Hockey Preview: Stout faces UW-Superior Saturday for Senior Night

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THIS WEEK'S GAMES: UW-Stout (8-16-0, 6-8-0 WIAC) will close the regular season by hosting UW-Superior (12-10-2, 5-6-1 WIAC),Saturday, Feb. 12 for Senior Day at 7 p.m.. The Blue Devils have taken the first two meetings this season, defeating Superior, 4-3, in December, and capturing a 6-4 win last night in Superior. The Blue Devils are currently in fourth place in the WIAC with 20 points. The Yellowjackets are in fifth place with 16 points. The seeding for the WIAC Tournament is expected to be announced Sunday, Feb. 13. The first round of the WIAC tournament is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 18 and Saturday, Feb. 19 with the third seeded team hosting the sixth seeded team and the fourth seeded team hosting the fifth seeded team. 

SENIOR NIGHT: The Blue Devils will mark Senior Night Saturday, honoring seniors Raphael Gosselin, Alec Skar, Logan Nelson, Alex Nagel, Brady Meyers and Tomi Varjonen before the game. 

UW-Stout (7-15-0, 5-8-0 WIAC) will get a last non-conference game as a tune-up as the Blue Devils head into the final conference games of the season. Stout make up a game with Hamline University (3-15-1, 1-9-0 MIAC) when they play at Hamline, Wednesday, Feb. 9 at 4 p.m. at Tria Rink, then will close the regular season by traveling to UW-Superior (12-8-2, 5-5-1 WIAC), Friday, Feb. 11, and hosting the Yellowjackets, Saturday, Feb. 12 for Senior Day. The Hamline game was originally scheduled for Jan. 8.


2021-22 Blue Devil Hockey Schedule
Saturday, Oct. 23 - at St. Mary's University (exh), L 3-2, ot
Friday, Oct. 29 - Bethel University, L 3-2, ot
Saturday, Oct. 30 - Concordia-Wisconsin, L 5-4
Friday, Nov. 5 - at St. Scholastica, L 4-1
Saturday, Nov. 6 - at Gustavus Adolphus, L 2-0
Friday, Nov. 12 - Augsburg University, L 3-0
Saturday, Nov. 13 - St. John's University, L 3-2, ot
Thursday, Nov. 18 - at Northland College, W 3-1
Saturday, Nov. 20 - at UW-Eau Claire, W 4-2
Friday, Dec. 3 - UW-Stevens Point, L 6-3
Saturday, Dec. 4 - UW-Superior, W 4-3
Friday, Dec. 10 - UW-River Falls, L 5-4, ot
Saturday, Dec. 11 - at UW-River Falls, L 5-1
Friday, Jan. 7 - at Bethel University, W 3-2, ot
Saturday, Jan. 8 - at Hamline University, ppd to 2/9
Tuesday, Jan. 11 - at UW-River Falls, L 7-2
Friday, Jan. 14 - St. Mary's University, W 6-3
Saturday, Jan. 15 - St. Olaf College, L 4-3
Thursday, Jan. 20 - Northland College, W 5-3
Saturday, Jan. 22 - at Northland College, W 6-3
Friday, Jan. 28 - UW-Eau Claire, L 4-1
Saturday, Jan. 29 - UW-Eau Claire, L 2-1
Friday, Feb. 4 - at UW-Stevens Point, L 5-2
Saturday, Feb. 5 - at UW-Stevens Point, L 3-0
Wednesday, Feb. 9 - at Hamline University, L 4-2
Friday, Feb. 11 - at UW-Superior, W 6-4
Saturday, Feb. 12 - UW-Superior, 7 p.m.


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

A LOOK AT THE BLUE DEVILS:

