University of Minnesota Duluth Men's Hockey

BULLDOGS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH MEN’S HOCKEY Communications Office • Bob Nygaard, Director • University of Minnesota Duluth • Duluth, MN 55812-2496 [email protected] • (218) 726-8191 • umdbulldogs.com • @umdbulldogs Oct. 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. Nine North Dakota (which won two NCAA titles during his Canadiens’ second-round pick in the 1982 NHL draft years ago, Sandelin, 52, turned UMD into a NCAA tenure). Prior to that, Sandelin spent the 1993-94 (40th choice overall). He served as Team USA’s head Frozen Four participant for the first time in nearly a season head coaching the Junior Elite Hockey League’s coach at the 2005 International Ice Hockey Federation generation, marshaling his troops to their most victories Fargo-Moorhead Junior Kings after working in that World Junior Championships, directing that club to a (they were 28-13-4 overall) and highest WCHA finish same capacity (and doubling as general manager) fourth-place finish, and was an assistant coach for the (second place on a 19-7-2 mark) since 1992-93. For the previous winter with the Fargo-Moorhead Express U.S. entry at that same event in 2011-12. his efforts, the Hibbing, Minn., native was chosen the of the American Hockey Association. He capped off WCHA Coach of the Year as well as the national coach his four-year playing career at North Dakota in 1985- THE RIVALRY: UMD and North Dakota will meet for the of the year by both insidecollegehockey.com and uscho. 86 by being named one of 10 finalists for the Hobey 232nd time ever Saturday afternoon. North Dakota com. In 2002-03, Sandelin’s charges went 22-15-5 Baker Memorial Award. An All-American second team holds a 144-78-9 lead in the all-time series, which overall and captured fifth place in the WCHA with a selection and All-WCHA first team pick as a senior, began on Nov. 26, 1954 at the old Duluth Curling Club, 14-10-4 mark while experiencing the greatest one- Sandelin went on to play professionally for seven years, and is unbeaten in 16 of its last 21 engagements season turnaround of any league member that winter. which included National Hockey League stints with the with the Bulldogs (15-5-1). The Fighting Hawks swept One year earlier, he guided UMD to a 13-24-1 record Montreal Canadiens (1986-88), Philadelphia Flyers UMD on two occasions during the 2015-16 regular in all games -- nearly doubling the number of victories (1990-91) and Minnesota North Stars (1991-92). season, posting a pair of 3-0 triumphs on Dec. 11-12 from the previous season (7-28-4). Sandelin officially Sandelin, one of just three active NCHC coaches to do at AMSOIL Arena before downing the Bulldogs twice signed on with the Bulldogs on March 31, 2000 fol- time in the NHL (Denver’s Jim Montgomery and North by identical 2-1 scores (the first of which came in overtime) two months later (Feb. 19-20) in Grand Forks, N.D. The Bulldogs, however, got the best of North Dakota last March when they skated off with a 4-2 victory in the NCHC Frozen Faceoff semifinals at HOW THEY’VE FARED AGAINST NORTH DAKOTA the Target Center in Minneapolis. UMD’s current career scoring leaders versus the Fighting Hawks are: LAST TIME OUT: UMD suffered a 2-1 exhibition loss to the U.S. National Under-18 Team last Saturday night Player GP G A TP P-PM +/- PP SH GW at AMSOIL Arena, giving up the game-winning goal Willie Raskob 11 1 8 9 3-6 -3 0 0 0 with 32.4 seconds left in regulation. Senior center Alex Iafallo 11 4 4 8 4-8 0 0 0 0 Dominic Toninato accounted for the lone Bulldog goal, Dominic Toninato 11 3 2 5 4-8 +1 1 0 0 which he scored midway through the first period to Adam Johnson 5 0 3 3 0-0 0 0 0 0 put the Bulldogs up 1-0. Each of UMD’s three fresh- Kyle Osterberg 11 2 0 2 4-11 -1 0 0 1 men goaltenders saw one period of activity -- starter Carson Soucy 13 1 1 2 10-20 -4 0 0 0 Hunter Miska (five saves on five shots), Nick Deery Jared Thomas 7 0 1 1 2-4 -5 0 0 0 (four saves on five shots) and Hunter Shepard seven Karson Kuhlman 7 0 1 1 2-4 -2 0 0 0 saves on eight shots) -- while their counterpart, Dylan Sammy Spurrell 4 1 0 1 1-2 0 1 0 0 St. Cyr, made 32 stops in the victory. Neal Pionk 5 0 0 0 3-14 0 0 0 0 Brenden Kotyk 5 0 0 0 1-2 +1 0 0 0 North Dakota swept former WCHA rival Bemidji State Parker Mackay 4 0 0 0 0-0 -1 0 0 0 University in a pair of home bouts, prevailing 3-2 on Dan Molenaar 3 0 0 0 1-2 -1 0 0 0 Friday and 5-4 the following night. In the opener, the Blake Young 2 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Fighting Hawks erased a 2-0 second-period deficit Nick McCormack 1 0 0 0 0-0 +1 0 0 0 thanks to Brock Boeser’s natural hat trick. The last Billy Exell 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 of the sophomore forward’s three goals came on a penalty shot at 12:52 of the third period that sealed the North Dakota triumph. Boeser struck for two more

