St. Norbert College Sports Information Dan Lukes, Sports Information Director 123 Schuldes Sports Center - De Pere, Wisconsin 54115 920-403-4077 - phone 920-403-3128 - FAX dan.lukes@snc.edu - e-mail Web site - www.snc.edu/athletics St. Norbert College Green Knights Hockey Preview No. 6 Oswego State Univ. (6-2-1) at No. 3 St. Norbert College (8-1) Fri., Nov. 28 - Cornerstone Community Center (1,876) - Green Bay, Wis. - 7 p.m. Lawrence Univ. (3-5) at No. 3 St. Norbert College (8-1) Sat., Nov. 29 - Cornerstone Community Center (1,876) - Green Bay, Wis. - 7 p.m. Weekend Overview: St. Norbert takes a brief respite from NCHA play when it faces Oswego State and Lawrence in the St. Norbert Thanksgiving Tournament. The game against St. Norbert and Oswego State features the last two NCAA Division III national champions. Broadcast: St. Norbert coverage is on the WSNC radio and video Webcast with Tim Derozier on the call. The Webcast is available at http://www.snc.edu/athletics/hockey/webcast.htm. The Series: Oswego State leads St. Norbert in the all-time series 1-0. The Lakers topped the Green Knights 4-3 in overtime in a NCAA Division III Frozen Four semifinal on March 17, 2007 at Wessman Arena in Superior. St. Norbert holds a 27-0 lead in the series with Lawrence. The two schools met four times a season from 1988-89 to Tim Coghlin's first year in 1993-94, and have met three times since the 1994-95 season. 2008-2009 NCHA Standings Team W-L-T Points Overall UW-Superior..................4-0-0.............8.............9-1-0 St. Norbert....................3-1-0.............6.............8-1-0 St. Scholastica.................2-2-0.............4.............5-3-1 UW-Eau Claire................2-2-0.............4.............7-2-0 UW-Stevens Point.............2-2-0.............4.............7-2-0 UW-Stout.....................2-2-0.............4.............7-4-0 UW-River Falls................1-3-0.............2.............2-6-1 Lake Forest...................0-4-0.............0.............3-8-0 Games on Tuesday, Nov. 25 River Falls 5, Marian 4 (OT) Lake Forest 5, Lawrence 1 Game on Wednesday, Nov. 26 Superior at Bethel, 7 p.m. Games on Friday, Nov. 28 St. Scholastica vs. Lawrence, 3:30 p.m. - MORE - Games on Friday, Nov. 28, cont. Oswego State at St. Norbert, 7 p.m. Games on Saturday, Nov. 29 St. Scholastica vs. Oswego State, 3:30 p.m. MSOE at Superior, 5 p.m. Lawrence at St. Norbert, 7 p.m. Finlandia at Stevens Point, 7:30 p.m. 2008-2009 Results Date Opponent Result O 28 at Lawrence W 8-1 O 31 at Gustavus Adolphus W 7-5 N 1 at St. Olaf W 5-2 N 7 Concordia-Moorhead W 2-1 N 8 St. John s W 5-1 N 14 *UW-Stevens Point (6) W 5-2 N 15 *UW-Eau Claire (12) W 4-3 N 21 *at St. Scholastica W 3-0 N 22 *at UW-Superior (5) L 4-3 N 28 #Oswego State (6) 7 p.m. N 29 #Lawrence 7 p.m. D 5 *at UW-Stout 7:30 p.m. D 6 *at UW-River Falls 7 p.m. J 2 MSOE 7 p.m. J 3 at MSOE 7 p.m. J 9 at St. Thomas 7 p.m. J 10 at St. Mary s 7 p.m. J 17 *Lake Forest 7 p.m. J 23 *at UW-Eau Claire 7 p.m. J 24 *at UW-Stevens Point 7:30 p.m. J 30 *UW-Superior 7 p.m. J 31 *St. Scholastica 7 p.m. F 6 *UW-River Falls 7 p.m. F 7 *UW-Stout 7 p.m. F 14 *at Lake Forest 7 p.m. F 20-21 NCHA Quarterfinals TBA F 28 NCHA Semifinals TBA M 7 NCHA Peters Cup Final TBA M 11 NCAA First Round TBA M 14 NCAA Quarterfinals TBA M 21-22 NCAA Frozen Four ^ TBA * - NCHA regular-season game; # - St. Norbert Tournament, Green Bay, Wis..; ^ - at Olympic Center, Lake Placid, N.Y. Note: Home games in bold; (rankings) by U.S. College Hockey Online.
