2016-17 WCHA Season in Review

July 24, 2017 / wcha.com

@wcha_mhockey /WCHAHockey @wcha_mhockey WCHA.tv Matt Hodson ● o: 952-818-8872 ● c: 612-801-2808 ● [email protected]

WESTERN COLLEGIATE Opening Face-Off HOCKEY ASSOCIATION • No. 65 In the Books: The Men's League of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) proudly completed its 65th year • Founded 1951 • of competition in 2016-17, another terrific season of on- and off-ice accomplishments by its student-athletes, coaches and Suite C programs. Minnesota State Univ., Mankato at Edina • The WCHA enjoyed the rousing first-year success of its three-week, on-campus "Battle for the Broadmoor" postseason 7700 Avenue South, Suite 360C tournament; implemented fan-favorites in the new 3-on-3 overtime and shootout; had a quartet of programs reach Edina, MN 55435 the 20-win plateau; celebrated a first-time MacNaughton Cup champion; watched in awe as Northern Michigan 952-818-8869 Atte Tolvanen shattered league record books and made a run at NCAA history; featured a Hobey Baker Memorial Award top-10 finalist and a pair of All-Americans; applauded Senior CLASS Award® winner Brendan Harms MEMBER TEAMS of Bemidji State, along with an NCAA-high three student-athletes among the finalists; saluted Minnesota State University of Alabama in Huntsville defenseman Daniel Brickley for representing the U.S. at the 2017 IIHF World Championships; and, cheered on the 31 University of Alaska Anchorage players -- from all 10 member institutions -- who signed professional contracts (including seven who inked NHL deals). University of Alaska Fairbanks • There's No Place Like Home: The 2017 WCHA postseason tournament, which featured a return to campus sites and the league’s first home-ice title game since 1965, was a true success. The three-week, eight-team “Battle for the Broadmoor” Bowling Green State University concluded with an epic Championship in front of a standing-room only crowd at Michigan Tech’s MacInnes Student Ice Arena. • Michigan Tech won the WCHA Championship, defeating Bowling Green, 3-2 in double overtime after the visiting Lake Superior State University Falcons erased a 2-0, third-period deficit. A capacity crowd of 4,466 saw Tech hoist the , then Michigan Technological University descend to the ice to celebrate with the hometown Huskies -- a moment that captured the pure joy of college sports. Minnesota State University • Everybody Loves a Winner: Ensuring that each contest had a “winner” in the league standings, every WCHA regular season Northern Michigan University game in 2016-17 that remained tied after regulation and the NCAA-mandated, five-minute 5-on-5 overtime advanced to a 3-on-3 overtime and, if necessary, a sudden-death shootout. TRADITION STARTS HERE • All 10 WCHA venues hosted at least one game that went to 3-on-3 overtime, while seven rinks hosted a shootout. #WeAreWCHA • Nine (9) teams earned an extra WCHA via either a 3-on-3 or shootout win, while six enjoyed at least one win in both formats. • 4x20: For the second consecutive season, the WCHA produced four, 20-win teams: Michigan Tech (23-15-7), Bemidji State (22- 2017-18 Important Dates 16-3), Minnesota State (22-13-4) and Bowling Green (21-18-2). • The WCHA joined the Big Ten, the ECAC and the NCHC for the second-most 20-win teams in the country. Date Event led the way with six such teams, while had three. Oct. 1 U.S. HOF Game • Bemidji State Hoists the Cup: With a stellar, nearly wire-to-wire effort, Bemidji State won the 2016-17 WCHA regular season Michigan Tech at Wisc. championship with a 20-win, 64-point campaign. The Beavers won their first MacNaughton Cup since joining the league for the Oct. 6-7 First full regular season 2010-11 season (and 22nd regular season conference crown in program history). weekend • Bemidji State swept its opening weekend of WCHA play (Oct. 7-8), won its first eight league games and was Icebreaker Tournament undefeated in its first 13 contests (12-0-1; meaning that, aside from a bye week on the opening weekend of league Oct. 13-14 First WCHA league series play (Oct. 1-2), BSU held at least a share of first place after every WCHA weekend in which it competed. Nov. 10-11 First weekend of five (5) • Tolvanen's Historic Streak: Northern Michigan sophomore goaltender Atte Tolvanen backstopped the Wildcats from the WCHA series WCHA cellar into the league playoffs with a record-setting second half. Dec. 17-Dec. 27 Holiday Break • Tolvanen established the WCHA Men's League record, and matched the all-time NCAA Division I men’s mark, with Late-Dec./ In-season tournaments five-straight shutouts between Jan. 21 and Feb. 11; he also set a league standard with a 339:05 scoreless streak (the Early-Jan. Great Lakes Inviational second-longest in NCAA men’s history). Ice Vegas Invitational • National Accolades: WCHA Player of the Year Michael Bitzer, Bemidji State's junior goaltender, was a top-10 finalist for the Three Rivers Classic Hobey Baker Memorial Award, a top-five finalist for the Mike Richter Award and a first-team AHCA/CCM Hockey All-American. Feb. 23-24 Final weekend of the • Minnesota State sophomore defenseman Daniel Brickley earned second-team All-America honors, while he skated for regular season Team USA at the 2017 IIHF World Championships. March 2-4 2018 WCHA Quarterfinals • Ferris State produced its second-consecutive College Hockey News national freshman Goaltender of the Year, as Justin earned a spot on the website's All-Rookie Team. Host sites; seeds 1-4 Kapelmaster • Bemidji State forward Brendan Harms was lauded as the most outstanding senior student-athlete in Division I men's March 9-11 2018 WCHA Semifinals hockey, winning the Senior CLASS Award® in a nationwide vote of D-I men’s coaches, national hockey media and fans. Host sites; top 2 seeds • The Next Level: Since the 2016-17 college season ended, 31 players – representing all 10 WCHA programs – have signed March 17 2018 WCHA Semifinals professional contracts (as of July 17). Host site; top seed • Seven (7) players have signed (NHL) entry-level contracts: UAA’s Mason Mitchell March 23-25 2018 NCAA Regionals (Washington); BGSU’s Mark Friedman (Philadelphia) and Chris Nell (); LSSU’s Kris Bindulis Four sites (Washington) and Mitch Hults (Anaheim); and, MTU’s Angus Redmond (Anaheim) and Matt Roy (). April 5-7 2018 NCAA Frozen Four Xcel Energy Center 2016-17 WCHA Standings Saint Paul, Minn. Conference (Final Regular Season) Overall Rk (Natl Rank) Team Pts GP W L T 3/SW % GF GA GP W L T % GF GA 1 Bemidji State (RV/NR) 64 28 20 6 2 2 .750 71 44 41 22 16 3 .573 94 79 2 Michigan Tech (19/NR) 54 28 15 7 6 3 .643 80 59 45 23 15 7 .589 131 100 3 Minnesota State (RV/NR) 51 28 15 9 4 2 .607 89 68 39 22 13 4 .615 119 95 4 Bowling Green (RV/NR) 44 28 14 13 1 1 .518 79 65 41 21 18 2 .537 120 102 5 Ferris State 42 28 12 12 4 2 .500 78 74 37 13 19 5 .419 95 101 6 Alaska 40 28 11 13 4 3 .464 67 84 36 12 20 4 .389 79 113 7 Lake Superior State 35 28 8 13 7 4 .411 78 87 36 11 18 7 .403 103 119 8 Northern Michigan 34 28 10 15 3 1 .411 69 75 39 13 22 4 .385 93 108 9 Alabama Huntsville 30 28 9 16 3 0 .375 68 95 34 9 22 3 .309 74 120 10 Alaska Anchorage 26 28 6 16 6 2 .321 52 80 34 7 21 6 .294 59 102 (3 points for win in regulation or 5-on-5 OT; 1 point for tie after regulation and 5-on-5 OT; 1 point for win in 3-on-3 OT or shootout; rankings listed by USCHO.com first, followed byUSA Today/USA Hockey Magazine) 2016-17 WCHA Season in Review - News and Notes #WeAreWCHA

'Battle for the Broadmoor' Bitzer's Sensational Season • Bringing Playoff Hockey Home: "Hockey is the best sport there is, playoff hockey • The Puck Stops Here: Bemidji State's Michael Bitzer solidified his place as one is the best of the best, and winning a championship in your home arena – or of the nation’s top with an exceptional junior campaign – one of coming together as a team to win on the road – is one of the greatest feelings a the best-ever by a league netminder. He led the NCAA with a 1.71 goals-against player or coach can have." Those words, spoken by esteemed Ferris State Head average and tied for tops with six shutouts, emerging as a first-team AHCA/CCM Coach Bob Daniels, proved incredibly true in 2017, as the WCHA brought the Hockey All-American, a top-10 finalist for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award and a singular intensity and passion of playoff college hockey directly to its member top-five finalist for the Mike Richter Award (honoring the nation’s top goaltender). institution fans with the on-campus "Battle for the Broadmoor." • Bitzer finished second nationally with 2355:22 minutes in net, third with a • 2017 WCHA Playoffs -- Quarterfinals: The best-of-three quarterfinals saw top- .932 save percentage, tied for ninth with 22 wins and 14th with 912 saves. seeded Bemidji State outlast No. 8 Northern Michigan in three games, along • His victory total was the most by a Bemidji State netminder since Steve with a trio of sweeps (No. 2 Michigan Tech over No. 7 Lake Superior State, No. 3 O’Shea (22-12-1) in 1986-87, Minnesota State vs. No. 6 Alaska and No. 4 Bowling Green over No. 5 Ferris State). • Record-Setting WCHA Numbers: Bitzer's league season was nothing short of • Memorable moments included the goaltending duel between BSU's historic, as he set the all-time WCHA record with a sparkling 1.40 goals-against Michael Bitzer and NMU's Atte Tolvanen; Tech's offensive onslaught; the average in his 27 league games. second career shutout for MSU's Jason Pawloski; and, BGSU's three goals • The WCHA Player of the Year and first-team All-WCHA goaltender also in the final 2:48 of regulation to rally for a series-clinching win. paced the circuit with a .940 save percentage (second in league history), • 2017 WCHA Playoffs -- Semifinals: The best-of-three semifinals featured the lone 20 wins (tied for seventh), a .778 winning percentage, five shutouts (tied road team series victory, as Bowling Green upset Bemidji State; and, a three-game for third) and 1625:40 in net. showdown won by Michigan Tech against Minnesota State. • Bitzer became the first goaltender to be named WCHA Player of the Year • Among the highlights were Kevin Dufour's hat trick heroics, including under the league’s current configuration, while his honor marks the 10th the overtime game-winner, for BGSU in Game One at Bemidji; Pawloski's time in league history a netminder has earned the award. season-saving, 1-0 shutout in Game Two at Houghton; and, a hat trick by • A Champion off the Ice: Bitzer, who carries a 3.81 grade-point average as an freshman Gavin Gould in MTU's series-clinching, Game Three victory. exercise science major, garnered second-team CoSIDA Academic All-America • 2017 WCHA Championship: The WCHA's first one-game, on-campus playoff honors for his combined performances athletically and in the classroom. championship since 1965 proved to be an epic showdown between two of the • Bitzer also earned his second WCHA Scholar-Athlete Award and was league's top teams, with tournament No. 2 seed Michigan Tech outlasting fourth- named to his second WCHA All-Academic Team. seeded Bowling Green, 3-2 in double-overtime in front of a sold-out, standing room-only crowd of 4,466 at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena in Houghton. New Rules Quickly Become Fan Favorites • The capacity crowd, which included students who had camped out • No More Ties: For the first time in league history, WCHA league regular season overnight, saw the host Huskies jump out to a 2-0, second-period lead. games used, if necessary, a second overtime (five minutes of three-on-three With their season on the line, the Falcons scored twice in the third hockey) and (again, if necessary), a sudden-death shootout to determine the period to force a scintillating overtime session that featured spectacular recipient of extra league points, if the contest was tied after 65 minutes. goaltender saves and both teams draw iron on potential game-winners • Twenty-nine (29) WCHA games were tied after regulation. Of those: • Capping a night that will be forever remembered in Huskies’ and WCHA • Nine (9) games were won in the NCAA-mandated, 5-on-5 overtime; lore, Michigan Tech senior defenseman Shane Hanna scored at the 6:35 • Ten (10) games featured a winning in 3-on-3 overtime; mark of double overtime, a goal that gave MTU the Broadmoor Trophy • Ten (10) advanced all the way to a shootout. and sent the Houghton community into euphoric frenzy. • All 10 WCHA venues hosted at least one game that went to 3-on-3 overtime, while seven rinks hosted a shootout. Five Hours, 39 Minutes and Five Seconds • Nine (9) teams earned an extra WCHA point via either a 3-on-3 or • A Looong Time: Over the course of five hours, 39 minutes and five seconds, you shootout win, while six enjoyed at least one win in both formats. could binge watch the entire Mighty Ducks trilogy. You could come close to driving • Lake Superior State played the most in the new formats, with seven across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Or you could fly from Los Angeles to New games extending beyond the 5-on-5 OT. The Lakers earned the extra York. As for Atte Tolvanen, that was how long he went without allowing a goal. point a WCHA-best four times, scoring three times in 3-on-3 play and From January 20 to February 17 of this year, Northern Michigan’s sophomore winning once in a shootout. goaltender rewrote first his school’s, then the WCHA’s and, finally, the NCAA’s • Bemidji State (four games) and Bowling Green (three) were both record books. undefeated in contests that extended beyond regulation. The Beavers • Between allowing mid-game goals to Alaska Anchorage (Jan. 20) and won outright in 5-on-5 OT twice, scored once in 3-on-3 OT and won their Minnesota State (Feb. 17), Tolvanen put together a WCHA Men's League- lone shootout. The Falcons won all three games decided in 5-on-5 OT and, record scoreless streak of 339:05. The shutout is the second-longest in in their only game beyond 65 minutes, scored in 3-on-3 play for the extra NCAA Division I men's history, trailing only the 375:01 posted by Lake WCHA point. Superior State's Blaine Lacher in 1994. • Impact on the Standings: The new overtime format brought with it a change to • On Feb. 11, Tolvanen broke the 63-year-old WCHA Men's League record the standings, as each WCHA regular season league game is now worth three and tied the NCAA D-I men's standard with his fifth-straight shutout points. A team that wins in regulation or 5-on-5 overtime receives the full three; (North Dakota's Gerald "Spike" Schultz owned the previous WCHA mark both teams receive one point for a game tied after 65 minutes, with the team that with four-straight in Jan. 1954). Over the record-setting stretch, Tolvanen scores in 3-on-3 OT or wins in a shootout earning the additional point. blanked Alaska Anchorage on Jan. 21 (4-0), Bowling Green on Feb. 3 (3-0) • Bemidji State's 12-0-1-1 start gave the Beavers all the cushion needed to and Feb. 4 (2-0), and Alaska on Feb. 10 (3-0) and Feb. 11 (2-0). In each of clinch the MacNaughton Cup with three games to spare. those games, he made at least 30 saves, topping out at a career-best 48 • Befitting the highly-competitive nature that is a WCHA hallmark, the against the Nanooks in Feb. 11's record-tying game. league entered the final weekend of the 2016-17 regular season with five • During his remarkable run, Tolvanen made 220 saves in a row. teams alive for three spots in the WCHA Tournament (and the Nos. 2-8 • A Season Saved: Tolvanen’s record-setting run was part of a two-month stretch of seeds undetermined). goaltending excellence, one that turned the Wildcats’ 2016-17 campaign around • NHL Nets: WCHA skaters received four additional inches to work with behind the and propelled NMU into the WCHA Playoffs. After stumbling to a 4-16-2 mark net in each league rink in 2016-17, as all 10 member institutions installed the 40- and occupying the WCHA cellar during the season’s first half, NMU went 8-4-2 inch goal frame that is standard across the NHL. between Jan. 1 and the league’s final regular season weekend, a .643 winning • League Scoring Ticks Up: With more points on the line for winning in 65 minutes, percentage that matched Minnesota State for tops in the WCHA and was tied for along with the NHL nets (and other factors), per game goal-scoring in WCHA 15th-best nationally (through Feb. 26). regular season league games increased by 5.2 percent in 2016-17. • During that stretch, Tolvanen ranked second in the NCAA with a .941 save • An average of 5.22 goals were scored per WCHA regular season league percentage (447-for-475). game in 2016-17 (731 total), up 5.2 percent from the 4.98 scored in 2015- • By season's end, he finished third in the country in saves (1,048) and 16 (697 total). shots faced (1,141); he was one of only five netminders to stop 1,000 shots. He now ranks fifth in NMU history in single-season saves and tied for third in single-season games.

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The Next Level In the Classroom and In the Community • NHL Impact: Led by a pair of recent college contemporaries, 2014 and 2015 WCHA • Senior CLASS Award®: Bemidji State forward Brendan Harms was lauded as the Defensive Player of the Year (Alaska / St. Louis Blues) and 2015 most outstanding senior student-athlete in Division I men's hockey, winning the Player of the Year Tanner Kero (Michigan Tech / ), WCHA Senior CLASS Award® in a nationwide vote of D-I men’s coaches, national hockey alumni continue to make an impact at the sport's highest levels. media and fans. • Parayko, who starred for the Nanooks during UAF's first two WCHA • An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in seasons, followed up an All-Rookie caliber NHL campaign with a standout School®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and sophomore season. He played in all 92 regular season and playoff games encourages students to use their athletic platforms to make a positive for the Blues, tallying 35 points (4g-31a) and a plus-7 rating in the regular impact as leaders in their communities. To be eligible for the award, season, before adding five points (2g-3a) and a plus-6 postseason rating student-athletes must be classified as NCAA Division I seniors and have for the Western Conference semifinalists. notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, • Kero, who played a key role in returning the Copper Country to national character and competition. prominence, ranked fourth on the team with a plus-15 rating in 47 games • Selected as an alternate for the MacNaughton Cup champion for the Central Division-champion Blackhawks. The second-year center Beavers, Harms finished his BSU career with a 21-point season (8g-13a) in collected 16 points on six goals and 10 assists. 2016-17, which included six power-play goals and two game-winners. • Member-Institution Alumni in the NHL: Twenty-one (21) alumni, representing all • An All-WCHA Third Team selection (2014-15) and a three-time recipient 10 current WCHA member institutions, played in the NHL in 2016-17. of the WCHA’s Scholar-Athlete Award, as well as a three-time member of • Ferris State legend Chris Kunitz became the only active NHL player to win the league’s all-academic team, Harms ranks among the top 12 on BSU’s a fourth Stanley Cup, helping the Penguins to their second- Division I-era scoring list with 88 points (33g-55a) in 141 games. consecutive title. • Harms graduated with a perfect 4.0 grade point average as a business • Former Alabama Huntsville goaltender Cam Talbot set the administration major with a minor in human performance. Oilers single-season record with 42 regular season wins (and added seven • Harms emerged from a group of top-10 finalists that included three from more in the playoffs). the WCHA – more than any other Division I conference. Northern Michigan • Veteran NHL forward David Backes (Minnesota State) enjoyed a successful defenseman Brock Maschmeyer and Ferris State forward Chad McDonald first season with the , tallying 38 points (17g-21a) in 74 were also among the finalists, who were chosen by national media from an regular season games. initial list of 15 candidates announced in January. • Alaska Anchorage alumnus Jay Beagle tallied 30 points (13g-17a) and • CoSIDA Academic All-Americans: Two Bemidji State teammates – Harms and a plus-20 rating in 81 regular season games, helping the Washington junior goaltender Michael Bitzer – were two of the six D-1 men’s college hockey Capitals to the Presidents' Trophy. players to be named second-team Academic All-Americans by the College Sports • Matt Read (Bemidji State) produced 10 goals and 19 points in his sixth Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). NHL season, playing in 63 contests for the . • Scholar-Athletes: A league-record 84 student-athletes, representing all 10 • Bowling Green's Kevin Bieksa played in 81 regular season games with member institutions, earned WCHA Scholar-Athlete Award status for maintaining Anaheim, then had a plus-5 postseason rating as the Ducks advanced to a GPA of 3.50 or above. the Western Conference finals. • This number represented a 16.6-percent increase, from 72 in 2015-16. • Steve Oleksy (Lake Superior State) skated in 11 regular season contests • All-Academic Team: One hundred and forty-three (143) student-athletes, for the Stanley Cup-champion Penguins, while former Northern Michigan representing all 10 member institutions, earned a spot on the WCHA All-Academic goaltender Jared Coreau compiled two shutouts for the Team for maintaining a GPA of 3.00 or above. over his first 14 career NHL games. • This number represented a 2.1-percent increase, from 140 in 2015-16. • Pro Signings: Since the 2016-17 college season ended, 31 players – representing all 10 WCHA programs – have signed professional contracts (as of July 17). More from the 2016-17 Season • Seven (7) players have signed National Hockey League (NHL) entry-level • 20-win Plateau: Less than half (25) of the country's 60 Division I men's hockey contracts: UAA’s Mason Mitchell (Washington); BGSU’s Mark Friedman programs reached the 20-win mark in 2016-17, with four coming from the WCHA. (Philadelphia) and Chris Nell (New York Rangers); LSSU’s Kris Bindulis • Michigan Tech tied for ninth nationally with 23 wins -- even more (Washington) and Mitch Hults (Anaheim); and, MTU’s Angus Redmond impressive considering the Huskies started 1-5-2 in their first seven (Anaheim) and Matt Roy (Los Angeles Kings). contests. Beginning with an Oct. 28-29 sweep of UP rival Northern • Of those seven players, five (Mitchell, Nell, Bindulis, Hults and Redmond) Michigan, Tech went 22-10-5 (.662) over its last 37 games. were undrafted prior to signing; Friedman and Roy were both drafted • Bemidji State and Minnesota State tied for 13th in the NCAA with 22 wins following at least one season in the WCHA. apiece, while Bowling Green's 21 victories tied for 18th. • NHL Development Camps: Thirty-five (35) players with ties to WCHA programs – • Strong on the Back End: Bemidji State's nearly wire-to-wire run to the including 25 slated to skate in the league this upcoming season – were invited to MacNaughton Cup, along with Michigan Tech's Broadmoor Trophy-winning participate in 2017 NHL Development Camps. campaign, were both sparked by exceptional efforts on defense and special teams. • The 25 players expected to be on 2017-18 WCHA rosters feature 14 • Led by junior Michael Bitzer's NCAA-best 1.71 goals-against average and underclassmen (seven incoming freshmen and seven sophomores), along .932 save percentage (third nationally), the Beavers ranked second in the with six juniors and five seniors. country by allowing just 1.93 goals per contest. BSU also had the NCAA's • Defending Broadmoor Trophy champion Michigan Tech (eight players) second-best -kill unit at 88 percent (139-for-158). and its WCHA title game opponent, Bowling Green (seven) led the league, • The Huskies ranked seventh nationally for scoring defense (2.22 goals followed by Minnesota State with five and Lake Superior State with four. allowed per game) and penalty-kill efficiency (86.1 percent), while Tech's MacNaughton Cup champion Bemidji State had three players in camps, all 186 penalty kills led the NCAA. MTU's Angus Redmond finished fourth of whom are expected to wear a Beavers sweater in 2017-18. nationally with a 1.85 GAA as a freshman. • International Competition: Parayko competed in the 2016 World Cup of Hockey • Hats Off: Not since Colorado College's Rylan Schwartz in 2011-12 had a WCHA for Team North America prior to the NHL season. When the Blues' playoff run was player recorded multiple hat tricks in the same season (Schwartz had three that complete, he donned a sweater for the 2017 IIHF World Championships, campaign). But, a trio of skaters each recorded a pair of three-goal efforts in 2016- collecting seven points (3g-4a) in six games to help his native country advance to 17: Bowling Green's Kevin Dufour (Feb. 24 vs. Alabama Huntsville and March 10 at the gold medal game. Bemidji State) and Mitch McLain (Nov. 19 at Alabama Huntsville and Dec. 3 at Lake • Backes (Team USA) also skated in the World Cup of Hockey, while another Superior State, and Northern Michigan's Dominik Shine (Jan. 7 at Lake Superior Minnesota State product, rising junior defenseman Daniel Brickley, State and Jan. 20 vs. Alaska Anchorage). represented the at the 2017 Worlds. • Dufour's March 10 effort came during Game 1 of the WCHA Semifinals • Former Alaska goaltender Chad Johnson won all three of his starts for and included the overtime game-winner. Canada at the 2017 Worlds. • Shine On: Northern Michigan senior forward Dominik Shine missed the first six • Minnesota State sophomore-to-be Nick Rivera won silver with Team USA games of the season, but still became the Wildcats' first 20-goal scorer since the at the 2017 in . 2007-08 campaign. • The WCHA's lone 20-goal performer, Shine finished 12th in the NCAA with 0.61 goals per game (20 in 33 contests).

