University of Minnesota Duluth Men's Hockey

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. An All-American second team Lowell. The Bulldogs hold a commanding 11-3-1 lead overall and captured fifth place in the WCHA with a selection and All-WCHA first team pick as a senior, in the all-time series, which began on Jan. 4, 1985 14-10-4 mark while experiencing the greatest one- Sandelin went on to play professionally for seven years, a the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center season turnaround of any league member that winter. which included National Hockey League stints with the and are 5-1-0 lifetime against the River Hawks away One year earlier, he guided UMD to a 13-24-1 record Montreal Canadiens (1986-88), Philadelphia Flyers from Duluth (that includes a 4-1-0 mark in Lowell, in all games -- nearly doubling the number of victories (1990-91) and Minnesota North Stars (1991-92). a 2-1 victory in the opening round of the Shillelagh from the previous season (7-28-4). Sandelin officially Sandelin, one of just three active NCHC coaches to do Tournament in Hoffman Estates, Ill., on Jan. 2, 2009) signed on with the Bulldogs on March 31, 2000 fol- time in the NHL (Denver’s Jim Montgomery and North and a 3-0 Marine Midland Bank Holiday Tournament lowing six years of assistant coaching deployment at Dakota’s Brad Berry are the others), was the Montreal title game setback on Jan. 3, 1999 in Troy, N.Y.). North Dakota (which won two NCAA titles during his Canadiens’ second-round pick in the 1982 NHL draft The two clubs squared off for the first time in seven tenure). Prior to that, Sandelin spent the 1993-94 (40th choice overall). He served as Team USA’s head seasons one year ago (Oct. 30-31) at AMSOIL Arena season head coaching the Junior Elite Hockey League’s coach at the 2005 International Ice Hockey Federation and traded wins in UMD’s 2015-16 home debuts. The Fargo-Moorhead Junior Kings after working in that World Junior Championships, directing that club to a Bulldogs prevailed 2-1 in the opener (outshooting the same capacity (and doubling as general manager) fourth-place finish, and was an assistant coach for the River Hawks 40-27 in the process) before falling 6-3 the previous winter with the Fargo-Moorhead Express U.S. entry at that same event in 2011-12. the next night. of the American Hockey Association. He capped off his four-year playing career at North Dakota in 1985- THE RIVALRY: This weekend’s series will mark the 16th LAST WEEK: UMD got its 73rd year of intercollegiate 86 by being named one of 10 finalists for the Hobey and 17th meetings ever between UMD and UMass hockey off to a rousing start by sweeping No. 17 Michigan Tech University in Duluth. The Bulldogs got goals from six different players and a 21-save shutout performance from rookie goaltender Hunter Miska en route to a 6-0 triumph on Saturday and then rallied HOW THEY’VE FARED AGAINST UMASS-LOWELL to upend their long-time rivals 4-3 in the series finale, UMD’s current career scoring leaders with senior left winger Alex Iafallo potting the game- versus the River Hawks are: winner with 15.6 seconds to go in regulation. Sopho- more defenseman Neal Pionk was the lone Bulldog to Player GP G A TP P-PM +/- PP SH GW turn in a multi-point night Sunday as he scored once Kyle Osterberg 2 1 1 2 0-0 0 0 0 0 and picked up the primary assist on Iafallo’s tally. Alex Iafallo 2 2 0 2 1-2 -1 0 0 0 Adam Johnson 2 0 2 2 0-0 -1 0 0 0 UMass-Lowell throttled Prince Edward Island University Brenden Kotyk 1 0 1 1 1-2 0 0 0 0 7-0 Sunday afternoon in a home exhibition matchup. Dominic Toninato 2 1 0 1 0-0 -4 1 0 1 Junior forward John Edwardh figured in on three goals, Carson Soucy 2 0 1 1 1-2 -1 0 0 0 scoring once and adding two assists while three River Jared Thomas 2 0 1 1 1-2 +3 0 0 0 Hawk goalies (Sean Cleary, Chris Hernberg and Tyler Karson Kuhlman 2 0 0 0 0-0 -1 0 0 0 Wall) collectively made 12 saves while each seeing Neal Pionk 2 0 0 0 2-4 0 0 0 0 one period of activity. Willie Raskob 2 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Nick McCormack 2 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING: Senior center Dominic Blake Young 1 0 0 0 2-4 0 0 0 0 Toninato is serving as UMD’s team captain during the Dan Molenaar 1 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2016-17 season while the trio of senior defensemen Sammy Spurrell 1 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Brenden Kotyk and Carson Soucy, and junior right Parker Mackay 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 winger Karson Kuhlman are sharing the assistant Billy Exell 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 captaincy duties.