St. Norbert Quick Facts Nickname:..................Green Knights Location:................De Pere, WI 54115 Colors:.......Dartmouth Green & Old Gold Founded:............................1898 Enrollment:.........................2,100 President:.................Thomas Kunkel Athletics Director:................Tim Bald Conference:.Northern Collegiate Hockey Assn. Facility:.....Cornerstone Community Center Capacity:............................1,876 Year Opened:.........................2000 Dimensions:.......................200x85 All-Time Cornerstone Record:......120-11-7 Record Crowds:...2,210 (3/5/05 vs. Superior)..5,516 (2/4/06 vs. Stevens Point) - Resch Center Head Coach:..................Tim Coghlin Record at St. Norbert:...330-93-35 (16th year) Assistant Coaches:..............A.J. Aitken.........................Tommy Cianflone.............................Ryan Wempe First Season of Hockey:............1988-89 Seasons of Hockey:.....................21 All-Time Overall Record:........366-168-36 All-Time NCHA Record:..........159-45-22 NCHA Championships:................Ten...........(1997,98,99,2002,03,04,05,06,07,08) NCHA Peters Cup Championships:...Seven...................(1998,99,2003,04,05,07,08) NCAA Tournament Appearances:.......Ten...........(1997,98,99,2002,03,04,05,06,07,08) NCAA Frozen Four Appearances:......Five..........................(2003,04,06,07,08) NCAA Championships:...............One....................................(2008) USCHO.com Division III Top 15 Poll - Nov. 24, 2008 Place School (1st-place) Pts. Record 1 Plattsburgh State (10) 286 6-0-1 2 UW-Superior (7) 277 9-1-0 3 St. Norbert (3) 274 8-1-0 4 Elmira 224 6-2-0 5 Norwich 208 2-0-0 6 Oswego State 181 6-2-1 7 Middlebury 174 2-0-0 8 Adrian 133 8-1-1 9 UW-Stevens Point 121 7-2-0 10 UW-Eau Claire 110 7-2-0 11 Hobart 103 7-3-0 12 UW-Stout 88 7-4-0 13 Hamline 71 6-2-0 14 Colby 42 2-0-0 15 Bowdoin 37 1-0-1 Others receiving votes: New England College 18, St. Thomas 13, UW-River Falls 9, Curry 8, Neumann 5, Gustavus Adolphus 3, St. Scholastica 3, Bethel 2, Manhattanville 2, UM- Dartmouth 2, Utica 2, Williams 2, Geneseo State 1, St. Olaf 1. The Coaches: St. Norbert coach Tim Coghlin (UW-Stevens Point, 1989) is 330-93- 35 in his 16th season in De Pere. The Green Knights are 186-24-18 in the last seven seasons. Oswego State coach Ed Gosek (Oswego State, 1983) is 102-33-14 in his sixth season in Oswego. Lawrence coach Mike Szkodzinski (St. Norbert, 2000) is 26-33-5 in his third season in Appleton. Last Meetings: Oswego State topped St. Norbert 4-3 in overtime in a NCAA Tournament national semifinal on March 17, 2007 in Superior. Ryan Woodward s goal 3:51 into overtime was the difference. Tyler Lyon added a pair of goals for the Lakers. Ryan Petersen is the only current Green Knight to score a goal in that game. Ryan Scott made 26 saves for Oswego, while Kyle Jones made 25 stops for St. Norbert. St. Norbert beat Lawrence 8-1 in the 2008-09 season opener on Oct. 28 in Appleton. Alain Joanette scored a natural hat trick in his first collegiate game, while A.J. Gale added two goals. Masa Takahashi scored the lone marker for the Vikings. Evan Johnson made 42 saves for the Vikings, while Blake Bashor made eight saves and B.J. O Brien 12 for the Green Knights. About the Green Knights: St. Norbert had school-record 37- game unbeaten and 16-game winning streaks come to an end this past Saturday with a 4-3 loss at UW- Superior. The Green Knights enter the weekend at 8-1 overall and are 3-1 in the NCHA. The Green Knights are averaging 4.7 goals per game. Junior forward A.J. Gale has six goals and five assists for 11 points, while junior forward Shane Wheeler has five goals and five assists for 10 points. Freshman forward Alain Joanette and senior forward Ryan Petersen each have four goals and five assists for nine points. Sophomore forward Brandon Longley has taken over the team lead in goals with seven after scoring four in two games this past weekend. Sophomore Blake Bashor is 4-0 this season with a 1.34 goals against average and.943 save percentage, and made 31 saves to post his first collegiate shutout. Sophomore B.J. O Brien is 4-1 with a 2.90 GAA and a.900 save percentage. St. Norbert is 17-for-56 (30.4 percent) on the power play and is 50- for-58 (86.2 percent) on the penalty kill. About the Lakers: Oswego State enters the tournament with a 6-2-1 overall record, and is 4-1-1 in the SUNYAC. The Lakers