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1 St. Norbert College Sports Information Dan Lukes, Sports Information Director 123 Schuldes Sports Center - De Pere, Wisconsin phone FAX [email protected] - Web site - St. Norbert College Green Knights Hockey Preview Concordia College (0-2) at No. 1 St. Norbert College (3-0) Fri., Nov. 7 - Cornerstone Community Center (1,876) - Green Bay, Wis. - 7 p.m. St. John s Univ. (0-2) at No. 1 St. Norbert College (3-0) Sat., Nov. 8 - Cornerstone Community Center (1,876) - Green Bay, Wis. - 7 p.m. Weekend Overview: St. Norbert has its home opener this weekend when it hosts Concordia and St. John s. The Green Knights will unveil their 2008 NCAA Division III championship banner prior to Friday s game with the Cobbers. Broadcast: St. Norbert coverage is on the WSNC radio and video Webcast with Tim Derozier on the call. The Webcast is available at The Series: Concordia leads the all-time series with St. Norbert by a 5-4 count. The two teams have met only three times in the last 16 years, with St. Norbert winning those three meetings. St. Norbert leads St. John's 10-7, with St. Norbert winning eight of the last nine games. The Johnnies lone win in the last 16 years was on Nov. 24, 2000 at the National Hockey Center NCHA Standings Team W-L-T Points Overall Lake Forest St. Norbert St. Scholastica UW-Eau Claire UW-River Falls UW-Stevens Point UW-Stout UW-Superior Games on Friday, Nov. 7 Concordia at St. Norbert, 7 p.m. St. Thomas at Eau Claire, 7 p.m. St. Olaf at River Falls, 7 p.m. Hamline at Superior, 7 p.m. Augsburg at St. Scholastica, 7 p.m. St. Mary s at Stevens Point, 7:30 p.m. St. John s at Lake Forest, 7:30 p.m. Gustavus Adolphus at Stout, 7:30 p.m. - MORE - Games on Saturday, Nov. 8 St. John s at St. Norbert, 7 p.m. River Falls at Gustavus Adolphus, 7 p.m. St. Mary s at Eau Claire, 7 p.m. Stout at St. Olaf, 7 p.m. Hamline at St. Scholastica, 7 p.m. Augsburg at Superior, 7 p.m. Concordia at Lake Forest, 7:30 p.m. St. Thomas at Stevens Point, 7:30 p.m Results Date Opponent Result O 28 at Lawrence W 8-1 O 31 at Gustavus Adolphus W 7-5 N 1 at St. Olaf W 5-2 N 7 Concordia-Moorhead 7 p.m. N 8 St. John s 7 p.m. N 14 *UW-Stevens Point 7 p.m. N 15 *UW-Eau Claire 7 p.m. N 21 *at St. Scholastica 7 p.m. N 22 *at UW-Superior 7 p.m. N 28 #Oswego State 7 p.m. N 29 #Lawrence 7 p.m. D 5 *at UW-Stout 7:30 p.m. D 6 *at UW-River Falls 7 p.m. J 2 MSOE 7 p.m. J 3 at MSOE 7 p.m. J 9 at St. Thomas 7 p.m. J 10 at St. Mary s 7 p.m. J 17 *Lake Forest 7 p.m. J 23 *at UW-Eau Claire 7 p.m. J 24 *at UW-Stevens Point 7:30 p.m. J 30 *UW-Superior 7 p.m. J 31 *St. Scholastica 7 p.m. F 6 *UW-River Falls 7 p.m. F 7 *UW-Stout 7 p.m. F 14 *at Lake Forest 7 p.m. F NCHA Quarterfinals TBA F 28 NCHA Semifinals TBA M 7 NCHA Peters Cup Final TBA M 11 NCAA First Round TBA M 14 NCAA Quarterfinals TBA M NCAA Frozen Four ^ TBA * - NCHA regular-season game; # - St. Norbert Tournament, Green Bay, Wis..; ^ - at Olympic Center, Lake Placid, N.Y. Note: Home games in bold; (rankings) by U.S. College Hockey Online.

