Date: Friday, Jan. 4 • 6:35 pm (CT) • HARBORCENTER (1,800) • Buffalo, N.Y.
Saturday, Jan. 5 • 6:35 pm (CT) • HARBORCENTER (1,800) • Buffalo, N.Y.
Radio: Home of Economy Radio Network 
Webcast: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/atlantichockey ($10.99/day)
Live stats: www.gogriffs.com

THIS WEEK
Thirteen-ranked North Dakota heads to Buffalo, N.Y., for the final non-conference games of the regular season, playing Friday and Saturday at Canisius College. 

UP NEXT
North Dakota returns to NCHC play Jan. 11-12 against Colorado College at the Ralph Engelstad Arena. 

BROADCAST COVERAGE: 
All UND men's hockey games, home and away, can be heard on stations across the UND Sports Home of Economy Radio Network, as well as through the iHeart Radio app. The flagship station for the network is 96.1 FM (The Fox). Longtime broadcaster Tim Hennessy, in his 40th season as the voice of UND men's hockey, calls the action while Steve Olson provides color analysis.

SOCIAL MEDIA
Receive live updates during all UND hockey games by following @UNDmhockey and @UNDInsider on Twitter. Fans can also follow the action via live chat at FightingHawks.com, featuring Brad Schlossman and Tom Miller of the Grand Forks Herald and Mitch Wigness of UND Athletics.

ABOUT CANISIUS: 
The Golden Griffins are 6-9-2 this season, including a 5-7-1 mark in Atlantic Hockey play (ninth). Canisius' Dylan McLaughlin leads the conference in points (22) while Nick Hutchison adds 16 points so far this season. 
 
CANISIUS HEAD COACH: 
Trevor Large enters his second season at the helm of the Golden Griffins. In his first season as head coach, Large guided Canisius to a 19-17-2 overall record and a second-place finish in Atlantic Hockey with a 17-11 mark in conference play. He was promoted to the top spot after serving three years as an assistant. He also had stints at Army and American International. As a player, Large helped guide Ferris State to a CCHA title and the school's first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2003.  

SERIES HISTORY: 
North Dakota has won all seven prior meetings between the schools. The last series was a sweep at the Ralph Engelstad Arena to open the 2016-17 season (6-0 and 4-1). 

LAST MEETINGS BETWEEN THESE TEAMS:
Defending national champion UND out-scored Canisius, 10-1, in a season-opening sweep at REA to start the 2016-17 campaign. Brock Boeser generated four points and Cam Johnson pitched a shutout in the pipes in the 6-0 opening win while Ludvig Hoff and Colton Poolman each scored power-play goals in Saturday's 4-1 victory. 

LAST GAME:
Six different players found the net in a dominating 6-2 exhibition win for North Dakota over. the U.S. Under-18 team at the Ralph Engelstad Arena Saturday evening. 

Adam Scheel got the start in net, stopping 14 of 15 shots in the first two periods. Peter Thome came on to start the third and kicked aside 16-of-17 shots in just over 16 minutes of work while Ryan Anderson finished the final 3:44 of the win.

LAST REGULAR SEASON SERIES: 
A late overtime goal helped sixth-ranked Denver salvage a series split with No. 14 North Dakota Dec. 7-8 at the Ralph Engelstad Arena. UND got first-period goals from freshmen Gavin Hain and Mark Senden Friday on the way to a 4-1 win before Saturday's heart-breaker. 

The Fighting Hawks tied the score at 1-1 on a Jacob Bernard-Docker goal at the 17:25 mark of the third only to see Jarid Lukosevicius pot the game-winner with just 21 seconds remaining in overtime. 

GREAT EIGHT
North Dakota's last eight goals have come from eight different players. Since Rhett Gardner's winner in the third period of the 4-3 victory over Alaska Anchorage Nov. 24, UND has had a different lamp-lighter in the month of December. 

Goal scorers in this stretch
Nov. 24- Rhett Gardner
Dec. 1- Jordan Kawaguchi, Grant Mismash
Dec. 7- Gavin Hain, Mark Senden, Matt Kiersted, Colton  Poolman
Dec. 8- Jacob Bernard-Docker

THAT WAS FUN...
Freshman G Adam Scheel recorded the rare goalie assist on Colton Poolman's incredible 185-foot empty-netter in the Dec. 7 win over Denver. Scheel fed Poolman behind his own net, then Poolman ringed a shot off the side boards and into the empty net on the other end for one of the more unusual plays to wrap up a 4-1 win for North Dakota in the series opener. 

POLL POSITION: 
UND moved up one to No. 13 in the most-recent USCHO.com poll (Dec. 10). North Dakota is just outside the rankings in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls that were released on Dec. 31.

POOLMAN OR IRON MAN?: 
Junior captain Colton Poolman (East Grand Forks, Minn.) has never missed a collegiate game in his career, having played in all 97 of UND's games since he arrived on campus.

Poolman is closing in on becoming the fourth active Fighting Hawk to reach the 100-games milestone for his career. He would join seniors Rhett Gardner (129 games), Joel Janatuinen (120) and Hayden Shaw (117). Poolman has four goals and four assists through 17 games this season.

SCHEEL BE COMING 'ROUND THE MOUNTAIN: 
Freshman G Adam Scheel allowed just three goals on 43 shots in the series split with Denver Dec. 7-8. He has allowed one goal or fewer in half of his starts this season (6 of 12).

In the process, Scheel lowered his goals against average to 1.89 and leads the nation's freshmen in that category, ninth overall. Seven of Scheel's eight wins to date have come against nationally-ranked opponents.

NCAA FRESHMAN LEADERS: 
Goals Against Average 

Rk. Player, School GAA
1. Adam Scheel, North Dakota 1.89
2. Dryden McKay, Minnesota State 2.23
3. Josh Benson, Sacred Heart 2.26
3. Daniel Lebedeff, Wisconsin 2.52
5. Owen Savory, Rensselaer 2.63

Scheel's 1.89 GAA is currently the lowest by a freshman in UND history:

UND SINGLE-SEASON LEADERS: 
Goals Against Average by Freshmen

Rk. Player, Year GAA
1. Adam Scheel, 2018-19 1.89
2. Jordan Parise, 2003-04 2.05
3. Jean-Philippe Lamoureux, 2004-05 2.19
4. Darren Jensen, 1979-80 2.24
5. Karl Goehring, 1997-98 2.27

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