BULLDOGS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH MEN S HOCKEY WEEKEND WCHA SET AT ALASKA ANCHORAGE NEXT UP FOR NO. 1 BULLDOGS

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1 Communications Office Bob Nygaard, Director University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN (218) Fax: (218) umdbulldogs.com THE GAMES: The University of Minnesota-Duluth will continue on its diet of Western Collegiate Hockey Association competition this Friday and Saturday (Feb. 3-4) when the top-ranked Bulldogs head to Anchorage, Alaska for a two-game series with the University of Alaska Anchorage. The puck drops at 10:07 p.m. (CST) both nights on the Olympic-sized ice sheet at Sullivan Arena (6,251). THE RECORDS: The defending NCAA champion Bulldogs, who are unbeaten in 20 of their last 22 outings ( ), own a overall record and an WCHA mark (second place) while the Seawolves, who have dropped seven straight, are in all games and in league play (12th 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 as well as the PairWise rankings: USCHO.com USA Today PairWise UMD 1st 2nd 1st UAA NR NR NR ON THE AIR: The two Bulldogs-Seawolves 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 is available on the internet at: Both ends of this weekend s series will be videostreammed as well and can be accessed for a fee at 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 an mark (a.639 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 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 WEEKEND WCHA SET AT ALASKA ANCHORAGE NEXT UP FOR NO. 1 BULLDOGS Feb. 1, 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 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 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 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 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 BULLDOGS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH MEN S HOCKEY 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 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:

2 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 NHL, 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. at that same event this winter. 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 a 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. 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 Keegan Flaherty Wade Bergman Chris Casto Caleb Herbert David Grun Scott Kishel Derik Johnson Joe Basaraba Justin Crandall Max Tardy Mike Seidel Jake Hendrickson Cody Danberg Drew Olson Adam Krause Tim Smith Luke McManus 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 (17-9-1) UMD (17-5-4) Colorado College (14-9-1) Nebraska Omaha ( ) Denver (13-8-3) North Dakota ( ) Michigan Tech ( ) St. Cloud State ( ) Wisconsin ( ) Bemidji State ( ) Minnesota State-Mankato (8-17-1) Alaska Anchorage (6-14-2) THE RIVALRY: This weekend s series will mark the 74th and 75th meetings ever between UMD and Alaska Anchorage. The Bulldogs hold a commanding lead in the rivalry, which began on Nov. 8, 1985 at the Duluth Entertainment and Convention, but are just lifetime in Anchorage and in their last 12 meetings overall with Seawolves. Earlier this season (Nov ), UMD rolled to a pair of victories (5-0 and 3-1) over Alaska Anchorage at AMSOIL Arena. LAST WEEKEND: The Bulldogs managed just one WCHA point last weekend in a two-game set with visiting Michigan Tech, skating to a 4-4 tie in the opener Friday before being blanked 5-0 the next night. UMD struck for all four of its weekend goals in the first 15:13 of play, getting a pair of those scores from rookie left winger Caleb Herbert. Alaska Anchorage was bounced twice (4-2 and 6-3) at home by 15th-ranked Denver, which never trailed the entire weekend. THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING: Center Jack Connolly has been entrusted with team captaincy responsibilities for the season while a pair of other seniors -- defenseman Brady Lamb and center Travis Oleksuk -- are serving as the team s two active assistant captains. STILL THE TOP DOG: UMD has resided atop the USCHO. com poll the past eight weeks. This marks by far the longest stretch a Bulldog club has ever have occupied the No. 1 spot in any national poll (they enjoyed three-week runs as the nation s top dog in and in ). IT S GOOD TO BE BACK ROAD AGAIN: The Bulldogs, who had their school-record 15-game road unbeaten streak snapped by the University of Nebraska-Omaha (3-1 on Jan. 14) in their most recent engagement away from Duluth, have compiled a road mark since the start of the 2011 NCAA playoffs (8-1-3 this winter). They ve also dropped just six of their 35 outings in someone else s building over the past two seasons, going (.714).

