Northern Michigan University Hockey Game Notes SERIES INFORMATION Northern Michigan (11-15-4, 9-11-2-0 CCHA) vs. Overall: 25-32-3 Michigan State (12-14-4, 8-12-2-0 CCHA) On the Road: 8-18-2 February 11-12, 2011 Most Recent: W, 3-2 (OT) on Dec. 5, 2009 and East Lansing, Michigan L, 1-0 on Dec. 4, 2009 UPDATED STATS: www.nmu.edu/athletics 2010 NMU Hockey Schedule DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT OCT. 3 NIPISSING (EXH.) W/11-0 OCT. 8 MICHIGAN TECH L/3-4 OT OCT. 9 MINNESOTA-DULUTH L/2-3 Oct. 12 Michigan Tech T/4-4 OT Oct. 22 Miami* L/0-4 Oct. 23 Miami* L/1-9 OCT. 29 OHIO STATE* W/2-1 OCT. 30 OHIO STATE* W/4-3 Nov. 5 Lake Superior* W/4-1 Nov. 6 Lake Superior* L/1-3 NOV. 12 BOWLING GREEN* L/1-2 NOV. 13 BOWLING GREEN* W/5-1 Nov. 19 Alaska* T/1-1 OT Nov. 20 Alaska* W/2-1 Nov. 26 Bemidji State W/4-0 Nov. 27 Bemidji State L/0-3 DEC. 3 WESTERN MICHIGAN* W/3-1 DEC. 4 WESTERN MICHIGAN* T/4-4 OT Dec. 11 Notre Dame* W/3-2 Dec. 12 Notre Dame* L/2-5 DEC. 17 MICHIGAN TECH W/6-2 Dec. 31 Denver L/2-5 Jan. 1 Denver T/2-2 OT JAN. 7 NOTRE DAME* L/1-8 JAN. 8 NOTRE DAME* L/1-3 JAN. 21 FERRIS STATE* W/2-1 OT JAN. 22 FERRIS STATE* W/1-3 Jan. 28 Western Michigan* L/2-5 Jan. 29 Western Michigan* L/1-6 FEB. 4 LAKE SUPERIOR* L/1-4 FEB. 5 LAKE SUPERIOR* L/0-2 Feb. 11 Michigan State* 7:05 p.m. Feb. 12 Michigan State* 5:05 p.m. Feb. 18 Bowling Green* 7:05 p.m. Feb. 19 Bowling Green* 7:05 p.m. FEB. 25 MICHIGAN* 7:35 P.M. FEB. 26 MICHIGAN* 7:35 P.M. Home games in CAPS *CCHA games THIS WEEK’S GAMES... The Northern Michigan University Wildcats (11-15-4, 9-11-2 CCHA) will take on the Michigan State Spartans (12-14-4, 8-12-2 CCHA) at Munn Ice Arena in a pair of Central Collegiate Hockey Association games on Friday and Saturday, February 11-12. On Friday (Feb. 11) the puck will drop at 7:05 p.m. and the game will be televised on Comcast. Saturday (Feb. 12) night’s game is scheduled to be played at 5:05 p.m. and the game will be televised on Fox Sports Detroit Plus. After a winless weekend at home against Laker Superior State, NMU is on a four game losing streak. Saturday’s (Feb. 5) shutout loss to the Lakers was the first time the Wildcats were shutout in conference play since losing to Miami, 4-0, on October 22, 2010. NMU was shut out this season (Nov. 27) against Bemidji State 3-0. The Wildcats are 25-32-3 all-time against the Spartans, 13-10-1 at home, 8-18-2 away, and 4-4-0 at neutral sites. In Walt Kyle’s tenure the ‘Cats are 14-12-1 against the Spartans, 4-8-1 away, 2-0-0 at neutral sites. The Wildcat’s haven’t played in East Lansing since October of 2008 when the ‘Cats tied the Spartans 2-2 (SOL) on Friday (Oct. 24) and lost 2-0 on Saturday (Oct. 25). MSU was ranked fourth in the CCHA preseason polls and currently sits one spot below NMU in 10th place in the CCHA. The Michigan State Spartans have had their hands full this season. Legendary coach and former NMU head coach Rick Comley, has announced his retirement effective at the end of the season. Comley owns a 780-610-110 (.561) career record in 38 seasons and is one of just five coaches to surpass the 700-win plateau. He has recorded a 182-134-39 record in his MSU tenure. Comley ranks among the top five coaches all-time in wins and top three among active coaches and led NMU to their 1991 National Championship against Boston University (8-7). MSU is led by forward Brett Perlini with 25 goals. Dustin Galzey is second on the team with 10 goals and also is ties with two others with 10 assists on the season. Derek Grant leads the Spartans with 19 assists on the season. In net Drew Palmisano is 13th in the CCHA with a 2.94 goals-against average and ranks 10th with a .904 save percentage for the Spartans. The ‘Cats continue to be haunted by penalties as they are the most penalized team in the CCHA with 565 minutes in 30 games (18.8 penalty minutes/game). NMU has allowed the most goals (91) in the CCHA with 47 of those goals coming on the opponent’s power play. The NMU power play unit scores 17.2% of the time which is the fourth best rate in the CCHA. NMU is averaging 2.20 goals per game and just 23.3 shots on goal per game. Tyler Gron leads the ‘Cats in goals (12), assists (14), and points (26). Justin Florek is second in points with 11 goals and 10 assists for 21 points. Reid Ellingson was in between the pipes last weekend. Ellingson stopped 52 shots on the weekend and has 596 saves on the season. He is currently has a .917 save percentage on the season which ranks him seventh in the CCHA. NMU will be on the road next week as they head to Bowling Green for the last regular season road trip. The ‘Cats will be back at the Berry Events Center on Feb. 25 when they host the University of Michigan Wolverines. NMU GAME RECAPS... Northern Michigan 0, Lake Superior 2 February 5, 2011 The Lakers handed the Wildcats their first conference shut-out loss of the season. The last time the Wildcats were shutout in conference play was back on October 22, 2010 in their 4-0 loss against Miami. The Wildcats were also shutout earlier this season at Bemidji State (3-0) on November 27, 2010. was able to put one of those shots past Wildcat goaltender Reid Ellingson at 4:32 of the second period to put Ferris State down by just one goal. Wildcat red-shirt freshman Wade Epp put a shot on net at 18:11 of the third period that Bulldog goaltender Pat Nagle couldn’t get in front of to seal the Wildcat victory. Reid Ellingson finished the night with 32 saves on 33 shots while Pat Nagle had 15 saves on 18 shots for the Bulldogs. The Wildcat power play was not able to score on its lone opportunity however the Wildcat penalty kill unit was able to stop the Bulldogs on all five of their power play attempts. On the bright side, the Wildcats out shot the Lakers 31-26 which is the highest number of shots the ‘Cats have managed since outshooting Bowling Green 40-16 on Nov. 13. Northern Michigan 1, Lake Superior 4 February 4, 2011 Domenic Monardo drew first blood in the game when he scored a power play goal at 3:04 of the first period. Wildcat Mike Maltese (Eastpointe, Mich.) tied the score at one when he scored an even strength goal at 19:37 of the first period, assisted by Nick Kosinski and Tyler Gron. From that point on it was all about the Lakers as they went on to score three unanswered goals and earn the victory over the ‘Cats. Northern