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2019-20 NCHC Standings Conference Overall Pts. GP W L T 3/SW Win Pct. GF GA GP W L T Win Pct. GF GA 1. North Dakota 46 18 14 2 2 1/1 .833 71 38 29 23 3 3 .845 120 57 2. Minnesota Duluth 38 18 12 4 2 0/0 .722 64 42 28 17 9 2 .643 89 66 3. Western Michigan 32 18 9 6 3 0/2 .583 63 57 30 15 10 5 .583 104 85 4. Denver 28 18 7 7 4 1/2 .500 47 44 30 17 8 5 .650 91 68 5. St. Cloud State 25 18 8 9 1 0/0 .472 47 54 28 11 12 5 .482 80 88 6. Omaha 21 18 6 9 3 0/0 .417 52 59 30 12 13 5 .483 97 91 7. Miami 14 18 3 12 3 2/0 .250 45 62 28 6 17 5 .304 76 100 8. Colorado College 12 18 3 13 2 0/1 .222 39 72 28 10 16 2 .393 77 99 Teams are awarded three points for each conference win in regulation or 5-on-5 overtime, and one point for a 5-on-5 overtime tie. Conference games still tied after a five-minute 5-on-5 overtime advance to a five-minute 3-on-3 overtime (and sudden victory shootout if still tied) with the team that wins the second overtime/shootout receiving an extra point in the standings (3/SW in the standings), making all games worth three (3) points. The 3-on-3 overtime and shootouts only affect conference standings, while the game is officially a tie for NCAA purposes.
This Week’s Games NCHC Facts and Figures Friday, Feb. 21 PURSUIT OF THE PENROSE: Three weeks remain in the regular season *No. 4/4 Minnesota Duluth at No. 19 Western Michigan, 7:06 p.m. ET with all eight NCHC teams in conference play each of those weekends. TV: CBS Sports Network Even with three weeks to go, top-ranked North Dakota is closing in on *Colorado College at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT its third ever Penrose Cup and could clinch it this weekend with some *No. 1/1 North Dakota at St. Cloud State, 7:37 p.m. CT help. UND leads second-place Minnesota Duluth by eight points and is at St. Cloud State this weekend, while the Bulldogs are at No. 19 Western *Miami at No. 7/7 Denver, 7:07 p.m. MT Michigan. The Fighting Hawks can clinch at least a share of the Penrose Saturday, Feb. 22 Cup by gaining four points on UMD this weekend, while a five-point gain *No. 4/4 Minnesota Duluth at No. 19 Western Michigan, 7:05 p.m. ET would secure the Cup outright (UND sweeps and UMD gets one tie or swept). Should North Dakota clinch the Penrose Cup, they would join St. *No. 1/1 North Dakota at St. Cloud State, 6:07 p.m. CT Cloud State as three-time NCHC regular-season champions. TV: FOX Sports North/FOX College Sports Atlantic *Colorado College at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT HOME FOR THE PLAYOFFS: North Dakota became the first NCHC team to lock up home ice for the NCHC Quarterfinal series, doing so last *Miami at No. 7/7 Denver, 7:07 p.m. MT (TV: Altitude 2) Friday with a win over Denver. UND had hosted the first round of their conference tournament 16 straight seasons until failing to do so last year Last Week’s Results when they finished fifth in the NCHC. Minnesota Duluth can clinch home Friday, Feb. 14 ice this weekend with a sweep of Western Michigan, one win at WMU and *at Miami 2, Western Michigan 2 (OT - Miami wins 3x3 OT) a St. Cloud State loss to North Dakota, or UND sweeping St. Cloud State plus Omaha dropping one point to Colorado College. Western Michigan *at No. 1/1 North Dakota 4, No. 6/5 Denver 1 could also secure home ice for a second straight season with a sweep of at Colorado College 6, Air Force 2 the Bulldogs and SCSU gets swept by North Dakota, plus Omaha drops two Saturday, Feb. 15 points to Colorado College. *Western Michigan 4, at Miami 1 NUMBER ONE IN NON-CONFERENCE... AGAIN: Colorado College swept cross-town rival Air Force last weekend to finish out non-conference *at No. 1/1 North Dakota 3, No. 6/5 Denver 1 play for the NCHC in the regular season. NCHC teams finished with Monday, Feb. 17 a combined non-conference record of 49-26-12, with the .632 win percentage tops among the six Division I men’s hockey conferences. The Colorado College 4, at Air Force 2 (Faceoff at Falcon Stadium) NCHC has now posted the best combined non-conference regular-season * National Collegiate Hockey Conference game win percentage among the conferences in five of the last six seasons, including last year at .659 (52-25-8), and now this season. (page 7) This Weekend’s Games on NCHC.tv POLL POSITIONS: The NCHC is still home to the No. 1 team in the country, as North Dakota remained in the top spot in both the USCHO. Friday, Feb. 21 and Saturday, Feb. 22 com Poll and USA Hockey Magazine Poll for the third straight week. UND Colorado College at Omaha, 7:07/7:07 p.m. CT has now been No. 1 in the polls seven weeks this season overall, and are No. 1/1 North Dakota at St. Cloud State, 7:37/6:07 p.m. CT unanimously No. 1 in the USA Hockey Magazine Poll. Western Michigan Miami at No. 7/7 Denver, 7:07/7:07 p.m. MT returned to the USCHO.com Poll this week, giving the NCHC four ranked Feb. 22 only: No. 4/4 Minn. Duluth at No. 19 Western Mich., 7:05 p.m. ET teams in that poll and three in the top seven of the USA Hockey Magazine Poll. (page 10) notes continued on page 7
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Colorado College Tigers Denver Pioneers Head Coach: Mike Haviland (6th year) Head Coach: David Carle (2nd year) Record at CC: 62-132-19 Record at DU: 41-20-10 2018-19 Record: 17-20-4 (9-12-3-0, 6th) 2018-19 Record: 24-12-5 (11-10-3-2/1, 4th) 2019-20 Record: 10-16-2 (3-13-2-0/1, 8th) 2019-20 Record: 17-8-5 (7-7-4-1/2, 4th) Lettermen Ret./Lost: 18/11 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 19/4 • Colorado College snapped an eight-game winless skid (0-7-1) with a sweep of cross-town rival Air Force last weekend. CC took the opener • Denver was swept for the second straight series, dropping a pair of last Friday, 6-2, indoors at the Broadmoor World Arena, before capping games at top-ranked North Dakota, falling 4-1 in Friday’s opener and the sweep with a 4-2 win outdoors on Monday in the Faceoff at Falcon 3-1 a night later. All four losses have come against top-five teams Stadium. With the wins, CC retained the Pikes Peak Trophy for a second (Minnesota Duluth). The Pioneers have now lost four straight games for straight season, while it was their third series sweep of the season and the first time since December 2015. Prior to the four-game slide, Denver second in non-conference play (Princeton). was on an 11-game unbeaten stretch, its best single-season unbeaten streak since the 2016-17 season (13). • Senior forward Chris Wilkie leads the country with 143 shots on goal and 5.11 shots on goal per game. He scored a goal in both games • Freshman forward Bobby Brink scored DU’s lone goal in Friday’s win, against Air Force and is tied for second in the country with 20 goals this but missed Saturday’s game with an injury. He is on a six-game point season, tops in the NCHC by four, while his 0.71 goals per game are streak with three goals and four assists in that span. Brink is tied for the tied for second in the NCAA, as well. NCHC rookie scoring lead with 24 points (11g, 13a).
• Sophomore forward and co-captain Grant Cruikshank recorded his • Denver is 10-0-2 when scoring the first goal of the game, 3-0-2 first career hat trick in Monday’s win outdoors at Air Force’s Falcon Sta- when leading after the first period and 13-0-2 when leading after the dium and had four goals in the series with Air Force. second. Conversely, the Pioneers are 7-8-3 when allowing the first goal of the game, 5-6-1 when trailing after the first period and 1-8-2 when • Freshman defenseman Connor Mayer scored two goals in Friday’s win trailing after the second period. over Air Force for his first career multi-goal game. It also doubled his season goal total to four. This Week’s Games: Fri., Feb. 21 vs. Miami (6-17-5, 3-12-3-2 NCHC) - 7:07 p.m. MT This Week’s Games: Magness Arena - Denver, Colo. Fri., Feb. 21 at Omaha (12-13-5, 6-9-3-0 NCHC) - 6:07 p.m. MT Baxter Arena - Omaha, Neb. Sat., Feb. 22 vs. Miami (6-17-5, 3-12-3-2 NCHC) - 7:07 p.m. MT Magness Arena - Denver, Colo. TV: Altitude 2 Sat., Feb. 22 at Omaha (12-13-5, 6-9-3-0 NCHC) - 6:07 p.m. MT Baxter Arena - Omaha, Neb. Game Fact: Denver is 17-12-3 all-time against Miami and 7-5-3 against the RedHawks on home ice. DU swept the RedHawks a month ago in Game Fact: CC heads to Omaha looking to avenge being swept at Oxford, which were the Pioneers’ last wins. Denver is 3-1-1 in its last home by the Mavericks back on Jan. 24-25, by a combined, 10-5. five games against Miami and 7-2-1 in its last 10.
Sat., Oct. 5 Trinity Western (Exh.) W, 4-1 Sat., Oct. 5 at Alaska W, 4-3 Fri., Oct. 11 Minnesota W, 3-2 Sun. Oct. 6 at Alaska W, 3-0 Sat., Oct. 12 Minnesota L, 3-4 Fri., Oct. 11 at Lake Superior State W, 3-1 Fri., Oct. 25 Michigan State W, 3-1 Sat., Oct. 12 at Lake Superior State W, 4-3 Sat., Oct. 26 Michigan State L, 1-5 Fri., Oct. 18 No. 6/6 Boston College W, 3-0 Fri., Nov. 1 Western Michigan* L, 3-6 Sat., Oct. 19 No. 6/6 Boston College W, 6-4 Sat., Nov. 2 Western Michigan* T, 4-4 (OT/SOL) Fri., Nov. 1 Niagara W, 6-2 Fri., Nov. 15 at St. Cloud State* W, 4-2 Sat., Nov. 2 Niagara W, 4-0 Sat., Nov. 16 at St. Cloud State* W, 5-2 Fri., Nov. 8 at No. 7/7 Minnesota Duluth* T, 3-3 (OT/SOW) Fri., Nov. 22 at No. 9/10 Minnesota Duluth* L, 3-4 Sat., Nov. 9 at No. 7/7 Minnesota Duluth* L, 2-5 Sat., Nov. 23 at No. 9/10 Minnesota Duluth* L, 0-5 Fri., Nov. 15 No. 9/9 North Dakota* T, 1-1 (OT/3x3L) Fri., Dec. 6 at Princeton W, 7-2 Sat., Nov. 16 No. 9/9 North Dakota* L, 1-4 Sat., Dec. 7 at Princeton W, 2-1 (OT) Fri., Nov. 22 No. 20 Western Michigan* L, 1-2 Fri., Dec. 13 at No. 8/8 Denver* L, 0-3 Sat., Nov. 23 No. 20 Western Michigan* W, 6-1 Sat., Dec. 14 No. 8/8 Denver* L, 1-3 Fri., Dec. 6 at No. 20 Arizona State L, 1-4 Sat., Dec. 28 at Dartmouth% L, 2-5 Sat., Dec. 7 at No. 20 Arizona State T, 2-2 (OT) Sun.., Dec. 29 vs. St. Lawrence% W, 7-3 Fri., Dec. 13 Colorado College* W, 3-0 Fri., Jan. 10 Miami* L, 1-6 Sat., Dec. 14 at Colorado College* W, 3-1 Sat., Jan. 11 Miami* W, 4-2 Fri., Jan. 3 No. 9/9 Massachusetts W, 4-2 Fri., Jan. 17 at Western Michigan* L, 2-5 Sat., Jan. 4 No. 9/9 Massachusetts W, 4-3 Sat., Jan. 18 at Western Michigan* L, 2-6 Fri., Jan. 10 St. Cloud State* W, 6-3 Fri., Jan. 24 Omaha* L, 4-6 Sat., Jan. 11 St. Cloud State* W, 5-3 Sat., Jan. 25 Omaha* L, 1-4 Fri., Jan. 17 at Omaha* T, 1-1 (OT/SOW) Fri., Jan. 31 at No. 2/2 North Dakota* L, 0-1 Sat., Jan. 18 at Omaha* T, 2-2 (OT/3x3W) Sat., Feb. 1 at No. 2/2 North Dakota* L, 1-8 Fri., Jan. 24 at Miami* W, 3-2 Fri., Feb. 7 St. Cloud State* L, 2-3 (OT) Sat., Jan. 25 at Miami* W, 5-2 Sat., Feb. 8 St. Cloud State* T, 2-2 (OT-SOW) Fri., Jan. 31 No. 10/10 Minnesota Duluth* L, 2-3 Fri., Feb. 14 Air Force W, 6-2 Sat., Feb. 1 No. 10/10 Minnesota Duluth* L, 1-4 Mon. Feb. 17 at Air Force (Falcon Stadium) W, 4-2 Fri., Feb. 14 at No. 1/1 North Dakota* L, 1-4 Fri., Feb. 21 at Omaha* 8:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 15 at No. 1/1 North Dakota* L, 1-3 Sat., Feb. 22 at Omaha* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 21 Miami* 9:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 28 Minnesota Duluth* 9:37 p.m. Sat., Feb. 22 Miami* 9:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 29 Minnesota Duluth* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 28 at St. Cloud State* 8:30 p.m. Fri., Mar. 6 Denver* 9:37 p.m. Sat., Feb. 29 at St. Cloud State* 7:07 p.m. Sat., Mar. 7 at Denver* 10:00 p.m. Fri., Mar. 6 at Colorado College* 9:37 p.m. March 13-15 NCHC Quarterfinals TBA Sat., Mar. 7 Colorado College* 10:00 p.m. March 20-21 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBA March 13-15 NCHC Quarterfinals TBA March 20-21 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBA Home Games in Bold; * NCHC game; % Ledyard Classic (Hanover, NH); All times are ET and subject to change Home Games in Bold; * NCHC game; All times are ET and subject to change February 18-23, 2020 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 3 Team Notes/Match-Ups
Miami RedHawks Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs Head Coach: Chris Bergeron (1st year) Head Coach: Scott Sandelin (20th year) Record at MU: 6-17-5 Record at UMD: 386-320-89 2018-19 Record: 11-23-4 (5-17-2-1/0, t-7th) 2018-19 Record: 29-11-2 (14-9-1-0, 2nd) 2019-20 Record: 6-17-5 (3-12-3-2/0, 7th) 2019-20 Record: 17-9-2 (12-4-2-0, 2nd) Lettermen Ret./Lost: 16/7 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 20/6 • Miami snapped a five-game losing streak last Friday with a 2-2 over- • Minnesota Duluth collected its second straight sweep with a pair of time tie against Western Michigan, and earned the extra point in 3-on-3 wins over Omaha two weekends ago. The Bulldogs narrowly took the overtime. The next night, the RedHawks fell to WMU, 4-1. Miami is still opener, 3-2, while on Feb. 8 UMD pulled away for a 4-1 win. Minneso- stuck in a nine-game winless skid (0-7-2). MU has been outscored 13-3 ta Duluth is now on a four-game win streak and is 5-1-0 in its last six in the third period during its nine-game winless streak, entering the games since being swept by St. Cloud State on Jan. 17-18. final frame ahead, tied or within a goal seven of the nine times.
• Sophomore forward Matt Barry tallied two points in Friday’s tie with • Sophomore forward Noah Cates scored the game-winning goal on Fri- WMU and has posted at least one point in four of his past six games. day, Feb. 7 for his team-leading 13th goal of the season. It also pushed He has eight points in 11 games since making his Miami debut Dec. 30. his point streak to a season-long-tying five games (2g, 3a), before hav- ing it snapped on Saturday. He now has 26 points this season, already • Miami defensemen are tied for seventh in the country with 18 goals surpassing the nine goals and 23 points he recorded last year when he this season, nine of which have come from sophomore Derek Daschke, earned NCHC All-Rookie Team honors. including one last Friday against WMU. His nine goals tie for fifth among NCAA blue liners and lead all NCHC defensemen. • Junior defenseman Scott Perunovich handed out an assist in the series-opening win over Omaha. He now leads all NCAA blue liners with • Senior forward and captain Gordie Green assisted on all three goals 29 assists this season (tied for second nationally among all skaters), against WMU and scored the 3-on-3 overtime goal. He leads the Red- while his 33 points rank third among defensemen nationally. Hawks with 30 points this season and is tied for 43rd in school history with 109 career points, which are second among active NCHC players. This Week’s Games: Fri., Feb. 21 at No. 19 Western Michigan (15-10-5, 9-6-3-2 NCHC) - 6:06 p.m. CT This Week’s Games: Lawson Ice Arena - Kalamazoo, Mich. TV: CBS Sports Network Fri., Feb. 21 at No. 7/7 Denver (17-8-5, 7-7-4-3 NCHC) - 9:07 p.m. ET Magness Arena - Denver, Colo. Sat., Feb. 22 at No. 19 Western Michigan (15-10-5, 9-6-3-2 NCHC) - 6:05 p.m. CT Lawson Ice Arena - Kalamazoo, Mich. TV: My9 Sat., Feb. 22 at No. 7/7 Denver (17-8-5, 7-7-4-3 NCHC) - 9:07 p.m. ET Magness Arena - Denver, Colo. TV: Altitude 2 Game Fact: Minnesota Duluth earned a win and tie against Western Michigan in Duluth back in early January. The Bulldogs are 6-2-2 in Game Fact: Denver swept Miami in Oxford last month with 3-2 and 5-2 their last 10 meetings with the Broncos. wins and now leads the all-time series, 17-12-3.
Sun., Oct. 6 No. 17 Bowling Green L, 4-7 Sat., Oct. 5 Alberta (exh.) L, 3-5 Fri., Oct. 11 New Hampshire L, 2-6 Fri., Oct. 11 UMass Lowell L, 2-3 Sat., Oct. 12 New Hampshire T, 4-4 (OT) Sat., Oct. 12 UMass Lowell W, 2-1 Fri., Oct. 18 Ferris State W, 4-3 Fri., Oct. 18 at No. 17 Wisconsin L, 2-6 Sat., Oct. 19 Ferris State L, 1-3 Sat., Oct. 19 at No. 17 Wisconsin L, 1-3 Fri., Oct. 25 at Colgate T, 3-3 (OT) Fri., Oct. 25 at No. 20 Minnesota W, 5-2 Sat., Oct. 26 at Colgate W, 2-0 Sat., Oct. 26 No. 20 Minnesota W, 2-0 Fri., Nov. 1 U.S. U-18 National Team (exh.) W, 4-2 Fri., Nov. 8 No. 1/1 Denver* T, 3-3 (OT/SOL) Fri., Nov. 8 at No. 10/10 North Dakota* L, 1-7 Sat., Nov. 9 No. 1/1 Denver* W, 5-2 Sat., Nov. 9 at No. 10/10 North Dakota* L, 4-5 Fri., Nov. 15 at Miami* L, 1-3 Fri., Nov. 15 No. 6/6 Minnesota Duluth* W, 3-1 Sat., Nov. 16 at Miami* W, 3-2 Sat., Nov. 16 No. 6/6 Minnesota Duluth* L, 2-3 Fri., Nov. 22 Colorado College* W, 4-3 Fri., Nov. 22 at No. 18 Omaha* T, 3-3 (OT-3x3W) Sat., Nov. 23 Colorado College* W, 5-0 Sat., Nov. 23 at No. 18 Omaha* W, 4-1 Fri., Nov. 29 No. 1/1 Minnesota State L, 1-4 Fri., Nov. 29 at Connecticut L, 4-6 Sat., Nov. 30 No. 1/1 Minnesota State L, 1-3 Sat., Nov. 30 at Connecticut L, 3-4 Fri., Dec. 6 at No. 18 Omaha* W, 6-3 Fri., Dec. 6 St. Cloud State* L, 1-2 Sat., Dec. 7 at No. 18 Omaha* W, 4-3 Sat., Dec. 7 St. Cloud State* L, 3-5 Sun., Dec. 29 at Merrimack W, 4-1 Mon., Dec. 30 at No. 11/11 Bowling Green W, 4-2 Mon., Dec. 30 at Merrimack W, 5-1 Fri., Jan. 10 at Colorado College* W, 6-1 Fri., Jan. 10 Western Michigan* W, 6-3 Sat., Jan. 11 at Colorado College* L, 2-4 Sat., Jan. 11 Western Michigan* T, 3-3 (OT/SOL) Fri., Jan. 17 No. 1/2 North Dakota* T, 4-4 (OT/SOL) Fri., Jan. 17 at St. Cloud State* L, 1-2 Sat., Jan. 18 No. 1/2 North Dakota* L, 3-5 Sat., Jan. 18 at St. Cloud State* L, 0-2 Fri., Jan. 24 No. 5/5 Denver* L, 2-3 Fri., Jan. 24 No. 2/2 North Dakota* W, 7-4 Sat., Jan. 25 No. 5/5 Denver* L, 2-5 Sat., Jan. 25 No. 2/2 North Dakota* L, 2-3 Fri., Jan. 31 at St. Cloud State* L, 2-4 Fri., Jan. 31 at No. 4/4 Denver* W, 3-2 Sat., Feb. 1 at St. Cloud State* L, 0-3 Sat., Feb. 1 at No. 4/4 Denver* W, 4-1 Fri., Feb. 14 Western Michigan* T, 2-2 (OT-3x3W) Fri., Feb. 7 Omaha* W, 3-2 Sat., Feb. 15 Western Michigan* L, 1-4 Sat., Feb. 8 Omaha* W, 4-1 Fri., Feb. 21 at No. 7/7 Denver* 9:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 21 at No. 19 Western Michigan* 7:06 p.m. Sat., Feb. 22 at No. 7/7 Denver* 9:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 22 at No. 19 Western Michigan* 7:05 p.m. Fri., Feb. 28 Omaha* 7:05 p.m. Fri., Feb. 28 at Colorado College* 9:37 p.m. Sat., Feb. 29 Omaha* 7:05 p.m. Sat., Feb. 29 at Colorado College* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Mar. 6 at Western Michigan* 7:00 p.m. Fri., Mar. 6 St. Cloud State* 8:30 p.m. Sat., Mar. 7 at Western Michigan* 7:00 p.m. Sat., Mar. 7 St. Cloud State* 7:07 p.m. March 13-15 NCHC Quarterfinals TBA March 13-15 NCHC Quarterfinals TBA March 20-21 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBA March 20-21 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBA
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North Dakota Fighting Hawks Omaha Mavericks Head Coach: Brad Berry (5th year) Head Coach: Mike Gabinet (3rd year) Record at UND: 113-55-22 Record at UNO: 38-54-10 2018-19 Record: 18-17-2 (12-11-1-0, 5th) 2018-19 Record: 9-24-3 (5-17-2-0/1, t-7th) 2019-20 Record: 23-3-3 (14-2-2-1/1, 1st) 2019-20 Record: 12-13-5 (6-9-3-0, 6th) Lettermen Ret./Lost: 20/6 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 15/12 • North Dakota continued to roll, earning a home sweep of Denver last • Omaha was swept at Minnesota Duluth two weekends ago, dropping a weekend behind 4-1 and 3-1 victories to finish the regular season 3-0-1 3-2 decision on Feb. 7 and a 4-1 contest on Feb. 8. The Mavericks have against the Pioneers. The Fighting Hawks are now on a five-game win- now dropped nine straight to the Bulldogs. UMD is the only team to ning streak and sit eight points clear in first place in the NCHC. North sweep Omaha in a series this season, having done so twice now. Dakota could clinch its third ever Penrose Cup if it gains four points on Minnesota Duluth this weekend. • The Mavericks held UMD, the NCHC’s best power play, to a 1-for-9 performance on the weekend in their last outing. Omaha has risen to • Junior forward Jordan Kawaguchi dished out three assists in the sweep third in the NCHC on the penalty kill at 81.5 percent for all games. of Denver, including on both game-winning goals. He has a point in 22 of his last 25 games, including 22 points (8g, 14a) in his last 13 games. On • In the Saturday, Feb. 8 game, senior defenseman Ryan Jones played the season, he leads the NCHC and is second nationally with 44 points in his 100th consecutive game. He leads the team with 135 career (15g, 29a), while the 29 assists tie for second nationally. games played, compiling 41 points in that span (4g, 37a).
