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OMAHAomaha HOCKEYhockey 2018-19 WEEKLY RELEASE For Immediate Release: Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018 • Contact: Dave Ahlers • Email: [email protected] • Office: (402) 554-3387 • Cell: (402) 332-8329 /omavs @OmahaHKY @OmahaHKY @omavs OMavs.com #EveryoneForOmaha 2018-19 SCHEDULE/RESULTS MAVERICKS MAKE FIRST TRIP TO ARIZONA STATE Date Opponent Time (CT) Friday, Oct. 26 • at Arizona State • 9:05 p.m. CT • Oceanside Ice Arena - Tempe, Ariz. Oct. 7 Manitoba (Exhib). W, 6-1 Radio: 1180 Zone 2 • Live Stats: OMavs.com • Live Video: OMavs.com • Live Audio: OMavs.com • TV: None Oct. 12 at Union T, 3-3 Saturday, Oct. 27 • at Arizona State • 9:05 p.m. CT • Oceanside Ice Arena - Tempe, Ariz. Oct. 13 at Union L, 4-5 Radio: 1180 Zone 2 • Live Stats: OMavs.com • Live Video: OMavs.com • Live Audio: OMavs.com • TV: None Oct. 19 Notre Dame L, 1-4 Oct. 20 Notre Dame L, 2-8 OMAHA MAVERICKS ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS Oct. 26 at Arizona State 9:05 p.m. Record: 0-3-1 Record: 4-2-0 Oct. 27 at Arizona State 9:05 p.m. NCHC (Place): 0-0-0-0/0 Head Coach: Greg Powers Nov. 2 Miami * 7:07 p.m. Head Coach: Mike Gabinet Record at School: 27-64-10 (4th Year) Nov. 3 Miami * 7:07 p.m. Record at School: 17-20-3 (2nd Year) Career Record: Same Nov. 9 at Western Michigan * 6:05 p.m. Career Record: Same Nov. 10 at Western Michigan * 6:05 p.m. Nov. 23 Arizona State 7:07 p.m. This Week Nov. 24 Arizona State 7:07 p.m. The Omaha hockey team makes its second road trip of the season when it travels to Arizona State on Nov. 30 Colorado College * 7:07 p.m. Dec. 1 Colorado College * 7:07 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 26-27. Both games begin at 9:05 p.m. CT from Oceanside Ice Arena in Tempe, Ariz. Dec. 7 at St. Cloud State * 7:37 p.m. The Teams Dec. 8 at St. Cloud State * 6:07 p.m. Omaha is 0-3-1 overall following a pair of losses to then No. 2 Notre Dame last weekend in their home Dec. 29 Alaska Anchorage 7:07 p.m. Dec. 31 Alaska Anchorage 12:07 p.m. opener. All time, the Mavericks are 3-0-1 against the Sun Devils will all four games contested in Omaha. Jan. 11 at Denver * 8:38 p.m. Last season, the Mavericks earned a 5-1 win over ASU before settling for a 4-4 tie in the series finale on Oct. Jan. 12 at Denver * 8:05 p.m. 20-21. Jan. 18 North Dakota * 7:07 p.m. Arizona State is off to the best start in its brief history, posting a 4-2-0 record through the first three Jan. 19 North Dakota * 7:07 p.m. weekends of play. The Sun Devils are coming off a sweep at Alabama Huntsville, winning 2-1 and 5-1. This Jan. 25 at Minnesota Duluth * 7:07 p.m. season, they have posted a 2-2-0 record at Oceanside Ice Arena. Jan. 26 at Minnesota Duluth * 7:07 p.m. Feb. 1 Western Michigan * 7:07 p.m. Last Time Out Feb. 2 Western Michigan * 7:07 p.m. The Mavericks dropped both ends of their home-opening weekend for the first time in 15 years, losing Feb. 8 at Miami * 5:38 p.m. to Notre Dame 4-1 and 8-2 last week at Baxter Arena. On Friday, Fredrik Olofsson scored his first goal of the Feb. 9 at Miami * 6:05 p.m. Feb. 22 St. Cloud State * 7:07 p.m. year to tie the game at 1-1 early in the first period, but the Fighting Irish retook the lead late in the period Feb. 23 St. Cloud State * 7:07 p.m. and added single goals in the second