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THIS WEEK'S GAMES: The Blue Devils (0-2-0, 0-0-0 WIAC) will host St. Thomas (1-1-0, 0-0-0 MIAC), Friday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m. and Gustavus Adolphus College (2-0-0, 0-0-0 MIAC), Saturday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m.  Both weekend games are sponsored by Halverson Brothers Heating and Plumbing. .   


WEBCASTS: All UW-Stout home games are scheduled to be broadcast in a live video stream by Blue Devil Video. Live Stats will also be available for home games.

THE BLUE DEVILS LAST WEEKEND:

• The Blue Devils had to come from behind in both games last weekend and fell in one goal games, 3-2 to Bethel University in the home opener, Nov. 1, and 5-4 at Marian University the following day.  
• Freshman Vladislav Sorokin opened up his collegiate career by scoring three goals over the weekend, scoring the Blue Devils' first goal of the season to cut Bethel's lead in half. Sorokin scored a goal in the second and then scored a goal to pull Stout to within one goal in the third period against Marian. Alex Nagel has a goal and an assist, while defenseman Connor Chambers has two assists.
• In net, the Blue Devils have been able to play all three of their goalies. Brennan Kitchen took the loss against Bethel, going the distance and stopped 24 shots. Brady Meyers started against Marian and was saddled with the four first period goals. Evan Bisek came on the finish the game and was tagged with the eventual game winning goal. Bisek worked 39-minutes, 11-seconds and has a GAA of 1.53. 

A LOOK AT UW-STOUT:

• The Blue Devils have five juniors and five seniors. Senior returners include Hunter Anderson, a 2017-18 All-WIAC honorable mention forward, forward Adam Kresl, defensemen Trent Olson and Connor Chambers and goalie Evan Bisek. The junior class along with Carroll includes defensemen Jack Cernohous and Alex Bowe and forwards Konnar Dechaine and Evan Butcher.
• Anderson scored two goals and added 11 assists. Chambers passed off 10 assists. Olson had three goals and four assists and Bowe had three goals and three assists.  Kresl had a goal and five assists, while Cernohous had two goals and three assists. Carroll had seven goals and seven assists. 
• The Blue Devils have 10 freshmen and are joined by seven sophomores, most of whom saw a great deal of action last season. The freshman class has one goalie, two defensemen and seven forwards. 
• Sophomore Logan Nelson is the lone Blue Devils to have earned all-conference honors last season, earning an honorable mention nod. Senior Hunter Anderson was an honorable mention pick in 2017-18.
• The sophomore class, led by Nelson, is made up of forwards Raphael Gosselin, Alex Nagel and Landon Lushanko, defensemen Tomi Varjonen and Alec Skar and goalie Brady Meyers. Gosselin was among Stout's scoring leaders with five goals and nine assists. Nagel had five goals and six assists. 
• The incoming freshman class is made up of forwards Peter Verstegan, Vladislov Sorokin, Riley Jensen, Cam Olstad, Dylan Mattson, Garett Giertuga and Kobe Keller; defensemen Noah Carson and Alex Stuckert and goalie Brennan Kitchen. 
• Goalies: Bisek is a senior who has seen limited action over the past couple of years and allowed no goals over two-plus periods in Stout's opening exhibition game against St. Mary's University two weeks ago. At 6-foot-3, Meyers fills up a lot of the net area. Meyers saw action in three games last year and allowed only one goal over 112 minutes played. Freshman goalie Brennan Kitchen brings four years of juniors experience to the team.
• The Blue Devils averaged 3.0 goals per game and gave up 2.6 goals per game last season. Stout had a power play percentage of 19.1 and a penalty kill of 87.2.
• Complete Blue Devil 2018-19 Statistics

BLUE DEVIL SPECIAL TEAMS

• The Blue Devils have scored two power play goals against seven opportunities.
• The Blue Devils have allowed one power play goal against seven opportunities.