beat Brockport State 11-3 this past Friday before losing to Geneseo State 4-2 on Saturday. Senior forward Ryan Ellis has eight goals and seven assists for 15 points, while senior forward Brendan McLaughlin has five goals and 10 assists for 15 points. Freshman forward Eric Selleck has eight goals and six assists for 14 points, and senior forward Matt Whitehead has four goals and six assists for 10 points. Overall, the Lakers are scoring 5.2 goals per game while allowing 3.1 goals per game. Freshman goaltender Paul Beckwith is 4-1 with a 2.57 goals against average and.865 save percentage, while senior Chris Hyk has a 2-1-1 mark with a 3.41 GAA and.891 save percentage. Oswego s power play is 11-for-57 (19.3 percent) and its penalty kill is 39-for-50 (78.0 percent). About the Vikings: Lawrence enters the weekend at 3-5 overall and is 3-3 in the MCHA. The Vikings had three consecutive shutouts heading into Tuesday s 5-1 loss at Lake Forest, topping MSOE 1-0 on Nov. 15 and sweeping Minnesota-Crookston 5-0 and 8-0 this past weekend. Senior forward Nick Jennette leads the Vikings in scoring with three goals and five assists for eight points. Junior forward Marc Howe has four goals and two assists for six points, while freshman forward
Matt Hughes has two goals and three assists for five points. The Vikings are scoring 2.4 goals per game while allowing 3.4 goals per game. Sophomore goaltender Evan Johnson has seen most of the action in net for Lawrence, posing a 3-3 record with a 2.47 goals against average and.919 save percentage. Lawrence s power play is 8-for-52 (15.4 percent), while its penalty kill is 45-for-53 (84.9 percent). Eastern Eavesdroppings: St. Norbert is 21-14-4 all-time against East Region opponents. The Green Knights have played at least one weekend a season against eastern foes for the past 14 years. The Green Knights are 8-2-1 alltime against the State University of New York Athletic Conference, including a 2-0 mark against Plattsburgh State. St. Norbert is 6-5-3 all-time against ECAC West opposition (including games against now- Division I RIT and Mercyhurst), and is 3-5 all-time against the NESCAC. The Green Knights are 2-0 alltime against the ECAC Northeast, also beating Fitchburg State in the 1994-95 season. St. Norbert is 2-2 against the ECAC East, going 1-2 against Norwich and 1-0 against Southern Maine. Home Sweet Cornerstone: When 14th century poet Dante Alighieri was penning his masterwork The Divine Comedy and the immortal line, All hope abandon ye who enter here, he could have easily been referring to visiting hockey teams at the Cornerstone Community Center. St. Norbert is 98-4-4 in its last 106 games at the Cornerstone Community Center. In the last seven-plus seasons, the Green Knights are a sparkling 111-7-6 at the Cornerstone, with three losses and one tie coming to national champion UW-Superior during the 2001-02 season. All-time, St. Norbert is 120-11-7 at the Cornerstone Community Center, which includes a 9-4-1 mark there its first season in the building in 2000-01. Under Tim Coghlin, St. Norbert is 199-33-13 at home, which includes games at Brown County Arena, Resch Center and De Pere Ice Arena. St. Norbert has a 19-game unbeaten streak at the Cornerstone, going 17-0-2 during that stretch. The Green Knights are 35-1-2 in their last 38 games at the Cornerstone, the lone setback a 4-2 loss to Gustavus Adolphus on Nov. 3, 2007. Streak Stuff: St. Norbert had its 37-game unbeaten streak snapped with a 4-3 loss to UW-Superior on Nov. 22. The long skein of games without a loss was the longest in any division of NCAA hockey since 1986 and the only streak in the top nine all-time since 1996. St. Norbert s unbeaten streak is impressive considering the level of competition in the Northern NCAA Hockey - All Divisions Longest Unbeaten Streaks No. Team Dates Division 42 Bemidji State 11/8/83-12/31/84 II 38 Mass.-Dartmouth 1/16/85-3/2/86 III 38 Rensselaer 11/24/84-11/16/85 I 37 St. Norbert 11/10/07-11/21/08 III 36 Mass.