2007-08 Colgate University Hockey Badger Showdown • Fri.-Sat., Dec. 28-29, 2007 • Kohl Center Colgate returns from a 26-day break to participate in one of the toughest holiday 2007-08 Schedule tournaments in the country this year, the Games 17 & 18 Date Opponent Time/Result Badger Showdown. Hosted by No. 13 Wisconsin, the tournament also features No. Oct. 12 SACRED HEART W, 6-2 COLGATE Oct. 13 RIT W, 6-5 (7-7-2, 1-3-2 ECAC Hockey) 11 Northeastern and No. 19 Bowling Green. The Raiders will face two nationally-ranked Oct. 19 at No. 9/9 Michigan State L, 3-6 opponents in their final pair of non-conference Oct. 20 at No. 9/9 Michigan State L, 1-2 games this season. Colgate will have two weeks to Oct. 26 vs. No. 15 St. Lawrence ! W, 2-1 regroup after this weekend’s tournament before Oct. 27 vs. Rensselaer ! L, 0-2 resuming league play. Nov. 2 QUINNIPIAC* T, 1-1 OT The Series with Wisconsin Nov. 3 PRINCETON* (Silver Puck) L, 0-2 Wisconsin has won all four games it has Nov. 9 at Brown* L, 2-5 (7-7-2, 4-5-1 WCHA) No. 13 Wisconsin played against Colgate, including the 1990 NCAA Nov. 11 at Yale* L, 4-6 Friday, December 28, 2007 championship game at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. Nov. 16 at Dartmouth* T, 3-3 OT 8:00 p.m. ET Most recently, the Badgers edged the Raiders 2-1 Nov. 17 at No. 19 Harvard* W, 2-1 at the 2002 Bank One Badger Showdown. Kohl Center (15,237) Nov. 23 CONNECTICUT W, 7-1 Madison, Wis. Scouting the Badgers Nov. 24 CONNECTICUT L, 1-2 OT Wisconsin has won its Badger Showdown nine Dec. 1 ROBERT MORRIS W, 4-3 times in the 18-year history of the tournament. This (8-6-0, 5-5-0 CCHA) Dec. 2 ROBERT MORRIS W, 5-0 No. 19 Bowling Green season, the Badgers own a 7-7-2 overall record, Dec. 28 at No. 13 Wisconsin # 8:07 Saturday, December 29, 2007 including going winless in their final two games Dec. 29 vs. No. 19 BGSU/No. 11 NU # 5:07 5:00 p.m. ET (possible opponent) before the holiday break. Wisconsin is one of the most penalized teams in the country, with an Jan. 11 at Union* 7:00 Kohl Center (15,237) average of 18.6 penalty minutes per game. Jan. 12 at Rensselaer* 7:00 Madison, Wis. Five Badgers have posted 10 or more points this Jan. 18 CLARKSON* 7:00 season. Wisconsin’s offense is led by freshman Jan. 19 ST. LAWRENCE* 7:00 No. 11 Northeastern (7-4-2, 6-3-1 Hockey East) Kyle Turris, who has 19 points, and junior Ben Jan. 25 YALE* 7:00 Saturday, December 29, 2007 Street, who has 16. Both Turris and Street have a Jan. 26 BROWN* 7:00 5:00 p.m. ET (possible opponent) team-high seven goals. Turris, who is participating Feb. 1 at Cornell* 7:00 in the World Junior Championship as a member of Feb. 2 CORNELL* 7:00 Kohl Center (15,237) Team Canada, will not be available for the Badgers Feb. 8 at St. Lawrence* 7:00 Madison, Wis. this weekend. Junior Shane Connelly is Wisconsin’s starting Feb. 9 at Clarkson* 7:00 Coaches goaltender. Through 14 starts, Connelly owns Feb. 15 RENSSELAER* 7:00 Feb. 16 UNION* 7:00 Colgate Don Vaughan (St. Lawrence ‘84) a 2.70 goals against average and .905 save 15th season at CU (246-224-48) percentage along with a 6-7-1 record. Feb. 22 at Princeton* 7:00 15th season overall (246-224-48) The Series with Bowling Green Feb. 24 at Quinnipiac* 12:30 Wisconsin Mike Eaves (Wisconsin ‘78) Bowling Green is unbeaten in six games against Feb. 29 HARVARD* 7:00 6th season at UW (114-85-25) Colgate, 5-0-1. The lone tie in the series came in Mar. 1 DARTMOUTH* 4:00 6th season overall (114-85-25) the only game played in Hamilton, a 2-2 decision on Mar. 7-9 ECAC Hockey First Round Bowling Green Scott Paluch (BGSU ‘91) Nov. 22, 2003. Most recently, the Falcons shut out campus sites 6th season at BGSU (63-117-20) Colgate, 4-0, in Ohio on Jan. 3, 2006. The teams Mar. 14-16 ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals 6th season overall (63-117-20) have met twice before in tournament play, both at campus sites the Syracuse Invitational Tournament in the late Northeastern Greg Cronin (Colby ‘86) Mar. 21-22 ECAC Hockey Championship 3rd season at NU (23-46-14) ‘80s. Both times, BGSU came away with a 4-3 win. Times Union Center, Albany, N.Y. 4th season overall (43-59-16) Scouting the Falcons Mar. 28-30 NCAA Regionals