UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEN S HOCKEY

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1 UMD NO. 6 UMD AND NO. 3 MINNESOTA SET TO BREAK THE ICE AT ICE BREAKER TOURNAMENT FRIDAY THE PUCK DROPS NOW: The University of Minnesota Duluth will launch its 74th season of intercollegiate ice hockey this Friday (Oct. 6) when the Bulldogs renew their long-standing intrastate rivalry with the University of Minnesota in the semifinals of the 21st annual Ice Breaker Tournament. Opening face off is set for 7:37 p.m. at AMSOIL Arena (6,756) and will be preceded by the other first round bout between Michigan Tech University and Union College (4:07 p.m.). The championship and third place games will be at either 4:07 p.m. or 7:37 p.m. since the Bulldogs will play at the later time regardless of Friday s outcome. THE RECORDS: UMD, which was unbeaten in 19 of its last 21 games last winter (16-2-3), went overall and finished second in the final National Collegiate Hockey Conference standings at Minnesota posted a record in all games one year ago and placed first in the Big Ten Conference by going Michigan Tech ( overall) took second in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association regular season title race (15-7-6) while Union ( ), which like the Huskies are this season, also took runnerup honors in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (16-4-2). THEY WERE ALL AT THE DANCE: UMD (No. 1 seed in the West Regional), Minnesota (No. 1 in the Northeast), Michigan Tech (No. 4 in the Midwest) and Union (No. 2 in the Midwest) all qualified for last spring s NCAA Tournament. Of those four clubs, only the Bulldogs advanced to the NCAA Frozen Faceoff in Chicago. PLAYOFF PAYOFFS: While Minnesota is the reigning regular season Big Ten champion, this year s Ice Breaker Tournament will feature three defending conference playoff titleholders in UMD (NCHC), Michigan Tech (WCHA) and Minnesota (Big Ten). HOW THEY RANK: Here is how this year s Ice Breaker Tournament participants stacked up in the latest USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine. uscho.com USA Today UMD No. 6 No. 12 MTU RV NR UM No. 3 No. 3 Union No. 16 RV ON THE AIR: Both of UMD s two games this weekend will be carried on KDAL-Radio (610 AM and FM) with Bruce Ciskie handling the play-by-play responsibilities and Bulldog hockey alumnus Kraig Karakas the color commentary. This marks the 50th year KDAL has been the radio home for Bulldog hockey. The broadcast can also be heard at: kdal610.com. BULLDOGS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEN S HOCKEY Communications Office Bob Nygaard, Director University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN bnygaard@d.umn.edu (218) Oct. 4, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH ROSTER No. Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Yr. Birthdate Hometown (Previous Team/League) 3 Mikey Anderson D Fr. 5/25/99 Roseville, Minn. (Waterloo/USHL) 4 Dylan Samberg D Fr. 1/24/99 Hermantown, Minn.(Hermantown H.S.) 5 Nick Wolff D So. 7/21/96 Eagan, Minn. (Des Moines/USHL) 6 Louie Roehl D Fr. 4/9/98 Eden Prairie, Minn. (Minnesota Wilderness/NAHL) 7 Scott Perunovich D Fr. 8/18/98 Hibbing, Minn. (Cedar Rapids/USHL) 8 Koby Bender F Fr. 7/15/97 Cloquet, Minn. (Muskegon/USHL) 10 Kobe Roth F Fr. 1/11/97 Warroad, Minn. (Des Moines/USHL) 11 Avery Peterson F Sr. 6/20/95 Grand Rapids, Minn. (Nebraska-Omaha/NCHC) 12 Jarod Hilderman D So. 4/11/97 Kamsack, Saskatchewan (Fargo/USHL) 13 Joey Anderson F So. 6/19/98 Roseville, Minn. (U.S. National Under-18 Team) 16 Billy Exell F Jr. 10/4/95 Thunder Bay, Ontario (Minnesota Wilderness/NAHL) 17 Blake Young F Sr. 11/2/94 Battleford, Saskatchewan (Battlefords/SJHL) 18 Nick McCormack F Sr. 9/9/93 Ramsey, Minn. (Brooks/AJHL) 19 Justin Richards F Fr. 3/17/98 Columbus, Ohio (Lincoln/USHL) 20 Karson Kuhlman (C) F Sr. 9/26/95 Esko, Minn. (Dubuque/USHL) 21 Matt Anderson D Fr. 4/11/99 Shakopee, Minn. (Holy Family Catholic H.S.) 22 Jared Thomas F Sr. 2/21/94 Hermantown, Minn. (Sioux City/USHL) 23 Nick Swaney F Fr. 9/9/97 Lakeville, Minn. (Waterloo/USHL) 24 Will Campion D So. 3/7/95 Seaford, N.Y. (Langley/BCHL) 25 Peter Krieger F Jr. 12/9/93 Oakdale, Minn (U. of Alaska/WCHA) 26 Jade Miller F So. 7/1/95 Minto, N.D. (Austin/NAHL) 27 Riley Tufte F So. 4/10/98 Ham Lake, Minn. (Blaine H.S.) 28 Sammy Spurrell F Sr. 10/5/92 Sherwood, Alberta (Spruce Grove/AJHL) 32 Hunter Shepard G So 11/7/95 Cohasset, Minn. (Bismarck/NAHL) 36 Ben Patt G Fr. 5/19/96 Brampton, Ontario (Notre Dame/SJHL) 37 Nick Deery G So. 5/25/94 La