• The Blue Devils have been getting balanced scoring throughout the season, with seven players scoring 10 points or more, six players with four goals or more and 13 players with four assists or more. Nine players have scored at least one power play goal and five players have scored at least one shorthanded goal.
• Dylan Rallis leads the way with 17 points, scoring a team-high nine goals and adding eight assists. Rallis has one shorthanded goal. Freshman Peyton Hart has seven goals and six assists, while senior captain Raphael Gosselin has six goals - of which three are power play goals - and seven assists. Logan Nelson (6-8-14), Cole Beckstead (5-5-10) and Riley Enderle (4-0-4) each have four goals. Matt Dahlseide (3-7-10), Alex Nagel (3-6-9), and Alec Skar (3-4-7) each have three goals. 
• Hart, Nelson Dahlseide, Beckstead, Peter Verstegen, Matt Flodell and John Jebamani all have a power play goal. 
• Rallis, Hart, Nagel, Skar and Verstegen each have a short-handed goal. Skar and Verstegen scored their shorthanded goals against Northland College, Jan. 20, the first time the Blue Devils have scored two shorthanded goals in the same game since 2011. 
• Stout has five goalies this season and freshman Tyler Masternak has snared four of Stout's seven wins. The freshman is posting a GAA of 3.37 with a saves percentage of .898 and after an injury in January is suiting up again. Zack Cloutier has picked up the other three wins, and has recorded a GAA of 3.11 and a saves percentage of .911. Brennan Kitchen has a GAA of 3.69 with a saves percentage of .878. Masternak and Cloutier each have been credited with an assist on a goal this year.
• On the power play, Stout is 12.6 percent (11-87) and 78.1 (16-73) on the penalty kill. The Blue Devils average 2.6 goals per game and give up 3.6 goals.
• The Blue Devils return their top seven scorers and nine of their top 10 scorers from last season. 
• Raphael Gosselin returns as the team's leading scorer from last season, leads the team in points, posting four goals and seven assists for 11 points.
• Kobe Keller led Stout in goals scored with five, of which two were power play goals, and added a pair of assists. Logan Nelson, a three-time all-WIAC honorable mention pick, returns after scoring four goals and three assists. Matt Dahlseide and Peter Verstegan each scored two goals and four assists. Defenseman Joey Petronack had a goal and five assists as a freshman, earning honorable mention honors. Alex Nagel was just behind Gosselin in assists, dishing off six. Alex Stuckert had a goal and three assists, while Brandon Connett had two goals, both power play goals, and an assist during his freshman season.
• Twenty different players scored at least one point last season.
• The Blue Devils return two all-conference goalies in Brennan Kitchen and Zack Cloutier. Kitchen earned honorable mention honors in 2019-20 and Cloutier earned first team honors last season when he set a single season record for goals against average (GAA) with a 1.63 mark. Tyler Masternak joins the Blue Devils' goalie crew that also includes returners Brady Meyers and Marco Zink.
• Stout returns five players who have earned All-WIAC honors at least once throughout their career. Senior forward Logan Nelson has been selected WIAC honorable mention all three years. Junior goalie Brennan Kitchen was a honorable mention pick in 2019-20. Senior forward Raphael Gosselin earned first team honors last season, as did sophomore goalie Zach Cloutier. Sophomore defenseman Joey Petronack was an honorable mention selection last spring.
• The Blue Devils have six seniors, eight juniors, eight sophomores and 11 freshmen on their 2021-22 roster.

