2017-18 NCHC WEEKLY RELEASE National Collegiate Hockey Conference 1631 Mesa Avenue, Suite C Colorado Springs, CO 80906 Phone: 719-203-6818 Week of Feb. 19-25, 2018 Fax: 719-645-8206 Volume 5, Issue 21 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 45 20 14 4 2 1/0 .750 82 51 30 20 6 4 .733 117 75 2. Denver 40 20 11 5 4 3/0 .650 64 42 30 17 7 6 .667 101 62 3. Minnesota Duluth 30 20 10 10 0 0/0 .500 60 50 32 16 13 3 .547 95 74 North Dakota 30 20 8 8 4 0/2 .500 61 56 32 14 10 8 .563 93 76 5. Western Michigan 28 20 9 10 1 0/0 .475 72 76 30 14 14 2 .500 105 104 6. Colorado College 26 20 7 10 3 2/0 .425 55 70 30 13 13 4 .500 86 97 7. Omaha 24 20 8 12 0 0/0 .400 64 88 30 15 14 1 .517 107 117 8. Miami 17 20 5 13 2 0/0 .300 50 75 30 10 17 3 .383 83 103 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.
This Week’s Games NCHC Facts and Figures • With only two weekends remaining in the regular season, the playoff Friday, Feb. 23 picture is somewhat starting to take shape. No. 1/1 St. Cloud State can *No. 9/11 Minnesota Duluth at No. 17 Western Michigan, 7:05 p.m. ET finish no worse than second and needs four points this weekend against *No. 12/12 North Dakota at Miami, 7:35 p.m. ET second-place No. 3/4 Denver to clinch the program’s second Penrose Cup, *Colorado College at No. 14/14 Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT winning its first in the NCHC’s inaugural 2013-14 season. The Pioneers *No. 3/4 Denver at No. 1/1 St. Cloud State, 7:38 p.m. CT need a sweep of the Huskies, which they did earlier this season in Denver, TV: CBS Sports Network to move into first place and control their own destiny heading into the final weekend of the regular season. Both SCSU and Denver have already secured Saturday, Feb. 24 home ice for the quarterfinal round of the NCHC Tournament, while No. *No. 9/11 Minnesota Duluth at No. 17 Western Michigan, 7:05 p.m. ET 9/11 Minnesota Duluth and No. 12/12 North Dakota could lock up the other *No. 12/12 North Dakota at Miami, 7:05 p.m. ET two home ice spots with big weekends and some help from other teams. TV: FOX College Sports Pacific • Six NCHC teams are ranked in the USCHO.com Poll and five are ranked in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll this week, both of which are *Colorado College at No. 14/14 Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT more than any other conference. With St. Cloud State returning to the top *No. 3/4 Denver at No. 1/1 St. Cloud State, 7:07 p.m. CT spot in both polls this week, there have only been eight weeks since the TV: FOX Sports North PLUS/FOX College Sports Atlantic start of the 2016-17 season that an NCHC team has not been No. 1 in the USCHO Poll. Half of the NCHC teams have held the No. 1 spot during that Last Week’s Results span (SCSU, DU, UND and UMD), while only four other NCAA teams have total (Boston University, Penn State, Notre Dame and Cornell). (page 9) Friday, Feb. 16 • The three NCHC skaters that participated in the 2018 Winter Olympics *No. 3/2 St. Cloud State 5, at No. 15/15 Western Michigan 5 (OT) in South Korea return to their teams this weekend and could be in the SCSU wins 3x3 overtime lineup. Denver junior forward Troy Terry was stellar in PyeongChang, *at No. 13/13 Omaha 6, No. 9/10 North Dakota 3 leading Team USA with five assists in five games, while North Dakota *at No. 11/12 Minnesota Duluth 4, Miami 0 sophomore forward Ludvig Hoff played the final three games for his native *No. 2/3 Denver 5, at Colorado College 1 Norway, helping them earn their first Olympic win since 1994. SCSU junior defenseman Will Borgen did not dress for Team USA during the Olympics. Saturday, Feb. 17 • After logging back-to-back shutouts last weekend, UMD sophomore *No. 3/2 St. Cloud State 4, at No. 15/15 Western Michigan 2 Hunter Shepard tied the NCHC and UMD single-season record with five *No. 9/10 North Dakota 3, at No. 13/13 Omaha 0 whitewashes. He is the second NCHC netminder to record five shutouts *at No. 11/12 Minnesota Duluth 3, Miami 0 this year, joining Denver senior Tanner Jaillet. The duo is tied for third *Colorado College 1, at No. 2/3 Denver 0 nationally with their five clean sheets this year. Jaillet and Shepard join six previous NCHC netminders in logging five shutouts in a season, while *National Collegiate Hockey Conference game Shepard marks the third straight season a Bulldogs netminder had five shutouts: Denver’s Sam Brittain (2013-14), Miami’s Jay Williams (2014-15), Upcoming Games on NCHC.tv UND’s Cam Johnson, UMD’s Kasimir Kaskisuo and SCSU’s Charlie Lindgren (2015-16), and UMD’s Hunter Miska (2016-17). Friday, Feb. 23 and Saturday, Feb. 24 • Four of the top eight scoring offenses in the country hail from the NCHC, No. 9/11 Minnesota Duluth at No. 17 Western Michigan, 7:05/7:05 p.m. ET led by SCSU’s 3.90 goals per game average, which is second in the NCAA. No. 12/12 North Dakota at Miami, 7:35/7:05 p.m. ET Omaha is third in the NCAA (3.57 gpg), while Western Michigan is fifth Colorado College at No. 14/14 Omaha, 7:07/7:07 p.m. CT (3.50 gpg) and Denver is eighth (3.37 gpg). The Pioneers also rank third nationally in goals against per game, allowing only 2.07 per game. Denver Saturday, Feb. 24 only joins Minnesota State and Northeastern as the only teams in the NCAA to No. 3/4 Denver at No. 1/1 St. Cloud State, 7:07 p.m. CT rank in the top 10 in both goals for and goals against per game. (page 29) @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey /TheNCHC @TheNCHC TheNCHC NCHC.tv SID/School Directory
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Colorado College Tigers Denver Pioneers Head Coach: Mike Haviland (4th year) Head Coach: Jim Montgomery (5th year) Record at CC: 33-92-12 Record at DU: 119-53-25 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: 13-13-4 (7-10-3-2/0 NCHC, 6th) 2017-18 Record: 17-7-6 (11-5-4-3/0 NCHC, 2nd) Lettermen Ret./Lost: 19/10 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 15/7 • Colorado College split its series with rival Denver last weekend, falling • Denver split with rival Colorado College last weekend, taking the series at home in the opener, 5-1, before rebounding for a 1-0 win at Denver opener, 5-1, on the road, before falling, 1-0, on Saturday. With Friday’s on Saturday. Saturday’s victory snapped a 17-game winless drought win, DU retained the Gold Pan trophy for the fourth straight season, against the Pioneers, marking CC’s first win over DU since Feb. 22, tying the longest streak for either team in the traveling trophy’s history. 2014. The Tigers finished 1-1-2 against Denver this season, taking five Saturday’s loss snapped the Pioneers’ eight-game (6-0-2) unbeaten of a possible six points at Magness Arena in the two meetings there. streak and marked the first time DU was shut out this season.
• Saturday’s win over Denver marked CC’s first 1-0 win since Oct. 23, • Senior goaltender Tanner Jaillet is tied with Stephen Wagner (1996- 2010 at Minnesota State and first true road shutout since a 3-0 victory 2000) for the most games played by a netminder in program history at Wisconsin on Nov. 3, 2012. CC’s seven league wins this year are its (124). He has 76 career wins, which are tied with Gerry Powers (1966- most since joining the NCHC. 1969) for the second-most wins in program history and are six shy of tying Ron Grahame’s (1970-1973) all-time mark of 82 victories. • Sophomore forward Nick Halloran scored the game-winning and only goal in Saturday’s win at Denver, his fourth game-winner this year. He • The Pioneers have gone 23-of-26 (88.5 percent) on the penalty kill leads the NCHC and is fourth nationally with 41 points this season (18g, in their last eight games. On the season, DU is tied for ninth nationally, 23a). He had only five goals and nine points in 29 games last season. killing 84.5 percent of its opponents’ power plays (82-of-97).
• Sophomore goaltender Alex Leclerc totaled 40 saves to earn his third This Week’s Games: shutout of the season and fifth of his career Saturday at Denver. He Fri., Feb. 23 at No. 1/1 St. Cloud State (20-6-4, 14-4-2-1/0 NCHC) - 7:38 p.m. CT collected at least 40 saves for the sixth time in his career. Herb Brooks National Hockey Center - St. Cloud, Minn. TV: CBSSN This Week’s Games: Sat., Feb. 24 at No. 1/1 St. Cloud State (20-6-4, 14-4-2-1/0 NCHC) - 7:07 p.m. CT Fri., Feb. 23 at No. 14/14 Omaha (15-14-1, 8-12-0-0 NCHC) - 7:07 p.m. CT Herb Brooks National Hockey Center - St. Cloud, Minn. TV: FSN+/FCS/NCHC.tv Baxter Arena - Omaha, Neb. NCHC.tv Game Fact: The Pioneers are 11-1-3 against ranked opponents this sea- Sat., Feb. 24 at No. 14/14 Omaha (15-14-1, 8-12-0-0 NCHC) - 7:07 p.m. CT son, heading into their showdown with No. 1 St. Cloud State. Included Baxter Arena - Omaha, Neb. NCHC.tv in that record is a sweep of also then No. 1 SCSU back on Nov. 10-11 in Denver, outscoring the Huskies a combined, 9-3. Denver is 49-43-5 Game Fact: The Tigers have scored just one goal in each of their last all-time against St. Cloud State. The Pioneers are 5-0-0 in the last five three games, going 1-2-0 during that stretch. games and 5-5-0 in the last 10 games against the Huskies.
Sat., Sept. 30 vs. Lethbridge (Exh.)% W, 4-1 Sun., Oct. 1 Lethbridge (Exh.) W, 3-1 Fri., Oct. 6 at Vermont L, 0-3 Fri., Oct. 13 at No. 6/4 Notre Dame T, 2-2 (OT) Sat., Oct. 7 at Vermont W, 4-3 Sat., Oct. 14 at No. 6/4 Notre Dame W, 4-2 Fri., Oct. 13 Alaska Anchorage W, 6-1 Fri., Oct. 20 Lake Superior State T, 3-3 (OT) Sat., Oct. 14 Alaska Anchorage W, 3-2 Sat., Oct. 21 Lake Superior State W, 5-1 Fri., Oct. 20 at No. 17 New Hampshire L, 3-6 Fri., Oct. 27 at No. 6/6 Boston University W, 4-3 Sat., Oct. 21 at No. 17 New Hampshire W, 2-1 (OT) Sat., Oct. 28 at No. 19 Boston College W, 6-1 Fri., Oct. 27 No. 4/4 North Dakota* W, 2-1 Fri., Nov. 3 at Western Michigan* L, 5-6 Sat., Oct. 28 No. 4/4 North Dakota* L, 4-6 Sat., Nov. 4 at Western Michigan* L, 4-7 Fri., Nov. 3 at Miami* L, 2-3 (OT) Fri., Nov. 10 No. 1/1 St. Cloud State* W, 4-2 Sat., Nov. 4 at Miami* W, 2-1 Sat., Nov. 11 No. 1/1 St. Cloud State* W. 5-1 Fri., Nov. 10 Omaha* L, 3-5 Fri., Nov. 17 No. 3/3 North Dakota* L, 4-5 Sat., Nov. 11 Omaha* W, 4-0 Sat., Nov. 18 No. 3/3 North Dakota* W, 4-1 Fri., Nov. 17 at No. 2/2 St. Cloud State* L, 1-6 Fri., Dec. 1 at No. 16/15 Minnesota Duluth* W, 1-0 Sat., Nov. 18 at No. 2/2 St. Cloud State* L, 1-5 Sat., Dec. 2 at No. 16/15 Minnesota Duluth* W, 2-1 Fri., Dec. 8 at No. 1/1 Denver* T, 4-4 (OT-3x3W) Fri., Dec. 8 Colorado College* T, 4-4 (OT-3x3L) Sat., Dec. 9 No. 1/1 Denver* T, 1-1 (OT-3x3L) Sat., Dec. 9 at Colorado College* T, 1-1 (OT-3x3W) Sat., Dec. 16 Arizona State W, 4-0 Fri., Dec. 15 Dartmouth W, 1-0 Sun., Dec. 17 Arizona State T, 4-4 (OT) Sat., Dec. 16 Dartmouth L, 4-5 Fri., Dec. 29 at Air Force L, 3-6 Fri., Dec. 29 Merrimack L, 2-3 Sat., Dec. 30 Merrimack W, 2-1 Sat., Dec. 30 Air Force W, 6-0 Fri., Jan. 12 No. 15/15 Minnesota Duluth* L, 5-6 Sat., Jan. 13 No. 15/15 Minnesota Duluth* L, 1-5 Fri., Jan. 5 at Miami* L, 3-4 Fri., Jan. 19 at No. 11/11 Western Michigan* L, 2-3 (OT) Sat., Jan. 6 at Miami* W, 4-1 Sat., Jan. 20 at No. 11/11 Western Michigan* W, 6-5 (OT) Fri., Jan. 19 No. 15/15 Omaha* W, 5-0 Fri., Jan. 26 Miami* W, 6-3 Sat., Jan. 20 No. 15/15 Omaha* W, 4-0 Sat., Jan. 27 Miami* T, 4-4 (OT-3x3W) Fri., Jan. 26 at No. 11/7 North Dakota* T, 3-3 (OT-3x3W) Fri., Feb. 9 at No. 8/8 North Dakota* W, 4-2 Sat., Jan. 27 at No. 11/7 North Dakota* T, 1-1 (OT-3x3W) Sat., Feb. 10 at No. 8/8 North Dakota* L, 1-5 Fri., Feb. 2 No. 9/10 Minnesota Duluth* W, 1-0 Fri., Feb. 16 No. 2/3 Denver* L, 1-5 Sat., Feb. 3 No. 9/10 Minnesota Duluth* W, 4-3 Sat., Feb. 17 at No. 2/3 Denver* W, 1-0 Fri., Feb. 16 at Colorado College* W, 5-1 Fri., Feb. 23 at No. 14/14 Omaha* 6:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 17 Colorado College* L, 0-1 Sat., Feb. 24 at No. 14/14 Omaha* 6:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 23 at No. 1/1 St. Cloud State* 6:38 p.m. Fri., Mar. 2 Western Michigan* 7:37 p.m. Sat., Feb. 24 at No. 1/1 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: 385-285-70 Record at UMD: 331-297-85 2016-17 Record: 9-20-7 (5-14-5-2/1, 7th) 2016-17 Record: 28-7-7 (15-5-4-1/2, 2nd) 2017-18 Record: 10-17-3 (5-13-2-0 NCHC, 8th) 2017-18 Record: 16-13-3 (10-10-0-0 NCHC, t-3rd) Lettermen Ret./Lost: 17/4 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 16/9
• Miami was swept at Minnesota Duluth last weekend, being held score- • Minnesota Duluth swept Miami last weekend, blanking the RedHawks less both nights in 4-0 and 3-0 defeats. The RedHawks have now been both nights for 4-0 and 3-0 victories. Friday’s win snapped a three- shut out in three straight games for the first time in program history. game losing streak for the Bulldogs, while UMD has now recorded six Miami is now riding a five-game losing streak and is 1-9-1 in its last 11 shutouts this season. games after starting the season 9-8-2.
• Miami is 9-5-2 when scoring three or more goals this season, but • Sophomore goaltender Hunter Shepard logged both shutouts in the 1-12-1 when netting two goals or fewer. The RedHawks are 8-7-0 on sweep of Miami, giving him five shutouts this season and in his career. Friday nights this season, but have won just twice (2-10-3) on Saturdays The five whitewashes tie both the UMD and NCHC single-season re- with their last Saturday victory coming on Nov. 18. cords, while the Bulldogs have now had a goalie earn five shutouts in a season each of the last three years (Kasimir Kaskisuo in 2015-16 and • Miami’s power play is 0-for-14 in the past four games, marking only Hunter Miska in 2016-17). Shepard became the first UMD goalie ever to the second time this season it has gone four-straight games without a pitch back-to-back shutouts in a home series. power play goal. • Freshman defenseman Scott Perunovich leads all NCAA rookie blue • Junior blue liner Grant Hutton leads all defensemen in the country liners with 25 points (7g, 18a) on the season, while his 0.83 points per with 10 goals and is the first Miami defenseman to score double digit game also lead all freshman defensemen. goals in a season since Dan Boyle (14 in 1997-98). This Week’s Games: This Week’s Games: Fri., Feb. 23 at No. 17 Western Michigan (14-14-2, 9-10-1-0 NCHC) - 7:05 p.m. ET Fri., Feb. 23 vs. No. 12/12 North Dakota (14-10-8, 8-8-4-0/2 NCHC) - 7:35 p.m. ET Lawson Ice Arena - Kalamazoo, Mich. NCHC.tv Steve Cady Arena - Oxford, Ohio NCHC.tv Sat., Feb. 24 at No. 17 Western Michigan (14-14-2, 9-10-1-0 NCHC) - 7:05 p.m. ET Sat., Feb. 24 vs. No. 12/12 North Dakota (14-10-8, 8-8-4-0/2 NCHC) - 7:05 p.m. ET Lawson Ice Arena - Kalamazoo, Mich. NCHC.tv Steve Cady Arena - Oxford, Ohio TV: Spectrum Sports Ohio/FCS/NCHC.tv Game Fact: UMD split with WMU in Duluth back on Nov. 10-11, with Game Fact: Miami went 0-1-1 against North Dakota in the teams’ pre- each team earning a shutout in their victory. vious series in Grand Forks back in November. UND holds a 13-5-2 lead in the all-time series. Sat., Sept. 30 Alberta (Exh.) L, 3-4 Fri., Oct. 6 No. 3/3 Minnesota% W, 4-3 (OT) Fri., Oct. 6 No. 5/11 Providence L, 1-3 Sat., Oct. 7 Michigan Tech% L, 3-4 Sat., Oct. 7 No. 5/11 Providence L, 2-3 Fri., Oct. 13 at Bemidji State L, 2-5 Fri., Oct. 13 at U.S. U-18 Team (Exh.) W, 7-5 Sat., Oct. 14 Bemidji State T, 0-0 (OT) Fri., Oct. 20 at Maine W, 7-5 Fri., Oct. 20 Merrimack T, 5-5 (OT) Sat., Oct. 21 at Maine L, 3-6 Sat., Oct. 21 Merrimack W, 7-2 Fri., Oct. 27 UConn W, 3-0 Fri., Oct. 27 at Maine W, 2-1 Sat., Oct. 28 UConn W, 7-1 Sat., Oct. 28 at Maine W. 2-0 Fri., Nov. 3 Colorado College* W, 3-2 (OT) Fri., Nov. 3 at No. 2/2 St. Cloud State* L, 3-5 Sat., Nov. 4 Colorado College* L, 1-2 Sat., Nov. 4 at No. 2/2 St. Cloud State* L, 0-5 Fri., Nov. 10 at No. 2/4 North Dakota* L, 1-4 Fri., Nov. 10 No. 18/15 Western Michigan* W, 3-0 Sat., Nov. 11 at No. 2/4 North Dakota* T, 3-3 (OT-SOL) Sat., Nov. 11 No. 18/15 Western Michigan* L, 0-5 Fri., Nov. 17 No. 14/15 Minnesota Duluth* L, 1-3 Fri., Nov. 17 at Miami* W, 3-1 Sat., Nov. 18 No. 14/15 Minnesota Duluth* W, 3-2 Sat., Nov. 18 at Miami* L, 2-3 Fri., Nov. 24 at Bowling Green W, 6-3 Sat., Nov. 25 No. 8/8 Minnesota State W, 3-1 Sat., Nov. 25 at Bowling Green T, 2-2 (OT) Fri., Dec. 1 No. 1/1 Denver* L, 0-1 Fri., Dec. 1 No. 5/5 Cornell W, 2-1 Sat., Dec. 2 No. 1/1 Denver* L, 1-2 Sat., Dec. 2 No. 5/5 Cornell L, 0-4 Fri., Dec. 8 at Omaha* L, 5-7 Fri., Dec. 8 at No. 11/10 Western Michigan* W, 5-2 Sat., Dec. 9 at Omaha* W, 6-2 Sat., Dec. 9 at No. 11/10 Western Michigan* L, 3-4 (OT) Fri., Dec. 29 vs. Yale$ W, 5-0 Sat., Dec. 30 Windsor (Exh.) W, 8-2 Sat., Dec. 30 at Dartmouth$ T, 2-2 (OT) Fri., Jan. 5 No. 4/5 Denver* W, 4-3 Fri., Jan. 12 at Colorado College* W, 6-5 Sat., Jan. 6 No. 4/5 Denver* L, 1-4 Sat., Jan. 13 at Colorado College* W, 5-1 Fri., Jan. 12 at No. 17 Omaha* L, 7-11 Fri., Jan. 19 No. 7/7 North Dakota* W, 5-3 Sat., Jan. 13 at