scores on Saturday while sophomore forward Shane Gersich contributed three points (one goal and two 2016-17 NCHC STANDINGS assists) to the North Dakota attack. TEAM (Overall Record) GP W L T 3/SW PTS GF AVG GA AVG UMD (3-1-2) 0 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING: Senior center Dominic Colorado College (2-4-0) 0 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 Toninato is serving as UMD’s team captain during the Denver (4-2-0) 0 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 2016-17 season while the trio of senior defensemen Miami (2-1-2) 0 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 Brenden Kotyk and Carson Soucy, and junior right Omaha (2-1-1) 0 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 winger Karson Kuhlman are sharing the assistant North Dakota (5-0-0) 0 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 captaincy duties. St. Cloud State (2-2-0) 0 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 Western Michigan (3-0-1) 0 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 HOW THE MEDIA SEES THINGS SHAKING OUT: Media personnel who cover the NCHC collectively forecast a third-place league finish UMD in 2016-17. UMD received two first-place votes and totaled 173 points in the NCHC Preseason Poll. North Dakota, the defend- ing NCAA and NCHC regular season champions, was deemed as the team to beat with 235 points and 25 first-place votes and was followed by the University of Denver (200 points and three first-place votes), UMD, St. Cloud State University (155 pts.), the University of Nebraska-Omaha (119 pts.), Miami University THE LAST TIME ... (96 pts.), Western Michigan University (65 pts.) and Overtime Game: Oct. 8, 2016 -- UMD 1, UMass Lowell 1 (in Lowell, Mass.) Colorado College (37 pts.). UMD, incidentally, was the Overtime Game Won by UMD: March 25, 2016 -- UMD 2, Providence College 1 in 2 OTs (in Worcester, league favorite in last year’s NCHC Preseason Poll. Mass. -- NCAA Northeast Regional) Overtime Game Lost By UMD: Feb. 19, 2016 -- North Dakota 2, UMD 1 (in Grand Forks, N.D.) NOT YOU AGAIN: The Bulldogs have faced North Dakota Overtime Game Tied: Oct. 8, 2016 -- UMD 1, UMass Lowell 1 (in Lowell, Mass.) on more occasions (231) than any other opponent Scoreless Tie: March 3, 2007 -- UMD 0, Wisconsin 0 (Josh Johnson/Shane Connelly in Duluth, Minn.) in their 73-year history. The University of Minnesota NCHC 3 x 3 Overtime Win: Nov. 14, 2015 -- following a 1-1 tie with Denver (in Duluth, Minn.) (230) is next on that list followed by Michigan Tech NCHC 3 x 3 Overtime Loss: Jan. 16, 2016 -- following a 1-1 tie with St. Cloud State (in Duluth, Minn.) University (229). NCHC Shootout Win: Feb. 7, 2014 -- UMD 1, Colorado College 0 -- following a 2-2 tie (in Duluth, Minn.) THIS ISN’T THEIR FIRST RODEO: This weekend will mark NCHC Shootout Loss: Jan. 16, 2015 -- Western Michigan 2, UMD 1 -- following a 2-2 tie (in Duluth, Minn.) the fourth time in program history UMD has ever UMD Shutout at Home: Oct. 1, 2016 -- UMD 6, Miami 0 (Hunter Miska) been involved in a No. 1 versus No. 2 confrontation. UMD Shutout on the Road: Nov. 21, 2015 -- UMD 6, Colorado College 0 (Kasimir Kaskisuo) The first of those came on Feb. 2-3, 1979 after the UMD Was Shut Out at Home: Dec. 12, 2015 -- North Dakota 3, UMD 0 (Cam Johnson) Bulldogs had secured their first No. 1 ranking ever UMD Was Shut Out on the Road: March 14, 2015 -- Denver 4, UMD 0 (Evan Cowley-NCHC Playoffs) (in the WMPL-Radio Poll) and went on to split a two- UMD Hat Trick: Feb. 3, 2012 -- J.T. Brown (UMD 4, Alaska Anchorage 1 in Anchorage, Alaska), four goals game WCHA road series with No. 2 North Dakota. Six Hat Trick By Two Bulldogs: Feb. 13, 1993 -- Joe Biondi and Derek Plante (UMD 8, Colorado College 4 years later in the semifinal round of the NCAA Frozen in Duluth, Minn.) Four at Detroit’s Joe Louis Arena, No. 2 UMD fell 6-5 UMD Player Scored Four or More Goals: Feb. 3, 2012 -- J.T. Brown (UMD 4, Alaska Anchorage 1 in in three overtimes to No. 1 Rensselaer Polytechnic Anchorage, Alaska), four goals Institute. The following winter (Feb. 1-2, 1986), the UMD Player Scored Three Power Play Goals: Oct. 22, 2004 -- Marco Peluso (UMD 8, Minnesota No. 1 Bulldogs and No. 2 University of Denver traded State-Mankato 3 in Duluth, Minn.) WCHA wins in Denver. UMD Player Scored Two Shorthanded Goals: Nov. 23, 1990 -- Doug Torrel (UMD 5, Denver 1 in Denver, Colo.) Since moving to AMSOIL Arena in December 2010, UMD Player Scored a 5-on-3 Shorthanded Goal: Jan. 22, 1993 -- Brett Hauer (UMD 8, Minnesota 4 UMD has been ranked No. 1 or No. 2 on 11 occasions in Duluth, Minn.) (prior to this week) and never faced an opponent -- UMD Player Scored an Empty Net Goal: March 5, 2016 -- Alex Iafallo (UMD 3, Miami 1 in Duluth) home or away -- ranked higher than No. 8 (Western UMD Player Had Five or More Points: Feb. 11, 2012 -- Jack Connolly (UMD 5, North Dakota 4 in Michigan University on Jan. 6-7, 2012 in Kalamazoo, Duluth, Minn.), 2 goals and 3 assists Mich.) during that time. UMD Player Made a Penalty Shot: Oct. 15, 2010 -- Travis Oleksuk at 18:03 of the second period against Alex Beaudry (UMD 5, Providence College 3 in Duluth, Minn.) DEJA VU: The last time the Bulldogs butted heads with UMD Player Missed A Penalty Shot: Oct. 1, 2016 -- Dominic Toninato at 2:27 of the third period a No. 1-ranked club was on March 18, 2016 when against Devin Kero (UMD 6, Michigan Tech O in Duluth) they took down Fighting Hawks in the opening round UMD Opponent Made a Penalty Shot: Feb. 19, 2016 -- Austin Poganski (North Dakota) at 3:19 of of the NCHC Frozen Faceoff. North Dakota has not lost overtime against Kasimir Kaskisuo (North Dakota 2, UMD 1 in Grand Forks, N.D.). a game since then, going 9-0-1. UMD Opponent Missed a Penalty Shot: Nov. 5, 2011 -- Jason Zucker at 15:30 of the second period against Kenny Reiter (UMD 4, Denver 0 in Denver, Colo.) THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE FIGHTING HAWKS: Senior UMD Goaltender Had 50 or More Saves: Jan. 11, 2014 -- 52 by Aaron Crandall (UMD 3, Nebraska- defenseman Willie Raskob has registered more of Omaha 1 in Omaha, Neb.) his 45 lifetime points against North Dakota than any UMD Goaltender Had 60 or More Saves: March 11, 2007 -- 62 by Josh Johnson (St. Cloud State 3, other opponent. In 11 career bouts with the Fighting UMD 2 in 3OT in St. Cloud, Minn./WCHA Playoffs) Hawks, Raskob has one goal and eight assists for UMD Goalie Received an Assist: Oct. 1, 2016 - Hunter Miska (UMD 6, Michigan Tech 0 in Duluth, a team-leading 9 points. He collected two of those Minn.) points (both assists) in the last meeting between the UMD Goalie Had Two Assists: Feb. 25, 2012 -- Kenny Reiter (UMD 5, Colorado College 2 in Duluth, Minn.) two rivals -- UMD’s 4-2 NCHC Frozen Faceoff semifinal UMD Swept a Home Series: Oct. 1-2, 2016 -- UMD 6-4, Michigan Tech 0-3 round triumph on March 18, 2016 -- on his way to UMD Swept a Road Series: Feb. 26-27, 2016 -- UMD 4-2, St. Cloud State 1-1 being chosen to that event’s All-Tournament Team. UMD Was Swept at Home: Dec. 11-12, 2015 -- North Dakota 3-3, UMD 0-0 UMD Was Swept on the Road: Feb. 19-20, 2016 -- North Dakota 2-1, UMD 1(OT)-1

