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UW-Eau Claire's Matt Loen removes interim tag
Eau Claire , Wis. (April 14, 2008) - After leading the UW-Eau Claire men’s hockey program to one of its most successful seasons ever as interim head coach, Matt Loen has been named the permanent head coach following a national search, Director of Athletics Scott Kilgallon announced today.
The Blugolds finished with an overall record of 11-16-1 and 6-7-1 in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association, taking fifth place in the conference. In the NCHA playoffs, the Blugolds won their first-round series against Superior and then lost to Stout in overtime of the NCHA Semifinals. Prior to the 2007-08 first-round playoff series victory, the Blugolds had never won a series since joining the NCHA.
“We are excited to have Matt Loen on board as the head men’s hockey coach,” Kilgallon said. “He did a tremendous job with the program last season and has what it takes to get the program to the next level. He knows UW-Eau Claire and the community very well and will provide great leadership for the program.”
Loen is equally excited about the opportunity to be the Blugolds’ ninth head coach in program history.
“I am honored to be the head coach for the Blugold men’s hockey team,” Loen said. “I feel very fortunate to be in the position, and it is a dream come true. I look forward to continuing the process of building a strong program.”
Loen is a Blugold alum who played for Ian Perrin in the period from 1991 through 1995. The Spring Lake Park, Minnesota native was the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association Player of the Year for the 1994-95 season. He was a two-time All-NCHA first team pick and also one of only four Blugolds ever named to the American Hockey Coaches Association All-American first team. With that award, he stands in the company of Alex Hicks, Greg Robertson and Mike Schwengler as Blugold AHCA All-Americans.
Loen ranks 10th on the school’s all-time scoring list with 120 points on 43 goals and 77 assists. However, he was not a dominant performer until his junior season. In his final two years, he scored 96 points in 54 games including 56 as a senior. That represents the fifth best single season production in school history.
Following his Blugold career, Loen spent eight seasons playing professional hockey. He was affiliated with the Madison Monsters and Madison Kodiaks of the UHL, the Milwaukee Admirals of the IHL and the AHL, the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks of the AHL, the Kalamazoo K-Wings of the UHL, the Tacoma Sabercats of the WCHL and the Rockford IceHogs of the UHL. He played over 500 games and compiled over 575 points. He was named the United Hockey League Rookie of the Year in 1995-96 while playing for the Madison Monsters.
During his final year as a professional player, he was also an assistant coach with the Rockford IceHogs. He returned to Eau Claire to assist Jean Laforest as a Blugold assistant for one season before helping college teammate Mike Schwengler at Eau Claire Memorial High School during the 2004-05 campaign. He returned to the Blugolds when former head coach Luke Strand took over in 2005-06.
Eight NCHA players named to USCHO.com all-star team
Menomonie, Wis. (April 10, 2008) - St. Norbert College goalie Kyle Jones led a parade of eight NCHA players named to the USCHO.com West Region all-star teams.
Jones has been selected the USCHO.com National Player of the Year. The North Delta, British Columbia native led the Green Knights to their first national title this season, recording one of the best seasons ever by a Division III goaltender.
Jones posted a 1.09 GAA and a .950 save percentage. He set Division III records for shutouts in a season (10) and for a career (25) including shutouts in the Division III semifinals and finals.
USCHO.com has also named St. Norbert coach Tim Coghlin National Coach of the Year. Coghlin led the Green Knights to a 27-1-4 record and their first ever national title this season. / story by Chris Lerch, USCHO.com
West First Team
Goal — Kyle Jones Sr., St. Norbert
Defense — Jim Henkemeyer, Sr., UW-River Falls
Defense — Jack Wolgemuth, Jr., UW-Stout
Forward — Marc Belanger, Sr., St. Norbert
Forward — Tyler Dahl, Sr., UW-River Falls
Forward — Dustin Fulton, Jr., Hamline
West Second Team
Goal — Chad Beiswenger, Jr., UW-Superior
Defense — Adam Davis, Jr., St. Thomas
Defense — Joe Long, Jr., Hamline
Forward — Pat Borgestad, Sr., UW-River Falls
Forward — Derek Hansberry, Jr., UW-River Falls
Forward — Adam Krug, Jr., Adrian
Honorable Mention: Tyler Chestnut (St. Thomas), Derek Hanson (UW-Stout), Jared Hummel (Hamline), David Martinson (Gustavus Adolphus), Andrew Panchenko (St. Thomas), Derek Paige (UW-Superior), Quinn Waller (Adrian), Jason Woll (MSOE)
West Rookie Team
Goal — Thomas Speer, UW-Stevens Point
Defense — Nick Tabisz, St. Norbert
Defense — Quinn Waller, Adrian
Forward — Mike Glaesmer, St. Mary’s
Forward — Eric Miller, Adrian
Forward — Shawn Skelly, Adrian
Honorable Mention: Jared Hummel (Hamline), Rob Johnson (St. Thomas), Josh Swartout (Gustavus Adolphus)
D-III Player of the Year: Kyle Jones, St. Norbert
Honorable Mention: Rick Cleaver, Norwich
D-III Coach of the Year: Tim Coghlin, St. Norbert
St. Norbert's Tim Coghlin Division III coach of the year
DePere, Wis. (April 3, 2008) - Tim Coghlin, who led St. Norbert College to a 27-1-4 record and the school's first NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey National Championship, has been named the winner of the 2008 Edward Jeremiah Award, given annually to the Men's Division III Ice Hockey Coach of the Year. Coghlin, who completed his 15th season as head coach of the Green Knights, becomes the first St. Norbert coach to win the honor.
After compiling the best regular season record in school history, St. Norbert made NCAA history by winning the championship behind back-to-back shutouts, 3-0 over Norwich in the semifinals and 2-0 over Plattsburgh in the championship game. This had never been done before and their single loss on the season was the lowest of any previous NCAA Division III men's champion.
Coghlin, a native of Summerland, British Columbia, has a career record of 322-92-35 in 15 seasons. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point where he captained the Pointers' first national championship team in 1989. He was an assistant coach when UWSP won again in 1993. As a player, Coghlin was a two-time All-American at defense who enjoyed a brief professional career, signing with Vancouver and playing for the Milwaukee Admirals. he also spent a year as a player-coach in England.
The Edward Jeremiah Award is named in honor of the great Dartmouth College head coach and was first presented in 1970. The runners-up for this year's Edward Jeremiah Award were Bob Emery of SUNY Plattsburgh and Tim Ceglarski of Elmira College.
The Coach of the Year Awards are chosen by members of the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA). Winners will receive their awards at the annual AHCA Coach of the Year Banquet, held in conjunction with the AHCA Convention in Naples, FL. This year's banquet is scheduled for Saturday, April 26.
The award made it a clean sweep for the Green Knights: the Division III title, Coghlin with the coach of the year award; and goalie Kyle Jones as the player of the year. Coghlin is the seventh NCHA coach to win the award. The most recent was UW-Superior's Dan Stauber in 2002.
St. Norbert claims NCAA Division III championship
Lake Placid, NY (March 23, 2008) -
The long wait is over.
Behind an unprecedented defensive effort in NCAA Division III history, the St. Norbert College ice hockey team claimed its first national championship with a 2-0 win over Plattsburgh State University at historic Herb Brooks Arena.
The Green Knights, who beat Norwich University 3-0 in the national semifinals, became the first team in NCAA Division III history to post shutouts in both games in the NCAA Frozen Four. St. Norbert finished the year allowing just 43 goals in 32 games, with its scoring defense of 1.34 goals allowed per game setting a new NCAA Division III record. Middlebury's 1.47 scoring defense in 2006 was the previous standard.
St. Norbert finished the year 27-1-4, becoming just the third team in NCAA Division III history to finish a season with just one loss – and the first one-loss team to win a national championship. The Green Knights will also carry a 29-game unbeaten streak into the 2008-09 season.
The Green Knights survived an early Plattsburgh flurry in the first period to end the first 20 minutes of action scoreless.
St. Norbert scored 5 minutes 53 seconds into the second period when Scott Pulak deflected a Nick Tabisz shot past Cardinals goaltender Bryan Hince.
The Green Knights pushed the bulge out to 2-0 when Marc Belanger scored his 23rd goal of the season at 10:25 of the second on a wicked wristshot from just inside the blue line directly in front of the goal. After two Plattsburgh skaters collided, Belanger was free and took a pass from Matt Boyd. Belanger, who was stopped on a drive from the slot in the first period, fired a laser past Hince top-shelf.
From there, St. Norbert's penalty kill would do most of the heavy lifting. Peter Fylling took a five-minute major checking from behind penalty at 13:57 of the second period. The Green Knights killed off the penalty despite five Cardinal shots.
St. Norbert would have a 5-on-3 power play late in the second period that carried over into the third, but would not score.
Plattsburgh would get two power-play opportunities in the third period but did not score. The Cardinals also had the last 2:30 of the game with an extra attacker, but could not solve St. Norbert goaltender Kyle Jones.
Jones finished his stellar career with a 32-save shutout – his tenth of the season and the 25th of his career. Jones finished the 2007-08 season with a glittering 1.09 goals against average and a .950 save percentage – both NCAA Division III single-season records.
Jones, the 2008 NCAA Division III Player of the Year, finished one of the greatest careers in Division III hockey history with an 87-10-8 record, .926 save percentage and 1.61 goals against average.
Belanger, St. Norbert's only other senior, ended his 119-game career with 62 goals and 70 assists for 132 points. His career scoring is seventh all-time in school history, and his goals scored are fourth all-time in St. Norbert annals.
St. Norbert's championship now gives the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association its fifth different NCAA Division III national champion – joining Bemidji State (1986), UW-River Falls (1988, '94), UW-Stevens Point (1989, '90, '91, '93) and UW-Superior (2002). It is also the first national championship for a Midwest Conference member school, of which St. Norbert is a member in all other sports.
St. Norbert head coach Tim Coghlin became the first person in NCAA Division III history to play on and coach a national men's ice hockey champion. Coghlin was the captain of UW-Stevens Point's 1989 national championship squad. / by St. Norbert sports information
St. Norbert powers past Norwich in NCAA Frozen Four semi-final
Lake Placid, NY (March 22, 2008) -
The beat goes on.