HOW THE MEDIA SEES THINGS SHAKING OUT: Media personnel who cover the NCHC collectively forecast 2015-16 NCHC STANDINGS a third-place league finish UMD in 2016-17. UMD TEAM (Overall Record) GP W L T 3/SW PTS GF AVG GA AVG received two first-place votes and totaled 173 points North Dakota (34-6-4) 24 19 4 1 0/1 59 89 3.71 49 2.04 in the NCHC Preseason Poll. North Dakota, the defend- St. Cloud State (31-9-1) 24 17 6 1 1/0 53 104 4.33 53 2.20 ing NCAA and NCHC regular season champions, was Denver (25-10-6) 24 17 5 2 0/0 53 74 3.08 52 2.17 deemed as the team to beat with 235 points and 25 UMD (19-16-5) 24 11 10 3 1/0 37 64 2.67 44 1.83 first-place votes and was followed by the University of Miami (15-18-3) 24 9 12 2 2/0 31 54 2.25 65 2.70 Denver (200 points and three first-place votes), UMD, Omaha (18-17-1) 24 8 15 1 0/0 25 60 2.50 83 3.46 St. Cloud State University (155 pts.), the University Western Michigan (8-25-3) 24 5 18 1 1/0 17 56 2.33 103 4.29 of Nebraska-Omaha (119 pts.), Miami University Colorado College (6-29-1) 24 4 19 1 0/0 13 47 1.96 99 4.12 (96 pts.), Western Michigan University (65 pts.) and Colorado College (37 pts.). UMD, incidentally, was the league favorite in last year’s NCHC Preseason Poll.

