the red baron™ wcha final five

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2008-09 wcha men’s yearbook
THE red baron™ wcha final five
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THE red baron™ wcha final five
Record Exposure generated for final five
Live Television via fsn, live Radio broadcasts, live Internet audio & Statistics
Create World-Wide Opportunities for Fans to Take In Showcase Event
Exposure of the annual Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five, through Fox Sports North, the league’s official
web site (wcha.com), and ever-increasing media coverage, continues to reach new levels.
Produced by the Minnesota Wild and the WCHA, television coverage of the Red Baron™
WCHA Final Five by Fox Sports North includes live national broadcasts of all five games, pregame and post-game shows, and rinkside reporters. FSN reaches more than 3 million homes
throughout Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and North and South Dakota and telecasts nearly 2,600
hours of locally produced programming per year. The Emmy Award-winning regional sports
network provides comprehensive coverage of the Minnesota Wild, Minnesota Twins , Milwaukee
Brewers, Minnesota Timberwolves and Milwaukee Bucks, as well as University of Minnesota
and University of Wisconsin athletic events. For more information, visit www.foxsports.com.
For 10 straight seasons, the WCHA Final Five has also been audiocast live around the world
via the league’s official web site – wcha.com. The broadcasts are handled by Jim Rich, the voice
of the league’s radio show ‘This Week in the WCHA’, and Jack Swanson, station manager at KJ102
in Roseau, Minn., while Kevin Falness of the NHL’s Minnesota Wild serves as producer.
attendance history • wcha playoff championship/final five
final Four Format • 1988-92
Year
Site
1988
St. Paul*
1989
St. Paul*
1990
St. Paul*
1991
St. Paul*
1992
St. Paul*
Final Four: 5 Years
Game 1
12,270
12,271
12,316
13,476
10,094
60,427
Game 2
13,829
12,911
11,137
10,310
11,384
59,571
Game 4
13,657
12,813
13,704
11,028
12,618
63,820
Total/Avg Game
51,807/12,952
50,232/12,558
47,845/11,961
44,287/11,072
44,079/11,020
238,250/11,913
Year
Site
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
1993
St. Paul*
8,848
11,319
9,281
8,832
12,457
1994
Milwaukee#
12,139
12,381
12,150
12,004
12,693
1995
St. Paul*
15,464$
9,719
10,571
9,188
10,966
1996
Milwaukee#
8,978
11,429
8,401
8,958
9,538
1997
St. Paul*
9,272
9,528
14,013
9,577
14,317
1998
Milwaukee#
6,438
6,306
9,452
6,345
10,166
1999
Minneapolis^
10,128
6,066
11,311
6,276
8,445
2000
Minneapolis^
12,234
8,397
11,520
7,129
10,437
2001
St. Paul+
9,966
10,375
18,409
11,299
17,563
2002
St. Paul+
13,103
12,438
18,523$
12,961
18,126
2003
St. Paul+
14,305
12,292
17,012
12,509
16,668
2004
St. Paul+
14,123
15,022
19,208$
14,905
19,306$
2005
St. Paul+
15,583
13,132
17,794
14,730
16,507
2006
St. Paul+
16,312
16,468
19,353
16,134
19,282$
2007
St. Paul+
16,449
17,511
19,359$
16,118
19,463$
2008
St. Paul+
19,232$
16,768
16,967
15,981
17,907
2009
St. Paul+
17,611
14,722
17,729
15,254
16,749
WCHA Final Five: 17 Years 220,185
203,873
251,053
198,200
250,590
WCHA Playoff Championship Attendance: 22 Years
Total/Avg Game
50,737/10,147
61,367/12,273
55,908/11,182
47,304/9,406
56,707/11,341
38,707/7,741
42,226/8,445
49,717/9,943
67,612/13,522
75,151/15,030
72,786/14,557
82,564/16,513
77,746/15,549
87,579/17,516
88,900/17,780
86,855/17,371
82,065/16,413
1,123,931/13,223
1,362,181/12,973
final Five Format • 1993-current
Game 3
12,051
12,237
10,688
9,473
9,983
54,432
* St. Paul Civic Center; # Bradley Center; ^ Target Center; + Xcel Energy Center; Attendance records in bold face; $sellout
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THE 2009-10 season
league coaches tab denver as western Collegiate Hockey Association favorite
DEFENDING MacNaughton CHAMPION NORTH DAKOTA SELECTED SECOND AS conference marks 58TH season of competition; FIVE wcha teams appear
in pre-season national poll … DU AT NO. 2, UM NO. 6, UND NO. 8, SCSU NO. 13, UW NO. 15 … UMD, CC RECEIVE VOTES; SCSU Forward Ryan Lasch, UM
FORWARD JORDAN SCHROEdER ARE pre-season WCHA CO-playerS of the year; SCSU GOALTENDER MIKE LEE named pre-season wcha rookie of the
year; 74 national hockey league draft picks on 2009-10 member team rosters; 2010 red baron™ wcha final five set for march 18-20 at xcel
energy center in Saint Paul; minnesota to host 2010 ncaa west regional at xcel energy center; 2010 ncaa men’s frozen four to be held april
8-10 at FORD FIELD In DETROIT
Head Coaches tab Denver as MacNaughton Cup
Favorite in Annual Grand Forks Herald WCHA Poll
North Dakota Coach Dave Hakstol Gets his opportunity to hoist the MacNaughton Cup
T
he 2009-10 campaign marks the 58th
in the storied history of the Western
Collegiate Hockey Association, with
the league owning a record 36 national
championships.
It will also mark the final season with a
membership consisting of 10 teams, as both
Bemidji State University and the University of
Nebraska-Omaha come on board as the 11th
and 12th members for the 2010-11 season.
But in the meantime, expect a proverbial
dogfght among the league’s 10 member teams
for the regular season championship and
MacNaughton Cup, a top five regular season
finish, the home-ice advantage for the first
round of WCHA Playoffs, and one of the five
highly-coveted berths in the 2010 Red Baron™
WCHA Final Five at Xcel Energy Center in Saint
Paul – where the winning team receives the
Broadmoor Trophy and the league’s automatic
bid to the national tournament.
The league’s 10 head coaches selected
Denver as the pre-season conference favorite,
followed by defending MacNaughton Cup
champion North Dakota, Wisconsin in third
place, Minnesota in fourth, St. Cloud State in
fifth, defending WCHA Final Five champion
Minnesota Duluth in sixth, Minnesota State,
Mankato in seventh, Colorado College in
eighth, Alaska Anchorage in ninth and Michigan Tech in 10th.
Following the various conference tournaments, it’s on to the four NCAA Regionals for
16 selected teams, who then hope to prevail
in the two-game format and proceed on to the
2010 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four, to be held April
8-10 at Ford Field – home of the NFL’s Detroit
Lions – in Detroit.
In the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
Div. 1 Men’s Pre-Season Poll, Denver was
ranked No. 2, Minnesota was at No. 5, North
Dakota was No. 8, St. Cloud State was No. 13
and Wisconsin was No. 15. Also receiving votes
in the pre-season national poll from the WCHA
were UMD and CC.
by Brad Elliott Schlossman, Grand Forks Herald
Grand Forks, N.D. – The Western Collegiate Hockey Association coaches believe the roles will
be reversed this year.
Denver is the preseason pick to win the league in the 39th annual Grand Forks Herald WCHA
preseason coaches poll. The Pioneers gained eight of 10 first-place votes to finish ahead of
UND, Wisconsin, Minnesota and St. Cloud State in the poll. The Sioux received the other two
first-place votes.
“We were fortunate enough not to lose too many players, other than our senior class and
Tyler Bozak,” Denver coach George Gwozdecky said. “We have a majority of our team from last
year coming back. Once the season begins, who knows? I don’t know how many times the
coaches poll has been accurate, but I’d be willing to wager, more times than not, they’ve been
wrong.
“The monkey is on our back this year.”
Indeed, the coaches haven’t always been able to pick the winner. Only twice in the past eight
years have they been right. Last season, projected winner Colorado College finished fourth.
UND is the defending league champion, but it lost a nine-player senior class that included a
former Hobey Baker Award winner. The Sioux have the largest freshman class (10) and smallest
senior class (three) in the WCHA, so the second-place projection in the poll surprised coach
Dave Hakstol a little bit.
“We’re a team that has to answer a lot of questions,” Hakstol said. “We have a lot of players
that quickly have to develop into some key roles. Chemistry is such a big factor in this game.
We’re going to have to develop chemistry real quick within a team structure.
“The league is going to be very good this year. As you look through the league, there are a
lot of guys who have the potential to be premier players on the national scene.”
Two of those players – St. Cloud State senior Ryan Lasch and Minnesota sophomore Jordan
Schroeder – are the co-preseason players of the year as voted by the coaches. Both Lasch and
Schroeder received three votes as player of the year.
UND senior defenseman Chay Genoway received two votes, while Denver defenseman
Patrick Wiercioch and Pioneer forward Rhett Rakhshani both got one vote.
Mike Lee, who led Roseau to a Minnesota big-school state championship as a sophomore
in 2007, is the WCHA’s preseason rookie of the year. Lee, expected to be the No. 1 goalie at St.
Cloud State, received five of 10 first-place votes.
Minnesota defenseman Nick Leddy and Minnesota Duluth defenseman Dylan Olsen each
got two votes, while Denver defenseman Matt Donovan got one.
“I think the poll makes for some interesting talk, but that’s about it,” Gwozdecky said. “Our
players will look at it and say, ‘OK.’ They don’t have any bearing on how we play this coming
Sunday night, and they don’t have any bearing on the games thereafter. The poll is just where
everybody thinks people are when the season begins.
“We’ve got to play hard and take care of the little things. In this league, things are so difficult
and competitive. There’s such a fine line between success and failure. It’s usually not determined
by better talent, but how the talent plays together.”
39th Annual Grand Forks WCHA Coaches Pre-Season Poll
Rk
Team (first place votes)
Points
1
Denver (8) 80
2
North Dakota (2)
70
3
Wisconsin
61
4
Minnesota
58
5
St. Cloud State
55
6
Minnesota Duluth
37
7
Minnesota State, Mankato
34
8
Colorado College
26
9
Alaska Anchorage
20
10
Michigan Tech
9
WCHA Player of the Year: Ryan Lasch, SCSU (3); Jordan Schroeder, UM(3); Chay Genoway, UND
(2); Rhett Rakhshani, DU (1); Patrick Wiercioch, DU (1).
WCHA Rookie of the Year: Mike Lee, SCSU (5); Nick Leddy, UM (2); Dylan Olsen, UMD (2); Matt
Donovan, DU (1).
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the 2009-10 season
Alaska Anchorage Seawolves
• The Seawolves will suit up the most seniors since
the 2002-03 campaign – seven – as they look to end
their UAA career with a winning-record and a berth
in the 2010 Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five.
• Looking for their 100th game-played mark this
season are senior D Nils Backstrom (83), senior D
Trevor Hunt (75) and junior F Craig Parkinson (68).
Senior F Josh Lunden (101), senior F Kevin Clark (105)
and senior D Jared Tuton (103) have already reached
100 games played.
• Senior F Josh Lunden will try to break into the top
20 of the all-time career goals scored list at UAA – he is
tied for 25th with 39 goals – and has scored the most
goals for a Seawolf since the ending of Steve Cygan’s
career in 2002.
• In net, senior Jon Olthuis needs five wins to break
into the top 10 in UAA all-time career wins.
• Junior G Bryce Christianson needs a 2.30 GAA or
better this season to bypass Gregg Naumenko and
lead the all-time single-season GAA list at UAA.
• Fifth-year head coach Dave Shyiak should capture
his 50th career victory this season.
colorado college tigers
• Of the 28 players on CC’s 2009-10 roster, 15 are
either freshmen or sophomores.
• The early defection of G Richard Bachman and D
Brian Connelly to the pro ranks last spring left CC with
additional holes to fill in addition to the graduation
of Jake Gannon, Scott McCulloch, Drew O’Connell,
Chad Rau and Eric Walsky.
• FBill Sweatt, who collected 23 points (12g,11a) in
2008-09, is the team’s top returning scorer and one
of nine seniors on the roster.
• Senior F Mike Testwuide is CC’s team captain.
• Junior F Stephen Schultz, one of only four Tigers
to score 10 or more goals last season, also led the
team with three game-winners as a sophomore.
• CC’s most experienced goaltender is junior Tyler
O’Brien, who has appeared in just three games with
less than 35:00 of playing time in his two years. Both
Joe Howe and Hudson Stremmel are freshmen.
• Scott Owens, in his 11th season as head coach,
has averaged just under 24 victories at the helm.
• Despite winning its fewest games (16) since 199293 last season, CC avoided being swept until losing
twice to UMD in the WCHA playoffs.
• With a school-record 10 ties in 2008-09, the Tigers
matched a WCHA and NCAA single-season standard
set by Minnesota State in 2002-03.
• 25 of CC’s 38 games in 2008-09, including six in
which an empty-netter was scored, either ended in
ties or were decided by one goal. CC was 11-4-10 in
those outings.
• CC’s veteran defensive corps includes seniors Kris
Fredheim and Nate Prosser, along with junior Ryan
Lowery and sophomore Gabe Guentzel.
• The Tigers finished 0-11-1 in games in which they
trailed entering the third period last season. They were
undefeated (12-0-6) when ahead after 40 minutes.
denver pioneers
• DU has been picked to win the WCHA in the
preseason Grand Forks Herald WCHA Coaches’ Poll
Pre-Season Co-Player of the Year Ryan Lasch of St. Cloud State
and the Madison.com Media Poll.
• F Rhett Rakhshani, D Patrick Wiercioch and G Marc
Cheverie were named to the preseason All-WCHA first
team in the media poll.
• DU is No. 2 in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
Preseason Poll.
• DU returns 21 letterwinners from last year’s team
that finished 23-12-5 overall and second in the WCHA
with a 16-8-4 record.
• DU returns its top seven scorers, including Anthony
Maiani (11-30=41), Rakhshani (15-22=37), Wiercioch
(12-23=35), Joe Colborne (10-21=31), Kyle Ostrow
(14-14=28), Tyler Ruegsegger (15-11=26) and Luke
Salazar (15-10=25).
• G Marc Cheverie led DU to its second consecutive
NCAA appearance in 2008-09 with a 23-12-5 record,
a 2.34 GAA and a .921 Sv%.
• DU has won 21 or more games seven straight
seasons.
• Rhett Rakhshani is the first forward to captain the
Pioneers since Mark Rycroft in 1999-2000. Matt Glasser,
Ruegsegger and Ostrow are the alternate captains.
• Coach George Gwozdecky marks his 16th season
at DU. He is 346-217-46 at DU and 496-341-67 all-time
in 23 collegiate seasons.
• The Pioneers boast a program-high 13 NHL draft
picks, including first-rounder Joe Colborne (Boston)
and second-rounders Patrick Wiercioch (Ottawa),
William Wrenn (San Jose) and Drew Shore (Florida).
• FSN Rocky Mountain will television 19 DU hockey
games this season, including all four against in-state
rival CC.
