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 Oct. 4, 2017 NO. 6 UMD AND NO. 3 MINNESOTA SET TO BREAK THE ICE AT ICE BREAKER TOURNAMENT FRIDAY THE PUCK DROPS NOW: The University of Minnesota Duluth will launch its 74th season of intercollegiate 2017-18 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH ROSTER ice hockey this Friday (Oct. 6) when the Bulldogs renew No. Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Yr. Birthdate Hometown (Previous Team/League) their long-standing intrastate rivalry with the University 3 Mikey Anderson D 6-0 200 Fr. 5/25/99 Roseville, Minn. (Waterloo/USHL) of Minnesota in the semifinals of the 21st annual Ice 4 Dylan Samberg D 6-4 215 Fr. 1/24/99 Hermantown, Minn.(Hermantown H.S.) Breaker Tournament. Opening face off is set for 7:37 5 Nick Wolff D 6-4 210 So. 7/21/96 Eagan, Minn. (Des Moines/USHL) p.m. at AMSOIL Arena (6,756) and will be preceded 6 Louie Roehl D 5-10 180 Fr. 4/9/98 Eden Prairie, Minn. (Minnesota Wilderness/NAHL) by the other first round bout between Michigan Tech 7 Scott Perunovich D 5-10 170 Fr. 8/18/98 Hibbing, Minn. (Cedar Rapids/USHL) University and Union College (4:07 p.m.). The cham- 8 Koby Bender F 6-1 200 Fr. 7/15/97 Cloquet, Minn. (Muskegon/USHL) pionship and third place games will be at either 4:07 10 Kobe Roth F 5-8 175 Fr. 1/11/97 Warroad, Minn. (Des Moines/USHL) p.m. or 7:37 p.m. since the Bulldogs will play at the 11 Avery Peterson F 6-3 210 Sr. 6/20/95 Grand Rapids, Minn. (Nebraska-Omaha/NCHC) later time regardless of Friday’s outcome. 12 Jarod Hilderman D 6-1 200 So. 4/11/97 Kamsack, Saskatchewan (Fargo/USHL) 13 Joey Anderson F 6-0 195 So. 6/19/98 Roseville, Minn. (U.S. National Under-18 Team) THE RECORDS: UMD, which was unbeaten in 19 of its 16 Billy Exell F 5-10 180 Jr. 10/4/95 Thunder Bay, Ontario (Minnesota Wilderness/NAHL) last 21 games last winter (16-2-3), went 28-7-7 over- 17 Blake Young F 6-3 215 Sr. 11/2/94 Battleford, Saskatchewan (Battlefords/SJHL) all and finished second in the final National Collegiate 18 Nick McCormack F 5-11 190 Sr. 9/9/93 Ramsey, Minn. (Brooks/AJHL) Hockey Conference standings at 15-5-4-3. Minnesota 19 Justin Richards F 5-10 195 Fr. 3/17/98 Columbus, Ohio (Lincoln/USHL) posted a 23-12-3 record in all games one year ago 20 Karson Kuhlman (C) F 5-11 190 Sr. 9/26/95 Esko, Minn. (Dubuque/USHL) and placed first in the Big Ten Conference by going 21 Matt Anderson D 5-11 205 Fr. 4/11/99 Shakopee, Minn. (Holy Family Catholic H.S.) 14-5-1. Michigan Tech (25-10-3 overall) took second 22 Jared Thomas F 6-2 200 Sr. 2/21/94 Hermantown, Minn. (Sioux City/USHL) in the 2016-17 Western Collegiate Hockey Association 23 Nick Swaney F 5-11 180 Fr. 9/9/97 Lakeville, Minn. (Waterloo/USHL) regular season title race (15-7-6) while Union (21- 24 Will Campion D 6-3 205 So. 3/7/95 Seaford, N.Y. (Langley/BCHL) 10-3), which like the Huskies are 0-1-1 this season, 25 Peter Krieger F 5-11 190 Jr. 12/9/93 Oakdale, Minn (U. of Alaska/WCHA) also took runnerup honors in the Eastern Collegiate 26 Jade Miller F 5-10 185 So. 7/1/95 Minto, N.D. (Austin/NAHL) Athletic Conference (16-4-2). 27 Riley Tufte F 6-6 220 So. 4/10/98 Ham Lake, Minn. (Blaine H.S.) 28 Sammy Spurrell F 5-11 185 Sr. 10/5/92 Sherwood, Alberta (Spruce Grove/AJHL) THEY WERE ALL AT THE DANCE: UMD (No. 1 seed in the 32 Hunter Shepard G 6-0 210 So 11/7/95 Cohasset, Minn. (Bismarck/NAHL) West Regional), Minnesota (No. 1 in the Northeast), 36 Ben Patt G 5-10 175 Fr. 5/19/96 Brampton, Ontario (Notre Dame/SJHL) Michigan Tech (No. 4 in the Midwest) and Union (No. 37 Nick Deery G 6-1 185 So. 5/25/94 La Crosse, Wis. (Steinbach/MJHL) 2 in the Midwest) all qualified for last spring’s NCAA 39 Parker Mackay (A) F 5-11 185 Jr. 6/10/94 Irma, Alberta (Spruce Grove/AJHL) Tournament. Of those four clubs, only the Bulldogs advanced to the NCAA Frozen Faceoff in Chicago. Head Coach: Scott Sandelin Assistant Coaches: Jason Herter, Brett Larson, Brant Nicklin PLAYOFF PAYOFFS: While Minnesota and Michigan Tech Hockey Sports Performance Director: Dr. Susan Hoppe are the reigning regular season champions in their Resident Athletic Trainer: Jordan Ellis respective conferences, this year’s Ice Breaker Tour- Strength and Conditioning Coach: Anthony