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Chay Genoway is back, and the Sioux are determined to make it a special season

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On a mission

(From left) Goaltender Brad Eidsness, defenseman Chay Genoway and forward Jason Gregoire. Photo by Eric Hylden, Herald photographer

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Followthe SiouxThe Herald will have full coverage of every game —home and road — includinggame stories, live in-game chatsand postgame blog entries. Youcan get your coverage in a variety of places:

In the newspaper: Previews,features, profiles, game stories,photos and a breakdown ofeach weekend series will beavailable in the sports section of the Grand Forks Herald.

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�� scheduleOct. 3 — MANITOBA (exh.) 6:07Oct. 8 — at Anchorage 11:07Oct. 9 — vs. Fairbanks 7:07Oct. 15 — at Bemidji St. 7:37Oct. 16 — at Bemidji St. 7:07Oct. 22 — at Maine 6:00Oct. 23 — at Maine 6:00Oct. 29 — DENVER 7:37Oct. 30 — DENVER 7:07

Nov. 5 — DULUTH 7:37Nov. 6 — DULUTH 7:07Nov. 12 — at Wisconsin 7:07Nov. 13 — at Wisconsin 7:07Nov. 19 — at Omaha 7:37Nov. 20 — at Omaha 7:07Nov. 26 — NOTRE DAME 7:37Nov. 27 — NOTRE DAME 7:07

Dec. 3 — ST. CLOUD 7:37Dec. 4 — ST. CLOUD 7:07Dec. 10 — at Mankato 7:37Dec. 11 — at Mankato 7:07Dec. 18 — U.S. U-18 (ex.) 7:07Dec. 30 — at Duluth 7:37

Jan. 7 — ROB. MORRIS 7:37Jan. 8 — ROB. MORRIS 7:07Jan. 14 — MINNESOTA 7:37Jan. 15 — MINNESOTA 7:07Jan. 21 — OMAHA 7:37Jan. 22 — OMAHA 7:07Jan. 28 — at Colo. College 8:37Jan. 29 — at Colo. College 8:07

Feb. 11 — ANCHORAGE 7:37Feb. 12 — ANCHORAGE 7:07Feb. 18 — at St. Cloud 7:07Feb. 19 — at St. Cloud 7:07Feb. 26 — BEMIDJI ST. 3:37Feb. 27 — BEMIDJI ST. 3:37

Mar. 4 — at Mich. Tech 6:07Mar. 5 — at Mich. Tech 4:07Mar. 11-13 — WCHA first roundMar. 17-19 — WCHA Final FiveMar. 25-27 — NCAA Regionals (Manchester, N.H., St. Louis,Green Bay, Bridgeport, Conn.)

Apr. 7-9 — Frozen Four (St. Paul)

Puttingthe piecesin place

Media poll1. UND2. Minnesota-Duluth3. St. Cloud State4. Denver5. Wisconsin6. Minnesota7. Colorado College8. Bemidji St.9. Nebraska-Omaha10. MSU-Mankato11. Anchorage12. Michigan Tech

POY: Chay Genoway, UNDROY: JadenSchwartz, CC

By Brad Elliott SchlossmanHerald Staff Writer

The end of the 2009-10 seasonwas bitter for UND.A team that went 12-1 heading

into the NCAA tournament had aquick exit after falling behind Yaleearly and not catching up. The 3-2loss was not the way the Sioux hadenvisioned their season ending.As hard as it might have been,

UND coach Dave Hakstol took thepodium later that week at RalphEngelstad Arena and started to peerinto 2010-11. If the Sioux didn’t startturning the page quickly, he said, theywould lose a shot being a special

team in the fall.And so after a few days off to

recharge the batteries, the play-ers began offseason training.Many of them stuck aroundfor the summer to work out atRalph Engelstad Arena.

Matt Frattin, who wonthe team’s Iron Man compe-tition this fall, worked outwith a personal trainerback in Edmonton.

