2015-16 DIVISION I MEN’S HOCKEY MEDIA KIT KEY DATES Fri., Oct. 2 Alaska Anchorage plays season’s first exhibition game (vs. Mount Royal) Oct. 3-4 First full slate of exhibition games, plus Colgate at Mercyhurst Fri., Oct. 9 First full slate of games, including the Ice Breaker Tournament in Portland, Maine Arizona State plays its first Division I competition at Alaska Anchorage in the Kendall Hockey Classic Sat., Oct. 10 Vermont faces Minnesota in the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game Fri., Oct. 23 Opening of Omaha’s Baxter Arena vs. Air Force Mon., Nov. 9 Hockey Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (including Angela Ruggiero) Nov. 27-28 Brown, Colgate, UMass Lowell and Northeastern travel to Belfast, Northern Ireland, for the Friendship Four tournament Thurs., Dec. 17 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (including Ron DeGregorio, Chris Drury, Angela Ruggiero) Dec. 26-Jan. 5 IIHF World Junior Championship (Helsinki, Finland) Jan. 8 & 10 Arizona State hosts Connecticut, Michigan Tech and Yale in the Desert Hockey Classic Jan. 30-31 North Star College Cup (Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, Minn.) Feb. 1 & 8 Beanpot (TD Garden, Boston) Feb. 19-21 USA Hockey’s Hockey Weekend Across America Sat., Feb. 20 Colorado College vs. Denver at Denver’s Coors Field March 3-5 Conference tournament play begins in Atlantic Hockey, ECAC Hockey and Hockey East March 11-13 Conference tournament play begins in NCHC, WCHA March 19 Conference championship games March 20 NCAA Selection Show March 25-27 NCAA Regionals (sites) April 7 & 9 NCAA Frozen Four (Amalie Arena, Tampa, Fla.) June 24-25 NHL Draft (First Niagara Center, Buffalo, N.Y.) collegehockeyinc.com | @collegehockey 2015-16 COLLEGE HOCKEY MEDIA KIT DIVISION I PLAYERS BY HOMETOWN United States – 68% Canada – 30% Europe – 2% (58 players, 13 countries) American players come from 40 states plus D.C. The top 10: Minnesota – 204 Michigan – 144 Massachusetts – 115 New York – 94 Illinois – 73 California – 56 Pennsylvania – 55 New Jersey – 54 Colorado – 44 Wisconsin – 41 Canadian players by province: Ontario – 191 British Columbia – 116 Alberta – 89 Quebec – 35 Saskatchewan – 22 Manitoba – 13 Top European countries: Sweden – 20 Finland – 19 Russia – 4 Slovakia – 3 BY JUNIOR LEAGUE Division I players come from 30 junior leagues. The top producers sending players directly to Division I: USHL – 584 players (includes 47 from the U.S. NTDP) BCHL – 259 NAHL – 236 OJHL – 93 AJHL – 89 CCHL – 77 USPHL – 65 EJHL – 64* * Member teams from the former EJHL now make up the USPHL and EHL (9 players) 2015-16 COLLEGE HOCKEY MEDIA KIT ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS ENTERING 2015-16 Points: Kevin Roy, Northeastern – 124 Danny O’Regan, Boston University – 110 Andrew Gladiuk, Bentley – 108 Alex Petan, Michigan Tech – 102 Zac Lynch, Robert Morris – 101 Kalle Kossila, St. Cloud State – 99 Jimmy Vesey, Harvard – 98 Tyler Morley, Alaska – 92 Tyson Spink, Colgate – 91 Mario Lucia, Notre Dame – 86 Goals: Jimmy Vesey, Harvard – 56 Kevin Roy, Northeastern – 55 Andrew Gladiuk, Bentley – 55 Bryce Gervais, Minnesota State – 51 Mario Lucia, Notre Dame – 49 Danny O’Regan, Boston University – 49 Sam Anas, Quinnipiac – 45 