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• Brickley, Michaelis Nearly Make History: A pair of talented Minnesota State Once Around the Rink underclassmen -- sophomore defenseman Daniel Brickley and freshman forward • UAH: The Chargers have improved their winning percentage in each of their three Marc Michaelis -- nearly made WCHA scoring history during their award-winning seasons under head coach Mike Corbett, while their 9-22-3 mark in 2009-10 seasons. marked the program’s most wins since 2009-10. UAH also posted three road • Brickley, the WCHA Defensive Player of the Year, fell just short of sweeps for the first time since the 2004-05 campaign. becoming only the third blue-liner in the league's 65-year history to earn • UAA: The Seawolves set a program record with nine WCHA Scholar-Athlete Award the title of WCHA Scoring Champion. Despite missing six league games recipients, including two-time winner Olivier Mantha, who also ranks in the top-3 with injury, he amassed 26 points (7g-19a) in 22 WCHA contests, four in school history for save percentage (1st - .910), saves (2nd - 2,503), games (2nd - short of eventual champion Gerald Mayhew of Ferris State (30 points). 91) and goals-against average (3rd - 2.87). Overall, Brickley ranked second among NCAA defenseman by averaging • UAF: The Nanooks won their eighth-straight Alaska Airlines Governor's Cup, 1.00 points per game (8g-23a=31pts in 31 games). winning three-of-four WCHA games with in-state rival Alaska Anchorage. • Michaelis, the WCHA Rookie of the Year, has 28 points (13g-15a) in his 28 • BSU: The Beavers' MacNaughton Cup-winning campaign included a 22-16-3 league games, narrowly missing becoming the first freshman to lead the overall record, the program's most wins since 2009-10; BSU also set a Sanford conference in scoring since 1970-71 (and just the third overall). His team- Center victory standard by posting a 13-8-1 ledger at home. leading 36 points overall were the second-most by a Mavericks freshman • BGSU: After advancing to the 2017 WCHA Championship, the Falcons have won a in the program's Division I era, while his 0.92 points per game ranked 12th playoff series in each of the last seven seasons -- the longest streak in the country among NCAA rookies. (all under head coach ). BGSU's goaltender the last three years, • Thrilling Playoff Chase: Befitting the highly-competitive nature that has long been Chris Nell, set program records for career shutouts (11), save percentage (.922), a WCHA hallmark, the league entered the final weekend of the 2016-17 regular goals-against average (2.07) and consecutive shutout minutes (207:31). season with five teams alive for three spots in the WCHA Tournament -- and seven • FSU: The Bulldogs' 3-0 win over Alaska Anchorage on Feb. 18 was the 700th in of eight seeding positions undetermined. program history -- 430 of which have come during the 25-year tenure of head • Michigan Tech and Minnesota State came down to the final Friday night coach Bob Daniels. to determine the tournament's No. 2 seed (which, as it turned out, gave • LSSU: The Lakers made their third-consecutive trip to the WCHA Playoffs behind a home-ice to the Huskies when Tech faced the Mavericks in the semifinal talented group of underclassmen, including a sophomore class that ranked eighth round of the WCHA Playoffs). nationally among their second-year peers with 135 total points (52g-83a). • Bowling Green won its regular season finale to secure the No. 4 seed • MTU: The Huskies' eight-member senior class won 89 games—the most since and ensure it would be the Falcons hosting No. 5 seed Ferris State in the the 1984 senior class. This year's seniors (forwards Brent Baltus, Tyler Heinonen, quarterfinals, not the other way around. Chris Leibinger, Michael Neville, Reid Sturos, defensemen Hanna and Cliff • With two games left, a mere four points separated Alaska, Lake Superior Watson, and goaltender Matt Wintjes) took Tech to the NCAA Tournament twice State, Northern Michigan and Alabama Huntsville for the final three spots. (2015 and 2017), won the MacNaughton Cup (2015-16), won the Broadmoor The Wildcats secured the eighth and final playoff seed with a last-day road Trophy (2016-17) and were ranked the No. 1 team in the nation in 2014-15 after a win, while 10th-place Alaska Anchorage remained alive until Friday night. program-best 10-0 start. • For the first time in the four seasons since realignment, the race for the • MSU: Led by WCHA Rookie of the Year and team scoring leader Marc Michaelis MacNaughton Cup did not come down to the last night, as Bemidji State (14g-22a=36pts), Mavericks freshmen racked up 101 points (39g-62a), tied for clinched Feb. 10. fourth nationally among rookie groups. • Changing of the Guard: The WCHA will feature three new head coaches in 2017- • NMU: Five Wildcats reached the 20-point plateau in 2016-17, NMU's most 18, as the 2016-17 campaign marked the final one in the league for Alaska's Dallas since the 2011-12 team had seven. Dominik Shine led the way with 30 points Ferguson, Michigan Tech's Mel Pearson and Northern Michigan's Walt Kyle. (20g-10a), followed by Robbie Payne (13g-16a=29pts), Gerard Hanson (7-19--26), • Ferguson resigned July 11 for the same role with the Hitmen of Darien Craighead (7-18--25) and Brock Maschmeyer (5-16--21). the (WHL). On April 24, Pearson announced his return to Michigan as the Wolverines next head coach. NMU parted ways From the League Office with Kyle on March 10. • Live on ASN: Increasing exposure for the league and the sport, the WCHA enjoyed • The WCHA is excited to welcome veteran league assistant coaches Lance a continued partnership with the Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.-owned American West and Joe Shawhan into the head coaching ranks at Alaska and Sports Network (ASN) to broadcast two Men's League games as part of ASN's Michigan Tech, respectively. The league is also thrilled for the return of nationally-syndicated, Friday night college hockey package: Bemidji State at Grant Potulny, a two-time NCAA and WCHA tournament champion during Bowling Green (Jan. 6) and Bowling Green at Ferris State (Jan. 27). his playing days at Minnesota, who will make his head coaching debut at • The two WCHA games in 2016-17 were broadcast on 96 ASN affiliates Northern Michigan. nationwide, spanning 38 states, while both contests were streamed in • Breitenbach Award: Honoring two individuals for their exceptional efforts on Canada via TSN GO. behalf of the WCHA, the Association bestowed the Otto Breitenbach WCHA • Debut of "Inside the WCHA": Fans took a deeper dive into the WCHA this season Distinguished Service Award to longtime Conference office employee Carol with the debut of “Inside the WCHA,” a bi-weekly web series featuring news, LaBelle-Ehrhardt and the late Oliver “Butch” Mousseau, a beloved Men’s League highlights, analysis, coach and player interviews, and more from around the 10- official. team league. The show was created and produced by the WCHA in partnership • Renamed the Otto Breitenbach WCHA Distinguished Service Award in with BLC Studios, a division of Bethany Lutheran College. conjunction with the 50th anniversary season of 2001-02, the honor is • Thirteen (13) webisodes were produced, beginning with a Sept. 29 season presented to individuals who have rendered extraordinary service to preview show, running bi-weekly throughout the year (except for the the Association. Award recipients, who are nominated and voted upon December holiday break) and concluding with weekly shows during the by WCHA member institutions, have included coaches, administrators, 2017 WCHA postseason. officials and members of the media. LaBelle-Ehrhardt and Mousseau • Digital Exposure Up 7.3 Percent: During the 2016-17 season, the WCHA Men's become the 40th and 41st honorees, respectively. League-specific social media handles on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, along • LaBelle-Ehrhardt enjoyed a 17-year tenure as WCHA Associate with WCHA.tv, generated a 7-3-percent increase in organic impressions (year-to- Commissioner of Operations (1997-2014), helping shepherd the league year, from the 2015-16 campaign). first through an unprecedented period of growth, and then transition. • Between Sept. 1 and April 15, the league's aggregate social media • Mousseau, who tragically passed away March 25, 2016 stemming from followers grew by 14.7 percent. critical head injuries suffered during a fall to the ice during warmups • WCHA.tv saw a 15.3-percent increase in overall viewership, resulting in a March 18, was a highly-respected official in the WCHA for 13 seasons. 5.8-percent bump in net profit for the league. More importantly, he was – and is – a beloved person and figure in the • #WeAreWCHA: Along with growth in impressions, engagement with the hashtag sport of hockey. #WeAreWCHA increased throughout the season. • Mousseau's Number Retired: In memoriam of the late Oliver “Butch” Mousseau, • The tagline aims to engage everyone who is part of the WCHA Men's the WCHA retired his officials’ jersey number 12, while on-ice officials wore a League community – from alumni and current players to future student- specially-designed “12” sticker on their helmets throughout the 2016-17 season. athletes; from administrators to coaches; and, most importantly, the • While not mandatory, many WCHA teams memorialized Mousseau by league's fans. We are all the WCHA. placing the number 12 in the referees’ circle on their home ice.

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Tradition Starts Here • Among the Best: Three (3) of the nation's top-15 winningest teams since 2013-14 NCAA Wins Leaders, 2012-17 play in the WCHA -- matching Hockey East for the second-highest representation (Mike Hastings Era at Minnesota State) among that upper 25% of any conference since realignment (the NCHC has four teams, Atlantic Hockey and ECAC Hockey have two apiece, and the Big Ten has a Rank Team Wins single program). 1. Quinnipiac (ECAC) 132 • Minnesota State is tied for fifth nationally during that four-year span with 2. North Dakota (NCHC) 131 98 wins, Michigan Tech is tied for ninth with 89 and Bowling Green is tied 3. Massachusetts Lowell (HEA) 127 for 13th with 84. 4. Minnesota State (WCHA) 122 • The WCHA also has four teams in the top-20 since realignment, matching Denver (NCHC) 122 the NCHC for the second-most among the upper-third (Hockey East leads 6. (HEA) 120 the way with five). Ferris State ranks 18th with 80 victories since 2013-14. Minnesota (B1G) 120 • Standard for Success: Minnesota State has reached unprecedented heights 8. Providence (HEA) 114 during the five-year tenure of head coach . The program has gone Mike Hastings St. Cloud State (NCHC) 114 122-62-18 (.649) during that span, matching Denver for the fourth-most wins in 10. Union (ECAC) 111 the country (behind only Quinnipiac's 132, North Dakota's 131 and Massachusetts Lowell's 127). 11. Robert Morris (AHA) 109 • The Mavericks have recorded five-consecutive 20-win seasons for the first 12. Notre Dame (HEA) 108 time in the school's D-I history and just the second-time ever (legendary 13. Boston University (HEA) 104 bench boss Don Brose also had a five-year run between 1978-79 and 14. Michigan Tech (WCHA) 102 1982-83 at the D-II level). 15. Air Force (AHA) 101 • 20-20-20: Bowling Green (21-18-2) and Michigan Tech (23-15-7) both reached the 20-win plateau for the third-consecutive season in 2016-17. The Falcons last achieved that feat during a nine-year stretch under legendary head coach Jerry NCAA Wins Leaders, 2013-17 York between 1981-82 and 1989-90; the Huskies, not since a three-campaign run between 1980-81 and 1982-83 (including the final two years of John MacInnes' (Since Realignment) Hall-of-Fame tenure in Houghton). • Michigan Tech is fourth nationally with 75 wins over the last three seasons Rank Team (Conference) Wins (75-34-14, .667), while Bowling Green is tied for 14th at 66-43-13 (.594). 1. North Dakota (NCHC) 109 • Minnesota State is eighth over that same span with 72 wins (72-34-14 2. Denver (NCHC) 102 (.658). Quinnipiac (ECAC) 102 • Best Cities for Hockey Fans: In the 2017 edition of WalletHub's "Best Cities for 4. Massachusetts Lowell (HEA) 99 Hockey Fans," Houghton, Mich. (home of Michigan Tech) was the highest-rated 5. Minnesota State (WCHA) 98 "non-NHL" locale. Boston College (HEA) 98 • Houghton was No. 23 overall and No. 2 in "NCAA Rank" (behind Boston, 7. Providence (HEA) 97 Mass.). 8. Minnesota (B1G) 94 • Other WCHA cities in the top-25 for "NCAA rank" were Big Rapids, Mich. 9. Michigan Tech (WCHA) 89 (Ferris State), Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. (Lake Superior State) and Bowling Robert Morris (AHA) 89 Green, Ohio (Bowling Green). St. Cloud State (NCHC) 89 Union (ECAC) 89 13. Bowling Green (WCHA) 84 Air Force (AHA) 84 Minnesota Duluth (NCHC) 84 16. Boston University (HEA) 83 Notre Dame (HEA) 83 18. Ferris State (WCHA) 80 19. Harvard (ECAC) 78 Michigan (B1G) 78

NCAA Wins Leaders, 2014-17 (Last 3 Seasons)

Rank Team (Conference) Wins 1. North Dakota (NCHC) 84 2. Denver (NCHC) 82 3. Quinnipiac (ECAC) 78 4. Michigan Tech (WCHA) 75 Providence (HEA) 75 6. Boston University (HEA) 73 Massachusetts Lowell (HEA) 73 8. Minnesota State (WCHA) 72 9. Boston College (HEA) 70 Robert Morris (AHA) 70 11. Harvard (ECAC) 68 Minnesota Duluth (NCHC) 68 13. St. Cloud State (NCHC) 67 14. Bowling Green (WCHA) 66 Minnesota (B1G) 66

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Quarterfinal Round; March 3-5 Semifinal Round; March 10-12 2017 WCHA Championship Best-of-Three, at Host Sites Best-of-Three, at Host Sites Saturday, March 18 John MacInnes Student Ice Arena Houghton, Mich. #1 Bemidji State

BSU wins series, 2-1

#8 Northern Michigan #1 Bemidji State

BGSU wins series, 2-0

#4 Bowling Green #4 Bowling Green BGSU wins sereies, 2-0

#5 Ferris State

#4 Bowling Green

MTU wins, 3-2 (2OT)

#2 Michigan Tech #2 Michigan Tech

MTU wins series, 2-0 #7 Lake Superior State #2 Michigan Tech

MTU wins series, 2-1 #3 Minnesota State #3 Minnesota State MSU wins series, 2-0

#6 Alaska 2017 WCHA Championship "Three Stars" First Star – Shane Hanna, Sr., D, Michigan Tech Second Star – Angus Redmond, Fr., G, Michigan Tech Third Star – Matt Pohlkamp, Sr., F, Bowling Green

Most Outstanding Player – Shane Hanna, Michigan Tech

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2016-17 WCHA Players of the Week

Week of Offensive Defensive Rookie Oct. 3 Max McHugh, Jr., F, Alabama Huntsville Matt Larose, Sr., G, Alabama Huntsville Craig Pefley, RS-Fr., F, Ferris State Oct. 10 Robbie Payne, Jr., F, Northern Michigan Cole Huggins, Sr., G, Minnesota State Zach Whitecloud, Fr., D, Bemidji State Oct. 17 Reid Sturos, Sr., F, Michigan Tech Michael Bitzer, Jr., G, Bemidji State Parker Tuomie, Fr., F, Minnesota State Owen Headrick, So., D, Lake Superior State Oct. 24 Diego Cuglietta, So., F, Lake Superior State Collin Saccoman, Fr., D, Lake Superior State Nick Rivera, Fr., F, Minnesota State Oct. 31 Gerald Mayhew, Sr., F, Ferris State Michael Bitzer, Jr., G, Bemidji State Angus Redmond, Fr., G, Michigan Tech Nov. 7 Phillip Marinaccio, Sr., F, Bemidji State Kurt Gosselin, So., D, Alabama Huntsville Justin Kapelmaster, Fr., G, Ferris State Nov. 14 Kevin Dufour, Sr., F, Bowling Green Michael Bitzer, Jr., G, Bemidji State Gavin Gould, Fr., F, Michigan Tech Nov. 21 Brendan Harms, Sr., F, Bemidji State Jason Pawloski, So., G, Minnesota State Justin Kapelmaster, Fr., G, Ferris State Nov. 28 Mitch McLain, Jr., F, Bowling Green Angus Redmond, Fr., G, Michigan Tech Luke Morgan, Fr., F, Lake Superior State Dec. 5 Mitch McLain, Jr., F, Bowling Green Kurt Gosselin, So., D, Alabama Huntsville Marc Michaelis, Fr., F, Minnesota State Dec. 12 Jake Lucchini, So., F, Michigan Tech Brandon Parker, Jr., D, Alabama Huntsville Angus Redmond, Fr., G, Michigan Tech Dec. 19 Mitch McLain, Jr., F, Bowling Green Michael Bitzer, Jr., G, Bemidji State Marc Michaelis, Fr., F, Minnesota State Jan. 2 Matt Anholt, Jr., F, Alaska Anchorage Justin Kapelmaster, Fr., G, Ferris State Angus Redmond, Fr., G, Michigan Tech Jan. 9 Dominik Shine, Sr., F, Northern Michigan Aaron Nelson, Jr., G, Minnesota State Ryan Bednard, Fr., G, G, Bowling Green Jan. 16 C.J. Franklin, Jr., F, Minnesota State Davis Jones, Sr., G, Alaska Max Humitz, Fr., F, Lake Superior State Rylan Yaremko, Fr., D, Northern Michigan Jan. 23 Dominik Shine, Sr., F, Northern Michigan Atte Tolvanen, So., G, Northern Michigan Luke Morgan, Fr., F, Lake Superior State Jan. 30 Reid Sturos, Sr., F, Michigan Tech Daniel Brickley, So., D, Minnesota State Parker Tuomie, Fr., F, Minnesota State Feb. 6 Kyle Bauman, Jr., F, Bemidji State Atte Tolvanen, So., G, Northern Michigan Tommy Muck, Fr., D, Bemidji State Feb. 13 Robbie Payne, Jr., F, Northern Michigan Atte Tolvanen, So., G, Northern Michigan Zach Whitecloud, Fr., D, Bemidji State Feb. 20 Corey Mackin, So., F, Ferris State Daniel Brickley, So., D, Minnesota State Nick Rivera, Fr., F, Minnesota State Feb. 27 Kevin Dufour, Sr., F, Bowling Green Chris Nell, Jr., G, Bowling Green Craig Pefley, RS-Fr., F, Ferris State March 6 Matt Pohlkamp, Sr., F, Bowling Green Jason Pawloski, So., G, Minnesota State Parker Tuomie, Fr., F, Minnesota State March 13 Kevin Dufour, Sr., F, Bowling Green Chris Nell, Jr., G, Bowling Green Gavin Gould, Fr., F, Michigan Tech March 20 Michael Neville, Sr., F, Michigan Tech Shane Hanna, Sr., D, Michigan Tech Angus Redmond, Fr., G, Michigan Tech

2016-17 WCHA Players of the Month Month Player Rookie October 2016 Mitch Hults, So., F, Lake Superior State Craig Pefley, RS-Fr., F, Ferris State November 2016 Mitch McLain, Jr., F, Bowling Green Angus Redmond, Fr., G, Michigan Tech December 2016 Mitch McLain, Jr., F, Bowling Green Marc Michaelis, Fr., F, Minnesota State January 2017 Dominik Shine, Sr., F, Northern Michigan Max Humitz, Fr., F, Lake Superior State February 2017 Atte Tolvanen, So., G, Northern Michigan Justin Kapelmaster, Fr., G, Ferris State March 2017 Matt Pohlkamp, Sr., F, Bowling Green Angus Redmond, Fr., G, Michigan Tech

2016-17 National Accolades (WCHA Honorees) HONOREES Honor Player (Yr., Pos., Team) AHCA/CCM Hockey Division I All-America First Team Michael Bitzer (Jr., G, Bemidji State) AHCA/CCM Hockey Division I All-America Second Team Daniel Brickley (So., D, Minnesota State) College Hockey News National Freshman Goaltender of the Year Justin Kapelmaster (Fr., G, Ferris State) College Hockey News All-Rookie Team Justin Kapelmaster (Fr., G, Ferris State) Senior CLASS Award® Winner Brendan Harms (Sr., F, Bemidji State) CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team Michael Bitzer (Jr., G, Bemidji State) Brendan Harms (Sr., F, Bemidji State) HCA Division I National Rookie of the Month (Dec. 2016) Marc Michaelis (Fr., F, Minnesota State)

NOMINEES / CANDIDATES / FINALISTS Honor Player (Yr., Pos., Team) Hobey Baker Memorial Award Top Ten Finalist Michael Bitzer (Jr., G, Bemidji State) Mike Richter Award Finalist (Top Five) Michael Bitzer (Jr., G, Bemidji State) Mike Richter Award Watch List (Top 20) Gordon Defiel (Jr., G, Lake Superior State) Cole Huggins (Sr., G, Minnesota State) Chris Nell (Jr., G, Bowling Green) Atte Tolvanen (So., G, Northern Michigan) Senior CLASS Award® Finalist (Top 10) Brock Maschmeyer (Sr., D, Northern Michigan) Chad McDonald (Sr., F, Ferris State)

2016-17 Season in Review @wcha___mhockey /WCHAmenshockey @wcha___mhockey WCHA.tv wcha.com #TraditionStartsHere 2016-17 WCHA Season in Review - Awards #WeAreWCHA Player of the Year Defensive Player of the Year Michael Bitzer, Jr., G, Bemidji State Daniel Brickley, So., D, Minnesota State Bitzer backstopped Bemidji State to the Brickley was the top two-way player in the program’s first MacNaughton Cup as WCHA WCHA, pacing league defensemen with 19 regular season champion, solidifying his place assists, 26 points and 14 power-play points in as one of the nation’s top goaltenders with an just 22 league contests, while ranking second exceptional junior campaign – one of the best- with 55 blocked shots. The first-team All-WCHA ever by a league netminder. The Moorhead, performer nearly became the first blue-liner in Minn. native set the all-time WCHA record with 20 years to lead the league in scoring, falling a sparkling 1.40 goals-against average in his 27 just four points shy – despite missing six games league games, while also pacing the circuit with due to injury. a .940 save percentage (second in league history), 20 wins (tied for seventh), a .778 winning percentage, five shutouts (tied for third) and 1625:40 in net. The sophomore from Sandy, Utah wrapped up his campaign with eight goals, 23 assists and 31 points in 31 games, ranking second among NCAA defensemen with 1.00 points- The first-team All-WCHA goaltender led the country with a 1.71 overall goals- per-game (trailing only the 1.14 average by Harvard freshman and against average, while he tied his own Bemidji State single-season record with six prospect Adam Fox). His overall point total tied for 10th among blue-liners (third for shutouts (tied for most in the NCAA). Bitzer posted a .932 save percentage (third-best underclassmen). Brickley also added 72 blocked shots (ranking 10th nationally with nationally) and finished with a 22-14-3 record, becoming the first BSU goalie with 22 2.32 blocks per game) and a plus-9 rating, helping Minnesota State to a 22-win season wins in a season since Steve O’Shea (22-12-1) in 1986-87. He was in the net for every and a trip to the WCHA semifinals. Beaver victory in 2016-17, as the team won its most league games of its seven WCHA campaigns and posted its most overall triumphs since 2009-10. Coach of the Year Bitzer, a top-10 Hobey Baker Memorial Award finalist and Mike Richter Award top-five Tom Serratore, Bemidji State finalist, became the first goaltender to be named WCHA Player of the Year under the Serratore guided Bemidji State to its first league’s current configuration (10th time in league history a netminder has earned the MacNaughton Cup as WCHA regular season award). champions, capping the Beavers’ best campaign in its seven years in the league. He led BSU to Rookie of the Year a 20-6-2-2 mark and 64 points in WCHA play, Marc Michaelis, F, Minnesota State outdistancing second-place Michigan Tech by 10 Michaelis put together one of the most points. Bemidji State swept its opening weekend impressive rookie campaigns in Minnesota of WCHA play and was undefeated in its first State history, leading the team with 36 points 13 league contests (12-0-1); meaning that, aside from a bye week on the opening – the second-most by a Maverick freshman in weekend of league games (Oct. 1-2), the Beavers held at least a share of first place the program’s Division I history. A first-team after every WCHA weekend in which it competed. All-WCHA and WCHA All-Rookie Team selection, he scored 14 goals and collected 22 assists in 39 Serratore wrapped up his 16th season at the helm of his alma mater by taking Bemidji games, tying for the seventh-most points (36) by State to the semifinal round of the 2017 WCHA Playoffs and a 22-16-3 overall mark, a NCAA freshman. The Hockey Commissioners’ the program’s most wins since finishing 23-10-4 in 2009-10. This is the sixth time Association Division I National Rookie of the Month for December, Michaelis tallied at Serratore has been honored as a league’s top bench boss, as he also garnered College least one point in 24 contests overall. Hockey America (CHA) Coach of the Year accolades in 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2010. The native of Mannheim, ranked second in the WCHA scoring race with 28 points in 28 league games, just two points shy of becoming the third freshman in All-WCHA First Team conference history – and first in 46 years – to win a scoring title. Michaelis also paced Gerald Mayhew, Sr., F, Ferris State WCHA rookies in goals (13), points, goals-per-game (0.46), points-per-game (1.00), Mitch McLain, Jr., F, Bowling Green power-play goals (6), power-play points (13), short-handed goals (2) and hat tricks (1). Marc Michaelis, Fr., F, Minnesota State Daniel Brickley, So., D, Minnesota State Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year Matt Roy, Jr., D, Michigan Tech Chad McDonald, Sr., F, Ferris State Michael Bitzer, Jr., G, Bemidji State McDonald was a four-year contributor to one of All-WCHA Second Team the WCHA’s top programs, helping Ferris State C.J. Franklin, Jr., F, Minnesota State to a MacNaughton Cup as league regular season Mitch Hults, So., F, Lake Superior State champions, a Broadmoor Trophy as postseason Phillip Marinaccio, Sr., F, Bemidji State and Corey Mackin, So., F, Ferris State champs and a pair of appearances in an NCAA Shane Hanna, Sr., D, Michigan Tech tournament regional final. The Battle Creek, Sean Walker, Sr., D, Bowling Green Mich. native scored 38 goals with 46 assists Atte Tolvanen, So., G, Northern Michigan for 84 points in 145 collegiate games, reaching the 20-point mark in three of his four seasons. All-WCHA Third Team A leader in all facets, he was selected by his peers to serve as one of the Bulldogs’ Brad McClure, Jr., F, Minnesota State assistant captains for his senior campaign. Dominik Shine, Sr., F, Northern Michigan Gerry Fitzgerald, Jr., F, Bemidji State McDonald graduated in May with a B.S. in Business Administration, an A.S. in Legal Mark Friedman, Jr., D, Bowling Green Studies and a Certificate in data mining. A finalist for the 2017 Senior CLASS Award®, Kurt Gosselin, So., D, Alabama Huntsville McDonald has volunteered for a variety of different organizations that help those with Justin Kapelmaster, Fr., G, Ferris State disabilities, both in Big Rapids (playing floor hockey with Big Rapids Special Olympians) and his native Battle Creek (serving as a mentor for Community Inclusive Recreation). All-WCHA Rookie Team Scoring Champion Marc Michaelis, F, Minnesota State Gerald Mayhew, Sr., F, Ferris State Darien Craighead, F, Northern Michigan (15 goals, 15 assists for 30 points in 26 WCHA games) Max Humitz, F, Lake Superior State Ian Scheid, D, Minnesota State Goaltending Champion Alec Rauhauser, D, Bowling Green; Mitch Reinke, D, Michigan Tech; and Michael Bitzer, Jr., Bemidji State Zach Whitecloud, D, Bemidji State (38 goals allowed in 1625:40 for a 1.40 GAA in 27 WCHA games) Angus Redmond, G, Michigan Tech

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WCHA All-Academic Team Ferris State University A total of 143 student-athletes, representing all 10 member institutions, have Tyler Andrew (Jr., F, Bethel Park, Pa.); Andrew Dorantes (Jr., F, Waterford, earned distinction as members of the men's 2016-17 WCHA All-Academic Team. Mich.); Tyler Dorantes (Jr., F, Waterford, Mich.); Jacob Hetz (So., F, Glenshaw, To earn recognition as a member of the WCHA All-Academic Team, student- Pa.); Ryker Killins (So., D, Wawa, ); Ryan Lowney (Sr., D, Redford, Mich.); athletes must have completed one year of eligibility at their present institution Mitch Maloney (Jr., F, Macomb, Mich.); Andrew Mayer (Jr., F, Troy, Mich.); Chad prior to the current academic year, have a grade-point average of at least 3.0 (4.0 McDonald (Sr., F, Battle Creek, Mich.); Craig Pefley (Fr., F, St. Clair, Mich.); Trace scale) for the previous two semesters or three quarters, or may qualify if overall Pennock (Jr., G, Big Rapids, Mich.); Trevor Recktenwald (So., F, Venetia, Pa.); GPA is at least 3.0 for all terms at the present institution. Darren Smith (So., G, Barrie, Ontario); Zach Szanjer (Jr., F, White Lake, Mich.); Zac Tierney (So., D, London, Ontario); Jared VanWormer (Sr., F, Traverse City, Mich.) Following, by member institution, are the men’s 2016-17 WCHA All-Academic Team honorees: Lake Superior State University Kyle Chatham (Jr., D, Belleville, Ill.); Gus Correale (Sr., F, Prince George, British University of Alabama in Huntsville Columbia); Diego Cuglietta (So., F, Kamloops, British Columbia); Gordon Defiel Hunter Anderson (So., F, Savage, Minn.); Richard Buri (Jr., D, Nitra, ); Cody (Jr., G, Stillwater, Minn.); Christopher Hayes (So., F, Margate, Fla.); Mitch Hults Champagne (Jr., D, Brookfield, Conn.); Madison Dunn (So., F, Calgary, Alberta); (So., F, Stoughton, Wis.); Nick Kossoff (So., G, West Des Moines, Iowa); Brendan Brent Fletcher (Sr., F, New Westminster, British Columbia); Hans Gorowsky (So., McKay (Fr., F, Toronto, Ontario); Ryan Renz (Jr., D, Castlegar, British Columbia); F, Lino Lakes, Minn.); Kurt Gosselin (So., D, Brighton, Mich.); Jetlan Houcher (So., James Roll (Jr., D, West Seneca, N.Y.); Gage Torrel (So., F, Monticello, Minn.); F, Paradise Valley, Alberta); Josh Kestner (Jr., F, Huntsville, Ala.); Cam Knight (So., Aidan Wright (Jr., D, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) D, North Reading, Mass.); Matt Larose (Sr., G, Nanaimo, British Columbia); Max McHugh (Jr., F, Seattle, Wash.); Brandon Parker (Jr., D, Fairbault, Minn.); Brandon Michigan Technological University Salerno (Fr., F, Toronto, Ontario); Matt Salhany (Sr., F, Warwick, R.I.); Regan Brent Baltus (Sr., F, Nanaimo, British Columbia); Thomas Beretta (Fr., F, Soquila (Sr., F, Maple Ridge, British Columbia); John Teets (So., D, Fairbanks, Orangeville, Ontario); Devin Kero (So., G, Hancock, Mich.); Chris Leibinger Alaska); Jordan Uhelski (Jr., G, Flint, Mich.); Adam Wilcox (So., F, Alpharetta, Ga.) (Sr., D, Saginaw, Mich.); Dylan Steman (Jr., F, Hanover, Minn.); Reid Sturos (Sr., F, Brighton, Mich.); Cliff Watson (Sr., D, Appleton, Wis.); Matt Wintjes (Sr., G, University of Alaska Anchorage Holland Landing, Ontario) Cam Amantea (So., F, Calgary, Alberta); Matt Anholt (Jr., F, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan); Austin Azurdia (Jr., F, Wenatchee, Wash.); Jarrett Brown (Jr., D, Minnesota State University, Mankato Beaumount, Alberta); Brad Duwe (Sr., F, Soldotna, Alaska); Nicolas Erb-Ekholm Daniel Brickley (So., D, Sandy, Utah); Max Coatta (So., F, Minnetonka, Minn.); (So., F, Malmo, ); Dylan Hubbs (Sr. F, Beaumont, Alberta); Alex Jackstadt Steen Cooper (So., F, Duncan, British Columbia); Sean Flanagan (Sr., D, Kindersly, (So., F, Anchorage, Alaska); Tad Kozun (Jr., F, Nipawin, Saskatchewan); Olivier Saskatchewan); Carter Foguth (Sr., D, Fenton, Mich.); Cole Huggins (Sr., G, Mantha (Jr., G, La Turque, Quebec); Mason Mitchell (So., F, Calgary, Alberta); Centennial, Colo.); Chandler Madry (So., F, Bakersfield, Calif.); Aaron Nelson (Jr., Jonah Renouf (So., F, Mississauga, Ontario); Nathan Renouf (So., F, Mississauga, G, Bismark, N.D.); Jordan Nelson (Sr., F, Williston, N.D.); Jason Pawloski (So., G, Ontario); Eric Roberts (So., D, Abbotsford, British Columbia); Chase Van Allen (Sr., Omaha, Neb.); Ryan Schwalbe (So. F, Anchorage, Alaska); Zach Stepan (Sr., F, D, Anchorage, Alaska) Hastings, Minn.) Alec Vanko (So., D, Oregon, Wis.)

