BULLDOGS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH MEN’S HOCKEY Communications Office • Bob Nygaard, Director • University of Minnesota Duluth • Duluth, MN 55812-2496 [email protected] • (218) 726-8191 • umdbulldogs.com • @umdbulldogs Jan. 25, 2017 NO. 2 UMD AND NO. 6 MINNESOTA TO RENEW INTRASTATE RIVALRY FRIDAY AT NORTH STAR COLLEGE CUP THE SERIES: The University of Minnesota Duluth will engage in its final non-conference activity of the 2016-17 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH ROSTER 2016-17 season this weekend beginning on Friday No. Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Yr. Birthdate Hometown (Previous Team/League) (Jan. 27) when the Bulldogs and the University of 3 Dan Molenaar D 5-11 190 Jr. 7/5/93 Eden Prairie, Minn. (Sioux City/USHL) Minnesota hook up in the opening round of the fourth 4 Neal Pionk D 6-0 190 So. 7/29/95 Hermantown, Minn. (Sioux City/USHL) -- and final -- North Star College Cup. The puck drops 5 Nick Wolff D 6-4 215 Fr. 7/21/96 Eagan, Minn. (Des Moines/USHL) at 7:05 p.m. at the Xcel Energy Center (18,568) in St. 7 Adam Johnson F 6-0 175 So. 6/22/94 Hibbing, Minn. (Sioux City/USHL) Paul, Minn., and will precede the other semifinal clash 8 Kyle Osterberg F 5-8 175 Sr. 9/5/94 Lakeville, Minn. (Omaha/USHL) between Bemidji State University and St. Cloud State 10 Brenden Kotyk (A) D 6-6 240 Sr. 8/27/91 Regina, Saskatchewan (St. Scholastica/NCHA) University. The North Star College Cup championship 11 Avery Peterson F 6-3 215 Jr. 6/20/95 Grand Rapids, Minn. (Nebraska-Omaha/NCHC) is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. the following evening with 12 Jarod Hilderman D 6-1 205 Fr. 4/11/97 Kamsack, Saskatchewan (Fargo/USHL) the third place game set to go at 4:05 p.m. 13 Joey Anderson F 6-0 195 Fr. 6/19/98 Roseville, Minn. (U.S. National Under-18 Team) 14 Alex Iafallo F 6-0 190 Sr. 12/21/93 Eden, N.Y. (Fargo/USHL) THE RECORDS: UMD is 15-5-4 overall and leads the 15 Willie Raskob D 5-10 185 Sr. 3/14/95 Hastings, Minn. (Shattuck-St. Mary’s) National Collegiate Hockey Conference at 11-4-1-1 16 Billy Exell F 5-10 180 So. 10/4/95 Thunder Bay, Ontario (Minnesota Wilderness/NAHL) while Minnesota owns a 14-6-2 record in all games to 17 Blake Young F 6-3 210 Jr. 2/11/94 Battleford, Saskatchewan (Battlefords/SJHL) go with a 6-2-0-0 Big Ten mark (first place). 18 Nick McCormack D 5-11 185 Jr. 9/9/93 Ramsey, Minn. (Brooks/AJHL) 19 Dominic Toninato (C) F 6-2 200 Sr. 3/9/94 Duluth, Minn. (Fargo/USHL) HOW THEY RANK: Here is how the Bulldogs and Gophers 20 Karson Kuhlman (A) F 5-11 190 Jr. 9/26/95 Esko, Minn. (Dubuque/USHL) stacked up in this week’s USCHO.com and USA Today/ 21 Carson Soucy (A) D 6-4 215 Sr. 7/24/94 Irma, Alberta (Spruce Grove/AJHL) USA Hockey Magazine polls as well as the PairWise 22 Jared Thomas F 6-2 200 Jr. 2/21/94 Hermantown, Minn. (Sioux City/USHL) rankings. 24 Will Campion D 6-3 205 Fr. 3/7/95 Seaford, N.Y. (Langley/BCHL) 25 Peter Krieger* F 5-11 190 Jr. 12/9/93 Oakdale, Minn (U. of Alaska/WCHA) uscho.com USA Today PairWise 26 Jade Miller F 5-10 190 Fr. 7/1/95 Minto, N.D. (Austin/NAHL) UMD No. 2 No. 1 No. 1 27 Riley Tufte F 6-5 215 Fr. 4/10/98 Blaine, Minn. (Blaine H.S.) UM No. 6 No. 6 No. 7 28 Sammy Spurrell F 5-11 185 Jr. 10/5/92 Sherwood, Alberta (Spruce Grove/AJHL) 32 Hunter Shepard G 6-0 205 Fr. 11/7/95 Cohasset, Minn. (Bismarck/NAHL) ON THE AIR: UMD’s two North Star Cup clashes will be 35 Hunter Miska G 6-1 175 Fr. 7/7/95 Stacy, Minn. (Dubuque/USHL) carried live on 92.1 FM The Fan with Bruce Ciskie han- 37 Nick Deery G 6-2 195 So. 5/25/94 La Crosse, Wis. (Steinbach/MJHL) dling the play-by-play responsibilities. The broadcast 39 Parker Mackay F 5-11 185 So. 6/10/94 Irma, Alberta (Spring Grove/AJHL) can also be heard at: network1sports.com/station/kqds. Head Coach: Scott Sandelin Friday’s bout with Minnesota will be televised on Fox Assistant Coaches: Jason Herter, Brett Larson, Brant Nicklin Sports North and Fox College Sports (Central) while Athletic Trainer: Dr. Susan Hoppe Saturday’s matchup against Bemidji State or St. Cloud Strength and Conditioning Coach: Blake Palmer State will be