3 ONE CLASS ACT: Senior center Jack Connolly is one of 10 NCAA Division I hockey players -- and the lone representative from the WCHA --- who have been chosen as finalists for the Lowe s Senior CLASS Award. The award is presented annually to an NCAA I athlete in 10 sports (men s hockey, men s and women s basketball, baseball, men s lacrosse, softball, football, men s and women s soccer, volleyball) based on achievement in the Four C s -- classroom, character, community and competition. Connolly, who is UMD s second Lowe s Senior Class Award top 10 finalist (left winger Andrew Carroll was the first in ), maintains a 3.30 cumulative grade point average as a communication major and will graduate this May.... AND JACKED FOR A RUN AT THE HOBEY: Last weekend was indeed an rare one for Jack Connolly as the twotime All-American was held without a point in both ends of the Michigan Tech series after entering Friday night s clash sporting a school-record tying 22-game scoring streak. It marked just the second time since the start of the season that Connolly was blanked in consecutive outings (the other being on Jan. 23 and Jan. 29) and the first time he failed to produce at least one point in a two-game series over that stretch. Connolly, a Hobey Baker Memorial Award finalist, still ranks first in the WCHA and second in country in scoring with 40 points and is fourth nationally in assists (25). He is also the WCHA s second-leading point producer on the power play (five goals and 13 assists). For his career, Connolly has racked up 61 goals and 116 assists for 177 points, which puts him in sole possession of 12th place (13 points behind the No. 11 occupant, Bill Oleksuk, the father of current UMD senior center Travis Oleksuk) on UMD s all-time scoring charts. Those 177 lifetime points are 33 more than the next closest active NCAA skaters (University of Maine s Brian Flynn and Colgate University s Austin Smith). Connolly, the nation s top returning scorer from a year ago (he finished third in the NCAA with a career-high 59 points), has skated in all 151 games over the past three-plus and this Saturday will match the UMD record for consecutive appearances held by Jeff Scissons (153 games between ). A member of both the All-WCHA first team and WCHA All-Academic Team the past two winters, Connolly is just the second two-time All- American UMD has ever had in its 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 Flynn (Sr., Maine) Austin Smith (Sr., Colgate) Brian O Neill (Sr., Yale) Cameron Burt (Sr., RIT) Spencer Abbott (Sr., Maine) Kelly Zajac (Sr., Union) Chris Connolly (Sr., Boston U.) David Vollaroni (Sr., Lowell) Justin Schultz (Jr., Wisconsin) OOOPS!: Last Saturday s 5-0 setback to Michigan Tech snapped Bulldogs nine-game home unbeaten streak (they were going back to a 5-4 setback to Minnesota on Oct. 15) and was their first loss by a shut out in 105 WCHA games. The last club to hold UMD scoreless in league play was North Dakota, which skated off with a 2-0 triumph on March 1, 2008 in Duluth. THE LAST TIME... Overtime Game: Jan. 27, UMD 4, Michigan Tech 4 (in Duluth, Minn.) Overtime Game Won By UMD: April 9, UMD 3, Michigan 2 (NCAA championship in St. Paul) Overtime Game Lost By UMD: Oct. 14, Minnesota 5, UMD 4 (in Duluth, Minn.) Overtime Game Tied: Jan. 27, UMD 4, Michigan Tech 4 (in Duluth, Minn.)) Scoreless Tie: March 3, UMD 0, Wisconsin 0 (Josh Johnson/Shane Connelly in Duluth, Minn.) UMD Shutout at Home: Nov. 11, UMD 5, Alaska Anchorage 0 (Kenny Reiter) UMD Shutout on the Road: Nov. 5, UMD 4, Denver 0 (Kenny Reiter) UMD Was Shut Out at Home: Jan. 28, Michigan Tech 5, UMD 0 (Josh Robinson) UMD Was Shut Out on the Road: March 18, North Dakota 2, UMD 0 (Brad Eidsness - WCHA Final Five in St. Paul) UMD Hat Trick: Jan. 13, J.T. Brown (UMD 6, Nebraska Omaha 2 in Omaha, Neb.) 