YALE HOCKEY YALE HEADS TO NEW YORK FOR FINAL REGULAR SEASON WEEKEND TEAM FACTS ON THE AIR PUBLICITY INFORMATION OTHER INFORMATION YALE STAT LEADERS

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1 YALE HOCKEY TEAM FACTS Overall Record: ECACHL Record: Home: Road: Neutral: Home Attendance: 3,150 (avg.) Athletic Director: Tom Beckett Head Coach: Tim Taylor Career/Yale Record: (27th) Taylor's Phone: (203) All-Time Record: (110th yr) ON THE AIR Internet: ; click on multimedia, go to Bulldog Live PUBLICITY INFORMATION Director: Steve Conn (hockey contact) steven.conn@yale.edu Phone: (203) Student Assistant: Katie Baker '05 Fax: Hotline: 432-YALE Mail: Box New Haven, CT Express Mail: 20 Tower Pkwy. OTHER INFORMATION Ingalls Rink Press Box: Ingalls Rink: HomePage: yalebulldogs.com Statistician: Bill Garfield YALE STAT LEADERS GOALS: Christian Jensen 11 ASSISTS: Jeff Hristovski 14 POINTS: Brad Mills 23 PPG: Brad Mills 4 Nate Jackson 4 Christian Jensen 4 SHG: Brad Mills 3 PEN: Robert Page 24 PIM: Robert Page 56 GMIN: Matt Modelski 968:33 SAVES: Matt Modelski 505 GAA: Matt Modelski 3.59 YALE HEADS TO NEW YORK FOR FINAL REGULAR SEASON WEEKEND The Yale men s hockey team (4-21-2, ECAC, 12 th ) takes to the road for its final regular season weekend of when the Elis travel to Union and Rensselaer for Friday and Saturday showdowns. Yale dropped a pair of sellout home games to Vermont and Dartmouth in their final weekend at Ingalls Rink. The Series Yale leads the all-time series with Union since the Dutchmen entered the league in the season. Union has won two straight games against the Bulldogs, however, dating back to a 3-1 win at Ingalls last season and followed by a 5-2 victory in New Haven back on Nov. 20. Yale first matched up against RPI in the season, and since then the two teams have played 79 contests, with the Engineers holding the edge over Yale. On Nov. 19, RPI was a 5-2 winner over Yale at Ingalls to win their second straight in New Haven, although Yale had won three straight games in the series prior to that loss. Fallon Blanks Elis, Sets Record Vermont goaltender Joe Fallon set a UVM single-season shutout record with five as the Catamounts shut out Yale en route to a 5-0 victory at Ingalls Rink on Feb. 18. Vermont scored twice in the first period. Yale s Christian Jensen missed on a breakaway and a Shawn Mole wrister from the blue line hit the post to keep the Cats lead at 2-0 lead going into the second period. Vermont added two more goals in the second before Yale goaltender Matt Modelski (15 saves) was pulled in favor of junior Josh Gartner, who played the final 28:08 and made 20 saves while giving up one goal. Bulldog Rally Falls Short On Saturday, Feb. 19 the Elis hosted Dartmouth on Senior Night, marking the last home game for graduating Yale players Nick Shalek, CJ Nibbe and Pete Cohen. The Big Green scored first, racking up two goals in the first 5:10 of the game before Yale s Bobby Burns cut the lead in half with his third goal of the season at 7:45. The Green scored their third goal at 14:46, and goaltender Josh Gartner was pulled in favor of senior Cohen, who stepped in to make 26 saves over the remainder of the game. Down 5-1 just 2:26 into the second after a pair of goals from Dartmouth s Chris Snizek, Yale mounted a comeback in the second, tallying a couple of beautiful 2-on-1 goals by Nate Jackson and Jeff Hristovski, but the Bulldogs were unable to score in the third and dropped the 5-3 decision. Union Drops Pair on the Road Union ( , , 9 th ), coming off a 3-1 loss at Colgate and a 4-1 defeat at Cornell, enters the weekend with the chance to earn home ice in the first round of the ECAC playoffs. Union s senior captain Jordan Webb leads his team in goals with 16, having netted another score in his team s game against Colgate, and has amassed 110 career points. The Dutchmen s power play has been struggling of late, going 1-for-41 in the last seven games, while its penalty kill has allowed four goals over the last 15 chances. RPI Blanked In Weekend Set RPI ( , , 11 th ) enters the weekend after being shut out in a pair of games against Cornell (L, 3-0) and Colgate (L, 1-0), the first time since March 13-14, 2004 that the Engineers failed to score a goal in back-to-back games. The Engineers are led offensively by a pair of