Crosse, Wis. (Steinbach/MJHL) 39 Parker Mackay (A) F Jr. 6/10/94 Irma, Alberta (Spruce Grove/AJHL) Head Coach: Scott Sandelin Assistant Coaches: Jason Herter, Brett Larson, Brant Nicklin Hockey Sports Performance Director: Dr. Susan Hoppe Resident Athletic Trainer: Jordan Ellis Strength and Conditioning Coach: Anthony Morando Equipment Manager: Chris Garner Director of Hockey Operations: Christian Koelling Operations Assistant: Bill Watson Manager: Dale Haagenson The entire 2017 Ice Breaker Tournament will also be televised locally on My9 (Channel 6.3; Channel 9 on Charter, Mediacom, and Dish Network and Channels 19 and 519 on Paul Bunyan Cable), which has been the Bulldogs television home for the last 10 seasons. KBJR-TV sports director Zach Schneider and former UMD standout forward Judd Medak will serve as the on-air talent. All four telecasts are available on-line for a fee at: nchc.tv/umd. THE COACH: Scott Sandelin, is beginning his 18th season behind the UMD bench where he has compiled a overall record -- including a mark since the opener. Besides capturing the school s first NCAA championship seven years ago, his Bulldogs have won 21 or more games in six of the last nine seasons (including last winter) while finishing below the.500 mark just one time over that stretch. Overall, they ve advanced to seven NCAA tournaments (2004, 2009, 2011,2012, 2015, 2016 and 2017), including the last three in a row, three NCAA Frozen Fours (2004, 2011 and 2017) and two NCHC Frozen Faceoff tourneys (2016 and 2017 when UMD won it all). Before UMD parted ways with the WCHA following the season, Sandelin had directed his troops to berths in seven of 11 Final Five playoff events. A three time Spencer Penrose Award honoree as the American Hockey Coaches Association NCAA I Coach of the Year (winner in , runnerup in and finalist last winter), Sandelin has also helped produce a pair of

2 Hobey Baker Memorial Award winners (Jack Connolly in and Junior Lessard in ), seven NCAA All-Americans and 21 All-NCHC/WCHA honorees. In addition, he has seen 16 of his UMD pupils go on to do time in the National Hockey League and one take part in the Winter Olympic Games (Justin Faulk for Team USA in 2014). One year ago, Sandelin and the Bulldogs rolled up a overall record (for a.750 winning percentage -- the second highest figure in club history) and spent a school-record 11 weeks occupying the No. 1 spot in the USCHO.com poll. They also went unbeaten in 19 of their final 21 games with one of those setbacks coming to Denver (3-2) in the NCAA national title bout. During the course of the season, the Bulldogs set a team record by going unbeaten in 17 straight games and were ranked first in both major weekly polls (USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine for a program-best nine consecutive weeks. In March 2009, UMD became the first play-in game participant to ever claim the Final Five title and, later 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. In , Sandelin, 53, turned UMD into a NCAA Frozen 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 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 charges went overall and captured fifth place in the WCHA with a mark while experiencing the greatest one-season turnaround of any league member 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). HOW THEY VE FARED AGAINST MINNESOTA UMD s current career scoring and goaltending leaders versus the Gophers are: Sandelin officially signed on with the Bulldogs on March 31, 2000 following six years of assistant coaching deployment at North Dakota (which won two NCAA titles during his tenure). Prior to that, Sandelin spent the season head coaching the Junior Elite Hockey League s Fargo-Moorhead Junior Kings after working in that same capacity (and doubling as general manager) the previous winter with the Fargo-Moorhead Express of the American Hockey Association. 