-Lowell 1/15/81-1/26/82 II 34 Alabama-Huntsville 2/4/95-3/9/96 II 30 Cornell 11/22/69-11/21/70 I 29 Middlebury 12/31/94-1/7/96 III 29 Northern Michigan 12/28/90-10/25/91 I Head Coach Tim Coghlin Education: Bachelor s degree in communications at UW-Stevens Point (1989); master s degree in education at UW-Stevens Point (1995). Playing Experience: Four-year letterman at UW-Stevens Point (1986-89); Milwaukee Admirals (1989); Fife Flyers, British Premier League (1991). Coaching Experience: Assistant coach at UW- Stevens Point (1991-93); head coach at St. Norbert (May 26, 1993 to present). Coghlin s Head Coaching Record Year Overall NCHA Place NCAA 1993-94 10-9-1 n/a n/a 1994-95 9-14-4 5-12-3 6th 1995-96 12-13-3 10-8-2 4th 1996-97 21-9-1 16-4-0 1st Quarters 1997-98 27-6-0 17-3-0 1st Quarters 1998-99 25-5-3 12-2-2 1st Quarters 1999-2000 22-5-2 10-3-1 2nd 2000-01 18-8-3 9-4-1 3rd 2001-02 23-5-3 12-0-2 1st Quarters 2002-03 27-2-2 12-1-1 1st Semis 2003-04 27-3-2 11-2-1 1st Runner-Up 2004-05 24-3-3 12-0-2 1st Quarters 2005-06 25-5-2 10-2-2 1st Runner-Up 2006-07 25-4-2 10-3-1 1st Semis 2007-08 27-1-4 10-0-4 1st Champion 2008-09 8-1-0 3-1-0 Totals 330-93-35 159-45-22 Coghlin vs. NCHA Team Overall Home Away Neutral Bemidji State * 4-5-1 2-2-0 2-3-1 0-0-0 Lake Forest 37-6-3 24-1-0 13-5-3 0-0-0 St. Scholastica 37-2-2 25-0-2 12-2-0 0-0-0 Eau Claire 35-3-2 25-1-1 9-2-1 1-0-0 River Falls 26-16-2 17-5-1 9-11-1 0-0-0 Stevens Point 29-16-5 17-6-4 12-10-1 0-0-0 Stout 28-3-3 19-2-0 9-1-3 0-0-0 Superior 24-17-9 16-10-2 8-7-7 0-0-0 Totals 220-68-27 145-27-10 74-41-17 1-0-0 * - Left NCHA after 1998-99 season. Coghlin vs. MIAC Team Overall Home Away Neutral Augsburg 2-1-1 2-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 Bethel 13-0-0 7-0-0 6-0-0 0-0-0 Concordia 4-0-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 Gustavus 12-1-0 5-1-0 5-0-0 2-0-0 Hamline 6-0-0 3-0-0 3-0-0 0-0-0 St. John s 9-1-0 5-0-0 4-1-0 0-0-0 St. Mary s 7-2-0 4-0-0 3-2-0 0-0-0 St. Olaf 8-0-0 4-0-0 4-0-0 0-0-0 St. Thomas 5-2-2 4-1-1 1-1-1 0-0-0 Totals 66-7-3 36-2-1 26-5-2 2-0-0 Winningest Programs (2000-2008) Rank Team Record Pct. 1 St. Norbert 218-36-23.829 2 Norwich 208-48-7.804 3 Middlebury 205-40-17.815
St. Norbert College Hockey The Last Time It Happened Weekend Series Sweep at St. Norbert: By SNC: Nov. 7-8, 2008 - vs. UW-Stevens Point/UW-Eau Claire (5-2, 4-3) By Opponent: Dec. 1-2, 2000 - vs. Norwich/Middlebury (5-2, 1-0) Weekend Series Sweep on the Road (both games must be true road games): By SNC: Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2008 - at Gustavus/St. Olaf (7-5, 5-2) By Opponent: Feb. 28-March 1, 1997 - at River Falls (2-1, 7-4) Overtime: SNC won: March 15, 2008 - St. Thomas (2-1) SNC lost: March 17, 2007 - vs. Oswego State (3-4) SNC tied: Feb. 9, 2008 - at UW-Stout (3-3) Shutout: By SNC: March 23, 2008 - vs. Plattsburgh State (2-0) - SNC goalie: Kyle Jones By Opponent: March 18, 2006 - vs. Middlebury (3-0) - Midd goalie: Doug Raeder Shutout in a NCHA Game: By SNC: Feb. 2, 2008 - at St. Scholastica (3-0) - SNC goalie: Kyle Jones By Opponent: Nov. 5, 1999 - at Lake Forest (1-0) - LFC goalie: Justin Howard Win trailing after two periods: By SNC: Dec. 30, 2007 - vs. Amherst (W 3-1) - trailed 1-0 By Opponent: March 17, 2007 - vs. Oswego State (L 4-3 ot) - led 3-2 Scored 10 or more goals: By SNC: Nov. 11, 2005 - St. Mary's (11-3) By Opponent: Feb. 27, 1993 - at Augsburg (13-2) Team scored five or more goals in a period: By SNC: Oct. 25, 2005 - Marian (third period, five goals, W 8-2) By Opponent: Feb. 4, 1996 - Lake Forest (second period, five goals, W 8-7) Team recorded 50 or more shots on goal: By SNC: Oct. 28, 2008 - at Lawrence (50 shots) By Opponent: Dec. 8, 1995 - at UW-Superior (50 shots) Hat Trick: By SNC: Nov. 21, 2008 - Brandon Longley at St. Scholastica By Opponent: Feb. 3, 2007 - Pat Lee, UW-Stevens Point SNC player scored four goals: Feb. 4, 2006 - Andy Cote vs. UW-Stevens Point (at Resch