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1 Communications Office Bob Nygaard, Director University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN (218) Fax: (218) umdbulldogs.com November 9, 2011 NO. 10 UMD LOOKS TO KEEP THE PUCK ROLLING THIS WEEKEND WHEN ALASKA ANCHORAGE COMES TO TOWN ON THE DOCKET: Armed with a six-game unbeaten streak, the University of Minnesota Duluth will open up a two-weekend homestand this Friday and Saturday (Nov ) by hosting the University of Alaska Anchorage in a pair of Western Collegiate Hockey Association engagements. The puck drops at 7:07 p.m. both nights at AMSOIL Arena (6,726 capacity) in downtown Duluth. THE RECORDS: The defending NCAA champion Bulldogs, who are in their last six outings, own a overall record and an WCHA mark (tied for fourth place with the University of Wisconsin) while the Seawolves are in all games and in WCHA play (10th place). HOW THEY RANK: Here is how the UMD and Alaska Anchorage stacked up in the latest uscho.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls. uscho.com USA Today UMD 10th 13th UAA NR NR ON THE AIR: Both UMD-Alaska Anchorage clashes will be carried locally on 94X (94.1/104.3 FM) with Bruce Ciskie handling the play-by-play. The broadcast can also be heard on KQ in Grand Rapids/Hibbing and KQ in Ely/Virginia as part of the Bulldog Radio Network and can be accessed on the internet at: In addition, My9 (KBJR DT 6.2/KRII DT 11.9) will televise both ends of this weekend s series. Veteran sports anchor Tom Hansen and former Bulldog puck standout Judd Medak will serve as the on-air talent. My9, which is scheduled to carry 20 games during the regular season, is also available locally on Charter and Mediacom cable. The telecast will be videostreammed as well and can be accessed for a fee through America ONE at UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH ROSTER No. Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Yr. Birthdate Hometown (Previous Team/League) 2 Brady Lamb (A) D Sr. 8/15/88 Calgary, Alberta (Calgary Royals/AJHL) 4 Derik Johnson D Fr. 2/1/90 Bloomington, Minn. (Penticton/BCHL) 5 Chris Casto D Fr. 12/27/91 Stillwater, Minn. (Lincoln/USHL) 6 Scott Kishel D Sr. 4/21/89 Virginia, Minn. (Sioux Falls/USHL) 8 Drew Olson D Jr. 4/4/90 Brainerd, Minn. (Omaha/USHL) 10 Dan DeLisle W Jr. 9/24/90 Arden Hills, Minn. (Totino-Grace H.S.) 11 Travis Oleksuk (A) C Sr. 2/3/89 Thunder Bay, Ontario (Sioux City/USHL) 12 Jack Connolly (C) C Sr. 8/15/89 Duluth, Minn. (Sioux Falls/USHL) 14 Keegan Flaherty W Jr. 3/25/90 Duluth, Minn. (Fargo/USHL) 15 Jake Hendrickson C/W Jr. 10/2/89 Savage, Minn. (Sioux City/USHL) 16 Tim Smith D So. 7/15/90 Superior, Wis. (Indiana/USHL) 17 Mike Seidel W Jr. 4/4/88 Darien, Ill. (Cedar Rapids/USHL) 18 Joe Basaraba W So. 5/2/92 Fort Frances, Ontario (Shattuck-St. Mary s) 19 Max Tardy W/C So. 10/27/90 Duluth, Minn (Tri-City/USHL) 20 Cody Danberg (A) W Sr. 3/5/87 Canwood, Saskatchewan (Nanaimo/BCHL) 21 Caleb Herbert C/W Fr. 10/12/91 Bloomington, Minn. (Sioux City/USHL) 22 Luke McManus D Fr. 5/9/90 Apple Valley, Minn. (Tri-City/USHL) 23 J.T. Brown W So. 7/2/90 Burnsville, Minn. (Waterloo/USHL) 24 Aaron Jamnick C Jr. 8/4/90 Hibbing, Minn. (Providence College/Hockey East) 25 Justin Crandall W Fr. 4/5/92 Lakeville, Minn. (Omaha/USHL) 26 Adam Krause W Fr. 9/12/91 Hermantown, Minn. (Sioux City/USHL) 27 David Grun W Sr. 12/17/87 White Bear Lake, Minn. (Sioux Falls/USHL) 28 Wade Bergman D Jr. 9/9/90 Calgary, Alberta (Olds/AJHL) 30 Christian Gaffy G Fr. 10/14/91 Scandia, Minn. (Forest Lake H.S.) 31 Aaron Crandall G So. 3/25/90 Lakeville, Minn. (Des Moines/USHL) 35 Kenny Reiter G Sr. 11/24/86 Pittsburgh, Pa. (Fairbanks/NAHL) Head Coach: Scott Sandelin Assistant Coaches: Jason Herter, Derek Plante, Bill Watson Strength and Conditioning Coach: Blake Palmer Athletic Trainer: Dr. Susan Hoppe Equipment Manager: Chris Garner Director of Hockey Operations: Christian Koelling that spring, strung together a school-record six-game postseason winning streak before it fell to Miami University 2-1 in the NCAA West Regional final. Eight years ago, Sandelin, 47, turned UMD into a NCAA Frozen BULLDOGS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH MEN S HOCKEY Four participant for the first time in nearly a generation, marshaling his troops to their most victories (they were overall) and highest WCHA finish (second place on a mark) since THE COACHES: The runnerup for the Spencer Penrose Award (American Hockey Coaches Association NCAA Division I Coach of the Year) and recipient of that honor in , Scott Sandelin is in his 12th season behind the UMD bench where he has compiled a overall record -- including a mark (a.618 winning percentage) since the opener. Besides capturing the school s first NCAA championship one year ago and rolling up the team s best overall record in 19 years ( ), his Bulldogs have posted three consecutive 22-plus win seasons, and advanced to three NCAA tournaments (2004, 2009 and 2011), two Frozen Fours (2004 and 2011) and six of the past nine WCHA Final Five events. In March 2009, UMD became the first play-in game participant to ever claim the Final Five title and, later The Numbers on Sandelin (Overall) (WCHA) YEAR W L T PCT W L T PCT PLACE th th th nd th th th th th th(T) th Totals Lifetime Record vs. Alaska Anchorage: NCAA Champions