Michigan 2, Ferris State 1 (OT) January 21, 2011 The two teams skated 56:14 minutes before either team was able to gain a great enough advantage to score a goal. That goal came from Bulldog Mike Fillinger ( Grand Ledge, Mich.) with assists from Jordie Johnston and Scott Czarnowczan. Wildcat forward Justin Florek (Marquette, Mich.) responded to tie the game at 18:03 after being set-up b teammates Erik Spady and Greger Hanson. In overtime Jared Brown (Gardner, Kansas) scored the game-winning goal at 1:57, assisted by Mike Maltese and Tyler Gron. Northern Michigan 1, at Western Michigan 6 January 29, 2011 Greger Hanson opened the scoring for the ‘Cats with a power play goal, his scored his third goal of the season, after 17:44 of play in the first period. As the first period ended, so did the Wildcats scoring for the remainder of the night as the Broncos went on to score six unanswered goals in the second and third periods. All six Bronco goals were scored on Jared Coreau at even strength. Coreau ended the night with 44 saves on 50 shots. Bronco goaltender Jerry Kuhn ended the night with 17 saves on 18 shots. Northern Michigan 1, Notre Dame 3 January 8, 2011 Notre Dame started the game with a quick goal as T.J. Tynan put one past Wildcat goalie Jared Coreau after just 2:20 of play in the first period. From there, both teams went on to go scoreless on power plays in the first period before Notre Dame forward Sean Lorenze scored at 19:31 of the first period. In the second period, Wildcat forward Andrew Cherniwchan was called for a five minute major, and after the ‘Cats killed off 4:59 of the penalty, Irish forward Sam Calabrese finally connected on a pass from Ryan Guentzel during the power play to make the score 3-0. Northern MIchigan 2, at Western Michigan 5 January 28, 2011 Tied 2-2 entering the third period, Northern Michigan gave up three goals to No. 17 Western Michigan and went on to lose, 3-5, Friday night from Lawson Ice Arena. NMU (1112-4, 9-8-2-0 CCHA) was coming off a weekend sweep of Ferris State but couldn’t win its third consecutive Central Collegiate Hockey Association game. Western is now 13-68 overall and 7-5-7-4 in the CCHA. Following the goal the Wildcats replaced Coreau with junior goaltender Reid Ellingson. Behind the confident play of Ellingson, the Wildcats managed to put a goal on the scoreboard as Justin Florek scored his eighth goal of the season with assists from Phil Fox and Scott Macaulay. Ellingson went on to save the remaining five Notre Dame shots in the second period. Each team scored one goal in each of the first two periods. Ryan Watson opened the scoring for Western at 15:03 in the first period. Phil Fox scored his seventh goal of the season as he tied the game with a power-play goal from Andrew Cherniwchan and Tyler Gron at 18:53 of the first. Northern Michigan 1, Notre Dame 8 January 7, 2011 The ‘Cats drew first blood as Mike Maltese scored an unassisted goal in the first period, but the Irish proved to be too much for the ‘Cats to handle as they went on to score eight unanswered goals at the Berry Events Center. Wildcats Jared Coreau and Reid Ellingson split time between the pipes as Coreau started the game and recorded the loss after just 22:10 minutes of play. Coreau recorded 10 saves before Ellingson came in and stopped 21 in 37:50. Mike Johnson went the distance for Notre Dame and had 16 saves on 1 shots in 59:56 played. Northern Michigan 3, Ferris State 1 January 22, 2011 The Wildcats opened up the scoring as Andrew Cherniwchan scored his sixth goal of the year at 13:03 of the first period to give the Wildcats the lead which they would hold on to for the rest of the game. Justin Florek scored the game winning goal at 16:14 of the first period with assists going to Stephan Vigier ( and Greger Hanson. In the second period the Bulldogs had 11 shots on goal in comparison to just one by the Wildcats and Bulldog Aaron Schmit 2 NMU GAME RECAPS... Northern Michigan 2 at Denver 2 January 1, 2011 For the second night in a row, the Northern Michigan University hockey Wildcats jumped out to a two-goal lead against the Denver Pioneers. In the end the Pioneers fought back as the two teams skated to a 2-2 overtime tie in Denver, Colo. Wildcat forward Tyler Gron opened the scoring as he put one past Pioneer goaltender Sam Brittain at 4:47 of the first period. Teammate Erik Higby beat Brittain again under three minutes later. Justin Florek and Kyle Follmer assisted on Grons goal while Phil Fox and Florek assisted on Higby’s. Freshman goaltender Jared Coreau came up big for the Wildcats as he recorded 44 saves on 46 shots in the overtime tie. all six of Notre Dames power plays while scoring on two of three power play attempts of their own. Northern Michigan 4 vs. Western Michigan 4 December 4, 2010 The Wildcats appeared to be on their way to the sweep of No. 19 Western Michigan, but the visiting Broncos had other ideas. WMU scored two goals in the final 6:16 to tie the game at 4-all, where it stayed through overtime. The Broncos (7-5-4, 3-4-3-2 CCHA) won the shootout by a 1-0 count. Northern Michigan 3 vs. Western Michigan 1 December 3, 2010 Northern Michigan scored goals on its first three shots and cruised to a 3-1 Central Collegiate Hockey Association victory over the Broncos. Three different players scored goals and Reid Ellingson made 27 saves in net to help the Wildcats improve to 7-7-2 overall and 6-4-1 in the CCHA. Northern Michigan 2 at Denver University 5 December 31, 2010 The third period proved to be too much for the ‘Cats as their two-goal lead through two periods played slowly slipped away as the Pioneers scored five unanswered goals. Both Wildcat goals came in the second-period as junior forward Justin Florek and sophomore defenseman Kyle Follmer each tallied one. Sophomore defenseman Scott Macaulay assisted on both goals and Florek was credited with a helper on Follmer’s. Northern Michigan 0 at Bemidji State 3 November 27, 2010 Bemidji State managed to fire 37 shots on Wildcat goaltender Reid Ellingson for the second consecutive night as he had 37 saves on 37 shots on Friday (Nov. 26). The ‘Cats had just 17 shots on net themselves. Of those 17 Wildcat shots, ten came in the first period leaving just seven in the second and third period, combined. Dan Bakala saved all 17 Wildcat shots in-between the pipes