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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA FIGHTING SIOUX MEN’S HOCKEY October 12, 2011 2011-12 Schedule/Results GAME notes Date Opponent Time/Result Oct. 1 Regina (Exh.) W, 8-1 #17 Maine Oct. 7 Air Force^ W, 4-3 Oct. 8 #5 Boston College^ L, 2-6 (1-1-0, 1-1-0 HEA) Oct. 14 #17 Maine 7:37 pm at Oct. 15 #17 Maine 7:07 pm Oct. 21 #18 at Wisconsin* 7:07 pm #6 North Dakota Oct. 22 #18 at Wisconsin* 7:07 pm (1-1-0, 0-0-0 WCHA) Oct. 28 St. Cloud State* 7:37 pm Oct. 29 St. Cloud State* 7:07 pm Nov. 4 at #14 Minnesota* 7:07 pm Nov. 5 at #14 Minnesota* 7:37 pm Oct. 14-15, 2011 • 7:37/7:07 pm CT • Ralph Engelstad Arena (11,634) • Grand Forks, N.D. Nov. 19 at Bemidji State* 7:07 pm Nov. 20 at Bemidji State* 5:07 pm RADIO: 96.1 The Fox (KQHT-FM) • WEBCAST: www.fi ghtingsioux.com Nov. 25 #7 Colorado College*! 7:37 pm TV: Fighting Sioux Sports Network, Fox College Sports Central, MidcoSN3, Nov. 26 #7 Colorado College*! 7:07 pm DirecTV 617 (Friday), DirecTV 623 (Saturday) Dec. 2 at Alaska Anchorage* 10:07 pm Dec. 3 at Alaska Anchorage* 10:07 pm Dec. 9 #16 Nebraska Omaha* 7:37 pm THIS WEEK: Two more non-conference games are on tap for the sixth-ranked Fighting Sioux this Dec. 10 #16 Nebraska Omaha* 7:07 pm weekend, when No. 17 Maine visits Ralph Engelstad Arena. Dec. 17 Russian Red Stars (Exh.) 7:07 pm Dec. 30 Harvard 7:37 pm Dec. 31 Harvard 7:07 pm The puck drops at 7:37 p.m. on Friday and 7:07 p.m. Saturday. Jan. 7 vs. Clarkson% 7:07 pm Jan. 13 #14 Minnesota* 7:37 pm The series marks UND’s fi nal non-conference action before opening the Western Collegiate Hockey Jan. 14 #14 Minnesota* 7:07 pm Association (WCHA) schedule next weekend at Wisconsin. Jan. 20 at St. Cloud State* 7:37 pm Jan. 21 at St. Cloud State* 7:07 pm Jan. 27 #18 Wisconsin* 7:37 pm MEDIA COVERAGE: All Fighting Sioux men’s hockey games, home and away, can be heard on 96.1 Jan. 28 #18 Wisconsin* 7:07 pm FM (The Fox) and on stations across the Fighting Sioux Hockey Network. Veteran broadcaster Tim Feb. 10 at #9 Minnesota Duluth* 7:07 pm Hennessy is in his 31st season as the voice of the Fighting Sioux. He is joined during home games Feb. 11 at #9 Minnesota Duluth* 7:07 pm by color analyst Steve Olson. Feb. 17 Michigan Tech* 7:37 pm Feb. 18 Michigan Tech* 7:07 pm Feb. 24 at #3 Denver* 8:37 pm This weekend’s series will be broadcast live on the Fighting Sioux Sports Network, Fox College Feb. 25 at #3 Denver* 8:07 pm Sports Central, DirecTV (617 Friday, 623 Saturday) and MidcoSN3. Consult your local listings for Mar. 2 Minnesota State* 7:37 pm details. WDAZ-TV Sports Director Pat Sweeney calls the action with former UND standout Scott Mar. 3 Minnesota State* 7:07 pm Koberinski (1985-89) providing analysis. Mar. 9-11 WCHA First Round Playoffs TBA Mar. 15-17 Red Baron WCHA Final Five St. Paul, Minn. Mar. 23-25 NCAA Regionals TBA Video webcasts for each game can also be purchased at FightingSioux.com, where FREE audio and Apr. 5-7 NCAA Frozen Four Tampa, Fla. live stats are also available. Home games in bold; all times Central SOCIAL MEDIA: Receive real-time updates during all UND men’s hockey games at www.twitter. com/undmhockey. * WCHA game ^ Ice Breaker Tournament (Grand Forks, N.D.) ! Subway Holiday Classic (Grand Forks) Fans can also follow the action via live chat at FightingSioux.com, hosted by Grand Forks Herald % at MTS Centre (Winnipeg, Manitoba) hockey writer Brad Schlossman and UND media relations director Jayson Hajdu during every home 2010-11 NCAA Regional Sites: Bridgeport, Conn. (East), and road game. Green Bay, Wis. (Midwest), St. Paul, Minn. (West), Worcester, Mass. (Northeast) TICKET INFORMATION: Single-game tickets remain available for Friday and Saturday’s games against Maine. MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACT Tickets can be purchased by calling 1-800-745-3000, logging on to ticketmaster.com or by visiting Asst. Athletics Director_____________ Jayson Hajdu the UND Ticket Offi ce at the Ralph Engelstad Arena. Email____________ [email protected] Offi ce Phone_____________________ 701.777.2985 The REA box offi ce is open from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Cell Phone______________________ 701.740.7659 Twitter __________________ www.twitter.com/undsid Mailing Address_____ Athletic Media Relations Offi ce ABOUT MAINE: Maine split a pair of Hockey East games to open the regular season last weekend. University of North Dakota The Black Bears dropped the season-opener to Merrimack 2-1 on Friday night, before rebounding Hyslop Sports Center Room 127 to defeat Northeastern 6-3 on Sunday afternoon. 