2018-19 HOCKEY GAME NOTES www.FightingHawks.com • www.Facebook.com/UNDMHockey • www.Twitter.com/UNDMHockey 2018-19 Schedule/Results FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NOVEMBER 26, 2018 Oct. 6 Manitoba (exh.) (ot) W, 3-2 Oct. 12 at Bemidji State L, 2-1 Oct. 13 Bemidji State (ot) T, 1-1 North Dakota Oct. 19 #7 Minnesota State L, 7-4 Fighting Hawks Oct. 20 #7 Minnesota State W, 4-3 Oct. 27 vs. #5 Minnesota% W, 3-1 at Nov. 2 #16 Wisconsin W, 5-0 Minnesota Duluth Nov. 3 #16 Wisconsin (ot) W, 3-2 Bulldogs Nov. 9 at #19 Miami* W, 3-1 7-5-1 • 1-3-0 NCHC 9-2-1 • 3-1-0 NCHC Nov. 10 at #19 Miami* L, 3-2 USCHO: 15 • USA Today: 15 USCHO: 2 • USA Today: 2 Nov. 16 Western Michigan* L, 2-0 Nov. 17 Western Michigan* L, 6-2 Nov. 23 Alaska Anchorage# W, 5-2 Friday, Nov. 30 • 7:07 pm (CT) • AMSOIL Arena (6,756) • Duluth, Minn. Nov. 24 Alaska Anchorage# W, 4-3 Radio: Home of Economy Radio Network • Webcast: NCHC.tv Nov. 30 at #2 Minnesota Duluth* 7:07 pm TV: FOX Sports North Plus Dec. 1 at #2 Minnesota Duluth* 7:07 pm Dec. 7 #7 Denver* 7:37 pm Dec. 8 #7 Denver* 7:07 pm Saturday, Dec. 1 • 7:07 pm (CT) • AMSOIL Arena (6,756) • Duluth, Minn. Dec. 29 U.S. U18 Team (exh.) 7:07 pm Radio: Home of Economy Radio Network • Webcast: NCHC.tv Jan. 4 at Canisius 6:35 pm TV: Midco Sports Network Jan. 5 at Canisius 6:35 pm Jan. 11 Colorado College* 7:37 pm Jan. 12 Colorado College* 7:07 pm THIS WEEK Jan. 18 at Omaha* 7:07 pm The Fighting Hawks return to National Collegiate Hockey Conference Jan. 19 at Omaha* 7:37 pm (NCHC) play this week with a trip to Minnesota Duluth to face the defend- Jan. 25 #1 St. Cloud State* 7:37 pm ing national champions and the nation's No. 2-ranked team. Jan. 26 #1 St. Cloud State* 7:07 pm Feb. 1 at #7 Denver* 8:07 pm North Dakota enters the series tied for seventh in the conference standings Feb. 2 at #7 Denver* 8:07 pm with three points. The Bulldogs are in a four-way tie for second place with Feb. 15 at Western Michigan* 5:30 pm nine points, three back of league-leading St. Cloud State. Feb. 16 at Western Michigan* 6:00 pm Feb. 22 #2 Minnesota Duluth* 7:37 pm Feb. 23 #2 Minnesota Duluth* 7:07 pm BROADCAST COVERAGE Mar. 1 at Colorado College* 9:00 pm All UND men’s hockey games, home and away, can be heard on stations across the UND Sports Mar. 2 at Colorado College* 7:00 pm Home of Economy Radio Network, as well as through the iHeart Radio app. The flaghsip station for Mar. 8 Omaha* 7:37 pm the network is 96.1 FM (The Fox). Longtime broadcaster Tim Hennessy, in his 40th season as the Mar. 9 Omaha* 7:07 pm voice of UND men’s hockey, calls the action while Steve Olson provides color analysis. Mar. 15-17 NCHC Quarterfinals TBA Mar. 22-23 NCHC Frozen Faceoff& TBA Both games this weekend will be televised live. Friday's game will be telecast by FOX Sports North Mar. 29-31 NCAA Regionals TBA Plus, which is also available on DirecTV (channel 668) and DISH Network (436). Apr. 11-13 NCAA Frozen Four^ TBA Saturday's local MY9-TV broadcast will be carried on Midco Sports Network. Home games in bold; all times Central * - NCHC game The series will also be available via streaming at NCHC.tv. # - Subway Holiday Classic % - U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game (Las Vegas) & - Saint Paul, Minn. (Xcel Energy Center) SOCIAL MEDIA ^ - Buffalo, N.Y. (KeyBank Center) Receive live updates during all UND hockey games by following @UNDmhockey and @UNDInsider on Twitter. Fans can also follow the action via live chat at FightingHawks.com, featuring Brad Schlossman of the Grand Forks Herald and Jayson Hajdu of UND Athletics. MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACT Asst. Athletics Director_________________ Jayson Hajdu TICKET INFORMATION Email______________ [email protected] For ticket information or to purchase tickets for this weekend's series at Minnesota Duluth, please Office Phone________________________ 701.777.2985 Cell Phone__________________________ 701.740.7659 visit UMDBulldogs.com or Ticketmaster.com. Twitter _______________@UNDMHockey, @JaysonHajdu Mailing Address_______ Hyslop Sports Center Room 127 2751 2nd Avenue North, Stop 9013 Grand Forks, ND 58202-9013 eight-time NCAA CHAMPIONS PAGE 2 • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA GAME NOTES • NOVEMBER 26, 2018 had snapped UMD's 8-game winning streak. UND - UMD Comparison ACTIVE UND POINT STREAKS Games Player (G-A--Pts) Began (Per-game averages with 2018-19 NCHC rank) Sophomore D Scott Perunovich tops the con- 3 Jacob Bernard-Docker (1-4--5) 11/17 vs WMU UND UMD ference scoring race with 16 points, including 3 Rhett Gardner (4-0--4) 11/17 vs WMU 2.85 (7th) ..............................Goals/Game .........................3.42 (4th) a league-leading 14 assists, in 12 games. 