for the Beavers to earn the shutout. Nothern Michigan 6 vs. MIchigan Tech 2 December 17, 2010 The third time proved to be the charm for the ‘Cats as they defeated the Michigan Tech Huskies, 6-2, in non-conference hockey action. The ‘Cats had a balanced scoring attack as five players scored two points on the night; Wade Epp (2 goals), Phil Fox (1 goal, 1 assist), CJ Ludwig (2 assists), Justin Florek (2 assists), Greger Hanson (2 assists). The ‘Cats outshot the Huskies, 26-24, which is the first time in over a month that the ‘Cats have outshot an opponent. Northern Michigan 4 at Bemidji State 0 November 26, 2010 The ‘Cats blanked the Beavers, 4-0, with no single Wildcat scoring more than one point. Wildcat Reid Ellingson recorded 37 saves during the shutout for the ‘Cats in their first ever win over Bemidji State. Northern Michigan 2 at Notre Dame 5 December 12, 2010 Notre Dame jumped out to a 2-0 lead midway through the game as Nick Larson and T.J. Tynan both snuck the puck past NMU goaltender Reid Ellingson. A Wildcat power play goal from Mike Maltese with 1:23 to play in the second period put the ‘Cats on the score board for the first time and put them right back in the game. CJ Ludwig and Greger Hanson assisted on the goal. Wildcat Nick Kosinski then went on to score a goal from Andrew Fernandez and Maltese that tied the game 2-2. With all of the efforts that the Wildcats made, Notre Dame was just too much to handle and were able to score three unanswered goals to earn the 5-2 victory over the ‘Cats. Wildcat goaltender Reid Ellingson ended the game with 38 saves on 43 shots while Notre Dame backstop Mike Johnson went the distance for the Irish and had 15 saves on 17 shots. Northern Michigan 2 at Alaska 1 November 20, 2010 The tie between the two teams was finally settled after a second night of hockey between two very evenly matched teams. The ‘Cats drew first blood as Andrew Cherniwchan scored midway through the third period with Justin Florek adding what would be the game winner on an empty-net goal at 19:34. Alaska fought back and put their own tally on the board with just one second left in the third period. Northern Michigan 1 at Alaska 1 (OT) November 19 The ‘Cats and Nanooks skated to a 1-1 tie which is nothing new as an outcome when these two teams play. The teams tied and had shoot-outs decide three of the four games they played in 2009-10. In the November 19 tie the ‘Cats came back from a one goal deficit to hold on for the tie as Tyler Gron scored at 16:11 of the third period. Northern Michigan 3 at Notre Dame 2 December 11, 2010 The Northern Michigan University hockey Wildcats may have been outshot 53-15 by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, but the ‘Cats were able to connect on three of those 15 shots to beat the Irish 3-2. Jared Coreau ended the night with 51 saves on 53 shots while Notre Dame’s Mike Johnson ended with 12 saves on 15 shots. The Wildcats killed 3 NMU GAME RECAPS... Northern Michigan 5 vs. Bowling Green 1 November 13 After a disappointing loss on Friday (Nov. 12) the ‘Cats responded by dominating the Falcons in a 5-1 victory. The ‘Cats started the scoring with a goal at 1:12 of the first period and continued to lay it on thick from there. The ‘Cats scored a goal in all three periods. October 22, 2010 The RedHawks blanked the ‘Cats in the opening CCHA game for both squads. Miami picked up a goal in each of the first two periods and added two in the final frame. Scoring for the RedHawks were Carter Camper, Andy Miele, Pat Cannone and Cameron Schilling. Miami outshot NMU 28-21. Northern Michigan 1 vs. Bowling Green 2 November 12, 2010 The Wildcats and Falcons played an evenly matched game as they had 27 and 28 shots on goal, respectively. The Falcons were able to put two goals on the board before the ‘Cats could slip one by the Falcon defense which turned out to be too little too late. Northern Michigan 4 at Michigan Tech 4 (OT) October 12, 2010 Meeting for the second time in a span of four days the Huskies jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period (9:43 and 12:40). Chad Pietila scored his first goal of the season at 16:42 to cut the lead in half. NMU scored three goals in the second period to take a 4-2 lead. Scoring for the ‘Cats were Brian Nugent (2:29), Justin Florek on the power play (8:43) and Tyler Gron (18:49). MTU added two goals in the final frame to tie the game at four-all. That is how the game ended after the overtime period. Northern Michigan 1 at Lake Superior 3 November 6, 2010 It was the Lakers turn to jump out to a lead. The home team recorded two goals in the second period before Justin Florek tallied a power-play goal at 12:32 for a 2-1 game in the second period. The Lakers added another goal in the middle frame for the final score. Northern Michigan 2 vs. Minnesota-Duluth 3 October 9, 2010 The Bulldogs struck for two goals in the first period to take the early lead. UMD made it 3-0 with a marker at 2:11 of the third period by Justin Faulk. Andrew Fernandez added two goals later in the final frame (12:15 and 13:58) for the ‘Cats. Northern Michigan 4 at Lake Superior 1 November 5, 2010 The ‘Cats tallied two goals in the first period and never looked back. Scoring for NMU were Andrew Cherniwchan (4:05) and Tyler Gron (12:39). The Lakers cut into the NMU lead with a goal at 18:30 of the second period. Jared Brown (6:47) and Greger Hanson (18:29), an empty-net, added goals for the ‘Cats in the final frame. Reid Ellingson picked up the win as he had 42 saves. Northern Michigan 3 vs. Michigan Tech 4 (OT) October 8, 2010 Goals by Justin Florek (power play) and Tyler Gron in the first period at 2:24 and 6:24 respectively gave the ‘Cats the 2-0 lead. MTU added two power-play goals later in the opening period to tie the game. MTU took the 3-2 lead with a goal by Anthony Schooley at 1:33 of the second period. Andrew Cherniwchan tied the game up once again at threeall with a marker at 13:27 of the third period. MTU scored the game-winning goal at 4:45 of the overtime period (Bennett Royer). Northern Michigan 4 vs. Ohio State 3 October 30, 2010 NMU took a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals by Erik Higby (3:49) and a shorthanded marker by Andrew Cherniwchan (7:50). The Buckeyes tallied two power-play goals in a span of 19 seconds to tie the game. OSU