2010-11 NCAA Champions • Home of 5 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Winners THOSE WERE THE DAYS: Bulldog bench boss Scott Sand- A BREAKDOWN elin and Fighting Hawks’ second-year head coach Brad 2016-17 UMD SALUTATIONS OF THE 2016-17 BULLDOGS Berry were teammates -- and fellow defensemen -- at By Year North Dakota for three seasons (1983-86). Those two, NCHC Player of the Week Seniors - 7 along with Denver’s Jim Montgomery, are the only three Oct. 10 Nick Deery (Goaltemder/UML) Juniors - 6 NCHC head coaches to do time in the NHL. Oct. 10 Neal Pionk (Defenseman/UML) Sophomores - 5 Oct. 17 Adam Johnson (Offensive/NDame) MAKING THEMSELVES FEEL RIGHT AT HOME: North Dakota Freshmen - 8 is 6-1-0 (with four shutouts) in seven lifetime visits to By Position AMSOIL Arena and that .857 winning percentage eas- Forward - 14 ily tops all NCHC clubs. The Fighting Hawks upended Defense - 9 UMD 5-0 on AMSOIL Arena’s opening night (Dec. 30, Goalie - 3 2011) and their lone loss to date at that downtown By State/Province/Country Duluth facility came on Feb. 11, 2012 -- a 5-4 deci- Minnesota - 15 sion. One year ago (Dec. 11-12, 2015), North Dakota Alberta - 3 blanked the Bulldogs twice by identical 3-0 counts, Saskatchewan - 3 becoming in the process, the fourth club to ever shut New York - 2 out the Bulldogs in both ends of a weekend series and Ontario- 1 the first to do so since Feb. 22-23, 2008 (Colorado North Dakota - 1 College in Duluth). Illinois - 1 Wisconsin-1 MAKING A POINT: Sophomore center Adam Johnson, By Major who earlier this month collared his first NCHC weekly Business- 8 honor of any kind (Offensive Player of the Week vs. Finance- 6 Notre Dame), is the lone Bulldog to pick up at least Organizational Management- 3 one point in all six outings to date. Communication- 2 Neal Pionk Criminology - 1 MAKING A POINT ON THE POINT: Sophomore Neal Poink Environmental Studies- 1 is currently tied for third in scoring among all NCAA I French Studies - 1 defenseman with seven points. His three goals thus Mechanical Engineering -1 far are just one less than he accumulated during his Public Health- 1 entire 40-game rookie season. Undeclared- 2 GET SHORTIE: North Dakota is the last team to collect a shorthanded goal against UMD, doing so on Dec. 12, 2015 after the host Bulldogs had pulled their goalie for an extra attacker.

THE PUCK STOPS HERE: Rookie Nick Deery leads the NCHC in both goals against average (1.54) and saves percentage (.934) coming into the weekend.

BULLDOG BITS: The Bulldogs will line up against both an unbeaten and nationally-ranked club for the fourth time in as many weekends this season when it hosts North Dakota. Then-No. 17 Michigan Tech paid a visit to AMSOIL Arena for the 2016-17 season openers back on Oct. 1-2 while No. 8 UMass Lowell Nick Deery hosted UMD the following weekend. Two weeks ago, NHL DRAFTEES it was No. 5 Notre Dame’s turn to take on UMD in Player Year Round Team Duluth. Joey Anderson 2016 3rd New Jersey Avery Peterson 2013 6th Minnesota • Senior center Dominic Toninato has four, two-goal Carson Soucy 2013 5th Minnesota nights on his collegiate resume, the last of those was Dominic Toninato 2012 5th Toronto registered against North Dakota in the NCHC Frozen Riley Tufte 2016 1st Dallas Faceoff semifinals last March.

PRONUNCIATIONS • UMD has blocked more shots this season (15.17 Iafallo...... I-ah-fah-low per night) than any NCHC club and all but six teams Kotyk...... KAH-tick in the entire country. Kuhlman...... KOOL-man Mackay...... MAH-kye •The 35 saves rookie Hunter Shepard made in UMD’s Osterberg...... AH-ster-burg 3-1 loss to Notre Dame on Oct. 15 were the most by a Pionk...... PEE-onk Bulldog goalie in his first collegiate appearance since Soucy...... SUE-see Jerome Butler also turned aside 35 shots against Spurrell...... SPUR-ill visiting Northern Michigan on Oct. 26, 1991 (a 5-2 Toninato...... tah-neh-NAW-toe UMD triumph). Tufte...... TUFF-tee Adam Johnson

