Hockey Preview: Falcons come to the Fanetti Tuesday

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THIS WEEK'S GAMES: The Blue Devils (4-9-1, 3-3-0 WIAC) will host UW-River Falls (9-4-2, 3-3-1 WIAC), Tuesday, Jan. 14, then will play a couple of MIAC schools they met earlier in the season in a pair of exhibition games. Stout will be at St. Mary's University (6-6-1, 4-2-0 MIAC), Friday, Jan. 17 and at St. Olaf College (2-12-1, 1-6-1 MIAC), Saturday, Jan. 18. The River Falls game is sponsored by the Waznik Moseler Group and the game is also part of a series of Community Days scattered throughout the Blue Devils winter sports over the winter break. 

BLUE DEVILS LIVE:  Join the Blue Devils every second Thursday of the at the Stout Ale House for Blue Devil Live, a live radio show with host Pete Knutson, the voice of the Blue Devils. Throughout the show, Knutson will talk to Blue Devil coaches and student-athletes about what is coming up and what happened last week. 

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 SO FAR THIS SEASON:

• Konnar Dechaine was a scoring machine last weekend, pumping in three goals and an assist, a full season for some players. The outburst moves Dechaine to the top of Stout's stat sheet, doubling his goal total to six goals and four assists for 10 points. Dechaine was selected as the UW-Stout athlete of the week for his efforts, Jan. 13. 
• The Blue Devils are averaging 2.5 goals per contest and are giving up 3.6 goals. Raphael Gosselin, who scored the game-winner against Bethel Jan. 10 in overtime, has two goals and a team-best six assists. Alex Nagel has two goals and five assists for seven points. Logan Nelson and Vladislav Sorokin each have five goals and one assist, while Evan Butcher reverses that with one goal and five assists.  Adam Kresl has three goals and two assists. Alex Bowe has a goal with four assists and Kobe Keller has three assists with one goal. Connor Chambers and Alex Stuckert each have four assists. Over the last five games, Stout is 3-2. 
• In net, the Blue Devils have been able to play all three of their goalies. Brennan Kitchen has seen action in nine games and is 3-5-1, kicking out 237 shots for a saves percentage of .905 and a GAA of 2.86. Kitchen earned his first collegiate win, taking a 4-2 win over UW-Superior, Dec. 7. Evan Bisek is 1-4-0 with 198 minutes of work between the pipes. Bisek has a saves percentage of .892 and a GAA of 3.26. Brady Meyers has seen action in three games and has made 30 saves over a shade under 60 minutes.
• The Blue Devils split a pair of conference games with UW-River Falls, each taking a win on the opponent's ice. The Blue Devils won at River Falls, 3-1, Dec. 13, but the Falcons turned the tables the next night with a 3-2 win. Stout is currently in fifth place in the WIAC with a 3-3-0 record. Stout has gotten conference wins over UW-River Falls, UW-Superior and conference newcomer Northland College. The Blue Devils have dropped conference games to UW-Eau Claire, UW-Stevens Point and River Falls. The teams will play three conference games against each other and all of the conference teams have played each other at least once so far this season.
• 2019-20 Statistics | 2019 WIAC Statistics | 2019 Division III Statistics

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 six power play goals against 43 opportunities (14.0 percent).
• The Blue Devils have allowed six power plays goal against 42 opportunities. (85.7 percent). The Blue Devils are tied for 17th nationally in penalty kill.

BLUE DEVILS LAST TIME OUT

• The Blue Devils split a pair of non-conference games to return to action after the Christmas break, coming back to defeat Bethel University, 3-2, in overtime, Jan. 10, but seeing a comeback fall short in a 4-2 loss to Hamline University, Jan. 11.
• The Blue Devils pulled a rabbit out of the hat with a 3-2 overtime win over Bethel University Friday. Stout scored all of their goals in the third period or later and did not lead until the final score. Konnar Dechaine scored with 6:31 left in the game to put Stout on the board and captain Adam Kresl tied the game with an extra attacker on the ice with 29 seconds left in the game. Dechaine assisted on Kresl's goal. Raphael Gosselin scored his second goal of the season when he nailed the game winner two minutes into overtime. Peter Verstegen assisted on the goal. Brandon Kitchen had 28 saves. | Game Story and Statistics
• Konnar Dechaine scored two goals in the third period, but that was all the offense the Blue Devils would get. Stout trailed 3-0 in the third period before Dechaine scored four minutes into the period and again with four minutes left in the game to pull Stout to within 3-2. But the Pipers got an empty-net goal and took the 4-2 win. Stout outshot Hamline 42-24, but could not translate that into enough goals. | Game Story and Statistics

Game Stats Tracker (2019-20)