University of Alaska Northern Michigan University Jordan Burns (So., D, Vernon, British Columbia); Josh Erickson (Sr., F, Roseau, Ryan Black (So., D, Stillwater, Minn.); Mathias Israelsson (So., G, Ytterby, Minn.); Zach Frye (So., D, Spokane, Wash.); Nick Hinz (Jr., D, Oakdale, Minn.); Sweden); Zach Diamantoni (Jr., F, Boca Raton, Fla.); Gerard Hanson (Sr., F, Lidingo, Davis Jones (Sr., G, St. Albert, Alberta); Nikolas Koberstein (So., D, Barrhead, Sweden); Brendan Jacques (So., F, Calumet, Mich.); Jesse Juntilla (So., D, Calumet, Alberta); Ryker Leer (So., F, Red Deer, Alberta); Brandon Morley (Sr., F, Burnaby, Mich.); Jordan Klimek (Jr., D, Langley, British Columbia); Brock Maschmeyer (Sr., British Columbia); John Mullally (So., F, Timberlea, Nova Scotia); Tayler Munson D, Bruederheim, Alberta); Anthony Paskaruk (So., F, Airdrie, Alberta); Robbie (Jr., F, Fairbanks, Alaska); Chad Staley (So., F, Kennewick, Wash.); Jack Weiss (So., Payne (Jr., F, Gaylord, Mich.); Denver Pierce (So., F, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.); Sami D, Bloomington, Minn.) Salminen (Sr., F, Helsinki, ); Filip Starzynski (Jr., F, Warsaw, ); Atte Tolvanen (So., G, Vihti, Finland); James Vermeulen (So., D, Stony Plain, Alberta) Bemidji State University Nate Arentz (Sr., F, Lakeville, Minn.); Justin Baudry (So., D, LaBroquerie, Manitoba); Kyle Bauman (Jr., F, Apopka, Fla.); Brett Beauvais (Jr., D, Summerside, Prince Edward Island); Dan Billett (So., D, Highlands Ranch, Colo.); Michael Bitzer (Jr., G, Moorhead, Minn.); Dillon Eichstadt (So., D, Bemidji, Minn.); Gerry Fitzgerald (Jr., F, Port Alberni, British Columbia); Leo Fitzgerald (Jr., F, Port Alberni, British Columbia); Myles Fitzgerald (Jr., F, Port Alberni, British Columbia); Brendan Harms (Sr., F, Steinbach, Manitoba); Jordan Heller (Jr., F, Bemidji, Minn.); Ian Janco (So., D, Bloomington, Minn.); Adam Lovick (So., F, Lino Lakes, Minn.); Reid Mimmack (Sr., G, Brainerd, Minn.); Charlie O’Connor (Sr., F, Elk Grove Village, Ill.); Taylor Roo (So., F, Champlin, Minn.); Michael Soucier (So., F, Caledon, Ontario); Carter Struthers (Sr., D, Weyburn, Saskatchewan); Jesse Wilkins (Jr., G, Calgary, Alberta)

Bowling Green State University Shane Bednard (So., F, Macomb, Mich.); Kevin Dufour (Sr., F, Quebec City, Quebec); Mitch McLain (Jr., F, Baxter, Minn.); Joe McKeown (So., F, Campbellford, Ontario); Pierre-Luc Mercier (Sr. F, Montreal, Quebec); Chris Pohlkamp (So., D, Baxter, Minn.); Matt Pohlkamp (Sr., F, Baxter, Minn.); Jakob Reichert (Jr., F, Langley, British Columbia); John Schilling (So., F, Oswego, Ill.); Tomas Sholl (Sr., G, Hermosa Beach, Calif.); Adam Smith (So., D, Sharon, Ontario); Tyler Spezia (Jr., F, Clinton Township, Mich.); Sean Walker (Sr., D, Keswick, Ontario)

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WCHA Scholar-Athletes Ferris State University A record 84 student-athletes, representing all 10 member institutions, Tyler Andrew** (Jr., F, Bethel Park, Pa.); Andrew Dorantes** (Jr., F, earned distinction as 2016-17 WCHA Scholar-Athlete Award winners. Waterford, Mich.); Tyler Dorantes** (Jr., F, Waterford, Mich.); Jacob Hetz The WCHA Scholar-Athlete Award was developed through member (So., F, Glenshaw, PA.); Mitch Maloney (Jr., F, Macomb, Mich.); Andrew team Faculty Representatives and approved by the conference Mayer** (Jr., F, Troy, Mich.); Chad McDonald*** (Sr., F, Battle Creek, membership for the 2005-06 season. To earn recognition as a WCHA Mich.); Craig Pefley (Fr., F, St. Clair, Mich.); Trevor Recktenwald (So., F, Scholar-Athlete, conference-member student-athletes must have Venetia, PA); Zach Szanjer** (Jr., F, White Lake, Mich.); Zac Tierney (So., completed at least one year of residency at their present institution D, London, Ontario) prior to the current academic year and must also have a grade-point average of at least 3.50 on a 4.0 scale for the previous two semesters or Lake Superior State University three quarters, or may qualify if his/her overall GPA is at least 3.50 for Gordon Defiel** (Jr., G, Stillwater, Minn.); Nick Kossoff (So., G, West Des all terms at his or her present institution. Moines, Iowa); Ryan Renz** (Jr., D, Castlegar, British Columbia); Aidan Wright** (Jr., D, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) The full list of 2016-17 WCHA Scholar-Athletes, by institution (**** indicates four-time recipient; *** indicates three-time recipient; ** Michigan Technological University indicates two-time recipient): Brent Baltus*** (Sr., F, Nanaimo, British Columbia); Devin Kero** (So., G, Hancock, Mich.); Chris Leibinger** (Sr., D, Saginaw, Mich.); Dylan University of Alabama in Huntsville Steman** (Jr., F, Hanover, Minn.); Cliff Watson** (Sr., D, Appleton, Wis.) Hunter Anderson (So., F, Savage, Minn.); Brent Fletcher*** (Sr., F, New Westminster, British Columbia); Hans Gorowsky (So., F, Lino Lakes, Minnesota State University, Mankato Minn.); Jetlan Houcher (So., F, Paradise Valley, Alberta); Cam Knight Daniel Brickley (So., D, Sandy, Utah); Max Coatta (So., F, Minnetonka, (So., D, North Reading, Mass.); Matt Larose (Sr., G, Nanaimo, British Minn.); Sean Flanagan*** (Sr., D, Kindersly, Saskatchewan); Carter Columbia); Max McHugh** (Jr., F, Seattle, Wash.); Brandon Parker** Foguth (Sr., D, Fenton, Mich.); Cole Huggins*** (Sr., G, Centennial, (Jr., D, Fairbault, Minn.); John Teets (So., D, Fairbanks, Alaska); Jordan Colo.); Chandler Madry (So., F, Bakersfield, CA); Aaron Nelson** (Jr., G, Uhelski (Jr., G, Flint, Mich.); Adam Wilcox (So., F, Alpharetta, Ga.) Bismark, N.D.); Jordan Nelson*** (Sr., F, Williston, N.D.); Ryan Schwalbe (So. F, Anchorage, Alaska); Alec Vanko (So., D, Oregon, Wis.) University of Alaska Anchorage Matt Anholt (Jr., F, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan); Jarrett Brown (Jr., Northern Michigan University D, Beaumount, Alberta); Dylan Hubbs (Sr. F, Beaumont, Alberta); Alex Mathias Israelsson (So., G, Ytterby, Sweden); Zach Diamantoni** (Jr., F, Jackstadt (So., F, Anchorage, Alaska); Tad Kozun** (Jr., F, Nipawin, Boca Raton, Fla.); Brendan Jacques (So., F, Calumet, Mich.); Jesse Juntilla Saskatchewan); Olivier Mantha** (Jr., G, La Turque, Quebec); (So., D, Calumet, Mich.); Brock Maschmeyer*** (Sr., D, Bruederheim, Jonah Renouf (So., F, Mississauga, Ontario); Nathan Renouf (So., F, Alberta); Robbie Payne** (Jr., F, Gaylord, Mich.); Denver Pierce (So., Mississauga, Ontario); Eric Roberts (So., D, Abbotsford, British Columbia) F, Sault Ste. Marie); Sami Salminen*** (Sr., F, Helsinki, Finland); Filip Starzynski** (Jr., F, Warsaw, Poland); Atte Tolvanen (So., G, Vihti, University of Alaska Finland); James Vermeulen (So., D, Stony Plain, Alberta) Jordan Burns (So., D, Vernon, British Columbia); Zach Frye** (So., D, Spokane, Wash.); Nick Hinz (Jr., D, Oakdale, Minn.); Nikolas Koberstein (So., D, Barrhead, Alberta); Ryker Leer (So., F, Red Deer, Alberta); Brandon Morley (Sr., F, Burnaby, British Columbia); John Mullally (So., F, Four-Time Timberlea, Nova Scotia); Chad Staley (So., F, Kennewick, Washington) WCHA Scholar-Athlete Award Recipients Bemidji State University In the 12-year history of the WCHA Scholar-Athlete Award, there have Justin Baudry (So., D, LaBroquerie, Manitoba); Kyle Bauman** (Jr., F, been 13 student-athletes to earn the honor four times: Apopka, Fla.); Dan Billett (So., D, Higlands Ranch, Colorado); Michael Bitzer** (Jr., G, Moorhead, Minn.); Dillon Eichstadt (So., D, Bemidji, Student-Athlete School Minn.); Brendan Harms*** (Sr., F, Steinbach, Manitoba); Ian Janco (So., Reid Mimmack Bemidji State D, Bloomington, Minn.); Adam Lovick (So., F, Lino Lakes, Minn.); Reid Whitney Wivoda Bemidji State Mimmack**** (Sr., G, Brainerd, Minn.); Charlie O’Connor** (Sr., F, Elk Shelby Amsley-Benzie North Dakota Grove Village, Ill.); Taylor Roo (So., F, Champlin, Minn.); Michael Soucier Shannon Kaiser North Dakota (So., F, Caledon, Ontario) Kathleen Rogan Minnesota State Emily Erickson Bemidji State Bowling Green State University Anna Dolan St. Cloud State Kevin Dufour (Sr., F, Quebec City, Quebec); Mitch McLain (Jr., F, Baxter, Drew LeBlanc St. Cloud State Minn.); Tomas Sholl*** (Sr., G, Hermosa Beach, Calif.) Scott McCulloch Colorado College Chay Genoway North Dakota Kenny Reiter Minnesota Duluth Jenna Hewitt Minnesota State Austin Lee Minnesota State

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USCHO.com USA TODAY/USA Hockey Magazine April 10, 2017 (FINAL) April 10, 2017 (FINAL) Rk Team (1st Place Votes) Record Points Last Poll Rank Team, Points (1st place) Last Wk Record Top 15 1 Denver (50) 33-7-4 1000 1 1. Denver, 510 (34) 1 33-7-4 26 2 Minnesota Duluth 28-7-7 950 3 2. Minnesota Duluth, 476 3 28-7-7 26 3 Harvard 28-6-2 900 2 3. Harvard, 442 2 28-6-2 26 4 Massachusetts Lowell 27-11-3 823 4 4. Notre Dame, 387 4 23-12-5 23 5 Notre Dame 23-12-5 758 12 5. Massachusetts Lowell, 383 5 27-11-3 26 6 Boston University 24-12-3 749 6 6. Boston University, 333 6 24-12-3 26 7 Minnesota 23-12-3 692 5 7. Minnesota, 307 7 23-12-3 26 8 Penn State 25-12-2 610 11 8. Penn State, 240 8 25-12-2 22 9 North Dakota 21-16-3 562 10 9. North Dakota, 218 9 21-16-3 26 10 Western Michigan 22-13-5 528 8 10. Union College, 177 11 25-10-3 18 11 Union 25-10-3 507 7 11. Air Force, 170 10 27-10-5 3 12 Air Force 27-10-5 474 15 12. Western Michigan, 161 12 22-13-5 15 13 Cornell 21-9-5 443 9 13. Cornell, 112 13 21-9-5 11 14 Ohio State 21-12-6 369 14 14. Ohio State, 84 14 21-12-6 24 15 Providence 22-12-5 357 13 15. Providence, 77 15 22-12-5 15 16 Boston College 21-15-4 238 16 Also receiving votes: St. Lawrence, 2; Boston College, 1. 17 Wisconsin 20-15-1 157 17 18 Vermont 20-13-5 137 18 19 Michigan Tech 23-15-7 131 19 20 Quinnipiac 23-15-2 48 20 Others receiving votes: Omaha 18, St. Lawrence 11, Robert Morris 10, St. Cloud State 7, Northeastern 6, Canisius 5, Minnesota State 4, Bemidji State 3, Clarkson 2, Bowling Green 1.

WCHA Against the Rest By Team vs AHA vs B10 vs ECAC vs HEA vs NCHC vs. Ind. Total Alabama Huntsville 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-3-0 0-2-0 0-0-0 0-6-0 Alaska Anchorage 1-0-0 0-3-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 1-4-0 Alaska 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-2-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-5-0 Bemidji State 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-2-0 0-0-0 0-4-1 0-0-0 0-7-1 Bowling Green 2-0-0 0-2-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-2-1 0-0-0 3-4-1 Ferris State 0-1-0 1-2-0 0-0-0 0-0-1 0-2-0 0-0-0 1-5-1 Lake Superior State 0-0-0 3-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-2-0 0-0-0 3-3-0 Michigan Tech 0-0-0 2-2-1 0-0-0 1-1-0 0-4-0 0-0-0 3-7-1 Minnesota State 0-0-0 1-1-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 4-2-0 Northern Michigan 0-0-0 2-2-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 2-5-1 TOTALS: 3-3-0 9-15-1 1-4-0 1-7-1 3-19-3 0-0-0 17-48-5 (.500) (.380) (.200) (.167) (.180) (.---) (.279)

By Site vs AHA vs B10 vs ECAC vs HEA vs NCHC vs. Ind Total Home 2-1-0 3-4-0 0-2-0 0-0-0 2-4-2 0-0-0 7-11-2 Away 0-0-0 4-8-1 1-1-0 1-5-0 1-11-1 0-0-0 7-25-2 Neutral 1-2-0 2-4-0 0-1-0 0-2-1 0-4-0 0-0-0 3-12-1 TOTALS: 3-3-0 9-15-1 1-4-0 1-7-1 3-19-3 0-0-0 17-48-5 (.500) (.380) (.200) (.167) (.180) (.---) (.279)

WCHA Head-to-Head (Regular Season) UAH (pts) UAA (pts) UAF (pts) BSU (pts) BGSU (pts) FSU (pts) LSSU (pts) MTU (pts) MSU (pts) NMU (pts) W-L-T-3/SW (pts) UAH ---- 2-0-0-0 (6/6) 1-2-1-0 (4/12) 1-1-0-0 (3/6) 0-4-0-0 (0/12) 3-1-0-0 (9/12) 0-4-0-0 (0/12) 0-2-2-0 (2/12) 0-2-0-0 (0/6) 2-0-0-0 (6/6) 9-16-3-0 (30) UAA 0-2-0-0 (0/6) ---- 1-3-0-0 (3/12) 1-3-0-0 (3/12) 0-1-1-0 (1/6) 1-2-1-0 (4/12) 1-0-1-0 (4/6) 0-1-3-2 (5/12) 1-1-0-0 (3/6) 1-3-0-0 (3/12) 6-16-6-2 (26) UAF 2-1-1-1 (8/12) 3-1-0-0 (9/12) ---- 0-2-0-0 (0/6) 2-2-0-0 (6/12) 1-0-1-1 (5/6) 2-1-1-0 (7/12) 0-2-0-0 (0/6) 1-2-1-1 (5/12) 0-2-0-0 (0/6) 11-13-4-3 (40) BSU 1-1-0-0 (3/6) 3-1-0-0 (9/12) 2-0-0-0 (6/6) ---- 3-1-0-0 (9/12) 1-1-0-0 (3/6) 1-0-1-1 (5/6) 3-1-0-0 (9/12) 2-1-1-1 (8/12) 4-0-0-0 (12/12) 20-6-2-2 (64) BGSU 4-0-0-0 (12/12) 1-0-1-1 (5/6) 2-2-0-0 (6/12) 1-3-0-0 (3/12) ---- 2-2-0-0 (6/12) 1-1-0-0 (3/6) 0-2-0-0 (0/6) 1-1-0-0 (3/6) 2-2-0-0 (6/12) 14-13-1-1 (44) FSU 1-3-0-0 (3/12) 2-1-1-1 (8/12) 0-1-1-0 (1/6) 1-1-0-0 (3/6) 2-2-0-0 (6/12) ---- 3-0-1-0 (10/12) 1-1-0-0 (3/6) 2-2-0-0 (6/12) 0-1-1-1 (2/6) 12-12-4-2 (42) LSSU 4-0-0-0 (12/12) 0-1-1-1 (2/6) 1-2-1-1 (5/12) 0-1-1-0 (1/6) 1-1-0-0 (3/6) 0-3-1-1 (2/12) ---- 0-2-0-0 (0/6) 1-2-1-0 (4/12) 1-1-2-1 (6/12) 8-13-7-4 (35) MTU 2-0-2-2 (10/12) 1-0-3-1 (7/12) 2-0-0-0 (6/6) 1-3-0-0 (3/12) 2-0-0-0 (6/6) 1-1-0-0 (3/6) 2-0-0-0 (6/6) ---- 1-2-1-0 (4/12) 3-1-0-0 (9/12) 15-7-6-3 (54) MSU 2-0-0-0 (6/6) 1-1-0-0 (3/6) 2-1-1-0 (7/12) 1-2-1-0 (4/12) 1-1-0-0 (3/6) 2-2-0-0 (6/12) 2-1-1-1 (8/12) 2-1-1-1 (8/12) ---- 2-0-0-0 (6/6) 15-9-4-2 (51) NMU 0-2-0-0 (0/6) 3-1-0-0 (9/12) 2-0-0-0 (6/6) 0-4-0-0 (0/12) 2-2-0-0 (6/12) 1-0-1-0 (4/6) 1-1-2-1 (6/12) 1-3-0-0 (3/12) 0-2-0-0 (0/6) ---- 10-15-3-1 (34)

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#12 - Everybody Loves a Winner #11 - Hats Off

It’s true that everybody loves a winner. Yet, for its entire history, fans at a WCHA If you wore a hat to a WCHA game the first weekend of December, chances are regular season game were not guaranteed that outcome. it was coming off, as three league skaters recorded hat tricks: Minnesota State’s Marc Michaelis, Alabama Huntsville’s Kurt Gosselin and Bowling Green’s Mitch That all changed in the 2016-17 season, as the WCHA introduced a new format to McLain. settle every regular season contest. For the first time ever, games that remained tied after regulation and the NCAA-mandated, five-minute 5-on-5 overtime Michaelis, the eventual WCHA Rookie of the Year, torched Alaska for three advanced to the frantic intrigue of 3-on-3 overtime and, if necessary, a sudden- goals and an assist during the Mavericks’ 7-3 win Dec. 2. He scored once in each death shootout. While all games deadlocked after 65 minutes remained a tie for period, including a power-play marker in the first, the game-winner in the second NCAA purposes, the “winning” team in either 3-on-3 OT or shootout received and a goal at 11:46 of the third that extended Minnesota State’s lead to 5-3. two of the possible three WCHA points for that game. Michaelis also added an assist on Daniel Brickley’s game-opening, power-play goal. His first career hat trick was the first by a WCHA rookie since his teammate, What resulted was a thrilling new wrinkle for WCHA student-athletes and their Brad McClure, netted three goals against Michigan Tech in the 2015 Broadmoor fans, one that created some memorable moments throughout the campaign. The Trophy championship game. historic first 3-on-3 overtime goal came courtesy of Michigan Tech’s Reid Sturos, who sent 3,013 Huskies fans home happy when he delivered against Alabama Gosselin was one of just two NCAA Division I defenseman with a hat trick in Huntsville on Oct. 15. The initial WCHA shootout took place Oct. 22 in Big Rapids, 2016-17, while becoming the first WCHA blue-liner to accomplish the feat since when Ferris State’s Craig Pefley delighted the “Dawg Pound” by scoring the Dec. 7, 2011 (St. Cloud State’s Nick Jensen). Prior to Gosselin’s outburst in a 5-3 winner against visiting Northern Michigan. victory over Ferris State on Dec. 3, no Charger had scored three goals in one game since Feb. 1, 2008 (Cale Tanaka), while a UAH defenseman last turned the Beginning with Sturos’ heroics, fans at all 10 WCHA venues saw at least one trick Jan. 2, 1999 (Shane Stewart, during the team’s first D-I season). Gosselin game that went to 3-on-3 overtime, while seven rinks hosted a shootout. scored twice in the first period to erase a 1-0 deficit and give the Chargers a 2-1 lead, then sparked a three-goal, third-period comeback with the game-tying All told, 29 league games were tied after regulation. Of those, nine were won marker 3:39 into the final stanza. in 5-on-5 overtime, 10 featured a winning goal in 3-on-3 overtime and 10 advanced all the way to a shootout. Nine teams earned an extra WCHA point McLain was the difference in Bowling Green’s 5-2 road win at Lake Superior State via either a 3-on-3 or shootout win, while six (Alaska Anchorage, Alaska, league on Dec. 3, posting his second hat trick in five games. With the performance, he regular season champion Bemidji State, Bowling Green, Lake Superior State and joined teammate Kevin Dufour and Northern Michigan’s Dominik Shine as the Michigan Tech) enjoyed at least one win in both formats. first WCHA skaters with multiple hat tricks in the same season since Colorado College’s Rylan Schwartz had three during the 2011-12 campaign. McLain, who The Lakers led way with four such “wins,” scoring a league-best three times in along with Dufour and Shine would tie for second nationally with two hat tricks 3-on-3 OT and earning one shootout victory. The Huskies’ two shootout triumphs in 2016-17, scored once in each period. His first-period goal gave BGSU a 1-0 lead paced the WCHA. Ten different players found the back of the net during 3-on-3 13:14 into the contest, his power-play marker in the second put the Falcons back OT, including six from the visiting team. In fact, on the hectic night of Jan. 13, on top by a 2-1 margin, while his short-handed tally sealed both the hat trick and three games went to the second overtime, with all three road teams emerging the outcome. with the extra league point. Gosselin and McLain became the first WCHA pair with hat tricks on the same Indeed, everyone loves a winner. In 2016-17, the new WCHA overtime format night since Alaska Anchorage's Brett Cameron (four goals) and Minnesota State's proved to be just that. Dylan Margonari on Dec. 6, 2014.

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#10 - Celebrating the 50th In Style #9 - 20x4

Special thanks to Matthew Daley, BGSU Athletic Communications Assistant, who As has been custom over the last four seasons, the top of the 2016-17 WCHA contributed heavily to this story. standings featured a group of talented teams with impressive victory totals. In fact, for the second-consecutive campaign, the WCHA produced four, 20-win Say one thing for the Bowling Green hockey program and its many fans: They teams: league playoff champion Michigan Tech (23 wins), MacNaughton Cup know how to throw a party. winner Bemidji State (22), Minnesota State (22) and Bowling Green (21).

