2017-18 NCHC WEEKLY RELEASE National Collegiate Hockey Conference 1631 Mesa Avenue, Suite C Colorado Springs, CO 80906 Phone: 719-203-6818 Week of December 11-17, 2017 Fax: 719-645-8206 Volume 5, Issue 12 www.NCHCHockey.com Michael Weisman • O: 719-694-9924 • C: 513-310-4869 • [email protected] • @TheNCHC

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 15 12 2 1 .833 64 31 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 19 10 8 1 .553 65 57 18 10 5 3 2 1/0 .600 34 28 16 9 3 4 .688 58 40 5. 12 10 3 5 2 1/0 .400 24 32 16 7 7 2 .500 42 48 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 19 8 9 2 .474 51 52 8. Omaha 6 8 2 6 0 0/0 .250 21 39 16 7 8 1 .469 54 64 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 • Only two NCHC teams are in action this weekend before the holiday Friday, Dec. 15 break as Denver hosts ECAC Hockey foe Dartmouth and Colorado College Dartmouth at No. 2/2 Denver, 7:05 p.m. MT faces Arizona State for the first time ever. NCHC teams are 4-4-2 against TV: Altitude 2/TSN 2 ECAC teams so far this season and 1-0-1 against ASU, as Omaha faced the Sun Devils back in October. Overall, NCHC teams are a combined 37- Saturday, Dec. 16 16-10 in non-conference play this season, with the .667 win percentage second among the six conferences behind only the Big Ten (.697). Arizona State at Colorado College, 6:07 p.m. MT • Five NCHC teams are ranked in the USCHO.com Poll, tying the Big Ten TV: CET Sports (Xfinity ch. 900 in Colo.) for the most from one conference, while all eight NCHC teams are receiving Dartmouth at No. 2/2 Denver, 7:05 p.m. MT votes and would be ranked in the top 25. NCHC teams own the top two TV: Altitude 2 spots in the USCHO.com Poll for the eighth straight week, with St. Cloud State switching places with Denver and taking over the top spot. With SCSU Sunday, Dec. 17 in the top spot, the NCHC has now held the No. 1 ranking in the USCHO Arizona State at Colorado College, 2:07 p.m. MT Poll 35 of the last 37 weeks, with half of the NCHC teams earning the No. 1 spot during that span (SCSU, DU, UND and UMD). Since the USCHO Poll on Last Week’s Results Nov. 17, 2014, the NCHC has had a team ranked in the top two 93 times. Hockey East is second during that span with only 28 top-two appearances. Friday, Dec. 8 SCSU is also now No. 1 in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll. In the *Miami 5, at No. 11/10 Western Michigan 2 Pairwise Ratings, all eight NCHC teams sit in the top 19. (page 9) *at Omaha 7, No. 17 Minnesota Duluth 5 • With conference play complete until January, previous history says a look *No. 5/5 North Dakota 2, at No. 2/2 St. Cloud State 2 (OT) at the current standings can be indicative of the final results. In the NCHC’s UND wins shootout, 1-0 (1 round) first four seasons, the Penrose Cup champion was already in first place as *Colorado College 4, at No. 1/1 Denver 4 (OT) - CC wins 3x3 OT 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 Saturday, Dec. 9 one point out of first, while in 2014-15, eventual champion UND sat in *at No. 11/10 Western Michigan 4, Miami 3 (OT) fourth place on Jan. 1, but only two points back of first place. *No. 17 Minnesota Duluth 6, at Omaha 2 • According to the RPI on USCHO.com, NCHC teams have played eight of *at No. 2/2 St. Cloud State 3, No. 5/5 North Dakota 1 the 11 toughest schedules in the country. NCHC teams hold the top five *No. 1/1 Denver 1, at Colorado College 1 (OT) - DU wins 3x3 OT spots for toughest schedule, led by Denver, St. Cloud State and Omaha, respectively. Colorado College has played the “weakest” schedule among *National Collegiate Hockey Conference game NCHC teams, which is still 11th nationally. • Two NCHC players recorded hat tricks last weekend after only two had been recorded by NCHC players all season prior to that. Omaha’s Zach Jordan notched his first career hat trick last Friday against Minnesota Upcoming Games on NCHC.tv Duluth, while Western Michigan sophomore forward Wade Allison had a Friday, Dec. 15 and Saturday, Dec. 16 natural hat trick last Saturday in a comeback win over Miami for his second Darmouth at No. 2/2 Denver, 7:05 p.m. MT (both nights) hat trick of the season and of his career. He is the only player in the NCAA with multiple hat tricks this year. Other NCHC hat tricks this year belong Saturday, Dec. 16 and Sunday, Dec. 17 to Colorado College junior forward Mason Bergh and Denver sophomore Arizona State at Colorado College, 6:07 p.m./2:07 p.m. MT forward Henrik Borgström. notes continued on page 8 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey /TheNCHC @TheNCHC TheNCHC NCHC.tv SID/School Directory

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St. Cloud State University Western Michigan University Website:...... SCSUHuskies.com Website:...... WMUBroncos.com Hockey SID: ...... Tom Nelson Hockey SID: ...... Adam Bodnar Office:...... 320-308-2141 Office:...... 269-387-4122 Cell: ...... 320-224-0813 Cell: ...... 269-760-5133 Email:...... [email protected] Email:...... [email protected] Press Box Phone:...... 320-308-5227 Press Box Phone:...... 269-760-5133 Hockey Specific Twitter: ...... @SCSUHUSKIES_MH Hockey Specific Twitter:...... @WMUHockey Hockey Facebook:...... /SCSUMensHockey Hockey Facebook:...... /WMUHockey Address:...... 720 4th Avenue South Address:...... 1903 W. Michigan Ave. St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498 Kalamazoo, MI 49008

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Colorado College Tigers Denver Pioneers Head Coach: (4th year) Head Coach: Jim Montgomery (5th year) Record at CC: 27-86-10 Record at DU: 111-49-23 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: 7-7-2 (3-5-2-1/0 NCHC, 5th) 2017-18 Record: 9-3-4 (5-3-2-1/0 NCHC, t-3rd) Lettermen Ret./Lost: 19/10 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 15/7 • Colorado College snapped a 14-game losing streak to rival Denver with • Denver saw its 14-game winning streak over rival Colorado College a pair of ties last weekend, drawing 4-4 in Denver on Friday and 1-1 in snapped in a pair of ties last weekend. The sides finished even at 4-4 Colorado Springs Saturday. Both games ended in 3-on-3 overtime, with Friday in Denver, with CC scoring in 3-on-3 overtime for the extra CC getting the extra NCHC point Friday and DU doing so on Saturday. standings point, while DU earned the extra point Saturday after a 1-1 With the two ties vs. Denver, the Battle for The Gold Pan will stretch to overtime tie in Colorado Springs. the second-half series for the first time since 2013-14, the last time CC won the trophy. • Sophomore forward Henrik Borgström dished out an assist on DU’s lone goal in Saturday’s tie. He is now third nationally, averaging 1.53 • Sophomore forward Nick Halloran saw his career-long six-game points per game, while his 0.87 goals per game are tops in the country. point-scoring streak snapped on Saturday, after notching three points (2g, 1a) on Friday. It was his second career multi-goal game (10/22/16 • Freshman defenseman Ian Mitchell scored his first career goal in at UNH). He finished with 10 points (3g, 7a) during the point streak Friday’s tie with CC. He is tied for fourth among NCAA defensemen with and now has 22 points on the season, which ties for 12th nationally. 10 power play points and is second with 10 power play assists. Halloran’s 15 assists this season already surpassed the most by a Tiger in each of the last two full seasons and tie for eighth in the NCAA. • The Pioneers have not allowed a power-play goal in their last four games, going 11-for-11 on the penalty kill during that stretch. Denver • The Tigers continued their success on Saturday with the tie against does not take many penalties though, averaging the fewest penalty DU. CC is now 5-2-1 on Saturday this season, with its only losses minutes per game in the NCAA, being whistled for only 8.06 penalty coming at home to No. 3 North Dakota (Oct. 28) and at No. 2 St. Cloud minutes per game (tied with Bemidji State). State (Nov. 18). CC won five games on Saturday all of last season. This Week’s Games: This Week’s Games: Fri., Dec. 15 vs. Dartmouth (2-7-1, 2-4-1 ECAC) - 7:05 p.m. MT Sat., Dec. 16 vs. Arizona State (4-9-3) - 6:07 p.m. MT - Denver, Colo. TV: Altitude 2/TSN 2/NCHC.tv Broadmoor World Arena - Colorado Springs, Colo. TV: CET (Xfinity)/NCHC.tv Sat., Dec. 16 vs. Dartmouth (2-7-1, 2-4-1 ECAC) - 7:05 p.m. MT Sun., Dec. 17 vs. Arizona State (4-9-3) - 2:07 p.m. MT Magness Arena - Denver, Colo. TV: Altitude 2/NCHC.tv Broadmoor World Arena - Colorado Springs, Colo. NCHC.tv Game Fact: The Pioneers are 4-0-1 all-time against Dartmouth. Their Game Fact: This weekend’s meetings between Colorado College and last meeting came on Jan. 2, 2015 at the Dartmouth Showcase in Ha- Arizona State will mark the first ever match-ups between the teams. nover, N.H., which resulted in a 1-1 overtime tie.

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 6:07 p.m. Fri., Dec. 15 Dartmouth 7:05 p.m. Sun., Dec. 17 Arizona State 2:07 p.m. Sat., Dec. 16 Dartmouth 7:05 p.m. Fri., Dec. 29 at Air Force 7:05 p.m. Fri., Dec. 29 Merrimack 7:05 p.m. Sat., Dec. 30 Merrimack 6:07 p.m. Sat., Dec. 30 Air Force 7:05 p.m. Fri., Jan. 12 Minnesota Duluth* 7:37 p.m. Sat., Jan. 13 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: 323-293-84 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: 8-9-2 (3-7-0-0 NCHC, 7th) Lettermen Ret./Lost: 17/4 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 16/9

• For the second straight weekend, Miami split with a top-10 opponent, • After allowing a season-high seven goals in a 7-5 loss at Omaha last winning Friday’s game at Western Michigan, 5-2, before falling in over- Friday, Minnesota Duluth snapped a season-long three-game losing time on Saturday, 4-3. With the results, the RedHawks are now 6-3-0 streak with a 6-2 win over the Mavericks on Saturday for a series split. on Fridays this season, winning three straight on Friday, compared to UMD put up 11 goals in the series after totaling 12 goals in their previ- just 2-5-2 in Saturday games this season. ous eight games combined, never scoring more than three in a game.

• Junior defenseman Grant Hutton scored a short-handed goal in • Freshman defenseman Scott Perunovich notched four points in the Saturday’s loss at WMU, becoming the first NCHC blue liner with a split at Omaha, including a career-high three points (1g, 2a) in Satur- short-handed tally this season. He has eight goals on the season, which day’s victory. He now leads all rookie defensemen nationally with 16 tie for the NCAA lead among defensemen, while his six power play points (4g, 12a) on the season. goals are two better than any other NCAA blue liner. His 0.44 goals per game are first nationally by himself among NCAA defensemen. • Sophomore forward Riley Tufte notched two goals in Saturday’s win for his first multi-goal game this season and third of his career. He now • Sophomore forward Gordie Green logged four points against WMU has a team-best eight goals on the season, just one shy of the nine he with two goals and an assist on Friday, while adding another goal on tallied in 37 games as a rookie last year. Saturday. His two goals Friday tied a career high and marked his second multi-goal game this season. He leads Miami and is tied for 12th nation- Off This Week - Next Games: ally with 22 points (9g, 13a) this season. Fri., Dec. 29 vs. Yale (5-7-0, 4-6-0 ECAC) - 4:00 p.m. ET Thompson Arena - Hanover, N.H. Ledyard Classic • RedHawk defensemen have combined for 15 goals this season, which ties for third in the NCAA among blue-line scoring. Sat., Dec. 30 at Dartmouth (2-7-1, 2-4-1 ECAC) - 7:00 p.m. ET Thompson Arena - Hanover, N.H. Ledyard Classic Off This Week - Next Game: Sat., Dec. 30 vs. Windsor (6-6-4, 6-6-4 OUA) - 5:00 p.m. ET (Exhib.) Game Fact: UMD features the NCHC’s highest-scoring freshman class, Steve Cady Arena - Oxford, Ohio NCHC.tv as the rookies have combined for 45 points (11g, 34a), which tie for seventh nationally among rookie classes. Defensemen have notched 33 Game Fact: Miami is averaging 16.56 penalty minutes per game this of those points, tops among freshman defensemen scoring nationally. season, which is tops in the NCHC and ranks third nationally. 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$ 3:00 p.m. Sat., Dec. 30 Windsor (Exh.) 5:00 p.m. Sat., Dec. 30 at Dartmouth$ 6:00 p.m. Fri., Jan. 5 Denver* 7:35 p.m. Fri., Jan. 12 at Colorado College* 8:37 p.m. Sat., Jan. 6 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: 7-8-1 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: 7-8-1 (2-6-0-0 NCHC, 8th) Lettermen Ret./Lost: 18/6 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 23/4

• North Dakota earned two points in its series at St. Cloud State, both • Omaha picked up its second win in NCHC play this season with a 7-5 coming last Friday in a 2-2 overtime tie and shootout win, as the Fighting victory over Minnesota Duluth last Friday, before falling on Saturday, Hawks fell on Saturday, 3-1. UND has now played in both of the only 6-2. The seven goals Friday marked a season high for the Mavericks and NCHC games to go to a shootout this season, winning them both, with their most since Dec. 3, 2016 in a 7-4 win at Wisconsin. junior defenseman Christian Wolanin scoring the shootout-winning goal both times. • Sophomore forward Zach Jordan recorded his first career hat trick in Friday’s win. It was the first hat trick by a Maverick in the two-and-a- • Sophomore forward Cole Smith scored a goal in both games at SCSU half year history of Omaha’s Baxter Arena and It was UNO’s first hat trick since Dec. 3, 2016 when Austin Ortega had three at Wisconsin. and now has a goal in three straight games after notching one goal in Jordan, who scored only one goal in 23 games as a freshman last year, his first 15 games this season. He already topped his total from last year has six goals in his last six games and eight goals on the season. when he had three goals in 29 games as a rookie. • In Friday’s win over UMD, junior defenseman Jalen Schulz scored his • North Dakota ranks sixth nationally, allowing only 2.20 goals per game first career goal in his 36th career game. He also had an assist for his this season. The Fighting Hawks also rank sixth in the country on the first collegiate multi-point game. penalty kill, killing 87.1 percent of their opponents’ power plays (74/85) after going 7-for-8 at St. Cloud State on the penalty kill. Off This Week - Next Games: Fri., Dec. 29 vs. No. 19 Union (10-8-1, 6-2-0 ECAC) - 7:07 p.m. CT Off This Week - Next Game: Baxter Arena - Omaha, Neb. NCHC.tv Sat., Dec. 30 vs. U.S. U-18 National Team - 7:07 p.m. CT (Exhib.) Ralph Engelstad Arena - Grand Forks, N.D. TV: MidcoSN/NCHC.tv Sat., Dec. 30 vs. No. 19 Union (10-8-1, 6-2-0 ECAC) - 7:07 p.m. CT Baxter Arena - Omaha, Neb. NCHC.tv Game Fact: North Dakota is allowing only 24.65 shots on goal per game by its opponent, which ranks first in the NCHC and third nationally. UND’s Game Fact: The Mavericks are 3-2-0 all-time against Union, including +6.25 shots on goal margin per game is sixth in the country. In addition, a record of 2-1-0 in Omaha. Omaha has not played the Dutchmen since the Fighting Hawks are winning 56.2 percent of faceoffs as a team, which Oct. 18, 2008, when UNO won, 2-1, in Omaha. These are the final leads the entire country. non-conference games of the season for the Mavs. UNO is 5-2-1 in non-conference play so far this season. 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 7:07 p.m. Sat., Dec. 9 at No. 2/2 St. Cloud State* L, 1-3 Sat., Dec. 30 No. 19 Union 7:07 p.m. Sat., Dec. 30 U.S. U-18 Team (Exh.) 7:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 5 at North Dakota* 7:38 p.m. Fri., Jan. 5 Omaha* 7:38 p.m. Sat., Jan. 6 at North Dakota* 7:07 p.m. Sat., Jan. 6 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