2 St. Norbert Quick Facts Nickname: Green Knights Location: De Pere, WI Colors: Dartmouth Green & Old Gold Founded: Enrollment: ,100 President: Thomas Kunkel Athletics Director: Tim Bald Conference:.Northern Collegiate Hockey Assn. Facility:.....Cornerstone Community Center Capacity: ,876 Year Opened: Dimensions: x85 All-Time Cornerstone Record: Record Crowds:...2,210 (3/5/05 vs. Superior)..5,516 (2/4/06 vs. Stevens Point) - Resch Center Head Coach: Tim Coghlin Record at St. Norbert: (16th year) Assistant Coaches: A.J. Aitken Tommy Cianflone Ryan Wempe First Season of Hockey: Seasons of Hockey: All-Time Overall Record: All-Time NCHA Record: NCHA Championships: Ten (1997,98,99,2002,03,04,05,06,07,08) NCHA Peters Cup Championships:...Seven (1998,99,2003,04,05,07,08) NCAA Tournament Appearances: Ten (1997,98,99,2002,03,04,05,06,07,08) NCAA Frozen Four Appearances:......Five (2003,04,06,07,08) NCAA Championships: One (2008) USCHO.com Division III Top 15 Poll - Oct. 19, 2008 Place School (1st-place) Pts. Record 1 St. Norbert (14) Plattsburgh State (5) Elmira Norwich St. Thomas Oswego State Middlebury Hobart Manhattanville Adrian (1) UW-Stout UW-River Falls UW-Superior Babson Bowdoin Others receiving votes: Hamline 25, Trinity 16, UW-Stevens Point 16, New England College 13, Colby 11, Potsdam State 7, Curry 6, Bethel 5, UM-Dartmouth 4, Amherst 3, Neumann 2, St. Scholastica 2, MSOE 1, Utica 1. The Coaches: St. Norbert coach Tim Coghlin (UW-Stevens Point, 1989) is in his 16th season in De Pere. The Green Knights are in the last seven seasons. Concordia coach Chris Howe (St. John s, 1999) is 0-2 in his first season in Moorhead. St. John s coach Doug Scheuller (Bowling Green, 2001) is 0-2 in his first season in Collegeville. Last Meetings: St. Norbert beat Concordia 3-1 last Nov. 10 at the Moorhead Sports Center. Matt Boyd s goal early in the third period snapped a 1-1 tie. The Green Knights outshot the Cobbers Blake Bashor made 14 saves for the Green Knights, while Jeremy Boniface made 36 saves for the Cobbers. St. Norbert beat St. John s 3-2 last Nov. 11 at the National Hockey Center in St. Cloud. Marc Belanger and Dustin Dubas gave St. Norbert a 2-0 lead before the Johnnies Nate Meinz and Karl Gilbert tied the score. Steven Sleep s goal late in the second period was the difference. Kyle Jones made 30 saves for St. Norbert, while Vince Wheeler made 18 for the Johnnies. About the Green Knights: St. Norbert improved to 3-0 with a weekend road sweep of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference foes. The Green Knights topped Gustavus Adolphus 7-5 before beating St. Olaf 5-2. The Green Knights have already scored 20 goals in three games after scoring 118 in 32 games last season. Freshman forward Alain Joanette has four goals along with one assist for five points. Junior forward A.J. Gale has a team-high seven points, netting three goals and four assists. Junior forward Shane Wheeler and Tyler Allen each have three goals apiece. Sophomore Blake Bashor is 1-0 this season with a 2.01 goals against average and.889 save percentage. Sophomore B.J. O Brien is 2-0 with a 3.32 GAA and an.861 save percentage. St. Norbert is 7-for-22 (31.8 percent) on the power play and is 18- for-21 (85.7 percent) on the penalty kill. About the Cobbers: Concordia dropped a pair of games last weekend to open the season, falling at home to UW- Stevens Point 3-1 and UW-Eau Claire 5-4. Concordia had 15 power plays against Stevens Point but scored just once. Senior forward Ryan Clukey scored two goals and three assists last weekend to lead the Cobbers, while sophomore forward Michael Weiss had two goals for two points. Freshman forward Marc Harris has two assists for two points. Freshman goalie Elliot Okland got the start against Stevens Point and has a goals against average of 3.02 and a save percentage of.903. Junior Mike Persson had the nod against Eau Claire and has a GAA of 5.02 and a save percentage of.857. Concordia s power play is 3-for- 19 (15.8 percent) and its penalty kill is 12-for-15 (80 percent). About