The St. Norbert College hockey team extended its unbeaten streak to 28 by posting a strong 3-0 victory over Norwich University in a NCAA Division III Frozen Four semifinal at Herb Brooks Arena.
The Green Knights, now 24-0-4 in their last 28 games, will make their third NCAA Division III championship game appearance. St. Norbert will face Plattsburgh State or Elmira at 4:07 p.m. EDT on Sunday for the national championship.
St. Norbert didn't waste much time taking control of the game. The Green Knights scored just 3 minutes 5 seconds into the game when Tyler Allen rode a rebound off a Steven Sleep shot past a prone Norwich goaltender David Thompspn for the game's first goal.
The Green Knights added another marker at 9:52 of the first. Marc Belanger fed a streaking Sleep in front of the net. Sleep converted the one-on-the-goaltender opportunity when he beat Thompson under his arm for the score.
St. Norbert hung on to its lead despite solid pressure from the Cadets in the second period. Norwich standout Nikita Kashirsky had a chance to cut it to 2-1 midway through the second period, but a wide-open chance at the doorstep was slightly deflected by St. Norbert goaltender Kyle Jones and into the netting to turn away the Cadets.
Norwich's Justin Wissman took a tripping penalty moments later, and St. Norbert converted on the power-play chance for the 3-0 lead. St. Norbert pressured the net heavily, and a Shane Wheeler shot rebounded to Matt Boyd, who poked home the rebound for the score.
The 3-0 lead held up despite four Norwich power plays in the third period. Jones made 11 saves in the third period, including a spectacular pirouette save about midway through the frame.
Jones registered his ninth shutout of the year and the 24th of his career, both extending NCAA Division III records.
Sleep and Allen both finished with one goal and one assist, while Belanger had two assists.
St. Norbert was 1-for-5 on the power play. The Green Knights, who own the nation's top penalty-killing unit at 91.1 percent, held the Cadets to an 0-for-6 on the power play.
St. Norbert's championship game appearance marks the 16th in the 25-year history of the NCAA Division III Tournament a team from the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association will play in the national title game.
/ by St. Norbert sports information
UW-Superior women finish fourth at NCAA championships
Plattsburgh, NY (March 22, 2008) - UW-Superior lost a heartbreaker in a women's NCAA Division III Ice Hockey semi-final game, 4-3, in overtime to Manhattanville, then could not score a goal in a 3-0 loss to Elmira in the third place game.
Elmira scored two goals in the first period, then iced the game with an empty-net goal in third period. The Yellowjackets (23-6-1) outshot Elmira, 31-26, but could not get a goal past Cara McGurry. Melissa Kunzelman recorded 23 saves for Superior.
In the semi-final game, Jessica Zimmerman scored 49 seconds into the overtime period to lift Manhattanville to a 4-3 win.
The box score read almost like a mirror through the first three periods, with both teams scoring even strength goals in the second period and two power play goals apiece in the third period. The teams traded goals in the third period with Manhattanville taking a 2-1 lead 2:52 into the period. TheYellowjackets' knotted the score with an unassisted goal by Allie Pullar midway through the stanza. Manahattanville pulled back ahead two minutes later on a goal by Amanda Nonis.
Superior sent the game into overtime when Brianne Mosher took a pass from NCHA player of the year Gina Baranzelli with five minutes left in regulation.
Rikki Nespor had 15 saves to 34 for Manhattanville's Karine Turmel.
SNC's Jones player of the year; 10 NCHA players named All-American
St. Paul, Minn. (March 20, 2008) -
Three-time All American goaltender Kyle Jones of St. Norbert College has been chosen by the nation's coaches as the 2008 winner of the Sid Watson Award Award, symbolic of the nation's best Division III men's hockey player.
Six different NCHA players from three different men's teams was named to the RBK Hockey Division III men's All-American teams and four players from two schools were named to the women's team.
Jones, UW-River Falls Jim Henkemeyer and TJ Dahl, and St. Norbert's Marc Belanger were a West Region first team choice. UW-Stout's Jack Wolgemuth and River Falls' Pat Borgestad were second team selections.
UW-Superior's Krista Hakala and Gina Baranzelli and UW-Stevens Point's Nicole Grossman and Jamie Lewandoski were named to the women's West Region first team.
Jones earned first team All-American status this season, having been a second team selection as a freshman and again as a sophomore. In 23 games this season, he compiled a stingy 1.18 goals against average and a save percentage of .945. His record was 19-1-3. Over his career, Jones has played in 105 games, going 85-10-8, with a 1.61 GAA and .925 percentage. Earlier this season, it was announced that he had ben selected to play in the annual "Skills Challenge" during the NCAA Division I Men's Frozen Four in Denver, Colo.
Belanger led St. Norbert in scoring this season with 23 goals and 22 assists for 45 points. Belanger has scored in 28 of 32 games this season, and ranks seventh at St. Norbert in career scoring with 132 points.
Dahl led the Falcons in scoring with 43 points. He scored eight goals and a team-high 35 assists. He scored three power-play goals and two game-winners. Dahl was one of the team's captains. He finished his career with 41 goals and 114 assists for 155 points. He is third all-time in scoring and assists. Dahl was named to last year's AHCA All-American team and to the All-NCHA and All-WIAC first team. He was named the NCHA Player of the Year after the 2007 season.
Henkemeyer finished the year with four goals and 24 assists for 28 points. He finished fifth in scoring for the Falcons and was the team's top scoring defenseman. Henkemeyer was one of the team's captains. He finished his career with 18 goals and 50 assists for 68 points. He is eighth all-time in scoring by a defenseman. Henkemeyer was named to the 2007 AHCA All-American team and he was also named to the first All-NCHA and All-WIAC squads.
Borgestad finished third in scoring for the Falcons with 23 goals and 36 points. He led the team in goals and was named the team's Most Valuable Player. He scored nine power-play goals and four game-winners. Borgestad finished his career with 52 goals and 39 assists for 91 points. He is 17th in career goals. After the 2007 season he was named to the first All-WIAC team and earned honorable mention to the All-NCHA squad.
Wolgemuth scored seven goals and 23 assists for 30 points. The 6-foot, 3-inch defenseman had five power play goals for Stout, which qualifiied to the NCAA playoffs this year for the first time. Wolgemuth was a first team all-conference selection in the WIAC and the NCHA.
Lewandowski was a first team All-Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NHCA) selection for the first time this past season. Lewandowski had five goals and 10 assists this year. Her 15 points tied for fifth among defensemen in the conference. Four of her five goals came on the power play.
Grossmann was named to the NCHA First Team for the third consecutive season. Grossmann scored 20 goals this season, just three shy of the record for the most goals scored in a season. She set a school record with 10 power play goals this year and needs just one more power play goal to tie the record for the most power play goals during a career. Grossmann also had five game-winning goals, which were tied for second in the conference. She ranked 10th in NCAA Division III with 0.74 goals per game.
Baranzelli was the 2008 NCHA player of the year and scored a league-high 25 goals in 30 games, and had seven game winning goals, seven power play goals and five shorthanded goals. Hakala, a defenseman, scored a goal and had nine assists throughout the year.
Green Bay, Wis. (March 15, 2008) -
Ryan Petersen scored the overtime game-winner as St. Norbert College defeated the University of St. Thomas 2-1 in a NCAA Division III Tournament quarterfinal game at the Cornerstone Community Center.
Petersen's game-winner came 8 minutes 18 seconds into overtime. Petersen actually tried a centering pass but the puck ended up bouncing off the back of St. Thomas goaltender Tyler Chestnut and trickled over the goalline.
The Green Knights set a school record with their 27th consecutive game without a loss, going 23-0-4 since a 4-2 loss to Gustavus Adolphus on Nov. 3.
St. Norbert will play Norwich on March 22 in a national semifinal at Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, N.Y.
It was St. Norbert's fourth overtime win of the year, tying an NCAA Division III season record. The Green Knights are 4-0-4 in overtime games this season.
St. Norbert outshot the Tommies 4-0 in overtime and held a commanding 37-22 advantage in shots on goal in the game.
St. Norbert held off a late St. Thomas flurry at the end of regulation. St. Norbert goaltender Kyle Jones had lost his stick, and a drive from the point with about 20 seconds left toward an open net hit a prone St. Norbert defender's leg and bounced into the corner.
The Green Knights drew first blood 7:01 into the game when Mike Bernardy had a blast from the point and through a couple of screens to slip the puck past Chestnut.
St. Thomas capitalized on the first shift of the second period to tie the game. St. Norbert turned the puck over at the St. Thomas blue line, and Nick Pernula beat Jones topside just 22 seconds into the period for the equalizer.
St. Thomas had the game's first power play midway through the second period and didn't score. St. Norbert was 0-for-3 on the power play, coming up empty twice in the second period and once in the last five minutes of the third period. The game featured the two top penalty killing units in Division III.
Jones made 21 saves for his 85th career win. Chestnut turned in a 35-save performance in the loss for the Tommies. / story by St. Norbert sports information
St. Peter,
Minn. (March 15, 2008) - No. 6 UW-Superior upended No. 2 Gustavus Adolphus 3-1 in a NCAA Quarterfinal game on Saturday afternoon at Don Roberts Ice Rink in St. Peter, Minn. Shana Katz scored the eventual game-winning goal at 14:36 in the second period, while Melissa Kunzelman made 28 saves for the Yellowjackets. UW-Superior, which is on a 15-game winning streak, improved to 23-4-1, as Gustavus finishes its season 25-3-0 for the second consecutive season.
The Yellowjackets, who are making their second NCAA appearance, advances to their first NCAA Division III Women's Hockey Championship Semifinal in Plattsburgh, New York, where they will meet No. 10 Manhattanville on March 21 at 3:30 ET. Top-ranked Plattsburgh State (N.Y.) will meet Elmira in the other semifinal
Gustavus controlled play in the first period as it outshot UW-Superior 11-3. The Yellowjackets had an excellent scoring opportunity early in the period as Stacy Anderson had a breakaway shot saved by Gustie goaltender Breanna Scavo . Both teams skated at a frantic pace until UW-Superior's Brianne Mosher was called for a hooking penalty at 6:19 where the Gusties capitalized on the extra-skater advantage late in the power play. Melissa Mackley threaded a pass cross-ice to Alyssa Saunders where UW-Superior goaltender Melissa Kunzelman made the initial save. Mari Gunderson managed to get her stick on the rebound and put the puck in the empty net as she fell to the ice. The Gusties were 23-0-0 when scoring first this season. Gustavus maintained control of the puck with two more power play chances in the period, but skated into intermission with a 1-0 lead.