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the newly rechristened Slater Family Ice With that quartet, the WCHA joined the Big Ten, ECAC and NCHC for the second- Arena on Feb. 11, the Falcons and their faithful came through in every way. most 20-win teams in the country. Hockey East led the way with six such teams, On the only home ice the Bowling Green program has ever known, a rink while Atlantic Hockey had three. where the Falcons have amassed more than 525 all-time victories, the 2016-17 version added another memorable moment with a 3-0 nonconference win over Michigan Tech concluded its Broadmoor Trophy-winning campaign at 23-15-7, Mercyhurst. Pierre-Luc Mercier and Philadelphia Flyers draft pick Mark Friedman a far cry from the Huskies’ early-season outlook. Tech opened the year 3-6-2 scored during the second period, Tyler Spezia added a third-period tally and through its first 11 games, before going on a nearly four-month tear: Beginning eventual New York Rangers free-agent signee Chris Nell posted a 22-save Nov. 5, MTU finished the season 20-9-5 over its final 34 contests – a .662 winning shutout, the ninth of his record-setting Falcons career (he would finish with 11). percentage that ranked 10th nationally over that stretch. And, after a 29-10-2 season in 2014-15 and a 23-9-5 effort in 2015-16, the Huskies have reached the If you weren’t among the 3,584 in attendance that night, but tuned in on the 20-win plateau for three-straight campaigns – marking the first time Tech has radio (or watched via WCHA.tv), you were provided a special treat. The Falcons’ done so since a stretch from the 1980-81 through 1982-83 seasons (including first move to celebrate the golden anniversary of their home rink was to secure the final two years of John MacInnes' Hall of Fame tenure in Houghton). All told, the presence of Mike “Doc” Emrick, the Emmy Award-winning broadcaster Michigan Tech is tied for fourth nationally with 75 wins since opening night of the of NHL games for NBC. Emrick, who earned his doctorate from BGSU in 1976, 2014-15 season, trailing only North Dakota (84), Denver (82) and Quinnipiac (78). returned to broadcast the game with the current “Voice of the Falcons,” Evan Pivnick, on Bowling Green’s student radio station, WBGU. Emrick also emceed a Bemidji State’s red-hot start, which produced a 12-0-1 mark in its first 13 league reception for 50 years of Bowling Green hockey, figure skating and curling that games, helped the Beavers to their first 20-win season (22-16-3) since a 23-10-4 was held on Saturday, Feb. 11. campaign in 2009-10. BSU posted its most WCHA victories since joining the league for the 2010-11 season, while the Beavers led the circuit wire-to-wire en For the weekend-long celebration, the Falcons returned key figures to the start route to hoisting their first MacNaughton Cup as regular season champions. of BGSU hockey, United States Olympians, and National Hockey League stars for the ceremonies. The list included Gordon Morris, who started the club hockey Minnesota State’s five seasons under head coach Mike Hastings read as follows: program in 1963, Bill Little, who served as the team’s first club coach, and Jack 24-14-3 in 2012-13, 26-14-1 in 2013-14, 29-8-3 in 2014-15, 21-13-7 in 2015-16 Vivian, who was BGSU’s first varsity head coach. BGSU also welcomed back NHL and 22-13-4 in 2016-17. In summary, the Mavericks have recorded five-straight, stars Rob Blake and , as well as current Las 20-win seasons for the first time in the D-I era and for just the second time in general manager George McPhee. program history (legendary head coach Don Brose guided a five-year run at the D-II level between 1978-79 and 1982-83). Only three teams in the country The returning alumni were not only representative of the hockey’s presence at have won more games than Minnesota State’s 122 victories during that stretch: the Ice Arena. The arena was also home to 1984 Olympic gold medalist figure Quinnipiac (132), North Dakota (131) and UMass Lowell (127), while Denver has skater Scott Hamilton and two-time United States Champion figure skaterAlissa also won 122 contests. Czisny, both of whom returned for the anniversary weekend. One of college hockey’s best stories in recent years is Bowling Green’s return The first 50 years of the have been an amazing time, and to prominence under head coach Chris Bergeron, after the program was in the celebratory anniversary weekend highlighted that wonderful history. It left jeopardy as recently as 2009. From those dire straits, the Falcons have now won only one question – what can the Falcons and the Bowling Green community do at least 20 games for three-straight seasons, a first for the BGSU program since a over the next 50 years to top it? The centennial already beckons. nine-year stretch under the legendary between 1981-82 and 1989-90. The Falcons went on an inspiring late-season tear in 2016-17, winning their final three regular season contests before sweeping the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds of the WCHA Playoffs. While Bowling Green’s campaign ended in the WCHA Championship game, the Falcons continued to build on a three-year trend that has seen them post the 14th-most wins in the country (66-43-13).

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#8 - The Next Level #7 - Dufour's Hat Trick Heroics

From the first time he laces up his skates, it is the dream of many a young man If it’s true that legends are born in the postseason, then the night of March 10, to one day play hockey at the highest levels. With college hockey an important 2017 took the already fabled “Church of Dufour” to new heights in Bowling part of that journey, and the WCHA serving as a proven developmental ground, Green lore. several players from the 2016-17 season are taking the next step toward making that dream a reality. The setting was the in Bemidji, Minn.; the scene was Game One in the best-of-three, 2017 WCHA Semifinals. Host Bemidji State entered Since the college season ended, 29 players – representing all 10 WCHA programs the series as the top seed in the league playoffs; the regular season champion – have signed professional contracts (as of June 16). This list features seven Beavers, with the MacNaughton Cup in hand, had dispatched Northern Michigan players that have signed National Hockey League (NHL) entry-level deals: Alaska in the quarterfinals. After winning its final three regular season games to secure Anchorage’s Mason Mitchell (); Bowling Green’s Mark the fourth seed, Bowling Green had swept Ferris State in its Quarterfinal Round Friedman (Philadelphia Flyers) and Chris Nell (New York Rangers); Lake Superior series. State’s Kris Bindulis (Washington) and Mitch Hults (); and, MTU’s Angus Redmond (Anaheim) and Matt Roy (Los Angeles Kings). Of those, five For the Falcons to advance to the WCHA Championship, and become the lone (Mitchell, Nell, Bindulis, Hults and Redmond) developed into free-agent signees road team to win a series in the 2017 league tournament, BGSU would have after playing in the WCHA. to solve the conference’s stingiest defensive team and win twice in a hostile environment. Game One was key. All those players are aiming to skate in the NHL, a league that featured 21 alumni from the 10 current WCHA institutions in 2016-17. That group includes Bowling Green senior forward Kevin Dufour, whose scoring prowess (especially four-time Stanley Cup winner Chris Kunitz from Ferris State, who again hoisted during a remarkable surge early in the 2015-16 season) had affectionally sports’ most cherished trophy this spring with the ; two-time spawned the “Church of Dufour” social media following, entered the contest WCHA Defensive Player of the Year Colton Parayko, an Alaska Fairbanks product second on the team with 14 goals (including a huge goal in the series-clincher who played in a total of 92 contests for a St. Louis Blues club that advanced against Ferris State). A fan favorite already, Dufour’s efforts on this night – which to the Western Conference semifinals; former Alabama Huntsville goaltender were nothing less than a hat trick, including the game-tying goal and game- Cam Talbot, who set the ’ single-season record with 42 regular winner in overtime – assured that his No. 10 sweater will be forever remembered season wins (and added seven more in the playoffs); stalwart defensemanDavid by the Falcon Faithful. Backes, a Minnesota State alumnus who had a solid first season in Boston; and, 2015 WCHA Player of the Year Tanner Kero from Michigan Tech, who tallied 16 Dufour opened the Semifinal Round scoring 9:08 into the contest, beating points and a +15 rating in 47 games for the Chicago Blackhawks. Bemidji State goaltender – and WCHA Player of the Year Michael Bitzer – to give the Falcons an early 1-0 lead. However, by the time he began a shift late in the third period, Bemidji State was on top 3-2 and stood less than seven minutes away from a 1-0 series lead. Crashing the net, Dufour tipped in a rebound off a Jacob Dalton , tying the game at 3-3 with just 6:30 remaining in regulation.

Behind 38 regulation saves from goaltenderChris Nell (who finished with 45 stops) and Dufour’s first two goals, Bowling Green forced overtime. The extra session was worthy of two of the WCHA’s top programs, with the teams trading quality attempts through a scoreless 17:23. But, with the clock ticking down on the first OT, Dufour played the hero. Again showing a nose for the puck, he was the first to corral a rebound off the back boards; and, with 2:37 remaining, he calmly tucked it in the back door to complete the hat trick and give Bowling Green a thrilling 4-3, overtime victory in Game One.

Bowling Green completed the sweep the next night with another one-goal victory, indeed advancing to the WCHA Championship by becoming the only road team to win a series in the 2017 tournament. Dufour again played a huge role, erasing a 1-0 deficit with the tying goal 1:35 into the second period. Fellow senior Matt Pohlkamp scored the tie-breaking, game-winner at the 3:49 mark of the third period, and the Falcons held on for the 2-1 triumph behind Nell’s 25 saves.

Dufour’s hat trick was his second of the season, following a three-goal effort (including the game-winner) against Alabama Huntsville on Feb. 24. He joined teammate Mitch McLain and Northern Michigan’s Dominik Shine as the first WCHA skaters with multiple hat tricks in the same season since the 2011-12 campaign (Colorado College’s Rylan Schwartz had three that season).

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#6 - Kapelmaster Stands Tall #5 - All-Americans,

There have been several outstanding goaltending efforts in the storied 65-year On and Off the Ice history of the WCHA. By statistical measures, few have been as remarkable as the performance put forth by Ferris State freshman Justin Kapelmaster on Dec. 30, The 2016-17 WCHA season once again saw a bevy of fantastic individual and 2016 at the Three Rivers Classic in Pittsburgh. team performances, including efforts by a pair of marquee players that earned national acclaim. Indeed, the WCHA Player and Defensive Player of the Year, Making just his seventh collegiate start (in his eighth NCAA game) and facing a respectively, were also named CCM/AHCA Hockey All-Americans, as Bemidji State Boston College team that finished the season ranked 12th nationally in scoring, goaltender Michael Bitzer earned first-team West region honors and Minnesota the native of Coral Springs, Fla. was simply sensational. While guiding the State defenseman Daniel Brickley garnered second-team accolades. Bulldogs to a 1-1 tie with the then-No. 6/5 Eagles, Kapelmaster stopped 58-of-59 shots – a saves total that is tied for the 22nd-best single-game output in WCHA Bitzer backstopped Bemidji State to the program’s first MacNaughton Cup as history, while tying for the seventh-best effort ever for a rookie. WCHA regular season champion, solidifying his place as one of the nation’s top goaltenders with an exceptional junior campaign – one of the best-ever by a Under siege nearly the entire night, Kapelmaster averaged a save per minute league netminder. The Moorhead, Minn. native led the NCAA with a 1.71 goals- over the first two periods, collecting 40 stops as Ferris State nursed a 1-0 lead against average and tied for tops with six shutouts, emerging as a top-10 finalist into the second intermission. The rookie kept the shutout going for another for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award and a top-five finalist for the Mike Richter 15:13, until Boston College finally broke through to tie the contest on a power- Award (honoring the nation’s top goaltender). He also finished second nationally play goal. Undeterred, Kapelmaster finished off a 15-save third period, before with 2355:22 minutes in net, third with a .932 save percentage, tied for ninth turning aside all three BC shots in overtime, to preserve the tie. with 22 wins and 14th with 912 saves. Bitzer’s victory total was the most by a Bemidji State netminder since Steve O’Shea (22-12-1) in 1986-87, while the Kapelmaster’s gem came on NHL ice (the Three Rivers Classic was played at PPG Beavers won their most league games of the program’s seven WCHA campaigns Paints Arena, home of the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins) and was and posted their most overall triumphs since 2009-10. part of an overall excellent freshman campaign. He was tabbed as the goaltender on the College Hockey News All-Rookie Team after ranking fifth nationally His league season was nothing short of historic, as Bitzer set the all-time WCHA (second among NCAA rookies) with a .930 save percentage and 10th with a .676 record with a sparkling 1.40 goals-against average in his 27 league games. winning mark (10-4-3) and 17th with a 2.22 goals-against average in 19 games The first-team All-WCHA goaltender also paced the circuit with a .940 save (17 starts). Kapelmaster earned Third Team All-WCHA honors, finishing second percentage (second in league history), 20 wins (tied for seventh), a .778 winning among league netminders with a .924 save percentage and a .714 winning percentage, five shutouts (tied for third) and 1625:40 in net. percentage (9-3-2) in 16 games (14 starts). Brickley was the top two-way player in the WCHA, pacing league defensemen with 19 assists, 26 points and 14 power-play points in just 22 league contests, while ranking second with 55 blocked shots. The first-team All-WCHA performer nearly became the first blue-liner in 20 years to lead the league in scoring, falling just four points shy – despite missing six games due to injury.

The sophomore from Sandy, Utah wrapped up his campaign with eight goals, 23 assists and 31 points in 31 games, ranking second among NCAA defensemen with 1.00 points-per-game (trailing only the 1.14 average by Harvard freshman and Calgary Flames prospect Adam Fox). His overall point total tied for 10th among blue-liners (third for underclassmen). Brickley also added 72 blocked shots (ranking 10th nationally with 2.32 blocks per game) and a plus-9 rating, helping Minnesota State to a 22-win season and a trip to the WCHA semifinals.

WCHA student-athletes excelled in the classroom as well. Two Bemidji State teammates – Bitzer and senior forward Brendan Harms (the focus of a later “Top Shelf Moment”) – were two of the six D-1 men’s college hockey players to be named Academic All-Americans by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

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#4 - A CLASS Act #3 - Bemidji State Hoists the Cup

The mission of the WCHA extends far beyond the sport of hockey; the league and its 10 Dating back 104 years to its original purchase in 1913, handcrafted of pure silver, member institutions are committed to providing the very best student-athlete experience, standing three-feet high, and weighing more than 40 pounds, the MacNaughton both on and off the ice. All who play in the WCHA embody the student-athlete ideal, Cup is the shining symbol of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and competing at the highest levels of the sport they love, while balancing academics and its distinguished tradition as a premier collegiate hockey conference since the community endeavors. league’s founding in 1951. One, however, stood above all others – not just in the WCHA, but across the country. Now, for the first time since the hometown Beavers joined the WCHA for the For an inspiring blend of all-around excellence, we honor Bemidji State forward Brendan 2010-11 season, the MacNaughton Cup will spend the next 12 months in Bemidji, Harms, the 2016-17 Senior CLASS Award® winner as the top student-athlete in Division I Minn. men’s college hockey (as chosen by a nationwide vote of D-I men’s hockey coaches, national hockey media and fans). The fabled trophy has a new home thanks to Bemidji State’s stellar, nearly An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Senior wire-to-wire effort to win the 2016-17 WCHA regular season championship. The CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their Beavers enjoyed a 20-win, 64-point campaign, capturing the 22nd regular season athletic platforms to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. To be eligible conference crown in program history (and sixth in BSU’s Division I era, following for the award, student-athletes must be classified as NCAA Division I seniors and have five titles). All six of those D-I banners have been raised notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and under bench boss Tom Serratore, who concluded his 16th season at the helm of competition. his alma mater by earning WCHA Coach of the Year honors. “Winning the Senior CLASS Award really means a lot,” said Harms, the first Beaver student- athlete and second from the WCHA to earn the prestigious honor. “When I saw the list Bemidji State swept preseason favorite Bowling Green in its opening weekend of nominees, they are all great players and they are amazing people too. Just to have the of WCHA play (Oct. 6-7), won its first eight league games and was undefeated opportunity to be nominated and then to make the short list of finalists was an extreme in its first 13 contests (12-0-1). By season’s end – aside from a bye week on honor for me. When you put the work in to balance life as a student-athlete and try to the opening weekend of WCHA play (a single series was played Oct. 1-2) – the contribute more than just on the ice, and then get acknowledged for that, it’s an amazing Beavers held at least a share of first place after every WCHA weekend in which feeling. they competed. “Bemidji State and NCAA Hockey has been a great platform for me to do more for myself and the people around me. First and foremost, I got tremendous coaching, which allowed me to BSU soared to a 20-6-2-2 WCHA mark on the strength of the league’s stingiest be better on the ice, but they also preach being a great person. Because Bemidji is a smaller defense and clutch scoring. Michael Bitzer solidified his place among the community I have had so many opportunities to get involved in the community and get to nation’s elite with an exceptional junior season, one of the best ever by a league know people, help out and make a difference.” goaltender. The Moorhead, Minn. native and WCHA Player of the Year set the all-time WCHA record with a sparkling 1.40 goals-against average in his 27 Selected as an alternate captain for the eventual MacNaughton Cup champion Beavers, league games, while also pacing the circuit with a .940 save percentage (second Harms finished his Bemidji State career with a 21-point season (8g-13a) in 2016-17, which in league history), 20 wins (tied for seventh), a .778 winning percentage, five included six power-play goals and two game-winners. shutouts (tied for third) and 1625:40 in net. As a team, Bemidji State yielded 1.57 “Brendan Harms personifies what it means to be a student-athlete,” said Bemidji State Head goals per WCHA game (44 total in 28 contests). Coach Tom Serratore. "He does everything the right way, always committed to his work in the classroom, in the community and on the ice. He leads by example and makes a positive Offensively, the Beavers relied on a balanced and opportunistic attack, one that impact with everything he does and everyone he meets. He is a great representative of led the WCHA by converting on 21.7 percent of its power-play chances in league Beaver Hockey and leaves Bemidji State and our community a better place.” play. After recording 10 goals and 28 points in his first three collegiate seasons, All-WCHA Second Team forward Phillip Marinaccio scored 11 times as a senior With 88 career points (33g-55a) in four seasons and 141 games, Harms ranks among the top 12 on BSU’s Division I-era scoring list, while his 55 assists place him eighth at BSU since and led Bemidji State with 29 points on the season (he had seven goals and 14 1999-2000. assists for 21 points in 28 WCHA contests). Gerry Fitzgerald earned third-team All-WCHA accolades as a junior after ranking seventh with 12 goals in league An All-WCHA Third Team selection (2014-15), and a three-time recipient of the WCHA’s play; his WCHA-best eight power-play strikes tied for 17th nationally. Fellow Scholar-Athlete Awards as well as a three-time member of the league’s all-academic team, junior Kyle Bauman was a 10-goal scorer (13 overall, including 11 in league Harms finished his career totaling at least 20 points in each of his four seasons at BSU, which play), while senior Brendan Harms tallied 15 (5g-10a) of his 21 points (8g-13a) in includes a career-best 25 points (8g-17a) as a junior (2015-16). WCHA contests. Harms’ commitment to excellence extends far beyond the confines of the boards. As a volunteer, he has worked with the Bemidji Boy’s and Girl’s Club, BSU’s Campus Clean In its quest to defend the MacNaughton Cup, Bemidji State is slated to return 13 Up Project, the local food shelf and community garden and the suicide prevention run/ players who skated in at least 30 games and four who played in all 41 contests. walk, while he has assisted fellow students during BSU’s fall move-in and visited Heartland That group includes WCHA All-Rookie Team selection Zach Whitecloud, a stout Christian Academy during recess to play hockey with the students. defenseman and special teams standout who led all WCHA skaters with 11 power-play assists in conference action. Harms owns a 4.0 grade point average as a business administration major with a minor in human performance. Signed in March by the Florida Everblades, the ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes, Harms played in four regular season games, scoring his first Indeed, following BSU’s winningest season since 2009-10, the Beavers believe the professional goal and logging five shots. pieces are in place to keep the MacNaughton Cup in its new, Northern Minnesota lakeside home. Harms emerged from a group of top-10 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award that included three from the WCHA – more than any other Division I conference. Northern Michigan defenseman Brock Maschmeyer and Ferris State forward Chad McDonald were also among the finalists, who were chosen by national media from an initial list of 15 candidates announced in January.

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#2 - Tolvanen’s Historic Streak #1 - Michigan Tech Wins Epic This story originally appeared in the official 2017 WCHA Tournament program. Special thanks ‘Battle for the Broadmoor' to Jen Dobias, former Northern Michigan Sports Information Director, for writing this piece. A week’s worth of anticipation, fueled by 36 years of waiting, bottled tightly into over 85 Five hours, 39 minutes and five seconds. minutes of tension-filled hockey in a building filled to capacity – all bubbling upward in the 3-4 seconds it took for an outlet pass to free Michigan Tech defenseman Shane Hanna on a In that amount of time, you could binge watch the entire Mighty Ducks trilogy. You could breakaway. And then… come close to driving across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Or you could fly from Los Angeles to New York. Triumph. Pandemonium. Pure, unadulterated joy.

As for Atte Tolvanen, that was how long he went without allowing a goal. From January 20 For the Copper Country, for the community of Houghton, Mich., for the 4,466 fans packed to February 17 of this year, Northern Michigan’s sophomore goaltender rewrote first his floor-to-ceiling at the fabled John MacInnes Student Ice Arena and – especially – for the school’s, then the WCHA’s and, finally, the NCAA’s record books. coaches and young men of the , it was a night they will remember forever. “I’ve been doing this for 36 years, and I’ve never seen anything quite like it,” said Walt Kyle, NMU’s head coach in 2016-17. “I shared that with the guys and told them it was a really It was the 2017 WCHA Championship, the league’s first home-ice title game since 1965 and remarkable thing, and they’d never see something like it again. It’s a real credit to him and the cumulation of the three-week, eight-team “Battle for the Broadmoor.” And, when it was a credit to the guys in front of him who saw him performing and cared about him having over, host Michigan Tech had outlasted Bowling Green, 3-2 in double-overtime, to win an success.” epic championship contest. With the victory, the Huskies captured their first WCHA playoff title since a co-championship in 1981 and their first outright crown since – ironically – that During his remarkable run, Tolvanen made 220 saves in a row. Between the time Alaska 1965 contest (when Tech won at North Dakota). Anchorage’s Jeremiah Luedtke and Minnesota State’s Zeb Knutson managed to solve him, he blanked five-straight opponents: Alaska Anchorage on January 21, Bowling Green on The victory, sealed when Hanna scored 6:35 into the second overtime, unleashed a February 3 and 4 and Alaska on February 10 and 11. terrifically spontaneous scene. The tremendous noise of the sellout crowd, the Tech fight song played valiantly by the pep band, the thrilled, spent emotions of student-athletes and “It was like being around a pro,” said freshman defenseman Rylan Yaremko. “You could tell coaches alike – all melded into a magical picture of communal joy, one that encapsulates before the games he was ready to go. It took a lot of pressure off of us, knowing that he what college sports is truly all about. And then, to cap it off, after the Huskies raised the was between the pipes. He’s a special player, and I’m glad I had the opportunity to witness Broadmoor Trophy, the fans – including students who had camped out overnight for a spot in history.” the arena – descended to the ice to celebrate with their hometown hockey team.

Tolvanen’s path to making history wasn’t easy. In each of his shutouts, he made at least 34 Of course, for 40 minutes of this WCHA Championship, it looked like heroics would not be saves, topping out at a career-best 48 on February 11. necessary. Michigan Tech and Bowling Green played a scoreless first period, but second- period goals from Joel L’Esperance and Jake Jackson gave the Huskies a 2-0 lead heading “He’s looking like the Carey Price of the WCHA,” joked senior alternate captain Brock into the final stanza. With their season on the brink, the visiting Falcons showed the heart of Maschmeyer after Tolvanen stopped 75 shots to whitewash the WCHA preseason favorites a champion, scoring twice in a 24-second span of the third period to tie the game at 2-2. Joe at Slater Family Ice Arena. “It’s really nice to see him coming along in the second half. He’s McKeown started the rally 6:36 into the stanza, before senior Matt Pohlkamp capitalized on doing awesome.” a turnover behind the Tech net and, while falling to the ice, buried his shot at the 7:00 mark.

Tolvanen channeled his inner Price multiple times during his scoreless streak. With 10:15 left BGSU kept the pressure on, eventually outshooting the Huskies, 9-2 in the third period. to play in February 4’s game, he made an improbable save on Brett D'Andrea, going post to However, Michigan Tech freshman goaltender Angus Redmond stood tall over the final post to snare his one-timer from the right circle. During Alaska’s final power play on February 13 minutes of regulation, setting the stage for a thrilling 26:35 of sudden-death, overtime 10, he stopped back-to-back bids by Tyler Cline and then scrambled to deny James LaDouce hockey. and Chad Staley’s attempts to stuff home the loose puck. The first OT saw both goaltenders (Redmond and Bowling Green'sChris Nell) make With his five-straight shutouts, Tolvanen broke a 63-year-old WCHA men’s record and tied spectacular saves, while both teams had near-winners draw iron (Tech's Alex Smith hit the Lake Superior State’s Blaine Lacher for the NCAA men’s record. Asked how he was feeling crossbar with five minutes remaining; and, with 7.1 seconds left, BGSU hit the far post during after his record-setting performance on February 11, Tolvanen just chuckled. a scramble in the crease).

“It feels pretty good,” he said. “It’s a whole team effort. I would thank the guys. The guys Shots in the second overtime were even, 2-2, with the final one coming on Hanna's have been doing so good in front of me; they’ve been helping me so much.” championship-winning goal. The senior defenseman capped a night that will forever live in Michigan Tech and WCHA lore, taking a beautiful outlet pass from fellow blue-liner Matt While Tolvanen came up 36 minutes and four seconds short of the NCAA men’s record for Roy (who received the puck afterMichael Neville won a battle along the boards at neutral consecutive scoreless minutes, his run will still go down as one of the finest put together by a ice) and calmly burying a wrist shot to end the game and send the Huskies on to the NCAA collegiate goaltender at any level. tournament.

“What Atte Tolvanen did during his shutout streak was truly amazing,” said Nate Ewell, the Hanna's heroics earned him First Star and Most Outstanding Player honors, while Redmond Deputy Executive Director of College Hockey, Inc. “Blaine Lacher’s record of five-straight (career-high 36 saves) was named the Second Star. For drawing Bowling Green even in the shutouts had held up for more than 20 years, through the lowest scoring period in college third period, Pohlkamp garnered Third Star accolades. hockey history. Legendary goalies like Ryan Miller and Jimmy Howard weren’t able to touch it. Considering the number of shots Tolvanen faced and the turnaround he engineered in the The championship game itself was a wonderful end to the WCHA’s return of on-campus Wildcats’ season, this streak will rightfully be remembered for years to come.” playoff hockey, which can only be characterized as a rousing success. For three weeks, in front of terrific fan support at Bemidji State, Minnesota State, Bowling Green and, of course, Michigan Tech, the 2017 “Battle for the Broadmoor” proved there truly is no place like home.