No. 17 Omaha* L, 3-4 Sat., Jan. 20 No. 7/7 North Dakota* W, 5-2 Fri., Jan. 26 at Colorado College* L, 3-6 Tue., Jan. 23 at No. 7/8 Minnesota State L, 0-1 Sat., Jan. 27 at Colorado College* T, 4-4 (OT-3x3L) Fri., Jan. 26 No. 5/3 St. Cloud State* W, 5-1 Fri., Feb. 2 No. 15 Western Michigan* W, 4-2 Sat., Jan. 27 No. 5/3 St. Cloud State* L, 1-2 Sat., Feb. 3 No. 15 Western Michigan* L, 2-3 Fri., Feb. 2 at No. 4/5 Denver* L, 0-1 Fri., Feb. 9 No. 4/3 St. Cloud State* L, 2-5 Sat., Feb. 3 at No. 4/5 Denver* L, 3-4 Sat., Feb. 10 No. 4/3 St. Cloud State* L, 0-4 Fri., Feb. 16 Miami* W, 4-0 Fri., Feb. 16 at No. 11/12 Minnesota Duluth* L, 0-4 Sat., Feb. 17 Miami* W, 3-0 Sat., Feb. 17 at No. 11/12 Minnesota Duluth* L, 0-3 Fri., Feb. 23 at No. 17 Western Michigan* 6:05 p.m. Fri., Feb. 23 No. 12/12 North Dakota* 7:35 p.m. Sat., Feb. 24 at No. 17 Western Michigan* 6:05 p.m. Sat., Feb. 24 No. 12/12 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: 69-32-15 Record at UNO: 15-14-1 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: 14-10-8 (8-8-4-0/2 NCHC, t-3rd) 2017-18 Record: 15-14-1 (8-12-0-0 NCHC, 7th) Lettermen Ret./Lost: 18/6 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 23/4 • Omaha split its series last weekend against North Dakota, winning • North Dakota recorded its second straight series split, falling to Omaha the opener, 6-3, at Baxter Arena, before falling 3-0 on Saturday, which in the series opener on Friday, 6-3, before rebounding for a 3-0 shutout snapped the Mavericks’ seven-game home winning streak. During the on Saturday, which snapped UNO’s seven-game home win streak. The seven-game home win streak, Omaha doubled up its opponents, out- Fighting Hawks also split with Omaha in Grand Forks in January. scoring them a combined 44-22. The Mavericks are now 7-1-0 at home since the Christmas break, outscoring opponents 44-25 in that time. • Senior goaltender Cam Johnson made 26 saves on Saturday to record the shutout against Omaha. It was his second shutout of the season (Oct. • Senior forward David Pope earned an empty-net goal in Friday’s win, 21 vs. Minnesota) and the 11th of his career, which ranks second in UND giving him an NCHC-leading 20 goals for the season, which ranks tied history and is the most by an NCHC goaltender in a career. for fifth nationally. It marks the fifth straight year the Mavericks have had a 20-goal scorer. His 12 power play goals lead the NCAA and set a • North Dakota leads the country in faceoff percentage, winning 56.0 new NCHC single-season record for power play goals, topping the old percent of its draws. mark of 11 set by SCSU’s Jonny Brodzinski in 2014-15. • UND is attempting to secure home ice for the first round of its confer- • Senior forward Jake Randolph has 95 career points (25g, 70a) and ence playoffs for the 16th straight season and extend the nation’s longest needs five more to join classmateTyler Vesel in the Century Club. active such streak. Multiple scenarios are in play for UND to clinch home ice as early as this weekend but none for Friday night. The last time UND opened the conference playoffs on the road was 2001-02. This Week’s Games: Fri., Feb. 23 vs. Colorado College (13-13-4, 7-10-3-2/0 NCHC) - 7:07 p.m. CT This Week’s Games: Baxter Arena - Omaha, Neb. NCHC.tv Fri., Feb. 23 at Miami (10-17-3, 5-13-2-0 NCHC) - 7:35 p.m. ET Sat., Feb. 24 vs. Colorado College (13-13-4, 7-10-3-2/0 NCHC) - 7:07 p.m. CT Steve Cady Arena - Oxford, Ohio NCHC.tv Baxter Arena - Omaha, Neb. NCHC.tv
Sat., Feb. 24 at Miami (10-17-3, 5-13-2-0 NCHC)- 7:05 p.m. ET Game Fact: The Mavericks have scored four or more goals in all 15 wins Steve Cady Arena - Oxford, Ohio TV: Spectrum Sports Ohio/FCS/NCHC.tv this season. Omaha split the first two meetings of the season with Col- orado College in Colorado Springs in November. The Mavs earned a 5-3 Game Fact: UND is 4-0-1 in its last five meetings against Miami. win in the opener, before falling 4-0 the following night. Omaha leads the all-time series with the Tigers, 14-8-3. Sat., Sept. 30 Manitoba (Exh.) W, 6-2 Fri., Oct. 6 at Alaska Anchorage T, 1-1 (OT) Sat., Oct. 7 at Alaska Anchorage W, 3-2 (OT) Fri., Oct. 6 Nipissing (Exh.) W, 5-2 Fri., Oct. 13 St. Lawrence W, 2-1 Fri., Oct. 13 at No. 12/12 UMass Lowell W, 4-2 Sat., Oct. 14 St. Lawrence W, 6-1 Sat., Oct. 14 at No. 12/12 UMass Lowell L, 2-5 Fri., Oct. 20 No. 8/7 Minnesota L, 1-2 Fri., Oct. 20 Arizona State W, 5-1 Sat., Oct. 21 No. 8/7 Minnesota W, 4-0 Sat., Oct. 21 Arizona State T, 4-4 (OT) Fri., Oct. 27 at Colorado College* L, 1-2 Thu., Oct. 26 at No. 8/8 Notre Dame W, 6-4 Sat., Oct. 28 at Colorado College* W, 6-4 Fri., Oct. 27 at No. 8/8 Notre Dame L, 4-5 Fri., Nov. 3 at No. 7/7 Wisconsin W, 3-2 Fri., Nov. 10 at Colorado College* W, 5-3 Sat., Nov. 4 at No. 7/7 Wisconsin T, 2-2 (OT) Sat., Nov. 11 at Colorado College* L, 0-4 Fri., Nov. 10 Miami* W, 4-1 Fri., Nov. 17 at No. 15/14 Western Michigan* L, 1-4 Sat., Nov. 11 Miami* T, 3-3 (OT-SOW) Sat., Nov. 18 at No. 15/14 Western Michigan* L, 2-5 Fri., Nov. 17 at No. 1/1 Denver* W, 5-4 Fri., Nov. 24 Northern Michigan W, 4-3 Sat., Nov. 18 at No. 1/1 Denver* L, 1-4 Sat., Nov. 25 Northern Michigan W, 4-1 Fri., Nov. 24 Union L, 1-4 Fri., Dec. 1 No. 2/2 St. Cloud State* L, 4-7 Sat., Nov. 25 Union T, 2-2 (OT) Sat., Dec. 2 No. 2/2 St. Cloud State* L, 0-5 Fri., Dec. 1 No. 10/8 Western Michigan* W, 4-3 Fri., Dec. 8 No. 17 Minnesota Duluth* W, 7-5 Sat., Dec. 2 No. 10/8 Western Michigan* W, 4-1 Sat., Dec. 9 No. 17 Minnesota Duluth* L, 2-6 Fri., Dec. 8 at No. 2/2 St. Cloud State* T, 2-2 (OT-SOW) Fri., Dec. 29 No. 19 Union W, 5-1 Sat., Dec. 9 at No. 2/2 St. Cloud State* L, 1-3 Sat., Dec. 30 No. 19 Union W, 5-3 Sat., Dec. 30 U.S. U-18 Team (Exh.) W, 5-2 Fri., Jan. 5 at No. 6/6 North Dakota* W, 4-1 Fri., Jan. 5 No. 18 Omaha* L, 1-4 Sat., Jan. 6 at No. 6/6 North Dakota* L, 0-7 Sat., Jan. 6 No. 18 Omaha* W, 7-0 Fri., Jan. 12 No. 20 Miami* W, 11-7 Fri., Jan. 12 at Bemidji State W, 5-1 Sat., Jan. 13 No. 20 Miami* W, 4-3 Sat., Jan. 13 Bemidji State T, 2-2 (OT) Fri., Jan. 19 at No. 5/5 Denver* L, 0-5 Fri., Jan. 19 at No. 14/13 Minnesota Duluth* L, 3-5 Sat., Jan. 20 at No. 5/5 Denver* L, 0-4 Sat., Jan. 20 at No. 14/13 Minnesota Duluth* L, 2-5 Fri., Jan. 26 No. 12/11 Western Michigan* W, 6-2 Fri., Jan. 26 No. 4/5 Denver* T, 3-3 (OT-3x3L) Sat., Jan. 27 No. 12/11 Western Michigan* W, 7-3 Sat., Jan. 27 No. 4/5 Denver* T, 1-1 (OT-3x3L) Fri., Feb. 2 at No. 6/4 St. Cloud State* L, 3-5 Fri., Feb. 9 Colorado College* L, 2-4 Sat., Feb. 3 at No. 6/4 St. Cloud State* L, 2-6 Sat., Feb. 10 Colorado College* W, 5-1 Fri., Feb. 16 No. 9/10 North Dakota* W, 6-3 Fri., Feb. 16 at No. 13/13 Omaha* L, 3-6 Sat., Feb. 17 No. 9/10 North Dakota* L, 0-3 Sat., Feb. 17 at No. 13/13 Omaha* W, 3-0 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
Feb. 19-25, 2018 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 5 Team Notes/Match-Ups
St. Cloud State Huskies Western Michigan Broncos Head Coach: Bob Motzko (13th year) Head Coach: Andy Murray (7th year) Record at SCSU: 271-189-45 Record at WMU: 117-111-34 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: 20-6-4 (14-4-2-1/0 NCHC, 1st) 2017-18 Record: 14-14-2 (9-10-1-0 NCHC, 5th) Lettermen Ret./Lost: 18/8 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 17/10
• St. Cloud State picked up five points at Western Michigan last week- • Western Michigan picked up one point against St. Cloud State last end, rallying for a 5-5 overtime tie Friday, while earning the extra point weekend, earning a 5-5 overtime tie on Friday, before seeing SCSU in 3-on-3 overtime. Saturday, SCSU extended its unbeaten streak to rally for a 4-2 win on Saturday. The Broncos are now 1-5-1 in their last seven games (6-0-1) with a 4-2 victory over the Broncos. seven games. • Senior defenseman Mika Ilvonen recorded his first career multi-goal game in Friday’s tie at WMU, scoring SCSU’s first goal and the tying goal • Sophomore forward Dawson DiPietro recorded four points against with less than a minute to play in regulation. He had one career goal the Huskies (2g, 2a) and now has a team-best 33 points (13g, 20a) on entering the game, which came earlier this season. the season after only one point, an assist, all last season. His 32-point improvement from a season ago is tied for the biggest improvement in • Junior Jimmy Schuldt tallied three points last weekend at WMU and the country along with Colorado College junior Nick Halloran. scored the 3-on-3 overtime goal on Friday. He leads all NCAA defense- men averaging 1.03 points per game on the season. His 31 points (7g, • Sophomore forwards Hugh McGing and DiPietro each now have 20 24a) rank second nationally among blue liners, while his +22 plus/minus assists on the season. They are the first Broncos to reach 20 assists in a is tops nationally among all NCAA skaters. season since Justin Kovacs had 20 in 2014-15.
• Junior forward Mikey Eyssimont needs five points to join the • Junior Corey Schueneman has 23 points (4g, 19a) on the season, 100-point club. He had two goals at WMU, upping his point total to 95 while sophomore Cam Lee has 22 (5g, 17a). It’s the first time since (42g/53a). He would be the 30th SCSU player ever to score 100 points. 2011-12 that WMU has had two defensemen with at least 20 points. This Week’s Games: This Week’s Games: Fri., Feb. 23 vs. No. 3/4 Denver (17-7-6, 11-5-4-3 NCHC) - 7:38 p.m. CT Fri., Feb. 23 vs. No. 9/11 Minn. Duluth (16-13-3, 10-10-0-0 NCHC) - 7:05 p.m. ET Herb Brooks National Hockey Center - St. Cloud, Minn. TV: CBSSN Lawson Ice Arena - Kalamazoo, Mich. NCHC.tv
Sat., Feb. 24 vs. No. 3/4 Denver (17-7-6, 11-5-4-3 NCHC) - 7:07 p.m. CT Sat., Feb. 24 vs. No. 9/11 Minn. Duluth (16-13-3, 10-10-0-0 NCHC) - 7:05 p.m. ET Herb Brooks National Hockey Center - St. Cloud, Minn. TV: FSN+/FCS/NCHC.tv Lawson Ice Arena - Kalamazoo, Mich. NCHC.tv
Game Fact: SCSU needs four points this weekend against Denver to Game Fact: The Broncos are 8-10-1 against the Bulldogs since the in- earn the program’s second Penrose Cup (2013-14). ception of the NCHC, splitting a pair of shutouts in Duluth in November.
Sat., Sept. 30 Regina (Exh.) W, 8-0 Sat., Sept. 30 Wilfrid Laurier (Exh.) W, 8-2 Sat., Oct. 7 at No. 15/18 Minnesota State W, 4-0 Fri., Oct. 6 Ferris State W, 6-1 Fri., Oct. 13 Alaska Fairbanks W, 6-3 Sat., Oct. 7 at Ferris State L, 2-3 Sat., Oct. 14 Alaska Fairbanks W, 5-4 (OT) Tue., Oct. 10 Bowling Green W, 3-1 Fri., Oct. 20 No. 13/15 Boston College W, 5-2 Fri., Oct. 13 No. 15/15 Clarkson T, 2-2 (OT) Sat., Oct. 21 No. 13/15 Boston College W, 3-1 Sat., Oct. 14 No. 15/15 Clarkson L, 2-4 Fri., Nov. 3 No. 8/8 Minnesota Duluth* W, 5-3 Fri., Oct. 20 at Michigan State L, 4-6 Sat., Nov. 4 No. 8/8 Minnesota Duluth* W, 5-0 Sat., Oct. 21 Michigan State W, 3-1 Fri., Nov. 10 at No. 3/3 Denver* L, 2-4 Fri., Nov. 3 No. 1/1 Denver* W, 6-5 Sat., Nov. 11 at No. 3/3 Denver* L, 1-5 Sat., Nov. 4 No. 1/1 Denver* W, 7-4 Fri., Nov. 17 Colorado College* W, 6-1 Fri., Nov. 10 at No. 12/14 Minnesota Duluth* L, 0-3 Sat., Nov. 18 Colorado College* W, 5-1 Sat., Nov. 11 at No. 12/14 Minnesota Duluth* W, 5-0 Fri., Dec. 1 at No. 20 Omaha* W, 7-4 Fri., Nov. 17 Omaha* W, 4-1 Sat., Dec. 2 at No. 20 Omaha* W, 5-0 Sat., Nov. 18 Omaha* W, 5-2 Fri., Dec. 8 No. 5/5 North Dakota* T, 2-2 (OT-SOL) Fri., Nov. 24 No. 18 Colgate W, 5-3 Sat., Dec. 9 No. 5/5 North Dakota* W, 3-1 Sat., Nov. 25 No. 18 Colgate L, 1-5 Fri., Dec. 29 at Princeton T, 3-3 (OT) Fri., Dec. 1 at No. 6/6 North Dakota* L, 3-4 Sat., Dec. 30 at Princeton T, 2-2 (OT) Sat., Dec. 2 at No. 6/6 North Dakota* L, 1-4 Sat., Jan. 6 No. 10/10 Minnesota W, 5-2 Fri., Dec. 8 Miami* L, 2-5 Sun., Jan. 7 No. 10/10 at Minnesota L, 0-2 Sat., Dec. 9 Miami* W, 4-3 (OT) Fri., Jan. 12 No. 12/12 Western Michigan* L, 5-7 Thu., Dec. 28 at Bowling Green W, 5-2 Sat., Jan. 13 No. 12/12 Western Michigan* W, 4-3 Fri., Jan. 12 at No. 2/2 St. Cloud State* W, 7-5 Sat., Jan. 20 No. 9/8 Minnesota State L, 2-5 Sat., Jan. 13 at No. 2/2 St. Cloud State* L, 3-4 Fri., Jan. 26 at No. 9/13 Minnesota Duluth* L, 1-5 Fri., Jan. 19 Colorado College* W, 3-2 (OT) Sat., Jan. 27 at No. 9/13 Minnesota Duluth* W, 2-1 Sat., Jan. 20 Colorado College* L, 5-6 (OT) Fri., Feb. 2 No. 13/13 Omaha* W, 5-3 Fri., Jan. 26 at No. 19/15 Omaha* L, 2-6 Sat., Feb. 3 No. 13/13 Omaha* W, 6-2 Sat., Jan. 27 at No. 19/15 Omaha* L, 3-7 Fri., Feb. 9 at Miami* W, 5-2 Fri., Feb. 2 at Miami* L, 2-4 Sat., Feb. 10 at Miami* W, 4-0 Sat., Feb. 3 at Miami* W, 3-2 Fri., Feb. 16 at No. 15/15 Western Michigan* T, 5-5 (OT-3x3W) Fri., Feb. 16 No. 3/2 St. Cloud State* T, 5-5 (OT-3x3L) Sat., Feb. 17 at No. 15/15 Western Michigan* W, 4-2 Sat., Feb. 17 No. 3/2 St. Cloud State* L, 2-4 Fri., Feb. 23 No. 3/4 Denver* 7:38 p.m. Fri., Feb. 23 No. 9/11 Minnesota Duluth* 7:05 p.m. Sat., Feb. 24 No. 3/4 Denver* 7:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 24 No. 9/11 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 Feb. 19-25, 2018 Players of the Week
NCHC Players of the Week (Week of Feb. 12-18) Offensive Player of the Week Defenseman of the Week Rookie of the Week Goaltender of the Week
Dawson DiPietro Mika Ilvonen Easton Brodzinski Hunter Shepard Western Michigan St. Cloud State St. Cloud State Minnesota Duluth Sophomore Senior Freshman Sophomore Forward Defenseman Forward Goaltender Medina, Ohio Espoo, Finland Blaine, Minn. Cohasset, Minn.
DiPietro totaled four points Ilvonen had a career weekend at Brodzinski had a three-point Shepard didn’t allow a single against SCSU. In Friday’s opener WMU. Entering the weekend with weekend at Western Michigan. goal in backstopping UMD to a he tied a career-high with three one goal in his career, he tallied On Friday, he tied his career high sweep of Miami. On Friday, the points, handing out assists on his first career multi-goal game with two points, scoring on the sophomore stopped all 16 shots WMU’s second and fourth goals, Friday, striking twice to triple his power play to tie the game at 2-2 he faced in a 4-0 victory, as he both of which put the Broncos career goal total. He book-ended in the first period, while handing earned Second Star of the Game. ahead by one, with the latter in the scoring, tallying the game’s out the primary helper on SCSU’s The next night, Shepard turned the third period. The sophomore first goal, while adding his second next goal later in the frame to put aside all 34 shots in a 3-0 win, also scored WMU’s fifth goal to marker with 49 seconds left in the Huskies in front in an eventual including 14 in the second period again put the Broncos in front regulation to pull SCSU even and 5-5 tie. The next night, Brodzinski when UMD was outshot 14-1, with 2:25 left in regulation in an earn the Huskies a 5-5 overtime scored on the power play again, and 15 more in the third period. eventual 5-5 overtime tie. He tie. The senior fired three shots breaking a scoreless deadlock He made five saves on Miami’s fired four shots on goal in the tie on goal, was +2 and blocked two early in the second stanza to put two power plays and was named and was +1. On Saturday, DiPietro shots en route to earning First SCSU in front in an eventual 4-2 First Star of the Game Saturday. scored WMU’s second goal to put Star of the Game Friday. The Finn victory. He finished the series with Shepard now has five shutouts WMU up 2-1 in an eventual 4-2 finished the weekend with two two power play goals, an assist, on the season, which ties both defeat. He finished the series with goals, including a game-tying tal- six shots on goal (three each the UMD and NCHC single-season two goals, two assists and seven ly, two blocked shots, a +2 plus/ night) and two blocked shots with records. Shepard totaled 50 saves, shots on goal. minus and three shots on goal. an even plus/minus. including eight short-handed. Other Standout Performers (Week of Feb. 12-18) Mikey Eyssimont, Jr., F, SCSU – Tallied two goals in Saturday’s 4-2 win at WMU, including scoring the game-winner in the third period. Shane Gersich, Jr., F, UND – Scored two goals in a split with Omaha, tallying one each night, including the game-winner Saturday. Tanner Jaillet, Sr., G, Denver – Went 1-1 with a .951 save percentage and a 1.02 GAA, allowing only one goal each night in a split with CC. Cam Johnson, Sr., G, UND – In his only game, logged a 26-save shutout Saturday at Omaha. Jordan Kawaguchi, Fr., F, UND – Scored a goal and added an assist in Friday’s loss at Omaha to tie his career high of two points. Alex Leclerc, So., G, CC – Went 1-1 against Denver, totaling 76 saves with a .938 save percentage and a 2.50 GAA, including pitch- ing a shutout on Saturday at DU. Colton Poolman, So., D, UND – Dished out three assists in a split at Omaha with one in Friday’s loss and two in Saturday’s win, including one on the game-winner. Evan Weninger, Jr., G, Omaha – Went 1-1 against UND, compiling 72 saves with a .935 save percentage and a 2.51 GAA.