2 For his efforts, the Hibbing, Minn., native was chosen the WCHA Coach of the Year as well as the national coach of the year by both insidecollegehockey.com and uscho.com. In , Sandelin s Bulldogs went overall and captured fifth place in the WCHA with a mark while experiencing the greatest one-season turnaround of any league club that winter. One year earlier, he guided UMD to a record in all games -- nearly doubling the number of victories from the previous season (7-28-4). Sandelin officially signed on as a member of the Bulldog staff on March 31, 2000 following six years of assistant coaching deployment at North Dakota. Prior to joining the Fighting Sioux (who won two NCAA titles during his tenure), Sandelin spent the season as the head coach of the Fargo-Moorhead Junior Kings of the Junior Elite Hockey League after working in that same capacity (and doubling as general manager) the previous winter with the American Hockey Association s Fargo-Moorhead Express. He capped off his four-year playing career at North Dakota in by being named one of 10 finalists for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award. An All-WCHA first team pick and an All- American second team selection as a senior, Sandelin went on to play seven years of professional hockey, which included National Hockey League stints with the Montreal Canadiens ( ), Philadelphia Flyers ( ) and Minnesota North Stars ( ). Sandelin, one of just two current WCHA coaches to do time in the National Hockey League, was the Montreal Canadiens second round pick in the 1982 NHL draft (40th choice overall). He served as Team USA s head coach at the 2005 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championships and directed that club to a fourth-place finish. This winter, Sandelin will be an assistant coach with the U.S. juniors as they defend their IIHF gold medal. Dave Shyiak (Northern Michigan University, 1993) is in his seventh year at the helm of the Alaska Anchorage puck program and has a record to show for it (including an mark against UMD). Shyiak signed on as the fourth head coach in the 26-year history of the Alaska Anchorage hockey program in June 2005 after serving a 10-year assistant coaching stint at his alma mater, Northern Michigan. During that decade-long stretch, the Wildcats posted seven 20-win seasons, earned six Central Collegiate Hockey Association tournament berths and made one NCAA postseason appearance ( ). In , Shyiak was employed as the general manager and head coach of the British Columbia Hockey League s Merritt Centennials and as the head coach of the Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League s Kimberley Dynamites one year earlier. A four-year letterman at Northern Michigan, Shyiak co-captained the Wildcats to the 1991 NCAA title. THE RIVALRY: This weekend s series will mark the 72nd and 73rd meetings ever between UMD and Alaska Anchorage. The Bulldogs hold a commanding lead in the rivalry ( in Duluth), which began on Nov. 8, 1985, but have managed just three wins in their last 10 confrontations with the Seawolves (3-5- 2). Two of those victories came last fall (Oct ) at the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center (3-2 in overtime and 6-0). LAST WEEKEND: UMD skated out of Magness Arena on the University of Denver campus with three of a possible four points last weekend, following up a 3-3 draw Friday with a 4-0 victory over the eighth-ranked Pioneers the next evening. Three different Bulldogs HOW THEY VE FARED AGAINST THE SEAWOLVES UMD s current career scoring and goaltending leaders vs. Alaska Anchorage are: Player GP G A TP P-PM PP SH GW Jack Connolly Travis Oleksuk J.T. Brown Brady Lamb Dan DeLisle Wade Bergman David Grun Keegan Flaherty Mike Seidel Scott Kishel Drew Olson Jake Hendrickson Max Tardy Joe Basaraba Goaltender GP GS W-L-T MIN GA GAA SVS SVS% SO Kenny Reiter : Aaron Crandall : WCHA STANDINGS TEAM (Overall Record) GP W L T PTS GF AVG GA AVG Minnesota (9-1-0) Michigan Tech (6-3-1) Nebraska Omaha (5-5-0) UMD (5-3-2) Wisconsin (4-5-1) Colorado College (5-1-0) Denver (3-3-2) St. Cloud State (4-4-2) Bemidji State (4-6-0) Minnesota State-Mankato (2-6-0) North Dakota (3-6-1) Alaska Anchorage (3-4-1) scored in the opener, including senior defenseman Scott Kishel, who also added an assist, as UMD rallied from a 3-1 deficit and outshot the Pioneers on the night. On Saturday, senior center Travis Oleksuk collected a pair of goals and senior goaltender Kenny Reiter rejected all 29 shots Denver sent his way. Alaska Anchorage has been idle since being bounced