#9 MEN'S HOCKEY PLAYS HOST TO #3 MICHIGAN IN HOME OPENER (SAT. - 7 P.M.)
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DURHAM, N.H. -- Coming off a split at Miami, the
ninth-ranked University of New Hampshire men's hockey team welcomes
in third-ranked University of Michigan for a single non-conference
game on Saturday at 7 p.m at the Whitt. The Wildcats and Wolverines
are two of the most storied programs in college hockey with the two
longest active NCAA appearance streaks. UM has been to 20-straight
NCAA's, while New Hampshire has been to nine in a row.
SCOUTING THE WOLVERINES: No. 3/3 Michigan enters
the weekend with a 2-0-1 overall record and a perfect 2-0-0-0 mark
in CCHA play. The Wolverines opened the season with a 4-4 tie with
Mercyhurst on Oct. 2 and this past weekend the team swept a two
game league series at Bowling Green. Michigan won 4-1 on Friday and
completed the sweep with a 4-2 win on Saturday. Senior forward
Louie Caporusso recorded two assists in each game of the Wolverines
sweep at Bowling Green. He also had a shorthanded goal in
Saturday's 4-2 win for his second career five-point weekend.
Caporusso is tied for the national scoring lead with 2-4-6 totals
in three games. UM is anchored in net by a pair of seniors. Shawn
Hunwick and Bryan Hogan each alternated starts in three regular
season and one exhibition game. Hunwick is 1-0-1 with a 2.40 GAA
and a .909 save percentage, while Hogan is 1-0 with a 2.00 GAA and
a .889 save percentage. If Michigan holds true to its current
rotation, Hunwick would be due to start Saturday against New
Hampshire.
SERIES HISTORY VS. MICHIGAN: The Wolverines
lead the all-time series with UNH, 5-2-1 in eight all-time
meetings, dating back to November 3, 1983...The teams played to a
4-4 tie in the last meeting on Oct. 15, 2004 at Yost Ice Arena in
Ann Arbor, Mich. UNH's last win against Michigan was a 3-2 overtime
win at the Worcester Centrum in the second round of the NCAA
Tournament on March 27, 1999. Former Wildcat Darren Haydar scored
3:16 into overtime to send UNH to the Frozen Four in Anaheim,
Calif. Coach Umile is 1-2-1 all-time against Michigan in his
coaching career. No current Wildcats have played against
Michigan.
vs. MICHIGAN (2-5-1)
11-4-83 (A)
Michigan 3
UNH 2 OT
L
11-5-83 (A)
Michigan 5
UNH 4
L
11-2-84 (H)
Michigan 1
UNH 0
L
11-3-84 (H) UNH
5 Michigan 4
W
4-2-98 (N)
Michigan 4
UNH 0
L
3-27-99 (N) UNH
3 Michigan 2
OT W
3-27-04 (N)
Michigan 4
UNH 1
L
10-15-04 (A) UNH
4 Michigan 4
OT T
LAST TIME THESE TEAMS MET (10/15/04 AT
MICHIGAN): Sophomore forward Josh Ciocco posted a
career-high two goals to lead UNH a 4-4 tie against No. 4 Michigan
at Yost Ice Arena. Ciocco notched his second goal of the game to
give UNH the 4-3 lead with 13:37 remaining in the game. Matt
Fornataro registered his first collegiate point with a primary
assist on Ciocco's second goal. Mike Radja also earned an assist on
UNH's fourth tally. Michigan tied the game with just 7:41 left in
regulation when Kevin Porter potted a power-play goal to even the
Wolverines score for good. Senior forward Eric Nystrom tied the
game at 3-3 with 15:24 remaining in the third period. Jeff
Pietrasiak stopped a career-high 44 saves on 48 shots by the
Wolverines, including 13 saves in the first period and an
impressive 21 stops in the third period. Junior Al Montoya posted
25 saves for Michigan, including 12 in the second and 10 in the
third frame.
LAST TIME OUT (10/9/10 AT MIAMI): Five different
players accounted for three even-strength, a power play and a
short-handed goals in a five-goal second period to lift UNH to a
6-3 win over No. 3 Miami in the series finale at Goggin Ice Center.
New Hampshire had six different goal scorers accounting for its six
goals. Matt
DiGirolamo finished with a career-high 36 saves, one more than
last night's previous high. He improves to 1-1 on the season, while
Connor Knapp played the first two periods and allowed five goals on
20 shots in 40 minutes of play and falls to 0-1 on the season.