2017-18 NCHC Players of the Week (previous winners) WEEK OF OFFENSIVE DEFENSEMAN ROOKIE GOALTENDER Oct. 2-8 Colt Conrad, WMU Jimmy Schuldt, SCSU Scott Perunovich, UMD Jeff Smith, SCSU Oct. 9-15 Mason Bergh, CC Jimmy Schuldt, SCSU Grant Mismash, UND Cam Johnson, UND Oct. 16-22 Gordie Green, Miami Grant Hutton, Miami Nick Swaney, UMD Cam Johnson, UND Oct. 23-29 David Pope, Omaha Louie Belpedio, Miami Grant Mismash, UND Hunter Shepard, UMD Oct. 30-Nov. 5 Wade Allison, WMU Corey Schueneman, WMU Dávid Hrenák, SCSU Peter Thome, UND Nov. 6-12 Mason Bergh, CC Adam Plant, Denver Grant Mismash, UND Ben Blacker, WMU Nov. 13-19 Henrik Borgström, Denver Scott Perunovich, UMD Easton Brodzinski, SCSU Jeff Smith, SCSU Nov. 20-26 Zach Jordan, Omaha Louie Belpedio, Miami Ben Lown, Miami Hunter Shepard, UMD Nov. 27-Dec. 3 Jake Wahlin, SCSU Jimmy Schuldt, SCSU Grant Mismash, UND Tanner Jaillet, Denver Dec. 4-10 Wade Allison, WMU Scott Perunovich, UMD Phil Knies, Miami Alex Leclerc, CC Dec. 11-31 Nick Halloran, CC Ryan Jones, Omaha Kohen Olischefski, Denver Hunter Shepard, UMD Jan. 1-7 Dylan Gambrell, Denver Blake Hillman, Denver Casey Gilling, Miami Evan Weninger, Omaha Jan. 8-14 Jake Randolph, Omaha Corey Schueneman, WMU Phil Knies, Miami Cam Johnson, UND Jan. 15-21 Joey Anderson, UMD Ian Mitchell, Denver Scott Perunovich, UMD Tanner Jaillet, Denver Jan. 22-28 Nick Halloran, CC/Tyler Vesel, Omaha Joel Messner, Omaha Nick Swaney, UMD Hunter Shepard, UMD Jan. 29-Feb. 4 Mikey Eyssimont, SCSU Louie Belpedio, Miami Ethen Frank, WMU Tanner Jaillet, Denver Feb. 5-11 Troy Conzo, CC Christian Wolanin, UND Dávid Hrenák, SCSU Peter Thome, UND Feb. 12-18 Dawson DiPietro, WMU Mika Ilvonen, SCSU Easton Brodzinski, SCSU Hunter Shepard, UMD
Feb. 19-25, 2018 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 7 Players of the Month/Awards
NCHC Monthly Honors - January
Player of the Month Rookie of the Month alloran tied for the NCHC Nick Halloran Hscoring lead and tied for fifth Phil Knies nies doubled his season point Colorado College nationally in January with 12 points Miami Ktotal and tripled his goal total Sophomore in only six games, while his 2.00 Freshman in the month of January, recording Forward points per game and 1.17 assists Forward eight points in six games, which tied Draper, Utah per game both led the conference, Phoenix, Ariz. for the NCHC lead among rookies with the 2.00 points per game also and tied for fifth nationally among ranking second nationally during the month. He scored five goals in freshmen. His six goals in the month January, while also tying for the NCHC lead with seven assists in the led all NCHC players and all rookies nationally, as did his 1.00 goals per month, including six on the power play. Halloran recorded points in game. His 1.33 points per game led all NCAA freshmen in January, as five of six games in January, including four multi-point games. well. Halloran logged four points in a pair of games against UMD Jan. Knies started his month handing out an assist in Miami’s win over 12-13. In the series opener, he notched three points, including a Denver Jan. 5. The next weekend, he was named NCHC Rookie of career-high-tying two goals, in a 6-5 loss, while adding an assist the the Week after a four-goal, five-point showing at Omaha. He tallied next night. After being held scoreless in CC’s series opener at WMU a career-high three points in a record-setting 18-goal contest Jan. 12 Jan. 19, his only game without a point during the month, he again re- against the Mavericks, including his first career multi-goal game. The corded three points the next night in a 6-5 overtime win, handing out next night, Knies did it again, scoring two more goals, including one on two assists before scoring the game-winner in overtime to nab First the power play, in a narrow loss as he earned Third Star of the Game. Star of the Game and give the Tigers their first ever win at WMU. Knies closed out January with a goal in each game at Colorado Halloran concluded his month with a five-point outing against College Jan. 26-27, tallying again on the power play in last Saturday’s Miami Jan. 26-27, which earned him NCHC co-Offensive Player of the tie to stretch his goal-scoring streak to four games. He put 12 shots Week. In Friday’s 6-3 victory, he tied a career high with three assists, on goal during the month for a .500 shooting percentage, while he as he was named Second Star of the Game. The sophomore then finished January with a +2 plus/minus and also blocked six shots. scored two goals in Saturday’s 4-4 overtime tie for his second multi- goal game of the month and First Star of the Game as he was +2.
In-Season National Accolades HCA National Player of the Month 2017-18 NCHC Players of the Month Jimmy Schuldt, Jr., D, St. Cloud State - October MONTH PLAYER ROOKIE NCAA Hockey Three Stars of the Week October Jimmy Schuldt, SCSU Grant Mismash, UND Nick Halloran, So., F, CC - Second Star (week of Jan. 22-28) November Henrik Borgström, Denver Scott Perunovich, UMD Tanner Jaillet, Sr., G, DU - Second Star (week of Jan. 15-21) December Nick Halloran, CC Jaakko Heikkinen, Denver Joey Anderson, So., F, UMD - Third Star (week of Jan. 15-21) Jake Randolph, Sr., F, Omaha - First Star (week of Jan. 8-14) January Nick Halloran, CC Phil Knies, Miami Christiano Versich, Fr., F, CC - Third Star (week of Dec. 11-17) February Tanner Jaillet, Sr., G, DU - Second Star (week of Nov. 27-Dec. 3) March/April Jake Wahlin, So., F, SCSU - Third Star (week of Nov. 27-Dec. 3) Wade Allison, So., F, WMU - First Star (week of Oct. 30-Nov. 5) NCHC Players at 2018 Winter Olympics Troy Terry, Jr., F, DU - Third Star (week of Oct. 23-29) Gordie Green, So., F, Miami - First Star (week of Oct. 16-22) Will Borgen, Jr., D, SCSU (USA) - Did not dress for Team USA Jimmy Schuldt, Jr., D, SCSU - Second Star (week of Oct. 9-15) Troy Terry, Jr., F, Denver (USA) - Led Team USA with 5 assists in 5 games Mason Bergh, Jr., F, CC - Third Star (week of Oct. 9-15) Ludvig Hoff, So., F, UND (Norway) - Played in final 3 games of Olympics College Hockey News Team of the Week Minnesota Duluth - week of Jan. 15-21 (swept No. 7 UND) Denver - week of Nov. 6-12 (swept No. 1 St. Cloud State) NCHC 2018 Hobey Baker Award Nominees Western Michigan - week of Oct. 30-Nov. 5 (swept No. 1 Denver) • Joey Anderson, So., F, UMD • Josh Melnick, Jr., F, Miami Senior CLASS Award Finalists • Louie Belpedio, Sr., D, Miami • Scott Perunovich, Fr., D, UMD Karson Kuhlman, F, Minnesota Duluth • Mason Bergh, Jr., F, CC • David Pope, Sr., F, Omaha Judd Peterson, F, St. Cloud State • Henrik Borgström, So., F, Denver • Jimmy Schuldt, Jr., D, SCSU Austin Poganski, F, North Dakota • Nick Halloran, So., F, CC • Troy Terry, Jr., F, Denver Ledyard Classic • Dylan Gambrell, Jr., F, Denver • Riley Tufte, So., F, UMD Hunter Shepard, So., G, UMD - MVP • Gordie Green, So., F, Miami • Tyler Vesel, Sr., F, Omaha • Hugh McGing, So., F, WMU Fan voting now open until March 4; Ice Breaker All-Tournament Team Top 10 finalists announced March 14 Riley Tufte, So., F, UMD Scott Perunovich, Fr., D, UMD Final Stats at 2018 World Junior Championship Preseason National Accolades USA (Bronze Medal) GP G A P SOG +/- Mike Richter Award Watch List Joey Anderson, So., F, UMD 7 4 3 7 28 +4 Ben Blacker, So. - Western Michigan Mikey Anderson, Fr., D, UMD 7 0 1 1 4 +2 Tanner Jaillet, Sr. - Denver Cam Johnson, Sr. - North Dakota Scott Perunovich, Fr., D, UMD 7 1 2 3 7 +2 Ryan Poehling, So., F, SCSU 7 1 2 3 14 0 College Hockey News Preseason All-CHN First Team Dylan Samberg, Fr., D, UMD 7 1 3 4 6 +10 Henrik Borgström, So., F - Denver Riley Tufte, So., F, UMD 7 0 3 3 12 +1 Tanner Jaillet, Sr., G - Denver Head Coach: Bob Motzko - St. Cloud State 8 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey Feb. 19-25, 2018 Polls/Non-Conference Comparison
National Polls
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll USCHO.com Poll Week 19 (Feb. 19) Week 19 (Feb. 19) (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 500 (26) 2 20-6-4 1. St. Cloud State 20-6-4 967 (28) 3 2. Cornell 471 (8) 4 22-3-2 2. Cornell 22-3-2 940 (18) 4 3. Notre Dame 424 1 22-8-2 3. Denver 17-7-6 878 (3) 2 4. Denver 409 3 17-7-6 4. Minnesota State 25-7-0 853 (1) 5 5. Minnesota State 398 5 25-7-0 5. Notre Dame 22-8-2 845 1 6. Ohio State 302 6 19-8-5 6. Ohio State 19-8-5 695 6 7. Providence 287 8 20-9-4 7. Providence 20-9-4 687 8 8. Minnesota 264 9 19-13-2 8. Minnesota 19-13-2 619 10 9. Clarkson 206 7 19-8-5 9. Minnesota Duluth 16-13-3 550 11 10. Northeastern 195 11 19-8-5 10. Clarkson 19-8-5 546 7 11. Minnesota Duluth 176 12 16-13-3 11. Northeastern 19-8-5 527 12 12. North Dakota 175 10 14-10-8 12. North Dakota 14-10-8 499 9 13. Michigan 92 NR 16-13-3 13. Michigan 16-13-3 355 18 14. Omaha 77 13 15-14-1 14. Omaha 15-14-1 345 13 15. Bowling Green 51 14 19-9-6 15. Bowling Green 19-9-6 312 14 16. Northern Michigan 20-11-3 222 17 Others receiving votes: Western Michigan, 19; Union, 10; Northern 17. Western Michigan 14-14-2 201 15 Michigan, 8; Penn State, 6; Boston College, 6; Boston University, 4. 18. Penn State 14-13-5 133 16 19. Union 20-13-1 119 NR 20. Boston College 16-13-3 114 19
Others receiving votes: Boston University 41, Harvard 18, Wisconsin 12, Mercyhurst 10, Colorado College 5, Maine 3, 2017-18 NCHC Preseason Bemidji State 2, Connecticut 1, UMass Lowell 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 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-2-0 2-0-0 1-0-1 6-3-1 G: Tanner Jaillet, Sr., Denver – 27 Denver 1-0-0 1-0-1 1-1-0 2-1-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 6-2-2 as voted on by 30 media members Miami 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-0 3-3-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 5-4-1 Minnesota Duluth 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-1 3-0-1 1-3-1 0-0-0 6-3-3 Omaha 0-0-0 1-1-0 2-0-0 1-1-0 2-0-0 1-0-1 7-2-1 North Dakota 0-0-0 2-1-1 2-1-1 0-0-0 2-0-2 0-0-0 6-2-4 2017-18 NCHC St. Cloud State 0-0-0 1-1-0 0-0-2 2-0-0 3-1-0 0-0-0 6-2-2 Media Preseason Poll Western Michigan 0-0-0 1-1-0 1-2-1 0-0-0 3-1-0 0-0-0 5-4-1 First-place votes in parentheses Total 1-1-0 7-4-2 8-5-5 14-7-1 15-5-5 2-0-2 47-22-15
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
Feb. 19-25, 2018 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 9 NCHC Media Information/3 Stars of the Game
NCHC Map NCHC 3 Stars of the Game Overall Conference Leaders (conf. games only): PLAYER SCHOOL POINTS 1. Nick Halloran CC 31 2. David Pope Omaha 30 3. Tanner Jaillet Denver 24 4. Hunter Shepard UMD 22 5. Alex Leclerc CC 21 Team Leaders (conf. games only): SCHOOL...... POINTS Colorado College 1. Nick Halloran...... 31 2. Alex Leclerc...... 21 3. Mason Bergh...... 10 Denver 1. Tanner Jaillet...... 24 2017-18 NCHC Institutional Demographics 2. Dylan Gambrell...... 18 Institution Location Population Enrollment 3. Henrik Borgström/Troy Terry...... 17 Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO 465,101 2.008 Miami 1. Ryan Larkin...... 13 Denver Denver, CO 682,545 11,614 2. Josh Melnick...... 11 Miami Oxford, OH 22,341 19,367 3. Louie Belpedio...... 9 Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN 86,293 11,018 Minnesota Duluth North Dakota Grand Forks, ND 57,339 14,648 1. Hunter Shepard...... 22 Omaha Omaha, NE 446,970 15,627 2. Scott Perunovich...... 13 St. Cloud State St. Cloud, MN 67,641 15,092 3. Joey Anderson...... 10 Western Michigan Kalamazoo, MI 75,984 23,252 Omaha 1. David Pope...... 30 ission 2. Zach Jordan...... 9 NCHC M Jake Randolph...... 9 The National Collegiate Hockey Conference facilitates and fosters competitive, North Dakota academic and operational excellence for its member institutions through the 1. Christian Wolanin...... 14 2. Nick Jones...... 10 sport of ice hockey. The Conference supports a culture of professionalism and 3. Joel Janatuinen/Austin Poganski...... 8 integrity, reflecting its commitment to grow the sport of ice hockey while St. Cloud State creating a positive experience for the student-athletes and fans it serves. 1. Mikey Eyssimont...... 20 2. Easton Brodzinski...... 19 NCHC Vision Dávid Hrenák...... 19 Western Michigan The National Collegiate Hockey Conference strives to be the best single- 1. Ben Blacker...... 17 sport conference in the NCAA by embracing our core values and operating 2. Wade Allison...... 15 collectively for the best interests of the Conference and member institutions. 3. Hugh McGing...... 9 1st star = 5 pts.; 2nd star = 3 pts.; 3rd star = 1 pt.
NCHC Media Information/Services
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NCHC Games on National/Regional TV
CBS SPORTS NETWORK For NCHC News, Information and More... Date Game Time (ET) Fri., Feb. 23, 2018 Denver at St. Cloud State 8:30 p.m. Fri., Mar. 2, 2018 Miami at Denver 10:00 p.m. visit the NCHC website: NCHCHockey.com Fri., Mar. 16, 2018 Frozen Faceoff Semifinal 1 5:00 p.m. Fri., Mar. 16, 2018 Frozen Faceoff Semifinal 2 8:30 p.m. follow the NCHC on Twitter: @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey Sat., Mar. 17, 2018 Frozen Faceoff Championship 8:30 p.m. Channel Finder: cbssportsnetwork.com/channel-finder like the NCHC on Facebook: Facebook.com/TheNCHC
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Weekly NCHC.tv Videos Plays of the Week: Each Tuesday, the NCHC unveils the “Top Five Plays of the Week” presented by TRIA Orthopaedics from the previous week- end on NCHC.tv, which culminates in the Play of the Year Tournament at the end of the season.
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NCHC Media Excellence Award New in 2017-18, the NCHC Media Excellence Award will be presented to one member of the media each season at the NCHC Awards Celebration in recognition of outstanding media coverage that conveys the stories 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. The award will honor a media member who is well-regarded within the conference and college hockey as a whole, and who dedicates at least some of their time to covering the sport. Special consideration may also 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.
Feb. 19-25, 2018 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 Feb. 19-25, 2018 NCHC Composite Schedule
Saturday, Oct. 21 Friday, Nov. 24 All dates and times are subject to change Colorado College 2, at New Hampshire 1 (OT) Colgate 3, at Western Michigan 5 All times are local to site Miami 3, at Maine 6 Miami 6, at Bowling Green 3 Michigan State 1, at Western Michigan 3 Northern Michigan 3, at Omaha 4 Saturday, Sept. 30 Minnesota 0, at North Dakota 4 Union 4, at North Dakota 1 Wilfrid Laurier 2, at Western Michigan 8 (exh.) Arizona State 4, at Omaha 4 (OT) #Lethbridge 1, Colorado College 4 (exh.) Boston College 1, at St. Cloud State 3 Saturday, Nov. 25 Manitoba 2, at North Dakota 6 (exh.) Merrimack 2, at Minnesota Duluth 7 Colgate 5, at Western Michigan 1 Regina 0, at St. Cloud State 8 (exh.) Lake Superior State 1, at Denver 5 Miami 2, at Bowling Green 2 (OT) Alberta 4, at Minnesota Duluth 3 (exh.) Union 2, at North Dakota 2 (OT) Thursday, Oct. 26 Northern Michigan 1, at Omaha 4 Sunday, Oct. 1 Omaha 6, at Notre Dame 4 Minnesota State 1, at Minnesota Duluth 3 Lethbridge 1, at Denver 3 (exh.) Friday, Oct. 27 Friday, Dec. 1 Friday, Oct. 6 Minnesota Duluth 2, at Maine 1 Cornell 1, at Miami 2 Colorado College 0, at Vermont 3 Denver 4, at Boston University 3 *Denver 1, at Minnesota Duluth 0 Ferris State 1, at Western Michigan 6 Connecticut 0, at Miami 3 *St. Cloud State 7, at Omaha 4 Providence 3, at Miami 1 Omaha 4, at Notre Dame 5 *Western Michigan 3, at North Dakota 4 Nipissing 2, at Omaha 5 (exh.) *North Dakota 1, at Colorado College 2 ^Minnesota 3, at Minnesota Duluth 4 (OT) Saturday, Dec. 2 North Dakota 1, at Alaska Anchorage 1 (OT) Saturday, Oct. 28 Cornell 4, at Miami 0 Denver 6, at Boston College 1 *Denver 2, at Minnesota Duluth 1 Saturday, Oct. 7 Connecticut 1, at Miami 7 *St. Cloud State 5, at Omaha 0 Colorado College 4, at Vermont 3 Minnesota Duluth 2, at Maine 0 *Western Michigan 1, at North Dakota 4 Western Michigan 2, at Ferris State 3 *North Dakota 6, at Colorado College 4 Providence 3, at Miami 2 Friday, Dec. 8 St. Cloud State 4, at Minnesota State 0 Friday, Nov. 3 *Miami 5, at Western Michigan 2 ^Michigan Tech 4, at Minnesota Duluth 3 *Denver 5, at Western Michigan 6 *Minnesota Duluth 5, at Omaha 7 North Dakota 3, at Alaska Anchorage 2 (OT) *Colorado College 2, at Miami 3 (OT) *North Dakota 2, at St. Cloud State 2 (OT - UND SOW) *Minnesota Duluth 3, at St. Cloud State 5 *Colorado College 4, at Denver 4 (OT - CC 3x3 W) Tuesday, Oct. 10 North Dakota 3, at Wisconsin 2 Bowling Green 1, at Western Michigan 3 Saturday, Dec. 9 Saturday, Nov. 4 *Miami 3, at Western Michigan 4 (OT) Friday, Oct. 13 *Minnesota Duluth 0, at St. Cloud State 5 *Minnesota Duluth 6, at Omaha 2 Miami 7. at U.S. Under-18 Team 5 (exh.) *Denver 4, at Western Michigan 7 *North Dakota 1, at St. Cloud State 3 Clarkson 2, at Western Michigan 2 (OT) *Colorado College 2, at Miami 1 *Denver 1, at Colorado College 1 (OT - DU 3x3 W) Denver 2, at Notre Dame 2 (OT) North Dakota 2, at Wisconsin 2 (OT) Omaha 4, at UMass Lowell 2 Friday, Dec. 15 Minnesota Duluth 2, at Bemidji State 5 Friday, Nov. 10 Dartmouth 0, at Denver 1 St. Lawrence 1, at North Dakota 2 *Western Michigan 0, at Minnesota Duluth 3 Alaska 3, at St. Cloud State 6 *Miami 1, at North Dakota 4 Saturday, Dec. 16 Alaska Anchorage 1, at Colorado College 6 *St. Cloud State 2, at Denver 4 Arizona State 0, at Colorado College 4 *Omaha 5, at Colorado College 3 Dartmouth 5, at Denver 4 Saturday, Oct. 14 Denver 4, at Notre Dame 2 Saturday, Nov. 11 Sunday, Dec. 17 Omaha 2, at UMass Lowell 5 *Omaha 0, at Colorado College 4 Arizona State 4, at Colorado College 4 (OT) Clarkson 4, at Western Michigan 2 *Miami 3, at North Dakota 3 (OT - UND SOW) St. Lawrence 1, at North Dakota 6 *Western Michigan 5, at Minnesota Duluth 0 Thursday, Dec. 28 Alaska 4, at St. Cloud State 5 (OT) *St. Cloud State 1, at Denver 5 Western Michigan 5, at Bowling Green 2 Bemidji State 0, at Minnesota Duluth 0 (OT) Alaska Anchorage 2, at Colorado College 3 Friday, Nov. 17 Friday, Dec. 29 *Omaha 1, at Western Michigan 4 %Minnesota Duluth 5, Yale 0 Friday, Oct. 20 *Minnesota Duluth 3, at Miami 1 St. Cloud State 3, at Princeton 3 (OT) Colorado College 3, at New Hampshire 6 *Colorado College 1, at St. Cloud State 6 Union 1, at Omaha 5 Miami 7, at Maine 5 *North Dakota 5, at Denver 4 Colorado College 3, at Air Force 6 Western Michigan 4, at Michigan State 6 Merrimack 3, at Denver 2 Arizona State 1, at Omaha 5 Saturday, Nov. 18 Minnesota 2, at North Dakota 1 *Omaha 2, at Western Michigan 5 Boston College 2, at St. Cloud State 5 *Minnesota Duluth 2, at Miami 3 Merrimack 5, at Minnesota Duluth 5 (OT) *Colorado College 1, at St. Cloud State 5 Lake Superior State 3, at Denver 3 (OT) *North Dakota 1, at Denver 4
