2018 NCAA FROZEN FOUR NOTES

IMPORTANT LINKS Frozen Four History: http://collegehockeyinc.com/frozen-four.php NCAA Record Book: http://www.ncaa.org/championships/statistics/2017-18-mens-ice-hockey-records TV Schedule: http://collegehockeyinc.com/tv-schedule.php Sortable National Statistics: http://collegehockeyinc.com/stats/filters18.php Team Rosters, Statistics & Results: http://collegehockeyinc.com/teams-and-conferences.php

CAREER LEADERS ENTERING FROZEN FOUR

Points: Shorthanded Goals: Jake Evans, Notre Dame – 134 Mason Jobst, Ohio State – 4 Mason Jobst, Ohio State – 128 Karson Kuhlman, Minnesota Duluth – 4 Matthew Weis, Ohio State – 122 Jordan Gross, Notre Dame – 119 Game-Winning Goals: Tony Calderone, Michigan – 89 Andrew Oglevie, Notre Dame – 9 Cooper Marody, Michigan – 88 Peter Krieger, Minnesota Duluth – 9 Andrew Oglevie, Notre Dame – 86 Dylan Malmquist, Notre Dame – 8 Tanner Laczynski, Ohio State – 78 Jordan Gross, Notre Dame – 8 Dakota Joshua, Ohio State – 77 Karson Kuhlman, Minnesota Duluth – 77 Games Played: Karson Kuhlman, Minnesota Duluth – 164 Goals: Jared Thomas, Minnesota Duluth – 161 Tony Calderone, Michigan – 53 Jordan Gross, Notre Dame – 157 Mason Jobst, Ohio State – 52 Jake Evans, Notre Dame – 156 Matthew Weis, Ohio State – 40 Dawson Cook, Notre Dame – 142 Jake Evans, Notre Dame – 39 Luke Stork, Ohio State – 142 Andrew Oglevie, Notre Dame – 39 Dexter Dancs, Michigan – 140 Karson Kuhlman, Minnesota Duluth – 38 Most Consecutive Games Played (Active): Assists: Karson Kuhlman, Minnesota Duluth – 164 Jake Evans, Notre Dame – 95 Jordan Gross, Notre Dame – 157 Matthew Weis, Ohio State – 82 Jordan Gross, Notre Dame – 83 Overtime Goals: Mason Jobst, Ohio State – 76 Parker Mackay, Minnesota Duluth – 2 Cooper Marody, Michigan – 57 Cam Morrison, Notre Dame – 2 Alex Roos, Michigan – 2 Power-Play Goals: Matthew Weis, Ohio State – 2 Mason Jobst, Ohio State – 20 Tony Calderone, Michigan – 16 Hat Tricks Dakota Joshua, Ohio State – 12 Tony Calderone, Michigan – 2 Andrew Oglevie, Notre Dame – 12 Cooper Marody, Michigan – 2 Jordan Gross, Notre Dame – 12 Cal Burke, Notre Dame – 1 Karson Kuhlman, Minnesota Duluth – 1

W-L-T Saves Sv.% GAA SO Cale Morris, Notre Dame 26-7-1 1,151 .945 1.92 4 Hunter Shepard, Minnesota Duluth 23-16-1 1,023 .924 1.98 8 Sean Romeo, Ohio State 29-22-6 1,550 .917 2.42 2 Hayden Lavigne, Michigan 24-16-4 1,222 .910 2.81 5

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CAREER LEADERS IN NCAA TOURNAMENT GAMES

Scoring: Joey Anderson, UMD 6 GP 3-5—8 Andrew Oglevie, N. Dame 5 GP 3-3—6 Jake Evans, N. Dame 6 GP 0-6—6 Jordan Gross, N. Dame 6 GP 2-3—5 Karson Kuhlman, UMD 10 GP 3-1—4 Kevin Miller, OSU 3 GP 3-1—4 Cam Morrison, N. Dame 6 GP 3-1—4 Riley Tufte, UMD 6 GP 1-3—4 Tanner Laczynski, OSU 3 GP 1-3—4

