St. Norbert College Sports Information Dan Lukes, Sports Information Director 123 Schuldes Sports 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 No. 8 St. Norbert College (15-5-2) at Northland College (3-16-4) Friday-Saturday, February 13-14, 2015 Bay Area Civic Center (1,000) - Ashland, Wis. - 7 p.m. Fri., 3 p.m. Sat. Series Overview: 2014-2015 Results St. Norbert makes its first-ever trip to Ashland to face Northland in a Date Opponent Result two-game Northern Collegiate Hockey Association series. The Green O 31 Marian * W 5-2 Knights can earn the No. 2 seeding in the NCHA Harris Cup Playoffs with N 1 at Marian * W 4-1 four points and Lake Forest earning no more than two points in its series N 7 Finlandia * W 7-1 with Adrian. N 8 Finlandia * W 12-0 N 14 at Lake Forest * W 3-1 Broadcast: N 15 Lake Forest * T 2-2/ot The games will be on the WSNC streaming audio Webcast with Tim N 18 UW-Eau Claire (9) W 3-2 Derozier on the call at http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/snc.portal# N 28 Buffalo State W 7-0 N 29 Buffalo State W 8-0 The Series: D 5 Lawrence * W 3-1 D 6 at Lawrence * W 9-0 St. Norbert is 2-0 all-time against Northland in a series begun in the 2013- J 3 UW-Stevens Point (8) L 6-5 14 season. The Green Knights swept the Lumberjacks 10-0 and 7-0 on Feb. J 8 at St. John’s (15) T 0-0/ot 14-15, 2014 at the Cornerstone Community Center in De Pere. J 9 at Concordia-Moorhead W 6-3 J 16 Concordia-Wis. * W 7-1 J 17 at Concordia-Wis. * W 4-2 J 22 at MSOE * W 4-1 2014-2015 NCHA Standings J 24 MSOE * L 2-1 Team W-L-T Points Overall Adrian . .14-1-1 . .29 . .17-3-3 J 30 at Adrian * (10) L 4-2 Lake Forest . .12-3-1 . .25 . .14-4-5 J 31 at Adrian * (10) L 6-4 St. Norbert . .11-4-1 . .23 . .15-5-2 F 6 St. Scholastica * L 3-1 MSOE . .9-7-0 . .18 . .14-9-0 F 7 St. Scholastica * W 4-3 St. Scholastica . .8-6-2 . .18 . .11-9-3 F 13 at Northland * 7 p.m. Marian . .7-8-1 . .15 . .11-11-1 F 14 at Northland * 3 p.m. Lawrence . .5-11-0 . .10 . .6-16-1 F 20-21 NCHA Quarterfinals 7 p.m. Concordia-Wis. .4-12-0 . .8 . .8-15-0 F 28 NCHA Semifinals TBA Northland . .3-11-2 . .8 . .3-16-4 Finlandia . .3-13-0 . .6 . .4-18-1 M 7 NCHA Harris Cup Final TBA M 14 NCAA First Round TBA Games on Friday, Feb. 13 Games on Saturday, Feb. 14 M 21 NCAA Quarterfinals TBA Lawrence at Finlandia, 6:15 p.m. * Lawrence at Finlandia, 2 p.m. * M 27-28 NCAA Frozen Four ^ TBA Adrian at Lake Forest, 7 p.m. * Adrian at Lake Forest, 3 p.m. * St. Norbert at Northland, 7 p.m. * St. Norbert at Northland, 3 p.m. * * - NCHA regular-season game; ^ - at Ridder MSOE at Concordia, 7 p.m. * St. Scholastica at Marian, 4:30 p.m. * Arena; Minneapolis, Minn. Note: Home games St. Scholastica at Marian, 7 p.m. * Concordia at MSOE, 7 p.m. * in bold; (rankings) by U.S. College Hockey * - NCHA game Online. All times Central. 2008, 2011, 2012 & 2014 NCAA DIVISION III NATIONAL CHAMPIONS The Coaches: Michael Hill has a team-high 17 St. Norbert Quick Facts St. Norbert coach Tim Coghlin goals with nine assists for 26 points. (UW-Stevens Point, 1989) is 477- Senior defenseman Marian Fiala Nickname: . .Green Knights 127-49 in his 22nd season in De has four goals and 14 assists for 18 Location: . .De Pere, WI 54115 Colors: . .Dartmouth Green & Old Gold Pere. The Green Knights are 332-57- points, while junior forward Erik Founded: . .1898 32 in the last 14-plus seasons. Cooper has 11 goals and six assists Enrollment: . .2,168 Coghlin’s 467 wins as a coach in the for 17 points. President: . .Thomas Kunkel NCHA is the league record, 97 Sophomore Tony Kujava is 3-3-1 Athletics Director: . .Tim Bald more than Bemidji State’s Bob with a 2.35 goals against average Conference: .Northern Collegiate Hockey Assn. Peters’ 370 wins. Coghlin’s seven and .881 save percentage. Senior Facility: . .Cornerstone Community Center NCAA championship game goaltender David Jacobson, who Capacity: . .1,674 appearances and four national will miss the rest of the season, is Year Opened: . .2000 Dimensions: . .200x85 championships are the second most 12-2-1 with a 1.59 goals against All-Time Cornerstone Record: . .203-26-12 in