BLUE DEVILS LAST TIME OUT

• Stout took care of business when they needed to and defeated UW-Superior for the second time this season, this time taking a 6-4 road win last night. Logan Nelson scored two goals in the second period as Stout poured in four second period goals to jump start the win. The Yellowjackets opened the game with a goal at 15:01 of the first period, a power play goal - Superior's first of three power play goals - by Coltyn Bates. Assists were by MacGregor Sinclair and Jordan Martin. Stout knotted the score three minutes later when Brandon Connett scored on the power play at 18:01, getting assists from Dylan Rallis and Hayden Clark. The Blue Devils poured it on in the second period with four goals. Senior captain Logan Nelson was first up for the Blue Devils scored to break the tie and give Stout a 2-1 lead. Dylan Rallis gave Stout a 3-1 lead less than a minute later, scoring at 4:12, getting assists from Noah Carson and Kobe Keller Clark, who was playing in only his fifth game of the season, scored his second goal of the season and made it 4-1 and scored at 10:12.. Nelson made it 5-1 at 18:45 and Stout took a comfortable lead into the second intermission. Peyton Hart got the assist. Superior cut the lead to 5-2 with a power play goal by Artur Terchiyev at 4:21 of the third period. Charles Martin and CJ Walker got the assist. Stout found themselves one man down midway through the period, but the Blue Devils turned the situation around when Cole Beckstead scored shorthanded and unassisted for Stout's sixth shorthanded goal of the season, taking a 6-2 lead. The 'Jackets' Gavin Rassmussen scored twice for Superior in the final six minutes, the first one coming on the power play at 14:08, assisted by Charles Martin and Walker, and the second one at even strength at 18:57 for what would prove to be the final score, with Walker providing his third assist of the night and Martin his second. Superior pulled their goalie, but were able to only get one wide shot off. Zack Cloutier captured the win, making 32 saves. The Blue Devils sent starting goalie Landon Pavlisin to the bench after he gave up the first four goals after making 12 saves. Nick Althaus gave up the final two goals, recording eight saves, but was saddled with the loss.  The Yellowjackets were 3 for 6 on the power play, while Stout was 1 for 2.  | Game Story and Stats
• UW-Stout scored the first two goals of the game, but Hamline came storming back to take the lead with four straight goals and defeated the Blue Devils, 4-2, Wednesday afternoon at Tria Rink. The non-conference game was originally scheduled for Jan. 8, but was postponed due to health and safety protocols.  Nick Bowlin got the Blue Devils on the board first when he scored at 8:32 of the first period, his third goal of the season, on assists by Cole Beckstead and Matt Dahlseide. The Blue Devils doubled the score when Hayden Clark scored his first goal of the season three minutes later at 11:46, with assists by Riley Jensen and Jacob Halvorson. The Pipers got on the board at 19:41 of the first period by Tyler Nyman. Hamline tied the score midway through the second when Brent Sheehan scored. The Pipers captured the lead just before the end of the second period on a goal by Jackson Wile and took a 3-2 lead into the second intermission. Hamline picked up their fourth goal of the night at 3:40 in the third period by Sheehan. The Pipers out-shot the Blue Devils, 29-16. Tyler Masternak took the loss with 25 saves in his first game back since being injured Jan. 22. Kevin Lake had 14 saves for the Pipers.The Blue Devils were swept by UW-Stevens Point last weekend, falling 5-2, Feb. 4, and 3-0, Feb. 5.   
• UW-Stout bolted out to a 2-0 lead in the first period, but 11th-ranked UW-Stevens Point charged back with four second period goals and a clincher in the third period to down the Blue Devils, 5-2, Friday at KB Willett Arena. Stout jumped out with a goal by Alex Nagel at 12:50 of the first period, with assists by Cole Beckstead and Alex Stuckert. Beckstead doubled the Blue Devils' score when he scored at 18:40, with assists by Nagel and Caleb Serre and Stout went into the locker room with 2-0 lead. But on the strength of a hat trick in the second period by the Pointers' Jordan Fader, Stevens Point (14-5-1, 9-2-0 WIAC) took over the game. Fader opened the second period when he scored at 1:41, then took advantage on the power play at 4:40 to knot the score. Carter Roo added a goal just over a minute later to make it 3-2 and Fader doubled up Stout's goal totals at 13:37. The Pointers' Brett Humberstone chipped in a power play goal at 16:09 of the third to ice the game. Zack Cloutier took the loss after making a season-high 44 saves. The Pointers' Ryan Wagner made 22 saves.| Game Story and Statistics
• UW-Stout kept UW-Stevens Point scoreless for half the game, but that would not be enough as the Blue Devils could not find the back of the net and the 11th ranked Pointers scored three goals in the final 30 minutes of the game for a 3-0 decision Saturday at KB Willett Arena. Wilson Northey broke the deadlock at 10:14 of the second period for the Pointers and Conor Witherspoon added a goal seven minutes later at 17:12. Northey scored his second goal of the night at 3:34 of the third period. Brennan Kitchen took the loss for the Blue Devils, turning away 33 shots. Eli Billing made 28 saves to get the win for the Pointers.  |  Game Story and Stats