“On a whole, we hada pretty good summer,”

Hakstol said. “Some indi-viduals, I think had exceptional

summers. One or two had sub-parsummers. But in general terms, therewas a lot of good work and dedica-tion, and a bulk of our roster has donea good job proving themselves.”

The emphasis on theoffseason workoutswas done for obvi-ous reasons. UNDbuilt a strong baselast season with a

young roster. The Siouxgrew up as the season pro-gressed and were one of thetoughest teams in the countryby the end.An unproductive summer

could have sent the Sioux back toSquare One. The Sioux wanted tomake sure they would continue build-ing into this fall.They know that nothing is guaran-

teed. Denver earned the No. 1 rankingfor much of last season. Then, thePioneers went 0-2 at the Western Col-legiate Hockey Association Final Fiveand were upset by RPI in the firstround of the NCAA tournament.But much like Denver last season,

UND has a bunch of pieces to thepuzzle. Now, the Sioux will try to fitthem together.

ForwardsUp front, UND has a lot of fire-

power.The senior line of Evan Trupp,

Brad Malone and Frattin was one ofthe best by the end of last season.Danny Kristo, Jason Gregoire andBrett Hextall have all played on thefirst line in their careers.Sophomores Corban Knight and

Mike Cichy and freshman Brock Nel-son are also highly dynamic players.Mario Lamoureux, Carter Rowney,

Brent Davidson, Brett Bruneteau andfreshman Derek Rodwell are solidtwo-way, checkers. They will addsome necessary grit and reliability tothe forward unit.

DefensemenThe strength of the team should be

the defensemen.UND led the conference in goals

against last year — and that was with-

outhavingcaptain ChayGenoway may bethe most dynamic offen-sive defenseman in the WCHA. BenBlood and Andrew MacWilliammight be the two most physicaldefensemen in the league.Seniors Derrick LaPoint and Jake

Marto have been a solid combinationsince they were sophomores. JoeGleason showed promise as a fresh-man. And the two recruits they arebringing in, Derek Forbort and DillonSimpson, come with high acclaim.Forbort was a first-round NHL

pick in June. Simpson, only 17 yearsold, might be one next June.

GoaliesJunior Brad Eidsness has earned

all-conference honors in each of hisfirst two seasons.He’s a strong, reliable, consistent

goaltender. He might not steal theSioux many games, but he won’t loseany, either.The coaching staff also has confi-

dence in backup Aaron Dell, whoshowed flashes of excellence lastyear, but was too inconsistent. Dellcould see more action as a sopho-more.

Coaching staffFor the first time, every player on

the Sioux team is one who committedwhile Hakstol was head coach andCary Eades was associate coach ofthe squad. Genoway, a fifth-yearsenior, is the only player who washere pre-Dane Jackson.So this staff recruited this team,

has developed this team and knowswhich buttons to push to make themgo.They did it with the summer work-

outs. Now, they’ll try to fit the piecestogether on the ice for this deep andtalented team.

Coaches poll1. UND2. St. Cloud State3. Minnesota-Duluth4. Denver5. Minnesota6. Colorado College7. Wisconsin8. Nebraska-Omaha9. Bemidji St.10. MSU-Mankato11. Anchorage12. Michigan Tech

POY: Jack Connolly, DuluthROY: Jaden Schwartz, CC

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The goalies


Brad Eidsness’ most impressive achieve-ment at UND might not be winning a Mac-Naughton Cup as a freshman or becoming thefirst Sioux goalie since Karl Goehring to earnback-to-back all-Western Collegiate HockeyAssociation honors.

It might not be his Broadmoor Trophy orhis record 40-plus games played as both afreshman and a sophomore.

It might not have anything to do with hisnotable feats on the ice.

Eidsness, a junior from Chestermere,Alta., is set to graduate with a degree inentrepreneurship this spring after just threeyears in college.

“That is not common,” said UND’s direc-tor of academic services Amanda Neubauer,who points to a study that shows that fewerthan 25 percent of UND students — not justathletes — are able to graduate in four years.The average is five years.