Feb. 19-25, 2018 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 13 NCHC Composite Schedule
Saturday, Dec. 30 Friday, Feb. 2 Friday-Sunday, March 9-11 Windsor 2, at Miami 8 (exh.) *Western Michigan 2, at Miami 4 NCHC Quarterfinals St. Cloud State 2, at Princeton 2 (OT) *Omaha 3, at St. Cloud State 5 Best of Three Series, hosted by the higher seed %Minnesota Duluth 2, at Dartmouth 2 (OT) *Minnesota Duluth 0, at Denver 1 #8 seed at #1 seed Union 3, at Omaha 5 #7 seed at #2 seed U.S. U-18 Team 2, at North Dakota 5 (exh.) Saturday, Feb. 3 #6 seed at #3 seed Merrimack 1, at Colorado College 2 *Western Michigan 3, at Miami 2 #5 seed at #4 seed Air Force 0, at Denver 6 *Omaha 2, at St. Cloud State 6 *Minnesota Duluth 3, at Denver 4 Friday, March 16 Friday, Jan. 5 (Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minn.) *Denver 3, at Miami 4 Friday, Feb. 9 Frozen Faceoff Semifinal Game 1, 4 p.m. CT *Omaha 4, at North Dakota 1 *St. Cloud State 5, at Miami 2 Frozen Faceoff Semifinal Game 2, 7:30 p.m. CT *Colorado College 4, at North Dakota 2 Saturday, Jan. 6 Saturday, March 17 *Denver 4, at Miami 1 Saturday, Feb. 10 (Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minn.) *Omaha 0, at North Dakota 7 *St. Cloud State 4, at Miami 0 Frozen Faceoff Third-Place Game, 3:30 p.m. CT Minnesota 2, at St. Cloud State 5 *Colorado College 1, at North Dakota 5 Frozen Faceoff Championship, 7:30 p.m. CT
Sunday, Jan. 7 Friday, Feb. 16 Friday, March 23-Sunday, March 25 St. Cloud State 0, at Minnesota 2 *St. Cloud State 5, at Western Mich. 5 (OT - SCSU 3x3 W) NCAA Regionals *North Dakota 3, at Omaha 6 East Regional: Bridgeport, Conn. Friday, Jan. 12 *Miami 0, at Minnesota Duluth 4 Northeast Regional: Worcester, Mass. *Miami 7, at Omaha 11 *Denver 5, at Colorado College 1 Midwest Regional: Allentown, Pa. North Dakota 5, at Bemidji State 1 West Regional: Sioux Falls, S.D. *Western Michigan 7, at St. Cloud State 5 Saturday, Feb. 17 *Minn. Duluth 6, at Colorado College 5 *St. Cloud State 4, at Western Michigan 2 Thursday, April 5 (Saint Paul, Minn.) *North Dakota 3, at Omaha 0 NCAA Frozen Four National Semifinals Saturday, Jan. 13 *Miami 0, at Minnesota Duluth 3 *Minn. Duluth 5, at Colorado College 1 *Colorado College 1, at Denver 0 Saturday, April 7 (Saint Paul, Minn.) *Western Michigan 3, at St. Cloud State 4 NCAA National Championship Game *Miami 3, at Omaha 4 Friday, Feb. 23 Bemidji State 2, at North Dakota 2 (OT) *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 2, at Western Michigan 3 (OT) *Denver at St. Cloud State, 7:38 p.m. CT *North Dakota 3, at Minnesota Duluth 5 * National Collegiate Hockey Conference game *Omaha 0, at Denver 5 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 5, at St. Cloud State 2 *Denver at St. Cloud State, 7:07 p.m. CT *Colorado College 6, at Western Michigan 5 (OT) *Colorado College at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT *North Dakota 2, at Minnesota Duluth 5 *Omaha 0, at Denver 4 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 0, at Minnesota State 1 *Western Michigan at Colorado College, 7:37 p.m. MT *Miami at Denver, 8:08 p.m. MT Friday, Jan. 26 *Western Michigan 2, at Omaha 6 Saturday, March 3 *St. Cloud State 1, at Minnesota Duluth 5 *Omaha at Minnesota Duluth, 7:07 p.m. CT *Denver 3, at North Dakota 3 (OT - DU 3x3 W) *St. Cloud State at North Dakota, 7:07 p.m. CT *Miami 3, at Colorado College 6 *Western Michigan at Colorado College, 6:07 p.m. MT *Miami at Denver, 7:05 p.m. MT Saturday, Jan. 27 *Miami 4, at Colorado College 4 (OT - CC 3x3 W) *Denver 1, at North Dakota 1 (OT - DU 3x3 W) *Western Michigan 3, at Omaha 7 *St. Cloud State 2, at Minnesota Duluth 1
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16 Hockey Game Box Score (Final) #2 St. Cloud State vs #15 Western Michigan (Feb 16, 2018 at Kalamazoo, Mich.) St. Cloud State (19-6-4, 13-4-2-1) vs. Western Michigan (14-13-2, 9-9-1-0) Date: Feb 16, 2018 • Location: Kalamazoo, Mich. • Arena: Lawson Ice Arena Attendance: 2925 • Start time: 7:05 pm • End time: 9:45 pm • Total time: 2:40 Prd Time Team Scored by Assists Vis. on ice Home on ice Goals by Period 1. 1st 03:28 SCSU EV Mika Ilvonen/2 Patrick Newell/15 55,14,27,19,6 23,21,16,15,28 Team 1 2 3 OT Tot Blake Lizotte/14 29,3,16,20,25 27,28,19,23,18 SCSU 3 0 2 0 5 2. 1st 06:16 WMU EV Aidan Muir/3 Luke Bafia/12 11,23,26,22,12 12,4,24,25,13 3,28,29,25,11 WMU 2 1 2 0 5 Paul Stoykewych/6 3. 1st 07:05 WMU PP Paul Stoykewych/4 Dawson DiPietro/19 18,12,28,10 24,9,28,15,22 10,5,12,13,28 Shots by Period Cam Lee/16 Team 1 2 3 OT Tot 4. 1st 09:58 SCSU PP Easton Brodzinski/11 Robby Jackson/18 26,23,22,11,19 15,16,28 6,24,22,19,14 SCSU 11 18 15 4 48 Jimmy Schuldt/23 WMU 17 6 9 1 33 5. 1st 14:29 SCSU EV Ryan Poehling/8 Easton Brodzinsk/7 11,26,23,22,12 9,13,26,22,4 14,27,17,20,26 Robby Jackson/19 6. 2nd 04:04 WMU EV Aidan Muir/4 Paul Stoykewych/7 18,7,3,10,12 12,24,4,13,27 Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) 14,17,27,26,20 Luke Bafia/13 Prd SCSU WMU 1st 1-2 (2) 1-1 (2) 7. 3rd 07:11 WMU EV Hugh McGing/9 Luke Bafia/14 18,7,3,6,22 16,4,21,13,9 2nd 0-3 (4) 0-0 (0) Dawson DiPietro/20 11,6,22,24,14,1 17,21,5,13,20 3rd 1-1 (2) 0-0 (0) 8. 3rd 09:15 SCSU PP Jimmy Schuldt/7 Patrick Newell/16 22,14,27,26,11 21,4,26,7 OT 0-0 (0) 0-0 (0) Blake Lizotte/15 Total 2-6 (8) 1-1 (2) 24,3,11,22,19,2 12,10,6,15,26 9. 3rd 17:35 WMU EV Dawson DiPietro/12 Austin Rueschhof/5 11,12,6,26,23 9,22,26,28,15 Ethen Frank/5 Penalties-Minutes by Prd 10. 3rd 19:11 SCSU EX Mika Ilvonen/3 Ryan Poehling/16 55,11,23,22,26,28 24,13,12,4,25 Prd SCSU WMU Robby Jackson/20 1st 1-2 2-4 2nd 0-0 3-6 North Dakota Omaha 3rd 0-0 1-2 TEAM SUMMARY OT 0-0 0-0 # St. Cloud State G A Pi Sh +/- Bl # Western Michigan G A Pi Sh +/- Bl Total 1-2 6-12 3 Jack Poehling 0 0 0 4 -2 0 4 Luke Bafia 0 3 2 1 +1 1 6 Luke Jaycox 0 0 0 2 -1 0 6 Corey Schuenem 0 0 0 0 0 2 Three stars: 7 Nick Poehling 0 0 0 0 -2 0 7 Carson Vance 0 0 0 1 0 1 1. Mika Ilvonen 8 Tyler Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Dawson DiPietro 1 2 0 4 +1 1 2. Paul Stoykewych 10 Jon Lizotte 0 0 0 5 -1 3 12 Aidan Muir 2 0 0 3 +1 1 3. Jimmy Schuldt 11 Ryan Poehling 1 1 0 2 0 1 13 Neal Goff 0 0 4 0 +1 2 12 Jack Ahcan 0 0 0 3 -2 1 15 Scott Moldenhau 0 0 2 0 0 1 Officials: Referee:29 - Scott Bokal 14 Patrick Newell 0 2 0 4 +1 0 16 Hugh McGing 1 0 0 2 0 0 17 Jacob Benson 0 0 0 4 0 0 18 Brett Van Os 0 0 0 1 0 0 Referee:13 - Nick Krebsbach Linesman:85 - TJ Likens 18 Judd Peterson 0 0 0 2 -2 0 19 Lukas Samuelss 0 0 0 1 0 0 Linesman:52 - John Philo 19 Mikey Eyssimont 0 0 0 10 +1 0 21 Josh Passolt 0 0 0 2 0 0 22 Jimmy Schuldt 1 1 2 3 0 3 22 Austin Rueschho 0 1 0 4 0 0 23 Robby Jackson 0 3 0 2 0 0 23 Paul Washe 0 0 0 2 -1 0 26 Easton Brodzins 1 1 0 3 0 0 24 Paul Stoykewych 1 2 0 5 +1 0 27 Blake Lizotte 0 2 0 1 +1 0 25 Richard Zehnal 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Kevin Fitzgerald 0 0 0 0 +1 0 26 Ethen Frank 0 1 0 2 0 1 42 Blake Winiecki 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Cam Orchard 0 0 0 3 +1 1 55 Mika Ilvonen 2 0 0 3 +2 2 28 Cam Lee 0 1 2 2 0 2 34 David Hrenak dnp T TEAM 0 0 2 0 0 0 Totals 5 10 2 48 -4 10 1 Austin Cain dnp 35 Trevor Gorsuch dnp Totals 5 10 12 33 +5 13 North Dakota Omaha GOALTENDERS ## St. Cloud State Dec Min GA 1 2 3 OT Saves ## Western Michigan Dec Min GA 1 2 3 OT Saves 1 Jeff Smith T 64:18 5 15 5 7 1 28 33 Ben Blacker T 65:00 5 8 18 13 4 43 EMPTY NET 0:42 0 0 0 0 0 0
PENALTY SUMMARY Prd Player Team MinOffense Time Prd Player Team MiOffense Time 1st Jimmy Schuldt SCSU 2.Slashing 06:16 PP 2nd Cam Lee WMU 2.Hooking 05:39 PP 1st Luke Bafia WMU 2.Tripping 08:13 PP 2nd Scott Moldenhauer WMU 2.Cross-Checking 13:21 PP 1st TEAM WMU 2.Too Many Players On 09:38 PP 3rd Neal Goff WMU 2.Cross-Checking 08:07 PP 2nd Neal Goff WMU 2.Hooking 00:20 PP St. Cloud State-Jeff Smith (11-2-4). Western Michigan-Ben Blacker (12-11-2). Timeout St. Cloud 4:38 Overtime Referee's signature Hockey Game Box Score (Final) Hockey Game Box Score (Final) Miami vs #11 Minnesota Duluth (Feb 16, 2018 at Duluth, Minn.) #2 Denver vs Colorado College (Feb 16, 2018 at Colorado Springs, CO)
Miami (10-16-3)(5-12-2 NCHC) vs. Minnesota Duluth (15-13-3)(9-10-0 NCHC) Denver (17-6-6,11-4-3-3 NCHC) vs. Colorado College (12-13-4,6-10-3-2NCHC) Date: Feb 16, 2018 • Location: Duluth, Minn. • Arena: AMSOIL Arena Date: Feb 16, 2018 • Location: Colorado Springs, CO • Arena: Broadmoor WorldArena Attendance: 5545 • Start time: 7:07 pm • End time: 9:17 pm • Total time: 2:10 Attendance: 6750 • Start time: 8:14 pm • End time: 10:33 • Total time: 2:19
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 14:27 DEN EV Henrik Borgstrom/18 Jarid Lukosevici/10 5,14,21,28,7 14,20,15,13,3 Team 123Tot 1. 1st 08:19 UMD PP Mikey Anderson/4 Nick Swaney/13 9,6,58,39 3,23,4,11,22 Team 1 2 3 Tot 2. 2nd 01:00 DEN EV Colin Staub/5 Liam Finlay/21 13,5,24,15,25 19,27,39,2,29 2. 1st 10:19 UMD EV Billy Exell/3 - 22,55,18,42,7 16,21,10,26,6 MIAM 0 0 0 0 DEN131 5 Henrik Borgstrom/14 3. 2nd 03:15 UMD EV Jade Miller/3 Mikey Anderson/13 11,22,18,58,42 3,26,4,10,16 UMD 2 1 1 4 CC 010 1 Kobe Roth/3 3. 2nd 10:36 CC EV Brian Williams/3 Tanner Ockey/2 15,21,12,17,18 25,10,27,3,18 4. 3rd 09:52 UMD EV Louie Roehl/1 Justin Richards/17 67,39,6,27,74 6,19,23,21,17 Ben Israel/10 Shots by Period Shots by Period 4. 2nd 13:14 DEN EV Kohen Olischefski/5 Rudy Junda/3 12,17,4,15 24,17,5,9,8 Nick Swaney/14 Team 123Tot Team 1 2 3 Tot Griffin Mendel/2 DEN 15 14 12 41 MIAM 4 7 5 16 5. 2nd 19:49 DEN EV Logan O'Connor/6 Adam Plant/4 22,28,7,21 3,20,24,29 TEAM SUMMARY CC 88420 UMD 13 16 6 35 Dylan Gambrell/24 # Miami G A Pi Sh +/- Bl # Minnesota Duluth G A Pi Sh +/- Bl 6. 3rd 05:49 DEN EV Jarid Lukosevicius/14 Dylan Gambrell/25 14,7,21,28,13 2,13,20,3,14 Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) 6 Alec Mahalak 0 0 0 0 -1 2 3 Mikey Anderson 1 1 0 1 +1 0 Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) Prd DEN CC 7 Grant Frederic 0 0 0 0 -1 0 4 Dylan Samberg 0 0 2 3 +1 2 Prd MIAMI UMD TEAM SUMMARY 1st 0-1 (2) 0-1 (1) 9 Gordie Green 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 Nick Wolff 0 0 0 2 0 0 1st 0-1 (0) 1-1 (2) # Denver G A Pi Sh +/- Bl # Colorado College G A Pi Sh +/- Bl 2nd 0-2 (4) 0-1 (1) 10 Ben Lown 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Louie Roehl 1 0 2 1 +2 0 2nd 0-2 (3) 0-2 (4) 3 Tariq Hammond 0 02100 2 Trevor Gooch 0 0 2 2 -2 0 3rd 0-3 (3) 0-3 (2) 11 Rourke Russell 0 0 2 1 -1 1 7 Scott Perunovich 0 0 0 0 0 1 3rd 0-1 (0) 0-1 (4) 4 Griffin Mendel 0 1 0 1 +1 0 3 Kristian Blumens 0 0 4 2 -2 1 Total 0-6 (9) 0-5 (4) 18 Carson Meyer 0 0 0 3 -2 0 10 Kobe Roth 0 1 0 4 +2 0 Total 0-4 (3) 1-4 (10) 5 Henrik Borgstro 1 1 2 3 +2 0 5 Cole McCaskill 0 0 0 1 -1 1 22 Carter Johnson 0 0 0 0 -2 0 11 Avery Peterson 0 0 0 1 0 0 Penalties-Minutes by Prd Penalties-Minutes by Prd 7 Dylan Gambrell 0 2 0 4 +3 1 8 Zach Berzolla 0 0 0 1 -1 2 24 Ryan Siroky 0 0 0 1 0 1 13 Joey Anderson 0 0 0 4 0 1 Prd DEN CC Prd MIAMI UMD 10 Jaakko Heikkine 0 00101 9 Kade Kehoe 0 0 17 0 -1 0 27 Scott Dornbrock 0 0 2 0 -1 1 16 Billy Exell 1 0 0 3 +2 0 1st 2-4 1-2 1st 1-2 2-4 12 Kohen Olischefsk 1 0 0 3 0 0 10 Tanner Ockey 0 1 0 1 +1 0 37 Josh Melnick 0 0 2 2 0 3 17 Blake Young 0 0 0 0 +1 2 2nd 1-2 2-4 2nd 3-6 2-4 13 Liam Finlay 0 1 2 1 +2 0 13 Nick Halloran 0 0 2 2 -2 0 39 Casey Gilling 0 0 0 0 -1 0 19 Justin Richards 0 1 0 1 +1 0 3rd 2-7 4-19 3rd 1-2 1-2 14 Jarid Lukoseviciu 1 1 0 2 +2 0 14 Trey Bradley 0 0 0 2 -2 0 42 Conor Lemirand 0 0 0 0 -2 0 20 Karson Kuhlman 0 0 4 4 0 1 Total 5-13 7-25 Total 5-10 5-10 15 Ian Mitchell 0 0 0 0 +1 1 15 Mason Bergh 0 0 0 2 -1 1 44 Kiefer Sherwood 0 0 0 2 0 1 21 Matt Anderson 0 0 0 0 +2 0 16 Jake Durflinger 0 0 5 1 0 0 17 Westin Michaud 0 0 0 0 -1 1 55 Grant Hutton 0 0 4 2 -1 2 22 Jared Thomas 0 0 0 2 0 3 Three stars: Three stars: 17 Rudy Junda 0 10100 18 Branden Makara 0 0 0 0 +1 0 58 Louie Belpedio 0 0 0 1 -1 3 23 Nick Swaney 0 2 0 3 +1 0 1. Henrik Borgstrom 1. Mikey Anderson 18 Ryan Barrow 0 0 0 1 -1 0 19 Troy Conzo 0 0 0 0 -1 0 2. Jarid Lukosevicius 67 Phil Knies 0 0 0 0 -1 2 25 Peter Krieger 0 0 2 2 0 1 2. Hunter Shepard 21 Michael Davies 0 0 0 2 +2 1 20 Alex Pernitsky 0 0 0 3 -3 1 3. Tanner Jaillet 74 Austin Alger 0 0 0 0 -1 0 26 Jade Miller 1 0 0 1 +2 1 3. Nick Swaney 22 Logan O'Connor 1 0 0 8 +1 0 24 Jack Gates 0 0 0 0 -2 0 85 Karch Bachman 0 0 0 1 0 0 27 Riley Tufte 0 0 0 3 0 0 24 Colin Staub 1 0 0 4 +1 0 25 Brian Williams 1 0 0 2 +1 0 Officials: 30 Chase Munroe dnp 36 Ben Patt dnp Officials: Referee:Joe Sullivan Referee:Ryan Hersey 25 Blake Hillman 0 0 0 4 +1 0 27 Ben Israel 0 1 0 2 0 2 Totals 0 0 10 16 -15 16 37 Nick Deery dnp 26 Jack Doremus 0 00200 29 Christiano Versic 0 0 0 0 -2 0 Referee:Timm Walsh Totals 4 5 10 35 +1 12 Referee:Brad Shepherd Linesman:Chase McGee Linesman:Nick Biondich 28 Adam Plant 0 1 2 2 +3 1 39 Andrew Farny 0 0 0 0 -1 6 Totals 5 8 13 41 +1 5 30 Alec Calvaruso dnp Linesman:Bob Keltie Linesman:Dana Penkivech Game timekeeper:Heather Croze Game timekeeper:Morgan Nygaard 33 Jon Flakne dnp Totals 1 2 25 20 -19 15 GOALTENDERS GOALTENDERS ## Miami Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves ## Minnesota Duluth Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves 31 Ryan Larkin L 59:56 4 11 15 5 31 32 Hunter Shepard W 59:49 0 4 7 5 16 ## Denver Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves ## Colorado College Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves EMPTY NET 0:04 0 0 0 0 0 EMPTY NET 0:11 0 0 0 0 0 36 Tanner Jaillet W 58:56 1 8 7 3 18 1 Alex Leclerc L 60:00 5 14 11 11 36 31 Dayton Rasmussen 1:04 0 001 1 PENALTY SUMMARY PENALTY SUMMARY Prd Player Team MinOffense Time Prd Player Team MiOffense Time 1st Josh Melnick Miami 2.Interference 07:01 PP 2nd Scott Dornbrock Miami 2.Holding 13:11 PP Prd Player Team MinOffense Time Prd Player Team MiOffense Time 1st Louie Roehl UMD 2.Holding 12:14 PP 2nd Karson Kuhlman UMD 2.Goaltender Interfere15:09 1st Tariq Hammond DEN 2.Interference 01:41 PP 3rd Adam Plant DEN 2.Roughing 07:45 PP 1st Karson Kuhlman UMD 2.Interference 18:14 PP 2nd Rourke Russell Miami 2.Slashing 15:09 1st Nick Halloran CC 2.Slashing 09:41 PP 3rd Kristian Blumenschei CC 2.Slashing 08:24 PP 2nd Peter Krieger UMD 2.High Sticking 03:26 PP 3rd Dylan Samberg UMD 2.Hooking 00:50 PP 1st Liam Finlay DEN 2.Hooking 18:46 PP 3rd Jake Durflinger DEN 5.Boarding 11:00 PP 2nd Grant Hutton Miami 2.Hooking 04:53 PP 3rd Grant Hutton Miami 2.Cross-Checking 04:16 PP 2nd Kristian Blumenschei CC 2.Tripping 15:34 PP 3rd Kade Kehoe CC 2.Tripping 15:11 PP 2nd Trevor Gooch CC 2.Hooking 18:43 PP 3rd Kade Kehoe CC 5.Spearing 20:00 PP Win-Hunter Shepard (15-11-1). Loss-Ryan Larkin (10-14-3). 2nd Henrik Borgstrom DEN 2.Interference 18:50 PP 3rd Kade Kehoe CC 10.Game Misconduct 20:00
Referee's signature Win-Tanner Jaillet (16-5-6). Loss-Alex Leclerc (12-11-4). Feb. 19-25, 2018 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv Referee's signature 15 Last Week’s Box Scores
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17
Hockey Game Box Score (Final) #2 St. Cloud State vs #15 Western Michigan (Feb 17, 2018 at Kalamazoo, Mich.) St. Cloud State (20-6-4, 14-4-2-1) vs. Western Michigan (14-14-2, 9-10-1-0) Date: Feb 17, 2018 • Location: Kalamazoo, Mich. • Arena: Lawson Ice Arena Attendance: 3615 • Start time: 7:05 pm • End time: 9:17 pm • Total time: 2:12 19,6,24,14,22 12,10,26,20,5 Prd Time Team Scored by Assists Vis. on ice Home on ice Goals by Period 10,20,5,28,26 13,17,21,20,5 1. 2nd 04:16 SCSU PP Easton Brodzinski/12 Jimmy Schuldt/24 26,22,14,3,27 16,13,4,26 Team 1 2 3 Tot Patrick Newell/15 SCSU 0 1 3 4 22,11,6,25,24 15,6,21,10,14,1 2. 2nd 06:32 WMU SH Josh Passolt/7 Cam Lee/17 55,11,19,17,23 21,28,15,26 WMU 0 2 0 2 3. 2nd 09:35 WMU EV Dawson DiPietro/13 Austin Rueschhof/6 14,19,27,12,6 9,22,15,26,28 Scott Moldenhauer/8 Shots by Period 4. 3rd 05:43 SCSU EV Jack Poehling/7 Ryan Poehling/17 3,11,7,55,2 28,9,15,25,24 Team 1 2 3 Tot Nick Poehling/4 North Dakota Omaha SCSU 15 11 11 37 5. 3rd 11:19 SCSU PP Mikey Eyssimont/13 Jack Ahcan/14 19,12,23,26,11 27,15,24,28 WMU 13 8 1 22 Robby Jackson/20 6. 3rd 18:39 SCSU EV Mikey Eyssimont/14 Patrick Newell/16 19,14,27,22,6 9,6,12,28,21 Blake Lizotte/16 Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) Prd SCSU WMU 1st 0-1 (0) 0-0 (0) TEAM SUMMARY 2nd 1-2 (4) 0-1 (1) # St. Cloud State G A Pi Sh +/- Bl # Western Michigan G A Pi Sh +/- Bl 3rd 1-2 (1) 0-1 (0) 2 Clark Kuster 0 0 0 1 +1 0 4 Luke Bafia 0 0 2 0 0 2 Total 2-5 (5) 0-2 (1) 3 Jack Poehling 1 0 0 2 +1 0 6 Corey Schuenem 0 0 0 1 -1 1 Penalties-Minutes by Prd 6 Luke Jaycox 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Carson Vance 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 Nick Poehling 0 1 0 3 +1 0 9 Dawson DiPietro 1 0 2 3 -1 0 Prd SCSU WMU 1st 0-0 1-2 10 Jon Lizotte 0 0 2 1 0 3 12 Aidan Muir 0 0 0 0 -1 1 2nd 1-2 2-15 11 Ryan Poehling 0 1 0 2 0 0 13 Neal Goff 0 0 0 1 0 2 3rd 1-2 2-4 12 Jack Ahcan 0 1 0 2 -1 0 14 Jade McMullen 0 0 0 1 0 1 Total 2-4 5-21 14 Patrick Newell 0 2 0 3 0 0 15 Scott Moldenhau 0 1 0 1 +1 2 17 Jacob Benson 0 0 0 0 -1 0 16 Hugh McGing 0 0 0 2 0 0 Three stars: 18 Judd Peterson 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Brett Van Os 0 0 15 1 0 0 1. Mikey Eyssimont 19 Mikey Eyssimont 2 0 2 4 -1 1 19 Lukas Samuelss 0 0 0 0 0 0 2. Patrick Newell 21 Jake Wahlin 0 0 0 2 0 0 21 Josh Passolt 1 0 0 3 0 0 3. David Hrenak 22 Jimmy Schuldt 0 1 0 7 +1 1 22 Austin Rueschho 0 1 2 1 +1 0 23 Robby Jackson 0 1 0 4 -1 0 24 Paul Stoykewych 0 0 0 1 -1 1 Officials: 26 Easton Brodzins 1 0 0 3 0 2 25 Richard Zehnal 0 0 0 3 -1 1 Referee:29 Scott Bokal 27 Blake Lizotte 0 1 0 3 0 0 26 Ethen Frank 0 0 0 1 +2 1 Referee:13 Nick Krebsbach Linesman:85 TJ Likens 28 Kevin Fitzgerald 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Cam Orchard 0 0 0 2 0 0 55 Mika Ilvonen 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Cam Lee 0 1 0 0 0 1 Linesman:52 John Philo 1 Jeff Smith dnp 33 Ben Blacker dnp North Dakota Omaha Totals 4 8 4 37 0 7 35 Trevor Gorsuch dnp Totals 2 3 21 22 -1 13 GOALTENDERS ## St. Cloud State Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves ## Western Michigan Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves 34 David Hrenak W 59:45 2 13 6 1 20 1 Austin Cain L 59:55 4 15 10 8 33 EMPTY NET 0:15 0 0 0 0 0 EMPTY NET 0:05 0 0 0 0 0 PENALTY SUMMARY Prd Player Team MinOffense Time Prd Player Team MiOffense Time 1st Austin Rueschhoff WMU 2.Slashing 16:55 PP 3rd Jon Lizotte SCSU 2.Holding 06:39 PP 2nd Brett Van Os WMU 5.Checking From Behin 02:45 PP 3rd Luke Bafia WMU 2.Interference 10:41 PP 2nd Brett Van Os WMU 10.Game Misconduct 02:45 3rd Dawson DiPietro WMU 2.Roughing 19:20 PP 2nd Mikey Eyssimont SCSU 2.Hooking 12:17 PP Win-David Hrenak (9-4-0). Loss-Austin Cain (1-3-0). Referee's signature
Hockey Game Box Score (Final) Hockey Game Box Score (Final) Miami vs #11 Minnesota Duluth (Feb 17, 2018 at Duluth, Minn.) Colorado College vs #3 Denver (Feb 17, 2018 at Denver, Colo.)