UW-Superior came out strong in the second period and seized momentum after Gustavus' Lisa Sablak was called for a checking penalty at 8:53. The Gusties killed the penalty, but were unable to clear the puck when Allie Pullar tied the game 1-1 at 11:26. Jamie McClintock and Brittany Dunkel were credited with the assists. Three minutes later the Yellowjackets caught Gustavus in the middle of a line change that resulted on a two-on-zero breakaway. Stacy Anderson hung on to the puck long enough to get Scavo to commit before passing to Shana Katz who found the left side of the net to give UW-Superior a 2-1 lead.
The Gusties got a chance late in the period to tie the score as a tripping penalty was called on Kayla Chilstrom at 17:06. UW-Superior's Gina Baranzelli forced a center ice turnover, skated up the left side and fired a shot into the upper left hand corner for her Division III-leading fifth short-handed goal of the season to give the Yellowjackets a 3-1 lead.
Gustavus pressured UW-Superior during the third period with 11 shots on goal compared to one shot for the Yellowjackets, but were unable to get the puck past Kunzelman. Gustavus pulled Scavo with 1:25 remaining as the Gustie defenders put shots on net with the hopes of getting a deflection. However, the UW-Superior defense held string.
UW-Superior improved to 1-1 in the NCAA tournament, while Gustavus falls to 4-7. The Yellowjackets also notched their first program win over Gustavus, as UW-Superior is 1-9-1 all-time against the Gusties.. / Story by Gustavus Adolphus sports information
St. Thomas stops Stout in NCAA first round
Mendota Heights,
Minn. (March 12, 2008) - St. Thomas scored two goals within a 10 second period midway through the third period and bounced UW-Stout, 4-1, from the NCAA Division III tournament.
With the score tied at 1-1 after two periods, the Tommies (20-6-2) attacked Blue Devil goalie Mike Stone hard. St. Thomas outshot Stout 12-4 over the first 10 minutes of the final stanza and landed a power play goal at the 10 minute mark by Nate Ryan. Ten second later, at 10:10, the Tommies took a two goal lead on a goal by Sean Bryant. The Tommies sealed the deal with an empty net goal by Nick Nelson with just less than a minute left.
The game was tied after the first period. The Blue Devils opened the scoring when Derek Hanson scored at the 7:08 mark, with assists by Joel Gaulrapp and Scott Motz. The Tommies knotted the score around the 16 minute mark on a goal by Rob Johnson.
The Blue Devils outshot St. Thomas 14-7 in the second period, but couldn't crack one past goalie Tyler Chestnut.
St. Thomas outshot Stout, 35-28 on the evening. Stout held a 23-17 lead in shots after two periods. St. Thomas will travel to St. Norbert to play the top seeded Green Knights, Saturday, March 15.
UW-Superior receives bid to women's NCAA tournament
Superior,
Wis. (March 10, 2008) - UW-Superior danced their way to the NCAA Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Championships. The Yellowjackets (22-4-1) will travel to Gustavus Adolphus (25-2-0) in the first round of the tournament and will play Saturday, March 15 at 2 p.m. in St. Peter, Minn. The winner of that game will face the winner of Middlebury College and Manhattanville College on March 21.
The Yellowjackets, a Pool B selection, were the NCHA regular season champions and the O’Brien Cup champions. NCHA Player of the Year Gina Baranzelli leads the conference with 24 goals, while Lindsey LeGree is third with 16. Stacy Anderson has a conference-best 38 points (13g, 25a), while Baranzelli (32) and LeGree (30) are third and fourth, respectively. Goalie Melissa Kunzelman also leads the conference with her .958 save percentage. Superior’s other goalie, Rikki Nespor, and Kunzelman were the only two goalies to be named first team all-NCHA. In addition to Nespor and Kunzelman, Anderson, Baranzelli and Kirsti Hakala were named first team all-conference.
Gustavus Adolphus went 18-0 in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC), taking the regular season title. They also went on to win their conference tournament, earning an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. Four Gusties were named to the MIAC’s all-conference squad. Stephanie Ubl won the Player of the Year award. She was third in the conference in scoring (24 points), third in goals (11), and fourth in assists (13) as a defender. Gustavus’ Kirstin Peterson, Mari Gunderson, and Molly Doyle were also named to the first team. Peterson was second with 14 goals and Gunderson led the league in power play goals.
The two teams met earlier this season on Dec. 17 in St. Peter, Minn., when Gustavus took a 2-1 win. Anderson put the Yellowjackets up in the first period, but the Gusties’ Laura Vannelli added the tying goal in the second period, and Lisa Sablak put Gustavus ahead for good in the third.
The other half of the tournament bracket consists of Elmira College and Amherst College playing for the chance to play Plattsburgh in the second round. Plattsburgh, as the number one seed, will get a first-round bye and will be hosting the championship round.
St. Norbert, UW-Stout awarded men's NCAA playoff bids
Menomonie,
Wis. (March 9, 2008) - St. Norbert College and UW-Stout were awarded bids to the NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championships. Stout will be at St. Thomas, Wednesday, March 12. The winner will be at St. Norbert, Saturday, March 15. The women's bids will be announced, Monday, March 10.
The Blue Devils (18-8-3) will travel to St. Thomas, Wednesday, March 12 at 7 p.m. The Tommies won the automatic berth by defeating Hamline University, 4-1, in the Minnesota Intercollgiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) tournament. The winner advances to play top-seeded St. Norbert College, Saturday, March 15 in Green Bay.
Stout and St. Thomas met on Nov. 20, 2007, in St. Paul, Minn, and the two teams played to a 3-3 tie. Stout's Joel Gaulrapp scored with 54 seconds remaining in regulation to forge the tie. Stout won the 2006-07 meeting, 4-3.
The sixth ranked Tommies (17-6-2) are making their 13th trip into the NCAA playoffs, while Stout is making their first foray into the Big Dance.
Nick Pernula is the Tommie's leading scorer with 39 points (12 goals, 17 assists). Nate Ryan has scored 18 goals to lead the Tommies and has 17 assists.
The 11th ranked Blue Devils are led by Derek Hanson with 41 points (21g, 20a). Gaulrapp has 18 goals and 17 assists.
The top ranked Green Knights (24-1-4) are currently riding a 26-game unbeaten streak and are coming off a 4-3 overtime win over Stout in the Peters Cup championship game. St. Norbert is led by player of the year goalie Kyle Jones (1.20 GAA, .944 save percentage, 18-1-3 record) and in scoring by Marc Belanger (22g, 20a, 42 pts).In the east region, Trinity (Conn) will be at U Mass-Dartmouth Wednesday, March 12. The winner of that game will play at Elmira, Saturday, March 15. In other Saturday matchups, Manhattanville is at Norwich and Hobart is at Plattsburgh.
The Championship round is scheduled for March 22-23 in Lake Placid, NY.
St. Norbert downs Stout in overtime in Peters Cup championship Green Bay,
Wis. (March 8, 2008) - Marc Belanger scored the overtime game-winner to lift St. Norbert College to a 4-3 overtime triumph over the University of Wisconsin-Stout in the championship game of the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association Peters Cup Playoffs.
The Green Knights (24-1-4) extended their unbeaten streak to 26 games and captured their seventh Peters Cup title. St. Norbert was tied with UW-Superior for most NCHA Playoff titles with six.
A sprawled Belanger softly deflected the puck over Stout goaltender Mike Stone's leg off an initial Steven Sleep drive for his 22nd marker of the season.
St. Norbert led 2-1 after two periods but found itself trailing 3-2 when Stout scored twice in the first 5 minutes 2 seconds of the third period. Stout got the two goals when the Green Knights were unable to clear the puck from in front of the net, with Robert Carr and Luke Schroeder getting the markers.
Brad Herman scored the equalizer for St. Norbert at 6:51 of the third on an unassisted score.
St. Norbert jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period. Tyler Allen poked home a rebound at 9:19, followed by a Sam Tikka power-play goal at 16:36. Tikka walked in from the high slot and banged the puck in off the post for the score.
Scott Motz answered for Stout 31 seconds later for the Blue Devils first score. Neither team would score again until the third-period flurry.
Kyle Jones, who led the team in a victory lap around the Cornerstone rink with the Peters Cup in tow, registered his 84th career win with 31 saves, including a 14-save second period when the Blue Devils had three power-play opportunities.
Stone was up to the task for Stout as well, making 35 stops.
Sleep finished with three assists for St. Norbert, while Allen added an assist for two points. Schroeder had an assist with his goal for two points for Stout.
UW-Superior's
wins exciting O'Brien Cup playoffs
Superior, Wis. (March 2, 2008) - The NCHA put in a six team O’Brien Cup tournament for the first time this season, and the tournament proved to be extremely exciting, entertaining and unpredictable as host UW-Superior claimed the Cup for the first time ever, ending UW-Stevens Point’s four-year reign.
UW-Superior 2, UW-River Falls 1
The NCHA Tournament ended in a thrilling overtime championship game when UW-Superior defeated UW-River Falls, 2-1, in a come from behind victory.
River Falls’ Jenna Scanlon started the scoring five minutes into the second period when she took assists from Jessica Thompson and Brittany Erickson. The Falcons held a 1-0 lead for the rest of the period and most of the third.
Desperately in need of a goal, Superior was forced to pull their goalie late, and the move paid off when Brianne Mosher tied the game with 25 seconds remaining. The Yellowjackets’ Teagan Cassan scored 10 minutes into overtime, preventing the upset.
Cassi Campbell collected 36 saves for the Falcons while Superior’s Rikki Nespor had 35. Stacy Anderson tallied two assists for Superior. Superior had four power play opportunities, while River Falls had three, none of which either team capitalized on.
UW-Stevens Point 4, Lake Forest 0
The third place game was a lopsided battle as UW-Stevens Point pounded Lake Forest College to a 4-0 win.