Reichard turned away six shots and allowed one goal in 16:30 of
work in the third.
NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE; MICHIGAN, UNH SECOND TO
NONE: With nine straight NCAA tournament
appearances, UNH is second on the list of active programs with NCAA
appearances. Michigan has qualified for the NCAA's in an
unpresidented 20-straight seasons.
Program Consecutive
Trips to the NCAA's
Michigan
20
UNH 9
North Dakota 8
Miami 5
Denver
3
WOLVERINES BACK IN DURHAM FOR FIRST TIME SINCE
1984: Saturday night's game against Michigan marks
the first time since Nov., 1984 the Wolverines have played in
Durham.
HARDOWA POTS FIRST COLLEGIATE GOAL: Sophomore
defenseman Connor Hardowa
scored his first collegiate goal on Friday against Miami. He added
an assist on Saturday night.
'CATS OPEN WITH FIVE OF SIX AGAINST TOP-15 OPPONENTS AND
SIX OF SEVEN ON THE ROAD: New Hampshire has perhaps the
most difficult early schedules in collegiate hockey. The 'Cats will
play five of its first six games against top-15 opponents with six
of its first seven games on the road.
Date
Opponent
Results
10/8 at #3 Miami
L, 3-6
10/9 at #3 Miami
W, 6-3
10/16 vs. #3 Michigan
10/22 at Northeastern
10/29 at #12 Cornell
11/5 at #1 Boston College
11/6 at Mass.-Lowell
DiGIROLAMO POSTS CAREER-HIGHS IN BACK-TO-BACK
NIGHTS: Matt DiGirolamo
posted career-highs in back-to-back games with 35 and 36 saves,
respectively. His previous career high was 32 saves against
Providence on Dec. 9, 2009.
FIVE-GOAL SECOND PERIOD: UNH used a five goal
second period to capture a 6-3 win over Miami on Saturday night. It
marked the first time since Oct. 17, 2009 New Hampshire scored five
goals in a period. The Wildcats did so in the second period against
Miami at the Whitt.
NON-CONFERENCE RESUME: The Wildcats have
already matched their non-conference win output from a year ago,
they captured their first and only non-conference win of 2009-10 on
January 16, 2010.
BEST IN THE SECOND, PERIOD: UNH ranks first in
Hockey East with seven second-period goals. Over 77 percent of New
Hampshire's goals have come in the second period.
'CATS ON THE KILL: UNH successfully killed off 11
of 12 power plays on the weekend including eight of eight on
Saturday night and five of five in the third period.
BALANCED ATTACK: Twelve different New Hampshire
players registered a point over the weekend against Miami.
DiGIROLAMO 1st IN HE; 4th NATIONALLY IN SAVES:
Matt DiGirolamo's 71 saves in two games ranks first in Hockey East
and fourth nationally.
National Saves Leaders
Player
Saves Team
Dan Morrison 90
Canisius
Ben Meisner 85
AIC
Steven Legatto 72
Sacred Heart
Matt DiGirolamo 71
New Hampshire
DeSIMONE FACTORS IN ALL THREE GOALS ON FRIDAY:
Senior forward Phil DeSimone
registered a goal and two assists on Friday, factoring in all three
New Hampshire goals on the night.
SCORING BY CLASS: 2010-11 breakdown of scoring by
class.
Class G-A-P G-A-P
%.
Seniors: 3-4-7 33-27-29
Juniors: 3-5-8 33-27-33
Sophomores: 3-6-9 33-40-38
Freshmen: 0-0-0 0-0-0
WHERE IS UNH RANKED?: Here is a week-by-week look
at the 'Cats in the national polls and the HE standings:
Date USA TODAY USCHO
HE
9/27
8th N/P 3rd (pre)
10/4
N/P 10 3rd (pre)
10/11 9th
9th 4th
THE NATIONAL POLLS:
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine (Oct. 11)
Rk. School, Pts. (FPV)
Last Rec.