BLUE DEVILS LAST TIME OUT

• The Blue Devils had a pair of comebacks come up just short, falling 3-2 to Bethel University in the season-opener in Menomonie, Nov. 1, then took to the road and fell 5-4 at Marian University, Nov. 2. 
• In the first game of the year, Stout  made a two goal comeback, but fell to Bethel (1-0-0). With only 48 seconds left to play in the game, Jarrett Cammarata came up big for the Royals and scored on a power play goal.  In the first period, the Blue Devils came out firing and were outshooting Bethel 5-0. But the Royals were the first one to score. The goal came on Bethel's first shot of the game and was scored 3:30 into the game. The goal was scored by Luke Posner of the Royals and the goal was unassisted. The Royals' Luke Posner gave Bethel a 2-0 lead with his second goal of the night to close out the first period. Vladislav Sorokin scored his first collegiate goal just before the end of the second period and Lucas Carroll tied the game midway through the third period.  | Bethel Game Story and Statistics
• UW-Stout spent the first period getting buried, then spent the rest of the game digging out, coming up just short in a 5-4 loss at Marian University Saturday.  For the second consecutive night, the Blue Devils (0-2-0) fell behind early, only to make a game of it after all. The Sabres sliced up the Blue Devils in the first period, jumping out to a 4-0 lead at the first intermission.  Stout took advantage of a power play opportunity - and an assist by goalie Evan Bisek - to get on the board in the middle of the second period. Bisek cleared the puck to Alex Nagel, who dished off to Konnar Dechaine at 10:17. The Sabres answered back two minutes later to resume their four goal lead as Yuri Chernichko scored his second goal of the game. It was all Stout after that and again, the Blue Devils used the power play Vladislav Sorokin scored at 15:34 of the second period on assists from Connor Chambers and Evan Butcher. For Sorokin, it was his second goal of the season. The Blue Devils scored twice within a 91 second span early in the third period to pull to within one goal. Nagel, assisted by Raphael Gosselin and Alex Bowe scored at 4:12 and Sorokin scored his second goal of the evening at 5:43, with an assist by Chambers. Stout had an opportunity late when Marian was whistled for a penalty and the Blue Devils pulled their goalie to take a 6-on-4 advantage. But Stout was unable to get the equalizer. Brady Meyers started the game, getting pelted for 17 shots in the first period, allowing four goals. Bisek came on in the second period and allowed one goal, which turned out to be the eventual game-winning-goal and was saddled with the loss. Bisek turned away 24 shots in just under two periods of work. Bisek's assist was the first by a Stout goalie since the 2015-16 season.  | Marian Game Story and Statistics

Game Stats Tracker (2018-19)

UW-Stout	Statistics	St. Thomas	Gustavus
3.2	Goals/game	3.89	2.12
2.6	Goals Allowed	2.4	2.29
20.2 percent	Power Play %	19.2 percent	15.5 percent
88.9 percent	Penalty Kill %	79.6 percent	88.8 percent
3	Shutouts	2	1

SCOUTING UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS

• The Tommies bring back their top three players in regards to points. Last year, Brett Gravelle led the team in goals, power play goals, and points. Gravelle scored 18 goals and also had 29 points. Johnny Panvica had five goals and 21 assists to accumulate 26 points on the year. Luke Radetic had 13 goals and 22 points. Radetic also had three power play goals. In goal, St. Thomas brings back Cam Buggrabe who accumulated a record of 10-2-4 to go along with a 2.24 goal against average. Buggrabe also had a .914 save percentage. 
• Tommie Stats

ST. THOMAS LAST TIME OUT

• Gavin Payne scored three goals and Brett Gravelle added two goals and two assists to lead Tommie Men's Hockey to an 8-3 win at Concordia-Mequon and 1-1 split on a season-opening weekend trip to Wisconsin. Justn Kelley added two goals. The game was tied 2-2 late in the first period before the Toms scored five times in the next 23:43 on the clock.Logan Halladay had 31 saves and host Milwaukee School of Engineering received goals from five different players in Friday night's 5-2 win over St. Thomas in the season-opening game for both teams.Johnny Panvica scored a power-play goal in the opening 70 seconds, and Brett Gravelle scored a power-play goal in the final five seconds, but the Purple offense was silent the rest of the game. The Raiders scored three first-period goals and never looked back.
• Game Story and Statistics