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-American second team selection and All-WCHA first team pick as a senior, Sandelin went on to play professionally for seven years, which included National Hockey League stints with the Montreal Canadiens ( ), Philadelphia Flyers ( ) and Minnesota North Stars ( ). Sandelin, one of just three active NCHC coaches to do Player GP G A TP P-PM +/- PP SH GW Karson Kuhlman Jared Thomas Riley Tufte Joey Anderson Avery Peterson* Sammy Spurrell Nick McCormack Blake Young Parker Mackay Nick Wolff Billy Exell Jade Miller Jarod Hilderman Will Campion Goaltender GP GS W-L-T MIN GA GAA SVS SVS% SO Hunter Shepard : Nick Deery : *includes games with Nebraska Omaha The Numbers on Sandelin (Overall) (NCHC/ WCHA) YEAR W L T PCT W L T PCT PLACE th th th nd th th th th th th(T) th nd th th(T) th th nd Totals Lifetime Record vs. Minnesota: Lifetime Record vs. Michigan Tech Lifetime Record vs. Union College: Lifetime Non-Conference Record: Lifetime NCHC Record: Lifetime Home Record: time in the NHL (Denver s Jim Montgomery and North Dakota s Brad Berry are the others), 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, directing that club to a fourth-place finish, and was an assistant coach for the U.S. entry at that same event in THE RIVALRY: Friday evening s matchup will mark the 232nd meeting ever between the Bulldogs and Gophers. Minnesota holds a lead in the rivalry, which began way back on Dec. 1, 1952 at the Hippodrome in Eveleth, Minn. The two clubs last met on Jan. 27, 2017 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn., where the then-no. 2 Bulldogs prevailed 3-2 over the No. 6 Gophers in the semifinals of the now-defunct North Star College Cup. LAST WEEK: The University of Alberta struck for three unanswered goals in a span of just under four minutes midway through the the third period to rally for a 4-3 exhibition game triumph over UMD at AMSOIL Arena Saturday night. All 27 rostered Bulldogs took shifts in the game, including 11 who did so for the first time in a UMD uniform. That included rookie defensemen Dylan Samberg, who opened the scoring with a goal 52 seconds, and Scott Perunovich, whose snipe from the low slot on a 5-on-3 power play gave UMD a 3-1 lead midway through the second period. Sophomore Riley Tufte accounted for the Bulldogs other goal which came off a rebound while UMD was a man up at 6:11 of the second. The game featured an abundance of penalties (the two teams combined for 23 infractions for 60 minutes) and that resulted in plenty of power play opportunities as UMD was 2-for-9 while Alberta went 1-for-10. UMD s three goaltenders each played a period with sophomore Nick Deery allowing one goal on seven shots in the first, sophomore Hunter Shepard turning aside all 10 shots he faced in the second and fresh-

3 man Ben Patt giving up three goals on 12 shots the rest of the way. The win was the first by a Canadian university over UMD since Alberta prevailed 8-5 back on Dec. 15, THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING: Senior right winger Karson Kuhlman has been entrusted with team cocaptaincy responsibilities with the Bulldogs while junior right winger Parker Mackay will serve as an assistant captain NCHC STANDINGS TEAM (Overall Record) GP W L T 3/SW PTS GF AVG GA AVG Denver (33-7-4) / UMD (28-7-7) / Western Michigan ( ) / North Dakota ( ) / St. Cloud State ( ) / Omaha ( ) / Miami (9-20-7) / Colorado College (8-24-4) / THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING II: This marks the fifth straight year the Bulldogs have been captained by a Northern Minnesota native. Karson Kuhlman (Esko, Minn.),who is handling that prestigious role this season, follows in the footsteps of Duluth East High School hockey alums Dominic Toninato ( ) and Andy Welinski ( ) and Hermantown product Adam Krause ( and co-captain in ). Jack Connolly, born and raised in Duluth, served as team captain in HOW THE MEDIA SEE THINGS SHAKING OUT: Media that cover the National Collegiate Hockey Conference have spoken and they collectively forecast a fourth-place finish for the UMD in UMD received totaled 160 points in the NCHC Preseason Media Poll. The University of Denver, the defending NCAA and NCHC regular season champions, was deemed as the team to beat with 240 points and all 30 first-place votes and was followed by St. Cloud State (187 points), North Dakota (172 pts.), UMD, Miami (104 pts.), Western Michigan (102 pts.), Nebraska-Omaha (83 pts.), and Colorado College (32 pts.). The Bulldogs were picked third in that same poll one year ago and as the league favorite in BULLDOGS AT A GLANCE: UMD retains the services of 16 lettermen (for the second straight year) from a club that went overall (for the second most wins in team history), advanced all the way to the NCAA Frozen Four title game in Chicago, Ill., (where they succumbed 3-2 to Denver), captured the school s first NCHC Frozen Faceoff championship, placed second in the NCHC standings (their highest finish ever with a record) and held down the No. 1 spot in the USCHO.com poll a program-record 11 week. Headlining the list of holdovers is sophomore right winger Joey Anderson, a NCHC All-Rookie Team selection who ranked third among Bulldogs in points with 12 goals and 