UW-Stout	Statistics	UW-River Falls	Saint Mary's	St. Olaf
2.5	Goals/game	2.93	2.77	1.73
3.64	Goals Allowed	2.2	3.26	4.11
14.0 percent	Power Play %	38.0 percent	21.2 percent	16.7 percent
85.7 percent	Penalty Kill %	86.4 percent	84.4 percent	73.8 percent
0	Shutouts	1	1	0

SCOUTING UW-RIVER FALLS

• The Falcons offense are led by Ryan Cusin who leads the team in goals with 10 and points with 21. Christian Hausinger leads the team in assists with 12 and also has six goals, five are power play goals. Cayden Cahill has seven goals and 12 points on the year including four power play goals. Zach Quinn has played in nine of the 15 games this year and holds an impressive 1.65 goal against average to go along with a .934 save percentage. Quinn is currently 6-1-1. The Falcons are currently 13th in the NCAA Division III in scoring defense. The Falcons received 12 votes in the lastest USCHO.com Top 15 poll. 
• Falcons Stats

THE FALCONS LAST TIME OUT

• The Falcons are on a four game winning streak and are coming off a 2-1 win over fifth ranked Augsburg University, Jan. 10 and a 6-3 win over Bethel University, Jan. 11. 
• The Falcons struck first with a goal at 9:12 in the first period. Jackson Nauss scored on a pass from Jake Skolnik. At 3:53 in the seconds period on the final seconds of a Falcon power play, ASam anzai scored to make it 2-0. Augsburg cut the Falcon lead in half with a lone goal in the second period at 12:10. The Falcons held the Auggies to just seven shots in the third period and kept them from taking advantage of two power play opportunities.  I Augsburg Story and Stats
• Four goals in the third period gave UW-River Falls a 6-3 win over Bethel University.  | Bethel Story and Stats

WHEN STOUT AND RIVER FALLS LAST MET

• UW-Stout scored three unanswered goals to take a come-from-behind conference win Dec. 13 at UW-River Falls in Hunt Arena. The Blue Devils spotted the Falcons a 1-0 lead on a first period goal by Max Doner at 6:51  of the the opening stanza. It was all Blue Devils after that, but not until after a scoreless second period. Senior Hunter Anderson opened the scoring parade for the Blue Devils, knotting the score only 10 seconds into the third period, getting assists from Adam Kresl and Kobe Keller. The Blue Devils took the lead at 10:15 when Vladislav Sorokin scored his fifth goal of the season in what would prove to be the game-winning-goal on assists by Alex Stuckert and Evan Butcher. Logan Nelson gave Stout a two goal lead a little over five minutes later, scoring his fifth goal over the last three games, with assists by Stuckert and Alex Bowe. Brennan Kitchen earned his second consecutive win of the season, stopping 26 shots. Zach Quinn absorbed the loss for the Falcons, matching Kitchen's 26 saves.  | UW-River Falls Game Story and Statistics
• UW-Stout was looking to win their third WIAC game in a row, but UW-River Falls scored three goals in the first eight minutes of the game to take a commanding lead. UW-Stout added a goal late in the second period and scored with 14:11 left to play in the game to make it a one goal game, but River Falls held them to no goals down the stretch to win 3-2.  | UW-River Falls Game Story and Statistics
• The Falcons last season took all four meetings, including eliminating Stout in the first round of the WIAC Championship tournament. 

SCOUTING ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY

• Jack Stang leads the offense with 15 points. Stang has three goals and 12 assists. Kyle Meeh leads the Cardinals in goals with seven, including four power play goals, and also has six assists. Tommy Stang has six goals and seven assists on the year. Al Rogers and Nick Nast have split time for the goalies this year. Rogers holds a 2.93 goal against average and has a .909 save percentage. He also has four of the six wins. Nast holds a 3.42 goal against average and has a .888 save percentage. 
• Cardinal Stats

THE CARDINALS LAST TIME OUT

• The Cardinals split a pair of games with St. Thomas last weekend, losing 5-4 in Winona, Minn., Jan. 10, but bounced back for a 4-1 win in St. Paul, Minn. I Game One Story and Stats | Game Two Story and Stats

WHEN STOUT AND ST. MARY'S LAST MET

• Stout defeated St. Mary's, 4-1, in an exhibition game to open the season.
• The Blue Devils defeated St. Mary's, 4-2, Jan. 17, 2019.  | Game Story and Statistics

SCOUTING ST. OLAF COLLEGE

• Paul Stehr leads the team with four goals and also has two assists. Roshen Jaswal also has six points on the year including three goals, all of them on the power play. Noah Parker has started eight of the 15 games in net. Parker holds a 3.45 goal against average and a .917 save percentage. Cooper Lukenda has started six games and has a 4.46 goal against average and a .860 save percentage. 
• Oles Stats

THE OLES LAST TIME OUT

• The Oles lost 6-0 to Gustavus Adolphus College, Jan. 10, in Northfield, Minn., then tied the Gusties, 3-3, Jan. 11, in St. Peter, Minn. I Game One Story and Stats | Game Two Story and Stats
• The Oles are scheduled to host UW-River Falls, Friday, Jan. 17.