• DU Hockey returns to FM Sportsradio 104.3 the
FAN this season.
• Denver celebrates it’s 60th Anniversary Season in
2009-10.
Pre-Season Co-Player of the Year Jordan Schroeder of Minnesota
michigan tech huskies
• Head coach Jamie Russell marks his seventh
season needing just three wins to pass Bob Mancini
for third in all-time coaching wins at MTU and six to
pass Herb Boxer for second. With four WCHA victories,
Russell would move into third place in WCHA wins.
• A new set of skyboxes was added to the West End
of the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena as Michigan
Tech continues improving the 38-year-old facility.
• The Huskies’roster features 17 player from the USA,
including six from Michigan, and nine from Canada,
including four from British Columbia.
• Sophomore F Alex MacLeod scored all six of his
goals last season on the power-play.
• The Huskies return four of their top five point
producers from 2008-09 in junior F Jordan Baker,
sophomore F Brett Olson, senior D Drew Dobson,
and junior D Deron Cousens.
• Junior F Jordan Baker led the Huskies in points
(27) and goals (16) last season and tied for the lead in
PPGs (6), GWGs (2), and SHGs (1). Baker also tripled his
offensive output from his freshman year (9 points).
• Junior D Deron Cousens more than doubled his
freshman numbers (7 points) with 16 points last
season.
• Sophomore F Brett Olson notched 21 points in 28
games against WCHA opponents last season to lead
the Huskies.
• Freshman G Kevin Genoe played the last two
seasons for the Prince George Spruce Kings, the
same squad that produced former Huskies’netminder
Michael-Lee Teslak.
• Senior Malcolm Gwilliam will serve as team captain
with junior Jordan Baker and sophomore Brett Olson
as assistants. Olson is the first sophomore to wear a
letter on his jersey since Mat Snesrud in 1998-99.
minnesota golden gophers
a look at 2009-10 wCHA member-team rosters
A look at WCHA member team rosters for 2009-10 finds a total of 74 NHL Draft picks listed.
Minnesota (20), North Dakota (15), Denver (13), Wisconsin (11) and St. Cloud State (7) have
the most NHL draftees.
Broken down by class, there are 60 seniors, 66 juniors, 71 sophomores and 71 freshmen on
team rosters. Colorado College has the most seniors (9), DU and SCSU have the most juniors
(10 each), UM has the most sophomores (10), and UND has the most freshmen (10). UND has
the fewest number of seniors (3), CC has the fewest number of juniors (3), Alaska Anchorage
and DU have the fewest number of sophomores (5 each) and UM and SCSU have the fewest
number of freshmen (4 each).
Team
NHL Drafts
Sr
Jr
So
Fr
Alaska Anchorage
1
7
7
5
8
Colorado College
1
9
3
6
9
Denver
13
6
10
5
7
Michigan Tech
–
6
4
9
8
Minnesota
20
6
6
10
4
Minnesota Duluth
5
4
7
7
8
Minnesota State
2
7
5
9
7
North Dakota
15
3
5
7
10
St. Cloud State
7
5
10
7
4
Wisconsin
11
7
9
6
6
20
• The Gophers return 20 letterwinners from last
year’s squad and bring back 81.4% of their offense.
• Minnesota concluded the 2008-09 season with
a 2-1 loss to UMD in the play-in game of the WCHA
Final Five.
• UM is picked fourth in the WCHA preseason polls
by both the media and the coaches. The Gophers
are also ranked sixth nationally in the USA Today/
USA Hockey Magazine polls, marking the 10th straight
year they have opened the season in the top 10.
• Sophomore F Jordan Schroeder has been named
the WCHA preseason Player of the Year by both the
coaches and the media. Schroeder ranked third
nationally in assists and points per game in 2008-09
and was the WCHA Rookie of the Year. Schroeder was
the only freshman to rank among the nation’s top 40
scorers and his 45 points marked the 10th-highest
single-season total by a freshman in UM history.
• The Gophers have eight straight league games
to open the season, including series with each
of the three teams picked ahead of them in the
WCHA preseason poll.
• Defensively, the Gophers return all but one player
from a unit that allowed just 2.84 goals per game last
season.
• Junior D Cade Fairchild earned third team AllAmerican honors from Inside College Hockey last
season after ranking third in the country in scoring
among defensemen with 33 points in 35 games.
• Junior Alex Kangas returns in goal after posting
a 2.79 GAA and .901 save percentage in 2008-09.
• Special teams were a key component of the 200809 squad as UM ranked second in the country with
success on 54.7% of their combined special teams
situations. The Gophers led the WCHA and ranked
fourth nationally on the penalty-kill with a school
record 88.8% rate. They were second in the WCHA
and eighth nationally on the power-play at 20.1%.
• Head coach Don Lucia enters the season ranked
fifth among active Div. 1 coaches in victories with a
535-281-74 record in 22 seasons.
• UM will have a new face on the bench this year as
former Gophers’standout Grant Potulny has replaced
Mike Hastings as assistant coach.
• UM’s 17-13-7 record in 2008-09 marked the 10th
consecutive year and the 30th time in the past 32
years that the Gophers have been above .500.
• Minnesota will host the NCAA West Regional for
the second straight year when the event takes place
March 26-27 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
• Of the Gophers’ 26-player roster, 20 players have
already been chosen in the NHL draft. The Gophers
have four first-round picks on their roster in David
Fischer, Patrick White, Nick Leddy and Jordan Schroeder.
minnesota duluth bulldogs
• UMD marks its 66th year of intercollegiate hockey
in 2009-10.
• The defending WCHA playoff champion Bulldogs
return 17 lettermen from a club which posted a
22-13-8 overall record – its best mark since 2003-04
when they went 28-13-4 and advanced to the NCAA
Frozen Four – and posted a school-record six-game
postseason winning streak before bowing to Miami
2-1 in the NCAA West Region final.
• The 22 wins last winter were the second most
amassed by a UMD team under the nine-year coaching reign of Scott Sandelin (tying 2002-03) while the
.605 winning percentage was exceeded only by his
2003-04 team (.667).
• UMD welcomes back three of its top four scorers in
junior RW and All-WCHA Second Team selection Justin
Fontaine (15-33=48), sophomore LW Mike Connolly
(13-29=42), a member of the WCHA All-Rookie Team,
and sophomore C Jack Connolly (10-19=29). Fontaine,
who placed second to MacGregor Sharp for team and
WCHA scoring honors in ’08-09, showed a 36-point
increase from rookie year output. That one-season
scoring improvement was the second largest by a
Bulldog in 16 years (Evan Schwabe went from 10 to
57 points between 2002-04). Fontaine ranked first in
the WCHA in overall power-play points (27) and in
scoring PPGs (11). He also came within two points
of claiming the WCHA scoring title (34 points in 28
gp). Mike Connolly concluded his debut season with
a bang by accumulating eight points in the final four
games. That pushed his season scoring harvest to 42
points – the second most by any NCAA freshman and
most by a Bulldog newcomer since 2002-03 when Tim
Stapleton paced UMD with that same total. Connolly,
UMD’s plus-minus leader in 2008-09 (+11) earned a
the 2009-10 Season
Where WCHA Players Come From • 2009-10
2008-09 pre-season polls
U.S. Players: 191 (72.1%). Canadian Players: 65 (24.5%). Other: 9 (3.4%).
Primary Source of Players: 1. Minnesota, 102 (37.9%); 2. Alberta, 27 (10%); 3. Wisconsin, 19
(14.2%).
Breakdown by States (24): AK, 8; AL, 1; AZ, 1; CA, 7; CO, 10; CT, 1; FL, 1; IA, 1; IL, 9; MI, 8; MN,
102; MO, 3; ND, 2; NE, 3; NV, 2; NY, 2; OH, 3; OK, 1; PA, 2; TN, 1; VA, 1; VT, 1; WA, 2; WI, 19.
Breakdown by Provinces (9): AB, 27; BC, 17; MB, 7; NB, 1; NS, 1; ON, 5; QC, 1; SK, 5; YT, 1.
Breakdown by Other Countries (6): Denmark, 1; Netherlands, 1; Norway, 3; Slovakia, 1;
Slovenia, 1; Sweden, 2.
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
spot on both the WCHA Final Five All-Tournament
Team and NCAA West Regional All-Team. Center Jack
Connolly, meanwhile, had 29 points to his freshmanyear credit meaning the two Connollys rolled up the
most points of any UMD rookie tandem (71) since Dan
Lempe (64) and future US Olympian Mark Pavelich
(19) combined for 83 points in 1976-77.
• This year marks the final full season the Bulldogs
will call the 43-year old DECC their hockey home as
they will move into a new $70-million, 6,800-seat
facility a couple hundred feet away in Dec., 2010.
• Three hopefuls – sophomores Brady Hjelle and
Kenny Reiter, along with rookie Aaron Crandall – will
vie for the starting goaltender job left vacant by the
departure of 2008-09 All-American junior Alex Stalock
to the professional ranks. Stalock patrolled the Bulldog
goal for 78 of 79 games and all but 79:55 during the
past two seasons. Hjelle, who made one start – a 4-2
win over NCAA Frozen Four participant Bemidji State
on Jan. 17, 2009 – is the only member of that trio with
any previous regular season playing experience.
• UMD sported the WCHA’s best overall power-play
unit (21.5%) and team defense (2.28 goals per game)
last winter.
• Eight freshmen will be part of the UMD roster. That
includes D Dylan Olsen, who became the third Bulldog
to be chosen in the first round of the NHL draft when
Chicago made him the 28th pick overall.
minnesota state mavericks
• Geoff Irwin, a Victoria, B.C., native is serving as this
year’s MSU team captain. Kael Mouillirat and junior
defenseman Channing Boe are assistant captains.
• MSU, which is enter its14th season as members of
NCAA Div. 1 and 11th year as members of the WCHA,
has an all-time record of 694-511-123 (.569).
• MSU ranked 15th in the nation in attendance last
year with a 4,552 fans per game mark.
• Troy Jutting, who is in his 10th year at the MSU
men’s hockey coaching helm, owns a career mark of
143-162-144 (.471).
• Former men’s assistant coach Eric Means is now
the head coach of the MSU women’s hockey program.
His replacement is former Bemidji State forward and
former Sioux City (USHL) head coach Todd Knott.
• Three former Mavericks started the 2009-10
season on NHL-member team rosters in David Backes
(St. Louis), Ryan Carter (Anaheim) and Tim Jackman
(New York Islanders). D Steven Wagner is with St. Louis’
American Hockey League affiliate in Peoria, forward
Jon Kalinski is with Philadelphia’s AHL-affiliate in
Adirondack, and Trevor Bruess is with Washington’s
AHL-affiliate in Hershey.
north dakota fighting sioux
• Dave Hakstol, the 2008-09 WCHA Coach of the Year,
returns for his sixth season behind the Sioux bench.
Hakstol led the Sioux to the NCAA Frozen Four in each
of his first four seasons and a WCHA championship
last year, his fifth. Associate head coach Cary Eades
and assistant coach Dane Jackson, as well as volunteer
assistant Scott Koberinski, also return.
• Last season’s MacNaughton Cup title marked
UND’s 14th WCHA regular season championship, the
most among the league’s 10 schools.
• Senior D Chay Genoway has been named captain
of the Fighting Sioux, while senior forwards Chris
VandeVelde and Darcy Zajac will serve as assistant
captains. That trio makes up UND’s entire 2009-10
senior class.
• UND welcomes back 15 letterwinners from last
year’s team that captured the MacNaughton Cup and
advanced to the NCAA tournament. Highlighting the
returnees are WCHA Defensive Player of the Year and
AHCA All-American D Chay Genoway and All-WCHA
Third Team G Brad Eidsness.
• Senior F Chris VandeVelde, who scored a careerhigh 35 points last season, is the team’s top returning
scorer and is one of nine players who notched at least
10 points in 2009-10.
• UND also welcomes to the fold 10 talented freshmen, including 2008-09 USHL Playoff MVP Michael
Cichy and 2008-09 AJHL Rookie of the Year Corban
Knight.
• In all, UND’s 25-man roster includes 15 NHL draft
picks.
• The Sioux were ranked No. 2 in the 39th annual
Grand Forks Herald WCHA Coaches’ Poll.
• D Chay Genoway was named a preseason firstteam All-American by InsideCollegeHockey.com.
• Freshman Michael Cichy was named to INCH’s
preseason All-Rookie team.
st. cloud state huskies
• SCSU rookie F Ben Hanowski, a graduate of nearby
Little Falls HS, set a Minnesota State High School
League career scoring record with 405 points during
his tenure at Little Falls HS. He was a draft pick of the
Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.
• SCSU enters the 2009-10 season with three
players vying for playing time between the pipes in
sophomore Nate Hardy, WCHA preseason Rookie of
the Year selection Mike Lee, and junior Dan Dunn.
• Senior D Garrett Raboin will serve as a team captain
for the third consecutive season. He was an alternate
captain during his sophomore season, and he will now
serve as a team captain for the second consecutive
season in 2009-10.
• Raboin will be joined in the captain’s chair this
season by alternate captain Aaron Marvin, a junior
from Warroad, Minn. He is the brother of Gigi Marvin,
who skated for UM and is currently a member of the
U.S. Women’s National Team.
• Junior F Garrett Roe needs just seven points to
join the Huskies’ 100-point club. He would become
the 22nd player in team history to reach the 100-point
plateau since the Huskies moved to the Div. 1 level in
1987-88.
• SCSU travels to #1 ranked Miami on Oct. 9-10, for a
pair of games. This will be a homecoming of sorts for
SCSU coach Bob Motzko, who served as an associate
head coach for Miami from 1991-93 and then again
from 1994-98.
• Mike Ayers, who played college hockey for New
Hampshire from 2000 to 2004, will serve as a volunteer
goalie coach for the Huskies this season. Ayers was in
the nets during UNH’s victory over the Huskies in the
2003 NCAA Northeast Regional at Worcester, Mass.
wisconsin badgers
• The 2009-10 season marks the eighth season for
Mike Eaves as head coach at Wisconsin (143-111-34).
Nine more conference victories will get Eaves into the
100-victory club in league games.
• The Badgers boast seven seniors and nine juniors,
making the squad an upperclass team for the first
time since 2005-06.
• The Badgers will play host to the Culver’s Camp
Randall Hockey Classic/U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame
Game on Feb. 6, 2010 against Michigan at 5 pm CT.
The game, after the UW women play Bemidji State at
2 pm, will take place outdoors inside Camp Randall
Stadium.
• For the second consecutive season, Wisconsin will
skate with five defensemen drafted in either the first
or second round of the NHL draft. Junior tri-captain
Ryan McDonagh, the 12th pick in the 2007 draft, leads
the way.
• Tri-captain Ben Street returns to the Badgers for a
fifth season after a season-long injury saw him miss
all but four games of the 2008-09 season.
• Sophomore F Derek Stepan returns as the UW’s
leading scorer after his nine-goal, 34-point rookie
season.
• Tri-captain Blake Geoffrion returns after sharing
the team lead in goals last season with 15.