took the 3-2 lead with a goal at 4:23 of the second period. Kyle Follmer tied the game at 7:12 of the middle frame before Justin Florek recorded the game-winning goal at 12:42 of the third period. Northern Michigan 2 vs. Ohio State 1 October 29, 2010 Tyler Gron put the ‘Cats on the board first with a goal at 13:10 of the second period. The Buckeyes tied the game with a goal at 1:19 of the third period before Greger Hanson scored the game-winning goal at 15:44 of the period. Jared Coreau turned away 26 shots in his first collegiate win. Northern Michigan 1 at Miami 9 October 23, 2010 Miami jumped out to a 4-1 lead before NMU reached the scoreboard on a goal by Kyle Follmer at 5:56 of the second period. The RedHawks added two more goals in the period and four in the third period. Jared Coreau began the game in goal for the ‘Cats as he recorded 12 saves. Reid Ellingson also played and had 13 saves. Northern Michigan 0 at Miami 4 4 The Last Time It Happened for the ‘Cats... Player scored an overtime goal NMU: Jan. 21, 2011 - Jared Brown vs. Ferris State Opponent: Oct. 8, 2010 - Bennett Royer, Michigan Tech Weekend series sweep at home NMU: Oct. 29-30, 2011 vs. Ohio State (2-1, 4-3) Opponent: Feb. 4-5, 2011 vs. Lake Superior (4-1, 2-0) Player attempted a penalty shot NMU: Nov. 5, 2010 - Phil Fox at Lake Superior Opponent: Oct. 18, 2008 - Louie Caporusso, Michigan Weekend series on the road NMU: Jan. 2-3, 2010 at Dodge Holiday Classic (vs. Clarkson, 4-0 and Minnesota, 4-2) Opponent: Jan. 28-29, 2011 at Western (2-5, 1-6) Player scored on a penalty shot NMU: Nov. 23, 2002 - Chris Gobert vs. Nebraska-Omaha Opponent: Dec. 8, 2006 - Chris Mueller, Michigan State Shutout NMU: Nov. 26, 2010 vs. Bemidji State, 4-0 (NMU goalie: Reid Ellingson) Opponent: Feb. 5, 2011 vs. Lake Superior, 0-2 (Lake Superior goalie: Kevin Kapalka) Player scored when the goaltender was pulled NMU: Nov. 26, 2010 - Tyler Gron, Bemidj State Opponent: Nov. 27, 2010 - Ian Lowe, Bemidji State Team had 40 shots on goal NMU: Nov. 13, 2010 vs. Bowling Green (40 shots) Opponent: Jan. 29, 2011 at Western (50 shots) Shutout at home NMU: Feb. 27, 2010 vs. Lake Superior, 3-0 (NMU goalie: Brian Stewart) Opponent: Feb. 5, 2011 vs. Lake Superior, 0-2 (Lake Superior goalie: Kevin Kapalka) Team had 50 shots on goal NMU: Jan. 23, 1998 at Bowling Green (51 shots) Opponent: Jan. 29, 2011 at Western (50 shots) Shutout on the road NMU: Nov. 26, 2010 vs. Bemidji State, 4-0 (NMU goalie: Reid Ellingson) Opponent: Nov. 27,2010 at Bemidji State, 0-3 (Bemidji State goalie: Dan Bakala) Wildcat Scoring vs. Michigan State Shutout in a CCHA Game NMU: Feb. 27, 2010 vs. Lake Superior, 3-0 (NMU goalie: Brian Stewart) Opponent: Feb. 5, 2011 vs. Lake Superior, 0-2 (Lake Superior goalie: Kevin Kapalka) Player had four points NMU: Feb. 12, 2010 - Mark Olver vs. Western Michigan (2-2-4) Opponent: Jan. 22, 2010 - Brandon Richardson (1-3-4), Nebraska-Omaha Player had five points NMU: Oct. 21, 2006 - Mike Santorelli (2-3-5) at Nebraska-Omaha Opponent: Oct. 23, 2010 - Carter Camper (0-5-5) and Andy Miele (1-4-5), Miami Player had a hat trick NMU: Feb. 8, 2008 - Nick Sirota vs. Michigan State Opponent: Oct. 23, 2010 - Reilly Smith at Miami 5 Name J. Brown A. Cherniwchan A. Fernandez J. Florek K. Follmer P. Fox T. Gron G. Hanson K. Kaunisto S. Macaulay M. Maltese B. Nugent E. Spady GP 13 6 4 6 2 13 4 13 2 2 7 1 12 G 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 A Pts.Pen-Min. 3 5 1-2 0 0 2-4 1 1 0-0 3 3 0-0 0 0 2-4 0 2 6-12 1 2 1-2 9 10 5-10 0 0 0-0 0 0 1-2 0 0 1-2 0 0 3-17 2 2 5-10 Date Oct. 26, 2007 Oct. 27, 2007 Feb. 8, 2008 Feb. 9, 2008 Mar. 15, 2008 Mar. 16, 2008 Mar. 17, 2008 Oct. 24, 2008 Oct. 25, 2008 Mar. 6, 2009 Mar. 7, 2009 Dec. 4, 2009 Dec. 5, 2009 ResultLocation L, 4-5 East Lansing, Mich. L, 2-3 East Lansing, Mich. W, 3-1 Marquette, Mich. W, 3-0 Marquette, Mich. L, 1-5 East Lansing, Mich. W, 2-1 East Lansing, Mich. W, 3-2 (OT) East Lansing, Mich. T, 2-2 (OT) East Lansing, Mich. L, 0-2 East Lansing, Mich. W, 5-3 Marquette, Mich. W, 8-2 Marquette, Mich. L, 1-0 i Marquette, Mich. W, 3-2 (OT) Marquette, Mich. 2010-2011 Perani Cup... For two years (2000-02) Kyle was an assistant coach with the National Hockey League’s New York Rangers under coach Ron Lowe. Glen Sather, the Rangers general manager who was the previous GM in Edmonton, brought Kyle to New York. Kyle was the coach of the American Hockey League’s Hamilton Bulldogs, the Oilers’ top affiliate club, from 199800. Kyle’s other NHL experience came with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996-98) under Ron Wilson. He has coached NHL stars such as Mark Messier, Eric Lindros, Brian Leetch, Paul Kariya and Teemu Selanne. His other professional coaching positions were with the AHL’s Baltimore Bandits (199596), the International Hockey League’s San Diego Gulls (1994-95) and the Western Hockey League’s Seattle Thunderbirds (1992-94). Kyle was a two-time NMU letterman after transferring from Boston College. He captained the 1980 and ’81 Wildcat squads that advanced to the NCAA Frozen Four. Kyle appeared in 85 games for the ‘Cats and scored 31 goals, with 59 assists for 90 points. Following graduation, he became a graduate assistant coach under Comley and was promoted to an assistant coach in 1982, a position he held until 1992. Kyle was the program’s top assistant in 1991 when Northern won the NCAA I national title. He graduated from NMU in 1981 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education. Kyle attended graduate school at Northern where he took a graduate level curriculum in exercise physiology. An active participant in USA Hockey, Kyle was an assistant coach under Lou Vairo for Team USA, which finished fourth at the 2001 World Championships in Germany, and under Wilson for the 1994 squad that competed in Milan, Italy. He also was a coach with the 1992 and ’93 U.S. Junior National Teams, the former which won the bronze medal – the highest finish ever by an American squad, under the older format, and one of only three U.S. teams to ever medal at the World Championships. He was the assistant coach of the national junior squad under Kevin Constantine in 1991. Kyle, a native of Waterloo, Iowa, and his wife, Ann, have four children: two daughters, Quinn and Erin; and two sons, Evan and Walt. The 2010-11 season marks the 10th year