2010-11 NCAA Champions • Home of 5 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Winners • North Dakota and Denver are the only two league clubs the Bulldogs have not swept since the NCHC 2016-17 UMD TEAM SINGLE-GAME HIGHS AND LOWS began play in 2013-14. Goals - 6 vs. MTU (Oct. 1) 1 (2 Times) Assists - 12 vs.MTU (Oct. 1) 1 vs. NDame (Oct. 15) •Of the 22 non-goalies who have seen ice time in Points - 18 vs. MTU (Oct. 1) 12 vs. NDame (Oct. 15) 2016-17 for the Bulldogs only three -- rookie de- Total Shot Attempts - 74 at UML (Oct. 7) 57 (2 Times) fensemen Will Campion and Jarod Hilderman and Shots On Goal - 43 at UML (Oct. 7) 27 vs. MTU (Oct. 27) freshman left winger Riley Tufte -- remain pointless. Penalties - 8 at UML (Oct. 7) 3 (2 Times) Penalty Minutes - 16 at UML (Oct. 7) 6 (2 Times) Power Play Pct. - .500 (3/6) vs. MTU (Oct. 1) .000 (0/6) at UML (Oct. 8) •Going back to last March, the Bulldogs have won Power Play Goals - 3 (2 Times) 0 (2 Times) seven of their last eight games at AMSOIL Arena with Power Play Attempts - 11 at UML (Oct. 7) 4 vs. NDame (Oct. 15) the lone loss occurring in their most recent regular Penalty Kill Pct. - 1.000 (6/6) vs. MTU (Oct. 2) .667 (3 Times) season game -- 3-1 to Notre Dame on Oct. 15. Saves - 35 vs. NDame (Oct. 15) 18 vs. MTU (Oct. 18) Shorthanded Goals - 0 (6 Times) 0 (6 Times) •Junior right winger Karson Kuhlman has skated in Blocked Shots - 18 vs. NDame (Oct. 15) 10 vs. MTU (Oct. 2) all 86 games over the last three seasons -- a claim Goals Allowed - 4 at UML (Oct. 7) 0 vs. MY\TU (Oct. 1) no other Bulldog can make. Shots On Goal Allowed - 50 at SCSU (Feb. 25) 15 vs. Miami (Jan. 9) Power Play Goals Allowed - 3 at UML (Oct. 7) 0 (2 Times) •UUMD has been outshot just once this season (by Shorthanded Goals Allowed - 0 (6 Times) 0 (0 Times Notre Dame on Oct. 15) and ranks eighth nationally Plus-Minus Rating - +15 vs. MTU (Oct. 1) -5 vs. NDame (Oct. 15) in shots per game average (33.67) 2016-17 UMD INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-GAME HIGHS •Since falling to host Miami University 4-3 in over- Goals - 2 by Adam Johnson vs. NDame (Oct. 14) time on Feb. 21, 2015, the Bulldogs are 18-0-0 Assists - 3 by Joey Anderson vs. NDame (Oct. 14) when taking a lead into the third period. They were Points - 3 by Joey Anderson vs. NDame (Oct. 14) 14-0-0 in that situation last winter and 2-0-0 so far Point Scoring Streak - 6 games by Adam Johnson (Oct. 1-present) in 2016-17. Goal Scoring Streak - 3 games by Neal Pionk (Oct. 2-8) Shots On Goal - 8 by Adam Johnson at UML (Oct. 8) • UMD has more senior defensemen (four) on its Blocked Shots - 4 by Neal Pionk (Oct. 1) 2016-17 roster than any other program in the coun- +/- Rating - + 2 by Nick McCormack vs. MTU (Oct. 1) Penalty Minutes - 3 by Carson Soucy vs. MTU (Oct. 1) try. It shares that distinction with Princeton University Penalty Minutes - 3 by Carson Soucy vs. MTU (Oct. 1) and St. Lawrence University. Power Play Goals - 1 by Six Players, including Neal Pionk and Willie Raskob (twice) Shorthanded Goals - None • Prior to this year, the last time the Bulldogs sport- Saves - 35 by Hunter Shepard vs. NDame (Oct. 15) ed only freshmen goaltenders on their roster was in 1985-86. That was also the last time three different UMD goaltenders all made their collegiate debuts in the same season.

•Scott Sandelin is in his 17th season presiding over the UMD puck program. That’s the second longest continuous tenure of any NCHC head coach. (Enrico Blassi is in his 18th year at Miami). Of all-time UMD bench bosses, only Mike Sertich (18 years between 1982-2000) served longer than Sandelin.

•Going back to a 5-4 loss to visiting Minnesota on Oct. 15, 2011, the Bulldogs are unbeaten in 66 of the 67 games they’ve struck for more than three goals (59-1-6). The sole setback during that stretch was inflicted by Minnesota State University-Mankato on Oct. 17, 2014 in Duluth (5-4 in overtime) •There is almost seven years age difference separating •Senior defenseman Carson Soucy is a team-lead- UP NEXT: The Bulldogs will take their show on the road the oldest (senior defenseman Brenden Kotyk, who for a pair of NCHC clashes with St. Cloud State on ing +26 for his career while junior right winger Karson turned 25 last Aug. 27) and youngest (freshman winger Kuhlman (+23) and senior center Dominic Toninato Nov. 4-5. UMD is a perfect 4-0-0 in its last four visits Joey Anderson, whose 19th birthday doesn’t come up to the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. (+20) are next. until June 19) Bulldogs.

• UMD has won just four of the last 28 games that •There have been 11 father-son combination who have required overtime, going 4-6-18. Only three have done time with the Bulldogs, with the most lat- active Bulldogs -- senior left wingers Alex Iafallo and est addition being sophomore forward Adam Johnson, Kyle Osterberg and junior right winger Karson Kuhlman whose dad (Davey Johnson), was a four-year letterman -- have an overtime goal on their collegiate resume. and captained the Bulldogs as a senior center in 1980-81. Senior center Dominic Toninato also fol- •Senior center Dominic Toninato is the second straight lowed in his father’s footsteps to UMD (Jim Toninato, Duluth East High School alumnus to serve as the Bull- 1982-86) as did assistant coach and former Bulldog dogs’ team captain. Two-time All-NCHC second team defenseman Brett Larson (Robert Larson, 1968-69). defenseman Andy Welinski handled that responsibility in 2015-16.

2010-11 NCAA Champions • Home of 5 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Winners 2016-17 Bulldog Hockey Minnesota Duluth2016-17 Individual UNIVERSITY Season/Career OF MINNESOTA DULUTH Statistics STATISTICS (as of Oct 26, 2016) All games

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## Player gp g a pts sh sh% +/- pen-min pp sh fg gw gt ot ht ua gp g a pts sh sh% +/- pen-min pp sh fg gw gt ot ht ua 7 Adam Johnson 6 4 3 7 28 .1 4 3 +1 1-2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 45 10 15 25 123 .0 8 1 -2 5-10 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 4 Neal Pionk 6 3 4 7 12 .2 5 0 +3 1-2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 46 7 17 24 97 .0 7 2 +14 19-46 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 13 Joey Anderson 6 0 6 6 16 .0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 6 16 .0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Kyle Osterberg 6 3 2 5 16 .1 8 8 +1 3-6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 113 28 32 60 245 .1 1 4 +3 32-78 6 2 10 2 1 1 0 5 14 Alex Iafallo 6 2 2 4 21 .0 9 5 0 3-6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 116 29 45 74 353 .0 8 2 +18 18-36 7 0 4 6 0 1 0 4 20 Karson Kuhlman 6 1 3 4 22 .0 4 5 +2 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 21 21 42 222 .0 9 5 +23 9-18 4 1 3 4 0 1 0 1