Assists: Kevin Roy, Northeastern – 69 Kalle Kossila, St. Cloud State – 65 Cristoval Nieves, Michigan – 61 Danny O’Regan, Boston University – 61 Alex Petan, Michigan Tech – 61 Power-Play Goals: Andrew Gladiuk, Bentley – 27 Sam Anas, Quinnipiac – 19 Ahti Oksanen, Boston University – 16 Danny O’Regan, Boston University – 16 Mario Lucia, Notre Dame – 16 Ralph Cuddemi, Canisius – 16 Shorthanded Goals: Zac Lynch, Robert Morris – 6 Bryce Gervais, Minnesota State – 6 JT Compher, Michigan – 4 Dominic Toninato, Minnesota Duluth – 4 Chad McDonald, Ferris State – 4 Tyler Morley, Alaska – 4 Adam Chapie, UMass Lowell – 4 2015-16 COLLEGE HOCKEY MEDIA KIT ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS ENTERING 2015-16 Game-Winning Goals: Austin Ortega, Omaha – 12 Jimmy Vesey, Harvard – 11 Danny O’Regan, Boston University – 11 Alex Petan, Michigan Tech – 11 Sean Kuraly, Miami – 11 Games Played: Drake Caggiula, North Dakota – 123 Bryce Gervais, Minnesota State – 122 Travis St. Denis, Quinnipiac – 119 Matthew Caito, Miami – 119 Nolan Zajac, Denver – 119 Gabe Levin, Denver – 119 Saves: Jake Hildebrand, Michigan State – 2,778 Kevin Boyle, UMass Lowell – 1,802 Jackson Teichroeb, Niagara – 1,750 Carmine Guerriero, Alabama-Huntsville – 1,644 Michael Garteig, Quinnipiac – 1,632 Save Percentage: Kyle Hayton, St. Lawrence – .937 Jayson Argue, Bentley – .934 Michael Bitzer, Bemidji State – .929 Evan Cowley, Denver – .929 Alex Lyon, Yale – .928 Goaltending Wins: Michael Garteig, Quinnipiac – 46 Charlie Finn, Colgate – 37 Jay Williams, Miami – 36 Thatcher Demko, Boston College – 35 Jake Hildebrand, Michigan State – 35 Shutouts: Michael Garteig, Quinnipiac – 11 Jake Hildebrand, Michigan State – 10 Alex Lyon, Yale – 10 Ryan McKay, Miami – 8 Charlie Finn, Colgate – 7 Cole Huggins, Minnesota State – 7 Jamie Phillips, Michigan Tech – 7 Jay Williams, Miami – 7 2015-16 COLLEGE HOCKEY MEDIA KIT ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS ENTERING 2015-16 Goals-Against Average: Michael Bitzer, Bemidji State – 1.80 Kyle Hayton, St. Lawrence – 1.95 Michael Garteig, Quinnipiac – 1.99 Cole Huggins, Minnesota State – 1.99 Jayson Argue, Bentley – 2.00 Alex Lyon, Yale – 2.00 RETURNING OFFENSE FROM 2014-15 Most Returning Goals: UMass Lowell – 117 Minnesota State – 107 Harvard – 106 Bowling Green – 103 Michigan Tech – 99 Boston University – 99 Omaha – 96 Minnesota Duluth – 94 Quinnipiac – 94 Robert Morris – 93 Most Returning Points: UMass Lowell – 297 Harvard – 271 Michigan Tech – 266 Boston University – 264 Minnesota State – 262 Minnesota Duluth – 255 Omaha – 254 Michigan – 250 Northeastern – 249 Robert Morris – 245 Highest Percentage of Returning Goals: Omaha – 91.4% Holy Cross – 89.3% Merrimack – 88.9% Quinnipiac – 88.7% Harvard – 87.6% UMass Lowell – 87.3% Bowling Green – 86.6% Yale – 86.0% Ferris State – 83.0% Minnesota Duluth – 81.7% 2015-16 COLLEGE HOCKEY MEDIA KIT Highest Percentage of Returning Points: Omaha – 90.1% Yale – 88.5% Holy Cross – 87.5% Clarkson – 86.9% Minnesota Duluth 85.0% Harvard – 84.7% UMass Lowell – 84.1% Army – 81.3% Northeastern – 81.1% Ferris State – 80.4% RETURNING ALL-AMERICANS Alex Lyon, Yale (East – first team) Matt Grzelcyk, Boston University (East – first team) Rob O’Gara, Yale (East – first team) Jimmy