St. Norbert College Athletics Communications Dan Lukes, Assistant Athletics Director/Athletics Communications 30C Pennings Activity 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. 24 - No. 3 St. Norbert (22-5-1) vs. No. 9 Trinity (20-6-3) - 2 p.m. CDT Sat., Mar. 25 - vs. No. 1 Norwich (25-1-3) or No. 6 Adrian (20-6-2) - 6 p.m. CDT Utica Memorial Auditorium (3,870) - Utica, New York Tournament Overview: 2016-2017 Results Historic Utica Memorial Auditorium hosts the Frozen Four as four teams Date Opponent Result converge on the Mohawk Valley to determine the 2017 NCAA Division III O 28 Marian * (15) W 6-0 champion. St. Norbert is aiming for its fifth national title in 10 years, cap- O 29 at Marian * (15) W 7-0 turing the crown at Lake Placid in 2008 and 2012, in 2011 at Minneapolis N 4 at Lake Forest * W 7-0 and in 2014 at Lewiston, Maine. Norwich won the last of its three national N 5 Lake Forest * L 5-3 titles in 2010, while Trinity won it all in 2015. Adrian is seeking its first N 11 Aurora * W 2-0 N 12 Aurora * W 4-3 national championship. N 18 UW-Superior W 4-0 N 19 UW-Stevens Point (1) W 5-3 Broadcast: N 25 at Manhattanville W 3-1 The game will be on the audio streamed Webcast with Tim Derozier on the N 26 at Manhattanville L 3-2 call at http://portal.stretchinternet.com/snc/ D 2 at Lawrence * T 1-1/ot The Turner Sports video streamed live webcast with Ralph Bednarczyk D 3 Lawrence * W 2-1 and Ray Biggs on the call will be available online for free at the NCAA D 10 St. Thomas (15) W 4-2 J 13 at Finlandia * W 7-1 Championships live broadcast website at http://www.ncaa.com/livesched- J 14 at Finlandia * W 3-0 ule J 20 at Adrian * (7) W 3-1 J 21 at Adrian * (7) W 4-2 2016-2017 NCHA Standings J 27 Concordia-Wis. * L 4-2 Team W-L-T Points Overall J 28 at Concordia-Wis. * L 3-0 Adrian . .17-3-0 . .34 . .20-6-2 F 3 Northland * W 5-1 St. Norbert . .15-4-1 . .31 . .22-5-1 F 4 Northland * W 5-2 Marian . .12-7-1 . .25 . .15-10-2 F 10 St. Scholastica * W 2-0 Lake Forest . .12-8-0 . .24 . .16-10-0 F 11 St. Scholastica * W 9-2 MSOE . .9-7-4 . .22 . .12-8-5 F 16 at MSOE * (TV-Spectrum) L 2-1 St. Scholastica . .10-9-1 . .21 . .13-13-1 F 18 MSOE * W 5-3 Concordia-Wis. .10-9-1 . .21 . .13-11-1 F 25 St. Scholastica $ W 4-0 Northland . .9-10-1 . .19 . .11-13-2 M 4 at Adrian $ (5) W 3-2 Lawrence . .5-12-3 . .13 . .6-16-3 M 18 Augsburg & (8) W 4-3/ot Aurora . .4-14-2 . .10 . .4-19-2 M 24 vs. Trinity && (9) 2 p.m. Finlandia . .0-20-0 . .0 . .0-25-0 * - NCHA regular-season game; $ - NCHA Games on Saturday, March 18 Games on Friday, March 24 Harris Cup Playoffs; & - NCAA Division III NCAA Quarterfinal Games NCAA Semifinal Games Tournament - Quarterfinal; De Pere, Wis.; && - Norwich 6, Hamilton 2 St. Norbert vs. Trinity, 2 p.m. NCAA Division III Frozen Four, Utica Memorial Adrian 6, UW-Stevens Point 3 Norwich vs. Adrian, 5:30 p.m. Auditorium, Utica, N.Y. Note: Home games in St. Norbert 4, Augsburg 3 (OT) Game on Saturday, March 25 bold; (rankings) by U.S. College Hockey Online. Trinity 2, Endicott 1 (2 OT) NCAA Championship, 6 p.m. All times Central. 2008, 2011, 2012 & 2014 NCAA DIVISION III NATIONAL CHAMPIONS The Series: appearances and four national St. Norbert Quick Facts St. Norbert meets Trinity in men’s championships are the second most ice hockey for the first time. in Division III history. Coghlin was Nickname: . .Green Knights Location: . .De Pere, WI 54115 St. Norbert and Norwich are tied the captain of UW-Stevens Point’s Colors: . .Dartmouth Green & Old Gold 3-3 in an all-time series that has per- first national championship team in Founded: . .1898 haps become the Green Knights’ 1989. Enrollment: . .2,168 best rivalry against an East Region Trinity coach Matt Greason President: . .Thomas Kunkel foe. The winners of the last five (Trinity, 2003) is 111-40-10 in his Athletics Director: . .Tim Bald meetings have all gone on to claim sixth season in Hartford. His 2015 Conference: .Northern Collegiate Hockey Assn. the national