• Junior goalie Peter Thome allowed only one goal each night against • Sophomore forward Chayse Primeau led the Mavericks in scoring with the Pioneers, while totaling 51 saves. Since making his season debut Jan. two points at UMD, both goals, tallying one each night. He now has 10, he leads the country with a 1.26 goals-against average. eight goals on the season, while two weekends ago marked the third time he’s scored a goal in both games of a weekend series. This Week’s Games: Fri., Feb. 21 at St. Cloud State (11-12-5, 8-9-1-0 NCHC) - 7:37 p.m. CT This Week’s Games: Herb Brooks National Hockey Center - St. Cloud, Minn. TV: FOX9+ Fri., Feb. 21 vs. Colorado College (10-16-2, 3-13-2-1 NCHC) - 7:07 p.m. CT Baxter Arena - Omaha, Neb. Sat., Feb. 22 at St. Cloud State (11-12-5, 8-9-1-0 NCHC) - 6:07 p.m. CT Sat., Feb. 22 vs. Colorado College (10-16-2, 3-13-2-1 NCHC) - 7:07 p.m. CT Herb Brooks National Hockey Center - St. Cloud, Minn. TV: FSN/FCS Atl. Baxter Arena - Omaha, Neb. Game Fact: North Dakota owns a 74-44-14 lead in the all-time series Game Fact: The Mavericks lead the all-time series with Colorado with St. Cloud State. UND swept SCSU earlier in the year with 4-2 and College, 17-9-5, and are 8-3-3 in Omaha. UNO swept CC on the road 2-1 (OT) wins in Grand Forks on Nov. 22-23. North Dakota will be paying earlier this season, earning 6-4 and 4-1 wins on Jan. 24-25. its first visit to St. Cloud since Dec. 2017.
Sat., Oct. 5 Manitoba (exh.) W, 5-1 Mon., Oct. 7 Manitoba (exh.) T, 3-3 (OT) Fri., Oct. 11 Canisius W, 5-0 Fri., Oct. 11 Alabama Huntsville W, 6-1 Sat., Oct. 12 Canisius W, 8-1 Sat., Oct. 12 Alabama Huntsville W, 5-0 Fri., Oct. 18 at No. 2/3 Minnesota State T, 4-4 (OT) Fri., Oct. 18 at No. 12/13 Ohio State L, 2-3 Sat., Oct. 19 at No. 2/3 Minnesota State L, 1-2 Sat., Oct. 19 at No. 12/13 Ohio State W, 2-1 Fri., Oct. 25 Bemidji State W, 2-1 (OT) Thu., Oct. 31 at Alaska Anchorage W, 4-3 Sat., Oct. 26 Bemidji State W, 4-1 Fri., Nov. 1 at Alaska Anchorage T, 3-3 (OT) Sat., Nov. 2 Michigan Tech% W, 3-1 Fri., Nov. 8 No. 12/12 Wisconsin L, 2-5 Fri., Nov. 8 Miami* W, 7-1 Sat., Nov. 9 No. 12/12 Wisconsin W, 5-2 Sat., Nov. 9 Miami* W, 5-4 Fri., Nov. 15 at No. 20 Western Michigan* L, 2-3 Fri., Nov. 15 at No. 2/1 Denver* T, 1-1 (OT/3x3W) Sat., Nov. 16 at No. 20 Western Michigan* W, 6-3 Sat., Nov. 16 at No. 2/1 Denver* W, 4-1 Fri., Nov. 22 Miami* T, 3-3 (OT/3x3L) Fri., Nov. 22 St. Cloud State* W, 4-2 Sat., Nov. 23 Miami* L,1-4 Sat., Nov. 23 St. Cloud State* W, 2-1 (OT) Fri., Dec. 6 No. 14/14 Minnesota Duluth* L, 3-6 Thur., Nov. 28 at Minnesota W, 9-3 Sat., Dec. 7 No. 14/14 Minnesota Duluth* L, 3-4 Fri., Nov. 29 at Minnesota W, 3-2 Fri., Dec. 13 at St. Cloud State* L, 1-4 Fri., Dec. 6 at No. 17 Western Michigan* W, 1-0 (OT) Sat., Dec. 14 at St. Cloud State* W, 4-3 (OT) Sat., Dec. 7 at No. 17 Western Michigan* W, 8-2 Sat., Dec. 21 No. 16/14 Arizona State L, 4-5 Sat., Dec. 28 at U.S. U-18 National Team (exh.) W, 3-1 Sun., Dec. 22 No. 16/14 Arizona State W, 8-4 Fri., Jan. 3 Alabama-Huntsville W, 5-2 Fri., Jan. 3 at Maine T, 2-2 (OT) Sat., Jan. 4 Alabama-Huntsville W, 5-2 Sat., Jan. 4 at Maine (in Portland, ME) L, 2-3 Fri., Jan. 10 Omaha* L, 3-6 Fri., Jan. 10 at No. 1/1 North Dakota* W, 6-3 Sat., Jan. 11 Omaha* W, 4-1 Sat., Jan. 11 at No. 1/1 North Dakota* L, 1-4 Fri., Jan. 17 at Miami* T, 4-4 (OT/SOW) Fri., Jan. 17 No. 4/4 Denver* T, 1-1 (OT/SOL) Sat., Jan. 18 at Miami* W, 5-3 Sat., Jan. 18 No. 4/4 Denver* T, 2-2 (OT/3x3L) Fri., Jan. 24 at No. 11/11 Minnesota Duluth* L, 4-7 Fri., Jan. 24 at Colorado College* W, 6-4 Sat., Jan. 25 at No. 11/11 Minnesota Duluth* W, 3-2 Sat., Jan. 25 at Colorado College* W, 4-1 Fri., Jan. 31 Colorado College* W, 1-0 Fri., Jan. 31 Western Michigan* L, 2-5 Sat., Feb. 1 Colorado College* W, 8-1 Sat., Feb. 1 Western Michigan* W, 4-2 Fri., Feb. 14 No. 6/5 Denver* W, 4-1 Fri., Feb. 7 at No. 6/7 Minnesota Duluth* L, 2-3 Sat., Feb. 15 No. 6/5 Denver* W, 3-1 Sat., Feb. 8 at No. 6/7 Minnesota Duluth* L, 1-4 Fri., Feb. 21 at St. Cloud State* 8:37 p.m. Fri., Feb. 21 Colorado College* 8:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 22 at St. Cloud State* 7:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 22 Colorado College* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Feb. 28 Western Michigan* 8:37 p.m. Fri., Feb. 28 at Miami* 7:05 p.m. Sat., Feb. 29 Western Michigan* 8:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 29 at Miami* 7:05 p.m. Fri., Mar. 6 at Omaha* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Mar. 6 North Dakota* 8:07 p.m. Sat., Mar. 7 at Omaha* 8:07 p.m. Sat., Mar. 7 North Dakota* 8:07 p.m. March 13-15 NCHC Quarterfinals TBA March 13-15 NCHC Quarterfinals TBA March 20-21 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBA March 20-21 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBA
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St. Cloud State Huskies Western Michigan Broncos Head Coach: Brett Larson (2nd year) Head Coach: Andy Murray (9th year) Record at SCSU: 41-18-8 Record at WMU: 154-141-40 2018-19 Record: 30-6-3 (19-2-3-1/1, 1st) 2018-19 Record: 21-15-1 (13-10-1-0/1, 3rd) 2019-20 Record: 11-12-5 (8-9-1-0, 5th) 2019-20 Record: 15-10-5 (9-6-3-0/2, 3rd) Lettermen Ret./Lost: 17/10 Lettermen Ret./Lost: 18/4
• St. Cloud State pushed its unbeaten streak to four games (3-0-1) • Western Michigan continued its hot streak, earning a 2-2 overtime tie with a win and tie at Colorado College in its last games two weekends and 4-1 win at Miami last weekend to push its unbeaten streak to four ago, with SCSU rallying from 2-0 down both nights to force overtime. games (3-0-1). The Broncos are now 8-1-1 in their last 10 games and On Feb. 7, SCSU scored in overtime to earn a 3-2 win, while Feb. 8 are averaging 5.00 goals per game during that stretch, which is tops the Huskies settled for a 2-2 tie. St. Cloud State has now played nine nationally (since Jan. 17). overtime games this season, most among NCHC teams and tying for third-most in the NCAA, going 2-2-5 in those overtime contests. • Junior forward Paul Washe went 27-13 on faceoffs in the series at Miami. He is now 348-186 in the center circle this season, with his .652 • Senior captain Jack Ahcan scored the game-winning overtime goal faceoff win percentage tops nationally. In conference play, he’s been Friday, Feb. 7 and had an assist both nights for a three-point weekend, nearly as good, winning 64.5 percent of draws (198-109), also first in giving him 100 points for his career (20g/80a). He becomes the 34th the NCHC. Husky (all games played at the D-I level) to join the Century Club, in- cluding only the fourth defenseman. • Western Michigan fired 65 shots on goal in the two games at Miami last weekend. The Broncos have been averaging 35.30 shots on goal • Sophomore forward Micah Miller dished out two assists in the Feb. per game so far this season, which ranks second in the nation. 7 overtime win at CC, including on the game-winner, for his first multi-assist game this season. He now has five points (2g, 3a) in his This Week’s Games: last four games after only nine points in his first 21 games this season. Fri., Feb. 21 vs. No. 4/4 Minn. Duluth (17-9-2, 12-4-2-0 NCHC) - 7:06 p.m. ET Lawson Ice Arena - Kalamazoo, Mich. TV: CBS Sports Network This Week’s Games: Fri., Feb. 21 vs. No. 1/1 North Dakota (23-3-3, 14-2-2-2 NCHC) - 7:37 p.m. CT Sat., Feb. 22 vs. No. 4/4 Minn. Duluth (17-9-2, 12-4-2-0 NCHC) - 7:05 p.m. ET Herb Brooks National Hockey Center - St. Cloud, Minn. TV: FOX9+ Lawson Ice Arena - Kalamazoo, Mich.
Sat., Feb. 22 vs. No. 1/1 North Dakota (23-3-3, 14-2-2-2 NCHC) - 6:07 p.m. CT Game Fact: Western Michigan has won its last six games at Lawson Ice Herb Brooks National Hockey Center - St. Cloud, Minn. TV: FSN/FCS Atl. Arena. During the streak WMU has outscored opponents 37-14, aver- aging 6.2 goals per game and allowing just 2.3. The Broncos have also Game Fact: St. Cloud State has lost three straight games to North Da- been outshooting opponents by nearly 10 per game at 37.3 to 28.8. kota, including being swept in Grand Forks back on Nov. 22-23. Sat., Oct. 5 NAIT (exh.) W, 6-1 Fri., Oct. 11 vs. Ohio State% T, 2-2 (OT/SOL) Sun., Oct. 6 Alberta (Exh.) W, 4-2 Sat., Oct. 12 vs. No. 17 Bowling Green% W, 5-2 Fri., Oct. 11 at Bemidji State T, 4-4 (OT) Fri., Oct. 18 at Bowling Green L, 1-2 Sat., Oct. 12 at Bemidji State T, 2-2 (OT) Sat., Oct. 19 Bowling Green L, 1-2 (OT) Fri., Oct. 25 No. 11/11 Northeastern L, 1-4 Fri., Oct. 25 at Michigan L, 0-4 Sat., Oct. 26 No. 11/11 Northeastern W, 2-1 Sat., Oct. 26 Michigan W, 4-1 Fri., Nov. 1 Princeton L, 3-5 Fri., Nov. 1 at Colorado College* W, 6-3 Sat., Nov. 2 Princeton T, 5-5 (OT) Sat., Nov. 2 at Colorado College* T, 4-4 (OT/SOW) Fri., Nov. 8 at No. 16 Northern Michigan T, 3-3 (OT) Fri., Nov. 8 Ferris State W, 4-2 Sat., Nov. 9 at No. 16 Northern Michigan W, 5-4 (OT) Sat., Nov. 9 at Ferris State W, 8-2 Fri., Nov. 15 Colorado College* L, 2-4 Fri., Nov. 15 No. 19 Omaha* W, 3-2 Sat., Nov. 16 Colorado College* L, 2-5 Sat., Nov. 16 No. 19 Omaha* L, 3-6 Fri., Nov. 22 at No. 5/6 North Dakota* L, 2-4 Fri., Nov. 22 at No. 4/4 Denver* W, 2-1 Sat., Nov. 23 at No. 5/6 North Dakota* L, 1-2 (OT) Sat., Nov. 23 at No. 4/4 Denver* L, 1-6 Fri., Dec. 6 at Miami* W, 2-1 Fri., Dec. 6 No. 3/3 North Dakota* L, 0-1 (OT) Sat., Dec. 7 at Miami* W, 5-3 Sat., Dec. 7 No. 3/3 North Dakota* L, 2-8 Fri., Dec. 13 Omaha* W, 4-1 Fri., Jan. 3 at No. 15 Notre Dame T, 1-1 (OT) Sat., Dec. 14 Omaha* L, 3-4 (OT) Sun., Jan. 5 No. 15 Notre Dame L, 1-4 Sat., Dec. 28 vs. No. 2/2 Minnesota State% W, 7-2 Fri., Jan. 10 at No. 9/9 Minnesota Duluth* L, 3-6 Sun., Dec. 29 at Minnesota% L, 1-4 Sat., Jan. 11 at No. 9/9 Minnesota Duluth* T, 3-3 (OT/SOW) Fri., Jan. 10 at No. 5/5 Denver* L, 3-6 Fri., Jan. 17 Colorado College* W, 5-2 Sat., Jan. 11 at No. 5/5 Denver* L, 3-5 Sat., Jan. 18 Colorado College* W, 6-2 Fri., Jan. 17 No. 8/8 Minnesota Duluth* W, 2-1 Fri., Jan. 24 St. Cloud State* W, 6-2 Sat., Jan. 18 No. 8/8 Minnesota Duluth* W, 2-0 Sat., Jan. 25 St. Cloud State* W, 6-2 Fri., Jan. 24 at Western Michigan* L, 2-6 Fri., Jan. 31 at Omaha* W, 5-2 Sat., Jan. 25 at Western Michigan* L, 2-6 Sat., Feb. 1 at Omaha* L, 2-4 Fri., Jan. 31 Miami* W, 4-2 Fri., Feb. 7 RPI W, 8-4 Sat., Feb. 1 Miami* W, 3-0 Sat., Feb. 8 RPI W, 6-2 Fri., Feb. 7 at Colorado College* W, 3-2 (OT) Fri., Feb. 14 at Miami* T, 2-2 (OT-3x3L) Sat., Feb. 8 at Colorado College* T, 2-2 (OT-SOL) Sat., Feb. 15 at Miami* W, 4-1 Fri., Feb. 21 No. 1/1 North Dakota* 8:37 p.m. Fri., Feb. 21 No. 4/4 Minnesota Duluth* 7:06 p.m. Sat., Feb. 22 No. 1/1 North Dakota* 7:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 22 No. 4/4 Minnesota Duluth* 7:05 p.m. Fri., Feb. 28 Denver* 8:30 p.m. Fri., Feb. 28 at North Dakota* 8:37 p.m. Sat., Feb. 29 Denver* 7:07 p.m. Sat., Feb. 29 at North Dakota* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Mar. 6 at Minnesota Duluth* 8:07 p.m. Fri., Mar. 6 Miami* 7:05 p.m. Sat., Mar. 7 at Minnesota Duluth* 8:07 p.m. Sat., Mar. 7 Miami* 7:05 p.m. March 13-15 NCHC Quarterfinals TBA March 13-15 NCHC Quarterfinals TBA March 20-21 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBA March 20-21 NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBA Home Games in Bold; * NCHC game; All times are ET and subject to change; Home Games in Bold; * NCHC game; All times are ET and subject to change; % Mariucci Classic (Minneapolis, Minn.) % Ice Breaker Tournament (Toledo, Ohio) 6 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey February 18-23, 2020 NCHC Notes/Inter-Conference Records
NCHC Facts and Figures (cont. from page 1) • Western Michigan returned to the USCHO.com Poll at No. 19. It’s Duluth junior defenseman Scott Perunovich is next in line for the the first time WMU has cracked the top 20 since the Dec. 30 poll, when Century Club among NCHC players with 98 career points (18g, 80a in they were also No. 19, ending a run of three straight weeks in that spot. 109 GP). He would become only the third active junior in NCAA hockey • Three NCHC teams (Denver, Minnesota Duluth and North Dakota) to reach 100 career points and first junior blue liner. Active NCHC career have now held the top spot in 13 of 20 USCHO.com Polls so far this scoring leaders: season. Since the start of the 2016-17 season, an NCHC team has been 1. Hugh McGing, Sr., F, WMU - 110 points (41g, 69a) ranked No. 1 in the USCHO Poll in 73 of 92 polls. 2. Gordie Green, Sr., F, Miami - 109 points (44g, 65a) • Over the last six seasons, an NCHC team has been ranked No. 1 3. Jack Ahcan, Sr., D, SCSU - 100 points (20g, 80a) in the USCHO Poll 90 weeks, 75 more weeks than any other conference Green was the first active NCHC player to join the Century Club on Dec. combined (Big Ten second at 15 weeks). Four different NCHC teams 30, but has since been edged by McGing for the lead. Ahcan was the (DU, UMD, UND and St. Cloud State) have all held the No. 1 ranking for first active NCHC defenseman to reach 100 career points on Feb. 8. at least 19 weeks during that span, all more than any other conference combined. YOU STAY CLASSY, HUGH MCGING: Western Michigan senior forward and captain Hugh McGing has been named one of only 10 finalists GAME-WINNERS GALORE: Three of the top four game-winning-goal among men’s ice hockey student-athletes for the prestigious Senior scorers in the country reside in the NCHC, including the NCAA leader. CLASS Award in 2019-20. McGing is the lone representative from the North Dakota junior forward Collin Adams leads the country with six NCHC up for the national award, which honors seniors who excel both game-winners this year, while his UND classmate Jordan Kawaguchi on and off the ice, and in the community. The winner is announced on and Denver sophomore forward Cole Guttman are two of three NCAA April 10 at the Frozen Four in Detroit, Mich. No NCHC player has won players tied for second in game-winning goals with five each. Adams the award since the NCHC started in 2013-14. has 10 goals total on the season, as does Guttman, while four of Kawaguchi’s five game-winners came in November and he has 15 goals HOBEY HOPEFULS: Fan voting for the 2020 Hobey Baker Award this season. Omaha freshman forward Joey Abate and DU sophomore opened in mid-January and 14 NCHC players were nominated by their forward Emilio Pettersen are tied for fifth nationally with four game- schools, with all eight teams having at least one representative. The winners each this season. (page 28) NCHC’s lone Hobey Baker Award winner is former Denver defenseman Will Butcher in 2017. Among the NCHC’s 14 nominees, nine are HOLY KAWAGUCHI: North Dakota junior forward Jordan Kawaguchi forwards, four are defensemen and one is a goaltender. By class, six ranks second nationally with 44 points this season, as are his 1.52 points NCHC nominees are seniors, five are juniors and three are sophomores. per game. His 29 assists are tied for second in the NCAA, with his 1.00 The 14 nominees trail only ECAC Hockey’s 16 among conferences. The assists per game rank third in the country. Last season, Kawaguchi also 14 nominees are: led the Fighting Hawks in scoring, but finished the season with 26 points total in 37 games (0.70 ppg, less than half of this season). Jack Ahcan, Sr., D, SCSU Ian Mitchell, Jr., D, Denver Kevin Conley, Jr., F, Omaha Scott Perunovich, Jr., D, UMD Derek Daschke, So., D, Miami Emilio Pettersen, So., F, Denver WILKIE THIS WAY: Colorado College senior forward Chris Wilkie is tied Gordie Green, Sr., F, Miami Hunter Shepard, Sr., G, UMD for second in the NCAA with 20 goals this season. He continues to lead Nick Halloran, Sr., F, CC Taylor Ward, So., F, Omaha the NCAA averaging 5.11 shots on goal per game, while his 143 shots on Jordan Kawaguchi, Jr., F, UND Paul Washe, Jr., F, WMU the season are also tops in the country. Minnesota Duluth junior forward Hugh McGing, Sr., F, WMU Chris Wilkie, Sr., F, CC Nick Swaney is second nationally, averaging 4.64 shots on goal per game, while UMD sophomore forward Cole Koepke is third at 4.18 shots on goal per game. (page 28) The NCHC vs. ... (non-conference breakdown) for 2019-20 WHAT A SHOT SHOW: Three NCHC teams rank in the top 10 nationally in shots on goal AHA Big Ten ECAC HEA WCHA Ind. (ASU) Total per game, including two of the top three. Colorado College 2-0-0 2-2-0 3-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 7-3-0 Western Michigan is second in the country Denver 2-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-0-0 4-0-0 0-1-1 10-1-1 and tops in the NCHC in shots on goal per game averaging 35.30 shots on target per Miami 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-3-1 2-2-0 0-0-0 3-5-2 game. Denver is third nationally in shots on Minnesota Duluth 0-0-0 2-2-0 0-0-0 3-1-0 0-2-0 0-0-0 5-5-0 goal (34.53), while Minnesota Duluth is ninth North Dakota 2-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 5-1-1 0-0-0 9-1-1 (32.68). North Dakota leads the country Omaha 0-0-0 2-2-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 3-0-1 1-1-0 6-4-2 in fewest shots on goal allowed per game, St. Cloud State 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-1 1-1-0 2-0-3 0-0-0 3-3-4 giving up only 21.55 shots on goal per game to its opponents, nearly one shot per game Western Michigan 0-0-0 1-2-2 2-0-0 0-0-0 3-2-0 0-0-0 6-4-2 fewer than any other NCAA team. Total 6-0-0 9-9-2 6-2-2 8-6-2 19-7-5 1-2-1 49-26-12
THAT’S OFFENSIVE: Five NCHC teams rank in the top 20 nationally on offense in The NCHC vs. ... (non-conf. breakdown) for 2018-19 (regular season) goals per game. North Dakota leads the way, ranking first nationally scoring 4.14 goals per AHA Big Ten ECAC HEA WCHA Ind. (ASU) Total game (the only NCAA team over four goals Colorado College 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-2-1 2-1-0 0-2-0 6-5-1 per game). Western Michigan ranks eighth Denver 1-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 3-0-1 2-0-1 0-0-0 8-0-2 nationally, scoring 3.47 gpg, while Omaha Miami 1-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 1-4-2 2-0-0 0-0-0 6-4-2 is 14th in the NCAA (3.23 gpg). Minnesota Minnesota Duluth 0-0-0 2-1-1 0-1-0 2-0-0 3-0-0 0-0-0 7-2-1 Duluth sits at 18th in the country, potting 3.18 goals per game on the season, while Denver North Dakota 0-2-0 3-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-2-1 0-0-0 6-4-1 is tied for 20th (3.03 gpg). (page 29) Omaha 0-0-0 0-2-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 2-0-0 2-2-0 4-5-1 St. Cloud State 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 1-1-0 6-0-0 0-0-0 8-2-0 CENTURY CLUB ACCESS: Three active Western Michigan 3-0-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 2-2-0 0-0-0 7-3-0 NCHC players have already topped 100 points Total 7-2-0 8-4-1 2-3-1 11-7-4 22-5-2 2-4-0 52-25-8 for their career, all seniors, but Minnesota February 18-23, 2020 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 7 Players of the Week
NCHC Players of the Week (Week of Feb. 10-16) Forward of the Week Defenseman of the Week Rookie of the Week Goaltender of the Week
Collin Adams Mattias Samuelsson Connor Mayer Peter Thome North Dakota Western Michigan Colorado College North Dakota Junior Sophomore Freshman Junior Forward Defenseman Defenseman Goaltender Brighton, Mich. Voorhees, N.J. Champlin, Minn. Minneapolis, Minn.