25 assists. UMD also welcomes back three others who cracked the Top 10 on the team s scoring charts in senior right winger Karson Kuhlman (No. 7 with six goals and 16 assists for 22 points), sophomore left winger Riley Tufte (No 9; 9-7=16) and senior center Avery Peterson (No. 10; 7-8=15 in 25 games). On the blue line, sophomore Nick Wolff (2-10=12) is somewhat of a lone wolf as he s the only returning Bulldog who took shifts in more than 11 games last year. After a season of backup duty, both sophomores Nick Deery and Hunter Shepard will battle it out for the starting goaltender responsibilities. YOU AGAIN?: UMD has butted heads with Minnesota on more lifetime occasions (231) during its 74-year history than all but one opponent (North Dakota with 236 times). Michigan Tech is next on that list (229 THE LAST TIME... Overtime Game: March 25, UMD 3, Boston U. 2 (NCAA West Regional final in Fargo, N.D.) Overtime Game Won by UMD: March 25, UMD 3, Boston U. 2 (NCAA West Regional final in Fargo, N.D.) Overtime Game Lost By UMD: Feb. 19, North Dakota 2, UMD 1 (in Grand Forks, N.D.) Overtime Game Tied: Feb. 24, UMD 3, Miami 3 (in Duluth, Minn.) Scoreless Tie: March 3, UMD 0, Wisconsin 0 (Josh Johnson/Shane Connelly in Duluth, Minn.) NCHC 3 x 3 Overtime Win: Jan. 6, following a 2-2 tie with Colorado College (in Duluth, Minn.) NCHC 3 x 3 Overtime Loss: Feb. 24, following a 3-3 tie with Miami (in Duluth, Minn.) NCHC Shootout Win: Feb. 3, UMD 1, Omaha 0 -- following a 2-2 tie (in Duluth, Minn.) NCHC Shootout Loss: Jan. 16, Western Michigan 2, UMD 1 -- following a 2-2 tie (in Duluth, Minn.) UMD Shutout at Home: Feb. 4, UMD 5, Omaha 0 (Hunter Miska) UMD Shutout on the Road: Jan. 21, UMD 4, North Dakota 0 (Hunter Miska) UMD Was Shut Out at Home: Dec. 12, North Dakota 3, UMD 0 (Cam Johnson) UMD Was Shut Out on the Road: March 14, Denver 4, UMD 0 (Evan Cowley-NCHC Playoffs) UMD Hat Trick: Oct. 28, Alex Iafallo (UMD 5, North Dakota 2 in Duluth) 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. 3, J.T. Brown (UMD 4, Alaska Anchorage 1 in Anchorage, Alaska), four goals UMD Player Scored Three Power Play Goals: Oct. 22, Marco Peluso (UMD 8, Minnesota State-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 1, Dominic Toninato (UMD 6, Miami 3 in Duluth, Minn.) UMD Player Had Five or More Points: Feb. 11, Jack Connolly (UMD 5, North Dakota 4 in Duluth, Minn.), 2 goals and 3 assists 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. 1, Dominic Toninato at 2:27 of the third period against Devin Kero (UMD 6, Michigan Tech O in Duluth) UMD Opponent Made a Penalty Shot: Feb. 19, Austin Poganski (North Dakota) at 3:19 of overtime against Kasimir Kaskisuo (North Dakota 2, UMD 1 in Grand Forks, N.D.). 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 Denver, Colo.) UMD Goaltender Had 50 or More Saves: Jan. 11, by Aaron Crandall (UMD 3, Nebraska- Omaha 1 in Omaha, Neb.) UMD Goaltender Had 60 or More Saves: March 11, by Josh Johnson (St. Cloud State 3, UMD 2 in 3OT in St. Cloud, Minn./WCHA Playoffs) UMD Goalie Received an Assist: Dec. 16, Hunter Miska (UMD 1, Bemidji State 1 in Duluth, Minn.) UMD Goalie Had Two Assists: Feb. 25, Kenny Reiter (UMD 5, Colorado College 2 in Duluth, Minn.) UMD Swept a Home Series: March 10-11, UMD 5-3, Miami 4(OT)-3 (NCHC Playoffs in Duluth, Minn.) UMD Swept a Road Series: Jan , UMD 5-4, North Dakota 3-0 UMD Was Swept at Home: Dec , North Dakota 3-3, UMD 0-0 UMD Was Swept on the Road: Feb , North Dakota 2-2, UMD 1(OT)-1

4 games). The Bulldogs and the Gophers have met on an annual basis since the season, making it the longest continuous rivalry for both programs. TOURNEY TIDBITS: The Bulldogs have been beaten in back-to-back games only once in their 36 lifetime regular season tournaments. That happened five years ago at the Florida College Hockey Classic in Estero, Fla. (1-0 to the University of Maine and 6-2 to Ferris State University on Dec , 2012). STAR OF THE NORTH: One night after defeating Minnesota (3-2) in the North Star College Cup semifinals last January, UMD pulled out 2-1 overtime victory over St. Cloud in the championship game. That marked the first time UMD won a regular season tournament title since when it launched that year with successive victories over host Nebraska-Omaha (52) and the University of Michigan (3-2) on its way to capturing the Maverick Stampede crown. The Bulldogs had taken part in 10 tourneys since then UMD SALUTATIONS Feb. 6 Feb. 6 Feb. 20 Feb. 27 Hunter Miska (Goalie/UNO) Neal Pionk (Defenseman/UNO) Hunter Miska (Rookie/CC) Neal Pionk (Defensman/MU) Mike Richter