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BULLDOGS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH MEN’S HOCKEY Communications Office • Bob Nygaard, Director • University of Minnesota Duluth • Duluth, MN 55812-2496 [email protected] • (218) 726-8191 • umdbulldogs.com • @umdbulldogs Oct. 26, 2016 NO. 2 UMD AND NO. 1 NORTH DAKOTA TO MAKE 2016-17 NCHC DEBUTS THIS WEEKEND AT AMSOIL ARENA THE SERIES: The University of Minnesota Duluth will begin its fourth season of National Collegiate Hockey 2016-17 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH ROSTER Conference warfare this Friday and Saturday (Oct. 28-29) when the Bulldogs host the University of No. Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Yr. Birthdate Hometown (Previous Team/League) North Dakota in a two-game series featuring the two 3 Dan Molenaar D 5-11 190 Jr. 7/5/93 Eden Prairie, Minn. (Sioux City/USHL) top-ranked clubs in the nation. Opening faceoff is set 4 Neal Pionk D 6-0 190 So. 7/29/95 Hermantown, Minn. (Sioux City/USHL) for 7:07 p.m. both nights at AMSOIL Arena (6,756) 5 Nick Wolff D 6-4 215 Fr. 7/21/96 Eagan, Minn. (Des Moines/USHL) in downtown Duluth. 7 Adam Johnson F 6-0 175 So. 6/22/94 Hibbing, Minn. (Sioux City/USHL) 8 Kyle Osterberg F 5-8 175 Sr. 9/5/94 Lakeville, Minn. (Omaha/USHL) THE RECORDS: UMD, which is off to a 3-1-2 start this 10 Brenden Kotyk (A) D 6-6 240 Sr. 8/27/91 Regina, Saskatchewan (St. Scholastica/NCHA) season, went 19-16-5 overall last winter and 11-10-3 11 Avery Peterson# F 6-3 215 Jr. 6/20/95 Grand Rapids, Minn. (Nebraska-Omaha/NCHC) in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (fourth 12 Jarod Hilderman D 6-1 205 Fr. 4/11/97 Kamsack, Saskatchewan (Fargo/USHL) place), advanced to the NCAA Northeast Regional 13 Joey Anderson F 6-0 195 Fr. 6/19/98 Roseville, Minn. (U.S. National Under-18 Team) final for the second year in a row and was ranked No. 14 Alex Iafallo F 6-0 190 Sr. 12/21/93 Eden, N.Y. (Fargo/USHL) 9 in the final USCHO.com Poll.North Dakota, which 15 Willie Raskob D 5-10 185 Sr. 3/14/95 Hastings, Minn. (Shattuck-St. Mary’s) is 5-0-0 in 2016-17, posted a 34-6-4 record in all 16 Billy Exell F 5-10 180 So. 10/4/95 Thunder Bay, Ontario (Minnesota Wilderness/NAHL) games one year ago captured its second straight NCHC 17 Blake Young F 6-3 210 Jr. 2/11/94 Battleford, Saskatchewan (Battlefords/SJHL) regular season title with a 19-4-1 mark. The Fighting 18 Nick McCormack D 5-11 185 Jr. 9/9/93 Ramsey, Minn. (Brooks/AJHL) Hawks went on to claim the NCAA national champion- 19 Dominic Toninato (C) F 6-2 200 Sr. 3/9/94 Duluth, Minn. (Fargo/USHL) ship -- their first since the 1999-2000 season -- last 20 Karson Kuhlman (A) F 5-11 190 Jr. 9/26/95 Esko, Minn. (Dubuque/USHL) April in Tampa, Fla. 21 Carson Soucy (A) D 6-4 215 Sr. 7/24/94 Irma, Alberta (Spruce Grove/AJHL) 22 Jared Thomas F 6-2 200 Jr. 2/21/94 Hermantown, Minn. (Sioux City/USHL) HOW THEY RANK: Here is how the Bulldogs and Fighting 24 Will Campion D 6-3 205 Fr. 3/7/95 Seaford, N.Y. (Langley/BCHL) Hawks stacked up in the this week’s USCHO.com and 25 Peter Krieger* F 5-11 190 Jr. 12/9/93 Oakdale, Minn (U. of Alaska/WCHA) USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls. 26 Jade Miller F 5-10 190 Fr. 7/1/95 Minto, N.D. (Austin/NAHL) 27 Riley Tufte F 6-5 215 Fr. 4/10/98 Blaine, Minn. (Blaine H.S.) uscho.com USA Today 28 Sammy Spurrell F 5-11 185 Jr. 10/5/92 Sherwood, Alberta (Spruce Grove/AJHL) UMD No. 2 No. 2 32 Hunter Shepard G 6-0 205 Fr. 11/7/95 Cohasset, Minn. (Bismarck/NAHL) UND No. 1 No. 1 35 Hunter Miska G 6-1 175 Fr. 7/7/95 Stacy, Minn. (Dubuque/USHL) 37 Nick Deery G 6-2 195 So. 5/25/94 La Crosse, Wis. (Steinbach/MJHL) ON THE AIR: The two UMD-North Dakota clashes will 39 Parker Mackay F 5-11 185 So. 6/10/94 Irma, Alberta (Spring Grove/AJHL) be carried live on 92.1 FM The Fan with Bruce Ciskie Head Coach: Scott Sandelin handling the play-by-play responsibilities and Bulldog Assistant Coaches: Jason Herter, Brett Larson, Brant Nicklin hockey alumnus Kraig Karakas doing color commen- Athletic Trainer: Dr. Susan Hoppe tary. The broadcast can also be heard