The Pointers got their first goal eight minutes into the first period when Dana Carothers scored on a power play goal. In the second period, Stevens Point added to their lead with two goals by Jessica Edward, both on assists by Patricia Piskula.
Already with a 3-0 lead with just over a minute left in the game, the Pointers added insult to injury when Michelle Sosnowski tacked on her team’s fourth goal of the day.
Piskula finished the day with three assists. Between the pipes for Lake Forest, Alyssa Wintermute tallied 36 saves. D’andra Phillips recorded 17 saves on her way to the shutout.
UW-River Falls 2, UW-Stevens Point 1
UW-River Falls got out to an early lead, and held on to a 2-1 victory, advancing to the NCHA Tournament championship.
The Falcons scored in the first period on a goal by Kelly Snedeker, while being assisted by Stefanie Schmitz. Just one minute into the second period, Jamie Briski scored for River Falls when she took another assist from Schmitz.
The Pointers cut their deficit to one when Michelle Sosnowski scored with seven minutes left in the game, but could not muster another goal the rest of the way.
Stevens Point surprisingly out-shot the Falcons, 35-15, but Cassi Campbell saved 34 shots while D’andra Phillips denied 13.
UW-Superior 3, Lake Forest College 0
UW-Superior scored early and often, and coasted to a 3-0 victory to advance to the NCHA Tournament championship game.
The Yellowjackets started the scoring halfway through the first period when Lindsey LeGree scored her first of two goals on the day. Jasmine Pollock added to their lead one minute later when she took assists from Gina Baranzelli and Brianne Mosher.
Superior cooled off the rest of the period and took a 2-0 lead into the locker rooms. LeGree then scored her second goal of the day just two minutes into the second period, giving Superior a 3-0 lead that would hold the rest of the game.
Superior got off 34 shots compared to Lake Forest’s 20. Ryann McCarthy recorded nine saves for Lake Forest before they made a goalie switch after one period. Alyssa Wintermute entered the game and tallied 22 saves in 40 minutes of play. Melissa Kunzelman’s shutout featured 20 saves. Jamie McClintock recorded two assists, both of which were to LeGree.
Lake Forest 1, UW-Eau Claire 0
It took two overtimes to finally determine Lake Forest the winner of this NCHA quarterfinal game, as they scored the only goal of the game after two hours and 40 minutes.
Sam Pinsonneault hit the game-winner for the Foresters, 12 minutes into the second overtime period, when she was assisted by Kelsey Finn and Allison Rushing.
UW-Eau Claire got 32 shots off while Lake Forest got off 30. Both goalies played terrific games as Danika Porter recorded 29 saves before allowing the game-winner, and Alyssa Wintermute finished the night with 32 saves for Lake Forest.
UW River Falls 6, Finlandia University 1
UW-River Falls made easy work of Finlandia in an NCHA quarterfinal matchup, blowing them away, 6-1.
River Falls got a goal eight minutes into the first period by Jenna Scanlon. Stefanie Schmitz then added a goal in the second. One minute after Schmitz’ goal, Kristen Juven added the Falcons’ third.
In the third period, the Falcons relentlessly added their fourth goal three minutes into the period when Jamie Briski added her first goal of the day. Finlandia got on the board after that when Brenda Peterson scored, pulling the Lions within three with 13 minutes to play. Briski and Kelly Jensen put an end to all of Finlandia’s comeback hopes when they each scored goals under the five minute mark, closing out a 6-1 victory.
Annika Danielson recorded 39 saves for Finlandia while Cassi Campbell tallied 28.
St. Norbert, UW-Stout to meet for Peters Cup championship
DePere, Wis. (March 1, 2008) - And then there were two.
UW-Stout will make their first ever NCHA Peters Cup championship appearance and will meet St. Norbert College, Saturday, March 8 at the Cornerstone Community Center at 7 p.m.
Stout, the number three seed, needed overtime to defeat fifth seeded UW-Eau Claire, 3-2, in one semi-final game March 1. St. Norbert only needed one goal, and their defense made that standup in a 1-0 win over St. Scholastica.
UW-Stout 3, UW-Eau Claire 2
UW-Stout advanced to the NCHA Tournament championship game with overtime win over UW-Eau Claire, 3-2.
The Blue Devils got on the board first when Nick Klaren scored just 25 seconds into the second period on assists from Joel Gaulrapp and Jack Wolgemuth. The Blugolds tied the game two minutes later on a goal by Bryan Plaszcz, who was assisted by Andrew Johnson. Still in the second period, Peter Bracker gave Eau Claire the lead when he scored on an assist from Dan Fina.
The Blue Devils needed a goal to keep their season alive, and with five minutes remaining in the game, Paul Henderson took an assist from Wolgemuth, knotting the game at two.
After 14 minutes of overtime, Stout forward Scott Motz deposited the game-winner in the back of the net to lift his team to the conference championship game.
Stout’s goalie, Mike Stone, recorded 26 saves on 28 shots by Eau Claire. Tyler Brigl saved 36 of Stout’s 39 shots.
St. Norbert 1, St. Scholastica 0
Top-seeded St. Norbert survived a St. Scholastica upset bid thanks to solid defense and a brick wall for a goalie.
St. Norbert scored after six minutes of the first period when Brandon Longley scored with the assists credited to Steven Sleep and Tyler Allen.
Both teams had four power play opportunities, but neither team could capitalize on them. Tyler Johnson let up the early goal, but was solid from then on, recording 22 saves for the game. St. Scholastica got off 28 shots, all of which were rejected by NCHA Player of the Year Kyle Jones. With the shutout, Jones gained sole possession of the NCAA Division III record for shutouts in a season with eight, and extended his NCAA Division III record for career shutouts to 23.
UW-Superior's
Gina Baranzelli leads 2007-08 women's All-NCHA team
Menomonie,
Wis. (February 28, 2008) - UW-Superior's Gina Baranzelli
(Sr, Virginia, Minn) led the Yellowjackets' late season run to
the NCHA regular season title and was named the NCHA women's player of
the year.
Baranzelli scored 24 goals in 25 games, and had seven game winning goals, seven power play goals and seven shorthanded goals. The Yellowjackets finished the regular NCHA season at 15-2-1 and 20-4-1 overall. The Yellowjackets will host the three day NCHA tournament Feb. 29-March 2.
UW-Stevens Point's Katy Lankey (Sr, Baraboo, Wis) was named the NCHA Scholar-Athlete and UW-Superior's Dan Laughlin was honored as coach of the year for the third time.
The entire 2007-08 All-NCHA team is listed below, along with NCHA games-only statistics. The 2007-08 All-Academic Team is available in a PDF format.
2007-08 Women's All-Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) Team
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| Name, School | Ht | Yr | Hometown | GP | G | A | Pts | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Stacy Anderson, SUP | 5-2 | Sr | Lafayette, California | 18 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gina Baranzelli, SUP | 5-6 | Sr | Virginia, Minnesota | 18 | 20 | 4 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| Dana Carothers, SP | 5-1 | Fr | Burnsville, Minnesota | 18 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Courtney DeHoey#^, LFC | 5-4 | Sr | Chatham, Ontario | 18 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Nicole Grossmann@%, SP | 5-7 | Jr | Lindstrom, Minnesota | 18 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 4 |
| Jenna Scanlon#^, RF | 5-11 | Sr | Apple Valley, Minnesota | 18 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Defense | ||||||||||
| Name, School | Ht | Yr | Hometown | GP | G | A | Pts | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Kacie Anderson, RF | 5-2 | Sr | Salem, Wisconsin | 18 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirsti Hakala, SUP | 5-3 | Jr | Cloquet, Minnesota | 18 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Lewandowski$, SP | 5-4 | Sr | Rolling Meadows, IL | 18 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Michelle Stohr$, EC | 5-5 | So | South St. Paul, Minn. | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Goalies | ||||||||||
| Name, School | Ht | Yr | Hometown | GP | Min. | W-L-T | GA | GAA | Sv | Sv% |
| Melissa Kunzleman, SUP | 5-5 | So | Brandon, Manitoba | 7 | 420:00 | 7-0-0 | 3 | 0.43 | 146 | .980 |
| Rikki Nespor%~, SUP | 5-4 | Jr | Stonewall, Manitoba | 11 | 668:28 | 8-2-1 | 17 | 1.53 | 212 | .926 |
| Honorable Mention | ||||||||||
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| Name, School | Ht | Yr | Hometown | GP | G | A | Pts | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Kristin Faber, EC | Fr | 5-8 | Austin, Minnesota | 17 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Katy Lankey, SP | 5-4 | Sr | Baraboo, Wisconsin | 18 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Lindsey LeGree, SUP | 5-7 | Fr | Sioux City, Iowa | 18 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Jamie McClintock#, SUP | 5-3 | Jr | Stonewall, Manitoba | 15 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Michelle Sosnowski$, SP | 5-4 | Jr | Plainfield, Illinois | 18 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Danielle Syrowik, FIN | 5-7 | Sr | Shelby Township, Mich. | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jessi Thompson, RF | 5-6 | Fr | Shoreview, Minn. | 18 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Defense | ||||||||||
| Name, School | Ht | Yr | Hometown | GP | G | A | Pts | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Jessie Dyslin$, RF | 5-5 | Jr | South St. Paul, Minn. | 18 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Kerry Gotowka, LFC | 5-7 | Sr | W. Simsbury, Conn. | 17 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| Katie Lawler, EC | 5-10 | Fr | Cottage Grove, Minn. | 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sarah Phillips, SP | 5-7 | So | Kelowna, B.C. | 18 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Goalies | ||||||||||
| Name, School | Ht | Yr | Hometown | GP | Min. | W-L-T | GA | GAA | Sv | Sv% |
| Cassi Campbell, RF | 5-6 | Fr | Anchorage, Alaska | 18 | 991:03 | 10-6-1 | 31 | 1.88 | 383 | .925 |
| Ann Hulme, SP | 5-2 | So | Shaker Heights, Ohio | 13 | 726:43 | 10-2-1 | 15 | 1.24 | 195 | .929 |
$2007 All-NCHA Honorable Mention
@2006 All-NCHA First Team
~2006 All-NCHA Second Team
^2006 All-NCHA Honorable Mention
#2005 All-NCHA First Team
NCHA Player of the Year: Gina Baranzelli, UW-Superior
NCHA Scholar-Athlete: Katy Lankey, UW-Stevens Point
NCHA Coach of the Year: Dan Laughlin, UW-Superior
The players who will compete in an East vs. West format were selected by the American Hockey Coaches Association, the NCAA Divison I Men's Ice Hockey committee and NCHAA national office staff. Six position players and two goaltenders of each gender from both regions were chosen and the events will include puck control relay, fastest skater, hardest shot, rapid fire shooting, accuracy shooting and penalty shot.