twice and by the University of Minnesota on home on Oct THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING: Two-time All-American center Jack Connolly has been entrusted with team captaincy responsibilities for the season while a pair of fellow seniors -- defenseman Brady Lamb and center Travis Oleksuk -- are serving as the team s two active assistant captains. WCHA FORECAST: In its annual preseason poll, the WCHA head coaches collectively forecasted a fifthplace finish for UMD in Denver (seven firstplace votes and 115 points) was tabbed as the team to beat followed by North Dakota (four votes, 110 pts.), Colorado College (one vote; 105 pts.) and the University of Nebraska Omaha (89 pts.). UMD, which collected 75 points, also checked in at No. 5 in the 94X WCHA Media Poll. A SENIOR MOMENT: UMD currently sports the highestscoring senior class in the NCAA. The seven Bulldogs in the group, including goaltender Kenny Reiter (one assist) and left winger Cody Danberg, who suffered a season-ending knee injury on the opening night of play last month, have combined to rack up 17 goals and 29 assists for 46 points points more than second place Clarkson University. THAT S A FACT, JACK: With a goal and two assists over the weekend in Denver, senior team captain Jack Connolly hiked his career scoring harvest to a nation-leading 150 points (50 goals and 150 assists). That moved the Hobey Baker Memorial Award finalist into 20th place on UMD s all-time scoring charts, two points behind the No. 19 occupant, center Tim Stapleton ( ), and three points behind left winger Monty Jones ( ) at No. 18. Connolly, the country s top returning scorer from a year ago (he finished third among NCAA skaters with a career-high 59 points), has been a model of consistency when it comes to offensive contributions. Case in Point: Since the start of the season, he has been held pointless for more than one game only once (Jan. 23 and Jan. 29, 2010). Connolly, who has suited up in all 135 outings over the past four season, became just the 14th Bulldog ever to reach the 100-assist NCAA Champions

3 mark for a career. The current owner of an eight-game scoring streak, he is second in the WCHA in overall power play points with nine, is tied for sixth in assists (9) and is tied for seventh in points (13). Connolly, a member of the All-WCHA first team and WCHA All- Academic Team the past two winters, is just the second two-time All-American the Bulldogs have ever had in their lineup (defenseman Norm Maciver, in , was the other). ACTIVE NCAA CAREER SCORING LEADERS Player (Yr, School) GP G A TP 1. Jack Connolly (Sr., UMD) Brian O Neill (Sr., Yale) Brian Flynn (Sr., Maine) Austin Smith (Sr., Colgate) Cameron Burt (Sr., RIT) A REAL POWER OUTAGE: After giving up eight power play goals in 18 opportunities to the opposition during the first two weekends of the season, UMD has gone 24-of-25 on the penalty kill since then. The lone goal it allowed during that stretch was to Providence College on Oct. 22. THE PUCK STOPS HERE: For his puckstopping heroics last weekend in Denver, senior Kenny Reiter was chosen the WCHA Defensive Player of the Week. In addition to rejecting 59 of the 62 shots the Pioneers sent his way in the two-game set (a.952 saves percentage), Reiter blanked Denver for the final 101:09 of the weekend and, for the second time in three games, stopped a penalty shot (by Denver s Jason Zucker with 4:30 to go in the second period Saturday). Reiter s shutout in the rematch was the eighth of his career, which is one shy of the school record held by All-American Alex Stalock, and second in his last three starts. Over the course of UMD s six-game unbeaten streak, he is to go with a 1.46 goals against average and a.944 saves percentage. The three-time WCHA All-Academic Team pick and reigning NCAA East Regional Most Outstanding Player has compiled a nifty career record with Bulldogs. That translates into a.625 winning percentage, the second best mark in club history behind All- American Rick Kosti s.753 figure ( between ). Going back to the start of the 2011 NCAA playoffs, Reiter has lost just twice in his last 13 appearance (9-2-2). REITER S CAREER SHUTOUTS Date Opponent Score /29/11 Bemidji State /25/11 Union College# Tech /14/11 Wisconsin /14/10 Colorado College* /30/10 Wisconsin /2/10 Mercyhurst #NCAA East Regional (Bridgeport, Conn.) *WCHA Playoffs +in Burlington, Vt. COMING UP EMPTY: The last time the Bulldogs and Seawolves squared off (Oct. 23, 2010 in Duluth), current sophomore netminder Aaron Crandall registered his first collegiate shutout triumph -- in just his second Bulldog appearance. In his nine career road games, Crandall is with a 2.31 goals against average and a.914 saves percentage -- a noticeable contrast to his home numbers (4-2-0, 3.74 and.851 in eight outings). THE LAST TIME... Overtime Game: Nov. 4, UMD 3, Denver 3 (in Denver, Colo.) Overtime Game Won By UMD: April 9, UMD 3, Michigan 2 (NCAA