(Sept. 29, 2008/Preseason) (first place votes in parenthesis)
1st Place
Last 2007-08
Rk Team
Pts
Votes
Poll
Record
1
Miami
457
(4)
2
23-13-5
2
Denver
455
(13)
7
23-12-5
3
Boston University
438
(12)
1
35- 6-4
4
Michigan
384
5
29-12-0
5
Notre Dame
370
(5)
4
31- 6-3
6
Minnesota
270
NR
17-13-7
7
Cornell
254
12
22-10-4
8
North Dakota
227
13
24-15-4
9
Princeton
223
15
22-12-1
10 Massachusetts Lowell
175
NR
20-16-2
11 Yale
149
10
24- 8-2
12 Boston College
117
NR
18-14-5
13 St. Cloud State
106
NR
18-17-3
80
NR
20-16-4
14 Wisconsin
15 Vermont
73
3
22-12-5
others receiving votes: New Hampshire 71, Minnesota Duluth 64, Ohio State 60, Air Force 43, N. Michigan
31, Colorado College 8, Northeastern 8, Bemidji State 6, Harvard 3, Mercyhurst 3, Niagara 3, St. Lawrence 2.
Madison.com WCHA MEDIA 2009-10 Pre-Season POLL
September 29, 2009
Predicted Final Standings
Rk Team
1
Denver
2
North Dakota
3
Wisconsin
4
Minnesota
5
St. Cloud State
6
Minnesota Duluth
7
Colorado College
8
Minnesota State, Mankato
9
Alaska Anchorage
10 Michigan Tech
1st Place Votes
23
1
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
Points
248
205
190
186
152
118
101
88
57
30
WCHA Player of the Year: Jordan Schroeder, So., F, UM. WCHA Rookie of the Year: Mike Lee, G, SCSU. All-WCHA
First Team: F - Jordan Schroeder, So., UM; F - Ryan Lasch, Sr., SCSU; F (tie) - Justin Fontaine, Jr., UMD; Rhett
Rakhshani, Sr., DU; D - Patrick Wiercioch, So., DU; Chay Genoway, Sr., UND; G - Marc Cheverie, Jr., DU.
Voting Panel: Kevin Allenspach, St. Cloud Times; Roman Augustoviz, Star Tribune; Andy Baggot, Wisconsin
State Journal; Mike Chambers, Denver Post; Bruce Ciskie, UMD radio/Fanhouse.com; Chris Dilks, Western
College Hockey Blog; Shane Frederick, Mankato Free Press; John Gilbert, WCHA.com; Kurt Haider, UAA radio;
Dirk Hembroff, MTU radio; Tim Hennessey, UND radio; Ken Landau, CC radio; Don Lyons, SCSU radio; Todd D.
Milewski, USCHO.com; Dan Myers, collegehockeynews.com; Jess Myers, insidecollegehockey.com/USA Hockey
Magazine; Joe Paisley, Colorado Springs Gazette; Kevin Pates, Duluth News Tribune; Brian Posick, UW radio;
Brad Elliott Schlossman, Grand Forks Herald; Wally Shaver, Minnesota radio; Theresa Spisak, USCHO.com; Jay
Stickney, Denver radio; Mike Sullivan, MSU radio; Doyle Woody, Anchorage Daily News.
wcha sports .668 winning perCentage in
Div. 1 non-conference play since 2000
Over the past nine seasons, WCHA-member teams are a collective 440-200-75 in non-conference play vs teams
from the five other Div. 1 men’s conferences, for a winning percentage of .668.
2008-09
WCHA
2007-08
WCHA
2006-07
WCHA
2005-06
WCHA
2004-05
WCHA
2003-04
WCHA
2002-03
WCHA
2001-02
WCHA
2000-01
WCHA
vs ECAC
7-4-2
(.615)
vs ECAC
10-2-1
(.808)
vs ECAC
12-4-0
(.750)
vs ECAC
9-4-4
(.647)
vs ECAC
5-2-3
(.650)
vs ECAC
13-4-3
(.725)
vs ECAC
10-3-1
(.750)
vs ECAC
13-2-0
(.867)
vs ECAC
13-1-1
(.900)
vs HEA
4-7-2
(.385)
vs HEA
6-6-2
(.500)
vs HEA
8-9-1
(.472)
vs HEA
8-8-1
(.500)
vs HEA
11-5-2
(.667)
vs HEA
6-5-3
(.536)
vs HEA
8-7-1
(.531)
vs HEA
12-5-1
(.694)
vs HEA
10-7-4
(.571)
vs CCHA
14-10-5
(.552)
vs CCHA
13-11-5
(.534)
vs CCHA
17-6-5
(.696)
vs CCHA
17-13-1
(.565)
vs CCHA
14- 9-6
(.586)
vs CCHA
17-9-2
(.643)
vs CCHA
13-11-3
(.537)
vs CCHA
10-11-1
(.477)
vs CCHA
8-11-4
(.435)
vs AHA
6-1-2
(.778)
vs AHA
5-2-2
(.667)
vs AHA
4-0-0
(1.000)
vs AHA
1-1-0
(.500)
vs AHA
7-0-1
(.938)
vs AHA
2-0-0
(1.000)
vs MAAC
7-0-2
(.889)
vs MAAC
0-0-0
(.000)
vs MAAC
1-0-0
(1.000)
vs CHA
12-3-0
(.800)
vs CHA
15-1-0
(.9375)
vs CHA
12-5-0
(.706)
vs CHA
9-4-0
(.692)
vs CHA
8-0-2
(.900)
vs CHA
16-1-1
(.917)
vs CHA
14-2-1
(.853)
CHA
16- 4-0
(.800)
vs CHA
17-0-0
(1.000)
Totals
43-25-11
(.614)
Totals
49-22-10
(.668)
Totals
53-24-6
(.675)
Totals
44-30-6
(.588)
Totals
45-16-14
(.693)
Totals
54-19-9
(.713)
Totals
52-23-8
(.675)
Totals
51-22-2
(.693)
Totals
49-19-9
(.695)
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the 2009-10 season
WCHA membership votes to admit bemidji State,
nebraska omaha into association family
Two New conference members to come on board for 2010-11 season
June 26, 2009/MADISON, Wis. – In what will rank among the most significant days in the storied, 58-year history of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, the membership today voted to admit both Bemidji State
University and the University of Nebraska Omaha into the Association family beginning with the 2010-11
season. This marks the first expansion of the WCHA since Minnesota State University, Mankato was admitted as a 10th member for the 1999-2000 season and eighth time overall the league has expanded since it’s
founding in 1951.
The admission of Bemidji State and Nebraska Omaha will bring the league membership to 12 teams. The
current 10-team membership of the men’s WCHA is comprised of University of Alaska Anchorage, Colorado
College, University of Denver, Michigan Technological University, University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota State University, Mankato, University of North Dakota, St. Cloud State University
and University of Wisconsin.
“I am extremely pleased to announce that the WCHA is expanding to twelve teams,” said WCHA Commissioner Bruce M. McLeod. “With the addition of Bemidji State University and the University of Nebraska Omaha
the WCHA solidifies and positions itself to maintain and expand upon the excellence that is the WCHA.
“This is certainly a defining moment for the WCHA and we are proud to add Bemidji State and Nebraska
Omaha to our already strong organization.
“This is a happy and proud day for me,” continued McLeod. “I’m happy because I think this is such a win-win
circumstance for the WCHA, our new members and collegiate hockey in general. I could not be more proud
of the way our WCHA members have handled this very complex circumstance and have been able to look
beyond their own backyard and do what is best for college hockey and the WCHA.
“The WCHA is proud of what they’ve put together in 58 years (2009-10 will be the league’s 58th season)
and I think this day will go down as a watershed day. I fully anticipate what we’ve done today will make us
even better. I’m excited about the future and can’t wait to get going.”
The WCHA is home to a collegiate record 36 national championship teams since it’s founding in 1951, a
record 13 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Winners, some 400 players who have gone on to play in the National
Hockey League and some 725 NHL Draftees, more than 150 alums who have played on various Olympic hockey
teams, and more than 40 players and coaches who have been part of Stanley Cup (NHL) winning clubs. In
addition, the WCHA has drawn in excess of 1,500,000 fans in each of the past seven seasons and in excess of
1,000,00 for 16 consecutive years and annually conducts one of college hockey’s premier post-season tournaments – the Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five held annually at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. The Final Five
drew 82,065 fans this past March.
“The pieces are all falling into place for Bemidji State hockey,” stated BSU Director of Athletics Dr. Rick
Goeb. “Beginning with the efforts to elevate our hockey programs to the NCAA Division I level and having the
women’s program join the WCHA over 10 years ago, to our partnership with the city to see a world-class venue
like the Bemidji Regional Event Center come to fruition, and now the men’s hockey program being approved
for membership into the elite conference in all of college hockey.
“We want to thank the city of Bemidji, our dedicated fans and the student body who have supported Bemidji State hockey. These outstanding hockey fans and partnerships have made membership into the WCHA
a reality.”
Said Bemidji State men’s hockey coach Tom Serratore, who took his team to the NCAA Men’s Frozen Four
in April of this year, “This is a great day for the Beavers.“
“First, I want to thank the WCHA for this opportunity. It is truly an honor to be a part of the greatest hockey
conference at the Division I level and we feel privileged to come along side the other Division I hockey programs
in the state of Minnesota as members of the WCHA.
“Beaver Hockey reaches far beyond this campus so that makes today’s announcement a dream come true
for our alumni, many in the community and many in the region. This is a proud day for all involved with Bemidji
State.”
Said University of Nebraska Omaha Director of Athletics Trev Alberts, “The WCHA is an outstanding conference with a long history of excellent players and coaches. When we were approached about admission, we
took a long look at all aspects of a move to the WCHA. In the end, we felt there were many long-term benefits
to our program. We’re excited about becoming a part of the WCHA’s rich tradition of outstanding hockey.
“We did not come to this decision lightly,” Alberts continued. “We have had a fruitful ten-year affiliation
with the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. It is a very well-run conference, and its member institutions
have been outstanding partners. We know the CCHA will continue to thrive after we depart.”
“I was happy to hear that we would be joining the WCHA in a year’s time,” said Dean Blais, UNO’s new head
coach. “I’m obviously very familiar with the league as both a head coach and assistant coach for 19 years and
as a player. It’s a league with a great tradition and excellent coaches, and I’m looking forward to competing
against them.”
Founded in 1951, the original seven members of the WCHA - then known as the Midwest Collegiate Hockey
League - were Colorado College, Denver, Michigan Tech, University of Michigan, Michigan State University,
Minnesota and North Dakota. In 1953-54, the league changed it’s name to the WIHL, or Western Intercollegiate
Hockey League, and then in 1959, the league became known as the WCHA.
The first expansion of the league membership occured effective with the 1965-66 campaign, when Minnesota Duluth became the WCHA’s eighth team. In 1969, the membership rose to nine teams with the addition
of Wisconsin for the 1969-70 season. And then in 1971, the WCHA increased its membership to 10 teams with
the admittance of Notre Dame for the 1971-72 season.
The WCHA remained an Association of 10 teams through the 1980-81 season, when Michigan, Michigan
State, Michigan Tech and Notre Dame left the fold to join the CCHA. The WCHA then remained a six team league
until 1984-85, when Michigan Tech returned to the Association and the league welcomed Northern Michigan
as an eighth member team.
In 1990, the WCHA again grew to nine teams with the admittance of St. Cloud State for the 1990-91 campaign
and on to 10 teams again when Alaska Anchorage was admitted for the 1993-94 season.
In 1997, Northern Michigan opted to leave the WCHA to join the CCHA, again giving the WCHA nine teams
before Minnesota State, Mankato joined the family for the 1999-2000 campaign.
About Bemidji State University: Bemidji State University, located in northern Minnesota’s lake district, occupies a beautiful campus along the shore of Lake Bemidji. Enrolling approximately 5,000 students annually,
the University offers more than 65 undergraduate majors and 14 graduate programs encompassing arts,
sciences and select professional programs.
The University is a member of the Minnesota State College and Universities System and has a faculty and
staff of nearly 600. University signature themes include environmental stewardship, civic engagement and
global/multicultural understanding.
For further information about the University, visit our Web site at: http://www.bemidjistate.edu.
About the University of Nebraska Omaha: The University of Nebraska at Omaha recently celebrated its
100th anniversary during the 2008-2009 school year. UNO, inaugurated in 1968, emerged from the Municipal
University of Omaha, established in 1931, which grew out of the University of Omaha founded in 1908. UNO
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currently has an enrollment of 14,700 in six different colleges and graduate studies programs located on its
urban campus in mid-town Omaha.
UNO features 14 athletic teams competing in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, one of
the top Div. II conferences in the country, as well as a Div. I hockey program competing in the CCHA. Maverick
athletic teams have claimed national championships in soccer, softball, volleyball and wrestling including the
2009 NCAA Div. II championship in wrestling.
For further information about Univ. of Nebraska Omaha, visit: gomavs.unomaha.edu.
2009-10 WCHA Men’s Schedule Announced
2010 Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five Set for March 18-20 at Xcel Energy Center; 140-Game
Conference Schedule Opens Oct. 16, Concludes March 7; DU MARKs 60TH ANNIVERSARY
SEASON; WISCONSIN TO HOST MICHIGAN OUTDOORS FEB. 6 IN Culver’s CAMP RANDALL
HOCKEY CLASSIC; UM TO HOST 2010 NCAA West Regional in St. Paul; 2010 NCAA Men’s
Frozen Four APRIL 8-10 AT FORD FIELD IN DETROIT
MADISON, Wis. – The Western Collegiate Hockey Association, marking it’s 58th season of on-ice competition in
2009-10 and owning a record 36 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four titles since it’s founding in 1951, released it’s men’s
composite schedule on July 10 highlighted by the appearance of the 2010 Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five at
Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn., next March 18-20.
Under the leadership of Commissioner Bruce M. McLeod, who has built a thriving partnership between
the WCHA, Xcel Energy Center and the NHL’s Minnesota Wild, the annual WCHA Final Five has developed into
college hockey’s most prosperous conference tournament. 2010 will mark the 10th consecutive season the
WCHA Final Five has appeared at Xcel Energy Center, where the event has drawn 721,258 fans in nine previous
appearances – an average of 80,140 per tournament and an average crowd of 16,028 per game.
“We (WCHA) are tremendously fortunate to have such a special relationship with Xcel Energy Center and
Vice-President and General Manager Jack Larson and his entire staff and with the Minnesota Wild and previous
Owner Bob Naegele, Jr., current Owner and Governor Craig Leipold, and Vice-President for Communications
and Broadcasting Bill Robertson and their staffs” said McLeod. “It has been an on-going labor of love for
everyone involved in the league office, Xcel Energy Center and the Minnesota Wild and we all look forward to
both continuing and building on this partnership in the future.
“The WCHA would also like to acknowledge and thank Mike Diamond and Fox Sports North as our exclusive
Final Five television partner and to Red Baron® as our title sponsor.”
The 2009-10 campaign will be a historic one of sorts for the WCHA, as it will mark the final season of the
Association as a 10 member-team league. On June 26, the WCHA membership voted to admit both Bemidji
State University and the University of Nebraska Omaha into the Association family beginning with the 2010-11
season, giving the league 12 member teams.
