Colorado College Tigers (2-0-0, 0-0-0 NCHC)
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#3 Univ. of North Dakota (1-1-0, 0-0-0 NCHC)

CC Game Notes

Fri., Oct. 17, 2014, 7:37 pm | Sat., Oct. 18, 2014, 7:07 pm
Colorado Springs, Colo. | The Broadmoor World Arena (7,380)
Radio: KRDO 105.5 FM | 1240 AM (Ken Landau, play-by-play) | Listen Live
Live Streaming: NCHC.tv/cc | Watch Friday Live | Watch Saturday Live
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This Week
Colorado College opens its second season in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference with a two-game series against No. 3-ranked University of North Dakota, Oct. 17-18 at The Broadmoor World Arena. The puck drops at 7:37 p.m. on Friday and 7:07 p.m. on Saturday. Both games will be broadcast in Colorado Springs on KRDO NewsRadio 105.5 FM and 1240 AM and streamed live at www.NCHC.tv.

Last Week
The Tigers opened the 2014-15 campaign with a pair of one-goal victories over       Alabama-Huntsville at The Broadmoor World Arena. Junior Cody Bradley (Tampa, FL) scored the game-winner on Friday with 7:03 left in the third period off an assist from junior Peter Maric (Milwaukee, WI). On Saturday, senior captain Peter Stoykewych (Winnipeg, Manitoba) tallied the GWG with just 5:26 remaining in the third period for a 4-3 victory. Maric and sophomore Christian Heil (Westminster, CO) assisted on Stoykewych's goal.

Season Openers
Following last Friday's 3-2 victory over Alabama-Huntsville, Colorado College is now 47-27-2 all-time in regular-season openers. The Tigers are 40-12-1 at home and 7-15-1 on the road (including neutral games). CC has won its last 13 regular-season openers, dating back to a 6-2 loss to North Dakota in 2001-02.

Up Next
The Tigers will play a pair of non-conference road games against seventh-ranked Boston College on Friday, Oct. 24, and New Hampshire on Saturday, Oct. 25.

A New Season ... A New Coach ... A New Era
For the first time this millennium, Colorado College entered a season with a new head coach. One year after participating in the inaugural season of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference, the Mike Haviland era begins at Colorado College this season. Haviland is the 14th head coach in the history of the program.  

For the Record
Colorado College is 2-0 after sweeping Alabama-Huntsville, 3-2 and 4-3, last weekend at home. It marked the first home sweep by the Tigers since Nov. 9-10, 2012, against Bemidji State. This is the third time in the last four years that the Tigers won their first two games of the season … North Dakota enters the weekend with a 1-1 mark after splitting a pair of games with Bemidji State last weekend. UND, ranked No. 2 in the country last week, lost 5-1 at home on Friday before collecting a 2-1 victory Saturday at Bemidji.

The Coaches
Mike Haviland (Elmira College, '90), who enters his first season at the helm of the Tigers, came to Colorado College after serving one year as head coach of the Hershey Bears (AHL). Haviland was an assistant coach for the Chicago Blackhawks from 2008-12, helping the team win the Stanley Cup in 2010 … Dave Hakstol (North Dakota, '96) is in his 11th season as the head coach at North Dakota and is the only active Division I coach with a winning record in every season of his career. He has guided his teams to either an NCAA Frozen Four berth, a conference regular season championship or a conference playoff title in nine of his first 10 seasons and has a career record of 261-134-40 (.647).

All-Time Series
Colorado College and North Dakota have played 233 times with UND holding a 143-80-10 advantage in the series. CC was 1-4 against North Dakota last season, winning the second game of the best-of-three first-round series of the NCHC playoffs, 3-2 in overtime, at Grand Forks. The Tigers' last regular-season victory over UND came on Jan. 11, 2013, a 4-3 victory in Grand Forks.

On the Air
All CC games in 2014-15, home and away, will be broadcast live throughout Southern Colorado on KRDO NewsRadio 105.5 FM and 1240 AM, featuring Ken Landau with the play-by-play. Both pre-game shows this weekend will begin at 6:30 p.m. (MT). The broadcasts also can be heard worldwide via the Internet.

Scouting the Opposition
North Dakota has appeared in 12 consecutive NCAA Tournaments, the longest active streak in the country. Last season, UND finished with a 25-14-3 overall record and second in the NCHC with a 15-9 league mark. After a third-place finish at the NCHC Tournament, North Dakota advanced to the NCAA semifinals before falling to Minnesota, 2-1. NCHC first-team selection Zane McIntyre returns for his junior season in net while fellow junior Jordan Schmaltz, a second-team selection last season, returns after posting 24 points (6g,18a) from the blue line.

This Year's Leadership
Stoykewych will serve as the team captain in 2014-15. Stoykewych, who was an assistant captain last season, scored nine points (1g,8a) as a junior and has not missed a regular-season game the past two seasons … Senior defenseman Aaron Harstad (Stevens Point, WI), who played in every game last season, junior forward Jared Hanson (Palmer, AK) and sophomore defenseman Jaccob Slavin (Erie, CO), will be the alternate captains.

Six Opponents Played in Postseason    
Six of Colorado College's 14 opponents this season played in the NCAA Division I Hockey Tournament last season. NCHC foes North Dakota, Denver and St. Cloud State as well as Boston College, Wisconsin and Providence were among the 16 teams to battle for the national championship last spring. North Dakota and Boston College advanced to the national semifinals.