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SCOUTING HAMLINE UNIVERSITY

• The Pipers are looking to snap a six game losing streak, with two of those losses coming in overtime. Hamline's last win came Jan. 22 when they defeated Saint Mary's, 2-1. The Pipers recorded a 2-0 win over UW-River Falls in November. Brendan Sheehan leads the team in points, goals and assists. The senior has scored five goals - one power play goal - and five assists for 10 points. Carson Simon (4-5-9), Joe Collins (3-5-8) and Erik Dahl (1-5-6) have all matched Sheehan in assists with five. Simon, Bailey Sommers (4-4-8) and Jackson Bond (4-1-5) all have four goals. Andrew Rewin (2-4-6) and Tyler Nyman (1-4-5) each have four assists. The Pipers are averaging 2.1 goals per game and giving up 3.9 goals. On the power play Hamline is 9.7 percent and 76.2 on the penalty kill. 
• In net, Kevin Lake has taken on the bulk of time and has all of the Pipers' wins. Lke has nearly 900 minutes in net with a 3.68 GAA and a .884 saves percentage. Maximillian Haselbacher has seen action in four games and posted the team's lone tie. He has a GAA of 3.18 with a saves percentage of .887. Bryce Uebel and Trevor Wong have both seen action in one game. 
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• Hamline made the one-hour trek to Collegeville to face Saint John's in a rare Monday-night non-conference bout. The Johnnies were too much for the Pipers as they cruised to an 8-3 victory. The Johnnies' 8-3 victory was highlighted by their 3-of-5 mark on the power play. Hamline received goals from Joe Martin, Jackson Wille, and Bailey Sommers. Sommers added an assist to his stat line for the Pipers, who were narrowly outshot by a 37-35 margin despite the score. Trevor Wong notched 24 saves over 40:00 in his first goaltending start for Hamline, while Maximillian Haselbacher stopped five shots over 20:00 of play. Michael Magnuson notched 32 saves in net for the Johnnies. | Game Story and Statistics
• Hamline traveled to St. Olaf for a Saturday-evening battle. The Pipers came up strong with two power-play tallies in the contest and outplayed St. Olaf in the third period, but the comeback bid was too late in a 6-5 loss. Special teams played a vital role as 13 penalties were assessed in the contest. The Oles cruise to a 2-0 lead within the opening five minutes, as their second goal was of the short-handed variety. The Pipers came through on the power play courtesy of Sam Dabrowski at 5:27 of the first period to narrow the score to 2-1, before Jackson Bond knotted the game at 2-2 at 13:06 of the opening frame. he Oles grabbed the lead for good at 17:20 of the first period behind Brendan Darby's goal that made things 3-2. The Pipers trailed 6-3 before goals from Carson Simon at 15:49 of the third, and Erik Dahl's power-play mark at 19:27 narrowed the score to 6-5 before time ran out. Tyler Nyman contributed three assists for Hamline, who were outshot 33-21 in the contest. Pipers goalie Kevin Lake made 27 saves, while his counterparts Thomas Lalonde and Lukas Haugen combined for 16 saves for the Oles. |  Game Story and Statistics 

WHEN STOUT AND HAMLINE LAST MET

• After nearly a month without playing a home game, UW-Stout hosted Hamline University. Hamline took a 3-0 lead and the Blue Devils fought back to get within one goal, but an empty net goal sealed the 4-2 win for the Pipers Jan. 11, 2020. | Game Story and Statistics

THE SERIES

• Stout holds a 12-5-1 advantage in the series since Stout returned to varsity status for the 1996-97 season. The teams are 2-2-1 over the last five games. Overall, Stout holds a 17-12-1 lead in the series. | History