Morando nament will feature two defending conference playoff Equipment Manager: Chris Garner titleholders in UMD (NCHC) and Minnesota (Big Ten). Director of Hockey Operations: Christian Koelling Operations Assistant: Bill Watson HOW THEY RANK: Here is how this year’s Ice Breaker Manager: Dale Haagenson Tournament participants stacked up in the latest USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine. uscho.com USA Today The entire 2017 Ice Breaker Tournament will also be Bulldogs have won 21 or more games in six of the last UMD No. 6 No. 12 televised locally on My9 (Channel 6.3; Channel 9 on nine seasons (including last winter) while finishing MTU RV NR Charter, Mediacom, and Dish Network and Channels below the .500 mark just one time over that stretch. UM No. 3 No. 3 19 and 519 on Paul Bunyan Cable), which has been Overall, they’ve advanced to seven NCAA tournaments Union No. 16 RV the Bulldogs’ television home for the last 10 seasons. (2004, 2009, 2011,2012, 2015, 2016 and 2017), KBJR-TV sports director Zach Schneider and former including the last three in a row, three NCAA Frozen ON THE AIR: Both of UMD’s two games this weekend will UMD standout forward Judd Medak will serve as the Fours (2004, 2011 and 2017) and two NCHC Frozen be carried on KDAL-Radio (610 AM and 103.9 FM) on-air talent. All four telecasts are available on-line Faceoff tourneys (2016 and 2017 when UMD won it with Bruce Ciskie handling the play-by-play responsi- for a fee at: nchc.tv/umd. all). Before UMD parted ways with the WCHA following bilities and Bulldog hockey alumnus Kraig Karakas the the 2012-13 season, Sandelin had directed his troops color commentary. This marks the 50th year KDAL has THE COACH: Scott Sandelin, is beginning his 18th sea- to berths in seven of 11 Final Five playoff events. A three been the radio home for Bulldog hockey. The broadcast son behind the UMD bench where he has compiled a time Spencer Penrose Award honoree as the American can also be heard at: kdal610.com. 315-284-82 overall record -- including a 192-124-45 Hockey Coaches Association NCAA I Coach of the Year mark since the 2008-09 opener. Besides capturing the (winner in 2003-04, runnerup in 2010-11 and finalist school’s first NCAA championship seven years ago, his last winter), Sandelin has also helped produce a pair of 2016-17 NCHC Frozen Faceoff Champions • 2016-17 NCAA West Regional Champions • 5 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Winners • 2010-11 NCAA Champions Hobey Baker Memorial Award winners (Jack Connolly in 2011-12 and Junior Lessard in 2003-04), seven The Numbers on Sandelin NCAA All-Americans and 21 All-NCHC/WCHA honorees. (Overall) (NCHC/ WCHA) In addition, he has seen 16 of his UMD pupils go on YEAR W L T PCT W L T PCT PLACE to do time in the National Hockey League and one 2000-01 7 28 4 .231 3 22 3 .161 10th take part in the Winter Olympic Games (Justin Faulk 2001-02 13 24 3 .363 6 19 3 .268 9th 2002-03 22 15 5 .583 14 10 4 .571 5th for Team USA in 2014). 2003-04 28 13 4 .667 19 7 2 .714 2nd 2004-05 15 17 6 .473 11 13 4 .464 6th One year ago, Sandelin and the Bulldogs rolled up a 2005-06 11 25 4 .325 6 19 3 .268 9th 28-7-7 overall record (for a .750 winning percentage 2006-07 13 21 5 .397 8 16 4 .357 9th -- the second highest figure in club history) and spent a 2007-08 13 17 6 .444 9 14 5 .411 8th school-record 11 weeks occupying the No. 1 spot in the 2008-09 22 13 8 .605 10 11 7 .482 7th USCHO.com poll. They also went unbeaten in 19 of their 2009-10 22 17 1 .562 16 11 1 .589 4th(T) final 21 games with one of those setbacks coming to 2010-11 26 10 6 .690 15 8 5 .625 4th Denver (3-2) in the NCAA national title bout. 2011-12 25 10 6 .683 16 7 5 .661 2nd 2012-13 14 19 5 .434 10 13 5 .446 9th 2013-14 16 16 4 .500 11 11 2 .500 4th(T) During the course of the 2011-12 season, the Bulldogs 2014-15 21 16 3 .563 12 9 3 .564 5th set a team record by going unbeaten in 17 straight 2015-16 18 15 5 .539 11 10 3 .520 4th games and were ranked first in both major weekly polls 2016-17 27 6 7 .762 15 5 4 .708 2nd (USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine 2017-18 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 for a program-best nine consecutive weeks.