DeHoey enters this weekend's NCHA O'Brien Cup tournament as Lake Forest's all-time leader with 53 goals, 44 assists and 97 career points. She was a first team All-American West selection last year by US College Hockey Online. This season, she has a team-high 24 points on 13 goals and 11 assists.
DeHoey is the only Division III women's player selected and Jones is the only Division III men's player selected
Denver,
Colo. (February 28, 2008) - Lake Forest forward Courtney DeHoey
(Sr, Chatham, Ontario) and St. Norbert goalie Kyle Jones
(North Delta, BC) were selected to participate in the 2008 Frozen
Four Skills Challenge, which will be held April 11 in conjunction with the
NCAA Divison I men's Frozen Four at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo.
The freshman knocked in her third short-handed goal of the season. The three
short-handed goals is a single season Falcon record. Briski helped the Falcons
secure a 4-2 victory Saturday afternoon with three of her four points on
the weekend with a one goal, two assist performance. She assisted on the
first goal and scored the second goal, short-handed. She also picked up
an assist on the team’s four goal. She scored the first goal of the
game, her 12th goal of the season, on Sunday. Briski leads the Falcons in
scoring with 12 goals and 24 points. She has one power-play goal and one
game-winner.
Also nominated were: UW-Stevens Point forward Michelle Sosnowski
(Jr, Plainfield, Ill/Central); Lake Forest defender Kerry
Gotowka (West Simsbury, Conn/Westminster); UW-Superior forward
Lindsey LeGree (Fr, Sioux City, Iowa) and UW-Eau Claire
forward Margaret Campbell (Jr, Plymouth, Minn/Wayzata).
UW-Stevens
Point's Sosnowski named women's player of the week
Sosnowski assisted teammate Dana Carothers to put the Pointers up 2-1 on
the Foresters, and scored the lone goal in the second period to make it
3-1. After Lake Forest tied the game at 3-3, Sosnowski scored the game winning
goal with 3:29 remaining. In Saturday’s win over Lake Forest, the
junior scored two early first period goals to give the Pointers a 2-0 lead.
Also nominated were: UW-River Falls forward Stefanie Schmitz (So,
Farmington, Minn); UW-Superior forward Gina Baranzelli
(Sr, Virginia, Minn); and UW-Eau Claire forward Kristin
Faber (Fr, Austin, Minn).
UW-Eau
Claire's Tyler Brigl takes men's player of the week honors
In the victory, which allowed the Blugolds to move to a fifth place finish,
Brigl stopped 19 shots, bringing his save total to 532 on the season. He
has saved 90.3 percent of shots faced this year. Brigl’s four shutouts
this year is the most in school history. Brigl now has five career shutouts,
ranking first among Blugold goalies.
Also nominated was: UW-River Falls forward Wade Harstad (Sr, Moorhead,
Minn) and UW-Superior forward Brandon Desmet (So, Strathmore,
Alaska).
Jones, who was the player of the year during the 2005-06 season, posted a 9-0-3 record in NCHA play, with a goals against average of 1.14. In 734 minutes of play, Jones posted a save percentage of .950.
St. Norbert coach Tim Coghlin was named the NCHA men's coach of the year after leading the Green Knights to their seventh consecutive NCHA title. Dustin Cosgrove (Sr,
Neepawa, Manitoba) of UW-Superior received the NCHA Scholar-Athlete Award.
The 2007-08 team is listed below, along with NCHA-only statistics. The
2007-08 All-Academic
Team is available in a PDF format.
NCHA Player of the Year: Kyle Jones, Senior, St. Norbert College NCHA playoff seeding
tie-breakers listed
UW-Superior's Baranzelli named women's player of the week
Superior’s Baranzelli scored three goals in the Yellowjackets’
sweep last weekend over visiting UW-Stevens Point. The Pointers were 17-0-2
coming into the weekend after 19 games. Baranzelli scored the game-winning
goal of Friday night’s game, handing the Pointers their first loss
of the season, 3-1. Saturday saw Baranzelli start off the scoring
with a power-play goal. The Pointers tied the game late into the third
forcing overtime. Baranzelli fought off a defending Pointer for a rebound
and secured the 2-1 win for the Jackets three minutes into the overtime
period.
Also nominated were: UW-River Falls forward Abby Sunderman (So,
LeSueur, Minn); UW-Stevens Point defender Sarah Phillips
(So, Kelowna, BC); Finlandia University forward Ashley
Leitch (Sr, Garden City, Mich); and UW-Eau Claire defender Kelli
Johnson (Fr, Farmington, Minn).
UW-Stout's Nick Klaren garners men's player of the week honors
Klaren scored the game opening goal with five minutes left in the first
period to put Stout up on St. Norbert, 1-0, Feb. 9. Midway through the third
period, Klaren’s second goal of the game, which came on the power
play, tied the score at 2-2. Klaren also recorded an assist in the Blue
Devils’ 7-0 win over Lake Forest College the night before.
Also nominated was: UW-Stevens Point goalie Thomas Speer (Fr,
Janesville, Wis/James Madison) and UW-Eau Claire forward Sean
Garrity (Sr, North St. Paul, Minn).
Lake Forest's DeHoey, St. Norbert's Jones on ballot for NCAA Frozen Four Competition
The NCAA announced that voting for the players in the 2008 Frozen Four
Skills Challenge began recently online at www.NCAA.com
and will run until Feb. 14. Fans will be able to select six position players
and two goalies for each gender of the East team and each gender of the
West team. The original list of 166 players was trimmed to 66 by the selection
committee. Fans can vote for their favorites among the 66 players, which
are vying for the 16 spots on each team. The selection committee will
take all voting into consideration prior to making its announcement of
the final rosters mid-February.
DeHoey leads Lake Forest with 10 goals and 19 points this season. The
team captain is also the program's career leader with 92 points and 42
assists and tied the school record with her 50th goal on Friday. She was
named First Team All-USCHO West after finishing the 2006-07 season with
31 points on 16 goals and 15 assists.
Jones leads the NCAA in goals against average
with 1.27. For his career, Jones has a 79-10-8 overall record and a 1.68
career GAA. Joens has five shutouts this season and holds the NCAA Division III career shutout record with 20.
UW-Stevens Point's Lankey named women's player of the week
Lankey assisted on the first of the game in a 6-1 win over UW-Eau Claire,
Feb. 1, then scored a goal in the second period to help the Pointers to
the win. In a Feb. 2 3-3 tie with UW-River Falls, Lankey got the Pointers
on the board at the 3:38 mark of the second period after trailing 3-0. Stevens
Point added two more goals in the third period, including the game-tying
goal by Lankey, making this her first multi-goal game of the season.
Also nominated were: UW-River Falls goalie Cassie Campbell (Fr,
Anchorage, Alaska); and UW-Eau Claire forward Meghan
Lorenz (Fr, Minnetonka, Minn).
St. Norbert's Kyle Jones tabbed as men's player of the week
Jones had a banner weekend, leading St. Norbert to a three-point weekend
on the road. Jones turned in a 34 save performance in a 1-1 tie with UW-Superior,
Feb. 1, with the only goal he allowed shorthanded. Jones also made 29 saves,
Feb. 2, in a 3-0 win over St. Scholastica, notching his 20th career shutout
and his fifth this season. Jones made 63 saves on 64 shots this weekend
with a saves percentage of .984. Jones leads the NCAA in goals against average
with 1.29. For his career, Jones has a 78-10-8 overall record and a 1.69
career GAA.
Also nominated was: UW-Stout forward Andy Sternberg (So, Duluth,
Minn/East); UW-Stevens Point goalie Tom Speer (Fr, Janesville,
Wis/James Madison); UW-Eau Claire defenseman John Kearns
(Fr, Park Ridge, Ill); and Lake Forest College goalie Scott
Campbell (Jr, Bloomfield, Ont).
UW-Stout's DeFrancesca finalist for Hockey Humanitarian Award The finalists, along with DeFrancesca, listed in alphabetical order,
are: Ryan Adler Jr. Hobart College; William Bruce Sr. Williams College;
Ethan Cox So. Colgate University; Jeff DeFrancesca Sr. University of Wisconsin
–- Stout; Missy Elumba Jr. Northeastern University; Jody Heywood
Jr. Ohio State University; Ashley King Sr. Wayne State University; Caralyn
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Faber scored the first hat trick of her career in a 7-1 win over Finlandia
University, Jan. 25, scoring twice shorthanded and another time on a power
play. Faber’s first goal was the eventual game winner. The Blugolds
tallied three shorthanded goals in the game, tying a Division III record.
Faber is currently tied for the lead in the NCHA in game winning goals (4)
and shorthanded goals (3).
Also nominated were: UW-River Falls defender Jessie Dyslin (Jr,
South St. Paul, Minn); UW-Stevens Point defender Sarah
Phillips (So, Kelowna, BC/St. George’s School); UW-Superior
forward Gina Baranzelli (Sr, Virginia, Minn); and Lake
Forest College defender Kerry Gotowka (Sr, West Simsbury, Conn).
Pointers' Pat Lee named as men's player of the week
Lee got the scoring started for the Pointers with an even-handed goal at
8:31 in the first period and scored what would prove to be the game-winning
goal at the 7:05 mark of the second period for his 13th goal of the season.
In Saturday’s 2-2 tie with top ranked St. Norbert, Lee assisted teammate
Brett Beckfield for the first goal of the evening.
Also nominated was: UW-Stout goalie Mike Stone (Sr, West St. Paul,
Minn).
Finlandia's
Peterson named women's player of the week Peterson scored a goal in the Lions’ 5-3 win over Concordia-Wis.,
Jan. 19, then recorded two goals and two assists in the Lions’ 7-2
win over the Falcons, Jan. 20.