and third to earn the victory. Evan Weninger made 37 saves. March 1 Denver * 7:07 p.m. On Saturday, the Fighting Irish poured on the offense, opening up a 7-0 lead early in the third period March 2 Denver * 7:07 p.m. before Mason Morelli put UNO on the board with a power play tally. Freshman Chayse Primeau would March 8 at North Dakota * 7:37 p.m. add another in the loss. Matej Tomek allowed five goals on 15 shots and took the loss. Alex Blankenburg March 9 at North Dakota * 7:07 p.m. relieved him, making nine saves while allowing three goals. March 15 NCHC Quarterfinals TBA March 16 NCHC Quarterfinals TBA The Coaches March 17 NCHC Quarterfinals+ TBA Mike Gabinet is in his second season as head coach of the Mavericks, posting a 17-20-3 record last season. March 22 NCHC Frozen Faceoff (Semifinals) TBA The 2004 graduate of Omaha served as an associate head coach during the 2016-17 season before being March 23 NCHC Frozen Faceoff (Championship) TBA elevated to the head coach position last season. * - NCHC game; + - If necessary Gabinet returned to his alma mater after four seasons at NAIT in Edmonton, Alberta, the last as its head coach. That season, he led the Ooks to a 36-0-0 record and the ACAC Championship. He was named the conference Coach of the Year and became the first rookie head coach in Canadian college hockey to guide his team to an undefeated record. OMAHA STATISTICAL LEADERS ARIZONA STATE STATISTICAL LEADERS Points: Fredrik Olofsson - 6 Penalties: Mason Morelli - 3 Points: Johnny Walker - 8 Penalties: Four players - 5 Goals: Zach Jordan/Mason Morelli - 2 PIM: Dean Stewart - 15 Goals: Johnny Walker - 4 PIM: Four players - 10 Assists: Fredrik Olofsson - 5 GAA: Evan Weninger - 3.92 Assists: Brett Gruber - 5 GAA: Joey Daccord - 1.18 PPG: Seven players - 1 Save Percentage: Evan Weninger - .882 PPG: Tyler Busch - 2 Save Percentage: Joey Daccord - .956 GWG: NA Wins: NA GWG: Four players - 1 Wins: Joey Daccord - 4 +/-: Four players - E Shutouts: NA +/-: Jacob Wilson - +5 Shutouts: Joey Daccord - 2 2018-19 OMAHA HOCKEY 2018-19 OMAHA HOCKEY ROSTER No. Name NHL Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Sh./C Birthdate Hometown Previous Team Pronunciation 1 Alex Blankenburg G 5-8 164 Sr. L 9/5/1994 Washington, Mich. Keystone (NAHL) 2 Jason Smallidge D 6-2 184 Fr. R 5/20/1998 Eagan, Minn. Central Ill./Youngstown (USHL) 5 John Schuldt D 6-4 212 Fr. L 2/10/1997 Minnetonka, Minn. Fargo (USHL) SHULT 6 Lukas Buchta D 6-2 197 Sr. R 12/5/1994 Frystak, Czech Republic Sioux Falls (USHL) LOO-kash BOOK-tah 7 Nate Knoepke D 6-3 202 So. L 4/8/1999 Farmington, Minn. Sioux City (USHL) kuh-NEP-kee 8 Lawson McDonald D 5-9 170 So. R 9/6/1997 Rosetown, Manitoba Winkler (MJHL) 9 Riley Alferd F 5-11 182 Sr. L 3/26/1995 Vancouver, Wash. Penticton (BCHL) AL-ferd 10 Kevin Conley F 5-11 195 So. L 2/17/1997 Wausau, Wis. Sioux Falls (USHL) 11 Mason Morelli - C F 6-1 201 Sr. L 2/1/1996 Minot, N.D. Fargo (USHL) 13 Chayse Primeau F 6-3 184 Fr. L 9/15/1997 Margate City, N.J. Dubuque (USHL) PREE-moh 14 Teemu Pulkkinen F 5-9 192 Jr. L 3/13/1995 Espoo, Finland Sioux City (USHL) TAY-moo PUHL-kin-en 15 Jalen Schulz - A D 6-0 179 Sr. L 4/28/1995 Cambridge, Minn. Tri-City (USHL) 16 Martin Sundberg F 6-4 183 So. L 12/4/1996 Linkoping, Sweden Fargo (USHL) 17 Taylor Ward F 6-2 197 Fr. R 3/31/1998 Kelowna, British