FR F 67 41 .620 4 Andrew Farny CC JR D 10 20 2.00 4 Blake Winiecki STC SR F 49 31 .612 5 Ben Israel CC JR D 10 19 1.90 5 Judd Peterson STC SR F 82 53 .607 Dylan Samberg MND FR D 10 19 1.90 6 Peter Krieger MND JR F 109 74 .596 Hayden Shaw NDK JR D 10 19 1.90 7 Paul Washe WMU FR F 65 46 .586 Colton Poolman NDK SO D 10 19 1.90 8 Jaakko Heikkinen DEN FR F 51 37 .580 9 Jack Ahcan STC SO D 10 18 1.80 9 Nick Jones NDK JR F 83 61 .576 10 Joel Messner UNO SR D 8 17 2.12 10 Casey Gilling MIA FR F 79 61 .564 Will Borgen STC JR D 10 17 1.70

3-on-3 OT Goals in 2017-18 Conference Games WINNER OPPONENT DATE SCORE GOAL SCORER ASSISTS TIME CC Denver 12/8/17 4-4 Christiano Versich Mason Bergh, Nick Halloran 3:36 Denver CC 12/9/17 1-1 Liam Finlay Troy Terry, Blake Hillman 1:35

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Goals Against Average GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % NHL 1 Dávid Hrenák STC FR 4 240:00 6 1.50 3-1-0 2 140 .959 2 Tanner Jaillet DEN SR 9 545:00 21 2.31 5-2-2 1 241 .920 3 Jeff Smith STC JR 6 363:15 14 2.31 4-1-1 0 163 .921 4 Cam Johnson NDK SR 6 360:51 15 2.49 3-2-1 0 130 .897 5 Ryan Larkin MIA SO 8 485:31 22 2.72 3-4-1 0 196 .899 6 Peter Thome NDK FR 4 244:48 12 2.94 2-1-1 0 105 .897 CLB 7 Ben Blacker WMU SO 10 505:14 25 2.97 4-4-0 1 214 .895 8 Alex Leclerc CC_ SO 10 561:42 28 2.99 3-5-2 1 291 .912 9 Hunter Shepard MND SO 10 538:25 27 3.01 3-6-0 1 209 .886 10 Evan Weninger UNO JR 6 265:56 23 5.19 1-4-0 0 123 .842

Save Percentage GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % NHL 1 Dávid Hrenák STC FR 4 240:00 6 1.50 3-1-0 2 140 .959 2 Jeff Smith STC JR 6 363:15 14 2.31 4-1-1 0 163 .921 3 Tanner Jaillet DEN SR 9 545:00 21 2.31 5-2-2 1 241 .920 4 Alex Leclerc CC_ SO 10 561:42 28 2.99 3-5-2 1 291 .912 5 Ryan Larkin MIA SO 8 485:31 22 2.72 3-4-1 0 196 .899 6 Peter Thome NDK FR 4 244:48 12 2.94 2-1-1 0 105 .897 CLB 7 Cam Johnson NDK SR 6 360:51 15 2.49 3-2-1 0 130 .897 8 Ben Blacker WMU SO 10 505:14 25 2.97 4-4-0 1 214 .895 9 Hunter Shepard MND SO 10 538:25 27 3.01 3-6-0 1 209 .886 10 Evan Weninger UNO JR 6 265:56 23 5.19 1-4-0 0 123 .842

Saves GP SVS/G Saves Shutouts GP Shutouts 1 Alex Leclerc CC_ SO 10 29.1 291 1 Dávid Hrenák STC FR 4 2 2 Tanner Jaillet DEN SR 9 26.8 241 2 Tanner Jaillet DEN SR 9 1 3 Ben Blacker WMU SO 10 21.4 214 Alex Leclerc CC_ SO 10 1 4 Hunter Shepard MND SO 10 20.9 209 Hunter Shepard MND SO 10 1 5 Ryan Larkin MIA SO 8 24.5 196 Ben Blacker WMU SO 10 1 6 Jeff Smith STC JR 6 27.2 163 7 Dávid Hrenák STC FR 4 35.0 140 8 Cam Johnson NDK SR 6 21.7 130 9 Evan Weninger UNO JR 6 20.5 123 10 Peter Thome NDK FR 4 26.2 105 11 Alex Blankenburg UNO JR 3 14.7 44 12 Kris Oldham UNO SO 3 11.7 35 13 Alec Calvaruso CC_ FR 1 33.0 33 14 Dayton Rasmussen DEN FR 1 31.0 31 15 Nick Deery MND SO 2 13.0 26 16 Austin Cain WMU FR 2 11.0 22 17 Trevor Gorsuch WMU JR 1 12.0 12 18 Devin Cooley DEN FR 1 1.0 1

Shootout Results in 2017-18 Conference Games WINNER OPPONENT DATE GAME SCORE ROUNDS SHOOTOUT SCORE WINNING SCORER GOALTENDERS UND Miami 11/11/17 3-3 4 1-0, UND Christian Wolanin Peter Thome, Ryan Larkin UND SCSU 12/8/17 2-2 1 1-0, UND Christian Wolanin Cam Johnson, Jeff Smith

22 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey Jan. 1-7, 2018 National Collegiate Hockey Conference Team Conference-Only Stats

TEAM OFFENSE TEAM DEFENSE Team Games Goals G/GM Team Games Goals G/GM 1 St. Cloud State 10 41 4.10 1 St. Cloud State 10 21 2.10 2 Western Michigan 10 37 3.70 2 North Dakota 10 27 2.70 3 Denver 10 34 3.40 3 Miami 8 22 2.75 4 North Dakota 10 31 3.10 4 Denver 10 28 2.80 5 Omaha 8 21 2.62 5 Minnesota Duluth 10 31 3.10 6 Miami 8 20 2.50 Western Michigan 10 31 3.10 7 Colorado College 10 24 2.40 7 Colorado College 10 32 3.20 8 Minnesota Duluth 10 23 2.30 8 Omaha 8 39 4.88

POWER PLAY PENALTY KILL Team Totals SHA PP % Team Totals SHF PK % 1 Omaha 10/39 2 25.6 1 Denver 30/34 2 88.2 2 St. Cloud State 11/46 1 23.9 2 Western Michigan 47/56 1 83.9 3 Denver 11/48 0 22.9 3 Omaha 28/34 0 82.4 4 North Dakota 7/38 1 18.4 4 St. Cloud State 35/43 3 81.4 5 Colorado College 8/49 1 16.3 5 North Dakota 39/48 0 81.2 6 Western Michigan 7/43 2 16.3 6 Miami 30/37 1 81.1 7 Miami 3/30 0 10.0 7 Colorado College 34/43 0 79.1 8 Minnesota Duluth 4/42 1 9.5 8 Minnesota Duluth 31/40 1 77.5