Center) SNC player scored five assists: Jan. 27, 1996 - Rob Smillie vs. UW-Stevens Point Shorthanded Goal: By SNC: Nov. 22, 2008 - Brandon Longley at UW-Superior (L4-3) By Opponent: Feb. 1, 2008 - Seth Reda, UW-Superior (T 1-1 ot) Goaltender Assist: By SNC: Dec. 1, 2007 - Kyle Jones vs. UW-Superior (W 6-2) By Opponent: Nov. 2, 2007 - Brycen Eberwein, St. Olaf (W 4-3) Penalty Shot: By SNC: Nov. 22, 2008 - A.J. Gale at UW-Superior (L 4-3) By Opponent: Nov. 5, 2005 - Joe Haehn, Augsburg (L 7-4) Collegiate Hockey Association, playing at least 18 games annually against league foes. The Green Knights 37-game unbeaten streak is the secondlongest in Division III history. Massachusetts-Dartmouth holds the Division III record at 38 games from Jan. 16, 1985 to March 2, 1986. St. Norbert has had two 19-game unbeaten streaks in its history, and fashioned a 26-game skein during the 2004-05 season. With its collection of unbeaten streaks of at least 19 games, St. Norbert now has four of the top 13 unbeaten streaks in NCAA Division III history. Middlebury is the only other Division III school which has at least two unbeaten streaks of at least 19 games. St. Norbert s best ever stretch of hockey came at the end of the 2002-03 season into the 2003-04 season. The Green Knights carried a 19- game unbeaten streak (17-0-2) into the 2003 Frozen Four before losing to Norwich in a national semifinal. St. Norbert then opened the 2003-04 season 11-0-1. St. Norbert was 28-1- 2 over that 31-game stretch. Dating back to a 2-1 loss to UW- Stout at the Resch Center on Jan. 27, 2007, the Green Knights are an impressive 44-3-4 overall and are 25-1-4 against NCHA opponents. Gimme Five: St. Norbert is unbeaten in its last 211 games when scoring five goals or more with a 206-0-5 mark since a 7-5 loss to Bemidji State in De Pere on Jan. 12, 1996. The Green Knights had an 85-game winning streak snapped when scoring five or more goals when they tied UW-Superior 5-5 on Dec. 3, 2004. St. Norbert is 5-17-4 in its last 26 games when allowing five goals or more dating back to the 1996-97 season. The only wins were a 9-5 win over St. Scholastica on Feb. 20, 1999, a 7-5 win over UW-Stout on Nov. 30, 2001, another win over UW-Stout in an 8-5 triumph on Jan. 14, 2005, a 7-5 win over UW-Stevens Point on Feb. 3, 2007 and a 7-5 win over Gustavus Adolphus on Oct. 31, 2008.
The Green Knights have allowed five goals just 11 times in their last 217 games. St. Norbert hadn t allowed at least five goals in 41 games until Gustavus Adolphus scored five times on Oct. 31, 2008. Poll Position: St. Norbert has been ranked in the USCHO.com Division III Poll for 126 consecutive weeks. Prior to being ranked seventh in the Nov. 5, 2007 poll, the Green Knights had been rated in the top four for 100 of 101 weeks. St. Norbert entered the 2008-09 season at No. 1 before falling to No. 3 this week. The Green Knights are 56-11-5 all-time when ranked No. 1. During the 126-week stretch of being ranked, St. Norbert has been No. 1 for 40 weeks. St. Norbert was rated No. 1 in the 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008 final polls. St. Norbert was 9-0-1 against ranked foes last season and is 2-1-0 against them this season. St. Norbert is 73-27-11 against teams ranked in the USCHO.com Poll under Tim Coghlin. St. Norbert Single-Game Career Highs #2 - Mike Bernardy (0-0) Goals: 1 (3 times, last 3/15/08 vs. St. Thomas) Assists: 1 (5 times, last 2/16/08 vs. Stout) Points: 1 (8 times, last 3/15/08 vs. St. Thomas) #5 - Sam Eccles (0-0) Assists: n/a Points: n/a #6 - Jason Nopper (0-2) Goals: 1 (4 times, last 11/14/08 vs. Stevens Point) Assists: 2 (11/1/08 vs. St. Olaf) Points: 2 (2 times, last 11/1/08 vs. St. Olaf) #7 - Dustin Walz (0-0) Assists: 1 (10/28/08 vs. Lawrence) Points: 1 (10/28/08 vs. Lawrence) #8 - Jon Skoog (0-4) Goals: 1 (2 times, last 1/4/08 vs. MSOE) Assists: 3 (2/3/06 vs. UW-Eau Claire) Points: 3 (2/3/0 vs. UW-Eau Claire) #9 - Adam Hammerbeck (0-0) Goals: 1 (1/19/08 