Adams helped UND sweep then- Samuelsson helped WMU earn In Colorado College’s only game Thome backstopped UND to a No. 6/5 Denver last weekend. four points at Miami. The Buffalo of the weekend last Friday, Mayer sweep of then-No. 6/5 Denver. The New York Islanders draft pick Sabres prospect tallied three had a major impact to help the The Columbus Blue Jackets draft scored a goal in both games, points from the blue line, while Tigers retain the Pikes Peak pick allowed only one goal each while totaling three points in the helping limit the RedHawks to Trophy from cross-town rival Air night, while leading the NCHC series. In Friday’s opener, Adams only three goals on the weekend. Force. He recorded his first career had a hand in UND’s final two On Friday, Samuelsson scored multi-goal game and was named in saves, save percentage and goals in a 4-1 victory. First, he WMU’s second goal to make it First Star of the Game in the GAA on the weekend. On Friday, scored the third tally late in the 2-0 in an eventual 2-2 overtime 6-2 win over the Falcons at the Thome made 26 saves in a 4-1 second period, while picking up tie. A night later, Samuelsson Broadmoor World Arena. Mayer victory, as he earned Second Star the lone assist on the final goal, dished out a pair of assists in a scored CC’s fourth and fifth goals of the Game. Six of his saves which came on the power play 4-1 victory as he earned First in the victory. His first tally made came short-handed Friday, as he in the third period. The next Star of the Game honors. His it 4-0 early in the second period, helped kill 3-of-4 DU power plays. night, Adams was named First first helper came on WMU’s first while his second goal of the night The next night, Thome stopped Star of the Game as he scored goal only 48 ticks into the game, came unassisted and made it 5-2 25 more shots in a 3-1 win, in- the game-winning goal midway while his other assist came on the in the third period, halting an Air cluding 10 in the third period with through the second period to final goal of the night. He was +3 Force rally. It was his first career UND clinging to a 2-1 lead. He make it 2-0 in an eventual 3-1 Saturday with three shots on goal multi-goal game and doubled his picked up Third Star of the Game win over DU. Adams finished the and helped kill both Miami power season goal total. Mayer also fired weekend with two goals, an as- plays. Samuelsson ended the se- three shots on goal in the win honors Saturday.Thome finished sist, a +2 and two shots on goal. ries with a goal, two assists, a +5 over their rival, finished with a +2 the series with 51 saves on 53 He also won 69.0 percent of his plus/minus, five shots on goal and plus/minus and blocked two shots. shots for a .962 save percentage faceoffs, going 20-9. two blocked shots. and a 1.00 GAA.
Other Standout Performers (Week of Feb. 10-16) Jacob Bernard-Docker, So., D, UND – Totaled three points and was +3 in a sweep of Denver, tallying a goal and an assist Friday, while setting up the game-winner Saturday.
Brandon Bussi, Fr., G, WMU – Backstopped WMU to a tie and win at Miami, compiling 47 saves in the series for a .940 save percentage and a 1.44 GAA.
Ben Copeland, So., F, CC – Dished out a career-high three assists in Friday’s win over Air Force and was +2.
Gordie Green, Sr., F, Miami – Handed out three assists against WMU, having a hand in each MU goal in the series, while also scoring in 3-on-3 overtime on Friday.
Shane Pinto, Fr., F, UND – Scored a goal in Friday’s win over Denver and added an assist Saturday, finishing +1 in the sweep.
2019-20 NCHC Players of the Week (previous winners) WEEK OF FORWARD DEFENSEMAN ROOKIE GOALTENDER Oct. 5-13 Gordie Green, MU/Chris Wilkie, CC Ian Mitchell, Denver Bobby Brink, Denver Adam Scheel, UND Oct. 14-20 Tyson McLellan, Denver Derek Daschke, Miami Shane Pinto, UND Isaiah Saville, Omaha Oct. 21-27 Jordan Kawaguchi, UND Scott Perunovich, UMD Jack Clement, Miami Hunter Shepard, UMD Oct. 28-Nov. 3 Paul Washe, WMU Ronnie Attard, WMU Brandon Scanlin, Omaha Michael Corson, Denver Nov. 4-10 Jordan Kawaguchi, UND Matt Kiersted, UND Nolan Sullivan, Omaha Hunter Shepard, UMD Nov. 11-17 Kevin Conley, Omaha Scott Perunovich, UMD Matt Vernon, CC Adam Scheel, UND Nov. 18-24 Jaakko Heikkinen, Denver Scott Perunovich, UMD Ryan Savage, Miami Hunter Shepard, UMD Nov. 25-Dec. 1 Jordan Kawaguchi, UND Jacob Bernard-Docker, UND Shane Pinto, UND Adam Scheel, UND Dec. 2-8 Chris Wilkie, CC Jack Ahcan, SCSU Judd Caulfield, UND Adam Scheel, UND Dec. 9-15 Martin Sundberg, Omaha Jack Ahcan, SCSU Bobby Brink, Denver Devin Cooley, Denver Dec. 16-Jan. 5 Cole Koepke, UMD Slava Demin, Denver Zach Okabe, SCSU Hunter Shepard, UMD Jan. 6-12 Troy Conzo, CC Ian Mitchell, Denver Chase Pletzke, Miami Hunter Shepard, UMD Jan. 13-19 Casey Gilling, Miami Matt Kiersted, UND Isaiah Saville, Omaha David Hrenak, SCSU Jan. 20-26 Kohen Olischefski, Denver Matt Kiersted, UND Ronnie Attard, WMU Brandon Bussi, WMU Jan. 27-Feb. 2 Taylor Ward Omaha Scott Perunovich, UMD Shane Pinto, UND Peter Thome, UND Feb. 3-9 Drew Worrad, WMU Cam Lee, WMU Matt Vernon, CC Hunter Shepard, UMD Feb. 10-16 Collin Adams, UND Mattias Samuelsson, WMU Connor Mayer, CC Peter Thome, UND
8 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey February 18-23, 2020 Players of the Month/Awards
NCHC Monthly Honors - January Player of the Month Rookie of the Month Goaltender of the Month
Jordan Kawaguchi Bobby Brink Hunter Shepard North Dakota Denver Minnesota Duluth Junior Freshman Senior Forward Forward Goaltender Abbotsford, B.C. Minnetonka, Minn. Cohasset, Minn.
hepard played every second in net for rink led NCHC rookies with both six assists awaguchi continued his Hobey Baker-worthy UMD in January, backstopping UMD to and nine points in January. His 1.12 points S Kcampaign in January, leading the conference B a 3-3-1 record. He led the NCHC with 209 per game also led all NCHC newcomers in the and ranking second nationally with 14 points saves in the month, while ranking second month, while he potted three goals for the in nine games, while leading UND to a 6-2-1 with a .921 save percentage. In seven starts Pioneers. Brink fired 21 shots on goal in Jan- record. His 14 points were three more than any during the month, three of which came uary, tying for the NCHC freshman lead, as other NCHC player during the month, while his against top-five opponents, he compiled did his +5 plus/minus. The Philadelphia Flyers six goals tied for the conference lead and his a 2.57 goals-against average, which was draft pick tallied a point in seven of the eight eight assists tied for third in January. Kawaguchi third in the NCHC. The UMD co-captain also games in he played in January, including two broke the NCAA record for consecutive starts registered a point in eight of nine games in the multi-point outings, while helping Denver to a with his 105th straight start on Jan. 25. month, including five multi-point outings. 5-1-2 record in those games. Shepard compiled 30 or more saves Kawaguchi opened January on a seven-game After missing DU’s first game in January in four of his seven games in January. He point streak, including a pair of points both nights while returning from the World Junior Cham- opened the month combining for 76 games in a home sweep of Alabama-Huntsville to start pionship, Brink scored a goal in his first game in a win and tie against Western Michigan, the new year on Jan. 3-4. Kawaguchi tacked back from the Czech Republic, a 4-3 win over including a career-high-tying 41 saves in the on five points in a tie and win at Miami on Jan. then-No. 9 UMass on Jan. 4 in the series Jan. 11 tie, as he was tabbed NCHC Goalten- 17-18, including a goal each night. The undrafted finale. He then chipped in three assists in a der of the Week. Shepard totaled 50 saves free agent tallied two points in the series opener sweep of St. Cloud State the following week- in a split with then-No. 2 North Dakota on end and had a hand in both DU goals in a 2-2 at Minnesota Duluth Jan. 24, while capped his Jan. 24-25, while he made 39 more saves, tie at Omaha Jan. 18, scoring the tying goal month with an assist on the game-winning goal the fourth-most saves of his career, to close in the closing seconds of regulation. Brink in a 1-0 win over Colorado College. out the month in a 3-2 win at then-No. 4 finished January with a highlight-reel goal in a Kawaguchi averaged 1.56 ppg in January to Denver on Jan. 31. 3-2 loss to then-No. 10 UMD on Jan. 31. lead the NCHC, while he fired 23 shots on goal. Shepard upped his season save per- Brink tallied five of his points on the pow- Eight of his points came on the power play, tops centage by five points in January, improving er play, tops among NCHC rookies in January. in the country, including two goals and six assists. from .906 on Dec. 31 to .911.
2019-20 NCHC Players of the Month MONTH PLAYER ROOKIE GOALTENDER October Sam Hentges, So., F, SCSU Bobby Brink, F, Denver Magnus Chrona, Fr., Denver November Jordan Kawaguchi, Jr., F, UND Ryan Savage, F, Miami Adam Scheel, So., UND December Chris Wilkie, Sr., F, CC Jami Krannila, F, SCSU Adam Scheel, So., UND January Jordan Kawaguchi, Jr., F, UND Bobby Brink, F, Denver Hunter Shepard, Sr., UMD February March/April
National Accolades Senior CLASS Award Finalists (of 10 nationally) NCHC at World Junior Championship Hugh McGing, F, Western Michigan U.S. National Junior Team Bobby Brink, Fr., F, Denver (1 goal/1 assist in 5 GP) HCA National Player of the Month Shane Pinto, Fr., F, North Dakota (3 goals/4 assists in 5 GP) Jordan Kawaguchi, Jr., F, UND - November (16 points, 4 GWG) Mattias Samuelsson, So., D, WMU (Captain) (+3 in 5 GP) Chris Wilkie, Sr., F, CC - December (8 goals, 9 points in 6 GP) Isaiah Saville, Fr., G, Omaha NCAA Three Stars of the Week Head Coach: Scott Sandelin, Minnesota Duluth Paul Washe, Jr., F, WMU - Second Star (Nov. 1-2 at CC) Assistant Coach: Brett Larson, St. Cloud State Jordan Kawaguchi, Jr., F, UND - Third Star (Nov 8-9 vs. MU) Canada National Junior Team Adam Scheel, So., G, UND - Second Star (Nov. 15-16 at DU) Jacob Bernard-Docker, So., D, North Dakota (1 goal & gold medal) Scott Perunovich, Jr., D, UMD - First Star (Nov. 22-23 vs. CC) Tournament ran Dec. 26 - Jan. 5 in Czech Republic Chris Wilkie, Sr., F, CC - First Star (Dec. 6-7 at Princeton) David Hrenak, Jr., G, SCSU - Second Star (Jan. 17-18 vs. UMD) reseason ll eam Wade Allison, Sr., F, WMU - Third Star (Jan. 17-18 vs. CC) 2019-20 P A -NCHC T Kohen Olischefski, Jr., F, Denver - Second Star (Jan. 24-25 at MU) F: Hugh McGing; Sr., Western Michigan – 22 votes Cam Lee, Sr., D, WMU - Third Star (Feb. 7-8 vs. RPI) F: Justin Richards; Jr., Minnesota Duluth – 13 F: *Wade Allison; Sr., Western Michigan – 10 Mariucci Classic All-Tournament Team (Dec. 28-29) F: Nick Swaney; Jr., Minnesota Duluth – 10 Jami Krannila, Fr., F, St. Cloud State (4 assists) D: *Scott Perunovich; Jr., Minnesota Duluth – 25 Zach Okabe, Fr., F, St. Cloud State (4 goals) D: Jack Ahcan; Sr., St. Cloud State – 12 Nick Perbix, So., D, St. Cloud State G: *Hunter Shepard; Sr., Minnesota Duluth – 27 (unanimous) Ledyard Classic All-Tournament Team (Dec. 28-29) Preseason all-conference team voted upon by 27 NCHC media members Chris Wilkie, Sr., F, Colorado College (4 goals) * 2018-19 NCHC Preseason All-Conference Team also February 18-23, 2020 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 9 National Polls/Preseason Polls
National Polls
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll USCHO.com Poll Week 20 (Feb. 17) Week 20 (Feb. 17) (first-place votes in parentheses) (first-place votes in parentheses) LAST WEEK’S 2019-20 2019-20 LAST WEEK’S NO. TEAM POINTS RANKING RECORD NO. TEAM RECORD POINTS RANKING 1. North Dakota 510 (34) 1 23-3-3 1. North Dakota 23-3-3 999 (49) 1 2. Cornell 458 2 19-2-4 2. Cornell 19-2-4 929 2 3. Minnesota State 452 3 26-4-2 3. Minnesota State 26-4-2 910 (1) 3 4. Minnesota Duluth 398 4 17-9-2 4. Minnesota Duluth 17-9-2 833 4 5. Boston College 352 6 19-8-1 5. Clarkson 22-6-2 786 5 6. Clarkson 344 7 22-6-2 6. Boston College 19-8-1 754 7 7. Denver 300 5 17-8-5 7. Denver 17-8-5 684 6 8. Massachusetts 272 8 18-9-2 8. Massachusetts 18-9-2 664 8 9. Arizona State 206 10 22-9-3 9. Arizona State 22-9-3 545 10 T-10. Northeastern 199 12 17-8-3 10. Northeastern 17-8-3 543 12 T-10. Penn State 199 9 19-10-3 11. Penn State 19-10-3 528 9 12. Ohio State 113 13 16-10-4 12. Ohio State 16-10-4 396 13 13. Bemidji State 85 NR 18-8-4 13. Bemidji State 18-8-4 374 16 14. Quinnipiac 50 15 18-10-2 14. UMass Lowell 15-9-5 342 11 15. UMass Lowell 48 11 15-9-5 15. Providence 15-9-6 327 14 16. Quinnipiac 18-10-2 259 15 Others receiving votes: Maine, 30; Minnesota, 21; Providence, 20; 17. Maine 16-10-4 190 17 Western Michigan, 17; Harvard, 4; American International, 2. 18. Minnesota 14-11-5 123 NR 19. Western Michigan 15-10-5 103 NR 20. Harvard 11-8-6 53 18
Others receiving votes: AIC 43, Michigan 32, Sacred Heart 21, Northern Michigan 18, Boston University 15, Michigan State 14, College Hockey News Notre Dame 12, Bowling Green 3. Preseason Top-10 1. Minnesota Duluth 2. Denver 3. Minnesota State 4. Notre Dame USCHO.com Poll Week-by-Week Rankings 5. Boston College 6. Massachusetts CC DU MU UMD UND UNO SCSU WMU 7. Providence 9/30 (Pre) RV 2 NR 1 18 RV 6 14 8. Penn State 10/7 RV 2 NR 1 18 NR 7 14 9. Cornell 10. Clarkson 10/14 RV 1 NR 3 16 RV 11 14 10/21 RV 1 NR 8 16 RV 14 18 10/28 RV 1 NR 6 14 RV 16 RV 2019-20 NCHC 11/4 NR 1 NR 7 10 20 RV RV 11/11 NR 2 NR 6 9 19 RV 20 Media Preseason Poll First-place votes in parentheses 11/18 RV 4 NR 9 5 18 NR 20 11/25 NR 4 NR 8 3 18 NR 17 Team Points 12/2 NR 4 NR 14 3 18 NR 17 1. Minnesota Duluth 218 (23) 12/9 RV 8 NR 11 2 RV RV 19 2. Denver 178 (2) 12/16 NR t-6 NR 10 1 NR NR 19 3. Western Michigan 156 (3) 4. North Dakota 143 12/30 NR 7 NR 10 1 RV NR 19 5. St. Cloud State 138 1/6 NR 5 NR 9 1 NR NR RV 6. Colorado College 81 1/13 NR 4 NR 8 t-1 NR NR RV 7. Omaha 53 1/20 NR 5 NR 11 2 RV RV RV 8. Miami 41 1/27 NR 4 NR 10 2 RV NR RV A total of 28 ballots were submitted by 2/3 NR 7 NR 6 1 RV NR RV local and national media. Points were 2/10 NR 6 NR 4 1 NR NR RV awarded on a descending scale with a first-place vote worth eight points, a sec- 2/17 NR 7 NR 4 1 NR NR 19 ond-place vote worth seven points, etc.
10 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey February 18-23, 2020 NCHC Media Information/3 Stars of the Game
NCHC Map NCHC 3 Stars of the Game Overall Conference Leaders (conf. games only): PLAYER SCHOOL POINTS 1. Jordan Kawaguchi UND 30 (4) Scott Perunovich UMD 30 (4) 3. Brandon Bussi WMU 19 (1) 4. N. Cates/S. Pinto/N. Poehling 18 (3) Team Leaders (conf. games only): SCHOOL POINTS (1ST STARS) Colorado College 1. Matt Vernon...... 9 (1) 2. Troy Conzo...... 6 (1) 3. Blumenschein/Versich...... 5 (1) Denver 1. Bobby Brink...... 12 (2) Kohen Olischefski...... 12 (2) 2019-20 NCHC Institutional Demographics 3. Tyler Ward...... 9 (1) Miami Institution Location Population Enrollment 1. Ryan Larkin...... 17 (2) Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO 472,688 2,298 2. Gordie Green...... 10 (2) Denver Denver, CO 716,492 11,434 3. Derek Daschke...... 7 Miami Oxford, OH 22,859 17,327 Minnesota Duluth Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN 86,066 11,040 1. Scott Perunovich...... 30 (4) North Dakota Grand Forks, ND 56,948 13,847 2. Noah Cates...... 18 (3) Omaha Omaha, NE 468,262 15,431 3. Cole Koepke...... 16 St. Cloud State St. Cloud, MN 67,984 13,467 Omaha Western Michigan Kalamazoo, MI 75,807 22,562 1. Kevin Conley...... 14 (1) 2. Tyler Weiss...... 10 (1) 3. Tristan Keck...... 8 (1) NCHC Mission North Dakota 1. Jordan Kawaguchi...... 30 (4) The National Collegiate Hockey Conference facilitates and fosters competitive, 2. Shane Pinto...... 18 (3) academic and operational excellence for its member institutions through the 3. Adam Scheel...... 14 (2) sport of ice hockey. The Conference supports a culture of professionalism and St. Cloud State integrity, reflecting its commitment to grow the sport of ice hockey while 1. Nick Poehling...... 18 (3) creating a positive experience for the student-athletes and fans it serves. 2. David Hrenak...... 16 (2) 3. Jack Ahcan...... 13 (2) NCHC Vision Western Michigan 1. Brandon Bussi...... 19 (1) The National Collegiate Hockey Conference strives to be the best single- 2. Hugh McGing...... 10 (2) sport conference in the NCAA by embracing our core values and operating 3. Josh Passolt...... 7 collectively for the best interests of the Conference and member institutions. 1st star = 5 pts.; 2nd star = 3 pts.; 3rd star = 1 pt.
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NCHC Games on National/Regional TV
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FOX COLLEGE SPORTS NCHC Radio Show Date Game Time (CT) Each Thursday on NCHCHockey.com and NCHC.tv will be a weekly Sat., Feb. 22, 2020 North Dakota at St. Cloud State 6:00 p.m. podcast, the NCHC Radio Show, that recaps the previous week in Sat., Feb. 29, 2020 Denver at St. Cloud State 6:00 p.m. the conference and previews the upcoming weekend. Included in Sat., Feb. 29, 2020 Western Michigan at North Dakota 7:00 p.m. the roughly six-minute segment will be interviews with the confer- Fri., Mar. 6, 2020 St. Cloud State at Minnesota Duluth 7:00 p.m. ence’s players and coaches, as well as audio highlights from the past weekend’s contests. Channel Finder: fcs.channelfinder.net/v2/framework.aspx To obtain a copy of the NCHC Radio Show (or other NCHC promo- TSN (in Canada) tional audio/video spots) for use during a broadcast or on the air, Date Game Time (ET) email NCHC Director of Communications Michael Weisman at mweis- No upcoming games [email protected].
TV = game’s available on linear TSN, otherwise game is on TSN.ca/TSN app Weekly NCHC.tv Videos Games this week in BOLD Top Five Plays of the Week: Each Tuesday, the NCHC unveils the All times subject to change “Top Five Plays of the Week” presented by TRIA Orthopaedics from the previous weekend on NCHC.tv, which culminates in the Play of the Year Tournament at the end of the season. This Weekend’s Games on NCHC.tv Inside the NCHC Features: Each Wednesday during the second half of Friday, Feb. 21 and Saturday, Feb. 22 the season, the NCHC will produce a short feature video presented by Colorado College at Omaha, 7:07/7:07 p.m. CT Krampade featuring one team each week, which will showcase a player No. 1/1 North Dakota at St. Cloud State, 7:37/6:07 p.m. CT or aspect of each program. Miami at No. 7/7 Denver, 7:07/7:07 p.m. MT Feb. 22 only: No. 4/4 Minn. Duluth at No. 19 Western Mich., 7:05 p.m. ET Top Moments: New this season, each Thursday during the second half of the season, the NCHC will take a look back at some of its top moments over its first six seasons, presented by ACME Tools.
Preview Show: Each Friday, the NCHC will preview the upcoming week- end on “NCHC Morning Skate” presented by XOS Digital, highlighting the match-ups with a focus on one feature series the upcoming weekend.