PENALTY MINUTES SHOTS ON GOAL Team Games PIM PIM/G Team Games SOG SOG/G 1 Western Michigan 10 147 14.7 1 Omaha 8 287 35.9 2 Miami 8 113 14.1 2 St. Cloud State 10 316 31.6 3 St. Cloud State 10 131 13.1 3 Denver 10 308 30.8 4 Colorado College 10 124 12.4 4 North Dakota 10 300 30.0 5 North Dakota 10 121 12.1 5 Minnesota Duluth 10 290 29.0 6 Minnesota Duluth 10 113 11.3 Western Michigan 10 290 29.0 7 Omaha 8 86 10.8 7 Miami 8 208 26.0 8 Denver 10 80 8.0 8 Colorado College 10 248 24.8

SCORING BY PERIOD GOALS ALLOWED BY PERIOD Team 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Team 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total 1 St. Cloud State 9 16 16 0 41 1 St. Cloud State 3 8 10 0 21 2 Western Michigan 8 13 15 1 37 2 Miami 3 8 10 1 22 3 Denver 8 13 13 0 34 3 North Dakota 7 11 9 0 27 4 North Dakota 5 15 11 0 31 4 Denver 4 9 15 0 28 5 Colorado College 5 11 8 0 24 5 Minnesota Duluth 6 16 9 - 31 6 Minnesota Duluth 7 6 10 - 23 Western Michigan 11 10 10 0 31 7 Omaha 6 10 5 - 21 7 Colorado College 6 14 11 1 32 8 Miami 5 7 7 1 20 8 Omaha 13 15 11 - 39

SPECIAL TEAMS NET Team PPF SHA PP NET PPA SHF SH NET ST NET 1 Denver 11 0 +11 4 2 -2 +9 2 St. Cloud State 11 1 +10 8 3 -5 +5 3 Omaha 10 2 +8 6 0 -6 +2 4 Colorado College 8 1 +7 9 0 -9 -2 5 Miami 3 0 +3 7 1 -6 -3 North Dakota 7 1 +6 9 0 -9 -3 Western Michigan 7 2 +5 9 1 -8 -3 8 Minnesota Duluth 4 1 +3 9 1 -8 -5

Jan. 1-7, 2018 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 23 NCHC Overall Scoring Leaders

Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Wade Allison WMU SO F 20 15-13-28 1.40 11/25 4 0 2 2 +7 PHI 2 Nick Halloran CC_ SO F 20 11-16-27 1.35 8/16 3 0 2 0 +1 3 Henrik Borgström DEN SO F 19 13-13-26 1.37 7/14 6 1 1 1 +4 FLA 4 Mason Bergh CC_ JR F 20 11-14-25 1.25 6/12 4 0 1 1 +1 Troy Terry DEN JR F 20 8-17-25 1.25 0/0 4 0 2 0 +7 ANA 6 Colt Conrad WMU JR F 19 9-15-24 1.26 2/7 2 0 1 0 +7 7 David Pope UNO SR F 18 11-12-23 1.28 3/6 6 0 0 0 -8 DET 8 Jimmy Schuldt STC JR D 17 6-16-22 1.29 5/21 4 0 2 0 +21 Gordie Green MIA SO F 18 9-13-22 1.22 5/10 2 0 2 0 +8 Dylan Gambrell DEN JR F 20 6-16-22 1.10 2/4 2 0 0 0 +3 SJS Hugh McGing WMU SO F 20 6-16-22 1.10 8/16 3 0 0 0 +2 12 Dawson DiPietro WMU SO F 20 9-12-21 1.05 11/22 4 0 1 0 +4 13 Robby Jackson STC JR F 17 7-11-18 1.06 2/4 2 1 0 0 +8 14 Mikey Eyssimont STC JR F 16 6-11-17 1.06 9/18 3 0 1 0 +5 LOS Josh Melnick MIA JR F 18 7-10-17 0.94 11/22 1 0 3 0 E Louie Belpedio MIA SR D 18 6-11-17 0.94 10/28 3 0 1 0 +6 MIN Trey Bradley CC_ JR F 20 4-13-17 0.85 3/6 1 0 0 0 -3 18 Ryan Poehling STC SO F 14 5-11-16 1.14 5/10 0 0 2 0 +8 MTL Scott Perunovich MND FR D 19 4-12-16 0.84 6/12 1 0 0 0 +10 Jarid Lukosevicius DEN JR F 20 8-8-16 0.80 7/14 5 0 1 0 E Christian Wolanin NDK JR D 20 5-11-16 0.80 13/26 3 0 0 0 +9 OTT 22 Tyler Vesel UNO SR F 18 6-9-15 0.83 1/2 2 0 1 0 -7 EDM Fredrik Olofsson UNO JR F 18 4-11-15 0.83 2/4 1 0 0 0 -1 CHI Corey Schueneman WMU JR D 18 1-14-15 0.83 3/6 1 0 0 0 E Peter Krieger MND JR F 21 5-10-15 0.71 10/20 0 0 3 0 +3

Defenseman Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Jimmy Schuldt STC JR D 17 6-16-22 1.29 5/21 4 0 2 0 +21 2 Louie Belpedio MIA SR D 18 6-11-17 0.94 10/28 3 0 1 0 +6 MIN 3 Scott Perunovich MND FR D 19 4-12-16 0.84 6/12 1 0 0 0 +10 Christian Wolanin NDK JR D 20 5-11-16 0.80 13/26 3 0 0 0 +9 OTT 5 Corey Schueneman WMU JR D 18 1-14-15 0.83 3/6 1 0 0 0 E 6 Ian Mitchell DEN FR D 20 1-13-14 0.70 3/6 0 0 0 0 +4 CHI 7 Grant Hutton MIA JR D 18 8-5-13 0.72 9/29 6 1 1 0 +1 8 Colton Poolman NDK SO D 20 4-8-12 0.60 2/4 1 0 0 0 +11 9 Cam Lee WMU SO D 20 4-7-11 0.55 10/20 0 0 1 0 +4 10 Mikey Anderson MND FR D 16 3-7-10 0.62 6/12 2 0 0 0 +3 LOS Joel Messner UNO SR D 18 3-7-10 0.56 6/12 2 0 1 0 +1 12 Jack Ahcan STC SO D 17 1-8-9 0.53 3/6 1 0 1 0 -3 Luke Bafia WMU SO D 20 1-8-9 0.45 10/20 0 0 1 0 +6 14 Jordan Klehr UNO JR D 13 1-7-8 0.62 0/0 0 0 0 0 +1 Jon Lizotte STC JR D 17 2-6-8 0.47 4/8 0 0 0 0 +16 Will Borgen STC JR D 17 1-7-8 0.47 14/39 0 0 1 0 +5 BUF Ben Israel CC_ JR D 20 1-7-8 0.40 9/18 0 0 0 0 +5 Nick Wolff MND SO D 21 3-5-8 0.38 13/34 0 0 0 0 +2