Despite the practice hours, video sessionsand extensive travel that is common for Divi-sion I athletes, Eidsness is in position to fin-ish his undergraduate degree in three and starthis master’s in business administration nextyear.

How did he do it?Eidsness got a few credits out of the way

before arriving at UND, took a full class loadduring the school year and went to summerschool.

“It all kind of fell into place,” said Eid-sness, who was named a WCHA scholar ath-lete and earned a spot on the all-academicteam this spring. “I never overextendedmyself by any means. I took two or threecourses each summer and a regular class loadduring the year.”

Seventh-year coach Dave Hakstol says hecan’t remember anyone else earning a degreein three years.

“He’s organized, and he’s motivated,”Hakstol said. “He knows what he wants. He’sa guy who has taken great advantage ofeverything here, including extracurriculars.”

UND’s No. 1 guyEidsness also has taken advantage of his

opportunities to be UND’s No. 1 goaltender.As a freshman, he battled senior Aaron

Walski for the top spot. It took just threeweeks for Eidsness to be anointed the go-toguy.

Despite a push from freshman Aaron Delllast season, there was never any question thatEidsness would be the guy come the playoffs.

“I think his play has been very consistent,”Hakstol said. “He’s met challenges that he’shad in front of him. He’s showed steadydevelopment.”

A second-team all-WCHA pick a year ago,Eidsness is expecting bigger and better thingsthis season. He spent this summer working onhis footwork as well as other areas of hisgame he felt he needed to round out.

“As last year progressed, I saw someimprovements in my game,” he said. “I’mtrying to move forward with those and keepgetting better with every game.”

Classmate Brett Hextall said: “He’s a guywho really wants it. He has all of the abilityin the world. We’re expecting a lot out of himand he’s expecting a lot out of himself . . .and he should, because he has all of the toolsto do it. We’ll rely on him to have a good,solid year for us.”

Quick study

Tate Maris {35}� Class: Sophomore.� Hometown: Denver.� Career stats: Maris did notsee any game action as afreshman.� Did you know? Maris’ father,Richard, played basketballat Colorado and ColoradoState.

Brad Eidsness {3�}� Class: Junior.� Hometown:Chestermere, Alta.� Career stats: 82 games,48-22-8 record, 2.34 goals-against average, .910 savepercentage.� Did you know? Eidsness ison track to graduate in threeyears.

Aaron Dell {3�}� Class: Sophomore.� Hometown: Airdrie, Alta.� Career stats: 5 games, 1-3-1 record, 1.81 goals-against average, .897 savepercentage.� Did you know? Dell is amusic major.

�%Of all UND students graduate

within three years.

Junior goalie Brad Eidsness is on pace to graduate in record time

John Stennes, Herald photographer� Goalie Brad Eidsness looks for the puck during the Western Collegiate Hockey Association Final Five last season.

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Upbeat centerman could have a breakout season

Danny Kristo {7}� Class:Sophomore.� Hometown:Eden Prairie,Minn.� Career stats:

41 games, 15 goals, 21assists, 36 points.� Did you know? Kristo’sfather, Mark, played atBemidji State.� Chose UND over: Minnesota.

Mike Cichy {8}� Class:Sophomore.� Hometown:New Hartford,Conn.� Career stats:

23 games, 2 goals, 2assists, 4 points.� Did you know? Cichy is thefirst Connecticut native toplay for UND since 1951.� Chose UND over: Halifax ofthe QMJHL.

Derek Rodwell {11}� Class:Freshman.� Hometown:Taber, Alta.� Did youknow?

Rodwell was a fifth-roundpick of the New JerseyDevils in 2009.� Chose UND over:Providence.

Brett Bruneteau {13}� Class:Sophomore.� Hometown:Omaha, Neb.� Career stats:27 games, 1

goal, 4 assists, 5 points.� Did you know? Bruneteauhas a brother playing forVermont (Nick) and LakeSuperior (Matt).� Chose UND over: Wisconsin,Minnesota, Michigan andNebraska-Omaha.