championship in St. Paul, Minn.) Overtime Game Lost By UMD: Oct. 14, Minnesota 5, UMD 4 (in Duluth, Minn.) Overtime Game Tied: Nov. 4, UMD 3, Denver 3 (in Denver, Colo.) Scoreless Tie: March 3, UMD 0, Wisconsin 0 (Josh Johnson/Shane Connelly in Duluth, Minn.) UMD Shutout at Home: Oct. 28, UMD 1, Bemidji State 0 (Kenny Reiter) UMD Shutout on the Road: Nov. 5, UMD 4, Denver 0 (Kenny Reiter) UMD Was Shut Out at Home: Dec. 30, North Dakota 5, UMD 0 (Aaron Dell) UMD Was Shut Out on the Road: March 18, North Dakota 2, UMD 0 (Brad Eidsness - WCHA Final Five in St. Paul, Minn.) UMD Hat Trick: Feb. 5, Mike Connolly (UMD 6, Minnesota 4 in Duluth, Minn.), five goals Hat Trick By Two Bulldogs: Feb. 13, Joe Biondi and Derek Plante (UMD 8, Colorado College 4 in Duluth, Minn.) UMD Player Scored Four or More Goals: Feb. 5, Mike Connolly (UMD 6, Minnesota 4 in Duluth), five goals UMD Player Scored Three Power Play Goals: Oct. 22, Marco Peluso (UMD 8, MSU-Mankato 3 in Duluth, Minn.) UMD Player Scored Two Shorthanded Goals: Nov. 23, Doug Torrel (UMD 5, Denver 1 in Denver, Colo.) UMD Player Scored a 5-on-3 Shorthanded Goal: Jan. 22, Brett Hauer (UMD 8, Minnesota 4 in Duluth, Minn.) UMD Player Scored an Empty Net Goal: March 12, Kyle Schmidt (UMD 4, St. Cloud State 2 in the WCHA playoffs in Duluth, Minn.) UMD Player Had Five or More Points: Feb. 5, Mike Connolly goals, 0 assists (UMD 6, Minnesota 4 in Duluth, Minn.) UMD Player Made a Penalty Shot: Oct. 15, Travis Oleksuk at 18:03 of the second period against Alex Beaudry (UMD 5, Providence College 3 in Duluth, Minn.) UMD Player Missed A Penalty Shot: Oct. 30, Drew Akins at 11:02 of the second period against Paul Karpowich (UMD 4, Clarkson 2 in Duluth, Minn.) UMD Opponent Made a Penalty Shot: Dec. 3, Eric Perrin (Vermont) at 19:59 of the third period against Taras Lendzyk (Vermont 2, UMD 1 in OT in Duluth, Minn.) UMD Opponent Missed a Penalty Shot: Nov. 5, Jason Zucker at 15:30 of the second period against Kenny Reiter (UMD 4, Denver 0 in Duluth, Minn) UMD Goaltender Received an Assist: Oct. 7, Kenny Reiter (UMD 3, Notre Dame 2 in Duluth, Minn.) UMD Goaltender Had 40 or More : Jan. 29, by Kenny Reiter (Wisconsin 5, UMD 2 in Duluth, Minn.) UMD Goaltender Had 50 or More : March 11, by Josh Johnson (St. Cloud State 3, UMD 2 in 3OT in St. Cloud, Minn./WCHA Playoffs) UMD Swept a Home Series: Oct , UMD 6-1, Bemidji State 2-0 UMD Swept a Road Series: Jan , UMD 5-3, Michigan Tech 0-0 UMD Was Swept at Home: Oct , Minnesota 5-5, UMD 4(OT)-4 UMD Was Swept on the Road: Feb , North Dakota 5-5, UMD 2-1 DRAWING A CROWD: UMD is averaging 6,404 spectators a night during its first full season at AMSOIL Arena. Only four other schools in the country -- North Dakota (10,754), the University of Wisconsin (10,699), Minnesota (8,839) and Colorado College (7,263) -- have drawn more. Since moving into that $80-million, 6,726-seat facility on Dec. 30, 2010, UMD has compiled an record. T.O. IS STILL ON THE GO: Senior Travis Oleksuk has racked up a WCHA-leading nine goals this season, three of which came at the expense of Denver last weekend. The Thunder Bay, Ontario, product, who is a plus-6 on the year, has collected at least one point in all but one of UMD s 10 outings this season. Oleksuk and junior left winger Mike Seidel have combined to score 38.9 percent of UMD s goals thus far. Seidel has five tallies to his credit, including a team-leading three on the power play, but has been blanked in that department in each of the past four games. THERE S NO PLACE LIKE ROAD: UMD is now unbeaten in 22 of its 27 games away from Duluth since the start of the season (16-5-6). That includes a mark this year. ON THE LAMB: Senior Brady Lamb, who will bring a personal-best four-game scoring streak into Friday night s bout with Alaska Anchorage, ranks third among WCHA defensemen in points with 10 and has managed at least a goal or an assist in eight of UMD s 10 outings to date. Lamb has three goals to his credit in , which is two more than he bagged all of last season (after scoring 11 times as a sophomore). MONEY IN THE BANK: Since the opener, UMD is when taking a lead into the final period of play with the lone loss coming at the hands of Bemidji State University at the WCHA Final Five last March. BREAKOUT TIME: Senior defenseman Scott Kishel picked up his first collegiate goal (in his 56th lifetime game) last Friday in Denver and also helped set up another score for the first two-point night of his career. Kishel s whose seven points this season are bettered by only five other WCHA blueliners at the moment, has already skated in three more games this year than he did all of last season (seven) NCAA Champions

