Finlandia Lions No. Name HT WT YR Pos. Hometown 1 Ben Kelsch 6-1 170 FR G Nelson, BC, Canada 2 Lucas Patton 6-0 185 FR D Secheldt, BC, Canada 3 Hunter Morland 6-3 210 FR D Grand Forks, N.D. 4 Dylan Paavola (AC) 6-0 180 SO D Hancock, Mich. 6 Tyler Vanuden 5-10 175 FR C Fort Frances, ONT, Canada 7 Jayson Dahlquist 5-9 165 SR D Rhinelander, Wis. 8 Owen Pietila 6-0 205 FR C Howell, Mich. 9 Lee Pietila 6-0 180 SO F Brighton, Mich. 10 Phil Schader 5-10 170 FR C Klagenfurt, Austria 11 Nick Tobey 5-11 195 SR D St. Louis, Mo. 12 Teddy Randell 5-9 175 SO F Hancock, Mich. 13 Dimitri Samusev 6-3 200 FR RW Laurel, Md. 16 Jack Giddings 6-1 190 FR LW Anoka, Minn. 17 Zach Erhardt 5-9 185 FR C Kelowna, BC, Canada 18 Alex Timm 5-10 185 FR LW Sand Creek, Wis. 20 Tyler Watungwa 6-0 185 SO F Ottawa, ONT, Canada 21 Cory Richardson (AC) 6-0 185 SO D Greeley, Colo. 22 Braden Bain 6-0 160 FR RW Calgary, ALB, Canada 23 Arty Puntus 6-2 190 SO F Minsk, Belarus 24 Connor Hannon (C) 6-0 190 JR F Houghton, Mich. 25 Cale Markham 6-0 175 JR F Houghton, Mich. 27 Blake Peavey (AC) 6-0 190 SR F St. Petersburg, Fla. 30 Santeri Seppinen 6-3 220 SO G Raisio, Finland 33 Marcus Gloss 6-3 220 JR G Houghton, Mich. C (), AC (Assistant Captains) Head Coach: Joe Burcar Assistant Coaches: Brian Hannon, Jeff Finger, Jeff Markham, Micah Stipech Soo Thunderbirds No. Name Pos. 2 TYLER DUNBAR DEFENSEMAN 5 CONNOR TOMS DEFENSEMAN 8 COLTON HAYES FORWARD 10 MICHAEL CHAFFAY FORWARD / DEFENSEMAN 11 JAKOB KOVACS FORWARD 12 COOPER SMYL FORWARD 13 ADAM OSTAPIAK FORWARD 14 CAM FINDLAY FORWARD / DEFENSEMAN 15 TRISTAN CICCHELLO DEFENSEMAN 16 KEVIN PARRA-VAUGHN DEFENSEMAN 17 AVERY REBEK FORWARD 18 BROCK SANTA MARIA FORWARD 19 WILL JOSEPHSON FORWARD 20 TY ZACHARY FORWARD 21 KURTIS ROGERS FORWARD 22 NICK SMITH FORWARD 23 DANNY BAZARIN FORWARD 24 WARNER YOUNG DEFENSEMAN 25 MAC WALKINGTON FORWARD 26 TYLER SAVARD FORWARD 27 NOLAN FORD FORWARD / DEFENSEMAN 28 MATT BAZARIN FORWARD 30 DAKOTA MEYER GOALIE 35 COLIN AHERN GOALIE

Head Coach: JOHN PARCO Finlandia vs. Soo Thunderbirds

THE MATCH-UP: Finlandia takes on the Soo ON THIS DATE: Thunderbirds in an exhibition game.

NCHA POLL: St. Norbert was the clear choice in the 1920: Bob Montana is born in Stockton, California. A 2019-20 NCHA Coaches Pre- poll. The Green comic strip artist, he created the characters in Archie Knights, who won the tournament last year, received comic strip. Montana drew the comic strip from 1942 nine of the 11 first place votes for 99 points. until his death in 1975 Adrian was picked to finish second with 91 points and the other two first place votes. Rounding out the top 1925: Fred Shero is born in , , five was Marian (Wis.) (3rd - 76 points), MSOE (4th - 65 points) and Aurora (5th - 64 points). Canada. A hockey player and coach, he was the head coach of the and New York The remaining spots were Lake Forest (6th - 63 points), St. Scholastica (7th - 50 points), Concordia Rangers. Shero won two Stanley Cups with the Flyers Wisconsin (8th - 33 points), Trine (9th - 25 points), and was inducted into the in Finlandia (10th - 24 points) and Lawrence (11th - 15 2013. points).

USCHO POLL: Two NCHA teams were ranked in 1957: Christian Dior passes away in Montecatini the Final USCHO Poll for 2018-19. St. Norbert was Terme, Italy. A fashion designer, he founded the House fourth and Adrian was eighth. of Dior in 1946. Now known as Dior, it is one of the FINAL -2018-19 NCHA STANDINGS top fashion stores in the world.

North Division CON. PTS OVER 1972: Tiffany Milbrett is born in Portland, Oregon. St. Norbert 14-3-1 29 23-5-3 A soccer player, she was a four-time NCAA All- Marian (Wis.) 11-5-2 24 14-10-4 Northland 9-7-2 20 12-13-2 American at Portland. Milbrett played on the U.S. Finlandia 6-10-2 14 8-17-2 team that won the 1996 Summer Olympic gold medal St. Scholastica 6-11-1 13 11-13-1 and the 1999 World Cup. Lawrence 3-13-2 8 5-18-2

South Division 2014: John Bramlett passes away in Memphis, CON. PTS OVER Tennessee. A professional football player known Adrian 13-4-1 27 20-8-1 Lake Forest 9-5-4 21 12-10-6 as “The Bull”, he played seven years for the AFL Aurora 8-9-1 18 12-14-1 (American Football League) and NFL. Bramlett was MSOE 7-8-3 17 10-13-4 a two-time AFL All-Star. Trine 6-11-1 13 10-13-2 Concordia (Wis.) 5-11-2 12 7-15-3 NEXT FACE-OFF: Finlandia officially opens the season on the road, Friday, Nov. 1 at UW-River Falls. The game is scheduled to start at 7:00 p.m. CST