championship. The team won the NCAA Division III Facility: . .Cornerstone Community Center Capacity: . .1,674 Green Knights’ first win in the championship. Year Opened: . .2000 series came in a 3-0 triumph in the Norwich coach Mike McShane Dimensions: . .200x85 2008 NCAA national semifinals at (New Hampshire, 1971) is 476-123- All-Time Cornerstone Record: . .229-30-12 Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, 36 in his 22nd season in Northfield. Record Crowds: . .2,210 (3/5/05 vs. Superior) N.Y. St. Norbert also picked up a In 36 years of collegiate coaching he . .5,516 - Resch Center (2/4/06 vs. Stevens Point) national semifinal win over the is 720-341-73 overall. He spent six Head Coach: . .Tim Coghlin Cadets in 2011 by a 3-2 score at years at St. Lawrence with two Record at St. Norbert: . .529-137-52 (24th year) Associate Head Coach: . .A.J. Aitken Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, with NCAA Division I tournament Assistant Coaches: . .Tommy Cianflone all the goals coming in the third berths and was at Providence for . .Kipp Karakas period. The Green Knights also beat nine years with three NCAA tour- . .Tyler Zepeda the Cadets 4-1 in a 2012 national nament bids. His 2000, 2003 and First Season of Hockey: . .1988-89 semifinal in Lake Placid. 2010 teams won NCAA Division III Seasons of Hockey: . .29 St. Norbert leads Adrian 8-6 in an championships. All-Time Overall Record: . .565-212-53 all-time series that began during the Adrian coach Adam Krug All-Time NCHA Record: . .278-74-32 NCHA Championships: . .15 2009-10 season. The Bulldogs have (Adrian, 2012) is 68-14-6 in his third . (1997-99,2002-08,10-12,14,16) won six of the last 11 meetings in the season in Adrian. NCHA Playoffs Championships: . .13 series after the Green Knights won . (1998,99,2003,04,05,07,08,10,11,12,13,14,17) the first three games. St. Norbert has NCAA Tournament Appearances: NCAA Tournament Appearances: . .17 won all three meetings with Adrian St. Norbert is making its 17th . .(1997-99,2002-08,10-14,16-17) this season, with all three games overall NCAA Division III NCAA Frozen Four Appearances: . .11 played in Adrian, Mich. Tournament appearance, all coming . .(2003,04,06,07,08,10,11,12,14,16,17) NCAA Championships: . .Four within in the last 21 years. The . .(2008,11,12,14) The Coaches: Green Knights are 28-12-1 all-time St. Norbert coach Tim Coghlin in NCAA competition, have (UW-Stevens Point, 1989) is 529- reached 11 Frozen Fours, and have USCHO.com Division III 137-52 in his 24th season in De Pere. won 19 of their last 22 NCAA Top 15 Poll #18 - March 6, 2017 The Green Knights are 384-67-35 in Tournament games. St. Norbert the last 16-plus seasons. Coghlin’s won national championships in Place School (1st-place) Pts. Record eight NCAA championship game 2008, 2011, 2012 and 2014 and was 1 Norwich (19) 298 23-1-3 2 UW-Stevens Point 269 21-4-3 St. Norbert vs. Ranked Teams in 2016-2017 3 St. Norbert (1) 266 21-5-1 St. Norbert is 8-0 against ranked teams this season - going 3-0 against 4 Hobart 222 20-4-4 Adrian, 2-0 against Marian and 1-0 against Augsburg, UW-Stevens Point 5 Oswego State 221 21-5-1 and St. Thomas. St. Norbert is 129-51-18 against teams ranked in the 6 Adrian 183 19-6-2 7 Endicott 157 23-3-2 USCHO.com Poll under Tim Coghlin. The Green Knights are 4-5 all-time 8 Augsburg 145 17-4-6 against the No. 1-ranked team and are 7-7-1 all-time against the No. 2- 9 Trinity 138 18-6-3 ranked team. UW-Eau Claire 138 18-7-3 Date Opponent SNC Rank Opp. Rank Site Score 11 Hamilton 120 19-4-4 10/28/16 Marian 2 15 H W 6-0 12 Plattsburgh State 103 17-9-1 10/29/16 Marian 2 15 A W 7-0 13 Geneseo State 47 17-7-3 11/19/16 UW-Stevens Point 2 1 H W 5-3 14 Utica 33 18-9-0 12/10/16 St. Thomas 3 15 H W 4-2 15 St. Thomas 27 14-8-5 1/20/17 Adrian 1 7 A W 3-1 Others receiving votes: New England College 1/21/17 Adrian 1 7 A W 4-2 15, Buffalo State 7, Salem State 5, Amherst 3, 3/4/17 Adrian 4 5 A W 3-2 Marian 1, MSOE 1, Williams 1.