3 Matt Kiersted (1-2--3) 11/17 vs WMU 2.54 (5th) ..................... Goals Against/Game ..............2.00 (t-2nd) 2 Grant Mismash (1-3--4) 11/23 vs UAA +0.31 (6th) .............................Scoring Margin....................+1.42 (2nd) ACTIVE UND GOAL STREAKS 11.7 (5th) ..........................Penalty Minutes.....................12.1 (4th) Junior G Hunter Shepard has started all 12 Games Player (G-A--Pts) Began 20.7% (5th) ................................Power Play ............................23.3% (3rd) games in goal and owns a 1.87 goals against 3 Rhett Gardner (4-0--4) 11/17 vs WMU 76.6% (5th) ................................Penalty Kill ...........................88.4% (2nd) average and .914 save percentage. All-Time Series vs. UMD The Bulldogs are yielding just 2.00 goals per Minnesota Duluth remained ranked No. 2 in Record: UND leads 145-83-10 (.630) game, which ranks second in the NCHC, while both polls. In Grand Forks: UND leads 81-36-3 (.688) averaging just under three-and-a-half goals In Duluth: UND leads 61-44-6 (.577) for. UMD also ranks in the top three in the See Page 3 for the complete polls. Neutral: UND trails 3-5-1 (.389) NCHC in both power play (23.3 percent) and Under Berry: UND trails 5-8-0 (.385) penalty kill (88.4). AST EEK Last 10: UND trails 2-8-0 (.200) - Below L W Date Location Result Note North Dakota halted a 3-game losing skid with 02-20-16 Grand Forks W, 2-1 Boeser GWG UMD COACHING STAFF a non-conference sweep of Alaska Anchorage. 03-18-16 Minneapolis L, 2-4 NCHC Frozen Faceoff Former North Dakota All-America defenseman 10-28-16 Duluth L, 2-5 Iafallo 3 goals, 1 assist Scott Sandelin (North Dakota '86) is in his Five different Fighting Hawks found the net 10-29-16 Duluth L, 0-3 Miska 30-save shutout 19th year behind the UMD bench and owns a in Friday's 5-2 win, while sophomore Peter 01-20-17 Grand Forks L, 3-5 Tufte 2 goals 349-302-86 (.532) career record. Thome (Minneapolis, Minn.) earned his first 01-21-17 Grand Forks L, 0-4 Miska 29-save shutout win of the season with a 20-save effort. 03-18-17 Minneapolis L, 3-4 NCHC Frozen Faceoff Sandelin's coaching staff includes another for- 01-20-18 Duluth L, 3-5 Mackay 1 goal, 2 assists mer UND standout defenseman, Jason Herter On Saturday, UND erased 2-0 and 3-1 deficits in 01-21-18 Duluth L, 2-5 UMD 3-6 on power play (North Dakota '05), as well as assistant coaches a 4-3 come-from-behind victory. Rhett Gard- 03-17-18 Saint Paul W, 4-1 NCHC FF Third-Place Game Adam Krause (Minnesota Duluth '15) and ner (Sr., Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan) scored the Career Scoring vs. UMD Brant Nicklin (Minnesota Duluth '06). game-tying and game-winning goals 41 sec- Player GP G A Pts. onds apart midway through the third period. Janatuinen, Joel ............................. 12 3 0 3 SERIES HISTORY Hoff, Ludvig ........................................7 1 2 3 UND leads the all-time series 145-83-10 (.630) CH-CH-CHANGES Poolman, Colton ...............................8 1 2 3 with Minnesota Duluth but had dropped eight North Dakota head coach Brad Berry has Jones, Nick ..........................................3 0 3 3 in a row to the Bulldogs prior to a 4-1 win in utilized 13 different lineups through the first Gardner, Rhett ................................ 11 1 0 1 last year's NCHC Frozen Faceoff third-place 13 games of the season in 2018-19. Mismash, Grant .................................3 1 0 1 Bowen, Dixon .....................................8 0 1 1 game. That was the last loss of the season Last season, Berry was forced to field 36 Johnson, Casey ..................................4 0 1 1 for UMD, which went on to win the NCAA Kawaguchi, Jordan ...........................3 0 1 1 championship. unique lineups in the team's 40 games while Shaw, Hayden ....................................9 0 1 1 UND lost 78 "man games" due to injury. Adams, Collin .....................................1 0 0 0 UND's Frozen Faceoff win also snapped Bast, Gabe ...........................................2 0 0 0 its longest losing streak against any one In fact, UND went the entire regular season Kiersted, Matt .....................................3 0 0 0 opponent in nearly 30 years: before Berry was finally able to ice the same Peski, Andrew ....................................8 0 0 0 lineup twice in both nights of a weekend Smith, Cole ..........................................5 0 0 0 LONGEST LOSING STREAKS VS.