Carter Rowney {27}� Class:Sophomore.� Hometown:Sexsmith,Alta.� Career stats:

39 games, 1 goal, 7 assists,8 points.� Did you know? Rowney’sonly goal last season was agame-winner.

Brock Nelson {29}� Class:Freshman.� Hometown:Warroad,Minn.� Did you

know? Nelson’s uncles, Daveand Eddie Christian, playedat UND.� Chose UND over: BemidjiState and Nebraska-Omaha.

*Taylor Dickin� Class: Freshman.� Hometown: Winnipeg.� Did you know? Dickin is expected to enroll in January.� Chose UND over:Canadian colleges.

Underclass forwards

Teammates rave about Knight


UND coach Dave Hakstol insists thatCorban Knight faces challenges like everyoneelse.

It’s just impossible to tell.“Don’t know if you’ll find a better per-

son,” Hakstol says. “He’s genuinely a greatperson. He’s intelligent, a really thoughtfulteammate and very popular in the lockerroom.”

“It’s not like he avoids tough situations.He just handles them well. He handles thingswith a real upbeat style. Very seldom are yougoing to come across someone like him.”

“Corban is one of the happiest kids you’llever meet,” teammate Brett Hextall says.“He’s always got a smile on his face. He’salways cheering guys up who don’t have asmile on their face. He’s just a genuine, niceguy — really fun to be around.”

Knight has plenty of reasons to smilethese days, too.

The sophomore from High River, Alta., isexpecting big things after the progress heshowed as a freshman.

Knight started his career with one point inthe first 19 games. He closed the year with 12in the final 18. By the time the stretch runarrived, he was playing a key role on a linewith Darcy Zajac and Danny Kristo whileearning power-play time.

“What would his second half have lookedlike if he didn’t have his injury?” asked Hak-stol, who saw Knight miss five games with ahigh ankle sprain. “The injury came in hisbreakout game. You saw Corban take a bigleap forward on that particular night andunfortunately, he got injured.

“We’re real excited where he’s at physical-ly — how much he’s improved — and men-tally how he looks ready to challenge theworld this year.”

Hextall said he’s already noticed a differ-ence in Knight’s game.

“His skill level is as good as anyone onour team,” said the son of an NHL generalmanager. “It’s hard to get the puck from him.His hands are so good and he uses his body

so well. He’s really deceptive, too, like(Evan) Trupp.”

Surprise arrivalKnight didn’t expect to be part of the

Sioux last season. But less than a weekbefore school started, a roster spot opened upbecause of Matt Frattin’s suspension, andKnight got the call.

“People don’t realize last year that theycalled him the day before school started,”Hextall said. “He packed that day and left thesame day. It was an unfair situation for him.Mentally, he wasn’t prepared. But still, lastyear, people were saying what a heck of aplayer he is.

“He’s worked hard and had a great sum-mer in the gym. This year could be a hugeyear for him. People might be surprised bywhat he can do just because he didn’t put upa ton of points last year. This year, he’s pre-pared and ready to take on a big role with ourteam.”

That role will likely be at the center posi-tion.

The graduation of Chris VandeVelde andDarcy Zajac — both three-year regulars atcenter — means spots are up for grab. Afterlast season ended, Hakstol mentioned Knightas a guy who could move from wing to cen-ter — Knight’s natural position.

“And I still feel that way today,” Hakstolsaid. “He’s done all the right things duringthe summer. He’s ready to step into that role.”

Knight’s excited about the opportunity infront of him.

“It was a whirlwind year last year and Iwouldn’t change a thing,” he said. “It wasprobably the best thing that has happened formy hockey career. I was happy to be able tohave the opportunity.

“I think I worked pretty hard this summerto improve my strength and quickness. Hope-fully, it will pay off this year.”

Corban Knight {10}� Class: Sophomore.� Hometown: High River, Alta.� Career stats: 37 games, 6goals, 7 assists, 13 points.� Did you know? Knight wasteammates with Rodwell andEidsness in juniors.

“He’s always got asmile on his face. He’salways cheering guys upwho don’t have a smileon their face. He’s just agenuine, nice guy —really fun to be around.”

