THIS WEEK'S GAMES: The Blue Devils (5-12-1, 5-4-0 WIAC) return to conference action with a pair of games against Northland College (4-14-1, 1-8-0), hosting the Lumberjacks, Thursday, Jan. 23 and traveling to Northland, Saturday, Jan. 25. The Blue Devils defeated Northland, 7-2, Thursday.   The Thursday game is sponsored by Anderson Bridges and is a Community Day game where no admission will be charged. 

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. The next broadcast is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 13 at noon.

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 had a streak of three games where he scored at least one goal for a total of four goals in the streak, jumping him to the top of the stat sheet with seven total goals and four assists for 11 points. Dechaine came into the season with two goals to his collegiate name. During his freshman season he scored two goals and three assists.. 
  • The Blue Devils are averaging 2.4 goals per contest and are giving up 3.8 goals. Raphael Gosselin, who scored the game-winner against Bethel Jan. 10 in overtime, has two goals and a team-best seven assists. Evan Butcher and Alex Nagel each two goals and five assists for seven points. Logan Nelson and Vladislav Sorokin each have five goals and one assist.  Adam Kresl has three goals and three assists. Alex Bowe has a goal with five assists and Kobe Keller has three assists with one goal. Lucas Carroll and Peter Verstegen each have two goals and three assists. Connor Chambers scored his first goal since his freshman year and now has a goal and four assists this season. Alex Stuckert has four assists.
  • In net, the Blue Devils have played all three of their goalies, and quite extensively over the last week. Each of the three received a start last in of the three games last week. Brennan Kitchen has seen action in 10 games and is 3-6-1, kicking out 251 shots for a saves percentage of .893 and a GAA of 3.19. Kitchen earned his first collegiate win, taking a 4-2 win over UW-Superior, Dec. 7. Evan Bisek is 1-5-0 with 316 minutes of work between the pipes. Bisek has a saves percentage of .893 and a GAA of 3.23. Brady Meyers has seen action in five games and has made 64 saves over a shade under 60 minutes.
  • 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 56 opportunities (10.7 percent).
  • The Blue Devils have allowed nine power plays goal against 56 opportunities. (83.9 percent). The Blue Devils are tied for 26th nationally in penalty kill.

BLUE DEVILS LAST TIME OUT
  • The Blue Devils lost three games last week, a 6-2 conference loss to UW-River Falls, Jan. 14, a 5-1 loss at St. Mary's University, Jan. 17, and a 3-2 decision at St. Olaf, Jan. 18.  
  • UW-Stout simply ran out of time as the Blue Devils lost a 3-2 decision at St. Olaf College Jan. 18. The Blue Devils put together another late rally, scoring with five seconds left in the game after pulling their goalie. But there simply was not enough time as the Oles batted the puck away on the ensuing faceoff and time ran out. The Oles started off the scoring quickly by putting two scores up on the board in the first period,  | Game Story and Statistics
  • UW-Stout scored the first goal of the game, but St. Mary's University scored the next five goals to take a 5-1 win over the Blue Devils Friday at St. Mary's Arena, Jan. 17 | Game Story and Statistics
  • For the third and final time, the Blue Devils faced the Falcons of River Falls at the Fanetti Community Center. 21 penalties were called in the game and River Falls capitalized on two power play goals. The Falcons scored four goals in the second period to give River Falls the win 6-2 Jan. 14. | Game Story and Statistics
Game Stats Tracker (2019-20)
UW-Stout Statistics Northland x -
2.4 Goals/game 2.3 - -
3.8 Goals Allowed 3.6 - -
10.7 percent Power Play % 8.5 percent -- -
83.9 percent Penalty Kill % 91.5 - -
0 Shutouts 1 - -


SCOUTING NORTHLAND COLLEGE
  • The Lumberjacks are looking to snap a four game winless streak. Kurt Sonne leads the Lumberjacks in goals with seven and has seven assists. Kyle Pouncy has a team-high 14 assists to go with his three goals and Kalib Ford has 13 assists to go with his four goals. In net, Gennaro Anzevion has put in the most time and has a 2-6-1 record with a saves percentage of .901 with a GAA of 3.45. Taylor Unruh has 308 minutes with a record of 2-4-0, a saves percentage of .899 and a GAA of 3.31. The Lumberjacks average 2.3 goals per game and give up give up 3.6 goals.  
  • Lumberjack Stats