2 Covering The Bulldogs Ingalls Rink is located at 73 Sachem Street in New Haven. Media parking is in Lot 38 on Prospect Street, which is the second driveway on the right after you turn from Trumbull Street. The Ingalls pressbox is tight, so priority seating goes to radio and other media working on deadline. There is a media/coach viewing area next to the glass display cases at the front of Ingalls. Stats are handed out between periods and after the game. For post-game interviews, please see Sr. Associate AD Wayne Dean, who will bring Coach Taylor and requested players into the player's lounge outside the Yale dressing room. Visiting team personnel will convene with media outside their locker area at the opposite end of that hallway. Photographers and any other media needing access to the hall should obtain a media pass from Sports Publicity Director Steve Conn. juniors, Kirk MacDonald and Kevin Croxton. MacDonald has gone over the course of the season, while Croxton is over that same span and needs only two more points to reach the 100-career-point mark. RPI goaltender Andrew Martin boasts a 2.93 GAA in 25 games played. Senior Sendoff In a strong end to their Ingalls careers, all three Yale seniors saw action in the Feb. 19 game against Dartmouth. The game was a sellout, Yale s third straight and fifth of the season. Goaltender Pete Cohen (Medfield, Mass.) made 26 saves in his best game of the season and earned the third star of the game, while forward CJ Nibbe (Minnetonka, Minn.) earned an assist on Bobby Burns (Belmont, Mass.) first period goal to grab his first point of the year. Nick Shalek (Purchase, N.Y.) did not pick up a point but nearly scored a goal, which would have been his first career score. Yale's seniors combine for four points (0-4-4) on the season. Other Classes The junior class, which is Yale's largest, has tallied 32 goals and 77 points to lead all classes of Yale skaters and boasts three of Yale's top four scorers (Jeff Hristovski, Christian Jensen, and Nate Jackson.) The sophomores, led by leading scorer Brad Mills (Olds, Alb.), are second with 16 goals and 42 points. Blair Yaworski (Calgary, Alb.) leads the newcomers, who combine for 10 goals and 30 points thus far this season. Career Year for Jackson With seven goals and eight assists this season for 15 points, junior center Nate Jackson (Newport, R.I.) has more than doubled his offensive production from his first two seasons combined (5-2-7 going into this year). Jackson has earned points in four of the last six games, including a three-assist showing in Yale s 5-2 win over St. Lawrence on Feb. 5 and a second-period goal and assist in the Elis 5-3 loss to Dartmouth on Nov. 19 that earned him the second star of the game and a spot on the ECAC Weekly Honor Roll. Penalty Killers The Bulldogs penalty kill was much improved in last weekend s action, as Yale gave up only one power play goal over the course of two games. In Friday s matchup with Vermont, Yale stopped the Catamounts on all 7 of their extra-man opportunities, including a 5-on- 3 chance that lasted 1:31. Against Dartmouth, the Elis gave up a power play goal to Nick Johnson but stifled the Green on their other chance. Helpful Hristovski Jeff Hristovski (Concord, Ont) leads the team in assists, having recorded 14 helpers this year. With his second period goal against Dartmouth, the junior earned his 20 th point of the season, tying him with Christian Jensen (New Canaan, Conn.) for second on the team behind injured player Brad Mills ( ). Rookie Recap Blair Yaworski earned his 9 th assist on Nate Jackson s goal, giving him the lead in helpers among freshman. With four goals and seven assists in conference games, Yaworski is tied for 7 th in the ECAC in conference points among freshmen. Fellow classmate Rob Page (Eden Prairie, Minn.) has been one of Yale s most consistent defensemen this season, leading all blueliners in point production (2-8-10) BULLDOG SCORES DATE OPPONENT SCORE Oct. 29 ALA-HUNTSVILLE L/ ST. CLOUD STATE L/ 0-10 Nov. 5 at Dartmouth* L/ at Vermont* L/ at Harvard* L/ at Brown* L/ RENSSELAER* L/ UNION* L/ at Princeton* L/ PRINCETON* W/ 7-1 Dec. 3 at Cornell* L/ at Colgate* L/ 1-4 Badger Hockey Showdown at Madison, Wis. 31 vs. Wisconsin OT T/ 1-1 $ Jan. 1 vs. Clarkson L/ ST. LAWRENCE* L/ CLARKSON* W/ BOSTON COLLEGE L/ at New Hampshire L/ CONNECTICUT W/ BROWN* L/ HARVARD* L/3-5 Feb. 4 at Clarkson* L/ at St. Lawrence* W/ COLGATE* OT T/ CORNELL* L/ VERMONT* L/ DARTMOUTH* L/ at Union * 7:00 26 at Rensselaer* 7:00 Mar. 4-6 ECACHL First Round Playoffs ECACHL Quarterfinals ECACHL Finals * ECACHL Games $ UW won shootout (3-2) to advance Officials Friday: R Matthew Smith, AR1 Scott Whittemore, AR2 Brett Reed Saturday: R Frank Murphy, AR1 David Brown, AR2 Scott Whittemore