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Head Coach: Mike Corbett (4 seasons) Head Coach: Matt Thomas (4 seasons) Record at UAH: 26-104-14 Record at UAA: 44-79-17 2016-17 Overall Record: 9-22-3 (9-16-3-0) 2016-17 Overall Record: 7-21-6 (6-16-6-2)

Chargers Seawolves University of Alabama in Huntsville University of Alaska Anchorage

• UAH had its strongest season since joining the Western Collegiate Hockey • The Alaska Anchorage Seawolves finished the 2016-17 slate with an overall Association for the 2013-14 season, as the Chargers boasted a program- record of 7-21-6 and a 6-16-6 slate in WCHA play. In the WCHA standings, record 30 points in the 2016-17 league standings with a 9-16-3 league record the Seawolves finished 10th with 26 points – just eight points away from a and a 9-22-3 record overall. This season marked the first time UAH has won post-season run. nine games or more in a season since 2009-10 when UAH went 12-18-3. • UAA picked up wins against Northern Michigan, Alaska Fairbanks, ranked • The Chargers accrued a majority of their success on the road during the Bemidji State, Ferris State, Minnesota State and Lake Superior State. 2016-17 campaign as the squad posted a 7-10-1 record in away games • UAA landed 15 student-athletes on the WCHA All-Academic Team, while including a 7-6-2 record in WCHA road contests. UAH registered series securing a program-record nine WCHA Scholar-Athlete honors. sweeps of then-No. 20 Ferris State (Oct. 1-2), Alaska Fairbanks (Nov. 4-5), • The Seawolves said goodbye to five seniors – Brad Duwe, Dylan Hubbs, and Northern Michigan (Dec. 9-10), which was the first time since the 2004- Rasmus Reijola, Connor Wright and Chase Van Allen. Hubbs signed for the 05 season the Chargers have had three road sweeps. of the ECHL and Van Allen with his hometown's Alaska Aces. • Sophomore Kurt Gosselin became the program’s first player to be named • Following the end of the season, sophomore F Mason Mitchell concluded to an All-WCHA First, Second or Third Team as the Brighton, Michigan, his collegiate career when he signed an amateur tryout agreement with the native became an All-WCHA Third Team honoree after posting 18 points on of the AHL after signing entry-level contracts with Hershey’s a team-high nine goals in the 2016-17 campaign. Gosselin is the first UAH NHL affiliate, the Washington Capitals, that start in the 2017-18 season. defenseman with nine goals since Matt Baxter in 2009-10 and his nine tallies • UAA finished the season at 6-1-3 when scoring first. Additionally, UAA was finish the season ranked tied for second in the WCHA. Gosselin was twice 6-0-0 when leading after the second period. named the WCHA Defensive Player of the Week during the season, and also • The junior class led the Seawolves with 67 points, jumping the sophomore accomplished the Chargers first hat trick since 2008 with his trio of goals class (65 points). The seniors contributed 19, while the freshman added 11 against Ferris State (Dec. 3). points. • Cam Knight enjoyed a successful sophomore campaign from the blue line • In 34 games, UAA averaged 1.74 goals per game, while allowing 3.14 per for UAH, posting a team-high 16 assists in addition to three goals to lead all game. UAA finished at 83.1% on the penalty kill – good for sixth in the Charger defensemen with 19 points in 2016-17. Knight ended the year tied WCHA. for eighth in the conference with 16 assists, which are the most by a UAH • Individually, the Seawolves were led by junior captain Matt Anholt. defenseman since Matt Baxter’s 22 helpers in 2010-11. Anholt posted a team-high 22 points and 17 helpers – leading UAA in both • A Huntsville native,Josh Kestner became the Chargers catalyst on offense categories. His 22 points matched his sophomore season. Anholt finished his with a team-leading and career-best 22 points on nine goals and 13 assists junior season with 53 career points. His 39 career assists are tied for No. 52 this past season. His nine goals were tied for the team lead with Gosselin, on the all-time UAA record book. and he provided at least one point in 14 WCHA contests including two-point • Junior F Tad Kozun finished second on the team with 19 points after posting performances on five occasions. three in the final series vs. UAF. Kozun leads all current UAA skaters with 24 • Junior Max McHugh now owns a roster-high 64 points from 27 goals and career goals and 54 career points. 37 assists after notching 19 points on eight goals and 11 assists during the • Leading UAA with 12 goals this season was sophomore F Mason Mitchell. 2016-17 campaign. McHugh’s 64 career points rank just outside the Chargers Mitchell, who signed with the Washington Capitals at the end of the season, top 15 in scoring in UAH’s modern Division I era, and he’s totaled at least 19 posted 10 goals in his final 14 games with the Seawolves. points in a season in each of his three years in Huntsville. • Leading UAA from the blueline and third overall was junior D Jarrett Brown • The Chargers had a total of nine players reach double-digit point totals in the with 15 points. Brown’s 38 career points rank tied for 26th all-time on the 2016-17 season, which the most in the program’s WCHA history and most UAA defenseman list. since 2009-10 when the squad boasted 11 players with 10 points or more. • Dressing in 30 games for the Seawolves was junior G Olivier Mantha. • Junior Jordan Uhelski received his first career chances in goal during the Mantha – a three-time UAA MVP – was 7-18-4 this season, while sporting a 2016-17 campaign, and the Flint, Michigan, native turned in a 6-9-3 record .913 save percentage and a 2.82 goals-against average. in 20 starts with a 2.78 goals against average and a .906 save percentage. • Mantha’s career save percentage of .910 is No. 1 on the all-time UAA list, Uhelski finished the year ranked ninth in the WCHA with a .906 save while his 2.87 GAA ranks No. 3. Mantha has 2,503 career saves – second percentage, while accruing 551 saves to rate eighth in the league. all-time for UAA behind No. 1 Paul Krake (2,637). Mantha has played in 91 career games, good for No. 2 in the all-time UAA record book behind Krake (102). • On Nov. 12, Mantha posted a career-high 53 saves for the Seawolves. His performance ranks tied for No. 3 all-time in the UAA history book with Chad Meyhoff (2/11/89).

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2016-17 Head Coach: Dallas Ferguson (9 seasons) Head Coach: Tom Serratore (16 seasons) Record at UAF: 74-151-42 Record at BSU: 266-256-70 2016-17 Overall Record: 12-20-4 (11-13-4-3) 2016-17 Overall Record: 22-16-3 (20-6-2-2)

Nanooks Beavers University of Alaska Bemidji State University

• The completed the 2016-17 season with an overall record of • Bemidji State finished the 2016-17 season with an overall record of 22-16-3, 12-20-4 and an 11-13-4-3 mark within conference play. while it earned its first Western Collegiate Hockey Association regular-season • Alaska finished the 2016-17 regular season placing sixth in the league title and its 22nd conference championship in program history. standings with 40 points. • The Beavers went 13-8-1 at home, establishing a new record for wins at • The Nooks faced the Minnesota State Mavericks in the opening round of the Sanford Center and its best home win total since BSU was 13-3-1 on home WCHA Playoffs, falling 0-3 and 1-4 against MSU to conclude the season. ice in 1996-97. • Alaska won its eighth-straight Alaska Airlines Governor's Cup after defeating • Bemidji State earned the WCHA top seed in the postseason, defeating in-state rival Alaska Anchorage 3-1 in a four-game series throughout the Northern Michigan in a three-game series (2-1) to open the playoffs before season. dropping consecutive games to Bowling Green in the semifinal round. It • Sophomore forward Chad Staley was the highest-scoring Nanook at the end marked the Beaver first postseason trip beyond the opening round since of the 2016-17 season, accumulating eight goals and 13 assists for 21 points. 2010-11. • Junior defenseman Zach Frye was the only other Alaska skater to register 20 • BSU finished the 2016-17 season leading the country in goals allowed (1.89), points (five goals, 15 assists), while 10 Nanooks total collected double-digit while it allowed a meager 1.57 in WCHA play to lead the league. The Beavers points. allowed more than three goals just 11 times all season. • Senior goaltender Davis Jones was named the Alaska Nanooks hockey • Upon the completion of the season, BSU’s Michael Bitzer pulled down team's Most Valuable Player for the 2016-17 campaign, posting a .912 save WCHA Player of the Year and First Team All-WCHA laurels. He was the first percentage and a 2.72 goals against average through 20 games played. He BSU player to earn the league’s top individual player award since Matt Read signed a pro contract with the ECHL's Alaska Aces following the season. was selected as College Hockey America Player of the Year to cap 2009-10. • 12 Nanooks were named to the WCHA All-Academic team, while eight were • After leading BSU to the conference title and its first 20-win season since selected to be WCHA Scholar-Athletes. 2009-10, Tom Serratore was named as the WCHA Coach of the Year. It • Alaska graduated five seniors in May, including two with their master's marked Serratore’s first WCHA Coach of the Year citation, while it marks the degrees in Business Administration. sixth time he has earned a coach of the year nod (five times with CHA). • Bitzer was joined on the All-WCHA team by Phillip Marinaccio, who earned a spot on the All-WCHA Second Team, junior forward Gerry Fitzgerald, who was a third-team pick and freshman Zach Whitecloud, who rounded out BSU’s postseason awards as a member of the WCHA’s All-Rookie Team. • Bitzer won the league’s goaltending award after backstopping a league-best scoring defense (1.57 GPG) and leading the league in goals against average (1.40), save percentage (.940) and winning percentage (.778). • Bitzer’s 1.71 goals against average led the country, earning the junior the NCAA’s statistical championship. • Bitzer became the 57th player in Bemidji State history to garner all-America accolades when he was named to the CCM/American Hockey Coaches’ Association All-America West First Team. BSU men’s hockey now boasts 83 All-America awards, while Bitzer is the second won at the NCAA Division I level (since 1999-00) and the Beavers’ first since Matt Read (2009-10). • Bitzer was one of five finalists for the 2016-17 Mike Ritcher Award and was one of 10 finalists for the Hobey Baker Award. • Brendan Harms was selected as the winner of the 2016-17 Senior CLASS Award® for collegiate hockey, given annually to the most outstanding senior student-athlete in Division I men’s hockey. • Bitzer’s 22nd victory March 5 made him the first Beaver to gain 22 wins in a season since Steve O’Shea (22-12-1) in 1986-87. • Marinaccio had a breakout season in 2016-17. The senior led the team with 29 points (11g-18a). Not only was his point total a career-high, he doubled his career goal total (19). He had 29 points in his first three seasons (8g-21a). • Juniors Kyle Bauman and Gerry Fitzgerald led the team with 13 goals apiece. • G. Fitzgerald was BSU’s top player on the power play this season (8g-7a). He led the team with eight power-play goals. • The BSU penalty-kill unit was 139-for-158 (.880) overall, second nationally to Air Force (157-175 (.897). BSU was 98-of-107 (.917) in league play to pace the WCHA. • Following the season, BSU seniors Charlie O’Connor and Harms each signed contracts to play in the ECHL. O’Connor inked a deal with the and Harms with the Florida Everblades.

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Head Coach: Chris Bergeron (7 seasons) Head Coach: Bob Daniels (25 seasons) Record at BGSU: 123-131-33 Record at FSU: 430-443-100 2016-17 Overall Record: 21-18-2 (14-13-1-1) 2016-17 Overall Record: 13-19-5 (12-12-4-2)

Falcons Bulldogs Bowling Green State University Ferris State University

• After advancing to the 2017 WCHA Championship, Bowling Green has won • Ferris State finished just one conference victory shy of their 2015-16 total, a a playoff series in each of the last seven seasons -- the longest streak in the season in which the Bulldogs won the Broadmoor Trophy. They were three country. points shy of hosting the WCHA first round of the playoffs as well. • BGSU hosted a playoff round for the fourth consecutive season, ever since • On Feb. 18, 2017, Ferris State won their 700th game in program history, 3-0 joining the WCHA. over the University of Alaska Anchorage. The win was the 430th for 25th • With an overall record of 21-18-2, the Falcons marked their third consecutive year head coach Bob Daniels. 20+ win season and fourth-straight winning season. Bowling Green had • Nationally, Ferris State finished 19th in Penalty Kill Percentage, marking the records of 22-14-6 in the 2015-16 campaign, following a 23-11-5 record in 10th consecutive year that Ferris State has finished 21st or higher in that the 2014-15 season. This year was the 21st season that the Falcons have category. Ferris State was national penalty kill Champion last in 2010-11, tallied a 20-plus win season. when they won their second of two-consecutive penalty kill national titles. • The Falcons went on a seven-game win streak entering the WCHA The Bulldogs have finished inside the top 10 five times in that stretch. Championship, the longest of Coach Chris Bergeron’s career and longest • Ferris State finished 5-1-1 in their final seven regular season games, and of the Bowling Green hockey team since the 1987-88 campaign; a year in 12-10-4 from November 1 to the close of the regular season. which the team clinched its last conference title and advanced to the NCAA • Justin Kapelmaster finished fifth nationally in save percentage at .930, and Tournament. added two shutouts. The Coral Springs, Florida native also had 31 or more • By competing in the WCHA Championship this season, it marked Bowling saves in eight of his first 14 starts, including a 40-save shutout in his fourth Green’s first conference championship appearance since 1988. start (Nov. 18 vs. Lake Superior State), a 58-save outing vs. then No. 5 Boston • The WCHA saw a total of nine hat tricks on the year, with Bowling Green College on Dec. 30, 2016, and a 47-save appearance in a tie against Alaska on accounting for four of those. Mitch McLain and Kevin Dufour each marked Jan. 13, 2017. two on the year, with each player marking the two three-goal performances • Kapelmaster also became the first Bulldog goaltender since CJ Motte to in a three-week span. record an assist in the game on Nov. 18, 2016 vs. Lake Superior State. • Chris Nell completed his career by setting the Bowling Green hockey Kapelmaster added another assist the following night, and finished the program record in career shutouts (11), save percentage (.922), goals against season with those two. average (2.07) and consecutive shutout minutes (207:31). Nell’s 2.15 goals • Craig Pefley became the first Bulldog since Chad McDonald in Nov. 2014 to against average this season ranked 14th in the nation, while his four shutouts record four points in a game, when Pefley netted a goal and earned three on the year tied for 10th overall in the country. assists on Feb. 24, 2017 @ Lake Superior State. • Mark Friedman sat second in the league of all defensemen with 0.65 points • Several players took steps forward in their development, but offensively, per game. The junior was also tied for third in the WCHA of all defensemen none larger than Mitch Maloney. As a junior, Maloney established career- with 26 points on the year with eight goals and 18 assists. highs in goals (12) assists (8) and points (20), after earning eight total points • Leading the Falcons offensively was McLain, a junior. On the season, McLain a season before. Maloney scored on opening night for Ferris State for the earned a total of six conference awards (2x POTM, 3x POTW, All-WCHA First third consecutive season as well, and led the team in power play goals with Team), in addition to being named a WCHA Scholar-Athlete and to the WCHA five. All-Academic Team. • Sophomore Corey Mackin established new career-bests in goals (13) and • The Falcons look to return nine of 12 forwards who appeared in the WCHA points (26) earning his 50th point in his 72nd game, 11 games faster than Championship, in addition to five of seven defensemen for the 2017-18 now graduated teammate Gerald Mayhew (83 games). campaign. In goal, the Falcons will return drafteeRyan • Freshman defenseman Joe Rutkowski led all first-year Bulldogs in scoring Bednard, who marked a 2.70 GAA and .882 save percentage. with two goals and 18 assists for 20 points and finished plus-five for the season.

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Head Coach: Damon Whitten (3 seasons) 2016-17 Head Coach: Mel Pearson (6 seasons) Record at LSSU: 33-68-14 Record at MTU: 118-92-29 2016-17 Overall Record: 11-18-7 (8-13-7-4) 2016-17 MTU Record: 23-15-7 (15-7-6-3)

Lakers Huskies Lake Superior State University Michigan Technological University

• Lake Superior State made its third-consecutive trip to the WCHA postseason, • Michigan Tech finished its 96th season of hockey with a 23-15-7 overall finishing in seventh place following a 34-point league campaign (8-13-7-4). record in 2016-17. It was the third year in a row that the Huskies won 20 • After falling to eventual Broadmoor Trophy champion Michigan Tech in the games—something that hasn't been done since 1983. quarterfinal round of the WCHA Playoffs, the Lakers finished the 2016-17 • For the third year in a row, Tech is ranked in the top 20 in the final USCHO. season with an 11-18-7 overall mark. com poll. The Huskies finished ranked No. 19 in the nation. • A pair of LSSU's talented underclassmen signed entry-level NHL contracts • Tech made its 12th all-time appearance in the NCAA Tournament and the following the season. Second-team All-WCHA forward Mitch Hults inked a second in the last three years. Top-seeded, and eventual national champion, deal with the Anaheim Ducks after his sophomore campaign, while freshman Denver ended the Huskies’ season in the Midwest Regional Semifinal. defenseman Kris Bindulis joined the Washington Capitals organization. • Tech finished second in the WCHA standings with a 15-7-6-3 league mark. • Hults tied for fourth in the WCHA scoring race with 24 points (9g-15a) in 28 The Huskies advanced in the WCHA Playoffs with a sweep of Lake Superior league games, while ranking third in the league with a LSSU-best 34 points State and a three-game series win over Minnesota State. The Huskies then (11g-23a) in 36 contests overall. hosted the WCHA Championship Game and won 3-2 in double overtime over • Seven Lakers (including six underclassmen) reached the 20-point plateau Bowling Green to take home the Broadmoor Trophy. The title was the third overall, with junior forward J.T. Henke tying for seventh among WCHA (1962, 1965, and 2017) outright WCHA Tournament Championship won by skaters with 30 points (10g-20a). Tech. They also earned WCHA co-playoff titles in 1960, 1969, 1970, 1974, • Sophomore forward Gage Torrel tied for sixth in the WCHA with 14 overall 1975, 1976 and 1981. goals, while freshman Max Humitz tied for ninth with 13 scores. • Since-departed Head Coach Mel Pearson won his 100th game on November • Humitz earned WCHA All-Rookie Team honors after tying for fifth among 11 against Lake Superior State. Now the head coach at Michigan, Pearson freshmen with 17 points (10g-7a) in league play. His 20 points overall (13g- finished his six-year tenure at MTU with a 118-92-29 record, including a 7a) tied for seventh among WCHA rookies, while his 13 goals ranked second. 75-34-14 mark over the past three seasons. He is second to John MacInnes • Sophomore forward Diego Cuglietta (25 points on 12 goals and 13 assists (555) in career wins at Tech. overall) was among the WCHA leaders in league play for: Points (t-15th • Junior defenseman Matt Roy (First Team), senior defenseman Shane Hanna with 19), goals (t-7th with 12), short-handed goals (t-1st with 2) and game- (Second Team), freshman goaltender Angus Redmond (Rookie Team), and winning goals (t-4th with 3). freshman defenseman Mitch Reinke (Rookie Team) were named to the All- • Other members of the Lakers' 20-point group were: sophomore forward WCHA Teams. Hanna earned All-WCHA honors all four years. Anthony Nellis (9g-13a=22pts) and freshman forward Luke Morgan • Tech’s eight-member senior class won 89 games—the most since the 1984 (7g-15a=22pts). senior class. This year's seniors were forwards Brent Baltus, Tyler Heinonen, • LSSU's sophomore class ranked eighth nationally among their second-year Chris Leibinger, Michael Neville, Reid Sturos, defensemen Hanna and Cliff peers with 135 total points (52g-83a). Ten Lakers sophomores recorded at Watson, and goaltender Matt Wintjes. The class took the Huskies to the least one point, including an assist from goaltender Nick Kossoff. NCAA Tournament twice, won the MacNaughton Cup (2015-16), won the • Freshman defenseman Collin Saccoman ranked fourth nationally with a Broadmoor Trophy (2016-17) and were ranked the No. 1 team in the nation WCHA-best 94 blocked shots and 2.61 blocks per game. He also tied for sixth in 2014-15 after a program-best 10-0 start. among WCHA freshmen defensemen with 17 points (3g-14a). • Redmond and Roy both signed NHL contracts after the season. Redmond • Junior goaltender Gordon Defiel ranked second in the WCHA (11th inked a three-year free-agent deal with the Anaheim Ducks while Roy, a Los nationally) with 935 saves, trailing only Northern Michigan's Atte Tolvanen. Angeles Kings draft pick in 2015, signed a two-year contract with the club. He was also second with 748 stops in league play, again behind Tolvanen. • Sturos ( – AHL), Heinonen (Kalamazoo – ECHL), and Leibinger • LSSU jumped out to its best start since the 1995-96 season, winning five of (Quad City – ECHL) all went on to play professionally after the season. its first six contests (including a home sweep of Michigan State). • Redmond set a MTU record for wins by a freshman goalie with 22. His 1.85 goals against average was fourth in the nation and four shutouts were 10th. • Hanna played every game of his career, appearing in 163 games. Watson (162) missed only one game in his career. • Sophomore Jake Lucchini’s five game-winning goals tied for ninth nationally. • Tech’s 45 games played in 2016-17 were tops in the nation. The Huskies led the nation in shots on goal against, allowing 23.6 shots per game. Tech finished seventh in the nation in scoring defense, allowing 2.22 goals per game. The penalty kill was also seventh at 86.1 percent. • Tech was 12-4-4 at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena in 2016-17. • Junior forward Joel L’Esperance led the Huskies in scoring with 27 points on 11 goals and 16 assists, finishing tied for 13th overall in the WCHA. L'Esperance had 12 points in the last 11 games. • Hanna was second on the team with 27 points on eight goals and 19 assists. Hanna scored the game-winning goal in the second overtime of the WCHA Championship to send the Huskies to the NCAA Tournament. • Roy was the team leader 21 assists. He set career-highs this season in points (26) and assists (21) and had the assist on the game-winning goal six times.

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Head Coach: Mike Hastings (5 seasons) 2016-17 Head Coach: Walt Kyle (15 seasons) Record at MSU: 122-62-18 Record at NMU: 265-263-68 2016-17 Overall Record: 22-13-4 (15-9-4-2) 2016-17 Overall Record: 13-22-4 (10-15-3-1)

Mavericks Wildcats Minnesota State University Northern Michigan University

• Minnesota State completed the 2016-17 campaign with a 22-13-14 overall • Northern Michigan finished the season with a 13-22-4 (10-15-3 WCHA) mark and finished third in the WCHA regular-season standings with a 15-9-4 record. The Wildcats used a second-half surge to secure the eighth seed in conference record. the WCHA tournament. At Christmas, they were last in the league with seven • The Mavericks, which won their first-round league play-off series with a points (2-11-1), nine back of the final playoff spot. In 2017, they went 8-4-2 two-game sweep over Alaska before falling to Michigan Tech in the WCHA in regular-season action to compile 27 points and move into playoff position. semi-finals, have won at least 20 games in a season for five-consecutive • NMU was the only lower seed to force a third game in the 2017 WCHA years. quarterfinal round. The Wildcats' 4-2 victory over Bemidji State in game two • The Mavericks are 25-35 all-time in WCHA postseason games. Under head was their first playoff victory since March 2, 2012 (4-2 vs. Bowling Green). It coach Mike Hastings, the Mavericks have forged a 16-6 record in the last five was their first road playoff win since March 15, 2009 (3-1 at Miami). years in WCHA tournament action. • Atte Tolvanen (second team), Dominik Shine (third team) and Darien • Hastings has led Minnesota State to a 122-62-18 (.649) record in his five Craighead (rookie team) captured all-WCHA accolades in 2016-17. Since years with the Mavericks. re-joining the WCHA in 2013-14, five Wildcats have combined to earn seven • This year’s WCHA Defensive Player of the Year, sophomore defenseman all-WCHA awards. Tolvanen and Shine are repeat honorees; in 2015-16, Daniel Brickley, was also named a AHCA/CCM West Second Team All- Tolvanen was tabbed to the rookie team while Shine made the second team. American. A two-time WCHA Defensive Player of the Week in 2016-17, • Shine (20g-10a), Robbie Payne (13g-16a), Gerard Hanson (7g-19a), Brickley finished the year with 8-23--31 to tie for second on Minnesota State Craighead (7g-18a) and Brock Maschmeyer (5g-16a) were Northern scoring chart. He led all WCHA defensemen in scoring and ranked third Michigan's top five point producers in 2016-17. Zach Diamantoni (6g-14a) on the Mavericks with +9 rating. His 70 shots on goal led Minnesota State also reached the 20-point plateau. The Wildcats last had this many skaters defensemen (ranked fifth on team), while he led the Mavericks with 23 meet this threshold in 2011-12 (7). assists. • On Feb. 11, Tolvanen broke the WCHA men's record and tied the NCAA • Junior forward C.J. Franklin, a 2016-17 All-WCHA Second Team pick, has men's record by running his shutout streak to five games. Over that stretch, 35-49--84 in 117 games for Minnesota State career to stand tied for 21st he blanked Alaska Anchorage on Jan. 21 (4-0), Bowling Green on Feb. 3 on the school’s career scoring list (for DI-era). He tied for second on team (3-0) and Feb. 4 (2-0), and Alaska on Feb. 10 (3-0) and Feb. 11 (2-0). In each in scoring and was fourth in goals with 12-19--31 this year. Franklin led the of those games, he made at least 30 saves, topping out at a career-best 48 Mavericks with seven power play goals and 391 face-off wins and his four against the Nanooks in Feb. 11's record-tying game. game-winning goals ranked fourth on the team. • Tolvanen's consecutive scoreless minutes streak ran from Jan. 20 to Feb. 17 • Named this year’s WCHA Rookie of the Year and an All-WCHA First Team and ended at 339:05, good for first in WCHA men's history and second in selection, freshman forward Marc Michaelis led Minnesota State in scoring NCAA men's history. He made 220-consecutive saves during his streak. with 36 points on 14 goals and 22 assists. Michaelis, who registered the • Tolvanen was one of nine Division I goaltenders to appear in 38 games. He second-highest ever point total by a Maverick freshman for the DI-era, tied finished third in the country in saves (1,048) and shots faced (1,141); he was for seventh amongst all freshmen skaters in the nation in scoring. Michaelis one of only five netminders to stop 1,000 shots. He now ranks fifth in Wildcat accrued at least one point in 24 of 39 games played in his debut season with history in single-season saves and tied for third in single-season games. the Mavericks. • In 2016-17, Shine was the only WCHA skater to net 20 goals. He was also the • Junior forward Brad McClure, a 2016-17 WCHA Third Team selection, led first Wildcat since 2007-08 to reach this plateau. He finished with a team- Minnesota State with 132 shots on goal, tied for the team lead in goals (14) leading 30 points (20g-10a) in 33 games. He also tied fellow senior captains and ranked fourth in points with 14-14--28. Maschmeyer and Shane Sooth for the team lead in game-winning goals (2). • Named to the 2016-17 WCHA All-Rookie Team, freshman defenseman Ian • Maschmeyer was one of five Division I skaters honored as a Senior CLASS Scheid finished with 8-16--24 on the year and his point total tied for second Award® First-Team All-American. He wrapped up his career ranked seventh amongst all freshmen defensemen in the nation. Scheid led the Mavericks in among Wildcat defensemen in career goals (25) and 17th in career points plus-minus at +16. (68). He became only the 20th defenseman in program history to record at • Junior forward Zeb Knutson ranked fifth on school’s point-scoring charts in least 60 career points. A three-time WCHA Scholar-Athlete and All-Academic 2016-17 with 15 goals and 10 assists for 25 points. He posted career highs for team member, he was also selected to the 2015 all-WCHA third team. goals and points in a season and led the Mavericks in goals (15) and game- • Craighead (7g-18a) and Philip Beaulieu (3g-16a) finished second and tied winning goals (5). for 11th, respectively, among WCHA rookies in points. Craighead tied Payne • Freshman forward Parker Tuomie was a three-time WCHA Rookie of the (11g-9a) for the Wildcat lead with 20 points (4g-16a) in 28 WCHA games. Week honoree during course of season and finished the year with 8-10--18. Among WCHA skaters, he tied for second in conference assists with four Tuomie played in all 39 games in his debut season with Mavericks and ranked other skaters, including Beaulieu. fourth on the team with 97 shots on goal. • Northern Michigan's second-half turnaround was in part engineered by • Minnesota State’s freshmen racked up 39-62--101 in 39 contests in 2016-17, improved special teams play. In 2017, the Wildcats boasted a .870 penalty- tied for fourth in scoring in the nation as a group. kill percentage, the sixth-best in the Division I ranks. Their .208 power-play • As a group, Minnesota State’s defensemen tied for 13th in the country percentage was good for 17th in the country. amongst all defensive corps with 26-69--95. • Walt Kyle was relieved of his head coaching duties at the end of the season. • Minnesota State is in its 48th year of college hockey and owns an all-time He compiled a 265-263-68 record in 15 seasons at his alma mater. Grant record of 858-635-152 (.568). Potulny was named the third head coach in program history on April 18.