2010-11 NCAA Champions • Home of 5 Hobey Baker2010-11 NCAAChampions •Homeof5Hobey Memorial Award Winners 15 Willie Raskob 6 2 1 3 14 .1 4 3 +1 1-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 113 8 37 45 219 .0 3 7 +11 23-57 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16 Billy Exell 6 1 1 2 3 .3 3 3 +2 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 2 3 8 .1 2 5 +3 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Brenden Kotyk 6 1 1 2 9 .1 1 1 0 4-8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 5 7 12 76 .0 6 6 +5 18-36 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 39 Parker Mackay 2 1 1 2 4 .2 5 0 0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 31 5 3 8 33 .1 5 2 +3 3-6 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 17 Blake Young 6 1 1 2 5 .2 0 0 +2 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 1 2 3 28 .0 3 6 +1 7-17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Dan Molenaar 5 0 2 2 2 .0 0 0 +1 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 2 6 8 44 .0 4 5 +8 6-12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 Jared Thomas 6 0 2 2 7 .0 0 0 -1 4-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 7 18 25 92 .0 7 6 -2 19-38 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 19 Dominic Toninato 6 0 2 2 18 .0 0 0 +2 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 115 38 26 64 289 .1 3 1 +20 61-147 6 4 10 5 0 0 0 3 26 Jade Miller 6 1 0 1 4 .2 5 0 +2 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 1 4 .2 5 0 +2 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Nick McCormack 3 0 1 1 1 .0 0 0 +2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 6 6 9 .0 0 0 +9 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 Hunter Miska 3 0 1 1 0 .0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 .0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Carson Soucy 6 0 1 1 12 .0 0 0 +2 5-10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 118 9 24 33 187 .0 4 8 +26 69-171 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 28 Sammy Spurrell 6 0 1 1 3 .0 0 0 +3 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 4 4 8 31 .1 2 9 -4 12-46 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 Nick Wolff 2 0 1 1 2 .0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 .0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Will Campion 1 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Jarod Hilderman 3 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 +2 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 +2 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Riley Tufte 2 0 0 0 3 .0 0 0 0 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .0 0 0 0 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 6 20 36 56 202 .0 9 9 +25 32-64 8 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 Opponents 6 14 25 39 156 .0 9 0 - 43-108 7 0 4 1 0 0 0 0

## Goalie gp-gs minutes ga gaavg saves pct w l t sho pp sh en gp-gs minutes ga gaavg saves pct w l t sho pp sh en 37 Nick Deery 3-2 155:44 4 1.54 57 .9 3 4 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 3-2 155:44 4 1.54 57 .9 3 4 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 35 Hunter Miska 3-3 154:06 7 2.73 50 .8 7 7 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 3-3 154:06 7 2.73 50 .8 7 7 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 32 Hunter Shepard 1-1 58:31 3 3.08 35 .9 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1-1 58:31 3 3.08 35 .9 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Total 6-0 370:00 14 2.27 142 .9 1 0 3 1 2 1 7 0 0 Opponents 6-0 370:00 20 3.24 182 .9 0 1 1 3 2 0 8 0 0 2016-17 Bulldog Hockey Minnesota Duluth Overall Team Statistics (as of Oct 26, 2016) 2016-17 UNIVERSITY OFAll MINNESOTA games DULUTH TEAM STATISTICS

Overall: 3-1-2 Conf: 0-0-0 Home: 3-1-0 Away: 0-0-2 Neut: 0-0-0

TEAM STATISTICS UMD OPP SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts 20-202 14-156 Shot pct. . 0 9 9 . 0 9 0 G o a ls / G a m e 3.3 2.3 S h o t s / G a m e 33.7 26.0 A s s is t s 36 25 POWER PLAYS Goals-Power Plays 8-39 7-30 Conversion Percent . 2 0 5 . 2 3 3 Shot Attempts 62 43 Shot Percent . 1 2 9 . 1 6 3 GOAL BREAKDOWN Total Goals 20 14 Power Play 8 7 S h o r t - h a n d e d 0 0 Empty net 0 0 P e n a lt y 0 0 U n a s s is t e d 0 0 O v e r t im e 0 0 S h o o t o u t 0 0 Delayed Penalty 0 0 PENALTIES N u m b e r 32 43 M in u t e s 64 108 P e n a lt ie s / G a m e 5.3 7.2 Pen minutes/Game 10.7 18.0 M in o r 32 39 M a jo r 0 2 10-minute Misconduct 0 0 Game Misconduct 0 2 Gross Misconduct 0 0 M a t c h 0 0 SHOOTOUTS (Made-Att) 0-0 0-0 ATTENDANCE T o t a l 22846 10704 Dates/Avg Per Date 4/5712 2/5352 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0

Goals by Period 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Minnesota Duluth 6 8 6 0 20 Opponents 7 5 2 0 14

Saves by Period 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Minnesota Duluth 51 51 38 2 142 Opponents 56 59 59 8 182