2751 2nd Avenue North, Stop 9013 Grand Forks, ND 58202-9013 Maine is led by senior forward Bryan Flynn, who had a 5-point weekend with a goal and four 2011-12 FIGHTING SIOUX HOCKEY PAGE 2 • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA FIGHTING SIOUX MEN’S HOCKEY GAME NOTES • OCT. 12, 2011 MAINE COACHING STAFF: Head coach Tim in which it will play seven of nine games against UND-Maine Comparison Whitehead (Hamilton ‘85) is in his 11th year at nationally ranked opponents, according to the (Per game averages with NCAA rank) Maine and will coach his 400th game behind latest USCHO.com poll. the Black Bears bench on Friday night. He is UND Maine 3.00 (T-17) Goals For 3.50 (T-11) 217-139-43 (.598). The Sioux faced fi fth-ranked (now No. 3) Boston 4.50 (T-39) Goals Against 2.50 (T-16) College last Saturday and will host No. 17 Maine -1.50 (T-35) Scoring Margin +1.00 (T-11) 22.2% (T-11) Power Play 12.5% (T-28) In his 16th season overall as a collegiate head before traveling to No. 18 Wisconsin. After 88.9% (19) Penalty Kill 90.9% (T-14) coach, Whitehead is 293-234-54 (.551). returning home to host unranked St. Cloud 9.0 (T-36) Penalty Minutes 17.0 (T-11) State (Oct. 28-29), the Sioux will travel to No. 14 Whitehead is assisted by associate head coach- Minnesota (Nov. 4-5). UND vs. Maine es Bob Corkum (Maine ‘89) and Dan Kerluke (Maine ‘01), and volunteer assistant coach Da- Eleven of UND’s 17 fi rst-half regular season All-Time Series vid Alexander (New Brunswick ‘06). games will be against teams currently ranked in All-Time: UND leads 11-8-1 (.575) - Below the USCHO.com top 20 poll. In Grand Forks: UND leads 6-3-0 (.667) SERIES HISTORY: UND is 11-8-1 (.575) all-time In Orono: UND trails 4-5-1 (.450) against Maine, including a 6-3-0 home record. FULL NELSON: Sophomore forward Brock Neutral: UND leads 1-0-0 (1.000) Last 10: UND trails 4-5-1 (.450) - Below Nelson (Warroad, Minn.) opened the 2011- However, Maine has won the last four meetings, 12 season in style, putting together the fi rst Date Location Result Note including a sweep in Orono last October, and 3-point performance of his career in UND’s 4-3 10-13-00 Orono (ot) T, 1-1 10-14-00 Orono W, 4-2 a sweep in Grand Forks during the 2006-07 win over Air Force last Friday. 10-19-01 Grand Forks W, 3-2 season. 10-20-01 Grand Forks L, 1-5 Nelson scored the game-tying and game-win- 10-08-04 Orono (ot) W, 4-3 Hakstol’s debut UND’s last wins over Maine came during the ning goals in the fi nal 6:12 of regulation to rally 10-09-04 Orono W, 3-1 10-20-06 Grand Forks L, 2-6 2004-05 season, Dave Hakstol’s fi rst regular the Sioux from a 3-2 third period defi cit. He also 10-21-06 Grand Forks L, 1-3 season games as Sioux head coach. The Sioux set up Corban Knight’s goal early in the fi rst pe- 10-22-10 Orono L, 3-7 swept the October series in Orono with 4-3 riod. 10-23-10 Orono L, 2-4 (overtime) and 3-1 wins. A KNIGHT’S TALE: Center Corban Knight (Jr., Career Scoring vs. Maine UND’S LAST ACTION: The Sioux opened the High River, Alberta) enjoyed a record-breaking season last weekend by hosting the Ice Breaker year in the faceoff circle last season and picked Player GP G A Pts. Tournament in Grand Forks, defeating Air Force up last weekend right where he left off . Blood .....................................................2 1 0 1 Dickin ....................................................0 0 0 0 4-3 on Friday before falling 6-2 to fi fth-ranked Forbort .................................................2 0 0 0 Boston College on Saturday. Last season, Knight won 59.9 percent of his Gaarder ................................................0 0 0 0 faceoff s, breaking Zach Parise’s school record Gleason ................................................1 0 0 0 UND’s forward line of sophomore Brock Nelson of 59.3. In two games last weekend at the Ice Grimaldi ...............................................0 0 0 0 Knight ...................................................2 0 1 1 (2g, 1a) (Warroad, Minn.) and juniors Corban Breaker Tournament, Knight won an outstand- Kristo .....................................................2 0 1 1 Knight (1g, 1a) (High River, Alberta) and Danny ing 66.7 percent (32-of-48) of his draws.