3 Freshman Jean-Francois Boucher (Rosemere, Queb.), the son of an Olympic gold-medal winning speedskater, has shown that hockey also runs in the Modelski family, earning a spot on Yale's top line this season. Boucher scored goals in back-to-back games against Connecticut and Brown and added his third goal of the season in Yale's loss to Cornell. David Germain (Quincy, Mass.) is Yale's other point-scoring freshman, having notched an assist in Yale's 2-1 win over Clarkson on Jan. 8. Shalek and the Bulldogs hope to celebrate more in th Tie a Rare One Yale's scoreless tie with Colgate on Feb. 11 was the first double-blanking in 64 years and the 100th draw in the history of the Bulldog program. Need For An Early Lead Yale is 3-0 when leading after two periods and has three wins and a tie when scoring the game's first goal. The Elis have only led after one period twice this year and have won both games, while going 0-17 when trailing after 40 minutes. Blueliners Make Red Yale defensemen have accounted for six goals and 29 points this season. Freshman Robert Page (2-8-10), 27th among ECACHL defensemen, had the best offensive day of his young collegiate career on Jan. 29 against Harvard when he assisted two of the three Yale goals. Page now leads the blueliners Matt Modelski with ten points. Sophomore Bill LeClerc (Acton, Mass.), who moved up to forward on Feb. 12 for the first time in his career, had three assists against UConn and lit the lamp in both games against Princeton for his first collegiate goals. He stands on the season. Sophomore Shawn Mole (Mississauga, Ont.) nailed his first career goal against UConn to bring him to 1-5-6, while sophomore Matt Craig (Brampton, Ont.) scored Yale's only goal against Clarkson and added assists against Brown, Princeton, and Cornell for a season total of Mills Out With Injury Sophomore Brad Mills was knocked out of the Feb. 11 Colgate game with a leg injury in the second period that has forced him to miss the past three contests. He is not likely to suit up this weekend. Mills, last year s team rookie of the year, has points in 16 of his 24 games this year. His three goals against UConn on Jan. 22 marked his first collegiate hat trick and the first for a Bulldog since Joe Zappala (Medford, Mass.) notched the trio a year ago against the Huskies. He leads the Blue with 10 goals, 13 assists and 23 points. Mills had an eight-game point streak earlier this year. Captain Nick Nick Shalek, who might be the first non-recruited skater to become captain of the Yale men s team, has also distinguished himself as the only Bulldog to play both up front and on the blueline. He has played 22 games up front this year and two on defense. Unlike most members of the class of 2005, Shalek does not have to be concerned about looking for a job next year because he has already signed on with the Yale Investments Office, headed by ardent Yale hockey fan David Swensen. Jensen An Offensive Threat Although he did not play in Yale's game against Dartmouth due to concussion,junior forward Christian Jensen has been a human highlight film since coming to New Haven three years ago. Jensen, who ranks third in the ECAC in conference goals, has lit the lamp in ten of Yale's games this season.. He showcased his skills with two great moves to set up linemate Brad Mills for a pair of shorthanded goals on Jan. 22 against UConn. Jensen, who started with one goal over the first five games, followed that with a productive run. Heading into the Badger Showdown he had six goals and eight points over seven games. Jensen, an unselfish player who happens to lead the team with 92 shots on target, has four PPG and one SHG this season. He is also a midfielder on the Bulldog lacrosse team. Zappala Always Dangerous Around Net The goals have not been coming as frequently as they did last year, but this Yale junior has a nose for the puck and knows how to light the lamp. After