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: Jan. 6, Jake Hendrickson (UMD 4, Western Michigan 1 in Kalamazoo, Mich.) 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: Jan. 13, Mike Seidel at 1:04 of the third period against John Faulkner (UMD 6, Nebraska-Omaha 2 in Omaha, Neb.) 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 Denver, Colo.) 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 Goaltender Received an Assist: Nov. 19, Kenny Reiter (UMD 7, MSU-Mankato 3 in Duluth, Minn.) UMD Swept a Home Series: Jan , UMD 2-4, Alabama-Huntsville 1-3 UMD Swept a Road Series: Jan. 6-7, UMD 4-5, Western Michigan 1-2 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 HE S GOT THE REIT STUFF: Senior goaltender Kenny Reiter, a three-time WCHA Defensive Player of the Week honoree already this winter, owns the third best winning percentage in the country to date (.750 off a record) and has logged the eighth most minutes of any NCAA puckstopper. The Pittsburgh, Pa., product, who has made 21 straight WCHA starts going back to last year, also currently ranks fifth in the WCHA in goals against average (2.33) and is sixth in saves percentage (.915). Reiter, a three-time WCHA Scholar-Athlete Award recipient who earlier this season set a team record for consecutive shutout minutes (166:45 from Nov. 4-12), is now for his career with the with Bulldogs. That translates into a.660 winning percentage, the second best figure in club history behind All-American Rick Kosti s.753 mark ( between ). He also holds a share of the team record (with All-American Alex Stalock, ) for career shutouts with nine and is tied for fifth all-time in victories. Three of those whitwashes have been registered this winter, including a 5-0 gem on Nov. 11 versus Alaska-Anchorage at AMSOIL Arena. Going back to the start of the 2011 NCAA postseason, Reiter has suffered just three losses in 28 appearances (20-4-4). Reiter s current career 2.33 goals against average and.914 saves percentage are the best two marks ever compiled by a Bulldog. The reigning NCAA East Regional Most Outstanding Player, he backstopped the Bulldogs to their first national title last April while turning in the third best single-season goals against average (2.30) and saves percentage (.914) in team history. REITER S CAREER SHUTOUTS Date Opponent Score 11/11/11 Alaska Anchorage /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.

4 THE OLD ONE-TWO PUNCH: The Bulldogs continue to pace the nation in goals with an average of 3.81 per night and are also the second best team in the WCHA at preventing them (2.50 gpg). FOR THE RECORD II: Since joining the WCHA ranks in , only two other UMD clubs have produced a better winning percentage through 18 games of league play than the Bulldogs. Year Record Pct. Next Two WCHA Games * W/W vs. Colo. College T/W vs. Minnesota at Alaska-Anchorage * W/L vs. Denver W/W vs. Michigan Tech * W/W vs. Lowell *went on to win WCHA regular season championship T.O IS ON THE GO: Senior center Travis Oleksuk picked up a pair of assists in the Bulldogs 4-4 deadlock with Michigan Tech Friday to boost his season scoring harvest to 32 points, the sixth best figure among any WCHA combatant at the moment. The alternate team captain also has a six-game winning goals to his credit (to rank third nationally) and 15 for his career, which equals the UMD record set by current Bulldog assistant coach Derek Plante ( ). Oleksuk also ranks fourth among league combatants in goals with a career-high 16. LEAD DOGS: 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. WHAT CAN BROWN DO FOR YOU?: Right winger