UMD BULLDOGS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEN’S HOCKEY Communications Office • Bob Nygaard, Director • University of Minnesota Duluth • Duluth, MN 55812-2496 [email protected] • (218) 726-8191 • umdbulldogs.com • @umdbulldogs February 18, 2020 NO. 4 UMD AND NO. 17 WESTERN MICHIGAN TO COLLIDE THIS WEEKEND ON BRONCOS’ HOME ICE THE PUCK DROPS NOW: The University of Minnesota Duluth will put its four-game winning streak on the line this Friday and Saturday (Feb. 21-22) when the 2019-20 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH ROSTER Bulldogs pay a visit to Kalamazoo, Mich., for a two- No. Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Yr. Birthdate Hometown (Previous Team/League) game National Collegiate Hockey Conference series 3 Matt Anderson D 6-0 195 Jr. 4/11/99 Shakopee, Minn. (Holy Family Catholic H.S.) against Western Michigan University. Opening faceoff is 4 Dylan Samberg D 6-4 215 Jr. 1/24/99 Hermantown, Minn.(Hermantown H.S.) set for 6:07 p.m. (CT) both nights at Lawson Ice Arena 5 Nick Wolff (C) D 6-5 230 Sr. 7/21/96 Eagan, Minn. (Des Moines/USHL) (4,575) on the Western Michigan campus. 6 Louie Roehl D 5-10 185 Jr. 4/9/98 Eden Prairie, Minn. (Minnesota Wilderness/NAHL) 7 Scott Perunovich D 5-10 175 Jr. 8/18/98 Hibbing, Minn. (Cedar Rapids/USHL) THE RECORDS: The two-time defending NCAA champion 8 Hunter Lellig D 6-2 195 So 2/8/99 Waterloo, Iowa. (Waterloo/USHL) Bulldogs are 17-9-2 overall and 12-4-2-0 in NCHC 10 Kobe Roth F 5-9 175 Jr. 1/11/97 Warroad, Minn. (Des Moines/USHL) play (second place) while Western Michigan sports a 11 Koby Bender F 6-1 200 Jr. 7/15/97 Cloquet, Minn. (Muskegon/USHL) 15-10-5 record in all outings and a 9-6-3-2 league 12 Jarod Hilderman D 6-1 210 Sr. 4/11/97 Kamsack, Saskatchewan (Fargo/USHL) mark (third place). 13 Tanner Laderoute F 6-0 190 So. 6/4/97 Edmonton, Alberta (Okotoks/AJHL) 15 Quinn Olson F 5-11 170 Fr. 5/9/01 Calgary, Alberta (Okotoks/AJHL) HOW THEY RANK: Here is how UMD and Western Michi- 16 Luke Loheit F 6-1 195 Fr. 7/26/00 Minnetonka, Minn. (Pentiction/BCHL) gan stacked up in the most recent USCH0.com and 17 Cole Koepke F 6-1 195 So. 5/17/98 Hermantown, Minn. (Sioux City/USHL) USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls as well as the 18 Jesse Jacques F 6-2 200 So. 9/10/98 Hermantown, Minn. (Green Bay/USHL) PairWise rankings: 19 Justin Richards (A) F 5-11 190 Jr. 3/17/98 Columbus, Ohio (Lincoln/USHL) 20 Jackson Cates F 6-0 190 So 9/26/97 Stillwater, Minn. (Waterloo/USHL) uscho.com USA Today PairWise 21 Noah Cates F 6-2 190 So. 2/5/99 Stillwater, Minn. (Omaha/USHL) UMD No. 4 No. 4 No. 4 23 Nick Swaney F 5-11 175 Jr. 9/9/97 Lakeville, Minn. (Waterloo/USHL) WMU No. 17 RV No. 15(t) 26 Jade Miller F 5-10 190 Sr. 7/1/95 Minto, N.D. (Austin/NAHL) 27 Jake Rosenbaum D 6-0 190 So. 3/28/97 Tarabuco Canyon, Calif. (Minot/NAHL) ON THE AIR: The two Bulldog-Bronco clashes this 28 Brady Meyer F 6-5 215 Fr. 10/17/00 North Branch, Minn. (Green Bay/USHL) weekend will be carried on KDAL-Radio (610 AM and 32 Hunter Shepard (C) G 6-1 210 Sr. 11/7/95 Cohasset, Minn. (Bismarck/NAHL) 103.9 FM) with Bruce Ciskie handling the play-by-play 36 Ben Patt G 5-10 185 So. 5/19/96 Brampton, Ontario (Notre Dame/SJHL) responsibilities. The broadcast can also be heard at: 38 Ben Almquist F 6-0 185 Fr. 10/1/99 Victoria, Minn. (Austin/NAHL) kdal610.com. 39 Ryan Fanti G 6-3 195 Fr. 10/3/99 Thunder Bay, Ont. (Minnesota Wilderness/NAHL) Friday’s series opener will be televised nationally on Head Coach: Scott Sandelin (20th season) the CBS Sports Network with Ben Holden, Dave Star- Associate Head Coach: Jason Herter man and Shireen Saski serving as the on-air talent. Assistant Coaches: Adam Krause, Brant Nicklin Hockey Sports Performance Director: Dr. Susan Hoppe My 9, which has been the Bulldogs’ television home Resident Athletic Trainer: Max Knight for the last 12 seasons, will air Saturday’s rematch. Strength and Conditioning Coach: Jason Aldrich That game is available on-line as well at: nchc.tv/umd. Equipment Manager: Chris Garner Director of Hockey Operations: Christian Koelling THE COACH: The winningest head coach in Buldlog hockey history history, Scott Sandelin is in his program-record 20th season behind the UMD bench where he has