the Johnnies: St. John s also opened the season last weekend at home against Eau Claire and Stevens Point. The Johnnies lost to the Blugolds 3-2 on Friday before falling to the Pointers 5-4 on Saturday. Senior forward Brian Baker leads the St. John s offense with one goal and two assists for three points. Sophomore defenseman Jared Smith has three assists for three points, while sophomore defenseman Brent Brodersen has a pair of power-play goals for two points. Senior goalie Vince Wheeler got the start against Eau Claire and has a 3.03 goals against average and a.906 save percentage. Freshman Steele DeFazio has a 5.12 GAA with an.808 save percentage. St. John s power play is 3-for-16 (18.8 percent) while its penalty kill is 12-for-13 (92.3 percent). Gimme Five: St. Norbert is unbeaten in its last

3 209 games when scoring five goals or more with a mark since a 7-5 loss to Bemidji State in De Pere on Jan. 12, The Green Knights had an 85-game winning streak snapped when scoring five or more goals when they tied UW-Superior 5-5 on Dec. 3, St. Norbert is in its last 26 games when allowing five goals or more dating back to the season. The only wins were a 9-5 win over St. Scholastica on Feb. 20, 1999, a 7-5 win over UW-Stout on Nov. 30, 2001, another win over UW-Stout in an 8-5 triumph on Jan. 14, 2005, a 7-5 win over UW-Stevens Point on Feb. 3, 2007 and a 7-5 win over Gustavus Adolphus on Oct. 31, The Green Knights have allowed five goals just 11 times in their last 211 games. St. Norbert hadn t allowed at least five goals in 41 games until Gustavus Adolphus scored five times on Oct. 31, MIAC Minutiae: St. Norbert has a solid record against Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference competition since Tim Coghlin took over the Green Knights' helm in Two of the losses came in a sweep at St. Mary's in Coghlin's first year of Since then, the Green Knights are against the MIAC. The losses came in a 4-3 decision at St. John's on Nov. 24, 2000 and a pair of losses to St. Thomas in the season. The Green Knights also dropped a 7-4 contest to Augsburg during and to Gustavus Adolphus in St. Norbert has tied St. Thomas twice and Augsburg once, those coming in the and seasons. At home under Coghlin, St. Norbert is a remarkable against MIAC foes. The losses came in a 3-2 defeat to St. Thomas in the 2005 NCAA Division III Tournament and to Gustavus Adolphus on Nov. 3, Streak Stuff: St. Norbert is currently since a 4-2 loss to Gustavus Adolphus last Nov. 3. The 32-game unbeaten streak is a school record. The Green Knights 32-game unbeaten streak is the secondlongest in Division III history. Massachusetts-Dartmouth holds the Division III record at 38 games from Jan. 16, 1985 to March 2, In addition to the current streak, St. Norbert has had two 19-game unbeaten streaks in its history, and fashioned a 26-game skein during the season. With its collection of unbeaten streaks of at least 19 games, St. Norbert now has four of the top 12 unbeaten streaks in NCAA Division III history. Middlebury is the only other Division III school which has at least two unbeaten streaks of at least 19 games. St. Norbert s best ever stretch of hockey came at the end of the season into the season. The Green Knights carried a 19- game unbeaten streak (17-0-2) into the 2003 Frozen Four before losing to Norwich in a national semifinal. St. Norbert then opened the NCAA Hockey - All Divisions Longest Unbeaten Streaks No. Team Dates Division 42 Bemidji State 11/8/83-12/31/84 II 38 Mass.-Dartmouth 1/16/85-3/2/86 III 38 Rensselear 11/24/84-11/16/85 I 36 Mass.