SCOUTING UW-SUPERIOR

• The Yellowjackets and the Blue Devils are currently tied for fourth in the WIAC with 16 points apiece. COVID-19 protocols forced the cancellation of a conference series between Superior and UW-Stevens Point. Those games were played Feb. 2 and Feb. 9 as non-conference games. Dylan Johnson leads the WIAC in scoring with 12 goals and 12 assists for 24 points and has a league-best five power play goals. Artur Terchiyev has six goals and 12 assists for 18 points. The Yellowjackets lead the WIAC in power play at 27.0 percent (224-89). 
• In net, Myles Hektor has appeared in 16 games, posting an 8-6-1 overall record with a GAA of 2.21 and a saves percentage of .924. Landon Pavlisin has seen action in six games with 2-1-1 record, a GAA of 3.25 and a saves percentage of .892. Nick Althaus has appeared in four games with a 2-3-0 record, a GAA of 3.44 and a saves percentage of .865.
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• When things are going well, you seem to be a little luckier and things seem to bounce your way, even when you don't expect them to. When things aren't going well, often the opposite is true. Things aren't going well right now for the Yellowjacket men's hockey team. After being blown out at Stevens Point, the 'Jackets lost a lead late at River Falls Friday, before playing well enough to win but coming up one goal short against the Falcons Saturday at home. Wednesday night, the 'Jackets were back in Stevens Point, playing the second of two non-conference games with the Pointers. For the second time in as many games, the 'Jackets played well enough to win, but again the bounces didn't come and they came up just a bit short. Conor Witherspoon scored an unassisted goal at 1:58 of overtime, lifting Stevens Point to a 2-1 win over the Yellowjackets Wednesday at K.B. Willett Arena. Witherspoon's goal came seconds after the Yellowjackets came up empty after a pair of point-blank scoring chances. The Yellowjackets opened the scoring early. David Kaplan won an offensive zone face-off to the left of Stevens Point goaltender Eli Billing. The puck went back to John Stampohar, who pulled the puck to his left and wristed a shot through traffic past Billing at 2:37 of the first period. It stayed that way until the Pointers went on the offensive while a man down. Wilson Northey got the puck high in his zone and saucered a pass to the neutral zone, where Jordan Fader knocked the puck out of the air and went in alone on the breakaway. His wrist shot beat Yellowjacket goaltender Myles Hektor (Lake Bluff, Ill./Lake Forest) between the legs with five minutes to go in the first period, tying the game at one. The goal was the 10th shorthanded goal of the season for the Pointers, and the third shorty allowed by the Yellowjackets this season. It stayed that way into overtime. The Pointers won the opening face-off of the overtime and held possession for nearly a minute. The Yellowjackets gained control of the puck and started up ice. Artur Terchiyev led the rush, and from the left circle had his shot beat Billing on the glove side, but it hit the inside of the post and stayed out. Terchiyev followed the play, retrieved the puck and centered to MacGregor Sinclair (Irma, Alberta/Irma School). Sinclair picked the lower right corner, but Billing kicked his left leg out and made a miraculous save, keeping it tied. From there, Witherspoon worked the puck down the ice and from the right circle beat Hektor high on the glove side, giving the Pointers the 2-1 win. Hektor finished the game with 35 saves on 37 shots. | Game Story and Stats
• The Yellowjackets lost to 4-3 decision to UW-River Falls. When things aren't going your way, sometimes, they really don't go your way. The 2021-22 season was going well for the Yellowjacket men's hockey team, as it worked its way into the middle of January riding a long unbeaten streak and sitting near the top of the WIAC standings as the stretch run began. Since then, the lineup has been ravaged by injuries, and entering play Saturday, the Yellowjackets had dropped back-to-back games for the first time. After a heartbreaking loss on the road at River Falls Friday, the Yellowjackets were looking to flip the script on the Falcons Saturday when the teams played the second game of their weekend series. It wasn't to be. River Falls jumped out to an early lead and the Yellowjackets were never able to battle all the way back, falling to the Falcons by the same score as Friday, 4-3, this time at Wessman Arena. | Game Story and Stats

WHEN STOUT AND SUPERIOR LAST MET

• Stout scored two unanswered goals in the third period to down the Yellowjackets of UW-Superior Dec. 4 in Menomonie. UW-Stout earned their first home win of the season after winning tonights contest 4-3. Tyler Masternak came into the game 13:24 of the first period and did not allow a goal. The Yellowjackets' Dylan Johnson scored two goals in the first 6:26 of the game before Stout came back. Cole Beckstead scored at 6:51 of the first to put Stout on the board, but Superior made it a 3-1 game on Gavin Rassmussen's goal at 13:24 of the first. Stout closed out a wild first 16 minutes of the game with a goal by Dylan Rallis at 15:57 to make it 3-2.  After a scoreless second period, Alex Nagel tied the score at 4:50 of the third period. Riley Enderle put Stout ahead at 6:37 of the third and Masternak made the one-goal lead stand up. Masternak worked nearly 47 minutes in relief and recorded 31 saves. Myles Hektor took the loss for Superior with 25 saves.  |  Game Story and Stats

THE SERIES

• Since Stout returned to varsity status in 1996-97, Superior holds a 44-25-3 lead in the series. The Yellowjackets have won three of the last five games, including all three games from last season. Overall, the Yellowjackets hold a 65-28-5 lead in the series. | History

USCHO.com TOP 15 DIVISION III POLL:

• The most recent poll was released Jan. 31. UW-Stevens Point is ranked 11th. UW-Superior received two votes.
• The last time the Blue Devils received votes was in the 2018-19 USCHO.com poll starting Nov. 18, but they 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 since.
• USCHO.com Division III Poll

TEAM CAPTAINS: Raphael Gosselin is the captain for the 2021-22 season. Alex Nagel, Logan Nelson, and Alec Skar are serving as assistant captains.