Dec. 11-17, 2017 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: 113-105-33 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: 12-2-1 (7-2-1-0 NCHC, 1st) 2017-18 Record: 10-8-1 (6-4-0-0 NCHC, t-3rd) Lettermen Ret./Lost: 18/8 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 17/10 • St. Cloud State picked up four points with a tie and a win against • Western Michigan split with rival Miami last weekend, dropping its North Dakota to remain in sole possession of first place entering the fourth straight game on Friday, 5-2, before snapping the four-game skid holiday break. SCSU and UND tied, 2-2, last Friday, before the Huskies on Saturday with a 4-3 comeback win in overtime. It was only WMU’s won on Saturday, 3-1. With the results, SCSU stretched its unbeaten second overtime game this season as the Broncos are now 1-0-1 in OT. streak to six games (5-0-1), while remaining unbeaten at home this season at 9-0-1. The .950 home win percentage is tops in the NCAA, • Sophomore forward Wade Allison recorded his second hat trick of the while the Huskies are the only team without a loss at home this year. season and of his career in Saturday’s 4-3 win over Miami. His hat trick was a natural one, scoring the game’s final three goals to erase a 3-1 • Junior defenseman Jimmy Schuldt was held without a point in both deficit, tallying the game-winner in overtime. The natural hat trick was games against UND, his first time going pointless in back-to-back the first natural hat trick by a WMU player since Brent Walton had one games this season. He is still tied for the NCAA lead among defense- against Notre Dame on Dec. 2, 2005. Allison now has 14 goals on the men with 19 points (5g, 14a), while his +22 plus-minus leads all NCAA season, which lead the NCHC and tie him for second nationally. His 25 skaters and is +3 better than any other NCAA player. points this year tie for third in the country. Allison has already topped his freshman goal total of 12 from last year. • Freshman goaltender Dávid Hrenák made 34 saves on 35 shots to earn the win vs. UND on Saturday. He is now 5-1-0 on the year with • Junior forward Colt Conrad dished out three assists in the series his .947 save percentage ranking second nationally. His 1.82 goals- against Miami, including on Allison’s OT game-winner. He now has 24 against average ranks fourth in the country and second among rookies. points (9g, 15a) on the season, which ties for sixth in the country. Alli- son and Conrad are the top two scorers in the NCHC. Off This Week - Next Games: Fri., Dec. 29 at Princeton (6-7-1, 3-5-1 ECAC) - 7:00 p.m. ET Off This Week - Next Game: Hobey Baker Rink - Princeton, N.J. Thurs., Dec. 28 at Bowling Green (8-5-6, 7-2-5-2 WCHA) - 7:37 p.m. ET Slater Family Ice Arena - Bowling Green, Ohio Sat., Dec. 30 at Princeton (6-7-1, 3-5-1 ECAC) - 7:00 p.m. ET Hobey Baker Rink - Princeton, N.J. Game Fact: Western Michigan finishes its home-and-home series with former CCHA foe Bowling Green after the holiday break. The Broncos Game Fact: The Huskies lead the country on offense, scoring 4.27 goals won the first game in Kalamazoo back on Oct. 10, 3-1. Sophomore per game, and rank fourth nationally allowing only 2.07 goals per game. defenseman Cam Lee tallied two goals in that win.

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 6:00 p.m. Fri., Dec. 1 at No. 6/6 North Dakota* L, 3-4 Sat., Dec. 30 at Princeton 6:00 p.m. Sat., Dec. 2 at No. 6/6 North Dakota* L, 1-4 Sat., Jan. 6 Minnesota 6:30 p.m. Fri., Dec. 8 Miami* L, 2-5 Sun., Jan. 7 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 7:37 p.m. Sat., Jan. 13 Western Michigan* 7:07 p.m. Fri., Jan. 12 at St. Cloud State* 8:37 p.m. Sat., Jan. 20 Minnesota State 5:00 p.m. Sat., Jan. 13 at 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 Dec. 11-17, 2017 Players of the Week

NCHC Players of the Week (Week of Dec. 4-10) Offensive Player of the Week Defenseman of the Week Rookie of the Week Goaltender of the Week

Wade Allison Scott Perunovich Phil Knies Alex Leclerc Western Michigan Minnesota Duluth Miami Colorado College Sophomore Freshman Freshman Sophomore Forward Defenseman Forward Goaltender Myrtle, Manitoba Hibbing, Minn. Phoenix, Ariz. Longueuil, Quebec

Allison had a five-point series Perunovich chipped in four points Knies chipped in two points to Leclerc backstopped CC to a pair in a split with Miami. In Friday’s in a split at Omaha. In the series help Miami earn a split at WMU of overtime ties against then-No. loss, he handed out the primary opener Friday, he scored UMD’s last weekend after logging only 1 Denver last weekend. On Friday, assist on WMU’s first goal. The fourth goal in an eventual loss. one point in his previous 10 he compiled 34 saves in a 4-4 tie next night, the Flyers draft pick Despite the loss, Perunovich still outings. In Friday’s 5-2 victory, he at Denver, and helped kill all four recorded a natural hat trick to logged a +2. The next night, Pe- scored the RedHawks’ fourth goal, DU power plays. A night later in erase a two-goal deficit and earn runovich earned First Star of the his first since Oct. 28, to help put Colorado Springs, Leclerc racked a 4-3 win in overtime. Allison set Game after tallying a career-high the game out of reach at 4-1 in up 37 saves, while allowing only up the game’s opening goal for a three points in a 6-2 victory. He the third period. He also fired two one goal, early in the third period, career-high four-point night. With had the primary helper on the shots on goal and was +2 in the in a 1-1 tie. He garnered Second WMU trailing 3-1, Allison started game’s first goal to put UMD in contest. The next night, Knies had Star of the Game on Saturday, the comeback and tied the game front on the power play, while the primary assist on Miami’s third again helping kill all three DU with 4:02 left in regulation. He also assisting on the Bulldogs’ goal, which came on the power power plays, while making 18 then scored in OT to cap the hat second goal. He then sealed the play, to make it 3-1 RedHawks, of his saves in the third period trick. He was named First Star of win, scoring UMD’s fifth goal early before WMU rallied for a 4-3 and overtime. On the weekend, the Game Saturday and finished in the third period. Perunovich overtime win. Knies finished the Leclerc finished with an 0-0-2 with a +2. In the series, Allison finished the weekend with two series with a goal, an assist, four record, a 2.32 GAA and a .934 totaled three goals, two assists goals, two assists, +3, three shots shots on goal and a +2 plus-mi- save percentage, totaling 71 saves and put seven shots on goal. on goal and one blocked shot. nus, while also blocking a shot. on 76 shots. Other Standout Performers (Week of Dec. 4-10) Joey Anderson, So., F, UMD – Totaled five points and was +5 in a split at Omaha, tallying a goal and an assist in Friday’s loss, while adding another goal and two helpers in Saturday’s 6-2 win.

Mikey Eyssimont, Jr., F, SCSU – Scored the Huskies’ final two goals, including the game-winner, in a 3-1 win over North Dakota on Saturday.

Gordie Green, So., F, Miami – Had a four-point weekend and was +3 in a split at WMU with three goals and an assist, tallying two of the goals and the assist in Friday’s win, while also scoring on Saturday.

Nick Halloran, So., F, CC – Tallied three points in a 4-4 OT tie at Denver on Friday, scoring two goals and assisting on the game-ty- ing tally, while firing 11 shots on goal in the series.

Dávid Hrenák, Fr., G, SCSU – In his only action of the weekend on Saturday, stopped 34 of 35 shots for a .971 save percentage, while earning the win in a 3-1 victory over North Dakota.

Zach Jordan, So., F, Omaha – Recorded his first career hat trick in a 7-5 win over UMD on Friday, including scoring the game-win- ner, while adding an assist in Saturday’s loss.

Jon Lizotte, Jr., D, SCSU – Dished out a pair of assists in Saturday’s win over UND, including on the game-winning goal, while blocking six shots and posting a +3 in the weekend series.

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 , Denver Dec. 4-10 Wade Allison, WMU Scott Perunovich, UMD Phil Knies, Miami Alex Leclerc, CC

Dec. 11-17, 2017 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 7 Players of the Month/Awards

NCHC Monthly Honors - November

Player of the Month Rookie of the Month orgström logged a point in all six Henrik BorgströmBgames he played in November, Scott Perunovich erunovich paced the Bulldogs Denver including three games with at least Minnesota Duluth Pwith six points in seven games Sophomore three points. The Florida Panthers Freshman in November, as UMD went 3-4-0 Forward draft pick led all NCHC skaters Defenseman during the month. His six points Helsinki, Finland and tied for the NCAA lead with Hibbing, Minn. ranked second among NCHC rookies 14 points in November, while his during the month, scoring a goal 1.33 goals per game and 2.33 points per game during the month were and adding five assists, while he both best in the nation. Borgström scored eight goals in his six games, posted a +3 plus-minus and blocked 10 shots in November, both of which tied for the NCHC lead and tied for third nationally in November. which also ranked second among NCHC freshmen. The draft-eligible He also chipped in six assists, or one per game. free agent notched a point in five of his seven outings, with one multi- Borgström opened November with a five-point weekend in a pair point game, as his only scoreless contests came when UMD was shut of losses at WMU Nov. 3-4. In the series opener, he tallied a ca- out. reer-high four points, including his first career hat trick, and posted Perunovich opened his November with an assist in a loss at St. a +3, while earning the game’s Third Star. The next night he added Cloud State Nov. 3. The following weekend the former Cedar Rapids another goal. The following weekend, Nov. 10-11, Borgström compiled Roughrider handed out another helper in UMD’s series-opening shutout four points in a sweep of St. Cloud State. In the opener on Nov. 10, win over Western Michigan Nov. 10, when he was +2. the Finn scored two goals to book-end the 4-2 victory, while assisting Perunovich tallied three points in a split at Miami Nov. 17-18 and on the game-winning goal as well, and had an assist the next night. was +2 each night to earn NCHC Defenseman of the Week accolades. Borgström rounded out November with another five-point In Friday’s 3-1 win, he set up UMD’s first goal and capped the win with weekend in a split with UND Nov. 17-18. After an assist Friday, he his second career goal to earn Second Star of the Game. The follow- matched his career high with four points, having a hand in each goal ing night he added an assist in a 3-2 defeat. Perunovich then capped in Saturday’s 4-1 victory, scoring two and adding two assists, including November with another assist on UMD’s third goal in a 3-1 win over on the game-winner. He was named First Star of the Game and earned then-No. 8 Minnesota State on Nov. 25 to stretch his point streak to NCHC Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts. During the month, three games, while again logging a +2 plus-minus. The Hibbing, Minn. Borgström fired 27 shots on goal (4.50 per game) and was a +3. native fired six shots on goal during the month, as well.

In-Season National Accolades 2017-18 NCHC Players of the Month HCA National Player of the Month MONTH PLAYER ROOKIE Jimmy Schuldt, Jr., D, St. Cloud State - October October Jimmy Schuldt, SCSU Grant Mismash, UND November Henrik Borgström, Denver Scott Perunovich, UMD NCAA Hockey Three Stars of the Week Tanner Jaillet, Sr., G, DU - Second Star (week of Nov. 27-Dec. 3) December Jake Wahlin, So., F, SCSU - Third Star (week of Nov. 27-Dec. 3) January Wade Allison, So., F, WMU - First Star (week of Oct. 30-Nov. 5) February Troy Terry, Jr., F, DU - Third Star (week of Oct. 23-29) March/April Gordie Green, So., F, Miami - First Star (week of Oct. 16-22) 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 on U.S. National Junior Team Preliminary Roster

College Hockey News Team of the Week Joey Anderson, So., F - Minnesota Duluth Denver - week of Nov. 6-12 (swept No. 1 St. Cloud State) Mikey Anderson, Fr., D - Minnesota Duluth Western Michigan - week of Oct. 30-Nov. 5 (swept No. 1 Denver) Hugh McGing, So., F - Western Michigan Scott Perunovich, Fr., D - Minnesota Duluth Senior CLASS Award Candidates Ryan Poehling, So., F - St. Cloud State Louie Belpedio, D, Miami Dylan Samberg, Fr., D - Minnesota Duluth Karson Kuhlman, F, Minnesota Duluth Riley Tufte, So., F - Minnesota Duluth Judd Peterson, F, St. Cloud State Austin Poganski, F, North Dakota Head Coach: Bob Motzko - 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 • St. Cloud State is the only NCAA team to rank in the top five nationally in both scoring offense and scoring defense, while the NCHC is home to three of Preseason National Accolades the top eight offenses in the country. St. Cloud State has the top offense in the NCAA, scoring 4.27 goals per game. Denver is fifth with 3.62 goals per game, Mike Richter Award Watch List while Western Michigan ranks eighth scoring 3.42 goals per game. Defensively, Ben Blacker, So. - Western Michigan SCSU ranks fourth, allowing only 2.07 goals per game, while North Dakota is Tanner Jaillet, Sr. - Denver sixth in the country, giving up 2.20 goals per game. (page 29) Cam Johnson, Sr. - North Dakota • NCHC teams have done well to limit their opponents’ number of shots on goal this season, as three of the top five teams in the NCAA in shots on goal College Hockey News Preseason All-CHN First Team against per game hail from the conference. North Dakota is third in the country, Henrik Borgström, So., F - Denver surrendering only 24.65 shots on goal per game, while Miami is fourth (25.06) Tanner Jaillet, Sr., G - Denver and Minnesota Duluth is fifth (25.42). College Hockey News Preseason All-CHN Rookie Team • Denver sophomore forward Henrik Borgström leads the country averaging Dylan Samberg, D - Minnesota Duluth 0.87 goals per game, while his 1.53 points per game are third nationally. Among defensemen, SCSU junior Jimmy Schuldt leads all NCAA blue liners averaging 1.27 points per game. (pages 27 and 28) 8 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey Dec. 11-17, 2017 Polls/Non-Conference Comparison

National Polls

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll USCHO.com Poll Week 11 (Dec. 11) Week 11 (Dec. 11) (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. St. Cloud State 502 (27) 2 12-2-1 1. St. Cloud State 12-2-1 978 (35) 2 2. Denver 451 (3) 1 9-3-4 2. Denver 9-3-4 918 (8) 1 3. Notre Dame 448 (3) 4 16-3-1 3. Notre Dame 16-3-1 907 (6) 4 4. Clarkson 435 (1) 3 15-3-1 4. Clarkson 15-3-1 893 (1) 3 5. Cornell 353 6 10-2-0 5. Cornell 10-2-0 760 6 6. North Dakota 344 5 10-5-5 6. North Dakota 10-5-5 758 5 7. Minnesota State 308 8 11-5-0 7. Minnesota State 11-5-0 694 8 8. Northeastern 233 11 10-5-1 8. Northeastern 10-5-1 617 10 9. Ohio State 223 13 10-4-4 9. Ohio State 10-4-4 566 15 10. Minnesota 182 7 10-9-1 10. Minnesota 10-9-1 519 7 11. Providence 177 9 10-7-1 11. Providence 10-7-1 516 9 12. Western Michigan 159 10 10-8-1 12. Western Michigan 10-8-1 433 11 13. Penn State 91 NR 11-7-2 13. Wisconsin 10-9-2 335 12 14. Boston College 73 14 9-7-2 14. Boston College 9-7-2 327 14 15. Wisconsin 55 12 10-9-2 15. Penn State 11-7-2 322 18 16. New Hampshire 9-7-1 260 13 Others receiving votes: New Hampshire, 16; Union, 11; 17. Minnesota Duluth 8-9-2 150 17 Minnesota Duluth, 7; Canisius, 5; Colgate, 4; Michigan, 2; 18. Colgate 8-6-4 129 16 Omaha, 1. 19. Union 10-8-1 74 19 20. Canisius 10-5-1 69 NR

Others receiving votes: Bowling Green 61, Colorado College 50, Miami 37, UMass Lowell 33, Omaha 26, Boston University 20, 2017-18 NCHC Preseason Harvard 16, Michigan 14, Massachusetts 10, Niagara 4, Army 2, Bentley 1, Maine 1. 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 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-2-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 4-2-0 G: Tanner Jaillet, Sr., Denver – 27 Denver 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 2-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 4-0-2 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 0-0-0 3-0-1 1-2-1 0-0-0 5-2-2 Omaha 0-0-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 1-1-0 2-0-0 1-0-1 5-2-1 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 0-0-0 2-0-0 3-0-0 0-0-0 5-0-0 Media Preseason Poll Western Michigan 0-0-0 1-1-0 1-2-1 0-0-0 2-1-0 0-0-0 4-4-1 First-place votes in parentheses Total 0-0-0 6-3-2 4-4-2 13-6-1 13-3-4 1-0-1 37-16-10

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

Dec. 11-17, 2017 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 Fri., Dec. 15, 2017 *Dartmouth at Denver 9:00 p.m. TSN2 of the NCHC and its members, furthers the conference’s brand and/or 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 *Indicates non-conference game conference and college hockey as a whole, and who dedicates at least TD = tape delayed; Games this week in BOLD; All times subject to change some of their time to covering the sport. Special consideration may also be given to media members who have covered the conference and/or a member team for many years, or to a media member who has been 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.