J.T. Brown, the 2011 Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player and a WCHA All-Rookie Team selection last winter, currently paces the nation in plus-minus rating (+21) and holds down the No. 6 spot (with three other players, including Travis Oleksuk) on the WCHA scoring list with 31 points. He has also put a team-best 113 shots on goal this winter more than the next closest Bulldog (Jack Connolly). Three weeks ago in UMD s 6-2 victory at Nebraska Omaha, Brown scored three times -- the first hat trick by a Bulldog since Mike Connolly lit up Minnesota for five goals on Feb. 5, 2011 in Duluth. THAT S A PLUS: In addition to Brown, four other Bulldogs rank among the top 18 leaders nationally in plus-minus rating -- senior center Travis Oleksuk, (tied for second at +21), freshman left winger Caleb Herbert and senior defenseman Scott Kishel (t(tied for eighth at +17) and senior center Jack Connolly (tied for 13th at +16). SCORING BY CLASS UMD s class-by-class scoring breakdown for is as follows: Class G-A-TP Nat l Rank Seniors (7) st Juniors (6) 22-34=56 22nd(t) Sophomores (5) th(t) Freshmen (6) 17-30=47 19th(t) UMD TEAM HIGHS AND LOWS Goals - 7 vs. MSU (Nov. 19) 0 vs. MTU (Jan. 28) Assists - 14 vs. MSU (Nov 19) 0 vs. MTU (Jan. 28) Points - 21 vs. MSU (Nov. 19) 0 vs. MTU (Jan. 28) Total Shot Attempts - 88 vs. UM (Oct. 14 & 15) 49 vs. DU (Nov. 5) & ND (Oct. 8) Shots On Goal - 54 vs. UAH (Jan. 20) 24 vs. ND (Oct. 8) Penalties - 14 vs. UM (Oct. 14) 2 vs. UAH (Jan. 21) Penalty Minutes - 39 vs. UM (Oct. 14) 4 vs. UAH (Jan. 21) Power Play Pct (2/3) vs. UAA (Nov. 11).000 (0/6) vs. MSU (Nov. 18) Power Play Goals - 3 vs. MSU (Nov. 19) 0 (9 Times) Power Play Attempts - 10 vs. MSU (Nov. 19) 2 vs. MTU (Jan. 28) & UAH (Jan. 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 - 1 vs. MTU (Dec. 2) 0 (25 Times) Goals Allowed - 5 (3 Times) 0 (3 Times) Shots On Goal Allowed - 44 vs. UM (Oct. 14) 15 vs. UNO (Jan. 14) PPGs Allowed - 3 vs. UM (Oct. 14 & 15) 0 (9 Times) SHGs Allowed - 0 (23 Times) 1 vs. MTU (Jan. 27) & ND (Oct. 8) Plus-Minus Rating vs. WMU (Jan. 7) & DU (Nov. 5) -15 vs. MTU (Jan. 28) UMD INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-GAME HIGHS Goals - 3 by J.T. Brown vs. UNO (Jan. 13) Assists - 2 by 9 Players, including Jack Connolly 7 Times Points - 4 by J.T. Brown vs. UNO (Jan. 13) Point Streak - 22 Games by Jack Connolly (Oct. 14-Jan. 21) Goal Streak - 7 Games by Jack Connolly (Nov. 5-Dec. 3) Shots On Goal - 9 by J.T. Brown vs. BSU (Oct. 28) +/- Rating - s+4 by J.T. Brown vs. MSU (Nov. 18) +4 by Caleb Herbert vs. MSU (Nov. 18) Penalties - 3 by Wade Bergman vs. UNO (Jan. 14) 3 by Drew Olson vs. UW (Dec. 10) 3 by Brady Lamb vs. UW (Dec. 9) 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 - 17 by Drew Olson vs. UW (Dec. 10) Power Play Goals - 1 by 8 Players Shorthanded Goals - 1 by Keegan Flaherty vs. MTU (Dec. 2) - 39 by Kenny Reiter vs. UM (Oct. 14) BOMBS AWAY: The Bulldogs The Bulldogs have outshot the opposition in all but six of their 26 games this season and pace the entire nation with a 35.6 shots per game average. POWER STRUGGLES: UMD is in an 0-for-21 funk on the power play at the moment, having gone without a man advantage goal in its last six games. That recent drought has dropped the Bulldogs to 31st among 58 NCAA I schools in power play efficiency (18.2 percent). On the flip side, they rank a mere 45th in the penalty killing department (78.7 percent). Alaska Anchorage is one slot back at 78.8 percent. ONE TOUGH ROOKIE: Left winger Caleb Herbert, who scored twice and help set up another goal last Friday night against Michigan Tech, has produced the sixth highest scoring yield (23 points on 10 goals and 13 assists) of any NCAA rookie. The