of the Perani Cup Three Stars, which is awarded following the conclusion of each CCHA regular-season game. Players from each school earn points throughout the season each time they are named a “star of the game” (5 points for 1st star, 3 points for 2nd star and 1 point for 3rd star). At the end of the season, the CCHA will crown a Perani Cup champion as well as honor individual winners from each school. Following are the Perani Cup standings for Northern Michigan: Name (CCHA rank) Points Reid Ellingson 21 Justin Florek 18 Tyler Gron 13 NMU Head Coach, Walt Kyle... Walt Kyle is in his ninth season in Marquette at Northern Michigan University as he was named the second head hockey coach in Northern Michigan University history on June 13, 2002. Entering into the 2010-11 season he was 164-139-35 at the helm of the Wildcats. Kyle picked up his first collegiate win behind the Wildcat bench with a 4-1 win at Michigan Tech on the night of Oct. 5, 2002. He has led the ‘Cats to Joe Louis Arena and the CCHA Championships in seven of his eight seasons. During the 2009-10 season he led the 'Cats to the CCHA Championship game and the NCAA Tournament which was the first time since 1999 for both. Kyle was the U.S. National Junior Team Coach at the 2006 World Junior Championship in Vancouver, B.C. He led the U.S. to a fourthplace finish. 6 2010-11 CCHA Standings Through games of Feb. 5 1. Miami 2. Notre Dame 3. Michigan 4. Western Michigan 5. Ferris State 6. Alaska 7. Ohio State Lake Superior 9. Northern Michigan 10. Michigan State 11. Bowling Green CONFERENCE GP W-L-TSW Pts. GF GA 24 13-7-4 2458552 22 13-6-3 2 44 77 59 22 14-7-1 0436845 22 9-5-8 4 39 62 51 24 11-10-3 2 38 50 51 24 9-11-4 2335453 22 9-11-2 2 31 54 59 22 7-9-6 4 31 48 56 22 9-11-2 0 29 44 68 22 8-12-2 0 26 47 58 22 3-16-3 1 13 34 71 OVERALL W-L-T GF GA 16-9-5 108 70 16-9-5 110 85 17-9-49871 15-5-9 83 66 14-12-4 67 63 12-12-4 6460 14-13-2 81 72 9-12-7 67 81 11-15-4 67 91 12-14-4 75 83 8-19-3 58 91 RECENT RESULTS GAMES THIS WEEK FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4 BOWLING GREEN 1 AT WESTERN MICHIGAN 1 (OT) BOWLING GREEN WINS SHOOTOUT, 1-0 LAKE SUPERIOR 4 AT NORTHERN MICHIGAN 1 AT MIAMI 4, MICHIGAN 2 MICHIGAN STATE 2 AT OHIO STATE 0 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11 ALASKA AT LAKE SUPERIOR ALABAMA-HUNTSVILLE AT FERRIS STATE * NORTHERN MICHIGAN AT MICHIGAN STATE BOWLING GREEN AT NOTRE DAME, 7:35 P.M. OHIO STATE AT MICHIGAN, 7:35 P.M. WESTEN MICHIGAN AT MIAMI, 7:35 P.M. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5 AT MIAMI 3, MICHIGAN 0 FERRIS STATE 2 AT ALASKA 1 AT OHIO STATE 4, MICHIGAN STATE 2 AT WESTERN MICHIGAN 3, BOWLING GREEN 1 LAKE SUPERIOR 2 AT NORTHERN MICHIGAN 0 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6 FERRIS STATE 3 AT ALASKA 2 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5 NORTHERN MICHIGAN AT MICHIGAN STATE, 5:05 P.M. ALASKA AT LAKE SUPERIOR ALABAMA-HUNTSVILLE AT FERRIS STATE * BOWLING GREEN AT NOTRE DAME WESTEN MICHIGAN AT MIAMI, 7:35 P.M. OHIO STATE AT MICHIGAN, 7:35 P.M. *-non-conference #-exhibition All games 7:05 p.m. locally unless noted Teams are awarded three points for each win in regulation or overtime, and one point for an overtime tie. CCHA games tied after 65 minutes advance to a three-player shootout with the winning team receiving an extra point in the standings (denoted in the SW column). 7 2010-11 NMU ROSTERS No. Player Pos. 15 Jared Brown F 23 Andrew Cherniwchan (A) F 31 Jared Coreau G 35 Reid Ellingson G 27 Wade Epp D 6 Andrew Fernandez D 18 Justin Florek (A) F 33 Kyle Follmer (A) D 11 Phil Fox (C) F 17 Tyler Gron F 25 Austin Handley D 9 Greger Hanson F 44 Devan Hartigan G 26 Erik Higby F 16 Jake Johnson F 19 Kory Kaunisto F 3 Ryan Kesti D 10 Nicholas Kosinski F 24 CJ Ludwig D 4 Scott Macaulay D 22 Mike Maltese F 62 Sam Muchalla F 14 Brian Nugent F 73 Reed Seckel F 12 Erik Spady D 40 Stephan Vigier F S/C–shoots/catches Ht. 5-10 5-11 6-5 5-11 6-5 5-11 6-4 6-1 5-11 5-11 6-1 5-11 5-11 5-11 5-8 6-2 6-2 5-9 5-11 5-8 6-3 5-8 5-10 5-10 6-0 5-9 Wt. 195 175 200 180 215 205 200 190 205 205 205 185 180 175 170 190 200 165 175 175 200 160 185 178 205 165 Yr. Sr Jr Fr Jr Rfr Sr Jr So Sr Jr Rfr Sr Jr Fr Fr So Fr Sr Fr So Sr Fr So Fr Sr Fr Alphabetical S/C Birthdate NHL R 2/21/1986 R 4/20/1989 L 11/5/1991 L 4/14/1989 L 6/13/1989 L 8/6/1986 L 5/18/1990 BOS L 9/9/1987 R 8/17/1985 R 9/7/1989 L 4/4/1990 L 2/17/1988 L 3/1/1987 L 6/8/1989 L 6/27/1989 R 3/27/1989 R 8/2/1989 R 5/6/1986 R 6/8/1990 R 11/23/1990 R 7/31/1985 L 8/14/1990 L 9/26/1988 L 8/28/1989 R 6/1/1989 L 1/4/1990 Hometown Gardner, Kan. Hinton, Alta. Perth, Ont. Cloquet, Minn. Chilliwack, B.C. Thunder Bay, Ont. Marquette, Mich. St. Paul, Minn. Stillwater, Minn. Spruce Grove, Alta. Clarkston, Mich. Lidingo, Sweden Boise, Idaho New Braunfels, Texas Duluth, Minn. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Red Wing, Minn. Marquette, Mich. Little Elm, Texas Winnipeg, Man. Eastpointe, Mich. Prince George, B.C. Victoria, B.C. Melvin, Mich. Dewdney, B.C. Notre Dame, Man. Last Team (League) Lincoln (USHL) Nanaimo (BCHL) Lincoln (USHL) Green Bay (USHL) Victoria (BCHL) Selkirk (MJHL) USNTDP U-18 Lincoln (USHL) Fargo-Moorhead (NAHL) Ft. McMurray (AJHL) Des Moines (USHL) Djurgarden (SSEL) Port Hope (OPJHL) Topeka (NAHL) Penticton (BCHL) Lincoln (USHL) Sioux City (USHL) Marquette (NAHL) Omaha (USHL) Winnipeg (MJHL) Mahoning Valley (NAHL) Prince George (BCHL) Victoria (BCHL) Green Bay (USHL) Salmon Arm (BCHL) Sioux City (USHL) No. Player Pos. 3 Ryan Kesti D 4 Scott Macaulay D 6 Andrew Fernandez D 9 Greger Hanson F 10 Nicholas Kosinski F 11 Phil Fox (C) F 12 Erik Spady D 14 Brian Nugent F 15 Jared Brown F 16 Jake Johnson F 17 Tyler Gron F 18 Justin Florek (A) F 19 Kory Kaunisto F 22 Mike Maltese F 23 Andrew Cherniwchan (A) F 24 CJ Ludwig D 25 Austin Handley D 26 Erik Higby F 27 Wade Epp D 31 Jared Coreau G 33 Kyle Follmer (A) D 35 Reid Ellingson G 40 Stephan Vigier F 44 Devan Hartigan G 62 Sam Muchalla F 73 Reed Seckel F S/C–shoots/catches Ht. 6-2 5-8 5-11 5-11 5-9 5-11 6-0 5-10 5-10 5-8 5-11 6-4 6-2 6-3 5-11 5-11 6-1 5-11 6-5 6-5 6-1 5-11 5-9 5-11 5-8 5-10 Wt. 200 175 205 185 165 205 205 185 195 170 205 200 190 200 175 175 205 175 215 200 190 180 165 180 160 178 Yr. Fr So Sr Sr Sr Sr Sr So Sr Fr Jr Jr So Sr Jr Fr Rfr Fr Rfr Fr So Jr Fr Jr Fr Fr Numerical S/C Birthdate NHL R 8/2/1989 R 11/23/1990 L 8/6/1986 L 2/17/1988 R 5/6/1986 R 8/17/1985 R 6/1/1989 L 9/26/1988 R 2/21/1986 L 6/27/1989 R 9/7/1989 L 5/18/1990 BOS R 3/27/1989 R 7/31/1985 R 4/20/1989 R 6/8/1990 L 4/4/1990 L 6/8/1989 L 6/13/1989 L 11/5/1991 L 9/9/1987 L 4/14/1989 L 1/4/1990 L 3/1/1987 L 8/14/1990 L 8/28/1989 Hometown Red Wing, Minn. Winnipeg, Man. Thunder Bay, Ont. Lidingo, Sweden Marquette, Mich. Stillwater, Minn. Dewdney, B.C. Victoria, B.C. Gardner, Kan. Duluth, Minn. Spruce Grove, Alta. Marquette, Mich. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Eastpointe, Mich. Hinton, Alta. Little Elm, Texas Clarkston, Mich. New Braunfels, Texas Chilliwack, B.C. Perth, Ont. St. Paul, Minn. Cloquet, Minn. Notre Dame, Man. Boise, Idaho Prince George, B.C. Melvin, Mich. Last Team (League) Sioux City (USHL) Winnipeg (MJHL) Selkirk (MJHL) Djurgarden (SSEL) Marquette (NAHL) Fargo-Moorhead (NAHL) Salmon Arm (BCHL) Victoria (BCHL) Lincoln (USHL) Penticton (BCHL) Ft. McMurray (AJHL) USNTDP U-18 Lincoln (USHL) Mahoning Valley (NAHL) Nanaimo (BCHL) Omaha (USHL) Des Moines (USHL) Topeka (NAHL) Victoria (BCHL) Lincoln (USHL) Lincoln (USHL) Green Bay (USHL) Sioux City (USHL) Port Hope (OPJHL) Prince George (BCHL) Green Bay (USHL) 8 The Automated ScoreBook Northern Michigan Game Results (as of Feb 07, 2011) All games Date Oct 08 Oct 09 Oct 12 * Oct 22 * Oct 23 * Oct 29 * Oct 30 * Nov 05 * Nov 06 * Nov 12 * Nov 13 * Nov 19 * Nov 20 Nov 26 Nov 27 * Dec 3 * Dec 04 * Dec 11 * Dec 12 Dec 17 Dec 31 Jan 01 * Jan 07 * Jan 08 * Jan 21 * Jan 22 * Jan 28 * Jan 29 * Feb 04 *Y Feb 05 Opponent MICHIGAN TECH MINNESOTA-DULUTH at Michigan Tech at #3 Miami at #3 Miami OHIO STATE OHIO STATE at Lake Superior at Lake Superior BOWLING GREEN BOWLING GREEN at #13 Alaska at #13 Alaska at Bemidji State at Bemidji State WESTERN MICHIGAN WESTERN MICHIGAN at #11 Notre Dame at #11 Notre Dame MICHIGAN TECH at #7 Denver at #7 Denver #14 NOTRE DAME #14 NOTRE DAME FERRIS STATE FERRIS STATE at #17 Western Michigan at #17 Western Michigan LAKE SUPERIOR LAKE SUPERIOR Lot L Tot L L W W W L L W Tot W W L W Tot W L W L Tot L L Wot W L L L L Score Shots 3-4 2-3 4-4 0-4 1-9 2-1 4-3 4-1 1-3 1-2 5-1 1-1 2-1 4-0 0-3 3-1 4-4 3-2 2-5 6-2 2-5 2-2 1-8 1-3 2-1 3-1 2-5 1-6 1-4 0-2 36/29 21/36 26/53 21/28 16/34 25/27 37/36 29/43 22/33 27/28 40/16 22/35 29/42 25/37 17/37 25/28 19/32 15/53 17/43 26/24 17/28 13/47 17/39 25/20 24/32 18/33 23/26 18/50 19/32 31/26 Team Record Overall: Conference: Home: Away: Neutral: Overtime: Overall 0-1-0 0-2-0 0-2-1 0-3-1 0-4-1 1-4-1 2-4-1 3-4-1 3-5-1 3-6-1 4-6-1 4-6-2 5-6-2 6-6-2 6-7-2 7-7-2 7-7-3 8-7-3 8-8-3 9-8-3 9-9-3 9-9-4 9-10-4 9-11-4 10-11-4 11-11-4 11-12-4 11-13-4 11-14-4 11-15-4 W-L-T 11-15-4 9-11-2 7-7-1 4-8-3 0-0-0 1-1-4 Conf 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-2-0 1-2-0 2-2-0 3-2-0 3-3-0 3-4-0 4-4-0 4-4-1 5-4-1 5-4-1 5-4-1 6-4-1 6-4-2 7-4-2 7-5-2 7-5-2 7-5-2 7-5-2 7-6-2 7-7-2 8-7-2 9-7-2 9-8-2 9-9-2 9-10-2 9-11-2 Time 2:25 2:15 2:00 2:15 2:30 2:10 2:15 2:15 2:20 2:20 2:20 2:20 2:10 2:08 2:07 2:10 2:35 2:23 2:10 2:25 2:35 2:20 2:20 2:10 2:10 2:25 2:20 2:28 2:15 Attendance Total: Home: Away: Neutral: Att. Goalie of record Reid Ellingson Reid Ellingson Jared Coreau Reid Ellingson Jared Coreau Jared Coreau Jared Coreau Reid Ellingson Jared Coreau Reid Ellingson Reid Ellingson Reid Ellingson Reid Ellingson Reid Ellingson Reid Ellingson Reid Ellingson Reid Ellingson Jared Coreau Reid Ellingson Jared Coreau Reid Ellingson Jared Coreau Jared Coreau Jared Coreau Reid Ellingson Reid Ellingson Reid Ellingson Jared Coreau Reid Ellingson Reid Ellingson 3823 2849 3074 3263 3212 2958 3198 1996 2287 2787 2675 3209 3193 3505 3798 2469 2533 2623 2592 2423 4878 4758 2179 2600 2494 2547 3131 4027 2572 2550 Dates 30 15 15 0 Total 90203 40657 49546 0 Avg. 3007 2710 3303 0 The Automated ScoreBook Northern Michigan Hockey Statistics (as of Feb 07, 2011) All games Overall: 11-15-4 Conf: 9-11-2 Home: 7-7-1 Away: 4-8-3 Neut: 0-0-0 OVERALL ## Player gp 17 18 9 23 11 4 33 26 40 22 15 27 12 14 24 6 10 73 19 8 25 35 16 3 62 TM Tyler Gron Justin Florek Greger Hanson Andrew Cherniwchan Phil Fox Scott Macaulay Kyle Follmer Erik Higby Stephan Vigier Mike Maltese Jared Brown Wade Epp Erik Spady Brian Nugent CJ Ludwig Andrew Fernandez Nicholas Kosinski Reed Seckel Kory Kaunisto Chad Pietila Austin Handley Reid Ellingson Jake Johnson Ryan Kesti Sam Muchalla TEAM Total Opponents 29 30 28 29 30 27 30 26 29 22 21 28 24 27 26 26 23 11 27 5 17 23 11 7 8 13 30 30 g a pts CONFERENCE sh +/- pen-min 12 14 26 66 11 10 21 75 4 13 17 71 6 10 16 61 7 6 13 67 1 12 13 25 4 8 12 38 4 6 10 32 1 8 9 35 3 5 8 15 2 6 8 46 3 4 7 25 0 6 6 28 3 2 5 25 0 5 5 17 2 2 4 11 2 1 3 19 0 2 2 6 1 0 1 15 1 0 1 6 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 67 121 188 700 91 156 247 1027 -2 10-31 -5 6-12 -2 14-28 -3 21-64 -6 3-17 +5 14-39 +4 21-61 +1 7-25 -3 4-8 +1 4-8 0 8-16 -9 11-22 -3 11-33 -5 4-8 -12 28-70 +7 5-29 -3 1-2 +1 6-23 -1 12-35 0 1-2 0 5-10 0 1-2 0 0-0 -4 3-6 -3 1-2 0 6-12 -42 207-565 +34 152-403 pp sh gw gp sh +/- pen-min 4 6 1 1 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 37 21 8 11 19 53 22 8 4 12 60 20 4 7 11 56 21 5 7 12 41 22 5 3 8 50 19 1 7 8 17 22 2 6 8 30 20 2 5 7 23 21 0 5 5 19 16 3 4 7 12 17 2 4 6 40 22 1 4 5 19 19 0 3 3 20 20 1 2 3 19 18 0 2 2 11 18 0 2 2 6 16 1 1 2 12 8 0 1 1 5 21 1 0 1 11 2 0 0 0 2 13 0 1 1 3 17 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 6 10 0 0 0 0 22 44 79 123 519 22 68 114 182 736 -3 8-27 -8 5-10 -4 12-24 -7 16-54 -8 3-17 +1 5-10 +2 13-37 0 5-21 -3 1-2 -1 3-6 -2 6-12 -12 11-22 -5 7-14 -7 4-8 -12 20-54 +1 4-27 -4 1-2 +1 5-21 -2 9-18 -1 1-2 -1 4-8 0 1-2 0 0-0 -3 3-6 -3 1-2 0 3-6 -81 151-412 +76 112-312 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 5 15 g a pts OVERALL Player gp min. ga 23 1244:46 12 569:42 13 11:41 30 1826:09 30 1826:09 54 34 3 91 67 Shots on Goal shots avg/g shot% Northern Michigan Opponents 700 1027 23.33 34.23 .096 .089 Northern Michigan Opponents Power Plays goals chances pp% Power Plays .171 .219 Northern Michigan Opponents Northern Michigan Opponents Goals by Period Northern Michigan Opponents 21 37 123 169 1st 2nd 3rd OT 25 23 20 28 21 39 1 1 gaavg saves 2.60 3.58 0.00 2.99 2.20 Total 67 91 596 339 0 935 633 4 3 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 23 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 