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Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Gerald Mayhew FSU SR F 26 15-15-30 1.15 19/38 1 1 3 0 +6 2 Marc Michaelis MNS FR F 28 13-15-28 1.00 3/6 6 2 1 1 +5 3 Daniel Brickley MNS SO D 22 7-19-26 1.18 9/18 4 0 0 0 +10 4 Mitchell McLain BGSU JR F 27 15-9-24 0.89 24/67 5 2 2 2 +10 Mitch Hults LSSU SO F 28 9-15-24 0.86 17/34 0 1 2 0 +3 C.J. Franklin MNS JR F 28 9-15-24 0.86 9/32 4 1 2 0 +7 WPG 7 J.T. Henke LSSU JR F 28 7-16-23 0.82 11/30 1 0 0 0 -3 8 Zeb Knutson MNS JR F 28 13-9-22 0.79 11/22 4 0 3 0 +6 Brad McClure MNS JR F 28 11-11-22 0.79 5/10 2 0 1 0 +7 10 Corey Mackin FSU SOF 27 11-10-21 0.78 4/8 2 1 2 0 -2 Phillip Marinaccio BMJ SR F 28 7-14-21 0.75 13/37 2 0 2 0 +4 12 Robbie Payne NMU JR F 28 11-9-20 0.71 2/4 3 0 1 0 +5 Matt Anholt AKA JR F 28 5-15-20 0.71 8/16 0 1 0 0 +5 Darien Craighead NMU FR F 28 4-16-20 0.71 8/16 3 0 0 0 E 15 Dominik Shine NMU SR F 24 13-6-19 0.79 12/24 4 2 0 2 +2 Diego Cuglietta LSSU SO F 27 12-7-19 0.70 11/33 3 2 3 0 -1 Kevin Dufour BGSU SR F 28 13-6-19 0.68 5/10 4 0 1 1 +1 Josh Kestner ALH JR F 28 7-12-19 0.68 13/26 2 0 2 0 -5 Ian Scheid MNS FR D 28 7-12-19 0.68 6/12 3 0 1 0 +14 Tyler Spezia BGSU JR F 28 6-13-19 0.68 13/45 1 0 3 0 +8 Philip Beaulieu NMU FR D 28 3-16-19 0.68 7/25 0 0 1 0 -1 22 Kurt Gosselin ALH SO D 24 9-9-18 0.75 11/41 3 0 0 1 -3 Gerry Fitzgerald BMJ JR F 26 12-6-18 0.69 4/8 8 0 4 0 +2 Jared VanWormer FSU SR F 26 6-12-18 0.69 9/18 3 0 0 0 +6 Max McHugh ALH JR F 27 7-11-18 0.67 5/10 3 0 0 0 -6 Cam Knight ALH SO D 27 2-16-18 0.67 13/48 0 0 0 0 E Kyle Bauman BMJ JR F 28 11-7-18 0.64 6/12 2 1 3 0 +5 Chad Staley UA SOC 28 7-11-18 0.64 8/19 3 0 1 0 +6

Defenseman Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Daniel Brickley MNS SO D 22 7-19-26 1.18 9/18 4 0 0 0 +10 2 Ian Scheid MNS FR D 28 7-12-19 0.68 6/12 3 0 1 0 +14 Philip Beaulieu NMU FR D 28 3-16-19 0.68 7/25 0 0 1 0 -1 4 Kurt Gosselin ALH SO D 24 9-9-18 0.75 11/41 3 0 0 1 -3 Cam Knight ALH SO D 27 2-16-18 0.67 13/48 0 0 0 0 E 6 Mark Friedman BGSU JR D 27 4-13-17 0.63 9/18 2 0 2 0 +1 PHI Shane Hanna MTU SR D 28 5-12-17 0.61 7/14 3 0 2 0 E Mitch Reinke MTU FR D 28 5-12-17 0.61 5/10 2 0 0 0 +5 Joe Rutkowski FSU FR D 28 1-16-17 0.61 6/12 1 0 0 0 +7 10 Matt Roy MTU JR D 25 5-11-16 0.64 15/30 3 0 0 0 -1 LOS Alec Rauhauser BGSU FR D 27 2-14-16 0.59 7/14 0 0 0 0 +7 Zach Frye UA JR D 28 3-13-16 0.57 30/71 3 0 0 0 -13 13 Sean Walker BGSU SR D 28 6-8-14 0.50 12/24 3 0 0 0 +8 Brandon Parker ALH JR D 28 5-9-14 0.50 22/44 3 0 1 0 -8 Brock Maschmeyer NMU SR D 28 3-11-14 0.50 8/16 2 0 2 0 +5

Freshman Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Marc Michaelis MNS FR F 28 13-15-28 1.00 3/6 6 2 1 1 +5 2 Darien Craighead NMU FR F 28 4-16-20 0.71 8/16 3 0 0 0 E 3 Ian Scheid MNS FR D 28 7-12-19 0.68 6/12 3 0 1 0 +14 Philip Beaulieu NMU FR D 28 3-16-19 0.68 7/25 0 0 1 0 -1 5 Max Humitz LSSU FR F 28 10-7-17 0.61 4/8 5 0 1 0 -3 Mitch Reinke MTU FR D 28 5-12-17 0.61 5/10 2 0 0 0 +5 Joe Rutkowski FSU FR D 28 1-16-17 0.61 6/12 1 0 0 0 +7 8 Alec Rauhauser BGSU FR D 27 2-14-16 0.59 7/14 0 0 0 0 +7 Luke Morgan LSSU FR F 28 4-12-16 0.57 8/16 1 0 0 0 +2 10 Craig Pefley FSU FR F 20 4-11-15 0.75 15/41 3 0 0 0 +3 Gavin Gould MTU FR F 22 5-10-15 0.68 7/25 3 0 0 0 +3 12 Collin Saccoman LSSU FR D 28 2-11-13 0.46 17/45 1 0 0 0 E Zach Whitecloud BMJ FR D 28 1-12-13 0.46 13/37 1 0 0 0 -1 14 Tyler Cline UA FR LW 27 4-8-12 0.44 5/10 1 0 0 0 -6 Troy Van Tetering UA FR LW 28 6-6-12 0.43 2/4 2 0 1 0 +1 WCHA Conference Scoring Leaders

Goal Scoring GP G GPG Assist Scoring GP A APG 1 Gerald Mayhew FSU SR F 26 15 0.58 1 Daniel Brickley MNS SO D 22 19 0.86 Mitchell McLain BGS JR F 27 15 0.56 2 Cam Knight ALH SO D 27 16 0.59 3 Dominik Shine NMU SR F 24 13 0.54 Joe Rutkowski FSU FR D 28 16 0.57 Kevin Dufour BGS SR F 28 13 0.46 J.T. Henke LSS JR F 28 16 0.57 Zeb Knutson MNS JR F 28 13 0.46 Philip Beaulieu NMU FR D 28 16 0.57 Marc Michaelis MNS FR F 28 13 0.46 Darien Craighead NMU FR F 28 16 0.57 7 Gerry Fitzgerald BMJ JR F 26 12 0.46 7 Gerald Mayhew FSU SR F 26 15 0.58 Diego Cuglietta LSS SO F 27 12 0.44 Matt Anholt AKA JR F 28 15 0.54 9 Mason Mitchell AKA SO F 25 11 0.44 Mitch Hults LSS SO F 28 15 0.54 Corey Mackin FSU SO F 27 11 0.41 C.J. Franklin MNS JR F 28 15 0.54 Kyle Bauman BMJ JR F 28 11 0.39 Marc Michaelis MNS FR F 28 15 0.54 Gage Torrel LSS SO F 28 11 0.39 12 Alec Rauhauser BGS FR D 27 14 0.52 Brad McClure MNS JR F 28 11 0.39 Phillip Marinaccio BMJ SR F 28 14 0.50 Robbie Payne NMU JR F 28 11 0.39

Power Play Goals GP G GPG Power Play Points GP G-A-P PPG 1 Gerry Fitzgerald BMJ JR F 26 8 0.31 1 Daniel Brickley MNS SO D 22 4-10-14 0.64 2 Marc Michaelis MNS FR F 28 6 0.21 2 Gerry Fitzgerald BMJ JR F 26 8-5-13 0.50 3 Mitchell McLain BGS JR F 27 5 0.19 Marc Michaelis MNS FR F 28 6-7-13 0.46 Max Humitz LSS FR F 28 5 0.18 4 C.J. Franklin MNS JR F 28 4-8-12 0.43 Tyler Heinonen MTU SR F 28 5 0.18 Zach Whitecloud BMJ FR D 28 1-11-12 0.43 6 7 Players Tied With 4 6 Shane Hanna MTU SR D 28 3-8-11 0.39 Ian Scheid MNS FR D 28 3-8-11 0.39 Mitch Reinke MTU FR D 28 2-9-11 0.39 9 Phillip Marinaccio BMJ SR F 28 2-8-10 0.36 10 Zach Frye AKF JR D 28 3-6-9 0.32

Shorthanded Goals GP G GPG Game-Winning Goals GP G GPG 1 Dominik Shine NMU SR F 24 2 0.08 1 Jake Lucchini MTU SO F 28 5 0.18 Hans Gorowsky ALH SO F 26 2 0.08 2 Gerry Fitzgerald BMJ JR F 26 4 0.15 Mitchell McLain BGS JR F 27 2 0.07 Jay Dickman BMJ SOF 27 4 0.15 Diego Cuglietta LSS SO F 27 2 0.07 4 Leo Fitzgerald BMJ JR F 26 3 0.12 Reid Sturos MTU SR F 28 2 0.07 Gerald Mayhew FSU SR F 26 3 0.12 Marc Michaelis MNS FR F 28 2 0.07 Diego Cuglietta LSS SO F 27 3 0.11 7 25 Players Tied With 1 Nicholas Rivera MNS FR F 27 3 0.11 Kyle Bauman BMJ JR F 28 3 0.11 Tyler Spezia BGS JR F 28 3 0.11 Tyler Heinonen MTU SR F 28 3 0.11 Zeb Knutson MNS JR F 28 3 0.11

Plus-Minus GP +/- Hat Tricks GP HT 1 Ian Scheid MNS FR D 28 +14 1 Dominik Shine NMU SR F 24 2 2 Daniel Brickley MNS SO D 22 +10 Mitchell McLain BGS JR F 27 2 Mitchell McLain BGS JR F 27 +10 3 Kurt Gosselin ALH SO D 24 1 Lukas Craggs BGS FR F 28 +10 Kevin Dufour BGS SR F 28 1 Kyle Chatham LSS JR D 28 +10 Marc Michaelis MNS FR F 28 1 Mike Neville MTU SR F 28 +10 7 Chris Leibinger MTU SR D 28 +9 Cliff Watson MTU SR D 28 +9 9 5 Players Tied With +8

Blocked Shots GP BLK BLK/G Face-Off Percentage FW FL FO % 1 Collin Saccoman LSS FR D 28 63 2.25 1 Joel L'Esperance MTU JR F 68 37 .648 2 Daniel Brickley MNS SO D 22 55 2.50 2 Brett D'Andrea BGS JR F 259 172 .601 3 Rylan Yaremko NMU FR D 28 53 1.89 3 Filip Starzynski NMU JR F 89 60 .597 4 Dan Billett BMJ SOD 28 52 1.86 4 Phillip Marinaccio BMJ SR F 101 69 .594 Aidan Wright LSS JR D 28 52 1.86 5 Craig Pefley FSU FR F 181 129 .584 6 Carter Foguth MNS SR D 25 50 2.00 6 Gerry Fitzgerald BMJ JR F 215 158 .576 7 Cliff Watson MTU SR D 28 48 1.71 7 Nate Arentz BMJ SR F 163 127 .562 8 Nolan Nicholas AKA FR D 24 46 1.92 8 Alex Smith MTU FR F 199 160 .554 9 Brandon Parker ALH JR D 28 45 1.61 9 Andrew Dorantes FSU JR F 230 186 .553 Brock Maschmeyer NMU SR D 28 45 1.61 10 Sami Salminen NMU SR F 107 87 .552 WCHA Conference Goaltending Leaders

Goals Against Average GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % NHL 1 Michael Bitzer BMJ JR 27 1625:40 38 1.40 20-5-2 5 597 .940 2 Angus Redmond MTU FR 25 1455:55 47 1.94 14-5-5 2 496 .913 3 Cole Huggins MNS SR 16 790:41 27 2.05 6-5-1 1 265 .908 4 Chris Nell BGSU JR 22 1317:11 48 2.19 10-11-1 2 536 .918 5 Justin Kapelmaster FSU FR 16 899:21 35 2.34 9-3-2 2 424 .924 6 Atte Tolvanen NMU SO 28 1573:07 67 2.56 10-15-3 5 756 .919 7 Davis Jones UA SR 15 891:10 38 2.56 5-7-3 1 423 .918 8 Jordan Uhelski ALH JR 19 1028:42 44 2.57 6-6-3 0 454 .912 9 Olivier Mantha AKA JR 25 1465:16 65 2.66 6-14-4 0 697 .915 10 Darren Smith FSU SO 14 789:44 36 2.74 3-9-2 2 348 .906 11 Gordon Defiel LSSU JR 27 1590:32 73 2.75 8-12-7 0 748 .911 12 Jesse Jenks UA SO 14 811:07 44 3.25 6-6-1 0 363 .892

Save Percentage GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % NHL 1 Michael Bitzer BMJ JR 27 1625:40 38 1.40 20-5-2 5 597 .940 2 Justin Kapelmaster FSU FR 16 899:21 35 2.34 9-3-2 2 424 .924 3 Atte Tolvanen NMU SO 28 1573:07 67 2.56 10-15-3 5 756 .919 4 Chris Nell BGSU JR 22 1317:11 48 2.19 10-11-1 2 536 .918 5 Davis Jones UA SR 15 891:10 38 2.56 5-7-3 1 423 .918 6 Olivier Mantha AKA JR 25 1465:16 65 2.66 6-14-4 0 697 .915 7 Angus Redmond MTU FR 25 1455:55 47 1.94 14-5-5 2 496 .913 8 Jordan Uhelski ALH JR 19 1028:42 44 2.57 6-6-3 0 454 .912 9 Gordon Defiel LSSU JR 27 1590:32 73 2.75 8-12-7 0 748 .911 10 Cole Huggins MNS SR 16 790:41 27 2.05 6-5-1 1 265 .908 11 Darren Smith FSU SO 14 789:44 36 2.74 3-9-2 2 348 .906 12 Jesse Jenks UA SO 14 811:07 44 3.25 6-6-1 0 363 .892

Saves GP SVS/G Saves Shutouts GP Shutouts 1 Atte Tolvanen NMU SO 28 27.0 756 1 Michael Bitzer BMJ JR 27 5 2 Gordon Defiel LSSU JR 27 27.7 748 Atte Tolvanen NMU SO 28 5 3 Olivier Mantha AKA JR 25 27.9 697 3 Aaron Nelson MNS JR 9 2 4 Michael Bitzer BMJ JR 27 22.1 597 Darren Smith FSU SO 14 2 5 Chris Nell BGSU JR 22 24.4 536 Justin Kapelmaster FSU FR 16 2 6 Angus Redmond MTU FR 25 19.8 496 Chris Nell BGSU JR 22 2 7 Jordan Uhelski ALH JR 19 23.9 454 Angus Redmond MTU FR 25 2 8 Justin Kapelmaster FSU FR 16 26.5 424 8 Ryan Bednard BGSU FR 6 1 9 Davis Jones UA SR 15 28.2 423 Davis Jones UA SR 15 1 10 Jesse Jenks UA SO 14 25.9 363 Cole Huggins MNS SR 16 1 11 Darren Smith FSU SO 14 24.9 348 12 Cole Huggins MNS SR 16 16.6 265 13 Aaron Nelson MNS JR 9 21.4 193 14 Carmine Guerriero ALH SR 8 22.9 183 15 Jason Pawloski MNS SO 8 17.9 143 16 Matt Larose ALH SR 5 27.2 136 17 Rasmus Reijola AKA SR 5 26.2 131 18 Ryan Bednard BGSU FR 6 20.3 122 19 Devin Kero MTU SO 2 26.5 53 20 Matt Wintjes MTU SR 3 15.3 46 WCHA Men Team Conference Statistics

TEAM OFFENSE TEAM DEFENSE

Team Games Goals G/GM Team Games Goals G/GM 1 Minnesota State 28 89 3.18 1 Bemidji State 28 44 1.57 2 Michigan Tech 28 80 2.86 2 Michigan Tech 28 59 2.11 3 Bowling Green 28 79 2.82 3 Bowling Green 28 65 2.32 4 Ferris State 28 78 2.79 4 Minnesota State 28 68 2.43 Lake Superior State 28 78 2.79 5 Ferris State 28 74 2.64 6 Bemidji State 28 71 2.54 6 Northern Michigan 28 75 2.68 7 Northern Michigan 28 69 2.46 7 Alaska Anchorage 28 80 2.86 8 Alabama Huntsville 28 68 2.43 8 Alaska 28 84 3.00 9 Alaska 28 67 2.39 9 Lake Superior State 28 87 3.11 10 Alaska Anchorage 28 52 1.86 10 Alabama Huntsville 28 95 3.39

POWER PLAY PENALTY KILL

Team Totals SHA PP % Team Totals SHF PK % 1 Bemidji State 25/115 3 21.7 1 Bemidji State 98/107 2 91.6 2 Michigan Tech 27/133 3 20.3 2 Michigan Tech 129/146 5 88.4 3 Minnesota State 27/135 2 20.0 3 Bowling Green 119/136 3 87.5 4 Ferris State 22/147 3 15.0 4 Ferris State 125/145 4 86.2 5 Bowling Green 20/140 2 14.3 5 Alaska 124/145 3 85.5 6 Northern Michigan 18/128 6 14.1 6 Lake Superior State 113/133 4 85.0 7 Alaska 19/136 3 14.0 7 Minnesota State 104/125 5 83.2 8 Alabama Huntsville 18/141 7 12.8 8 Alaska Anchorage 123/148 4 83.1 9 Lake Superior State 16/134 6 11.9 9 Northern Michigan 114/138 3 82.6 10 Alaska Anchorage 12/146 2 8.2 10 Alabama Huntsville 102/132 4 77.3

PENALTY MINUTES SHOTS ON GOAL

Team Games PIM PIM/G Team Games SOG SOG/G 1 Alaska 28556 19.9 1 Michigan Tech 28 935 33.4 2 Lake Superior State 28 509 18.2 2 Minnesota State 28 898 32.1 3 Alaska Anchorage 28 475 17.0 3 Ferris State 28 862 30.8 4 Bowling Green 28 456 16.3 4 Bowling Green 28 837 29.9 5 Alabama Huntsville 28 441 15.8 5 Alaska 28 786 28.1 6 Michigan Tech 28 414 14.8 6 Lake Superior State 28 773 27.6 7 Northern Michigan 28 398 14.2 7 Bemidji State 28 771 27.5 8 Ferris State 28 389 13.9 8 Alabama Huntsville 28 747 26.7 9 Minnesota State 28 362 12.9 9 Northern Michigan 28 719 25.7 10 Bemidji State 28 275 9.8 10 Alaska Anchorage 28 609 21.8

SCORING BY PERIOD GOALS ALLOWED BY PERIOD

Team 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Team 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total 1 Minnesota State 31 28 30 0 89 1 Bemidji State 14 14 16 0 44 2 Michigan Tech 25 28 27 0 80 2 Michigan Tech 19 14 26 0 59 3 Bowling Green 22 22 32 3 79 3 Bowling Green 20 25 20 0 65 4 Ferris State 29 32 17 0 78 4 Minnesota State 23 24 19 2 68 Lake Superior State 24 32 22 0 78 5 Ferris State 23 25 24 2 74 6 Bemidji State 30 16 23 2 71 6 Northern Michigan 34 24 17 0 75 7 Northern Michigan 24 20 25 0 69 7 Alaska Anchorage 27 27 23 3 80 8 Alabama Huntsville 19 21 27 1 68 8 Alaska 27 3026 1 84 9 Alaska 26 2117 3 67 9 Lake Superior State 26 25 35 1 87 10 Alaska Anchorage 13 17 22 0 52 10 Alabama Huntsville 30 29 36 0 95

SPECIAL TEAMS NET

Team PPF SHA PP NET PPA SHF SH NET ST NET 1 Bemidji State 25 3 +22 9 2 -7 +15 2 Michigan Tech 27 3 +24 17 5 -12 +12 3 Minnesota State 27 2 +25 21 5 -16 +9 4 Bowling Green 20 2 +18 17 3 -14 +4 5 Ferris State 22 3 +19 20 4 -16 +3 6 Alaska 19 3 +16 21 3 -18 -2 7 Lake Superior State 16 6 +10 20 4 -16 -6 8 Northern Michigan 18 6 +12 24 3 -21 -9 9 Alaska Anchorage 12 2 +10 25 4 -21 -11 10 Alabama Huntsville 18 7 +11 30 4 -26 -15 WCHA Overall Scoring Leaders

Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Marc Michaelis MNS FR F 39 14-22-36 0.92 6/12 6 2 1 1 +4 2 Gerald Mayhew FSU SR F 33 17-18-35 1.06 25/61 2 1 4 0 +8 3 Mitch Hults LSSU SO F 36 11-23-34 0.94 21/42 1 1 2 0 +1 4 Mitchell McLain BGSU JR F 40 17-16-33 0.82 34/87 5 2 3 2 +19 5 Daniel Brickley MNS SO D 31 8-23-31 1.00 10/20 4 0 0 0 +9 C.J. Franklin MNS JR F 39 12-19-31 0.79 12/38 7 1 4 0 +3 WPG 7 Dominik Shine NMU SR F 33 20-10-30 0.91 15/30 6 2 2 2 +3 J.T. Henke LSSU JR F 36 10-20-30 0.83 13/34 1 0 1 0 -6 Kevin Dufour BGSU SR F 41 18-12-30 0.73 7/14 5 0 2 2 +3 Tyler Spezia BGSU JR F 41 8-22-30 0.73 17/53 2 0 3 0 +13 11 Robbie Payne NMU JR F 39 13-16-29 0.74 3/6 3 2 1 0 +9 Phillip Marinaccio BMJ SR F 41 11-18-29 0.71 17/59 3 0 2 0 E 13 Brad McClure MNS JR F 39 14-14-28 0.72 6/12 2 0 1 0 +8 Joel L'Esperance MTU JR F 44 11-17-28 0.64 21/53 5 0 1 0 +5 15 Shane Hanna MTU SR D 45 8-19-27 0.60 11/22 4 0 3 0 +5 16 Corey Mackin FSU SO F 36 13-13-26 0.72 4/8 2 1 2 0 -2 Gerry Fitzgerald BMJ JR F 39 13-13-26 0.67 5/10 8 0 4 0 -2 Gerard Hanson NMU SR F 39 7-19-26 0.67 11/22 3 0 1 0 E Mark Friedman BGSU JR D 40 8-18-26 0.65 14/28 4 0 2 0 +6 PHI Matt Roy MTU JR D 42 5-21-26 0.62 29/74 3 0 0 0 +6 LOS 21 Diego Cuglietta LSSU SO F 35 12-13-25 0.71 13/37 3 2 3 0 -5 Zeb Knutson MNS JR F 39 15-10-25 0.64 15/41 5 0 5 0 +2 Darien Craighead NMU FR F 39 7-18-25 0.64 9/18 4 0 0 0 +3 Reid Sturos MTU SR F 45 11-14-25 0.56 19/38 1 2 3 0 +18 25 Ian Scheid MNS FR D 39 8-16-24 0.62 9/18 4 0 1 0 +16 Sean Walker BGSU SR D 41 10-14-24 0.59 21/42 5 1 0 0 +15

Defenseman Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Daniel Brickley MNS SO D 31 8-23-31 1.00 10/20 4 0 0 0 +9 2 Shane Hanna MTU SR D 45 8-19-27 0.60 11/22 4 0 3 0 +5 3 Mark Friedman BGSU JR D 40 8-18-26 0.65 14/28 4 0 2 0 +6 PHI Matt Roy MTU JR D 42 5-21-26 0.62 29/74 3 0 0 0 +6 LOS 5 Ian Scheid MNS FR D 39 8-16-24 0.62 9/18 4 0 1 0 +16 Sean Walker BGSU SR D 41 10-14-24 0.59 21/42 5 1 0 0 +15 7 Mark Auk MTU JR D 44 5-18-23 0.52 9/18 1 0 0 0 +4 8 Alec Rauhauser BGSU FR D 39 5-17-22 0.56 11/22 2 0 1 0 +10 9 Brock Maschmeyer NMU SR D 39 5-16-21 0.54 11/22 4 0 2 0 +6 10 Joe Rutkowski FSU FR D 35 2-18-20 0.57 6/12 2 0 0 0 +5 Zach Frye UA JR D 36 5-15-20 0.56 34/79 4 0 0 0 -12 Mitch Reinke MTU FR D 41 6-14-20 0.49 10/20 3 0 0 0 +6 13 Cam Knight ALH SO D 33 3-16-19 0.58 15/52 0 0 0 0 -6 Philip Beaulieu NMU FR D 39 3-16-19 0.49 9/29 0 0 1 0 -5 15 Kurt Gosselin ALH SO D 30 9-9-18 0.60 15/49 3 0 0 1 -7

Freshman Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Marc Michaelis MNS FR F 39 14-22-36 0.92 6/12 6 2 1 1 +4 2 Darien Craighead NMU FR F 39 7-18-25 0.64 9/18 4 0 0 0 +3 3 Ian Scheid MNS FR D 39 8-16-24 0.62 9/18 4 0 1 0 +16 4 Gavin Gould MTU FR F 33 12-11-23 0.70 9/29 7 0 1 1 +4 5 Luke Morgan LSSU FR F 36 7-15-22 0.61 9/18 2 0 1 0 +3 Alec Rauhauser BGSU FR D 39 5-17-22 0.56 11/22 2 0 1 0 +10 7 Joe Rutkowski FSU FR D 35 2-18-20 0.57 6/12 2 0 0 0 +5 Max Humitz LSSU FR F 36 13-7-20 0.56 6/12 7 0 1 0 -10 Mitch Reinke MTU FR D 41 6-14-20 0.49 10/20 3 0 0 0 +6 Alex Smith MTU FR F 43 7-13-20 0.47 15/33 2 0 1 0 +6 11 Craig Pefley FSU FR F 28 4-15-19 0.68 18/47 3 0 0 0 +1 Philip Beaulieu NMU FR D 39 3-16-19 0.49 9/29 0 0 1 0 -5 13 Parker Tuomie MNS FR F 39 8-10-18 0.46 7/14 2 0 1 0 E 14 Collin Saccoman LSSU FR D 36 3-14-17 0.47 22/55 2 0 0 0 E Zach Whitecloud BMJ FR D 41 3-14-17 0.41 15/41 2 0 0 0 +3 WCHA Overall Scoring Leaders