videostreamed at: nchc.tv. Equipment Manager: Chris Garner Director of Hockey Operations: Christian Koelling THE COACH: The runnerup for the 2010-11 Spencer Operations Assistant: Bill Watson Penrose Award (American Hockey Coaches Association Manager: Dale Haagenson NCAA Division I Coach of the Year) and recipient of *Not eligible to play in 2016-17 (transfer) that honor in 2003-04, Scott Sandelin is in his 17th season behind the UMD bench where he has compiled a 302-282-79 overall record -- including a 179-122- 42 mark since the 2008-09 opener. Besides capturing the school’s first NCAA championship five years ago, his Bulldogs have won 20 or more games in five of the last eight seasons. Overall, they’ve advanced to to six NCAA tournaments (2004, 2009, 2011,2012, 2015 and 2016), including back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Northeast Region title games the past two winters, two NCAA Frozen Fours (2004 and 2011) and one NCHC Frozen Faceoff tournament (2016). Before UMD parted ways with the WCHA following the 2012-13 season, Sandelin directed his troops to berths in seven of 11 Final Five playoff events. He has also helped produce a pair of Hobey Baker Memorial Award winners (Jack Connolly in 2011-12 and Junior 2010-11 NCAA Champions • Home of 5 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Winners Lessard in 2003-04), six NCAA All-Americans and 19 different All-NCHC/WCHA selections. In addition, Sandelin has seen 16 of his UMD pupils go on to do The Numbers on Sandelin time in the National Hockey League and one take part (Overall) (NCHC/ WCHA) in the Winter Olympic Games (Justin Faulk for Team USA YEAR W L T PCT W L T PCT PLACE 2000-01 7 28 4 .231 3 22 3 .161 10th in 2014). During the course of the 2011-12 season, 2001-02 13 24 3 .363 6 19 3 .268 9th the Bulldogs set a team record by going unbeaten in 2002-03 22 15 5 .583 14 10 4 .571 5th 17 straight games and were ranked first in both major 2003-04 28 13 4 .667 19 7 2 .714 2nd weekly polls (USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey 2004-05 15 17 6 .473 11 13 4 .464 6th Magazine for a program-best nine consecutive weeks. 2005-06 11 25 4 .325 6 19 3 .268 9th 2006-07 13 21 5 .397 8 16 4 .357 9th In March 2009, UMD became the first play-in game 2007-08 13 17 6 .444 9 14 5 .411 8th participant to ever claim the Final Five title and, later 2008-09 22 13 8 .605 10 11 7 .482 7th that spring, strung together a school-record six-game 2009-10 22 17 1 .562 16 11 1 .589 4th(T) postseason winning streak before it fell to Miami 2010-11 26 10 6 .690 15 8 5 .625 4th University 2-1 in the NCAA West Regional final. Nine 2011-12 25 10 6 .683 16 7 5 .661 2nd years ago, Sandelin, 52, turned UMD into a NCAA 2012-13 14 19 5 .434 10 13 5 .446 9th 2013-14 16 16 4 .500 11 11 2 .500 4th(T) Frozen Four participant for the first time in nearly a 2014-15 21 16 3 .563 12 9 3 .564 5th generation, marshaling his troops to their most victories 2015-16 18 15 5 .539 11 10 3 .520 4th (they were 28-13-4 overall) and highest WCHA finish 2016-17 15 5 4 .708 11 4 1 .718 (second place on a 19-7-2 mark) since 1992-93. For Totals 302 282 79 .515 188 204 60 .482 his efforts, the Hibbing, Minn., native was chosen the Lifetime Record vs. Minnesota: 23-23-1 WCHA Coach of the Year as well as the national coach Lifetime NCHC Record: 45-34-9 of the year by both insidecollegehockey.com and uscho. Lifetime Nonconference Record: 80-44-19 com. In 2002-03, Sandelin’s charges went 22-15-5 overall and captured fifth place in the WCHA with a 14-10-4 mark while experiencing the greatest one- season head coaching the Junior Elite Hockey League’s Sandelin went on to play professionally for seven years, season turnaround of any league member that winter. Fargo-Moorhead Junior Kings after working in that which included National Hockey League stints with the One year earlier, he guided UMD to a 13-24-1 record same capacity (and doubling as general manager) Montreal Canadiens (1986-88), Philadelphia Flyers in all games -- nearly doubling the number of victories the previous winter with the Fargo-Moorhead Express (1990-91) and Minnesota North Stars (1991-92).