vs. Lake Forest) Assists: 1 (5 times, last 2/16/08 vs. Lake Forest) Points: 1 (6 times, last 2/16/08 vs. Lake Forest) #10 - Scott Pulak (1-4) Goals: 2 (11/8/08 vs. St. John s) Assists: 3 (12/8/07 vs. River Falls) Points: 3 (12/8/07 vs. River Falls) #19 - Steven Pratt (0-1) Assists: 3 (10/28/08 vs. Lawrence) Points: 3 (10/28/08 vs. Lawrence) #20 - Taylor Langford (0-1) Goals: 1 (5 times, last 10/31/08 vs. Gustavus) Assists: 1 (9 times, last 11/15/08 vs. Eau Claire) Points: 2 (2/16/08 vs. Lake Forest) #21 - Johan Ryd (0-0) Assists: n/a Points: n/a #22 - Matt Boyd (4-22) Goals: 2 (4 times, last 1/19/08 vs. Lake Forest) Assists: 4 (2/3/07 vs. Stevens Point) Points: 4 (2 times, last 2/3/07 vs. Stevens Point) #23 - Brandon Longley (3-3) Goals: 3 (11/21/08 vs. St. Scholastica) Assists: 1 (3 times, last 10/31/08 vs. Gustavus) Points: 3 (11/21/08 vs. St. Scholastica) #24 - Brad Herman (0-1) Goals: 1 (5 times, last 11/15/08 vs. Eau Claire) Assists: 1 (11 times, last 11/15/08 vs. Eau Claire) Points: 2 (11/15/08 vs. Eau Claire) #25 - Dustin Dubas (0-1) Goals: 1 (2 times, last 12/8/07 vs. River Falls) Assists: 1 (8 times, last 11/14/08 vs. Stevens Point) Points: 2 (12/8/07 vs. River Falls) One-Goal Observations: St. Norbert was able to fashion its 37-game unbeaten streak thanks to pulling out several close games, or at least forging a tie. St. Norbert had a 10-game winning streak in one-goal games snapped in a 4-3 loss to UW- Superior on Nov. 22. The Green Knights were 8-0 in one-goal games in 2007-08 and are 2-1 in one-goal games this season. In the prior four seasons (2003-04 to 2006-07) combined, St. Norbert had been just 12-10 in one-goal games. The Green Knights were 4-4 in 2006-07, 2-2 in 2005-06, 4-2 in 2004-05 and 2-2 in 2003-04. St. Norbert was 4-0 in 2002-03 for its best season in one-goal games prior to 2004-05. Under Tim Coghlin, St. Norbert is 47-42 in one-goal games. The Green Knights had three consecutive one-goal wins from March 1-15, 2008, the first time in school history that has occurred. #11 - Cory Harder (0-0) Goals: 1 (6 times, last 11/7/08 vs. Concordia) Assists: 1 (3 times, last 1/25/08 vs. Eau Claire) Points: 1 (9 times, last 11/7/08 vs. Concordia) #12 - Steven Sleep (1-10) Goals: 3 (10/24/06 vs. Marian) Assists: 3 (3/8/08 vs. Stout) Points 3 (4 times, last 3/8/08 vs. Stout) #14 - Cory Patterson (0-1) Goals: 1 (10/28/08 vs. Lawrence) Assists: 2 (10/28/08 vs. Lawrence) Points: 3 (10/28/08 vs. Lawrence) #15 - Alain Joanette (1-1) Goals: 3 (10/28/08 vs. Lawrence) Assists: 1 (4 times, last 11/15/08 vs. Eau Claire) Points: 4 (10/28/08 vs. Lawrence) #16 - Shane Wheeler (3-19) Goals: 2 (3 times, last 10/31/08 vs. Gustavus) Assists: 3 (12/7/07 vs. Stout) Points: 4 (11/24/06 vs. Stevens Point) #17 - Tyler Allen (3-12) Goals: 2 (3 times, last 10/31/08 vs. Gustavus) Assists: 2 (2 times, last 2/16/08 vs. Lake Forest) Points: 3 (3 times, last 10/31/08 vs. Gustavus) #18 - Micah Wheeler (0-0) Assists: n/a Points: n/a #26 - Pete Fylling (0-3) Goals: 1 (4 times, last 11/15/08 vs. Eau Claire) Assists: 2 (1/19/07 vs. St. Scholastica) Points: 2 (3 times, last 11/15/08 vs. Eau Claire) #27 - A.J. Gale (1-3) Goals: 2 (10/28/08 vs. Lawrence) Assists: 2 (10/31/08 vs. Gustavus) Points: 3 (2 times, last 10/31/08 vs. Gustavus) #28 - Nick Tabisz (0-10) Goals: 1 (10 times, last 11/1/08 vs. St. Olaf) Assists: 3 (1/4/08 vs. MSOE) Points: 3 (1/4/08 vs. MSOE) #29 - Ryan Petersen (7-14) Goals: 2 (7 times, last 11/14/08 vs. Stevens Point) Assists: 3 (11/21/08 vs. St. Scholastica) Points: 3 (4 times, last 11/21/08 vs. St. Scholastica) #33 - Sam Tikka (0-3) Goals: 1 (7 times, last 3/8/08 vs. Stout) Assists: 2 (2 times, last 11/21/08 vs. St. Scholastica) Points: 2 (3 times, last 11/21/08 vs. St. Scholastica) NOTE: Parentheses after name denotes career multi-goal and multi-point games, respectively.