The initial on-ice action of 2009-10, scheduled for the weekend of Oct. 2-4, will consist of a series of exhibition contests involving nine of the league’s 10 teams against Canadian-based opponents.
The first regular season action, all non-conference matchups, will occur Oct. 9-11, highlighted by the
University of Denver’s 60th Anniversary Season celebration weekend against visiting Vermont and Alaska
Anchorage hosting Alaska Fairbanks, Mercyhurst and Michigan in the Kendall Hockey Classic.
The race for the 2010 WCHA regular season championship, a 140-game campaign which consists of 28
league games per team, launches the weekend of Oct. 16-17 and concludes March 7. There will be five weekends
during the regular season that will feature all ten WCHA-member teams engaged in league competition, with
those being Oct. 23-24, Dec. 4-5, Jan. 29-30, Feb. 19-20 and March 5-7.
Other non-conference action during the first half consists of Denver playing at Ohio State, St. Cloud State
hosting Union College, Minnesota Duluth hosting Clarkson and Wisconsin entertaining New Hampshire,
Minnesota hosting Bemidji State, Colorado College entertaining Robert Morris, Minnesota and Wisconsin
playing at Michigan and Michigan State, Minnesota State traveling to Bemidji State, Michigan Tech playing at
N. Michigan and Minnesota State playing a home-and-home set with Nebraska-Omaha.
Over the course of the regular season, WCHA-member teams will also be hosting or playing in a number of
tournaments. UAA will play in the Brice Alaska Goal Rush Tournament in Fairbanks; CC will play in the Florida
College Hockey Classic at Germain Arena in Estero, Fla., on Dec. 29-30 (Cornell, Maine, Princeton); Denver will
host the Wells Fargo Denver Cup at Magness Arena on Jan. 1-2 (Boston College, Nebraska Omaha, St. Lawrence);
MTU will host the Great Lakes Invitational at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit on Dec. 29-30 (Michigan, Michigan
State, Rensselaer); Minnesota will host the Dodge Holiday Classic at Mariucci Arena on Jan. 2-3 (Bowling Green,
Clarkson, Northern Michigan); UMD will play in the Sheraton/TD Banknorth Catamount Cup in Burlington, Vt.
on Jan. 2-3 (Vermont, Mercyhurst); UND will host the Subway Holiday Classic at Ralph Engelstad Arena on
Nov. 27-28 (Bemidji State, Miami, Ohio State) and will also play in the Shillelagh College Hockey Tournament
at Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill., on Jan. 1-2 (host Notre Dame, Colgate, Niagara); and Wisconsin
will host the Badger Hockey Showdown at the Kohl Center on Jan. 2-3 (Ferris State, Merrimack, Yale).
The second half of the season will be dominated by WCHA matchups and highlighted by Wisconsin hosting
Michigan outdoors on the afternoon of Feb. 6 in the Culver’s Camp Randall Hockey Classic. The U.S. Hockey Hall
of Fame Game will be preceded by an outdoor WCHA women’s game between the Badgers and Bemidji State.
Other non-conference games during the second half will consist of MSU hosting RIT on Jan. 1-2, SCSU hosting
Brown on Jan. 2-3, UM entertaining Harvard on Jan. 8-9, MTU hosting N. Michigan on Jan. 12, SCSU playing at
Quinnipiac on Jan. 15-16, UND at Cornell on Jan. 22-23, UMD in a home-and-home with Bemidji State on Jan.
22-23, DU entertaining Mercyhurst on Feb. 5 and playing at Air Force on Feb. 6, CC hosting Air Force on Feb.
5 and Mercyhurst on Feb. 6, and UAA going home-and-home with Alaska Fairbanks on Feb. 26-27.
The pursuit of the WCHA Playoff Championship and the Broadmoor Trophy will get underway the weekend
of March 12-14 with five first round conference playoff series. The top five ranked teams in the final regular
season standings will host five best-of-three playoff series. The five first-round playoff winners will then advance
to the 2010 Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five, set for March 18-20 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. Minnesota
Duluth is the defending WCHA playoff and Broadmoor Trophy champion, after the Bulldogs became the first
team to ever win all three games at the Final Five.
Four NCAA Men’s Div. 1 Regionals will be contested the weekend of March 26-28. Minnesota will host the
West Regional at Xcel Energy Center on March 26-27, Rensselaer and ECAC Hockey will host the East Regional
on March 26-27 at Times Union Center in Albany, N.Y., the College of the Holy Cross will host the Northeast
Regional on March 27-28 at DCU Center in Worcester, Mass., and Notre Dame will host the Midwest Regional
on March 27-28 at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Ind. The four NCAA regional winners
will then advance to the 2010 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four, set for April 8-10 at Ford Field in Detroit, Mich.
Note: composite 2009-10 WCHA men’s schedule available on pages 207-208.
seawolves
university of alaska anchorage
The 2009-10 season
C
oming off its best season under head
coach Dave Shyiak in 2008-09, Alaska
Anchorage returns a squad with
leadership and experience that could make
the Seawolves’ 31st season record-breaking
and unforgettable. With 16 returning
letterwinners, including the program’s most
seniors since the 2002-03 season, and 10
newcomers, the Seawolves are shooting for
a postseason run in 2009-10.
It’s been six seasons since the Seawolves
booked a ticket to the Red Baron WCHA Final
Five and both the team and fans are due for
another trip. After being picked to finish last in
the competitive WCHA last year, the Seawolves
responded with their fifth-best season since
joining the league 16 years ago.
“Our staff and players are very much looking forward to a successful season,” said 5thyear coach Shyiak,“Our goals and expectations
remain the same – keep the Alaska Airlines
Governor’s Cup, gain home-ice in the playoffs,
and advance to the Final Five.
With seven seniors sporting the Green
& Gold in 2009-10, UAA will look to them to
carry the team to the championships in St.
Paul, Minn.
“Leadership will play a vital role in our
program as we take the next step,” Shyiak
added. “We have a large group of seniors who
have experienced the battles of the WCHA
and understand what it will take to win in this
league.”
Leading the Seawolves this season is
senior defenseman Jared Tuton (Whitehorse,
YT, 1-5=6), who sports the “C” after being an
assistant captain last season. Backing him up
on and off the ice as assistant captains will be
senior forward Josh Lunden (Coquitlam, BC,
14-6=20), senior defenseman Nils Backstrom
(Stocksund, Sweden, 4-4=8) and senior forward Kevin Clark (Winnipeg, MB, 13-18=31).
Joining the senior foursome in their last
season at UAA are defenseman Trevor Hunt
(Maple Ridge, BC, 4-8=12), forward Ken Selby
(Winnipeg, MB, 1-1=2) and netminder Jon
Olthuis (Neerlandia, AB, 6-9-1).
The Seawolves return seven of their top
10 scorers from a year ago and 71% of their
point production. On the forward line, Clark,
junior Tommy Grant (North Vancouver, BC,
15-10=25), and Lunden, the team’s No. 2, No.
3 and No. 4 scorer’s last year, respectively, will
likely lead UAA offensively.
“Our goal production increased last year
and we must continue to build on it this
season,” said Shyiak. “Our challenge as a staff
will be finding some chemistry with line
combinations early in the season as we have
to fill a void at the center position. Grant,
Lunden and Clark are upperclassmen that
will be relied upon to lead us offensively. For
us to improve in goal scoring, we will need
secondary scoring so we’ll see who steps up
and capitalizes on their scoring chances, both
5-on-5 and on the power-play.”
On the blueline, the Seawolves will be led
by Hunt and their dominant freshman from last
year, sophomore Curtis Leinweber (Calgary,
AB, 2-10=12).
“Once again, I thought our defensive play
was one of our strengths as we did a great job
of limiting our opponents’ scoring chances. I
think last year was the first year our program
led the WCHA in the fewest shots against,
and we must maintain that component of our
game. Our ‘D’ is a solid group of puck - movers
who are able to use their skating abilities on
the big sheet of ice. We still need to improve
on manufacturing shots from the point and
quicker transition play.”
Between the pipes, Olthuis suited up for 17
games, registering 3.43 goals-against average
and a .877 save percentage. Joining Olthuis
in net is junior Bryce Christianson, who saw
action in 23 games last season, posting UAA’s
second - best GAA in a single season (2.60), and
tallying two shutouts. Christianson recorded
a .893 save percentage and an 8-8-4 win-loss
mark.
“I don’t think anyone will argue that goaltending must be a strength of your hockey
team in order to achieve success. Both Olthuis
and Christianson have played enough games
to prove they are capable of being a number
one goalie in this league. We will need consistency at this position for us to move up in
the standings,” Shyiak said.
The UAA incoming class is comprised of 10
newcomers (seven forwards, three defensemen), including three that hail from the state of
Alaska. The Seawolves gathered four freshmen
from Canada, one from Minnesota, one from
the Netherlands and a native of Sweden.
“Our incoming class will give us skating,
size, scoring ability and depth. Time will tell
what roles they will fill in making the transition
to the college game.”
The Seawolves’ 2009-10 schedule commences with the Kendall Hockey Classic
on Oct. 9-10. Joining five-time tournament
champion UAA at the 19th edition of the Classic will be Michigan, Mercyhurst and Alaska
Fairbanks.
The Seawolves will look to defend their title
when they play in the second annual Alaska
Goal Rush tournament in Fairbanks on Oct.
16-17. They will face Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute and Robert Morris, respectively.
The 17th season of WCHA play for UAA
begins Oct. 23-24 as it hosts North Dakota in
the first of seven conference series to be played
at Sullivan Arena. Also making visits to the
49th State in 2009-10 are Denver, Minnesota
State, St. Cloud State, Colorado College, Minnesota and 2009 WCHA Final Five Champion
Minnesota-Duluth. UAA’s conference road
series are at Minnesota, Wisconsin, CC, DU,
Michigan Tech, SCSU and Minnesota State.
For the second straight season the Seawolves will face UAF just two times in their
annual Alaska Airlines Governor’s Cup series, as
the Alaska schools will play a home-and-home
series Feb. 26 (at UAA) and Feb. 27 (at UAF). The
Seawolves, who have won the Governor’s Cup
the last three seasons, are unbeaten in their
last 10 games (8-0-2) against the Nanooks.
The Seawolves were three wins away from
having home-ice advantage in the playoffs
last season, and with the right combination of
leadership, determination and poise, 2009-10
could be UAA’s best season ever.
kevin clark
tommy grant
23
alaska anchorage seawolves
2009-10 UAA schedule
October
Date Game
2
SAIT POLYTECHNIC @ Wasilla (x)
9
KENDALL HOCKEY CLASSIC
Michigan vs Alaska (nc)
Mercyhurst vs UAA (nc)
10
KENDALL HOCKEY CLASSIC
Mercyhurst vs Alaska (nc)
Michigan vs UAA (nc)
16
@ Brice Alaska Goal Rush, Fairbanks
UAA vs Rensselaer (nc)
Robert Morris vs Alaska (nc)
17
@ Brice Alaska Goal Rush, Fairbanks
UAA vs Robert Morris (nc)
Rensselaer vs Alaska (nc)
23
NORTH DAKOTA (WCHA)
24
NORTH DAKOTA (WCHA)
30
at Minnesota (WCHA)
November
1
6
7
13
14
20
21
27
28
at Minnesota (WCHA)
DENVER (WCHA)
DENVER (WCHA)
at Wisconsin (WCHA)
at Wisconsin (WCHA)
MINNESOTA STATE (WCHA)
at Colorado College (WCHA)
at Colorado College (WCHA)
December
4
5
ST. CLOUD STATE (WCHA)
January
8
9
15
16
22
23
29
30
at Denver (WCHA)
at Denver (WCHA)
at Michigan Tech (WCHA)
COLORADO COLLEGE (WCHA)
MINNESOTA (WCHA)
MINNESOTA (WCHA)
February
5
6
19
20
26
27
March
5
6
Time
7:07 pm AT
5:07 pm AT
8:07 pm AT
4:07 pm AT
7:07 pm AT
4:35 pm AT
7:35 pm AT
4:35 pm AT
7:35 pm AT
7:07 pm AT
7:07 pm AT
7:07 pm CT
4:07 pm CT
7:07 pm AT
7:07 pm AT
7:07 pm CT
7:07 pm CT
7:07 pm AT
7:07 pm AT
7:37 pm MT
7:07 pm MT
7:07 pm AT
7:07 pm AT
josh lunden
7:37 pm MT
7:07 pm MT
7:07 pm ET
5:07 pm ET
7:07 pm AT
7:07 pm AT
7:07 pm AT
7:07 pm AT
at St. Cloud State (WCHA)
at Minnesota State (WCHA)
ALASKA FAIRBANKS (nc)
at Alaska Fairbanks (nc)
7:07 pm CT
5:07 pm CT
7:37 pm CT
7:07 pm CT
7:07 pm AT
7:05 pm AT
MINNESOTA DULUTH (WCHA)
7:07 pm AT
7:07 pm AT
(x) exhibition; (nc) non-conference; (WCHA) conference
jon olthuis
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2009-10 uaa Alphabetical roster
No.
