UMD Men's Hockey Release No. 1 (Oct. 10)

BULLDOGS

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH MEN’S HOCKEY

Communications Office • Bob Nygaard, Director • University of Minnesota Duluth • Duluth, MN 55812-2496 bnygaard@d.umn.edu • (218) 726-8191 • Fax: (218) 726-6529 • umdbulldogs.com October 10, 2012

NO. 13 BULLDOGS AND OHIO STATE SET TO COLLIDE THIS WEEKEND IN 2012-13 SEASON OPENERS THE PUCK DROPS NOW: The University of Minnesota Duluth will crack the seal on its 69th year of intercollegiate men’s ice hockey this Friday and Saturday (Oct. 12-13) when the Bulldogs play host to Ohio State University in a pair of non-conference clashes.

Opening faceoff is set for 7:07 p.m. both nights at AMSOIL Arena (6,737) in downtown Duluth.

THE RECORDS: The Bulldogs closed out the 2011-12 season with a 25-10-6 overall record, placed second in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings at 16-7-5, and advanced to the quarterfinal round of the NCAA tournament, bowing out to eventual national champion Boston College in the Northeast Regional finals. Ohio State was an even 15-15-5 in all games one year ago and posted a 11-12-5 mark in Central Collegiate Hockey Association play (tied for eighth place with the University of Notre Dame).

HOW THEY RANK: Here is how UMD and Ohio State stacked up in the latest USCHO.com and USA Today/ USA Hockey Magazine polls:

USCHO.com USA Today UMD 13th 12th OSU RV RV

ON THE AIR: The two UMD-Ohio State games will be carried locally on 94X (94.1/104.3 FM) with Bruce Ciskie handling the play-by-play. The broadcast can also be heard on KQ 105.5 in Grand Rapids/Hibbing and KQ 106.7 in Ely/Virginia as part of the Bulldog Radio Network and is available on the internet at: www.fan1490.com.

In addition, My9 (KBJR DT 6.2/KRII DT 11.9) will televise both ends of this weekend’s series. Veteran sports anchor Tom Hansen and former Bulldog puck standout Judd Medak will serve as the on-air talent.

My9, which is scheduled to carry at least 19 games during the 2012-13 regular season, is also available locally on Charter and Mediacom cable. The telecast will be videostreammed as well and can be viewed for a fee through America ONE at www.b2tv.com.

2012-13 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH ROSTER No. Name Pos. 4 Willie Corrin D 5 Chris Casto D 6 Derik Johnson D 7 Andy Welinski D 8 Drew Olson (A) D 10 Dan DeLisle W 11 Austin Farley W 13 Tony Cameranesi C 14 Keegan Flaherty (A) W 15 Jake Hendrickson C 16 Tim Smith D 17 Mike Seidel W 18 Joe Basaraba W 19 Max Tardy C 20 Cody Danberg (C) W 21 Caleb Herbert W 22 Luke McManus D 23 Austyn Young C 24 Charlie Sampair C 25 Justin Crandall W 26 Adam Krause W 27 Cal Decowski C 28 Wade Bergman D 30 Alex Fons G 31 Aaron Crandall G 36 Matt McNeely G

Hgt. Wgt. Yr .

6-2 200 Fr. 6-2 210 So. 6-0 195 So. 6-1 200 Fr. 6-0 200 Sr. 6-5 230 Sr. 5-8 170 Fr. 5-10 180 Fr. 6-0 195 Sr. 5-10 180 Sr. 6-0 200 Jr. 5-10 175 Sr. 6-3 195 Jr. 6-0 195 Jr. 6-0 190 Sr. 6-0 193 So. 6-1 200 So. 5-11 185 Fr. 6-1 190 Fr. 5-11 185 So. 6-2 210 So. 5-9 180 Fr. 5-10 180 Sr. 6-1 190 Fr. 6-1 195 Jr. 6-3 200 Fr.