Vesey, Harvard (East – first team) Jake Hildebrand, Michigan State (West – first team) Sam Anas, Quinnipiac (East – second team) Kevin Roy, Northeastern (East – second team) Trevor Moore, Denver (West – second team) RETURNING FIRST-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS Atlantic Hockey Andrew Gladiuk, Bentley Big Ten Zach Werenski, Michigan Jake Hildebrand, Michigan State ECAC Hockey Jimmy Vesey, Harvard Rob O’Gara, Yale Alex Lyon, Yale Hockey East Kevin Roy, Northeastern Matt Grzelcyk, Boston University NCHC Trevor Moore, Denver WCHA Tyler Morley, Alaska Jamie Phillips, Michigan Tech 2015-16 COLLEGE HOCKEY MEDIA KIT NCAA TOURNAMENT Most Appearances: Minnesota – 36 Michigan – 35 Boston College – 34 Boston University – 32 North Dakota – 30 Michigan State – 27 Most Appearances, Last 10 Years: North Dakota – 10 Boston College – 9 Miami – 9 Denver – 8 Minnesota – 7 New Hampshire – 7 Most Frozen Fours: Boston College – 24 Michigan – 24 Boston University – 22 Minnesota – 21 North Dakota – 21 Most Championships: Michigan – 9 Denver, North Dakota – 7 Wisconsin – 6 Boston College, Boston University, Minnesota – 5 Lake Superior State, Michigan State, Michigan Tech – 3 Colorado College, Cornell, Maine, Rensselaer – 2 Bowling Green, Harvard, Minnesota Duluth, Northern Michigan, Providence, Union, Yale – 1 COLLEGE COACHES Most Career Wins entering 2015-16: *Jerry York (Boston College, Bowling Green, Clarkson) – 984 Ron Mason (Michigan State, Bowling Green, Lake Superior State) – 924 Jack Parker (Boston University) – 897 *Red Berenson (Michigan) – 810 Rick Comley (Michigan State, Northern Michigan, Lake Superior State) – 783 Len Ceglarski (Boston College, Clarkson) – 672 Jeff Sauer (Wisconsin, Colorado College) – 655 *Don Lucia (Minnesota, Colorado College, Alaska Fairbanks) – 646 *Dick Umile (New Hampshire) – 560 John MacInnes (Michigan Tech) – 555 * Active; totals entering 2015-16 2015-16 COLLEGE HOCKEY MEDIA KIT Most NCAA Tournament Appearances, Active Coaches: 22 – Red Berenson, Michigan 22 – Jerry York, Boston College (and Bowling Green) 18 – Richard Umile, New Hampshire 17 – Don Lucia, Minnesota (and Colorado College) 12 – Jeff Jackson, Notre Dame (and Lake Superior State) New Head Coaches in 2015-16: Brad Berry, North Dakota Coaches Coaching their Alma Mater (24 of 60, 40%): Keith Allain, Yale Tom Anastos, Michigan State Norm Bazin, UMass Lowell Red Berenson, Michigan Brad Berry, North Dakota Enrico Blasi, Miami Greg Carvel, St. Lawrence Ted Donato, Harvard Mike Eaves, Wisconsin Dallas Ferguson, Alaska Bob Gaudet, Dartmouth Walt Kyle, Northern Michigan Jim Madigan, Northeastern Bob Motzko, St. Cloud State Scott Owens, Colorado College Mel Pearson, Michigan Tech Greg Powers, Arizona State David Quinn, Boston University Mike Schafer, Cornell Tom Serratore, Bemidji State Ryan Soderquist, Bentley Dick Umile, New Hampshire Brendan Whittet, Brown Jerry York, Boston College Longest Tenure, Current School: Red Berenson, Michigan – 32nd season Gary Wright, AIC – 32nd season Rick Gotkin, Mercyhurst – 28th season Dick Umile, New Hampshire – 26th season Bob Daniels, Ferris State – 24th season Don Vaughan, Colgate – 23rd season Rand Pecknold, Quinnipiac – 22nd season Jerry York, Boston College – 22nd season 2015-16