on KQ 105.5 Strength and Conditioning Coach: Blake Palmer FM in Grand Rapids/Hibbing, Minn. and KQ 106.7 Equipment Manager: Chris Garner FM in Ely/Virginia, Minn., as part of the Bulldog Director of Hockey Operations: Christian Koelling Radio Network and at: 921thefan.com or free via the Operations Assistant: Bill Watson iHeartRadio app. Manager: Dale Haagenson #Not eligilble to play until Dec. 17, 2016 (transfer) Both ends of this weekend’s series will also be tele- *Not eligible to play in 2016-17 (transfer) vised -- Friday on Fox Sports North and Fox College Sports (Pacific) and Saturday on My9 (KBJR DT 6.2/ KRII DT 11.9), which has been the Bulldogs’ televi- sion home for the last seven seasons. KBJR-TV sports director Zach Schneider and former UMD standout forward Judd Medak will serve as the on-air talent both nights. The two telecasts are available on-line for a fee at: nchc.tv/umd. THE COACH: The runnerup for the 2010-11 Spencer Penrose Award (American Hockey Coaches Association NCAA Division I Coach of the Year) and recipient of that honor in 2003-04, Scott Sandelin is in his 17th season behind the UMD bench where he has compiled a 290-278-77 overall record -- including a 167-118- 40 mark since the 2008-09 opener. Besides capturing 2010-11 NCAA Champions • Home of 5 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Winners Lifetime Record vs. Providence College: 3-0-1 Lifetime NCHC Record (though 2015-16): 34-30-8 Lifetime NCHC Playoff Record (through 2015-16): 3-5-0 Lifetime Postseason Record (through 2015-16): 34-31-0 Lifetime Home Record (through 2015-16): 143-120-3 Lifetime Non-Conference Record (Through 2015-16): 76-43-16 Lifetime NCAA Tournament Record: 10-5 the school’s first NCAA championship five years ago, his Bulldogs have won 20 or more games in five of the last eight seasons. Overall, they’ve advanced to to six The Numbers on Sandelin NCAA tournaments (2004, 2009, 2011,2012, 2015 (Overall) (NCHC/ WCHA) and 2016), including back-to-back appearances in YEAR W L T PCT W L T PCT PLACE 2000-01 7 28 4 .231 3 22 3 .161 10th the NCAA Northeast Region title games the past two 2001-02 13 24 3 .363 6 19 3 .268 9th winters, two NCAA Frozen Fours (2004 and 2011) 2002-03 22 15 5 .583 14 10 4 .571 5th and one NCHC Frozen Faceoff tournament (2016). 2003-04 28 13 4 .667 19 7 2 .714 2nd Before UMD parted ways with the WCHA following 2004-05 15 17 6 .473 11 13 4 .464 6th the 2012-13 season, Sandelin directed his troops to 2005-06 11 25 4 .325 6 19 3 .268 9th 2006-07 13 21 5 .397 8 16 4 .357 9th berths in seven of 11 Final Five playoff events. He has 2007-08 13 17 6 .444 9 14 5 .411 8th also helped produce a pair of Hobey Baker Memorial 2008-09 22 13 8 .605 10 11 7 .482 7th Award winners (Jack Connolly in 2011-12 and Junior 2009-10 22 17 1 .562 16 11 1 .589 4th(T) Lessard in 2003-04), six NCAA All-Americans and 2010-11 26 10 6 .690 15 8 5 .625 4th 19 different All-NCHC/WCHA selections. In addition, 2011-12 25 10 6 .683 16 7 5 .661 2nd Sandelin has seen 16 of his UMD pupils go on to do 2012-13 14 19 5 .434 10 13 5 .446 9th 2013-14 16 16 4 .500 11 11 2 .500 4th(T) time in the National Hockey League and one take part 2014-15 21 16 3 .563 12 9 3 .564 5th in the Winter Olympic Games (Justin Faulk for Team USA 2015-16 18 15 5 .539 11 10 3 .520 4th in 2014). During the course of the 2011-12 season, 2016-17 3 1 2 .667 0 0 0 .000 the Bulldogs set a team record by going unbeaten in Totals 290 278 77 .509 177 200 59 .474 17 straight games and were ranked first in both major Lifetime Record vs. North Dakota: 14-39-4 weekly polls (USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Lifetime NCHC Record: 34-30-8 Magazine for a program-best nine consecutive weeks. Lifetime Home Record: 146-121-3 In March 2009, UMD became the first play-in game participant to ever claim the Final Five title and, later that spring, strung together a school-record six-game postseason winning streak before it fell to Miami lowing six years of assistant coaching deployment at Dakota’s Brad Berry are the others), was the Montreal University 2-1 in the NCAA West Regional final.