Colorado College (13-13-4, 7-10-3-2) vs. Denver (17-7-6, 11-5-4-3) Date: Feb 17, 2018 • Location: Denver, Colo. • Arena: Magness Arena Attendance: 6476 • Start time: 7:05 PM • End time: 9:27 PM • Total time: 2:22 Miami (10-17-3)(5-13-2 NCHC) vs. Minnesota Duluth (16-13-3)(10-10-0 NCH) Date: Feb 17, 2018 • Location: Duluth, Minn. • Arena: AMSOIL Arena Attendance: 6543 • Start time: 7:07 pm • End time: 9:25 • Total time: 2:18 Prd Time Team Scored by Assists Vis. on ice Home on ice Goals by Period 1. 1st 19:31 CC PP Nick Halloran/18 Westin Michaud/12 13,17,14,15,3 7,21,22,28 Team 123Tot CC 100 1 Prd Time Team Scored by Assists Vis. on ice Home on ice Goals by Period TEAM SUMMARY DEN000 0 1. 1st 09:59 UMD EV Jared Thomas/7 Avery Peterson/4 39,85,58,11,18 22,6,11,20,21 Team 1 2 3 Tot Matt Anderson/3 MIAM 0 0 0 0 # Colorado College 1 2 3 Tot +/- # Denver 1 2 3 Tot +/- Shots by Period 2. 3rd 13:47 UMD EV Nick Wolff/5 Peter Krieger/13 27,85,18,6,39 5,7,13,25,27 UMD 1 0 2 3 2 Trevor Gooch 1 1 2 4 0 3 Tariq Hammond 1 1 0 2 0 Joey Anderson/13 3 Kristian Blumens 0 0 1 1 0 4 Griffin Mendel 1 0 0 1 0 Team 123Tot 5 Cole McCaskill 1 0 0 1 0 5 Henrik Borgstro 0 1 3 4 0 CC 97622 3. 3rd 19:36 UMD EN Joey Anderson/7 Peter Krieger/14 18,55,58,44,9,85 13,17,25,7,4 Shots by Period 8 Zach Berzolla 0 0 0 0 0 7 Dylan Gambrell 3 1 1 5 0 DEN 13 18 9 40 Team 1 2 3 Tot TEAM SUMMARY 10 Tanner Ockey 0 0 0 0 0 10 Jaakko Heikkine 0 0 2 2 0 MIAM 5 14 15 34 13 Nick Halloran 2 1 2 5 0 12 Kohen Olischefsk 1 0 0 1 0 Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) # Miami G A Pi Sh +/- Bl # Minnesota Duluth G A Pi Sh +/- Bl UMD 9 1 12 22 14 Trey Bradley 0 0 0 0 0 13 Liam Finlay 1 1 0 2 0 Prd CC DEN 6 Alec Mahalak 0 0 0 0 -1 1 3 Mikey Anderson 0 0 0 1 0 2 15 Mason Bergh 1 1 0 2 0 14 Jarid Lukoseviciu 1 5 0 6 0 1st 1-1 (3) 0-1 (0) 8 Chaz Switzer 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 Dylan Samberg 0 0 2 0 +1 5 Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) 17 Westin Michaud 1 3 0 4 0 15 Ian Mitchell 0 1 0 1 0 2nd 0-1 (4) 0-3 (4) 9 Gordie Green 0 0 0 4 -1 0 5 Nick Wolff 1 0 0 2 +1 0 Prd MIAMI UMD 18 Branden Makara 0 0 0 0 0 16 Jake Durflinger 1 1 0 2 0 3rd 0-1 (2) 0-0 (0) 10 Ben Lown 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 Louie Roehl 0 0 2 0 +1 0 1st 0-1 (1) 0-1 (2) 19 Troy Conzo 0 1 1 2 0 17 Rudy Junda 0 1 0 1 0 Total 1-3 (9) 0-4 (4) 11 Rourke Russell 0 0 0 1 -1 0 7 Scott Perunovich 0 0 2 1 +2 1 2nd 0-1 (4) 0-2 (0) 20 Alex Pernitsky 0 0 0 0 0 18 Ryan Barrow 2 2 0 4 0 18 Carson Meyer 0 0 0 3 -3 0 10 Kobe Roth 0 0 0 1 0 0 3rd 0-0 (0) 0-0 (0) 24 Jack Gates 0 0 0 0 0 21 Michael Davies 0 1 0 1 0 Penalties-Minutes by Prd 24 Ryan Siroky 0 0 0 2 0 0 11 Avery Peterson 0 1 0 2 +1 1 Total 0-2 (5) 0-3 (2) 25 Brian Williams 0 0 0 0 0 22 Logan O'Connor 2 1 2 5 0 Prd CC DEN 27 Scott Dornbrock 0 0 0 0 -1 1 13 Joey Anderson 1 1 0 5 +2 0 1st 1-2 1-2 27 Ben Israel 2 0 0 2 0 24 Colin Staub 0 1 0 1 0 28 Zach LaValle 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 Billy Exell 0 0 0 0 0 0 Penalties-Minutes by Prd 2nd 3-6 2-4 29 Christiano Versic 0 0 0 0 0 25 Blake Hillman 0 1 0 1 0 37 Josh Melnick 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Blake Young 0 0 0 1 +1 0 Prd MIAMI UMD 3rd 0-0 1-2 1st 2-4 2-4 39 Casey Gilling 0 0 2 1 -2 1 19 Justin Richards 0 0 0 1 0 0 36 McKay Flanagan 0 0 0 0 0 26 Jack Doremus 0 0 0 0 0 Total 4-8 4-8 2nd 2-4 1-2 42 Conor Lemirand 0 0 4 3 0 2 20 Karson Kuhlman 0 0 0 2 +1 1 39 Andrew Farny 1 0 0 1 0 28 Adam Plant 0 0 1 1 0 3rd 0-0 0-0 30 Alec Calvaruso dnp 30 Devin Cooley dnp Three stars: 44 Kiefer Sherwood 0 0 2 5 -1 1 21 Matt Anderson 0 1 0 2 +1 1 Total 4-8 3-6 55 Grant Hutton 0 0 0 1 -1 1 22 Jared Thomas 1 0 0 1 +1 0 Totals 9 7 6 22 0 31 Dayton Rasmuss dnp 1. Nick Halloran Totals 13 18 9 40 0 2. Alex Leclerc 58 Louie Belpedio 0 0 0 4 -2 0 23 Nick Swaney 0 0 0 0 0 2 Three stars: 3. Westin Michaud 67 Phil Knies 0 0 0 3 0 0 25 Peter Krieger 0 2 0 1 +2 2 1. Hunter Shepard 85 Karch Bachman 0 0 0 3 -3 0 26 Jade Miller 0 0 0 0 0 0 2. Jared Thomas Officials: 92 Willie Knierim 0 0 0 1 0 0 27 Riley Tufte 0 0 0 2 +1 0 3. Nick Wolff Referee:Joe Sullivan 30 Chase Munroe dnp 36 Ben Patt dnp Officials: Referee:Timm Walsh Totals 0 0 8 34 -16 11 37 Nick Deery dnp Linesman:Chase McGee Totals 3 5 6 22 +1 15 Referee:Ryan Hersey Referee:Brad Shepherd Linesman:Bob Keltie Linesman:Nick Biondich Linesman:Dana Penkivech GOALTENDERS Game timekeeper:Morgan Nygaard ## Colorado College Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves ## Denver Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves 1 Alex Leclerc W 60:00 0 13 18 9 40 36 Tanner Jaillet L 58:35 1 8 7 6 21 GOALTENDERS EMPTY NET 1:25 0 000 0 ## Miami Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves ## Minnesota Duluth Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves 31 Ryan Larkin L 56:43 2 8 1 10 19 32 Hunter Shepard W 60:00 0 5 14 15 34 PENALTY SUMMARY EMPTY NET 3:17 1 0 0 0 0 Prd Player Team MinOffense Time Prd Player Team MiOffense Time 1st Zach Berzolla CC 2.Contact To The Head 07:22 PP 2nd Ben Israel CC 2.Tripping 03:35 PP PENALTY SUMMARY 1st Jake Durflinger DEN 2.Tripping 19:14 PP 2nd Ian Mitchell DEN 2.Tripping 12:28 PP 2nd Trevor Gooch CC 2.Hooking 01:55 PP 2nd Zach Berzolla CC 2.Hooking 15:01 PP Prd Player Team MinOffense Time Prd Player Team MiOffense Time 2nd Jaakko Heikkinen DEN 2.Tripping 03:16 3rd Tariq Hammond DEN 2.Interference 02:47 PP 1st Dylan Samberg UMD 2.Cross-Checking 11:23 PP 2nd Louie Roehl UMD 2.Holding 02:40 PP 1st Scott Perunovich UMD 2.Roughing 13:40 2nd Kiefer Sherwood Miami 2.Tripping 12:05 PP 1st Conor Lemirande Miami 2.Cross-Checking 13:40 2nd Casey Gilling Miami 2.Tripping 16:00 PP Win-Alex Leclerc (13-11-4). Loss-Tanner Jaillet (16-6-6). 1st Conor Lemirande Miami 2.Unsportsmanlike Con 13:40 PP Referee's signature Win-Hunter Shepard (16-11-1). Loss-Ryan Larkin (10-15-3).
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FRIDAY, FEB. 16 season, No. 11/12 Minnesota Duluth topped Miami, 4-0, Friday riday night saw a little bit of everything in the NCHC, with a at AMSOIL Arena to snap a three-game losing streak. Fresh- Fshutout, a two-goal comeback, 3-on-3 overtime and play- man defenseman Mikey Anderson, who had a two-point night, off positioning starting to take shape. No. 3/2 St. Cloud State opened the scoring with a blast on the power play 8:19 into the remained in first place and clinched home ice for the quarterfi- game, which served as the game-winner. Two minutes later, the nals of the NCHC Tournament after scoring in the final minute of Bulldogs (15-13-3, 9-10-0-0 NCHC) doubled their lead when regulation to earn a 5-5 tie at Western Michigan and then tallied Miami (10-16-3, 5-12-2-0 NCHC) accidentally put the puck in in 3-on-3 overtime for the clinching point. No. 2/3 Denver its own net while trying to clear a shot from junior forward Billy stretched its unbeaten streak to eight games with a 5-1 win at Exell. Anderson then set up sophomore forward Jade Miller to rival Colorado College, which kept the Gold Pan trophy with the make it 3-0 in the second stanza, while freshman defenseman Pioneers for a fourth straight season, while moving DU within Louie Roehl tallied his first career goal in the final frame to cap two points of the Huskies for first. No. 11/12 Minnesota Duluth the scoring. Shepard stopped all 16 shots he faced for the white- blanked Miami, 4-0, to move into a tie for fourth place, behind wash as UMD outshot the RedHawks, 35-16. sophomore goalie Hunter Shepard’s fourth shutout of the season. The Bulldogs are now tied with No. 9/10 North Dakota, after Scoring the game’s final five goals,No. 13/13 Omaha twice the Fighting Hawks fell at No. 13/13 Omaha, which scored the rallied from a two-goal deficit to down No. 9/10 North Dakota, game’s final five goals to earn a 6-3 comeback victory and move 6-3, Friday for the Mavericks’ first ever win over UND at Baxter its home winning streak to seven games. Arena. The Fighting Hawks (13-10-8, 7-8-4-0/2 NCHC) jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period, but the Mavericks (15-13-1, In a back-and-forth affair, No. 3/2 St. Cloud State scored in 8-11-0-0 NCHC) rallied in the second. Senior forward Tyler Vesel the final minute of regulation to earn a 5-5 overtime tie against put Omaha on the board on the power play for the first of his No. 15/15 Western Michigan Friday at Lawson Ice Arena, while two points on the night, while UND junior forward Shane Gersich also tallying in 3-on-3 overtime for the extra standings point, answered with his own power play goal to regain a two-goal which secured home ice in the playoffs for the Huskies. With cushion. Omaha then exploded for three goals over the final 12 the teams tied 3-3 entering the third period, sophomore for- minutes of the period to grab the lead with sophomore forward ward Hugh McGing put the Broncos (14-13-2, 9-9-1-0 NCHC) in Zach Jordan tying the game on the power play and junior for- front, only to see the Huskies (19-6-4, 13-4-2-1/0 NCHC) pull ward Ryan Galt tallying the game-winner less than two minutes even two minutes later on the power play off a shot from junior apart, while both finished with two points in the win. The Mavs defenseman Jimmy Schuldt. WMU again appeared to take the then sealed the victory with a pair of empty-net goals in the lead for good when sophomore forward Dawson DiPietro put final frame. Despite the loss, UND outshot Omaha, 41-26, but the Broncos ahead 5-4 with 2:25 remaining, but SCSU pulled its junior goalie Evan Weninger compiled 38 saves to earn the win goalie for an extra attacker and senior defenseman Mika Ilvonen in net. Omaha finished 3-for-4 on the power play, while North fired a wrister past sophomore goalie Ben Blacker for his second Dakota was 2-for-3. goal of the game with 49 ticks left in regulation to tie the game and force overtime. After a scoreless 5-on-5 overtime, Schuldt scored 35 seconds into the 3-on-3 overtime to clinch two points SATURDAY, FEB. 17 and home ice for the Huskies. Senior forward Aidan Muir tallied oaltenders stole the show on Saturday night in the Nation- two goals in the loss for WMU, while DiPietro and senior defen- Gal Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC), as three different seman Paul Stoykewych each had a goal and two assists for the netminders logged a shutout, while only one team completed a Broncos. The Huskies outshot WMU, 48-33, including 37-16 over weekend sweep. For the second straight night, sophomore Hunt- the final two periods and overtime, and also went 2-for-6 on the er Shepard did not allow a goal as he backstopped No. 11/12 power play. Minnesota Duluth to a 3-0 win over Miami and weekend sweep, which moved UMD into a tie for third place in the NCHC. Also Behind a three-goal second period, No. 2/3 Denver downed moving into a tie for third was No. 9/10 North Dakota, which rival Colorado College, 5-1, Friday night at the Broadmoor World blanked No. 13/13 Omaha on the road by the same 3-0 score, Arena to win the Gold Pan trophy for the fourth straight season. behind senior Cam Johnson’s whitewash, giving the Fighting In a tight first period, the Pioneers (17-6-6, 11-4-3-3/0 NCHC) Hawks a series split. No. 3/2 St. Cloud State extended its first- broke through in the latter half of the frame when sophomore place lead with a 4-2 win at No. 15/15 Western Michigan, after forward Henrik Borgström, who had a two-point game, banked Colorado College upset No. 2/3 Denver, 1-0, with sophomore in a shot from behind the goal. DU then doubled its lead one Alex Leclerc’s clean sheet snapping CC’s 17-game winless streak minute into the second stanza off the stick of junior forward against the Pioneers. Colin Staub. Freshman forward Brian Williams got the Tigers (12-13-4, 6-10-3-2/0 NCHC) on the board midway through the For the second straight night, sophomore Hunter Shepard didn’t second stanza to make it a one-goal game, but Denver tacked allow a goal as he backstopped No. 11/12 Minnesota Duluth on two more goals in the final seven minutes of the middle peri- to a 3-0 win over Miami and a weekend sweep Saturday at od to make it 4-1 after 40 minutes. Junior forward Jarid Lukos- AMSOIL Arena. Shepard stopped all 34 shots he faced for his evicius, who also had a two-point night, sealed the victory with fifth shutout of the season to put UMD (16-13-3, 10-10-0-0 a third-period tally. Denver outshot CC, 41-20, in the victory, NCHC) into a tie for third place in the NCHC. Despite the loss, while the teams were a combined 0-for-11 on the power play. the RedHawks (10-17-3, 5-13-2-0 NCHC) outshot the Bulldogs, 34-22, including 14-1 in the second stanza, but Miami was held Behind sophomore goalie Hunter Shepard’s fourth shutout of the scoreless for a program-record third straight game. Senior for-
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ward Jared Thomas opened the scoring midway through the first UND’s lead 4:47 into the final frame, while the Fighting Hawks frame, which served as the game-winner. It remained a one- sealed the victory with an empty-netter. Johnson totaled 26 goal game until sophomore defenseman Nick Wolff fired a blast saves for his 11th career shutout as UND outshot Omaha, 37-26 from the point through traffic with 6:13 remaining in the game in the win. The teams were a combined 0-for-9 on the power to double UMD’s lead, while sophomore forward Joey Anderson play. North Dakota remains on the road next weekend with two sealed the victory with an empty-net goal for his second point of games at Miami, while the Mavericks stay at home to entertain the night. The teams finished a combined 0-for-5 on the power Colorado College. play. Next weekend, the Bulldogs hit the road for two games at No. 15/15 Western Michigan, while Miami returns home to host No. 9/10 North Dakota.
Snapping a 17-game winless streak against their rival, sopho- more goalie Alex Leclerc pitched a shutout and Colorado College held off No. 2/3 Denver for a 1-0 win Saturday at Magness Arena, earning a weekend split. Sophomore forward Nick Hal- loran scored the game’s only goal with 29 ticks left in the first period, firing a wrister through traffic on the power play for his team-leading 18th goal of the year. The Pioneers (17-7-6, 11-5- 4-3/0 NCHC) attempted to rally, outshooting the Tigers (13-13- 4, 7-10-3-2/0 NCHC), 18-7, in the second period, and 40-22 for the game, but Leclerc turned aside all 40 shots for his third shutout of the season. It was CC’s first win over the Pioneers since Feb. 22, 2014 and snapped Denver’s eight-game unbeat- en streak. The Pioneers head to Minnesota for two games with first-place and No. 3/2 St. Cloud State next weekend, while the Tigers visit No. 13/13 Omaha for two games.