Division III history. Coghlin was average and .924 save percentage. Record Crowds: . .2,210 (3/5/05 vs. Superior) the captain of UW-Stevens Point’s St. Norbert is 30-for-108 (27.8 per- . .5,516 - Resch Center (2/4/06 vs. Stevens Point) first national championship team in cent) on the power play and is 79- Head Coach: . .Tim Coghlin 1989. for-90 (87.8 percent) on the penalty Record at St. Norbert: .477-127-49 (22nd year) Northland coach Seamus kill this season. Assistant Coaches: . .Ryan Petersen Gregory (St. Thomas-Ontario, 2001) . .Tommy Cianflone is 3-16-4 in his first season in About the Lumberjacks: . .Mark Mazzoleni . .Ryan Wempe Ashland. Northland is 3-16-4 overall and 3- First Season of Hockey: . .1988-89 11-2 in the Northern Collegiate Seasons of Hockey: . .27 Last Season: Hockey Association. The All-Time Overall Record: . .513-202-50 St. Norbert swept Northland by Lumberjacks were swept at home All-Time NCHA Record: . .244-68-30 scores of 10-0 and 7-0 on Feb. 14-15, this past weekend by Concordia- NCHA Championships: . .14 2014 at Cornerstone Community Wisconsin by scores of 5-3 and 5-2. (1997-99,2002-08,10-12,14) Center. Junior forward Darius Cole leads NCHA Playoffs Championships: . .12 The Green Knights scored seven the Lumberjacks in scoring with 14 . (1998,99,2003,04,05,07,08,10,11,12,13,14) NCAA Tournament Appearances: . .15 goals in the second period in the goals and eight assists for 22 points. .(1997-99,2002-08,10-14) first game to break open a 2-0 game. Sophomore forward Michael NCAA Frozen Four Appearances: . .Nine Michael Hill scored four goals and Berens has eight goals and 12 . .(2003,04,06,07,08,10,11,12,14) Mason Baptista also tallied a hat assists for 20 points. Sophomore NCAA Championships: . .Four trick as David Jacobson made 16 forward Anthony Stempin has four . .(2008,11,12,14) saves. goals and seven assists for 11 Brandon Hoogenboom then points, while junior forward Colby USCHO.com Division III picked up a hat trick in the second Spoonemore has two goals and nine game to lead the Green Knights to assists for 11 points. Top 15 Poll #14 - Feb. 9, 2015 the series sweep. Mike Martin had Junior goaltender Jesse DiLillo is 11 saves and Tony Kujava 10 saves 3-9-3 with a 3.11 goals against aver- Place School (1st-place) Pts. Record to combine on the shutout. age and .896 save percentage. 1 Norwich (17) 297 20-2-1 Junior Tyler Ampe is 0-6 with a 6.24 2 Oswego State 267 15-2-3 About the Green Knights: goals against average and .826 save 3 UW-Stevens Point (1) 255 17-4-0 St. Norbert enters the series at 15- percentage. 4 Trinity (1) 238 17-2-1 5 Adrian (1) 211 17-3-3 5-2 overall and 11-4-1 in the Northland is 8-for-90 (8.9 percent) 6 UW-River Falls 204 16-4-1 Northern Collegiate Hockey on the power play and is 80-for-104 7 UMass-Boston 158 19-3-1 Association. The Green Knights, (76.9 percent) on the penalty kill 8 St. Norbert 148 15-5-2 ranked No. 8 in the USCHO.com this season. 9 Plattsburgh State 147 16-5-1 and D3hockey.com polls, split with 10 Babson 139 16-4-3 St. Scholastica last weekend losing Bradshaw Bullets: 11 Amherst 73 14-4-2 3-1 and winning 4-3 at Cornerstone St. Norbert senior forward Cullen 12 UW-Eau Claire 69 14-5-2 Community Center. Bradshaw is in sole possession of 13 Lake Forest 56 14-4-5 Senior forward Mason Baptista eighth place in career scoring for 14 Williams 51 13-5-2 leads the Green Knights in scoring the Green Knights. 15 St. Thomas 43 14-4-3 with seven goals and 21 assists for Bradshaw currently has 46 goals Others receiving votes: Hobart 19, MSOE 16, 28 points. Senior forward Cullen and 80 assists for 126 points in 114 Nichols 4, Connecticut College 2, St. John’s 2, Bradshaw has 10 goals and 17 career games. Bradshaw is six Nazareth 1. assists for 27 points. Junior forward points behind Marc Belanger for 2008, 2011, 2012 & 2014 NCAA DIVISION III NATIONAL CHAMPIONS seventh place. Belanger had 132 417-76 mark in 27 seasons at St. points from 2005-08. Lawrence from 1986 to 2012. Head Coach Tim Coghlin Bradshaw’s 80 career assists are Current Mercyhurst coach Rick Education: Bachelor’s currently fifth all time.