This Weekend
Colorado College returns home to battle the No. 7-ranked team in the country, North Dakota. Friday's game will begin at 7:30 p.m., while Saturday's contest in scheduled for 6 p.m., at Ed Robson Arena.

Last Time Out
Colorado College split a pair of games at No. 10 Omaha last weekend ... On Friday, CC scored three times in the third period but couldn't overcome a 4-0 deficit and fell to the Mavericks, 4-3. Hunter McKown put the Tigers on the board at the 5:39 mark with a wrist shot from the left circle that beat Omaha goalie Isaiah Saville, then Logan Will made it 4-2 with his fourth goal of the season with 7:05 remaining in the final frame. Will crashed the net after a shot from Nate Schweitzer got through and put the puck past Saville from the crease. During a late power play with goalie Matt Vernon on the bench in favor of an extra skater, Stanley Cooley won a faceoff that went right to Matthew Gleason, who deposited a shot past Saville from the high slot to cut the deficit to one with 31 seconds remaining. Gleason, who had the primary assist on McKown's goal, finished with one goal and one assist. Omaha turned a handful of CC turnovers deep in its own zone into a 3-0 lead within a span of 2:15 midway through the first period ... On Saturday, Brian Hawkinson scored twice and Dominic Basse posted the first shutout of his career as Colorado College blanked No. 10 Omaha, 4-0. Logan Will added a pair of assists as the Tigers captured their first victory against an NCHC opponent and beat the 10th-ranked team in the country on the road for the second time this season (Boston College on Oct. 22). Basse led a stellar defensive effort by Colorado College, which allowed just 17 shots, tying for the second-fewest total allowed this season. After a scoreless first period that saw just 13 total shots, the Tigers took advantage of an Omaha turnover early in the second period to open the scoring. Brett Chorske stole the puck in front of the Maverick net and got it to Jutting, whose shot from the slot deflected off Omaha goalie Austin Roden's glove and into the net for his second goal of the season at the 4:08 mark of the middle frame. Following a two-minute interference and five-minute facemasking call against Omaha at the end of the second period, the Tigers capitalized on the power play early in the final period. Omaha killed off the two-minute 5-on-3, but Hawkinson scored his first two goals of the season to make it 3-0 during the remainder of the major. Hawkinson was camped in front of the net and deflected a shot by Will past Roden at the 2:40 mark, then put home a rebound at 4:03 of the final frame. Tommy Middleton closed out the scoring with an empty-net goal, the first of his career, with 3:56 remaining in the third period.
 
Up Next
The Tigers play their final non-conference games of the season against Arizona State, Dec. 17-18, at Ed Robson Arena. Friday's game begins at 7:30 p.m., and will be televised by AT&T SportsNet and shown on TSN2 in Canada. Saturday's contest, meanwhile, is scheduled for a 6 p.m. puck drop.

For the Record
Colorado College is 3-8-3 overall and 1-4-1 in the NCHC, good for seventh place following the split at Omaha ... North Dakota is 11-6-0 overall and leads the NCHC with a 6-2-0 mark in league play.  

Previous Meetings
Colorado College and North Dakota have met 261 times, with UND holding a 166-84-11 advantage in the series. The Fighting Hawks have won the last seven games against CC, which holds a 60-58-3 record in games played in Colorado Springs.

The Coaches
Kris Mayotte is in his first season at the helm of the Tigers. He came to Colorado College after serving two years as an assistant coach at the University of Michigan. Mayotte was an assistant coach for Providence College when the Friars won the NCAA Division I title in 2015 … Brad Berry is in his seventh season as head coach at UND. Berry was an assistant coach at the school for nine seasons before taking over the helm in May of 2015. He became the first person in the history of NCAA Division I men's hockey to lead his team to a national title in his first year as head coach.