4 11 CONFERENCE 35 Reid Ellingson 31 Jared Coreau TM TEAM Total Opponents ## pp sh gw pct w l t gp min. ga .917 .909 .000 .911 .904 7 4 0 11 15 10 5 0 15 11 2 2 0 4 4 17 955:22 8 366:40 10 9:22 22 1331:24 22 1331:24 40 26 2 68 44 Shots on Goal Goals by Period Northern Michigan Opponents gaavg saves pct w l t .919 .891 .000 .908 .915 6 3 0 9 11 6 5 0 11 9 2 0 0 2 2 shots avg/g shot% 519 736 23.59 33.45 .085 .092 2.51 4.25 0.00 3.06 1.98 455 213 0 668 475 goals chances 15 23 pp% 88 121 .170 .190 1st 2nd 3rd OT 19 17 10 23 14 28 1 0 Total 44 68 The Automated ScoreBook Northern Michigan Combined Team Statistics (as of Feb 07, 2011) All games * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Y Date Oct 08 Oct 09 Oct 12 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 29 Oct 30 Nov 05 Nov 06 Nov 12 Nov 13 Nov 19 Nov 20 Nov 26 Nov 27 Dec 3 Dec 04 Dec 11 Dec 12 Dec 17 Dec 31 Jan 01 Jan 07 Jan 08 Jan 21 Jan 22 Jan 28 Jan 29 Feb 04 Feb 05 Opponent MICHIGAN TECH MINNESOTA-DULUTH at Michigan Tech at #3 Miami at #3 Miami OHIO STATE OHIO STATE at Lake Superior at Lake Superior BOWLING GREEN BOWLING GREEN at #13 Alaska at #13 Alaska at Bemidji State at Bemidji State WESTERN MICHIGAN WESTERN MICHIGAN at #11 Notre Dame at #11 Notre Dame MICHIGAN TECH at #7 Denver at #7 Denver #14 NOTRE DAME #14 NOTRE DAME FERRIS STATE FERRIS STATE at #17 Western Michigan at #17 Western Michigan LAKE SUPERIOR LAKE SUPERIOR TEAM STATISTICS SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts Shot pct. Goals/Game Shots/Game POWER PLAYS Goals-Power Plays Conversion Percent Shot Attempts Shot Percent GOAL BREAKDOWN Power Play Short-handed Empty net Penalty Unassisted Overtime Shootout Delayed Penalty PENALTIES Number Minu tes Penalties/Game Pen minutes/Game FACEOFFS (W-L) Faceoff W-L Pct. SHOOTOUTS (Made-Att) Score 3-4 2-3 4-4 0-4 1-9 2-1 4-3 4-1 1-3 1-2 5-1 1-1 2-1 4-0 0-3 3-1 4-4 3-2 2-5 6-2 2-5 2-2 1-8 1-3 2-1 3-1 2-5 1-6 1-4 0-2 Lot L Tot L L W W W L L W Tot W W L W Tot W L W L Tot L L Wot W L L L L Att. 3823 2849 3074 3263 3212 2958 3198 1996 2287 2787 2675 3209 3193 3505 3798 2469 2533 2623 2592 2423 4878 4758 2179 2600 2494 2547 3131 4027 2572 2550 NMU OPP 67-700 .096 2.2 23.3 91-1027 .089 3.0 34.2 21-123 .171 130 .162 37-169 .219 267 .139 21 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 37 5 3 0 6 1 0 1 207 565 6.9 18.8 848-943 .473 1-5 152 403 5.1 13.4 943-848 .527 3-3 Record: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Overall 11-15-4 9-11-2 2-4-2 ## Player gp 17 18 9 23 11 4 33 26 40 22 15 27 12 14 24 6 10 73 19 8 25 35 16 3 62 TM Tyler Gron Justin Florek Greger Hanson Andrew Cherniwchan Phil Fox Scott Macaulay Kyle Follmer Erik Higby Stephan Vigier Mike Maltese Jared Brown Wade Epp Erik Spady Brian Nugent CJ Ludwig Andrew Fernandez Nicholas Kosinski Reed Seckel Kory Kaunisto Chad Pietila Austin Handley Reid Ellingson Jake Johnson Ryan Kesti Sam Muchalla TEAM Total Opponents 29 30 28 29 30 27 30 26 29 22 21 28 24 27 26 26 23 11 27 5 17 23 11 7 8 13 30 30 Goalie 35 Reid Ellingson 31 Jared Coreau TM EMPTY NET ## Total Opponents Home 7-7-1 6-5-1 1-2-0 g Saves by Period Northern Michigan Opponents pts sh 12 14 26 66 11 10 21 75 4 13 17 71 6 10 16 61 7 6 13 67 1 12 13 25 4 8 12 38 4 6 10 32 1 8 9 35 3 5 8 15 2 6 8 46 3 4 7 25 0 6 6 28 3 2 5 25 0 5 5 17 2 2 4 11 2 1 3 19 0 2 2 6 1 0 1 15 1 0 1 6 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 67 121 188 700 91 156 247 1027 gp min ga gaavg 23 12 13 30 30 1244:46 569:42 11:41 1826:09 1826:09 54 34 3 91 67 2.60 3.58 2.99 2.20 Attendance Summary Total Dates/Avg Per Date Neutral Site #/Avg Goals by Period Northern Michigan Opponents a Away 4-8-3 3-6-1 1-2-2 Neutral 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 sh% pen-min pp sh .182 .147 .056 .098 .104 .040 .105 .125 .029 .200 .043 .120 .000 .120 .000 .182 .105 .000 .067 .167 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .096 .089 4 6 1 1 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 37 10-31 6-12 14-28 21-64 3-17 14-39 21-61 7-25 4-8 4-8 8-16 11-22 11-33 4-8 28-70 5-29 1-2 6-23 12-35 1-2 5-10 1-2 0-0 3-6 1-2 6-12 207-565 152-403 saves save% 596 339 0 935 633 NMU Opponent 40657 15/2710 0/0 49546 15/3303 1st 2nd 3rd OT 25 23 20 28 21 39 1 1 1st 2nd 3rd OT 306 334 278 219 209 200 17 5 Total 67 91 Total 935 633 w-l-t .917 7-10-2 .909 4-5-2 .000 0-0-0 .911 11-15-4 .904 15-11-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 The Automated ScoreBook Northern Michigan Overall Team Statistics (as of Feb 07, 2011) All games Overall: 11-15-4 Conf: 9-11-2 Home: 7-7-1 Away: 4-8-3 Neut: 0-0-0 TEAM STATISTICS SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts Shot pct. Goals/Gam e Sh o t s / G a m e Assists POWER PLAYS Goals-Power Plays Conversion Percent Shot Attempts Shot Percent GOAL BREAKDOWN Total Goals Power Play Sh o r t - h a n d e d Empty net Pe n a l t y Unassisted Over tim e Sh o o t o u t Delayed Penalty PENALTIES Number M inutes Pe n a l t i e s / G a m e Pen minutes/Game Minor Major 10-minute Misconduct Game Misconduct Gross Misconduct Match FACEOFFS (W-L) Faceoff W-L Pct. SHOOTOUTS (Made-Att) ATTENDANCE To t a l Dates/Avg Per Date Neutral Site #/Avg Goals by Period Northern Michigan Opponents Saves by Period Northern Michigan Opponents 1st 2nd 3rd OT 25 23 20 28 21 39 1 1 1st 2nd 3rd OT 306 334 278 219 209 200 17 5 NMU OPP 67-700 .096 2.2 23.3 121 91-1027 .089 3.0 34.2 156 21-123 .171 130 .162 37-169 .219 267 .139 67 21 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 91 37 5 3 0 6 1 0 1 207 565 6.9 18.8 180 13 3 8 0 3 848-943 .473 1-5 152 403 5.1 13.4 134 9 1 6 0 2 943-848 .527 3-3 40657 15/2710 0/0 49546 15/3303 Total 67 91 Total 935 633 The Automated ScoreBook Northern Michigan Game-by-Game Goals-Assists-Points (as of Feb 07, 2011) All games Opponent Date MTU UMD at MTU at MIA at MIA OSU OSU at LSSU at LSSU BGSU BGSU at UAF at UAF at BSU at BSU WMU WMU at ND at ND MTU at DEN at DEN ND ND FSU FSU at WMU at WMU LSSU LSSU Oct 08 Oct 09 Oct 12 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 29 Oct 30 Nov 05 Nov 06 Nov 12 Nov 13 Nov 19 Nov 20 Nov 26 Nov 27 Dec 3 Dec 04 Dec 11 Dec 12 Dec 17 Dec 31 Jan 01 Jan 07 Jan 08 Jan 21 Jan 22 Jan 28 Jan 29 Feb 04 Feb 05 Score 3-4 2-3 4-4 0-4 1-9 2-1 4-3 4-1 1-3 1-2 5-1 1-1 2-1 4-0 0-3 3-1 4-4 3-2 2-5 6-2 2-5 2-2 1-8 1-3 2-1 3-1 2-5 1-6 1-4 0-2 