WHEN STOUT AND ST. OLAF LAST MET

• Stout defeated St. Olaf, 3-2, in an exhibition game earlier this season..
• Stout and St. Olaf met twice last season, with Stout winning both contests. Stout won 3-2 Nov. 9, 2018, in Menomonie, then swept the series with a 4-2 win Jan. 4, 2019, in Northfield, Minn. | Game One Story and Statistics | Game Two 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.
 

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Konnar Dechaine, Jr, Lac La Biche, Alberta (JA Williams) 

HONORS AND AWARDS

• .2019-20: After scoring three goals and an assist over the weekend against Bethel University and Hamline University, Konnar Dechaine was selected as the UW-Stout athlete of the week, Jan. 13…After scoring two goals each night in a loss to UW-Stevens Point and a win over UW-Superior, Logan Nelson was selected as the WIAC Athlete of the Week...
• 2018-19: Logan Nelson earned All-WIAC honorable mention honors in 18-19 and is the only returning all-conference pick...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' (269-331-43) 24th 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. 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.
• Watikins is second on the WIAC all-time wins list.
• 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.
• Watkins recently moved 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.

UW-RIVER FALLS' STEVE FREEMAN

• As the Falcons' head coach, Steve Freeman has been the driving force and leader of one of the elite powerhouse college hockey programs in the nation.  In his 24th season, Freeman is the program's all-time leader in games won. In 2016 he led UWRF to the WIAC regular season championship. In 2015 Freeman led the Falcons to the WIAC playoff Championship including a thirteen game winning streak and 20-7-1 overall record. Freeman has been named Coach of the Year 12 times in his career at UW-River Falls. Freeman is the WIAC all-time leader in games won. He's led the team to the WIAC Championships in 12 of the past 16 seasons. He is the winningest coach in UW-River Falls hockey history and that was accomplished in just six seasons, the shortest period of time of any UWRF coach. Freeman has led the Falcons to 388 wins during his tenure. His teams have averaged nearly 20 wins a season over his 20 years, with a 25 game regular season schedule.  Freeman has coached in a Falcon program that has played in five NCAA Frozen Four National Championships, 11 NCAA National Tournaments and 13 NCHA Peters Cup Tournaments. He was named the NCHA Coach of the Year in 1999 and 2003 and was the WIAC Coach of the Year in 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2014 and 2016.

ST. MARY'S RYAN EGAN

• Ryan Egan is in his first year as the head men's hockey coach at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Egan is no stranger to Saint Mary's, having served as the Cardinal men's hockey team's assistant coach from 2009 to 2014. After leaving Saint Mary's, Egan spent two years as head coach and general manager of the La Crosse Freeze in the NA3HL, and then was named the head coach/general manager for the Coulee Region Chill in the NAHL. During this first season in the NAHL (2016-17), the Chill set a franchise record for NCAA Division college commitments. He spent last season as head coach and general manager of the College Station Spirit (recently renamed the Texas Roadrunners) of the NA3HL. Egan began his coaching career with the Omaha Energy AAA program, where he was program director and head coach. Egan then moved on to guide the San Antonio Diablos (WSHL)

ST. OLAF'S COLE WORKMAN

• Cole Workman was hired as the interim head men's hockey coach at St. Olaf on Sept. 20, 2019. Workman comes to the Hill after spending the 2018-19 season as an assistant coach at NCAA Division I Bemidji State University. During his time with the Beavers, Workman was charged with video breakdown for all home and away games, assisted head coach Tom Serratore with all video preparations for the week, was the team's goaltending coach and helped with player development. Prior to Bemidji State, Workman was the head coach/director of player personnel for the Thief River Falls Norskies of the Superior International Junior Hockey League (SIJHL) during the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons. In the Norskies' first season, Workman guided the team to a 31-20-2-3 record and a spot in the playoffs and, the following year, Thief River Falls led the league in wins with a 41-11-2 record. Overall, the Norskies went 71-32-4-5 (.675) under Workman, who was a two-time finalist for the league's Coach of the Year honor. A 2015 graduate of Finlandia University with a bachelor's degree in business administration, Workman played four years of hockey for the Lions and was a three-time Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) All-Academic Team honoree.

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, 2008

THE 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. St. John's University (5-0), Nov. 16. 2019
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 return to conference action with a pair of games against Northland College, hosting the Lumberjacks, Thursday, Jan. 23 and traveling to Northland, Saturday, Jan. 25.