Goal Scoring GP G GPG Assist Scoring GP A APG 1 Dominik Shine NMU SR F 33 20 0.61 1 Daniel Brickley MNS SO D 31 23 0.74 2 Kevin Dufour BGS SR F 41 18 0.44 Mitch Hults LSS SO F 36 23 0.64 3 Gerald Mayhew FSU SR F 33 17 0.52 3 Marc Michaelis MNS FR F 39 22 0.56 Mitchell McLain BGS JR F 40 17 0.42 Tyler Spezia BGS JR F 41 22 0.54 5 Zeb Knutson MNS JR F 39 15 0.38 5 Matt Roy MTU JR D 42 21 0.50 6 Gage Torrel LSS SO F 36 14 0.39 6 J.T. Henke LSS JR F 36 20 0.56 Brad McClure MNS JR F 39 14 0.36 7 C.J. Franklin MNS JR F 39 19 0.49 Marc Michaelis MNS FR F 39 14 0.36 Gerard Hanson NMU SR F 39 19 0.49 9 Corey Mackin FSU SO F 36 13 0.36 Shane Hanna MTU SR D 45 19 0.42 Max Humitz LSS FR F 36 13 0.36 10 7 Players Tied With 18 Gerry Fitzgerald BMJ JR F 39 13 0.33 Robbie Payne NMU JR F 39 13 0.33 Matt Pohlkamp BGS SR F 40 13 0.33 Kyle Bauman BMJ JR F 41 13 0.32

Power Play Goals GP G GPG Power Play Points GP G-A-P PPG 1 Gerry Fitzgerald BMJ JR F 39 8 0.21 1 C.J. Franklin MNS JR F 39 7-10-17 0.44 2 Gavin Gould MTU FR F 33 7 0.21 2 Daniel Brickley MNS SO D 31 4-12-16 0.52 Max Humitz LSS FR F 36 7 0.19 Marc Michaelis MNS FR F 39 6-10-16 0.41 C.J. Franklin MNS JR F 39 7 0.18 4 Gerry Fitzgerald BMJ JR F 39 8-7-15 0.38 5 Dominik Shine NMU SR F 33 6 0.18 5 Mitch Reinke MTU FR D 41 3-11-14 0.34 Brendan Harms BMJ SR F 35 6 0.17 Zach Whitecloud BMJ FR D 41 2-12-14 0.34 Marc Michaelis MNS FR F 39 6 0.15 Joel L'Esperance MTU JR F 44 5-9-14 0.32 8 8 Players Tied With 5 Shane Hanna MTU SR D 45 4-10-14 0.31 9 5 Players Tied With 13 Points

Shorthanded Goals GP G GPG Game-Winning Goals GP G GPG 1 Gus Correale LSS SR F 35 3 0.09 1 Zeb Knutson MNS JR F 39 5 0.13 2 Hans Gorowsky ALH SO F 32 2 0.06 Jake Lucchini MTU SO F 45 5 0.11 Dominik Shine NMU SR F 33 2 0.06 3 Gerald Mayhew FSU SR F 33 4 0.12 Diego Cuglietta LSS SO F 35 2 0.06 Leo Fitzgerald BMJ JR F 37 4 0.11 Marc Michaelis MNS FR F 39 2 0.05 Gerry Fitzgerald BMJ JR F 39 4 0.10 Robbie Payne NMU JR F 39 2 0.05 Jay Dickman BMJ SOF 39 4 0.10 Mitchell McLain BGS JR F 40 2 0.05 C.J. Franklin MNS JR F 39 4 0.10 Nate Arentz BMJ SR F 41 2 0.05 8 9 Players Tied With 3 Mike Neville MTU SR F 45 2 0.04 Reid Sturos MTU SR F 45 2 0.04

Plus-Minus GP +/- Hat Tricks GP HT 1 Mike Neville MTU SR F 45 +22 1 Dominik Shine NMU SR F 33 2 2 Mitchell McLain BGS JR F 40 +19 Mitchell McLain BGS JR F 40 2 3 Reid Sturos MTU SR F 45 +18 Kevin Dufour BGS SR F 41 2 4 Ian Scheid MNS FR D 39 +16 4 Kurt Gosselin ALH SO D 30 1 5 Sean Walker BGS SR D 41 +15 Gavin Gould MTU FR F 33 1 6 Cliff Watson MTU SR D 45 +14 Marc Michaelis MNS FR F 39 1 7 Tyler Spezia BGS JR F 41 +13 8 Dane Birks MTU SO D 42 +12 9 Clint Lewis MNS JR D 39 +11 10 Alec Rauhauser BGS FR D 39 +10

Blocked Shots GP BLK BLK/G Face-Off Percentage FW FL FO % 1 Collin Saccoman LSS FR D 36 94 2.61 1 Joel L'Esperance MTU JR F 92 60 .605 2 Rylan Yaremko NMU FR D 39 82 2.10 2 Phillip Marinaccio BMJ SR F 152 104 .594 Cliff Watson MTU SR D 45 82 1.82 3 Craig Pefley FSU FR F 259 180 .590 4 Carter Foguth MNS SR D 34 81 2.38 4 Brett D'Andrea BGS JR F 384 272 .585 5 Dan Billett BMJ SO D 41 76 1.85 5 Gerry Fitzgerald BMJ JR F 310 242 .562 6 Daniel Brickley MNS SO D 31 72 2.32 6 Filip Starzynski NMU JR F 115 91 .558 7 Shane Hanna MTU SR D 45 70 1.56 7 Sami Salminen NMU SR F 153 123 .554 8 Aidan Wright LSS JR D 36 66 1.83 8 Mitch Hults LSS SO F 366 306 .545 Ryan Lowney FSU SR D 37 66 1.78 9 Marc Michaelis MNS FR F 60 51 .541 10 Sean Flanagan MNS SR D 39 61 1.56 10 Alex Smith MTU FR F 322 276 .538 WCHA Overall Goaltending Leaders

Goals Against Average GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % NHL 1 Michael Bitzer BMJ JR 39 2355:22 67 1.71 22-14-3 6 912 .932 2 Angus Redmond MTU FR 38 2272:40 70 1.85 22-10-5 4 777 .917 3 Jason Pawloski MNS SO 17 885:44 31 2.10 8-5-2 2 355 .920 4 Chris Nell BGSU JR 34 2069:24 74 2.15 17-14-2 4 803 .916 5 Justin Kapelmaster FSU FR 19 1054:13 39 2.22 10-4-3 2 522 .930 6 Cole Huggins MNS SR 19 941:14 36 2.29 8-6-1 1 331 .902 7 Atte Tolvanen NMU SO 38 2115:26 93 2.64 12-22-4 5 1048 .918 8 Davis Jones UA SR 20 1190:53 54 2.72 6-11-3 1 562 .912 9 Jordan Uhelski ALH JR 23 1230:47 57 2.78 6-9-3 0 551 .906 10 Olivier Mantha AKA JR 30 1764:35 83 2.82 7-18-4 1 867 .913 11 Darren Smith FSU SO 21 1176:42 58 2.96 3-15-2 2 536 .902 12 Gordon Defiel LSSU JR 34 1970:21 99 3.01 11-16-7 0 935 .904 13 Jesse Jenks UA SO 17 991:50 55 3.33 6-9-1 0 436 .888

Save Percentage GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % NHL 1 Michael Bitzer BMJ JR 39 2355:22 67 1.71 22-14-3 6 912 .932 2 Justin Kapelmaster FSU FR 19 1054:13 39 2.22 10-4-3 2 522 .930 3 Jason Pawloski MNS SO 17 885:44 31 2.10 8-5-2 2 355 .920 4 Atte Tolvanen NMU SO 38 2115:26 93 2.64 12-22-4 5 1048 .918 5 Angus Redmond MTU FR 38 2272:40 70 1.85 22-10-5 4 777 .917 6 Chris Nell BGSU JR 34 2069:24 74 2.15 17-14-2 4 803 .916 7 Olivier Mantha AKA JR 30 1764:35 83 2.82 7-18-4 1 867 .913 8 Davis Jones UA SR 20 1190:53 54 2.72 6-11-3 1 562 .912 9 Jordan Uhelski ALH JR 23 1230:47 57 2.78 6-9-3 0 551 .906 10 Gordon Defiel LSSU JR 34 1970:21 99 3.01 11-16-7 0 935 .904 11 Darren Smith FSU SO 21 1176:42 58 2.96 3-15-2 2 536 .902 12 Cole Huggins MNS SR 19 941:14 36 2.29 8-6-1 1 331 .902 13 Jesse Jenks UA SO 17 991:50 55 3.33 6-9-1 0 436 .888

Saves GP SVS/G Saves Shutouts GP Shutouts 1 Atte Tolvanen NMU SO 38 27.6 1048 1 Michael Bitzer BMJ JR 39 6 2 Gordon Defiel LSSU JR 34 27.5 935 2 Atte Tolvanen NMU SO 38 5 3 Michael Bitzer BMJ JR 39 23.4 912 3 Chris Nell BGSU JR 34 4 4 Olivier Mantha AKA JR 30 28.9 867 Angus Redmond MTU FR 38 4 5 Chris Nell BGSU JR 34 23.6 803 5 Aaron Nelson MNS JR 9 2 6 Angus Redmond MTU FR 38 20.4 777 Jason Pawloski MNS SO 17 2 7 Davis Jones UA SR 20 28.1 562 Justin Kapelmaster FSU FR 19 2 8 Jordan Uhelski ALH JR 23 24.0 551 Darren Smith FSU SO 21 2 9 Darren Smith FSU SO 21 25.5 536 9 Ryan Bednard BGSU FR 7 1 10 Justin Kapelmaster FSU FR 19 27.5 522 Cole Huggins MNS SR 19 1 11 Jesse Jenks UA SO 17 25.6 436 Davis Jones UA SR 20 1 12 Jason Pawloski MNS SO 17 20.9 355 Olivier Mantha AKA JR 30 1 13 Cole Huggins MNS SR 19 17.4 331 14 Carmine Guerriero ALH SR 9 22.8 205 15 Aaron Nelson MNS JR 9 21.4 193 16 Matt Larose ALH SR 7 26.3 184 17 Rasmus Reijola AKA SR 6 26.8 161 18 Ryan Bednard BGSU FR 7 18.1 127 19 Devin Kero MTU SO 5 22.6 113 20 Nick Kossoff LSSU SO 6 17.3 104 WCHA Men Team Overall Statistics

TEAM OFFENSE TEAM DEFENSE

Team Games Goals G/GM Team Games Goals G/GM 1 Minnesota State 39 119 3.05 1 Bemidji State 41 79 1.93 2 Bowling Green 41 120 2.93 2 Michigan Tech 45 100 2.22 3 Michigan Tech 45 131 2.91 3 Minnesota State 39 95 2.44 4 Lake Superior State 36 103 2.86 4 Bowling Green 41 102 2.49 5 Ferris State 37 95 2.57 5 Ferris State 37 101 2.73 6 Northern Michigan 39 93 2.38 6 Northern Michigan 39 108 2.77 7 Bemidji State 41 94 2.29 7 Alaska Anchorage 34 102 3.00 8 Alaska 36 79 2.19 8 Alaska 36 113 3.14 9 Alabama Huntsville 34 74 2.18 9 Lake Superior State 36 119 3.31 10 Alaska Anchorage 34 59 1.74 10 Alabama Huntsville 34 120 3.53

POWER PLAY PENALTY KILL

Team Totals SHA PP % Team Totals SHF PK % 1 Minnesota State 34/173 3 19.7 1 Bemidji State 139/158 4 88.0 2 Michigan Tech 38/200 4 19.0 2 Michigan Tech 186/216 8 86.1 3 Bemidji State 31/167 3 18.6 3 Lake Superior State 157/186 6 84.4 4 Ferris State 30/190 3 15.8 4 Alaska 149/177 3 84.2 5 Bowling Green 33/213 2 15.5 5 Ferris State 168/201 4 83.6 6 Northern Michigan 26/180 7 14.4 6 Alaska Anchorage 148/178 4 83.1 7 Lake Superior State 24/175 8 13.7 7 Bowling Green 167/201 4 83.1 8 Alaska 23/179 6 12.8 8 Minnesota State 140/169 5 82.8 9 Alabama Huntsville 18/167 8 10.8 9 Northern Michigan 158/194 5 81.4 10 Alaska Anchorage 15/181 2 8.3 10 Alabama Huntsville 128/163 4 78.5

PENALTY MINUTES SHOTS ON GOAL

Team Games PIM PIM/G Team Games SOG SOG/G 1 Alaska 36670 18.6 1 Michigan Tech 45 1432 31.8 2 Lake Superior State 36 646 17.9 2 Minnesota State 39 1227 31.5 3 Alaska Anchorage 34 553 16.3 3 Ferris State 37 1120 30.3 4 Alabama Huntsville 34 537 15.8 4 Bowling Green 41 1231 30.0 5 Bowling Green 41 631 15.4 5 Bemidji State 41 1167 28.5 6 Ferris State 37 534 14.4 6 Alaska 36 994 27.6 7 Michigan Tech 45 628 14.0 7 Lake Superior State 36 985 27.4 8 Northern Michigan 39 542 13.9 8 Alabama Huntsville 34 892 26.2 9 Minnesota State 39 469 12.0 9 Northern Michigan 39 975 25.0 10 Bemidji State 41 427 10.4 10 Alaska Anchorage 34 733 21.6

SCORING BY PERIOD GOALS ALLOWED BY PERIOD

Team 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Team 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total 1 Michigan Tech 41 43 46 1 131 1 Bemidji State 19 28 31 1 79 2 Bowling Green 34 37 45 4 120 2 Minnesota State 30 37 26 2 95 3 Minnesota State 43 41 35 0 119 3 Michigan Tech 35 25 38 2 100 4 Lake Superior State 34 37 32 0 103 4 Ferris State 29 37 33 2 101 5 Ferris State 37 37 21 0 95 5 Alaska Anchorage 37 31 31 3 102 6 Bemidji State 40 22 30 2 94 Bowling Green 33 34 33 2 102 7 Northern Michigan 34 28 31 0 93 7 Northern Michigan 43 38 27 0 108 8 Alaska 30 2422 3 79 8 Alaska 33 43 34 3 113 9 Alabama Huntsville 22 23 28 1 74 9 Lake Superior State 35 34 49 1 119 10 Alaska Anchorage 14 18 27 0 59 10 Alabama Huntsville 37 35 46 2 120

SPECIAL TEAMS NET

Team PPF SHA PP NET PPA SHF SH NET ST NET 1 Bemidji State 31 3 +28 19 4 -15 +13 2 Michigan Tech 38 4 +34 30 8 -22 +12 3 Minnesota State 34 3 +31 29 5 -24 +7 4 Bowling Green 33 2 +31 34 4 -30 +1 5 Ferris State 30 3 +27 33 4 -29 -2 6 Lake Superior State 24 8 +16 29 6 -23 -7 7 Alaska 23 6 +17 28 3 -25 -8 8 Northern Michigan 26 7 +19 36 5 -31 -12 9 Alaska Anchorage 15 2 +13 30 4 -26 -13 10 Alabama Huntsville 18 8 +10 35 4 -31 -21 WCHA Playoff Scoring Leaders

Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Matt Pohlkamp BGSU SR F 5 5-5-10 2.00 0/0 1 0 1 0 +8 2 Joel L'Esperance MTU JR F 6 3-5-8 1.33 1/2 1 0 0 0 +5 3 Shane Hanna MTU SR D 6 2-5-7 1.17 3/6 0 0 1 0 +5 Mark Auk MTU JR D 6 2-5-7 1.17 1/2 1 0 0 0 +4 Mike Neville MTU SR F 6 1-6-7 1.17 1/2 0 1 0 0 +9 6 Kevin Dufour BGSU SR F 5 5-1-6 1.20 1/2 1 0 1 1 +1 Tyler Spezia BGSU JR F 5 1-5-6 1.20 3/6 1 0 0 0 +5 Gavin Gould MTU FR F 6 5-1-6 1.00 2/4 3 0 1 1 +3 Jake Jackson MTU SO F 6 4-2-6 1.00 2/4 0 0 1 0 +5 SJS Reid Sturos MTU SR F 6 3-3-6 1.00 0/0 0 0 2 0 +6 Matt Roy MTU JR D 6 0-6-6 1.00 1/2 0 0 0 0 +5 LOS 12 Dominik Shine NMU SR F 3 2-3-5 1.67 1/2 1 0 1 0 -1 Gerry Fitzgerald BMJ JR F 5 1-4-5 1.00 0/0 0 0 0 0 -1 Alex Smith MTU FR F 6 1-4-5 0.83 1/2 0 0 0 0 +4 15 Mitch Hults LSSU SO F 2 1-3-4 2.00 1/2 0 0 0 0 E Gerard Hanson NMU SR F 3 1-3-4 1.33 0/0 1 0 0 0 -1 Phillip Marinaccio BMJ SR F 5 2-2-4 0.80 2/7 0 0 0 0 -1 Alec Rauhauser BGSU FR D 5 2-2-4 0.80 2/4 1 0 1 0 +3 Parker Tuomie MNS FR F 5 2-2-4 0.80 1/2 1 0 0 0 -1 Pierre-Luc Mercier BGSU SR F 5 1-3-4 0.80 1/2 1 0 0 0 -3 Sean Walker BGSU SR D 5 1-3-4 0.80 4/8 0 0 0 0 +4 Alex Gillies MTU JR F 6 1-3-4 0.67 0/0 0 0 0 0 +6 23 12 Players Tied With 3 Points

Defenseman Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Shane Hanna MTU SR D 6 2-5-7 1.17 3/6 0 0 1 0 +5 Mark Auk MTU JR D 6 2-5-7 1.17 1/2 1 0 0 0 +4 3 Matt Roy MTU JR D 6 0-6-6 1.00 1/2 0 0 0 0 +5 LOS 4 Alec Rauhauser BGSU FR D 5 2-2-4 0.80 2/4 1 0 1 0 +3 Sean Walker BGSU SR D 5 1-3-4 0.80 4/8 0 0 0 0 +4 6 Sean Flanagan MNS SR D 5 1-2-3 0.60 2/4 0 0 1 0 +2 Mark Friedman BGSU JR D 5 0-3-3 0.60 1/2 0 0 0 0 +4 PHI Daniel Brickley MNS SO D 5 0-3-3 0.60 1/2 0 0 0 0 -3 Cliff Watson MTU SR D 6 0-3-3 0.50 0/0 0 0 0 0 +5 SJS 10 Kris Bindulis LSSU FR D 2 0-2-2 1.00 0/0 0 0 0 0 -2 Zach Whitecloud BMJ FR D 5 1-1-2 0.40 1/2 1 0 0 0 +4 Tommy Muck BMJ FR D 5 0-2-2 0.40 2/4 0 0 0 0 E Adam Smith BGSU SO D 5 0-2-2 0.40 1/2 0 0 0 0 +3 NSH Clint Lewis MNS JR D 5 0-2-2 0.40 1/2 0 0 0 0 E Chris Leibinger MTU SR D 6 2-0-2 0.33 2/4 0 0 0 0 -1 Dane Birks MTU SO D 6 1-1-2 0.33 2/4 0 1 0 0 +4 PIT

Freshman Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Gavin Gould MTU FR F 6 5-1-6 1.00 2/4 3 0 1 1 +3 2 Alex Smith MTU FR F 6 1-4-5 0.83 1/2 0 0 0 0 +4 3 Alec Rauhauser BGSU FR D 5 2-2-4 0.80 2/4 1 0 1 0 +3 Parker Tuomie MNS FR F 5 2-2-4 0.80 1/2 1 0 0 0 -1 5 Kris Bindulis LSSU FR D 2 0-2-2 1.00 0/0 0 0 0 0 -2 Zach Whitecloud BMJ FR D 5 1-1-2 0.40 1/2 1 0 0 0 +4 Tommy Muck BMJ FR D 5 0-2-2 0.40 2/4 0 0 0 0 E 8 15 Players Tied With 1 Points WCHA Playoff Scoring Leaders

Goal Scoring GP G GPG Assist Scoring GP A APG 1 Kevin Dufour BGS SR F 5 5 1.00 1 Mike Neville MTU SR F 6 6 1.00 Matt Pohlkamp BGS SR F 5 5 1.00 Matt Roy MTU JR D 6 6 1.00 Gavin Gould MTU FR F 6 5 0.83 3 Matt Pohlkamp BGS SR F 5 5 1.00 4 Jake Jackson MTU SO F 6 4 0.67 Tyler Spezia BGS JR F 5 5 1.00 5 Reid Sturos MTU SR F 6 3 0.50 Shane Hanna MTU SR D 6 5 0.83 Joel L'Esperance MTU JR F 6 3 0.50 Mark Auk MTU JR D 6 5 0.83 7 12 Players Tied With 2 Joel L'Esperance MTU JR F 6 5 0.83 8 Gerry Fitzgerald BMJ JR F 5 4 0.80 Alex Smith MTU FR F 6 4 0.67 10 11 Players Tied With 3

Power Play Goals GP G GPG Power Play Points GP G-A-P PPG 1 Gavin Gould MTU FR F 6 3 0.50 1 Mark Auk MTU JR D 6 1-3-4 0.67 2 19 Players Tied With 1 2 Dominik Shine NMU SR F 3 1-2-3 1.00 Pierre-Luc Mercier BGS SR F 5 1-2-3 0.60 Gavin Gould MTU FR F 6 3-0-3 0.50 Joel L'Esperance MTU JR F 6 1-2-3 0.50 Matt Roy MTU JR D 6 0-3-3 0.50 7 6 Players Tied With 2 Points

Shorthanded Goals GP G GPG Game-Winning Goals GP G GPG 1 Nate Arentz BMJ SR F 5 1 0.20 1 Zeb Knutson MNS JR F 5 2 0.40 Mike Neville MTU SR F 6 1 0.17 Reid Sturos MTU SRF 6 2 0.33 Dane Birks MTU SO D 6 1 0.17 3 11 Players Tied With 1

Plus-Minus GP +/- Hat Tricks GP HT 1 Mike Neville MTU SR F 6 +9 1 Kevin Dufour BGS SR F 5 1 2 Matt Pohlkamp BGS SR F 5 +8 Gavin Gould MTU FR F 6 1 3 Reid Sturos MTU SR F 6 +6 Alex Gillies MTU JR F 6 +6 5 Tyler Spezia BGS JR F 5 +5 Shane Hanna MTU SR D 6 +5 Cliff Watson MTU SR D 6 +5 Joel L'Esperance MTU JR F 6 +5 Matt Roy MTU JR D 6 +5 Jake Jackson MTU SO F 6 +5 WCHA Playoff Goaltending Leaders

Goals Against Average GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % NHL 1 Angus Redmond MTU FR 6 383:58 8 1.25 5-1-0 1 130 .942 2 Jason Pawloski MNS SO 5 295:54 8 1.62 3-2-0 2 107 .930 3 Michael Bitzer BMJ JR 5 314:18 10 1.91 2-3-0 1 126 .926 4 Chris Nell BGSU JR 5 343:34 11 1.92 4-1-0 0 151 .932 5 Atte Tolvanen NMU SO 3 178:53 7 2.35 1-2-0 0 95 .931 6 Davis Jones UA SR 2 118:42 6 3.03 0-2-0 0 63 .913 7 Darren Smith FSU SO 2 89:05 8 5.39 0-1-0 0 42 .840 8 Gordon Defiel LSSU JR 2 80:29 14 10.44 0-2-0 0 44 .759

Save Percentage GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % NHL 1 Angus Redmond MTU FR 6 383:58 8 1.25 5-1-0 1 130 .942 2 Chris Nell BGSU JR 5 343:34 11 1.92 4-1-0 0 151 .932 3 Atte Tolvanen NMU SO 3 178:53 7 2.35 1-2-0 0 95 .931 4 Jason Pawloski MNS SO 5 295:54 8 1.62 3-2-0 2 107 .930 5 Michael Bitzer BMJ JR 5 314:18 10 1.91 2-3-0 1 126 .926 6 Davis Jones UA SR 2 118:42 6 3.03 0-2-0 0 63 .913 7 Darren Smith FSU SO 2 89:05 8 5.39 0-1-0 0 42 .840 8 Gordon Defiel LSSU JR 2 80:29 14 10.44 0-2-0 0 44 .759

Saves GP SVS/G Saves Shutouts GP Shutouts 1 Chris Nell BGSU JR 5 30.2 151 1 Jason Pawloski MNS SO 5 2 2 Angus Redmond MTU FR 6 21.7 130 2 Michael Bitzer BMJ JR 5 1 3 Michael Bitzer BMJ JR 5 25.2 126 Angus Redmond MTU FR 6 1 4 Jason Pawloski MNS SO 5 21.4 107 5 Atte Tolvanen NMU SO 3 31.7 95 6 Davis Jones UA SR 2 31.5 63 7 Gordon Defiel LSSU JR 2 22.0 44 8 Darren Smith FSU SO 2 21.0 42 9 Nick Kossoff LSSU SO 1 31.0 31 10 Justin Kapelmaster FSU FR 1 9.0 9 11 Matt Wintjes MTU SR 1 0.0 0 WCHA Men Team Playoff Statistics

TEAM OFFENSE TEAM DEFENSE

Team Games Goals G/GM Team Games Goals G/GM 1 Michigan Tech 6 26 4.33 1 Michigan Tech 6 9 1.50 2 Bowling Green 5 19 3.80 2 Minnesota State 5 10 2.00 3 Bemidji State 5 12 2.40 3 Bemidji State 5 11 2.20 4 Ferris State 2 4 2.00 Bowling Green 5 11 2.20 Lake Superior State 2 4 2.00 5 Northern Michigan 3 8 2.67 Minnesota State 5 10 2.00 6 Alaska 2 7 3.50 7 Northern Michigan 3 5 1.67 7 Ferris State 2 11 5.50 8 Alaska 2 1 0.50 8 Lake Superior State 2 14 7.00

POWER PLAY PENALTY KILL

Team Totals SHA PP % Team Totals SHF PK % 1 Bowling Green 5/17 0 29.4 1 Northern Michigan 10/11 0 90.9 2 Michigan Tech 6/24 0 25.0 2 Michigan Tech 18/20 2 90.0 3 Northern Michigan 3/13 1 23.1 3 Minnesota State 17/19 0 89.5 4 Ferris State 2/9 0 22.2 4 Bemidji State 16/19 1 84.2 5 Minnesota State 3/16 1 18.8 5 Bowling Green 15/18 0 83.3 6 Lake Superior State 1/9 1 11.1 6 Alaska 4/6 0 66.7 7 Bemidji State 2/19 0 10.5 Lake Superior State 8/12 0 66.7 8 Alaska 0/8 0 0.0 8 Ferris State 5/10 0 50.0

PENALTY MINUTES SHOTS ON GOAL

Team Games PIM PIM/G Team Games SOG SOG/G 1 Ferris State 2 43 21.5 1 Bemidji State 5 177 35.4 2 Lake Superior State 2 37 18.5 2 Bowling Green 5 166 33.2 3 Bemidji State 5 73 14.6 3 Michigan Tech 6 183 30.5 4 Bowling Green 5 71 14.2 4 Ferris State 2 58 29.0 5 Alaska 2 26 13.0 5 Minnesota State 5 137 27.4 6 Minnesota State 5 42 8.4 6 Alaska 2 53 26.5 7 Michigan Tech 6 44 7.3 7 Northern Michigan 3 71 23.7 Northern Michigan 3 22 7.3 8 Lake Superior State 2 34 17.0