Award (Most Outstanding NCAA Goalie) Hunter Miska (Top 5 Finalist) Derek Hines Unsung Hero Award Brenden Kotyk (runnerup) Spencer Penrose Award Finalist (NCAA Coach of the Year) Scott Sandelin American Sports Network National Player of the Week Oct. 31 Alex Iafallo (NoDak) Joey Anderson NCAA Hockey Three Stars of the Week Oct. 31 Alex Iafallo (NoDak) - 2nd Star Jan. 23 Riley Tufte (NoDak) - 1st Star AHCA All-America Alex Iafallo (first team) Hero Sports Hero of the Week Hunter Miska (NSCC) All-USCHO Team Alex Iafallo (first team) Hunter Miska (third team) Neal Pionk (thirdt team) NCAA Frozen Four All-Tournament Team Alex Iafallo Neal Pionk All-College Hockey News Team Neal Pionk (second team) All-NCHC Alex Iafallo (first team) Neal Pionk (second team) Hunter Miska (second team) NCHC All-Rookie Team Joey Anderson (first team) NCHC Defensive Forward of the Year Dominic Toninato NCHC Player of the Month Joey Anderson (Rookie/November) Hunter Miska (Rookie/January) Hunter Miska (Rookie/February) NCHC Player of the Week Oct. 10 Nick Deery (Goaltender/UML) Oct. 10 Neal Pionk (Defenseman/UML) Oct. 17 Adam Johnson (Offensive/NDame) Oct. 31 Alex Iafallo (Offensive/NoDak) Oct. 31 Hunter Miska (Goalie/NoDak) Nov. 7 Joey Anderson (Rookie/SCSU) Nov. 7 Carson Soucy (Defenseman/SCSU) Dec. 12 Neal Pionk (Defenseman/DU) Jan. 23 Hunter Miska (Rookie/NoDak) Jan. 23 Willie Raskob (Defenseman/NoDak) Jan. 23 Riley Tufte (Offensive/NoDak) Jan. 30 Hunter Miska (Goalie/NSCC) NCAA West Regional All-Tournament Team Hunter Miska (Most Valuable Player) Joey Anderson Alex Iafallo Willie Raskob NCHC Frozen Faceoff All-Tourament Team Alex Iafallo (Most Valuable Player) Hunter Miska Neal Pionk Dominic Toninato North Star College Cup MVP Hunter Miska NCHC All-Academic Team Joey Anderson Nick Deery Billy Exell Alex Iafallo Adam Johnson Brenden Kotyk Karson Kuhlman Parker Mackay Dan Molenaar* Avery Peterson Neal Pionk Willie Raskob Carson Soucy Sammy Spurell Jared Thomas *NCHC Scholar-Athlete Team GOPH BUSTERS: The Bulldogs will come into the weekend armed with a program-best seven-game winning streak against Minnesota. UMD is now also unbeaten in nine of its last 10 outings with the Gophers (8-1-1) with that lone loss coming two seasons ago in the opening round of the Ice Breaker Tournament (4-3 on Oct. 10, 2014 in South Bend, Ind.). THIS ISN T THEIR FIRST RODEO: UMD has competed in two previous Ice Breaker Tournaments -- in 2003 in East Lansing, Mich. and three years ago in South Bend, Ind. Minnesota is making its fifth Ice Breaker Tournament appearance while Union its third and Michigan Tech its first. FINISHING WITH A BANG: Sophomore winger Joey Anderson, UMD s top returning point producer from a year ago, ended the season riding a five-game scoring streak, having rolled up three goals and six assists during that run. DRAWING A CROWD: The last time UMD and Minnesota collided in Duluth (Oct. 17, 2015), the Bulldogs completed a home-and-home series sweep with a 3-0 triumph in front of an AMSOIL Arena-record crowd of 7,569. IRONMAN KUHLMAN: Senior team captain Karson Kuhlman, who leads all current Bulldogs in career goals (26), assists (34), points (60) and plus-minus rating (+39), has missed since joining the Bulldog program in His active ironman streak of 122 consecutive game played is the longest in NCAA I hockey heading into this season (he shares that honor with Quinnipiac University s Landon Smith). HOW SWEEP IT IS: UMD swept Michigan Tech in last year s season openers at AMSOIL Arena (6-0 and 4-3 on Oct. 1-2) which gave the Bulldogs their first start in 15 years. HOW SWEEP IT IS II: UMD did something in that only two other Bulldogs clubs had ever done before in 56 years of competing at the NCAA I level -- go through an entire regular season without being swept. UMD also accomplished that feat in (when it won its first, and only, NCAA championship) and two years ago. THE EXTRA WORK HAS BEEN WORTH IT: The Bulldogs are unbeaten in the last 13 games that have gone beyond regulation, going since falling 2-1 to North Dakota on Feb. 19, 2016 in Grand Forks, N.D. That includes a mark one year ago. UMD played in more overtime games (12) and won more of them (5) than any other school in the country last season Just one current Bulldog, senior Karson Kuhlman (one) has an overtime goal to his collegiate credit. CHART TOPPER: UMD spent a school-record 11 weeks holding down the No. 1 spot in the USCHO.com Poll during the course of the season. GOOD LUCK CHARM: The Bulldogs were last season when current sophomore right winger Billy Exell generated a point.