THE LUMBERJACKS LAST TIME OUT
  • The Lumberjacks lost a pair of close games to MIAC opponents, falling 5-3, to Gustavus Adolphus, Jan. 17, and 5-4 to St. Thomas, Jan. 18.  |
  • The Lumberjacks scored two goals in the third period but ultimately their comeback fell short as they lost to the University of St. Thomas Tommies by a score of 5-4 on Saturday evening. The Jacks fell behind early in the first period as the Tommies raced out to a 3-0 lead.  Matt Murphy got a goal back for the Jacks before the intermission to make the score 3-1 heading into the second period. Both teams traded goals in the second period as the Tommies struck first to take a 4-1 lead before Cole Woodliffe fired a shot into the upper corner of the net at the 14:38 mark to bring the Jacks back within two.  The Tommies, however, added to their lead before the end of the period and the Jacks faced a 5-2 deficit at the start of the third. The Jacks refused to go quietly and set up an exciting finish in the third period.  Woodliffe got his second goal of the game less than seven minutes into the period, and Bryce Freel quickly set up the dramatic finish just over a minute later by finding the back of the net to make the score 5-4. The Jacks piled on the shots over the last few minutes but they were unable to find the back of the net and the Tommies escaped with a 5-4 victory.  Gennaro Anzevino made 28 stops in net for the Jacks.  |  Story and Stats
  • Gustavus Adolphus Gusties used three third period goals to defeat the Northland College Lumberjacks 5-2 on Friday. Trailing 2-0 in the first period, Kurt Sonne and Daniel Chartrand both found the back of the net to even the game at 2-2 before entering the frist intermission.  Taylor Unruh stopped all nine shots he faced in the second period to keep the Gusties off the scoreboard, but the Jacks weren't able to capitalize on any of their 15 shots on goal in the second period which kept the score tied at two. The Gusties foun the back of the net twice in the third period to pull ahead 4-2 and added an empty net goal in the final seconds for the 5-2 final.  |  Game Story and Statistics

WHEN STOUT AND NORTHLAND LAST MET
  • The Blue Devils captured a 6-5 win over Northland College, their first win of the 2019-20 season when the teams met in November. The Blue Devils had to come back twice in the game, including a three goal deficit in the WIAC opener Nov. 22. Kalib Ford scored first for the Lumberjacks in the first period, but Stout's Alex Nagel evened the score less than two minutes later, but Northland recaptured the lead a bit over a minute later on a goal by Brandon Charlton. The Lumberjacks rolled off two goals in less than two minutes of the second period to take a 4-1 lead. Stout tied the score with the next three goals. Daniel Chartrand gave the Lumberjacks the lead midway through the third. Hunter Anderson scored for Stout to tie the score at 5-5, then Stout's Lucas Carroll scored the everntual game-winner with 61 seconds left.  | Game Story and Statistics

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

2019-20 ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Konnar Dechaine, Jr, Lac La Biche, Alberta (JA Williams); Logan Nelson, So, St. Michael, Minn. (St. Michael-Albertville)

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...


UW-STOUT COACH TERRY WATKINS
  • The 2019-20 season marks Terry Watkins' (269-334-43) 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.
  • Watkins 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.

NORTHLAND'S SEAMUS GREGORY
  • Seamus Gregory was hired as the Head Coach of LumberJack hockey in July of 2014, he is the fourth Head Coach in school history. Entering his 6th season at the helm in Ashland, Gregory and his staff have completely revamped the Jack lineup with the current roster complied of 26 underclassmen. In Gregory's second season (2015-16) behind the Jack bench, he led the program to their third-best ever season in their 19 year history of collegiate hockey. Prior to Northland, Gregory spent three seasons (2011-2014) at Williston State College in northwest North Dakota, where he was the architect of Teton Hockey. Gregory was the first ever coach Williston State Hockey history. In a short three years at Williston State, Gregory led the program to a record of 44-36-4 with three Region XIII titles, twelve All-Americans, three NJCAA Frozen Fours and two National Championships (2013, 2014). The two titles are the first and only National Championships in any sport in school history. This is a return to the NCAA and NCHA (Northern Collegiate Hockey Association) for Gregory who spent three years (2008-2011) at Lake Forest College. (2008-20110) as the first assistant/recruiting coordinator under 32 year mid-west Division III Hockey Coach Tony Fritz. Gregory also spent one year as the interim Head Coach (2010-2011) upon Fritz's retirement from the game in July of 2010.

THE CONFERENCE:
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 play a pair of conference games at UW-Eau Claire, Friday, Jan. 31 and Saturday, Feb. 1.