Freshman Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Scott Perunovich MND FR D 19 4-12-16 0.84 6/12 1 0 0 0 +10 2 Grant Mismash NDK FR F 19 5-9-14 0.74 6/23 1 0 0 0 +5 NSH Ian Mitchell DEN FR D 20 1-13-14 0.70 3/6 0 0 0 0 +4 CHI 4 Nick Swaney MND FR F 15 3-9-12 0.80 1/2 2 0 0 0 +3 MIN 5 Kevin Fitzgerald STC FR F 16 4-7-11 0.69 7/14 0 0 0 0 +7 6 Mikey Anderson MND FR D 16 3-7-10 0.62 6/12 2 0 0 0 +3 LOS Austin Rueschhoff WMU FR F 19 7-3-10 0.53 9/18 3 0 1 0 -2 Jaakko Heikkinen DEN FR F 20 6-4-10 0.50 1/2 2 0 1 0 -2 Christiano Versich CC_ FR F 20 3-7-10 0.50 7/14 2 0 0 0 -4 10 Easton Brodzinski STC FR F 15 6-3-9 0.60 5/13 2 0 2 0 +5 Jake Durflinger DEN FR F 17 4-5-9 0.53 5/10 0 0 1 0 +4 12 Casey Gilling MIA FR F 17 3-5-8 0.47 9/34 1 0 0 0 +5 Phil Knies MIA FR F 18 3-5-8 0.44 4/8 1 0 0 0 -1 14 Gabe Bast NDK FR D 16 1-6-7 0.44 8/16 0 0 0 0 +2 Blake Lizotte STC FR F 16 1-6-7 0.44 3/6 0 0 0 0 +7 Collin Adams NDK FR F 18 5-2-7 0.39 5/10 2 0 2 0 -4 NYI

24 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey Jan. 1-7, 2018 NCHC Overall Scoring Leaders

Goal Scoring GP G GPG Assist Scoring GP A APG 1 Wade Allison WMU SO F 20 15 0.75 1 Troy Terry DEN JR F 20 17 0.85 2 Henrik Borgström DEN SO F 19 13 0.68 2 Jimmy Schuldt STC JR D 17 16 0.94 3 David Pope UNO SR F 18 11 0.61 Nick Halloran CC SO F 20 16 0.80 Mason Bergh CC JR F 20 11 0.55 Dylan Gambrell DEN JR F 20 16 0.80 Nick Halloran CC SO F 20 11 0.55 Hugh McGing WMU SO F 20 16 0.80 6 Gordie Green MIA SO F 18 9 0.50 6 Colt Conrad WMU JR F 19 15 0.79 Colt Conrad WMU JR F 19 9 0.47 7 Corey Schueneman WMU JR D 18 14 0.78 Dawson DiPietro WMU SO F 20 9 0.45 Mason Bergh CC JR F 20 14 0.70 9 Zach Jordan UNO SO F 16 8 0.50 9 Gordie Green MIA SO F 18 13 0.72 Grant Hutton MIA JR D 18 8 0.44 Henrik Borgström DEN SO F 19 13 0.68 Riley Tufte MND SO F 19 8 0.42 Trey Bradley CC JR F 20 13 0.65 Jarid Lukosevicius DEN JR F 20 8 0.40 Ian Mitchell DEN FR D 20 13 0.65 Troy Terry DEN JR F 20 8 0.40 Wade Allison WMU SO F 20 13 0.65

Power Play Goals GP G GPG Power Play Points GP G-A-P PPG 1 Grant Hutton MIA JR D 18 6 0.33 1 Jimmy Schuldt STC JR D 17 4-9-13 0.76 David Pope UNO SR F 18 6 0.33 Henrik Borgström DEN SO F 19 6-7-13 0.68 Henrik Borgström DEN SO F 19 6 0.32 3 David Pope UNO SR F 18 6-6-12 0.67 4 Jarid Lukosevicius DEN JR F 20 5 0.25 Troy Terry DEN JR F 20 4-8-12 0.60 5 Jacob Benson STC JR F 16 4 0.25 Ian Mitchell DEN FR D 20 0-12-12 0.60 Jimmy Schuldt STC JR D 17 4 0.24 6 Gordie Green MIA SO F 18 2-9-11 0.61 Mason Bergh CC JR F 20 4 0.20 Corey Schueneman WMU JR D 18 1-10-11 0.61 Troy Terry DEN JR F 20 4 0.20 Hugh McGing WMU SO F 20 3-8-11 0.55 Dawson DiPietro WMU SO F 20 4 0.20 9 Louie Belpedio MIA SR D 18 3-7-10 0.56 Wade Allison WMU SO F 20 4 0.20 10 6 Players Tied With 9 Points

Shorthanded Goals GP G GPG Game-Winning Goals GP G GPG 1 Jack Poehling STC SO F 16 1 0.06 1 Josh Melnick MIA JR F 18 3 0.17 Judd Peterson STC SR F 17 1 0.06 Parker Mackay MND JR F 20 3 0.15 Robby Jackson STC JR F 17 1 0.06 Peter Krieger MND JR F 21 3 0.14 Grant Hutton MIA JR D 18 1 0.06 4 13 Players Tied With 2 Henrik Borgström DEN SO F 19 1 0.05 Ethen Frank WMU FR F 19 1 0.05 Logan O'Connor DEN JR F 20 1 0.05 Karson Kuhlman MND SR F 21 1 0.05

Plus-Minus GP +/- Hat Tricks GP HT 1 Jimmy Schuldt STC JR D 17 +21 1 Wade Allison WMU SO F 20 2 2 Jon Lizotte STC JR D 17 +16 2 Zach Jordan UNO SO F 16 1 3 Colton Poolman NDK SO D 20 +11 Henrik Borgström DEN SO F 19 1 4 Judd Peterson STC SR F 17 +10 Mason Bergh CC JR F 20 1 Griffin Mendel DEN FR D 19 +10 Scott Perunovich MND FR D 19 +10 7 Christian Wolanin NDK JR D 20 +9 8 Ryan Poehling STC SO F 14 +8 Robby Jackson STC JR F 17 +8 Gordie Green MIA SO F 18 +8 Cole Smith NDK SO F 18 +8