Closing in on a Penrose Cup title, No. 3/2 St. Cloud State scored three goals in the third period to rally past No. 15/15 Western Michigan for a 4-2 win Saturday at Lawson Ice Arena. After a scoreless first frame, freshman forward Easton Brodz- inski opened the scoring for the Huskies (20-6-4, 14-4-2-1/0 NCHC) on the power play in the second stanza, but the Bron- cos (14-14-2, 9-10-1-0-0 NCHC) answered right back with two goals over the next five minutes, including a short-handed goal from freshman forward Josh Passolt to tie the game and the go-ahead goal from sophomore forward Dawson DiPietro. SCSU rallied in the final frame, however, with sophomore forward Jack Poehling tying the game early in the third with his two brothers assisting on the goal. Junior forward Mikey Eyssimont then struck twice over the final 10 minutes of the game to give the Huskies the win, with the game-winner coming on the power play. St. Cloud State outshot WMU, 37-22, in the win, including 22-9 over the final 40 minutes, and was 2-for-5 on the power play. The Huskies host No. 2/3 Denver in a first-place showdown next weekend, while the Broncos remain at home to face No. 11/12 Minnesota Duluth.
After being pulled in his last start, senior goaltender Cam John- son returned to the net in strong fashion by logging his second shutout of the season to lead No. 9/10 North Dakota to a 3-0 win at No. 13/13 Omaha Saturday at Baxter Arena. The win earned the Fighting Hawks (14-10-8, 8-8-4-0/2 NCHC) a series split and moved them in to a tie for third place in the NCHC, while snapping the Mavericks’ (15-14-1, 8-12-0-0 NCHC) sev- en-game home winning streak. After a scoreless first frame, ju- nior forward Shane Gersich tallied the only goal UND would need midway through the second stanza, potting a rebound in the slot. The game remained a one-goal contest until senior forward Johnny Simonson put in a rebound off the back boards to double
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Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Henrik Borgström DEN SO F 20 13-15-28 1.40 6/12 3 1 1 1 +8 FLA Nick Halloran CC_ SO F 20 12-16-28 1.40 9/18 4 0 4 0 -5 3 David Pope UNO SR F 20 14-13-27 1.35 2/7 11 0 0 1 -9 DET 4 Dylan Gambrell DEN JR F 20 8-17-25 1.25 1/2 1 0 1 0 +14 SJS 5 Mikey Eyssimont STC JR F 20 11-13-24 1.20 9/18 4 0 3 0 +11 LOS 6 Robby Jackson STC JR F 20 10-13-23 1.15 2/4 3 2 0 0 +6 Dawson DiPietro WMU SO F 20 9-14-23 1.15 12/24 3 0 1 0 +4 8 Mason Bergh CC_ JR F 20 9-13-22 1.10 4/8 5 0 0 0 -3 9 Troy Terry DEN JR F 18 6-14-20 1.11 2/4 5 0 0 0 +9 ANA Hugh McGing WMU SO F 20 7-13-20 1.00 8/19 3 0 0 0 -4 11 Patrick Newell STC JR F 18 5-14-19 1.06 0/0 1 1 1 0 +11 12 Shane Gersich NDK JR F 20 8-10-18 0.90 5/10 3 0 2 0 -1 WSH Tyler Vesel UNO SR F 20 7-11-18 0.90 2/4 3 1 1 0 -13 EDM Scott Perunovich MND FR D 20 6-12-18 0.90 10/20 2 0 1 0 +7 Jimmy Schuldt STC JR D 20 2-16-18 0.90 8/30 1 0 0 0 +18 16 Zach Jordan UNO SO F 18 10-7-17 0.94 6/12 2 0 1 1 -1 Corey Schueneman WMU JR D 19 4-13-17 0.89 4/8 4 0 0 0 -3 Christian Wolanin NDK JR D 20 4-13-17 0.85 14/36 2 0 0 0 +5 OTT Jake Randolph UNO SR F 20 3-14-17 0.85 2/4 1 0 0 0 -16 20 Wade Allison WMU SO F 12 10-6-16 1.33 6/12 2 0 1 2 +3 PHI Joey Anderson MND SO F 14 5-11-16 1.14 3/6 2 0 0 0 +9 NJD Easton Brodzinski STC FR F 19 10-6-16 0.84 3/9 5 0 4 0 +3 Ryan Poehling STC SO F 19 6-10-16 0.84 8/16 0 0 1 0 +3 MTL Jarid Lukosevicius DEN JR F 20 12-4-16 0.80 7/14 6 0 3 0 +1 Ian Mitchell DEN FR D 20 2-14-16 0.80 5/10 0 0 0 0 +8 CHI
Defenseman Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Scott Perunovich MND FR D 20 6-12-18 0.90 10/20 2 0 1 0 +7 Jimmy Schuldt STC JR D 20 2-16-18 0.90 8/30 1 0 0 0 +18 3 Corey Schueneman WMU JR D 19 4-13-17 0.89 4/8 4 0 0 0 -3 Christian Wolanin NDK JR D 20 4-13-17 0.85 14/36 2 0 0 0 +5 OTT 5 Ian Mitchell DEN FR D 20 2-14-16 0.80 5/10 0 0 0 0 +8 CHI 6 Louie Belpedio MIA SR D 20 5-10-15 0.75 8/16 2 0 1 0 -3 MIN Cam Lee WMU SO D 20 1-14-15 0.75 16/51 0 0 0 0 -8 8 Joel Messner UNO SR D 20 2-12-14 0.70 9/18 2 0 1 0 -12 9 Colton Poolman NDK SO D 20 5-8-13 0.65 2/4 1 0 0 0 +4 10 Kristian Blumenschein CC_ SO D 19 2-10-12 0.63 5/10 0 0 0 0 E Luke Bafia WMU SO D 20 1-11-12 0.60 13/26 0 0 1 0 +3 12 Mikey Anderson MND FR D 17 1-9-10 0.59 4/8 1 0 1 0 +4 LOS 13 Paul Stoykewych WMU SR D 14 4-5-9 0.64 8/16 2 1 0 0 -1 Jon Lizotte STC JR D 20 1-8-9 0.45 4/11 0 0 0 0 +14 Scott Moldenhauer WMU SR D 20 1-8-9 0.45 9/18 1 0 0 0 -1 Jack Ahcan STC SO D 20 0-9-9 0.45 2/4 0 0 0 0 -5
Freshman Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Scott Perunovich MND FR D 20 6-12-18 0.90 10/20 2 0 1 0 +7 2 Easton Brodzinski STC FR F 19 10-6-16 0.84 3/9 5 0 4 0 +3 Ian Mitchell DEN FR D 20 2-14-16 0.80 5/10 0 0 0 0 +8 CHI 4 Blake Lizotte STC FR F 19 5-10-15 0.79 3/6 1 0 1 0 +11 5 Kevin Fitzgerald STC FR F 19 4-9-13 0.68 6/12 0 0 0 0 +8 6 Grant Mismash NDK FR F 19 6-6-12 0.63 6/12 1 0 0 0 +2 NSH 7 Phil Knies MIA FR F 20 8-3-11 0.55 4/8 2 0 0 0 -1 Casey Gilling MIA FR F 20 5-6-11 0.55 13/34 3 0 0 0 -6 Jordan Kawaguchi NDK FR F 20 2-9-11 0.55 3/6 0 0 1 0 +2 Christiano Versich CC_ FR F 20 1-10-11 0.55 11/30 1 0 0 0 -4 11 Mikey Anderson MND FR D 17 1-9-10 0.59 4/8 1 0 1 0 +4 LOS 12 Troy Conzo CC_ FR F 19 4-5-9 0.47 3/6 0 1 0 0 -1 Ben Lown MIA FR F 20 2-7-9 0.45 2/4 0 1 0 0 -1 14 Austin Rueschhoff WMU FR F 18 4-4-8 0.44 10/20 2 0 0 0 -1 Jake Durflinger DEN FR F 19 2-6-8 0.42 9/21 0 0 1 0 +4
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Goal Scoring GP G GPG Assist Scoring GP A APG 1 David Pope UNO SR F 20 14 0.70 1 Dylan Gambrell DEN JR F 20 17 0.85 2 Henrik Borgström DEN SO F 20 13 0.65 2 Nick Halloran CC SO F 20 16 0.80 3 Nick Halloran CC SO F 20 12 0.60 Jimmy Schuldt STC JR D 20 16 0.80 Jarid Lukosevicius DEN JR F 20 12 0.60 4 Henrik Borgström DEN SO F 20 15 0.75 5 Mikey Eyssimont STC JR F 20 11 0.55 5 Troy Terry DEN JR F 18 14 0.78 6 Wade Allison WMU SO F 12 10 0.83 Patrick Newell STC JR F 18 14 0.78 Zach Jordan UNO SO F 18 10 0.56 Ian Mitchell DEN FR D 20 14 0.70 Easton Brodzinski STC FR F 19 10 0.53 Jake Randolph UNO SR F 20 14 0.70 Robby Jackson STC JR F 20 10 0.50 Dawson DiPietro WMU SO F 20 14 0.70 10 Mason Bergh CC JR F 20 9 0.45 Cam Lee WMU SO D 20 14 0.70 Dawson DiPietro WMU SO F 20 9 0.45 11 7 Players Tied With 13 12 Dylan Gambrell DEN JR F 20 8 0.40 Phil Knies MIA FR F 20 8 0.40 Shane Gersich NDK JR F 20 8 0.40
Power Play Goals GP G GPG Power Play Points GP G-A-P PPG 1 David Pope UNO SR F 20 11 0.55 1 David Pope UNO SR F 20 11-6-17 0.85 2 Westin Michaud CC JR F 20 6 0.30 2 Nick Halloran CC SO F 20 4-10-14 0.70 Jarid Lukosevicius DEN JR F 20 6 0.30 3 Jake Randolph UNO SR F 20 1-12-13 0.65 4 Troy Terry DEN JR F 18 5 0.28 4 Corey Schueneman WMU JR D 19 4-7-11 0.58 Easton Brodzinski STC FR F 19 5 0.26 5 Mason Bergh CC JR F 20 5-5-10 0.50 Mason Bergh CC JR F 20 5 0.25 Mikey Eyssimont STC JR F 20 4-6-10 0.50 7 Corey Schueneman WMU JR D 19 4 0.21 Henrik Borgström DEN SO F 20 3-7-10 0.50 Nick Halloran CC SO F 20 4 0.20 Tyler Vesel UNO SR F 20 3-7-10 0.50 Mikey Eyssimont STC JR F 20 4 0.20 Joel Messner UNO SR D 20 2-8-10 0.50 10 9 Players Tied With 3 Jimmy Schuldt STC JR D 20 1-9-10 0.50 Ian Mitchell DEN FR D 20 0-10-10 0.50
Shorthanded Goals GP G GPG Game-Winning Goals GP G GPG 1 Logan O'Connor DEN JR F 20 2 0.10 1 Easton Brodzinski STC FR F 19 4 0.21 Karson Kuhlman MND SR F 20 2 0.10 Nick Halloran CC SO F 20 4 0.20 Judd Peterson STC SR F 20 2 0.10 3 Jarid Lukosevicius DEN JR F 20 3 0.15 Robby Jackson STC JR F 20 2 0.10 Josh Melnick MIA JR F 20 3 0.15 5 11 Players Tied With 1 Peter Krieger MND JR F 20 3 0.15 Mikey Eyssimont STC JR F 20 3 0.15 7 Rhett Gardner NDK JR F 16 2 0.12 Lawton Courtnall WMU SO F 18 2 0.11 Colin Staub DEN JR F 20 2 0.10 Jared Thomas MND SR C 20 2 0.10 Shane Gersich NDK JR F 20 2 0.10
Plus-Minus GP +/- Hat Tricks GP HT 1 Jimmy Schuldt STC JR D 20 +18 1 Wade Allison WMU SO F 12 2 2 Dylan Gambrell DEN JR F 20 +14 2 Zach Jordan UNO SO F 18 1 Jon Lizotte STC JR D 20 +14 Henrik Borgström DEN SO F 20 1 4 Michael Davies DEN SO D 19 +12 David Pope UNO SR F 20 1 5 Blake Winiecki STC SR F 16 +11 Patrick Newell STC JR F 18 +11 Blake Lizotte STC FR F 19 +11 Mikey Eyssimont STC JR F 20 +11 9 Joey Anderson MND SO F 14 +9 Troy Terry DEN JR F 18 +9 Hayden Shaw NDK JR D 20 +9
Blocked Shots GP BLK BLK/G Face-Off Percentage FW FL FO % 1 Luke Bafia WMU SO D 20 50 2.50 1 Blake Winiecki STC SR F 106 69 .606 2 Andrew Farny CC JR D 20 49 2.45 2 Nick Jones NDK JR F 141 97 .592 3 Jon Lizotte STC JR D 20 47 2.35 3 Blake Lizotte STC FR F 149 104 .589 4 Joel Messner UNO SR D 20 46 2.30 4 Rhett Gardner NDK JR F 223 160 .582 5 Jimmy Schuldt STC JR D 20 42 2.10 5 Collin Adams NDK FR F 47 34 .580 6 Ben Israel CC JR D 20 40 2.00 6 Peter Krieger MND JR F 212 162 .567 Dylan Samberg MND FR D 20 40 2.00 7 Judd Peterson STC SR F 165 127 .565 8 Hayden Shaw NDK JR D 20 35 1.75 8 Luke Nogard UNO SR F 103 81 .560 9 Chaz Switzer MIA SO D 18 32 1.78 9 Casey Gilling MIA FR F 193 153 .558 10 Neal Goff WMU SR D 20 30 1.50 10 Tyson McLellan DEN SO F 64 52 .552
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 Denver UND 1/26/18 3-3 Troy Terry Unassisted 4:11 CC Miami 1/27/18 4-4 Christiano Versich K. Blumenschein, Trey Bradley 4:02 Denver UND 1/27/18 1-1 Ian Mitchell Logan O’Connor 1:19 SCSU WMU 2/16/18 5-5 Jimmy Schuldt Blake Lizotte 0:35
20 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey Feb. 19-25, 2018 NCHC Conference Goaltending Leaders
Goals Against Average GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % NHL 1 Tanner Jaillet DEN SR 19 1149:29 35 1.83 11-4-4 4 478 .932 2 Dávid Hrenák STC FR 11 615:11 20 1.95 7-3-0 3 256 .928 3 Peter Thome NDK FR 8 453:45 18 2.38 4-3-1 1 174 .906 CLB 4 Hunter Shepard MND SO 20 1133:32 46 2.43 10-9-0 3 469 .911 5 Cam Johnson NDK SR 13 754:16 33 2.63 4-5-3 1 272 .892 6 Jeff Smith STC JR 11 590:41 28 2.84 7-1-2 0 256 .901 7 Ryan Larkin MIA SO 19 1106:17 62 3.36 5-11-2 0 465 .882 8 Alex Leclerc CC_ SO 20 1107:16 64 3.47 7-9-3 2 577 .900 9 Ben Blacker WMU SO 17 899:30 53 3.54 7-7-1 1 416 .887 10 Evan Weninger UNO JR 17 924:33 62 4.02 7-9-0 0 482 .886
Save Percentage GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % NHL 1 Tanner Jaillet DEN SR 19 1149:29 35 1.83 11-4-4 4 478 .932 2 Dávid Hrenák STC FR 11 615:11 20 1.95 7-3-0 3 256 .928 3 Hunter Shepard MND SO 20 1133:32 46 2.43 10-9-0 3 469 .911 4 Peter Thome NDK FR 8 453:45 18 2.38 4-3-1 1 174 .906 CLB 5 Jeff Smith STC JR 11 590:41 28 2.84 7-1-2 0 256 .901 6 Alex Leclerc CC_ SO 20 1107:16 64 3.47 7-9-3 2 577 .900 7 Cam Johnson NDK SR 13 754:16 33 2.63 4-5-3 1 272 .892 8 Ben Blacker WMU SO 17 899:30 53 3.54 7-7-1 1 416 .887 9 Evan Weninger UNO JR 17 924:33 62 4.02 7-9-0 0 482 .886 10 Ryan Larkin MIA SO 19 1106:17 62 3.36 5-11-2 0 465 .882
Saves GP SVS/G Saves Shutouts GP Shutouts 1 Alex Leclerc CC_ SO 20 28.9 577 1 Tanner Jaillet DEN SR 19 4 2 Evan Weninger UNO JR 17 28.4 482 2 Dávid Hrenák STC FR 11 3 3 Tanner Jaillet DEN SR 19 25.2 478 Hunter Shepard MND SO 20 3 4 Hunter Shepard MND SO 20 23.4 469 4 Alex Leclerc CC_ SO 20 2 5 Ryan Larkin MIA SO 19 24.5 465 5 Peter Thome NDK FR 8 1 6 Ben Blacker WMU SO 17 24.5 416 Cam Johnson NDK SR 13 1 7 Cam Johnson NDK SR 13 20.9 272 Ben Blacker WMU SO 17 1 8 Jeff Smith STC JR 11 23.3 256 Dávid Hrenák STC FR 11 23.3 256 10 Peter Thome NDK FR 8 21.8 174 11 Austin Cain WMU FR 5 20.4 102 12 Alec Calvaruso CC_ FR 3 20.7 62 13 Kris Oldham UNO SO 4 15.0 60 14 Alex Blankenburg UNO JR 3 14.7 44 15 Trevor Gorsuch WMU JR 2 16.5 33 16 Dayton Rasmussen DEN FR 2 16.0 32 17 Nick Deery MND SO 2 13.0 26 18 Chase Munroe MIA SO 2 12.0 24 19 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
Feb. 19-25, 2018 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 20 82 4.10 1 Denver 20 42 2.10 2 Western Michigan 20 72 3.60 2 Minnesota Duluth 20 50 2.50 3 Denver 20 64 3.20 3 St. Cloud State 20 51 2.55 Omaha 20 64 3.20 4 North Dakota 20 56 2.80 5 North Dakota 20 61 3.05 5 Colorado College 20 70 3.50 6 Minnesota Duluth 20 60 3.00 6 Miami 20 75 3.75 7 Colorado College 20 55 2.75 7 Western Michigan 20 76 3.80 8 Miami 20 50 2.50 8 Omaha 20 88 4.40
POWER PLAY PENALTY KILL Team Totals SHA PP % Team Totals SHF PK % 1 Omaha 26/88 3 29.5 1 Denver 58/67 3 86.6 2 Western Michigan 20/83 3 24.1 2 Minnesota Duluth 71/84 3 84.5 3 St. Cloud State 21/94 5 22.3 3 Western Michigan 96/121 3 79.3 4 Minnesota Duluth 15/76 2 19.7 4 St. Cloud State 55/70 6 78.6 5 North Dakota 16/84 2 19.0 5 Miami 68/87 2 78.2 6 Colorado College 18/96 1 18.8 6 North Dakota 68/89 0 76.4 7 Denver 17/93 0 18.3 7 Colorado College 68/91 1 74.7 8 Miami 16/88 3 18.2 8 Omaha 69/93 1 74.2
PENALTY MINUTES SHOTS ON GOAL Team Games PIM PIM/G Team Games SOG SOG/G 1 Western Michigan 20 360 18.0 1 Denver 20 659 33.0 2 North Dakota 20 270 13.5 St. Cloud State 20 659 33.0 3 Colorado College 20 268 13.4 3 North Dakota 20 610 30.5 4 Omaha 20 238 11.9 4 Omaha 20 607 30.4 5 Miami 20 231 11.6 5 Minnesota Duluth 20 579 28.9 6 Minnesota Duluth 20 215 10.8 Western Michigan 20 579 28.9 7 St. Cloud State 20 205 10.2 7 Colorado College 20 522 26.1 8 Denver 20 153 7.7 Miami 20 522 26.1
SCORING BY PERIOD GOALS ALLOWED BY PERIOD Team 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Team 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total 1 St. Cloud State 21 26 35 0 82 1 Denver 10 13 19 0 42 2 Western Michigan 16 28 26 2 72 2 Minnesota Duluth 15 19 16 - 50 3 Denver 15 22 27 0 64 3 St. Cloud State 12 23 16 0 51 Omaha 15 30 19 - 64 4 North Dakota 12 24 20 0 56 5 North Dakota 14 25 22 0 61 5 Colorado College 18 28 22 2 70 6 Minnesota Duluth 22 18 20 - 60 6 Miami 19 25 30 1 75 7 Colorado College 16 20 18 1 55 7 Western Michigan 22 23 30 1 76 8 Miami 12 18 19 1 50 8 Omaha 23 32 33 - 88
SPECIAL TEAMS NET Team PPF SHA PP NET PPA SHF SH NET ST NET 1 Denver 17 0 +17 9 3 -6 +11 2 St. Cloud State 21 5 +16 15 6 -9 +7 3 Minnesota Duluth 15 2 +13 13 3 -10 +3 4 Omaha 26 3 +23 24 1 -23 0 5 Miami 16 3 +13 19 2 -17 -4 6 Colorado College 18 1 +17 23 1 -22 -5 Western Michigan 20 3 +17 25 3 -22 -5 8 North Dakota 16 2 +14 21 0 -21 -7
22 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey Feb. 19-25, 2018 NCHC Overall Scoring Leaders
Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Nick Halloran CC_ SO F 30 18-23-41 1.37 12/24 5 0 4 0 -4 2 Henrik Borgström DEN SO F 29 18-21-39 1.34 9/18 6 1 2 1 +9 FLA David Pope UNO SR F 30 20-19-39 1.30 4/11 12 0 0 1 -6 DET 4 Dylan Gambrell DEN JR F 30 11-25-36 1.20 3/6 2 0 1 0 +16 SJS 5 Mason Bergh CC_ JR F 30 15-19-34 1.13 8/16 8 0 1 1 -2 Robby Jackson STC JR F 30 14-20-34 1.13 3/6 4 2 0 0 +10 7 Dawson DiPietro WMU SO F 30 13-20-33 1.10 18/36 6 0 1 0 +3 8 Troy Terry DEN JR F 28 11-21-32 1.14 2/4 7 0 2 0 +13 ANA Mikey Eyssimont STC JR F 29 14-18-32 1.10 13/26 5 0 3 0 +11 LOS 10 Jimmy Schuldt STC JR D 30 7-24-31 1.03 9/32 5 0 2 0 +22 11 Wade Allison WMU SO F 22 15-15-30 1.36 13/29 4 0 2 2 +7 PHI 12 Hugh McGing WMU SO F 30 9-20-29 0.97 12/27 4 0 0 0 -4 13 Gordie Green MIA SO F 30 12-16-28 0.93 6/12 3 0 2 0 +3 Tyler Vesel UNO SR F 30 11-17-28 0.93 2/4 4 1 2 0 -7 EDM 15 Louie Belpedio MIA SR D 30 9-17-26 0.87 16/40 5 0 2 0 -1 MIN Christian Wolanin NDK JR D 32 9-17-26 0.81 20/48 5 0 0 0 +11 OTT 17 Colt Conrad WMU JR F 20 9-16-25 1.25 3/9 2 0 1 0 +8 Ryan Poehling STC SO F 26 8-17-25 0.96 9/18 0 0 2 0 +7 MTL Josh Melnick MIA JR F 30 8-17-25 0.83 17/34 1 0 3 0 -6 Scott Perunovich MND FR D 30 7-18-25 0.83 13/26 3 0 1 0 +12 Trey Bradley CC_ JR F 30 5-20-25 0.83 5/10 2 0 0 0 -7 22 Zach Jordan UNO SO F 28 14-10-24 0.86 8/16 3 0 2 1 -1 Jake Randolph UNO SR F 28 5-19-24 0.86 8/16 2 0 0 0 -14 Jarid Lukosevicius DEN JR F 30 14-10-24 0.80 9/18 8 0 3 0 +3 Shane Gersich NDK JR F 32 11-13-24 0.75 8/16 4 0 3 0 +1 WSH
Defenseman Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Jimmy Schuldt STC JR D 30 7-24-31 1.03 9/32 5 0 2 0 +22 2 Louie Belpedio MIA SR D 30 9-17-26 0.87 16/40 5 0 2 0 -1 MIN Christian Wolanin NDK JR D 32 9-17-26 0.81 20/48 5 0 0 0 +11 OTT 4 Scott Perunovich MND FR D 30 7-18-25 0.83 13/26 3 0 1 0 +12 5 Corey Schueneman WMU JR D 28 4-19-23 0.82 6/12 4 0 0 0 -5 6 Joel Messner UNO SR D 30 5-17-22 0.73 13/26 4 0 2 0 -3 Cam Lee WMU SO D 30 5-17-22 0.73 18/55 0 0 1 0 -5 Ian Mitchell DEN FR D 30 2-20-22 0.73 6/12 0 0 0 0 +10 CHI 9 Grant Hutton MIA JR D 29 10-10-20 0.69 13/37 8 1 2 0 -10 Colton Poolman NDK SO D 32 7-13-20 0.62 4/8 2 0 0 0 +12 11 Mikey Anderson MND FR D 27 4-13-17 0.63 7/14 3 0 1 0 +6 LOS 12 Jack Ahcan STC SO D 30 2-14-16 0.53 4/8 1 0 1 0 -1 13 Luke Bafia WMU SO D 30 1-14-15 0.50 19/38 0 0 1 0 +6 14 Kristian Blumenschein CC_ SO D 26 2-11-13 0.50 9/18 0 0 0 0 -3 15 Will Borgen STC JR D 26 2-10-12 0.46 21/53 1 0 1 0 +10 BUF Jon Lizotte STC JR D 30 3-9-12 0.40 6/15 0 0 0 0 +16
Freshman Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Scott Perunovich MND FR D 30 7-18-25 0.83 13/26 3 0 1 0 +12 2 Ian Mitchell DEN FR D 30 2-20-22 0.73 6/12 0 0 0 0 +10 CHI 3 Blake Lizotte STC FR F 29 5-16-21 0.72 5/10 1 0 1 0 +15 4 Easton Brodzinski STC FR F 28 12-7-19 0.68 5/13 5 0 5 0 +4 5 Nick Swaney MND FR F 23 4-14-18 0.78 1/2 2 0 0 0 +6 MIN Grant Mismash NDK FR F 30 7-11-18 0.60 10/31 1 0 0 0 +4 NSH 7 Mikey Anderson MND FR D 27 4-13-17 0.63 7/14 3 0 1 0 +6 LOS Kevin Fitzgerald STC FR F 28 5-12-17 0.61 8/16 0 0 0 0 +9 Phil Knies MIA FR F 30 10-7-17 0.57 6/12 3 0 0 0 -3 Christiano Versich CC_ FR F 30 3-14-17 0.57 13/34 2 0 0 0 -5 11 Casey Gilling MIA FR F 29 7-9-16 0.55 18/52 4 0 0 0 -4 12 Austin Rueschhoff WMU FR F 27 9-6-15 0.56 14/28 5 0 1 0 -3 13 Troy Conzo CC_ FR F 28 5-8-13 0.46 3/6 0 1 0 0 -2 Ben Lown MIA FR F 28 3-10-13 0.46 2/4 0 1 0 0 -1 Jordan Kawaguchi NDK FR F 30 3-10-13 0.43 3/6 1 0 1 0 +1
Feb. 19-25, 2018 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 23 NCHC Overall Scoring Leaders
Goal Scoring GP G GPG Assist Scoring GP A APG 1 David Pope UNO SR F 30 20 0.67 1 Dylan Gambrell DEN JR F 30 25 0.83 2 Henrik Borgström DEN SO F 29 18 0.62 2 Jimmy Schuldt STC JR D 30 24 0.80 Nick Halloran CC SO F 30 18 0.60 3 Nick Halloran CC SO F 30 23 0.77 4 Wade Allison WMU SO F 22 15 0.68 4 Troy Terry DEN JR F 28 21 0.75 Mason Bergh CC JR F 30 15 0.50 Henrik Borgström DEN SO F 29 21 0.72 6 Zach Jordan UNO SO F 28 14 0.50 6 Trey Bradley CC JR F 30 20 0.67 Mikey Eyssimont STC JR F 29 14 0.48 Ian Mitchell DEN FR D 30 20 0.67 Jarid Lukosevicius DEN JR F 30 14 0.47 Robby Jackson STC JR F 30 20 0.67 Robby Jackson STC JR F 30 14 0.47 Dawson DiPietro WMU SO F 30 20 0.67 10 Riley Tufte MND SO F 30 13 0.43 Hugh McGing WMU SO F 30 20 0.67 Dawson DiPietro WMU SO F 30 13 0.43 11 Jake Randolph UNO SR F 28 19 0.68 12 Easton Brodzinski STC FR F 28 12 0.43 Corey Schueneman WMU JR D 28 19 0.68 Gordie Green MIA SO F 30 12 0.40 Mason Bergh CC JR F 30 19 0.63 David Pope UNO SR F 30 19 0.63
Power Play Goals GP G GPG Power Play Points GP G-A-P PPG 1 David Pope UNO SR F 30 12 0.40 1 David Pope UNO SR F 30 12-9-21 0.70 2 Grant Hutton MIA JR D 29 8 0.28 2 Jimmy Schuldt STC JR D 30 5-13-18 0.60 Mason Bergh CC JR F 30 8 0.27 3 Corey Schueneman WMU JR D 28 4-13-17 0.61 Jarid Lukosevicius DEN JR F 30 8 0.27 Nick Halloran CC SO F 30 5-12-17 0.57 5 Troy Terry DEN JR F 28 7 0.25 5 Jake Randolph UNO SR F 28 2-14-16 0.57 6 Henrik Borgström DEN SO F 29 6 0.21 Henrik Borgström DEN SO F 29 6-10-16 0.55 Westin Michaud CC JR F 30 6 0.20 Louie Belpedio MIA SR D 30 5-11-16 0.53 Dawson DiPietro WMU SO F 30 6 0.20 Tyler Vesel UNO SR F 30 4-12-16 0.53 9 7 Players Tied With 5 Robby Jackson STC JR F 30 4-12-16 0.53 Ian Mitchell DEN FR D 30 0-16-16 0.53
Shorthanded Goals GP G GPG Game-Winning Goals GP G GPG 1 Logan O'Connor DEN JR F 30 2 0.07 1 Easton Brodzinski STC FR F 28 5 0.18 Judd Peterson STC SR F 30 2 0.07 Peter Krieger MND JR F 32 5 0.16 Robby Jackson STC JR F 30 2 0.07 3 Nick Halloran CC SO F 30 4 0.13 Karson Kuhlman MND SR F 32 2 0.06 4 Nick Jones NDK JR F 26 3 0.12 5 11 Players Tied With 1 Parker Mackay MND JR F 28 3 0.11 Lawton Courtnall WMU SO F 28 3 0.11 Luke Nogard UNO SR F 29 3 0.10 Mikey Eyssimont STC JR F 29 3 0.10 Jarid Lukosevicius DEN JR F 30 3 0.10 Josh Melnick MIA JR F 30 3 0.10 Shane Gersich NDK JR F 32 3 0.09
Plus-Minus GP +/- Hat Tricks GP HT 1 Jimmy Schuldt STC JR D 30 +22 1 Wade Allison WMU SO F 22 2 2 Michael Davies DEN SO D 29 +16 2 Zach Jordan UNO SO F 28 1 Dylan Gambrell DEN JR F 30 +16 Henrik Borgström DEN SO F 29 1 Jon Lizotte STC JR D 30 +16 Mason Bergh CC JR F 30 1 5 Blake Lizotte STC FR F 29 +15 David Pope UNO SR F 30 1 6 Troy Terry DEN JR F 28 +13 7 Patrick Newell STC JR F 27 +12 Scott Perunovich MND FR D 30 +12 Colton Poolman NDK SO D 32 +12 10 4 Players Tied With +11
Blocked Shots GP BLK BLK/G Face-Off Percentage FW FL FO % 1 Luke Bafia WMU SO D 30 72 2.40 1 Nick Jones NDK JR F 257 168 .605 2 Andrew Farny CC JR D 30 64 2.13 2 Tyson McLellan DEN SO F 127 86 .596 3 Jimmy Schuldt STC JR D 30 62 2.07 3 Collin Adams NDK FR F 52 36 .591 4 Joel Messner UNO SR D 30 61 2.03 4 Blake Winiecki STC SR F 156 111 .584 Jon Lizotte STC JR D 30 61 2.03 5 Blake Lizotte STC FR F 234 168 .582 6 Dylan Samberg MND FR D 30 57 1.90 6 Rhett Gardner NDK JR F 360 263 .578 7 Ben Israel CC JR D 30 53 1.77 7 Casey Gilling MIA FR F 269 199 .575 8 Nick Wolff MND SO D 32 51 1.59 8 Judd Peterson STC SR F 255 190 .573 9 Hayden Shaw NDK JR D 32 50 1.56 9 Luke Nogard UNO SR F 160 126 .559 10 Lukáš Buchta UNO JR D 28 49 1.75 10 Johnny Simonson NDK SR F 189 149 .559
24 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey Feb. 19-25, 2018 NCHC Overall Goaltending Leaders
Goals Against Average GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % NHL 1 Tanner Jaillet DEN SR 28 1689:01 53 1.88 16-6-6 5 685 .928 2 Dávid Hrenák STC FR 15 828:06 27 1.96 9-4-0 3 344 .927 3 Cam Johnson NDK SR 21 1239:46 43 2.08 9-6-5 2 432 .909 4 Hunter Shepard MND SO 29 1675:36 60 2.15 16-11-1 5 697 .921 5 Peter Thome NDK FR 12 701:57 27 2.31 5-4-3 1 274 .910 CLB 6 Jeff Smith STC JR 18 986:29 43 2.62 11-2-4 1 434 .910 7 Ryan Larkin MIA SO 29 1690:42 88 3.12 10-15-3 1 668 .884 8 Alex Leclerc CC_ SO 30 1655:16 87 3.15 13-11-4 3 830 .905 9 Ben Blacker WMU SO 27 1454:48 77 3.18 12-11-2 1 645 .893 10 Evan Weninger UNO JR 25 1402:46 83 3.55 13-11-0 0 689 .892
Save Percentage GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % NHL 1 Tanner Jaillet DEN SR 28 1689:01 53 1.88 16-6-6 5 685 .928 2 Dávid Hrenák STC FR 15 828:06 27 1.96 9-4-0 3 344 .927 3 Hunter Shepard MND SO 29 1675:36 60 2.15 16-11-1 5 697 .921 4 Peter Thome NDK FR 12 701:57 27 2.31 5-4-3 1 274 .910 CLB 5 Jeff Smith STC JR 18 986:29 43 2.62 11-2-4 1 434 .910 6 Cam Johnson NDK SR 21 1239:46 43 2.08 9-6-5 2 432 .909 7 Alex Leclerc CC_ SO 30 1655:16 87 3.15 13-11-4 3 830 .905 8 Ben Blacker WMU SO 27 1454:48 77 3.18 12-11-2 1 645 .893 9 Evan Weninger UNO JR 25 1402:46 83 3.55 13-11-0 0 689 .892 10 Ryan Larkin MIA SO 29 1690:42 88 3.12 10-15-3 1 668 .884
Saves GP SVS/G Saves Shutouts GP Shutouts 1 Alex Leclerc CC_ SO 30 27.7 830 1 Tanner Jaillet DEN SR 28 5 2 Hunter Shepard MND SO 29 24.0 697 Hunter Shepard MND SO 29 5 3 Evan Weninger UNO JR 25 27.6 689 3 Dávid Hrenák STC FR 15 3 4 Tanner Jaillet DEN SR 28 24.5 685 Alex Leclerc CC_ SO 30 3 5 Ryan Larkin MIA SO 29 23.0 668 5 Cam Johnson NDK SR 21 2 6 Ben Blacker WMU SO 27 23.9 645 6 Nick Deery MND SO 5 1 7 Jeff Smith STC JR 18 24.1 434 Peter Thome NDK FR 12 1 8 Cam Johnson NDK SR 21 20.6 432 Jeff Smith STC JR 18 1 9 Dávid Hrenák STC FR 15 22.9 344 Ben Blacker WMU SO 27 1 10 Peter Thome NDK FR 12 22.8 274 Ryan Larkin MIA SO 29 1 11 Kris Oldham UNO SO 6 20.7 124 12 Austin Cain WMU FR 5 20.4 102 13 Nick Deery MND SO 5 17.4 87 14 Alec Calvaruso CC_ FR 4 20.2 81 15 Dayton Rasmussen DEN FR 3 15.7 47 16 Trevor Gorsuch WMU JR 3 15.3 46 17 Alex Blankenburg UNO JR 3 14.7 44 18 Chase Munroe MIA SO 2 12.0 24 19 Devin Cooley DEN FR 2 2.0 4 20 Grant Valentine MIA FR 1 2.0 2
Feb. 19-25, 2018 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 30 117 3.90 1 Denver 30 62 2.07 2 Omaha 30 107 3.57 2 Minnesota Duluth 32 74 2.31 3 Western Michigan 30 105 3.50 3 North Dakota 32 76 2.38 4 Denver 30 101 3.37 4 St. Cloud State 30 75 2.50 5 Minnesota Duluth 32 95 2.97 5 Colorado College 30 97 3.23 6 North Dakota 32 93 2.91 6 Miami 30 103 3.43 7 Colorado College 30 86 2.87 7 Western Michigan 30 104 3.47 8 Miami 30 83 2.77 8 Omaha 30 117 3.90
POWER PLAY PENALTY KILL Team Totals SHA PP % Team Totals SHF PK % 1 Omaha 37/134 3 27.6 1 Denver 82/97 3 84.5 2 Miami 33/136 4 24.3 2 Minnesota Duluth 113/136 3 83.1 3 St. Cloud State 32/139 5 23.0 3 North Dakota 107/131 0 81.7 4 Minnesota Duluth 27/119 2 22.7 4 St. Cloud State 84/104 6 80.8 5 Western Michigan 33/147 3 22.4 5 Western Michigan 143/178 3 80.3 6 Denver 31/140 0 22.1 6 Miami 105/131 2 80.2 7 North Dakota 27/136 2 19.9 7 Omaha 107/138 1 77.5 8 Colorado College 27/158 2 17.1 8 Colorado College 101/133 1 75.9
PENALTY MINUTES SHOTS ON GOAL Team Games PIM PIM/G Team Games SOG SOG/G 1 Western Michigan 30 497 16.6 1 Denver 30 1073 35.8 2 Miami 30 416 13.9 2 St. Cloud State 30 1015 33.8 3 Colorado College 30 376 12.5 3 North Dakota 32 990 30.9 4 North Dakota 32 393 12.3 4 Minnesota Duluth 32 989 30.9 5 Omaha 30 342 11.4 5 Western Michigan 30 919 30.6 6 Minnesota Duluth 32 353 11.0 6 Omaha 30 917 30.6 7 St. Cloud State 30 295 9.8 7 Colorado College 30 868 28.9 8 Denver 30 230 7.7 8 Miami 30 810 27.0
SCORING BY PERIOD GOALS ALLOWED BY PERIOD Team 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Team 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total 1 St. Cloud State 30 34 52 1 117 1 Denver 16 17 29 0 62 2 Omaha 30 52 25 0 107 2 Minnesota Duluth 20 28 26 0 74 3 Western Michigan 26 41 36 2 105 3 St. Cloud State 21 29 25 0 75 4 Denver 28 31 42 0 101 4 North Dakota 19 27 30 0 76 5 Minnesota Duluth 34 26 34 1 95 5 Colorado College 27 39 29 2 97 6 North Dakota 23 36 33 1 93 6 Miami 33 33 36 1 103 7 Colorado College 29 30 25 2 86 7 Western Michigan 33 31 39 1 104 8 Miami 24 29 29 1 83 8 Omaha 28 46 43 0 117
SPECIAL TEAMS NET Team PPF SHA PP NET PPA SHF SH NET ST NET 1 Denver 31 0 +31 15 3 -12 +19 2 St. Cloud State 32 5 +27 20 6 -14 +13 3 Miami 33 4 +29 26 2 -24 +5 Minnesota Duluth 27 2 +25 23 3 -20 +5 5 Omaha 37 3 +34 31 1 -30 +4 6 North Dakota 27 2 +25 24 0 -24 +1 7 Western Michigan 33 3 +30 35 3 -32 -2 8 Colorado College 27 2 +25 32 1 -31 -6
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Points Per Game GP G-A-P P/GM Goals Against Average Minutes GA GAA 1 Adam Gaudette (VAN) Northeastern JR F 32 27-24-51 1.59 1 Matthew Galajda Cornell FR 1386:45 34 1.47 2 Dylan Sikura (CHI) Northeastern SR F 29 15-30-45 1.55 2 Colton Point (DAL) Colgate SO 1512:56 44 1.74 3 Max Véronneau Princeton JR F 27 12-27-39 1.44 3 Connor LaCouvee Minnesota State SR 1301:10 38 1.75 4 Ryan Kuffner Princeton JR F 27 23-14-37 1.37 4 Cale Morris Notre Dame SO 1689:55 51 1.81 5 Nick Halloran Colorado College SO F 30 18-23-41 1.37 5 Jake Kielly Clarkson SO 1843:33 56 1.82 6 Dylan McLaughlin Canisius JR F 31 14-28-42 1.35 6 Tanner Jaillet Denver SR 1689:01 53 1.88 7 Ryan Donato (BOS) Harvard JR F 23 21-10-31 1.35 7 Dávid Hrenák St. Cloud State FR 828:06 27 1.96 8 Henrik Borgström (FLA) Denver SO F 29 18-21-39 1.34 8 Cayden Primeau (MTL) Northeastern FR 1644:00 54 1.97 9 David Pope (DET) Omaha SR F 30 20-19-39 1.30 9 Corbin Kaczperski Yale SO 538:56 18 2.00 10 Marc Michaelis Minnesota State SO F 28 14-21-35 1.25 10 Sean Romeo Ohio State JR 1720:24 59 2.06 11 Dylan Gambrell (SJS) Denver JR F 30 11-25-36 1.20 11 Cam Johnson North Dakota SR 1239:46 43 2.08 12 Andrew Sturtz Penn State JR F 31 13-24-37 1.19 12 Michael Bitzer Bemidji State SR 1955:51 70 2.15 13 C.J. Suess (WPG) Minnesota State SR F 32 20-18-38 1.19 13 Hunter Shepard Minnesota Duluth SO 1675:36 60 2.15 Brady Ferguson Robert Morris SR F 32 13-25-38 1.19 14 Hayden Hawkey (MTL) Providence JR 1897:49 68 2.15 15 David Hallisey Princeton SR F 27 16-16-32 1.19 15 Christoffer Hernberg UMass Lowell JR 1375:58 50 2.18 16 Cooper Marody (PHI) Michigan JR F 32 11-26-37 1.16 16 Merrick Madsen (ARI) Harvard SR 1124:14 41 2.19 Taro Hirose Michigan State SO F 32 11-26-37 1.16 17 Stefano Durante American International FR 1214:06 45 2.22 Tanner Laczynski (PHI) Ohio State SO F 32 12-25-37 1.16 18 Peter Thome (CLB) North Dakota FR 701:57 27 2.31 19 Joe Snively Yale JR F 27 17-14-31 1.15 19 Darion Hanson Union FR 801:34 31 2.32 20 Troy Terry (ANA) Denver JR F 28 11-21-32 1.14 20 Billy Christopoulos Air Force JR 1988:11 77 2.32 21 Mason Bergh Colorado College JR F 30 15-19-34 1.13 21 Ryan Bednard (FLA) Bowling Green SO 1213:01 47 2.32 Robby Jackson St. Cloud State JR F 30 14-20-34 1.13 22 Andrew Shortridge Quinnipiac SO 1303:40 51 2.35 23 Sheldon Rempal Clarkson SO F 31 20-15-35 1.13 23 Jake Kupsky (SJS) Union JR 1237:06 49 2.38 24 Zeb Knutson Minnesota State SR F 32 13-23-36 1.12 24 Craig Pantano Merrimack JR 1287:02 52 2.42 Odeen Tufto Quinnipiac FR F 32 8-28-36 1.12 25 Atte Tolvanen Northern Michigan JR 1479:07 60 2.43 Erik Brown RIT JR F 32 25-11-36 1.12