THE BULLDOGS AT A GLANCE: UMD retains the services of some 16 lettermen from a year ago, including nine of its top 12 point producers. Headlining the list of holdovers is senior left winger Alex Iafallo and his 2015-16 linemate, senior center Dominic Toninato, who finished third and fourth, respectively, on the UMD scoring charts with 23 and 21 points. Toninato, the THE LAST TIME ... Bulldogs’ leading goal scorer for the second straight Overtime Game: March 25, 2016 -- UMD 2, Providence College 1 in 2 OTs (in Worcester, Mass. -- winter (15), was followed by junior right winger Karson NCAA Northeast Regional) Kuhlman (12 goals and eight assists for a career high Overtime Game Won by UMD: March 25, 2016 -- UMD 2, Providence College 1 in 2 OTs (in Worcester, 20 points) while Adam Johnson (6-12=18) reigned Mass. -- NCAA Northeast Regional) as UMD’s top scoring newcomer. Six battle-tested Overtime Game Lost By UMD: Feb. 19, 2016 -- North Dakota 2, UMD 1 (in Grand Forks, N.D.) defensemen are also back, anchored by the likes of Overtime Game Tied: Jan. 16, 2016 -- UMD 1, St. Cloud State 1 (in Duluth, Minn.) seniors Carson Soucy (3-9=12) and Willie Raskob Scoreless Tie: March 3, 2007 -- UMD 0, Wisconsin 0 (Josh Johnson/Shane Connelly in Duluth, Minn.) (2-11=13) and sophomore Neal Pionk (4-13=17). NCHC 3 x 3 Overtime Win: Nov. 14, 2015 -- following a 1-1 tie with Denver (in Duluth, Minn.) NCHC 3 x 3 Overtime Loss: Jan. 16, 2016 -- following a 1-1 tie with St. Cloud State (in Duluth, Minn.) OUT OF THE GATE: UMD is off to its first 2-0-0 start since NCHC Shootout Win: Feb. 7, 2014 -- UMD 1, Colorado College 0 -- following a 2-2 tie (in Duluth, the 2001-02 (Scott Sandelin’s second year behind Minn.) the Bulldog bench) when it captured the Maverick NCHC Shootout Loss: Jan. 16, 2015 -- Western Michigan 2, UMD 1 -- following a 2-2 tie (in Duluth, Minn.) Stampede title by downing host Nebraska-Omaha UMD Shutout at Home: Oct. 1, 2016 -- UMD 6, Miami 0 (Hunter Miska) (5-2) and the University of Michigan (3-2) on back- UMD Shutout on the Road: Nov. 21, 2015 -- UMD 6, Colorado College 0 (Kasimir Kaskisuo) to-back days. UMD Was Shut Out at Home: Dec. 12, 2015 -- North Dakota 3, UMD 0 (Cam Johnson) UMD Was Shut Out on the Road: March 14, 2015 -- Denver 4, UMD 0 (Evan Cowley-NCHC Playoffs) OUT OF THE GATE II: Prior to this past weekend, the last UMD Hat Trick: Feb. 3, 2012 -- J.T. Brown (UMD 4, Alaska Anchorage 1 in Anchorage, Alaska), four goals time the Bulldogs posted a season-opening series Hat Trick By Two Bulldogs: Feb. 13, 1993 -- Joe Biondi and Derek Plante (UMD 8, Colorado College 4 sweep of one opponent was back on Oct. 13-14, in Duluth, Minn.) 1995 when they downed Ferris State University twice UMD Player Scored Four or More Goals: Feb. 3, 2012 -- J.T. Brown (UMD 4, Alaska Anchorage 1 in (3-0 and 5-3) in Duluth. Anchorage, Alaska), four goals UMD Player Scored Three Power Play Goals: Oct. 22, 2004 -- Marco Peluso (UMD 8, Minnesota OUT OF THE GATE III: UMD hasn’t found itself sitting at State-Mankato 3 in Duluth, Minn.) 3-0-0 since it kicked off the 1989-90 season with UMD Player Scored Two Shorthanded Goals: Nov. 23, 1990 -- Doug Torrel (UMD 5, Denver 1 in eight consecutive victories (a school record to start Denver, Colo.) a new year). UMD Player Scored a 5-on-3 Shorthanded Goal: Jan. 22, 1993 -- Brett Hauer (UMD 8, Minnesota 4 in Duluth, Minn.) DANDY DEBUT: Not only did rookie netminder Hunter UMD Player Scored an Empty Net Goal: March 5, 2016 -- Alex Iafallo (UMD 3, Miami 1 in Duluth) Miska secure a win in his first collegiate appearance UMD Player Had Five or More Points: Feb. 11, 2012 -- Jack Connolly (UMD 5, North Dakota 4 in last Saturday night -- but he held the opposition Duluth, Minn.), 2 goals and 3 assists scoreless in doing so. The last Bulldog to debut with UMD Player Made a Penalty Shot: Oct. 15, 2010 -- Travis Oleksuk at 18:03 of the second period a shutout was current UMD volunteer goalie coach against Alex Beaudry (UMD 5, Providence College 3 in Duluth, Minn.) Brant Nicklin, who made 12 saves in a 3-0 takedown UMD Player Missed A Penalty Shot: Oct. 1, 2016 -- Dominic Toninato at 2:27 of the third period of visiting Army on Oct. 12, 1996. Miska, the reign- against Devin Kero (UMD 6, Michigan Tech O in Duluth) ing USA Hockey Goalie of the Year, also manned the UMD Opponent Made a Penalty Shot: Feb. 19, 2016 -- Austin Poganski (North Dakota) at 3:19 of UMD net in its series-clinching 4-3 triumph Saturday, overtime against Kasimir Kaskisuo (North Dakota 2, UMD 1 in Grand Forks, N.D.). finishing the weekend with a .929 saves percentage UMD Opponent Missed a Penalty Shot: Nov. 5, 2011 -- Jason Zucker at 15:30 of the second period (39 stops on 42 shots) and also was credited with one against Kenny Reiter (UMD 4, Denver 0 in Denver, Colo.) assist (on Saturday). Entering the 2016-17 season, UMD Goaltender Had 50 or More Saves: Jan. 11, 2014 -- 52 by Aaron Crandall (UMD 3, Nebraska- not one of the UMD’s three goalies -- Miska, Nick Omaha 1 in Omaha, Neb.) Deery and Hunter Shepard -- had ever appeared in UMD Goaltender Had 60 or More Saves: March 11, 2007 -- 62 by Josh Johnson (St. Cloud State 3, a regular season collegiate game. The last time the UMD 2 in 3OT in St. Cloud, Minn./WCHA Playoffs) Bulldogs sported nothing but freshmen netminders UMD Goalie Received an Assist: Oct. 1, 2016 - Hunter Miska (UMD 6, Michigan Tech 0 in Duluth, on their roster was in 1985-86. Miska and Shepard Minn.) joined the UMD program this season while Deery was UMD Goalie Had Two Assists: Feb. 25, 2012 -- Kenny Reiter (UMD 5, Colorado College 2 in Duluth, Minn.) redshirted as a first-year Bulldog freshman one year UMD Swept a Home Series: Oct. 1-2, 2016 -- UMD 6-4, Michigan Tech 0-3 ago. Deery did play the entire third period of UMD’s UMD Swept a Road Series: Feb. 26-27, 2016 -- UMD 4-2, St. Cloud State 1-1 6-1 exhibition victory over visiting Lakehead Univer- UMD Was Swept at Home: Dec. 11-12, 2015 -- North Dakota 3-3, UMD 0-0 sity on Oct. 4, 2015 and stopped all four shots the UMD Was Swept on the Road: Feb. 19-20, 2016 -- North Dakota 2-1, UMD 1(OT)-1 Thunderwolves sent his way. 2010-11 NCAA Champions • Home of 5 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Winners iT’S IN THE BOOKS: Besides Miska, four other Bulldog A BREAKDOWN newcomers got their first taste of NCAA I activity last OF THE 2016-17 BULLDOGS weekend -- right winger