Weeks
1 Boston College, 507 (31)
1 1-0-0 2
2 North Dakota, 467 (3)
2 1-0-1
2
3 University of Michigan, 427
4 2-0-1 2
4 Miami University, 392
3 1-1-0
2
5 Yale University, 345
5 0-0-0
2
6 University of Maine, 300
7 1-0-1 2
7 Minnesota Duluth, 299
9 1-0-1
2
8 University of Denver, 241
11 1-0-1 2
9 New Hampshire, 226
8 1-1-0
2
T10 Boston University, 218
14 2-0-0
2
T10 St. Cloud State University, 218
6 1-1-0 2
12 Cornell University, 137
10 0-0-0
2
13 University of Minnesota, 129
15 2-0-0 2
14 University of Alaska, 71
12 1-1-0
2
15 University of Wisconsin, 46
13 1-1-0 2
Others receiving votes: Union College, 45; University of Nebraska
Omaha, 19; University of Notre Dame, 11; Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute, 9; Colorado College, 7; Michigan State University, 4;
University of Vermont, 4; Merrimack College, 2; Colgate University,
1; Michigan Tech University, 1; Robert Morris University, 1.
USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men's Poll (Oct.
11)
Rk. Team
(First Place)
Record Pts
LW
1 Boston College (48)
1-0-0 998 1
2 North Dakota (2)
1-0-1 916
2
3 Michigan
2-0-1 833 5
4 Miami
1-1-0 827 3
5
Yale
0-0-0
751 6
6
Denver
1-0-1
636 9
7
Minnesota-Duluth
1-0-1
608 8
8
Maine
1-0-1
601 7
9 New
Hampshire
1-1-0
571 10
10 Boston
University
2-0-0
546 14
11 St. Cloud
State
1-1-0
545 4
12
Cornell
0-0-0
453 11
13
Minnesota
2-0-0
422 15
14
Alaska
1-1-0
353 12
15
Wisconsin
1-1-0
268 13
16
Union
2-0-0
255 19
17
Nebraska-Omaha
2-0-0
187 NR
18 Colorado
College
1-0-1
169 20
19 Notre
Dame
1-1-0
167 17
20 Michigan
State
0-0-0
135 16
Others Receiving Votes: Vermont 57, Bemidji State 42, RIT 37,
Colgate 21, Alaska-Anchorage 13, Michigan Tech 13, Rensselaer 13,
Mercyhurst 12, Ferris State 11, Robert Morris 11, Canisius 10,
Merrimack 6, Northern Michigan 4, Ohio State 4, St. Lawrence
3, Quinnipiac 2
Wildcats Among National leaders: Below is a list
of where UNH players and team rank nationally.
Individual Rank
Stats
Points Per Game:
Phil DeSimone 42nd 1.50
ppg
Goals Per Game:
nine players 78th 0.50 gpg
Assists Per Game:
three players 33rd 1.00
apg
Power Play Goals:
Mike
Sislo 7th
1 ppg
Paul
Thompson 7th 1 ppg
Short-Handed Goals:
Dalton
Speelman 1st 1 shg
Game-Winning Goal:
Damon Kipp
1st 1 gwg
Defensemen Scoring:
Blake
Kessel 12th
1.00 ppg
Connor Hardowa 12th 1.00
ppg
Brett
Kostolansky 12th 1.00
ppg
Goals Against Average:
Matt DiGirolamo 46th 4.01
gaa
Save Percentage:
Matt DiGirolamo 39th
.899
Winning Percentage:
Matt DiGirolamo 26th .500
Team
Scoring Offense 8th
4.50
Scoring Defense 41st
4.50
Scoring Margin 23rd 0.00
Penalty Minutes 5th 22.0
Power Play 20th 22.2
Penalty Kill 9th
91.7
Combined Special Teams 10th
61.9
Winnning Percentage 17th
.500
Among the League Leaders: Where some of the
Wildcats rank in Hockey East.
Player All
Games HE Games
Points Phil
DeSimone 4th (3 pts.) n/a
six
tied 11th (2 pts.)
n/a Goals
nine tied 8th (1
g) n/a
Assists three tied
3rd (1
a)
n/a
PP Points Mike Sislo
2nd (2) n/a
PP Goals Mike Sislo 1st (1
ppg) n/a
Paul
Thompson 1st (1 ppg) n/a
SH Points Dalton
Speelman1st (1 shp) n/a
Brett
Kostolansky1st (1 shp) n/a
SH Goals Dalton
Speelman1st (1 shg) n/a
GW Goals Damon Kipp 1st (1
gwg) n/a
Def. Scoring three tied 3rd (2
pts) n/a
GAA Matt
DiGirolamo 10th (4.01) n/a
Save % Matt
DiGirolamo 6th (.899) n/a
Win % Matt
DiGirolamo 6th (.500) n/a
Saves Matt
DiGirolamo 1st (71)
n/a
Minutes Matt DiGirolamo 2nd
(119:50) n/a
Wins Matt
DiGirolamo 1st (1)
n/a
WHERE UNH IS RANKED IN HOCKEY EAST:
Overall HE
games
Goals/per game 4.50/2nd
n/a
GAA 4.50/8th n/a
Power Play 22.2/4th n/a
Penalty Kill 91.7/3rd
n/a
Special Teams Net +2/1st
n/a
1st Period Scoring
0/7th n/a
2nd Period Scoring
7/1st n/a
3rd Period Scoring 2/3rd
n/a
Overtime Scoring
n/a
n/a
UNH HOCKEY ON TELEVISION: UNH will have nine
games broadcast live on TV in 2010-11. NESN will air five games,
three will air on CBS College Sports, while one will air locally on
ONN (Ohio).