leading the nation with nine game-winning goals one shy of the NCAA record forward Joe Zappala did not have a point this season until the sixth game. He now has five goals and 12 points, including the big goal against the Badgers on Dec. 31 that helped Yale tie the No. 4 ranked team. In Yale's 5-3 loss to Dartmouth Zappala set up Nate Jackson with a needle-threading pass to give Yale one of its two second period goals, proving that he can contribute offensively even when he cannot find his scoring touch. Spreading the Wealth Seventeen Yale players have contributed points for Yale this season, including foiur rookies: Blair Yaworski, Robert Page, Jean-Francois

4 Boucher, and David Germain. Yale's most recent addition to the point scoring list was senior CJ Nibbe, who scored his first point of the season and sixth of his career with an assist against Dartmouth. Yalies in the Pros Eleven Tim Taylor disciples are lacing up their blades at work, including two players in the CHL (Vin Hellemeyer '04 & Stacey Bauman '03), one in the ECHL (Nick Deschenes '03) and a pair in Europe (Dan Lombard '02 & Craig Ferguson '92). Here are the former Yale skaters who are playing pro in the AHL as of Feb. 7. Player Team GP, G-A-P Ray Giroux '98 Houston Aeros 41, Ben Stafford '01 Philadelphia Phantoms 53, Jeff Hamilton '01 Hartford Wolfpack 36, Jeff Dwyer '04 Chicago Wolves # 9, Ryan Steeves '04 Hershey Bears 50, Joe Callahan '05 Utah Grizzlies 48, Chris Higgins '05 Hamilton Bulldogs 52, # sent to ECHL for rehab Top Dog Trio Breaks Up The line of Joe Zappala, Brad Mills and Christian Jensen, which has combined for a team-high 26 goals and 54 points, was broken when Mills went down with a leg injury on Feb. 11. Junior Nate Jackson moved into that spot on Feb. 12 and notched a power-play goal, adding two points the next weekend with a goal and an assist against Dartmouth. The next closest line is the Jean-Francois Boucher, Jeff Hristovski and Blair Yaworski trio with 14 goals and 39 points. Shot On Goal Never a Bad Play Yale has been outshot in 23 of the 27 games this season, including the 5-2 win over SLU. The Elis put more rubber on net than Princeton (twice), UConn and Brown (at Ingalls) and are 2-2 when outshooting opponents. The Elis have been outshot by a total of 305 this year. Numbers To Avoid The Elis are trying to avoid some dubious records this season. The records for losses in a season by a Yale team is 23 by the squad. The fewest wins by a Yale team in the modern era is one by the Elis coached by Paul Lufkin. That team went and in ECAC play with the only victory coming against Army, 9-2. With a win or tie this weekend the Bulldogs could avoid tying the loss record. THE LAST TIME A Yale Player. Scored four goals Evan Wax vs. UConn, 1/25/03 Scored a hat trick Brad Mills vs. UConn, 1/22/05 (3-0-3) Scored shorthanded Brad Mills vs. Clarkson, 1/8/05 Scored an empty-net goal Robert Page at SLU, 2/5/05 Scored in OT Joe Zappala at Clarkson, 1/31/04 Had five points Luke Earl vs. Vermont, 2/23/01 Handed out 4 assists Jeff Hristovski vs. UConn, 1/17/04 Handed out 3 assists Nate Jackson at SLU, 2/5/05 Registered a shutout Matt Modelski vs. Colgate, 2/11/05 (0-0) Made 50+ saves Josh Gartner vs. Harvard, 2/6/04 (51) A Yale Team Won with a shutout vs. Colgate, 12/1/01 (5-0) Skated to an OT tie vs. Colgate, 2/11/05 (0-0) Won an OT game vs. Cornell, 2/10/01 (1-0) Played in a shootout at Wisconsin, 12/31/04 (3-2 loss) Had 40+ SOG vs. St. Lawrence, 3/5/04 (42) Allowed 50+ SOG vs. Boston College, 1/11/05 (50) Scored 10 goals Allowed 10 goals Had 20+ SOG in period Allowed 20+ SOG period vs. Cornell, 2/6/98 (11-0 win) vs. St. Cloud State, 10/30/04 (10-0 loss) vs. UConn, 1/22/05 (20 in 1st, 6-2 win) at SLU, 2/5/05 (21 in 1st, 5-2 win)