Brand New Coaching Staff    
Mike Haviland brought in a completely new coaching staff to join him at Colorado College. Gene Reilly (Elmira College, 1986) comes to CC from the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes, where he was a scout for the last two seasons. Reilly has served as head coach of the Springfield Olympics (EJHL) and interim head coach at the University of Maine. He also was an assistant coach at Maine, Harvard and Northeastern ... R.J. Enga (Colorado College, 1995) returns to his alma mater after spending the last three seasons as assistant coach and director of player development with the Chicago Steel (USHL). He began his coaching career as an assistant with the with the Topeka RoadRunners (AHL). Enga is tied for 37th place on CC's career scoring list with 143 points (61g,82a). During his senior year, Enga set career highs with 23 goals and 46 points while leading the Tigers to the championship game of the WCHA Tournament and a berth in the NCAA Division I Ice Hockey Championship ... Chris Kawano (Colorado College, 2007) is the program's first director of hockey operations and video coordinator. Kawano recorded a 2-2 record in eight career appearances as a goalie at CC. Following his graduation, Kawano spent two years as a graduate assistant with the Bemidji State University women's hockey team, working with the goaltenders and coordinating the XOS/Vega video analysis system and spent the last three with Planet Hockey.

Slavin Named to NCHC Preseason Team    
Colorado College sophomore defenseman Jaccob Slavin was named to the National Collegiate Hockey Conference's Preseason All-Conference Team. The conference's inaugural Preseason All-Conference Team (a team was not selected last season) was voted on by local media members from each school, along with select national media members.

Five NCHC teams are represented on the six-man NCHC Preseason All-Conference Team, led by two from Miami in senior forward Austin Czarnik and junior forward Riley Barber. The lone unanimous selection on the team is North Dakota junior goaltender Zane McIntyre, who was listed on all 25 ballots. Rounding out the group of forwards is St. Cloud State junior forward Jonny Brodzinski, while the defensive pair of Denver senior Joey LaLeggia and Slavin complete the team.
 
NCHC Preseason All-Conference Team
F - Austin Czarnik, Miami, Sr. – 23 votes
F – Jonny Brodzinski, St. Cloud State, Jr. – 19 votes
F – Riley Barber, Miami, Jr. – 12 votes
D – Joey LaLeggia, Denver, Sr. – 19 votes
D – Jaccob Slavin, Colorado College, So. – 13 votes
G – Zane McIntyre, North Dakota, Jr. – 25 votes (unanimous)

Number Change
Junior Cody Bradley (Tampa, FL), who wore No. 10 during his freshman and sophomore seasons, will wear No. 13 this season. Bradley has 30 points (11g,19a) in his career at CC.
Balanced Scoring Last Weekend
Thirteen Tigers tallied at least one point last weekend, led by Maric, who had three assists. Stoykewych and Heil each had a goal and an assist, while 10 other Tigers had either a goal or an assist.

Marble Has a Strong Series
Sophomore goaltender Tyler Marble (Detroit, MI) was the only goalie in the NCHC to post two wins last weekend. He is second in the league in saves percentage (.938) and third with a 1.5 goals-against average. Marble played the entire 60 minutes on Friday, then replaced freshman Chase Perry (Andover, MN) for the final 20 minutes on Saturday.

Six Tigers Drafted
Six players on this year's roster have been drafted by National Hockey League teams.  They are seniors Stoykewych (Winnipeg) and Harstad (Winnipeg), junior Hunter Fejes (Arizona), sophomore Slavin (Carolina) and freshmen Teemu Kivihalme (Nashville) and Perry (Detroit).

Tigers Gather Preseason Accolades
Three Tigers were recently honored by hockey publications. Slavin and freshman defenseman Teemu Kivihlame (Savage, MN) were named to the 50 NCAA Players to Watch list by The Hockey News. Slavin is ranked No. 34 and Kivihalme 40th. Also, Perry was named to College Hockey News' All-Freshman Team for the 2014-15 season.
 
Getting Started
This season marks the 76th year of varsity ice hockey at Colorado College. This is the Tigers' second season in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. CC was a charter member of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (1951-52) for 62 seasons before joining the NCHC with seven other schools in 2013.

Stoykewych Named Defensive Player of the week
Stoykewych was named the Bauer Defenseman of the Week by the National Collegiate Hockey Conference for games ending Oct. 12.
 
Stoykewych anchored the Tigers blue line in a sweep of Alabama-Huntsville, tallying two points and posting a +3 rating in the series. In Friday's 3-2 win, he logged a +1 rating while blocking two shots. CC's captain had his best game Saturday though, as he scored the game-winning goal with 5:26 left to play in a 4-3 victory. Stoykewych also assisted on CC's second goal Saturday and had a +2 rating while blocking a shot. The Jets prospect finished with three blocked shots and helped CC go 3-for-5 on the penalty kill while limiting UAH to 44 shots on goal on the weekend.
 
Other league players honored for their play last week were Minnesota Duluth sophomore Dominic Toninato (Offensive Player), Miami freshman Louie Belpido (Rookie) and Duluth junior Matt McNeely (Goaltender).

The Youngsters Scored a Lot Last Season
CC's top three returning scorers are sophomores, including Slavin, the 2013-14 NCHC Rookie of the Year, who led the squad with 25 points (5g,20a) last season. Sam Rothstein (Minnetonka, MN) finished third with 20 points (6g,14a) while Alex Roos (Prairie Grove, IL) was fourth with 17 (10g,7a).