4 FREE HOCKEY: The Bulldogs are now unbeaten in 30 of their last 34 overtime games ( , in ) stretching back to the start of the season. A school-record 15 of UMD s 42 engagements last winter (35.7 percent) required an extra session, and UMD was in those. The seven sudden-death victories also eclipsed the previous club standard of five set in Senior left winger/center Travis Oleksuk leads all active Bulldogs in career overtime goals with three, including one at Bemidji State last October, and assisted on Kyle Schmidt s sudden death score in UMD s 3-2 win over Michigan in the 2011 NCAA Frozen Four title game: Player OT Goals Travis Oleksuk 3 J.T. Brown 1 Jack Connolly 1 Cody Danberg 1 BOMBS AWAY: The Bulldogs have outshot the opposition in all but one game thus far (at Denver last Saturday night) and hold a advantage in that department. UMD s 36.0 shots per game average is the fifth best figure in the NCAA at the moment. BOMBS AWAY II: Right winger J.T. Brown, a WCHA All- Rookie League team last season pick and the 2011 Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player, holds down third place on the UMD scoring charts with 11 points and has put a team-leading 56 shots on goal more than the next closest Bulldog. BULLDOG BITS: During their six-game unbeaten streak, the Bulldogs have outscored the opposition Center/left winger Caleb Herbert, who was credited with a pair of assists in the 4-0 triumph at Denver Saturday, is tied for second in the WCHA rookie scoring race with eight points... The Bulldogs have struck at least once with the man advantage in nine of 10 outings this season (they were stymied by Denver last Saturday)... Junior defenseman Wade Bergman tops the Bulldogs in plus-minus rating (+7) and is a plus +20 for his career. That s second only to Jack Connolly s +35 figure among current Bulldogs... UMD is undefeated (11-0-2) over the last two seasons when sophomore winger Max Tardy has marked in the points column... Junior/center Jake Hendrickson has been held without a point in his last 15 games going back to the opening of the 2011 postseason... The Bulldogs have outscored the opposition 13-6 in the third period this season... Rookie left winger Justin Crandall and sophomore goaltender Aaron Crandall are the first brothers to FEELING A BIT OF A DRAFT Six members of the Bulldogs have been drafted by NHL clubs including: Class Yr Round Team Joe Basaraba rd Florida Dan DeLisle rd Chicago Caleb Herbert th Washington Scott Kishel th Montreal Drew Olson th Columbus Max Tardy th St. Louis UMD TEAM HIGHS AND LOWS Goals - 6 vs. BSU (Oct. 28) 1 vs. BSU (Oct. 29) Assists- 9 vs. BSU (Oct. 28) & PC (Oct. 21) 2 vs. BSU (Oct. 29) Points - 15 vs. BSU (Oct. 18) 3 vs. BSU (Oct. 29) Total Shot Attempts - 88 vs. UM (Oct. 14 & 15) 49 vs. DU (Nov. 5) & ND (Oct. 8) Shots On Goal - 50 vs. UM (Oct. 14 & 15) 24 vs. ND (Oct. 8) Penalties - 14 vs. UM (Oct. 14) 3 vs. BSU (Oct. 28) Penalty Minutes - 39 vs. UM (Oct. 14) 6 vs. BSU (Oct. 28) Power Play Pct (2/6) vs. DU (Nov. 4).143 (1/7) vs. PC (Oct. 22) Power Play Goals - 2 vs. DU (Nov. 4) & ND (Oct. 7) 0 vs. DU (Nov. 5) Power Play Attempts - 8 vs. ND (Oct. 7) 4 vs. PC (Oct. 21) Penalty Kill Pct (6/6) vs. PC (Oct. 21).000 (0/3) vs. UM (Oct. 15) - 39 vs. UM (Oct. 14) 11 vs. UM (Oct. 15) Shorthanded Goals - 0 (10 Times) 0 (10 Times) Goals Allowed - 5 (3 Times) 0 vs. DU (Nov. 5) & BSU (Oct. 29) Shots On Goal Allowed - 44 vs. UM (Oct. 14) 16 vs. UM (Oct. 15) PPGs Allowed - 3 vs. UM (Oct. 14 & 15) 0 (5 Times) SHGs Allowed - 0 (9 Times) 1 vs. ND (Oct. 8) Plus-Minus Rating vs. DU (Nov. 5) -11 vs. ND (Oct. 8) UMD INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-GAME HIGHS Goals - 2 by Travis Oleksuk vs. DU (Nov. 5) & PC (Oct. 21) 2 by Mike Seidel vs. ND (Oct. 8) Assists - 2 by Jack Connolly vs. DU (Nov. 4), BSU (Oct. 28) & ND (Oct. 7) 2 by Brady Lamb vs. PC (Oct. 21) 2 by Max Tardy vs. PC (Oct. 21) Points - 3 by Jack Connolly vs. BSU (Oct. 28) Point Streak - 8 Games by Jack Connolly (Oct- 8-present) Goal Streak - 5 Games by Travis Oleksuk (Oct. 7-Oct. 21) Shots On Goal - 9 by J.T. Brown vs. BSU (Oct. 28) +/- Rating - +3 by 6 Players Penalties - 3 by Caleb Herbert vs. PC (Oct. 22) 3 by Mike Seidel vs. UM (Oct. 14) 3 by J.T. Brown vs. UM (Oct. 14) Penalty Minutes - 15 by Luke McManus vs. UM (Oct. 14) Power Play Goals - 1 by 6 Players, including Mike Seidel three times Shorthanded Goals - None - 39 by Kenny Reiter vs. UM (Oct. 14) play together for the Bulldogs in 11 seasons. Defenseman Ryan Coole, then a senior, and his younger brother, freshman goaltender Adam Coole, were the last siblings to turn that trick in The three-game losing streak which the Bulldogs extinguished at Providence College three weeks ago was their longest drought since Feb , 2010 when they also dropped three straight outings, including a pair to North Dakota. UMD was one of just two teams in the entire country (Boston College was the other) who went through the entire season without suffering any back-to-back losses... The active UMD roster (junior center Aaron Jamnick, a transfer from Providence College, has to sit out all of this season in accordance to NCAA rules) consists of seven seniors, six juniors, five sophomores, and seven freshmen... Sophomore