13
7
12
49
9
17
26
6
20
15
16
18
24
4
11
21
40
30
14
36
19
38
10
22
23
8
27
Name (Capts) (NHL Draft)
Nils Backstrom (DET)
Lee Baldwin
Mitch Bruijsten
Bryce Christianson
Kevin Clark
Chris Crowell
Tyler Currier
Drew Darwitz
Alex Gellert
Brad Gorham
Tommy Grant
Nick Haddad
Trevor Hunt
Kane Lafranchise
Curtis Leinweber
Josh Lunden
Daniel Naslund
Jon Olthuis
Craig Parkinson
Jade Portwood
Ken Selby
Dusan Sidor
Mickey Spencer
Jared Tuton
Luka Vidmar
Scott Warner
Sean Wiles
Yr
SR FR FR JR SR FR FR FR FR SO JR JR SR JR SO SR FR SR JR SO SR SO FR SR JR SO JR Pos
D
D
F
G
F
F
F
D
F
F/D
F
F
D
D
D
F
F
G
F
F
F
G
F
F
D
D
F
Ht
6-1
6-4
6-4
6-2
5-9
6-2
6-1
5-8
6-1
6-1
6-2
6-2
5-10
6-1
5-8
6-2
6-3
6-4
6-0
6-3
6-1
6-0
6-0
6-1
6-1
5-9
6-4
Numerical roster
Wt S/C
203 L
203 L
195 L
195 R
171 R
205 R
198 R
165 L
170 R
195 R
194 L
191 L
190 L
198 L
171 L
202 L
205 L
200 R
187 R
207 L
187 L
166 R
189 L
202 R
192 R
180 L
211 R
Age
23
21
20
22
21
21
21
20
20
23
23
23
23
21
21
23
20
24
23
21
23
22
20
24
23
21
22
Hometown / Previous Team / League
Stocksund, Sweden / Djurgardens/J20 Sweden
Victoria, BC / Victoria Grizzlies/BCHL
Nijmegen, Netherlands / Sioux City /USHL
Anchorage, AK / Vernon/BCHL
Winnipeg, MB / Winnipeg South/MJHL
Williams Lake, BC / Vernon Vipers/BCHL
Anchorage, AK / Alaska Avalanche/NAHL
Cottage Grove, UM / Fairbanks Ice Dogs/NAHL
Kelowna, BC / Cowichan Valley Capitals/BCHL
Anchorage, AK / Ohio State/CCHA
North Vancouver, BC / Westside/BCHL
Fairbanks, AK / Fairbanks/NAHL
Maple Ridge, BC / Chilliwack/BCHL
Edmonton, AB / Spruce Grove/AJHL
Calgary, AB / Okotoks/AJHL
Coquitlam, BC / Chilliwack/BCHL
Nykoping, Sweden / Vasteras/J20 Sweden
Neerlandia, AB / Vernon/BCHL
Victoria, BC / Cowichan Valley/BCHL
Victoria, BC / Brooks/AJHL
Winnipeg, MB / Dauphin/MJHL
Poprad, Slovakia / Alaska/NAHL
Gibbons, AB / Cowichan Valley Capitals/BCHL
Whitehorse, YT / Calgary/AJHL
Ljubljana, Slovenia / Chicago/USHL
Anchorage, AK / Army/Atlantic Hockey
Beloit, WI / Tri-City/USHL
No. Name
4 Kane Lafranchise 6 Drew Darwitz 7 Lee Baldwin
8 Scott Warner
9 Kevin Clark
10 Mickey Spencer
11 Curtis Leinweber
12 Mitch Bruijsten 13 Nils Backstrom (DET)
14 Craig Parkinson 15 Brad Gorham
16 Tommy Grant
17 Chris Crowell
18 Nick Haddad 19 Ken Selby 20 Alex Gellert
21 Josh Lunden
22 Jared Tuton
23 Luka Vidmar
24 Trevor Hunt
26 Tyler Currier
27 Sean Wiles
30 Jon Olthuis
36 Jade Portwood
38 Dusan Sidor
40 Daniel Naslund
49 Bryce Christianson
Pos
D
D
D
D
F
F
D
F
D
F
F/D
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
D
D
F
F
G
F
G
F
G
Captain: Jared Tuton. Asst. Captains: Kevin Clark, Nils Backstrom, Josh Lunden. Head Coach: Dave Shyiak (Northern Michigan ‘93). Career
Record (Entering 2009-10): 40-86-19 (.341) (4 Seasons). Record at UAA (Entering 2009-10): 40-86-19 (.341) (4 Seasons). Associate Head Coach:
Campbell Blair (Maine ‘91). Assistant Coach: Regg Simon (Alaska Anchorage). Goaltending Coach: Scott Johnson (Minnesota Duluth).
head coach dave shyiak
D
ave Shyiak marks his fifth season
as head coach of the University of
Alaska Anchorage hockey program
in 2009-10.
The Shyiak-led Seawolves captured the
Alaska Airlines Governor’s Cup for the third
consecutive season in 2008-09, while extending their unbeaten streak against intrastate
rival Alaska Fairbanks to 10 games (8-0-2).
UAA also enjoyed victories over Connecticut,
Maine and Mercyhurst for a 13-1-4 record
against non-conference teams in the last three
seasons combined.
During the 2008-09 season, Shyiak led the
Seawolves to their best season in the WCHA
since 2001-02 by posting a 41% winningpercentage - UAA’s fifth-best conference winning-percentage ever. The Seawolves were the
most improved team in the WCHA last season,
increasing their point tally by 11. UAA finished
the regular season with conference victories
over every WCHA except Wisconsin and Minnesota - including sweeping eventual WCHA
Final Five champions Minnesota-Duluth on
the road.
Prior to last season, the Seawolves had
gotten increasingly stingier defensively during Shyiak’s tenure. UAA’s shots allowed per
game had dropped each season from 38.7 a
game in 2004-2005, the season prior to his
arrival, to just 25.8 in 2007-08, including 26.2
shots allowed in conference action - setting
a school record for conference play. UAA also
set a program-record with its eight overall ties
in 2007-08.
Shyiak guided the Seawolves to a sevengame improvement in 2006-07 - his second
behind the bench at UAA - while overseeing
the first winning season on home ice (9-8-1) in
five years. UAA also claimed the Nye Frontier
Classic title and Alaska Airlines Governor’s
Cup title in 2006-07, marking the first time
the Seawolves have accomplished both in the
same season. Shyiak’s second season was also
highlighted by home sweeps over rival Alaska
Fairbanks and league foe North Dakota.
Introduced as the fourth head coach in
program history on June 14, 2005, Shyiak
earned his first-ever head coaching victory
with a 6-3 triumph at home over Rensselaer on
Oct. 14, 2005. His first WCHA win also occurred
on home ice with a 2-0 blanking of Minnesota
Duluth on Nov. 19, 2005.
Under Shyiak’s guidance the Seawolves
have had 40 student-athletes earn recognition on the WCHA Academic All-Conference
Team.
Prior to coming to UAA, Shyiak was an assistant at his alma mater, Northern Michigan
University, for 10 seasons, including three as
associate head coach.
At NMU, Shyiak helped the Wildcats to
seven 20-win seasons, six Central Collegiate
Hockey Association tournament berths and
one NCAA tournament appearance. NMU was
a member of the WCHA during his first three
seasons as an assistant.
Shyiak served as the head coach of the
North American Select Team in 2000 and 2001,
guiding the squad to silver-medal finishes
both seasons at the World ‘Junior A’ Hockey
Tournament in Tampere, Finland.
Prior to his stint at his alma mater, Shyiak
was general manager and head coach of the
Tournament titles (1989 and 1991) and one
WCHA regular-season title (1991) as a player
and earned WCHA All-Academic Team accolades. He earned a Bachelors of Science in
Physical Education from Northern Michigan
in 1993 and a Masters degree in Training and
Development in Human Performance from
NMU in 2007.
Shyiak and his wife Lucia are the parents
of two sons - Kristian and Sheldon - and one
daughter - Isabela.
Merritt Centennials of the British Columbia
Junior Hockey League (1994-95) and head
coach of the Kimberley Dynamiters of the
Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League (199394). Shyiak led Kimberley to both the regular
season title and the playoff title while also
garnering Coach of the Year honors.
He began his coaching career as a student
assistant at NMU under Rick Comley in 199293, helping guide the Wildcats to a NCAA
berth.
A co-captain on NMU’s 1991 NCAA Championship team, Shyiak also claimed two WCHA
25
2008-09 UAA statistics & game-by-game results
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Alaska Anchorage
| Overall - 36 GP (14-17- 5 .458) | Conf Only - 28 GP ( 9-14- 5 .411) |
Career
------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------## Player
POS YR | GP
G
A PTS PEN/MIN PP SH GW GT | GP
G
G
A PTS
20 Paul Crowder
F JR | 35 14 19 33 22/ 44
6 2 2 3 | 27 11 12 23 18/ 36
5 1 1 3 | 107 32 48 80
9 Kevin Clark
F JR | 34 13 18 31 35/ 81
4 0 1 0 | 26
9 12 21 26/ 63
3 0 1 0 | 105 28 43 71
16 Tommy Grant
F SO | 32 15 10 25 27/ 54
2 1 1 0 | 24 12
5 17 20/ 40
1 1 1 0 | 63 20 12 32
21 Josh Lunden
F JR | 34 14
6 20 13/ 26
6 0 2 1 | 26 10
4 14 11/ 22
4 0 2 1 | 101 39 28 67
40 Brian Bales
F SR | 34
1 15 16
9/ 26
1 0 0 0 | 26
0
9
9
5/ 10
0 0 0 0 | 46
1 16 17
33 Mat Robinson
D SR | 35
3 12 15 13/ 37
1 1 0 0 | 27
1 11 12 11/ 33
0 1 0 0 | 143
9 35 44
24 Trevor Hunt
D JR | 36
4
8 12 19/ 38
4 0 0 0 | 28
4
6 10 16/ 32
4 0 0 0 | 75
4 14 18
11 Curtis Leinweber
D FR | 22
2 10 12
6/ 12
0 0 1 0 | 21
2 10 12
6/ 12
0 0 1 0 | 22
2 10 12
14 Craig Parkinson
F SO | 35
7
4 11 15/ 30
2 1 2 0 | 27
4
3
7 12/ 24
0 1 1 0 | 68 14 13 27
27 Sean Wiles
F SO | 30
3
7 10 10/ 20
0 0 1 0 | 25
3
5
8
8/ 16
0 0 1 0 | 44
3 11 14
4 Kane Lafranchise
D SO | 31
3
7 10
7/ 25
1 0 1 0 | 23
2
4
6
6/ 23
0 0 0 0 | 64
6 12 18
18 Nick Haddad
F SO | 35
3
7 10 17/ 42
0 0 1 0 | 27
3
6
9 12/ 32
0 0 1 0 | 60
3
9 12
12 Tyler Moir
F FR | 36
1
8
9 10/ 20
0 0 1 0 | 28
0
7
7
8/ 16
0 0 0 0 | 36
1
8
9
13 Nils Backstrom (DET)
D JR | 34
4
4
8 19/ 38
0 0 0 0 | 26
3
3
6 17/ 34
0 0 0 0 | 83
6 15 21
22 Jared Tuton
F JR | 32
1
5
6 13/ 45
0 0 0 0 | 28
1
5
6 11/ 30
0 0 0 0 | 103
3 12 15
23 Luka Vidmar
D SO | 30
1
4
5 16/ 32
0 0 0 0 | 22
0
2
2 11/ 22
0 0 0 0 | 60
2
9 11
10 Shane Lovdahl
D SR | 32
1
4
5 11/ 22
0 0 0 0 | 25
1
4
5 10/ 20
0 0 0 0 | 110
8 25 33
36 Jade Portwood
F FR | 28
2
2
4
9/ 32
1 0 0 0 | 20
1
1
2
3/ 20
0 0 0 0 | 28
2
2
4
39 August Aiken
F FR | 19
2
0
2
1/ 2
1 0 0 0 | 15
2
0
2
1 0 0 0 | 19
2
0
2
19 Ken Selby
F JR | 23
1
1
2
9/ 18
0 0 1 0 | 17
0
0
0
5/ 10
0 0 0 0 | 43
2
2
4
6 Jeremy Smith
D SR | 16
0
1
1
7/ 14
0 0 0 0 | 11
0
0
0
5/ 10
0 0 0 0 | 17
0
1
1
44 Jeff Carlson
D SO | 5
0
0
0
1/ 2
0 0 0 0 | 5
0
0
0
1/ 2
0 0 0 0 |
6
0
0
0
30 Jon Olthuis
G JR | 17
0
0
0
0 0 0 0 | 14
0
0
0
0 0 0 0 | 63
0
2
2
G SO | 21
0
0
0
1/ 2
0 0 0 0 | 16
0
0
0
1/ 2
0 0 0 0 | 25
0
0
0
Bench
|
6/ 12
|
5/ 10
|
------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------Alaska Anchorage
| 36 95 152 247 296/674 29 5 14 4 | 28 69 109 178 228/519 18 4 9 4 |
Opponents
| 36 112 189 301 250/543 51 3 17 1 | 28 94 160 254 189/410 44 3 14 1 |
------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------## Goaltending (Overall)
| GP Minutes GA Saves Shots Save%
GAA Record
Win% GS SO %Time
| Overall
SO | 21 1199:00 52
432
484
.893 2.60 8- 8- 4 .500 20
2 54.7%
| +: 508:59 23.2%
30 Jon Olthuis
JR | 17
980:16 56
398
454
.877 3.43 6- 9- 1 .406 16
0 44.7%
| -: 824:42 37.6%
Open Net
| 14
13:32
4
4
0.6%
| E: 859:07 39.2%
Alaska Anchorage
| 36 2192:48 112
830
942
.881 3.06 14-17- 5 .458 36
2 100.0%
|
Opponents
| 36 2192:48 95
828
923
.897 2.60 17-14- 5 .542 36
0 100.0%
|
------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------## Goaltending (Conference Only)
GAA Record
Win% GS SO %Time
| Conference Only
SO | 16
899:58 42
332
374
.888 2.80 4- 7- 4 .400 15
0 52.5%
| +: 361:29 21.1%
30 Jon Olthuis
JR | 14
802:42 48
322
370
.870 3.59 5- 7- 1 .423 13
0 46.9%
| -: 723:39 42.2%
Open Net
| 10
10:08
4
4
0.6%
| E: 627:40 36.6%
Alaska Anchorage
| 28 1712:48 94
654
748
.874 3.29 9-14- 5 .411 28
0 100.0%
|
Opponents
| 28 1712:48 69
616
685
.899 2.42 14- 9- 5 .589 28
0 100.0%
|
------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------## Goaltending (Career)
GAA Record
Win% GS SO
|
30 Jon Olthuis
JR | 63 3625:45 192 1454 1646
.883 3.18 15-32-10 .351 57
1
|
SO | 25 1382:35 63
513
576
.891 2.73 8-12- 4 .417 24
2
|
------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Special Teams (Overall|Conference) | Power Play Penalty Kill
Combined
PPC/G | Power Play Penalty Kill
Combined
PPC/G
Alaska Anchorage
| 29/180 .161 179/230 .778 208/410 .507
5.0 | 18/138 .130 138/182 .758 156/320 .488
4.9
Opponents
| 51/230 .222 151/180 .839 202/410 .493
6.4 | 44/182 .242 120/138 .870 164/320 .512
6.5
------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------Scoring/Shots (Overall|Conference) | 1st 2nd 3rd OT TOT | 1st 2nd 3rd OT SOG | 1st 2nd 3rd OT TOT | 1st 2nd 3rd OT SOG
Alaska Anchorage
| 20 40 34 1
95 | 257 356 292 18 923 | 13 29 26 1
69 | 194 259 214 18 685
Opponents
| 34 39 37 2 112 | 294 325 309 14 942 | 26 32 34 2
94 | 225 259 250 14 748
Difference
| -14 +1 -3 -1 -17 | -37 +31 -17 +4 -19 | -13 -3 -8 -1 -25 | -31
+0 -36 +4 -63
------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------Game Averages (Overall|Conference) |
G/GM
A/GM PTS/G SOG/G PEN/G PIM/G PPG/G |
G/GM
A/GM PTS/G SOG/G PEN/G PIM/G PPG/G
Alaska Anchorage
|
2.64
4.22
6.86 25.6
8.2 18.7
0.8 |
2.46
3.89
6.36 24.5
8.1 18.5
0.6
Opponents
|
3.11
5.25
8.36 26.2
6.9 15.1
1.4 |
3.36
5.71
9.07 26.7
6.8 14.6
1.6
Difference
| -0.47 -1.03 -1.50 -0.5 +1.3 +3.6 -0.6 | -0.89 -1.82 -2.71 -2.2 +1.4 +3.9 -0.9
------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------Situational Records
|
H:17 5- 8- 4 A:17 7- 9- 1 N: 2 2- 0- 0 |
H:14 3- 7- 4 A:14 6- 7- 1 N: 0 0- 0- 0
(Overall|Conference)
| E1 +: 7 4- 2- 1 -:17 5-10- 2 E:12 5- 5- 2 | E1 +: 5 2- 2- 1 -:15 4- 9- 2 E: 8 3- 3- 2
| E2 +: 8 7- 0- 1 -:12 1-10- 1 E:16 6- 7- 3 | E2 +: 5 4- 0- 1 -:11 1- 9- 1 E:12 4- 5- 3
| Margin
1:14 8- 6 2:10 4- 6 3+: 7 2- 5 | Margin
1:11 7- 4 2: 7 2- 5 3+: 5 0- 5
| First Goal
+:15 7- 6- 2 -:21 7-11- 3 | First Goal
+:11 5- 4- 2 -:17 4-10- 3
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26
September
Dt Game
25 *USA UNDER-18 TEAM (x)
W-L Score
L 3-4
October
4
10
11
17
18
24
25
31
*BRITISH COLUMBIA (x)
#CONNECTICUT (nc)
#NORTHEASTERN (nc)
& vs Maine (nc)
& vs Mercyhurst (nc)
W 6-2
W 6- 2
L 2-4
W 3-1
W 6-4
W 4-3
T 1-1 ot
L 2-4
November
1
7
8
14
15
21
22
% at Michigan Tech (WCHA)
at North Dakota (WCHA)
W 2-1
L 3-5
T 2-2 ot
W 3-2
L 1-3
W 4-2
L 3-4 ot
December
5
6
9
10
at Wisconsin (WCHA)
at Wisconsin (WCHA)
WISCONSIN (WCHA)
WISCONSIN (WCHA)
L
L
L
L
2-3
2-7
2-3
3-6
January
16
17
23
24
30
31
MICHIGAN TECH (WCHA)
at Denver (WCHA)
at Denver (WCHA)
W 4-2
L 1-7
T 3-3 ot
T 3-3 ot
L 2-6
W 3-2 ot
February
6
7
13
14
20
21
27
28
at Minnesota (WCHA)
at Minnesota (WCHA)
NORTH DAKOTA (WCHA)
NORTH DAKOTA (WCHA)
at Alaska (nc)
ALASKA (nc)
L 1-3
W 2-1
T 2-2 ot
L 2-4
L 1-2 OT
L 2-6
W 1-0
W 3-0
March
6
7
13
14
at Minnesota Duluth (WCHA)
+ at Denver (nc)
+ at Denver (nc)
W
W
L
L
5-4
4-3
2-3
3-4
Key: * Wasilla, AK; # Kendall Hockey Classic (Anchorage, AK); & Alaska Goal Rush (Fairbanks, AK); %
Hockey Hall of Fame Game; + WCHA First Round;
(x) exhibition; (WCHA) conference; (nc) non-conference.