— Teammate Brett Hextall

Emily Green, UND athletics� Sophomore Corban Knight is looking to take on a larger role with this year’s team.

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When the team showed up for work-outs one day this fall, Matt Frattin’sname was not on trainer Mark Poolman’sboard.

Poolman replaced it with “The X Fac-tor.”

That’s exactly what UND thinks Frat-tin could be this season.

The senior from Edmonton spent thesummer back home, lifting with a trainerand preparing for his final year of col-lege hockey. He returned to campus twoweeks before school started and immedi-ately made an impression on his team-mates.

Frattin was in phenomenal shape andwon the team’s annual Iron Man compe-tition, which measures strength and fit-ness.

“He had a great summer,” linemateEvan Trupp said. “He’s put on someweight and I think he might be evenmore scary for opponents this year.”

Frattin has a rare combination of size,physicality and skill. All of those attrib-utes were on display by the end of lastseason, when Frattin closed on a career-high six-game point streak and had 16points in the last 13 games.

He showed his physicality in the firstround of the playoffs, running over Min-nesota defenseman Kevin Wehrs. Frattinwas suspended one game for the hit — aruling that UND strongly disagreed with.

He also scored four goals in the first-round series and earned a spot onESPN’s SportsCenter for a highlight-reelgoal against Yale in the NCAA tourna-ment.

“Fratts is a power forward withfinesse,” teammate Brett Hextall said.“He’s just a truck out there. You sawhow powerful he is with that hit onWehrs last year.”

Friends and linematesFrattin went without a goal in his first

11 games last season after returning froma team-imposed suspension.

He started to take off when coachDave Hakstol put him on a line with twoof his closest friends — Evan Trupp and

Brad Malone.The three players didn’t know each

other before coming to UND.Trupp grew up in Anchorage and

played junior hockey in the BritishColumbia Hockey League. Malone grewup nearly 5,000 miles away inMiramichi, New Brunswick and playedjunior hockey in the United States Hock-ey League.

Frattin grew up in Edmonton —about 2,000 miles away from Anchorageand 3,000 from Miramichi — and playedjuniors in the Alberta Junior HockeyLeague.

“I guess we all kind of met in themiddle,” Malone said. “We became real-ly good buddies in the dorms. It’s kind ofa tradition around here that you are closewith our class and it’s no different withus. The three of us hang out a lot.”

Frattin and defenseman Jake Martoeven hopped in Malone’s Honda Civicand made the 38-hour drive from GrandForks to Miramichi this summer. It tookfour days.

“They got to see where I’m from andwhat it’s all about,” Malone said. “Theyenjoyed themselves.”

“It was definitely an experience,”Frattin said. “We had some good laughson the road.”

Trupp, Malone and Frattin are knownfor keeping things light in the lockerroom.

“Those guys are a bunch of charac-ters, that’s for sure,” teammate CorbanKnight said.

Different attributesOn the ice, they are far different.Malone is a power forward, using his

6-foot-2, 212-pound frame to punishopponents. He scores most of his goalsaround the crease.

Trupp, at 5-foot-9, 174, is a smaller,skilled forward who uses his playmakingabilities to setup linemates.

Frattin is a combination of the two,but his skill-set leans toward the goal-scoring side.

“Everything about him is powerful,”Malone said of Frattin. “He has the hard-est shot I’ve seen since Koz (AndrewKozek). When you put all of his piecestogether in the puzzle, and you put thatin our lineup, it adds a lot of firepower.”

Miramichi, N.B.Population: 18,129. Of note: The French settled here in 1648.

Anchorage, AlaskaPopulation: 260,203. Of note: It accounts for 40 percent of Alaska’s population.

Edmonton, Alta.Population: 730,372. Of note: It’s nicknamed the oil capital of Canada.

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The X FactorFrattin and his classmates provide a dynamic line

Upperclass forwards

Mario Lamoureux {9}� Class: Junior.� Hometown: GrandForks.� Career stats: 66

games, 10 goals, 8 assists, 18 points.� Did you know? Lamoureux’s sisters, Monique and Jocelyne,play for the UND women’s team.� Chose UND over: Northern Michigan.