Joey Anderson (both games), 2016-17 UMD SCHEDULE/RESULTS By Year left winger Jade Miller (two games) and defensemen Date Opponent Time (CST)/Att. Seniors - 7 Jarod Hilderman (Friday) and Nick Wolff (Saturday). Oct. 1 UMD 6, Michigan Tech 0 6,202 Juniors - 6 Oct. 2 UMD 4, Michigan Tech 3 5,104 Sophomores - 5 SPREADING THE WEALTH: Of the 21 Bulldogs who ac- Oct. 7 at UMass-Lowell 6:15 p.m. crued ice time against Michigan Tech, 18 marked in Oct. 8 at UMass-Lowell 6:00 p.m. Freshmen - 8 the scoring column. That group included sophomore Oct. 14 Notre Dame 7:07 p.m. By Position defenseman Neal Pionk (a team-leading three points Oct. 15 Notre Dame 7:07 p.m. Forward - 14 on one goal and two assists) and junior left winger Oct. 22 U.S. National U-18 Team+ 7:37 p.m. Defense - 9 Blake Young and freshman left winger Jade Miller, who Oct. 28 North Dakota# 7:07 p.m. Goalie - 3 both picked up their first collegiate goals in Friday’s Oct. 29 North Dakota# 7:07 p.m. By State/Province/Country 6-0 victory. That was Young’s 32nd career appearance. Nov. 4 at St. Cloud State# 7:37 p.m. Minnesota - 15 Eight Bulldogs collected at least a point in both ends Nov. 5 at St. Cloud State# 7:07 p.m. Alberta - 3 of the Michigan Tech series -- Pionk, Young, freshman Nov. 11 Western Michigan# 7:07 p.m. Saskatchewan - 3 right winger Joey Anderson, sophomore right winger Nov. 12 Western Michigan# 7:07 p.m. New York - 2 Billy Exell, sophomore center Adam Johnson, sopho- Nov. 18 at Omaha# 7:07 p.m. Ontario- 1 more right winger Parker Mackay, senior left winger Kyle Nov. 19 at Omaha# 7:00 p.m. North Dakota - 1 Osterberg and junior center Jared Thomas, Dec. 9 at Denver# 8:00 p.m. Illinois - 1 Dec. 10 at Denver# 8:00 p.m. Wisconsin-1 HANG ON: Since falling to host Miami University 4-3 in Dec. 16 Bemidji State 7:07 p.m. Dec. 17 at Bemidji State 7:07 p.m. By Major overtime on Feb. 21, 2015, the Bulldogs are 17-0-0 when taking a lead into the third period. They were Jan. 6 Colorado College# 7:07 p.m. Business- 8 Jan. 7 Colorado College# 7:07 p.m. Finance- 6 14-0-0 in that situation last winter and 1-0-0 thus far in 2016-17. Jan. 13 St. Cloud State# 7:07 p.m. Organizational Management- 3 Jan. 14 St. Cloud State# 7:07 p.m. Communication- 2 BULLDOG BITS: Senior defenseman Willie Raskob Jan. 20 at North Dakota# 7:37 p.m. Criminology - 1 Jan. 21 at North Dakota# 7:07 p.m. Environmental Studies- 1 had a goal and an assist in the series opener with Michigan Tech to extend his personal scoring streak Jan. 27 Minnesota@ 7:00 p.m. French Studies - 1 Jan. 28 BSU/St. Cloud State@ 4:00/7:00 p.m. Mechanical Engineering -1 to five games (going back to last year) before being held pointless the next night. That leaves senior left Feb. 3 Omaha# 7:07 p.m. Public Health- 1 Feb. 4 Omaha# 7:07 p.m. Undeclared- 2 winger Alex Iafallo (three games) with UMD’s longest active scoring streak ... Prior to this year, the earliest Feb. 17 at Colorado College# 8:37 p.m. date that the Bulldogs had ever started a season on Feb. 18 at Colorado College# 8:07 p.m. was Oct. 4, which they did against the University of Feb. 23 Miami# 7:07 p.m. North Dakota in the 2003 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Feb. 24 Miami# 7:07 p.m. Game in Grand Forks, N.D. ... Sophomore right winger March 3 at Western Michigan# 6:00 p.m. Parker Mackay turned in his first two-point night (one March 4 at Western Michigan# 6:00 p.m. goal and one assists) as a Bulldog Saturday against Michigan Tech ... Scott Sandelin is in his 17th sea- #National Collegiate Hockey Conference Game son presiding over the UMD puck program. That’s @North Star College Cup (St. Paul, Minn.) the second longest continuous tenure of any NCHC +Exhibition Game head coach. (Enrico Blassi is entering his 18th year Home Games are Listed in Boldface at Miami). Of all-time UMD bench bosses, only Mike Sertich (18 years between 1982-2000) served longer than Sandelin ... UMD has now posted six wins in a row at home going back to last March ... Senior center Dominic Toninato is the second straight Duluth East NHL DRAFTEES High School alumnus to serve as the Bulldogs’ team center Dominic Toninato also followed in his father’s Player Year Round Team captain. Two-time All-NCHC second team defenseman footsteps to UMD (Jim Toninato, 1982-86) as did as- Joey Anderson 2016 3rd New Jersey Andy Welinski handled that responsibility in 2015-16 sistant coach and former Bulldog defenseman Brett Avery Peterson 2013 6th Minnesota ... Karson Kuhlman has skated all 82 games the last Larson (Robert Larson, 1968-69) ... The Bulldogs gave Carson Soucy 2013 5th Minnesota three seasons -- the only current Bulldog who can up on average of 25.62 shots per night last winter -- an Dominic Toninato 2012 5th Toronto make that claim ... There is almost seven years age all-time program best and the seventh fewest in the Riley Tufte 2016 1st Dallas difference separating the oldest (senior defenseman country. UMD ranked fifth nationally in shots on goal Brenden Kotyk, who turned 25 last Aug. 27) and (34.52 per game, the fourth best total in team history) PRONUNCIATIONS youngest (freshman winger Joey Anderson, whose 19th and third in shot differential (+8.90, which is No. 2 Iafallo...... I-ah-fah-low birthday doesn’t come up until June 19) Bulldogs ... all-time for a Bulldog club), but was 50th among the Kotyk...... KAH-tick Going back to a 5-4 loss to visiting Minnesota on 60 NCAA I clubs in shot percentage (.077) ... UMD Kuhlman...... KOOL-man Oct. 15, 2011, the Bulldogs are unbeaten in 64 of ranked second nationally in regular season strength Mackay...... MAH-kye the 65 games they’ve struck for more than three of schedule last winter after topping the country in Osterberg...... AH-ster-burg goals (58-1-5). The sole setback during that stretch that department the previous two years. Pionk...... PEE-onk was inflicted by Minnesota State-Mankato on Oct. Soucy...... SUE-see 17, 2014 in Duluth (5-4 in overtime) ... There have UP NEXT: UMD will return to AMSOIL Arena to host the Spurrell...... SPUR-ill been 11 father-son combination who have done time University of Notre Dame in a pair of non-conference Toninato...... tah-neh-NAW-toe with the Bulldogs, with the most latest addition being clashes on Oct. 14-15. Tufte...... TUFF-tee sophomore forward Adam Johnson, whose dad (Davey Johnson), was a four-year letterman and captained the Bulldogs as a senior center in 1980-81. Senior