uaa program milestones
Fall, 1979: University of Alaska Anchorage hockey
is born … UAA defeats Alaska-Fairbanks, 13-3, in
the Seawolves’ first collegiate game … all of UAA’s
eight collegiate games in its first season were wins
over UAF.
1982-83: Seawolves recorded their first 20-win
season, finishing 20-7-1 overall.
March 7, 1983: the first-ever sporting event held
at the George M. Sullivan Arena was a hockey game
between UAA and the U.S. National Team … the U.S.
defeated the Seawolves, 4-3.
Fall, 1983: Sullivan Arena in downtown Anchorage
officially became host to UAA hockey games.
Jan. 8, 1984: a loss to Div. 1 member North Dakota in
the championship game of the inaugural First Interstate Classic tournament ended UAA’s 29-game win
streak – which began the previous season.
Spring, 1984: Dennis Sorenson and Tim Molle
become the first Seawolves to earn first team AllAmerican honors for Div. II/III … Ron Benton and Marc
Nokelby are the first UAA student-athletes named
second team All-American for Div. II/III.
Fall, 1984: UAA Hockey moves up to NCAA Div.
1 status.
1986-87: UAA captures the Great West Hockey
Conference regular season title.
Dec. 18, 1988: Alaska Anchorage wins its first Nissan/
Jeep Classic tournament with a double overtime 5-4
victory over visiting Western Michigan.
March, 1990: Seawolves earned their first-ever bid
to the NCAA Div. 1 Men’s Tournament.
March 15-16, 1991: UAA sweeps Boston College, 3-2
and 3-1, in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
March, 1992: Seawolves make their third consecutive
appearance in the NCAA Div. 1 Men’s Tournament.
Summer, 1993: University of Alaska Anchorage
officially joined the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA).
March, 1994: Goaltender Lee Schill becomes the first
Seawolf to be named to an All-WCHA team when he
earned second team honors.
May, 1996: Dean Talafous is named the second head
coach of Seawolf hockey.
Oct. 21, 1996: Alaska Anchorage Hockey retires jersey
No. 79 in honor of Kelvin ‘Brush’ Christiansen, the first
coach in the program’s history.
March, 1999: Goaltender Gregg Naumenko became
UAA’s first All-WCHA First Team member and first
WCHA Rookie of the Year.
March, 2001: Dean Talafous’ tenure as head coach
at Alaska Anchorage ends.
April, 2001: John Hill, longtime WCHA assistant coach
with CC and Minnesota, is named the third head coach
in the history of UAA Hockey.
March, 2002: Defenseman Matt Shasby earns AllWCHA Second Team honors … first-year coach John
Hill is named one of ten finalists for the Spencer Penrose Award, presented by the AHCA to the University
Division National Coach of the Year … Hill guides the
resurgent Seawolves to a 12-19-5 overall record and
a tie for 6th in the WCHA at 10-14-4.
March, 2003: 11 members of the 2002-03 UAA hockey
team earn All-WCHA Academic Team honors in Joe
Garvin, Lee Green, John Hopson, Chris King, Vladimir
Novak, Kevin Reiter, Morgan Roach, Matt Shasby, Dallas Steward, Martin Stuchlik and Steve Suihkonen.
March 12-14, 2004: Seawolves win their first-ever
WCHA playoff series by taking two of three games
from host Wisconsin at the Kohl Center in Madison
… UAA wins 3-2 on Friday, falls 4-0 on Saturday, and
then comes back for a 4-1 victory on Sunday to clinch
the program’s first berth in the Final Five.
March 18-20, 2004: Seawolves make their first-ever
appearance in the WCHA Final Five at Xcel Energy
Center in Saint Paul … UAA defeats CC, 4-1, in the
Thursday quarterfinal to advance … on Friday, Alaska
Anchorage falls, 4-2, to MacNaughton Cup champion
North Dakota … then, in the third place game on
Saturday, UAA is defeated 4-2 by UMD to end the
Seawolves’ inspiring post-regular season run.
June 14, 2005: Alaska Anchorage athletic director
Steve Cobb announces that Dave Shyiak has been
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hired as the head coach of the Seawolves’ hockey
program … Shyiak, who becomes the fourth head
coach in the program’s 26-year history, comes to
UAA from Northern Michigan University, where he
had been an assistant for 10 seasons, including the
past three as the associate head coach.
Nov. 4, 2006: Alaska Anchorage earned its 100th
all-time WCHA victory with a 2-1 win at home over
Wisconsin.
2007-08: Alaska Anchorage played the program’s
1,000th all-time game on Feb. 29 at home vs WCHArival Minnesota.
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AC: 907. Location: Anchorage, AK 99508. Founded: 1977. Enrollment: 19,486.
Nickname: Seawolves. Colors: Green and Gold. Arena: Sullivan Arena (200 x 100).
Capacity: 6,251. Press Box Phone: 279-2071. Faculty Representative: Steve
Strom (786-6411, afsls1@uaa.alaska.edu). Director of Athletics: Dr. Steve Cobb
(786-1225, ansrc@uaa.alaska.edu). Head Coach: Dave Shyiak (786-1227, andps@
uaa.alaska.edu). Assistant Coaches: Campbell Blair (786-1292, ancb@uaa.alaska.
edu); Regg Simon (786-6103, anrjs2@uaa.alaska.edu). Volunteer Assistant Coach:
Brian Kraft. Athletic Trainer: Kevin Lechtenberg (786-6164, kev@uaa.alaska.edu).
Equipment Manager: Patrick Robertson (786-1355, anpdr@uaa.alaska.edu). Public
Relations Director: Nate Sagan (786-4625, fax 563-4565, anss@uaa.alaska.edu).
UAA Ticket Office: 786-1293 (Mary Beth Wooden, Marybeth@uaa.alaska.edu).
Web Site: GoSeawolves.com.
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tigers
colorado college
The 2009-10 season
W
ith more than half its roster
comprised of freshmen and
sophomores, Colorado College will
sport a new look in 2009-10.
True, the Tigers also have nine seniors which should help in terms of leadership - but
a number of those “upper classmen” have not
played key roles in the past. Toss in a trio of
goaltenders whose collective experience at
the collegiate level adds up to less than one
game, and this fall truly marks the beginning
of a new chapter for the program.
Scott Owens, who enters his second decade
as head coach, is eagerly looking forward to
the challenge.
“It’s going to be a relatively inexperienced
team, there’s no doubt,” Owens said. “Yes, we
have some concerns. But that isn’t always a
bad thing.
Sometimes there’s a certain amount of
freshness and newness to it all. It’s going to
require a certain patience from the staff as we
sort through it and let some of these young
players make mistakes as they develop.
“For guys who have been waiting for their
opportunity, this is their chance to show what
they can do. The senior class is large. They’ve
been around the program for a long time and
they understand what it takes. So, all in all, I
think it’s going to be a good season.”
Of 28 players on the roster, no fewer than 15
will be in their first or second year at CC. With
the exception of Gabe Guentzel, who played
in 36 of the team’s 38 outings as a rookie defenseman in 2008-09, the sophomores in that
group haven’t had much chance to establish
themselves. Three forwards – David Civitarese,
Nick Dineen and Tim Hall – combined for only
one goal and 12 points while averaging 20
appearances apiece a year ago, while blueline
specialists Ted Behrend and Arthur Bidwell
played just eight games each.
Offensively, the Tigers need to replace
some healthy production provided by Chad
Rau, Eric Walsky and Scott McCulloch, who
accounted nearly 36 percent of the team’s 103
goals in ‘08-09. Rau, a two-time All-American
and All-WCHA first-team selection, led CC with
18 tallies and 37 points. Walsky collected 36
points, including 24 assists that tied a team
high matched by defenseman Brian Connelly.
With Connelly also gone after signing a professional contract with the Chicago Blackhawks,
Colorado College has lost its top three point
producers from a year ago.
Hoping to lead the charge in ‘09-10 are
senior left wing Bill Sweatt, right wing Mike
Testwuide and center Andreas Vlassopoulos.
Sweatt, whose blazing speed makes him one
of the nation’s most exciting players, enters his
final collegiate season with 76 career points
(31g,45a) and is destined for a break-through
year. Testwuide, who was elected team captain
last spring, hopes to regain the scoring touch
he enjoyed during his first two campaigns,
when he struck for eight and 11 goals, respectively. Vlassopoulos, a proven playmaker and
special teams artist, aims to make a significant
improvement on his career totals of 16 goals
and 43 assists.
Addison DeBoer, Brian McMillin, Matt Overman and Dan Quilico round out the group of
28
senior forwards, while juniors Tyler Johnson
and Stephen Schultz are poised to make big
strides. Of those six players, only Schultz ever
has scored more than six times in a season.
He had 10 red lighters in 2008-09.
“I think it will be spread out a little more,”
said Owens. “We do have a handful of experienced guys, but it’s still going to have to evolve
… Diversfying it all – getting a lot of guys
with nine goals instead of two guys with 18,
or something like that – will be important.”
The class of nine freshmen, which includes
defensemen Mike Boivin, Doug Leaverton
and Joe Marciano, also features four promising forwards in Andrew Hamburg, William
Rapuzzi, Rylan Schwartz and Scott Winkler. All
are veterans of the junior A ranks, and Winkler
was a third-round selection of the Dallas Stars
in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.
Behrend and Bidwill join the three freshmen in completing a group of nine defensemen headlined by seniors Kris Fredheim and
Nate Prosser. Both Fredheim and Prosser have
been regulars at the blue line since the their
sophomore year after platooning with each
other as freshmen. Junior Ryan Lowery already
has played in 69 career outings, developing a
strong transition game, while Guentzel returns
after a very impressive rookie season in which
he finished fifth among all Tigers with 17 points
(3g,14a).
“We should be able to lean on those guys
early,” Owens said. “When you look at Fredheim, Prosser and Lowery, as well as Gabe
(Guentzel), who played a lot of minutes last
year, it’s a very solid group to help guide us
through with our young goaltenders.”
And that’s the big unknown heading into
‘09-10 – what to expect between the pipes.
With Richard Bachman opting to sign a
contract with the Dallas Stars after only two
seasons at CC, and Drew O’Connell having
graduated in May, junior Tyler O’Brien returns
as the team’s only experienced goalie.
Excluding exhibitions, however, O’Brien
has appeared in only three games as a Tiger,
compiling less than 35 minutes of total ice
time. He’ll compete for a starting nod against
a pair of freshmen out of the USHL – Joe Howe
and Hudson Stremmel.
“It’s going to be wide open,” said Owens,
anticipating the internal competition in net.
“We’re going to wait and see how it goes,
try to get a look at different people and sort
through it. We’ve got a good mix of guys. They
just need some experience.
“With the little scrap of ice that he’s gotten,
O’Brien has played pretty well and it remains
to be seen whether he takes another step.
Howe is pretty highly touted … he’s mature,
has been in the USHL the last two years, and
has pretty good size with fundamentally good
mechanics. Stremmel comes in with just one
year in the USHL, a little bit of a non-traditional
hockey background from Reno, Nev., but he’s
good size, competes, and is aggressive and
athletic.”
“From a talent standpoint, we have some
nice pieces. There are guys who can play roles.
There’s some scoring, some speed, and some
playmaking. It’s just a matter of putting it all
together.”
bill sweatt
kris fredheim
2009-10 CC schedule
october
Date
3
9
10
16
17
23
24
Game
CALGARY (x)
NORTHEASTERN (nc)
NORTHEASTERN (nc)
at Wisconsin (WCHA)
at Wisconsin (WCHA)
November
6
7
13
14
20
21
27
28
ROBERT MORRIS (nc)
ROBERT MORRIS (nc)
ALASKA ANCHORAGE (WCHA)
ALASKA ANCHORAGE (WCHA)
December
4
DENVER (WCHA)
5
at Denver (WCHA)
11
12
29
@ Florida College Classic, Germain Arena, Estero, FL
Maine vs Princeton (nc)
CC vs Cornell (nc)
30
@ Florida College Classic, Germain Arena, Estero, FL
Third Place Game (nc)
Championship Game (nc)
January
8
9
15
16
22
23
29
30
WISCONSIN (WCHA)
WISCONSIN (WCHA)
at Alaska Anchorage (WCHA)
February
5
6
19
20
26
27
March
5
6
Time
7:37 pm MT
7:37 pm MT
7:07 pm MT
7:07 pm CT
7:07 pm CT
7:37 pm MT
7:07 pm MT
7:37 pm MT
7:07 pm MT
7:37 pm CT
7:07 pm CT
7:37 pm MT
7:07 pm MT
7:37 pm MT
7:05 pm MT
7:37 pm MT
7:07 pm MT
7:07 pm CT
7:07 pm CT
4:05 pm ET
7:35 pm ET
4:05 pm ET
7:35 pm ET
mike testwuide
7:07 pm CT
7:07 pm CT
7:37 pm MT
7:07 pm MT
7:07 pm AT
7:07 pm AT
7:37 pm MT
7:07 pm MT
AIR FORCE (nc)
MERCYHURST (nc)
at Minnesota (WCHA)
at Minnesota (WCHA)
NORTH DAKOTA (WCHA)
NORTH DAKOTA (WCHA)
7:37 pm MT
7:07 pm MT
7:07 pm CT
7:07 pm CT
7:37 pm MT
7:07 pm MT
at Denver (WCHA)
DENVER (WCHA)
7:37 pm MT
7:07 pm MT
(x) exhibition; (nc) non-conference; (WCHA) conference
nate prosser
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2009-10 CC Alphabetical roster
No.
