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BULLDOGS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH MEN’S HOCKEY Communications Office • Bob Nygaard, Director • University of Minnesota Duluth • Duluth, MN 55812-2496 [email protected] • (218) 726-8191 • umdbulldogs.com • @umdbulldogs Oct. 4, 2016 PAIR OF WEEKEND ROAD BOUTS WITH NO. 8 UMASS LOWELL NEXT UP FOR NO. 6 UMD THE SERIES: The University of Minnesota Duluth will undertake its first two road assignments of the young 2016-17 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH ROSTER 2016-17 season this Friday and Saturday (Oct. 7-8) when the Bulldogs pay a visit to Lowell, Mass., for a No. Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Yr. Birthdate Hometown (Previous Team/League) two-game non-conference series with the University 3 Dan Molenaar D 5-11 190 Jr. 7/5/93 Eden Prairie, Minn. (Sioux City/USHL) of Massachusetts-Lowell. Opening faceoff is set for 4 Neal Pionk D 6-0 190 So. 7/29/95 Hermantown, Minn. (Sioux City/USHL) 6:15 p.m. (CT) Friday and 6 p.m. the following night 5 Nick Wolff D 6-4 215 Fr. 7/21/96 Eagan, Minn. (Des Moines/USHL) at the Paul E. Tsongas Center (6,003). 7 Adam Johnson F 6-0 175 So. 6/22/94 Hibbing, Minn. (Sioux City/USHL) 8 Kyle Osterberg F 5-8 175 Sr. 9/5/94 Lakeville, Minn. (Omaha/USHL) THE RECORDS: UMD, which is off to a 2-0-0 start this 10 Brenden Kotyk (A) D 6-6 240 Sr. 8/27/91 Regina, Saskatchewan (St. Scholastica/NCHA) season, went 19-16-5 overall last winter and 11-10-3 11 Avery Peterson# F 6-3 215 Jr. 6/20/95 Grand Rapids, Minn. (Nebraska-Omaha/NCHC) in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (fourth 12 Jarod Hilderman D 6-1 205 Fr. 4/11/97 Kamsack, Saskatchewan (Fargo/USHL) place), advanced to the NCAA Northeast Regional final 13 Joey Anderson F 6-0 195 Fr. 6/19/98 Roseville, Minn. (U.S. National Under-18 Team) for the second year in a row and was ranked No. 9 in 14 Alex Iafallo F 6-0 190 Sr. 12/21/93 Eden, N.Y. (Fargo/USHL) the final USCHO.com Poll. UMass-Lowell, which makes 15 Willie Raskob D 5-10 185 Sr. 3/14/95 Hastings, Minn. (Shattuck-St. Mary’s) its 2016-17 regular season debut Friday, posted a 25- 16 Billy Exell F 5-10 180 So. 10/4/95 Thunder Bay, Ontario (Minnesota Wilderness/NAHL) 10-5 record in all games and placed fourth in the final 17 Blake Young F 6-3 210 Jr. 2/11/94 Battleford, Saskatchewan (Battlefords/SJHL) Hockey East standings with a 12-6-4 mark. The Red 18 Nick McCormack D 5-11 185 Jr. 9/9/93 Ramsey, Minn. (Brooks/AJHL) Hawks’ season ended with a 4-1 setback to Quinnipiac 19 Dominic Toninato (C) F 6-2 200 Sr. 3/9/94 Duluth, Minn. (Fargo/USHL) University in the East Regional title game last March. 20 Karson Kuhlman (A) F 5-11 190 Jr. 9/26/95 Esko, Minn. (Dubuque/USHL) 21 Carson Soucy (A) D 6-4 215 Sr. 7/24/94 Irma, Alberta (Spruce Grove/AJHL) HOW THEY RANK: Here is how the Bulldogs and River 22 Jared Thomas F 6-2 200 Jr. 2/21/94 Hermantown, Minn. (Sioux City/USHL) Hawks stacked up in the first USCHO.com Poll and 24 Will Campion D 6-3 205 Fr. 3/7/95 Seaford, N.Y. (Langley/BCHL) USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll of 2016-17. 25 Peter Krieger* F 5-11 190 Jr. 12/9/93 Oakdale, Minn (U. of Alaska/WCHA) 26 Jade Miller F 5-10 190 Fr. 7/1/95 Minto, N.D. (Austin/NAHL) uscho.com USA Today 27 Riley Tufte F 6-5 215 Fr. 4/10/98 Blaine, Minn. (Blaine H.S.) UMD No. 6 No. 5 28 Sammy Spurrell F 5-11 185 Jr. 10/5/92 Sherwood, Alberta (Spruce Grove/AJHL) UML No. 8 No. 7 32 Hunter Shepard G 6-0 205 Fr. 11/7/95 Cohasset, Minn. (Bismarck/NAHL) 35 Hunter Miska G 6-1 175 Fr. 7/7/95 Stacy, Minn. (Dubuque/USHL) ON THE AIR: The two UMD-UMass Lowell clashes will 37 Nick Deery G 6-2 195 So. 5/25/94 La Crosse, Wis. (Steinbach/MJHL) be carried live on 92.1 FM The Fan with Bruce Ciskie 39 Parker Mackay F 5-11 185 So. 6/10/94 Irma, Alberta (Spring Grove/AJHL) handling the play-by-play responsibilities. The broad- Head Coach: Scott Sandelin cast can also be heard on KQ 105.5 FM in Grand Assistant Coaches: Jason Herter, Brett Larson, Brant Nicklin Rapids/Hibbing, Minn. and KQ 106.7 FM in Ely/ Athletic Trainer: Dr. Susan Hoppe Virginia, Minn., as