Blocked Shots GP BLK BLK/G Face-Off Percentage FW FL FO % 1 Luke Bafia WMU SO D 20 53 2.65 1 Blake Lizotte STC FR F 125 81 .607 2 Jimmy Schuldt STC JR D 17 46 2.71 2 Nick Jones NDK JR F 178 116 .605 3 Dylan Samberg MND FR D 19 36 1.89 3 Judd Peterson STC SR F 150 98 .605 4 Andrew Farny CC JR D 20 35 1.75 4 Tyson McLellan DEN SO F 127 86 .596 Colton Poolman NDK SO D 20 35 1.75 5 Casey Gilling MIA FR F 155 107 .592 6 Cam Lee WMU SO D 20 34 1.70 6 Jaakko Heikkinen DEN FR F 99 71 .582 7 Nick Wolff MND SO D 21 33 1.57 7 Johnny Simonson NDK SR F 93 67 .581 8 Lukáš Buchta UNO JR D 17 32 1.88 8 Blake Winiecki STC SR F 89 65 .578 Joel Messner UNO SR D 18 32 1.78 9 Collin Adams NDK FR F 23 18 .561 Ben Israel CC JR D 20 32 1.60 10 Kiefer Sherwood MIA JR F 125 98 .561 Hayden Shaw NDK JR D 20 32 1.60

Jan. 1-7, 2018 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 25 NCHC Overall Goaltending Leaders

Goals Against Average GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % NHL 1 Dávid Hrenák STC FR 6 362:06 11 1.82 5-1-0 2 198 .947 2 Cam Johnson NDK SR 12 721:27 22 1.83 7-3-2 1 244 .917 3 Jeff Smith STC JR 11 672:55 24 2.14 7-1-3 1 310 .928 4 Tanner Jaillet DEN SR 18 1084:32 39 2.16 10-4-4 2 448 .920 5 Hunter Shepard MND SO 18 1021:59 40 2.35 9-7-1 3 414 .912 6 Peter Thome NDK FR 8 493:00 21 2.56 3-2-3 0 205 .907 CLB 7 Ryan Larkin MIA SO 18 1069:56 48 2.69 8-8-2 1 399 .893 8 Alex Leclerc CC_ SO 20 1109:42 51 2.76 9-7-3 2 544 .914 9 Ben Blacker WMU SO 20 1060:32 49 2.77 9-8-1 1 443 .900 10 Evan Weninger UNO JR 14 744:09 44 3.55 7-6-0 0 330 .882

Save Percentage GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % NHL 1 Dávid Hrenák STC FR 6 362:06 11 1.82 5-1-0 2 198 .947 2 Jeff Smith STC JR 11 672:55 24 2.14 7-1-3 1 310 .928 3 Tanner Jaillet DEN SR 18 1084:32 39 2.16 10-4-4 2 448 .920 4 Cam Johnson NDK SR 12 721:27 22 1.83 7-3-2 1 244 .917 5 Alex Leclerc CC_ SO 20 1109:42 51 2.76 9-7-3 2 544 .914 6 Hunter Shepard MND SO 18 1021:59 40 2.35 9-7-1 3 414 .912 7 Peter Thome NDK FR 8 493:00 21 2.56 3-2-3 0 205 .907 CLB 8 Ben Blacker WMU SO 20 1060:32 49 2.77 9-8-1 1 443 .900 9 Ryan Larkin MIA SO 18 1069:56 48 2.69 8-8-2 1 399 .893 10 Evan Weninger UNO JR 14 744:09 44 3.55 7-6-0 0 330 .882

Saves GP SVS/G Saves Shutouts GP Shutouts 1 Alex Leclerc CC_ SO 20 27.2 544 1 Hunter Shepard MND SO 18 3 2 Tanner Jaillet DEN SR 18 24.9 448 2 Dávid Hrenák STC FR 6 2 3 Ben Blacker WMU SO 20 22.1 443 Tanner Jaillet DEN SR 18 2 4 Hunter Shepard MND SO 18 23.0 414 Alex Leclerc CC_ SO 20 2 5 Ryan Larkin MIA SO 18 22.2 399 5 Nick Deery MND SO 5 1 6 Evan Weninger UNO JR 14 23.6 330 Jeff Smith STC JR 11 1 7 Jeff Smith STC JR 11 28.2 310 Cam Johnson NDK SR 12 1 8 Cam Johnson NDK SR 12 20.3 244 Ryan Larkin MIA SO 18 1 9 Peter Thome NDK FR 8 25.6 205 Ben Blacker WMU SO 20 1 10 Dávid Hrenák STC FR 6 33.0 198 11 Kris Oldham UNO SO 5 19.8 99 12 Nick Deery MND SO 5 17.4 87 13 Alec Calvaruso CC_ FR 2 26.0 52 14 Dayton Rasmussen DEN FR 2 23.0 46 15 Alex Blankenburg UNO JR 3 14.7 44 16 Trevor Gorsuch WMU JR 2 12.5 25 17 Austin Cain WMU FR 2 11.0 22 18 Devin Cooley DEN FR 2 2.0 4 19 Grant Valentine MIA FR 1 2.0 2

26 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey Jan. 1-7, 2018 National Collegiate Hockey Conference Team Overall Stats

TEAM OFFENSE TEAM DEFENSE Team Games Goals G/GM Team Games Goals G/GM 1 St. Cloud State 17 69 4.06 1 St. Cloud State 17 36 2.12 2 Omaha 18 64 3.56 2 North Dakota 20 44 2.20 3 Denver 20 71 3.55 3 Denver 20 48 2.40 4 Western Michigan 20 70 3.50 4 Minnesota Duluth 21 54 2.57 5 Miami 18 53 2.94 5 Miami 18 50 2.78 6 North Dakota 20 56 2.80 6 Colorado College 20 59 2.95 7 Minnesota Duluth 21 58 2.76 Western Michigan 20 59 2.95 8 Colorado College 20 55 2.75 8 Omaha 18 68 3.78

POWER PLAY PENALTY KILL Team Totals SHA PP % Team Totals SHF PK % 1 Denver 25/95 0 26.3 1 North Dakota 74/85 0 87.1 2 St. Cloud State 21/81 1 25.9 2 Denver 54/64 2 84.4 3 Miami 20/78 1 25.6 3 Omaha 66/79 0 83.5 4 Omaha 21/85 2 24.7 4 Western Michigan 94/113 1 83.2 5 Minnesota Duluth 16/81 1 19.8 5 St. Cloud State 58/70 3 82.9 6 North Dakota 16/83 1 19.3 6 Miami 67/81 1 82.7 7 Western Michigan 20/107 2 18.7 7 Colorado College 67/85 0 78.8 8 Colorado College 17/111 2 15.3 8 Minnesota Duluth 68/87 1 78.2

PENALTY MINUTES SHOTS ON GOAL Team Games PIM PIM/G Team Games SOG SOG/G 1 Miami 18 298 16.6 1 Denver 20 722 36.1 2 Western Michigan 20 284 14.2 2 St. Cloud State 17 574 33.8 3 St. Cloud State 17 207 12.2 3 Omaha 18 597 33.2 4 North Dakota 20 234 11.7 4 Minnesota Duluth 21 685 32.6 5 Colorado College 20 232 11.6 5 Western Michigan 20 630 31.5 6 Minnesota Duluth 21 239 11.4 6 North Dakota 20 618 30.9 7 Omaha 18 190 10.6 7 Colorado College 20 594 29.7 8 Denver 20 157 7.8 8 Miami 18 496 27.6