NCHC Media Excellence Award Started in 2017-18, the NCHC Media Excellence Award will be presented to one member of the media each season at the NCHC Awards Cele- bration in recognition of outstanding media coverage that conveys the stories of the NCHC and its members, furthers the conference’s brand and/or mission, and promotes the NCHC and its members in a positive manner. The award will honor a media member who is well-regarded within the conference and college hockey as a whole. NCHC member school sports information directors (SIDs) will submit nominations and also vote on the award at the end of the season. Past winners: • 2017-18 - Brad Schlossman, Grand Forks Herald • 2018-19 - Mick Hatten, Forum Communications
12 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey February 18-23, 2020 NCHC Regular Season/Tournament/Quick Facts
NCHC Quick Facts/Directory Julie & Spencer Penrose Memorial Cup
warded to the NCHC regular season Website:...... NCHCHockey.com Achampion, the Julie and Spencer Penrose Digital Network:...... NCHC.tv Memorial Cup (right) serves as the league’s Headquarters:...... The Copper Building crowning achievement. The Cup is named 1631 Mesa Ave., Suite C after Julie and Spencer Penrose, who were Colorado Springs, CO 80906 tremendously successful in the business world General Email:...... [email protected] and did much of it in Colorado Springs in the early 1900s. The couple made much of their money in the copper industry, which is why the Founded:...... July 13, 2011 trophy includes copper stars on it. The Penroses Inaugural Season:...... 2013-14 also set up the El Pomar Foundation, which still today helps pay for amateur sports and other Commissioner:...... Josh Fenton non-profits, including the NCHC office located in Office Phone:...... 719-418-2427 the Copper Building next to the Penrose House Email:...... [email protected] on the grounds of the Penrose compound in Colorado Springs. The El Pomar Foundation has also issued grants for the Penrose Cup, medallions for each individual champion and the NCHC’s Director of Communications:...... Michael Weisman annual Post-Graduate Scholarship. St. Cloud State won its second Office Phone:...... 719-694-9924 straight and third Penrose Cup overall last season, also winning it in the Email:...... [email protected] NCHC’s inaugural season (2013-14). North Dakota has won two Penrose Cups back-to-back (2014-15, 2015-16), while Denver is the only other Business Operations Manager:...... Verna Toller Penrose Cup champion (2016-17) to date. Office Phone:...... 719-203-6818 Email:...... [email protected] NCHC Tournament/Frozen Faceoff
Director of Officiating:...... Don Adam he NCHC Tournament will consist of Office Phone:...... 719-203-6818 Tfour quarterfinal series on the first Email:...... [email protected] weekend following regular-season play (March 13-15, 2020). The four higher seeds will host the four lower seeds in Regular-Season Trophy...... Julie and Spencer a best two-out-of-three format. Seed Penrose Memorial Cup #1 will host Seed #8, Seed #2 will host 2018-19 Regular-Season Champion...... St. Cloud State Seed #7, Seed #3 will host Seed #6, 2019 Tournament Champion...... Minnesota Duluth and Seed #4 will host Seed #5. The Tournament Championship...... Frozen Faceoff winners of the four quarterfinal series Championship Site...... Xcel Energy Center will advance to the NCHC Frozen Faceoff at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minn. for the two semifinal games on Friday, Saint Paul, Minn. March 20. Semifinal games will be reseeded based Championship Dates: ...... March 20-21, 2020 on the final regular-season standings. The winners Tickets:...... NCHCHockey.com or ticketmaster.com of the two semifinal games (4:08/7:38 p.m. CT) will then meet in the Championship Game (7:38 2019 NCAA Tournament Teams:...... 3 p.m. CT) on Saturday, March 21 for an automatic NCAA Tournament Teams in NCHC History:...... 23 bid to the NCAA Tournament, while the two losers from the semifinal games will face each other in the 2019 NCAA Frozen Four Participants:...... 2 third-place game (3:38 p.m. CT) earlier in the day. NCAA Frozen Four Teams in NCHC History: ...... 10 The 2018 NCHC Frozen Faceoff, won by Denver, was National Champions:...... 4 named Visit Saint Paul’s Event of the Year for 2017- (North Dakota, 2016; Denver, 2017; Minnesota Duluth, 2018 & 2019) 18. Minnesota Duluth won the 2019 Frozen Faceoff title, its second NCHC Tournament crown (2017).
2018-19 Final NCHC Standings Conference Overall Pts. GP W L T 3/SW Win Pct. GF GA GP W L T Win Pct. GF GA 1. St. Cloud State 62 24 19 2 3 1/1 .854 94 52 39 30 6 3 .808 156 85 2. Minnesota Duluth 43 24 14 9 1 0/0 .604 75 48 42 29 11 2 .714 133 79 3. Western Michigan 41 24 13 10 1 0/1 .563 80 78 37 21 15 1 .581 129 115 4. Denver 39 24 11 10 3 2/1 .521 54 55 41 24 12 5 .646 115 83 5. North Dakota 37 24 12 11 1 0/0 .521 59 58 37 18 17 2 .514 93 90 6. Colorado College 30 24 9 12 3 0/0 .438 65 65 41 17 20 4 .463 117 114 7. *Omaha 18 24 5 17 2 0/1 .250 56 89 36 9 24 3 .292 90 132 Miami 18 24 5 17 2 1/0 .250 49 87 38 11 23 4 .342 87 122 *Omaha won tiebreaker over Miami on aggregate goals in games between the teams, 12-11.
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All dates and times are subject to change Saturday, Oct. 26 Thursday, Nov. 28 All times listed local to site Miami 2, at Colgate 0 North Dakota 9, at Minnesota 3 Michigan 1, at Western Michigan 4 Saturday, Oct. 5 Bemidji State 1, at North Dakota 4 Friday, Nov. 29 Denver 4, at Alaska Fairbanks 3 Northeastern 1, at St. Cloud State 2 Miami 4, at UConn 6 Manitoba 1, at North Dakota 5 (exh.) Minnesota 0, at Minnesota Duluth 2 North Dakota 3, at Minnesota 2 Alberta 5, at Minnesota Duluth 3 (exh.) Michigan State 5, at Colorado College 1 Minnesota State 4, at Minnesota Duluth 1 Trinity Western 1, at Colorado College 4 (exh.) NAIT 1, at Western Michigan 6 (exh.) Thursday, Oct. 31 Saturday, Nov. 30 Omaha 4, at Alaska Anchorage 3 Miami 3, at UConn 4 Sunday, Oct. 6 Minnesota State 3, at Minnesota Duluth 1 Denver 3, at Alaska Fairbanks 0 Friday, Nov. 1 Bowling Green 7, at Miami 4 *Western Michigan 6, at Colorado College 3 Friday, Dec. 6 Alberta 2, at St. Cloud State 4 (exh.) Niagara 2, at Denver 6 *Minnesota Duluth 6, at Omaha 3 Omaha 3, at Alaska Anchorage 3 (OT) *North Dakota 1, at Western Michigan 0 (OT) Monday, Oct. 7 Princeton 5, at St. Cloud State 3 *St. Cloud State 2, at Miami 1 Manitoba 3, at Omaha 3 (OT) (exh.) U.S. Under-18 Team 2, at Miami 4 (exh.) Denver 1, at Arizona State 4 Colorado College 7, at Princeton 2 Friday, Oct. 11 Saturday, Nov. 2 New Hampshire 6, at Miami 2 *Western Mich. 4, at Colo. College 4 (OT/WMU wins SO) Saturday, Dec. 7 &Western Michigan 2, Ohio State 2 (OT) Niagara 0, at Denver 4 *Minnesota Duluth 4, at Omaha 3 Denver 3, at Lake Superior State 1 ^Michigan Tech 1, at North Dakota 3 *North Dakota 8, at Western Michigan 2 Alabama Huntsville 1, at Omaha 6 Princeton 5, at St. Cloud State 5 (OT) *St. Cloud State 5, at Miami 3 Canisius 0, at North Dakota 5 Denver 2, at Arizona State 2 (OT) St. Cloud State 4, at Bemidji State 4 (OT) Friday, Nov. 8 Colorado College 2, at Princeton 1 (OT) UMass Lowell 3, at Minnesota Duluth 2 *Denver 3, at Minn. Duluth 3 (OT/DU wins SO) Minnesota 2, at Colorado College 3 *Miami 1, at North Dakota 7 Friday, Dec. 13 Ferris State 2, at Western Michigan 4 *Omaha 1, at St. Cloud State 4 Saturday, Oct. 12 Wisconsin 5, at Omaha 2 *Colorado College 0, at Denver 3 New Hampshire 4, at Miami 4 (OT) St. Cloud State 3, at Northern Michigan 3 (OT) &Western Michigan 5, Bowling Green 2 Saturday, Dec. 14 Denver 4, at Lake Superior State 3 Saturday, Nov. 9 *Omaha 4, at St. Cloud State 3 (OT) Alabama Huntsville 0, at Omaha 5 *Denver 2, at Minnesota Duluth 5 *Denver 3, at Colorado College 1 Canisius 1, at North Dakota 8 *Miami 4, at North Dakota 5 St. Cloud State 2, at Bemidji State 2 (OT) Western Michigan 8, at Ferris State 2 Saturday, Dec. 21 UMass Lowell 1, at Minnesota Duluth 2 Wisconsin 2, at Omaha 5 Arizona State 5, at Omaha 4 Minnesota 4, at Colorado College 3 St. Cloud State 5, at Northern Michigan 4 (OT) Sunday, Dec. 22 Friday, Oct. 18 Friday, Nov. 15 Arizona State 4, at Omaha 8 Western Michigan 1, at Bowling Green 2 *North Dakota 1, at Denver 1 (OT/UND wins 3x3) Boston College 0, at Denver 3 *Colorado College 4, at St. Cloud State 2 Saturday, Dec. 28 Ferris State 3, at Miami 4 *Omaha 2, at Western Michigan 3 %St. Cloud State 7, Minnesota State 2 North Dakota 4, at Minnesota State 4 (OT) *Minnesota Duluth 1, at Miami 3 $Colorado College 2, at Dartmouth 5 Omaha 2, at Ohio State 3 North Dakota 3, at U.S. U-18 Team 1 (exh.) Minnesota Duluth 2, at Wisconsin 6 Saturday, Nov. 16 *North Dakota 4, at Denver 1 Sunday, Dec. 29 Saturday, Oct. 19 *Colorado College 5, at St. Cloud State 2 Minnesota Duluth 4, at Merrimack 1 Bowling Green 2, at Western Michigan 1 (OT) *Omaha 6, at Western Michigan 3 $Colorado College 7, St. Lawrence 3 Boston College 4, at Denver 6 *Minnesota Duluth 3, at Miami 2 %St. Cloud State 1, Minnesota 4 Ferris State 3, at Miami 1 North Dakota 1, at Minnesota State 2 Friday, Nov. 22 Monday, Dec. 30 Omaha 2, at Ohio State 1 *Western Michigan 2, at Denver 1 Minnesota Duluth 5, at Merrimack 1 Minnesota Duluth 1, at Wisconsin 3 *Colorado College 3, at Minnesota Duluth 4 Miami 4, at Bowling Green 2 *Miami 3, at Omaha 3 (OT/MU wins 3x3 OT) Friday, Oct. 25 *St. Cloud State 2, at North Dakota 4 Friday, Jan. 3 Miami 3, at Colgate 3 (OT) Western Michigan 1, at Notre Dame 1 (OT) Western Michigan 0, at Michigan 4 Saturday, Nov. 23 Massachusetts 2, at Denver 4 Bemidji State 1, at North Dakota 2 (OT) *Western Michigan 1 , at Denver 6 Omaha 2, at Maine 2 (OT) Northeastern 4, at St. Cloud State 1 *Colorado College 0, at Minnesota Duluth 5 Alabama Huntsville 2, at North Dakota 5 Minnesota Duluth 5, at Minnesota 2 *Miami 4, at Omaha 1 Michigan State 1, at Colorado College 3 *St. Cloud State 1, at North Dakota 2 (OT)
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Saturday, Jan. 4 Friday, Feb. 7 Friday-Sunday, March 13-15 Massachusetts 3, at Denver 4 *Omaha 2, at Minnesota Duluth 3 NCHC Quarterfinals Omaha 2, at Maine 3 *St. Cloud State 3, at Colorado College 2 (OT) Best of Three Series, hosted by the higher seed Alabama Huntsville 2, at North Dakota 5 RPI 4, at Western Michigan 8 #8 seed at #1 seed #7 seed at #2 seed Sunday, Jan. 5 Saturday, Feb. 8 #6 seed at #3 seed Notre Dame 4, at Western Michigan 1 *Omaha 1, at Minnesota Duluth 4 #5 seed at #4 seed *St. Cloud State 2, at Colorado College 2 (OT/CC wins SO) Friday, Jan. 10 RPI 2, at Western Michigan 6 Friday, March 20 *St. Cloud State 3, at Denver 6 (Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minn.) *Miami 6, at Colorado College 1 Friday, Feb. 14 NCHC Frozen Faceoff Semifinal 1, 4 p.m. CT *Omaha 6, at North Dakota 3 *Western Mich. 2, at Miami 2 (OT/MU wins 3x3 OT) NCHC Frozen Faceoff Semifinal 2, 7:30 p.m. CT *Western Michigan 3, at Minnesota Duluth 6 *Denver 1, at North Dakota 4 Air Force 2, at Colorado College 6 Saturday, March 21 Saturday, Jan. 11 (Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minn.) *St. Cloud State 3, at Denver 5 Saturday, Feb. 15 NCHC Frozen Faceoff Third-Place Game, 3:30 p.m. CT *Miami 2, at Colorado College 4 *Western Michigan 4, at Miami 1 NCHC Frozen Faceoff Championship, 7:30 p.m. CT *Omaha 1, at North Dakota 4 *Denver 1, at North Dakota 3 *Western Mich. 3, at Minn. Duluth 3 (OT/WMU wins SO) Friday-Sunday, March 27-29 (NCAA Regionals) Monday, Feb. 17 Northeast Regional: Worcester, MA (March 27-28) Friday, Jan. 17 @Colorado College 4, at Air Force 2 West Regional: Loveland, CO (March 27-28) *Denver 1, at Omaha 1 (OT/DU wins SO) East Regional: Albany, NY (March 28-29) *Colorado College 2, at Western Michigan 5 Friday, Feb. 21 Midwest Regional: Allentown, PA (March 28-29) *North Dakota 4, at Miami 4 (OT/UND wins SO) *Miami at Denver, 7:07 p.m. MT *Minnesota Duluth 1, at St. Cloud State 2 *Colorado College at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT Thursday, April 9 *North Dakota at St. Cloud State, 7:37 p.m. CT Frozen Four National Semifinals (Detroit, MI) Saturday, Jan. 18 *Minnesota Duluth at Western Michigan, 7:06 p.m. ET *Denver 2, at Omaha 2 (OT/DU wins 3x3 OT) Saturday, April 11 *Colorado College 2, at Western Michigan 6 Saturday, Feb. 22 National Championship (Detroit, MI) *North Dakota 5, at Miami 3 *Miami at Denver, 7:07 p.m. MT *Minnesota Duluth 0, at St. Cloud State 2 *Colorado College at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT *North Dakota at St. Cloud State, 6:07 p.m. CT * National Collegiate Hockey Conference game Friday, Jan. 24 *Minnesota Duluth at Western Michigan, 7:05 p.m. ET & Ice Breaker Tournament, Toledo, OH *Denver 3, at Miami 2 ^ U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game, Grand Forks, ND *Omaha 6, at Colorado College 4 Friday, Feb. 28 % Mariucci Classic, Minneapolis, MN *North Dakota 4, at Minnesota Duluth 7 *Denver at St. Cloud State, 7:30 p.m. CT $ Ledyard Classic, Hanover, NH *St. Cloud State 2, at Western Michigan 6 *Minn. Duluth at Colorado College, 7:37 p.m. MT @ Faceoff at Falcon Stadium, USAFA, CO *Omaha at Miami, 7:05 p.m. ET Saturday, Jan. 25 *Western Michigan at North Dakota, 7:37 p.m. CT *Denver 5, at Miami 2 All dates and times are subject to change *Omaha 4, at Colorado College 1 Saturday, Feb. 29 All times listed local to site *North Dakota 3, at Minnesota Duluth 2 *Denver at St. Cloud State, 6:07 p.m. CT *St. Cloud State 2, at Western Michigan 6 *Minn. Duluth at Colorado College, 6:07 p.m. MT *Omaha at Miami, 7:05 p.m. ET Friday, Jan. 31 *Western Michigan at North Dakota, 7:07 p.m. CT *Minnesota Duluth 3, at Denver 2 *Colorado College 0, at North Dakota 1 Friday, March 6 *Western Michigan 5, at Omaha 2 *North Dakota at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT *Miami 2, at St. Cloud State 4 *St. Cloud State at Minnesota Duluth, 7:07 p.m. CT *Miami at Western Michigan, 7:05 p.m. ET Saturday, Feb. 1 *Denver at Colorado College, 7:37 p.m. MT *Minnesota Duluth 4, at Denver 1 *Colorado College 1, at North Dakota 8 Saturday, March 7 *Western Michigan 2, at Omaha 4 *North Dakota at Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT *Miami 0, at St. Cloud State 3 *St. Cloud State at Minnesota Duluth, 7:07 p.m. CT *Miami at Western Michigan, 7:05 p.m. ET *Colorado College at Denver, 8:00 p.m. MT
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FRIDAY, FEB. 14
hile only five NCHC teams were in action Friday, there was second goal of the night in the third period thwarted any hopes Wplenty of meaningful hockey played with all three home of a Air Force comeback. Sophomore forward Ben Copeland teams going away happy against their rival. Top-ranked North handed out a career-high three assists in the win, while fresh- Dakota pulled away from No. 6/5 Denver for a 4-1 win at home man goalie Matt Vernon stopped 27 shots for the Tigers as CC to lock up home ice for the first round of the NCHC Tournament. was outshot, 29-22, despite the win. In the only other NCHC game Friday, Miami erased a two-goal deficit to tie Western Michigan, 2-2, and then scored in 3-on-3 overtime to earn the extra NCHC point in Oxford. In non-con- SATURDAY, FEB. 15 ference play, Colorado College rolled past cross-town rival Air Force, 6-2, at the Broadmoor World Arena to retain the Pikes nly two conference games were on the slate Saturday night Peak Trophy for a second straight season. Oand neither saw an upset as both North Dakota and West- ern Michigan earned wins. The top-ranked Fighting Hawks struck No. 1/1 NORTH DAKOTA 4, No. 6/5 DENVER 1 once each period to down No. 6/5 Denver, 3-1, and complete a Scoring the game’s final three goals, including two on the power weekend sweep, extending their first-place lead to eight points play, top-ranked North Dakota pulled away from rival No. 6/5 over No. 4/4 Minnesota Duluth, who was idle this weekend. In Denver for a 4-1 win Friday at Ralph Engelstad Arena. With the the other game Saturday, Miami struck less than a minute into win, UND clinched home ice for the first round of the NCHC the game, but WMU answered back nine ticks later and scored Quarterfinals. Freshman forward Shane Pinto put UND in front the game’s final four goals to top the RedHawks, 4-1, in Oxford. early with a redirect, but Denver freshman Bobby Brink tied it early in the second with a blast on the power play. North Dakota No. 1/1 NORTH DAKOTA 3, No. 6/5 DENVER 1 answered with a power play goal of its own minutes later when junior defenseman Matt Kiersted’s shot nipped senior Westin Mi- Behind a goal each period, top-ranked North Dakota held off chaud in front of net for the game-winner. Junior forward Collin No. 6/5 Denver for a 3-1 win Saturday night at Ralph Engelstad Adams added a goal later in the second stanza, while sopho- Arena, completing a weekend sweep and finishing 3-0-1 against more defenseman Jacob Bernard-Docker sealed the win with DU in the regular season. Junior defenseman Matt Kiersted UND’s second power play goal in the final frame. Junior forward opened the scoring midway through the first period with a Jordan Kawaguchi chipped in two assists, while classmate Peter power play tally, while UND doubled its lead halfway through Thome made 26 saves as UND was outshot by Denver, 27-23, the second stanza when fellow junior Collin Adams finished a win the win. feed from classmate Jordan Kawaguchi. The Pioneers cut the deficit in half five minutes later when freshman forward Brett MIAMI 2, WESTERN MICHIGAN 2 (OT) Edwards lit the lamp, but UND junior goalie Peter Thome made Miami erased a two-goal deficit behind a pair of power play 10 third-period saves and sophomore forward Jasper Weatherby tallies to snap a five-game losing streak and earn a 2-2 over- tacked on an empty-netter in the closing seconds to seal the time tie with rival Western Michigan Friday at Steve Cady Arena. win. Denver outshot UND, 26-24, despite the loss, while Thome The RedHawks then earned the extra NCHC point on a goal from compiled 25 saves in the win. senior captain Gordie Green in 3-on-3 overtime. WMU took an early 1-0 lead when senior forward and captain Hugh McGing WESTERN MICHIGAN 4, MIAMI 1 scored on his team’s first shot of the game in the slot. Soph- Western Michigan scored the game’s final four goals to pull away omore defenseman Mattias Samuelsson then finished a feed from rival Miami and down the RedHawks, 4-1, Saturday at down low to double WMU’s lead in the second stanza. With a Steve Cady Arena, picking four points on the weekend to move minute left in the middle period, sophomore forward Matt Barry four points clear of Denver in third place. Miami came out on fire popped in a rebound on the power play to get MU within one, as sophomore forward Monte Graham scored only 39 seconds while classmate Derek Daschke ripped a shot on the power play into the game, but the Broncos answered right back with fellow early in the third period to tie the game and force overtime. sophomore forward Cole Gallant evening the game only nine Barry and Daschke assisted on each other’s goals, while Green ticks later. The game remained level at 1-1 until senior defen- assisted on both goals before scoring in the second extra session seman Cam Lee scored his third goal in three games midway on a wrap-around. Miami outshot WMU, 30-28, in the tie. through the second stanza for the game-winner. A few minutes later, senior forward Dawson DiPietro tacked on an unassisted COLORADO COLLEGE 6, AIR FORCE 2 Behind a three-goal outburst early in the second period, Colo- tally to double the WMU lead, while junior forward Paul Washe rado College rolled past cross-town rival Air Force, 6-2, Friday completed the Broncos’ scoring in the third period. Western at the Broadmoor World Arena to secure the Pikes Peak Trophy Michigan outshot Miami, 37-20, in the win, including by at least once again. Senior forward Chris Wilkie opened the scoring in four shots all three periods. the first frame, while classmate Nick Halloran doubled the lead only 11 ticks into the second stanza. Fellow senior Alex Berar- dinelli made it 3-0 minutes later, while freshman defenseman Connor Mayer scored the first of his two goals on the night 21 ticks after that to make it 4-0 and put the game out of each. The Falcons closed within 4-2 late in the second, but Mayer’s