Dec. 11-17, 2017 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 11 NCHC Regular Season/Tournament/Quick Facts

NCHC Quick Facts/Directory Julie & Spencer Penrose Memorial Cup

warded to the NCHC regular 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 Dec. 11-17, 2017 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 at Denver, 7:05 p.m. MT 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 at Colorado College, 6:07 p.m. MT *Omaha 5, at Colorado College 3 Dartmouth at Denver, 7:05 p.m. MT 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 at Colorado College, 2:07 p.m. MT 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 at Bowling Green, 7:37 p.m. ET 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 vs. Yale, 4 p.m. ET Friday, Oct. 20 *Minnesota Duluth 3, at Miami 1 St. Cloud State at Princeton, 7 p.m. ET Colorado College 3, at New Hampshire 6 *Colorado College 1, at St. Cloud State 6 Union at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT Miami 7, at Maine 5 *North Dakota 5, at Denver 4 Colorado College at Air Force, 7:05 p.m. MT Western Michigan 4, at Michigan State 6 Merrimack at Denver, 7:05 p.m. MT 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

Dec. 11-17, 2017 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 13 NCHC Composite Schedule

Saturday, Dec. 30 Friday, Feb. 2 Friday-Sunday, March 9-11 Windsor at Miami (exh.), 5:00 p.m. ET *Western Michigan at Miami, 7:35 p.m. ET NCHC Quarterfinals St. Cloud State at Princeton, 7 p.m. ET *Omaha at St. Cloud State, 7:37 p.m. CT Best of Three Series, hosted by the higher seed %Minnesota Duluth at Dartmouth, 7 p.m. ET *Minnesota Duluth at Denver, 7:08 p.m. MT #8 seed at #1 seed Union at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT #7 seed at #2 seed U.S. U-18 Team at North Dakota (exh.), 7:07 p.m. CT Saturday, Feb. 3 #6 seed at #3 seed Merrimack at Colorado College, 6:07 p.m. MT *Western Michigan at Miami, 7:05 p.m. ET #5 seed at #4 seed Air Force at Denver, 7:05 p.m. MT *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

14 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey Dec. 11-17, 2017 Last Week’s Box Scores

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8

Hockey Game Box Score (Final) Hockey Game Box Score (Final) Miami vs #10 Western Michigan (Dec 08, 2017 at Kalamazoo, Mich.) #5 North Dakota vs #2 St. Cloud State (Dec 08, 2017 at St. Cloud, MN)

North Dakota (10-4-5, 5-2-2 NCHC) vs. St. Cloud State (11-2-1, 6-2-1 NCHC) Date: Dec 08, 2017 • Location: St. Cloud, MN • Arena: Herb Brooks NHC Miami (8-7-2, 3-3-1-0 NCHC) vs. Western Michigan (9-8-1, 5-4-0-0 NCHC) Attendance: 4631 • Start time: 7:37 pm • End time: 10:18 pm • Total time: 2:55 Date: Dec 08, 2017 • Location: Kalamazoo, Mich. • Arena: Lawson Ice Arena Attendance: 2626 • Start time: 7:05 pm • End time: 9:30 • Total time: 2:25 Prd Time Team Scored by Assists Vis. on ice Home on ice Goals by Period 1. 2nd 11:31 SCSU EV Easton Brodzinski/5 Patrick Newell/7 24,28,29,18,7 26,14,28,10,20 Team 1 2 3 OT Tot Prd Time Team Scored by Assists Vis. on ice Home on ice Goals by Period Kevin Fitzgerald/6 UND 0 1 1 0 2 1. 1st 12:13 MIAM EV Gordie Green/7 Karch Bachman/5 9,85,37,11,58 17,4,16,13,21 Team 1 2 3 Tot 2. 2nd 15:16 UND EV Rhett Gardner/4 Christian Wolani/10 22,24,6,14 20,11,23,12 SCSU 0 1 1 0 2 Josh Melnick/9 MIAM 1 2 2 5 Colton Poolman/7 2. 2nd 05:35 WMU PP Hugh McGing/12 Wade Allison/12 8,10,6,67 17,6,16,22,21 WMU 0 1 1 2 Corey Schueneman/ 3. 3rd 06:15 SCSU EV Ryan Poehling/5 - 11,10,6,24,26 11,6,55,23,26 Shots by Period 4. 3rd 09:14 UND EV Cole Smith/3 Johnny Simonson/1 26,10,24,11,6 20,12,23,11,26 3. 2nd 06:21 MIAM PP Karch Bachman/3 Josh Melnick/9 85,37,9,58,39 13,4,29,12 Shots by Period Team 1 2 3 OT Tot Gordie Green/13 Christian Wolanin/11 Team 1 2 3 Tot UND 12 8 7 5 32 4. 2nd 13:20 MIAM EV Josh Melnick/7 - 37,9,85,58,8 29,4,13,12,9 MIAM 7 11 7 25 SCSU 10 9 13 1 33 5. 3rd 04:32 MIAM EV Phil Knies/3 Chaz Switzer/2 67,8,10 TEAM SUMMARY WMU 8 13 13 34 Ben Lown/5 # North Dakota G A Pi Sh +/- Bl # St. Cloud State G A Pi Sh +/- Bl Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) 6. 3rd 05:10 WMU PP Corey Schueneman/1 Dawson DiPietro/9 37,8,11,58 6,9,16,29,17 2 Gabe Bast 0 0 2 3 0 5 3 Jack Poehling 0 0 0 3 0 0 Prd UND SCSU Hugh McGing/14 Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) 4 Andrew Peski 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 Luke Jaycox 0 0 0 1 +1 0 1st 0-1 (3) 0-2 (3) 7. 3rd 18:41 MIAM EN Gordie Green/8 - 9,55,44,67,8 6,29,16,4,17,22 Prd MIAMI WMU 6 Colton Poolman 0 1 0 2 +1 1 7 Nick Poehling 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd 0-0 (0) 0-4 (3) 1st 0-1 (0) 0-2 (1) 2nd 1-1 (2) 1-2 (3) 7 Zach Yon 0 0 0 1 -1 0 10 Jon Lizotte 0 0 2 0 +1 1 3rd 0-0 (0) 0-0 (0) TEAM SUMMARY 3rd 0-2 (0) 1-1 (1) 8 Nick Jones 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 Ryan Poehling 1 0 0 1 -1 0 OT 0-1 (2) 0-0 (0) # Miami G A Pi Sh +/- Bl # Western Michigan G A Pi Sh +/- Bl Total 1-4 (2) 2-5 (5) 10 Johnny Simonso 0 1 0 2 0 0 12 Jack Ahcan 0 0 0 1 -2 0 Total 0-2 (5) 0-6 (6) 6 Alec Mahalak 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Kale Bennett 0 0 0 3 0 0 11 Trevor Olson 0 0 2 1 0 2 14 Patrick Newell 0 1 0 2 +1 0 Penalties-Minutes by Prd Penalties-Minutes by Prd 7 Grant Frederic 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 Luke Bafia 0 0 2 2 -3 1 14 Austin Poganski 0 0 0 1 +1 0 17 Jacob Benson 0 0 0 2 0 0 Prd MIAMI WMU Prd UND SCSU 8 Chaz Switzer 0 1 0 0 +3 1 6 Corey Schuenem 1 1 0 2 -1 0 16 Grant Mismash 0 0 0 3 0 0 18 Judd Peterson 0 0 2 3 0 2 1st 2-4 1-2 1st 2-4 1-2 9 Gordie Green 2 1 0 5 +3 0 9 Dawson DiPietro 0 1 0 1 -1 0 18 Collin Adams 0 0 2 3 -1 1 19 Mikey Eyssimont 0 0 0 1 0 0 2nd 3-6 3-6 2nd 5-10 1-2 10 Ben Lown 0 1 0 1 +1 0 10 Lawton Courtnall 0 0 2 2 0 0 19 Shane Gersich 0 0 2 2 0 0 20 Will Borgen 0 0 0 1 -1 1 3rd 2-4 2-4 3rd 0-0 0-0 11 Rourke Russell 0 0 0 1 +1 1 12 Aidan Muir 0 0 0 3 -1 1 Total 7-14 6-12 20 Josh Rieger 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 Jake Wahlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 OT 0-0 1-2 18 Carson Meyer 0 0 0 2 0 0 13 Neal Goff 0 0 0 3 -2 1 22 Rhett Gardner 1 0 2 5 +1 0 22 Jimmy Schuldt 0 0 0 6 0 1 Total 7-14 3-6 24 Ryan Siroky 0 0 2 0 0 1 14 Jade McMullen 0 0 0 1 0 0 Three stars: 24 Christian Wolani 0 2 2 3 0 1 23 Robby Jackson 0 0 2 2 -1 0 37 Josh Melnick 1 2 0 1 +2 0 15 Scott Moldenhau 0 0 2 0 0 2 1. Gordie Green 25 Joel Janatuinen 0 0 0 3 0 0 26 Easton Brodzins 1 0 0 7 +1 1 Three stars: 39 Casey Gilling 0 0 0 1 0 1 16 Hugh McGing 1 1 0 2 -2 0 2. Ryan Larkin 26 Cole Smith 1 0 0 1 0 0 27 Blake Lizotte 0 0 0 0 0 1 1. Christian Wolanin 42 Conor Lemirand 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 Wade Allison 0 1 0 2 -2 0 3. Josh Melnick 28 Hayden Shaw 0 0 0 0 -1 3 28 Kevin Fitzgerald 0 1 0 2 +1 0 2. Easton Brodzinski 44 Kiefer Sherwood 0 0 0 3 +1 2 18 Brett Van Os 0 0 0 1 0 0 29 Jordan Kawaguc 0 0 0 0 -1 0 55 Mika Ilvonen 0 0 0 1 +1 2 3. Ryan Poehling 55 Grant Hutton 0 0 6 0 +1 0 21 Josh Passolt 0 0 0 0 -1 1 Officials: 33 Cam Johnson 0 0 2 0 0 0 30 David Zevnik dnp 58 Louie Belpedio 0 0 2 2 +2 1 22 Austin Rueschho 0 0 0 4 -1 0 Referee:#19 Gino Binda 1 Peter Thome dnp 34 David Hrenak dnp Officials: 67 Phil Knies 1 0 0 2 +2 0 25 Richard Zehnal 0 0 2 2 0 0 Referee:#22 Ian Croft Totals 2 4 14 32 -1 14 Totals 2 2 6 33 +1 9 Referee:Tom Sterns 74 Austin Alger 0 0 4 0 0 0 26 Ethen Frank 0 0 0 1 0 0 Linesman:#71 Brent Gawlik Referee:Andy Thackaberry 85 Karch Bachman 1 1 0 6 +2 0 28 Cam Lee 0 0 4 5 0 0 Linesman:#52 John Philo Linesman:Dana Penkivech 92 Willie Knierim 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 Colt Conrad 0 0 0 0 -2 0 Linesman:Jeff Schultz 36 Grant Valentine dnp 1 Austin Cain dnp Goal judge:Brent Pakkala Totals 5 6 14 25 +1 9 35 Trevor Gorsuch dnp GOALTENDERS Totals 2 4 12 34 -16 6 ## North Dakota Dec Min GA 1 2 3 OT Saves ## St. Cloud State Dec Min GA 1 2 3 OT Saves GOALTENDERS 33 Cam Johnson T 65:00 2 10 8 12 1 31 1 Jeff Smith T 65:00 2 12 7 6 5 30 ## Miami Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves ## Western Michigan Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves PENALTY SUMMARY 31 Ryan Larkin W 59:41 2 8 12 12 32 33 Ben Blacker L 59:10 4 6 9 5 20 EMPTY NET 0:19 0 0 0 0 0 EMPTY NET 0:50 1 0 0 0 0 Prd Player Team MinOffense Time Prd Player Team MiOffense Time 1st Collin Adams UND 2.Interference 05:48 PP 2nd Gabe Bast UND 2.Slashing 05:26 1st Shane Gersich UND 2.Tripping 15:04 PP 2nd Trevor Olson UND 2.Hooking 08:21 PP PENALTY SUMMARY 1st Jon Lizotte SCSU 2.Tripping 17:30 PP 2nd Judd Peterson SCSU 2.Roughing 14:44 Prd Player Team MinOffense Time Prd Player Team MiOffense Time 2nd Christian Wolanin UND 2.Hooking 02:54 PP 2nd Cam Johnson UND 2.Roughing 14:44 1st Austin Alger Miami 2.Hooking 13:04 PP 2nd Lawton Courtnall WMU 2.Roughing 19:50 2nd Rhett Gardner UND 2.Delay Of Game 04:05 OT Robby Jackson SCSU 2.Holding 02:08 PP 1st Grant Hutton Miami 2.High Sticking 14:00 PP 2nd Grant Hutton Miami 2.Roughing 19:50 1st Richard Zehnal WMU 2.High Sticking 17:09 PP 3rd Ryan Siroky Miami 2.Tripping 04:47 PP North Dakota-Cam Johnson (7-2-2). St. Cloud State-Jeff Smith (7-1-1). 2nd Louie Belpedio Miami 2.Hooking 00:49 PP 3rd Luke Bafia WMU 2.Interference 09:18 PP T.O. SCSU 17:13 3rd period. 2nd Grant Hutton Miami 2.Holding 04:48 PP 3rd Cam Lee WMU 2.Slashing 12:46 T.O. UND 1:30 2nd OT. 2nd Cam Lee WMU 2.Holding 06:15 PP 3rd Austin Alger Miami 2.Roughing 12:46 No goal scored in 3v3 OT. 2nd Scott Moldenhauer WMU 2.Roughing 19:50 PP SOG SCSU-6 UND-2. SV SCSU-2 UND-6. UND wins SO Win-Ryan Larkin (8-7-2). Loss-Ben Blacker (8-8-1). WMU timeout at 3:07 in 2nd Referee's signature MU timeout at 12:53 in 2nd

Referee's signature College Hockey Box Score (Final) Referees: Scott Bokal Game Start: 7:05 Minnesota Duluth at Omaha Brad Shepherd Game End: 9:37 Hockey Game Box Score (Final) Friday, December 8, 2017 Linesmen: Jake Jackson Game Length: 2:32 Colorado College vs #1 Denver (Dec 08, 2017 at Denver, Colo.) Nate Stanton Attendance: 6067