SCORING BY PERIOD GOALS ALLOWED BY PERIOD Team 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Team 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total 1 Denver 21 22 28 0 71 1 St. Cloud State 9 12 15 0 36 2 Western Michigan 18 26 25 1 70 2 North Dakota 13 13 18 0 44 3 St. Cloud State 16 21 31 1 69 3 Denver 10 13 25 0 48 4 Omaha 21 32 11 0 64 4 Miami 17 16 16 1 50 5 Minnesota Duluth 19 14 24 1 58 5 Minnesota Duluth 11 24 19 0 54 6 North Dakota 13 22 20 1 56 6 Colorado College 15 25 18 1 59 7 Colorado College 18 21 15 1 55 Western Michigan 22 18 19 0 59 8 Miami 17 18 17 1 53 8 Omaha 18 29 21 0 68

SPECIAL TEAMS NET Team PPF SHA PP NET PPA SHF SH NET ST NET 1 Denver 25 0 +25 10 2 -8 +17 2 St. Cloud State 21 1 +20 12 3 -9 +11 3 Miami 20 1 +19 14 1 -13 +6 Omaha 21 2 +19 13 0 -13 +6 5 North Dakota 16 1 +15 11 0 -11 +4 6 Western Michigan 20 2 +18 19 1 -18 0 7 Colorado College 17 2 +15 18 0 -18 -3 Minnesota Duluth 16 1 +15 19 1 -18 -3

Jan. 1-7, 2018 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 27 National Category Leaders

Points Per Game GP G-A-P P/GM Goals Against Average Minutes GA GAA 1 Ryan Donato (BOS) Harvard JR F 12 12-8-20 1.67 1 Jake Kielly Clarkson SO 1198:59 27 1.35 2 Dylan McLaughlin Canisius JR F 17 12-15-27 1.59 2 Cale Morris Notre Dame SO 978:48 25 1.53 3 Cooper Marody (PHI) Michigan JR F 18 7-21-28 1.56 3 Dávid Hrenák St. Cloud State FR 362:06 11 1.82 4 Dylan Sikura (CHI) Northeastern SR F 15 9-13-22 1.47 4 Cam Johnson North Dakota SR 721:27 22 1.83 5 Jake Evans (MTL) Notre Dame SR F 20 7-21-28 1.40 5 Cayden Primeau (MTL) Northeastern FR 794:05 25 1.89 Wade Allison (PHI) Western Michigan SO F 20 15-13-28 1.40 6 Colton Point (DAL) Colgate SO 977:18 31 1.90 7 Adam Gaudette (VAN) Northeastern JR F 18 12-13-25 1.39 7 Sean Romeo Ohio State JR 1085:42 35 1.93 8 Henrik Borgström (FLA) Denver SO F 19 13-13-26 1.37 8 Christoffer Hernberg UMass Lowell JR 863:59 28 1.94 Andrew Sturtz Penn State JR F 19 10-16-26 1.37 9 Connor LaCouvee Minnesota State SR 683:30 23 2.02 10 Nick Halloran Colorado College SO F 20 11-16-27 1.35 10 Matthew Galajda Cornell FR 598:51 21 2.10 11 Erik Foley (WPG) Providence JR F 19 11-14-25 1.32 11 Jeff Smith St. Cloud State JR 672:55 24 2.14 12 C.J. Suess (WPG) Minnesota State SR F 20 10-16-26 1.30 12 Darion Hanson Union FR 503:15 18 2.15 13 Jimmy Schuldt St. Cloud State JR D 17 6-16-22 1.29 13 Tanner Jaillet Denver SR 1084:32 39 2.16 14 Brady Ferguson Robert Morris SR F 21 11-16-27 1.29 14 Stefano Durante American International FR 611:31 23 2.26 15 Tony Calderone Michigan SR F 18 14-9-23 1.28 15 Michael Bitzer Bemidji State SR 1139:16 43 2.26 David Pope (DET) Omaha SR F 18 11-12-23 1.28 16 Hayden Hawkey (MTL) Providence JR 1159:53 44 2.28 17 Colt Conrad Western Michigan JR F 19 9-15-24 1.26 17 Craig Pantano Merrimack JR 749:30 29 2.32 18 Sheldon Rempal Clarkson SO F 20 16-9-25 1.25 18 Andrew Shortridge Quinnipiac SO 904:29 35 2.32 Mason Bergh Colorado College JR F 20 11-14-25 1.25 19 Merrick Madsen (ARI) Harvard SR 541:37 21 2.33 Troy Terry (ANA) Denver JR F 20 8-17-25 1.25 20 Eric Schierhorn Minnesota JR 1209:49 47 2.33 Tanner Laczynski (PHI) Ohio State SO F 20 9-16-25 1.25 21 Hunter Shepard Minnesota Duluth SO 1021:59 40 2.35 Max Véronneau Princeton JR F 16 9-11-20 1.25 22 Jason Pawloski Minnesota State JR 508:15 20 2.36 23 Trevor Yates Cornell SR F 13 10-6-16 1.23 23 Ryan Bednard (FLA) Bowling Green SO 728:39 29 2.39 24 Gordie Green Miami SO F 18 9-13-22 1.22 24 Eric Dop Bowling Green FR 615:37 25 2.44 25 Scott Pooley Holy Cross SR F 20 16-8-24 1.20 25 Atte Tolvanen Northern Michigan JR 803:21 33 2.46 Taro Hirose Michigan State SO F 20 7-17-24 1.20

