St. Norbert College Sports Information Dan Lukes, Sports Information Director 123 Schuldes Sports Center - De Pere, Wisconsin 54115 920-403-4077 - phone 920-403-3128 - FAX [email protected] - e-mail Web site - www.snc.edu/athletics St. Norbert College Green Knights Hockey Preview NCAA DIVISION III FROZEN FOUR Fri., Mar. 16 - No. 5 St. Norbert (19-5-5) vs. No. 1 Norwich (24-2-2) - 3 p.m. CDT Sat., Mar. 17 - vs. No. 2 Amherst (24-3-1) or No. 3 Oswego St. (23-3-2) - 6 p.m. CDT Herb Brooks Arena (7,700) - Lake Placid, New York Game Overview: 2011-2012 Results New York’s North Country hosts the Frozen Four as four teams converge Date Opponent Result on Lake Placid to determine the 2012 NCAA Division III champion. St. O 25 at Concordia-Wis. W 8-0 Norbert is aiming for its third national title in five years, capturing the O 28 *at UW-Stevens Point L 5-1 crown in Lake Placid in 2008 and last year in Minneapolis. Norwich most O 29 *UW-Stevens Point W 4-1 N 4 Gustavus Adolphus T 2-2/OT recently won the title in 2010, while Oswego State won its only title in 2007. N 5 Augsburg W 7-2 Amherst is making its first Frozen Four appearance. N 11 *at UW-River Falls (12) L 6-3 N 12 *at UW-River Falls (12) T 5-5/OT Broadcast: N 18 *at UW-Eau Claire (14) W 3-2 St. Norbert coverage is on the audio Webcast with Tim Derozier on the N 19 *at UW-Eau Claire (14) W 5-2 N 25 #vs. Lawrence W 5-1 call. The video Webcast is available at http://www.snc.edu/athletics/hock- N 26 #at Marian T 5-5/OT ey/webcast.html D 9 *St. Scholastica L 3-2 The Turner Sports video streamed live Web cast will be available online D 10 *St. Scholastica W 6-3 at the NCAA interactive bracket at: http://www.ncaa.com/interactive- J 6 at St. Olaf T 2-2/OT J 7 at St. Mary’s L 3-2 bracket/icehockey-men/d3 J 13 *UW-Superior W 3-0 J 14 *UW-Superior W 5-2 The Series: J 20 *at UW-Stout W 4-1 Norwich leads St. Norbert 3-2 in an all-time series that has perhaps J 21 *vs. UW-Stout % W 2-1 J 27 *UW-River Falls (8) L 4-3/OT J 28 *UW-Eau Claire W 5-4 2011-2012 NCHA Standings F 3 *at UW-Superior T 0-0/OT Team W-L-T Points Overall F 4 *at St. Scholastica (13) W 3-1 F 9 *UW-Stevens Point (15) W 8-3 St. Norbert (5) . .12-4-2 . .26 . .19-5-5 F 10 *UW-Stout W 4-2 St. Scholastica . .9-5-4 . .22 . .15-8-5 F 25 $UW-Eau Claire W 2-0 UW-River Falls . .10-6-2 . .22 . .16-9-2 M 3 $UW-Stevens Point (15) W 4-0 UW-Stevens Point . .8-6-4 . .20 . .14-11-4 M 7 &St. Thomas (7) W 3-1 M 10 &Gustavus Adolphus (8) W 4-1 UW-Superior . .4-7-7 . .15 . .10-10-7 M 16 &&vs. Norwich (1) ^ 3 p.m. UW-Eau Claire . .5-11-2 . .12 . .13-12-3 * - NCHA regular-season game; # - Marian UW-Stout . .4-13-1 . .9 . .8-17-2 Tournament; Fond du Lac, Wis.; $ - NCHA Games on Saturday, March 10 Games on Friday, March 16 Peters Cup Playoffs; Green Bay, Wis.; & - NCAA Division III Tournament; Green Bay, Wis.; && - NCAA Tournament - Quarterfinals NCAA Tournament - Semifinals NCAA Division III Frozen Four; % - at Xcel Norwich 3, Wentworth 0 St. Norbert vs. Norwich, 3 p.m. Energy Center, St. Paul, Minn.; ^ - at Herb St. Norbert 4, Gustavus 1 Oswego State vs. Amherst, 6:30 p.m. Brooks Arena, Lake Placid, N.Y. Note: Home Oswego State 5, Elmira 0 Game on Saturday, March 17 games in bold; (rankings) by U.S. College Amherst 3, Plattsburgh State 1 National Championship, 6 p.m. Hockey Online. All times Central. 2008 & 2011 NCAA DIVISION III NATIONAL CHAMPIONS become the Green Knights’ best 39 seconds left. St. Norbert Quick Facts rivalry. The winners of the last four St. Norbert leads the series with meetings have all gone on to claim Amherst 1-0. The Green Knights Nickname: . .Green Knights Location: . .De Pere, WI 54115 the national championship. The topped the Lord Jeffs 3-1 on Dec. 30, Colors: . .Dartmouth Green & Old Gold Green Knights’ first win in the 2007 in the championship game of Founded: . .1898 series came in a 3-0 triumph in the the Pathfinder Bank Classic in Enrollment: . .2,168 2008 NCAA national semifinals at Oswego, N.Y. Marc Belanger, Matt President: . .Thomas Kunkel Herb Brooks Arena. St. Norbert also Boyd and Ryan Petersen all scored Athletics Director: . .Tim Bald picked up a national