2010-11 NCAA Champions • Home of 5 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Winners 2016-17 Bulldog Hockey Minnesota Duluth Individual2016-17 UNIVERSITY Season/Career OF MINNESOTA Statistics DULUTH STATISTICS (as of Oct 05, 2016) All games

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## Player gp g a pts sh sh% +/- pen-min pp sh fg gw gt ot ht ua gp g a pts sh sh% +/- pen-min pp sh fg gw gt ot ht ua 4 Neal Pionk 2 1 2 3 1 1.000 +1 1-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 5 15 20 86 .0 5 8 +12 19-46 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 8 Kyle Osterberg 2 2 0 2 6 .3 3 3 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 109 27 30 57 235 .1 1 5 +2 29-72 6 2 10 2 0 1 0 5 16 Billy Exell 2 1 1 2 1 1.000 +2 1-2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 2 3 6 .1 6 7 +3 1-2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Alex Iafallo 2 1 1 2 4 .2 5 0 0 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 112 28 44 72 336 .0 8 3 +18 17-34 7 0 4 6 0 1 0 4 7 Adam Johnson 2 1 1 2 10 .1 0 0 +1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 7 13 20 105 .0 6 7 -2 4-8 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 39 Parker Mackay 2 1 1 2 4 .2 5 0 0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 31 5 3 8 33 .1 5 2 +3 3-6 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1

