Named to preseason All-WCHA team in 93X (Duluth) preseason WCHA media poll.
Career: UND's career leader
in goals against average (1.79) and save percentage (.923) ... Ranks second
all-time in winning percentage (.739) and fourth in shutouts (seven) ... The
first goalie in Sioux history to record a shutout in both his first career WCHA
playoff game and first career NCAA playoff game.
2010-11 (Sophomore):
Named to the American Hockey Coaches Association
(AHCA) All-America West second team ... Inside
College Hockey's Goaltender of
the Year and an INCH All-America first-team selection ... Named to the
All-College Hockey News First Team ... Named to All-WCHA First Team ...
Two-time WCHA Defensive Player of the Week ... Received UND's Most
Improved
Player award ... Named to Athletics Director's Fall Honor Roll ... Won the
WCHA
goaltending title with a 1.97 goals against average in 25 league games
...
Captured the goaltending crown by the largest margin since 2001-02 ...
Led the
nation in wins (30) and GAA (1.79) and tied for the national lead with
six
shutouts, which also tied him for second-most in UND single-season
history ...
His 30 wins set a UND single-season record, eclipsing the previous
record of 29
set by Ed Belfour in 1986-87 ...His 1.79 GAA was the third-lowest in UND
single-season history and his .924 save percentage ranked fourth ...
Ranked third in the nation in winning percentage and eighth in save
percentage ... Went 6-1-0
with a 1.08 goals against average and .952 save percentage in seven
playoff
starts ... Entered the NCAA Frozen Four on a career-long 10-game winning
streak and
unbeaten in his last 14 starts (13-0-1) ... Was named most valuable
player of
the NCAA Midwest Regional after allowing just one goal on 48 shots in
wins over
No. 5 Denver (championship) and No. 16 Rensselaer (semifinal) ...
Stopped all
21 shots he faced for his sixth shutout in UND's 6-0 semifinal win over
RPI ...
Stopped 26 of 27 shots in a 6-1 win over DU in the regional championship
...
Stopped a career-high 40 shots in UND's 3-2, double-overtime win over
No. 5
Denver in the WCHA Final Five championship game (March 19) in St. Paul
...
Became the first Sioux goalie since Jean-Philippe Lamoureux in the 2008
NCAA
Midwest Region final at Wisconsin to record at least 40 saves in a game
... One
of only four goalies in UND history (Lamoureux, Karl Goehring, Jordan
Parise)
with at least six shutouts in a season ... Four of his six shutouts have
came away
from home ... Put together a shutout streak of 224 minutes and 31
seconds that
was the second-longest in UND history, and the longest since Gerald
"Spike"
Schultz set the school record of 249:41 in 1953-54 ... Allowed two goals
or
fewer in 13 of his last 14 games ... Started 23 straight games from Nov.
20 to
March 4, tied for the eighth-longest streak in Sioux history ... Earned
second
letter.
2009-10 (Freshman): Appeared in five
games and went 1-3-1 with a 1.81 goals against average and .897 save percentage
... Notched a shutout (16 saves) in his first career start at Alaska Anchorage
(Oct. 23) ... Joined Billy Kriski (11/04/72 at Michigan) as the only Sioux
goalies to record a WCHA road shutout in their first career start ... Went
1-1-0 with a 0.51 goals against average and a .968 save percentage in two road
starts ... Other road start was a 14-save effort at Cornell ... Earned first
letter.
Before UND: Spent the previous
two seasons with the Calgary Canucks of the Alberta Junior Hockey League ...
Appeared in a league-leading 51 games in 2008-09 and went 25-17-8 with a 2.53
goals against average and a .924 save
percentage ... Finished second in the AJHL in save percentage and logged a
league-leading 2,986 minutes in goal ... Posted a pair of shutouts ...
Unanimous selection to the 2009 AJHL All-League South Division team ... Named
player of the game of the 2009 AJHL All-Star Game after stopping all 15 shots
he faced in his one period of action ... Appeared in 23 games in 2007-08 and
went 5-11-2 with a 3.13 goals against average and a .892 save percentage ... A
2008 graduate of The Centre for Learning at Home.
Personal: Majoring in
recreation and tourism studies ... Son of Phil Dell and Laurie Sears.
Dell's Career Overall Statistics:
| Year |
GP |
W-L-T |
MIN |
GA |
GAA |
SVS |
SV% |
SHO |
| 2009-10 |
5 |
1-3-1 |
199:22 |
6 |
1.81 |
52 |
.897 |
1 |
| 2010-11 |
40 |
30-7-2 |
2349:02 |
70 |
1.79 |
857 |
.924 |
6 |
| Totals |
45 |
31-10-3 |
2548:24
|
76 |
1.79 |
909
|
.923 |
7
|
Dell's Career WCHA Statistics:
| Year |
GP |
W-L-T |
MIN |
GA |
GAA |
SVS |
SV% |
SHO |
| 2009-10 |
4 |
1-2-1 |
140:41 |
5 |
2.13 |
38 |
.884 |
1 |
| 2010-11 |
25 |
19-4-1 |
1432:09 |
47 |
1.97 |
487 |
.912 |
2 |
| Totals |
29 |
20-6-2 |
1572:50
|
52
|
1.98 |
525
|
.910 |
3
|
Bold stats indicate led NCAA