part of the Bulldog Radio Network Strength and Conditioning Coach: Blake Palmer and at: 921thefan.com or free via the iHeartRadio app. Equipment Manager: Chris Garner Director of Hockey Operations: Christian Koelling Both ends of this weekend’s series will also be video- Operations Assistant: Bill Watson streammed on: www.goriverhawks.tv Manager: Dale Haagenson #Not eligilble to play until Dec. 17, 2016 (transfer) THE COACH: The runnerup for the 2010-11 Spencer *Not eligible to play in 2016-17 (transfer) Penrose Award (American Hockey Coaches Association NCAA Division I Coach of the Year) and recipient of that honor in 2003-04, Scott Sandelin is in his 17th season behind the UMD bench where he has compiled a 289-277-75 overall record -- including a 166-117- 38 mark since the 2008-09 opener. Besides capturing the school’s first NCAA championship five years ago, his Bulldogs have won 20 or more games in five of the last eight seasons. Overall, they’ve advanced to to six NCAA tournaments (2004, 2009, 2011,2012, 2015 and 2016), including back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Northeast Region title games the past two winters, two NCAA Frozen Fours (2004 and 2011) and one NCHC Frozen Faceoff tournament (2016). Before UMD parted ways with the WCHA following the 2012-13 season, Sandelin directed his troops to 2010-11 NCAA Champions • Home of 5 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Winners Lifetime Record vs. Providence College: 3-0-1 Lifetime NCHC Record (though 2015-16): 34-30-8 Lifetime NCHC Playoff Record (through 2015-16): 3-5-0 Lifetime Postseason Record (through 2015-16): 34-31-0 Lifetime Home Record (through 2015-16): 143-120-3 Lifetime Non-Conference Record (Through 2015-16): 76-43-16 Lifetime NCAA Tournament Record: 10-5 berths in seven of 11 Final Five playoff events. He has also helped produce a pair of Hobey Baker Memorial Award winners (Jack Connolly in 2011-12 and Junior The Numbers on Sandelin Lessard in 2003-04), six NCAA All-Americans and (Overall) (NCHC/ WCHA) 19 different All-NCHC/WCHA selections. In addition, YEAR W L T PCT W L T PCT PLACE 2000-01 7 28 4 .231 3 22 3 .161 10th Sandelin has seen 16 of his UMD pupils go on to do 2001-02 13 24 3 .363 6 19 3 .268 9th time in the National Hockey League and one take part 2002-03 22 15 5 .583 14 10 4 .571 5th in the Winter Olympic Games (Justin Faulk for Team USA 2003-04 28 13 4 .667 19 7 2 .714 2nd in 2014). During the course of the 2011-12 season, 2004-05 15 17 6 .473 11 13 4 .464 6th the Bulldogs set a team record by going unbeaten in 2005-06 11 25 4 .325 6 19 3 .268 9th 2006-07 13 21 5 .397 8 16 4 .357 9th 17 straight games and were ranked first in both major 2007-08 13 17 6 .444 9 14 5 .411 8th weekly polls (USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey 2008-09 22 13 8 .605 10 11 7 .482 7th Magazine for a program-best nine consecutive weeks. 2009-10 22 17 1 .562 16 11 1 .589 4th(T) In March 2009, UMD became the first play-in game 2010-11 26 10 6 .690 15 8 5 .625 4th participant to ever claim the Final Five title and, later 2011-12 25 10 6 .683 16 7 5 .661 2nd that spring, strung together a school-record six-game 2012-13 14 19 5 .434 10 13 5 .446 9th 2013-14 16 16 4 .500 11 11 2 .500 4th(T) postseason winning streak before it fell to Miami 2014-15 21 16 3 .563 12 9 3 .564 5th University 2-1 in the NCAA West Regional final. Nine 2015-16 18 15 5 .539 11 10 3 .520 4th years ago, Sandelin, 52, turned UMD into a NCAA 2016-17 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 .000 Frozen Four participant for the first time in nearly a Totals 289 277 75 .509 177 200 59 .474 generation, marshaling his troops to their most victories Lifetime Record vs. UMass Lowell: 5-1-1 (they were 28-13-4 overall) and highest WCHA finish Lifetime NCHC Record: 34-30-8 (second place on a 19-7-2 mark) since 1992-93. For Lifetime Non-Conference Record: 78-43-16 his efforts, the Hibbing, Minn., native was chosen the WCHA Coach of the Year as well as the national coach of the year by both insidecollegehockey.com and uscho. com. In 2002-03, Sandelin’s charges went 22-15-5 Baker Memorial Award.