Scoring 1st 2nd 3rd Final Shots on Goal 1st 2nd 3rd SOG PP PP % PIM SHGF Minnesota Duluth 3 1 1 5 Minnesota Duluth 11 11 12 34 Minnesota Duluth 0/6 .000 7/14 0 Omaha 3 3 1 7 Omaha 11 15 10 36 Omaha 3/7 .429 7/22 0 Colorado College (7-7-1, 3-5-1-1) vs. Denver (9-3-3, 5-3-1-0) Date: Dec 08, 2017 • Location: Denver, Colo. • Arena: Magness Arena # Prd Time Team Score Type Scored By Assists Offense On Ice Defense On Ice Attendance: 6170 • Start time: 7:05 PM • End time: 9:35 PM • Total time: 2:30 1 1st 0:23 MND 1-0 EV Avery Peterson (5) Nick Wolff/4, Jared Thomas/7 11,5,22,39,7,G32 11,28,27,20,5,G35 2 1st 6:45 UNO 1-1 EV Zach Jordan (6) Fredrik Olofsson/8, Dean Stewart/2 27,28,20,11,18,G35 5,7,11,22,39,G32 Prd Time Team Scored by Assists Vis. on ice Home on ice Goals by Period 3 1st 11:54 UNO 2-1 EV Jalen Schulz (1) Tyler Vesel/6, David Pope/8 15,10,12,23,G35 3,13,21,25,G32 1. 1st 19:52 CC EV Kristian Blumenschei Trevor Gooch/3 3,2,17,22,29 10,22,7,6,3 Team 1 2 3 OT Tot 4 1st 15:27 MND 2-2 EV Jared Thomas (3) Avery Peterson/2, Parker Mackay/5 22,11,21,3,39,G32 11,14,26,18,20,G35 Westin Michaud/6 CC 1120 4 5 1st 16:02 UNO 3-2 PP David Pope (9) Fredrik Olofsson/9, Jake Randolph/7 12,28,13,5,10,G35 5,6,22,39,G32 2. 2nd 05:26 DEN EV Logan O'Connor/3 Colin Staub/9 39,27,14,15,13 22,24,7,15,25 DEN0310 4 Dylan Gambrell/14 6 1st 19:47 MND 3-3 EV Nick Wolff (3) Joey Anderson/3 5,13,7,39,G32 10,12,5,20,G35 3. 2nd 15:31 CC EV Nick Halloran/6 Mason Bergh/10 13,15,14,27,29 21,4,12,18,14 Shots by Period 7 2nd 0:37 MND 4-3 EV Scott Perunovich (3) Peter Krieger/6, Nick Wolff/5 7,25,5,13,G32 6,15,28,27,G1 Trey Bradley/10 Team 1 2 3 OT Tot 8 2nd 6:24 UNO 4-4 EV Zach Jordan (7) Mason Morelli/9, Lukáš Buchta/2 27,11,6,15,28,G1 3,6,16,17,22,G32 4. 2nd 18:04 DEN EV Dylan Gambrell/6 - 13,14,15,3,22 7,24,15,22,25 CC 11 10 8 2 31 9 2nd 11:08 UNO 5-4 PP David Pope (10) Joel Messner/5, Tyler Vesel/7 12,5,10,28,13,G1 5,6,19,22,G32 5. 2nd 19:43 DEN EV Ian Mitchell/1 Dylan Gambrell/15 2,17,29,3,22 15,7,16,25,22 DEN 12 11 12 3 38 10 2nd 18:59 UNO 6-4 PP GW Zach Jordan (8) Mason Morelli/10, Teemu Pulkkinen/2 27,20,11,14,5,G1 4,6,16,28,G37 Jake Durflinger/3 11 3rd 1:25 MND 5-6 EV Joey Anderson (3) - 13,3,21,23,25,G37 26,13,14,23,18,G1 6. 3rd 11:05 CC EV Nick Halloran/7 Mason Bergh/11 13,15,3,14,22 24,25,7,4,5 Kristian Blumenschei Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) 12 3rd 9:50 UNO 7-5 EV Luke Nogard (4) Riley Alferd/4, Jalen Schulz/2 17,15,6,21,9,G1 4,3,6,13,17,G37 7. 3rd 17:32 DEN EV Jaakko Heikkinen/4 Logan O'Connor/5 15,27,13,14,39 10,22,17,3,15 Prd CC DEN 1st 0-1 (2) 0-2 (5) 8. 3rd 19:53 CC EX Mason Bergh/10 Nick Halloran/15 15,5,13,39,9,19 7,25,3,19,14 ## Minnesota Duluth G A P PIM SOG +/- ## Omaha G A P PIM SOG +/- 2nd 0-1 (4) 0-0 (0) 3 Mikey Anderson 0 0 0 2/4 2 -1 5 Joel Messner 0 1 1 0/0 3 -2 Kade Kehoe/1 3rd 0-0 (0) 0-2 (2) 4 Dylan Samberg 0 0 0 1/2 2 -1 6 Lukáš Buchta 0 1 1 0/0 2 +1 OT 0-0 (0) 0-0 (0) TEAM SUMMARY 5 Nick Wolff 1 2 3 0/0 2 +2 9 Riley Alferd 0 1 1 1/2 0 +1 Total 0-2 (6) 0-4 (7) 6 Louie Roehl 0 0 0 0/0 1 -2 10 Tyler Vesel 0 2 2 0/0 1 E # Colorado College G A Pi Sh +/- # Denver G A Pi Sh +/- 2 Trevor Gooch 0 1030 3 Tariq Hammond 0 0 0 3 -1 Penalties-Minutes by Prd 7 Scott Perunovich 1 0 1 0/0 1 +2 11 Mason Morelli 0 2 2 0/0 4 E Prd CC DEN 3 Kristian Blumens 1 1 0 4 0 4 Griffin Mendel 0 0 0 1 -2 11 Avery Peterson 1 1 2 0/0 4 +1 12 David Pope 2 1 3 0/0 3 E 1st 2-4 1-2 5 Cole McCaskill 0 0 0 1 +1 5 Henrik Borgstro 0 0 0 1 -1 13 Joey Anderson 1 1 2 0/0 5 +1 13 Jake Randolph 0 1 1 0/0 3 -1 2nd 0-0 1-2 8 Zach Berzolla 0 0 2 1 0 6 Ryan Orgel 0 0 0 1 -1 3rd 2-4 0-0 16 Billy Exell 0 0 0 0/0 2 -1 14 Teemu Pulkkinen 0 1 1 0/0 1 -2 9 Kade Kehoe 0 1 0 1 +1 7 Dylan Gambrell 1 2010 OT 0-0 0-0 17 Blake Young 0 0 0 0/0 0 -2 15 Jalen Schulz 1 1 2 0/0 3 +2 10 Tanner Ockey 0 0 2 1 0 10 Jaakko Heikkine 1 0 0 3 0 Total 4-8 2-4 19 Justin Richards 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 17 Luke Nogard 1 0 1 0/0 2 +1 13 Nick Halloran 2 1 2 10 0 12 Kohen Olischefsk 0 0 0 2 -1 20 Karson Kuhlman 0 0 0 1/2 1 E 18 Dean Stewart 0 1 1 2/12 0 -1 14 Trey Bradley 0 1 0 1 -1 13 Liam Finlay 0 0 0 4 0 Three stars: 21 Matt Anderson 0 0 0 0/0 0 +1 19 Tristan Keck 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 15 Mason Bergh 1 2040 14 Jarid Lukoseviciu 0 0 2 7 -2 1. None 17 Westin Michaud 0 1 0 0 0 15 Ian Mitchell 1 0 0 3 +4 2. None 22 Jared Thomas 1 1 2 0/0 2 E 20 Ryan Jones 0 0 0 2/4 3 -2 18 Branden Makara 0 0000 16 Jake Durflinger 0 1 2 1 +1 3. None 23 Nick Swaney 0 0 0 0/0 1 +1 21 Ryan Galt 0 0 0 0/0 1 +1 19 Troy Conzo 0 0 0 0 +1 17 Rudy Junda 0 0 0 1 +1 25 Peter Krieger 0 1 1 0/0 5 +1 23 Grant Gallo 0 0 0 1/2 0 E 22 Cole Josefchak 0 0000 18 Ryan Barrow 0 0 0 1 -1 Officials: 27 Riley Tufte 0 0 0 3/6 3 E 26 Steven Spinner 0 0 0 1/2 1 -2 24 Jack Gates 0 0 0 0 0 19 Troy Terry 0 0 0 0 -1 Referee:Dan Dreger 25 Brian Williams 0 0020 21 Michael Davies 0 0 0 1 -1 Referee:Matt Miller 28 Sammy Spurrell 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 27 Zach Jordan 3 0 3 0/0 7 E Linesman:John Grandt 27 Ben Israel 0 0 0 0 -1 22 Logan O'Connor 1 1 0 4 +3 39 Parker Mackay 0 1 1 0/0 1 +2 28 Fredrik Olofsson 0 2 2 0/0 2 E Linesman:Gary Pedigo 29 Christiano Versic 0 0 0 1 +1 24 Colin Staub 0 1 0 1 +1 32 G Hunter Shepard 0 0 0 0/0 0 +1 1 G Alex Blankenburg 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 39 Andrew Farny 0 0 0 2 -1 25 Blake Hillman 0 0 0 3 +1 37 G Nick Deery 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 33 G Kris Oldham Did Not Play T TEAM 0 0200 30 Devin Cooley dnp 35 G Evan Weninger 0 0 0 0/0 0 -1 30 Alec Calvaruso dnp 31 Dayton Rasmuss dnp Minnesota Duluth Totals 5 7 12 7/14 34 +1 Omaha Totals 7 14 21 7/22 36 -1 Totals 4 8 8 31 +1 Totals 4 5 4 38 0 ## Goaltending MIN GA 1 2 3 Saves ## Goaltending MIN GA 1 2 3 Saves 32 Hunter Shepard 31:08 5 8 5 0 13 35 Evan Weninger 20:00 3 8 0 0 8 GOALTENDERS 37 Nick Deery (L, 0-2-2) 26:49 2 0 7 9 16 1 Alex Blankenburg (W, 1-0-0) 40:00 2 0 10 11 21 ## Colorado College Dec Min GA 1 2 3 OT Saves ## Denver Dec Min GA 1 2 3 OT Saves Empty Net 2:03 0 1 Alex Leclerc T 64:19 4 12 8 11 3 34 36 Tanner Jaillet T 64:51 41096227 EMPTY NET 0:41 0 0000 0 EMPTY NET 0:09 0 0000 0 Prd Player Team Min Infraction Time Prd Player Team Min Infraction Time 1st Riley Tufte MND 2 Elbowing 10:25 2nd Dean Stewart UNO 10 Misconduct 7:10 PENALTY SUMMARY 1st Steven Spinner UNO 2 Interference 11:23 2nd Dean Stewart UNO 2 Hooking 7:10 Prd Player Team MinOffense Time Prd Player Team MiOffense Time 1st Riley Tufte MND 2 Cross-Checking 15:41 2nd Karson Kuhlman MND 2 Hooking 10:58 1st TEAM CC 2.Too Many Players On 01:02 PP 2nd Jarid Lukosevicius DEN 2.Contact To The Hea 00:41 PP 1st Grant Gallo UNO 2 Cross-Checking 19:13 2nd Mikey Anderson MND 2 Hooking 17:57 1st Tanner Ockey CC 2.Slashing 08:31 PP 3rd Nick Halloran CC 2.Hooking 01:36 PP 1st Jake Durflinger DEN 2.Hooking 11:53 PP 3rd Zach Berzolla CC 2.Tripping 07:16 PP 1st Riley Tufte MND 2 Goaltender Interference 19:30 3rd Dylan Samberg MND 2 Hooking 7:31 2nd Riley Alferd UNO 2 Hooking 3:17 3rd Mikey Anderson MND 2 Interference 10:15 Colorado College-Alex Leclerc (7-7-1). Denver-Tanner Jaillet (8-2-3). 2nd Ryan Jones UNO 2 Tripping 4:10 3rd Ryan Jones UNO 2 Interference 15:45 3on3 OT goal scored on PP by CC #29 at 3:36 of OT New Records: Omaha 7-7-1, Minnesota Duluth 7-9-2 period. Assisted by #15 and #13. 3on3 stats: Three Stars: 1. Zach Jordan (Omaha) 2. David Pope (Omaha) 3. Nick Wolff (Minnesota Duluth) SOG: DEN 1, CC 5. Saves: Jaillet 4, Leclerc 1.

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Hockey Game Box Score (Final) Hockey Game Box Score (Final) Miami vs #10 Western Michigan (Dec 09, 2017 at Kalamazoo, Mich.) #5 North Dakota vs #2 St. Cloud State (Dec 09, 2017 at St. Cloud, MN) Miami (8-8-2, 3-4-1-0 NCHC) vs. Western Michigan (10-8-1, 6-4-0-0 NCHC) North Dakota (10-5-5, 5-3-2 NCHC) vs. St. Cloud State (12-2-1, 7-2-1 NCHC) Date: Dec 09, 2017 • Location: Kalamazoo, Mich. • Arena: Lawson Ice Arena Date: Dec 09, 2017 • Location: St. Cloud, MN • Arena: Herb Brooks NHC Attendance: 2775 • Start time: 7:05 PM • End time: 9:45 • Total time: 2:40 Attendance: 5676 • Start time: 7:07 pm • End time: 9:23 pm • Total time: 2:16 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 00:38 WMU EV Dawson DiPietro/9 Colt Conrad/14 44,67,55,8,10 9,29,17,6,2 Team 1 2 3 OT Tot Wade Allison/11 1. 2nd 02:09 SCSU EV Robby Jackson/7 Easton Brodzinsk/3 3,4,7,8,19 23,26,10,11,22 Team 1 2 3 Tot MIAM 2 1 0 0 3 2. 1st 15:05 MIAM SH Grant Hutton/8 Casey Gilling/5 55,58,9,39 12,29,16,6,17 Jon Lizotte/5 WMU 1 1 1 1 4 UND 0 1 0 1 3. 1st 19:24 MIAM EV Louie Belpedio/6 Kiefer Sherwood/5 58,44,11,9,67 17,28,23,10. 2. 2nd 07:33 SCSU EV Mikey Eyssimont/5 Kevin Fitzgerald/7 22,14,3,25,4 28,19,10,27,20 SCSU 0 3 0 3 Karch Bachman/6 Jon Lizotte/6 Shots by Period 4. 2nd 07:40 MIAM PP Gordie Green/9 Phil Knies/5 9,67,58,37,39 16,18,2,15 3. 2nd 08:33 SCSU PP Mikey Eyssimont/6 Jacob Benson/6 6,28,8,25 19,17,42,22,23 Team 1 2 3 OT Tot Shots by Period Louie Belpedio/11 Blake Winiecki/3 MIAM 9 8 6 0 23 Team 1 2 3 Tot 5. 2nd 11:32 WMU EV Wade Allison/12 Cam Lee/7 85,74,8,9,37 17,28,15,29,4 4. 2nd 19:59 UND EV Cole Smith/4 Gabe Bast/6 10,2,11,26,28 7,18,19,12,22 WMU 10 10 11 3 34 UND 9 15 11 35 Scott Moldenhauer/5 Trevor Olson SCSU 9 6 3 18 6. 3rd 15:58 WMU EV Wade Allison/13 Neal Goff/6 18,42,27,37,6 17,13,9,4,29 Dawson DiPietro/10 Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) TEAM SUMMARY 7. OT 03:57 WMU EV Wade Allison/14 Colt Conrad/15 9,85,37,58,11 17,29,10,28,15 Prd MIAMI WMU Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) 1st 0-0 (0) 0-2 (3) Kale Bennett/1 # North Dakota G A Pi Sh +/- Bl # St. Cloud State G A Pi Sh +/- Bl Prd UND SCSU 2nd 1-3 (2) 0-3 (2) 2 Gabe Bast 0 1 0 3 +1 0 3 Jack Poehling 0 0 0 2 0 1 1st 0-0 (0) 0-0 (0) 3rd 0-0 (0) 0-0 (0) 3 Matt Kiersted 0 0 2 1 -2 0 6 Luke Jaycox 0 0 0 0 0 2 2nd 0-1 (2) 1-1 (1) TEAM SUMMARY OT 0-0 (0) 0-0 (0) 4 Andrew Peski 0 0 0 0 -2 0 7 Nick Poehling 0 0 0 1 -1 1 3rd 0-2 (0) 0-1 (1) # Miami G A Pi Sh +/- Bl # Western Michigan G A Pi Sh +/- Bl Total 1-3 (2) 0-5 (5) 6 Colton Poolman 0 0 0 4 0 3 10 Jon Lizotte 0 2 0 0 +2 5 Total 0-3 (2) 1-2 (2) 6 Alec Mahalak 0 0 0 0 -1 0 2 Kale Bennett 0 1 0 1 +1 2 7 Zach Yon 0 0 0 0 -1 0 11 Ryan Poehling 0 0 0 0 +1 1 8 Chaz Switzer 0 0 0 0 -2 2 4 Luke Bafia 0 0 0 1 +2 3 Penalties-Minutes by Prd Prd MIAMI WMU 8 Nick Jones 0 0 0 1 -1 1 12 Jack Ahcan 0 0 0 2 -1 4 Penalties-Minutes by Prd 9 Gordie Green 1 0 0 5 0 1 6 Corey Schuenem 0 0 0 0 0 1 Prd UND SCSU 1st 3-6 1-2 10 Johnny Simonso 0 0 0 1 +1 0 14 Patrick Newell 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Ben Lown 0 0 0 0 -1 2 9 Dawson DiPietro 1 1 0 4 +2 0 1st 0-0 0-0 2nd 3-6 3-6 11 Trevor Olson 0 1 0 2 +1 0 17 Jacob Benson 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 Rourke Russell 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 Lawton Courtnall 0 0 0 4 0 1 2nd 1-2 1-2 3rd 0-0 0-0 14 Austin Poganski 0 0 0 2 -1 0 18 Judd Peterson 0 0 0 0 -1 2 3rd 1-2 2-4 18 Carson Meyer 0 0 0 1 -1 2 12 Aidan Muir 0 0 0 1 -1 0 OT 0-0 0-0 16 Grant Mismash 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 Mikey Eyssimont 2 0 2 4 0 0 Total 2-4 3-6 24 Ryan Siroky 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 Neal Goff 0 1 2 1 +1 2 Total 6-12 4-8 18 Collin Adams 0 0 0 1 0 1 20 Will Borgen 0 0 0 2 +1 2 27 Scott Dornbrock 0 0 0 0 -1 1 14 Jade McMullen 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 Shane Gersich 0 0 0 5 -1 0 22 Jimmy Schuldt 0 0 0 2 0 8 Three stars: 37 Josh Melnick 0 0 2 1 -3 0 15 Scott Moldenhau 0 1 0 3 +2 1 Three stars: 22 Rhett Gardner 0 0 0 3 -1 2 23 Robby Jackson 1 0 0 1 +1 1 1. Mikey Eyssimont 39 Casey Gilling 0 1 0 2 +1 0 16 Hugh McGing 0 0 0 1 -1 0 1. Wade Allison 24 Christian Wolani 0 0 0 3 0 2 26 Easton Brodzins 0 1 0 0 +1 1 2. David Hrenak 42 Conor Lemirand 0 0 6 2 -1 0 17 Wade Allison 3 1 2 5 +2 0 2. Colt Conrad 25 Joel Janatuinen 0 0 0 2 -1 0 27 Blake Lizotte 0 0 2 1 +1 0 3. Jon Lizotte 44 Kiefer Sherwood 0 1 0 2 0 0 18 Brett Van Os 0 0 0 3 0 1 3. Louie Belpedio 26 Cole Smith 1 0 0 1 +1 1 28 Kevin Fitzgerald 0 1 2 0 +1 0 55 Grant Hutton 1 0 0 5 0 1 22 Austin Rueschho 0 0 0 0 0 0 Officials: 28 Hayden Shaw 0 0 0 2 +1 2 42 Blake Winiecki 0 1 0 2 0 1 Officials: 58 Louie Belpedio 1 1 0 2 +1 0 23 Paul Washe 0 0 0 1 -1 0 Referee:#19 Gino Binda 29 Jordan Kawaguc 0 0 0 3 0 0 55 Mika Ilvonen 0 0 0 1 0 1 Referee:Tom Sterns 67 Phil Knies 0 1 0 2 0 1 25 Richard Zehnal 0 0 0 1 0 0 Referee:Andy Thackaberry 74 Austin Alger 0 0 0 0 -1 0 26 Ethen Frank 0 0 2 0 0 1 Referee:#22 Ian Croft T TEAM 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 Jeff Smith dnp Linesman:#71 brent Gawlik Linesman:Dana Penkivech 85 Karch Bachman 0 1 2 1 -2 1 28 Cam Lee 0 1 2 3 +1 2 1 Peter Thome dnp 30 David Zevnik dnp Linesman:#52 John Philo Totals 1 2 4 35 -5 12 Totals 3 6 6 18 +5 30 Linesman:Jeff Schultz 92 Willie Knierim 0 0 2 0 0 0 29 Colt Conrad 0 2 0 4 +3 3 Goal judge:Brent Pakkala 36 Grant Valentine dnp 1 Austin Cain dnp Totals 3 5 12 23 -11 13 Totals 4 8 8 34 +1 17 GOALTENDERS ## North Dakota Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves ## St. Cloud State Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves GOALTENDERS 33 Cam Johnson L 58:12 3 9 3 3 15 34 David Hrenak W 60:00 1 9 14 11 34 ## Miami Dec Min GA 1 2 3 OT Saves ## Western Michigan Dec Min GA 1 2 3 OT Saves EMPTY NET 1:48 0 0 0 0 0 31 Ryan Larkin OTL 63:53 4 9 9 10 2 30 33 Ben Blacker 26:43 2 7 1 0 0 8 35 Trevor Gorsuch W 37:10 1 0 6 6 0 12 PENALTY SUMMARY PENALTY SUMMARY Prd Player Team MinOffense Time Prd Player Team MiOffense Time Prd Player Team MinOffense Time Prd Player Team MiOffense Time 2nd Matt Kiersted UND 2.Hooking 07:33 PP 3rd Kevin Fitzgerald SCSU 2.Elbowing 07:49 PP 1st Conor Lemirande Miami 2.Roughing 06:00 PP 2nd Josh Melnick Miami 2.Hooking 03:22 PP 2nd Mikey Eyssimont SCSU 2.Slashing 17:04 PP 3rd TEAM UND 2.Too Many Players O 10:06 PP 1st Ethen Frank WMU 2.Roughing 11:26 2nd Neal Goff WMU 2.Interference 06:17 PP 3rd Blake Lizotte SCSU 2.Tripping 00:33 PP 1st Willie Knierim Miami 2.Roughing 11:26 2nd Wade Allison WMU 2.Interference 08:56 PP 1st Conor Lemirande Miami 2.Holding 13:45 PP 2nd Karch Bachman Miami 2.Interference 09:29 Win-David Hrenak (5-1-0). Loss-Cam Johnson (7-3-2). 2nd Conor Lemirande Miami 2.Elbowing 01:36 PP 2nd Cam Lee WMU 2.Tripping 17:38 PP T.O. UND 8:33 2nd period. Win-Trevor Gorsuch (1-0-0). Loss-Ryan Larkin (8-8-2). Referee's signature WMU timeout at 18:17 in 1st period Referee's signature