compiled a 386-320-89 overall record -- including a 139-74-22 mark (a .638 winning per- centage) since the 2014-15 opener. Besides capturing the school’s first three NCAA championships (2011, 2018 and 2019), his Bulldogs have won 21 or more games in eight of the last 11 seasons while finishing below the .500 mark just one time over that stretch. Overall, they’ve advanced to nine NCAA tournaments (2004, 2009, 2011,2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019), including the last five in a row (a program record),five NCAA Frozen Fours (2004, 2011, 2017, 2018 and 2019) and four NCHC Frozen Faceoff tourneys (2016 , 2017 2018 and 2019, winning the 2019 and 2017 events). 2018-19, 2017-18 and 2010-11 NCAA National Champions • 2018-19 and 2016-17 NCHC Playoff Champions • 5 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Winners Before UMD parted ways with the WCHA following the 2012-13 season, Sandelin had directed his troops to The Numbers on Sandelin berths in seven of 11 Final Five playoff events. (Overall) (NCHC/WCHA) YEAR W L T PCT W L T PCT PLACE A five-time Spencer Penrose Award honoree as the 2000-01 7 28 4 .231 3 22 3 .161 10th American Hockey Coaches Association NCAA I Coach 2001-02 13 24 3 .363 6 19 3 .268 9th of the Year (winner in 2003-04, runnerup in 2010-11 2002-03 22 15 5 .583 14 10 4 .571 5th 2003-04 28 13 4 .667 19 7 2 .714 2nd and finalist the last three winters), Sandelin has also 2004-05 15 17 6 .473 11 13 4 .464 6th helped produce a pair of Hobey Baker Memorial Award 2005-06 11 25 4 .325 6 19 3 .268 9th winners (Jack Connolly in 2011-12 and Junior Les- 2006-07 13 21 5 .397 8 16 4 .357 9th sard in 2003-04), nine different NCAA All-Americans 2007-08 13 17 6 .444 9 14 5 .411 8th and 23 All-NCHC/WCHA honorees. In addition, 24 2008-09 22 13 8 .605 10 11 7 .482 7th of Sandelin’s pupils have gone on to do time in the 2009-10 22 17 1 .562 16 11 1 .589 4th(T) 2010-11 26 10 6 .690 15 8 5 .625 4th National Hockey League -- including a program-record 2011-12 25 10 6 .683 16 7 5 .661 2nd 13 in 2018-19 and two have taken part in the Winter 2012-13 14 19 5 .434 10 13 5 .446 9th Olympics (Justin Faulk for Team USA in 2014 and 2013-14 16 16 4 .500 11 11 2 .500 4th(T) Mason Raymond for Team Canada in 2018). 2014-15 21 16 3 .563 12 9 3 .564 5th 2015-16 19 16 5 .538 11 10 3 .520 4th 2016-17 28 7 7 .750 15 5 4 .708 2nd Last winter, UMD rolled up 29 overall victories – the 2017-18 25 16 3 .631 13 11 0 .542 3rd second most in program history – and concluded 2018-19 29 11 2 .714 14 9 1 .604 2nd their 75th year of intercollegiate competition riding 2019-20 17 9 2 .643 12 4 2 .722 the nation’s longest winning streak at eight games. Totals 386 320 89 .541 231 229 66 .502 The Bulldogs also captured their second NCHC Frozen Lifetime NCHC Record: 88-59-15 (.589) championship in three years and posted a Top Two Lifetime Home Record: 190-141-40 (.567) finish in the league’s regular season standings for the Lifetime Road/Away Record: 196-179-49 (.520) second time in three seasons as well. Lifetime Non-Conference Record: 100-54-23 (.630) Lifetime NCAA Tournament Record: 21-6-0 (.778) Lifetime NCAA Frozen Four Record: 7-2-0 (.778) Three years ago, Sandelin and the Bulldogs amassed Lifetime Record vs. Western Michigan: 19-9-3 (.640) a 28-7-7 overall record (for a .750 winning percentage -- the second highest figure in club history) and spent a school-record 11 weeks occupying the No. 1 spot in the USCHO.com poll. They also went unbeaten in Magazine) for a program-best nine consecutive weeks. eration, marshaling his troops to their most victories 19 of their final 21 games with one of those setbacks In March 2009, UMD became the first play-in game (they were 28-13-4 overall) and highest WCHA finish coming to Denver (3-2) in the NCAA national title bout. participant to ever claim the Final Five title and, later (second place on a 19-7-2 mark) since 1992-93. that spring, strung together a school-record six-game For his efforts, the Hibbing, Minn., native was chosen During the course of the 2011-12 season, the postseason winning streak before it fell to Miami the WCHA Coach of the Year as well as the national Bulldogs set a team record by going unbeaten in 17 University 2-1 in the NCAA West Regional final.