defenseman Tim Smith is the first UMD newcomer with previous Division I experience (Providence College in 2009) since Jesse Unkelsbay, who joined UMD as junior in following two years at Alaska Anchorage... When rookie Derik Johnson took his first shift earlier this season, it completed the ninth father-son combination to play for the Bulldogs. Derik s father, Jim Johnson, also patrolled the UMD blueline and, during his senior season in , and served as team captain before going on to enjoy a 13-year National Hockey League career. The father of senior center Travis Oleksuk -- Bill Oleksuk -- also played for the Bulldogs as a left winger and was Jim Johnson s teammate in Oleksuk captained UMD that season and is currently the school s 11th all-time leading scorer... Alaska Anchorage has not scored a goal in its last 93:23 of play against UMD. MILITARY NIGHT: UMD will pay tribute to members of the U.S. armed services this Friday as part of Military Appreciation Night. The Bulldogs will wear commemorative, camouflage jerseys during pre-game warmups that evening, and those those limitededition sweaters will then be made available for purchase in a silent auction during the game with proceeds going to the Defending the Blueline program. ON TAP: The Bulldogs will remain at AMSOIL Arena to host WCHA colleague Minnesota State University-Mankato on Nov their last home appearances until Jan. 20, SCORING BY CLASS UMD s class-by-class scoring breakdown for is as follows: Class G-A-TP Seniors (7) 17-29=46 Juniors (6) 10-9=19 Sophomores (5) 3-11=14 Freshmen (6) 6-10= NCAA Champions

5 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH STATISTICS SEASON CAREER ## Player gp g a pts sh sh% +/- pen-min pp sh fg gw gt ot ht ua gp g a pts sh sh% +/- pen-min pp sh fg gw gt ot ht ua 11 Travis Oleksuk Jack Connolly JT Brown Brady Lamb Caleb Herbert Mike Seidel Scott Kishel Justin Crandall Wade Bergman Keegan Flaherty Chris Casto Dan DeLisle David Grun Max Tardy Drew Olson Joe Basaraba Cody Danberg Kenny Reiter Jake Hendrickson Derik Johnson Adam Krause Luke McManus Tim Smith Total Opponents ## Goalie gp-gs minutes ga gaavg saves pct w l t sho pp sh en gp-gs minutes ga gaavg saves pct w l t sho pp sh en 35 Kenny Reiter : : Aaron Crandall : : Total : Opponents :

6 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH RESULTS/SCHEDULE DATE W-L-T OPPONENT (Attendance) UMD-OPP UMD GOALS GOALIES SAVES Oct. 2 W Lakehead U# 5-1 Oleksuk (2), BASARABA, Connolly, Reiter/A. Crandall 4/4 (5,249) Krause Bosch 23 Oct. 7 W Notre Dame 4-3 Seidel, Flaherty, Brown, OLEKSUK Reiter 14 (6,296) Johnson 27 Oct. 8 L Notre Dame 3-5 Seidel (2), Oleksuk A. Crandall 18 (6,303) Summerhays 21 Oct. 14 L Minnesota* 4-5 OT Herbert, Oleksuk, Olson, J. Crandall Reiter 39 (6,751)+ Patterson 41 Oct. 15 L Minnesota* 4-5 Oleksuk, Connolly, Herbert, Brown Reiter 11 (6,784)+ Patterson 46 Oct. 21 W at Providence College 5-2 Oleksuk (2), Flaherty, SEIDEL, Herbert Reiter 23 (2,012) Beaudry 27 Oct. 22 T at Providence College 2-2 OT J. Crandall, Seidel Reiter 31 (1,507) Beaudry 32 Oct. 28 W Bemidji State* 6-2 Bergman, Brown, FLAHERTY, Casto, Lamb, Reiter 15 (6,111) Connolly Walsh 34 Oct. 29 W Bemidji State* 1-0 CONNOLLY Reiter 23 (6,178) Bakala 27 Nov. 4 T at Denver* 3-3 OT Kishel, Oleksuk, Lamb Reiter 30 (4,932) Murray 43 Nov. 5 W at Denver* 4-0 OLEKSUK (2), Connolly, Lamb, Reiter 29 (5,444) Olkinuora 21 Nov. 11 Alaska Anchorage* 7:07 p.m. Nov. 12 Alaska Anchorage* 7:07 p.m. Nov. 18 Minnesota State-Mankato* 7:37 p.m. Nov. 19 Minnesota State-Mankato* 7:07 p.m. Dec. 2 at Michigan Tech* 6:07 p.m. Dec. 3 at Michigan Tech* 6:07 p.m. Dec. 9 at Wisconsin* 7:07 p.m. Dec. 10 at Wisconsin* 7:07 p.m. Jan. 6 at Western Michigan 6:35 p.m. Jan. 7 at Western Michigan 6:35 p.m. Jan. 13 at Nebraska-Omaha* 7:37 p.m. Jan. 14 at Nebraska-Omaha* 7:07 p.m. Jan. 20 Alabama-Huntsville 7:07 p.m. Jan. 21 Alabama-Huntsville 7:07 p.m. Jan. 27 Michigan Tech* 7:07 p.m. Jan. 28 Michigan Tech* 7:07 p.m. Feb. 3 at Alaska Anchorage* 10:07 p.m. Feb. 4 at Alaska Anchorage* 10:07 p.m. Feb. 10 North Dakota* 7:07 p.m. Feb. 11 North Dakota* 7:07 p.m. Feb. 17 at Minnesota State-Mankato* 7:37 p.m. Feb. 18 at Minnesota State-Mankato* 7:07 p.m. Feb. 24 Colorado College* 7:07 p.m. Feb. 25 Colorado College* 7:07 p.m. March 2 at St. Cloud State* 7:37 p.m. March 3 at St. Cloud State* 7:07 p.m. March 9-11 WCHA Playoffs TBA March WCHA Final Five (in St. Paul, Minn.) TBA March NCAA Regionals TBA April 5 & 7 NCAA Frozen Four (in Tampa, Fla.) TBA *WCHA Game #Exhibition Game +Sellout GAME-WINNING GOALS ARE IN ALL CAPS WIN-LOSS SUMMARY W L T PCT W L T PCT Home Games First Goal Road Games Leading After One Period WCHA Games Trailing After One Period Nonconference Games Tied After One Period Exhibition Games Leading After Two Periods Overtime Games Trailing After Two Periods One-Goal Games Tied After Two Periods Two-Goal Games Outshooting Opponent Friday Games Outshot by Opponent Saturday Games Same No. of Shots as Opponent ATTENDANCE~ All Games Home Away Total Attendance 52,318 38,423 13,895 (Average) (5,232) (6,404) (2,817) Sellouts ~does not include exhibition games