5 TAKE IT TO THE BANK: Since falling to host Miami 4-3 in overtime on Feb. 21, 2015, the Bulldogs are when taking a lead into the third period. They were in that situation in TAKE IT TO THE BANK II: Going back to a 5-4 loss to visiting Minnesota on Oct. 15, 2011, the Bulldogs are unbeaten in 80 of the 82 games in which they have scored three or more goals. The sole two setbacks during that stretch was inflicted by Minnesota State- Mankato on Oct. 17, 2014 in Duluth (5-4 in overtime) and Western Michigan on March 3, 2017 (7-4). PLENTY OF SENIORITY: The 18 seasons Scott Sandelin has presided over the UMD puck program is the second longest tenure of any NCHC head coach. (Enrico Blassi is in his 19th year at Miami). It also ties him with Mike Sertich ( ) as the longest serving bench boss in Bulldog history. Sandelin comes into the season ranking 15th among all active NCAA I coaches in career victories (he is overall and since the opener). Sertich (Sandelin s predecessor) closed out his 18- year UMD career in with a lifetime record. GET SHORTIE: The Bulldogs have given up just one shorthanded goal since Dec. 12, 2015 (a run of 65 games) and that was to Colorado College s Sam Rothstein on Jan. 6, SEEING TRIPLE: The Bulldog roster includes three Andersons (Matt and brothers Joey and Mikey) This marks the sixth time three or more individuals with identical last names have played for the Bulldogs in the same year (Nate, Nick and Rob Anderson in and ; Colin, Nate, Richie and Rob Anderson in ; Colin, Nate and Richie Anderson in ; and Brad, Brian and Jim Johnson in ). SOME TOUGH SLEDDING: UMD s regular season scheduled includes 30 (of a possible 36) games against teams that were ranked -- or received votes -- in the USCHO.com preseason poll. The Bulldogs ranked first nationally in strength of schedule rating during the regular season. It held down the No. 2 spot in that department the previous winter after topping the country in both and COMEBACK KIDS: UMD trailed the opposition 14 times at the second intermission last season and suffered only five losses in those outings (4-5-5). The Bulldogs four comeback wins were the second most in the nation (Princeton University had five) while their.464 winning percentage in that situation was tops among all 60 NCAA I clubs. BULLDOG BITS: UMD s seven seniors and its three early pro departees (sophomore center Adam Johnson, sophomore defenseman Neal Pionk and rookie goalie Hunter Miska) last season accounted for 61.9 percent of the team s points (230 of 371), 60.7 of their goals (85 of 140) and 70.3 percent of their power play tallies (26 of 37). After being held pointless in his first 14 collegiate games last season, left winger Riley Tufte accumulated 16 points (nine goals and seven assists) in the 23 outings since. He held the distinction of the last Bulldog to score in (in the 2-1 NCAA title game loss to Denver). The UMD roster contains two former Minnesota Mr. Hockey Award recipients in sophomore left winger Riley Tufte ( ) and senior center Avery Peterson ( ). Peterson, who transferred to UMD from Omaha one year ago and sat out the next two semesters, took his first Bulldog shift on Dec. 17, 2016 at Bemidji State. In 25 games, the Grand Rapids, Minn., native has contributed 15 points (seven goals -- including four game winners -- and eight assists) to the UMD scoring coffers and was a +10 to boot. Senior forwards Karson Kuhlman and Jared Thomas are the only two current Bulldogs with Ice Breaker Tournament experience, having played in the 2014 event. The Bulldogs clinched a home NCHC playoff berth for the third time in the league s fouryear history in addition to racking up a program-best 15 NCHC victories and securing the program s highest NCHC finish ever (second place). From the RELATIVE-ly speaking department: + Billy Exell s uncle is Tom Milani, the Bulldogs all-time goal scoring leader and a member of the UMD Athletic Hall of Fame (Class of 2010). + Jared Thomas UMD athletic bloodlines run deep. His father, Mike Thomas, was an All-American offensive lineman for the Bulldogs while his mother, Kelli (Ritzer) Thomas, received All-Northern Sun Conference recognition in both basketball (four times) and softball (three times) and is a member of the UMD Athletic Hall of Fame (Class of 2001). His uncle, Corey Thomas, also played both baseball and football for the Bulldogs and his late grandfather, Ron Thomas, was a four-year UMD football lineman ( ). Jared s younger sister, Jordyn, is a freshman with the Bulldog basketball and softball teamss. + Joey and Mikey Anderson are brothers and their grandfather, Tom Anderson, was a UMD forward during the early 1950s. + Jarod Hilderman s father, Rod Hilderman, is a University of North Dakota football alumnus, and his uncle, Bob, played hockey at Concordia College (Moorhead, Minn.) in the late 1970s. + Riley Tufte s brother, Gavin, played collegiate puck for Gustavus Adolphus College. His uncles, Ross and Todd Dahl, played hockey for the University of Wisconsin-Superior, while other uncle, Craig Dahl, was the men s head hockey coach at St. Cloud State for 18 seasons before stepping down in Justin Richards, the first Ohio native to ever skate for the Bulldogs, is the son of Todd Richards, a former University of Minnesota ( ) and NHL defensman (Hartford Whalers, ) who served as head coach with both the NHL s Minnesota Wild ( ) and Columbus Blue Jackets ( ) and is currently a Tampa Bay Lightning assistant coach. A BREAKDOWN OF THE BULLDOGS By Year Seniors - 6 Juniors - 3 Sophomores - 8 Freshmen - 10 By Position Forward - 15 Defense - 9 Goalie - 3 By State/Province/Country Minnesota - 17 Alberta - 2 Ontario- 2 Saskatchewan - 2 New York - 1 North Dakota - 1 Wisconsin -1 Ohio - 1 By Major Business - 11 Communication - 4 Criminology - 2 Finance- 2 Organizational Management- 2 French Studies - 1 Mechanical Engineering -1 Philosophy - 1 Undeclared- 3 NHL DRAFTEES Player Year Round Team Joey Anderson rd New Jersey Mikey Anderson th Los Angeles Avery Peterson th Minnesota Nick Swaney th Minnesota Riley Tufte st Dallas PRONUNCIATIONS Krieger... KREE-gur Kuhlman...KOOL-min Mackay... MAH-kye Perunovich...per-REW-no-vich Roehl...RAIL Spurrell... SPUR-ille Tufte... TUFF-tee

6 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 14 Alex Iafallo Adam Johnson Joey Anderson Neal Pionk Dominic Toninato Kyle Osterberg Karson Kuhlman Willie Raskob Riley Tufte Avery Peterson Carson Soucy Brenden Kotyk Parker Mackay Nick Wolff Jared Thomas Dan Molenaar Billy Exell Sammy Spurrell Blake Young Hunter Miska Jade Miller Jarod Hilderman Nick McCormack Will Campion 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 37 Nick Deery : : Hunter Miska : : Hunter Shepard : : Total : Opponents :

7 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH TEAM STATISTICS Overall: Conf: Home: Away: Neut: 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 GOAL BREAKDOWN Total Goals Power Play Short-handed 6 1 Empty net 7 2 Penalty 0 0 Unassisted 11 1 Overtime 5 0 Shootout 0 0 Delayed Penalty 0 0 PENALTIES Number Minutes Penalties/Game Pen minutes/game Minor Major minute Misconduct 1 2 Game Misconduct 5 6 Gross Misconduct 0 0 Match 0 0 SHOOTOUTS (Made-Att) ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date 19/ /5904 Neutral Site #/Avg 8/7980 Goals by Period 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Minnesota Duluth Opponents Saves by Period 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Minnesota Duluth Opponents

8 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH RESULTS/SCHEDULE DATE W-L-T OPPONENT (Attendance) UMD-OPP UMD GOALS GOALIES SAVES Oct. 1 W No. 17 Michigan Tech 6-0 MACKAY, Young, Raskob, Osterberg, Miska 21 (6,202) Johnson, Miller Wintjes/Kero 11/10 Oct. 2 W No. 17 Michigan Tech 4-3 Osterberg, Pionk, Exell, IAFALLO Miska 18 (5,104) Kero 27 Oct. 7 T No. 8 UMass-Lowell 4-4 OT Pionk, Kuhlman, Kotyk, Osterberg Miska/Deery 11/13 (6,066) Hernberg 39 Oct. 8 T No. 8 UMass-Lowell 1-1 OT Pionk Deery 24 (4,638) Wall 40 Oct. 14 W No. 5 Notre Dame 4-3 JOHNSON (2), Raskob, Iafallo Deery 20 (5,526) Petersen 28 Oct. 15 L No. 5 Notre Dame 1-3 Johnson Shepard 35 (6,014) Petersen 27 Oct. 22 L U.S. National U-18 Team# 1-2 Toninato Miska/Deery/Shepard 5/4/7 (3,561) St. Cyr 32 Oct. 28 W No. 1 North Dakota* 5-2 IAFALLO (3), Johnson, Pionk Miska 24 (6,393) Johnson 33 Oct. 29 W No. 1 North Dakota* 3-0 KUHLMAN, Soucy, Osterberg