5 BULLDOG THUMBNAILS F Chris Brooks Jr. New York, NY - three-year letterwinner in hockey, football, and lacrosse at Hotchkiss - father Michael Brooks '67 earned three Yale hockey letters - tallest Eli at 6-foot-3 9 F Robert Burns So. Belmont, MA - all-around athlete who quarterbacked the Deerfield Academy football team and played first base on its baseball team. - first collegiate goal came against Clarkson on Jan D Matt Cohen So. New York, NY - the first U.S. National Team Development Program player to attend Yale - top clean-and-jerk lift on the team 33 G Peter Cohen Sr. Medfield, MA - able to perform backflips - only current Bulldog netminder to have a point 24 D Matthew Craig Jr. Brampton, ONT - recorded assists last year against N.Dakota (1st game) and Minnesota - scored 1 st career goal against Harvard on 2/6/04 quoting Craig In my first ever hockey game I had three breakaways. Unfortunately, one of the breakaways was on my own net, late in the third period which would have tied the game for the other team. Luckily, our goalie made a nice save, much to the relief of my parents and coaches. To this day I still claim that I was making sure our goalie was sharp 22 F Will Engasser Fr. Chanhassen, MN - selected 261 st in 9th round of 2004 NHL Draft by the Phoenix Coyotes - heaviest Bulldog at 237 pounds - shares best squat on team with Joe Zappala 23 F Jean-Francois Boucher Fr. Rosemere, QUE - father Gaetan won silver medal in speed skating at 1980 Olympics and two goal and one bronze at 194 games. - mother Karin was on the German National Speed Skating team 34 G Josh Gartner Jr. Richmond Hill, ONT - four-time ECAC Goalie of the Week last winter (Yale record) - career-high 51 saves in 7-5 loss to Harvard on 2/6/04 - son of NHL Hall-of-Famer Mike Gartner 14 F David Germain Fr. Quincy, MA - led INH Monarchs to EJHL title as team s leading playoff scorer - highest bench-press max among Bulldogs 3 D Mike Grobe Jr. Edina, MN - Yale s leader in cumulative plus/minus - oldest player on team with 2/9/80 DOB 10 F Jeff Hristovski Jr. Concord, ONT - father Nik played on the Macedonian National Soccer Club 16 F Nate Jackson Jr. Newport, RI - scored Yale s first goal of the season against UAH on 10/29/04 - biggest goal was GW at New Hampshire last January 17 D Bill LeClerc So. Acton, MA - five-year hockey letterwinner at St. Paul s School - first two collegiate points were goals in consecutive games vs. Princeton 8 F Zachary Mayer Jr. Providence, RI - registered first point of season with an assist against Vermont on 11/6/04. - father David '74 earned three Yale hockey letters 19 F Brad Mills So. Olds, ALB -Team Rookie of the Year in eight-game point streak from Nov. 23 through Jan. 8 1 G Matt Modelski So. Brighton, MI - only Eli player from Michigan on this year's roster - avid salmon fisherman - stopped 54 of 56 shots in Junior A game in allowed just one goal in 65 minutes at Wisconsin - called the game against the Badgers "the best experience of my life." - halted 49 of 50 shots vs. No. 2 Boston College - distant cousin of 2004 Yale Football Captain Rory Hennessey 7 D Shawn Mole So. Mississauga, ONT - ranked 23 rd in Nov NHL Central Scouting Collegiate List 21 F C.J. Nibbe Sr. Minnetonka, MN - political science major and very big Minnesota Vikings fan 20 D Rob Page Fr. Eden Praire, MN - selected 167 th overall (6th round) in 2004 NHL Draft by Columbus - all-conference in golf and soccer at Blake School (MN) - top vertical jump and pro agility drill average on Bulldogs 6 F Nick Shalek Sr. Purchase, NY - captain of the Bulldog squad and its only F/D combo player - walked on to the Bulldogs squad as freshman - four-year letterwinner in lacrosse at Rye Country Day 18 F Matt Thomey Fr. Harbour Grace, NF - MVP of Golden Horshoe League at mid-season all-star game - youngest Yale player with 2/4/86 DOB 11 F Blair Yaworski Jr. Calgary, ALB - won provincial badminton doubles title in rd on Central Scouting Service midterm ranking 13 F Joe Zappala Jr. Medford, MA - Set new Yale record and led nation in with 9 GWG - Yale's active career leader in goals - Shares best squat on team with Will Engasser quoting Zappala I had brain surgery my senior year and I wanted to get back on the ice as soon as possible. I got clearance from the doctor three weeks after I left the hospital and played my first game after being on the ice once since the surgery. I was in the locker room getting dressed before the game and my coach told me my father was outside and wanted to talk to me. His greats words of wisdom were, now be careful out there. I need you to get hurt like I need a hole in the head. That phrase now has a new meaning to me. 44 F Christian Jensen Jr. New Canaan, CT - Yale s active leader in games, assists and points - played in Sweden in for the Sweden AIK Juniors - was co-captain for Taft School

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