Goaltending (all this season): Sean Romeo, Ohio State 2 GP 2-0 119:16 53 svs. 3 GA 1.51 .946 Cale Morris, Notre Dame 2 GP 2-0 136:24 55 svs. 4 GA 1.76 .932 Hunter Shepard, Minn. Duluth 2 GP 2-0 121:59 30 svs. 3 GA 1.48 .909 Hayden Lavigne, Michigan 2 GP 2-0 120:00 43 svs. 5 GA 2.50 .896

PREVIOUS 2017-18 MEETINGS OF FROZEN FOUR TEAMS

Michigan vs. Notre Dame Jan. 5 at U-M. UND won, 2-1. Jan. 7 at UND. UND won, 2-1. Feb. 16 at UND. U-M won, 4-2. Feb. 18 at U-M. U-M won, 1-0.

Michigan vs. Ohio State Nov. 24 at U-M. OSU won, 3-2. Nov. 25 at U-M. OSU won, 5-1. Jan. 26 at OSU. OSU won, 4-0. Jan. 27 at OSU. OSU won, 5-3. March 10 at OSU. OSU won, 3-2 OT. Big Ten semifinal.

Ohio State vs. Notre Dame Nov. 3 at OSU. UND won, 4-1. Nov. 4 at OSU. UND won, 3-2. Feb. 9 at UND. UND won, 2-1. Feb. 10 at UND. OSU won, 5-1. March 17 at UND. UND won, 3-2 OT. Big Ten championship.

Minnesota Duluth: none

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TEAMS BY THE NUMBERS

Team Record Win % GF/GP GA/GP GM/GP PP% PK% SOGM/GP UND 27-9-2 .737 2.95 2.16 +0.79 22.8% 88.9% -4.29 OSU 26-9-5 .712 3.25 2.08 +1.18 23.9% 89.3% +4.12 Mich. 22-14-3 .603 3.41 3.00 +0.41 18.4% 75.3% +2.21 UMD 23-16-3 .583 3.05 2.14 +0.90 23.9% 82.6% +5.10

Team Avg. Ht. Avg. Wt. Avg. Age Freshmen Sophomores Juniors Seniors UND 6’ 0.14” 190.57 21.6 7 8 6 7 OSU 5’ 11.81” 187.78 22.4 6 6 9 6 Mich. 6’ 0.44” 191.52 21.4 5 11 5 6 UMD 6’ 0.08” 194.04 21.8 10 7 3 6

2018 Tournament Records, All Games Team Scoring First: 8-4 Team Leading After First: 5-2 Team Leading After Second: 8-1 Team With More Shots: 7-5

2017-18 Records vs. Other NCAA Tournament Teams 12-4-2 – Notre Dame 9-6-1 – Ohio State 7-9-0 – Michigan 4-10-0 – Minnesota Duluth

Distance to St. Paul, Minn. 151 miles – Minnesota Duluth 494 miles – Notre Dame 650 miles – Michigan 758 miles – Ohio State

Undergraduate Enrollment Notre Dame – 8,624 Minnesota Duluth – 9,199 Michigan – 29,821 Ohio State – 45,946

Last 10 Games 9-1-0 – Michigan 7-2-1 – Ohio State 7-3-0 – Minnesota Duluth 6-4-0 – Notre Dame

Since Christmas 16-5-1 – Ohio State 15-7-1 – Michigan 15-7-1 – Minnesota Duluth 11-6-1 – Notre Dame 2018 NCAA FROZEN FOUR NOTES

TEAMS BY THE NUMBERS

Offense from senior classes: Offense from sophomore classes: 97 points – Michigan (42g-55a) 112 – Ohio State (30-82) 89 – Notre Dame (32-57) 89 – Minnesota Duluth (38-51) 87 – Ohio State (34-53) 80 – Michigan (31-49) 65 – Minnesota Duluth (35-30) 73 – Notre Dame (30-43)

Offense from junior classes: Offense from freshman classes: 142 – Ohio State (63-79) 126 – Minnesota Duluth (40-54) 112 – Notre Dame (40-72) 80 – Michigan (29-51) 97 – Michigan (31-66) 33 – Notre Dame (10-23) 59 – Minnesota Duluth (25-34) 8 – Ohio State (3-5)