Birthdate 8/1/91 12/27/91 2/1/90 4/27/93 4/4/90 9/24/90 11/10/93 8/12/93 3/25/90 10/2/89 7/15/90 4/4/88 5/2/92 10/27/90 3/5/87 10/12/91 5/9/90 10/16/93 10/31/93 4/5/92 9/12/91 2/4/92 9/9/90 10/10/91 3/25/90 2/16/93

Hometown (Previous Team/League) International Falls, Minn. (Fargo/USHL) Stillwater, Minn. (Lincoln/USHL) Bloomington, Minn. (Penticton/BCJHL) Duluth, Minn. (Green Bay/USHL) Brainerd, Minn. (Omaha/USHL) Arden Hills, Minn. (Totino-Grace H.S.) Niles, Ill. (Fargo/USHL) Maple Grove, Minn. (Waterloo/USHL) Duluth, Minn. (Fargo/USHL) Savage, Minn. (Sioux City/USHL) Superior, Wis. (Indiana/USHL) Darien, Ill. (Cedar Rapids/USHL) Fort Frances, Ontario (Shattuck-St. Mary’s) Duluth, Minn (Tri-City/USHL) Canwood, Saskatchewan (Nanaimo/BCHL) Bloomington, Minn. (Sioux City/USHL) Apple Valley, Minn. (Tri-City/USHL) South St. Paul, Minn. (Sioux Falls/USHL) White Bear Lake, Minn. (Hill-Murray H.S.) Lakeville, Minn. (Omaha/USHL) Hermantown, Minn. (Sioux City/USHL) Andover, Minn. (Des Moines/USHL) Calgary, Alberta (Olds/AJHL) Minnetonka, Minn. (Fairbanks/NAHL) Lakeville, Minn. (Des Moines/USHL) Burnsville, Minn. (Cedar Rapids/USHL)

Head Coach: Scott Sandelin

Assistant Coaches: Jason Herter, Derek Plante, Bill Watson Strength and Conditioning Coach: Blake Palmer Athletic Trainer: Dr. Susan Hoppe Equipment Manager: Chris Garner

Director of Hockey Operations: Christian Koelling (2004, 2009, 2011 and 2012), two Frozen Fours (2004 and 2011) and seven of the past 10 WCHA Final Five playoff events. During the course of the 2011-12 season, his troops set a club record by go-

ing unbeaten in 17 straight games and were ranked first in both major weekly polls (USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine for a program-best nine consecutive weeks. In March 2009, UMD became

The Numbers on Sandelin (Overall) (WCHA) YEAR W L T PCT W L T 2000-01 7 28 4 .231 3 22 3 2001-02 13 24 3 .363 6 19 3 2002-03 22 15 5 .583 14 10 4 2003-04 28 13 4 .667 19 7 2 2004-05 15 17 6 .473 11 13 4 2005-06 11 25 4 .325 6 19 3 2006-07 13 21 5 .397 8 16 4 2007-08 13 17 6 .444 9 14 5 2008-09 22 13 8 .605 10 11 7 2009-10 22 17 1 .562 16 11 1 2010-11 26 10 6 .690 15 8 5 2011-12 25 10 6 .683 16 7 5 2012-13 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 Totals 217 210 58 .507 133 157 46

THE COACH: The runnerup for the 2010-11 Spencer Penrose Award (American Hockey Coaches Association NCAA Division I Coach of the Year) and recipient of that honor in 2003-04, Scott Sandelin is in his 13th season behind the UMD bench where he has compiled a 217-210-58 overall record -- including a 95-50-21 mark (a .636 winning percentage) since the 2008-09 opener. Besides capturing the school’s first NCAA championship two years ago and rolling up the team’s best overall record in 19 years (26-10-6), the Bulldogs have posted four consecutive 22-win seasons, and advanced to four NCAA tournaments

Lifetime Record vs. Ohio State: 0-1-0

2010-11 NCAA Champions

PCT PLACE .161 10th .268 9th .571 5th .714 2nd .464 6th .268 9th .357 9th .411 8th .482 7th .589 4th(T) .625 4th .661 2nd .000 .464