Officials After losing its last two games before the holiday Apr. 10-12 NCAA Frozen Four TBA break, Bowling Green will be looking to get back on Pepsi Center, Denver, Colo. track to start the second half. The Falcons boast Television one of the top power plays in the nation, checking Home games in CAPS My Madison TV (FRI - live) in at third with 22 goals on 87 attempts for a 25.3 * ECAC Hockey game Play-by-Play: Paul Braun; Color: Rob Andringa percent success rate. ! Citizens Bank Governor’s Cup, Albany, N.Y. Wisconsin Public Television (FRI - delay) # Badger Showdown Play-by-Play: Robb Vogel; Color: Ron Vincent Senior Derek Whitmore is the one to watch on the Falcons’ offense. He leads BGSU with 13 goals Radio and 18 points. Junior defenseman Kevin Schmidt The Raiders Aren’t Red Anymore WKXZ 93.9 FM (Norwich/Oneonta) ranks second with 14 points, including a team-high Colgate’s nickname is “Raiders.” Although Play-by-Play: John McGraw 11 assists. the university’s athletic teams were once known Internet Junior Jimmy Spratt and freshman Nick Eno as the “Red Raiders,” Colgate dropped the Radio broadcast and live stats, have split time evenly between the pipes, with both “Red” from its nickname in 2001 due to the www.goColgateRaiders.com earning seven starts. Eno owns the better numbers, name’s relationship with the school’s old Native with a 2.29 goals against average and .904 save Colgate SID - Michele Kelley American mascot. Therefore, when referring percentage to go with a 5-2-0 record, while Spratt Cell: (315) 420-8868 Office: (315) 228-7860 to Colgate athletic teams, please use just has a 2.58 goals against average, .900 save Email: [email protected] “Raiders.” percentage, and 3-4-0 record. Colgate Head-to-Head Wisconsin Bowling Green Northeastern 7-7-2 Overall Record 7-7-2 8-6-0 7-4-2 won last two games Current Streak winless last two games lost last two games unbeaten last eight games 5-2-1 Home Record 6-2-0 3-3-0 4-4-1 1-4-1 Away Record 0-4-2 5-3-0 3-0-1 1-1-0 Neutral Site Record 1-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-3-2/T-11th League Record/Place 4-5-1/T-7th 5-5-0/T-7th 6-3-1/T-1st 0-1-2 Overtime Record 0-0-2 2-0-0 2-0-2 4-1-0 Last Five Games 2-1-2 2-3-0 4-0-1 4-4-2 Last 10 Games 3-5-2 6-4-0 6-2-2 47/2.94 (19th) Goals For/Average (NCAA Rank) 52/3.25 (10th) 44/3.14 (13th) 35/2.69 (31st) 42/2.62 (T-29th) Goals Against/Average (NCAA Rank) 45/2.81 (33rd) 35/2.50 (T-20th) 33/2.54 (23rd) +0.31 (T-24th) Average Scoring Margin (NCAA Rank) +0.44 (21st) +0.64 (T-16th) +0.15 (26th) 7-69/10.1% (56th) Power Play/Pct. (NCAA Rank) 15-79/19.0% (14th) 22-87/25.3% (3rd) 9-76/11.8% (51st) 57-69/82.6% (40th) Penalty Kill/Pct. (NCAA Rank) 69-83/83.1% (36th) 65-78/83.3% (T-34th) 58-68/85.3% (22nd) 2/0 Shorthanded Goals For/Against 1/4 1/4 1/1 224/14.0 (T-31st) Penalty Minutes/Average (NCAA Rank) 297/18.6 (6th) 231/16.5 (13th) 174/13.4 (38th) The Series with Northeastern Northeastern owns a 25-18-2 edge in the all- The Raiders Versus... time series with Colgate, including a 5-3-1 lead WISCONSIN BOWLING GREEN NORTHEASTERN in neutral-site games. Last season, the Raiders Mark Anderson first meeting first meeting first meeting earned a 5-2 win in the semifinals of the Toyota Peter Bogdanich first meeting first meeting first meeting UConn Classic. Colgate and Northeastern have Francois Brisebois first meeting first meeting first meeting faced each other in holiday tournaments in two Tyler Burton first meeting 1 GP, 0-0-0 3 GP, 3-1-4 of the last three seasons: the Huskies posted a Ben Camper first meeting 1 GP, 0-0-0 2 GP, 0-0-0 5-1 win over the Raiders at the 2004-05 Denver Sean Carty first meeting first meeting 1 GP, 0-0-0 Tournament. Ethan Cox first meeting first meeting 1 GP, 0-0-0 Brian Day first meeting first meeting first meeting Scouting the Huskies Joe DeBello first meeting 1 GP, 0-0-0 first meeting Northeastern started the season with a 1-4-0 Jason Fredricks first meeting 1 GP, 0-0-0 1 GP, 0-1-1 record, but has since put together an impressive Dustin Gillanders first meeting first meeting 2 GP, 0-1-1 eight-game unbeaten streak, which is the second- Jak Knelman first meeting first meeting first meeting longest active streak in the nation.