semifinal win third-period goals for the Green Conference: .Northern Collegiate Hockey Assn. over the Cadets last season by a 3-2 Knights in the win. Facility: . .Cornerstone Community Center score at Ridder Arena in Capacity: . .1,674 Year Opened: . .2000 Minneapolis, with all the goals The Coaches: Dimensions: . .200x85 coming in the third period. Scott St. Norbert coach Tim Coghlin All-Time Cornerstone Record: . .166-17-10 Pulak’s goal with 7:33 remaining (UW-Stevens Point, 1989) is 409- Record Crowds: . .2,210 (3/5/05 vs. Superior) was the game-winning score. The 113-45 in his 19th season in De Pere. .5,516 - Resch Center (2/4/06 vs. Stevens Point) Cadets picked up a 5-2 win at the The Green Knights are 265-44-28 in Head Coach: . .Tim Coghlin Cornerstone Community Center on the last ten-plus seasons. Coghlin’s Record at St. Norbert: . .409-113-45 (19th year) Dec. 1, 2000. Norwich also won a 399 wins as a coach in the NCHA is Assistant Coaches: . .A.J. Aitken . .Tommy Cianflone NCAA national semifinal game by the league record, 29 more than . .Mark Mazzoleni a 6-3 score on March 21, 2003 at Bemidji State’s Bob Peters’ 370 wins. .Ryan Wempe Kreitzberg Arena. Norwich won the Coghlin’s five NCAA champi- First Season of Hockey: . .1988-89 2010 national championship game onship game appearances are the Seasons of Hockey: . .24 2-1 in double overtime despite St. second most in Division III history. All-Time Overall Record: . .445-188-46 Norbert goaltender B.J. O’Brien Coghlin became just the 37th coach All-Time NCHA Record: . .204-58-28 turning away 70 shots. in college hockey history (all divi- NCHA Championships: . .13 Oswego State leads St. Norbert in sions) to win 400 games when St. .(1997,98,99,2002,03,04,05,06,07,08,10,11,12) NCHA Peters Cup Championships: . .10 the all-time series 2-1. The Lakers Norbert beat UW-Stout 4-2 on Jan. .(1998,99,2003,04,05,07,08,10,11,12) topped the Green Knights 4-3 in 20. NCAA Tournament Appearances: . .13 overtime in a NCAA Division III Norwich coach Mike McShane . .(1997,98,99,2002,03,04,05,06,07,08,10,11,12) Frozen Four semifinal on March 17, (New Hampshire, 1971) is 366-98-26 NCAA Frozen Four Appearances: . .Eight 2007 at Wessman Arena in Superior. in his 17th season in Northfield. In . .(2003,04,06,07,08,10,11,12) Oswego also topped St. Norbert 4-3 30 years of collegiate coaching he is NCAA Championships: . .Two on Nov. 28, 2008 at the Cornerstone 608-316-57 overall. He spent six . .(2008,11) Community Center in Green Bay. years at St. Lawrence with two The Green Knights topped the NCAA Division I tournament USCHO.com Division III Lakers for the first time in a berths and was at Providence for Top 15 Poll #17 - March 5, 2012 thrilling 4-3 NCAA semifinal win nine years with three NCAA tour- on March 19, 2010 in Lake Placid, nament bids. His 2000, 2003 and Place School (1st-place) Pts. Record N.Y., on a goal by Cody Keefer with 2010 teams won NCAA Division III 1 Norwich (17) 297 23-2-2 2 Amherst (1) 263 23-3-1 NCAA Championship Coaching Appearances 3 Oswego State (1) 254 22-3-2 Only seven coaches in NCAA Division III history have coached in at Plattsburgh State 254 19-4-4 least three NCAA Division III championship games/series since the start 5 St. Norbert 228 17-5-5 of the NCAA Division III Tournament in 1984. Two will be coaching 6 MSOE 170 22-6-1 teams in the tournament this weekend in St. Norbert’s Tim Coghlin and 7 St. Thomas 165 18-5-2 Norwich’s Mike McShane. A third will be an assistant on the St. Norbert 8 Gustavus Adolphus 137 16-6-5 bench, Mark Mazzoleni, who won three straight national titles at UW- 9 Castleton State 122 19-7-2 Stevens Point from 1989-91. 10 Adrian 111 20-6-1 Title Games Coach, School Title Game Record 11 Elmira 101 15-8-3 9 Bill Beaney, Middlebury 8-1 12 Bowdoin 75 16-6-3 5 Tim Coghlin, St. Norbert 2-3 13 Hobart 51 16-10-1 14 Neumann 38 15-8-3 4 Mike McShane, Norwich 3-1 15 Middlebury 37 14-10-3 3 Mark Mazzoleni, UW-Stevens Point 3-0 Others receiving votes: Wentworth 34, UW- 3 Bob Emery, Plattsburgh State 2-1 River Falls 27, UW-Stevens Point 11, Plymouth 3 Joe Baldarotta, UW-Stevens Point 1-2 State 9, St.