Points Per Game (Defensemen) GP G-A-P P/GM Save Percentage Saves GA Save % 1 Jimmy Schuldt St. Cloud State JR D 30 7-24-31 1.03 1 Cale Morris Notre Dame SO 938 51 .948 2 Alec Rauhauser Bowling Green SO D 34 7-26-33 0.97 2 Colton Point (DAL) Colgate SO 767 44 .946 3 Josh Teves Princeton JR D 22 3-18-21 0.95 3 Matthew Galajda Cornell FR 547 34 .941 4 Daniel Brickley Minnesota State JR D 32 9-21-30 0.94 4 Corbin Kaczperski Yale SO 251 18 .933 5 Jeremy Davies (NJD) Northeastern SO D 30 4-24-28 0.93 5 Jake Kielly Clarkson SO 749 56 .930 6 Zach Frye Alaska SR D 31 8-19-27 0.87 6 Tanner Jaillet Denver SR 685 53 .928 7 Adam Fox (CGY) Harvard SO D 23 3-17-20 0.87 7 Cayden Primeau (MTL) Northeastern FR 688 54 .927 8 Dante Fabbro (NSH) Boston University SO D 30 9-17-26 0.87 Dávid Hrenák St. Cloud State FR 344 27 .927 Louie Belpedio (MIN) Miami SR D 30 9-17-26 0.87 9 Sean Romeo Ohio State JR 747 59 .927 10 Noah Delmas Niagara SO D 32 3-24-27 0.84 10 Jeremy Swayman (BOS) Maine FR 775 64 .924 11 Scott Perunovich Minnesota Duluth FR D 30 7-18-25 0.83 11 Merrick Madsen (ARI) Harvard SR 487 41 .922 12 Philip Beaulieu Northern Michigan SO D 34 9-19-28 0.82 12 Jake Kupsky (SJS) Union JR 582 49 .922 13 Corey Schueneman Western Michigan JR D 28 4-19-23 0.82 13 Hunter Shepard Minnesota Duluth SO 697 60 .921 14 Christian Wolanin (OTT) North Dakota JR D 32 9-17-26 0.81 14 Paul Berrafato Holy Cross SR 995 86 .920 15 Chad Krys (CHI) Boston University SO D 28 6-16-22 0.79 15 Cole Bruns Army West Point SR 622 55 .919 16 Kelly Summers (OTT) Clarkson SR D 32 5-20-25 0.78 16 Daniel Tirone New Hampshire SR 820 73 .918 Trevor Hamilton Penn State SR D 32 4-21-25 0.78 17 Brandon Wildung Mercyhurst SR 908 81 .918 18 Brinson Pasichnuk Arizona State SO D 32 8-16-24 0.75 18 Christoffer Hernberg UMass Lowell JR 560 50 .918 Zach Todd Mercyhurst SR D 32 3-21-24 0.75 19 Connor LaCouvee Minnesota State SR 411 38 .915 20 Ian Mitchell (CHI) Denver FR D 30 2-20-22 0.73 20 Hayden Hawkey (MTL) Providence JR 729 68 .915 Joel Messner Omaha SR D 30 5-17-22 0.73 Cam Lee Western Michigan SO D 30 5-17-22 0.73
Points Per Game (Freshmen) GP G-A-P P/GM Winning Percentage W-L-T Win % 1 Odeen Tufto Quinnipiac F 32 8-28-36 1.12 1 Connor LaCouvee Minnesota State SR 19-3-0 .864 2 Jake Jaremko Minnesota State F 32 12-23-35 1.09 2 Matthew Galajda Cornell FR 18-3-2 .826 3 Mitchell Lewandowski Michigan State F 32 17-14-31 0.97 3 Cale Morris Notre Dame SO 21-6-1 .768 4 Brandon Kruse Bowling Green F 34 6-23-29 0.85 4 Jeff Smith St. Cloud State JR 11-2-4 .765 5 Jack Jacome Clarkson F 30 6-19-25 0.83 5 Atte Tolvanen Northern Michigan JR 18-6-1 .740 Scott Perunovich Minnesota Duluth D 30 7-18-25 0.83 6 Darion Hanson Union FR 10-4-0 .714 7 John Leonard Massachusetts F 28 10-13-23 0.82 7 Dávid Hrenák St. Cloud State FR 9-4-0 .692 8 Reggie Lutz Minnesota State F 27 6-16-22 0.81 8 Tanner Jaillet Denver SR 16-6-6 .679 9 Logan Hutsko Boston College F 32 11-15-26 0.81 9 Cayden Primeau (MTL) Northeastern FR 15-6-5 .673 Shane Bowers (COL) Boston University F 32 16-10-26 0.81 10 Hayden Hawkey (MTL) Providence JR 20-9-3 .672 Marc Johnstone Sacred Heart F 32 10-16-26 0.81 11 Corbin Kaczperski Yale SO 6-3-0 .667 12 Luke Santerno Bentley F 31 11-14-25 0.81 12 Jake Kielly Clarkson SO 18-8-5 .661 13 Casey Mittelstadt (BUF) Minnesota F 30 8-16-24 0.80 13 Ryan Bednard (FLA) Bowling Green SO 11-5-4 .650 14 Brady Tkachuk Boston University F 32 7-18-25 0.78 14 Eric Dop Bowling Green FR 8-4-2 .643 15 Matt Tugnutt Sacred Heart F 29 6-16-22 0.76 15 Sean Romeo Ohio State JR 16-8-5 .638 16 Eduards Tralmaks Maine F 31 9-14-23 0.74 16 Brandon Wildung Mercyhurst SR 16-9-4 .621 17 Max Johnson Bowling Green F 34 10-15-25 0.74 17 Christoffer Hernberg UMass Lowell JR 13-8-0 .619 18 Cameron Wright Bowling Green F 30 9-13-22 0.73 18 Jeremy Swayman (BOS) Maine FR 13-8-3 .604 Ian Mitchell (CHI) Denver D 30 2-20-22 0.73 19 Michael Bitzer Bemidji State SR 16-10-7 .591 Linus Weissbach (BUF) Wisconsin F 30 8-14-22 0.73 20 Hunter Shepard Minnesota Duluth SO 16-11-1 .589
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Goals Per Game GP G G/GM Assists Per Game GP A A/GM 1 Ryan Donato (BOS) Harvard JR F 23 21 0.91 1 Dylan Sikura (CHI) Northeastern SR F 29 30 1.03 2 Ryan Kuffner Princeton JR F 27 23 0.85 2 Max Véronneau Princeton JR F 27 27 1.00 3 Adam Gaudette (VAN) Northeastern JR F 32 27 0.84 3 Dylan McLaughlin Canisius JR F 31 28 0.90 4 Erik Brown RIT JR F 32 25 0.78 4 Odeen Tufto Quinnipiac FR F 32 28 0.88 5 David Pope (DET) Omaha SR F 30 20 0.67 5 Adam Rockwood Northern Michigan JR F 34 29 0.85 6 Sheldon Rempal Clarkson SO F 31 20 0.65 6 Dylan Gambrell (SJS) Denver JR F 30 25 0.83 7 Joe Snively Yale JR F 27 17 0.63 7 Josh Teves Princeton JR D 22 18 0.82 8 Josh Kestner Alabama Huntsville SR F 32 20 0.62 8 Cooper Marody (PHI) Michigan JR F 32 26 0.81 C.J. Suess (WPG) Minnesota State SR F 32 20 0.62 Taro Hirose Michigan State SO F 32 26 0.81 Nolan Stevens (STL) Northeastern SR F 32 20 0.62 10 Jeremy Davies (NJD) Northeastern SO D 30 24 0.80 11 Henrik Borgström (FLA) Denver SO F 29 18 0.62 Jimmy Schuldt St. Cloud State JR D 30 24 0.80 12 Nick Halloran Colorado College SO F 30 18 0.60 12 Tanner Laczynski (PHI) Ohio State SO F 32 25 0.78 13 David Hallisey Princeton SR F 27 16 0.59 Brady Ferguson Robert Morris SR F 32 25 0.78 14 Bobo Carpenter Boston University JR F 32 18 0.56 14 Andrew Sturtz Penn State JR F 31 24 0.77 15 Robbie Payne Northern Michigan SR F 34 19 0.56 15 Nick Halloran Colorado College SO F 30 23 0.77 16 Michael Wilson Army West Point SO F 31 17 0.55 16 Alec Rauhauser Bowling Green SO D 34 26 0.76 17 Denis Smirnov (COL) Penn State SO F 24 13 0.54 17 Noah Delmas Niagara SO D 32 24 0.75 18 Tony Calderone Michigan SR F 32 17 0.53 Adam Gaudette (VAN) Northeastern JR F 32 24 0.75 Mitchell Lewandowski Michigan State FR F 32 17 0.53 Jake Evans (MTL) Notre Dame SR F 32 24 0.75 20 Scott Pooley Holy Cross SR F 34 18 0.53 Troy Terry (ANA) Denver JR F 28 21 0.75 Ryan Scarfo Union SR F 34 18 0.53 Marc Michaelis Minnesota State SO F 28 21 0.75 22 Dylan Sikura (CHI) Northeastern SR F 29 15 0.52 22 Adam Fox (CGY) Harvard SO D 23 17 0.74 23 Shane Bowers (COL) Boston University FR F 32 16 0.50 23 Tommy Novak (NSH) Minnesota JR F 30 22 0.73 Nick Hutchison Canisius SO F 32 16 0.50 24 Henrik Borgström (FLA) Denver SO F 29 21 0.72 Mason Bergh Colorado College JR F 30 15 0.50 25 Zeb Knutson Minnesota State SR F 32 23 0.72 Marc Michaelis Minnesota State SO F 28 14 0.50 Parker Tuomie Minnesota State SO F 32 23 0.72 Zach Jordan Omaha SO F 28 14 0.50 Jake Jaremko Minnesota State FR F 32 23 0.72 Matthew Weis Ohio State SR F 32 23 0.72 Alex Tonge Robert Morris JR F 32 23 0.72
Power Play Goals GP PPG/G PPG Game-Winning Goals GP GWG 1 David Pope (DET) Omaha SR F 30 0.40 12 1 Anthony Angello (PIT) Cornell JR F 27 5 2 Adam Gaudette (VAN) Northeastern JR F 32 0.34 11 Joe Snively Yale JR F 27 5 3 Dylan Sikura (CHI) Northeastern SR F 29 0.34 10 Easton Brodzinski St. Cloud State FR F 28 5 4 Michael Wilson Army West Point SO F 31 0.29 9 Michael Wilson Army West Point SO F 31 5 Nolan Stevens (STL) Northeastern SR F 32 0.28 9 Nick Hutchison Canisius SO F 32 5 6 David Hallisey Princeton SR F 27 0.30 8 Mitchell Lewandowski Michigan State FR F 32 5 Grant Hutton Miami JR D 29 0.28 8 Tyler Sheehy Minnesota JR F 32 5 Mason Bergh Colorado College JR F 30 0.27 8 Peter Krieger Minnesota Duluth JR F 32 5 Jarid Lukosevicius Denver JR F 30 0.27 8 Sebastian Vidmar Union JR F 32 5 Ross Colton (TBL) Vermont SO F 31 0.26 8 Anthony Rinaldi Union SO F 32 5 Josh Kestner Alabama Huntsville SR F 32 0.25 8 Darien Craighead Northern Michigan SO F 33 5 Mitchell Lewandowski Michigan State FR F 32 0.25 8 12 13 Players Tied With 4 Kyle Schmidt Bentley SR F 33 0.24 8 Scott Pooley Holy Cross SR F 34 0.24 8 Ryan Scarfo Union SR F 34 0.24 8
Shorthanded Goals GP SHG/G SHG 1 Joe Snively Yale JR F 27 0.11 3 Derian Plouffe Niagara SR F 31 0.10 3 Andrew Sturtz Penn State JR F 31 0.10 3 Corey Ronan UConn SR F 32 0.09 3 Ryan Lohin (TBL) UMass Lowell SO F 32 0.09 3 Kyle Bauman Bemidji State SR F 34 0.09 3 Troy Loggins Northern Michigan JR F 34 0.09 3 8 24 Players Tied With 2
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SCORING OFFENSE GP Goals G/GM SCORING DEFENSE GP Goals G/GM 1 Minnesota State 32 128 4.00 1 Cornell 27 38 1.41 2 St. Cloud State 30 117 3.90 2 Clarkson 32 60 1.88 3 Omaha 30 107 3.57 3 Denver 30 62 2.07 4 Penn State 32 114 3.56 4 Minnesota State 32 67 2.09 5 Western Michigan 30 105 3.50 Notre Dame 32 67 2.09 6 Princeton 27 93 3.44 6 Ohio State 32 68 2.12 7 Northeastern 32 110 3.44 7 Providence 33 73 2.21 8 Denver 30 101 3.37 8 Northeastern 32 71 2.22 9 Mercyhurst 32 105 3.28 9 Colgate 32 74 2.31 10 Boston University 32 102 3.19 Minnesota Duluth 32 74 2.31 11 Providence 33 105 3.18 11 Minnesota 34 79 2.32 12 Maine 32 101 3.16 12 North Dakota 32 76 2.38 13 Wisconsin 33 104 3.15 13 Bemidji State 34 81 2.38 14 Canisius 32 100 3.12 14 Harvard 27 65 2.41 Clarkson 32 100 3.12 15 Air Force 34 84 2.47 RIT 32 100 3.12 16 Bowling Green 34 85 2.50 17 Bowling Green 34 106 3.12 St. Cloud State 30 75 2.50 18 Michigan 32 99 3.09 18 Union 34 86 2.53 19 Union 34 105 3.09 19 Army West Point 31 82 2.65 20 Michigan Tech 35 108 3.09 20 New Hampshire 32 85 2.66 21 Harvard 27 83 3.07 21 Yale 27 72 2.67 22 Cornell 27 82 3.04 22 Holy Cross 34 91 2.68 23 Northern Michigan 34 103 3.03 23 Northern Michigan 34 92 2.71 24 Ohio State 32 96 3.00 24 Quinnipiac 32 87 2.72 25 Minnesota Duluth 32 95 2.97 25 Boston College 32 88 2.75 26 Yale 27 79 2.93 26 Michigan Tech 35 97 2.77 27 North Dakota 32 93 2.91 27 Boston University 32 89 2.78 Robert Morris 32 93 2.91 28 UConn 34 95 2.79 29 Boston College 32 92 2.88 29 UMass Lowell 32 90 2.81 UMass Lowell 32 92 2.88 30 Merrimack 31 91 2.94 31 Colorado College 30 86 2.87 31 Michigan 32 94 2.94 32 Notre Dame 32 91 2.84 32 American International 33 98 2.97 33 Quinnipiac 32 90 2.81 33 Alaska 32 96 3.00 Sacred Heart 32 90 2.81 Mercyhurst 32 96 3.00 35 UConn 34 95 2.79 35 Maine 32 97 3.03 Holy Cross 34 95 2.79 Robert Morris 32 97 3.03 37 Miami 30 83 2.77 37 Dartmouth 27 82 3.04 38 Alaska 32 88 2.75 38 Wisconsin 33 101 3.06 39 Air Force 34 93 2.74 39 Michigan State 32 98 3.06 Bemidji State 34 93 2.74 Vermont 32 98 3.06 41 Niagara 32 86 2.69 41 Bentley 33 102 3.09 42 Minnesota 34 91 2.68 Massachusetts 33 102 3.09 43 Massachusetts 33 88 2.67 43 Canisius 32 99 3.09 44 New Hampshire 32 85 2.66 44 Brown 27 85 3.15 45 Bentley 33 87 2.64 45 Penn State 32 101 3.16 46 Army West Point 31 79 2.55 46 Alabama Huntsville 32 102 3.19 47 Michigan State 32 79 2.47 47 Colorado College 30 97 3.23 48 Dartmouth 27 64 2.37 48 Ferris State 34 112 3.29 49 Alabama Huntsville 32 75 2.34 49 Lake Superior State 34 113 3.32 50 Merrimack 31 71 2.29 50 Princeton 27 90 3.33 51 Colgate 32 73 2.28 51 RIT 32 109 3.41 52 American International 33 74 2.24 St. Lawrence 32 109 3.41 53 Ferris State 34 76 2.24 53 Miami 30 103 3.43 54 Arizona State 32 71 2.22 54 Niagara 32 110 3.44 Vermont 32 71 2.22 Sacred Heart 32 110 3.44 56 St. Lawrence 32 69 2.16 56 Western Michigan 30 104 3.47 57 Lake Superior State 34 73 2.15 57 Arizona State 32 113 3.53 58 Rensselaer 32 67 2.09 58 Rensselaer 32 115 3.59 59 Brown 27 55 2.04 59 Alaska Anchorage 32 119 3.72 60 Alaska Anchorage 32 57 1.78 60 Omaha 30 117 3.90
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POWER PLAY Totals SHA PP% PENALTY KILL Totals SHF PK% 1 Clarkson 37/132 2 28.0 1 Ohio State 107/118 1 90.7 2 Omaha 37/134 3 27.6 2 Bemidji State 101/114 3 88.6 3 Minnesota State 42/154 3 27.3 3 Notre Dame 93/105 3 88.6 4 Northeastern 38/141 1 27.0 4 New Hampshire 119/135 0 88.1 5 Princeton 25/95 3 26.3 5 Army West Point 128/146 3 87.7 6 Mercyhurst 36/146 6 24.7 6 Providence 121/140 0 86.4 7 Miami 33/136 4 24.3 7 Minnesota State 124/144 3 86.1 8 Boston University 30/129 1 23.3 8 Clarkson 110/129 2 85.3 9 St. Cloud State 32/139 5 23.0 9 Cornell 82/97 0 84.5 10 Minnesota Duluth 27/119 2 22.7 Denver 82/97 3 84.5 11 Canisius 31/137 3 22.6 11 Niagara 127/151 7 84.1 12 Ohio State 29/129 2 22.5 12 Sacred Heart 125/149 6 83.9 13 Western Michigan 33/147 3 22.4 13 Minnesota 111/133 3 83.5 14 Denver 31/140 0 22.1 14 Colgate 100/120 0 83.3 15 Union 31/145 1 21.4 Penn State 90/108 4 83.3 16 Bemidji State 27/127 3 21.3 16 Mercyhurst 109/131 5 83.2 17 Bentley 31/148 3 20.9 17 Air Force 118/142 2 83.1 18 Notre Dame 23/111 1 20.7 18 Minnesota Duluth 113/136 3 83.1 19 Penn State 24/117 5 20.5 19 Northern Michigan 122/147 7 83.0 20 UConn 28/138 3 20.3 20 UConn 117/141 6 83.0 21 Merrimack 26/129 1 20.2 21 Bowling Green 147/178 4 82.6 22 Bowling Green 31/155 1 20.0 22 Dartmouth 71/86 2 82.6 23 North Dakota 27/136 2 19.9 23 Yale 97/118 7 82.2 24 Vermont 25/127 7 19.7 24 Quinnipiac 99/121 1 81.8 25 Michigan State 24/122 3 19.7 25 Alaska 130/159 0 81.8 26 Northern Michigan 31/162 2 19.1 26 Arizona State 121/148 3 81.8 27 Harvard 19/100 2 19.0 27 North Dakota 107/131 0 81.7 28 Robert Morris 29/153 3 19.0 28 Harvard 79/97 3 81.4 29 Michigan Tech 33/175 3 18.9 29 RIT 122/150 1 81.3 30 RIT 22/117 1 18.8 30 Wisconsin 112/138 3 81.2 31 Wisconsin 25/133 3 18.8 31 Princeton 76/94 0 80.9 32 Providence 28/156 1 17.9 32 Union 97/120 2 80.8 33 Niagara 25/140 5 17.9 33 Boston College 118/146 6 80.8 34 Boston College 23/129 3 17.8 34 St. Cloud State 84/104 6 80.8 35 Quinnipiac 21/118 1 17.8 35 Northeastern 87/108 3 80.6 36 Lake Superior State 24/135 4 17.8 36 Western Michigan 143/178 3 80.3 37 Colgate 20/113 0 17.7 37 Canisius 122/152 6 80.3 38 New Hampshire 23/130 3 17.7 38 Miami 105/131 2 80.2 39 Maine 21/119 4 17.6 39 Lake Superior State 126/158 2 79.7 40 Army West Point 24/139 4 17.3 40 Vermont 97/122 3 79.5 41 Colorado College 27/158 2 17.1 41 Holy Cross 104/131 1 79.4 42 UMass Lowell 24/142 4 16.9 42 Massachusetts 111/140 3 79.3 43 Ferris State 25/150 4 16.7 43 UMass Lowell 95/120 6 79.2 44 Cornell 19/115 1 16.5 44 Alabama Huntsville 125/158 5 79.1 45 Holy Cross 21/131 0 16.0 45 Ferris State 138/176 3 78.4 46 Michigan 19/123 2 15.4 46 Michigan Tech 111/142 0 78.2 47 Massachusetts 20/130 4 15.4 47 American International 100/128 2 78.1 48 St. Lawrence 18/118 2 15.3 48 Robert Morris 105/135 4 77.8 49 Brown 15/103 3 14.6 49 Brown 90/116 0 77.6 50 American International 18/125 4 14.4 50 Bentley 114/147 3 77.6 51 Alabama Huntsville 23/160 6 14.4 51 Omaha 107/138 1 77.5 52 Air Force 20/141 6 14.2 52 Maine 112/145 4 77.2 53 Sacred Heart 18/127 7 14.2 53 Boston University 101/131 4 77.1 54 Minnesota 19/137 3 13.9 54 Michigan State 87/113 3 77.0 55 Rensselaer 17/128 4 13.3 55 Michigan 95/124 3 76.6 56 Dartmouth 12/94 3 12.8 56 Rensselaer 100/131 3 76.3 57 Arizona State 15/125 1 12.0 57 Alaska Anchorage 114/150 1 76.0 58 Alaska Anchorage 15/131 3 11.5 58 Colorado College 101/133 1 75.9 59 Alaska 18/159 0 11.3 59 Merrimack 94/125 1 75.2 60 Yale 11/104 3 10.6 60 St. Lawrence 110/148 3 74.3
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