Bloomington, Minn., product is one of 14 Bulldogs who has taken part in all 26 games to date. MAKING THEIR POINT ON THE POINT: UMD has gotten more offensive production out of its defensemen (69 points on 13 goals and 53 assists) than all but three blueline crews in the entire country (the University of Michigan with 77, the University of Minnesota with 76 and the University Wisconsin with 72). A trio of Bulldogs currently rank among the top 13 scoring defensemen in the WCHA -- senior assistant team captain Brady Lamb (tied sixth with 19 points) and senior Scott Kishel and junior Wade Bergman 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

5 (both tied for 12th with 16 points). Kishel, one of the leading candidates for the WCHA s mythical Most Improved Player Award, has established personal highs for goals (three) and assists (13) after coming into the year with 11 total career points -- all assists. The Montreal Canadien draftee skated in just seven games all of last winter (he was a healthy scratch in the other 35 outings) and had just one point to show for it. Bergman, who has also established career bests for points (16) and assists (13) this winter, is now a +26 for his career. That s third only to Jack Connolly s +52 figure and J.T. Brown s +29 mark among active UMD pucksters. SENIOR MOMENTS: UMD continues to sport the highest-scoring senior class in the NCAA. The seven Bulldogs in the group, including goaltender Kenny Reiter (two assists) and left winger Cody Danberg, who has been out of action with injuries since the opener, have combined to produce 40 goals and 75 assists for 115 points. WCHA Player of the Week Oct J.T. Brown (Rookie/PC) Nov. 4-5 Kenny Reiter (Defensive/DU) Nov Jack Connolly (Offensive/UAA) Nov Kenny Reiter (Defensive/UAA) Nov Caleb Herbert (Rookie/MSU) Jan. 6-7 Travis Oleksuk (Offensive/WMU) Jan. 6-7 Kenny Reiter (Defensive/WMU) Lowe s Senior CLASS Award Top 10 Finalist Jack Connolly Inside College Hockey First Half All-WCHA Team Jack Connolly BULLDOG SUPERLATIVES FREE HOCKEY: The Bulldogs are now unbeaten in 32 of their last 36 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 center Travis Oleksuk leads all active Bulldogs in career overtime goals with three 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 A RECORD RUN: UMD s 17-game unbeaten streak, which came to an end on Jan. 14 at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, was three games better than the previous team record set between Jan. 2-Feb. 21, (The Bulldogs, who went during that torrid stretch, proceeded to earn a berth in the NCAA Frozen Four later that same season.) BULLDOG BITS: In their four losses thus far in , the Bulldogs have connected on just three of their 24 power play opportunities (12.5 percent) while the opposition is a sizzling 10-for-20 with the man advantage... Senior left winger Mike Seidel is expected to suit up in his 100th career game Saturday night in Anchorage. Over the past two seasons, the Bulldogs are unbeaten in 28 of the 29 outings Seidel has marked in the points column (24-1-4)... UMD is averaging 6,410 spectators a night during its first full season at AMSOIL Arena. Only six other schools in the country -- the University of Wisconsin (11, 409), North Dakota (11,186), the University of Minnesota (9,406), the University of Nebraska-Omaha (7,383), Colorado College (6,877), Boston College (6,411) -- have drawn more. Since moving into that new $80-million, 6,726-seat downtown facility on Dec. 30, 2010, UMD has rolled up a record there (9-3-0 in )... After going his first two seasons games worth -- without a goal, junior right winger Keegan Flaherty has scored five times in and has the Bulldogs only shorthanded tally to