Also nominated was: UW-River Falls defender Jenna Scanlon (Sr, Apple
Valley, Minn); UW-Stevens Point forward Michelle Sosnowski
(Jr, Plainfield, Ill/Central); UW-Superior defender Allie
Pullar (Fr, Hibbing, Minn); and UW-Eau Claire goalie Danica
Porter (Fr, Rosemount, Minn).
Falcons'
Borgestad repeats as men's player of the week
The first goal was a power play goal with 3:20 left in the first frame.
On the play, TJ Dahl controlled the puck in the slot and fed Derek Hansberry
witha tape-to-tape pass. Hansberry rotated to Borgestad for the one-timer.
His second goal turned out to be the game winner, coming with 43 seconds
left in the second period. Borgestad is tied for the lead in the NCHA in
points with his linemates Dahl and Hansberry with 32 points (21-11).
Also nominated were: UW-Eau Claire goalie Tyler Brigl (So, Eagan,
Minn); UW-Stevens Point forward Pat Lee (So, Schaumberg,
Ill); and UW-Stout defender Bobby Kuehl (So, St. Paul,
Minn/Johnson).
Lake Forest's DeHoey named women's player of the week
In a 3-2 overtime loss to Bethel University, Jan. 12, DeHoey scored Lake
Forest’s first goal, then assisted on the second goal. In a 1-1
tie with second ranked UW-Stevens Point, DeHoey’s power play goal
gave the Foresters a 1-0 lead early in the second period.
Also nominated was: UW-River Falls forward Jessica Thompson (Fr,
Shoreview, Minn/Mounds View); UW-Stevens Point forward Nicole
Grossmann (Jr, Lindstrom, Minn/Chisago Lakes) and UW-Eau Claire
defenseman Michelle Stohr (So, South St. Paul, Minn). St. Norbert's Boyd named men's player of the week
Boyd scored four goals, including the game winning goals in a 3-2 win
over St. Mary’s, Jan. 11 and a 4-3 win over St. Thomas, Jan. 12,
and also added an assist. Boyd had two goals and an assist against St.
Mary’s and two markers against the fourth ranked Tommies. Boyd has
13 goals on the season.
Also nominated were: UW-Eau Claire defenseman Greg Petersen (Jr,
Maple Grove, Minn/Totino-Grace) UW-River Falls forward Derek
Hansberry (Jr, Arvada, Colo); UW-Stevens Point defenseman Garret
Suter (Fr, Madison, Wis./Oregon); and UW-Stout forward Luke
Schroeder (Sr, Minneapolis, Minn/Edison). 'Jackets'
Baranzelli named women's player of the week Baranzelli scored her first goal midway through the first period to tie
the game, then scored the shorthanded goal five minutes into the second
period. Baranzelli scored what would prove to be the eventual game winning
goal four minutes later. Also nominated was: UW-River Falls forward Kelly Jenson (Sr, Eden Prairie, Minn). Stevens Point's Speer named men's player of the week Speer stopped 26 shots in a 5-0 conference win over UW-Eau Claire, Dec.
11, then stopped 25 shots in a 1-1 tie with Finlandia Dec. 15. After the
Christmas break, Speer stopped 19 shots in a 2-1 win over Gustavus Adolphus
on the Gusties home ice. Also nominated were: UW-Eau Claire forward Nate Smith (So, Clayton,
Wis); UW-River Falls forward Patrick Borgestad (Sr, St.
Paul, Minn); and UW-Superior forward Kevin Huck (Jr,
Rochester, Minn ). River
Falls' Scanlon named women's player of the week Scanlon scored the only goal of the game in a 1-0 win over UW-Eau Claire, Dec. 14, and defensively played a key role in the Falcons' 8-1 win over Augsburg, Dec. 12. Scanlon scored at the six minute mark of the first period against Eau Claire to hand the Blugolds their first conference loss, then helped make the goal stand up. Scanlon was a part of the penalty kill in both games, and neither Augsburg or Eau Claire scored in five power play opportunities. Also nominated was: UW-Eau Claire goalie Lindsay Savat (Fr, Apple
Valley, Minn/Jefferson). River Falls' LeBlanc is women's player of the week LeBlanc scored three goals over the weekend, including two cruicial goals
against Lake Forest College, Dec. 7. LeBlanc scored the team's second
goal of the game at 6:19 of the third period to give River Falls a 2-0
lead. The Foresters then scored twice to tie the game at 2-2. Le Blanc
came back to score the game-winner at 1:13 of overtime to give the Falcons
the 3-2 win. Sturday, in a 6-3 win over Concordia-Wis, LeBlanc scored
her fifth goal of the season at 15:37 of the second period and it proved
to be the game-winner. Also nominated were: Concordia forward Amber Cmejla (Fr, Fond
du Lac); UW-Eau Claire forward Beth Dittrich (So, Roseville,
Minn); and, UW-Stevens Point forward Trish Piskula (Jr,
Antigo, Wis.). St. Norbert's Belanger named men's player of the week The Green Knights won a pair of games over the weekend, defeating No.
5 UW-Stout, 7-1, and No. 4 UW-River Falls, 5-2. Belanger scored a pair
of goals against Stout, including a power play goal, and had a backhanded
score over the Falcons. Belanger has scored a point in six consecutive
games and has scored in 10 of 11 games this season. Also nominated were: UW-Eau Claire goalie Tyler Brigl (So, Eagan,
Minn); UW-River Falls forward Patrick Borgestad (Sr,
St. Paul, Minn); UW-Stevens Point goalie Thomas Speer
(Fr, Janesville, Wis/James Madison); and UW-Stout forward Luke
Schroeder (Sr, Minneapolis, Minn/Edison). Superior's Katz women's player of the week
The diminutive Katz - at 5-foot-1, 105 pounds - tallied six goals and two assists as the Yellowjackets twice blanked Concordia-Wisconsin, 9-0, 3-0. In the first game, Nov. 30, Katz scored her first, second, third and fourth goals of the season and added two assists. Her first two goals were the first two goals of the game and came in the first eight minutes of the game. Her second two goals and the two assists came in the third period. In the second game, Katz scored a goal apiece in the first and second periods. Also nominated were: UW-Eau Claire forward Kristin Faber (Fr, Austin, Minn); UW-Stevens Point forward Katy Lankey (Sr, Baraboo, Wis); and Finlandia goalie Annika Danielson (So, Cokato, Minn). St. Scholastica's Chong is men's player of the week
Chong equalized St. Norbert's goals twice in the game and the Saints forged a 2-2 tie in Green Bay, Wis., Nov. 30. Chong scored midway through the first period to knot the score at one apiece, but St. Norbert took a 2-1 lead out of the first period. Chong scored the game-tying goal four minutes into the third period. Two days later, Chong opened the scoring with a second period unassisted goal in a 2-1 win at Lake Forest. The three goals were his first three goals of the season. Also nominated were: UW-Eau Claire forward Sean Garrity (Sr, North St. Paul, Minn); UW-River Falls goalie Tyler Owens (So, Detroit, Mich); UW-Stevens Point defenseman Tim Manthey (Jr, Anoka, Minn); and UW-Stout defenseman Jack Wolgemuth (Jr, Anchorage, Alaska). Stout's Gaulrapp repeats as men's player of the week
Trailing 3-1 at the start of the third period, Gaulrapp scored two goals
in the period to give Stout a 3-3 tie at No. 10-ranked St. Thomas on Nov.
20. He scored five minutes into the period to pull the Blue Devils
within one goal, then tied the score with 54 seconds remaining in regulation.
Gaulrapp currently ranks in the top five in the NCHA in goals (9, 3rd), assists (8, 5th), points (17, 2nd) and power play goals (4, 2nd). Foresters'
DeHoey women's player of the week
Also nominated were: UW-River Falls defenseman Kacie Anderson (Sr,
Salem/Shattuck-St. Mary’s), UW-Stevens Point forward Jessica
Edward (So, Sherrard, Ill/Shattuck-St. Mary’s), UW-Superior
forward Gina Baranzelli (Sr, Virginia, Minn), and UW-Eau
Claire forward Kristin Faber (Fr, Austin, Minn).
Falcons'
Borgestad named men's player of the week
The 6-2, 205 pounder scored two goals and an assist in Friday’s win.
He scored the first goal of the game and added what proved to be the game
winner at 7:38 of the third period. It was a power-play goal. On Saturday
he scored all three Falcon goals with two coming with the Falcons on the
power play. This year he leads the Falcons with 10 goals and is tied for
the team lead with 14 points. He has a team-high four power-play goals and
one game winner. “It’s quite a feat when you can score
five goals against two quality NCHA teams,” said Falcon Coach Steve
Freeman. “He has been one of our top all around players at both ends
of the rink this season. He is off to a tremendous start.”
Also nominated were: UW-Stevens Point forward Brett Beckfeld (Jr,
Plymouth, Minn/Armstrong), UW-Stout defenseman Jack Wolgemuth
(Jr, Anchorage, Alaska/Dimond), UW-Eau Claire goalie Tyler
Brigl (So, Eagan, Minn) and UW-Superior forward Logan Isley
(Fr, Bonnyville, Alberta).
Finlandia's
McLean women's player of the week
McLean outscored the entire Hamline offense in a 6-2 win on Nov. 10, scoring three goals – two power play goals and a shorthanded goal - and two assists. In a 5-3 loss the following day, McLean tied the game at 1-1, then assisted on the go-ahead goal before Hamline came back with four straight goals.
Also nominated were: UW-River Falls goalie Cassi Campbell (Fr, Anchorage, Alaska), UW-Superior forward Stacy Anderson (Layfette, Calif), and UW-Eau Claire defenseman Maddi Hammer (Fr, Owatonna, Minn).
Pointer goalie scores three assists, named men's player of the week
Paulson was credited with the secondary assist on Brett Beckfield's go-ahead goal with five minutes left in the second period that put the Pointers up, 2-1. Paulson got the primary assist on Josh Calleja's goal six minutes into the third period for a 4-1 lead. His third assist came with less than a minute remaining in the game when Paulson passed to Sean Fish, who passed to Chris Conway for an empty net goal. These was the first, second and third assists of Paulson's collegiate career, which so far has consisted of 52 games. At the moment, Paulson is tied with a host of players for 20th in the NCHA in assists with three.