WHEN STOUT AND ST. THOMAS LAST MET

• In a high scoring affair, St. Thomas scored seven goals against Stout. The Blue Devils went into the first intermission up 2-1, but gave up four goals in five minutes in the second period to go down 5-3. That was enough for the Tommies as they downed Stout, 7-4.  | Game Story and Statistics

 
 SCOUTING GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE

• Gustavus loses their leading scorer in Evan Erickson, but brings back Caleb Anderson who accumulated four goals and 16 points. Defenseman Toby Sengvongxay had six goals and six assists for the Gusties last year. Tyler Rock had four goals and six assists last year. The Gusties return Robbie Goor in the net who played in 11 of 25 games last year. Goor finished with a record of 3-8-0, but had a 1.92 goal against average and a .933 save percentage. 
• Gustie Stats

THE GUSTIES LAST TIME OUT

• Gustavus got an opening weekend sweep Saturday night as they defeated Lawrence 4-3.. Lawrence struck first in the contest, just under three and a half minutes in to gain an early advantage. Gustavus was creating plenty of chances in the first period with 13 shots on net, but weren't rewarded for their efforts until 15:27 in when Brendan Elliott (So., Marquette, Mich) put the Gusties on the board with assists going to Casey Rock and J.P. Eykyn . 26 seconds later, the Black and Gold took the lead, with Reid Brown (Sr., Superior, Colo.) and Tyler Ebner  assisting a Brenden Payne goal that put Gustavus up 2-1. The Gusties took their 2-1 lead into the second period and added to it early. Ebner was able to get his first goal of the season 5:13 into the second frame, with an assist going to Payne. With the Gusties out to a 3-1 lead, Lawrence would respond with a power play goal 11:04 into the second period to trim the lead Gustavus lead to one. The Black and gold maintained their 3-2 lead into the third period, but the Vikings were able to get a short handed score to tie things up at three with just over five minutes remaining. The two teams would then go to overtime but it didn't take long for the Gusties to net the game-decider. Brown found Mason Etter who brought the puck up the left side and made a cross ice pass to Tyler Rockwho one-timed a left handed slap shot past the Viking goaltender for the win. Grancarov made his first collegiate start in net, making 23 saves, while allowing three goals.
• Game Story and Stats

WHEN STOUT AND GUSTAVUS LAST MET

• Stout scored four consecutive goals and went on to a 4-1 non-conference win over Gustavus at the Fanetti Community Center, Nov. 10, 2018. Stout got goals from Mathias Ahman, Logan Nelson, Alex Nagel and Alex Toscano.  |  Game Story and Statistics

 

USCHO.com TOP 15 DIVISION III POLL: The Blue Devils received votes in the 2018-19 USCHO.com poll starting Nov. 18, but dropped out in mid-December. They returned to the "Receiving Votes" category with 10 in the Jan. 7 poll, but dropped out after back-to-back losses to UW-Eau Claire and UW-Superior and have not returned. Blue Devil 2018-19 opponents ranking in the Top 15 in the Dec. 10 USHCO.com Division III poll are: UW-Stevens Point, 1st (Feb. 1, Feb. 8); UW-Eau Claire, 6th (Nov. 28, Jan. 23) and Augsburg University, 7th. (Jan. 12). St. Thomas (Dec. 6) and Concordia-Moorhead (Nov. 9, Nov. 10) are receiving votes. USCHO.com Division III Poll

TEAM CAPTAINS: Captains for the 2019-20 season are Adam Kresl, Lucas Carroll and Connor Chambers. 


AWARDS AND HONORS: 2018-19:

• 2018-19: Tommi Ahlgren was selected as the WIAC Athlete of the Week for the second time this season after stopping 23 shots in 4-2 win over St. Olaf, Jan. 4...Tommi Ahlgren was named the WIAC athlete of the week and to the D3hockey.com Team of the Week, Nov. 20, after posting back-to-back shutout wins over Lawrence (3-0) and seventh ranked Marian (4-0).