the first play-in game participant to ever claim the Final Five title and, later that spring, strung together a school-record six-game postseason winning streak before it fell to Miami University 2-1 in the NCAA West Regional final. Nine years ago, Sandelin, 48, turned UMD into a NCAA Frozen Four participant for the first time in nearly a generation, marshaling his troops to their most victories (they were 28-13-4 overall) and highest WCHA finish (second place on a 19-7-2 mark) since 1992-93. For his efforts, the Hibbing, Minn., native was chosen the WCHA Coach of the Year as well as the national coach of the year by both insidecollegehockey.com and uscho.com. In 2002-03, Sandelin’s Bulldogs went 22-15-5 overall and captured fifth place in the WCHA with a 14-10-4 mark while experiencing the greatest one-season turnaround of any league club that winter. One year earlier, he guided UMD to a 13-24-1 record in all games -- nearly doubling the number of victories from the previous season (7-284). Sandelin officially signed on as a member of the Bulldog staff on March 31, 2000 following six years of assistant coaching deployment at North Dakota. Prior to joining the Fighting Sioux (who won two NCAA titles during his tenure), Sandelin spent the 1993-94 season as the head coach of the Fargo-Moorhead Junior Kings of the Junior Elite Hockey League after working in that same capacity (and doubling as general manager) the previous winter with the American Hockey Association’s Fargo-Moorhead Express. He capped off his four-year playing career at North Dakota in 1985-86 by being named one of 10 finalists for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award. An All-WCHA first team pick and an All-American second team selection as a senior, Sandelin went on to play seven years of professional hockey, which included National Hockey League stints with the Montreal Canadiens (1986-88), Philadelphia Flyers (1990-91) and Minnesota North Stars (199192). Sandelin, one of just two current WCHA coaches

2012-13 BULLDOG SCHEDULE Date Oct. 12-13 Oct. 18-19 Oct. 26-27 Nov.10-11 Nov. 16-17 Nov. 23-24 Nov. 30 Dec. 1 Dec. 7-8 Dec. 14-15 Dec. 28 Dec. 29 Jan.11-12 Jan. 18-19 Jan. 26 Feb. 1-2 Feb. 8-9 Feb. 15-16 Feb. 22-23 March 1-2 March 8-9

Opponent Time (CST) Ohio State 7:07 p.m.

Notre Dame 6:35 p.m.

Wisconsin* 7:07 p.m.

Nebraska-Omaha* 7:07/2:07 p.m.

North Dakota* 7:07/2:07 p.m.

St. Cloud State* 7:37/7:07 p.m.

Michigan Tech* 6:07 p.m.

Michigan Tech* 6:07p.m.

Bemidji State* 7:07 p.m.

Alaska Anchorage* 10:07 p.m.

Maine# TBA Cornell/Ferris State# TBA Michigan Tech* 7:07 p.m.

Colorado College* 8:37/8:07 p.m.

USA-18 Team^ 2:07 p.m.

Denver* 7:07 p.m.

MSU-Mankato* 7:37/7:07 p.m Bemidji State* 7:37/7:07 p.m.

Minnesota* 7:07 p.m.

Alabama-Huntsville 7:07 p.m.

Nebraska-Omaha* 7:07 p.m.

*WCHA Game #Florida College Hockey Classic ^Exhibition Game Home Games Are In Boldface

FINAL 2011-12 WCHA STANDINGS

TEAM (Overall Record) Minnesota (28-14-1) UMD (25-10-6) Denver (25-14-4) North Dakota (26-13-3) Colorado College (18-16-2) St. Cloud State (17-17-5) Nebraska Omaha (14-18-6) Michigan Tech (16-19-4) Bemidji State (17-18-3) Wisconsin (17-18-2) Minnesota State-Mankato (12-24-2) Alaska Anchorage (9-25-2)

GP W L T PTS GF AVG GA AVG 28 20 8 0 40 88 3.14 57 2.03 28 16 7 5 37 103 3.68 73 2.61 28 16 8 4 36 96 3.43 79 2.82 28 16 11 1 33 82 2.93 73 2.61 28 15 12 1 31 95 3.39 86 3.07 28 12 12 4 28 86 3.07 74 2.64 28 11 12 5 27 83 2.96 85 3.03 28 11 13 4 26 85 3.04 87 3.11 28 11 14 3 25 72 2.57 89 3.18 28 11 15 2 24 76 2.71 83 2.96 28 8 18 2 18 73 2.61 102 3.64 28 5 22 1 11 60 2.14 111 3.96

to do time in the NHL, was the Montreal Canadiens’ second-round pick in the 1982 NHL draft (40th choice overall). He served as Team USA’s head coach at the 2005 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championships, directing that club to a fourth-place finish, and was an assistant coach for the U.S. at that same event last winter.

THE SERIES: UMD and Ohio State have met only three times previously, the last coming nearly six years ago.