Also nominated were: UW-River Falls forward Tyler Czuba (So, Kelowna, BC), UW-Stout forward Derek Hanson (So, Bemidji, Minn), UW-Eau Claire defenseman Bryan Plasczc (So, Apple Valley, Minn) and UW-Superior forward Eric Bausano (Jr, Laurium, Mich).
Finlandia's
Danielson women's player of the week Finlandia defeated Augsburg College by identical 3-0 scores in Houghton,
Mich. Danielson, who recorded her first two career shutouts, stopped 23
saves in the Nov. 2 opener, then turned away 19 saves the following day.
Also nominated were: UW-River Falls defenseman Kacie Anderson (Sr,
Salem, Wis/Shattuck-St. Mary's), UW-Stevens Point goalie d'Andre
Phillips (So, Swartz Creek, Mich) UW-Superior forward Gina
Baranzelli (Sr, Virginia, Minn) and UW-Eau Claire forward Beth
Dittrich (So, Roseville, Minn). Falcons'
Norman tricks way to men's player of the week award
On Saturday night, Norman netted two more goals with both coming in the
first period. He is tied for third on the team with six points (5-1), half as
many goals as he did all of last season.
"Dustin is a threat whenever
he has room to shoot the puck," said Falcon coach Steve Freeman.
Also nominated were: UW-Stevens Point forward Sean Fish (Jr, Anoka,
Minn), UW-Stout forward Jeff Wheeler (Jr, Bainbridge, Wash),
UW-Superior forward Andrew MacKenzie (Jr, Terrace Bay, Ont)
and UW-Eau Claire goalie Tyler Brigl (So, Eagan, Minn). Stout's Gaulrapp scores first NCHA player of the week award Gaulrapp scored Stout's third goal of the game as the Blue Devils took advantage of a five-minute major power play opportunity in a 9-1 win over Northland College, Oct. 26. Gaulrapp added a goal in the third period and also chipped in an assist.
In a 6-5 win over Marian College, Gaulrapp scored two first period power play goals. Gaulrapp had three power play goals on the weekend.
Also nominated were: UW-River Falls forward Derek Hansberry (Jr, Arvada, Colo.) and UW-Eau Claire forward Sean Garrity (Sr, North St. Paul, Minn). Superior picked, barely, in women's preseason coaches poll St. Paul, Minn. (October 25, 2007) - Even
though UW-Superior got only half as many first place votes as UW-Stevens
Point, the Yellowjackets get the nod as the team to beat in the women’s
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association this year.
The Yellowjackets received two first place votes, but edged out the Pointers
– who received four first place votes – by a single point
in the NCHA coaches preseason poll.
If the coaches are correct, there will be a real dogfight for the top
spot this year. Only four points separated Superior from third place UW-River
Falls, which received the other first place vote.
Lake Forest, which played UW-Superior in the finals of the O’Brien
Cup (NCHA playoffs) was picked fourth, Finlandia was picked fifth, UW-Eau
Claire sixth and newcomer Concordia University of Wisconsin was picked
seventh.
UW-Superior (18-6-3, 9-3-3) will have to do battle without Erin Kegley,
a two-time NCHA player of the year and four-time all-conference and All-American
pick. The Yellowjackets return both goalies, Melissa Kunzelman and Rikki
Nespor. Kunzelman was 8-4-1 with a 1.34 GAA and Nespor was 10-2-2 with
a 1.77 GAA. Stacy Anderson scored 24 points last year, five goals with
19 assists.
UW-Stevens Point (20-7-2, 8-5-2) won their fourth consecutive NCHA tournament
and advanced to the NCAA Division III tournament, finishing third. The
Pointers return 17 letterwinners from last year’s squad and 86 percent
of their scoring. But the Pointers must replace goalie Amy Statz, who
posted an NCAA Division III record 68 career wins and 101 games played.
UW-River Falls (14-9-4, 9-4-2) returns their top six scorers and 84 percent
of their scoring from the 2007 season. Joe Cranston, who is the only coach
the Falcons have had, will have to work with a young crew, especially
in net where two of the team’s three goalies are freshmen. Last
season, the NCHA had three freshman on the all-league team, two of them
from River Falls – forwards Cassie LeBlanc and Stefanie Schmitz.
Lake Forest (11-7-7, 5-4-6) looks to build on its third place finish in
the NCHA tournament. The Foresters return seven of their top eight scorers
from 2006-07, including Courtney DeHoey, who broke her own school record
with 31 points and 31 USCHO All-American West honors. Also returning si
goalie Ryann McCarthy, who ranked seventh in the nation in save percentage
and led the NCHA in that category during league play.
Finlandia (4-19-2, 0-14-1) returns 16 letterwinners, including goalie
Corinne Czekaj, who posted an GAA of 3.21, and their leading scorer, Sara
Sleik, who scored 14 goals.
UW-Eau Claire (13-10-2, 6-7-2) will be a very young team with only a handful
of returning players. The biggest challenge this year will be for the
upperclassmen, which includes no seniors, to provide leadership and direction
for a strong group of freshmen.
Concordia will make their varsity debut this season under coach Jim
Ingman, who was an assistant coach at Division I Bemidji State. In the first USCHO.com
Division III women's poll, Stevens Point was picked seventh, UW-Superior
ninth and UW-River Falls 10th. 2007-08 NCHA Preseason Coaches Poll St.
Norbert gets the nod in men's preseason coaches poll St. Paul, Minn. (October 18, 2007) - With
last year's NCHA regular season standings ending in a three-way tie between
St. Norbert, UW-River Falls and UW-Stout, it is not surprising that coaches
had different opinions when it came to casting their votes in the annual
coaches' preseason poll.
St. Norbert (25-4-2, 10-3-1) was picked to win their seventh consecutive
NCHA title, but the votes were split. St. Norbert received four first
place votes. River Falls (21-6-2, 10-3-1) and UW-Superior (20-6-1, 9-4-1)
each received a first place vote and upstart St. Scholastica (15-12-2,
6-7-1) got the other two first place markers.
But when all of the other votes figured in, River Falls ranked second,
Stout (21-5-2, 10-3-1) third, St Scholastica fourth, Superior fifth, UW-Eau
Claire (9-14-4, 2-9-3) sixth, UW-Stevens Point (7-18-2, 3-10-1) seventh
and Lake Forest College (3-21-3, 0-11-3) eighth.
St. Norbert has won NCHA regular season championships
in nine of the last 11 years, and will be itching to get back to the NCAA
Division III Championships. The Green Knights were eliminated in the semi-finals
by eventual national Oswego State, 4-3, in overtime. St. Norbert returns
13 letterwinners from last year's squad, but has 12 freshmen on its roster.
Kyle Jones returns for his final year between the pipes and is the NCAA
Division III career leader in shutouts with 15. With 66 career wins, Jones
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Menomonie,
Wis. (February 25, 2008) - UW-River Falls forward Jamie Briski
(Fr, Chisolm, Minn/Hibbing-Chisolm) was named the NCHA women's
player of the week after scoring four points over the weekend in a regular
season ending split with UW-Eau Claire.
Menomonie,
Wis. (February 18, 2008) - UW-Stevens Point forward Michelle
Sosnowski (Jr, Plainfield, Ill) led the fourth ranked Pointers
to a 5-3 win over Lake Forest and was named the NCHA women’s player
of the week.
Menomonie,
Wis. (February 18, 2008) - UW-Eau Claire goalie Tyler Brigl
(So, Eagan, Minn) posted his fourth straight shutout as the Blugolds
defeated UW-Stevens Point and was named the NCHA player of the week.
Menomonie, Wis. (February 17, 2008) - St. Norbert College goalie Kyle Jones (Sr, North Delta, BC) was named the NCHA player of the year for the second time in his career as the 2007-08 men's All-NCHA team was announced Sunday.
2007-08 Men's All-Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) Team
!2007 All-NCHA First Team
Forwards
Name, School
Ht
Wt
Yr
Hometown
GP
G
A
Pts
PPG
SHG
GWG
Brett Beckfeld*, SP
6-0
170
Jr
Plymouth, Minn.
14
6
5
11
3
0
0
Marc Belanger!, SNC
6-1
200
Sr
Nanaimo, B.C.
14
11
6
17
3
0
2
Pat Borgestad^*, RF
6-3
200
Sr
St. Paul, Minn.
14
12
5
17
5
0
3
Matt Boyd, SNC
6-0
190
So
St. Albert, Alb.
14
7
8
15
2
0
0
T.J. Dahl@!, RF
6-0
190
Sr
Burnsville, Minn.
14
4
17
22
3
0
1
Joel Gaulrapp, Stout
6-0
210
So
Owatonna, Minn.
14
5
6
11
4
0
2
Derek Hansberry@!, RF
6-0
190
Jr
Arvada, Colorado
14
7
10
17
4
1
1
Defense
Name, School
Ht
Wt
Yr
Hometown
GP
G
A
Pts
PPG
SHG
GWG
Jim Henkemeyer!, RF
5-11
180
Sr
St. Cloud, Minn.
14
3
14
17
2
0
0
Greg Petersen!, EC
6-1
200
Jr
Maple Grove, Minn.
14
1
6
7
1
0
0
Nick Tabisz, SNC
5-11
175
Fr
Kettering, Ohio
13
3
4
7
3
0
0
Jack Wolgemuth!, Stout
6-3
185
Jr
Anchorage, Ala.
14
4
10
14
4
0
0
Goalies
Name, School
Ht
Wt
Yr
Hometown
GP
Min.
W-L-T
GA
GAA
Sv
Sv%
Scott Campbell, LF
6-3
190
Jr
Bloomfield, Ont.
8
456:04
1-7-0
34
4.47
338
.909
Kyle Jones#@*, SNC
6-0
200
Sr
North Delta, B.C.
12
734:51
9-0-3
14
1.14
267
.950
Honorable Mention
Forwards
Name, School
Ht
Wt
Yr
Hometown
GP
G
A
Pts
PPG
SHG
GWG
Josh Calleja, SP
5-7
180
So
New Richmond, Wis.
14
3
5
8
1
0
0
Sean Garrity!, EC
6-2
205
Sr
North St. Paul, Minn.