2010-11 NCAA Champions • Home of 5 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Winners 2015-16 UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA OF MINNESOTA DULUTH DULUTH RESULTS/SCHEDULE 2016-17 Men's Hockey Results DATE W-L-T OPPONENT (Attendance) UMD-OPP UMD GOALS GOALIES SAVES Oct. 1 W No. 17 Michigan Tech 6-0 MACKAY, Young, Raskob, Osterberg, Miska 21 (6,202) Johnson, Miller Wintjes/Kero 11/10 Oct. 2 W No. 17 Michigan Tech 4-3 Osterberg, Pionk, Exell, IAFALLO Miska 18 (5,104) Kero 27 Oct. 7 T No. 8 UMass-Lowell 4-4 OT Pionk, Kuhlman, Kotyk, Osterberg Miska/Deery 11/13 (6,066) Hernberg 39 Oct. 8 T No. 8 UMass-Lowell 1-1 OT Pionk Deery 24 (4,638) Wall 40 Oct. 14 W No. 5 Notre Dame 4-3 JOHNSON (2), Raskob, Iafallo Deery 20 (5,526) Petersen 28 Oct. 15 L No. 5 Notre Dame 1-3 Johnson Shepard 35 (6,014) Petersen 27 Oct. 22 L U.S. National U-18 Team# 1-2 Toninato Miska/Deery/Shepard 5/4/7 (3,561) St. Cyr 32 Oct. 28 No. 1 North Dakota* 7:07 p.m. Oct. 29 No. 1 North Dakota* 7:07 p.m. Nov. 4 St. Cloud State* 7:37 p.m. Nov. 5 St. Cloud State* 7:07 p.m. Nov. 11 Western Michigan* 7:07 p.m. Nov. 12 Western Michigan* 7:07 p.m. Nov. 18 Nebraska Omaha* 7:07 p.m. Nov. 19 Nebraska Omaha* 7:00 p.m. Dec. 9 Denver* 8:00 p.m. Dec. 10 Denver* 8:00 p.m. Dec. 16 Bemidji State* 7:07 p.m. Dec. 17 Bemidji State* 7:07 p.m. Jan. 6 Colorado College* 7:07 p.m. Jan. 7 Colorado College* 7:07 p.m. Jan. 13 St. Cloud State* 7:07 p.m. Jan. 14 St. Cloud State* 7:07 p.m. Jan. 20 North Dakota* 7:37 p.m. Jan. 21 North Dakota* 7:07 p.m. Jan. 27 Minnesota+ 7:00 p.m. Jan. 28 Bemidji State/St. Cloud State+ 4:00 p.m./7:00 p.m. Feb. 3 Nebraska Omaha* 7:07 p.m. Feb. 4 Nebraska Omaha* 7:07 p.m. Feb. 17 Colorado College* 8:37 p.m. Feb. 18 Colorado College* 8:07 p.m. Feb. 23 Miami* 7:07 p.m. Feb. 24 Miami* 7:07 p.m. March 3 Western Michigan* 6:00 p.m. March 4 Western Michigan* 6:00 p.m.

*NCHC Game +North Star College Cup (St. Paul Minn.) #Exhibition Game GAME-WINNING GOALS ARE IN ALL CAPS Home games are in boldface Times are CT 2016-17 WIN-LOSS SUMMARY W L T PCT W L T PCT Home Games 3 1 0 .750 Sunday Games 1 0 0 1.000 Road Games 0 0 2 .500 Scoring First Goal 1 1 0 .500 Neutral Site Games 0 0 0 .000 Leading After One Period 1 0 0 1.000 NCHC Games 0 0 0 .000 Trailing After One Period 1 0 2 .667 NCHC Playoff Games 0 0 0 .000 Tied After One Period 1 0 0 1.000 Nonconference Games 3 1 2 .667 Leading After Two Periods 2 0 0 1.000 Exhibition Games 0 1 0 .000 Trailing After Two Periods 1 0 2 .667 3 x 3 NCHC Overtime Games 0 0 0 .000 Tied After Two Periods 0 1 0 .000 NCHC Shootouts 0 0 0 .000 Outshooting Opponent 3 1 2 .667 Overtime Games 0 0 2 .500 Outshot by Opponent 0 0 0 .000 One-Goal Games 2 0 0 1.000 Same No. of Shots as Opponent 0 0 0 .000 Two-Goal Games 0 1 0 .000 Scoring More Than Three Goals 3 0 1 .875 Friday Games 1 0 1 .750 Scoring Three Goals or Less 0 1 1 .250 Saturday Games 1 1 1 .500

2016-17 ATTENDANCE~ All Games Home Away Total Attendance 33,550 22,846 10,704 (Average) (5,592) (5,712) (5,352) Sellouts 0 0 0 ~does not include exhibition games

2010-11 NCAA Champions • Home of 5 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Winners 2016-17 Bulldog Hockey Minnesota Duluth Game-by-Game Goals-Assists-Points (as of Oct 26, 2016) 2016-17 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH INDIVIDUALAll games GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS (GOALS-ASSISTS-TOTAL POINTS)

3 4 5 7 8 10 12 13 14 15 16 Opponent Date Score MOLENAAR,D PIONK,NEAL WOLFF,NICK JOHNSON,AD OSTERBERG, KOTYK,BREN HILDERMAN,J ANDERSON,J IAFALLO,ALE RASKOB,WIL EXELL,BILLY MTU Oct 01 6-0 W DNP 0 - 1 - 1 DNP 1 - 0 - 1 1 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 1 - 1 1 - 1 - 2 0 - 1 - 1 MTU Oct 02 4-3 W 0 - 1 - 1 1 - 1 - 2 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 1 - 1 1 - 0 - 1 0 - 1 - 1 DNP 0 - 1 - 1 1 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 1 at UML Oct 07 4-4 t 0 - 0 - 0 1 - 1 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 1 1 - 1 - 2 1 - 0 - 1 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 at UML Oct 08 1-1 t 0 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 1 DNP 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 ND Oct 14 4-3 W 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 1 - 1 DNP 2 - 0 - 2 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 DNP 0 - 3 - 3 1 - 0 - 1 1 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 ND Oct 15 1-3 L 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 DNP 1 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0

17 18 19 20 21 22 24 26 27 28 32 Opponent Date Score YOUNG,BLAK MCCORMACK TONINATO,D KUHLMAN,KA SOUCY,CARS THOMAS,JAR CAMPION,WIL MILLER,JADE TUFTE,RILEY SPURRELL,S SHEPARD,HU MTU Oct 01 6-0 W 1 - 0 - 1 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 2 - 2 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 1 - 1 DNP 1 - 0 - 1 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 DNP MTU Oct 02 4-3 W 0 - 1 - 1 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 1 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 DNP at UML Oct 07 4-4 t 0 - 0 - 0 DNP 0 - 1 - 1 1 - 1 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 DNP at UML Oct 08 1-1 t 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 DNP 0 - 1 - 1 DNP ND Oct 14 4-3 W 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 DNP ND Oct 15 1-3 L 0 - 0 - 0 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0

35 37 39 Opponent Date Score MISKA,HUNT DEERY,NICK MACKAY,PAR MTU Oct 01 6-0 W 0 - 1 - 1 DNP 1 - 1 - 2 MTU Oct 02 4-3 W 0 - 0 - 0 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 at UML Oct 07 4-4 t 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 DNP at UML Oct 08 1-1 t DNP 0 - 0 - 0 DNP ND Oct 14 4-3 W DNP 0 - 0 - 0 DNP ND Oct 15 1-3 L DNP DNP DNP