DATE GAME
Channel RES.
Oct. 8 at
Miami
CBS-College Sports L, 3-6
Oct. 9 at
Miami
ONN (OHIO) W, 6-3
Nov. 19 Boston
U.
NESN
Dec. 10 at
Maine
CBS-College Sports
Jan. 22 Boston U. NESN
Feb. 4 Maine NESN
Feb. 5 Maine NESN
Feb. 18 at Vermont CBS-College
Sports
March 4 at Boston College
NESN
ALL IN THE FAMILY: UNH junior defenseman Blake
Kessel is the younger brother of Toronto Maple Leafs forward Phil
Kessel, while sophomore forward Scott Pavelski is
the younger brother of Joe Pavelski of the San Jose
Sharks.
SISLO TABBED CAPTAIN; CAMPANALE WILL SERVE AS ALTERNATE
CAPTAIN: Mike Sislo was named the 106th captain in the
history of the UNH hockey program for the 2010-11 season. Matt
Campanale was named the alternate captain for the upcoming
season.Sislo finished a well-balanced junior campaign with 29
points on 14 goals and 15 assists. He is one of two players with 68
points (36g, 32a) to lead all returners coming into the upcoming
season, while his 36 goals is tops among all returners. Sislo
scored 22 of his 29 points in Hockey East play, scored four times
on the power play and twice short-handed. In the season prior,
Sislo was the team's leading goal scorer with 19 goals that season,
while also tallying 12 assists. Campanale was a leader on a young
Wildcat defense in 2009-10, playing on both the first and second
defensive pair throughout the season. He played in all 39 games for
New Hampshire this year, posting 12 points on three goals and nine
assists.
WILDCATS PICKED THIRD IN HOCKEY EAST POLL: UNH
was picked to finish third in the Hockey East Preseason Coaches'
Poll, which was announced on Wednesday afternoon at the league's
annual media day at Legends Restaurant at the TD Garden. The
Wildcats garnered 76 points in the poll, which was good enough for
a third place preseason standing. UNH was picked fourth in the
preseason and finished in first place in last year's regular season
standings.
Rk.
Team
(FPV)
Pts.
1.
Boston College (9 90
2.
Maine (1)
80
3.
New Hampshire
76
4.
Boston
University
59
5.
Northeastern
54
6.
Vermont
53
7.
Merrimack
48
8.
UMass-Lowell
33
9.
Massachusetts
26
10.
Providence
21
THE DICK UMILE ERA: Dick Umile, a six-time Hockey
East Coach of the Year, enters his 21st season as the head coach of
the UNH Wildcats. He passed both Jerry York and Jack Parker in
becoming the first coach in league history to six coach of the year
honors. After signing a long-term contract in 2008, Umile will
conclude his coaching career at his alma mater.
During his time spent at UNH, Umile has molded
UNH hockey into one of the top programs in all of Division I
hockey, guiding the Wildcats to four Frozen Four appearances, 16
NCAA tournament appearances and 20 Hockey East championship
tournament showings in his 20-year career in Durham.
In addition, Umile has posted 17 20-victory
campaigns over the span of 20 seasons. Umile is now the winningest
coach in the history of UNH hockey with 462 career victories. He
surpassed legendary coach Charlie Holt on Feb. 16, 2005 in a 6-1
victory at Merrimack at Thom Lawler Arena in North Andover, Mass.