UW-STOUT COACH TERRY WATKINS

• The 2019-20 season marks Terry Watkins' (265-324-42) 24th season as the head coach of the Blue Devils' varsity program. (Watkins began the season at 265-322-42),
• 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. Watkins played in UW-Stout's first-ever game, but he was a member of the Blue Devils' opponents, St. Paul Groveland, Jan. 19, 1969. St. Paul beat the Blue Devils, 8-4. Watkins enrolled at Stout the following school year and joined the hockey team.
• 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.
• (At the start of the season) Watkins is one victory away from moving into sole possession of second place on the conference's all-time wins list, surpassing former UW-Stevens Point head coach Joe Baldarotta's 265 victories.

ST. THOMAS' JEFF BOESE 

• A key figure in St. Thomas ice hockey success for nearly 40 seasons as a player, assistant coach and head coach, Jeff Boeser (pronounced BESS-er) was named head coach in April 2010 following the retirement of 23-year head coach Terry Skrypek.
  The 2019-20 campaign will mark his 10th season as the Tommie head coach, and he's been an integral part of UST's current streak of 37 consecutive winning seasons. He's guided the Toms to eight top-two MIAC finishes in his first nine seasons -- six championships, two seconds, and one tie for third place.

GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS' BRETT PETERSON

• Brett Petersen is in his 19th season as the head coach of the Gustavus Adolphus men's hockey team for the 2018-19 season. In his 18-year tenure behind the Gustavus bench, Petersen has compiled a 229-199-53 overall record. His 229 wins at Gustavus rank second behind legendary coach Don Roberts. He has been named MIAC Coach of the Year three times, once in 2001-02 after helping the Gusties make the jump from ninth place the year before to a second place finish in the conference, again in 2009-10 after leading the Gusties to their first MIAC title since 1993, and in 2017-18 after reaching the MIAC playoff championship game with seven more wins than the previous season.

THE CONFERENCE:

• UW-Stout is a member of the six-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 College joined the league this season.

LENDING AN ASSIST: Goalie Evan Bisek recorded an assist against Marian University, Nov. 2, 2019...Two different Stout goalies earned assists during the 2015-16 season. Spencer Viele was awarded an assist Nov. 6 against Bethel University, then added a second assist Jan. 29 at UW-Superior and Chase Hollander earned an assist Nov. 21, 2015, against Concordia. The three helpers mark the first time two UW-Stout goalies have gotten an assist in the same year since the team returned to varsity status 20 years ago...When Spencer Viele was awarded an assist against Bethel University, Nov. 6, 2015, he was not the first Stout goalie, and won't be the last, to get an assist. Since the Blue Devil hockey program returned to varsity play during the 1996-97 season, seven goalies have earned at least one assist. Chase Hollander was awarded an assist for his pass as Danny Ray scored against UW-Superior, Jan. 17, 2015. Corey Koop did it during the 2013-14 season, Jeff Stone during the 2008-09 season, and Jake Schuman during the 2004-05 season each recorded an assist. Jeff Dotson did it in 2000-01 as a freshman, then did it again as a senior in 2003-04. Kelly Elde did it twice during the 1996-97 season.