Points Per Game (Defensemen) GP G-A-P P/GM Save Percentage Saves GA Save % 1 Jimmy Schuldt St. Cloud State JR D 17 6-16-22 1.29 1 Cale Morris Notre Dame SO 518 25 .954 2 Noah Delmas Niagara SO D 19 1-19-20 1.05 2 Jake Kielly Clarkson SO 496 27 .948 3 Chad Krys (CHI) Boston University SO D 19 5-13-18 0.95 3 Dávid Hrenák St. Cloud State FR 198 11 .947 4 Louie Belpedio (MIN) Miami SR D 18 6-11-17 0.94 4 Colton Point (DAL) Colgate SO 470 31 .938 5 Jeremy Davies (NJD) Northeastern SO D 17 3-13-16 0.94 5 Jeff Smith St. Cloud State JR 310 24 .928 6 Patrick Holway (DET) Maine SO D 15 5-9-14 0.93 6 Sean Romeo Ohio State JR 452 35 .928 7 Alec Rauhauser Bowling Green SO D 22 6-14-20 0.91 7 Christoffer Hernberg UMass Lowell JR 359 28 .928 8 Adam Fox (CGY) Harvard SO D 10 0-9-9 0.90 8 Cayden Primeau (MTL) Northeastern FR 319 25 .927 Trevor Hamilton Penn State SR D 20 4-14-18 0.90 9 Jeremy Swayman (BOS) Maine FR 366 29 .927 10 Josh Teves Princeton JR D 16 1-13-14 0.88 10 Paul Berrafato Holy Cross SR 606 51 .922 11 Jordan Gross Notre Dame SR D 20 5-12-17 0.85 11 Tanner Jaillet Denver SR 448 39 .920 12 Scott Perunovich Minnesota Duluth FR D 19 4-12-16 0.84 12 Ryan Ferland Princeton FR 456 40 .919 13 Corey Schueneman Western Michigan JR D 18 1-14-15 0.83 13 Craig Pantano Merrimack JR 329 29 .919 14 Joseph Duszak Mercyhurst SO D 16 2-11-13 0.81 14 Daniel Tirone New Hampshire SR 512 46 .918 15 Brennan Kapcheck American International FR D 20 5-11-16 0.80 15 Ryan Wischow Massachusetts SO 233 21 .917 Kelly Summers (OTT) Clarkson SR D 20 2-14-16 0.80 16 Cam Johnson North Dakota SR 244 22 .917 Terrance Amorosa (PHI) Clarkson SR D 20 5-11-16 0.80 17 Cole Bruns Army West Point SR 409 37 .917 Daniel Brickley Minnesota State JR D 20 5-11-16 0.80 18 Jayson Argue Bentley SR 220 20 .917 Christian Wolanin (OTT) North Dakota JR D 20 5-11-16 0.80 19 Alex Leclerc Colorado College SO 544 51 .914 20 Jared Kolquist Merrimack SR D 19 3-12-15 0.79 20 Eric Schierhorn Minnesota JR 501 47 .914 Max Gildon (FLA) New Hampshire FR D 19 7-8-15 0.79

Points Per Game (Freshmen) GP G-A-P P/GM Winning Percentage W-L-T Win % 1 Mitchell Lewandowski Michigan State F 20 10-13-23 1.15 1 Cale Morris Notre Dame SO 15-1-0 .938 2 Jake Jaremko Minnesota State F 20 5-16-21 1.05 2 Dávid Hrenák St. Cloud State FR 5-1-0 .833 3 Odeen Tufto Quinnipiac F 19 3-16-19 1.00 3 Jake Kielly Clarkson SO 16-3-1 .825 4 Oliver Chau Massachusetts F 16 7-8-15 0.94 4 Matthew Galajda Cornell FR 8-2-0 .800 5 Luke Santerno Bentley F 15 4-10-14 0.93 5 Darion Hanson Union FR 7-2-0 .778 6 Casey Mittelstadt (BUF) Minnesota F 19 5-12-17 0.89 6 Jeff Smith St. Cloud State JR 7-1-3 .773 Marc Johnstone Sacred Heart F 19 6-11-17 0.89 7 Christoffer Hernberg UMass Lowell JR 10-3-0 .769 8 Jack Jacome Clarkson F 18 2-14-16 0.89 8 Connor LaCouvee Minnesota State SR 9-3-0 .750 9 Morgan Barron (NYR) Cornell F 13 4-7-11 0.85 Ryan Wischow Massachusetts SO 6-2-0 .750 10 Scott Perunovich Minnesota Duluth D 19 4-12-16 0.84 10 Jeremy Swayman (BOS) Maine FR 7-3-1 .682 11 John Leonard Massachusetts F 12 4-6-10 0.83 11 Tanner Jaillet Denver SR 10-4-4 .667 12 Eduards Tralmaks Maine F 17 7-7-14 0.82 Sean Romeo Ohio State JR 10-4-4 .667 13 Mitchell Chaffee Massachusetts F 16 6-7-13 0.81 Cam Johnson North Dakota SR 7-3-2 .667 Reggie Lutz Minnesota State F 16 4-9-13 0.81 Cayden Primeau (MTL) Northeastern FR 7-3-2 .667 15 Brennan Kapcheck American International D 20 5-11-16 0.80 Aidan Pelino Bentley SO 6-3-0 .667 Josh Dickinson Clarkson F 20 10-6-16 0.80 16 Peyton Jones Penn State SO 10-5-1 .656 17 Max Gildon (FLA) New Hampshire D 19 7-8-15 0.79 17 Hayden Hawkey (MTL) Providence JR 13-7-0 .650 18 Zach Solow Northeastern F 18 4-10-14 0.78 18 Atte Tolvanen Northern Michigan JR 9-5-0 .643 Linus Weissbach (BUF) Wisconsin F 18 5-9-14 0.78 19 Colton Point (DAL) Colgate SO 8-4-4 .625 20 Reilly Walsh (NJD) Harvard D 12 3-6-9 0.75 Jason Pawloski Minnesota State JR 5-3-0 .625 Colin Theisen Notre Dame F 20 5-10-15 0.75 Matt Tugnutt Sacred Heart F 16 3-9-12 0.75

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Goals Per Game GP G G/GM Assists Per Game GP A A/GM 1 Ryan Donato (BOS) Harvard JR F 12 12 1.00 1 Cooper Marody (PHI) Michigan JR F 18 21 1.17 2 Sheldon Rempal Clarkson SO F 20 16 0.80 2 Jake Evans (MTL) Notre Dame SR F 20 21 1.05 Scott Pooley Holy Cross SR F 20 16 0.80 3 Noah Delmas Niagara SO D 19 19 1.00 4 Tony Calderone Michigan SR F 18 14 0.78 4 Jimmy Schuldt St. Cloud State JR D 17 16 0.94 5 Trevor Yates Cornell SR F 13 10 0.77 5 Adam Fox (CGY) Harvard SO D 10 9 0.90 6 Wade Allison (PHI) Western Michigan SO F 20 15 0.75 6 Dylan McLaughlin Canisius JR F 17 15 0.88 7 Robbie Payne Northern Michigan SR F 22 16 0.73 7 Dylan Sikura (CHI) Northeastern SR F 15 13 0.87 8 Dylan McLaughlin Canisius JR F 17 12 0.71 8 Devin Brosseau Clarkson SO F 20 17 0.85 9 Ryan Kuffner Princeton JR F 16 11 0.69 Troy Terry (ANA) Denver JR F 20 17 0.85 Erik Brown RIT JR F 16 11 0.69 Taro Hirose Michigan State SO F 20 17 0.85 11 Henrik Borgström (FLA) Denver SO F 19 13 0.68 11 Andrew Sturtz Penn State JR F 19 16 0.84 12 Adam Gaudette (VAN) Northeastern JR F 18 12 0.67 Odeen Tufto Quinnipiac FR F 19 16 0.84 13 Josh Kestner Alabama Huntsville SR F 22 14 0.64 Brett Supinski Union JR F 19 16 0.84 14 Tanner Lomsnes Niagara JR F 19 12 0.63 14 Josh Teves Princeton JR D 16 13 0.81 Cal Burke Notre Dame SO F 19 12 0.63 15 Nick Halloran Colorado College SO F 20 16 0.80 16 David Hallisey Princeton SR F 16 10 0.62 Dylan Gambrell (SJS) Denver JR F 20 16 0.80 17 David Pope (DET) Omaha SR F 18 11 0.61 C.J. Suess (WPG) Minnesota State SR F 20 16 0.80 Vito Bavaro Sacred Heart SO F 18 11 0.61 Jake Jaremko Minnesota State FR F 20 16 0.80 Ross Colton (TBL) Vermont SO F 18 11 0.61 Tanner Laczynski (PHI) Ohio State SO F 20 16 0.80 20 Dylan Sikura (CHI) Northeastern SR F 15 9 0.60 Hugh McGing Western Michigan SO F 20 16 0.80 21 Derian Plouffe Niagara SR F 19 11 0.58 21 Colt Conrad Western Michigan JR F 19 15 0.79 Erik Foley (WPG) Providence JR F 19 11 0.58 22 Ryan Poehling (MTL) St. Cloud State SO F 14 11 0.79 23 Luke Lynch Robert Morris SO F 21 12 0.57 23 Jack Jacome Clarkson FR F 18 14 0.78 24 Max Véronneau Princeton JR F 16 9 0.56 Corey Schueneman Western Michigan JR D 18 14 0.78 25 Nolan Stevens (STL) Northeastern SR F 18 10 0.56 25 Jeremy Davies (NJD) Northeastern SO D 17 13 0.76