2008-2009 St. Norbert Hockey Game Summaries Game #1 (Oct. 28) Appleton Family Ice Center (807) St. Norbert 8, Lawrence 1 SN 0 4 4-8 LU 1 0 0-1 1st: LU - Takahashi 1 (DeSmit, Raymond), PPG, 3:00 2nd: SN - Patterson 1 (Joanette, Nopper), PPG, 9:32 SN - Gale 1 (Tabisz), PPG, 10:20 SN - Allen 1 (Walz), SHG, 14:24 SN - Gale 2 (S. Wheeler), 16:15 3rd: SN - Joanette 1 (Patterson, Pratt), 6:45 SN - Joanette 2 (Pratt), 11:40 SN - Joanette 3 (Pratt, Patterson), 18:46 SN - S. Wheeler 1 (Gale, Boyd), 19:19 Penalties: SN 10-20, LU 13-26 Power Play: SN 2-10, LU 1-7 Saves: Bashor (SN) 5-3-x - 8 (29:32) O Brien (SN) x-7-5 - 12 (30:28) Johnson (LU) 11-23-8-42 (60:00) Game #2 (Oct. 31) All Seasons Arena (357) St. Norbert 7, Gustavus Adolphus 5 SN 3 3 1-7 GA 2 1 2-5 1st: SN - Allen 2 (Petersen,Tikka), PPG, 8:37 GA - Leathers 1 (Bigham, P. Dynan), 9:25 SN - Langford 1 (Pulak, Allen), 10:03 GA - Martinson 1 (Ring-Jarvi), PPG, 12:02 SN - S. Wheeler 2 (Boyd, Gale), 16:45 2nd: SN - Harder 1 (Skoog, Herman), 6:43 SN - Gale 3 (S. Wheeler, Boyd), 15:27 SN - S. Wheeler 3 (Gale), PPG, 16:27 GA - Martinson 2 (Schugel), 18:41 3rd: GA - Ring-Jarvi 1 (Martinson, Campion), 6:24 GA - Bigham 1 (P. Dynan), 9:12 SN - Allen 3 (Longley), ENG, 19:23 Penalties: SN 10-20, GA 6-12 Power Play: SN 2-4, GA 1-8 Saves: O Brien (SN) 2-12-5-19 (60:00) Swartout (GA) 10-8-4-22 (59:38) Game #3 (Nov. 1) Northfield Ice Arena (217) St. Norbert 5, St. Olaf 2 SN 1 3 1-5 SO 1 1 0-2 1st: SO - Stalock 2 (Grogan), PPG, 10:30 SN - Boyd 1 (S. Wheeler, Tabisz), PPG, 11:29 2nd: SN - Tabisz 1 (Gale, Boyd), PPG, 3:22 SN - Longley 1 (Allen), PPG, 5:36 SN - Joanette 4 (Nopper), 7:02 SO - Benson 1 (Grogan, Molstad), 12:52 3rd: SN - Longley 2 (Nopper), ENG, 19:48 Penalties: SN 8-16, SO 3-6 Power Play: SN 3-6, SO 1-6 Saves: Bashor (SN)1-6-9-16 (60:00) Krauss (SO) 8-12-6-26 (59:32) Game #4 (Nov. 7) Cornerstone Community Center (1,515) St. Norbert 2, Concordia-Moorhead 1 CC 0 1 0-1 SN 1 1 0-2 1st: SN - Longley 3 (Petersen, Tikka), PPG, 6:41 CC - Bitustoeyl 1 (Clukey, Holen), PPG, 19:24 2nd: SN - Harder 2 (Herman), 3:35 3rd: no scoring Penalties: CC 4-8, SN 8-16 Power Play: CC 1-7, SN 1-3 Saves: Okland (CC) 12-12-12-36 (59:14) Bashor (SN)12-13-3-28 (60:00) Game #5 (Nov. 8) Cornerstone Community Center (1,178) St. Norbert 5, St. John s 1 SJ 0 0 1-1 SN 3 0 2-5 1st: SN - Petersen 1 (Joanette, Sleep), PPG, 9:43 SN - Gale 4 (Tabisz), PPG, 11:13 SN - Petersen 2 (Dubas, Sleep), PPG, 12:12 2nd: no scoring 3rd: SN - Pulak 1 (Langford, Allen), PPG, 0:15 SN - Pulak 2 (S. Wheeler, Tabisz), PPG, 4:44 SJ - Murray 1 (Ellena, Decker), 9:11 Penalties: SJ 10-31, SN 8-16 Power Play: SJ 0-6, SN 5-10 Saves: Wheeler (SJ) 10-8-2-20 (44:44) Van Ess (SJ) x-x-7-7 (15:16) O Brien (SN)2-10-14-26 (60:00) Game #6 (Nov. 14) Cornerstone Community Center (1,215) St. Norbert 5, UW-Stevens Point 2 SP 0 1 1-2 SN 2 0 3-5 1st: SN - Petersen 3 (Sleep), PPG, 7:52 SN - Pulak 3 (Joanette, Tikka), PPG, 12:06 2nd: SP - Beckfeld 2 (Erstad), PPG, 16:33 3rd: SN - Petersen 4 (Dubas), SHG, 14:36 SN - S. Wheeler 4 (unassisted), 15:15 SN - Nopper 1 (Pulak, Tabisz), 16:09 SP - Madden 4 (Ralph, Lally), PPG, 19:24 Penalties: SP 10-31, SN 11-25 Power Play: SP 2-9, SN 2-9 Saves: Speer (SP)7-11-3-21 (60:00) Bashor (SN) 3-3-9-15 (60:00) Game #7 (Nov. 15) Cornerstone Community Center (1,215) St. Norbert 4, UW-Eau Claire 3 EC 1 2 0-3 SN 1 2 1-4 1st: SN - Fylling 1 (Joanette, Herman), 2:56 EC - Garrity 5 (Kuqali), 13:48 2nd: EC - Fina 1 (Petersen), 2:39 SN - Gale 5 (S. Wheeler, Tabisz), PPG, 10:49 EC - Weigel 1 (Smith), 12:59 SN - Herman 1 (Langford, Fylling), 16:59 3rd: SN - S. Wheeler 5 (Gale, Tabisz), PPG, 13:41 Penalties: EC 8-16, SN 7-14 Power Play: EC 0-6, SN 2-8 Saves: Brigl (EC) 4-10-11-25 (59:10) O Brien (SN)11-6-12-29 (60:00) Game #8 (Nov. 21) Mars Lakeview Arena (437) St. Norbert 3, St. Scholastica 0 SN 0 2 1-3 SS 0 0 0-0 1st: no scoring 2nd: SN - Longley 4 (Petersen, Tikka), 12:21 SN - Longley 5 (Petersen, Tikka), 19:39 3rd: SN - Longley 6 (Petersen, Sleep), 3:19 Penalties: SN 4-8, SS 2-4 Power Play: SN 0-2, SS 0-4 Saves: Bashor (SN) 10-9-12-31 (60:00) Bounds (SS) 14-16-4-34 (60:00) Game #9 (Nov. 22) Wessman Arena (1,042) UW-Superior 4, St. Norbert 3 SN 1 1 1-3 Sup 0 3 1-4 1st: SN - Gale 6 (penalty shot), 7:13 2nd: Sup - Desmet 9 (Huck, Reda), PPG, 8:40 SN - Longley 7 (Pulak), SHG, 11:33 Sup - Berry 4 (Desmet, Detlefsen), PPG, 14:29 Sup - Reda 2 (Desmet, Huck), 17:40 3rd: SN - Fylling 2 (Joanette, Tabisz), 5:35 Sup - Wilson 6 (Berlando), 5:56 Penalties: SN 7-25, Sup 4-8 Power Play: SN 0-2, Sup 2-5 Saves: O Brien (SN)8-12-11-31 (58:30) Beiswenger (Sup) 8-7-9-24 (60:00)