The Bulldogs are 0-2-1 lifetime against the Buckeyes, having faced them once each in Columbus, Ohio (a 4-1 loss in the opening round of the Ohio Hockey Classic on Dec. 29, 2006), Duluth (a 6-1 setback on Dec. 19, 1979) and in St. Louis, Mo. (a 3-3 tie in the third place game of the University of St. Louis Tournament on Dec. 27, 1974).

LAST WEEKEND: While the Bulldogs were idle, having officially opened preseason practice last Saturday morning, Ohio State tuned up for this weekend’s 2012-13 openers by nipping the University of Waterloo (Ontario) 3-2 in overtime in a home exhibition outing Sunday. The Buckeyes, who outshot the Warriors 42-22 on the afternoon, got goals from three different players, including right winger Anthony Greco, who scored 2:04 into the extra session and also assisted on Ohio State’s game-tying goal early in the third period.

SOME BIG SKATES TO FILL: Four of the Bulldogs’ five leading scorers from a year ago either graduated (three-time All-American and 2011-12 Hobey Baker Memorial Award winner Jack Connolly, All-WCHA third teamer Travis Oleksuk, and defenseman Brady Lamb) or departed early for the National Hockey League (sophomore All-American right winger J.T. Brown with Tampa Bay). That quartet accounted for just over half (74) of UMD’s entire goal yield (147) last winter and 48% percent of the team’s total points (191 of 400).

CATCH-22: The 2011-12 Bulldogs reached the 22-victory plateau for the fourth consecutive winter (only the second time that has happened in school history, with the run from 1982-86 being the other) while their second-place WCHA finish was the program’s highest in eight years.

THE BEST THING ABOUT FRESHMEN ...: Left winger Caleb Herbert, the eighth highest-scoring rookie in the country last winter, is the Bulldogs’ top returning pointproducer. The Washington Capitals draftee racked up 14 goals and 19 assists for 33 points – the second highest output by a UMD newcomer in 16 years (former Winnipeg Jets center Tim Stapleton finished with a team-leading 42 points in 2002-03).

FEELING A BIT OF A DRAFT

WCHA FORECAST: In their annual preseason poll, the WCHA head coaches collectively forecasted a sixthplace league finish for UMD in 2012-13. The University of Minnesota (11 first-place votes and 121 points) was tabbed as the team to beat followed the University of North Dakota (one first-place vote and 110 points), the University of Denver (91 pts.), St. Cloud State University (90 pts.) and the University of Wisconsin (70 pts.). UMD, which collected 69 points, checked in at No. 5 for the second year in a row in the 94X WCHA Media Poll.

Seven members of the 2012-13 Bulldogs have been drafted by National Hockey League clubs including: Class Year Round Team Joe Basaraba 2010 3rd Florida Tony Cameranesi 2011 5th Toronto Dan DeLisle 2009 3rd Chicago Caleb Herbert 2010 5th Washington Drew Olson 2008 4th Columbus Max Tardy 2009 7th St. Louis Andy Welinski 2011 3rd Anaheim

AYE, AYE CAPTAIN: Right winger Cody Danberg has been entrusted with the team captaincy duties for the 69th edition of UMD hockey while a pair of fellow seniors -- right winger Keegan Flaherty and defenseman Drew Olson are serving as assistant team captains.

Side Note: Nine former Bulldogs skated in the NHL last winter, two shy of the program high set during the 1994-95 season.

2010-11 NCAA Champions

GET SHORTIE: UMD scored the fewest shorthanded goals (one -- by Keegan Flaherty at Michigan Tech on Dec. 2) of any WCHA club in 2011-12, but also ceded a league-low two of its own (the fewest since it became a member of the NCAA I ranks in 1961-62).

FREE HOCKEY: The Bulldogs are unbeaten in 36 of their last 40 overtime games (15-4-21; 2-2-6 in 2011-12) stretching back to the start of the 2008-09 season.

Among the 2012-13 Bulldogs, only two have an overtime goal to their collegiate credit -- seniors Cody Danberg and Mike Seidel with one each.

HE’S A PLUS ON THE BLUELINE: Chris Casto, one of 12 Bulldogs who took part in each of the team’s 41 games last season, paced all NCAA rookie defensemen -- and was fifth overall among all of the nation’s blueliners -- in plus-minus rating (+21) one year ago.