Power Play Goals GP PPG/G PPG Game-Winning Goals GP GWG 1 Dylan Sikura (CHI) Northeastern SR F 15 0.47 7 1 Nick Hutchison Canisius SO F 18 4 Adam Gaudette (VAN) Northeastern JR F 18 0.39 7 Adam Gaudette (VAN) Northeastern JR F 18 4 Ross Colton (TBL) Vermont SO F 18 0.39 7 Anthony Rinaldi Union SO F 19 4 4 Alexander Payusov UConn SO F 14 0.43 6 Sheldon Rempal Clarkson SO F 20 4 Grant Hutton Miami JR D 18 0.33 6 5 25 Players Tied With 3 David Pope (DET) Omaha SR F 18 0.33 6 Henrik Borgström (FLA) Denver SO F 19 0.32 6 Scott Pooley Holy Cross SR F 20 0.30 6 Josh Kestner Alabama Huntsville SR F 22 0.27 6 Robbie Payne Northern Michigan SR F 22 0.27 6 11 17 Players Tied With 5

Shorthanded Goals GP SHG/G SHG 1 Andrew Sturtz Penn State JR F 19 0.16 3 2 Daniel Warpecha Dartmouth SO F 14 0.14 2 Joe Snively Yale JR F 14 0.14 2 Marc Michaelis Minnesota State SO F 16 0.12 2 Joe Sullivan St. Lawrence SR F 18 0.11 2 Bobo Carpenter Boston University JR F 19 0.11 2 Derian Plouffe Niagara SR F 19 0.11 2 Nick Farmer Niagara JR F 19 0.11 2 Nico Sturm Clarkson SO F 20 0.10 2 Stephen Baylis Bowling Green JR F 21 0.10 2 Brady Ferguson Robert Morris SR F 21 0.10 2 Luke Lynch Robert Morris SO F 21 0.10 2 Troy Loggins Northern Michigan JR F 22 0.09 2 14 62 Players Tied With 1

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SCORING OFFENSE GP Goals G/GM SCORING DEFENSE GP Goals G/GM 1 Penn State 20 82 4.10 1 Clarkson 20 27 1.35 2 St. Cloud State 17 69 4.06 2 Cornell 13 24 1.85 3 Minnesota State 20 77 3.85 3 Notre Dame 20 40 2.00 4 Cornell 13 47 3.62 4 Ohio State 20 41 2.05 5 Omaha 18 64 3.56 5 St. Cloud State 17 36 2.12 6 Denver 20 71 3.55 6 North Dakota 20 44 2.20 7 Michigan 18 63 3.50 7 Colgate 18 41 2.28 Western Michigan 20 70 3.50 Northeastern 18 41 2.28 9 Maine 18 62 3.44 9 Providence 21 48 2.29 Northeastern 18 62 3.44 10 Minnesota State 20 46 2.30 11 Canisius 18 61 3.39 11 Minnesota 22 52 2.36 12 Princeton 16 54 3.38 12 Denver 20 48 2.40 13 Clarkson 20 67 3.35 13 Bemidji State 20 50 2.50 Notre Dame 20 67 3.35 Harvard 12 30 2.50 15 Wisconsin 21 70 3.33 15 New Hampshire 19 48 2.53 16 RIT 16 53 3.31 16 Bowling Green 22 56 2.55 17 Providence 21 68 3.24 17 Minnesota Duluth 21 54 2.57 18 Boston University 19 60 3.16 18 Michigan Tech 23 62 2.70 19 Mercyhurst 18 56 3.11 19 Army West Point 20 54 2.70 20 Holy Cross 20 62 3.10 20 Northern Michigan 22 60 2.73 21 Harvard 12 37 3.08 21 Boston College 19 52 2.74 22 Michigan Tech 23 70 3.04 22 Holy Cross 20 55 2.75 23 Alaska 20 60 3.00 23 Union 21 58 2.76 Bemidji State 20 60 3.00 24 Miami 18 50 2.78 Robert Morris 21 63 3.00 25 UConn 23 65 2.83 Union 21 63 3.00 26 UMass Lowell 19 54 2.84 27 New Hampshire 19 56 2.95 27 Quinnipiac 19 55 2.89 Niagara 19 56 2.95 28 Wisconsin 21 61 2.90 29 Miami 18 53 2.94 29 Yale 14 41 2.93 30 Bentley 17 49 2.88 30 Colorado College 20 59 2.95 31 Massachusetts 16 46 2.88 Western Michigan 20 59 2.95 32 UMass Lowell 19 54 2.84 32 Air Force 20 60 3.00 33 Bowling Green 22 62 2.82 Bentley 17 51 3.00 Northern Michigan 22 62 2.82 Boston University 19 57 3.00 35 North Dakota 20 56 2.80 Merrimack 19 57 3.00 Ohio State 20 56 2.80 Princeton 16 48 3.00 37 Sacred Heart 19 53 2.79 37 Michigan State 20 61 3.05 38 Minnesota Duluth 21 58 2.76 38 Canisius 18 55 3.06 39 Colorado College 20 55 2.75 39 Brown 14 43 3.07 40 Minnesota 22 60 2.73 40 Penn State 20 62 3.10 41 Boston College 19 51 2.68 41 Maine 18 56 3.11 Quinnipiac 19 51 2.68 42 Massachusetts 16 50 3.12 43 UConn 23 60 2.61 43 Ferris State 22 69 3.14 44 Air Force 20 52 2.60 44 Dartmouth 14 44 3.14 45 American International 20 50 2.50 45 Vermont 19 60 3.16 Yale 14 35 2.50 46 Alaska 20 64 3.20 47 Michigan State 20 49 2.45 47 Robert Morris 21 68 3.24 48 Colgate 18 44 2.44 48 American International 20 65 3.25 49 Army West Point 20 48 2.40 49 Alabama Huntsville 22 73 3.32 50 Merrimack 19 45 2.37 50 Niagara 19 65 3.42 Rensselaer 19 45 2.37 51 Mercyhurst 18 62 3.44 52 Ferris State 22 52 2.36 52 Michigan 18 63 3.50 53 Alabama Huntsville 22 49 2.23 RIT 16 56 3.50 54 Brown 14 31 2.21 54 Rensselaer 19 67 3.53 55 Lake Superior State 22 47 2.14 55 Alaska Anchorage 18 64 3.56 56 Vermont 19 40 2.11 56 Arizona State 20 72 3.60 57 Arizona State 20 39 1.95 57 Lake Superior State 22 80 3.64 58 St. Lawrence 18 35 1.94 58 St. Lawrence 18 67 3.72 59 Dartmouth 14 26 1.86 59 Omaha 18 68 3.78 60 Alaska Anchorage 18 31 1.72 60 Sacred Heart 19 76 4.00

