2015-16 GGAMEAME NNOTESOTES 2015-16 MICHIGAN HOCKEY SCHEDULE ALL TIMES EASTERN - EXHIBITION GAMES IN ITALICS OCTOBER (4-1-1) Sun ......... 4 ....... vs. University of Toronto (Ex.) ..................W, 8-1 Fri ...........16 .......vs. Mercyhurst .............................................W, 6-4 No. 6/6 Michigan Wisconsin Sun ........18 ......vs. Mercyhurst .............................................W, 3-2 18-4-4 Overall Fri ...........23 ......at Union (N.Y.) .....................................T, 5-5 (OT) 6-13-6 Overall Sat ......... 24 ......at Rensselaer ...............................................W, 5-2 9-2-2-1 Big Ten 1-8-2-1 Big Ten Fri ...........30 ......vs. Robert Morris ........................................W, 5-3 Sat ......... 31 ......vs. Robert Morris .........................................L, 0-4 Game #27 Saturday, February 13, 2016 • 8:00 p.m. ET NOVEMBER (3-1-1) Kohl Center • Madison, Wisc. Fri ...........13 ......vs. Niagara ....................................................W, 7-3 TV: The Wisconsin Channel • BTN2Go.com (Robb Vogel, PxP, Mike Cerniglia, Color) Fri ...........20 .......at Boston University................................... L, 2-3 Sat ......... 21 ......at Boston University..................................W, 4-2 Radio: IMG Sports Network (Al Randall, PxP; Bill Trainor, Color) Fri ...........27 ......vs. Dartmouth .............................................W, 7-0 • No. 6 Michigan (18-4-4, 9-2-2-1 Big Ten) concludes the regular season series against Sat ......... 28 ......vs. Dartmouth .............................................. T, 1-1 Wisconsin (6-13-6, 1-8-2-1 Big Ten) tonight after a convincing 4-1 win over the Badgers DECEMBER (4-1-1) last night at Kohl Center. Michigan’s top line - JT Compher (3A), Tyler Motte (G, A), and Fri .............4 .......vs. Wisconsin* ..............................................W, 6-4 Kyle Connor (G, A) - led the way, and goaltender Steve Racine added 25 saves. The Wol- Sat ...........5 ........vs. Wisconsin* ..................................T, 6-6 (SOW) verines own a 71-54-9 record all-time against the Badgers. Michigan’s 10-game unbeaten Fri ...........11 .......vs. Minnesota* ............................................W, 8-3 streak (8-0-2) against Wisconsin is the longest for U-M in the series since a 10-game streak Sat ......... 12 .......vs. Minnesota* ............................................. L, 2-3 (9-0-1) that spanned eight years from 1994-2002. Michigan took fi ve out of six Big Ten Tue ........ 29 ......vs. Northern Michigan (GLI) ...................W, 3-2 Wed ........ 30 .......vs. Michigan Tech (GLI) ............................W, 4-2 points in their conference opening series against Wisconsin on Dec. 4-5. In both games, the Wolverines rallied from defi cits of two goals or more -- Michigan trailed 3-0 on Dec. 4 JANUARY (5-0-1) and won 6-4, and trailed 5-3 on Dec. 5 before earning a 6-6 tie (U-M shootout win). Fri .............8 .......at Michigan State* .....................................W, 9-2 • Michigan is 7-1-2 (.800) in road contests this season, it’s best winning percentage on the Sat ...........9 .......vs. Michigan State*....................................W, 6-3 road since fi nishing 2007-08 at 9-2-2 (.769) on the road. Fri ...........15 ......at Ohio State* ....................................T, 5-5 (SOL) Sun ........17 ......vs. Ohio State* ............................................W, 8-6 • On Jan. 12, 1923, Michigan played its fi rst varsity game against Wisconsin, earning a 2-1 Thu ........ 