7 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH TEAM STATISTICS TEAM STATISTICS UMD OPP SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts Shot pct Goals/Game Shots/Game Assists POWER PLAYS Goals-Power Plays Conversion Percent Shot Attempts Shot Percent SHORT-HANDED Goals-Shot attempts Shot Percent GOAL BREAKDOWN Total Goals Power Play 11 9 Short-handed 0 1 Empty net 0 0 Penalty 0 0 Unassisted 1 2 Overtime 0 1 PENALTIES Number Minutes Penalties/Game Pen minutes/game Minor Major minute Misconduct 0 0 Game Misconduct 2 3 Gross Misconduct 0 0 Match 0 0 ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date 6/6404 4/3474 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0 Goals by Period 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Minnesota Duluth Opponents by Period 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Minnesota Duluth Opponents

8 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH LEADERS ## Points GP G A Pts Sh 11 Travis Oleksuk Jack Connolly JT Brown Brady Lamb Caleb Herbert Mike Seidel Scott Kishel Justin Crandall Wade Bergman Keegan Flaherty ## Goals GP G A Pts Sh 11 Travis Oleksuk Mike Seidel Jack Connolly JT Brown Brady Lamb Caleb Herbert Keegan Flaherty Justin Crandall Scott Kishel Wade Bergman ## Power-Play Goals GP PPG 17 Mike Seidel Jack Connolly Brady Lamb Travis Oleksuk 10 2 ## Short-Handed Goals GP SHG ## Game-Winning Goals GP GWG 11 Travis Oleksuk 10 2 ## Plus/Minus GP +/- 28 Wade Bergman Travis Oleksuk JT Brown Scott Kishel Brady Lamb Caleb Herbert Jack Connolly Chris Casto David Grun Keegan Flaherty ## Assists GP G A Pts Sh 12 Jack Connolly JT Brown Brady Lamb Scott Kishel Caleb Herbert Wade Bergman Travis Oleksuk Justin Crandall Mike Seidel Chris Casto ## Shots GP G A Pts Sh Sh% 23 JT Brown Mike Seidel Jack Connolly Travis Oleksuk Brady Lamb Keegan Flaherty Chris Casto Scott Kishel Max Tardy Wade Bergman ## Shot Pct. GP G A Pts Sh Sh% 11 Travis Oleksuk Caleb Herbert Justin Crandall Brady Lamb Keegan Flaherty Mike Seidel Jack Connolly Drew Olson Wade Bergman Scott Kishel ## Penalties GP Pen Min 2 Brady Lamb JT Brown Mike Seidel Joe Basaraba Jack Connolly Drew Olson Caleb Herbert Justin Crandall Chris Casto Luke McManus ## Penalty Minutes GP Pen Min 2 Brady Lamb Luke McManus JT Brown Mike Seidel Joe Basaraba Jack Connolly Justin Crandall Caleb Herbert Drew Olson Chris Casto

9 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS (GOALS-ASSISTS-TOTAL POINTS) Opponent Date Score LAMB,BRADY JOHNSON,DE CASTO,CHRI KISHEL,SCOT OLSON,DRE DELISLE,DAN OLEKSUK,TR CONNOLLY,J FLAHERTY,K HENDRICKSO SMITH,TIM ND Oct W DNP DNP ND Oct L DNP MINN Oct L DNP DNP DNP MINN Oct L DNP DNP at PC Oct W DNP at PC Oct t DNP DNP DNP BSU Oct W DNP DNP BSU Oct W DNP DNP at DU Nov t DNP DNP at DEN Nov W DNP DNP Opponent Date Score SEIDEL,MIKE BASARABA,J TARDY,MAX DANBERG,CO HERBERT,CA MCMANUS,LU BROWN,JT CRANDALL,J KRAUSE,ADA GRUN,DAVID BERGMAN,W ND Oct W DNP DNP ND Oct L DNP DNP DNP MINN Oct L DNP MINN Oct L DNP DNP at PC Oct W DNP DNP DNP at PC Oct t DNP BSU Oct W DNP DNP BSU Oct W DNP DNP at DU Nov t DNP DNP at DEN Nov W DNP DNP Opponent Date Score CRANDALL,A REITER,KENN ND Oct W DNP ND Oct L DNP MINN Oct L DNP MINN Oct L DNP at PC Oct W DNP at PC Oct t DNP BSU Oct W DNP BSU Oct W DNP at DU Nov t DNP at DEN Nov W DNP

10 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH GAME-BY-GAME COMPARISON Shots Penalties Power Plays Date Opponent Score Goals Assists Shots Pen-Min Pen-Min G-Ch G-Ch Oct 07 NOTRE DAME / 3 7 / 6 31 / / / 1-5 Oct 08 NOTRE DAME / 5 5 / 9 24 / / / 1-4 Oct 14 MINNESOTA / 5 7 / 9 50 / / / 3-6 Oct 15 MINNESOTA / 5 4 / 6 50 / / / 3-3 Oct 21 at Providence College / 2 9 / 4 32 / / / 0-6 Oct 22 at Providence College / 2 4 / 4 34 / / / 1-6 Oct 29 BEMIDJI STATE / 0 2 / 0 28 / / / 0-2 Oct 28 BEMIDJI STATE / 2 9 / 4 40 / / / 0-2 Nov 04 at Denver / 3 6 / 5 46 / / / 0-5 Nov 05 at Denver / 0 7 / 0 25 / / / 0-4 Totals / / / / / 9-43 Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category

11 Exhibition Game October 2, 2011 Lakehead University vs. UMD LU UMD st: UMD- Jack Connolly (Mike Seidel, Brady Lamb) 8:46 pp; LU- Mitch Fillman (Kalvin Sagert) 16:30; UMD- Joe Basaraba (Dan DeLisle, Travis Oleksuk) 19:08. 