College Hockey Box Score (Final) Referees: Scott Bokal Game Start: 7:07 Hockey Game Box Score (Final) Minnesota Duluth at Omaha Brad Shepherd Game End: 9:20 Saturday, December 9, 2017 Linesmen: Jake Jackson Game Length: 2:13 #1 Denver vs Colorado College (Dec 09, 2017 at Colorado Springs, CO) Nate Stanton Attendance: 6121

Scoring 1st 2nd 3rd Final Shots on Goal 1st 2nd 3rd SOG PP PP % PIM SHGF Minnesota Duluth 1 3 2 6 Minnesota Duluth 7 11 8 26 Minnesota Duluth 1/3 .333 3/6 0 Denver (9-3-4,5-3-2-1 NCHC) vs. Colorado College (7-7-2, 3-5-2-1 NCHC) Omaha 1 1 0 2 Omaha 18 6 10 34 Omaha 1/3 .333 3/6 0 Date: Dec 09, 2017 • Location: Colorado Springs, CO • Arena: Broadmoor WorldArena # Prd Time Team Score Type Scored By Assists Offense On Ice Defense On Ice Attendance: 6251 • Start time: 6:07 pm • End time: 8:40 • Total time: 2:33 1 1st 6:12 MND 1-0 PP Joey Anderson (4) Scott Perunovich/11, Peter Krieger/7 13,7,25,20,27,G32 10,19,20,5,G1 2 1st 16:18 UNO 1-1 PP Steven Spinner (6) David Pope/9, Joel Messner/6 26,12,5,11,13,G1 5,6,13,23,G32 Prd Time Team Scored by Assists Vis. on ice Home on ice Goals by Period 3 2nd 0:53 MND 2-1 EV Karson Kuhlman (3) Mikey Anderson/7, Scott Perunovich/12 20,3,7,11,22,G32 5,20,28,11,27,G1 1. 1st 18:03 CC EV Trevor Gooch/5 Christiano Versi/3 22,4,16,15,25 2,29,3,27,19 Team 1 2 3 OT Tot Kristian Blumenschei DEN0010 1 4 2nd 9:50 MND 3-1 EV GW Blake Young (3) Peter Krieger/8 17,25,21,13,3,G32 12,6,17,19,15,G1 2. 3rd 00:17 DEN EV Liam Finlay/3 Henrik Borgstrom/1213,5,16,4,2 2,17,39,29,27 CC 1000 1 5 2nd 11:37 UNO 2-3 EV Mason Morelli (4) Fredrik Olofsson/10, Zach Jordan/2 11,28,27,18,6,G1 27,25,23,7,5,G32 Jake Durflinger/4 27,6,13,25,3,G32 27,28,11,6,15,G1 6 2nd 12:09 MND 4-2 EV Riley Tufte (7) Joey Anderson/4 Shots by Period 7,25,13,27,5,G32 10,12,19,5,20,G1 TEAM SUMMARY 7 3rd 2:24 MND 5-2 EV Scott Perunovich (4) Peter Krieger/9, Joey Anderson/5 Team 1 2 3 OT Tot 8 3rd 18:51 MND 6-2 EV Riley Tufte (8) - 27,25,21,13,3,G32 23,14,18,13,26,G1 # Denver G A Pi Sh +/- # Colorado College G A Pi Sh +/- DEN 12 7 17 2 38 2 Erich Fear 0 0 0 0 +1 2 Trevor Gooch 1 0060 CC 598224 ## Minnesota Duluth G A P PIM SOG +/- ## Omaha G A P PIM SOG +/- 3 Tariq Hammond 0 0 2 1 0 3 Kristian Blumens 0 1 0 0 +1 3 Mikey Anderson 0 1 1 0/0 1 +4 5 Joel Messner 0 1 1 0/0 1 -2 4 Griffin Mendel 0 0420 5 Cole McCaskill 0 0030 Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) 4 Dylan Samberg 0 0 0 0/0 2 E 6 Lukáš Buchta 0 0 0 0/0 2 -1 5 Henrik Borgstro 0 1 0 4 +1 8 Zach Berzolla 0 0 0 0 0 Prd DEN CC 5 Nick Wolff 0 0 0 0/0 2 E 9 Riley Alferd 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 6 Ryan Orgel 0 0050 9 Kade Kehoe 0 0010 1st 0-0 (0) 0-1 (0) 6 Louie Roehl 0 0 0 0/0 1 +1 10 Tyler Vesel 0 0 0 0/0 4 -1 7 Dylan Gambrell 0 0 0 4 0 10 Tanner Ockey 0 0 0 4 0 2nd 0-1 (2) 0-1 (1) 3rd 0-1 (3) 0-2 (0) 7 Scott Perunovich 1 2 3 1/2 2 +1 11 Mason Morelli 1 0 1 1/2 2 -1 10 Jaakko Heikkine 0 0000 13 Nick Halloran 0 0210 12 Kohen Olischefsk 0 0 0 1 0 14 Trey Bradley 0 0 0 1 0 OT 0-1 (0) 0-0 (0) 11 Avery Peterson 0 0 0 1/2 1 +1 12 David Pope 0 1 1 0/0 2 -2 13 Liam Finlay 1 0 0 4 +1 15 Mason Bergh 0 0030 Total 0-3 (5) 0-4 (1) 13 Joey Anderson 1 2 3 0/0 1 +4 13 Jake Randolph 0 0 0 0/0 2 -1 14 Jarid Lukoseviciu 0 0 0 0 0 17 Westin Michaud 0 0 0 0 -1 16 Billy Exell 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 14 Teemu Pulkkinen 0 0 0 0/0 2 -1 15 Ian Mitchell 0 0 0 2 -1 18 Branden Makara 0 0010 Penalties-Minutes by Prd Prd DEN CC 17 Blake Young 1 0 1 0/0 2 +1 15 Jalen Schulz 0 0 0 0/0 2 -2 16 Jake Durflinger 0 1 0 0 0 19 Troy Conzo 0 0 0 0 +1 1st 1-2 0-0 18 Ryan Barrow 0 0020 22 Cole Josefchak 0 0200 19 Justin Richards 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 17 Luke Nogard 0 0 0 1/2 4 -1 2nd 1-2 1-2 20 Karson Kuhlman 1 0 1 0/0 4 +1 18 Dean Stewart 0 0 0 0/0 0 E 19 Troy Terry 0 0 0 3 0 24 Jack Gates 0 0 0 0 0 3rd 2-4 2-4 22 Logan O'Connor 0 0 0 3 -1 25 Brian Williams 0 0010 21 Matt Anderson 0 0 0 0/0 0 +2 19 Tristan Keck 0 0 0 0/0 1 -2 OT 0-0 0-0 24 Colin Staub 0 0 0 4 0 27 Ben Israel 0 0 0 1 0 Total 4-8 3-6 22 Jared Thomas 0 0 0 0/0 0 +1 20 Ryan Jones 0 0 0 0/0 1 -2 25 Blake Hillman 0 0 0 2 -1 29 Christiano Versic 0 1210 23 Nick Swaney 0 0 0 0/0 1 -1 21 Ryan Galt 0 0 0 0/0 1 E 26 Jack Doremus 0 0 2 1 0 39 Andrew Farny 0 0 0 1 -1 Three stars: 25 Peter Krieger 0 3 3 1/2 2 +3 23 Grant Gallo 0 0 0 1/2 1 -1 31 Dayton Rasmuss dnp T TEAM 0 0000 1. Liam Finlay 26 Jade Miller 0 0 0 0/0 2 E 26 Steven Spinner 1 0 1 0/0 4 -1 Totals 1 2 8 38 0 30 Alec Calvaruso dnp 2. Alex Leclerc 33 Jon Flakne dnp 3. Trevor Gooch 27 Riley Tufte 2 0 2 0/0 2 +2 27 Zach Jordan 0 1 1 0/0 3 -1 Totals 1 2 6 24 0 28 Sammy Spurrell 0 0 0 0/0 2 E 28 Fredrik Olofsson 0 1 1 0/0 1 -1 Officials: 32 G Hunter Shepard 0 0 0 0/0 0 +4 1 G Alex Blankenburg 0 0 0 0/0 0 -4 Referee:Dan Dreger 37 G Nick Deery Did Not Play 33 G Kris Oldham Did Not Play Referee:Matt Miller Linesman:Gary Pedigo 35 G Evan Weninger Did Not Play Linesman:Scott Staudte Minnesota Duluth Totals 6 8 14 3/6 26 +4 Omaha Totals 2 4 6 3/6 34 -4 Game timekeeper:Heather Croze ## Goaltending MIN GA 1 2 3 Saves ## Goaltending MIN GA 1 2 3 Saves GOALTENDERS 32 Hunter Shepard (W, 8-7-0) 59:55 2 17 5 10 32 1 Alex Blankenburg (L, 1-1-0) 60:00 6 6 8 6 20 Empty Net 0:05 0 ## Denver Dec Min GA 1 2 3 OT Saves ## Colorado College Dec Min GA 1 2 3 OT Saves 36 Tanner Jaillet T 64:48 1 4982 23 1 Alex Leclerc T 65:00 1 12 7 16 2 37 Prd Player Team Min Infraction Time Prd Player Team Min Infraction Time EMPTY NET 0:12 0 0000 0 1st Mason Morelli UNO 2 Interference 5:25 3rd Grant Gallo UNO 2 Slashing 9:18 1st Scott Perunovich MND 2 Roughing 14:50 3rd Avery Peterson MND 2 Boarding 11:37 PENALTY SUMMARY 2nd Luke Nogard UNO 2 Cross-Checking 3:35 3rd Peter Krieger MND 2 Hooking 14:41 Prd Player Team MinOffense Time Prd Player Team MiOffense Time 1st Griffin Mendel DEN 2.Hooking 15:59 PP 3rd Griffin Mendel DEN 2.Holding 13:04 PP New Records: Minnesota Duluth 8-9-2, Omaha 7-8-1 2nd Jack Doremus DEN 2.Hooking 02:50 PP 3rd Tariq Hammond DEN 2.Tripping 19:52 PP Three Stars: 1. Scott Perunovich (Minnesota Duluth) 2. Joey Anderson (Minnesota Duluth) 3. Riley Tufte (Minnesota Duluth) 2nd Christiano Versich CC 2.Slashing 15:44 PP 3rd Nick Halloran CC 2.Holding 19:54 PP 3rd Cole Josefchak CC 2.Slashing 04:42 PP Denver-Tanner Jaillet (8-2-4). Colorado College-Alex Leclerc (7-7-2). DU #13 scored with 3:25 left in 2nd OT, Assists to #19, #25

