St. Norbert College Athletics Communications Dan Lukes, Assistant Athletics Director/Athletics Communications 2016 Mulva Family Fitness & 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 NCHA HARRIS CUP PLAYOFFS - QUARTERFINAL SERIES No. 4 St. Norbert College (18-4-3) vs. Finlandia Univ. (8-15-2) Friday-Saturday, February 15-16, 2019 - 7 p.m. Cornerstone Community Center (1,674) - De Pere, Wisconsin Series Overview: 2018-2019 Results St. Norbert opens the post-season with a quarterfinal series in the NCHA Date Opponent Result Harris Cup Playoffs against Finlandia. The series is a best-of-two-game for- O 27 MSOE W 5-0 mat with a 20-minute mini-game to take place Saturday night after the reg- N 2 at Concordia-Wis. * W 3-2/ot ularly scheduled contest if the two games are split. N 3 at MSOE * L 3-2/ot N 9 at Trine * W 4-0 Broadcast: N 10 at Adrian * (4) L 4-3/ot The games will be on the video streamed Webcast with Tim Derozier on N 16 UW-Eau Claire (5) W 2-1 the call at: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/snc/ N 17 UW-Stevens Point (1) T 1-1/ot N 23 Stevenson W 3-0 N 24 Neumann W 4-1 The Series: N 30 Lawrence * W 8-1 St. Norbert leads Finlandia 12-0 in a series which began in the 2013-14 D 1 Marian * (14) W 5-0 season. The Green Knights are 6-0 at the Cornerstone Community Center. D 7 at Augsburg (9) L 6-5/ot D 8 at Augsburg (9) T 3-3/ot J 4 Lake Forest * T 1-1/ot 2018-2019 NCHA Standings J 5 Aurora * W 5-1 Team W-L-T Points Overall J 11 at Marian * L 3-1 St. Norbert . .14-3-1 . .29 . .18-4-3 J 12 at Lawrence * W 4-1 Adrian . .13-4-1 . .27 . .18-6-1 J 18 Northland * W 7-0 Marian . .11-5-2 . .24 . .13-8-4 J 19 St. Scholastica * W 7-2 J 25 Adrian * (7) W 7-0 Lake Forest . .9-5-4 . .22 . .11-8-6 J 26 Trine * W 3-2 Northland . .9-7-2 . .20 . .11-12-2 F 1 at St. Scholastica * W 6-5 Aurora . .8-9-1 . .17 . .11-13-1 F 2 at Northland * W 6-4 MSOE . .7-8-3 . .17 . .9-12-4 F 8 Finlandia * W 3-1 Finlandia . .6-10-2 . .14 . .8-15-2 F 9 at Finlandia * W 8-1 St. Scholastica . .6-11-1 . .13 . .11-13-1 F 15 Finlandia $ 7 p.m. Trine . .6-11-1 . .13 . .10-13-2 F 16 Finlandia $ 7 p.m. Concordia-Wis. .5-11-2 . .12 . .7-15-3 F 23 NCHA Semifinals TBA M 2 NCHA Harris Cup Final TBA Lawrence . .3-13-2 . .8 . .5-18-2 M 9 NCAA First Round TBA Games on Friday, Feb. 15 Games on Saturday, Feb. 16 M 16 NCAA Quarterfinals TBA NCHA Quarterfinals NCHA Quarterfinals M 22-23 NCAA Frozen Four ^ TBA * - NCHA regular-season game; $ - NCHA MSOE at Adrian, 6 p.m. MSOE at Adrian, 2 p.m. Harris Cup Playoffs; ^ - NCAA Division III Finlandia at St. Norbert, 7 p.m. Northland at Marian, 4 p.m. Frozen Four, at TBA; Note: Home games in Aurora at Lake Forest, 7 p.m. Finlandia at St. Norbert, 7 p.m. bold; (rankings) by U.S. College Hockey Online. Northland at Marian, 7 p.m. Aurora at Lake Forest, 7 p.m. All times Central. 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014 & 2018 NCAA DIVISION III NATIONAL CHAMPIONS The Coaches: 24 points, with freshman defense- St. Norbert Quick Facts St. Norbert coach Tim Coghlin man Brendon Gysbers scoring four (UW-Stevens Point, 1989) is 574- goals and 17 assists for 21 points. Nickname: . .Green Knights 146-56 in his 26th season in De Pere. Senior goaltender T.J. Black is 17- Location: . .De Pere, WI 54115 The Green Knights are 430-77-39 in 4-2 with a 1.68 goals against aver- Colors: . .Dartmouth Green & Old Gold the last 17-plus seasons. Coghlin’s age and .928 save percentage. Founded: . .1898 five national championships are the Sophomore Ryan Bontorin is 1-0-1 Enrollment: . .2,168 second most in Division III history, with a 1.77 goals against average President: . .Brian Bruess while his nine national title game and .947 save percentage. Athletics Director: . .Tim Bald appearances are tied for the most. St. Norbert is 30-for-112 (26.8 per- Conference: .Northern Collegiate Hockey Assn. Coghlin was the captain of UW- cent) on the power play and is 71- Facility: . .Cornerstone Community Center Stevens Point’s first national cham- for-84 (84.5 percent) on the penalty Capacity: . .1,674 pionship team in 1989. kill this season. Year