BLUE DEVIL HAT TRICKS (since 2008)
Mathias Ahman vs. St. Olaf College, Jan. 5, 2018
Joe Anderson vs. Gustavus Adolphus, Jan. 9, 2016
Tyler Cayemberg vs. Concordia University Wisconsin, Nov. 21, 2015
Austin Nelson vs. Aurora University, Jan. 23, 2015
Branden Gay vs. St. Scholastica, Dec. 2, 2011
Branden Gay vs. St. Norbert, Feb. 12, 2011
Scott Motz vs. St. Mary's University, Jan. 13, 2009
Nick Klaren vs. Northland, Nov. 4, 2008
Scott Motz vs. Northland, Nov. 4, 2008
Derek Hanson vs. Augsburg, Oct. 31, 2008
Derek Hanson vs. Concordia, Oct. 24, 2008THE LAST TIME...
Two Stout players recorded a hat trick: Scott Motz, Nick Klaren vs. Northland College, Nov. 4, 2008
A Stout player recorded two or more power play goals: 2, Mathias Ahman vs. St. Olaf College, Jan. 5, 2018
A Stout player recorded a shorthanded goal: Trent Olson vs. St. Mary's University, Jan. 17, 2019 
Stout scored two empty net goals: Jake Useldinger, Nolan Kirley vs. Saint Mary's University, Jan. 16, 2016
A Stout goalie recorded 40-45 saves: 41, Tommi Ahlgren vs. UW-Superior, Nov. 30, 2018
A Stout goalie recorded 46-50 saves: 49, Spencer Viele vs. Aurora University, Jan. 24, 2015
A Stout goalie recorded 50-55 saves: 51, Corey Koop vs. UW-Eau Claire, Feb. 20, 2014
A Stout goalie recorded 55-plus saves: 59, Corey Koop vs. UW-Stevens Point, Dec. 7, 2013
A Stout player recorded four goals: 4, Brad Weappa vs. Hamline University, Jan. 18, 2000
A Stout goalie recorded an assist: Evan Bisek vs. Marian University, Nov. 2, 2019
A Stout team scored 5-7 goals: 7 vs. Northland College (W 7-1), Dec. 8, 2018
A Stout team scored 8-10 goals: 8 vs. Concordia Wisconsin (W 8-5), Jan. 10, 2015
A Stout team scored 10-plus goals: 11 vs. Northland College (W 11-2), Nov. 4, 2008
Stout posted a shutout: vs. Marian University, Nov. 17, 2018 (3-0); vs. Lawrence University, Nov. 16, 2018 (4-0); vs. Trine University (3-0), Oct. 26, 2018 vs. St. Olaf College (3-0), Dec. 10, 2016; Gustavus Adolphus (0-0), Nov. 7, 2015
Stout recorded back-to-back shutouts: Nov. 16, 2018, 3-0, vs. Lawrence University, Nov. 17, 2018, 4-0, vs. Marian University
Stout was shut out: vs. Aurora University (2-0), Nov. 24, 2017
Both teams played to a scoreless tie: vs. Gustavus Adolphus, Nov. 7, 2015


BLUE DEVIL RECORD BOOK
Individual Records
Goals by Game: 8, Glenn LaChapelle vs. UW-Stevens Point, Feb. 18, 1973
Assists by Game: 9, Chuck Gerber vs. UW-Stevens Point, Feb. 18, 1973
Points by Game: 9, Glenn LaChapelle (8/1) vs. UW-Stevens Point, Feb. 18, 1973; Chuck Gerber (0/9) vs. UW-Stevens Point, Feb. 18, 1973;
Saves by Game: 67, Tom Slupe vs. Wisconsin JV, Feb. 14, 1970
Goals by Season: 43, Glenn LaChappelle, 1972-73
Assists by Season: 28, Derek Hanson, 2008-09
Points by Season: 65, Glenn LaChapelle (43/22), 1972-73
Saves by Season: 850, Tad Larson, 1977-78
Goalie Win/Loss Record by Season: 21-5-2, Matt Koenig, 2008-09
Goals by Career: 80, Glenn LaChapelle, 1970-73
Assists by Career: 80, Derek Hanson, 2006-10; Scott Motz, 2006-10
Points by Career: 140, Derek Hanson (60/80), 2006-10
Saves by Career: 2480, Tad Larson, 1974-78
Goalie Win/Loss Record by Career: 44-16-4, Matt Koenig, 2005-09
Fastest First Period Goal: 10 seconds, Mark Ryder vs. UW-Stevens Point, Feb. 17, 1973
Fastest Second Period Goal: 6 seconds, Mike Kautz vs. UW-Stevens Point, Jan. 20, 2006
Fastest Third Period Goal: 6 seconds, Duane Johnson vs. St. Cloud State, Dec. 2, 1978
Fastest Overtime Goal: 6 seconds, Curt Moore vs. Concordia, Nov. 26, 1976

