Hockey Preview: Stout makes way to Northland College Tuesday night

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THIS WEEK'S GAMES: The Blue Devils (2-5-0, 0-0-0 WIAC) will will play a rare middle of the week game Tuesday, Nov. 25 when they travel to Northland College (1-7-0, 1-5-0 NCHA) in Ashland.

WEBCASTS: All UW-Stout home games are scheduled to be broadcast in a live video stream by Blue Devil Video. Brady Burzynski and Hayden Bowe will be on the call throughout the season. Live Stats should also be available for most home games.

THE 2014-15 BLUE DEVILS (2-5-0, 0-0-0 WIAC): The Blue Devils trend for a balanced scoring attack has continued through the team's first couple of wins last weekend. gotten balanced scoring, getting goals from 13 different players this year. Justin Moody leads the seam with a team-high three goal and one assist. Tyler Cayemberg has two goals and two assists. Jake Useldinger has one goal and a team-best four assists. Jordan Tredinnick has a goal and three assists, while Patrick Regan has a goal and two assists. Craig Lindegard, Danny Ray, Jordan Stejskal, Carl Bombardier, Rley Colvard, Shayyn McLauglin, Matt Millis and Tyler Shipstad each have a goal,with Lindegard, Ray and Stejskal each with an assist. Joey Haydock has three assists and Fabian Helgren, Nolan Kirly and Derek Sand each have one assist. Twelve players have at least one assist and 17 different players have at least one point. The Blue Devils are a young team with four seniors, two juniors, 13 sophomores and six freshmen. Defenseman Jordan Tredinnick returns as the team's leading scorer. All three goalies on the roster have seen time between the pipes, but Spencer Viele has now worked five starts and has a GAA of 2.49, with a saves percentage of .926. Chase Hollander has started two games and has seen ation in three games, with a saves percentage of .853 and a GAA of 6.68. Gustav Griborn has seen limited action so far, with a GAA of 5.26.. | Blue Devil Statistics

STOUT'S LAST TIME OUT: The Blue Devils got back-to-back wins, starting off with a 4-1 win over Finlandia, Nov. 21 and a 2-1 win over Lawrence University, Nov. 22. Over the two games, goalie Spencer Viele made 54 saves with a saves percentage of .964 and a GAA of 1.00, dropping his GAA nearly a goal over the weekend. After spotting Finlandia a 1-0 lead after one period, Stout scored four unanswered goals for the win. Justin Moody scored his second goal of the weekend and his third of the season to put Stout ahead of Lawrence. Viele and the Stout defense held off the Vikings in the final 1:33 of the game when Lawrence put an extra attacker on the ice. | Finlandia Story and Box Score | Lawrence Story and Box Score

NORTHLAND COLLEGE: The Lumberjacks are coming off non-conference losses at UW-Superior, and at UW-River Falls, last weekend, falling 4-3 to Superior and 3-0 against the Falcons. Northland beat Lake Forest College, 4-3, a team that beat the Blue Devils earlier this season. Michael Berens has five goals and four assists to lead the Lumberjacks. Anthony Shempin and Darian Cole each have three goals and three assists. Tyler Ampe and Jesse DeLillo have been splitting the goaltending duties almost equally. Ampe is 0-4-0 with a GAA of 6.70, while DeLillo is 1-3-0 with a GAA of 3.14. | Lumberjack Statistics

LAST TIME STOUT AND NORTHLAND MET: Stout handily won both meetings between the two programs, taking a 9-1 win Oct. 26, 2007, in Menomonie, and an 11-2 win, Nov. 4, 2008, in Ashland. | Game Story and Box Score

THE SERIES: Stout leads the series, 2-0-0.

USCHO.com TOP 15 DIVISION III POLL: UW-Stout ranked opponents include: UW-Stevens Point (9th); UW-Eau Claire (13th); UW-River Falls (7th); St. John's (14th); Augsburg, is, receiving votes.

AWARDS AND HONORS: Spencer Viele was selected the WIAC player of the week Nov. 25 after recording wins over Finlandia (4-1) and Lawrence (2-1)...Jordan Tredinnick was a WIAC honorable mention choice in 2013-14.

TEAM CAPTAINS: info coming

THE COACHES: UW-Stout: Terry Watkins (217-256-28) is in his 19th season as the head coach of the Blue Devils' varsity program. Watkins spent eight years coaching the club team (104-102-16) as Stout prepared to return to varsity status in 1997. Watkins was the 2006-07 NCHA coach of the year when Stout finished in a three-way tie for first. Watkins had a Hall of Fame career at Stout as a defenseman. Stout won a WIAC title in 2010-11, and an NCHA title during the 2006-07 season. Watkins reached 700 games as the head coach of a UW-Stout hockey team (varsity and club) when the Blue Devils played UW-Stevens Point, Dec. 7, 2013. NORTHLAND COLLEGE: Seamus Gregory is in his first year as the coach of the Lumberjacks. Prior to Northland, Gregory spent three seasons (2011-14) at two-year Williston State College in northwest North Dakota, where he was the architect of Teton Hockey. In a short three years, Gregory helped Williston State build their program that is now a hockey power in the NJCAA. During his tenure at Williston, Gregory led the program to a record of 44-36-4 with three Region XIII titles, 12 All-Americans, three NJCAA Frozen Fours and two National Championships (2013, 2014). The two titles are the first National Championships in school history.

THE CONFERENCES: UW-Stout is a member of the five-team Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC). The WIAC is made up of Stout, UW-Eau Claire, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Superior and UW-River Falls. Northland is a member of the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA).

STOUT'S RANKED HISTORY: Stout finished the 2008-09 season as the second ranked team in the USCHO.com poll. With the exception of the Nov. 17, 2008, USCHO.com poll, Stout had been ranked in the top 15 since the Nov. 13, 2006, poll. Stout made their first appearance in the poll on Nov. 27, 2000, when they received one vote, then moved up to 10th the following week. The 2008-09 season ending poll matched Stout's previous high mark of second in the Jan. 29, 2007, poll. Stout opened the 2009-10 season ranked third, their highest-ever season-opening ranking, but fell out of the polls midway through the season and returned to the top 15, Nov. 22, 2010. Stout was in the 2011-12 USCHO.com poll early in the season, dropped out, returned again, but dropped out. Stout returned to the poll after a win over top-ranked St. Norbert, Jan. 18, garnering eight votes in the Jan. 21 poll, effectively ranking the Blue Devils 19th. | USCHO.com Division III poll

UP NEXT: The Blue Devils will take to the road to close out the 2014 calendar year,and will open the WIAC schedule at UW-River Falls, Thursday, Dec. 4 and at UW-Stevens Point, Saturday, Dec. 6. Stout will not return to the Dunn County Ice Arena until Friday, Jan. 9 when they host MSOE.