2010-11 NCAA Champions • Home of 5 Hobey Baker2010-11 NCAAChampions •Homeof5Hobey Memorial Award Winners 15 Willie Raskob 2 1 1 2 2 .5 0 0 +1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 109 7 37 44 207 .0 3 4 +11 22-55 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17 Blake Young 2 1 1 2 1 1.000 +2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 1 2 3 24 .0 4 2 +1 6-15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Joey Anderson 2 0 2 2 8 .0 0 0 +1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 8 .0 0 0 +1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Karson Kuhlman 2 0 2 2 2 .0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 20 20 40 202 .0 9 9 +21 9-18 3 1 3 4 0 1 0 1 22 Jared Thomas 2 0 2 2 2 .0 0 0 0 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 7 18 25 87 .0 8 0 -1 16-32 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 26 Jade Miller 2 1 0 1 2 .5 0 0 +1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 .5 0 0 +1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Brenden Kotyk 2 0 1 1 3 .0 0 0 -1 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 4 7 11 70 .0 5 7 +4 16-32 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 18 Nick McCormack 1 0 1 1 0 .0 0 0 +2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 6 6 8 .0 0 0 +9 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 Hunter Miska 2 0 1 1 0 .0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 .0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Dan Molenaar 1 0 1 1 1 .0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 2 5 7 43 .0 4 7 +7 5-10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 Carson Soucy 2 0 1 1 2 .0 0 0 +2 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 114 9 24 33 177 .0 5 1 +26 67-167 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 5 Nick Wolff 1 0 1 1 1 .0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 .0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Jarod Hilderman 1 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 +1 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 +1 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Sammy Spurrell 2 0 0 0 1 .0 0 0 +2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 4 3 7 29 .1 3 8 -5 11-44 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 19 Dominic Toninato 2 0 0 0 7 .0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 111 38 24 62 278 .1 3 7 +18 60-145 6 4 10 5 0 0 0 3 Total 2 10 20 30 58 .1 7 2 +15 12-24 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Opponents 2 3 5 8 42 .0 7 1 - 16-54 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

## Goalie gp-gs minutes ga gaavg saves pct w l t sho pp sh en gp-gs minutes ga gaavg saves pct w l t sho pp sh en 35 Hunter Miska 2-2 120:00 3 1.50 39 .9 2 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2-2 120:00 3 1.50 39 .9 2 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 Total 2-0 120:00 3 1.50 39 .9 2 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 Opponents 2-0 120:00 10 5.00 48 .8 2 8 0 2 0 0 4 1 0 2016-17 Bulldog Hockey Minnesota Duluth Overall Team Statistics (as of Oct 05, 2016) 2016-17 UNIVERSITY OFAll MINNESOTA games DULUTH TEAM STATISTICS