Miska 30 (6,759) Johnson 22 Nov. 4 W No. 8 St. Cloud State* 5-3 ANDERSON (2), Toninato, Iafallo, Miska 25 (4,140) Osterberg Smith 26 Nov. 5 W No. 8 St. Cloud State* 5-3 Soucy (2), Anderson, Toninato, Miska 31 (4,310) MACKAY Driscoll 27 Nov. 11 L Western Michigan* 3-4 Iafallo, Anderson, Mackay Miska 19 (5,836) Gorsuch 21 Nov. 12 W Western Michigan* 2-0 IAFALLO, Osterberg Miska 30 (6,127) Gorsuch 33 Nov. 18 W Nebraska Omaha* 6-4 Osterberg, Johnson, Toninato, Miska 25 (6,005) Iafallo, EXELL, Kuhlman Weninger/Blankenburg 22/6 Nov. 19 W Nebraska Omaha* 3-2 Johnson, Toninato, OSTERBERG Miska 33 (6,058) Oldham 17 Dec. 9 L No. 2 Denver* 3-4 Iafallo, Anderson, Spurrell Miska 27 (5,870) Jaillet 32 Dec. 10 W No. 2 Denver* 3-1 Osterberg, EXELL, Anderson Miska 38 (6,186) Jaillet 23 Dec. 16 T No. 15 Bemidji State 1-1 OT Mackay Miska 20 (5,682) Bitzer 35 Dec. 17 W No. 15 Bemidji State 2-1 Kuhlman, TONINATO Miska 18 (3,498) Bitzer 25 Jan. 6 T Colorado College* 2-2 OT Peterson, Pionk Miska 16 (5,835) (won 3-on-3 overtime) Leclerc 43 Jan. 7 L Colorado College* 1-2 Johnson Miska 23 (6,297) Leclerc 26 Jan. 13 L St. Cloud State* 1-2 Tufte Miska 27 (6,031) Smith 41 Jan. 14 W St. Cloud State* 4-3 OT Kuhlman, Peterson, Molenaar, Miska 23 (7,015) OSTERBERG Smith/Driscoll 9/17 Jan. 20 W No. 8 North Dakota* 5-3 Tufte (2), Johnson, Spurrell, PETERSON Miska 21 (11,861) Johnson/Hrynkiw 12/17 Jan. 21 W No. 8 North Dakota* 4-0 JOHNSON, Raskob, Toninato, Tufte Miska 29 (11,924) Johnson 17 Jan. 27 W No. 6 Minnesota+ 3-2 Tufte, Iafallo, PETERSON Miska 37 (12,167) Schierhorn 26 Jan. 28 W St. Cloud State+ 2-1 OT Iafallo, OSTERBERG Miska 31 (11,908) Smith 32 Feb. 3 T Nebraska Omaha* 2-2 OT Toninato (2) Miska 23 (6,243) (won shootout) Weninger 37 Feb. 4 W Nebraska Omaha* 5-0 JOHNSON, Iafallo, Anderson, Miska 27 (7,008) Peterson, Pionk Weninger 30 Feb. 17 W Colorado College* 2-1 Young, JOHNSON Miska 20 (5,042) Leclerc 27 Feb. 18 T Colorado College* 2-2 OT Toninato, Iafallo Miska 34 (6,072) (won shootout) Leclerc 22 Feb. 23 W Miami* 4-3 Johnson, Toninato, Pionk, PETERSON Miska 28 (5,843) Larkin 26 Feb. 24 T Miami* 3-3 OT Toninato, Johnson, Mackay Miska 20 (6,290) (lost 3-on-3 shootout) Larkin 29 March 3 L No. 8 Western Michigan* 4-7 Mackay, Kuhlman, Kotyk, Johnson Miska/Shepard 4/12 (3,263) Blacker 34 March 4 W No. 8 Western Michigan* 6-3 Anderson (2), Thomas, Johnson, Miska 28 (3,623) PETERSON, Iafallo Blacker/Olson 19/5 March 10 W Miami^ 5-4 OT Tufte (2), Mackay, Iafallo, TONINATO Miska 18 (4,556) Larkin/Munroe 7/29 March 11 W Miami^ 5-3 Kotyk, Wolff, Thomas, IAFALLO, Miska 21 (4,732) Toninato Munroe 31 March 17 W No. 8 Western Michigan% 5-2 Toninato, Osterberg, IAFALLO, Mackay, Miska 24 (8,168) Thomas Blacker 18 March 18 W No. 11 North Dakota% 4-3 Toninato, Tufte, Johnson, ANDERSON Miska 32 (10,297) Johnson 19 March 24 W No. 14 Ohio State@ 3-2 OT Toninato, Wolff, RASKOB Miska 40 (5,219) Tompkins 29 March 25 W No. 6 Boston U.@ 3-2 OT Iafallo, Anderson, JOHNSON Miska 22 (5,277) Oettinger 20 April 6 W No. 2 Harvardº 2-1 Anderson, IAFALLO Miska 39 (19,626) Madsen 36 April 8 L No. 1 Denver 2-3 Iafallo, Tufte Miska 25 (19,783) Jaillet 38 *NCHC Game +North Star College Cup (Champions - St. Paul, Minn.) ^NCHC Playoffs (First Round) %NCHC Frozen Faceoff (Champions - Minneapolis, West Regional (Champions - Fargo, N.D.) ºNCAA Frozen Four (Second Place - Chicago, Ill.) #Exhibition Game Home games are in boldface GAME-WINNING GOALS ARE IN ALL CAPS Sellout Times are CT WIN-LOSS SUMMARY W L T PCT W L T PCT Home Games Saturday Games Road Games Sunday Games Neutral Site Games Scoring First Goal NCHC Games Leading After One Period NCHC Playoff Games Trailing After One Period NCAA Playoff Games Tied After One Period Nonconference Games Leading After Two Periods Exhibition Games Trailing After Two Periods x 3 NCHC Overtime Games Tied After Two Periods NCHC Shootouts Outshooting Opponent Overtime Games Outshot by Opponent One-Goal Games Same No. of Shots as Opponent Two-Goal Games Scoring More Than Three Goals Thursday Games Scoring Three Goals or Less Friday Games ATTENDANCE~ All Games Home Away Total Attendance 294, , ,051 (Average) (7,013) (5,973) (7,872) Sellouts ~does not include exhibition games