21 .......vs. U.S. NTDP U-18 Team (Ex.) ..................W, 5-2 (2OT) win at Weinberg Coliseum, with Thu ........28 ......at Penn State* .............................................W, 7-4 Eddie Kahn scoring the fi rst goal ALL-TIME SERIES VS. WISCONSIN Sat ......... 30 ......vs. Penn State* (New York) .....................W, 6-3 for Michigan and Robert Anderson Record: 71-54-9 8-0-2 notching the game-winner. Streak: FEBRUARY (2-1-0) Last Game: 2/12/16 at WIS (W, 4-1) Fri .............5 .......vs. Michigan State (JLA)* .................L, 2-3 (OT) • Senior forward Cristoval ‘Boo’ Last Win: 2/12/16 at WIS (W, 4-1) Sat ...........6 .......at Michigan State* .....................................W, 4-1 Nieves needs just one point to Last Loss: 1/11/14 at WIS (L, 1-3) Fri ........... 12 .......at Wisconsin* ...............................................W, 4-1 become the 83rd member of the 100 Sat ......... 13 ......at Wisconsin* .........................................8:00 p.m. CAREER STATS VS. WISCONSIN Fri ...........19 ......vs. Ferris State .......................................7:35 p.m. point club in Michigan Hockey his- NNameame GGPP G A PPTSTS Thu ........25 .......at Minnesota* ........................................8:30 p.m. tory. Nieves, who has 99 points (24G, JJustinustin SSelmanelman 1100 9 5 1144 Fri ...........26 .......at Minnesota* ........................................9:00 p.m. 75A), would become Michigan’s fi rst JJTT CCompherompher 1122 6 7 1133 player to reach 100 points since David TTyleryler MMotteotte 1122 5 6 1111 MARCH (0-0-0) ZZachach WWerenskierenski 8 3 5 8 Fri .............4 .......vs. Ohio State* ......................................7:35 p.m. Wohlberg (111 career points) reached BBoooo NievesNieves 9 1 6 7 Sun ..........6 ........at Ohio State* ........................................3:00 p.m. the mark in 2011-12. Junior forwards KKyleyle CConnoronnor 3 2 4 6 Fri ...........11 .......vs. Penn State* ......................................7:35 p.m. JT Compher (96 points, 33G, 63A), and MMichaelichael DDowningowning 1111 1 4 5 Sat ......... 12 .......vs. Penn State* ......................................7:35 p.m. AAlexlex KKileile 1111 2 3 5 Tyler Motte (90 points, 44G, 46A) are Thu ............17 .........Big Ten Tournament (First Round) .......................TBA NNolanolan DDee JongJong 1111 0 4 4 Fri ...........18 ......Big Ten Tournament (Semifinals) .............TBA next in line to reach the mark. TTonyony CCalderonealderone 6 1 2 3 Sat ......... 19 ......Big Ten Tournament (Championship) ....TBA • After adding a goal and an assist last DDexterexter DancsDancs 8 2 1 3 Fri ...........25 .......NCAA Regionals ............................................TBA MMaxax SShuarthuart 9 0 2 2 night, Tyler Motte leads the nation CCutlerutler MMartinartin 8 0 2 2 Sat ......... 26 .......NCAA Regionals .............................................TBA with 26 goals and has a goal in 10 Sun ........ 