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Hockey Game Box Score (Final) Hockey Game Box Score (Final) #5 Denver vs #1 North Dakota (Feb 14, 2020 at Grand Forks, N.D.) Western Michigan vs Miami (Feb 14, 2020 at Oxford, OH) Denver (17-7-5, 7-6-4-3) vs. North Dakota (22-3-3, 13-2-2-2) Date: Feb 14, 2020 • Location: Grand Forks, N.D. • Arena: REA Attendance: 11212 • Start time: 7:41 pm • End time: 10:14 pm • Total time: 2:34 Western Michigan (14-10-5, 8-6-3-2) vs. Miami (6-16-5, 3-11-3-2) Prd Time Team Scored by Assists Vis. on ice Home on ice Goals by Period Date: Feb 14, 2020 • Location: Oxford, OH • Arena: Steve Cady Arena 1. 1st 06:21 UND EV Shane Pinto/14 Jacob Bernard-Do/1515,4,11,24,10 22,24,6,11,28 Team 1 2 3 Tot Attendance: 2445 • Start time: 7:05 PM • End time: 9:30 PM • Total time: 2:25 Colton Poolman/11 DEN 0 1 0 1 2. 2nd 03:17 DEN PP Bobby Brink Ian Mitchell 24,15,20,19,7 11,9,3,24 UND 1 2 1 4 Prd Time Team Scored by Assists Vis. on ice Home on ice Goals by Period Emilio Pettersen 1. 1st 01:21 WMU EV McGING, Hugh/8 GALLANT, Cole/14 16,12,7,24,11 12,67,3,18,11 Team 1 2 3 OT Tot 3. 2nd 07:36 UND PP Westin Michaud/13 Matt Kiersted/20 15,4,9,12 3,29,22,11,14 Shots by Period ATTARD, Ronnie WMU 1 1 0 0 2 Jordan Kawaguchi/2 Team 1 2 3 Tot 2. 2nd 13:38 WMU EV SAMUELSSON, Mattias/ RUESCHHOFF, Aust/ 24,22,7,9,14 9,34,39,85,6 MIAM 0 1 1 0 2 4. 2nd 16:36 UND EV Collin Adams/9 Grant Mismash/11 32,21,12,19,20 18,16,29,6,24 DEN 11 8 8 27 ATTARD, Ronnie/6 Jordan Kawaguchi/2 UND 11 7 5 23 3. 2nd 19:00 MIAM PP Matt Barry/3 Derek Daschke/12 16,4,26,28 26,13,9,85,39 Shots by Period 5. 3rd 11:14 UND PP Jacob Bernard-Docker Collin Adams/16 18,16,21,2 24,18,26,16,6 Gordie Green/18 Team 1 2 3 OT Tot 4. 3rd 01:24 MIAM PP Derek Daschke/9 Matt Barry/5 2,14,26,16 13,26,9,85,39 Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) WMU 7 10 8 3 28 TEAM SUMMARY Gordie Green/19 Prd DEN UND MIAM 9 8 11 2 30 # Denver G A Pi Sh +/- Bl # North Dakota G A Pi Sh +/- Bl 1st 0-2 (4) 0-1 (3) TEAM SUMMARY 2 Erich Fear 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Gabe Bast 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd 1-2 (3) 1-1 (2) Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) 4 Griffin Mendel 0 0 0 2 -1 0 3 Matt Kiersted 0 1 0 1 0 4 3rd 0-0 (0) 1-1 (1) # Western Michigan G A Pi Sh +/- Bl # Miami G A Pi Sh +/- Bl Prd WMU MIAMI 7 Brett Stapley 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 Andrew Peski 0 0 2 0 0 0 Total 1-4 (7) 2-3 (6) 2 BENNETT, Kale 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Bray Crowder 0 0 0 4 -1 2 1st 0-0 (0) 0-0 (0) 9 Tyson McLellan 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 Colton Poolman 0 1 0 1 +2 1 3 JOYAUX, Michael 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 Jack Clement 0 0 0 0 0 2 2nd 0-3 (2) 1-2 (3) Penalties-Minutes by Prd 10 Jaakko Heikkine 0 0 0 0 -1 0 8 Harrison Blaisdel 0 0 2 2 0 1 4 BAFIA, Luke 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 Alec Mahalak 0 0 0 2 -1 0 3rd 0-0 (0) 1-1 (1) 11 Tyler Ward 0 0 0 1 -1 1 9 Dixon Bowen 0 0 0 0 0 1 Prd DEN UND OT 0-0 (0) 0-0 (0) 1st 1-2 2-4 7 ATTARD, Ronnie 0 2 0 1 +2 0 9 Gordie Green 0 2 0 0 -1 0 12 Kohen Olischefsk 0 0 0 2 -1 0 11 Westin Michaud 1 0 0 5 +1 0 Total 0-3 (2) 2-3 (4) 2nd 1-2 2-4 9 DIPIETRO, Daws 0 0 2 3 +1 0 10 Ben Lown 0 0 0 2 0 0 13 Liam Finlay 0 0 2 2 0 0 14 Jasper Weatherb 0 0 0 1 0 0 3rd 1-2 0-0 10 COURTNALL, La 0 0 0 4 0 1 11 Rourke Russell 0 0 2 3 -1 2 15 Ian Mitchell 0 1 0 0 -1 0 15 Ethan Frisch 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 KINGSTON, Rhet 0 0 0 1 +1 1 12 John Sladic 0 0 0 2 -1 1 Penalties-Minutes by Prd Total 3-6 4-8 Prd WMU MIAMI 16 Jake Durflinger 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Grant Mismash 0 1 0 0 +1 2 12 GALLANT, Cole 0 1 0 1 +1 0 13 Derek Daschke 1 1 0 5 0 1 1st 0-0 0-0 17 Slava Demin 0 0 0 1 0 1 17 Jonny Tychonick 0 0 2 0 0 0 Three stars: 13 WORRAD, Drew 0 0 0 4 0 0 18 Monte Graham 0 0 0 2 -1 0 18 Ryan Barrow 0 0 0 5 0 0 18 Collin Adams 1 1 2 1 +1 0 2nd 2-4 3-6 1. Shane Pinto 14 POLIN, Jason 0 0 2 0 +1 0 20 Christian Mohs 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd 2-4 1-2 19 Cole Guttman 0 0 0 0 -1 1 19 Mark Senden 0 0 0 2 0 1 2. Peter Thome 16 McGING, Hugh 1 0 0 3 +1 1 21 Ryan Savage 0 0 2 0 0 1 OT 0-0 0-0 20 Emilio Pettersen 0 1 0 1 -1 0 21 Jackson Keane 0 0 0 0 0 0 3. Jordan Kawaguchi 17 ALLISON, Wade 0 0 2 2 0 0 22 Carter Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 4-8 4-8 21 Michael Davies 0 0 0 1 -1 2 22 Shane Pinto 1 0 0 3 +1 1 21 PASSOLT, Josh 0 0 0 1 0 0 25 Scott Corbett 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Bobby Brink 1 0 0 2 -1 0 24 Jacob Bernard-D 1 1 0 2 +2 1 Officials: 22 RUESCHHOFF, A 0 1 0 2 +1 0 26 Matt Barry 1 1 2 4 0 2 Three stars: 27 Kyle Mayhew 0 0 0 1 0 0 26 Cole Smith 0 0 0 1 0 0 Referee:(30) Cameron Voss 23 WASHE, Paul 0 0 0 1 0 1 28 Chase Pletzke 0 0 0 1 0 0 1. Gordie Green Linesman:(18) Nathan Wieler 28 Brett Edwards 0 0 2 1 0 1 28 Judd Caulfield 0 0 0 2 +1 0 24 SAMUELSSON, M 1 0 0 2 +2 1 34 Alec Capstick 0 0 0 0 -1 1 2. Ryan Larkin Linesman:(83) Justin Hills 32 Justin Lee 0 0 0 3 -1 0 29 Jordan Kawaguc 0 2 0 2 +1 0 25 KUCHAREK, Jare 0 0 0 1 0 0 39 Casey Gilling 0 0 0 0 -1 1 3. Derek Daschke T TEAM 0 0 2 0 0 0 31 Adam Scheel dnp Goal judge:(49) Mike Eslinger Scorer:Alec Stocker Johnson 26 FRANK, Ethen 0 0 0 1 0 1 67 Phil Knies 0 0 0 2 -1 1 30 Magnus Chrona dnp 35 Harrison Feeney dnp 28 LEE, Cam 0 0 2 1 0 2 85 Karch Bachman 0 0 2 3 -1 0 Officials: Totals 1 2 6 27 -10 7 Totals 4 7 8 23 +1 13 33 BLACKER, Ben dnp 33 Ben Kraws dnp Referee:Geno Binda Totals 2 4 8 28 +1 15 36 Grant Valentine dnp Referee:Joe Sullivan Linesman:Pat Richardson GOALTENDERS Totals 2 4 8 30 -10 14 Linesman:Eric Frank ## Denver Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves ## North Dakota Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves 1 Devin Cooley L 59:47 4 10 5 4 19 1 Peter Thome W 60:00 1 11 7 8 26 GOALTENDERS EMPTY NET 0:13 0 0 0 0 0 ## Western Michigan Dec Min GA 1 2 3 OT Saves ## Miami Dec Min GA 1 2 3 OT Saves 30 BUSSI, Brandon T 65:00 2 9 7 10 2 28 31 Ryan Larkin T 65:00 2 6 9 8 3 26 PENALTY SUMMARY
Prd Player Team MinOffense Time Prd Player Team MiOffense Time PENALTY SUMMARY 1st Jonny Tychonick UND 2.Roughing 09:26 PP 2nd TEAM DEN 2.Too Many Players O 06:49 PP Prd Player Team MinOffense Time Prd Player Team MiOffense Time 1st Liam Finlay DEN 2.Holding 14:12 PP 2nd Andrew Peski UND 2.Hooking 12:09 PP 2nd Matt Barry Miami 2.Tripping 02:23 PP 2nd POLIN, Jason WMU 2.Tripping 17:02 PP 1st Harrison Blaisdell UND 2.Tripping 17:03 PP 3rd Brett Edwards DEN 2.Contact To The Hea 09:59 PP 2nd LEE, Cam WMU 2.Holding 06:48 PP 3rd ALLISON, Wade WMU 2.Tripping 00:19 PP 2nd Collin Adams UND 2.Tripping 01:50 PP 2nd Karch Bachman Miami 2.Interference 07:15 PP 3rd DIPIETRO, Dawson WMU 2.Embellishment 17:54 2nd Ryan Savage Miami 2.Hooking 14:05 PP 3rd Rourke Russell Miami 2.Slashing 17:54 Win-Peter Thome (5-0-1). Loss-Devin Cooley (3-2-2). UND takes its timeout at 7:38 of third period Western Michigan-BUSSI, Brandon (14-10-4). Miami-Ryan Larkin (5-10-2). Miami scores at 00:19 of 3x3 OT Referee's signature 9 from 13 and 39
Referee's signature Hockey Game Box Score (Final) Air Force vs Colorado College (Feb 14, 2020 at Colorado Springs, CO)
Air Force (8-16-5) vs. Colorado College (9-16-2) Date: Feb 14, 2020 • Location: Colorado Springs, CO • Arena: Broadmoor WorldArena Attendance: 4355 • Start time: 7:37 pm • End time: 10:03 • Total time: 2:26
Prd Time Team Scored by Assists Vis. on ice Home on ice Goals by Period 1. 1st 07:13 CC EV Chris Wilkie/19 Josiah Slavin/6 18,29,12,3,74 34,27,7,2,4 Team 123Tot 2. 2nd 00:11 CC EV Nick Halloran/9 Ben Copeland/9 11,74,3,8,28 13,12,21,2,4 AF 020 2 Grant Cruikshank CC 132 6 3. 2nd 02:13 CC EV Alex Berardinelli/4 - 4,74,9,18 7,34,18,4 4. 2nd 02:34 CC EV Connor Mayer/3 Troy Conzo/6 6,21,28,4 18,19,12,4 Shots by Period Ben Copeland/10 Team 123Tot 5. 2nd 08:57 AF PP BOWERY, Marshall/7 TOMLAK, Brady/12 8,28,3,4,23 28,8,7,9 AF 7 12 10 29 LEVIN, Jake/7 CC 89522 6. 2nd 16:58 AF EV BOWERY, Marshall/8 - 8,28,3,74 2,18,13,21 7. 3rd 09:16 CC EV Connor Mayer/4 - 19,74,9,17,3 18,24,4,28,23 8. 3rd 18:24 CC PP Grant Cruikshank/8 Ben Copeland/11 19,3,9,74 21,12,4,18,13 Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) Bryan Yoon/13 Prd AF CC 1st 0-0 (0) 0-1 (0) 2nd 1-1 (1) 0-0 (0) TEAM SUMMARY 3rd 0-0 (0) 1-1 (1) # Air Force G A Pi Sh +/- Bl # Colorado College G A Pi Sh +/- Bl Total 1-1 (1) 1-2 (1) 2 KRUSE, Andrew 0 00201 2 Chad Sasaki 0 0 0 1 +1 0 3 LEVIN, Jake 0 1 0 3 -2 2 4 Bryan Yoon 0 1 0 0 +5 1 Penalties-Minutes by Prd 4 ROWE, Luke 0 0 0 2 -2 0 7 Alex Berardinelli 1 0 0 3 +2 1 Prd AF CC 1st 1-2 0-0 6 MEHNERT, Alex 0 0 2 0 -1 3 8 Zach Berzolla 0 0 0 0 0 4 2nd 2-4 3-6 8 BOWERY, Marsh 2 00300 9 Jackson Ross 0 00001 3rd 1-2 0-0 9 STONE, Trevor 0 0 0 1 -2 0 10 Patrick Cozzi 0 0 2 0 0 0 Total 4-8 3-6 11 HARPER, Max 0 0 0 0 -1 0 12 Ben Copeland 0 3 0 0 +2 0 12 BRIDE, Blake 0 0 2 1 -1 0 13 Nick Halloran 1 0 0 2 0 0 Three stars: 13 LUND, Keenan 0 00000 18 Connor Mayer 2 0 0 3 +2 2 1. Connor Mayer 17 TYRAN, Joe 0 0 0 0 -1 0 19 Troy Conzo 0 1 0 1 +1 0 2. Ben Copeland 18 POCHIPINSKI, T 0 0 0 1 -2 1 21 Grant Cruikshan 1 10200 3. BOWERY, Marshall 19 MANNING, Luke 0 0 0 2 -1 1 23 Bailey Conger 0 0 2 0 +1 0 20 KOCH, Brandon 0 00303 24 Jack Gates 0 0 0 0 +1 0 Officials: 21 PULVER, Matt 0 0 0 0 -1 0 26 Brady Smith 0 0 0 0 0 1 Referee:Timm Walsh 22 PLUEMER, Pierce 0 02202 27 Josiah Slavin 0 1 0 1 +1 2 Referee:Ian Croft 23 REIM, Willie 0 0 2 3 0 0 28 Andrew Gaus 0 0 0 2 +1 1 Linesman:Luke Bisbee 28 TOMLAK, Brady 0 1 0 0 -1 0 34 Chris Wilkie 1 0 2 6 +2 2 Linesman:Seth Mukai Scorer:Heather Croze 29 KNOWLTON, Sha 0 0 0 4 -1 0 36 McKay Flanagan 0 0 0 1 0 3 74 MIRAGEAS, Zach 0 0 0 2 -3 2 39 Sam Renlund 0 00000 41 PARK, Austin dnp 33 Jon Flakne dnp Totals 2 2 8 29 -19 15 Totals 6 7 6 22 +1 18
GOALTENDERS ## Air Force Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves ## Colorado College Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves 33 SCHILLING, Alex L 22:13 3 700 7 30 Matt Vernon W 60:00 2 7 10 10 27 31 LaROCQUE, Zach 37:00 3 063 9 EMPTY NET 0:47 0 000 0
PENALTY SUMMARY
Prd Player Team MinOffense Time Prd Player Team MiOffense Time 1st PLUEMER, Pierce AF 2.Tripping 16:50 PP 2nd BRIDE, Blake AF 2.Slashing 16:22 2nd REIM, Willie AF 2.Elbowing 01:09 2nd Chris Wilkie CC 2.Roughing 16:22 2nd Patrick Cozzi CC 2.Hooking 01:09 3rd MEHNERT, Alex AF 2.Hooking 17:30 PP 2nd Bailey Conger CC 2.Interference 07:25 PP Win-Matt Vernon (6-12-2). Loss-SCHILLING, Alex (8-9-5). AFA TO 17:47 on clock in 2nd period CC TO 8:21 on clock in 2nd period
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Hockey Game Box Score (Final) Hockey Game Box Score (Final) #5 Denver vs #1 North Dakota (Feb 15, 2020 at Grand Forks, N.D.) Western Michigan vs Miami (Feb 15, 2020 at Oxford, OH)
Denver (17-8-5, 7-7-4-3) vs. North Dakota (23-3-3, 14-2-2-2) Western Michigan (15-10-5, 9-6-3-2) vs. Miami (6-17-5, 3-12-3-2) Date: Feb 15, 2020 • Location: Grand Forks, N.D. • Arena: REA Date: Feb 15, 2020 • Location: Oxford, OH • Arena: Steve Cady Arena Attendance: 11812 • Start time: 7:07 pm • End time: 9:30 pm • Total time: 2:23 Attendance: 2851 • Start time: 7:05 PM • End time: 9:25 PM • Total time: 2:20
Prd Time Team Scored by Assists Vis. on ice Home on ice Goals by Period Prd Time Team Scored by Assists Vis. on ice Home on ice Goals by Period 1. 1st 09:31 UND PP Matt Kiersted/5 Shane Pinto/10 21,18,9,32 3,22,14,29,11 Team 1 2 3 Tot 1. 1st 00:39 MIAM EV Monte Graham/5 Rourke Russell/8 14,28,22,9,4 18,11,9,85,13 Team 1 2 3 Tot Jasper Weatherby/7 DEN 0 1 0 1 Gordie Green/20 WMU 1 2 1 4 2. 2nd 11:25 UND EV Collin Adams/10 Jordan Kawaguchi/2 18,21,32,7,13 18,29,24,16,3 UND 1 1 1 3 2. 1st 00:48 WMU EV GALLANT, Cole/3 KINGSTON, Rhett/8 12,16,24,7,11 18,3,11,67,20 MIAM 1 0 0 1 Jacob Bernard-Docke SAMUELSSON, Matti 3. 2nd 16:17 DEN EV Brett Edwards/4 Jake Durflinger/4 28,16,2,27,9 15,2,14,9,5 Shots by Period 3. 2nd 09:52 WMU EV LEE, Cam/3 RUESCHHOFF, Aust/ 28,22,14,9,4 28,22,13,20,5 Shots by Period Erich Fear/2 POLIN, Jason Team 1 2 3 Tot Team 1 2 3 Tot 4. 3rd 19:48 UND EN Jasper Weatherby/10 - 32,15,9,18,20,1 14,19,3,26,4 4. 2nd 12:36 WMU EV DIPIETRO, Dawson/10 - 9,14,7,22,24 26,21,25,3,11 DEN 8 8 10 26 WMU 14 10 13 37 5. 3rd 07:30 WMU EV WASHE, Paul/10 COURTNALL, Lawto 23,7,18,10,24 39,6,67,9,34 UND 13 4 7 24 MIAM 9 6 5 20 TEAM SUMMARY SAMUELSSON, Matti # Denver G A Pi Sh +/- Bl # North Dakota G A Pi Sh +/- Bl Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) TEAM SUMMARY Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) 2 Erich Fear 0 1 0 0 +1 0 2 Gabe Bast 0 0 0 0 -1 0 Prd DEN UND Prd WMU MIAMI 4 Griffin Mendel 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 Matt Kiersted 1 0 0 2 +2 1 1st 0-1 (0) 1-3 (5) # Western Michigan G A Pi Sh +/- Bl # Miami G A Pi Sh +/- Bl 1st 0-1 (3) 0-0 (0) 7 Brett Stapley 0 0 2 1 -1 1 4 Andrew Peski 0 0 0 0 +1 0 2nd 0-0 (0) 0-0 (0) 3 JOYAUX, Michael 0 0 0 7 0 0 3 Bray Crowder 0 0 2 0 -2 0 2nd 0-1 (0) 0-1 (0) 9 Tyson McLellan 0 0 0 3 0 1 5 Casey Johnson 0 0 0 0 -1 1 3rd 0-0 (0) 0-0 (0) 4 BAFIA, Luke 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 Jack Clement 0 0 0 2 -1 1 3rd 0-1 (0) 0-1 (0) Total 0-1 (0) 1-3 (5) 11 Tyler Ward 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 Harrison Blaisdel 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 BRICKEY, Scoote 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Alec Mahalak 0 0 0 0 -1 1 Total 0-3 (3) 0-2 (0) 12 Kohen Olischefsk 0 0 0 1 -1 0 9 Dixon Bowen 0 0 0 1 -1 0 Penalties-Minutes by Prd 7 ATTARD, Ronnie 0 0 2 0 +3 1 9 Gordie Green 0 1 0 2 0 2 13 Liam Finlay 0 0 2 1 -1 0 11 Westin Michaud 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 DIPIETRO, Daws 1 0 0 3 +1 1 10 Ben Lown 0 0 0 0 0 1 Penalties-Minutes by Prd 15 Ian Mitchell 0 0 0 2 -1 0 14 Jasper Weatherb 1 1 0 2 0 0 Prd DEN UND Prd WMU MIAMI 1st 3-6 1-2 10 COURTNALL, La 0 1 0 1 +1 0 11 Rourke Russell 0 1 0 5 -1 1 16 Jake Durflinger 0 1 0 0 +1 0 15 Ethan Frisch 0 0 0 1 -1 4 1st 1-2 1-2 2nd 0-0 0-0 11 KINGSTON, Rhet 0 1 2 3 +1 0 12 John Sladic 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Slava Demin 0 0 0 2 0 0 16 Grant Mismash 0 0 0 3 +1 0 2nd 0-0 1-2 3rd 0-0 0-0 12 GALLANT, Cole 1 0 0 4 +1 2 13 Derek Daschke 0 0 0 3 0 3 18 Ryan Barrow 0 0 0 3 -2 1 17 Jonny Tychonick 0 0 0 1 0 0 3rd 1-2 1-2 Total 3-6 1-2 13 WORRAD, Drew 0 0 0 3 0 0 18 Monte Graham 1 0 0 1 0 0 Total 2-4 3-6 19 Cole Guttman 0 0 0 2 0 0 18 Collin Adams 1 0 0 1 +1 0 14 POLIN, Jason 0 1 0 1 +1 0 20 Christian Mohs 0 0 2 0 -2 1 20 Emilio Pettersen 0 0 0 1 -1 3 19 Mark Senden 0 0 0 2 +1 1 Three stars: 16 McGING, Hugh 0 0 0 0 +1 0 21 Ryan Savage 0 0 0 0 -1 0 Three stars: 21 Michael Davies 0 0 0 2 -1 1 20 Josh Rieger 0 0 0 0 0 0 1. Collin Adams 18 VAN OS, Brett 0 0 0 0 +1 1 22 Carter Johnson 0 0 0 0 -1 0 1. SAMUELSSON, Mattias 26 Jack Doremus 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 Shane Pinto 0 1 2 4 0 0 2. Matt Kiersted 21 PASSOLT, Josh 0 0 0 2 0 2 25 Scott Corbett 0 0 0 1 -1 1 2. LEE, Cam 27 Kyle Mayhew 0 0 0 0 +1 0 24 Jacob Bernard-D 0 1 0 0 +1 2 3. Peter Thome 22 RUESCHHOFF, A 0 1 0 1 +1 0 26 Matt Barry 0 0 0 1 -1 0 3. BUSSI, Brandon 28 Brett Edwards 1 0 0 1 +1 0 26 Cole Smith 0 0 0 1 +1 0 23 WASHE, Paul 1 0 0 5 +1 0 28 Chase Pletzke 0 0 0 0 -1 1 Officials: 32 Justin Lee 0 0 0 4 -2 0 28 Judd Caulfield 0 0 0 1 0 1 24 SAMUELSSON, M 0 2 0 3 +3 1 34 Alec Capstick 0 0 0 0 -1 1 Officials: Referee:(30) Cameron Voss 37 Hank Crone 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 Jordan Kawaguc 0 1 0 2 +1 1 25 KUCHAREK, Jare 0 0 0 1 0 1 39 Casey Gilling 0 0 2 2 -1 1 Referee:Geno Binda T TEAM 0 0 2 0 0 0 31 Adam Scheel dnp Referee:(18) Nathan Wieler Referee:Joe Sullivan Linesman:(83) Justin Hills 26 FRANK, Ethen 0 0 0 0 0 1 67 Phil Knies 0 0 0 0 -2 0 1 Devin Cooley dnp 35 Harrison Feeney dnp 28 LEE, Cam 1 0 0 3 0 1 85 Karch Bachman 0 0 0 3 +1 1 Linesman:Pat Richardson Totals 1 2 6 26 -6 8 Totals 3 4 2 24 +5 12 Linesman:(49) Mike Eslinger Linesman:Eric Frank Scorer:Alec Stocker Johnson 33 BLACKER, Ben dnp 31 Ryan Larkin dnp Totals 4 6 4 37 +1 12 36 Grant Valentine dnp GOALTENDERS Totals 1 2 6 20 -15 15
## Denver Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves ## North Dakota Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves GOALTENDERS 30 Magnus Chrona L 58:37 2 12 3 6 21 1 Peter Thome W 60:00 1 8 7 10 25 EMPTY NET 1:23 1 0 0 0 0 ## Western Michigan Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves ## Miami Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves 30 BUSSI, Brandon W 60:00 1 8 6 5 19 33 Ben Kraws L 60:00 4 13 8 12 33 PENALTY SUMMARY PENALTY SUMMARY Prd Player Team MinOffense Time Prd Player Team MiOffense Time 1st TEAM DEN 2.Too Many Players On 01:16 PP 1st Brett Stapley DEN 2.Cross-Checking 17:35 PP Prd Player Team MinOffense Time Prd Player Team MiOffense Time 1st Liam Finlay DEN 2.Holding 09:01 PP 1st Shane Pinto UND 2.Interference 17:48 PP 1st Christian Mohs Miami 2.Holding 05:58 PP 3rd Bray Crowder Miami 2.Cth Elbowing 14:02 PP 1st KINGSTON, Rhett WMU 2.Interference 18:04 PP 3rd ATTARD, Ronnie WMU 2.Tripping 14:19 PP Win-Peter Thome (6-0-1). Loss-Magnus Chrona (13-6-3). 2nd Casey Gilling Miami 2.Cross-Checking 01:39 PP UND takes its timeout at 15:36 of third period Denver takes its timeout at 19:34 of third period Win-BUSSI, Brandon (15-10-3). Loss-Ben Kraws (1-5-2).