L L t L L W W W L L W t W W L W t W L W L t L L W W L L L L 3 KESTI,RYAN 4 MACAULAY,S 6 FERNANDEZ, 8 PIETILA,CHA 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 DNP 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 1-1-2 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-2-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 DNP DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 DNP 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 9 10 HANSON,GRE KOSINSKI,NIC 0-2-2 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-1-1 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 1-0-1 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-2-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 11 FOX,PHIL 12 SPADY,ERIK 14 NUGENT,BRI 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 2-0-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-1-1 DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 15 16 BROWN,JARE JOHNSON,JA 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 The Automated ScoreBook Northern Michigan Game-by-Game Goals-Assists-Points (as of Feb 07, 2011) All games Opponent Date MTU UMD at MTU at MIA at MIA OSU OSU at LSSU at LSSU BGSU BGSU at UAF at UAF at BSU at BSU WMU WMU at ND at ND MTU at DEN at DEN ND ND FSU FSU at WMU at WMU LSSU LSSU Oct 08 Oct 09 Oct 12 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 29 Oct 30 Nov 05 Nov 06 Nov 12 Nov 13 Nov 19 Nov 20 Nov 26 Nov 27 Dec 3 Dec 04 Dec 11 Dec 12 Dec 17 Dec 31 Jan 01 Jan 07 Jan 08 Jan 21 Jan 22 Jan 28 Jan 29 Feb 04 Feb 05 Score 3-4 2-3 4-4 0-4 1-9 2-1 4-3 4-1 1-3 1-2 5-1 1-1 2-1 4-0 0-3 3-1 4-4 3-2 2-5 6-2 2-5 2-2 1-8 1-3 2-1 3-1 2-5 1-6 1-4 0-2 L L t L L W W W L L W t W W L W t W L W L t L L W W L L L L 17 GRON,TYLER 18 FLOREK,JUS 19 KAUNISTO,K 22 MALTESE,MI 23 CHERNIWCH 24 LUDWIG,CJ 25 HANDLEY,AU 26 HIGBY,ERIK 27 EPP,WADE 31 COREAU,JAR 33 FOLLMER,KY 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-2-3 0-0-0 DNP 1-0-1 0-1-1 1-1-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-2-3 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-1-2 2-0-2 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-2-2 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-2-2 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-2-2 1-1-2 0-2-2 0-0-0 1-0-1 1-0-1 1-0-1 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 DNP DNP 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 1-1-2 1-1-2 0-1-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 1-0-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-2-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-2-2 0-1-1 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 1-0-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 The Automated ScoreBook Northern Michigan Game-by-Game Goals-Assists-Points (as of Feb 07, 2011) All games Opponent Date MTU UMD at MTU at MIA at MIA OSU OSU at LSSU at LSSU BGSU BGSU at UAF at UAF at BSU at BSU WMU WMU at ND at ND MTU at DEN at DEN ND ND FSU FSU at WMU at WMU LSSU LSSU Oct 08 Oct 09 Oct 12 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 29 Oct 30 Nov 05 Nov 06 Nov 12 Nov 13 Nov 19 Nov 20 Nov 26 Nov 27 Dec 3 Dec 04 Dec 11 Dec 12 Dec 17 Dec 31 Jan 01 Jan 07 Jan 08 Jan 21 Jan 22 Jan 28 Jan 29 Feb 04 Feb 05 Score 3-4 2-3 4-4 0-4 1-9 2-1 4-3 4-1 1-3 1-2 5-1 1-1 2-1 4-0 0-3 3-1 4-4 3-2 2-5 6-2 2-5 2-2 1-8 1-3 2-1 3-1 2-5 1-6 1-4 0-2 L L t L L W W W L L W t W W L W t W L W L t L L W W L L L L 35 ELLINGSON,R 40 VIGIER,STEP 62 MUCHALLA,S 73 SECKEL,REE 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP The Automated ScoreBook Northern Michigan Category Leaders (as of Feb 07, 2011) All games ## Points GP G A Pts Sh ## Assists GP G A Pts Sh 17 18 9 23 11 4 33 26 40 22 29 30 28 29 30 27 30 26 29 22 12 11 4 6 7 1 4 4 1 3 14 10 13 10 6 12 8 6 8 5 26 21 17 16 13 13 12 10 9 8 66 75 71 61 67 25 38 32 35 15 17 9 4 18 23 33 40 11 26 15 29 28 27 30 29 30 29 30 26 21 12 4 1 11 6 4 1 7 4 2 14 13 12 10 10 8 8 6 6 6 26 17 13 21 16 12 9 13 10 8 66 71 25 75 61 38 35 67 32 46 Tyler Gron Justin Florek Greger Hanson Andrew Cherniwchan Phil Fox Scott Macaulay Kyle Follmer Erik Higby Stephan Vigier Mike Maltese Tyler Gron Greger Hanson Scott Macaulay Justin Florek Andrew Cherniwchan Kyle Follmer Stephan Vigier Phil Fox Erik Higby Jared Brown ## Goals GP G A Pts Sh ## Shots GP G A Pts Sh Sh% 17 18 11 23 9 33 26 22 27 14 29 30 30 29 28 30 26 22 28 27 12 11 7 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 14 10 6 10 13 8 6 5 4 2 26 21 13 16 17 12 10 8 7 5 66 75 67 61 71 38 32 15 25 25 18 9 11 17 23 15 33 40 26 12 30 28 30 29 29 21 30 29 26 24 11 4 7 12 6 2 4 1 4 0 10 13 6 14 10 6 8 8 6 6 21 17 13 26 16 8 12 9 10 6 75 71 67 66 61 46 38 35 32 28 .147 .056 .104 .182 .098 .043 .105 .029 .125 .000 ## Shot Pct. GP G A Pts Sh Sh% 22 17 6 8 18 26 14 27 33 10 22 29 26 5 30 26 27 28 30 23 3 12 2 1 11 4 3 3 4 2 5 14 2 0 10 6 2 4 8 1 8 26 4 1 21 10 5 7 12 3 15 66 11 6 75 32 25 25 38 19 .200 .182 .182 .167 .147 .125 .120 .120 .105 .105 Tyler Gron Justin Florek Phil Fox Andrew Cherniwchan Greger Hanson Kyle Follmer Erik Higby Mike Maltese Wade Epp Brian Nugent ## Power-Play Goals GP PPG 18 17 11 33 30 29 30 30 6 4 3 2 ## Short-Handed Goals GP SHG 23 Andrew Cherniwchan 29 1 ## Game-Winning Goals GP GWG 18 Justin Florek 14 Brian Nugent 30 27 3 2 ## Plus/Minus GP +/- 6 4 33 22 26 73 26 27 30 22 26 11 +7 +5 +4 +1 +1 +1 Justin Florek Tyler Gron Phil Fox Kyle Follmer Andrew Fernandez Scott Macaulay Kyle Follmer Mike Maltese Erik Higby Reed Seckel Justin Florek Greger Hanson Phil Fox Tyler Gron Andrew Cherniwchan Jared Brown Kyle Follmer Stephan Vigier Erik Higby Erik Spady Mike Maltese Tyler Gron Andrew Fernandez Chad Pietila Justin Florek Erik Higby Brian Nugent Wade Epp Kyle Follmer Nicholas Kosinski ## Penalties GP Pen Min 24 33 23 9 4 19 27 12 17 15 26 30 29 28 27 27 28 24 29 21 28 21 21 14 14 12 11 11 10 8 70 61 64 28 39 35 22 33 31 16 ## Penalty Minutes GP Pen Min 24 23 33 4 19 12 17 6 9 26 26 29 30 27 27 24 29 26 28 26 28 21 21 14 12 11 10 5 14 7 70 64 61 39 35 33 31 29 28 25 CJ Ludwig Kyle Follmer Andrew Cherniwchan Greger Hanson Scott Macaulay Kory Kaunisto Wade Epp Erik Spady Tyler Gron Jared Brown CJ Ludwig Andrew Cherniwchan Kyle Follmer Scott Macaulay Kory Kaunisto Erik Spady Tyler Gron Andrew Fernandez Greger Hanson Erik Higby
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