2010-11 NCAA Champions • Home of 5 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Winners 2016-17 Bulldog Hockey Minnesota Duluth Team Game-by-Game Comparison (as of Oct 26, 2016) All games 2016-17 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH GAME-BY-GAME COMPARISON Shots Penalties Power Plays Date Opponent Score Goals Assists Shots Pen-Min Pen-Min G-Ch G-Ch Oct 01 MICHIGAN TECH 6-0 6 / 0 12 / 0 27 / 21 6-12 / 9-29 3-6 / 0-4 Oct 02 MICHIGAN TECH 4-3 4 / 3 8 / 5 31 / 21 6-12 / 7-25 1-6 / 0-6 Oct 07 at UMass Lowell 4-4 4 / 4 6 / 7 43 / 28 8-16 / 11-22 3-11 / 3-8 Oct 08 at UMass Lowell 1-1 1 / 1 2 / 2 41 / 25 3-6 / 6-12 0-6 / 1-3 Oct 14 NOTRE DAME 4-3 4 / 3 7 / 5 32 / 23 6-12 / 6-12 1-6 / 2-6 Oct 15 NOTRE DAME 1-3 1 / 3 1 / 6 28 / 38 3-6 / 4-8 0-4 / 1-3 Totals 20-14 20 / 14 36 / 25 202 / 156 32-64 / 43-108 8-39 / 7-30

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

2010-11 NCAA Champions • Home of 5 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Winners 2016-17 Bulldog Hockey Minnesota Duluth Category Leaders (as of Oct 26, 2016) All games 2015-16 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH LEADERS

## Points GP G A Pts Sh ## Assists GP G A Pts Sh 7 Adam Johnson 6 4 3 7 28 13 Joey Anderson 6 0 6 6 16 4 Neal Pionk 6 3 4 7 12 4 Neal Pionk 6 3 4 7 12 13 Joey Anderson 6 0 6 6 16 7 Adam Johnson 6 4 3 7 28 8 Kyle Osterberg 6 3 2 5 16 20 Karson Kuhlman 6 1 3 4 22 14 Alex Iafallo 6 2 2 4 21 8 Kyle Osterberg 6 3 2 5 16 20 Karson Kuhlman 6 1 3 4 22 14 Alex Iafallo 6 2 2 4 21 15 Willie Raskob 6 2 1 3 14 3 Dan Molenaar 5 0 2 2 2 16 Billy Exell 6 1 1 2 3 22 Jared Thomas 6 0 2 2 7 10 Brenden Kotyk 6 1 1 2 9 19 Dominic Toninato 6 0 2 2 18 39 Parker Mackay 2 1 1 2 4 15 Willie Raskob 6 2 1 3 14

## Goals GP G A Pts Sh ## Shots GP G A Pts Sh Sh% 7 Adam Johnson 6 4 3 7 28 7 Adam Johnson 6 4 3 7 28 . 1 4 3 4 Neal Pionk 6 3 4 7 12 20 Karson Kuhlman 6 1 3 4 22 . 0 4 5 8 Kyle Osterberg 6 3 2 5 16 14 Alex Iafallo 6 2 2 4 21 . 0 9 5 14 Alex Iafallo 6 2 2 4 21 19 Dominic Toninato 6 0 2 2 18 . 0 0 0 15 Willie Raskob 6 2 1 3 14 13 Joey Anderson 6 0 6 6 16 . 0 0 0 20 Karson Kuhlman 6 1 3 4 22 8 Kyle Osterberg 6 3 2 5 16 . 1 8 8 16 Billy Exell 6 1 1 2 3 15 Willie Raskob 6 2 1 3 14 . 1 4 3 10 Brenden Kotyk 6 1 1 2 9 4 Neal Pionk 6 3 4 7 12 . 2 5 0 39 Parker Mackay 2 1 1 2 4 21 Carson Soucy 6 0 1 1 12 . 0 0 0 17 Blake Young 6 1 1 2 5 10 Brenden Kotyk 6 1 1 2 9 . 1 1 1

## Power-Play Goals GP PPG ## Shot Pct. GP G A Pts Sh Sh% 4 Neal Pionk 6 2 16 Billy Exell 6 1 1 2 3 . 3 3 3 15 Willie Raskob 6 2 26 Jade Miller 6 1 0 1 4 . 2 5 0 39 Parker Mackay 2 1 1 2 4 . 2 5 0 ## Short-Handed Goals GP SHG 4 Neal Pionk 6 3 4 7 12 . 2 5 0 17 Blake Young 6 1 1 2 5 . 2 0 0 ## Game-Winning Goals GP GWG 8 Kyle Osterberg 6 3 2 5 16 . 1 8 8 7 Adam Johnson 6 1 15 Willie Raskob 6 2 1 3 14 . 1 4 3 39 Parker Mackay 2 1 7 Adam Johnson 6 4 3 7 28 . 1 4 3 14 Alex Iafallo 6 1 10 Brenden Kotyk 6 1 1 2 9 . 1 1 1 14 Alex Iafallo 6 2 2 4 21 . 0 9 5 ## Plus/Minus GP +/- 4 Neal Pionk 6 +3 ## Penalties GP Pen Min 28 Sammy Spurrell 6 +3 21 Carson Soucy 6 5 10 19 Dominic Toninato 6 +2 10 Brenden Kotyk 6 4 8 21 Carson Soucy 6 +2 22 Jared Thomas 6 4 8 20 Karson Kuhlman 6 +2 8 Kyle Osterberg 6 3 6 18 Nick McCormack 3 +2 14 Alex Iafallo 6 3 6 12 Jarod Hilderman 3 +2 12 Jarod Hilderman 3 2 4 17 Blake Young 6 +2 7 Adam Johnson 6 1 2 16 Billy Exell 6 +2 19 Dominic Toninato 6 1 2 26 Jade Miller 6 +2 28 Sammy Spurrell 6 1 2 3 Dan Molenaar 5 1 2

## Penalty Minutes GP Pen Min 21 Carson Soucy 6 5 10 22 Jared Thomas 6 4 8 10 Brenden Kotyk 6 4 8 14 Alex Iafallo 6 3 6 8 Kyle Osterberg 6 3 6 12 Jarod Hilderman 3 2 4 15 Willie Raskob 6 1 2 17 Blake Young 6 1 2 27 Riley Tufte 2 1 2 26 Jade Miller 6 1 2

2010-11 NCAA Champions • Home of 5 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Winners 2016-17 BULLDOG GAME SUMMARIES

Game 1 • Oct. 1, 2016 Game 5 • Oct. 14, 2016 POLL POSITION #5 Notre Dame at #4 UMD #17 Michigan Tech at #6 UMD A weekly look at how UMD has fared this MTU 0 0 0 0 ND 3 0 0 3 season in the USCHO.com and USA Today/ USA Hockey Magazine national polls as well UMD 2 3 1 6 UMD 3 1 0 4 as the PairWise Rankings.