2021-22 ATHLETES OF THE WEEK:  Cole Beckstead, So, Morrisburg, Ontario;  Peyton Hart, Fr, Delafield, Wis. (Kettle Moraine); Dylan Rallis, Jr, Minneapolis, Minn. (Holy Angels); Raphael Gosselin, Sr, Quebec City, Quebec...Tyler Masternak, Fr, Oshawa, Ontario...Logan Nelson, Sr, St. Michael, Minn. (St. Michael-Albertville)

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2021-22: Senior captain Raphael Gosselin was selected as the WIAC/Kwik Trip Hockey Athlete of the Week and the UW-Stout Athlete of the Week after scoring a goal and assisting on the game-winning goal in a 3-2 overtime win over Bethel University, Jan. 7...Goalie Tyler Masternak was selected as the UW-Stout Athlete of the Week after picking up wins over Northland College and UW-Eau Claire in the conference openers.
• 2020-21: Goalie Zack Cloutier was selected as the Kwik Trip/WIAC Athlete of the Week and The Heights/UW-Stout Athlete of the Week. 
• 2019-20: Goalie Brennan Kitchen, defenseman Connor Chambers and forward Logan Nelson earned WIAC honorable mention honors. Lucas Carroll was selected to the all-sportsmanship team...Brennan Kitchen was selected as the WIAC hockey athlete of the week after stopping 55 shots in a 4-0 shutout over Northland College, Jan. 25. On the weekend, Kitchen had 88 total saves...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 MIKE MACDONALD

• The 2021-22 season marks Mike MacDonald's (12-23-0) second season as the Blue Devils' head coach. 
• Before coming to Stout, MacDonald coached four seasons at Curry College, near Boston, Mass. Prior to joining Curry, he spent a year as an assistant coach at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston. 
• MacDonald graduated from the SUNY Geneseo with a degree in Business Administration in 2007. During his time at Geneseo, the team posted a record of 67-33-11, winning the SUNYAC Championship in 2005 and 2006. Over his collegiate career, MacDonald appeared in 109 games and is among the school's all-time leaders in goals (61) and points (120).
• MacDonald played six seasons professionally. He began his professional career in the Central Hockey League, spending one season each with the Odessa Jackalopes and New Mexico Scorpions. The following four seasons he played primarily for the Southern Professional Hockey League's Huntsville Havoc. While there he served as the team's captain for three seasons. In 2010 he scored the game-winning goal to give Huntsville its first ever SPHL Championship. Over his career, MacDonald appeared in 338 professional games with 213 points on 84 goals and 129 assists.
• MacDonald is a native of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.

• Hamline graduate Shane Wagner is in his first season as Hamline University head men's hockey coach in 2021-22. Wagner arrived to Hamline after four seasons with the North American Hockey League's (NAHL) Minot Minotauros, which included one season as the head coach in 2020-21. Wagner led Minot to 23 victories in his lone season as head coach, which secured them an appearance in the 2020-21 NAHL Robertson Cup Playoffs. Prior to Minot, Wagner spent one season with the Minnesota Magicians (NAHL) as assistant coach. The Stillwater, Minnesota native got his coaching start with the Hudson Crusaders of the Minnesota Junior Hockey League (MNJHL), where he served as the head coach from 2012-15. Wagner led the Crusaders to a 70-58-10 overall record over his three-season stint. Wagner was a four-year member of the Hamline University men's hockey program (2002-06). The defenseman registered 15 goals and 22 assists for 37 points over 83 career games played for the Pipers. The 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons saw Wagner earn All-MIAC Honorable Mention. Wagner ranked third on the Pipers in scoring during the 2004-05 season as a defenseman with three goals and 11 assists for 14 points. Following his collegiate career, Wagner spent six seasons playing professionally with the Jacksonville Barracudas (SPHL), South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL), Twin City Cyclones (SPHL), and Mississippi Surge (SPHL).