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FRIDAY, DEC. 8 riday night saw a little bit of everything in the National In a high-scoring, wild affair, Omaha received a hat trick from FCollegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) as two games went sophomore forward Zach Jordan and tallied three times on the to overtime, with one ending in a shootout and one in 3-on-3 power play to outlast No. 17 Minnesota Duluth, 7-5, Friday overtime, while elsewhere a hat trick was recorded and a pair of at Baxter Arena. The teams wasted little time getting on the top-20 NCHC teams fell to unranked foes. In a battle of top-five board as senior forward Avery Peterson put the Bulldogs (7-9- teams nationally and the top two teams in the NCHC standings, 2, 2-7-0-0 NCHC) in front only 23 ticks into the game, while No. 5/5 North Dakota earned two points with a 2-2 overtime Jordan answered to tie it minutes later. The sides then traded tie and a sudden-death shootout win at No. 2/2 St. Cloud State four more goals to finish the first frame knotted at 3-3. Fresh- to move into a tie for first place in the NCHC with the Huskies. man defenseman Scott Perunovich gave UMD the lead again Omaha snapped a five-game losing streak in NCHC play with 37 seconds into the second, but the Mavericks (7-7-1, 2-5-0- a 7-5 win over No. 17 Minnesota Duluth behind three power 0 NCHC) rattled off three straight goals to close the period. play goals and sophomore forward Zach Jordan’s first career Jordan completed his first career hat trick with two of the goals, hat trick. In Kalamazoo, Miami also knocked off a top-20 foe, including the game-winner to make it 6-4, while senior forward downing rival No. 11/10 Western Michigan, 5-2, at Lawson Ice David Pope added his second power play goal of the night during Arena behind three points each from junior forward Josh Melnick the middle period as well. UMD got within one early in the third and sophomore forward Gordie Green as the Broncos dropped period but would get no closer as Omaha snapped a five-game their fourth straight game. And in the Gold Pan rivalry, Colorado losing streak in NCHC play. Omaha held a slight, 36-34, edge in College snapped a 14-game losing streak to top-ranked Denver, shots, while going 3-for-7 on the power play and 6-for-6 on the using a last-second goal in regulation to earn a 4-4 tie, before penalty kill. picking up the extra NCHC standings point with a 3-on-3 over- time goal. Snapping a 14-game losing streak to top-ranked Denver, Col- orado College earned two points against their long-time rivals, In a thrilling top-five clash Friday at the Herb Brooks National using late-game heroics to earn a 4-4 overtime tie Friday at Hockey Center, the game lived up to the hype as No. 5/5 North Magness Arena, while scoring in 3-on-3 overtime to get the Dakota and No. 2/2 St. Cloud State skated to a 2-2 overtime extra point in the NCHC standings. With the Tigers (7-7-1, 3-5- tie, before the Fighting Hawks earned the extra point in the 1-1/0 NCHC) trailing 4-3, junior forward Mason Bergh capped a NCHC standings by winning a shootout. The Huskies (11-2-1, three-point night by scoring his 10th goal of the season with an 6-2-1-0 NCHC) grabbed one-goal leads twice, the first off the extra attacker with only 7 ticks left in regulation to force the tie stick of freshman forward Easton Brodzinski midway through and overtime. After neither team scored in 5-on-5 overtime, the second period and again when sophomore forward Ryan freshman forward Christiano Versich tallied in 3-on-3 overtime Poehling stole the puck and scored unassisted early in the third to get the extra standings point for CC. Colorado College took period. But UND (10-4-5, 5-2-2-0/2 NCHC) answered within a 1-0 lead in the closing seconds of the first period, but the four minutes each time, junior forward Rhett Gardner doing so Pioneers (9-3-3, 5-3-1-0 NCHC) answered early in the second first and then sophomore forward Cole Smith had the game-ty- stanza. Sophomore forward Nick Halloran scored two goals and ing goal for good. After scoreless 5-on-5 and 3-on-3 overtimes, had three points with his first tally putting CC back in front and UND junior defenseman Christian Wolanin scored in the first the second tying the game at 3-3 in the third period. Denver round of the shootout for the extra standings point. SCSU out- grabbed a 3-2 lead after two goals in two minutes to close the shot the Fighting Hawks, 33-32, though UND had a 5-1 edge in middle frame with junior forward Dylan Gambrell scoring one and overtime. North Dakota also killed all six Husky power plays. assisting the other. After Halloran’s second tally, DU regained the lead with a snipe with 2:28 left in regulation, setting the stage Behind three points each from junior forward Josh Melnick and for Bergh. Denver outshot CC, 38-31, in the tie. sophomore forward Gordie Green, Miami knocked off rival No. 11/10 Western Michigan, 5-2, Friday night at Lawson Ice Arena SATURDAY, DEC. 9 in their series opener. Green opened the scoring midway through n the final night of National Collegiate Hockey Conference the first frame with the first of his two goals, but a WMU power (NCHC) play in 2017, Saturday turned out to be somewhat of play goal from sophomore forward Hugh McGing, who had O déjà vu from Friday as once again two games needed overtime a two-point night, tied the game early in the second stanza. and a hat trick was recorded. In the marquee series of the week- However, the RedHawks (8-7-2, 3-3-1-0 NCHC) answered less end, No. 2/2 St. Cloud State picked up a 3-1 win over No. 5/5 than a minute later with a power play goal of their own off the North Dakota thanks to two goals from junior forward Mikey Eys- stick of sophomore forward Karch Bachman to regain the lead. simont and reclaimed sole possession of first place in the NCHC Melnick and Green picked up the assists. Melnick then dou- heading into the new year. In another thrilling game, sophomore bled Miami’s lead later in the middle period when he stole the forward Wade Allison recorded a natural hat trick, his second hat puck and wristed it into the net to make it 3-1 for the eventual trick of the season, to lead No. 11/10 Western Michigan to a 4-3 game-winner. The lead ballooned to 4-1 before the Broncos (9- comeback win over Miami with Allison capping the hat trick in 8-1, 5-4-0-0 NCHC) struck on the power play for a second time overtime. For the second straight night, Gold Pan rivals Colorado to make it 4-2, but Green sealed the victory with an empty-net- College and top-ranked Denver played to a stalemate, tying 1-1 ter for his second goal of the night. WMU outshot Miami, 34-25, after overtime, while DU picked up the extra point in the stand- in the loss, but sophomore goalie Ryan Larkin made 32 saves ings with a 3-on-3 overtime goal. In the final game of the night, to earn the win in net for the RedHawks. 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Omaha. totaling 37 saves and DU senior Tanner Jaillet stopping 23 shots, as Denver (9-3-4, 5-3-2-1/0 NCHC) outshot the Tigers, 38-24, In a battle for first place,No. 2/2 St. Cloud State used a sec- in the game. Both teams step out of conference play next week- ond-period outburst and strong goaltending to down No. 5/5 end with DU hosting Dartmouth Friday and Saturday, and CC North Dakota, 3-1, Saturday night at the Herb Brooks National entertaining Arizona State on Saturday and Sunday. Hockey Center to take back sole possession of first place. After a scoreless first frame, junior forward Robby Jackson broke the Behind three points each from sophomore forward Joey Ander- deadlock early in the middle period to put the Huskies (12-2-1, son, freshman defenseman Scott Perunovich and junior forward 7-2-1-0 NCHC) in front. Classmate Mikey Eyssimont then tacked Peter Krieger, No. 17 Minnesota Duluth earned a 6-2 win at on two goals a minute apart, the latter on the power play, to Omaha Saturday night at Baxter Arena to salvage a series split. make it 3-0 midway through the second stanza. UND sopho- Anderson put the Bulldogs (8-9-2, 3-7-0-0 NCHC) in front more forward Cole Smith brought the Fighting Hawks within two, early with a power play goal, but the Mavericks (7-8-1, 2-6-0-0 potting a rebound with a second left in the second period, but NCHC) answered later in the first frame with a power play goal the Fighting Hawks (10-5-5, 5-3-2-0/2 NCHC) were unable to of their own. Senior forward Karson Kuhlman made it 2-1 UMD find the back of the net in the third period as SCSU freshman in the first minute of the second stanza, while Krieger used one netminder Dávid Hrenák totaled 34 saves, including 11 in the of his three assists to set up fellow senior Blake Young for the final frame. Despite the loss, UND outshot the Huskies heavily, eventual game-winner midway through the middle period. Oma- 35-18, but was 0-for-3 on the power play. Both teams are idle ha cut the deficit in half less than two minutes later, but sopho- until just before the new year as SCSU travels to Princeton Dec. more forward Riley Tufte scored the first of his two goals on the 29-30, while UND hosts the U.S. U-18 Team in an exhibition on night 32 seconds after UNO to make it 4-2 UMD after 40 min- Dec. 30. utes. Perunovich and Tufte then tallied again in the final frame to seal the victory as Perunovich and Anderson both had a goal In perhaps the most thrilling game of the night, sophomore and two helpers in the win. Despite the loss, Omaha outshot the forward Wade Allison recorded a natural hat trick to lead No. Bulldogs, 34-26, but sophomore goalie Hunter Shepard made 11/10 Western Michigan to a 4-3 comeback win over Miami in 32 saves to collect the win in net for UMD. The Bulldogs return overtime Saturday at Lawson Ice Arena. The Broncos (10-8-1, to the ice Dec. 29-30 at the Ledyard Classic, where they’ll face 6-4-0-0 NCHC) actually jumped out to an early 1-0 lead as Alli- Yale and tournament-host Dartmouth, while the Mavericks host son set up sophomore forward Dawson DiPietro less than a min- No. 19 Union for two games those same days. ute into the game. But the RedHawks (8-8-2, 3-4-1-0 NCHC) rattled off three straight goals, with a short-handed tally from junior defenseman Grant Hutton tying the game and senior blue liner Louie Belpedio putting Miami in front in the final minute of the first frame. Sophomore forward Gordie Green then made it 3-1 with a power play goal midway through the middle peri- od. That’s when Allison took over, notching his first goal a few minutes later, before tying the game with 4:02 remaining in reg- ulation. He then capped his second hat trick of the season and a career-high four-point night 3:53 into overtime when he took a feed from junior forward Colt Conrad, who had two assists in the game, and skated in on a breakaway for the game-winner and his NCHC-leading 14th goal of the season. WMU outshot Miami, 34-23, in the win, despite going 0-for-5 on the man advantage. WMU is back in action on Thursday, Dec. 28 at Bowling Green, while Miami is off until Dec. 30 when they host an exhibition game against Windsor.

For the second straight night, Gold Pan rivals Colorado College and top-ranked Denver were unable to decide a winner, as the teams battled to a 1-1 overtime tie Saturday night at the Broadmoor World Arena, while the Pioneers picked up the extra point in the NCHC standings with a 3-on-3 overtime win. The Tigers (7-7-2, 3-5-2-1/0 NCHC) pounced on a 1-0 lead when junior forward Trevor Gooch knocked in the puck with only 1:57 left in the first frame. The game remained a one-goal game until DU sophomore forward Liam Finlay struck only 17 ticks into the third period to tie the contest and force overtime. After neither side scored in 5-on-5 overtime, the game officially ended a tie, before moving on to 3-on-3 overtime, where Finlay used a pret- ty spin move to score and earn the extra standings point. Both goalies were strong in net, with CC sophomore Alex Leclerc

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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

Dec. 11-17, 2017 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 19 NCHC Conference Scoring Leaders

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

20 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey Dec. 11-17, 2017 NCHC Conference Goaltending Leaders

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

Dec. 11-17, 2017 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 21 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

22 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey Dec. 11-17, 2017 NCHC Overall Scoring Leaders

Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Wade Allison WMU SO F 19 14-11-25 1.32 11/25 3 0 2 2 +6 PHI 2 Colt Conrad WMU JR F 19 9-15-24 1.26 2/7 2 0 1 0 +7 3 Henrik Borgström DEN SO F 15 13-10-23 1.53 5/10 6 1 1 1 +6 FLA Troy Terry DEN JR F 16 7-16-23 1.44 0/0 3 0 2 0 +9 ANA 5 Nick Halloran CC_ SO F 16 7-15-22 1.38 6/12 2 0 2 0 +1 Gordie Green MIA SO F 18 9-13-22 1.22 5/10 2 0 2 0 +8 7 Mason Bergh CC_ JR F 16 10-11-21 1.31 5/10 3 0 1 1 +2 Dylan Gambrell DEN JR F 16 6-15-21 1.31 2/4 2 0 0 0 +5 SJS 9 Jimmy Schuldt STC JR D 15 5-14-19 1.27 4/19 3 0 2 0 +22 David Pope UNO SR F 16 10-9-19 1.19 3/6 6 0 0 0 -11 DET Dawson DiPietro WMU SO F 19 9-10-19 1.00 10/20 4 0 1 0 +3 Hugh McGing WMU SO F 19 5-14-19 1.00 7/14 2 0 0 0 +2 13 Robby Jackson STC JR F 15 7-10-17 1.13 1/2 2 1 0 0 +9 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 16 Mikey Eyssimont STC JR F 14 6-10-16 1.14 8/16 3 0 1 0 +6 LOS 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 Christian Wolanin NDK JR D 20 5-11-16 0.80 13/26 3 0 0 0 +9 OTT 20 Mason Morelli UNO JR F 16 4-10-14 0.88 14/28 2 0 0 0 E Grant Mismash NDK FR F 19 5-9-14 0.74 6/23 1 0 0 0 +5 NSH 22 Tyler Vesel UNO SR F 16 6-7-13 0.81 1/2 2 0 1 0 -10 EDM Trey Bradley CC_ JR F 16 3-10-13 0.81 2/4 1 0 0 0 -3 Corey Schueneman WMU JR D 17 1-12-13 0.76 2/4 1 0 0 0 -1 Grant Hutton MIA JR D 18 8-5-13 0.72 9/29 6 1 1 0 +1 Nick Jones NDK JR F 19 6-7-13 0.68 4/8 2 0 2 0 +4 Peter Krieger MND JR F 19 4-9-13 0.68 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 15 5-14-19 1.27 4/19 3 0 2 0 +22 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 17 1-12-13 0.76 2/4 1 0 0 0 -1 Grant Hutton MIA JR D 18 8-5-13 0.72 9/29 6 1 1 0 +1 7 Ian Mitchell DEN FR D 16 1-11-12 0.75 3/6 0 0 0 0 +4 CHI Colton Poolman NDK SO D 20 4-8-12 0.60 2/4 1 0 0 0 +11 9 Mikey Anderson MND FR D 16 3-7-10 0.62 6/12 2 0 0 0 +3 LOS Cam Lee WMU SO D 19 3-7-10 0.53 9/18 0 0 1 0 +3 11 Jack Ahcan STC SO D 15 1-8-9 0.60 3/6 1 0 1 0 -3 Luke Bafia WMU SO D 19 1-8-9 0.47 10/20 0 0 1 0 +6 13 Jordan Klehr UNO JR D 11 1-7-8 0.73 0/0 0 0 0 0 +2 Jon Lizotte STC JR D 15 2-6-8 0.53 3/6 0 0 0 0 +16 Will Borgen STC JR D 15 1-7-8 0.53 10/23 0 0 1 0 +6 BUF Joel Messner UNO SR D 16 2-6-8 0.50 6/12 1 0 1 0 -2 Nick Wolff MND SO D 19 3-5-8 0.42 13/34 0 0 0 0 +3

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 3 Ian Mitchell DEN FR D 16 1-11-12 0.75 3/6 0 0 0 0 +4 CHI 4 Kevin Fitzgerald STC FR F 14 4-7-11 0.79 7/14 0 0 0 0 +8 5 Mikey Anderson MND FR D 16 3-7-10 0.62 6/12 2 0 0 0 +3 LOS 6 Nick Swaney MND FR F 13 3-6-9 0.69 1/2 2 0 0 0 +4 MIN 7 Easton Brodzinski STC FR F 13 5-3-8 0.62 4/11 2 0 2 0 +5 Jake Durflinger DEN FR F 15 4-4-8 0.53 4/8 0 0 1 0 +3 Casey Gilling MIA FR F 17 3-5-8 0.47 9/34 1 0 0 0 +5 Austin Rueschhoff WMU FR F 18 5-3-8 0.44 8/16 2 0 0 0 -3 Phil Knies MIA FR F 18 3-5-8 0.44 4/8 1 0 0 0 -1 12 Blake Lizotte STC FR F 14 1-6-7 0.50 3/6 0 0 0 0 +7 Gabe Bast NDK FR D 16 1-6-7 0.44 8/16 0 0 0 0 +2 Collin Adams NDK FR F 18 5-2-7 0.39 5/10 2 0 2 0 -4 NYI 15 Ben Lown MIA FR F 16 1-5-6 0.38 0/0 0 0 0 0 E Dec. 11-17, 2017 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 23 NCHC Overall Scoring Leaders

Goal Scoring GP G GPG Assist Scoring GP A APG 1 Wade Allison WMU SO F 19 14 0.74 1 Troy Terry DEN JR F 16 16 1.00 2 Henrik Borgström DEN SO F 15 13 0.87 2 Nick Halloran CC SO F 16 15 0.94 3 Mason Bergh CC JR F 16 10 0.62 Dylan Gambrell DEN JR F 16 15 0.94 David Pope UNO SR F 16 10 0.62 Colt Conrad WMU JR F 19 15 0.79 5 Gordie Green MIA SO F 18 9 0.50 5 Jimmy Schuldt STC JR D 15 14 0.93 Colt Conrad WMU JR F 19 9 0.47 Hugh McGing WMU SO F 19 14 0.74 Dawson DiPietro WMU SO F 19 9 0.47 7 Gordie Green MIA SO F 18 13 0.72 8 Zach Jordan UNO SO F 14 8 0.57 8 Corey Schueneman WMU JR D 17 12 0.71 Grant Hutton MIA JR D 18 8 0.44 Scott Perunovich MND FR D 19 12 0.63 Riley Tufte MND SO F 19 8 0.42 10 6 Players Tied With 11 11 Robby Jackson STC JR F 15 7 0.47 Nick Halloran CC SO F 16 7 0.44 Troy Terry DEN JR F 16 7 0.44 Josh Melnick MIA JR F 18 7 0.39