Tiger Tales
Brian Hawkinson scored a career-high two goals in the 4-0 victory at Omaha on Saturday ... Hunter McKown had a career-high six shots on Saturday ... CC posted its first shutout on the road since defeating Denver, 2-0, on March 9, 2018 ... The Tigers have outscored their opponents, 15-7, in the third period this season, including 6-0 at Omaha last weekend ... Nine of CC's 14 games this season have ended in a tie or a one-goal difference ... Matthew Gleason leads the Tigers in scoring with 11 points (4g,7a), followed by Logan Will with 10 (4g,6a) and Jordan Biro (5g,3a) and Stanley Cooley (1g,7a) with eight points apiece.

Scouting the Fighting Hawks
Jake Sanderson leads the Fighting Hawks with 19 points (6g,13a), followed by Riese Gaber with 17 (8g,9a). Goalie Zach Driscoll has started all 17 games, with a 2.62 goals-against average and .889 saves percentage.  

Youngsters Continue to Score
All but three of Colorado College's 33 goals this year have been scored by freshmen or sophomores. Brian Hawkinson (2) and Patrick Cozzi (1) are the only upperclassmen to score for the Tigers in '21-22. Sophomores have scored 21 of the team's last 27 goals. In addition, sophomore Dominic Basse has played in 12 of the team's 14 games this season.

Another Tough Schedule
The Tigers are scheduled to play 21 of their 34 regular season games, including 12 of their last 14, against teams that that are ranked in this week's USCHO.com Top 20 poll. In addition, Colorado College is scheduled to play 10 games versus four of the last five national champions (Minn. Duluth (2), Denver and North Dakota).

Mayotte Coaching World Juniors Again
Kris Mayotte, who collected his first win as a collegiate head coach on Friday, Oct. 22, when the Tigers upset 10th-ranked Boston College, will take some time off from his duties at Colorado College to serve as an assistant coach for Team USA at the 2022 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championships, Dec. 26 - Jan. 5, in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta. Mayotte has won a pair of gold medals (2017 and '21) and a bronze (2018) in three stints as an assistant coach with Team USA at the World Junior Championships.

On the Air
All CC games in 2021-22, home and away, will be broadcast live throughout Southern Colorado on KRDO NewsRadio 105.5 and 92.5 FM and 1240 AM, featuring Ken Landau with the play-by-play. The broadcasts also can be heard worldwide via the internet.

CC to Televise 13 Games This Season
Colorado College will televise more games during the 2021-22 hockey season than any other season in program history. The season-opener on Oct. 8 against St. Lawrence University was shown in Colorado Springs and throughout the Southern Colorado region on KRDO NewsChannel 13. Eleven other games will be televised live on AT&T SportsNet, including nine from CC's new home, Ed Robson Arena, while the contest against Omaha on Jan. 28 will be televised nationally on CBS Sports Network.

Yoon and Hawkinson Named Captains for 2021-22 Season
Seniors Bryan Yoon and Brian Hawkinson will serve as co-captains of the Colorado College hockey team for the 2021-22 season. Yoon, a defenseman from Parker, Colo., is the team's active scoring leader with 49 points (5g,44a) in 107 career games. He was selected to the all-College Hockey News Rookie Team and NCHC all-Rookie Team as a freshman after finishing second in the NCHC and third in nation among freshmen with 23 assists. His 26 points (3g,26a) that season were the most by a CC freshman defenseman since Scott Swanson had 48 in 1995-96. Yoon finished second on the team with 16 assists as a sophomore and posted a goal and an assist in 19 games last season. Hawkinson, meanwhile, appeared in 23 games and notched two goals and one assist last season, his first as a Tiger after spending two years at Miami University. The forward from Centennial, Colo., scored 18 points (3g,15a) in 60 games for the RedHawks, including 16 as a freshman, the second-most by a rookie on the team in '18-19.

Three Tigers Have Stanley Cup Genes
Three current CC players, Matt Vernon, Brett Chorske and Danny Weight, each have a father that played in the NHL and won the Stanley Cup. Mike Vernon won a pair of titles with Calgary ('89) and Detroit ('97), while Tom Chorske won with New Jersey in 1995 and Doug Weight with Carolina in 2006.