Scoring Scoring Week USCHO.com USA Today Pairwise 1st: UMD- Parker Mackay 1 (Pionk, Iafallo) 5:46 pp; 1st: ND- Andrew Oglevie (Morrison, Evans) 7:12; Preseason No. 6 No. 5 -- Blake Young 1 (Billy Exell, Nick McCormack) 15:09. UMD- Willie Raskob 2 (Joey Anderson) 9:03; UMD- Oct. 10 No. 4 No. 4 -- 2nd: UMD - Willie Raskob 1 (Carson Soucy, Karson Adam Johnson 2 (Kyle Osterberg, Anderson) 13:12; Oct. 17 No. 2 No. 2 -- Kuhlman) 2:09 pp; Kyle Osterberg 1 (Kuhlman, Hunter ND- Cam Morrison (Andrew Oglevie, Jake Evans) Oct. 24 No. 2 No. 2 -- Miska) 9:49; Adam Johnson 1 (Mackay, Raskob) 15:35; UMD- Alex Iafallo 2 (Dominic Toninato, Neal 14:45 pp. 3rd: Jade Miller 1 (Jared Thomas, Joey Pionk) 18:04; ND- Anders Bjork (Connor Hurley) Anderson) 2:35. 18:21. 2nd: No Scoring. 3rd: UMD- Adam Johnson 3 Saves (Dan Molenaar, Osterberg) 6:09. MTU- Matt Wintjes: 7-4-x--11 Saves Devin Kero : x-4-6--10 ND- Cal Petersen: 11-11-6--28 UMD- Hunter Miska: 7-10-4--21 UMD- Nick Deery: 8-4-8--20 Power Play: MTU- 0/4, UMD - 3/8 Power Play: ND- 2/6, UMD - 1/6 Penalties: MTU- 9-29, UMD - 6-12 Penalties: ND- 6-12, UMD - 6-12 Attendance: 6,202 Attendance: 5,526

Game 2 • Oct. 2, 2016 Game 6 • Oct. 15, 2016 #17 Michigan Tech at #6 UMD #5 Notre Dame at #4 UMD MTU 2 1 0 3 ND 0 1 2 3 UMD 1 1 2 4 UMD 0 1 0 1

Scoring Scoring 1st: MTU- Reid Sturos (Mark Auk) 3:46; MTU- Tyler 1st: No sSoring. 2nd: UMD- Adam Johnson 4 Heinonen (Mark Steman, Dylan Birks) 8:21; UMD- (Anderson) 1:53; ND- Andrew Oglevie (Dylan Kyle Osterberg 2 (Dan Molenaar, Nick Wolff) 19:31. Malmquist, Bobby Nardella) 15:22. 3rd: ND- Jordan 2nd: Joel L’Esperance 1 (Brent Baltus, Birks) 9:29; Gross (Malmquist, AndersBjork) 5:01; ND- Malmquist UMD- Neal Pionk 1 (Adam Johnson, Jared Thomas) (Hurley, Gross) 5:56. 17:09 pp. 3rd: Billy Exell 1 (Young, Kotyk) 11:35; Alex Saves Iafallo 1 (Pionk, Joey Anderson) 19:45. ND- Cal Petersen: 13-6-8--27 Saves UMD- Hunter Shepard: 13-16-6--35 MTU- Devin Kero: 11-15-1--27 Power Play: ND- 1/3, UMD - 0/4 UMD- Hunter Miska: 6-6-6--18 Penalties: ND- 4-8, UMD - 3-6 Power Play: MTU- 0/5, UMD - 1/6 Attendance: 6,014 Penalties: MTU- 7-25, UMD - 6-12 Attendance: 5,104 (Exhibition) • Oct. 22, 2016 U.S. National U-18 Team at UMD Game 3 • Oct. 7, 2016 #6 UMD at #8 UMass-Lowell U18 0 1 1 2 UMD 0 2 2 0 4 UMD 0 1 0 1 UML 1 3 0 0 4 Scoring 1st: No Scoring. 2nd: UMD- Dominic Toninato (Alex Scoring Iafallo, Willie Raskob) 9:29; U18- Brady Tkachuk (Ty- 1st: UML- Dylan Zink 1(Michael Kapla,Joe Gam- ler Inamoto, Evan Barratt) 14:05. 3rd: U18- Michael bardella) 4:29 pp. 2nd: UMD- Neal Pionk 2 (Alex Pastujov (Jacob Tortora, Tommy Miller) 19:28. Iaffalo) 3:54 pp; UML- Gambardella (Mattias Gorans- Saves son, C.J.Smith) 4:59 xa; UML- Gambardella 2 (Smith) U18- Dylan St. Cyr: 6-11-15--32 9:25; UML- Goransson 1 (Tyler Mueller, Smith) 14:08; UMD- Hunter Miska: 5-x-x--5 UMD- Karson Kuhlman 1 (Kyle Osterberg) 18:16 pp. Nick Deery: x-4-x--4 3rd: UMD- Brenden Kotyk 1 (Pionk, Johnson) 1:03 Hunter Shepard: x-x-7--7 pp; Kyle Osterberg 3 (Kuhlman, Toninato) 16:30. OT: Power Play: U18- 0/5, UMD- 0/4 No Scoring Penalties: U18- 4-8, UMD- 5-10 Saves Attendance: 3,561 UMD- Hunter Miska: 6-5-x-x--11 Nick Deery: x-3-10-0--13 UML- Chris Hernberg: 8-7-19-5--39 Power Play: UMD- 3/11, UML- 3/8, Penalties: UMD- 8-16, UML- 11-22, Attendance: 6,066

Game 4 • Oct. 8, 2016 #6 UMD at #8 UMass-Lowell UMD 0 0 1 0 1 UML 1 0 0 0 1

Scoring 1st: UML- Connor Wilson (Zink, Panico) 3:30. 2nd: No scoring. 3rd: UMD- Neal Pionk (Sammy Spurrell, Adam Johnson) 16:06. OT: No Scoring. Saves UMD- Nick Deery: 11-7-4-2--24 UML- Tyler Wall: 6-12-19-3--40 Power Play: UMD- 0/6, UML- 1/3, Penalties: UMD- 3-6, UML- 6-12, Attendance: 4,638