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Hockey Game Box Score (Final) Colorado College vs Air Force (Feb 17, 2020 at Air Force Academy,CO)
Colorado College (10-16-2) vs. Air Force (8-17-5) Date: Feb 17, 2020 • Location: Air Force Academy,CO • Arena: Falcon Stadium Attendance: 7178 • Start time: 5:05 • End time: 7:35 • Total time: 2:25
Prd Time Team Scored by Assists Vis. on ice Home on ice Goals by Period 1. 1st 13:18 CC PP Grant Cruikshank/9 Bryan Yoon/14 21,4,13,18,12 19,8,74,3 Team 123Tot Nick Halloran/16 CC 112 4 2. 2nd 11:49 CC EV Grant Cruikshank/10 Bryan Yoon/15 21,4,2,12,13 21,74,12,18,2 AF 011 2 3. 2nd 19:26 AF PP KOCH, Brandon/5 MANNING, Luke/3 2,4,8,21 20,19,23,9,74 MIRAGEAS, Zach/17 Shots by Period 4. 3rd 03:21 CC EV Chris Wilkie/20 Josiah Slavin/7 34,27,36,7,8 28,9,2,74,4 Team 123Tot 5. 3rd 04:59 AF EV ROWE, Luke/2 BRIDE, Blake/3 10,19,18,26,36 4,12,18,21,20 CC 10 14 6 30 PULVER, Matt/6 AF 8 7 14 29 6. 3rd 19:23 CC EN Grant Cruikshank/11 - 21,8,12,13,18 3,9,74,28,21,19
TEAM SUMMARY Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) Prd CC AF # Colorado College G A Pi Sh +/- Bl # Air Force G A Pi Sh +/- Bl 1st 1-2 (1) 0-0 (0) 2 Chad Sasaki 0 0 2 0 +1 0 2 KRUSE, Andrew 0 0 0 0 -2 0 2nd 0-1 (3) 1-3 (3) 4 Bryan Yoon 0 2 0 0 +1 2 3 LEVIN, Jake 0 0 0 2 -1 2 3rd 0-1 (0) 0-0 (0) 7 Alex Berardinelli 0 0 0 5 +1 2 4 ROWE, Luke 1 00300 Total 1-4 (4) 1-3 (3) 8 Zach Berzolla 0 0 0 1 +2 0 6 MEHNERT, Alex 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 Jackson Ross 0 00001 8 BOWERY, Marsh 0 00300 Penalties-Minutes by Prd 10 Patrick Cozzi 0 0 0 1 -1 1 9 STONE, Trevor 0 0 2 0 -2 2 Prd CC AF 1st 0-0 2-4 12 Ben Copeland 0 0 0 1 +2 0 11 HARPER, Max 0 00200 2nd 3-6 1-2 13 Nick Halloran 0 1 0 4 +2 1 12 BRIDE, Blake 0 1 0 3 0 1 3rd 0-0 1-2 18 Connor Mayer 0 00002 13 LUND, Keenan 0 00000 Total 3-6 4-8 19 Troy Conzo 0 0 0 1 -1 1 17 TYRAN, Joe 0 0 0 0 0 1 21 Grant Cruikshan 3 0 0 7 +2 1 18 POCHIPINSKI, T 0 00000 Three stars: 23 Bailey Conger 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 MANNING, Luke 0 1 0 5 -1 0 1. None 24 Jack Gates 0 00101 20 KOCH, Brandon 1 0 4 3 +1 0 2. None 26 Brady Smith 0 0 0 0 -1 0 21 PULVER, Matt 0 1 0 0 -1 2 3. None 27 Josiah Slavin 0 1 2 2 +1 1 22 PLUEMER, Pierce 0 00100 28 Andrew Gaus 0 0 0 1 0 0 23 REIM, Willie 0 0 0 3 0 1 Officials: 34 Chris Wilkie 1 0 0 5 +1 0 28 TOMLAK, Brady 0 0 0 1 -2 0 Referee:Jared Waitt 36 McKay Flanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 KNOWLTON, Sha 0 0 0 1 0 1 Referee:Chris Leavitt 39 Sam Renlund 0 02002 74 MIRAGEAS, Zach 0 1 0 2 -3 0 Linesman:Chae McGee 33 Jon Flakne dnp 30 ANDERSON, Erik dnp Linesman:Michael Trzeciak Totals 4 4 6 30 +1 15 31 LaROCQUE, Zac dnp Totals 2 4 8 29 -11 10
GOALTENDERS ## Colorado College Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves ## Air Force Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves 30 Matt Vernon W 60:00 2 8 6 13 27 33 SCHILLING, Alex L 59:02 3 9 13 4 26 EMPTY NET 0:58 1 000 0
PENALTY SUMMARY
Prd Player Team MinOffense Time Prd Player Team MiOffense Time 1st STONE, Trevor AF 2.Tripping 07:36 PP 2nd Josiah Slavin CC 2.Cross-Checking 14:03 PP 1st KOCH, Brandon AF 2.Tripping 12:48 PP 2nd Chad Sasaki CC 2.Hooking 18:01 PP 2nd MEHNERT, Alex AF 2.Hooking 01:12 PP 3rd KOCH, Brandon AF 2.Slashing 19:57 PP 2nd Sam Renlund CC 2.Tripping 03:55 PP Win-Matt Vernon (7-12-2). Loss-SCHILLING, Alex (8-10-5). Game played outdoors at Falcon Stadium
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18 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey February 18-23, 2020 NCHC Overall Scoring Leaders
Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Jordan Kawaguchi NDK JR F 29 15-29-44 1.52 3/6 2 0 5 0 +21 2 Scott Perunovich MND JR D 28 4-29-33 1.18 20/62 3 0 0 0 +10 STL 3 Gordie Green MIA SR F 28 10-20-30 1.07 8/24 4 0 3 0 -2 4 Chris Wilkie CC_ SR F 28 20-8-28 1.00 7/17 4 0 3 1 -3 FLA Hugh McGing WMU SR F 29 8-20-28 0.97 19/46 1 1 2 0 +13 STL 6 Taylor Ward UNO SO F 30 16-11-27 0.90 13/40 5 0 1 1 -3 7 Noah Cates MND SO F 28 13-13-26 0.93 8/16 4 0 2 0 +3 PHI Collin Adams NDK JR F 29 10-16-26 0.90 6/12 1 0 6 0 +26 NYI Emilio Pettersen DEN SO F 30 8-18-26 0.87 6/12 4 0 4 0 -1 CGY 10 Nick Halloran CC_ SR F 27 9-16-25 0.93 5/10 2 1 1 0 -1 Matt Kiersted NDK JR D 27 5-20-25 0.93 16/32 2 0 0 0 +23 Cole Koepke MND SO F 28 12-13-25 0.89 7/14 2 2 3 0 +6 TBL Karch Bachman MIA SR F 28 8-17-25 0.89 7/14 3 1 0 0 +2 FLA 14 Shane Pinto NDK FR F 27 14-10-24 0.89 9/29 4 0 2 0 +16 OTT Easton Brodzinski STC JR F 28 12-12-24 0.86 9/29 5 0 0 0 -13 Bobby Brink DEN FR F 28 11-13-24 0.86 6/12 6 0 0 0 +1 PHI Westin Michaud NDK SR F 29 13-11-24 0.83 5/10 3 0 2 0 +16 Kevin Conley UNO JR F 30 10-14-24 0.80 8/27 4 0 2 1 +1 19 Sam Hentges STC SO F 22 7-16-23 1.05 5/10 2 0 1 0 -2 MIN Jackson Cates MND SO F 28 8-15-23 0.82 3/6 5 0 2 0 +3 Ian Mitchell DEN JR D 30 6-17-23 0.77 7/14 2 2 2 0 +3 CHI 22 Nick Swaney MND JR F 25 11-11-22 0.88 1/2 4 1 2 0 +4 MIN Casey Gilling MIA JR F 28 7-15-22 0.79 11/22 3 0 0 0 -4 Jack Ahcan STC SR D 28 6-16-22 0.79 12/46 2 1 1 0 -7 Dawson DiPietro WMU SR F 29 10-12-22 0.76 15/30 0 0 1 1 +2
Defenseman Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Scott Perunovich MND JR D 28 4-29-33 1.18 20/62 3 0 0 0 +10 STL 2 Matt Kiersted NDK JR D 27 5-20-25 0.93 16/32 2 0 0 0 +23 3 Ian Mitchell DEN JR D 30 6-17-23 0.77 7/14 2 2 2 0 +3 CHI 4 Jack Ahcan STC SR D 28 6-16-22 0.79 12/46 2 1 1 0 -7 5 Derek Daschke MIA SO D 28 9-12-21 0.75 7/14 4 1 1 0 +2 6 Jacob Bernard-Docker NDK SO D 26 4-16-20 0.77 4/8 3 0 0 0 +18 OTT 7 Bryan Yoon CC_ SO D 28 1-15-16 0.57 3/6 0 0 0 0 +10 Michael Joyaux WMU SO D 30 2-14-16 0.53 6/23 1 0 0 0 E 9 Dylan Samberg MND JR D 22 0-15-15 0.68 9/18 0 0 0 0 +10 WPG 10 Cam Lee WMU SR D 20 3-10-13 0.65 7/25 1 0 1 0 +6 Colton Poolman NDK SR D 25 2-11-13 0.52 2/4 1 0 0 0 +11 Brandon Scanlin UNO FR D 30 2-11-13 0.43 6/12 2 0 0 0 -2 13 Ronnie Attard WMU FR D 24 6-6-12 0.50 6/12 3 0 2 0 +20 PHI Mattias Samuelsson WMU SO D 24 2-10-12 0.50 9/37 0 0 0 0 +16 BUF Nick Perbix STC SO D 28 4-8-12 0.43 4/8 1 0 1 0 -8 TBL
Freshman Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Shane Pinto NDK FR F 27 14-10-24 0.89 9/29 4 0 2 0 +16 OTT Bobby Brink DEN FR F 28 11-13-24 0.86 6/12 6 0 0 0 +1 PHI 3 Nolan Sullivan UNO FR F 27 7-9-16 0.59 15/41 1 0 0 0 -1 4 Joey Abate UNO FR F 25 9-6-15 0.60 16/32 0 1 4 0 E 5 Ryan Brushett UNO FR F 30 1-13-14 0.47 1/2 1 0 0 0 -5 6 Brandon Scanlin UNO FR D 30 2-11-13 0.43 6/12 2 0 0 0 -2 7 Chase Pletzke MIA FR F 22 5-7-12 0.55 5/10 1 0 0 0 -5 Ronnie Attard WMU FR D 24 6-6-12 0.50 6/12 3 0 2 0 +20 PHI Josiah Slavin CC_ FR F 28 5-7-12 0.43 11/41 0 1 0 0 -4 CHI 10 Ryan Savage MIA FR F 23 5-6-11 0.48 6/12 1 0 1 0 -3 Quinn Olson MND FR F 25 4-7-11 0.44 11/22 2 0 1 0 -1 BOS Judd Caulfield NDK FR F 25 3-8-11 0.44 1/2 1 0 1 0 +13 PIT Chase Brand STC FR F 26 5-6-11 0.42 7/25 1 0 1 0 -3 John Sladic MIA FR F 27 6-5-11 0.41 3/6 1 0 0 0 -14 Connor Mayer CC_ FR D 28 4-7-11 0.39 6/12 0 0 0 0 +6
February 18-23, 2020 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 19 NCHC Overall Scoring Leaders
Goal Scoring GP G GPG Assist Scoring GP A APG 1 Chris Wilkie CC SR F 28 20 0.71 1 Scott Perunovich MND JR D 28 29 1.04 2 Taylor Ward UNO SO F 30 16 0.53 Jordan Kawaguchi NDK JR F 29 29 1.00 3 Jordan Kawaguchi NDK JR F 29 15 0.52 3 Matt Kiersted NDK JR D 27 20 0.74 4 Shane Pinto NDK FR F 27 14 0.52 Gordie Green MIA SR F 28 20 0.71 5 Noah Cates MND SO F 28 13 0.46 Hugh McGing WMU SR F 29 20 0.69 Westin Michaud NDK SR F 29 13 0.45 6 Emilio Pettersen DEN SO F 30 18 0.60 7 Kobe Roth MND JR F 28 12 0.43 7 Karch Bachman MIA SR F 28 17 0.61 Cole Koepke MND SO F 28 12 0.43 Brett Stapley DEN SO F 29 17 0.59 Easton Brodzinski STC JR F 28 12 0.43 Tyler Weiss UNO SO F 29 17 0.59 10 Nick Swaney MND JR F 25 11 0.44 Ian Mitchell DEN JR D 30 17 0.57 Grant Cruikshank CC SO F 28 11 0.39 11 6 Players Tied With 16 Bobby Brink DEN FR F 28 11 0.39 Zach Jordan UNO SR F 29 11 0.38
Power Play Goals GP G GPG Power Play Points GP G-A-P PPG 1 Bobby Brink DEN FR F 28 6 0.21 1 Scott Perunovich MND JR D 28 3-17-20 0.71 2 Grant Cruikshank CC SO F 28 5 0.18 2 Jordan Kawaguchi NDK JR F 29 2-14-16 0.55 Kobe Roth MND JR F 28 5 0.18 3 Matt Kiersted NDK JR D 27 2-12-14 0.52 Jackson Cates MND SO F 28 5 0.18 Gordie Green MIA SR F 28 4-10-14 0.50 Easton Brodzinski STC JR F 28 5 0.18 Noah Cates MND SO F 28 4-10-14 0.50 Cole Guttman DEN SO F 29 5 0.17 Emilio Pettersen DEN SO F 30 4-10-14 0.47 Taylor Ward UNO SO F 30 5 0.17 Ian Mitchell DEN JR D 30 2-12-14 0.47 8 11 Players Tied With 4 8 Bobby Brink DEN FR F 28 6-7-13 0.46 Jackson Cates MND SO F 28 5-8-13 0.46 10 Nick Swaney MND JR F 25 4-7-11 0.44
Shorthanded Goals GP G GPG Game-Winning Goals GP G GPG 1 Justin Richards MND JR F 28 2 0.07 1 Collin Adams NDK JR F 29 6 0.21 Cole Koepke MND SO F 28 2 0.07 2 Cole Guttman DEN SO F 29 5 0.17 Ian Mitchell DEN JR D 30 2 0.07 Jordan Kawaguchi NDK JR F 29 5 0.17 4 18 Players Tied With 1 4 Joey Abate UNO FR F 25 4 0.16 Emilio Pettersen DEN SO F 30 4 0.13 6 Chris Wilkie CC SR F 28 3 0.11 Gordie Green MIA SR F 28 3 0.11 Kobe Roth MND JR F 28 3 0.11 Cole Koepke MND SO F 28 3 0.11 10 12 Players Tied With 2
Plus-Minus GP +/- Hat Tricks GP HT 1 Collin Adams NDK JR F 29 +26 1 Zach Okabe STC FR F 25 1 2 Matt Kiersted NDK JR D 27 +23 Rhett Kingston WMU SO F 27 1 3 Jordan Kawaguchi NDK JR F 29 +21 Grant Cruikshank CC SO F 28 1 4 Jonny Tychonick NDK SO D 22 +20 Chris Wilkie CC SR F 28 1 Ronnie Attard WMU FR D 24 +20 Dawson DiPietro WMU SR F 29 1 6 Jacob Bernard-Docker NDK SO D 26 +18 Kevin Conley UNO JR F 30 1 Andrew Peski NDK SR D 29 +18 Taylor Ward UNO SO F 30 1 Grant Mismash NDK JR F 29 +18 9 Mattias Samuelsson WMU SO D 24 +16 Shane Pinto NDK FR F 27 +16 Westin Michaud NDK SR F 29 +16
Blocked Shots GP BLK BLK/G Face-Off Percentage FW FL FO % 1 Luke Bafia WMU SR D 30 68 2.27 1 Paul Washe WMU JR F 348 186 .652 2 Zach Berzolla CC JR D 28 62 2.21 2 Monte Graham MIA SO F 220 142 .608 3 Nick Wolff MND SR D 27 54 2.00 3 Jasper Weatherby NDK SO F 255 170 .600 4 Kale Bennett WMU SR D 28 53 1.89 4 Nolan Sullivan UNO FR F 229 154 .598 5 Jack Ahcan STC SR D 28 50 1.79 5 Shane Pinto NDK FR F 249 172 .591 6 Derek Daschke MIA SO D 28 49 1.75 6 Justin Richards MND JR F 359 249 .590 7 Scott Perunovich MND JR D 28 47 1.68 7 Nick Poehling STC SR F 94 74 .560 8 Connor Mayer CC FR D 28 45 1.61 8 Jade Miller MND SR F 146 120 .549 9 4 Players Tied With 43 9 Drew Worrad WMU SO F 124 105 .541 10 Cole Guttman DEN SO F 234 203 .535
20 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey February 18-23, 2020 NCHC Overall Goaltending Leaders
Goals Against Average GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % NHL 1 Adam Scheel NDK SO 23 1327:48 46 2.08 17-3-2 2 427 .903 2 Magnus Chrona DEN FR 22 1325:42 49 2.22 13-6-3 2 546 .918 TBL 3 Hunter Shepard MND SR 28 1676:22 63 2.25 17-9-2 2 681 .915 4 Brandon Bussi WMU FR 29 1636:40 72 2.64 15-10-4 0 723 .909 5 Dávid Hrenák STC JR 26 1470:12 67 2.73 10-8-5 2 626 .903 LOS 6 Isaiah Saville UNO FR 23 1304:23 64 2.94 9-8-4 0 589 .902 VGK 7 Matt Vernon CC_ FR 23 1251:00 69 3.31 7-12-2 0 650 .904 8 Ryan Larkin MIA SR 17 956:12 56 3.51 5-10-2 1 494 .898
Save Percentage GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % NHL 1 Magnus Chrona DEN FR 22 1325:42 49 2.22 13-6-3 2 546 .918 TBL 2 Hunter Shepard MND SR 28 1676:22 63 2.25 17-9-2 2 681 .915 3 Brandon Bussi WMU FR 29 1636:40 72 2.64 15-10-4 0 723 .909 4 Matt Vernon CC_ FR 23 1251:00 69 3.31 7-12-2 0 650 .904 5 Dávid Hrenák STC JR 26 1470:12 67 2.73 10-8-5 2 626 .903 LOS 6 Adam Scheel NDK SO 23 1327:48 46 2.08 17-3-2 2 427 .903 7 Isaiah Saville UNO FR 23 1304:23 64 2.94 9-8-4 0 589 .902 VGK 8 Ryan Larkin MIA SR 17 956:12 56 3.51 5-10-2 1 494 .898
Saves GP SVS/G Saves Shutouts GP Shutouts 1 Brandon Bussi WMU FR 29 24.9 723 1 Magnus Chrona DEN FR 22 2 2 Hunter Shepard MND SR 28 24.3 681 Adam Scheel NDK SO 23 2 3 Matt Vernon CC_ FR 23 28.3 650 Dávid Hrenák STC JR 26 2 4 Dávid Hrenák STC JR 26 24.1 626 Hunter Shepard MND SR 28 2 5 Isaiah Saville UNO FR 23 25.6 589 5 Michael Corson DEN SO 1 1 6 Magnus Chrona DEN FR 22 24.8 546 Devin Cooley DEN JR 7 1 7 Ryan Larkin MIA SR 17 29.1 494 Peter Thome NDK JR 8 1 8 Adam Scheel NDK SO 23 18.6 427 Austin Roden UNO FR 9 1 9 Austin Roden UNO FR 9 25.9 233 Ryan Larkin MIA SR 17 1 10 Ben Kraws MIA FR 9 25.7 231 11 Ryan Ruck CC_ SR 8 28.0 224 12 Peter Thome NDK JR 8 17.6 141 13 Devin Cooley DEN JR 7 20.0 140 14 Grant Valentine MIA JR 4 22.2 89 15 Ben Blacker WMU SR 6 14.2 85 16 Jaxon Castor STC FR 5 14.6 73 17 Michael Corson DEN SO 1 16.0 16 18 Joey Lamoreaux STC FR 1 14.0 14 19 Jon Flakne CC_ JR 1 4.0 4
February 18-23, 2020 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 21 National Collegiate Hockey Conference Team Overall Stats
TEAM OFFENSE TEAM DEFENSE Team Games Goals G/GM Team Games Goals G/GM 1 North Dakota 29 120 4.14 1 North Dakota 29 57 1.97 2 Western Michigan 30 104 3.47 2 Denver 30 68 2.27 3 Omaha 30 97 3.23 3 Minnesota Duluth 28 66 2.36 4 Minnesota Duluth 28 89 3.18 4 Western Michigan 30 85 2.83 5 Denver 30 91 3.03 5 Omaha 30 91 3.03 6 St. Cloud State 28 80 2.86 6 St. Cloud State 28 88 3.14 7 Colorado College 28 77 2.75 7 Colorado College 28 99 3.54 8 Miami 28 76 2.71 8 Miami 28 100 3.57
POWER PLAY PENALTY KILL Team Totals SHA PP % Team Totals SHF PK % 1 Minnesota Duluth 31/116 2 26.7 1 North Dakota 88/101 1 87.1 2 Miami 21/92 1 22.8 2 Denver 92/109 4 84.4 3 North Dakota 25/110 1 22.7 3 Omaha 101/124 3 81.5 4 Denver 28/128 4 21.9 4 Minnesota Duluth 91/112 5 81.2 5 Western Michigan 22/111 1 19.8 5 Western Michigan 102/130 2 78.5 6 Omaha 25/127 5 19.7 6 Miami 84/110 2 76.4 7 St. Cloud State 17/94 3 18.1 7 St. Cloud State 70/92 3 76.1 8 Colorado College 17/119 3 14.3 8 Colorado College 64/94 4 68.1
PENALTY MINUTES SHOTS ON GOAL Team Games PIM PIM/G Team Games SOG SOG/G 1 Omaha 30 409 13.6 1 Western Michigan 30 1059 35.3 2 Western Michigan 30 386 12.9 2 Denver 30 1036 34.5 3 Minnesota Duluth 28 356 12.7 3 Minnesota Duluth 28 915 32.7 4 Denver 30 331 11.0 4 North Dakota 29 886 30.6 5 Colorado College 28 287 10.2 5 Colorado College 28 831 29.7 6 St. Cloud State 28 285 10.2 6 Omaha 30 860 28.7 7 Miami 28 280 10.0 7 St. Cloud State 28 782 27.9 8 North Dakota 29 268 9.2 8 Miami 28 687 24.5
SCORING BY PERIOD GOALS ALLOWED BY PERIOD Team 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Team 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total 1 North Dakota 40 39 38 3 120 1 North Dakota 18 21 18 0 57 2 Western Michigan 33 43 28 0 104 2 Minnesota Duluth 14 28 24 0 66 3 Omaha 25 32 39 1 97 3 Denver 27 21 20 0 68 4 Denver 17 39 35 0 91 4 Western Michigan 20 36 27 2 85 5 Minnesota Duluth 19 27 43 0 89 5 St. Cloud State 22 34 30 2 88 6 St. Cloud State 14 38 26 2 80 6 Omaha 28 37 26 0 91 7 Colorado College 23 31 22 1 77 7 Colorado College 24 37 37 1 99 8 Miami 32 23 21 0 76 8 Miami 30 34 36 0 100