2008-2009 St. Norbert College Hockey St. Norbert College Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 23, 2008) All games DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ---------- ---------------------- --- ----- ------ ALL GAMES... ( 8-1- 0) ( 4-0- 0) ( 4-1- 0) ( 0-0- 0) 10/28/08 at Lawrence Univ. W 8-1 807 CONFERENCE... ( 3-1- 0) ( 2-0- 0) ( 1-1- 0) ( 0-0- 0) 10/31/08 at Gustavus Adolphus W 7-5 357 NON-CONFERENCE... ( 5-0- 0) ( 2-0- 0) ( 3-0- 0) ( 0-0- 0) 11/1/08 at St. Olaf College W 5-2 418 11/7/08 CONCORDIA COLLEGE W 2-1 1515 11/8/08 ST. JOHN'S UNIV. W 5-1 1178 --------SHOTS-------- --PEN-- GOALS *11/14/08 #6 UW-STEVENS POINT W 5-2 1215 ## INDIVIDUAL (by pts) GP G A Pts Shots Pct No-Min PP SH *11/15/08 #12 UW-EAU CLAIRE W 4-3 1125 --------------------------------------------------------------------- *11/21/08 at St. Scholastica W 3-0 437 27 A.J. Gale 9 6 5 11 0.000 4-8 3 0 *11/22/08 at #5 UW-Superior L 3-4 1042 16 Shane Wheeler 9 5 5 10 0.000 2-4 2 0 15 Alain Joanette 7 4 5 9 0.000 3-6 0 0 29 Ryan Petersen 9 4 5 9 0.000 3-6 3 1 TEAM STATISTICS SNC OPP 28 Nick Tabisz 9 1 8 9 0.000 2-4 1 0 -------------------------------------------------------- 23 Brandon Longley 9 7 1 8 0.000 2-4 2 1 SHOT STATISTICS... 17 Tyler Allen 9 3 3 6 0.000 7-14 1 1 Goals-Shot attempts... 42-299 19-234 10 Scott Pulak 9 3 3 6 0.000 1-2 3 0 Shot pct....140.081 22 Matt Boyd 5 1 4 5 0.000 5-10 1 0 Goals/Game... 4.7 2.1 33 Sam Tikka 9 0 5 5 0.000 4-8 0 0 Shots/Game... 33.2 26.0 24 Brad Herman 5 1 3 4 0.000 2-4 0 0 POWER PLAYS... 6 Jason Nopper 8 1 3 4 0.000 7-14 0 0 Goals-Power Plays... 17-56 8-58 12 Steven Sleep 9 0 4 4 0.000 7-14 0 0 Conversion Percent....304.138 26 Pete Fylling 5 2 1 3 0.000 1-2 0 0 GOAL BREAKDOWN... 20 Taylor Langford 9 1 2 3 0.000 5-13 0 0 Power Play... 17 8 14 Cory Patterson 6 1 2 3 0.000 4-8 1 0 Short-handed... 3 0 19 Steven Pratt 5 0 3 3 0.000 0-0 0 0 Empty net... 2 0 11 Cory Harder 3 2 0 2 0.000 3-6 0 0 Penalty... 1 0 25 Dustin Dubas 8 0 2 2 0.000 2-15 0 0 Unassisted... 1 0 8 Jon Skoog 4 0 1 1 0.000 1-2 0 0 Overtime... 0 0 7 Dustin Walz 6 0 1 1 0.000 3-6 0 0 PENALTIES... 5 Sam Eccles 1 0 0 0 0.000 0-0 0 0 Number... 73 67 9 Adam Hammerbeck 9 0 0 0 0.000 4-8 0 0 Minutes... 160 156 18 Micah Wheeler 1 0 0 0 0.000 0-0 0 0 Penalties/Game... 8.1 7.4 TM TEAM 1 0 0 0 299.000 1-2 0 0 Pen minutes/game... 17.8 17.3 Total... 9 42 66 108 299.140 73-160 17 3 Opponents... 9 19 29 48 234.081 67-156 8 0 ---GOAL AVERAGE--- -SAVES- ## GOALTENDERS GP Time GA EN Avg Save Pct W L T --------------------------------------------------------------------- 31 Blake Bashor 5 269:32 6 0 1.34 98.942 4 0 0 30 B.J. O'Brien 5 268:58 13 0 2.90 117.900 4 1 0 TM EMPTY NET 1 1:30 0 0 0.00 0.000 0 0 0 Total... 9 540:00 19 0 2.11 215.919 8 1 0 Opponents... 9 540:00 42 2 4.67 257.860 1 8 0 ATTENDANCE SUMMARY SNC OPP -------------------------------------------------------- Total... 5033 3061 Dates/Avg Per Date... 4/1258 5/612 Neutral Site #/Avg... 0/0 GOALS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 OT Total ------------------------------------------- St. Norbert College. 12 16 14 0-42 Opponents... 6 8 5 0-19 SHOTS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 OT Total ------------------------------------------- St. Norbert College. 97 123 79 0-299 Opponents... 60 89 85 0-234 SAVES BY PERIOD 1 2 3 OT Total ------------------------------------------- St. Norbert College. 54 81 80 0-215 Opponents... 84 107 66 0-257