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POWER PLAY Totals SHA PP% PENALTY KILL Totals SHF PK% 1 Clarkson 27/89 1 30.3 1 Ohio State 69/75 0 92.0 2 Northeastern 24/86 1 27.9 2 Bemidji State 57/63 1 90.5 3 Denver 25/95 0 26.3 3 New Hampshire 74/83 0 89.2 4 St. Cloud State 21/81 1 25.9 4 Providence 85/96 0 88.5 5 Minnesota State 23/89 1 25.8 5 Clarkson 80/91 2 87.9 6 Miami 20/78 1 25.6 6 Army West Point 72/82 0 87.8 7 Canisius 19/75 1 25.3 7 Harvard 42/48 2 87.5 8 Bentley 20/80 1 25.0 8 North Dakota 74/85 0 87.1 9 Omaha 21/85 2 24.7 9 Notre Dame 60/69 3 87.0 10 Mercyhurst 21/87 5 24.1 10 Minnesota State 77/89 2 86.5 11 Wisconsin 19/80 2 23.8 11 Niagara 74/86 5 86.0 12 Michigan State 18/77 0 23.4 12 Penn State 56/66 3 84.8 13 Bemidji State 17/74 2 23.0 13 Denver 54/64 2 84.4 14 Princeton 13/59 1 22.0 14 Quinnipiac 64/76 0 84.2 15 Boston University 18/82 0 22.0 15 Vermont 63/75 2 84.0 16 RIT 12/55 0 21.8 16 Omaha 66/79 0 83.5 17 Penn State 17/79 3 21.5 17 Minnesota 75/90 1 83.3 18 Merrimack 18/84 0 21.4 18 Western Michigan 94/113 1 83.2 19 Niagara 16/75 2 21.3 19 Arizona State 74/89 1 83.1 20 Cornell 13/62 0 21.0 20 Canisius 78/94 4 83.0 21 UConn 20/101 3 19.8 21 St. Cloud State 58/70 3 82.9 22 Minnesota Duluth 16/81 1 19.8 22 Northern Michigan 82/99 5 82.8 23 New Hampshire 15/76 1 19.7 23 Miami 67/81 1 82.7 24 Robert Morris 22/112 2 19.6 24 Wisconsin 66/80 0 82.5 25 Harvard 9/46 0 19.6 25 Sacred Heart 68/83 3 81.9 26 Providence 21/108 0 19.4 26 Cornell 44/54 0 81.5 27 North Dakota 16/83 1 19.3 27 Yale 57/70 3 81.4 28 Vermont 15/78 2 19.2 28 Boston College 74/91 2 81.3 29 Maine 13/68 2 19.1 29 Bowling Green 95/117 3 81.2 30 Bowling Green 20/105 0 19.0 30 Brown 60/74 0 81.1 31 Notre Dame 12/64 0 18.8 31 UConn 76/94 3 80.9 32 Western Michigan 20/107 2 18.7 32 UMass Lowell 59/73 2 80.8 33 Lake Superior State 16/87 2 18.4 33 Alaska 80/99 0 80.8 34 Union 17/95 0 17.9 34 Colgate 61/76 0 80.3 35 Michigan Tech 20/112 2 17.9 35 RIT 65/81 0 80.2 36 St. Lawrence 13/74 2 17.6 36 Air Force 73/91 1 80.2 37 Ohio State 13/81 1 16.0 37 Ferris State 92/115 2 80.0 38 Northern Michigan 17/106 1 16.0 Michigan State 52/65 1 80.0 39 Army West Point 13/83 2 15.7 Princeton 48/60 0 80.0 40 Michigan 12/77 1 15.6 40 Dartmouth 43/54 2 79.6 41 Colorado College 17/111 2 15.3 41 Lake Superior State 89/112 1 79.5 42 Ferris State 15/98 3 15.3 42 Northeastern 46/58 1 79.3 43 UMass Lowell 14/92 4 15.2 43 Holy Cross 61/77 1 79.2 44 Sacred Heart 12/80 5 15.0 44 Michigan Tech 72/91 0 79.1 45 Alabama Huntsville 16/107 5 15.0 45 Colorado College 67/85 0 78.8 46 American International 11/74 3 14.9 Massachusetts 67/85 0 78.8 Boston College 11/74 2 14.9 47 Alabama Huntsville 86/110 3 78.2 48 Air Force 12/83 5 14.5 48 Minnesota Duluth 68/87 1 78.2 49 Holy Cross 11/78 0 14.1 49 Bentley 64/82 2 78.0 50 Massachusetts 10/71 0 14.1 50 Mercyhurst 59/76 3 77.6 51 Rensselaer 12/87 3 13.8 51 American International 72/93 2 77.4 52 Colgate 10/73 0 13.7 52 Michigan 57/74 1 77.0 53 Minnesota 13/96 1 13.5 53 Boston University 62/81 4 76.5 54 Quinnipiac 9/72 0 12.5 54 Alaska Anchorage 65/85 0 76.5 55 Alaska Anchorage 9/75 1 12.0 55 Robert Morris 71/93 4 76.3 56 Brown 7/61 2 11.5 56 Rensselaer 57/75 1 76.0 57 Dartmouth 6/53 2 11.3 57 Union 60/79 1 75.9 58 Alaska 10/103 0 9.7 58 St. Lawrence 69/92 2 75.0 59 Arizona State 7/76 0 9.2 59 Merrimack 62/83 0 74.7 60 Yale 5/60 2 8.3 60 Maine 59/82 2 72.0

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