SPECIAL TEAMS NET Team PPF SHA PP NET PPA SHF SH NET ST NET 1 Minnesota Duluth 31 2 +29 21 5 -16 +13 2 North Dakota 25 1 +24 13 1 -12 +12 3 Denver 28 4 +24 17 4 -13 +11 4 Omaha 25 5 +20 23 3 -20 0 5 Miami 21 1 +20 26 2 -24 -4 6 St. Cloud State 17 3 +14 22 3 -19 -5 Western Michigan 22 1 +21 28 2 -26 -5 8 Colorado College 17 3 +14 30 4 -26 -12
22 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey February 18-23, 2020 NCHC Conference Scoring Leaders
Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Jordan Kawaguchi NDK JR F 18 7-22-29 1.61 2/4 2 0 1 0 +5 2 Scott Perunovich MND JR D 18 2-23-25 1.39 14/39 1 0 0 0 +4 STL 3 Noah Cates MND SO F 18 10-10-20 1.11 5/10 4 0 2 0 +6 PHI 4 Matt Kiersted NDK JR D 16 4-15-19 1.19 11/22 2 0 0 0 +8 5 Cole Koepke MND SO F 18 10-8-18 1.00 5/10 2 1 3 0 +2 TBL Westin Michaud NDK SR F 18 9-9-18 1.00 4/8 2 0 1 0 +12 7 Taylor Ward UNO SO F 18 10-7-17 0.94 4/8 3 0 1 1 -1 8 Nick Swaney MND JR F 17 8-8-16 0.94 0/0 2 1 1 0 +6 MIN Bobby Brink DEN FR F 17 6-10-16 0.94 2/4 3 0 0 0 -1 PHI Nick Poehling STC SR F 18 5-11-16 0.89 0/0 2 0 2 0 +2 Gordie Green MIA SR F 18 4-12-16 0.89 5/18 2 0 1 0 -7 12 Shane Pinto NDK FR F 17 9-6-15 0.88 6/23 4 0 1 0 +7 OTT Hugh McGing WMU SR F 17 4-11-15 0.88 11/22 0 1 2 0 +5 STL 14 Cole Gallant WMU SO F 17 3-11-14 0.82 2/7 0 0 1 0 +9 Collin Adams NDK JR F 18 8-6-14 0.78 3/6 0 0 5 0 +9 NYI Easton Brodzinski STC JR F 18 7-7-14 0.78 3/6 3 0 0 0 -9 Dawson DiPietro WMU SR F 18 7-7-14 0.78 12/24 0 0 1 1 +1 Emilio Pettersen DEN SO F 18 6-8-14 0.78 5/10 3 0 3 0 -5 CGY Jackson Cates MND SO F 18 4-10-14 0.78 1/2 2 0 1 0 +6 Jack Ahcan STC SR D 18 4-10-14 0.78 10/31 1 0 1 0 +2 21 Kobe Roth MND JR F 18 9-4-13 0.72 0/0 4 0 2 0 +8 Kevin Conley UNO JR F 18 6-7-13 0.72 4/19 2 0 2 1 -2 Karch Bachman MIA SR F 18 2-11-13 0.72 3/6 1 1 0 0 -2 FLA 24 7 Players Tied With 12 Points
Defenseman Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Scott Perunovich MND JR D 18 2-23-25 1.39 14/39 1 0 0 0 +4 STL 2 Matt Kiersted NDK JR D 16 4-15-19 1.19 11/22 2 0 0 0 +8 3 Jack Ahcan STC SR D 18 4-10-14 0.78 10/31 1 0 1 0 +2 4 Ian Mitchell DEN JR D 18 3-8-11 0.61 3/6 1 1 1 0 +1 CHI 5 Jacob Bernard-Docker NDK SO D 17 3-7-10 0.59 3/6 3 0 0 0 +9 OTT Derek Daschke MIA SO D 18 7-3-10 0.56 3/6 4 1 1 0 -7 Mattias Samuelsson WMU SO D 18 2-8-10 0.56 5/21 0 0 0 0 +12 BUF 8 Ronnie Attard WMU FR D 12 4-5-9 0.75 5/10 1 0 0 0 +14 PHI Nick Perbix STC SO D 18 2-7-9 0.50 4/8 0 0 0 0 +3 TBL Michael Joyaux WMU SO D 18 2-7-9 0.50 5/21 1 0 0 0 E 11 Dylan Samberg MND JR D 12 0-8-8 0.67 4/8 0 0 0 0 +12 WPG Cam Lee WMU SR D 16 1-7-8 0.50 6/23 0 0 1 0 E Bryan Yoon CC_ SO D 18 1-7-8 0.44 1/2 0 0 0 0 -2 14 Colton Poolman NDK SR D 15 0-6-6 0.40 1/2 0 0 0 0 +5 Dean Stewart UNO SR D 16 2-4-6 0.38 5/10 1 0 0 0 +2 ARI Rourke Russell MIA JR D 17 1-5-6 0.35 5/10 1 0 0 0 -7 Nick Wolff MND SR D 18 0-6-6 0.33 13/34 0 0 0 0 +8 Andrew Peski NDK SR D 18 0-6-6 0.33 3/6 0 0 0 0 +13
Freshman Scoring GP G-A-P PPG PIM PP SH GW HT +/- NHL 1 Bobby Brink DEN FR F 17 6-10-16 0.94 2/4 3 0 0 0 -1 PHI 2 Shane Pinto NDK FR F 17 9-6-15 0.88 6/23 4 0 1 0 +7 OTT 3 Ronnie Attard WMU FR D 12 4-5-9 0.75 5/10 1 0 0 0 +14 PHI Nolan Sullivan UNO FR F 18 5-4-9 0.50 8/16 1 0 0 0 -3 5 Joey Abate UNO FR F 13 4-4-8 0.62 11/22 0 1 0 0 -1 Ryan Savage MIA FR F 13 3-5-8 0.62 5/10 0 0 1 0 +1 Chase Pletzke MIA FR F 15 4-4-8 0.53 3/6 1 0 0 0 -4 Judd Caulfield NDK FR F 17 3-5-8 0.47 0/0 1 0 1 0 +8 PIT 9 Josiah Slavin CC_ FR F 18 4-3-7 0.39 7/25 0 1 0 0 -6 CHI Quinn Olson MND FR F 18 3-4-7 0.39 8/16 2 0 0 0 -5 BOS 11 Chase Brand STC FR F 17 4-2-6 0.35 5/21 1 0 1 0 -4 John Sladic MIA FR F 17 2-4-6 0.35 2/4 1 0 0 0 -8 13 Brett Edwards DEN FR F 14 4-1-5 0.36 6/12 0 0 0 0 -3 Harrison Blaisdell NDK FR F 17 0-5-5 0.29 6/12 0 0 0 0 +5 WPG Jami Krannila STC FR F 18 3-2-5 0.28 3/6 1 0 0 0 -7 Ryan Brushett UNO FR F 18 0-5-5 0.28 1/2 0 0 0 0 -8
February 18-23, 2020 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 23 NCHC Conference Scoring Leaders
Goal Scoring GP G GPG Assist Scoring GP A APG 1 Cole Koepke MND SO F 18 10 0.56 1 Scott Perunovich MND JR D 18 23 1.28 Noah Cates MND SO F 18 10 0.56 2 Jordan Kawaguchi NDK JR F 18 22 1.22 Taylor Ward UNO SO F 18 10 0.56 3 Matt Kiersted NDK JR D 16 15 0.94 4 Shane Pinto NDK FR F 17 9 0.53 4 Gordie Green MIA SR F 18 12 0.67 Kobe Roth MND JR F 18 9 0.50 5 Hugh McGing WMU SR F 17 11 0.65 Westin Michaud NDK SR F 18 9 0.50 Cole Gallant WMU SO F 17 11 0.65 7 Nick Swaney MND JR F 17 8 0.47 Karch Bachman MIA SR F 18 11 0.61 Collin Adams NDK JR F 18 8 0.44 Nick Poehling STC SR F 18 11 0.61 Jasper Weatherby NDK SO F 18 8 0.44 9 Bobby Brink DEN FR F 17 10 0.59 10 7 Players Tied With 7 Jackson Cates MND SO F 18 10 0.56 Noah Cates MND SO F 18 10 0.56 Tyler Weiss UNO SO F 18 10 0.56 Jack Ahcan STC SR D 18 10 0.56
Power Play Goals GP G GPG Power Play Points GP G-A-P PPG 1 Shane Pinto NDK FR F 17 4 0.24 1 Scott Perunovich MND JR D 18 1-15-16 0.89 Derek Daschke MIA SO D 18 4 0.22 2 Jordan Kawaguchi NDK JR F 18 2-13-15 0.83 Kobe Roth MND JR F 18 4 0.22 3 Matt Kiersted NDK JR D 16 2-10-12 0.75 Tanner Laderoute MND SO F 18 4 0.22 4 Noah Cates MND SO F 18 4-7-11 0.61 Noah Cates MND SO F 18 4 0.22 5 Bobby Brink DEN FR F 17 3-6-9 0.53 Jasper Weatherby NDK SO F 18 4 0.22 Gordie Green MIA SR F 18 2-7-9 0.50 7 6 Players Tied With 3 7 Emilio Pettersen DEN SO F 18 3-5-8 0.44 Jackson Cates MND SO F 18 2-6-8 0.44 9 6 Players Tied With 7 Points
Shorthanded Goals GP G GPG Game-Winning Goals GP G GPG 1 13 Players Tied With 1 1 Collin Adams NDK JR F 18 5 0.28 2 Emilio Pettersen DEN SO F 18 3 0.17 Cole Koepke MND SO F 18 3 0.17 4 Zach Jordan UNO SR F 17 2 0.12 Hugh McGing WMU SR F 17 2 0.12 Kobe Roth MND JR F 18 2 0.11 Tanner Laderoute MND SO F 18 2 0.11 Noah Cates MND SO F 18 2 0.11 Kevin Conley UNO JR F 18 2 0.11 Nick Poehling STC SR F 18 2 0.11
Plus-Minus GP +/- Hat Tricks GP HT 1 Ronnie Attard WMU FR D 12 +14 1 Kevin Conley UNO JR F 18 1 2 Jonny Tychonick NDK SO D 13 +13 Taylor Ward UNO SO F 18 1 Andrew Peski NDK SR D 18 +13 Dawson DiPietro WMU SR F 18 1 4 Dylan Samberg MND JR D 12 +12 Westin Michaud NDK SR F 18 +12 Mattias Samuelsson WMU SO D 18 +12 7 Louie Roehl MND JR D 18 +10 8 Jacob Bernard-Docker NDK SO D 17 +9 Cole Gallant WMU SO F 17 +9 Tanner Laderoute MND SO F 18 +9 Collin Adams NDK JR F 18 +9
Blocked Shots GP BLK BLK/G Face-Off Percentage FW FL FO % 1 Zach Berzolla CC JR D 18 42 2.33 1 Paul Washe WMU JR F 198 109 .645 2 Nick Wolff MND SR D 18 41 2.28 2 Shane Pinto NDK FR F 167 97 .633 Luke Bafia WMU SR D 18 41 2.28 3 Drew Worrad WMU SO F 72 45 .615 4 Jack Ahcan STC SR D 18 36 2.00 4 Jasper Weatherby NDK SO F 168 107 .611 5 Kale Bennett WMU SR D 17 34 2.00 5 Monte Graham MIA SO F 139 95 .594 6 Jack Clement MIA FR D 18 32 1.78 6 Nolan Sullivan UNO FR F 166 120 .580 Scott Perunovich MND JR D 18 32 1.78 7 Justin Richards MND JR F 232 170 .577 8 Derek Daschke MIA SO D 18 31 1.72 8 Nick Poehling STC SR F 65 49 .570 9 Connor Mayer CC FR D 18 29 1.61 9 Noah Cates MND SO F 23 18 .561 10 3 Players Tied With 27 10 Collin Adams NDK JR F 134 107 .556
24 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey February 18-23, 2020 NCHC Conference Goaltending Leaders
Goals Against Average GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % NHL 1 Peter Thome NDK JR 8 430:00 9 1.26 6-0-1 1 141 .940 CLB 2 Hunter Shepard MND SR 18 1082:07 40 2.22 12-4-2 1 470 .922 3 Magnus Chrona DEN FR 12 726:56 28 2.31 4-5-3 0 301 .915 TBL 4 Adam Scheel NDK SO 12 664:38 27 2.44 8-2-1 1 251 .903 5 Dávid Hrenák STC JR 17 937:11 39 2.50 8-6-1 2 416 .914 LOS 6 Brandon Bussi WMU FR 17 946:58 44 2.79 9-6-2 0 433 .908 7 Isaiah Saville UNO FR 16 881:30 48 3.27 5-6-3 0 419 .897 VGK 8 Ryan Larkin MIA SR 10 565:10 31 3.29 2-6-2 0 280 .900 9 Matt Vernon CC_ FR 17 945:13 55 3.49 3-10-2 0 490 .899
Save Percentage GP Minutes GA GAA Record SO Saves Save % NHL 1 Peter Thome NDK JR 8 430:00 9 1.26 6-0-1 1 141 .940 CLB 2 Hunter Shepard MND SR 18 1082:07 40 2.22 12-4-2 1 470 .922 3 Magnus Chrona DEN FR 12 726:56 28 2.31 4-5-3 0 301 .915 TBL 4 Dávid Hrenák STC JR 17 937:11 39 2.50 8-6-1 2 416 .914 LOS 5 Brandon Bussi WMU FR 17 946:58 44 2.79 9-6-2 0 433 .908 6 Adam Scheel NDK SO 12 664:38 27 2.44 8-2-1 1 251 .903 7 Ryan Larkin MIA SR 10 565:10 31 3.29 2-6-2 0 280 .900 8 Matt Vernon CC_ FR 17 945:13 55 3.49 3-10-2 0 490 .899 9 Isaiah Saville UNO FR 16 881:30 48 3.27 5-6-3 0 419 .897 VGK
Saves GP SVS/G Saves Shutouts GP Shutouts 1 Matt Vernon CC_ FR 17 28.8 490 1 Dávid Hrenák STC JR 17 2 2 Hunter Shepard MND SR 18 26.1 470 2 Devin Cooley DEN JR 6 1 3 Brandon Bussi WMU FR 17 25.5 433 Peter Thome NDK JR 8 1 4 Isaiah Saville UNO FR 16 26.2 419 Adam Scheel NDK SO 12 1 5 Dávid Hrenák STC JR 17 24.5 416 Hunter Shepard MND SR 18 1 6 Magnus Chrona DEN FR 12 25.1 301 7 Ryan Larkin MIA SR 10 28.0 280 8 Adam Scheel NDK SO 12 20.9 251 9 Ben Kraws MIA FR 5 30.8 154 10 Peter Thome NDK JR 8 17.6 141 11 Devin Cooley DEN JR 6 20.0 120 12 Austin Roden UNO FR 4 24.8 99 13 Grant Valentine MIA JR 4 22.2 89 14 Ryan Ruck CC_ SR 3 23.7 71 15 Ben Blacker WMU SR 4 17.0 68 16 Jaxon Castor STC FR 3 15.3 46 17 Joey Lamoreaux STC FR 1 14.0 14 18 Jon Flakne CC_ JR 1 4.0 4
3-on-3 OT Goals in 2019-20 Conference Games WINNER OPPONENT DATE SCORE GOAL SCORER ASSISTS TIME UND Denver 11/15/19 1-1 Colton Poolman J. Weatherby, G. Mismash 2:22 Miami Omaha 11/22/19 3-3 Ryan Savage K. Bachman, B. Crowder 1:58 Denver Omaha 1/18/20 2-2 Michael Davies B. Brink, B. Stapley 0:46 Miami WMU 2/14/20 2-2 Gordie Green D. Daschke, C. Gilling 0:19
Shootouts in 2019-20 Conference Games WINNER OPPONENT DATE SCORE SHOOTOUT WINNER ROUNDS WMU CC 11/2/19 4-4 Josh Passolt 2 Denver UMD 11/8/19 3-3 Brett Stapley 1 WMU UMD 1/11/20 3-3 Hugh McGing 2 UND Miami 1/17/20 4-4 Grant Mismash 2 Denver Omaha 1/17/20 1-1 Brett Edwards 5 CC SCSU 2/8/20 2-2 Grant Cruikshank 1
February 18-23, 2020 NCHCHockey.com | NCHC.tv 25 National Collegiate Hockey Conference Team Conference-Only Stats
TEAM OFFENSE TEAM DEFENSE Team Games Goals G/GM Team Games Goals G/GM 1 North Dakota 18 71 3.94 1 North Dakota 18 38 2.11 2 Minnesota Duluth 18 64 3.56 2 Minnesota Duluth 18 42 2.33 3 Western Michigan 18 63 3.50 3 Denver 18 44 2.44 4 Omaha 18 52 2.89 4 St. Cloud State 18 54 3.00 5 Denver 18 47 2.61 5 Western Michigan 18 57 3.17 St. Cloud State 18 47 2.61 6 Omaha 18 59 3.28 7 Miami 18 45 2.50 7 Miami 18 62 3.44 8 Colorado College 18 39 2.17 8 Colorado College 18 72 4.00
POWER PLAY PENALTY KILL Team Totals SHA PP % Team Totals SHF PK % 1 North Dakota 21/70 1 30.0 1 North Dakota 58/68 1 85.3 2 Minnesota Duluth 22/77 1 28.6 2 Minnesota Duluth 60/73 3 82.2 3 Miami 14/53 0 26.4 3 Omaha 59/72 2 81.9 4 Denver 16/69 2 23.2 4 St. Cloud State 48/61 0 78.7 5 Western Michigan 13/62 1 21.0 5 Miami 51/66 2 77.3 6 St. Cloud State 10/54 2 18.5 6 Denver 42/56 1 75.0 7 Omaha 11/68 3 16.2 Western Michigan 57/76 2 75.0 8 Colorado College 10/78 3 12.8 8 Colorado College 39/59 2 66.1
PENALTY MINUTES SHOTS ON GOAL Team Games PIM PIM/G Team Games SOG SOG/G 1 Western Michigan 18 244 13.6 1 Western Michigan 18 630 35.0 2 Minnesota Duluth 18 223 12.4 2 Minnesota Duluth 18 605 33.6 3 Omaha 18 211 11.7 3 Denver 18 598 33.2 4 Colorado College 18 199 11.1 4 North Dakota 18 535 29.7 5 North Dakota 18 192 10.7 5 Colorado College 18 533 29.6 6 St. Cloud State 18 169 9.4 6 St. Cloud State 18 497 27.6 7 Denver 18 168 9.3 7 Omaha 18 475 26.4 8 Miami 18 156 8.7 8 Miami 18 421 23.4
SCORING BY PERIOD GOALS ALLOWED BY PERIOD Team 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Team 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total 1 North Dakota 27 22 20 2 71 1 North Dakota 11 13 14 0 38 2 Minnesota Duluth 14 18 32 0 64 2 Minnesota Duluth 11 17 14 0 42 3 Western Michigan 24 21 18 0 63 3 Denver 15 16 13 0 44 4 Omaha 15 14 22 1 52 4 St. Cloud State 18 18 16 2 54 5 Denver 11 19 17 0 47 5 Western Michigan 15 19 22 1 57 St. Cloud State 7 21 18 1 47 6 Omaha 21 21 17 0 59 7 Miami 19 14 12 0 45 7 Miami 22 19 21 0 62 8 Colorado College 12 20 7 0 39 8 Colorado College 16 26 29 1 72
SPECIAL TEAMS NET Team PPF SHA PP NET PPA SHF SH NET ST NET 1 Minnesota Duluth 22 1 +21 13 3 -10 +11 North Dakota 21 1 +20 10 1 -9 +11 3 Denver 16 2 +14 14 1 -13 +1 Miami 14 0 +14 15 2 -13 +1 5 Omaha 11 3 +8 13 2 -11 -3 6 St. Cloud State 10 2 +8 13 0 -13 -5 Western Michigan 13 1 +12 19 2 -17 -5 8 Colorado College 10 3 +7 20 2 -18 -11
26 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey February 18-23, 2020 National Category Leaders
Points Per Game GP G-A-P P/GM Goals Against Average Minutes GA GAA 1 Jack Dugan (VGK) Providence SO F 30 9-40-49 1.63 1 Dryden McKay Minnesota State SO 1797:23 41 1.37 2 Jordan Kawaguchi North Dakota JR F 29 15-29-44 1.52 2 Zach Driscoll Bemidji State JR 1567:34 43 1.65 3 Jack Drury (CAR) Harvard SO F 22 16-15-31 1.41 3 Frank Marotte Clarkson SR 1809:58 50 1.66 4 Nick Abruzzese (TOR) Harvard FR F 25 13-22-35 1.40 4 Matthew Galajda Cornell JR 1495:05 44 1.77 5 Tyler Madden (VAN) Northeastern SO F 27 19-18-37 1.37 5 Filip Lindberg (MIN) Massachusetts SO 870:36 26 1.79 6 Tyce Thompson (NJD) Providence SO F 30 19-22-41 1.37 6 Matt Murray Massachusetts JR 868:30 26 1.80 7 Marc Michaelis Minnesota State SR F 25 16-17-33 1.32 7 Strauss Mann Michigan SO 1711:59 57 2.00 8 Patrick Harper (NSH) Boston University SR F 27 13-22-35 1.30 8 Zackarias Skog American International SR 929:21 31 2.00 9 Casey Dornbach Harvard SO F 25 11-21-32 1.28 9 Matt Jurusik Michigan Tech SR 1664:20 56 2.02 10 Julius Mattila Boston College SR F 29 10-27-37 1.28 10 Spencer Knight (FLA) Boston College FR 1686:10 58 2.06 David Farrance (NSH) Boston University JR D 29 14-23-37 1.28 11 Adam Scheel North Dakota SO 1327:48 46 2.08 12 Mitchell Fossier Maine SR F 30 8-29-37 1.23 12 Tyler Wall (NYR) UMass Lowell SR 1636:02 57 2.09 13 Morgan Barron (NYR) Cornell JR F 25 13-17-30 1.20 13 Keith Petruzzelli (DET) Quinnipiac JR 1728:16 61 2.12 14 Scott Perunovich (STL) Minnesota Duluth JR D 28 4-29-33 1.18 14 John Lethemon Michigan State SR 1642:53 58 2.12 15 David Cotton (CAR) Boston College SR F 29 13-21-34 1.17 15 Tommy Nappier Ohio State JR 1549:17 55 2.13 16 Griffin Loughran Northern Michigan SO F 31 21-15-36 1.16 16 Trevin Kozlowski Army West Point JR 1730:19 63 2.18 17 Logan Hutsko (FLA) Boston College JR F 25 17-12-29 1.16 17 Jeremy Swayman (BOS) Maine JR 1816:46 67 2.21 18 Trevor Zegras (ANA) Boston University FR F 28 11-21-32 1.14 18 Magnus Chrona (TBL) Denver FR 1325:42 49 2.22 Alex Limoges Penn State JR F 28 11-21-32 1.14 19 Fraser Kirk Bentley SO 754:53 28 2.23 20 Alex Newhook (COL) Boston College FR F 29 16-17-33 1.14 20 Stefano Durante American International JR 914:20 34 2.23 21 Odeen Tufto Quinnipiac JR F 30 5-29-34 1.13 21 Michael Lackey Providence SR 1796:37 67 2.24 22 Devin Brosseau Clarkson SR F 24 8-19-27 1.12 22 Andrew Farrier Colgate SO 987:09 37 2.25 23 Tim Doherty Maine SR F 30 14-19-33 1.10 23 Hunter Shepard Minnesota Duluth SR 1676:22 63 2.25 24 Nate Sucese Penn State SR F 32 10-25-35 1.09 24 Chad Veltri Niagara FR 873:12 33 2.27 25 Haralds Egle Clarkson SR F 28 12-18-30 1.07 25 Evan Debrouwer Arizona State SO 1820:32 70 2.31 Gordie Green Miami SR F 28 10-20-30 1.07