LEAD ‘DOGS: Since the 2010-11 opener, UMD is 351-3 (15-0-2 last winter) when taking a lead into the third period with the lone loss coming at the hands Bemidji State University (3-2 in overtime) at the 2011 WCHA Final Five. During that same stretch, they are a mere 1-16-2 (0-9-1 in 2011-12) when trailing at the second intermission.

HOW SWEEP WOULD THAT BE: The Bulldogs have not swept a season-opening series since they toppled visiting Ferris State University sin 1995-96. UMD did commence the 2001-02 season by upending both host Nebraska-Omaha and the University of Michigan to capture the Maverick Stampede title.

THEY COME TO PLAY: Right winger Keegan Flaherty has skated in 81 games in a row, a streak which started on Oct. 15, 2010, while two other seniors -- defenseman Wade Bergman and center Jake Hendrickson -- have both made 65 consecutive appearances since Dec. 30, 2010.

A SENIOR, SENIOR, SENIOR MOMENT: Left winger Cody Danberg, who, because of injuries has played just in one game over the last two seasons (the 2011-12 opener with Notre Dame at AMSOIL Arena), is the first sixth-year senior to ever play for the Bulldogs.

BLOW OUT THE CANDLES: More current Bulldogs (six) have birthdays in October than any other month.

Those include senior center Jake Hendrickson (Oct. 2), freshman goaltender Alex Fons (Oct. 10), sophomore left winger Caleb Herbert (Oct. 12), rookie center Austyn Young (Oct. 16), junior center Max Tardy (Oct. 27) and freshman winger Charlie Sampair (Oct. 31).

BULLDOG BITS: The 2012-13 Bulldog roster is comprised of seven seniors, four juniors, six sophomores and nine freshmen ... UMD, the nation’s second highest-scoring club last winter (3.59 goals a game), put a NCAA-leading 36.6 shots on goal per night in 2011-12 ... Senior right winger Mike Seidel is UMD’s top returning goal producer from 2011-12, having tallied a career-high 17 times. Over the past two winters, the Bulldogs are unbeaten in 33 of the 36 outings Seidel has marked in the points column (28-3-5) ... In 10 lifetime road appearances, junior goaltender Aaron Crandall is 7-2-1 with a 2.28 goals against average and a .912 saves percentage -- a somewhat stark contrast to his home numbers (52-0, 3.48 and .857 in 10 outings). Crandall, whose

THE LAST TIME ...

Overtime Game: March 16, 2012 -- Denver 4, UMD 3 in 2 OTs (WCHA Final Five in St. Paul, Minn.)

Overtime Game Won By UMD: March 10, 2012 -- UMD 3, Minnesota State-Mankato 2 in 2 OTs (WCHA Playoffs in Duluth, Minn.)

Overtime Game Lost By UMD: March 16, 2012 -- Denver 4, UMD 3 iin 2 OTs (WCHA Final Five in St. Paul, Minn.)

Overtime Game Tied: March 3, 2012 -- UMD 3, St. Cloud State 3 (in St. Cloud, Minn.)

Scoreless Tie: March 3, 2007 -- UMD 0, Wisconsin 0 (Josh Johnson/Shane Connelly in Duluth, Minn.)

UMD Shutout at Home: Nov. 11, 2011 -- UMD 5, Alaska Anchorage 0 (Kenny Reiter) UMD Shutout on the Road: Nov. 5, 2011 -- UMD 4, Denver 0 (Kenny Reiter) UMD Was Shut Out at Home: Jan. 28, 2012 -- Michigan Tech 5, UMD 0 (Josh Robinson) UMD Was Shut Out on the Road: March 25, 2012 -- Boston College 4, UMD 0 (Parker Milner- NCAA Northeast Regional final in Worcester, Mass.)

UMD Hat Trick: Feb. 3, 2012 -- J.T. Brown (UMD 4, Alaska Anchorage 1 in Anchorage, Alaska), four goals Hat Trick By Two Bulldogs: Feb. 13, 1993 -- Joe Biondi and Derek Plante (UMD 8, Colorado College 4 in Duluth, Minn.)