Power Play Goals GP G GPG Power Play Points GP G-A-P PPG 1 Henrik Borgström DEN SO F 15 6 0.40 1 Henrik Borgström DEN SO F 15 6-5-11 0.73 David Pope UNO SR F 16 6 0.38 David Pope UNO SR F 16 6-5-11 0.69 Grant Hutton MIA JR D 18 6 0.33 Gordie Green MIA SO F 18 2-9-11 0.61 4 Dawson DiPietro WMU SO F 19 4 0.21 4 Jimmy Schuldt STC JR D 15 3-7-10 0.67 5 10 Players Tied With 3 Troy Terry DEN JR F 16 3-7-10 0.62 Ian Mitchell DEN FR D 16 0-10-10 0.62 Louie Belpedio MIA SR D 18 3-7-10 0.56 8 Corey Schueneman WMU JR D 17 1-8-9 0.53 9 7 Players Tied With 8 Points

Shorthanded Goals GP G GPG Game-Winning Goals GP G GPG 1 Jack Poehling STC SO F 14 1 0.07 1 Josh Melnick MIA JR F 18 3 0.17 Henrik Borgström DEN SO F 15 1 0.07 Peter Krieger MND JR F 19 3 0.16 Judd Peterson STC SR F 15 1 0.07 3 12 Players Tied With 2 Robby Jackson STC JR F 15 1 0.07 Logan O'Connor DEN JR F 16 1 0.06 Grant Hutton MIA JR D 18 1 0.06 Ethen Frank WMU FR F 18 1 0.06 Karson Kuhlman MND SR F 19 1 0.05

Plus-Minus GP +/- Hat Tricks GP HT 1 Jimmy Schuldt STC JR D 15 +22 1 Wade Allison WMU SO F 19 2 2 Jon Lizotte STC JR D 15 +16 2 Zach Jordan UNO SO F 14 1 3 Colton Poolman NDK SO D 20 +11 Henrik Borgström DEN SO F 15 1 4 Scott Perunovich MND FR D 19 +10 Mason Bergh CC JR F 16 1 5 Judd Peterson STC SR F 15 +9 Robby Jackson STC JR F 15 +9 Troy Terry DEN JR F 16 +9 Christian Wolanin NDK JR D 20 +9 9 5 Players Tied With +8

Blocked Shots GP BLK BLK/G Face-Off Percentage FW FL FO % 1 Luke Bafia WMU SO D 19 50 2.63 1 Jacob Benson STC JR F 20 11 .645 2 Jimmy Schuldt STC JR D 15 41 2.73 2 Blake Lizotte STC FR F 106 69 .606 3 Dylan Samberg MND FR D 19 36 1.89 3 Nick Jones NDK JR F 178 116 .605 4 Colton Poolman NDK SO D 20 35 1.75 4 Tyson McLellan DEN SO F 127 86 .596 5 Cam Lee WMU SO D 19 33 1.74 5 Casey Gilling MIA FR F 155 107 .592 6 Hayden Shaw NDK JR D 20 32 1.60 6 Jaakko Heikkinen DEN FR F 76 53 .589 7 Andrew Farny CC JR D 16 31 1.94 7 Judd Peterson STC SR F 123 86 .589 8 Joel Messner UNO SR D 16 29 1.81 8 Johnny Simonson NDK SR F 93 67 .581 Neal Goff WMU SR D 17 29 1.71 9 Blake Winiecki STC SR F 77 57 .575 10 Ben Israel CC JR D 16 28 1.75 10 Collin Adams NDK FR F 23 18 .561

24 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey Dec. 11-17, 2017 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 9 543:10 19 2.10 7-1-1 1 245 .928 4 Tanner Jaillet DEN SR 14 854:52 32 2.25 8-2-4 1 364 .919 5 Hunter Shepard MND SO 16 897:05 38 2.54 8-7-0 2 344 .901 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 16 920:45 43 2.80 7-7-2 1 452 .913 9 Ben Blacker WMU SO 19 1000:42 47 2.82 8-8-1 1 424 .900 10 Evan Weninger UNO JR 13 684:09 43 3.77 6-6-0 0 312 .879

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 9 543:10 19 2.10 7-1-1 1 245 .928 3 Tanner Jaillet DEN SR 14 854:52 32 2.25 8-2-4 1 364 .919 4 Cam Johnson NDK SR 12 721:27 22 1.83 7-3-2 1 244 .917 5 Alex Leclerc CC_ SO 16 920:45 43 2.80 7-7-2 1 452 .913 6 Peter Thome NDK FR 8 493:00 21 2.56 3-2-3 0 205 .907 CLB 7 Hunter Shepard MND SO 16 897:05 38 2.54 8-7-0 2 344 .901 8 Ben Blacker WMU SO 19 1000:42 47 2.82 8-8-1 1 424 .900 9 Ryan Larkin MIA SO 18 1069:56 48 2.69 8-8-2 1 399 .893 10 Evan Weninger UNO JR 13 684:09 43 3.77 6-6-0 0 312 .879

Saves GP SVS/G Saves Shutouts GP Shutouts 1 Alex Leclerc CC_ SO 16 28.2 452 1 Dávid Hrenák STC FR 6 2 2 Ben Blacker WMU SO 19 22.3 424 Hunter Shepard MND SO 16 2 3 Ryan Larkin MIA SO 18 22.2 399 3 Nick Deery MND SO 5 1 4 Tanner Jaillet DEN SR 14 26.0 364 Jeff Smith STC JR 9 1 5 Hunter Shepard MND SO 16 21.5 344 Cam Johnson NDK SR 12 1 6 Evan Weninger UNO JR 13 24.0 312 Tanner Jaillet DEN SR 14 1 7 Jeff Smith STC JR 9 27.2 245 Alex Leclerc CC_ SO 16 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 19 1 10 Dávid Hrenák STC FR 6 33.0 198 11 Nick Deery MND SO 5 17.4 87 12 Kris Oldham UNO SO 4 16.8 67 13 Dayton Rasmussen DEN FR 2 23.0 46 14 Alex Blankenburg UNO JR 3 14.7 44 15 Alec Calvaruso CC_ FR 1 33.0 33 16 Trevor Gorsuch WMU JR 2 12.5 25 17 Austin Cain WMU FR 2 11.0 22 18 Grant Valentine MIA FR 1 2.0 2 19 Devin Cooley DEN FR 1 1.0 1

Dec. 11-17, 2017 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 25 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 15 64 4.27 1 St. Cloud State 15 31 2.07 2 Denver 16 58 3.62 2 North Dakota 20 44 2.20 3 Western Michigan 19 65 3.42 3 Denver 16 40 2.50 4 Omaha 16 54 3.38 4 Minnesota Duluth 19 52 2.74 5 Miami 18 53 2.94 5 Miami 18 50 2.78 6 North Dakota 20 56 2.80 6 Colorado College 16 48 3.00 7 Minnesota Duluth 19 51 2.68 Western Michigan 19 57 3.00 8 Colorado College 16 42 2.62 8 Omaha 16 64 4.00

POWER PLAY PENALTY KILL Team Totals SHA PP % Team Totals SHF PK % 1 St. Cloud State 18/70 1 25.7 1 North Dakota 74/85 0 87.1 2 Miami 20/78 1 25.6 2 Omaha 59/70 0 84.3 3 Denver 18/71 0 25.4 3 Western Michigan 87/104 1 83.7 4 Omaha 18/77 2 23.4 4 St. Cloud State 48/58 3 82.8 5 North Dakota 16/83 1 19.3 5 Miami 67/81 1 82.7 6 Minnesota Duluth 13/77 1 16.9 6 Denver 43/52 2 82.7 7 Western Michigan 17/101 2 16.8 7 Colorado College 54/70 0 77.1 8 Colorado College 13/86 1 15.1 8 Minnesota Duluth 62/81 1 76.5

PENALTY MINUTES SHOTS ON GOAL Team Games PIM PIM/G Team Games SOG SOG/G 1 Miami 18 298 16.6 1 Denver 16 564 35.2 2 Western Michigan 19 262 13.8 2 Omaha 16 537 33.6 3 Colorado College 16 200 12.5 3 Minnesota Duluth 19 620 32.6 4 North Dakota 20 234 11.7 4 St. Cloud State 15 489 32.6 5 St. Cloud State 15 169 11.3 5 Western Michigan 19 606 31.9 6 Minnesota Duluth 19 214 11.3 6 North Dakota 20 618 30.9 7 Omaha 16 168 10.5 7 Colorado College 16 460 28.8 8 Denver 16 129 8.1 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 Western Michigan 14 26 24 1 65 1 St. Cloud State 8 10 13 0 31 2 St. Cloud State 15 20 28 1 64 2 Denver 9 10 21 0 40 3 Denver 16 17 25 0 58 3 North Dakota 13 13 18 0 44 4 North Dakota 13 22 20 1 56 4 Colorado College 10 21 16 1 48 5 Omaha 18 26 10 0 54 5 Miami 17 16 16 1 50 6 Miami 17 18 17 1 53 6 Minnesota Duluth 10 23 19 0 52 7 Minnesota Duluth 17 11 22 1 51 7 Western Michigan 22 17 18 0 57 8 Colorado College 11 16 14 1 42 8 Omaha 17 28 19 0 64

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

26 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey Dec. 11-17, 2017 National Category Leaders

Points Per Game GP G-A-P P/GM Goals Against Average Minutes GA GAA 1 Dylan McLaughlin Canisius JR F 15 11-14-25 1.67 1 Jake Kielly Clarkson SO 1138:59 27 1.42 2 Dylan Sikura (CHI) Northeastern SR F 14 9-13-22 1.57 2 Cale Morris Notre Dame SO 978:48 25 1.53 3 Henrik Borgström (FLA) Denver SO F 15 13-10-23 1.53 3 Darion Hanson Union FR 478:17 14 1.76 4 Ryan Donato (BOS) Harvard JR F 10 8-7-15 1.50 4 Dávid Hrenák St. Cloud State FR 362:06 11 1.82 Cooper Marody (PHI) Michigan JR F 16 4-20-24 1.50 5 Cam Johnson North Dakota SR 721:27 22 1.83 6 Troy Terry (ANA) Denver JR F 16 7-16-23 1.44 6 Christoffer Hernberg UMass Lowell JR 746:05 23 1.85 Adam Gaudette (VAN) Northeastern JR F 16 11-12-23 1.44 7 Colton Point (DAL) Colgate SO 977:18 31 1.90 8 Jake Evans (MTL) Notre Dame SR F 20 7-21-28 1.40 8 Ryan Bednard (FLA) Bowling Green SO 654:33 21 1.92 9 Nick Halloran Colorado College SO F 16 7-15-22 1.38 9 Sean Romeo Ohio State JR 1025:42 33 1.93 10 Andrew Sturtz Penn State JR F 19 10-16-26 1.37 10 Connor LaCouvee Minnesota State SR 563:30 19 2.02 11 Sheldon Rempal Clarkson SO F 19 16-9-25 1.32 11 Cayden Primeau (MTL) Northeastern FR 669:05 23 2.06 Wade Allison (PHI) Western Michigan SO F 19 14-11-25 1.32 12 Jeff Smith St. Cloud State JR 543:10 19 2.10 13 Mason Bergh Colorado College JR F 16 10-11-21 1.31 13 Matthew Galajda Cornell FR 598:51 21 2.10 Dylan Gambrell (SJS) Denver JR F 16 6-15-21 1.31 14 Tanner Jaillet Denver SR 854:52 32 2.25 Erik Foley (WPG) Providence JR F 16 10-11-21 1.31 15 John Lethemon Michigan State SO 975:06 37 2.28 16 Max Véronneau Princeton JR F 14 9-9-18 1.29 16 Stefano Durante American International FR 552:33 21 2.28 17 Tanner Laczynski (PHI) Ohio State SO F 18 8-15-23 1.28 17 Atte Tolvanen Northern Michigan JR 567:27 23 2.43 18 Jimmy Schuldt St. Cloud State JR D 15 5-14-19 1.27 18 Paul Berrafato Holy Cross SR 1104:43 45 2.44 19 Colt Conrad Western Michigan JR F 19 9-15-24 1.26 19 Eric Schierhorn Minnesota JR 1149:49 47 2.45 20 Ryan Schmelzer Canisius SR F 16 9-11-20 1.25 20 Jason Pawloski Minnesota State JR 388:15 16 2.47 Zeb Knutson Minnesota State SR F 16 8-12-20 1.25 21 Daniel Tirone New Hampshire SR 965:44 40 2.49 22 Derian Plouffe Niagara SR F 17 11-10-21 1.24 22 Andrew Shortridge Quinnipiac SO 844:29 35 2.49 23 Gordie Green Miami SO F 18 9-13-22 1.22 23 Merrick Madsen (ARI) Harvard SR 481:37 20 2.49 24 David Pope (DET) Omaha SR F 16 10-9-19 1.19 24 Hunter Shepard Minnesota Duluth SO 897:05 38 2.54 Myles Powell RIT SR F 16 7-12-19 1.19 25 Craig Pantano Merrimack JR 564:54 24 2.55

Points Per Game (Defensemen) GP G-A-P P/GM Save Percentage Saves GA Save % 1 Jimmy Schuldt St. Cloud State JR D 15 5-14-19 1.27 1 Cale Morris Notre Dame SO 518 25 .954 2 Garret Cockerill Northeastern SR D 13 1-14-15 1.15 2 Dávid Hrenák St. Cloud State FR 198 11 .947 3 Noah Delmas Niagara SO D 17 1-18-19 1.12 3 Jake Kielly Clarkson SO 484 27 .947 4 Chad Krys (CHI) Boston University SO D 19 5-13-18 0.95 4 Colton Point (DAL) Colgate SO 470 31 .938 5 Louie Belpedio (MIN) Miami SR D 18 6-11-17 0.94 5 Christoffer Hernberg UMass Lowell JR 310 23 .931 6 Jeremy Davies (NJD) Northeastern SO D 16 3-12-15 0.94 6 Jeff Smith St. Cloud State JR 245 19 .928 7 Patrick Holway (DET) Maine SO D 13 4-8-12 0.92 7 Sean Romeo Ohio State JR 424 33 .928 8 Adam Fox (CGY) Harvard SO D 10 0-9-9 0.90 8 Jeremy Swayman (BOS) Maine FR 366 29 .927 Trevor Hamilton Penn State SR D 20 4-14-18 0.90 9 Ryan Bednard (FLA) Bowling Green SO 264 21 .926 10 Max Gildon (FLA) New Hampshire FR D 17 7-8-15 0.88 10 Darion Hanson Union FR 174 14 .926 11 Jared Kolquist Merrimack SR D 16 3-11-14 0.88 11 Paul Berrafato Holy Cross SR 548 45 .924 Daniel Brickley Minnesota State JR D 16 4-10-14 0.88 12 Cayden Primeau (MTL) Northeastern FR 266 23 .920 13 Josh Teves Princeton JR D 14 1-11-12 0.86 13 Tanner Jaillet Denver SR 364 32 .919 14 Jordan Gross Notre Dame SR D 20 5-12-17 0.85 14 Daniel Tirone New Hampshire SR 448 40 .918 15 Alec Rauhauser Bowling Green SO D 19 5-11-16 0.84 15 John Lethemon Michigan State SO 414 37 .918 Scott Perunovich Minnesota Duluth FR D 19 4-12-16 0.84 16 Justin Kapelmaster Ferris State SO 357 32 .918 17 Dalton MacAfee Army West Point JR D 18 2-13-15 0.83 17 Joey Daccord (OTT) Arizona State SO 511 46 .917 18 Reilly Walsh (NJD) Harvard FR D 10 3-5-8 0.80 18 Ryan Wischow Massachusetts SO 233 21 .917 Christian Wolanin (OTT) North Dakota JR D 20 5-11-16 0.80 19 Cam Johnson North Dakota SR 244 22 .917 20 Brennan Kapcheck American International FR D 19 4-11-15 0.79 20 Cole Bruns Army West Point SR 409 37 .917 Kelly Summers (OTT) Clarkson SR D 19 2-13-15 0.79 Terrance Amorosa (PHI) Clarkson SR D 19 4-11-15 0.79