SCORING BY PERIOD GOALS ALLOWED BY PERIOD

Team 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Team 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total 1 Michigan Tech 9 6 10 1 26 1 Alaska 3 2 2- 7 2 Bowling Green 4 6 8 1 19 2 Northern Michigan 2 4 2 - 8 3 Bemidji State 4 5 3 0 12 3 Michigan Tech 4 1 4 0 9 4 Minnesota State 5 3 2 - 10 4 Minnesota State 2 2 6 - 10 5 Northern Michigan 1 3 1 - 5 5 Bemidji State 2 4 4 1 11 6 Ferris State 1 1 2 - 4 Bowling Green 3 4 3 1 11 Lake Superior State 2 0 2 - 4 Ferris State 3 5 3 - 11 8 Alaska 0 0 1- 1 8 Lake Superior State 7 2 5 - 14

SPECIAL TEAMS NET

Team PPF SHA PP NET PPA SHF SH NET ST NET 1 Michigan Tech 6 0 +6 2 2 0 +6 2 Bowling Green 5 0 +5 3 0 -3 +2 3 Northern Michigan 3 1 +2 1 0 -1 +1 4 Bemidji State 2 0 +2 3 1 -2 0 Minnesota State 3 1 +2 2 0 -2 0 6 Alaska 0 0 0 2 0 -2 -2 7 Ferris State 2 0 +2 5 0 -5 -3 8 Lake Superior State 1 1 0 4 0 -4 -4 National Category Leaders

Points Per Game GP G-A-P P/GM Goals Against Average Minutes GA GAA 1 Zach Aston-Reese Northeastern SRF 38 31-32-63 1.66 1 Michael Bitzer Bemidji State JR 2355:22 67 1.71 Union SR F 38 29-34-63 1.66 2 Charles Williams Canisius SR 2009:57 61 1.82 3 Union JRF38 26-36-62 1.63 3 Denver JR 2222:06 68 1.84 4 Tyler Kelleher New Hampshire SR F 40 24-39-63 1.57 4 Angus Redmond Michigan Tech FR 2272:40 70 1.85 5 Brady Ferguson Robert Morris JR F 38 24-34-58 1.53 5 Shane Starrett Air Force SO 2142:09 71 1.99 6 Dylan Sikura (CHI) Northeastern JR F 38 21-36-57 1.50 6 Parker Gahagen Army West Point SR 2097:45 70 2.00 7 Clayton Keller (ARI) Boston University FR F 31 21-24-45 1.45 7 Tyler Wall (NYR) UMass Lowell FR 2095:00 72 2.06 8 Mason Jobst Ohio State SOF 39 19-36-55 1.41 8 Francis Marotte Robert Morris FR 1559:39 54 2.08 9 (VAN) Northeastern SO F 37 26-26-52 1.41 9 Andrew Shortridge Quinnipiac FR 1267:41 44 2.08 10 Tyler Sheehy Minnesota SOF 38 20-33-53 1.39 10 Jason Pawloski Minnesota State SO 885:44 31 2.10 11 Anders Bjork (BOS) Notre Dame JR F 39 21-31-52 1.33 11 Merrick Madsen (PHI) Harvard JR 2103:34 74 2.11 12 Daniel Leavens Robert Morris SR F 38 14-35-49 1.29 12 Jake Oettinger Boston University FR 2131:17 75 2.11 13 Troy Terry (ANA) Denver SO F 35 22-23-45 1.29 13 Chris Nell Bowling Green JR 2069:24 74 2.15 14 Joe Gambardella UMass Lowell SRF 41 18-34-52 1.27 14 Collin Delia Merrimack JR 1201:38 43 2.15 15 Alexander Kerfoot (NJD) Harvard SR F 36 16-29-45 1.25 15 Hayden Hawkey (MTL) Providence SO 2352:00 86 2.19 Tyler Moy (NSH) Harvard SR F 36 22-23-45 1.25 16 Hunter Miska Minnesota Duluth FR 2320:34 85 2.20 17 C.J. Smith UMass Lowell JR F 41 23-28-51 1.24 17 Justin Kapelmaster Ferris State FR 1054:13 39 2.22 18 Austin Ortega Omaha SRF 38 20-27-47 1.24 18 Cal Petersen (BUF) Notre Dame JR 2374:39 88 2.22 19 Alex Iafallo Minnesota Duluth SR F 42 21-30-51 1.21 19 Mitch Gillam Cornell SR 2025:49 76 2.25 20 Denis Smirnov Penn State FRF 39 19-28-47 1.21 20 Kyle Hayton St. Lawrence JR 2054:12 78 2.28 21 Joe Snively Yale SO F 33 14-25-39 1.18 21 Cole Huggins Minnesota State SR 941:14 36 2.29 22 Nick Schilkey Ohio State SR F 35 27-14-41 1.17 22 Cam Johnson North Dakota JR 2211:59 88 2.39 Sebastian Vidmar Union SOF 35 14-27-41 1.17 23 Aidan Pelino Bentley FR 820:27 33 2.41 24 Sean Malone (BUF) Harvard SR F 36 18-24-42 1.17 24 Matt Tomkins (CHI) Ohio State SR 1136:04 47 2.48 25 Henrik Borgström (FLA) Denver FR F 37 22-21-43 1.16 25 Ben Blacker Western Michigan FR 1645:06 70 2.55 Michael McNicholas New Hampshire JR F 37 13-30-43 1.16

Points Per Game (Defensemen) GP G-A-P P/GM Save Percentage Saves GA Save % 1 Adam Fox (CGY) Harvard FR D 35 6-34-40 1.14 1 Charles Williams Canisius SR 1016 61 .943 2 Daniel Brickley Minnesota State SO D 31 8-23-31 1.00 2 Parker Gahagen Army West Point SR 988 70 .934 3 Gavin Bayreuther St. Lawrence SR D 30 8-21-29 0.97 3 Michael Bitzer Bemidji State JR 912 67 .932 4 Matias Cleland New Hampshire SR D 40 3-33-36 0.90 4 Francis Marotte Robert Morris FR 730 54 .931 5 Dylan Zink UMass Lowell SR D 41 10-26-36 0.88 5 Justin Kapelmaster Ferris State FR 522 39 .930 6 Garret Cockerill Northeastern JR D 38 7-26-33 0.87 6 Aidan Pelino Bentley FR 438 33 .930 Jeff Taylor (PIT) Union SR D 38 9-24-33 0.87 7 Tanner Jaillet Denver JR 893 68 .929 8 Will Butcher (COL) Denver SR D 43 7-30-37 0.86 8 Kyle Hayton St. Lawrence JR 1018 78 .929 9 Jake Bischoff (NYI) Minnesota SR D 38 5-27-32 0.84 9 Collin Delia Merrimack JR 549 43 .927 10 Neal Pionk Minnesota Duluth SOD 42 7-27-34 0.81 10 Jake Oettinger Boston University FR 957 75 .927 11 Jordan Gross Notre Dame JR D 40 10-22-32 0.80 11 Cal Petersen (BUF) Notre Dame JR 1101 88 .926 12 Luc Snuggerud (CHI) Omaha JRD 39 11-20-31 0.79 12 Shane Starrett Air Force SO 871 71 .925 13 Tucker Poolman (WPG) North Dakota JR D 38 7-23-30 0.79 13 Merrick Madsen (PHI) Harvard JR 890 74 .923 Eric Israel Robert Morris SO D 38 8-22-30 0.79 14 Zach Nagelvoort (EDM) Michigan SR 420 36 .921 15 James de Haas (DET) Clarkson SR D 37 7-22-29 0.78 15 Andrew Shortridge Quinnipiac FR 509 44 .920 16 Vince Pedrie Penn State SOD39 8-22-30 0.77 16 Hunter Miska Minnesota Duluth FR 982 85 .920 17 Josh Teves Princeton SOD34 4-21-25 0.74 17 Jason Pawloski Minnesota State SO 355 31 .920 18 Michael Kapla UMass Lowell SR D 41 3-27-30 0.73 18 Atte Tolvanen Northern Michigan SO 1048 93 .918 19 Scott Savage Boston College SRD 40 5-24-29 0.72 19 Tyler Wall (NYR) UMass Lowell FR 808 72 .918 20 Phil Boje Air Force JR D 42 9-21-30 0.71 20 Angus Redmond Michigan Tech FR 777 70 .917 Patrick McCarron Cornell SR D 35 6-19-25 0.71 Josh Healey Ohio State SRD35 4-21-25 0.71

Points Per Game (Freshmen) GP G-A-P P/GM Winning Percentage W-L-T Win % 1 Clayton Keller (ARI) Boston University F 31 21-24-45 1.45 1 Tanner Jaillet Denver JR 28-5-4 .811 2 Denis Smirnov Penn State F 39 19-28-47 1.21 2 Merrick Madsen (PHI) Harvard JR 28-6-2 .806 3 Henrik Borgström (FLA) Denver F 37 22-21-43 1.16 3 Hunter Miska Minnesota Duluth FR 27-5-5 .797 4 Adam Fox (CGY) Harvard D 35 6-34-40 1.14 4 Shane Starrett Air Force SO 26-6-4 .778 5 Trent Frederic (BOS) Wisconsin F 30 15-18-33 1.10 5 Alex Sakellaropoulos Union SR 22-6-2 .767 6 Tyson Jost (COL) North Dakota F 33 16-19-35 1.06 6 Tyler Wall (NYR) UMass Lowell FR 26-10-1 .716 7 Patrick Harper (NSH) Boston University F 38 13-24-37 0.97 7 Charles Williams Canisius SR 21-7-5 .712 8 Jackson Cressey Princeton F 34 7-26-33 0.97 8 Mitch Gillam Cornell SR 21-8-5 .691 9 Joey Anderson (NJD) Minnesota Duluth F 39 12-25-37 0.95 9 Peyton Jones Penn State FR 23-10-2 .686 10 Nate Sucese Penn State F 38 17-19-36 0.95 10 Justin Kapelmaster Ferris State FR 10-4-3 .676 11 Tanner Laczynski (PHI) Ohio State F 34 10-22-32 0.94 11 Matt Tomkins (CHI) Ohio State SR 12-5-3 .675 12 Marc Michaelis Minnesota State F 39 14-22-36 0.92 12 Ben Blacker Western Michigan FR 17-8-2 .667 13 Rem Pitlick (NSH) Minnesota F 36 14-18-32 0.89 13 Angus Redmond Michigan Tech FR 22-10-5 .662 14 Patrick Grasso New Hampshire F 40 20-13-33 0.82 14 Francis Marotte Robert Morris FR 17-8-3 .661 15 Ross Colton (TBL) Vermont F 33 12-15-27 0.82 15 Andrew Shortridge Quinnipiac FR 13-7-0 .650 16 Carson Meyer Miami F32 10-16-26 0.81 16 Eric Schierhorn Minnesota SO 23-12-3 .645 17 Wade Allison (PHI) Western Michigan F 36 12-17-29 0.81 17 Jake Oettinger Boston University FR 21-11-3 .643 18 Josh Wilkins Providence F 39 13-18-31 0.79 18 Cal Petersen (BUF) Notre Dame JR 23-12-5 .638 19 Ryner Gorowsky Bentley F 31 7-16-23 0.74 19 Hayden Hawkey (MTL) Providence SO 22-12-5 .628 20 Ryan Lohin (TBL) UMass Lowell F 41 12-17-29 0.71 20 Stefanos Lekkas Vermont FR 18-10-5 .621 National Category Leaders

Goals Per Game GP G G/GM Assists Per Game GP A A/GM 1 Zach Aston-Reese Northeastern SRF 38 31 0.82 1 Cam Brown Maine SR F 34 35 1.03 2 Nick Schilkey Ohio State SR F 35 27 0.77 2 Tyler Kelleher New Hampshire SR F 40 39 0.97 3 Mike Vecchione Union SR F 38 29 0.76 3 Adam Fox (CGY) Harvard FR D 35 34 0.97 4 Adam Gaudette (VAN) Northeastern SO F 37 26 0.70 4 Dylan Sikura (CHI) Northeastern JR F 38 36 0.95 5 Spencer Foo Union JRF3826 0.68 Spencer Foo Union JRF3836 0.95 6 Clayton Keller (ARI) Boston University FR F 31 21 0.68 6 Mason Jobst Ohio State SOF 3936 0.92 7 John Hayden (CHI) Yale SR F 33 21 0.64 7 Daniel Leavens Robert Morris SR F 38 35 0.92 8 Brady Ferguson Robert Morris JR F 38 24 0.63 8 Brady Ferguson Robert Morris JR F 38 34 0.89 9 Troy Terry (ANA) Denver SO F 35 22 0.63 Mike Vecchione Union SR F 38 34 0.89 Luke Kunin (MIN) Wisconsin SO F 35 22 0.63 10 Tyler Sheehy Minnesota SOF 3833 0.87 11 Tyler Moy (NSH) Harvard SR F 36 22 0.61 11 Zach Aston-Reese Northeastern SRF 38 32 0.84 12 Dominik Shine Northern Michigan SR F 33 20 0.61 12 Joe Gambardella UMass Lowell SRF 41 34 0.83 13 Tyler Kelleher New Hampshire SR F 40 24 0.60 13 Matias Cleland New Hampshire SRD 40 33 0.82 14 Henrik Borgström (FLA) Denver FR F 37 22 0.59 14 Michael McNicholas New Hampshire JR F 37 30 0.81 Andrew Sturtz Penn State SOF 3722 0.59 15 Alexander Kerfoot (NJD) Harvard SR F 36 29 0.81 16 (BOS) Harvard SO F 36 21 0.58 16 Anders Bjork (BOS) Notre Dame JR F 39 31 0.79 17 Jason Salvaggio New Hampshire JR F 40 23 0.57 17 Clayton Keller (ARI) Boston University FR F 31 24 0.77 18 C.J. Smith UMass Lowell JR F 41 23 0.56 18 Sebastian Vidmar Union SOF 3527 0.77 19 Tage Thompson (STL) Connecticut SOF 34 19 0.56 19 Jackson Cressey Princeton FRF 3426 0.76 Ryan Kuffner Princeton SO F 34 19 0.56 20 Dylan Gambrell (SJS) Denver SO F 38 29 0.76 21 Dylan Sikura (CHI) Northeastern JR F 38 21 0.55 21 Joe Snively Yale SO F 33 25 0.76 22 Troy Crema Dartmouth SR F 31 17 0.55 22 Brett Supinksi Union SOF 3728 0.76 23 Troy Josephs (PIT) Clarkson SR F 37 20 0.54 23 Daniel Brickley Minnesota State SO D 31 23 0.74 24 Austin Cangelosi Boston College SRF 39 21 0.54 24 Max Véronneau Princeton SOF 3324 0.73 Anders Bjork (BOS) Notre Dame JR F 39 21 0.54 25 Jake Evans (MTL) Notre Dame JR F 40 29 0.72

Power Play Goals GP PPG/G PPG Game-Winning Goals GP GWG 1 Nick Schilkey Ohio State SR F 35 0.46 16 1 Jarid Lukosevicius Denver SO F 43 8 Adam Gaudette (VAN) Northeastern SO F 37 0.43 16 2 Henrik Borgström (FLA) Denver FR F 37 7 3 Zach Aston-Reese Northeastern SRF 38 0.34 13 Mike Vecchione Union SR F 38 7 Tyler Kelleher New Hampshire SR F 40 0.33 13 Joe Gambardella UMass Lowell SR F 41 7 5 John Hayden (CHI) Yale SR F 33 0.36 12 5 Brett Seney (NJD) Merrimack JR F 36 6 Danny Lopez Holy Cross JR F 35 0.34 12 Justin Kloos Minnesota SRF38 6 7 Alex Tonge Robert Morris SO F 38 0.29 11 Anders Bjork (BOS) Notre Dame JR F 39 6 Spencer Foo Union JRF38 0.29 11 Alex Iafallo Minnesota Duluth SR F 42 6 9 Tyler Moy (NSH) Harvard SR F 36 0.28 10 9 14 Players Tied With 5 Riley Bourbonnais Rensselaer SR F 36 0.28 10 David Gust Ohio State SR F 39 0.26 10 12 Luke Kunin (MIN) Wisconsin SO F 35 0.26 9 Michael McNicholas New Hampshire JR F 37 0.24 9 Brady Ferguson Robert Morris JR F 38 0.24 9 Mason Jobst Ohio State SOF 39 0.23 9 Patrick Grasso New Hampshire FR F 40 0.23 9

Shorthanded Goals GP SHG/G SHG 1 Brady Ferguson Robert Morris JR F 38 0.13 5 2 Clayton Keller (ARI) Boston University FR F 31 0.13 4 Zach Aston-Reese Northeastern SRF 38 0.11 4 Mike Vecchione Union SR F 38 0.11 4 5 Mike Marnell St. Lawrence JR F 25 0.12 3 Gus Correale Lake Superior State SR F 35 0.09 3 Luke Esposito Harvard SRF36 0.08 3 Ryan Donato (BOS) Harvard SO F 36 0.08 3 Riley Bourbonnais Rensselaer SR F 36 0.08 3 Andrew Sturtz Penn State SOF 37 0.08 3 Myles Powell RIT JR F 37 0.08 3 Justin Kloos Minnesota SRF38 0.08 3 Austin Cangelosi Boston College SRF 39 0.08 3 Griffen Molino Western Michigan SO F 40 0.07 3 15 39 Players Tied With 2 National Team Leaders

TEAM SCORING TEAM DEFENSE

SCORING OFFENSE GP Goals G/GM SCORING DEFENSE GP Goals G/GM 1Penn State 39 160 4.10 1Denver 44 80 1.82 2Harvard 36 146 4.06 2Bemidji State 41 79 1.93 3Ohio State 39 153 3.92 3Army West Point 37 78 2.11 4Union 38 143 3.76 4Harvard 36 77 2.14 5Minnesota 38 141 3.71 5Canisius 39 85 2.18 6Northeastern 38 140 3.68 6Air Force 42 93 2.21 7UMass Lowell 41 151 3.68 7Michigan Tech 45 100 2.22 8Denver 44 152 3.45 8Minnesota Duluth 42 95 2.26 9Wisconsin 36 122 3.39 9Boston University 39 90 2.31 10Minnesota Duluth 42 140 3.33 10Cornell 35 81 2.31 11Western Michigan 40 133 3.33 11UMass Lowell 41 95 2.32 12Boston College 40 132 3.30 12Notre Dame 40 93 2.33 13Robert Morris 38 123 3.24 13Providence 39 92 2.36 14Vermont 38 122 3.21 14St. Lawrence 37 88 2.38 15Notre Dame 40 128 3.20 15Minnesota State 39 95 2.44 16Clarkson 39 124 3.18 16Bowling Green 41 102 2.49 17North Dakota 40 127 3.17 17Robert Morris 38 95 2.50 18Air Force 42 133 3.17 18Quinnipiac 40 101 2.52 19Boston University 39 123 3.15 19Merrimack 37 96 2.59 20Omaha 39 122 3.13 20Boston College 40 104 2.60 21New Hampshire 40 124 3.10 North Dakota 40 104 2.60 22Minnesota State 39 119 3.05 22Ferris State 37 101 2.73 23Princeton 34 103 3.03 23Minnesota 38 104 2.74 24Quinnipiac 40 121 3.02 24Northern Michigan 39 108 2.77 25Yale 33 99 3.00 Penn State 39 108 2.77 26Providence 39 116 2.97 26Vermont 38 106 2.79 27Bowling Green 41 120 2.93 27Western Michigan 40 114 2.85 28RIT 37 108 2.92 28Clarkson 39 112 2.87 29St. Cloud State 36 105 2.92 29Connecticut 36 104 2.89 30Michigan Tech 45 131 2.91 30Ohio State 39 113 2.90 31Lake Superior State 36 103 2.86 31Holy Cross 36 106 2.94 32Arizona State 32 91 2.84 32Yale 33 98 2.97 33Maine 36 102 2.83 33Northeastern 38 113 2.97 34Cornell 35 99 2.83 Union 38 113 2.97 35St. Lawrence 37 104 2.81 35Alaska Anchorage 34 102 3.00 36Holy Cross 36 99 2.75 RIT 37 111 3.00 37Canisius 39 107 2.74 37St. Cloud State 36 109 3.03 38Mercyhurst 39 106 2.72 38Colgate 37 113 3.05 39Army West Point 37 100 2.70 39Bentley 39 120 3.08 40Dartmouth 31 83 2.68 40Sacred Heart 37 116 3.14 41Connecticut 36 96 2.67 41Alaska 36 113 3.14 42Michigan 35 92 2.63 Miami 36 113 3.14 43Bentley 39 101 2.59 43Mercyhurst 39 123 3.15 44Ferris State 37 95 2.57 44Michigan 35 111 3.17 45Miami 36 91 2.53 45Princeton 34 111 3.26 46Merrimack 37 90 2.43 46Wisconsin 36 118 3.28 47Michigan State 35 84 2.40 47Omaha 39 128 3.28 48Northern Michigan 39 93 2.38 48Lake Superior State 36 119 3.31 49Sacred Heart 37 88 2.38 49Colorado College 36 120 3.33 50Bemidji State 41 94 2.29 50 American International 36 122 3.39 51American International 36 82 2.28 51New Hampshire 40 136 3.40 52Rensselaer 37 83 2.24 52Maine 36 125 3.47 53Alaska 36 79 2.19 53 Alabama Huntsville 34 120 3.53 54 Alabama Huntsville 34 74 2.18 54Dartmouth 31 111 3.58 55Brown 31 66 2.13 55Massachusetts 36 132 3.67 56Colgate 37 78 2.11 56Rensselaer 37 138 3.73 57Niagara 39 76 1.95 57Michigan State 35 134 3.83 58Colorado College 36 70 1.94 58Arizona State 32 130 4.06 59Massachusetts 36 66 1.83 59Brown 31 132 4.26 60Alaska Anchorage 34 59 1.74 60Niagara 39 168 4.31 National Team Leaders

POWER PLAY PENALTY KILL

POWER PLAY Totals SHA PP% PENALTY KILL Totals SHF PK% 1Ohio State 49/155 5 31.6 1Air Force 157/175 8 89.7 2Northeastern 55/197 6 27.9 2Bemidji State 139/158 4 88.0 3UMass Lowell 48/178 6 27.0 3Canisius 150/172 1 87.2 4Harvard 42/159 3 26.4 4Boston University 169/194 9 87.1 5Minnesota 40/159 4 25.2 5Army West Point 137/158 4 86.7 6Omaha 43/185 6 23.2 6St. Lawrence 158/183 7 86.3 7Robert Morris 43/193 2 22.3 7 Michigan Tech 186/216 8 86.1 8Wisconsin 38/177 6 21.5 8Quinnipiac 164/191 1 85.9 9Rensselaer 36/169 4 21.3 9UMass Lowell 157/183 4 85.8 10Denver 40/188 2 21.3 10Sacred Heart 179/209 6 85.6 11New Hampshire 41/193 5 21.2 11Providence 155/181 1 85.6 12Union 41/194 5 21.1 12Notre Dame 131/153 4 85.6 13Princeton 30/142 3 21.1 13Robert Morris 158/187 10 84.5 14Canisius 37/176 5 21.0 14Wisconsin 125/148 6 84.5 15Western Michigan 38/185 7 20.5 15Lake Superior State 157/186 6 84.4 16Penn State 35/171 4 20.5 16Alaska 149/177 3 84.2 17Michigan 27/133 5 20.3 17North Dakota 140/167 6 83.8 18Clarkson 36/178 5 20.2 18Miami 144/172 2 83.7 19Minnesota Duluth 37/183 1 20.2 19Ferris State 168/201 4 83.6 20St. Cloud State 27/134 2 20.1 20Denver 132/158 3 83.5 21Yale 29/146 719.9 21Vermont 141/169 1 83.4 22Minnesota State 34/173 3 19.7 22Boston College 180/216 11 83.3 23Boston University 33/170 4 19.4 Colgate 150/180 2 83.3 24Vermont 35/184 4 19.0 24Alaska Anchorage 148/178 4 83.1 25Michigan Tech 38/200 4 19.0 25Clarkson 172/207 6 83.1 26 American International 26/138 3 18.8 26Bowling Green 167/201 4 83.1 27RIT 29/154 618.8 27St. Cloud State 97/117 4 82.9 28Maine 31/166 6 18.7 28Minnesota State 140/169 5 82.8 29Bemidji State 31/167 3 18.6 29Princeton 101/122 0 82.8 30North Dakota 32/173 5 18.5 30Northeastern 134/162 5 82.7 Notre Dame 32/173 1 18.5 31Harvard 119/144 11 82.6 32Quinnipiac 43/235 4 18.3 32Cornell 130/158 1 82.3 33Air Force 35/193 4 18.1 33Penn State 115/140 9 82.1 Providence 35/193 6 18.1 34Connecticut 126/154 2 81.8 35Colgate 28/159 5 17.6 35Minnesota 123/151 6 81.5 36Cornell 27/154 3 17.5 36Northern Michigan 158/194 5 81.4 37Miami 29/166 6 17.5 37Michigan 131/161 6 81.4 38Holy Cross 29/171 4 17.0 38Western Michigan 170/209 5 81.3 39Connecticut 24/147 2 16.3 39Bentley 137/169 9 81.1 40Dartmouth 22/135 4 16.3 40Minnesota Duluth 154/190 6 81.1 41Boston College 28/172 3 16.3 41Union 128/158 7 81.0 42Ferris State 30/190 3 15.8 42Yale 122/152 2 80.3 43Michigan State 24/154 5 15.6 43Massachusetts 141/176 1 80.1 44Bowling Green 33/213 2 15.5 44New Hampshire 115/144 3 79.9 45Mercyhurst 31/202 8 15.3 45Merrimack 144/181 3 79.6 46Merrimack 27/180 4 15.0 46RIT 136/172 379.1 47Bentley 22/147 5 15.0 47Colorado College 134/170 5 78.8 48Army West Point 25/171 1 14.6 48Maine 152/193 4 78.8 49Northern Michigan 26/180 7 14.4 49 Alabama Huntsville 128/163 4 78.5 50Sacred Heart 25/175 7 14.3 50Omaha 134/171 9 78.4 51St. Lawrence 25/182 4 13.7 51Rensselaer 148/189 5 78.3 52Lake Superior State 24/175 8 13.7 52 American International 135/174 4 77.6 53Arizona State 19/139 9 13.7 53Niagara 168/217 6 77.4 54Alaska 23/179 6 12.8 54Mercyhurst 166/216 0 76.9 55Niagara 24/195 4 12.3 55Holy Cross 107/140 1 76.4 56Colorado College 20/181 9 11.0 56Arizona State 125/165 1 75.8 57 Alabama Huntsville 18/167 8 10.8 57Ohio State 120/161 4 74.5 58Massachusetts 16/182 4 8.8 58Michigan State 111/153 5 72.5 59Alaska Anchorage 15/181 2 8.3 59Dartmouth 95/131 1 72.5 60Brown 9/118 3 7.6 60Brown 104/144 5 72.2