Points Per Game (Defensemen) GP G-A-P P/GM Save Percentage Saves GA Save % 1 David Farrance (NSH) Boston University JR D 29 14-23-37 1.28 1 Frank Marotte Clarkson SR 801 50 .941 2 Scott Perunovich (STL) Minnesota Duluth JR D 28 4-29-33 1.18 2 Dryden McKay Minnesota State SO 634 41 .939 3 Mike Lee Sacred Heart SR D 30 4-28-32 1.07 3 Zach Driscoll Bemidji State JR 624 43 .936 4 Jack Rathbone (VAN) Harvard SO D 22 6-17-23 1.05 4 John Lethemon Michigan State SR 841 58 .935 5 Brinson Pasichnuk Arizona State SR D 34 10-24-34 1.00 5 Jeremy Swayman (BOS) Maine JR 968 67 .935 Ryan Shea (CHI) Northeastern SR D 29 5-24-29 1.00 6 Strauss Mann Michigan SO 816 57 .935 7 Alec Rauhauser Bowling Green SR D 32 10-20-30 0.94 7 Tyler Wall (NYR) UMass Lowell SR 760 57 .930 8 Michael Callahan (ARI) Providence SO D 30 5-23-28 0.93 8 Filip Lindberg (MIN) Massachusetts SO 344 26 .930 9 Matt Kiersted North Dakota JR D 27 5-20-25 0.93 9 Tommy Nappier Ohio State JR 700 55 .927 10 Cole Hults (LOS) Penn State JR D 32 8-21-29 0.91 10 Spencer Knight (FLA) Boston College FR 735 58 .927 11 Joshua Maniscalco Arizona State SO D 34 10-20-30 0.88 11 Justin Kapelmaster Robert Morris SR 750 60 .926 12 Yanni Kaldis Cornell SR D 25 5-17-22 0.88 12 Chad Veltri Niagara FR 412 33 .926 13 Reilly Walsh (NJD) Harvard JR D 24 5-16-21 0.88 13 Evan Debrouwer Arizona State SO 861 70 .925 14 Max Gildon (FLA) New Hampshire JR D 30 7-18-25 0.83 14 Matt Jurusik Michigan Tech SR 681 56 .924 15 Jack Ahcan St. Cloud State SR D 28 6-16-22 0.79 15 Matthew Galajda Cornell JR 528 44 .923 16 Brennan Kapcheck American International JR D 31 2-22-24 0.77 16 Andrew Farrier Colgate SO 441 37 .923 17 Jacob Bernard-Docker (OTT) North Dakota SO D 26 4-16-20 0.77 17 Stefano Durante American International JR 403 34 .922 18 Matt Stief Canisius SR D 30 3-20-23 0.77 18 Michael Lackey Providence SR 783 67 .921 Ian Mitchell (CHI) Denver JR D 30 6-17-23 0.77 19 Matt Murray Massachusetts JR 303 26 .921 Wyatt Kalynuk (PHI) Wisconsin JR D 30 6-17-23 0.77 20 Peyton Jones Penn State SR 833 72 .920
Points Per Game (Freshmen) GP G-A-P P/GM Winning Percentage W-L-T Win % 1 Nick Abruzzese (TOR) Harvard F 25 13-22-35 1.40 1 Dryden McKay Minnesota State SO 25-3-2 .867 2 Trevor Zegras (ANA) Boston University F 28 11-21-32 1.14 2 Matthew Galajda Cornell JR 19-2-4 .840 3 Alex Newhook (COL) Boston College F 29 16-17-33 1.14 3 Adam Scheel North Dakota SO 17-3-2 .818 4 Cole Caufield (MTL) Wisconsin F 30 18-14-32 1.07 4 Stefano Durante American International JR 11-3-0 .786 5 Aidan McDonough (VAN) Northeastern F 26 10-14-24 0.92 5 Frank Marotte Clarkson SR 22-6-2 .767 6 Lucas Sowder Minnesota State F 25 4-19-23 0.92 6 Zach Driscoll Bemidji State JR 17-6-3 .712 7 Shane Pinto (OTT) North Dakota F 27 14-10-24 0.89 7 Fraser Kirk Bentley SO 8-3-1 .708 8 Braeden Tuck Sacred Heart F 31 4-23-27 0.87 8 Spencer Knight (FLA) Boston College FR 19-8-1 .696 9 Bobby Brink (PHI) Denver F 28 11-13-24 0.86 9 Matt Murray Massachusetts JR 10-5-0 .667 10 Parker Ford Providence F 27 9-13-22 0.81 10 Evan Debrouwer Arizona State SO 19-9-3 .661 11 Matt Brown UMass Lowell F 29 6-17-23 0.79 11 Magnus Chrona (TBL) Denver FR 13-6-3 .659 12 Alex Turcotte (LOS) Wisconsin F 23 6-12-18 0.78 12 Keith Petruzzelli (DET) Quinnipiac JR 18-9-2 .655 13 John Farinacci (ARI) Harvard F 25 7-12-19 0.76 13 Tyler Wall (NYR) UMass Lowell SR 15-7-5 .648 14 Vladislav Firstov (MIN) UConn F 29 11-11-22 0.76 14 Hunter Shepard Minnesota Duluth SR 17-9-2 .643 15 Matt Gosiewski Bentley F 31 10-13-23 0.74 Peyton Jones Penn State SR 17-9-2 .643 16 Ben Meyers Minnesota F 30 7-15-22 0.73 Filip Lindberg (MIN) Massachusetts SO 8-4-2 .643 17 Elias Rosén Bemidji State D 29 4-17-21 0.72 17 Craig Pantano Northeastern SR 17-9-3 .638 Carl Berglund UMass Lowell F 29 11-10-21 0.72 18 Josh Benson Sacred Heart SO 18-10-2 .633 19 Elijah Gonsalves RIT F 31 9-13-22 0.71 19 Matt Jurusik Michigan Tech SR 16-9-3 .625 20 Mike Hardman Boston College F 29 8-12-20 0.69 20 Trevin Kozlowski Army West Point JR 17-10-2 .621 Nathan Smith (WPG) Minnesota State F 29 7-13-20 0.69
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Goals Per Game GP G G/GM Assists Per Game GP A A/GM 1 Jack Drury (CAR) Harvard SO F 22 16 0.73 1 Jack Dugan (VGK) Providence SO F 30 40 1.33 2 Chris Wilkie (FLA) Colorado College SR F 28 20 0.71 2 Scott Perunovich (STL) Minnesota Duluth JR D 28 29 1.04 John Leonard (SJS) Massachusetts JR F 28 20 0.71 3 Jordan Kawaguchi North Dakota JR F 29 29 1.00 4 Tyler Madden (VAN) Northeastern SO F 27 19 0.70 4 Mitchell Fossier Maine SR F 30 29 0.97 5 Logan Hutsko (FLA) Boston College JR F 25 17 0.68 Odeen Tufto Quinnipiac JR F 30 29 0.97 6 Griffin Loughran Northern Michigan SO F 31 21 0.68 6 Mike Lee Sacred Heart SR D 30 28 0.93 7 Curtis Hall (BOS) Yale SO F 21 14 0.67 7 Julius Mattila Boston College SR F 29 27 0.93 8 Marc Michaelis Minnesota State SR F 25 16 0.64 8 Nick Abruzzese (TOR) Harvard FR F 25 22 0.88 9 Tyce Thompson (NJD) Providence SO F 30 19 0.63 9 Casey Dornbach Harvard SO F 25 21 0.84 10 Jason Cotton Sacred Heart SR F 31 19 0.61 10 Ryan Shea (CHI) Northeastern SR D 29 24 0.83 11 Cole Caufield (MTL) Wisconsin FR F 30 18 0.60 11 Patrick Harper (NSH) Boston University SR F 27 22 0.81 Nick Hutchison Canisius SR F 25 15 0.60 12 David Farrance (NSH) Boston University JR D 29 23 0.79 Drew O'Connor Dartmouth SO F 25 15 0.60 13 Devin Brosseau Clarkson SR F 24 19 0.79 14 Austin McIlmurray Sacred Heart SR F 31 18 0.58 14 Nate Sucese Penn State SR F 32 25 0.78 15 Alex Newhook (COL) Boston College FR F 29 16 0.55 15 Jack Rathbone (VAN) Harvard SO D 22 17 0.77 Patrick Curry Boston University SR F 29 16 0.55 16 Michael Callahan (ARI) Providence SO D 30 23 0.77 Mitchell Chaffee Massachusetts JR F 29 16 0.55 17 James Sanchez Arizona State JR F 34 26 0.76 18 Scott Reedy (SJS) Minnesota JR F 28 15 0.54 18 Lucas Sowder Minnesota State FR F 25 19 0.76 19 Taylor Ward Omaha SO F 30 16 0.53 19 Trevor Zegras (ANA) Boston University FR F 28 21 0.75 Vito Bavaro Sacred Heart SR F 30 16 0.53 Alex Limoges Penn State JR F 28 21 0.75 21 Cameron Wright Bowling Green JR F 32 17 0.53 21 Braeden Tuck Sacred Heart FR F 31 23 0.74 Shawn Cameron RIT SR F 32 17 0.53 22 Matt Kiersted North Dakota JR D 27 20 0.74 23 Johnny Walker Arizona State JR F 34 18 0.53 23 Tyce Thompson (NJD) Providence SO F 30 22 0.73 24 Morgan Barron (NYR) Cornell JR F 25 13 0.52 24 Sam Hentges (MIN) St. Cloud State SO F 22 16 0.73 Nick Abruzzese (TOR) Harvard FR F 25 13 0.52 25 David Cotton (CAR) Boston College SR F 29 21 0.72 Alex Whelan Quinnipiac SR F 25 13 0.52
Power Play Goals GP PPG/G PPG Game-Winning Goals GP GWG 1 Austin McIlmurray Sacred Heart SR F 31 0.39 12 1 Collin Adams (NYI) North Dakota JR F 29 6 2 Adam Brady Bemidji State SR F 30 0.33 10 2 Marc Michaelis Minnesota State SR F 25 5 3 Jack Drury (CAR) Harvard SO F 22 0.41 9 Cole Guttman (TBL) Denver SO F 29 5 David Farrance (NSH) Boston University JR D 29 0.31 9 Jordan Kawaguchi North Dakota JR F 29 5 Patrick Moynihan (NJD) Providence FR F 30 0.30 9 5 17 Players Tied With 4 6 Aidan McDonough (VAN) Northeastern FR F 26 0.31 8 Zach Solow Northeastern JR F 29 0.28 8 Connor Ford Bowling Green JR F 30 0.27 8 Josh Dunne Clarkson SO F 30 0.27 8 Tyce Thompson (NJD) Providence SO F 30 0.27 8 Cameron Wright Bowling Green JR F 32 0.25 8 12 Marc Michaelis Minnesota State SR F 25 0.28 7 Justin Pearson Yale SO F 25 0.28 7 Carson Meyer (CLB) Ohio State SR F 29 0.24 7 Matt Hoover Canisius SR F 30 0.23 7 Patrick Grasso New Hampshire JR F 30 0.23 7 Cole Caufield (MTL) Wisconsin FR F 30 0.23 7 Hugo Reinhardt American International SR F 31 0.23 7
Shorthanded Goals GP SHG/G SHG 1 Marc Michaelis Minnesota State SR F 25 0.12 3 Keaton Mastrodonato Canisius FR F 28 0.11 3 Alex Newhook (COL) Boston College FR F 29 0.10 3 Jason Cotton Sacred Heart SR F 31 0.10 3 Brendan Hamblet Bentley JR F 32 0.09 3 Alec Rauhauser Bowling Green SR D 32 0.09 3 7 19 Players Tied With 2
28 @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey February 18-23, 2020 National Team Leaders TEAM SCORING TEAM DEFENSE
SCORING OFFENSE GP Goals G/GM SCORING DEFENSE GP Goals G/GM 1 North Dakota 29 120 4.14 1 Minnesota State 32 49 1.53 2 Sacred Heart 31 121 3.90 2 Clarkson 30 52 1.73 3 Boston College 29 111 3.83 3 Cornell 25 44 1.76 4 Minnesota State 32 118 3.69 4 Massachusetts 29 55 1.90 5 Harvard 25 92 3.68 5 Bemidji State 30 57 1.90 6 Penn State 32 115 3.59 6 North Dakota 29 57 1.97 7 Cornell 25 87 3.48 7 Michigan 30 64 2.13 8 Western Michigan 30 104 3.47 8 American International 31 68 2.19 9 Bemidji State 30 101 3.37 9 Boston College 29 64 2.21 10 Arizona State 34 113 3.32 10 Michigan Tech 35 78 2.23 11 American International 31 101 3.26 11 Denver 30 68 2.27 12 RIT 32 104 3.25 12 UMass Lowell 29 67 2.31 13 Boston University 29 94 3.24 13 Army West Point 30 70 2.33 14 Omaha 30 97 3.23 Providence 30 70 2.33 Providence 30 97 3.23 15 Minnesota Duluth 28 66 2.36 16 Massachusetts 29 93 3.21 16 Maine 30 71 2.37 17 Northern Michigan 32 102 3.19 Quinnipiac 30 71 2.37 18 Minnesota Duluth 28 89 3.18 18 Ohio State 30 72 2.40 19 Northeastern 29 92 3.17 19 Northeastern 29 71 2.45 20 Denver 30 91 3.03 20 Michigan State 30 74 2.47 Wisconsin 30 91 3.03 21 Arizona State 34 84 2.47 22 Dartmouth 25 75 3.00 22 Colgate 30 75 2.50 23 Bowling Green 32 95 2.97 23 Sacred Heart 31 79 2.55 24 Clarkson 30 88 2.93 24 Alaska 32 83 2.59 25 UConn 29 85 2.93 Penn State 32 83 2.59 26 Michigan 30 87 2.90 26 Bowling Green 32 86 2.69 Minnesota 30 87 2.90 27 Niagara 30 83 2.77 28 St. Cloud State 28 80 2.86 28 Minnesota 30 84 2.80 29 Quinnipiac 30 84 2.80 29 Boston University 29 82 2.83 30 New Hampshire 30 83 2.77 30 Notre Dame 30 85 2.83 31 Colorado College 28 77 2.75 Rensselaer 30 85 2.83 32 Notre Dame 30 82 2.73 Western Michigan 30 85 2.83 33 Miami 28 76 2.71 33 Robert Morris 30 86 2.87 34 Ohio State 30 81 2.70 34 RIT 32 92 2.88 35 Maine 30 80 2.67 35 Brown 25 72 2.88 36 Army West Point 30 79 2.63 Harvard 25 72 2.88 37 UMass Lowell 29 76 2.62 37 New Hampshire 30 87 2.90 38 Rensselaer 30 78 2.60 38 Bentley 32 94 2.94 Yale 25 65 2.60 39 Northern Michigan 32 95 2.97 40 Bentley 32 83 2.59 40 Omaha 30 91 3.03 41 Holy Cross 31 80 2.58 41 Lake Superior State 34 104 3.06 42 Merrimack 31 79 2.55 42 Union 30 92 3.07 43 Canisius 30 76 2.53 43 Air Force 30 93 3.10 44 Michigan Tech 35 86 2.46 44 Vermont 29 90 3.10 45 Michigan State 30 73 2.43 45 Holy Cross 31 97 3.13 46 Robert Morris 30 70 2.33 46 St. Cloud State 28 88 3.14 47 Alaska 32 73 2.28 47 Princeton 25 80 3.20 48 Air Force 30 67 2.23 Yale 25 80 3.20 49 Niagara 30 66 2.20 49 UConn 29 93 3.21 50 Lake Superior State 34 74 2.18 50 Dartmouth 25 84 3.36 51 Colgate 30 64 2.13 51 St. Lawrence 30 103 3.43 52 Ferris State 31 66 2.13 52 Canisius 30 104 3.47 53 Princeton 25 53 2.12 53 Alaska Anchorage 30 105 3.50 54 Mercyhurst 30 62 2.07 54 Ferris State 31 109 3.52 55 Alaska Anchorage 30 60 2.00 55 Colorado College 28 99 3.54 56 Union 30 54 1.80 56 Miami 28 100 3.57 57 Alabama Huntsville 30 53 1.77 57 Wisconsin 30 111 3.70 58 Brown 25 44 1.76 58 Merrimack 31 115 3.71 59 Vermont 29 51 1.76 59 Alabama Huntsville 30 119 3.97 60 St. Lawrence 30 50 1.67 60 Mercyhurst 30 138 4.60
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POWER PLAY Totals SHA PP% PENALTY KILL Totals SHF PK% 1 Harvard 27/88 5 30.7 1 Clarkson 108/117 3 92.3 2 Penn State 29/106 3 27.4 2 Bemidji State 84/92 4 91.3 3 Sacred Heart 36/132 2 27.3 3 Minnesota State 106/117 5 90.6 4 Cornell 27/100 0 27.0 4 American International 102/116 2 87.9 5 Minnesota Duluth 31/116 2 26.7 5 Northeastern 95/109 3 87.2 6 Providence 32/121 2 26.4 6 North Dakota 88/101 1 87.1 7 Minnesota State 33/125 1 26.4 7 Penn State 94/108 1 87.0 8 Bemidji State 26/101 4 25.7 8 Arizona State 116/134 3 86.6 9 Ohio State 29/114 0 25.4 9 Army West Point 94/109 3 86.2 10 Bowling Green 37/146 0 25.3 10 Massachusetts 95/111 2 85.6 11 Clarkson 28/113 0 24.8 11 Maine 124/145 2 85.5 12 Boston College 27/114 1 23.7 12 Alaska 118/138 1 85.5 13 Boston University 25/106 3 23.6 13 Providence 103/121 1 85.1 14 Princeton 21/91 1 23.1 14 Denver 92/109 4 84.4 15 Miami 21/92 1 22.8 15 Rensselaer 83/99 0 83.8 16 North Dakota 25/110 1 22.7 16 Bowling Green 114/136 5 83.8 17 Denver 28/128 4 21.9 17 Michigan Tech 90/108 3 83.3 18 American International 30/138 3 21.7 18 Quinnipiac 74/89 1 83.1 19 Northeastern 26/120 1 21.7 19 Sacred Heart 97/117 6 82.9 20 New Hampshire 25/119 1 21.0 20 Michigan State 90/109 3 82.6 21 Wisconsin 21/103 2 20.4 21 Ferris State 104/127 3 81.9 22 Michigan State 17/84 1 20.2 22 Harvard 72/88 2 81.8 Notre Dame 17/84 2 20.2 Michigan 72/88 2 81.8 24 Dartmouth 18/90 1 20.0 Minnesota 72/88 0 81.8 Maine 22/110 0 20.0 25 RIT 125/153 2 81.7 26 Western Michigan 22/111 1 19.8 26 Robert Morris 111/136 2 81.6 27 Omaha 25/127 5 19.7 27 Omaha 101/124 3 81.5 28 UMass Lowell 19/97 4 19.6 28 Brown 61/75 1 81.3 Yale 19/97 4 19.6 29 Ohio State 74/91 1 81.3 30 Michigan 21/109 0 19.3 30 Minnesota Duluth 91/112 5 81.2 31 Quinnipiac 21/110 2 19.1 31 Holy Cross 99/122 0 81.1 32 Arizona State 24/126 3 19.0 32 Boston University 90/111 3 81.1 33 Brown 13/69 0 18.8 33 UMass Lowell 89/110 2 80.9 34 Merrimack 24/128 5 18.8 34 Boston College 92/114 10 80.7 35 Canisius 24/130 4 18.5 35 Vermont 100/124 2 80.6 36 St. Cloud State 17/94 3 18.1 36 Lake Superior State 107/133 3 80.5 37 Army West Point 25/139 6 18.0 37 Dartmouth 78/97 0 80.4 Northern Michigan 25/139 3 18.0 38 Merrimack 85/106 3 80.2 39 RIT 21/117 3 17.9 39 Canisius 109/137 6 79.6 40 Mercyhurst 22/128 3 17.2 40 Air Force 92/116 0 79.3 41 Bentley 22/136 0 16.2 41 Niagara 101/128 3 78.9 42 Minnesota 16/100 1 16.0 42 Union 88/112 1 78.6 43 Michigan Tech 22/138 5 15.9 43 Western Michigan 102/130 2 78.5 44 Ferris State 18/113 3 15.9 44 Northern Michigan 112/143 2 78.3 45 Rensselaer 16/106 0 15.1 45 New Hampshire 90/115 0 78.3 46 Holy Cross 19/128 4 14.8 46 Colgate 86/110 0 78.2 47 Colorado College 17/119 3 14.3 47 Wisconsin 81/104 4 77.9 48 Alaska 19/134 6 14.2 48 Princeton 84/108 3 77.8 49 Alaska Anchorage 15/107 1 14.0 49 Notre Dame 70/91 1 76.9 50 St. Lawrence 16/116 4 13.8 50 Bentley 122/159 6 76.7 51 Niagara 14/103 3 13.6 51 Alabama Huntsville 91/119 1 76.5 52 UConn 12/93 0 12.9 52 Miami 84/110 2 76.4 53 Robert Morris 17/132 7 12.9 53 Alaska Anchorage 103/135 4 76.3 54 Air Force 14/113 3 12.4 54 St. Cloud State 70/92 3 76.1 55 Union 14/119 1 11.8 55 Cornell 63/83 0 75.9 56 Massachusetts 13/114 3 11.4 56 Yale 68/90 2 75.6 57 Lake Superior State 11/119 4 9.2 57 St. Lawrence 94/127 0 74.0 58 Vermont 10/112 2 8.9 58 Mercyhurst 95/129 1 73.6 59 Colgate 9/111 2 8.1 59 UConn 69/95 2 72.6 60 Alabama Huntsville 9/126 5 7.1 60 Colorado College 64/94 4 68.1
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