Points Per Game (Freshmen) GP G-A-P P/GM Winning Percentage W-L-T Win % 1 Mitchell Lewandowski Michigan State F 18 10-11-21 1.17 1 Cale Morris Notre Dame SO 15-1-0 .938 2 Jake Jaremko Minnesota State F 16 4-13-17 1.06 2 Darion Hanson Union FR 7-1-0 .875 3 Odeen Tufto Quinnipiac F 18 3-15-18 1.00 3 Jeff Smith St. Cloud State JR 7-1-1 .833 4 Oliver Chau Massachusetts F 16 7-8-15 0.94 Dávid Hrenák St. Cloud State FR 5-1-0 .833 5 Luke Santerno Bentley F 15 4-10-14 0.93 5 Christoffer Hernberg UMass Lowell JR 9-2-0 .818 6 Casey Mittelstadt (BUF) Minnesota F 19 5-12-17 0.89 6 Jake Kielly Clarkson SO 15-3-1 .816 7 Jack Jacome Clarkson F 17 2-13-15 0.88 7 Matthew Galajda Cornell FR 8-2-0 .800 Max Gildon (FLA) New Hampshire D 17 7-8-15 0.88 Connor LaCouvee Minnesota State SR 8-2-0 .800 Marc Johnstone Sacred Heart F 17 6-9-15 0.88 9 Ryan Wischow Massachusetts SO 6-2-0 .750 10 Scott Perunovich Minnesota Duluth D 19 4-12-16 0.84 10 Tanner Jaillet Denver SR 8-2-4 .714 11 Cameron Wright Bowling Green F 18 5-10-15 0.83 11 Daniel Urbani Canisius SO 8-3-1 .708 John Leonard Massachusetts F 12 4-6-10 0.83 12 Jeremy Swayman (BOS) Maine FR 7-3-1 .682 Reggie Lutz Minnesota State F 12 2-8-10 0.83 13 Cam Johnson North Dakota SR 7-3-2 .667 14 Mitchell Chaffee Massachusetts F 16 6-7-13 0.81 Aidan Pelino Bentley SO 6-3-0 .667 Zach Solow Northeastern F 16 3-10-13 0.81 15 Peyton Jones Penn State SO 10-5-1 .656 16 Reilly Walsh (NJD) Harvard D 10 3-5-8 0.80 16 Cayden Primeau (MTL) Northeastern FR 6-3-1 .650 Eduards Tralmaks Maine F 15 7-5-12 0.80 17 Sean Romeo Ohio State JR 9-4-4 .647 18 Brennan Kapcheck American International D 19 4-11-15 0.79 18 Colton Point (DAL) Colgate SO 8-4-4 .625 19 Matt Tugnutt Sacred Heart F 14 3-8-11 0.79 19 Atte Tolvanen Northern Michigan JR 6-4-0 .600 Kevin Fitzgerald St. Cloud State F 14 4-7-11 0.79 Ryan Bednard (FLA) Bowling Green SO 4-2-4 .600

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Goals Per Game GP G G/GM Assists Per Game GP A A/GM 1 Henrik Borgström (FLA) Denver SO F 15 13 0.87 1 Cooper Marody (PHI) Michigan JR F 16 20 1.25 2 Sheldon Rempal Clarkson SO F 19 16 0.84 2 Garret Cockerill Northeastern SR D 13 14 1.08 3 Tony Calderone Michigan SR F 16 13 0.81 3 Noah Delmas Niagara SO D 17 18 1.06 4 Ryan Donato (BOS) Harvard JR F 10 8 0.80 4 Jake Evans (MTL) Notre Dame SR F 20 21 1.05 5 Scott Pooley Holy Cross SR F 18 14 0.78 5 Troy Terry (ANA) Denver JR F 16 16 1.00 6 Wade Allison (PHI) Western Michigan SO F 19 14 0.74 6 Nick Halloran Colorado College SO F 16 15 0.94 7 Dylan McLaughlin Canisius JR F 15 11 0.73 Dylan Gambrell (SJS) Denver JR F 16 15 0.94 8 Robbie Payne Northern Michigan SR F 18 13 0.72 8 Dylan McLaughlin Canisius JR F 15 14 0.93 9 Tanner Lomsnes Niagara JR F 17 12 0.71 Jimmy Schuldt St. Cloud State JR D 15 14 0.93 10 Adam Gaudette (VAN) Northeastern JR F 16 11 0.69 10 Dylan Sikura (CHI) Northeastern SR F 14 13 0.93 Erik Brown RIT JR F 16 11 0.69 11 Adam Fox (CGY) Harvard SO D 10 9 0.90 12 Josh Kestner Alabama Huntsville SR F 18 12 0.67 12 Devin Brosseau Clarkson SO F 19 17 0.89 Trevor Yates Cornell SR F 12 8 0.67 13 C.J. Suess (WPG) Minnesota State SR F 16 14 0.88 14 Derian Plouffe Niagara SR F 17 11 0.65 14 Andrew Sturtz Penn State JR F 19 16 0.84 15 Dylan Sikura (CHI) Northeastern SR F 14 9 0.64 Brett Supinski Union JR F 19 16 0.84 David Hallisey Princeton SR F 14 9 0.64 16 J.T. Henke Lake Superior State SR F 18 15 0.83 Max Véronneau Princeton JR F 14 9 0.64 Taro Hirose Michigan State SO F 18 15 0.83 Ryan Kuffner Princeton JR F 14 9 0.64 Tanner Laczynski (PHI) Ohio State SO F 18 15 0.83 19 Cal Burke Notre Dame SO F 19 12 0.63 Odeen Tufto Quinnipiac FR F 18 15 0.83 20 Mason Bergh Colorado College JR F 16 10 0.62 20 Jake Jaremko Minnesota State FR F 16 13 0.81 David Pope (DET) Omaha SR F 16 10 0.62 21 Colt Conrad Western Michigan JR F 19 15 0.79 Erik Foley (WPG) Providence JR F 16 10 0.62 22 Josh Teves Princeton JR D 14 11 0.79 Ross Colton (TBL) Vermont SO F 16 10 0.62 Alex Riche Princeton JR F 14 11 0.79 24 Mitch Maloney Ferris State SR F 20 12 0.60 Ryan Poehling (MTL) St. Cloud State SO F 14 11 0.79 Tommy Marchin Brown JR F 10 6 0.60 25 Jack Jacome Clarkson FR F 17 13 0.76 Michael Louria Robert Morris JR F 17 13 0.76

Power Play Goals GP PPG/G PPG Game-Winning Goals GP GWG 1 Dylan Sikura (CHI) Northeastern SR F 14 0.50 7 1 Nick Hutchison Canisius SO F 16 4 Ross Colton (TBL) Vermont SO F 16 0.44 7 Adam Gaudette (VAN) Northeastern JR F 16 4 3 Alexander Payusov UConn SO F 12 0.50 6 Anthony Rinaldi Union SO F 17 4 Henrik Borgström (FLA) Denver SO F 15 0.40 6 Sheldon Rempal Clarkson SO F 19 4 David Pope (DET) Omaha SR F 16 0.38 6 5 19 Players Tied With 3 Adam Gaudette (VAN) Northeastern JR F 16 0.38 6 Grant Hutton Miami JR D 18 0.33 6 8 13 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 10 0.20 2 Joe Snively Yale JR F 12 0.17 2 Marc Michaelis Minnesota State SO F 14 0.14 2 Derian Plouffe Niagara SR F 17 0.12 2 Nick Farmer Niagara JR F 17 0.12 2 Brady Ferguson Robert Morris SR F 17 0.12 2 Stephen Baylis Bowling Green JR F 18 0.11 2 Bobo Carpenter Boston University JR F 19 0.11 2 10 62 Players Tied With 1

28 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey Dec. 11-17, 2017 National Team Leaders TEAM SCORING TEAM DEFENSE

SCORING OFFENSE GP Goals G/GM SCORING DEFENSE GP Goals G/GM 1 St. Cloud State 15 64 4.27 1 Clarkson 19 27 1.42 2 Penn State 20 82 4.10 2 Cornell 12 22 1.83 3 Minnesota State 16 60 3.75 3 Notre Dame 20 40 2.00 4 Canisius 16 59 3.69 4 St. Cloud State 15 31 2.07 5 Denver 16 58 3.62 5 Ohio State 18 38 2.11 Northeastern 16 58 3.62 6 North Dakota 20 44 2.20 7 Princeton 14 49 3.50 7 Colgate 18 41 2.28 8 Western Michigan 19 65 3.42 8 Minnesota State 16 38 2.38 9 Cornell 12 41 3.42 9 Harvard 10 24 2.40 10 Maine 16 54 3.38 10 New Hampshire 17 41 2.41 Omaha 16 54 3.38 11 Bowling Green 19 46 2.42 12 Notre Dame 20 67 3.35 12 Northeastern 16 39 2.44 13 Wisconsin 21 70 3.33 13 Denver 16 40 2.50 14 Clarkson 19 63 3.32 14 Union 19 48 2.53 15 Michigan 16 53 3.31 15 Minnesota 20 51 2.55 RIT 16 53 3.31 16 Army West Point 18 47 2.61 17 Mercyhurst 16 51 3.19 Providence 18 47 2.61 18 Boston University 19 60 3.16 18 Northern Michigan 18 48 2.67 19 New Hampshire 17 53 3.12 19 Holy Cross 18 49 2.72 Niagara 17 53 3.12 20 Minnesota Duluth 19 52 2.74 21 Union 19 59 3.11 21 Miami 18 50 2.78 22 Harvard 10 31 3.10 Michigan State 18 50 2.78 23 Providence 18 55 3.06 23 Michigan Tech 19 53 2.79 24 Michigan Tech 19 58 3.05 24 Canisius 16 45 2.81 25 Alaska 20 60 3.00 25 Air Force 18 51 2.83 26 Holy Cross 18 53 2.94 Yale 12 34 2.83 Miami 18 53 2.94 27 UConn 21 60 2.86 28 Bentley 17 49 2.88 28 UMass Lowell 17 49 2.88 UMass Lowell 17 49 2.88 29 Boston College 18 52 2.89 30 Massachusetts 16 46 2.88 30 Wisconsin 21 61 2.90 31 UConn 21 60 2.86 31 Brown 13 38 2.92 32 North Dakota 20 56 2.80 32 Bemidji State 16 47 2.94 33 Robert Morris 17 47 2.76 33 Ferris State 20 59 2.95 Sacred Heart 17 47 2.76 34 Bentley 17 51 3.00 35 Bemidji State 16 44 2.75 Boston University 19 57 3.00 36 Boston College 18 49 2.72 Colorado College 16 48 3.00 Ohio State 18 49 2.72 Western Michigan 19 57 3.00 38 Minnesota Duluth 19 51 2.68 38 Quinnipiac 18 55 3.06 39 Quinnipiac 18 48 2.67 39 Princeton 14 43 3.07 40 Minnesota 20 53 2.65 40 Penn State 20 62 3.10 41 Bowling Green 19 50 2.63 41 Vermont 17 53 3.12 42 Colorado College 16 42 2.62 42 Massachusetts 16 50 3.12 43 Army West Point 18 47 2.61 43 Alaska 20 64 3.20 44 Yale 12 31 2.58 44 Alabama Huntsville 18 58 3.22 45 American International 19 49 2.58 45 Maine 16 52 3.25 46 Air Force 18 46 2.56 Mercyhurst 16 52 3.25 Alabama Huntsville 18 46 2.56 Merrimack 16 52 3.25 48 Merrimack 16 40 2.50 48 American International 19 62 3.26 Northern Michigan 18 45 2.50 49 Michigan 16 53 3.31 50 Ferris State 20 49 2.45 50 Arizona State 16 54 3.38 51 Colgate 18 44 2.44 51 Niagara 17 58 3.41 52 Rensselaer 17 41 2.41 52 Alaska Anchorage 16 55 3.44 53 Michigan State 18 43 2.39 53 Rensselaer 17 59 3.47 54 Brown 13 31 2.38 54 RIT 16 56 3.50 55 Lake Superior State 18 40 2.22 55 Robert Morris 17 61 3.59 56 Vermont 17 37 2.18 56 Dartmouth 10 36 3.60 57 Arizona State 16 34 2.12 57 Lake Superior State 18 68 3.78 58 Alaska Anchorage 16 30 1.88 58 Sacred Heart 17 67 3.94 59 St. Lawrence 16 29 1.81 59 Omaha 16 64 4.00 60 Dartmouth 10 16 1.60 60 St. Lawrence 16 65 4.06

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POWER PLAY Totals SHA PP% PENALTY KILL Totals SHF PK% 1 Clarkson 26/85 1 30.6 1 Ohio State 64/69 0 92.8 2 Northeastern 22/77 1 28.6 2 New Hampshire 69/75 0 92.0 3 Minnesota State 21/75 1 28.0 3 Bemidji State 48/53 1 90.6 4 Canisius 18/68 0 26.5 4 Clarkson 76/87 1 87.4 5 St. Cloud State 18/70 1 25.7 5 Niagara 68/78 5 87.2 6 Miami 20/78 1 25.6 6 North Dakota 74/85 0 87.1 7 Denver 18/71 0 25.4 Providence 74/85 0 87.1 8 Bentley 20/80 1 25.0 8 Notre Dame 60/69 3 87.0 9 Wisconsin 19/80 2 23.8 9 Army West Point 63/73 0 86.3 10 Bemidji State 14/59 2 23.7 10 Vermont 60/70 2 85.7 11 Mercyhurst 18/76 3 23.7 11 Harvard 34/40 2 85.0 12 Princeton 11/47 1 23.4 12 Penn State 56/66 3 84.8 13 Omaha 18/77 2 23.4 13 Omaha 59/70 0 84.3 14 Merrimack 17/74 0 23.0 14 Yale 53/63 3 84.1 15 Cornell 13/59 0 22.0 15 Minnesota State 63/75 2 84.0 16 UConn 20/91 3 22.0 16 Arizona State 57/68 0 83.8 17 Boston University 18/82 0 22.0 17 Western Michigan 87/104 1 83.7 18 RIT 12/55 0 21.8 18 Brown 58/70 0 82.9 19 Niagara 15/69 2 21.7 Quinnipiac 58/70 0 82.9 20 Penn State 17/79 3 21.5 20 Canisius 72/87 4 82.8 21 Michigan State 15/70 0 21.4 Northern Michigan 72/87 4 82.8 New Hampshire 15/70 1 21.4 St. Cloud State 48/58 3 82.8 23 Lake Superior State 16/77 2 20.8 23 Miami 67/81 1 82.7 24 Vermont 14/69 2 20.3 24 Denver 43/52 2 82.7 25 Harvard 8/40 0 20.0 25 Bowling Green 85/103 3 82.5 Robert Morris 18/90 2 20.0 26 Wisconsin 66/80 0 82.5 27 North Dakota 16/83 1 19.3 27 Cornell 42/51 0 82.4 28 Maine 12/64 2 18.8 Holy Cross 56/68 1 82.4 Notre Dame 12/64 0 18.8 29 Sacred Heart 64/78 3 82.1 30 Michigan Tech 18/98 2 18.4 30 Minnesota 67/82 1 81.7 31 Providence 17/96 0 17.7 31 Princeton 40/49 0 81.6 32 Bowling Green 16/91 0 17.6 32 Dartmouth 34/42 2 81.0 33 Union 15/86 0 17.4 33 Air Force 59/73 1 80.8 34 Army West Point 13/75 2 17.3 34 Alaska 80/99 0 80.8 35 UMass Lowell 14/82 3 17.1 Ferris State 80/99 1 80.8 36 Minnesota Duluth 13/77 1 16.9 36 Boston College 70/87 2 80.5 37 Western Michigan 17/101 2 16.8 UConn 70/87 3 80.5 38 St. Lawrence 11/68 2 16.2 38 UMass Lowell 53/66 2 80.3 39 Alabama Huntsville 15/93 5 16.1 39 Colgate 61/76 0 80.3 40 Michigan 11/69 1 15.9 40 RIT 65/81 0 80.2 41 Northern Michigan 13/85 0 15.3 41 Michigan State 47/59 1 79.7 42 American International 11/72 3 15.3 42 Michigan Tech 66/83 0 79.5 43 Colorado College 13/86 1 15.1 43 Mercyhurst 53/67 3 79.1 44 Ohio State 11/73 1 15.1 Michigan 53/67 1 79.1 45 Minnesota 13/87 1 14.9 45 Massachusetts 67/85 0 78.8 46 Ferris State 13/89 2 14.6 46 Bentley 64/82 2 78.0 47 Boston College 10/70 2 14.3 47 Union 55/71 1 77.5 48 Massachusetts 10/71 0 14.1 48 Alabama Huntsville 72/93 3 77.4 49 Colgate 10/73 0 13.7 49 Northeastern 41/53 1 77.4 Holy Cross 10/73 0 13.7 50 Colorado College 54/70 0 77.1 51 Air Force 10/75 5 13.3 51 American International 67/87 2 77.0 52 Quinnipiac 9/69 0 13.0 52 Lake Superior State 70/91 1 76.9 53 Alaska Anchorage 9/70 1 12.9 53 Boston University 62/81 4 76.5 54 Rensselaer 10/81 2 12.3 Minnesota Duluth 62/81 1 76.5 55 Brown 7/59 2 11.9 55 Alaska Anchorage 58/76 0 76.3 56 Arizona State 7/60 0 11.7 Robert Morris 58/76 2 76.3 57 Sacred Heart 8/71 5 11.3 57 Rensselaer 54/71 1 76.1 58 Dartmouth 4/39 2 10.3 58 Merrimack 51/70 0 72.9 59 Alaska 10/103 0 9.7 59 St. Lawrence 59/81 1 72.8 60 Yale 4/55 2 7.3 60 Maine 55/76 1 72.4

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