27 .......NCAA Regionals .............................................TBA NNicholasicholas BBokaoka 3 0 2 2 straight games. Motte’s goal-scoring EEvanvan AllenAllen 4 0 1 1 streak is the longest by a Michigan CCooperooper MMarodyarody 2 0 1 1 APRIL (0-0-0) BBrendanrendan WWarrenarren 3 1 0 1 Thu ..........7 .......NCAA Frozen Four (Tampa) ........................TBA player in the last 20 seasons, surpass- JJoeoe CCecconiecconi 3 0 1 1 Sat ...........9 .......NCAA Frozen Four (Tampa) ........................TBA ing Brendan Morrison’s eight-game KKevinevin LLohanohan 5 0 0 0 goal scoring streak during the 1995-96 AAlexlex TTalcottalcott 3 0 0 0 season. Motte has 18 points (11G, 7A) NNikoiko PPorikosorikos 2 0 0 0 SSamam PiazzaPiazza - - - - Twitter.com/UMichHockey in his last six contests. In 26 games, Motte has a new single season high for GGoaltenderoaltender GGPP WW-L-T-L-T GGAAAA SSV%V% SSOO Facebook.com/MichiganHockey points (26G, 15A) with 41, surpassing ZZachach NNagelvoortagelvoort 8 44-2-1-2-1 22.63.63 ..902902 1 his 31 points (9G, 22A) recorded last SSteveteve RRacineacine 5 44-0-0-0-0 11.62.62 .938.938 1 season. CChadhad CCattatt 1 00-0-1-0-1 33.46.46 ..857857 0 9 NATIONAL TITLES 11 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS 9 CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CROWNS 2 HOBEY BAKER AWARD WINNERS 2015-16 MICHIGAN HOCKEY THE WISCONSIN SERIES Overall Record: 71-54-9 Home Record: 36-14-7 Road Record: 22-34-1 Neutral Record: 12-6-1 Overtime Record: 7-3-6 WCHA Record: 18-30-0 SCORING LEADERS SCORING LEADERS Big Ten Record: 7-2-2-2 THE LAST 10 GAMES Points Kyle Connor 46 Points Grant Besse 21 Date Site Result Score Margin Rank Goals Tyler Motte 26 Goals Luke Kunin 10 1/31/2014 H* W 3-1 2 12/9 Assists JT Compher 31 Assists Besse/Seamus Malone 15 2/1/2014 H* T-OT (SOW) 2-2 (1-0) 0 12/9 1/23/2015 A* W 7-4 3 16/- PPG Tyler Motte 6 PPG Ryan Wagner 5 1/24/2015 A* W 6-0 6 16/- GWG Kyle Connor 4 GWG Wagner/Malone 2 2/27/2015 H* W 3-0 3 17/- PIM Michael Downing 43 PIM Jedd Soleway 55 2/28/2015 H* W 5-2 3 17/- 3/19/2015 N1 W 5-1 4 -/- Shots Tyler Motte 117 Shots Luke Kunin 83 12/4/2015 H* W 6-4 2 12/- +/- JT Compher +33 +/- Jake Bunz +2 12/5/2015 H* T-OT (SOW) 6-6 0 12/- 2/12/2016 A* W 4-1 3 6/- GOALTENDING LEADERS GOALTENDING LEADERS * - Big Ten Game Games Steve Racine 19 Games Matt Jurusik 24 H1 – College Hockey Showcase (Ann Arbor, Mich.) A3 – College Hockey Showcase (Madison, Wis.) Wins Steve Racine 13 Wins Matt Jurusik 6 N14 - NCAA Midwest Regional (Grand Rapids, Mich.) GAA Steve Racine 2.79 A4 - Camp Randall Hockey Classic (Madison, Wis.) GAA Matt Jurusik 3.37 N1 - Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals (Detroit, Mich.) SV% Steve Racine .915 SV% Matt Jurusik .894 LAST NIGHT’S CONTEST SO Steve Racine 1 SO Matt Jurusik 1 Led by another standout performance by its top line and TEAM COMPARISON a great eff ort in net by goaltender Steve Racine, Michigan earned a 4-1 win at Wisconsin on Friday night (Feb. 12) at MICHIGAN WISCONSIN Kohl Center. Junior forward Tyler Motte (G, A) scored his NCAA-leading 26th goal of the season, his 10th straight 18-4-4 Overall 6-13-6 game with a goal, freshman forward Kyle Connor added a goal and an assist, and junior captain JT Compher had 9-2-2 Home 4-5-4 three assists to lead Michigan. Compher and Motte now have points in 15 straight games. Sophomore forward Dexter Dancs and junior forward Alex Kile added goals, 7-1-2 Road 2-8-2 and Racine made 25 saves on 26 shots to improve to 13- 2-2 on the season. Michigan is now 7-1-2 in road contests 2-1-0 Neutral 0-0-0 this season. Current Streak • U-M is the top-scoring in the nation with an 2-0-0 0-1-0 average of 4.81 goals per game.