Umile ranks fifth among active NCAA coaches with a .645 winning
percentage and on the active victories list his 462 victories ranks
seventh among NCAA coaches. He has been named Coach of the Year a
total of 11 times in his career, including New England honors four
times and Hockey East Coach of the Year six times Last year, Umile
guided the Wildcats, who were picked fourth in the Hockey East
Preseason Poll, to their eighth regular season championship
including the third in the last four years. The Wildcats led the
Hockey East standings for an eye-popping 16-straight weeks, taking
over the league lead Nov. 23, 2009 and never relinquishing that
position. UNH went unbeaten at home in Hockey East play for the
first time since the 1999-00 season and won the regular season
series with six of nine league foes. Umile helped guide a team that
lost 10 players, including Hockey East All Star and leading scorer
James van Riemsdyk, from the 2008-09 squad to its 22nd straight
trip to the Hockey East playoffs and home-ice advantage in the
quarterfinals for a league-best 14th-straight season. After going
just 2-6-2 over its first 10 games, Umile's Wildcats responded with
a 10-1-2 mark over the next 13 games, including a 12-game unbeaten
streak in Hockey East play. Umile's run in the regular season was
capped by a dramatic 3-3 come-from-behind deadlock with Boston
College that clinched the league's crown in front of the home fans
on Senior Day at the Whittemore Center. The 'Cats earned an
at-large bid in the NCAA tournament for the ninth-straight season
and captured a convincing 6-2 win over favored Cornell in the
opening round, advancing to the regional final for the
second-straight season.
'CATS SELECTED IN THE NHL DRAFT: Four current UNH
players have been selected in the National Hockey League draft...Greg Burke
(Washington), Phil DeSimone (Washington), Blake Kessel (N.Y.
Islanders) and Eric Knodel
(Toronto) have all been taken.
UNH HOCKEY ON THE RADIO: In the summer of
1999, the University of New Hampshire Athletic Department formed
the "UNH Sports Network" — the largest network ever to
broadcast UNH sporting events. Wildcats Sports Properties has added
WGIN-AM 930 (Rochester) and WQSO-FM 96.7 (Portsmouth) as affiliate
stations on the Wildcat Sports Network, joining flagship WGIR-AM
610 (Manchester), which was added in 2008. All three stations are
part of the Clear Channel family. These three aforementioned
stations -- along with WUVR-AM 1490 (Lebanon), WNTK-FM 99.7 (New
London), WASR-AM 1420 (Wolfeboro) and WCNL-AM 1010 (Newport) --
will carry the following: all UNH football & men's hockey
broadcasts and weekly coaches' shows, a select number of men's
basketball, women's basketball and women's hockey broadcasts. Dan
Parkhurst will be handling the play-by-play for the fourth-straight
season, while Pete Webster will once again be doing the color
commentating. Webster has been announcing Wildcat hockey since the
1993-94 season.ouncing Wildcat hockey for 16 years since the
1993-94 season.
LISTEN LIVE ON THE INTERNET: UNHWildcats.com via
Stretch Internet Broadcast will carry all of the UNH men's ice
hockey action again this season. If you can not attend Wildcat
hockey, you can still tune into the game from anywhere you can gain
access to the internet. Fans can get to the UNH men's ice hockey
broadcast site by going to the men's hockey schedule page at
www.unhwildcats.com.
THE DICK UMILE SHOW ON RADIO: The Coach's Show
featuring UNH men's hockey head coach Dick Umile and hosted by Mike
Murphy begins its 11th season in 2010-11. The Coach's Show is
broadcast Mondays (7 p.m. to 8 p.m.) on the Wildcat Sports Network
from various locations around the seacoast and features Coach
Umile, as well as a student-athlete from the men's ice hockey team.
In front of a live audience, Murphy and his guests talk about the
latest news and notes regarding UNH hockey.
GRANITE STATE CONNECTION: The Wildcat hockey team
features a pair of players from New Hampshire with Greg Burke (Lee)
and Paul
Thompson (Derry) all hailing from the Granite State.
WATCH ALL THE ACTION WITH THE UNHWILDCATS.TV: UNH
and Pack Network have once again partnered to provide online video
streaming of UNH's seven ticketed sports for the upcoming 2010-11
season with UNHwildcats.TV.
Wildcat fans are encouraged to buy the "Wildcat
All-Access Pass" which is an annual subscription for $89.95 that
provides all the live coverage of UNH home athletic events. Fans
can also purchase home events on a per game basis of $7.95.
WILDCAT AWARDS: Here is a list of awards that
Wildcat players have won to date this season:
Player Award
Date
Blake Kessel INCH Preseason All-America First
Team 10/7
Blake Kessel InsideHockey.com's Hobey
Watch 10/7