2nd: UMD- Oleksuk (Scott Kishel, Connolly) 17:30 pp. 3rd: UMD- Oleksuk (Connolly, Lamb) 4:12 pp. UMD- Adam Krause (Caleb Herbert, Keegan Flaherty) 05:27. LU- Jeff Bosch UMD- Aaron Crandall UMD- Kenny Reiter Power Play: LU: 0-6, UMD: 3-8 Penalties: LU: 13-37, UMD: Attendance: 5, BULLDOG GAME SUMMARIES POLL POSITION A weekly look at how UMD has fared this season in the various weeky national polls and PairWise rankings: Week USCHO.com USA Today Pairwise Preseason 8th 10th --- Oct. 10 9th 9th --- Oct th 15th --- Oct th 15th --- Oct th 14th --- Nov. 7 10th 13th --- Game 7 October 28, 2011 Bemidji State vs. No. 15 UMD BSU UMD st: BSU- Brad Hunt 2 (Jeff Jubinville, Aaron McLeod) 6:21; BSU- Jordan George 4 (Sam Rendle) 7:26; UMD- Wade Bergman 1 (J.T. Brown, Jack Connolly) 8:21; UMD- Brown 3 (Chris Casto) 13:24 2nd: UMD- Keegan Flaherty 3 (Dan DeLisle) 8:15; UMD- Chris Casto 1 (Caleb Herbert, Justin Crandall) 9:32 3rd: UMD- Brady Lamb 1 (Travis Oleksuk, Jack Connolly) 7:11 pp; Jack Connolly 2 (Wade Bergman) 11:07. BSU- Andrew Walsh UMD- Kenny Reiter Power Play: BSU: 0-2, UMD: 1-5 Penalties: BSU: 6-12, UMD: 3-6 Attendance: 6,111 Game 1 October 7, 2011 No. 1 Notre Dame vs. No. 8 UMD ND UMD st: ND- Billy Maday 1 (Jeff Costello, Sean Lorenz) 7:32; UMD- Mike Seidel 1 (J.T. Brown, Jack Conolly) 9:10; UMD- Keegan Flaherty 1 (Cody Danberg) 11:15; ND- Anders Lee 1 (Bryan Rust, T.J. Tynan) 12:46. 2nd: UMD- Brown 1 (Conolly, Kenny Reiter) 5:35 pp. ND- Mike Voran 1 (Maday, Costello) 14:17 pp. 3rd: UMD- Travis Oleksuk 1 (Wade Bergman, Brady Lamb) 15:36. ND - Mike Johnson UMD- Kenny Reiter Power Play: ND: 1-6, UMD: 2-8 Penalties: ND: 1-6, UMD: 6-12 Attendance: 6,296 Game 2 October 8, 2011 No. 1 Notre Dame vs. No. 8 UMD ND UMD st: UMD- Travis Oleksuk 2 (Dan DeLisle, Scott Kishel) 7:17. 2nd: UMD- Mike Seidel 2 (Wade Bergman) 0:29; ND- Nick Larson 1 (Sean Lorenz) 6:45; T.J. Tynan 1 (Patrick Gaul) 16:31 sh; ND- Anders Lee (Sam Calabrese, Billy Maday) 18:00. 3rd: ND- Kevin Lind (Robbie Russo) 2:46 ND- Lorenz (Lee, Tynan) pp; UMD- Seidel 3 (Oleksuk, J.T. Brown) 14:52 ND- Steven Summerhays UMD - Aaron Crandall Power Play: ND: 1-4, UMD: 1-6 Penalties: ND: 8-27, UMD: 6-12 Attendance: 6,303 Game 3 October 14, 2011 No. 14 Minnesota vs. No. 9 UMD UM UMD st: UM- Erik Haula 3 (Nate Schmidt, Nick Bjugstad) 4:55 pp; UM- Kyle Rau 2 (Jake Hansen, Nate Condon) 11:32 pp. 2nd: UMD- Caleb Herbert 1 (Justin Crandall, Brady Lamb) 5:12; UMD- Travis Oleskuk (Jack Connolly, Scott Kishel) 6:57 pp; UM- Rau 3 (Haula, Schmidt) 10:59 pp; UMD- Drew Olson 1 (Habert, Wade Bergman) 16:58. 3rd: UMD- J. Crandall 1 (David Grun) 18:00; UM- Haula 4 (Bjugstad, Alt) 19:45. OT: UM- Condon 1 (Tyler Matson) 4:04 UM- Kent Patterson UMD- Kenny Reiter Power Play: UM 3-6, UMD 1-5 Penalties: UM: 11-33, UMD: Attendance: 6,751 (sellout) Game 4 October 15, 2011 No. 14 Minnesota vs. No. 9 UMD UM UMD st: UMD- Travis Oleksuk 4 (Brady Lamb) 0:45; UMD- Jack Connolly 1 (J.T. Brown) 7:11 pp; UM- Jake Hansen 2 (Erik Haula) 12:05,; UM- Nate Condon 2 (unassisted) 16:19. 2nd: UM- Nick Bjugstad (unassisted) 1:10; UM- Condon 3 (Taylor Matson, Bem Marshall) 12:10 pp. 3rd: UM- Kyle Rau 4 (Nate Schmidt, Bjugstad) 10:02 pp; UMD- Caleb Herbert 2 (Justin Crandall) 11:38; UMD- Brown 2 (unassisted) 14:55. UM- Kent Patterson UMD- Kenny Reiter Power Play: UM: 3-3, UMD: 1-6 Penalties: UM: 7-14, UMD: 1-6 Attendance: 6,784 (sellout) Game 5 October 21, 2011 No. 15 UMD vs. Providence College UMD PC st: UMD- Keegan Flaherty 2 (Scott Kishel) 3:11; PC- Andy Balysky 1 (Ross Mauermann, Kevin Hart) 11:31; 2nd: UMD- Travis Oleksuk 5 (Joe Basaraba, Max Tardy) 5:53; UMD- Mike Seidel 4 (J.T. Brown, Brady Lamb) 7:52; PC- David Brown 1 (Barrett Kaib, Billy Simon) 10:16 3rd: UMD- Oleksuk 6 (Jack Connolly, Lamb) 0:57; UMD- Caleb Herbert 3 (Tardy, Chris Casto) 14:46 pp. UMD- Kenny Reiter PC- Alex Beaudry Power Play: UMD: 1-4, PC: 0-6 Penalties: UMD: 8-16 PC: 6-12 Attendance: 2,012 Game 6 October 22, 2011 No. 15 UMD vs. Providence College UMD PC st: No scoring. 2nd: UMD- Justin Crandall 2 (Caleb Herbert, David Grun) 12:18; 3rd: PC- Damian Cross 1 (Ross Mauermann, Stefan Demopoulos) 7:09; UMD- Mike Seidel 5 (Travis Oleksuk, Jack Connolly) 15:03 pp; PC- Matt Bergland (Daniel New, Alex Velischek) 17:39 pp. OT: No scoring. UMD- Kenny Reiter PC- Alex Beaudry Power Play: UMD: 1-6, PC: 1-6 Penalties: UMD: 7-25, PC: 6-12 Attendance: 1,507 Game 8 October 29, 2011 Bemidji State vs. No. 15 UMD BSU UMD st: No. 2nd: No. 3rd: UMD- Jack Connolly 3 (Mike Seidel, Brady Lamb) 11:21 pp. BSU- Dan Bakala UMD- Kenny Reiter Power Play: BSU: 0-2, UMD: 1-5 Penalties: BSU: 7-25, UMD: 4-8 Attendance: 6,178 Game 9 November 4, 2011 No. 14 UMD vs. No. 8 Denver UMD DU st: DU- Jarrod Mermis 2 (Joey LaLeggia, Nick Shore) 1:04; DU- Chris Knowlton 5 (Shore) 13:27; UMD- Scott Kishel 1 (Wade Bergman, Justin Crandall) 18:18. 2nd: DU- Daniel Doremus 2 (Shore, Mermis) 3:33; UMD- Travis Oleksuk 7 (J.T. Brown, Jack Connolly) 15:45 pp; 3rd: UMD- Brady Lamb 2 (Connolly, Kishel) 15:55 pp. OT: No UMD- Kenny Reiter DU- Adam Murray Power Play: UMD: 2-6, DU: 0-5 Penalties: UMD: 7-14, DU: 8-16 Attendance: 4,932 Game 10 November 5, 2011 No. 14 UMD vs. No. 8 Denver UMD DU st: No. 2nd: UMD- Travis Oleksuk 8 (Caleb Herbert, Scott Kishel) 8:26; UMD- Jack Connolly 4 (Mike Seidel, Brady Lamb) 16:07; UMD- Oleksuk 9 (Herbert, J.T. Brown) 17:43; 3rd: UMD- Lamb 3 (Brown) 8:51. UMD- Kenny Reiter DU- Juho Olkinuora Power Play: UMD: 0-5, DU: 0-4 Penalties: UMD: 5-10, DU: 5-10 Attendance: 5,444