14
6
5
11
2
0
0
Derek Hanson, Stout
5-8
175
So
Bemidji, Minn.
14
6
9
15
3
0
1
Kevin Huck, SUP
5-11
195
Jr
Rochester, Minn.
13
5
7
12
1
0
1
Andrew Johnson, EC
5-11
195
Jr
Andover, Minn.
14
6
2
8
1
1
2
Pat Lee, SP
5-8
190
So
Schaumburg, Ill.
12
7
4
11
3
0
3
A.J. Tucker*, CSS
6-0
190
Jr
Fort Frances, Ont.
14
6
8
14
2
0
0
Rob Turville, SUP
6-0
200
Jr
Olds, Alberta
14
2
1
3
1
0
0
Defense
Name, School
Ht
Wt
Yr
Hometown
GP
G
A
Pts
PPG
SHG
GWG
Brian Bina, SUP
5-9
185
So
Grand Forks, N.D.
13
2
5
7
0
0
0
Bobby Kuehl*, Stout
6-2
195
So
St. Paul, Minn.
14
1
3
4
0
0
0
Tim Manthey, SP
6-2
210
Jr
Anoka, Minn.
14
2
4
6
1
0
0
Derek Paige!, SUP
5-10
190
Jr
Logan Lake B.C.
14
0
4
4
0
0
0
Goalies
Name, School
Ht
Wt
Yr
Hometown
GP
Min.
W-L-T
GA
GAA
Sv
Sv%
Chad Beiswenger, SUP
6-4
195
Jr
Moorhead, Minn.
13
772:45
6-3-4
28
2.17
316
.919
Tyler Brigl, EC
5-10
185
So
Eagan, Minn.
14
843:50
6-7-1
27
1.92
342
.927
Thomas Speer, SP
6-0
180
Fr
Janesville, Wis.
11
672:41
5-3-2
20
1.78
332
.943
Mike Stone!, Stout
6-0
170
Jr
West St. Paul, Minn.
10
505:54
3-3-2
19
2.25
211
.917
*2007 All-NCHA Honorable Mention
@2006 All-NCHA First Team
^2006 All-NCHA Honorable Mention
#2005 All-NCHA First Team
NCHA Scholar Athlete: Dustin Cosgrove, Senior, UW-Superior
NCHA Coach of the Year: Tim Coghlin, St. Norbert College
Menomonie, Wis. (February 5, 2008) Playoffs for the men's NCHA
Peters Cup is just around the corner, and play for the women's NCHA O'Brien
Cup is not far behind. Following is a listing of how the teams will be
seeded if there are ties. The teams will be seeded based on the final
regular season standings. In the event of a tie in the standings among
one or more teams, the seeding will be determined (in order) by the following
criteria:
Menomonie,
Wis. (February 11, 2008) - UW-Superior forward Gina Baranzelli
(Sr, Virginia, Minn) was named the NCHA women's player of the week
after leading her team to a sweep of previously undefeated UW-Stevens Point
last weekend.
Menomonie,
Wis. (February 11, 2008) - UW-Stout forward Nick Klaren (Jr,
West St. Paul, Minn) scored two goals in leading Stout to a 3-3
tie with top-ranked St. Norbert and was named the NCHA player of the week.
Indianapolis,
Ind. (February 11, 2008) - Lake Forest forward Courtney DeHoey
(Sr, Chatham, Ont) and St. Norbert goalie Kyle Jones
(Sr, Delta, BC) are on the ballot for the NCAA Frozen Four Competition.
Menomonie,
Wis. (February 4, 2008) - UW-Stevens Point forward Katy Lankey
(Sr, Baraboo, Wis) tallied three goals and an assist and was named
the NCHA women's player of the week.
Menomonie,
Wis. (February 4, 2008) - St. Norbert College goalie Kyle Jones
(Sr, North Delta, BC) recorded his 20th career shutout and was
named the NCHA player of the week.
Menomonie,
Wis. (January 29, 2008) - UW-Stout defenseman Jeff DeFrancesca
(Sr, Mt. Prospect, Ill) was one of eight finalists for the Hockey
Humanitarian Award, presented by BNY Mellon Wealth Management. The award
is presented annually to college hockey’s finest citizen.
Each finalist will be interviewed by members of the selection committee and additional information will be released in late February about each student athlete.
Menomonie,
Wis. (January 28, 2008) - UW-Eau Claire forward Kristin Faber
(Fr, Austin, Minn) tied an NCAA Division III record when she scored
two shorthanded goals in a game last weekend and was named the NCHA women's
player of the week.
Menomonie,
Wis. (January 28, 2008) - UW-Stevens Point forward Pat Lee (So,
Schaumberg, Ill) scored two goals in the Pointers’ 4-2 win
over Lake Forest and was named the NCHA player of the week.
Menomonie,
Wis. (January 21, 2008) - Finlandia University forward Brenda
Peterson (Sr, Calumet, Mich) racked up five points in two wins
over the weekend and was named the NCHA women's player of the week.
Menomonie,
Wis. (January 21, 2008) - UW-River Falls forward Patrick Borgestad
(Sr, St. Paul, Minn) scored two goals in the Falcons’ 4-3
win at rival UW-Stout and was named the NCHA player of the week for the
second time this season.
Menomonie,
Wis. (January 14, 2008) - Lake Forest College forward Courtney
DeHoey (Sr, Chatham, Ont) had a hand in all of the Forersters’
scoring over the weekend and was named the NCHA women's player of the
week.
Menomonie,
Wis. (January 14, 2008) - St. Norbert forward Matt Boyd (So,
St. Albert, Alberta, Canada) had a five point weekend in the Green
Knights’ two overtime wins this weekend and was named the NCHA player
of the week.
Menomonie,
Wis. (January 7, 2008) - UW-Superior forward Gina Baranzelli
(Sr, Virginia, Minn) scored three consecutive goals, a power
play goal, a shorthanded goal and an even strength goal, to power the
Yellowjackets to a 6-2 NCHA win over Finlandia University, Jan. 6. Baranzelli
was named the NCHA women's player of the week.
Menomonie,
Wis. (January 7, 2008) - UW-Stevens Point goalie Tom Speer
(Fr, Janesville, Wis/James Madison) has allowed only two goals
over the last three games and recorded his fourth shutout of the season
in going 2-0-1 and was named the NCHA player of the week.
Menomonie,
Wis. (December 17, 2007) - UW-River Falls forward Jenna Scanlon (Sr, Apple Valley, Minn) helped the Falcons extend their winning streak to four games last week and was named the NCHA women's player of the week.
Menomonie,
Wis. (December 10, 2007) - UW-River Falls forward Cassie LeBlanc
(So, Anoka, Minn) helped the Falcons to two NCHA home wins last weekend and was named the NCHA women's player of the week.
Menomonie,
Wis. (December 10, 2007) - St. Norbert forward Marc Belanger
(Sr, Nanaimo, BC) scored three goals on the weekend over two
top five ranked teams and was named the NCHA men's player of the week.
Menomonie,
Wis. (December 3, 2007) - UW-Superior forward Shana Katz (Fr, San Jose, Calif) scored eight points in two games over the weekend and was named the NCHA women's player of the week.
Menomonie,
Wis. (December 3, 2007) - St. Scholastica forward Jordan Chong (So, North Vancouver, BC) scored three of the Saints' four goals on the weekend and was named the NCHA men's player of the week.
Menomonie,
Wis. (November 26, 2007) - UW-Stout forward Joel Gaulrapp (So,
Owatonna, Minn) scored two goals in the third period to give the
Blue Devils a tie with St. Thomas last week. Gaulrapp was named the NCHA
player of the week for the second time this season.
Menomonie,
Wis. (November 19, 2007) - Lake Forest College forward Courtney
DeHoey (Sr, Chatham, Ont) was named the Northern Collegiate Hockey
Association (NCHA) women's player of the week after scoring two goals and
three assists as the Foresters went 2-1 last week. DeHoey scored a pair
of goals - including one power play goal - and added an assist Nov. 13 when
they Foresters defeated Concordia-Wis, 7-3. She added a pair of assists
in a 4-3 win over UW-River Falls, Nov. 17 to become the Foresters’
all-time leader with 79 career points.
Menomonie,
Wis. (November 19, 2007) - UW-River Falls forward Pat Borgestad
(Sr, St. Paul, Minn.) scored five goals and one assist in the team’s
6-3 win at St. Scholastica and 3-3 overtime tie at Superior on Saturday
and was named the NCHA men’s player of the week.
Menomonie,
Wis. (November 12, 2007) - Finlandia University forward Katelyn McLean (Fr, Houghton, Mich) was named the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) women's player of the week after scoring four goals and three assists as the Lions split a pair of games with Hamline University.
Menomonie,
Wis. (November 12, 2007) - While it is unusual for a goalie to get an assist, it is not uncommon, but UW-Stevens Point's Marcus Paulson (Jr, Eden Prairie, Minn) made it ridiculous when he was credited with three assists in a 4-2 win at 10th ranked St. Thomas, Nov. 9. And, by the way, Paulson also made 39 saves, including 17 in the third period to stash away the win. Paulson has been named the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) player of the week.
Menomonie,
Wis. (November 5, 2007) - Finlandia University goalie Annika
Danielson (So, Cokato, Minn) was named the Northern Collegiate
Hockey Association (NCHA) women's player of the week after leading the Lions
to two shuout wins last weekend.
Menomonie,
Wis. (November 5, 2007) - Forward Dustin Norman (Jr, South Delta,
B.C.) scored five goals in UW-River Falls' 7-0 win over Augsburg
on Friday and a 5-4 win over Hamline on Saturday. Against Augsburg, Norman
recorded his first career hat trick. He scored a goal in each period including
the game-winner in the first period and was named the Northern Collegiate
Hockey Association's (NCHA) player of the week.
Menomonie, Wis. (October 29, 2007) - UW-Stout forward Joel Gaulrapp (So, Owatonna, Minn) scored four goals and an assist as the Blue Devils defeated Northland College and Marian College
last weekend and was named the NCHA player of the week.
1. UW-Superior (2)
2. UW-Stevens Point (4)
3. UW-River Falls (1)
4. Lake Forest
5. Finlandia
6. UW-Eau Claire
7. Concordia-Wisconsin