Offense from defensemen: 104 – Minnesota Duluth (22g-90a) 96 – Michigan (17-79) 93 – Notre Dame (28-65) 76 – Ohio State (14-62)

Teams with the most: 10+ Scorers: 6 – Ohio State 20+ Goal Scorers: 1 – Michigan, Ohio State 20+ Point Players: 7 – Michigan, Minnesota Duluth 30+ Point Players: 3 – Ohio State 40+ Point Players: 2 – Michigan, Ohio State

Record When: Mich. UMD UND OSU Scoring first 16-4-2 19-7-0 21-2-2 19-0-3 Allowing first 6-10-1 4-9-2 6-7-0 7-9-2 Leading after 1 15-2-1 15-3-0 10-1-1 16-0-0 Trailing after 1 1-9-1 3-3-1 6-5-0 3-6-1 Tied after 1 6-3-1 5-10-2 11-3-1 7-3-4 Leading after 2 18-1-0 21-0-1 20-1-0 18-0-1 Trailing after 2 2-10-2 2-11-0 1-6-0 1-9-1 Tied after 2 2-3-1 0-5-2 6-2-2 7-0-3 One-goal games 7-6 5-8 13-3 7-5 Overtime 1-3-3 2-0-3 3-1-2 3-1-5

Win Improvement Since Last Season +9 – Michigan +5 – Ohio State +4 – Notre Dame

Brothers in the Frozen Four: Joey and Mikey Anderson (Minnesota Duluth) Michael and Nick Pastujov (Michigan)

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GEOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN Five countries, including 18 states and 5 Canadian provinces, are represented on Frozen Four rosters.

By State 26 players – Minnesota 18 – Michigan 10 – Illinois 7 – Ohio 5 – New York 4 – Florida 3 – California, Wisconsin 2 – Missouri, New Jersey 1 – Colorado, Indiana, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Virginia

By Province 6 – Ontario 4 – Alberta 2 – British Columbia, Saskatchewan 1 – Nova Scotia

By Country 88 – United States 15 – Canada 2 – Germany, Sweden 1 – Ukraine

Teams with the most: Americans: 23 – Michigan, Ohio State Canadians: 6 – Minnesota Duluth Europeans: 2 – Notre Dame, Ohio State States represented: 11 – Notre Dame, Ohio State Provinces represented: 3 – Minnesota Duluth, Notre Dame

Minnesota natives in the Frozen Four by team 17 – Minnesota Duluth (Matt Anderson, Mikey Anderson, Joey Anderson, Bender, Krieger, Kuhlman, McCormack, Perunovich, Peterson, Roehl, Roth, Samberg, Shepard, Swaney, Thomas, Tufte, Wolff) 5 – Notre Dame (Brauer, Bretzman, Gross, Hellickson, Malmquist) 3 – Ohio State (Ege, Fidler, Wiitala) 1 – Michigan (Becker)

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NCAA TOURNAMENT

Frozen Four History: http://collegehockeyinc.com/frozen-four

Most Appearances: Most Frozen Fours: Michigan, Minnesota – 37 Boston College, Michigan – 25 Boston University – 36 Boston University, North Dakota – 22 Boston College – 35 Minnesota – 21 North Dakota – 32 Denver – 15 Denver – 28 Michigan State – 27 Other 2018 Frozen Four Teams: Wisconsin – 25 Minnesota Duluth – 6 Harvard – 24 Notre Dame – 4 Ohio State – 2 Other 2018 Frozen Four Teams: Minnesota Duluth – 12 Notre Dame – 10 Ohio State – 8

Most Championships: Michigan – 9 North Dakota – 8 Denver – 7 Wisconsin – 6 Boston College, Boston University, Minnesota – 5 Lake Superior State, Michigan State, Michigan Tech – 3 Colorado College, Cornell, Maine, Rensselaer – 2 Bowling Green, Harvard, Minnesota Duluth, Northern Michigan, Providence, Union, Yale – 1

Longest Active NCAA Appearance Streaks: Denver – 11 Providence – 5 Boston University, Minnesota Duluth – 4 Notre Dame – 3