• The 2021-22 season is the sixth season for Richard McKenna as head coach of the UW-Superior men's hockey program. McKenna was named to the position May 11, 2016, becoming just the sixth head coach to lead the Yellowjackets since the program was reinstated in 1965. In McKenna's first five seasons at UWS, he has had 10 players earn All-WIAC honors and helped six sign professional contracts. He has also coached several current NHL players and draft picks from his time in the USHL and NCAA Division I. McKenna led the Yellowjackets to he 2021 WIAC championship with 7-3 overall record and 5-3 mark in the league. Superior won the title -- its first since taking the 2011 crown -- with a 3-2 from-from-behind victory at UW-Stevens Point on March 12. McKenna came to the Yellowjackets following a season as the head coach and general manager of the New Jersey Titans of the North American Hockey League (NAHL). He led the Titans to a record of 34-22-4 and a second-place finish in the NAHL's East Division in 2015-16. McKenna began his coaching career as an assistant coach at NCAA Division III Castleton State in Vermont in 2008-09 where he helped the Spartans to a 15-win season and a berth in the ECAC East playoffs. From there, McKenna spent two seasons (2009-11) as an assistant coach at Division III Wesleyan (Middletown, Conn.) before moving to the Division I ranks at UConn. While there, McKenna helped guide the Huskies to the Atlantic Hockey quarterfinals in 2011-12 and then the semifinals in 2012-13. He moved into the junior game as the assistant coach and assistant general manager of the Muskegon (Mich.) Lumberjacks of the United States Hockey League (USHL). There, McKenna worked under head coach and former NHL player Todd Krygier for two seasons, helping the Lumberjacks reach the Clark Cup finals in 2014-15 where they ultimately lost to the Sioux Falls Stampede. McKenna played his college hockey at Castleton State and graduated from there in 2007.
    

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 last season. UW-Eau Claire was picked to win the league title, according to a preseason poll conducted by conference coaches and sports information directors. UW-Stevens Point was chosen second, UW-River Falls third, UW-Superior fourth, UW-Stout fifth and Northland sixth. 

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 IN A SINGLE GAME...
Two Stout players recorded a hat trick: Scott Motz, Nick Klaren vs. Northland College, Nov. 4, 2008
A Stout player scored two or more power play goals: 2, Mathias Ahman vs. St. Olaf College, Jan. 5, 2018
A Stout player scored a shorthanded goal: Alec Skar vs. Northland College, Jan. 20, 2022; Peter Verstegan vs. Northland College, Jan. 20, 2022; Peyton Hart vs. UW-River Falls, Jan. 11, 2022; Alex Nagel vs. UW-River Falls, Dec. 11, 2021; Dylan Rallis vs. St. Scholastica, Nov. 5, 2021
A Stout player scored two or more shorthanded goals: Robert Carr vs. UW-River Falls, Feb. 19, 2011;
Stout scored two shorthanded goals: Alec Skar, Peter Verstegan vs. Northland College, Jan. 20, 2022; Garrett Grimstad, Dan Cecka vs. UW-Eau Claire, Oct. 28, 2011;
Stout scored three or more shorthanded goals: vs. Lawrence University, Oct. 26, 2001
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: 55, Brennan Kitchen vs. Northland College, Jan. 25, 2020; 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: Tyler Masternak vs. Bethel University, Jan. 7, 2022; Zach Cloutier vs. Concordia-Wis, Oct. 30, 2021
A Stout team scored 5-7 goals: 5 vs. UW-River Falls, Feb. 3, 2021; 7 vs. Northland College (W 7-2), Jan. 23, 2020
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. Northland College, Feb. 10, 2021 (1-0); vs. UW-Superior, Feb. 15, 2020 (1-0); vs. Northland College, Jan. 25, 2020 (4-0); 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. UW-Stevens Point (3-0) Feb. 5, 2022
Both teams played to a scoreless tie: vs. Gustavus Adolphus, Nov. 7, 2015

LENDING AN ASSIST: In the 2021-22 season, goalie Zack Cloutier dished an assist Oct. 30, 2021 against Concordia-Wis...Tyler Masternak recorded his first collegiate assist against Bethel University, Jan. 7, 2022...Goalie Zack Cloutier chalked up an assists against Concordia University-Wisconsin, Oct. 30, 2021...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 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 were last mentioned in 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

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.

UP NEXT:  The Blue Devils will play in the first round of the WIAC Championship (presented by Culvers), Feb. 18-19. 






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