-Lowell 1/15/81-1/26/82 II 34 Alabama-Huntsville 2/4/95-3/9/96 II 32 St. Norbert 11/10/07-present III 30 Cornell 11/22/69-11/21/70 I 29 Middlebury 12/31/94-1/7/96 III 29 Northern Michigan 12/28/90-10/25/91 I Head Coach Tim Coghlin Education: Bachelor s degree in communications at UW-Stevens Point (1989); master s degree in education at UW-Stevens Point (1995). Playing Experience: Four-year letterman at UW-Stevens Point ( ); Milwaukee Admirals (1989); Fife Flyers, British Premier League (1991). Coaching Experience: Assistant coach at UW- Stevens Point ( ); head coach at St. Norbert (May 26, 1993 to present). Coghlin s Head Coaching Record Year Overall NCHA Place NCAA n/a n/a th th st Quarters st Quarters st Quarters nd rd st Quarters st Semis st Runner-Up st Quarters st Runner-Up st Semis st Champion Totals Coghlin vs. NCHA Team Overall Home Away Neutral Bemidji State * Lake Forest St. Scholastica Eau Claire River Falls Stevens Point Stout Superior Totals * - Left NCHA after season. Coghlin vs. MIAC Team Overall Home Away Neutral Augsburg Bethel Concordia Gustavus Hamline St. John s St. Mary s St. Olaf St. Thomas Totals Winningest Programs ( ) Rank Team Record Pct. 1 St. Norbert Norwich Middlebury

4 St. Norbert College Hockey The Last Time It Happened Weekend Series Sweep at St. Norbert: By SNC: Feb , vs. Lake Forest (4-0, 5-0) By Opponent: Dec. 1-2, vs. Norwich/Middlebury (5-2, 1-0) Weekend Series Sweep on the Road (both games must be true road games): By SNC: Oct. 31-Nov. 1, at Gustavus/St. Olaf (7-5, 5-2) By Opponent: Feb. 28-March 1, at River Falls (2-1, 7-4) Overtime: SNC won: March 15, St. Thomas (2-1) SNC lost: March 17, vs. Oswego State (3-4) SNC tied: Feb. 9, at UW-Stout (3-3) Shutout: By SNC: March 23, vs. Plattsburgh State (2-0) - SNC goalie: Kyle Jones By Opponent: March 18, vs. Middlebury (3-0) - Midd goalie: Doug Raeder Shutout in a NCHA Game: By SNC: Feb. 2, at St. Scholastica (3-0) - SNC goalie: Kyle Jones By Opponent: Nov. 5, at Lake Forest (1-0) - LFC goalie: Justin Howard Win trailing after two periods: By SNC: Dec. 30, vs. Amherst (W 3-1) - trailed 1-0 By Opponent: March 17, vs. Oswego State (L 4-3 ot) - led 3-2 Scored 10 or more goals: By SNC: Nov. 11, St. Mary's (11-3) By Opponent: Feb. 27, at Augsburg (13-2) Team scored five or more goals in a period: By SNC: Oct. 25, Marian (third period, five goals, W 8-2) By Opponent: Feb. 4, Lake Forest (second period, five goals, W 8-7) Team recorded 50 or more shots on goal: By SNC: Oct. 28, at Lawrence (50 shots) By Opponent: Dec. 8, at UW-Superior (50 shots) Hat Trick: By SNC: Oct. 28, Alain Joanette at Lawrence By Opponent: Feb. 3, Pat Lee, UW-Stevens Point SNC player scored four goals: Feb. 4, Andy Cote vs. UW-Stevens Point (at Resch Center) SNC player scored five assists: Jan. 27, Rob Smillie vs. UW-Stevens Point Shorthanded Goal: By SNC: Oct. 28, Tyler Allen at Lawrence (W 8-1) By Opponent: Feb. 1, Seth Reda, UW-Superior (T 1-1 ot) Goaltender Assist: By SNC: Dec. 1, Kyle Jones vs. UW-Superior (W 6-2) By Opponent: Nov. 2, Brycen Eberwein, St. Olaf (W 4-3) season St. Norbert was over that 31-game stretch. Dating back to a 2-1 loss to UW- Stout at the Resch Center on Jan. 27, 2007, the Green Knights are an impressive overall and are against NCHA opponents. Poll Position: St. Norbert has been ranked in the USCHO.com Division III Poll for 123 consecutive weeks. Prior to being ranked seventh in the Nov. 5, 2007 poll, the Green Knights had been rated in the top four for 100 of 101 weeks. St. Norbert entered the season at No. 1. The Green Knights are all-time when ranked No. 1. During the 123-week stretch of being ranked, St. Norbert has been No. 1 for 38 weeks. St. Norbert was rated No. 1 in the 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008 final polls. St. Norbert was against ranked foes last season. St. Norbert is against teams ranked in the USCHO.com Poll under Tim Coghlin. One-Goal Observations: St. Norbert has been able to fashion its 32-game unbeaten streak thanks to pulling out several close games, or at least forging a tie. The Green Knights were an unblemished 8-0 in one-goal games last season. In the prior four seasons combined, St. Norbert had been just in one-goal games. The Green Knights were 4-4 in , 2-2 in , 4-2 in and 2-2 in St. Norbert was 4-0 in for its best season in one-goal games prior to Under Tim Coghlin, St. Norbert is in one-goal games. The Green Knights had three consecutive onegoal wins from March 1-15, 2008, the first time in school history that has occurred.