date (Dec. 2 at Michigan Tech). He suited up in his 100th career game this past Saturday night... Senior center Jack Connolly paces the Bulldogs in home scoring with 20 points (six goals and 14 assists) while Travis Oleksuk is next with 16 points... The first of sophomore goaltender Aaron Crandall s two career shutouts came at the expense of Alaska Anchorage in just his second appearance ever with the Bulldogs -- a 6-0 triumph on Oct. 23, 2010 in Duluth. He and his younger brother, rookie left winger Justin Crandall, are the first siblings to play together for the Bulldogs in 11 seasons... The three-game losing streak which the Bulldogs extinguished at Providence College earlier this season 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 per 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 defenseman Derik Johnson took his first shift back in October against Minnesota, 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 served as team captain before going on to enjoy a 13-year National Hockey League career. (He currently is an assistant coach with the Washington Capitals). The father of senior center Travis Oleksuk -- Bill Oleksuk -- also played for the Bulldogs and captained UMD in Jack Connolly 82. He s currently the school s 11th all-time leading scorer... Five Bulldogs -- seniors Scott Kishel and Brady Lamb, juniors Wade Bergman and Drew Olson, and freshman Chris Casto -- have manned the point in all 26 games to date while the team s other three defensemen -- redshirted freshman Luke McManus (10 games), rookie Derik Johnson (eight games), and sophomore Tim Smith (eight games) have split time filling the remaining slot... Senior right winger David Grun put the clamps on a 10-game pointless slump with a first-period goal last Friday night against Michigan Tech... UMD posted a non-conference record in for a.813 wining percentage. The last time a Bulldog club turned in a better mark was in (4-0-0)... Junior let winger Dan DeLisle scored his first collegiate goal against Alaska Anchorage (Oct. 23, 2010 at the DECC)... Senior Kenny Reiter, whose older brother, Kevin Reiter, tended net for Alaska Anchorage from , is in four lifetime appearances (all starts) against the Seawolves while compoling a 1.47 goals against average and a.943 saves percentage. NEXT UP: The Bulldogs will return to AMSOIL Arena for a two-game WCHA series with long-time rival North Dakota on Feb

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 12 Jack Connolly Travis Oleksuk JT Brown Caleb Herbert Mike Seidel Brady Lamb Scott Kishel Wade Bergman Joe Basaraba Justin Crandall Keegan Flaherty Jake Hendrickson Chris Casto Max Tardy David Grun Derik Johnson Dan DeLisle Drew Olson Kenny Reiter Tim Smith Cody Danberg Adam Krause Luke McManus 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 :

7 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH RESULTS/SCHEDULE Men's Hockey Results 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 W Alaska Anchorage* 5-0 BASARABA, Casto, Connolly, Hendrickson, Reiter 27 (6,129) Oleksuk Gunderson/Kamal 4/22 Nov. 12 W Alaska Anchorage* 3-1 Johnson, OLEKSUK, Connolly Reiter 33 (6,156) Kamal 33 Nov. 18 W Minnesota State-Mankato* 5-2 HERBERT (2), Brown, Connolly, Oleksuk Reiter 34 (5,756) Lee 29 Nov. 19 W Minnesota State-Mankato* 7-3 J. Crandall, Brown, Herbert, BASARABA, Reiter 22 (6,453) Connolly, Hendrickson, Lamb Cook/Lee 7/23 Dec. 2 W at Michigan Tech* 5-3 Connolly (2), FLAHERTY, DeLisle, Basaraba Reiter 27 (2,589) Robinson 30 Dec. 3 W at Michigan Tech* 5-3 Seidel, Flaherty, Brown, CONNOLLY, Tardy Reiter 24 (2,657) Robinson 37 Dec. 9 T at Wisconsin* 3-3 OT Kishel, Bergman, Herbert Reiter 21 (10,925) Rumpel 33 Dec. 10 W at Wisconsin* 4-2 