3
2
28
11
20
22
7
10
23
16
31
17
6
24
4
9
1
18
15
12
27
14
13
33
21
25
19
5
Name (Capts) (NHL Draft)
Ted Behrend
Arthur Bidwill
Mike Boivin
David Civitarese
Addison DeBoer
Nick Dineen
Kris Fredheim (VAN)
Gabe Guentzel
Tim Hall
Andrew Hamburg
Joe Howe
Tyler Johnson
Doug Leaverton
Ryan Lowery
Joe Marciano
Brian McMillin
Tyler O’Brien
Matt Overman
Nate Prosser
Dan Quilico
William Rapuzzi
Stephen Schultz
Rylan Schwartz
Hudson Stremmel
Bill Sweatt (CHI)
Mike Testwuide
Andreas Vlassopoulos
Scott Winkler (DAL)
Yr
SO SO FR SO SR SO SR SO SO FR FR JR FR JR FR SR JR SR SR SR FR JR FR FR SR SR SR FR Pos
D
D
D
F
F
F
D
D
F
F
G
F
D
D
D
F
G
F
D
F
F
F
F
G
F
F
F
F
Ht
5-11
5-10
6-1
6-2
6-0
5-10
6-2
6-0
5-8
6-2
5-11
5-9
6-4
5-11
6-1
6-2
6-2
5-10
6-2
5-8
5-11
5-11
5-10
6-0
6-0
6-3
6-0
6-3
Numerical roster
Wt S/C
180 L
175 R
175 R
210 R
190 R
185 R
195 R
185 L
170 L
190 R
190 L
168 R
218 R
188 R
195 R
200 R
187 L
175 R
210 R
160 R
180
175 R
182 L
180 L
193 L
220 R
190 L
211 R
Age
19
22
19
20
21
20
22
21
19
20
19
20
20
21
19
21
21
22
23
23
19
22
19
18
21
22
22
19
Hometown / Previous Team
Oregon, WI / Oregon HS
Fontana, WI / Fairbanks Ice Dogs
Delta, BC / Nanaimo Clippers
Calgary, AB / Okotoks Oilers
Spring Lake Park, MN / Spring Lake Park HS
Omaha, NE / Sioux Falls Stampede
Campbell River, BC / Notre Dame Hounds
Woodbury, MN / Sioux Falls Stampede
Sewickley, PA / Ohio Junior Blue Jackets
Phoenix, AZ / St. Louis Bandits
Plymouth, MN / Waterloo Blackhawks
Cloquet, MN / Cloquet HS
Painesville, OH / Cedar Rapids Roughriders
Inverness, IL / Lincoln Stars
Alta Loma, CA / Omaha Lancers
Roseau, MN / Roseau HS
Stowe, VT / St. Paul’s School
Bloomington, MN / Sioux Falls Stampede
Elk River, MN / Sioux Falls Stampede
Thousand Oaks, CA / Trail Smoke Eaters
Anchorage, AK / Green Bay Gamblers
Westbury, NY / Lincoln Stars
Wilcox, SK / Notre Dame Hounds
Reno, NV / Chicago Steel
Elburn, IL / U.S. National Under-18
Vail, CO / Waterloo Black Hawks
Los Angeles, CA / U.S. National Under-18
Asker, Norway / Cedar Rapids Roughriders
No. Name
1 Tyler O’Brien
2 Arthur Bidwill
3 Ted Behrend
4 Joe Marciano
5 Scott Winkler (DAL)
6 Doug Leaverton
7 Kris Fredheim (VAN) 9 Brian McMillin 10 Gabe Guentzel
11 David Civitarese
12 Dan Quilico 13 Rylan Schwartz
14 Stephen Schultz 15 Nate Prosser 16 Andrew Hamburg 17 Tyler Johnson 18 Matt Overman 19 Andreas Vlassopoulos 20 Addison DeBoer
21 Bill Sweatt (CHI) 22 Nick Dineen 23 Tim Hall 24 Ryan Lowery 25 Mike Testwuide 27 William Rapuzzi 28 Mike Boivin 31 Joe Howe 33 Hudson Stremmel Pos
G
D
D
D
F
D
D
F
D
F
F
F
F
D
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
D
F
F
D
G
G
Head Coach: Scott Owens (Colorado College ‘79). Career Record (entering 2009-10): 239-133-35 (.630) (10 seasons). Record at CC (entering
2009-10): 239-133-35 (.630) (10 Seasons). Assistant Coach: Joe Bonnett (Western Michigan ‘93). Assistant Coach: Jason Lammers (SUNY Geneseo ‘98). Volunteer Assistant Coach: Terry Kleisinger (Wisconsin ‘84). Strength and Conditioning Coach: Greg Infantolino (Union College ‘04).
head coach scott owens
A
lready a decade into his tenure as
head coach at Colorado College, Scott
Owens has reserved a special niche in
the annals of Tiger Hockey, having won more
games than any of his 12 predecessors in the
program’s 70-year history.
The math speaks for itself. Ten seasons, 239
victories and .630 winning percentage. Not to
mention three regular-season championships
in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association
and six appearances in the NCAA tournament,
including a trip to the Frozen Four in 2005. Oh,
yeah. Don’t forget 15 All-America selections,
two Hobey Baker Award winners and five
WCHA Scholar-Athletes in each of the last two
years. Who ever could dispute that Owens is
a perfect fit at the CC helm?
His teams have averaged almost 24 victories per year since he accepted the position.
The 31 triumphs in 2004-05 and 28 in 2007-08
represent the program’s second and sixth
highest totals ever. It’s no mere coincidence
that the Tigers have kept a firm foothold
among college hockey’s elite, while attendance figures at the Colorado Springs World
Arena continue to rank among the nation’s
best.
True, Owens has compiled an impressive
list of coaching credentials spanning more
than two decades. But when he returned to
campus in April 1999 after four successful
seasons in the Junior “A”-level United States
Hockey League, he also brought with him an
intimate familiarity with the college that few
other individuals could possibly possess.
A 1979 graduate with a bachelor’s degree
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in business administration, Owens lettered for
four seasons as a goaltender with the Tigers.
He later spent four campaigns (1991-95) as a
member of the Colorado College coaching
staff, serving as recruiting coordinator and
playing a key role in the program’s revival in the
mid ‘90s. He was promoted to associate head
coach for the final two years of that stay. Before
leaving to become head coach and general
manager of the Des Moines Buccaneers in
1995, he had helped lead CC to its first of five
consecutive appearances in the NCAA playoffs
as well as two of three straight regular-season
championships in the WCHA.
He understands the school, its students and
its athletes. Having experienced, as a player
and a coach, what works and what doesn’t at
Colorado College, he knows exactly what the
ingredients of success for the hockey program
have been. He’s at home in the community,
and his achievements everywhere he’s been
are testimony to his ability to motivate players.
In his four years at Des Moines, Owens
posted an overall record of 179-76-9 and
winning percentage of .695, including a
record-setting 62-12-1 (.833) mark in 199899 when the Buccaneers claimed the USHL’s
regular-season and playoff titles. Also national
Junior “A” champions a year earlier, they came
within one victory of repeating the feat in 1999
when they finished as runner-up to Detroit
Compuware.
In 18 seasons combined, as a head coach
in the USHL and at Colorado College, he’s won
567 games.
Prior to his first return to CC in 1991,
Owens spent six years as general manager
(1984-90) and head coach (1986-90) of the
USHL’s Madison Capitols, followed by one
season (1990-91) as an assistant coach at the
University of Wisconsin. A native of Madison,
he guided the Capitols to four consecutive
appearances (1987-90) in the National Junior
“A”Tournament. His four-year coaching record
there was 149-97-9, including a 41-18-3 mark
in 1989-90, the club’s best ever. He was voted
USHL General Manager of the Year in 1986-87
and 1997-98, as well as the league’s Coach of
the Year in 1987-88.
The 53-year-old Owens, who coached the
South at‘86 and‘87 U.S. Olympic Festivals, also
spent five years as a player, assistant coach and
youth program coordinator for the Kempten
Ice Hockey Club in Kempten, West Germany,
after graduating from CC in 1979.
He appeared in 50 games for the Tigers
during his collegiate playing career, backstopping 12 victories as the team’s No. 1 goalie his
senior season in 1978-79. He attended and
played hockey at Madison’s Memorial High
School under coach Bill Howard, another
former CC goaltender. Owens then played one
season for the St. Cloud (Minn.) Blues of the
Mid-West Junior League. He also represented
the United States at the 1975 Junior World
Championships, competing against teams
from Canada, Czechoslovakia, Finland, Russia
and Sweden.
He and his wife, Sally, were married on
New Year’s Eve, 2001. He has two stepsons,
Evan and Sean, ages 24 and 21.
2008-09 CC statistics & game-by-game results
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Colorado College
| Overall - 38 GP (16-12-10 .553) | Conf Only - 28 GP (12- 9- 7 .554) |
Career
------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------## Player
POS YR | GP
G
G
G
A PTS
14 Chad Rau (TOR)
C SR | 38 18 19 37
3/ 6
7 0 1 3 | 28 13 15 28
2/ 4
6 0 0 2 | 159 73 67 140
22 Eric Walsky
F SR | 38 12 24 36 12/ 24
5 0 2 0 | 28 10 17 27
6/ 12
4 0 2 0 | 130 30 48 78
11 Brian Connelly
D JR | 38
3 24 27 23/ 46
3 0 0 0 | 28
2 19 21 16/ 32
2 0 0 0 | 114
8 55 63
21 Bill Sweatt (CHI)
LW JR | 37 12 11 23 14/ 28
2 0 0 0 | 27
8
8 16 12/ 24
2 0 0 0 | 104 31 45 76
10 Gabe Guentzel
D FR | 36
3 14 17 21/ 42
3 0 0 0 | 27
2 11 13 19/ 38
2 0 0 0 | 36
3 14 17
28 Stephen Schultz
W SO | 35 10
4 14 19/ 38
5 0 3 0 | 26
8
4 12 11/ 22
4 0 2 0 | 56 14
7 21
26 Scott McCulloch (CHI)
LW SR | 27
7
6 13 13/ 29
5 2 1 0 | 22
6
5 11 12/ 24
4 2 1 0 | 156 47 30 77
15 Nate Prosser
D JR | 38
5
8 13 21/ 61
3 0 0 0 | 28
4
6 10 17/ 53
3 0 0 0 | 98
8 28 36
19 Andreas Vlassopoulos
C JR | 31
3
9 12 18/ 36
1 0 0 0 | 21
2
7
9 10/ 20
1 0 0 0 | 97 16 43 59
17 Tyler Johnson
C/W SO | 36
6
3
9 16/ 32
3 0 2 0 | 27
5
2
7 13/ 26
2 0 1 0 | 76 11 11 22
25 Mike Testwuide
RW JR | 36
4
5
9 10/ 20
0 0 1 0 | 27
4
3
7
7/ 14
0 0 1 0 | 98 23 17 40
2 Cody Lampl
F/D SR | 16
3
5
8 12/ 43
1 0 0 0 | 14
3
5
8 10/ 28
1 0 0 0 | 86
6 14 20
9 Brian McMillin
C/W JR | 35
6
1
7
7/ 14
0 0 2 0 | 26
4
1
5
5/ 10
0 0 2 0 | 97
9
5 14
18 Matt Overman
F JR | 28
4
3
7 10/ 20
0 0 0 0 | 21
4
3
7
8/ 16
0 0 0 0 | 52
6
5 11
7 Kris Fredheim (VAN)
D JR | 32
2
5
7 20/ 40
0 0 1 0 | 22
0
3
3 15/ 30
0 0 0 0 | 89
4 12 16
24 Ryan Lowery
D SO | 37
1
6
7 12/ 35
0 0 1 0 | 28
1
4
5 11/ 33
0 0 1 0 | 69
2
9 11
5 Addison DeBoer
W JR | 35
3
3
6 10/ 20
0 1 2 0 | 26
3
3
6
9/ 18
0 1 2 0 | 98
9 11 20
20 Nick Dineen
F FR | 24
0
6
6
6/ 15
0 0 0 0 | 18
0
3
3
5/ 10
0 0 0 0 | 24
0
6
6
23 Tim Hall
F FR | 22
1
2
3
6/ 12
0 0 0 0 | 14
0
0
0
3/ 6
0 0 0 0 | 22
1
2
3
16 David Civitarese
F FR | 14
0
3
3
1/ 2
0 0 0 0 | 10
0
1
1
0 0 0 0 | 14
0
3
3
4 Jake Gannon
D SR | 31
0
3
3 22/ 44
0 0 0 0 | 24
0
3
3 19/ 38
0 0 0 0 | 135
1 11 12
30 Richard Bachman (DAL)
G SO | 35
0
3
3
0 0 0 0 | 27
0
2
2
0 0 0 0 | 70
0
6
6
1 Tyler O’Brien
G SO | 2
0
0
0
0 0 0 0 | 1
0
0
0
0 0 0 0 |
3
0
0
0
12 Dan Quilico
W JR | 4
0
0
0
1/ 2
0 0 0 0 | 1
0
0
0
0 0 0 0 | 16
0
0
0
31 Drew O’Connell
G SR | 6
0
0
0
0 0 0 0 | 3
0
0
0
0 0 0 0 | 24
0
2
2
3 Ted Behrend
D FR | 8
0
0
0
2/ 4
0 0 0 0 | 6
0
0
0
1/ 2
0 0 0 0 |
8
0
0
0
27 Arthur Bidwill
D FR | 8
0
0
0
3/ 6
0 0 0 0 | 5
0
0
0
2/ 4
0 0 0 0 |
8
0
0
0
Bench
|
4/ 8
|
3/ 6
|
------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------Colorado College
| 38 103 167 270 286/627 38 3 16 3 | 28 79 125 204 216/470 31 3 12 2 |
Opponents
| 38 103 169 272 300/677 32 6 12 7 | 28 82 135 217 218/499 25 4 9 5 |
------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------## Goaltending (Overall)
GAA Record
Win% GS SO %Time
| Overall
SO | 35 2073:28 91
962 1053
.914 2.63 14-11-10 .543 35
3 88.8%
| +: 801:31 34.3%
31 Drew O’Connell
SR |
6
225:01 10
74
84
.881 2.67 2- 1- 0 .667
3
0
9.6%
| -: 658:31 28.2%
1 Tyler O’Brien
SO |
2
29:21
0
11
11 1.000 0.00 0- 0- 0
--0
0
1.3%
| E: 876:12 37.5%
Open Net
| 13
8:24
2
2
0.4%
|
Colorado College
| 38 2336:14 103 1047 1150
.910 2.65 16-12-10 .553 38
4 100.0%
|
Opponents
| 38 2336:14 103 1064 1167
.912 2.65 12-16-10 .447 38
0 100.0%
|
------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------## Goaltending (Conference Only)
GAA Record
Win% GS SO %Time
| Conference Only
SO | 27 1603:20 73
765
838
.913 2.73 12- 8- 7 .574 27
2 93.2%
| +: 632:18 36.7%
31 Drew O’Connell
SR |
3
96:59
7
33
40
.825 4.33 0- 1- 0 .000
1
0
5.6%
| -: 470:49 27.4%
1 Tyler O’Brien
SO |
1
15:33
0
5
5 1.000 0.00 0- 0- 0
--0
0
0.9%
| E: 618:07 35.9%
Open Net
|
9
5:22
2
2
0.3%
|
Colorado College
| 28 1721:14 82
803
885
.907 2.86 12- 9- 7 .554 28
2 100.0%
|
Opponents