Opened: . .2000 Finlandia coach Joe Burcar is 113- Dimensions: . .200x85 155-15 in his 11th season in About the Lions: All-Time Cornerstone Record: . .257-30-15 Hancock. This is the third season of Finlandia enters the series 8-15-2 Record Crowds: . .2,210 (3/5/05 vs. Superior) his second stint with the Lions. overall. The Lions, who were swept . .5,516 - Resch Center (2/4/06 vs. Stevens Point) by St. Norbert 3-1 and 8-1 last week, Head Coach: . .Tim Coghlin This Season: are making their first NCHA Harris Record at St. Norbert: . .574-146-56 (26th year) St. Norbert swept Finlandia 3-1 Cup Playoffs appearance since the Associate Head Coach: . .Andy Brandt and 8-1 in a home-and-home series league reconfigured in 2013-14 and Assistant Coaches: . .Tommy Cianflone this past weekend. first since the 2011-12 campaign. .Kipp Karakas In the opener Friday at Freshman forward Teddy Randell tops the Lions in scoring with five First Season of Hockey: . .1988-89 Cornerstone Community Center, goals and 11 assists for 16 points. Seasons of Hockey: . .31 Luke Davison and Steven Mather’s Sophomore forward Connor All-Time Overall Record: . .610-221-57 third-period goals snapped a 1-1 tie. Riley Christensen also scored Hannon has six goals and nine All-Time NCHA Record: . .305-80-33 assists for 15 points, while sopho- NCHA Championships: . .16 for St. Norbert, while Hunter Kero scored for Finlandia. T.J. Black more forward Cale Markham has a . (1997-99,2002-08,10-12,14,16,19) team-high 10 goals with two assists NCHA Playoffs Championships: . .14 made 17 saves for the Green Knights, while Marcus Gloss for 12 points. Senior forward Alex . (1998,99,2003-05,07-08,10-14,17-18) Rezansoff has four goals and six turned away 30 shots for the Lions. NCAA Tournament Appearances: . .18 assists for 10 points, while senior On Saturday at Houghton . .(1997-99,2002-08,10-14,16-18) forward Paul Lochner has two goals County Arena in Hancock, Mich., NCAA Frozen Four Appearances: . .12 and eight assists for 10 points. the Green Knights scored four goals . .(2003,04,06,07,08,10,11,12,14,16,17,18) Sophomore goaltender Marcus in the second period and three NCAA Championships: . .Five Gloss is 6-10-2 with a 2.90 goals . .(2008,11,12,14,18) goals in the third period to break against average and .913 save per- open a 1-1 game. Roman Uchyn had centage. Sophomore Santeri a hat trick and an assist, while Brad Seppinen is 2-4 with a 4.07 goals USCHO.com Division III Pung had one goal and four assists against average and .852 save per- Top 15 Poll #14 - Feb. 11, 2019 for the Green Knights. Teddy centage. Randell scored for Finlandia, which Finlandia is 13-for-110 (11.8 per- outshot St. Norbert 31-28. Place School (1st-place) Pts. Record cent) on the power play and is 99- for-126 (78.6 percent) on the penalty 1 UW-Stevens Point (20) 300 23-0-2 About the Green Knights: kill this season. 2 Geneseo State 280 20-1-2 St. Norbert enters the series at 18- 3 Oswego State 247 17-4-2 4-3 overall. The fourth-ranked Cup Clamor: 4 St. Norbert 234 18-4-3 Green Knights won their 16th St. Norbert attempts to capture 5 Norwich 194 18-4-3 Northern Collegiate Hockey its 15th NCHA Playoffs champi- 6 UW-Eau Claire 181 18-5-2 Association regular season title in onship when it begins play in the 7 Augsburg 173 17-3-3 the last 23 years, posting a record of Peters Cup Playoffs this weekend. 8 Adrian 172 18-6-1 13-4-1, with wins of 3-1 and 8-1 over The Green Knights are 71-14-1 all- 9 UMass-Boston 165 18-6-1 Finlandia this past weekend. time in the NCHA Playoffs, and are 10 Hobart 121 17-6-2 Senior forward Riley Christensen 67-7 at home all-time in the tourna- 11 Trinity 96 14-3-5 leads the Green Knights in scoring ment. St. Norbert is 4-7-1 on the 12 Wesleyan 64 15-5-2 with 11 goals and 16 assists for 27 road. 13 Univ. of New England 57 17-5-2 points. Senior forward Roman St. Norbert has won its last 23 Uchyn has a team-high 13 goals 14 Williams 39 14-6-2 rounds at home in the NCHA with 13 assists for 26 points, while 15 Babson 22 16-6-3 Playoffs, which includes 35 consec- sophomore forward Peter Bates has utive wins.