Connolly, Tardy, OLEKSUK, Seidel Reiter 29 (12,620) Rumpel/Peterson 14/11 Jan. 6 W at Western Michigan 4-1 Brown, OLEKSUK, Basaraba, Hendrickson Reiter 26 (3,655)+ Slubowski 24 Jan. 7 W at Western Michigan 5-2 Brown, Oleksuk, BASARABA, Kishel, Seidel Reiter 31 (3,225) Pisellini 22 Jan. 13 W at Nebraska-Omaha* 6-2 BROWN (3), DeLisle, Seidel, Basaraba Reiter 22 (16,138) Faulkner 34 Jan. 14 L at Nebraska-Omaha* 1-3 Connolly Reiter 12 (8,364) Massa 43 Jan. 20 W Alabama-Huntsville 2-1 J. Crandall, OLEKSUK Reiter 25 (6,614) Saunders 52 Jan. 21 W Alabama-Huntsville 4-3 Connolly (2), Basaraba, HERBERT A. Crandall 14 (6,757)+ Saunders 43 Jan. 27 T Michigan Tech* 4-4 Herbert (2), Grun, Lamb Reiter 35 (6,670) Robinson 33 Jan. 28 L Michigan Tech* 0-5 Reiter/Crandall 10/17 (6,776)+ Robinson 29 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 163,802 89,734 74,068 (Average) (6,300) (6,410) (6,172) Sellouts ~does not include exhibition games

8 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 Short-handed 1 2 Empty net 3 1 Penalty 0 0 Unassisted 1 3 Overtime 0 1 PENALTIES Number Minutes Penalties/Game Pen minutes/game Minor Major minute Misconduct 2 0 Game Misconduct 3 8 Gross Misconduct 0 0 Match 0 0 ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date 14/ /6172 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

9 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH LEADERS ## Points GP G A Pts Sh 12 Jack Connolly Travis Oleksuk JT Brown Caleb Herbert Mike Seidel Brady Lamb Scott Kishel Wade Bergman Joe Basaraba Justin Crandall ## Goals GP G A Pts Sh 11 Travis Oleksuk Jack Connolly JT Brown Caleb Herbert Mike Seidel Joe Basaraba Brady Lamb Keegan Flaherty Justin Crandall Scott Kishel ## Power-Play Goals GP PPG 11 Travis Oleksuk Jack Connolly Mike Seidel Brady Lamb JT Brown 26 3 ## Short-Handed Goals GP SHG 14 Keegan Flaherty 26 1 ## Game-Winning Goals GP GWG 11 Travis Oleksuk Joe Basaraba Caleb Herbert Jack Connolly Keegan Flaherty 26 2 ## Plus/Minus GP +/- 23 JT Brown Travis Oleksuk Scott Kishel Caleb Herbert Jack Connolly Wade Bergman Chris Casto Brady Lamb Mike Seidel Drew Olson ## Assists GP G A Pts Sh 12 Jack Connolly JT Brown Travis Oleksuk Brady Lamb Wade Bergman Caleb Herbert Scott Kishel Mike Seidel Justin Crandall Joe Basaraba ## Shots GP G A Pts Sh Sh% 23 JT Brown Jack Connolly Brady Lamb Travis Oleksuk Mike Seidel Caleb Herbert Chris Casto Scott Kishel Jake Hendrickson Joe Basaraba ## Shot Pct. GP G A Pts Sh Sh% 4 Derik Johnson Travis Oleksuk Caleb Herbert Jack Connolly Joe Basaraba Keegan Flaherty Justin Crandall Dan DeLisle Mike Seidel JT Brown ## Penalties GP Pen Min 8 Drew Olson JT Brown Wade Bergman Brady Lamb Joe Basaraba Mike Seidel Caleb Herbert Jack Connolly Scott Kishel Justin Crandall ## Penalty Minutes GP Pen Min 8 Drew Olson JT Brown Brady Lamb Mike Seidel Joe Basaraba Wade Bergman Luke McManus Caleb Herbert Jack Connolly Scott Kishel

10 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 UAA Nov W DNP DNP UAA Nov W DNP MSU Nov W DNP MSU Nov W DNP DNP DNP at MTU Dec W DNP at MTU Dec W DNP DNP at UW Dec t DNP at UW Dec W DNP DNP DNP at WMU Jan W DNP at WMU Jan W DNP DNP at UNO Jan W DNP at UNO Jan L DNP DNP DNP UAH Jan W DNP UAH Jan W DNP DNP MTU Jan t DNP DNP MTU Jan L DNP DNP

11 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS (GOALS-ASSISTS-TOTAL POINTS) 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 UAA Nov W DNP DNP UAA Nov W DNP DNP DNP MSU Nov W DNP DNP DNP MSU Nov W DNP at MTU Dec W DNP DNP DNP at MTU Dec W DNP DNP at UW Dec t DNP DNP DNP at UW Dec W DNP at WMU Jan W DNP DNP DNP at WMU Jan W DNP DNP at UNO Jan W DNP DNP DNP at UNO Jan L DNP UAH Jan W DNP DNP DNP UAH Jan W DNP DNP MTU Jan t DNP DNP MTU Jan L DNP DNP