Team Records
Most Goals in a Period: 11, vs. UW-Stevens Point, Feb. 17, 1973
Most Goals in a Game: 21 vs. UW-Stevens Point, Feb. 17, 1973
Most Goals Allowed in a Game: 18, vs. Wisconsin JV, Feb. 14, 1970
Most Penalty Minutes: 21-54 vs. UW-Eau Claire, Dec. 13, 1997
Most Penalty Minutes, Both Teams: 35-96 vs. UW-Eau Claire, Dec. 13, 1997


STOUT'S RANKED HISTORY: The Blue Devils returned to the USCHO.com poll Nov. 19, 2018 and received a single vote in the Dec. 3 rankings before dropping out...the last time the Blue Devils were mentioned was with one vote in the Oct. 31, 2016 poll...The last time Stout was mentioned was Jan. 18, 2016...The Blue Devils returned to the USCHO.com Division III poll, Jan. 18, 2016, after nearly a four year hiatus, receiving five votes. A tie and two straight losses the following week dropped the Blue Devils out of the poll. 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, 2012, garnering eight votes in the Jan. 21, 2012, poll, effectively ranking the Blue Devils 19th. Stout returned to the poll in the early part of the 2012-13 season, receiving seven votes in the Dec. 3, 2012 poll before dropping out. | USCHO.com Division III poll

SCORELESS TIE: If fans were looking for scoring in the UW-Stout/Gustavus Adolphus College game Nov. 7, 2015, they went away disappointed. The scoreless tie with the Gusties was a first for UW-Stout, which has never had a scoreless tie in any of the program's varsity games, stretching back to 1968. Gustavus last season set an NCAA Division III record for ties with eight and one was a scoreless tie. According to Tim Danehy of collegehockeystats.net, scoreless ties are "not common obviously, but not that rare overall" across all divisions, both men and women, and appear to be on the rise. So far this year, six scoreless ties have been reported, but the Stout/Gustavus double goose eggs were the first of the season for Division III men. Last season there were 17 scoreless ties reported to collegehockeystats.net, of which six were Division III men, Danehy said. In 2013-14 there were nine total and 2012-13 had 10 total. The same night UW-Stout and Gustavus were going scoreless, the UW-Eau Claire women and St. Catherine played to a 0-0 decision.

ALL TIED UP: When the Blue Devils notched a 3-3 tie with St. Scholastica, Jan. 19, 2016, it tied a school record for most ties in a single season with four. The 2009-10 team and the 2004-05 team each finished with four ties. The Blue Devils snapped that record a week later, Jan. 28, when they forged a 2-2 tie with ninth ranked UW-Eau Claire, then finished with six in the final game of the season against UW-River Falls.

HOME ICE: The Dunn County Board in 2015 approved renaming the Dunn County Ice Arena the Fanetti Community Center in recognition of Marilyn Fanetti's contribution to fundraising efforts undertaken by the Menomonie Youth Hockey Association to remodel and add to the arena at the Dunn County Recreation Park. Fanetti donated $370,000 to the project and asked that the hockey arena and new community room be named for her family.

LIGHTING THE LAMP: It will now be easier to see when the the Blue Devils score. The Fanetti Community Center last summer received an upgrade in their lighting. The lighting in the ice arena was recently replaced with LED lights. The replacement was helped by Xcel Energy through their incentive program, Focus on Energy. The incentives offered by Xcel Energy and Focus on Energy - including bonus incentives through the program's limited-time Community Small Business Offerings (CSBO) campaign - helped offset the cost of the Menomonie Youth Hockey Association Ice Board's investment. | Complete Story

UP NEXT: The Blue Devils will travel to Augsburg University Thursday, Nov. 14 and to St. John's University, Saturday, Nov. 16.