5 St. Norbert Hockey Game Summaries Game #1 (Oct. 28) Appleton Family Ice Center (807) St. Norbert 8, Lawrence 1 SN LU st: LU - DeSmit 1 (Hughes, Takahashi), PPG, 3:00 2nd: SN - Patterson 1 (Joanette, Nopper), PPG, 9:32 SN - Gale 1 (Tabisz), PPG, 10:20 SN - Allen 1 (Walz), SHG, 14:24 SN - Gale 2 (S. Wheeler), 16:15 3rd: SN - Joanette 1 (Patterson, Pratt), 6:45 SN - Joanette 2 (Pratt), 11:40 SN - Joanette 3 (Pratt, Patterson), 18:46 SN - S. Wheeler 1 (Gale, Boyd), 19:19 Penalties: SN 10-20, LU Power Play: SN 2-10, LU 1-7 Saves: Bashor (SN) 5-3-x - 8 (29:32) O Brien (SN) x (30:28) Johnson (LU) (60:00) Game #2 (Oct. 31) All Seasons Arena (357) St. Norbert 7, Gustavus Adolphus 5 SN GA st: SN - Allen 2 (Petersen,Tikka), PPG, 8:37 GA - Leathers 1 (Bigham, P. Dynan), 9:25 SN - Langford 1 (Pulak, Allen), 10:03 GA - Martinson 1 (Ring-Jarvi), PPG, 12:02 SN - S. Wheeler 2 (Boyd, Gale), 16:45 2nd: SN - Harder 1 (Skoog, Herman), 6:43 SN - Gale 3 (S. Wheeler, Boyd), 15:27 SN - S. Wheeler 3 (Gale), PPG, 16:27 GA - Martinson 2 (Schugel), 18:41 3rd: GA - Ring-Jarvi 1 (Martinson, Campion), 6:24 GA - Bigham 1 (P. Dynan), 9:12 SN - Allen 3 (Longley), ENG, 19:23 Penalties: SN 10-20, GA 6-12 Power Play: SN 2-4, GA 1-8 Saves: O Brien (SN) (60:00) Swartout (GA) (59:38) Game #3 (Nov. 1) Northfield Ice Arena (217) St. Norbert 5, St. Olaf 2 SN SO st: SO - Stalock 2 (Grogan), PPG, 10:30 SN - Boyd 1 (S. Wheeler, Tabisz), PPG, 11:29 2nd: SN - Tabisz 1 (Gale, Boyd), PPG, 3:22 SN - Longley 1 (Allen), PPG, 5:36 SN - Joanette 4 (Nopper), 7:02 SO - Benson 1 (Grogan, Molstad), 12:52 3rd: SN - Longley 2 (Nopper), ENG, 19:48 Penalties: SN 8-16, SO 3-6 Power Play: SN 3-6, SO 1-6 Saves: Bashor (SN) (60:00) Krauss (SO) (59:32)

6 St. Norbert College Hockey St. Norbert College Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 04, 2008) All games DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES... ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 10/28/08 at Lawrence Univ. W CONFERENCE... ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 10/31/08 at Gustavus Adolphus W NON-CONFERENCE... ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 11/1/08 at St. Olaf College W SHOTS PEN-- GOALS TEAM STATISTICS SNC OPP ## INDIVIDUAL (by pts) GP G A Pts Shots Pct No-Min PP SH SHOT STATISTICS A.J. Gale Goals-Shot attempts Shane Wheeler Shot pct Alain Joanette Goals/Game Tyler Allen Shots/Game Matt Boyd POWER PLAYS Brandon Longley Goals-Power Plays Cory Patterson Conversion Percent Nick Tabisz GOAL BREAKDOWN... 6 Jason Nopper Power Play Steven Pratt Short-handed Cory Harder Empty net Taylor Langford Penalty Brad Herman Unassisted Ryan Petersen Overtime Scott Pulak PENALTIES... 8 Jon Skoog Number Sam Tikka Minutes Dustin Walz Penalties/Game Mike Bernardy Pen minutes/game Dustin Dubas Pete Fylling Adam Hammerbeck Steven Sleep Total Opponents GOAL AVERAGE--- -SAVES- ## GOALTENDERS GP Time GA EN Avg Save Pct W L T Blake Bashor 2 89: B.J. O'Brien 2 90: Total : Opponents : ATTENDANCE SUMMARY SNC OPP Total Dates/Avg Per Date... 0/0 3/527 Neutral Site #/Avg... 0/0 GOALS BY PERIOD OT Total St. Norbert College Opponents SHOTS BY PERIOD OT Total St. Norbert College Opponents SAVES BY PERIOD OT Total St. Norbert College Opponents