Overall: 2-0-0 Conf: 0-0-0 Home: 2-0-0 Away: 0-0-0 Neut: 0-0-0

TEAM STATISTICS UMD OPP SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts 10-58 3-42 Shot pct. . 1 7 2 . 0 7 1 G o a ls / G a m e 5.0 1.5 S h o t s / G a m e 29.0 21.0 A s s is t s 20 5 POWER PLAYS Goals-Power Plays 4-12 0-10 Conversion Percent . 3 3 3 . 0 0 0 Shot Attempts 16 14 Shot Percent . 2 5 0 . 0 0 0 GOAL BREAKDOWN Total Goals 10 3 Power Play 4 0 S h o r t - h a n d e d 1 0 Empty net 0 0 P e n a lt y 0 0 U n a s s is t e d 0 0 O v e r t im e 0 0 S h o o t o u t 0 0 Delayed Penalty 0 0 PENALTIES N u m b e r 12 16 M in u t e s 24 54 P e n a lt ie s / G a m e 6.0 8.0 Pen minutes/Game 12.0 27.0 M in o r 12 12 M a jo r 0 2 10-minute Misconduct 0 0 Game Misconduct 0 2 Gross Misconduct 0 0 M a t c h 0 0 SHOOTOUTS (Made-Att) 0-0 0-0 ATTENDANCE T o t a l 11306 0 Dates/Avg Per Date 2/5653 0/0 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0

Goals by Period 1st 2nd 3rd Total Minnesota Duluth 3 4 3 10 Opponents 2 1 0 3

Saves by Period 1st 2nd 3rd Total Minnesota Duluth 13 16 10 39 Opponents 18 23 7 48

2010-11 NCAA Champions • Home of 5 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Winners 2015-16 UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA OF MINNESOTA DULUTH DULUTH RESULTS/SCHEDULE 2016-17 Men's Hockey Results DATE W-L-T OPPONENT (Attendance) UMD-OPP UMD GOALS GOALIES SAVES Oct. 1 W Michigan Tech 6-0 MACKAY, Young, Raskob, Osterberg, Miska 21 (6,202) Johnson, Miller Oct. 2 W Michigan Tech 4-3 Osterberg, Pionk, Exell, IAFALLO Miska 18 (5,104) Oct. 7 UMass-Lowell 6:15 p.m. Oct. 8 UMass-Lowell 6:00 p.m. Oct. 14 Notre Dame 7:07 p.m. Oct. 15 Notre Dame 7:07 p.m. Oct. 22 U.S. National U-18 Team# 7:37 p.m. Oct. 28 North Dakota* 7:07 p.m. Oct. 29 North Dakota* 7:07 p.m. Nov. 4 St. Cloud State* 7:37 p.m. Nov. 5 St. Cloud State* 7:07 p.m. Nov. 11 Western Michigan* 7:07 p.m. Nov. 12 Western Michigan* 7:07 p.m. Nov. 18 Nebraska Omaha* 7:07 p.m. Nov. 19 Nebraska Omaha* 7:00 p.m. Dec. 9 Denver* 8:00 p.m. Dec. 10 Denver* 8:00 p.m. Dec. 16 Bemidji State* 7:07 p.m. Dec. 17 Bemidji State* 7:07 p.m. Jan. 6 Colorado College* 7:07 p.m. Jan. 7 Colorado College* 7:07 p.m. Jan. 13 St. Cloud State* 7:07 p.m. Jan. 14 St. Cloud State* 7:07 p.m. Jan. 20 North Dakota* 7:37 p.m. Jan. 21 North Dakota* 7:07 p.m. Jan. 27 Minnesota+ 7:00 p.m. Jan. 28 Bemidji State/St. Cloud State+ 4:00 p.m. Feb. 3 Nebraska Omaha* 7:07 p.m. Feb. 4 Nebraska Omaha* 7:07 p.m. Feb. 17 Colorado College* 8:37 p.m. Feb. 18 Colorado College* 8:07 p.m. Feb. 23 Miami* 7:07 p.m. Feb. 24 Miami* 7:07 p.m. March 3 Western Michigan* 6:00 p.m. March 4 Western Michigan* 6:00 p.m.