UMD Player Scored Four or More Goals: Feb. 3, 2012 -- J.T. Brown (UMD 4, Alaska Anchorage 1 in Anchorage, Alaska), four goals UMD Player Scored Three Power Play Goals: Oct. 22, 2004 -- Marco Peluso (UMD 8, MSU-Mankato 3 in Duluth, Minn.)

UMD Player Scored Two Shorthanded Goals: Nov. 23, 1990 -- Doug Torrel (UMD 5, Denver 1 in Denver, Colo.)

UMD Player Scored a 5-on-3 Shorthanded Goal: Jan. 22, 1993 -- Brett Hauer (UMD 8, Minnesota 4 in Duluth, Minn.)

UMD Player Scored an Empty Net Goal: March 24, 2012 -- Jake Hendrickson (UMD 5, Maine 2 in NCAA Northeast semifinal in Worcester, Mass.)

UMD Player Had Five or More Points: Feb. 11, 2012 -- Jack Connolly (UMD 5, North Dakota 4 in Duluth, Minn.), 2 goals and 3 assists UMD Player Made a Penalty Shot: Oct. 15, 2010 -- Travis Oleksuk at 18:03 of the second period against Alex Beaudry (UMD 5, Providence College 3 in Duluth, Minn.)

UMD Player Missed A Penalty Shot: March 9, 2012 -- Keegan Flaherty at 8:39 of the second period against Austin Lee (UMD 4, Minnesota State-Mankato 2 in Duluth, Minn./WCHA Playoffs) UMD Opponent Made a Penalty Shot: Dec. 3, 1994 -- Eric Perrin (Vermont) at 19:59 of the third period against Taras Lendzyk (Vermont 2, UMD 1 in OT in Duluth, Minn.)

UMD Opponent Missed a Penalty Shot: Nov. 5, 2011 -- Jason Zucker at 15:30 of the second period against Kenny Reiter (UMD 4, Denver 0 in Denver, Colo.)

UMD Goaltender Had 40 or More Saves: March 16, 2012 -- 45 by Kenny Reiter (Denver 4, UMD 3 in 2OT in St. Paul, Minn./WCHA Final Five) UMD Goaltender Had 50 or More Saves: March 11, 2007 -- 62 by Josh Johnson (St. Cloud State 3, UMD 2 in 3OT in St. Cloud, Minn./WCHA Playoffs) UMD Goaltender Received an Assist: Feb. 25, 2012 -- Kenny Reiter (UMD 5, Colorado College 2 in Duluth), two assists UMD Swept a Home Series (Regular Season): Feb. 24-25, 2012 -- UMD 4-5, Colorado College 3(OT)-2 UMD Swept a Road Series: Jan. 6-7, 2012 -- UMD 4-5, Western Michigan 1-2 UMD Was Swept at Home: Oct. 14-15, 2011 -- Minnesota 5-5, UMD 4(OT)-4 UMD Was Swept on the Road: Feb. 19-20, 2010 -- North Dakota 5-5, UMD 2-1

younger brother is UMD sophomore right winger Justin Crandall, made his last crease appearance of 2011-12 on Feb. 17, registering 16 saves in a 4-2 victory at Minnesota State University-Mankato ... Since Feb. 19-26, 2010, the Bulldogs have lost back-to-back games only one time -- when they fell to Notre Dame on Oct. 8, 2011 and to Minnesota (twice) the following weekend ... UMD is 19-9-3 in its 31 lifetime engagements at AMSOIL Arena. That includes a 14-5-1 mark in 2011-12, its first full season of occupancy at that $80-million facility.

HAVEN’T WE MET BEFORE?: Third-year Ohio State associate head coach Steve Rohlik was an assistant coach at UMD for 10 seasons (2000-10) and was part of coach Scott Sandelin’s original Bulldog staff while Buckeye senior goaltender Brady Hjelle played two winters with the Bulldogs (2008-10) before relocating to the United States Hockey League (Cedar

2010-11 NCAA Champions

Rapids RoughRiders). The International Falls, Minn., native posted a 10-7-1 record to go with a 2.75 goals against average and a .901 saves percentage in 21 appearances at UMD. ON TAP: The Bulldogs will take on another CCHA opponent on Oct. 18-19 when they pay a visit to the University of Notre Dame before opening their 48th, and final, year of WCHA competition the following weekend in Duluth against the University of Wisconsin.