| 28 1721:14 79
729
808
.902 2.75 9-12- 7 .446 28
0 100.0%
|
------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------## Goaltending (Career)
GAA Record
Win% GS SO
|
SO | 70 4176:15 156 1845 2001
.922 2.24 39-20-11 .636 70
7
|
31 Drew O’Connell
SR | 24 1179:03 60
454
514
.883 3.05 10- 8- 0 .556 18
3
|
1 Tyler O’Brien
SO |
3
34:56
0
15
15 1.000 0.00 0- 0- 0
--0
0
|
------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Special Teams (Overall|Conference) | Power Play Penalty Kill
Combined
PPC/G | Power Play Penalty Kill
Combined
PPC/G
Colorado College
| 38/237 .160 192/224 .857 230/461 .499
6.2 | 31/173 .179 146/171 .854 177/344 .515
6.2
Opponents
| 32/224 .143 199/237 .840 231/461 .501
5.9 | 25/171 .146 142/173 .821 167/344 .485
6.1
------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------Scoring/Shots (Overall|Conference) | 1st 2nd 3rd OT TOT | 1st 2nd 3rd OT SOG | 1st 2nd 3rd OT TOT | 1st 2nd 3rd OT SOG
Colorado College
| 28 44 30 1 103 | 368 392 373 34 1167 | 22 31 25 1
79 | 254 262 265 27 808
Opponents
| 30 40 32 1 103 | 364 382 369 35 1150 | 22 33 26 1
82 | 282 301 277 25 885
Difference
| -2 +4 -2 +0
+0 | +4 +10
+4 -1 +17 | +0 -2 -1 +0
-3 | -28 -39 -12 +2 -77
------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------Game Averages (Overall|Conference) |
G/GM
A/GM PTS/G SOG/G PEN/G PIM/G PPG/G |
G/GM
A/GM PTS/G SOG/G PEN/G PIM/G PPG/G
Colorado College
|
2.71
4.39
7.11 30.7
7.5 16.5
1.0 |
2.82
4.46
7.29 28.9
7.7 16.8
1.1
Opponents
|
2.71
4.45
7.16 30.3
7.9 17.8
0.8 |
2.93
4.82
7.75 31.6
7.8 17.8
0.9
Difference
| +0.00 -0.05 -0.05 +0.4 -0.4 -1.3 +0.2 | -0.11 -0.36 -0.46 -2.8 -0.1 -1.0 +0.2
------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------Situational Records
|
H:21 11- 6- 4 A:17 5- 6- 6 N: 0 0- 0- 0 |
H:14 7- 4- 3 A:14 5- 5- 4 N: 0 0- 0- 0
(Overall|Conference)
| E1 +:15 9- 3- 3 -:15 3- 8- 4 E: 8 4- 1- 3 | E1 +:13 7- 3- 3 -:10 2- 5- 3 E: 5 3- 1- 1
| E2 +:18 12- 0- 6 -:11 0-10- 1 E: 9 4- 2- 3 | E2 +:12 8- 0- 4 -: 8 0- 7- 1 E: 8 4- 2- 2
| Margin
1:10 8- 2 2: 8 4- 4 3+:10 4- 6 | Margin
1: 8 6- 2 2: 6 3- 3 3+: 7 3- 4
| First Goal
+:19 12- 3- 4 -:19 4- 9- 6 | First Goal
+:15 9- 3- 3 -:13 3- 6- 4
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
October
Dt
6
10
11
17
18
24
25
31
Game
ALBERTA (x)
ALABAMA-HUNTSVILLE (nc)
ALABAMA-HUNTSVILLE (nc)
at Clarkson (nc)
at Clarkson (nc)
at Denver (WCHA)
W-L Score
W 5-2
W 1-0
W 5-3
W 2-0
W 4-2
T 1-1 ot
T 2-2 ot
T 2-2 ot
November
2
7
8
14
15
21
22
28
29
DENVER (WCHA)
NORTH DAKOTA (WCHA)
NORTH DAKOTA (WCHA)
at Air Force (nc)
COLGATE (nc)
W 3-2
L 1-3
W 7-4
L 1-2
W 4-3
L 2-4
W 4-3 ot
L 1-4
W 3-2
December
5
6
13
14
19
20
at Minnesota (WCHA)
at Minnesota (WCHA)
SACRED HEART (nc)
SACRED HEART (nc)
T 1-1 ot
L 4-7
L 1-4
W 1-0
T 2-2 ot
W 7-0
January
9
10
16
17
23
24
at Wisconsin (WCHA)
at Wisconsin (WCHA)
W 5-2
L 1-3
L 1-6
W 4-3
T 4-4 ot
L 1-6
February
6
7
13
15
20
21
28
DENVER (WCHA)
USA UNDER-18 TEAM (x)
MINNESOTA (WCHA)
MINNESOTA (WCHA)
T 2-2 ot
W 4-1
T 3-3 ot
L 2-3
W 4-3
W 5-3
T 4-4 ot
March
1
7
13
14
at Denver (WCHA)
#MINNESOTA DULUTH (nc)
#MINNESOTA DULUTH (nc)
L 3-4 ot
T 1-1 ot
L 1-4
L 1-3
Key: # WCHA First Round; (x) exhibition; (WCHA)
conference; (nc) non-conference.
31
CC program milestones
1948: in cooperation with the Broadmoor Hotel, CC
sponsors the first NCAA Championship.
1949-50: Tigers capture program’s first NCAA title.
1951-52: Tigers are league (WCHA) champions.
1954-55: Tigers capture their second conference
title.
1956-57: CC captures both WCHA and NCAA championships … Tigers win 27 games overall, a school record
that stands until 1994-95.
1963-64: CC wins the title at the Brown Invitational.
1971-72: F Doug Palazzari finishes the season with
57 points in WCHA play, third highest total in league
history behind UM’s John Mayasich (78, 1953-54) and
Michigan’s Red Berenson (68, 1961-62) … Tigers defeat
Denver, 9-7, at DU Arena for the first time in 15 years …
CC also beats Denver, 9-6, on Broadmoor ice in the 100th
all-time meeting between the two schools.
1973-74: F Doug Palazzari ends his four-year collegiate
career as CC’s all-time leading scorer (226 points) and is
named WCHA MVP … Palazzari also earns first team AllWCHA and All-American honors for the second time.
1974-75: CC finishes 23-14-0 overall … Jim Warner is
WCHA Freshman of the Year and joins goaltender Eddie
Mio as second-team All-WCHA selections.
1977-78: Tigers upset Minnesota and Denver on the
road in the WCHA playoffs and then advance to an NCAA
playoff game vs Bowling Green … F Greg Whyte sets two
CC season records with 54 assists and 82 points.
1978-79: F Dave Delich breaks Greg Whyte’s singleseason CC scoring record with 84 points and ends his
career with 111-174–285, the latter two representing
school records that still stand … Delich is named to
three different all-star teams after winning the WCHA
scoring title with 70 points.
1979-80: Tigers earn a home playoff berth after finishing
third in the WCHA with a 16-13-1 record.
1980-81: CC stuns Wisconsin (eventual NCAA champ),
11-4, in the second game of their first-round WCHA
playoff series to win the total-goals series at Madison,
13-12 … Tigers also upset Minnesota, 9-7, in final game
of the season but lose their second round playoff series
by total goals.
1986-87: Tigers upset Denver in the opening round of
WCHA playoffs … CC is eliminated from post-season
action the following weekend, losing to UND in total
goals, but not before handing the Fighting Sioux a 2-1
loss in the second game of the series at Grand Forks …
the Sioux go on to win the NCAA title, with CC being the
only team in the nation to beat them twice.
1991-92: a second-half rampage earns CC fourth
place and home ice in the WCHA playoffs, where the
Tigers beat UMD twice in triple overtime and take a
record of 18-16-5 to the WCHA Playoff Championship
in St. Paul, Minn.
1993-94: CC wins the WCHA championship and MacNaughton Cup on the final night of the regular season
… senior D Shawn Reid earns first team All-America
honors … Don Lucia is named both WCHA and Div. 1
National Coach of the Year.
1994-95: Tigers win their second consecutive WCHA
title and MacNaughton Cup, finish second in the
conference playoffs, and earn a bid to the NCAA
tournament … F Jay McNeill becomes the program’s
first Hobey Baker Award finalist … CC winds up with
30 victories overall, smashing a school record that had
stood for 38 years.
1995-96: CC reaches the national championship game
after winning an unprecedented third consecutive
WCHA regular season crown … F Peter Geronazzo
becomes CC’s second Hobey Baker finalist and joins G
Ryan Bach as first team All-Americans … eight Tigers
earn All-WCHA honors and the team’s 33 victories shatter
the school record again.
1996-97: after tying for 4th in the WCHA, CC earns an atlarge NCAA playoff bid … Tigers upset New Hampshire
and Clarkson at the East Regional, advancing to the
Frozen Four for the second consecutive season.
1997-98: Tigers open the new Colorado Springs World
Arena at mid-season, then go on a late rampage that
produces a third-place finish in the WCHA and a 4th
consecutive berth in the NCAA tournament … CC
defeats Clarkson at the East Regional before bowing
to BC in the national quarterfinals.
1998-99: CC completes its first full season at the new
Colorado Springs World Arena, winning its last nine
games there, and earns its fifth consecutive NCAA
playoff bid after finishing second in the WCHA …
Tigers beat St. Lawrence at the West Regional before
falling to Michigan State in the national quarterfinals
… F Brian Swanson and D Scott Swanson are named
first team All-Americans.
1999-2000: Tigers and CSWA learn they will serve as
co-hosts for the NCAA West Regional in 2004, when
the national tournament returns to Colorado Springs
32
CC team directory
after a 35-year absence.
2000-01: CC advances to the NCAA quarterfinals
with a 3-2 (2 ot) victory over SLU at the East Regional
in Worcester … F Mark Cullen is named second-team
All-America.
2001-02: Tigers earn their 7th NCAA tournament bid
in the last eight years, and 15th overall, then reach the
national quarterfinals again with a 2-0 triumph over
Michigan State at the West Regional in Ann Arbor …
F Mark Cullen receives All-America recognition for the
second time after being honored as the WCHA StudentAthlete of the Year.
2002-03: CC produces its first-ever winner of the Hobey
Baker Memorial Award in junior forward and WCHA
Player of the Year Peter Sejna, as well as a school-record
four All-Americans in F Noah Clarke, G Curtis McElhinney,
D Tom Preissing and Sejna … Tigers win their 7th WCHA
regular-season title, reach the NCAA quarterfinals yet
again, and finish with 30 victories.
2003-04: Tigers upset higher-seeded Denver in
their first round WCHA Playoff series at DU’s Magness Arena.
2004-05: Tigers capture a share of the WCHA regular
season championship and MacNaughton Cup with
Denver … F Marty Sertich is named WCHA Player of
the Year and D Mark Stuart is WCHA Defensive Player
of the Year … after an appearance at the WCHA Final
Five in Saint Paul, CC wins the NCAA Midwest Regional
in Grand Rapids, downing both Colgate and Michigan,
to advance to the 2005 NCAA Frozen Four in Columbus, where they fall to the Pioneers, 6-2, in a national
semi-final … junior F Marty Sertich is named the 2005
Hobey Baker Memorial Award winner, while Sertich, F
Brett Sterling, D Mark Stuart and G Curtis McElhinney
are all named First Team All-Americans.
2005-06: The Tigers capture the Great Lakes Invitational
at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit on Dec. 30 with a 6-3 victory
over Michigan State … CC also defeated Michigan, 6-1,
in a GLI semi-final on Dec. 29.
2007-08: While skating to its sixth regular-season title
in last 15 years, CC produces three All-Americans and
first-team All-WCHA selections in freshman Richard
Bachman (G), senior Jack Hillen (D) and junior Chad
Rau (F) … Bachman becomes just the second player
ever to be voted both WCHA Player of the Year and
Rookie of the Year … he also is named national Rookie
of the Year by the Hockey Commissioners’ Association
… Hillen is honored as WCHA Defensive Player of the
Year … despite losing their last three games, including
a 3-1 decision to Michigan State on their home ice at
the NCAA West Regional, the Tigers post 28 victories
overall including 21 in league play.
ralph bertrand
ken ralph
SCOTT OWENS
joe bonnett
jason lammers
Spud Hamilton
jason bushie
dave moross
AC: 719. Location: Colorado Springs, CO 80903. Founded: 1874. Enrollment: 1,960.
Colors: Black and Gold. Nickname: Tigers. Arena: Colorado Springs World Arena
(200 x 100). Capacity: 7,343. Press Box Phone: 540-6520. Faculty Representative:
Ralph Bertrand (389-6402, rbertrand@coloradocollege.edu). Director of Athletics:
Ken Ralph (389-6475, ken.ralph@coloradocollege.edu). Head Coach: Scott Owens
(389-6480, sowens@coloradocollege.edu). Assistant Coaches: Joe Bonnett (3896479, jbonnett@coloradocollege.edu); Jason Lammers (jason.lammers@coloradocollege.edu); Terry Kleisinger (Volunteer Goaltending Coach). Strength Coach:
Greg Infantolino (632-6722, ginfantolino@nsca-lift.org). Equipment Manager: Spud
Hamilton (477-2184, spud.hamilton@coloradocollege.edu). Athletic Trainer: Jason
Bushie (389-6488, jason.bushie@coloradocollege.edu). Public Relations Director:
Dave Moross (389-6755, fax 389-6256, dmoross@coloradocollege.edu). World Arena
Ticket Office: 576-2626. Web Site: cctigers.com.
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