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November 6, 2007
UND Men's Hockey Game Notes
Games 8 & 9 ? Fri.-Sat., Nov. 9-10, 2007
#3/4 North Dakota (4-2-1, 2-2-0 WCHA)
at
#10 Wisconsin (4-2-0, 1-1-0 WCHA)
7:07 p.m./7:07 p.m. Central Standard Time
Madison, Wis.
Kohl Center (15,237)
Weekend TV information: According to UW Athletic Communications, Friday's game will be televised on My Madison TV and Saturday on FSN North with Paul Braun and Rob Andringa.
Tape-Delay TV: Friday and Saturday on Wisconsin Public Television with Robb Vogel and Theran Welsh (Friday)/Ron Vincent (Saturday) (tape delayed at 10:30 p.m.)
Web: Live video (Friday) and audio at UWBADGERS.COM.
On the road again: No. 3/4 North Dakota (4-2-1 overall, 2-2-0 WCHA) will take to the road for the third time in five weeks this weekend, traveling to Madison, Wis., for a two-game Friday-Saturday series against 10th-ranked Wisconsin.
Series to feature top-ranked defense vs. No. 2 offense, top specialty teams units: This weekend's series will pit the nation's leading scoring defense (North Dakota/1.29 average goals allowed per game) against the nation's second-leading scoring offense (Wisconsin/4.67 average goals scored per game). It will also be a matchup of the nation's top power play (Wisconsin/34.4 percent) and sixth-best penalty kill (North Dakota/94.1 percent).
Big arena, ice surface: UND will be playing in an arena (Kohl Center) that has the largest seating capacity (15,237) of any college team in the nation. This is Wisconsin's 10th season playing in the Kohl Center. Since the Badgers' men's hockey team began playing there in 1998-99, Wisconsin has led the nation every year in average attendance. Last season the Badgers averaged 14,430 fans per game.
This will also be UND's first games this season on an Olympic-sized ice surface (Boston College's rink is 200 x 87 and Northeastern's is 200 x 90, while Wisconsin lists its Kohl Center rink dimensions at 200 x 97 feet). Last season the Fighting Sioux were 7-4-1 in 12 games on Olympic-sized ice sheets.
Series with Wisconsin: Wisconsin leads the all-time series 79-56-10. UND has lost three in a row to Wisconsin, and the Fighting Sioux are 4-5-1 in their last 10 games overall against Wisconsin. The Sioux are 4-10-0 all-time at the Kohl Center and are 1-5 in their last six games in Madison.
In last season's two-game series in Madison (Oct. 13-14, 2006), UND beat the Badgers 3-2 in overtime in the Friday night game on a goal by Darcy Zajac and then lost 1-0 to Wisconsin the next night. Wisconsin came to Grand Forks last December (Dec. 8-9) and swept the Sioux (4-3, 4-2).
Wisconsin notes: The Badgers are coming off a weekend home split against Michigan Tech. The Huskies won 4-2 on Friday, and UW came back with a 4-2 win on Saturday. The Badgers have the leading freshman scorer in the nation in Kyle Turris, who has 13 points (5g, 8a) in six games. Junior forward Ben Street has 10 points (3g, 7a) and senior defenseman Kyle Klubertanz has eight points (4g, 4a), including goals in each of the last four games.
Sioux ranked No. 3/4 in national polls: UND dropped one spot in both national polls this week. The Sioux were ranked third in this week's USCHO national poll and fourth in the USA Today poll.
Back-to-back splits: UND has split both of its WCHA series this season, splitting at Michigan Tech (3-1 loss, 6-0 win) on Oct. 26-27 and splitting at home against Colorado College this past weekend (6-2 win, 4-1 loss).
End of home unbeaten streak: North Dakota's 6-2 win over the Tigers on Friday extended their home unbeaten streak to 11 games (8-0-3) dating back to last season, but the streak was snapped on Saturday, when CC beat the Sioux 4-1. The loss to CC on Saturday was UND's first home loss since Dec. 16, 2006, when Michigan Tech beat UND, 3-2.
Hot goalie: After shutting out opponents for nine periods and 185:17 to start the season, UND goalie Jean-Philippe Lamoureux (Sr., Grand Forks, N.D.) put up another streak lasting 91:28 before Colorado College's Billy Sweatt scored 1:06 into the second period on Friday. He has shut out UND opponents in 13 of 20 periods this season.
Lamoureux stopped 23 of 25 CC shots to post his fourth win of the season. On Saturday Lamoureux stopped 18 of 21 Tigers shots in a 4-1 loss.
For the season, Lamoureux is 4-2-1 with a 1.06 goals against average and .958 save percentage.
Lamoureux makes history: According to research by the UND athletics media relations office, since the WCHA started up as the Midwest Collegiate Hockey League (MCHL) in the 1951-52 season, no goaltender in league history until Lamoureux recorded four shutouts in his team's first five games. Furthermore, he helped UND become the first team to post shutouts in four of its first five games of a season since 1928-29 and only the fourth all-time (records include all current Division I programs).
Player of the Month: Lamoureux was named the Hockey Commissioners Association national player of the month for October after posting four shutouts in UND's first five games of the season. Lamoureux is the first UND player ever to receive an HCA honor.
Lamoureux start streak continues:
Lamoureux started both games of the weekend series at Michigan Tech, extending his consecutive start streak to 32 games, tying for the second-longest in school history and tied for the second-longest active streak in the nation among NCAA Division I goalies.
In his 32-game starting streak, Lamoureux is 21-6-5 with a 1.97 goals against average and .929 save percentage.
Consecutive Starts by a UND Goalie
(Includes streaks over multiple seasons)
1. Al Finkelstein (1951-52 & ?52-53) 40
2. Peter Waselovich (1973-74) 32
J.P. Lamoureux (2006-07 to current) 32
4. Tom Yurkovich (1956-57) 29
Ice Chips:
? Colorado College's first period goal on Saturday marked the first time in seven games this season that UND has allowed its opponent to score a goal in the first period of a game.
? Three UND players had three-point games in Friday's win. Forward Ryan Duncan (Jr., Calgary, Alberta) had two goals and an assist, forward T.J. Oshie (Jr., Roseau, Minn.) had a goal and two assists and defenseman Robbie Bina (Sr., Grand Forks, N.D.) had three assists.
? Duncan now has a team-best eight points (3g, 5a) in seven games this season.
? Duncan's three points on Friday put him over 100 points for his career. He now has 101 points (50g, 51a) in 96 career games.
? Duncan became the second UND player this season and 77th in school history to reach 100 career points. Oshie reached the century mark last weekend.
? Oshie now has seven points this season on a team-leading five goals and two assists.
? Bina has seven assists in seven games this season and 37 (9g, 28a) points in his last 36 games.
? Defenseman Taylor Chorney (Jr., Hastings, Minn.) has seven assists in seven games, tying with Bina for the team lead in assists.
? Rookie defenseman Derrick LaPoint (Eau Claire, Wis.) scored his first career goal in Friday's game. LaPoint will be playing his first collegiate game in his home state this weekend after a standout prep career at Eau Claire North High School and a first team All-USHL campaign last season with the Green Bay Gamblers.
? Junior defenseman Joe Finley (Edina, Minn.) scored his second career goal in Friday's win. Both have come against Colorado College.
? Six of UND's seven games this season have come against nationally ranked teams.
? UND celebrated 60 years of UND hockey (1947-2007) during the weekend of the Colorado College series, with an estimated 70 former players on hand for the festivities.
? Attendance at the two games against Colorado College was 11,824 Friday and 11,803 Saturday, giving UND capacity crowds in all three of its home games this season.