NCAA Appearances by Frozen Four Coaches Appearances with current school unless noted 15 – Jeff Jackson, Notre Dame (6, including 2 titles, with Lake Superior State) 8 – , Minnesota Duluth (1 title) 3 – , Michigan (2 with Michigan Tech) 2 – Steve Rohlik, Ohio State

Head Coaches Who Won NCAA Titles as Players Steve Rohlik, Ohio State (1990, Wisconsin)

Head Coaches Who Won NCAA Titles as Assistant Coaches Jeff Jackson, Notre Dame (1988, Lake Superior State) Mel Pearson, Michigan (1996 and 1998, Michigan) Scott Sandelin, Minnesota Duluth (1997 and 2000, North Dakota)

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IN THE NHL

286 former NCAA players have appeared in an NHL game this season (30% of NHL; as of March 26) Full list: http://collegehockeyinc.com/2017-18-alums-nhl.php

47 schools have had an alum in the NHL this season

Colleges producing the most NHLers, 2017-18: Minnesota – 24 Boston College, Michigan, North Dakota – 21 Boston University – 17 Wisconsin – 13

Other Frozen Four teams: Minnesota Duluth – 9 Notre Dame – 8 Ohio State – 6

NHL Teammates Whose Alma Maters Meet in the Semifinals: Anaheim: Ryan Kesler (Ohio State) and J.T. Brown/Andy Welinski (Minnesota Duluth) Columbus: Jack Johnson/Zach Werenski (Michigan) and Ian Cole (Notre Dame) Dallas: Greg Pateryn (Michigan) and Stephen Johns (Notre Dame) Pittsburgh: Carl Hagelin/Matt Hunwick (Michigan) and Riley Sheahan (Notre Dame)

Sons of NHLers in the Frozen Four: Miguel Fidler, Ohio State (son of Mike) Josh Norris, Michigan (son of Dwayne) Justin Richards, Minnesota Duluth (son of Todd)

Players in the Frozen Four with brothers who have played in the NHL: Sam McCormick, Ohio State (Max) Matt Miller, Ohio State (J.T.)

Tournament Most Outstanding Players 36 former winners have gone on to play in the NHL, including 2017-18 NHLers Thomas Vanek (Minnesota, 2003), Justin Abdelkader (Michigan State, 2007), Nathan Gerbe (Boston College, 2008); Ben Smith (Boston College, 2010), J.T. Brown (Minnesota Duluth, 2011), Shayne Gostisbehere (Union, 2014); Jon Gillies (Providence, 2015); and Drake Caggiula (North Dakota, 2016).

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FORMER NCAA PLAYERS IN THE NHL THIS YEAR

By years in school (71% played at least three years) Four years – 94 Three years – 108 Two years – 55 One year – 29

By position: 160 forwards 104 defensemen 22 goaltenders

By NHL Draft status: 108 were first- or second-round picks 112 were third- through ninth-round picks 66 were undrafted free agents

By nationality: 201 Americans 77 Canadians 8 Europeans

FUTURE NHLers

Nearly 200 NHL Draft played college hockey this season. 25 are in the Frozen Four, including two first-round picks: Josh Norris, Michigan (19th, San Jose) Riley Tufte, Minnesota Duluth (25th, Dallas)

NHL Draft picks by team: 10 – Michigan 6 – Minnesota Duluth, Notre Dame 3 – Ohio State

19 NHL teams have draft prospects in the Frozen Four. Prospects by team: 3 – Minnesota 2 – Carolina, Dallas, Florida, New Jersey 1 – Arizona, Boston, Chicago, Colorado, Columbus, Edmonton, Los Angeles, Montreal, NY Islanders, Philadelphia, San Jose, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg

12 draft-eligible players are in the Frozen Four: Michigan: Quinn Hughes, Griffin Luce, Michael Pastujov, James Sanchez Minnesota Duluth: Scott Perunovich, Justin Richards, Louie Roehl, Matt Anderson Notre Dame: Mike O’Leary, Max Eisenmenger, Dylan St. Cyr Ohio State: Tommy Nappier

OTHER RESOURCES

Differences between NHL and NCAA rules: http://collegehockeyinc.com/key-differences-ncaa-and-nhl-rules.php College Hockey, Inc. Media Center: http://collegehockeyinc.com/media-center.php