*NCHC Game +North Star College Cup (St. Paul Minn.) #Exhibition Game GAME-WINNING GOALS ARE IN ALL CAPS Home games are in boldface Times are CT 2016-17 WIN-LOSS SUMMARY W L T PCT W L T PCT Home Games 2 0 0 1.000 Sunday Games 1 0 0 1.000 Road Games 0 0 0 .000 Scoring First Goal 1 0 0 1.000 Neutral Site Games 0 0 0 .000 Leading After One Period 1 0 0 1.000 NCHC Games 0 0 0 .000 Trailing After One Period 1 0 0 1.000 NCHC Playoff Games 0 0 0 .000 Tied After One Period 0 0 0 .000 Nonconference Games 2 0 0 1.000 Leading After Two Periods 1 0 0 1.000 Exhibition Games 0 0 0 .000 Trailing After Two Periods 1 0 0 1.000 3 x 3 NCHC Overtime Games 0 0 0 .000 Tied After Two Periods 0 0 0 .000 NCHC Shootouts 0 0 0 .000 Outshooting Opponent 2 0 0 1.000 Overtime Games 0 0 0 .000 Outshot by Opponent 0 0 0 .000 One-Goal Games 1 0 0 1.000 Same No. of Shots as Opponent 0 0 0 .000 Two-Goal Games 0 0 0 .000 Scoring More Than Three Goals 2 0 0 1.000 Friday Games 0 0 0 .000 Scoring Three Goals or Less 0 0 0 .000 Saturday Games 1 0 0 1.000

2016-17 ATTENDANCE~ All Games Home Away Total Attendance 11,306 11,306 0 (Average) (5,653) (5,653) () Sellouts 0 0 0 ~does not include exhibition games

2010-11 NCAA Champions • Home of 5 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Winners 2016-17 Bulldog Hockey Minnesota Duluth Game-by-Game Goals-Assists-Points (as of Oct 05, 2016) 2016-17 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH INDIVIDUALAll games GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS (GOALS-ASSISTS-TOTAL POINTS)

3 4 5 7 8 10 12 13 14 15 16 Opponent Date Score MOLENAAR,D PIONK,NEAL WOLFF,NICK JOHNSON,AD OSTERBERG, KOTYK,BREN HILDERMAN,J ANDERSON,J IAFALLO,ALE RASKOB,WIL EXELL,BILLY MTU Oct 01 6-0 W DNP 0 - 1 - 1 DNP 1 - 0 - 1 1 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 1 - 1 1 - 1 - 2 0 - 1 - 1 MTU Oct 02 4-3 W 0 - 1 - 1 1 - 1 - 2 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 1 - 1 1 - 0 - 1 0 - 1 - 1 DNP 0 - 1 - 1 1 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 1

17 18 19 20 21 22 26 28 35 39 Opponent Date Score YOUNG,BLAK MCCORMACK TONINATO,D KUHLMAN,KA SOUCY,CARS THOMAS,JAR MILLER,JADE SPURRELL,S MISKA,HUNT MACKAY,PAR MTU Oct 01 6-0 W 1 - 0 - 1 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 2 - 2 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 1 - 1 1 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 1 1 - 1 - 2 MTU Oct 02 4-3 W 0 - 1 - 1 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0

2010-11 NCAA Champions • Home of 5 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Winners 2016-17 Bulldog Hockey Minnesota Duluth Team Game-by-Game Comparison (as of Oct 05, 2016) All games 2016-17 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH GAME-BY-GAME COMPARISON Shots Penalties Power Plays Date Opponent Score Goals Assists Shots Pen-Min Pen-Min G-Ch G-Ch Oct 01 MICHIGAN TECH 6-0 6 / 0 12 / 0 27 / 21 6-12 / 9-29 3-6 / 0-4 Oct 02 MICHIGAN TECH 4-3 4 / 3 8 / 5 31 / 21 6-12 / 7-25 1-6 / 0-6 Totals 10-3 10 / 3 20 / 5 58 / 42 12-24 / 16-54 4-12 / 0-10

Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category

2010-11 NCAA Champions • Home of 5 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Winners