Columbia Penticton (BCHL) 18 Dean Stewart ARZ ‘16 D 6-2 189 Jr. R 6/10/1998 Portage la Prairie, Manitoba Portage (MJHL) 19 Tristan Keck F 5-8 166 Jr. L 9/19/1995 Morris, Manitoba Winkler (MJHL) 20 Ryan Jones PIT ‘16 D 6-2 197 Jr. L 5/26/1996 Crown Point, Ind. Lincoln (USHL) 21 Ryan Galt - A F 5-11 182 Sr. R 8/15/1995 Omaha, Neb. Bloomington (USHL) 22 Jordan Klehr D 5-11 195 Sr. L 3/18/1997 Lino Lakes, Minn. Shattuck St. Mary’s (Prep) CLAIR 23 Travis Kothenbeutel F 5-9 165 Fr. L 1/10/1997 Sauk Rapids, Minn. Austin (NAHL) KOTH-en-byoo-tuhl 24 Cole Pickup F 6-0 184 So. L 4/12/1996 Victoria, British Columbia Victoria (BCHL) 26 Steven Spinner - A WSH ‘14 F 6-0 198 Sr. R 12/15/1995 Eden Prairie, Minn. Omaha (USHL) 27 Zach Jordan F 6-3 209 Jr. R 11/12/1996 Collinsville, Ill. Des Moines (USHL) 28 Fredrik Olofsson - A CHI ‘14 F 6-2 197 Sr. L 5/27/1996 Broomfield, Colo. Chicago (USHL) 30 Matej Tomek PHI ‘15 G 6-4 194 Jr. L 5/24/1997 Bratislava, Slovakia Waterloo (USHL) muh-TAY TOE-mek 35 Evan Weninger G 5-11 170 Sr. L 8/11/1996 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Kindersley (SJHL) WHEN-in-guhr 40 Tyler Weiss COL ‘18 F 5-10 150 Fr. L 1/3/2000 Raleigh, N.C. USNTDP WEESE Head Coach: Mike Gabinet, Second Year (Omaha 2004) Assistant Coach: Dave Noel-Bernier, Second Year (Omaha, 2001) • Assistant Coach: Paul Jerrard, First Year (Lake Superior State, 1987) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Kirk Thompson, Third Year (Omaha, 2016) • Student Assistant Coach: Jake McKamey, First Year (Tennessee, 2018) Strength & Conditioning Coach: Mike Lewis, First Year (Minnesota, 2011) • Athletic Trainer: Josh Englebretson, Fifth Year (Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2004) Equipment Manager: Jason Smits, Second Year • Director of Hockey Operations: Brian Kaufman, First Year (Miami, 2009) MAVERICKS BY STATE/PROVINCE/COUNTRY Sweden (1): Sundberg United States (17) Colorado (1): Olofsson MAVERICKS BY CLASS Illinois (1): Jordan Seniors (10): Alferd, Blankenburg, Buchta, Galt, Klehr, Morelli, Olofsson, Schulz, Indiana (1): Jones Spinner, Weninger Michigan (1): Blankenburg Juniors (6): Jones, Jordan, Keck, Pulkkinen, Stewart, Tomek Minnesota (7): Klehr, Knoepke, Kothenbeutel, Schuldt, Schulz, Smallidge, Spinner Sophomores (5): Conley, Knoepke, McDonald, Pickup, Sundberg Nebraska (1): Galt Freshmen (6): Kothenbeutel, Primeau, Schuldt, Smallidge, Ward, Weiss New Jersey (1): Primeau North Carolina (1): Weiss LETTERWINNERS RETURNING (18) North Dakota (1): Morelli Forwards (10): Alferd, Galt, Jordan, Keck, Morelli, Olofsson, Pickup, Pulkkinen, Spinner, Washington (1): Alferd Sundberg Wisconsin (1): Conley Defensemen (6): Buchta, Jones, Klehr, McDonald, Schulz, Stewart Goaltenders (2): Blankenburg, Weninger Canada (6) British Columbia (2): Pickup, Ward LETTERWINNERS LOST (8) Manitoba (3): Keck, McDonald, Stewart Forwards (5): Grannary, Nogard, Pope, Randolph, Vesel Saskatchewan (1): Weninger Defensemen (2): Gallo, Messner Europe (4) Goaltender (1): Oldham Czech Republic (1): Buchta Finland (1): Pulkkinen Slovakia (1): Tomek 2018-19 OMAHA HOCKEY MIKE GABINET - HEAD COACH OMAHA IN 2018-19 Hometown: Edmonton, Alberta Alma Mater: Omaha (2004) Overall .............................................................................0-3-1 Home.......................................