Brent Davidson {15}� Class: Senior.� Hometown:Morden, Man.� Career stats:

29 games, 2 goals, 0 assists, 2 points.� Did you know? After switching to defense last year, Davidson isback to forward.� Chose UND over: Canadian colleges.

Jason Gregoire{17}� Class: Junior.� Hometown:Winnipeg.� Career stats:

85 games, 32 goals, 34 assists,66 points.� Did you know? Gregoire is thesecond-leading returning WCHAgoal scorer.� Chose UND over: Denver.

Evan Trupp {19}� Class: Senior.� Hometown:Anchorage, Alaska.� Career stats:113 games, 23

goals, 44 assists, 67 points.� Did you know? Trupp’s father,Rick, played for Alaska-Fairbanks.� Chose UND over: Wisconsin and New Hampshire.

Matt Frattin {21}� Class: Senior.� Hometown:Edmonton, Alta.� Career stats:109 games, 28

goals, 31 assists, 59 points.� Did you know? Frattin enters the season on a career-longsix-game point streak.� Chose UND over: Michigan State,Ohio State and New Hampshire.

Brad Malone {22}� Class: Senior.� Hometown:Miramichi, N.B.� Career stats:

118 games, 17 goals, 28 assists,45 points.� Did you know? Malone is the first New Brunswick native to play for the Sioux.� Chose UND over: Wisconsin.

Brett Hextall {26}� Class: Junior.� Hometown:Manhattan Beach,Calif.

� Career stats: 76 games, 26goals, 26 assists, 52 points.� Did you know? Hextall’s father,Ron, played in the NHL and isthe general manager for the LosAngeles Kings.

John Stennes, Herald photographer� Matt Frattin and Evan Trupp celebrate a goal in Ralph Engelstad Arena.

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Defense

The captain is backAndrewMacWilliam {2}� Class: Sophomore.� Hometown: Calgary.� Career stats: 43games, 0 goals,

3 assists, 87 penalty minutes.� Did you know? MacWilliam’s mother, Paula, is Australian.� Chose UND over: Denver, ColoradoCollege, Boston University andBoston College.

Derrick LaPoint {3}� Class: Senior.� Hometown:Eau Claire, Wis.� Career stats: 106games, 5 goals,

29 assists, 62 penalty minutes.� Did you know? LaPoint’s brother,Nate, is the head equipment manager at Wisconsin.� Chose UND over: Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Derek Forbort {4}� Class: Freshman.� Hometown:Duluth.� Did you know?Forbort is the highest

draft pick on the team (1st round,15th overall).� Chose UND over: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Notre Dame and Minnesota-Duluth.

Dillon Simpson {18}� Class:: Freshman.� Hometown:Edmonton, Alta.� Did you know?Simpson’s father,

Craig, won two Stanley Cups withEdmonton.� Chose UND over: Michigan State,Wisconsin and Denver.

Joe Gleason {20}� Class: Sophomore.� Hometown:Edina, Minn.� Career stats:39 games, 0 goals,

9 assists, 31 penalty minutes.� Did you know? Gleason may seeaction at forward this season.� Chose UND over: Minnesota-Duluthand St. Cloud State.

Ben Blood {24}� Class: Junior.� Hometown:Plymouth, Minn.� Career stats:74 games, 5 goals,

10 assists, 108 penalty minutes.� Did you know? Blood put on 15pounds of muscle in the offseason.� Chose UND over: St. Cloud State.

Jake Marto {25}� Class: Senior.� Hometown:Grand Forks.� Career stats: 113games, 13 goals,

30 assists, 40 penalty minutes.� Did you know? Marto was recruitedto play baseball by Purdue.� Chose UND over: Minnesota andMinnesota-Duluth.

Ryan Hill {28}� Class: Sophomore.� Hometown:Hermantown, Minn.� Career stats: Did notplay as a freshman.

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Chay Genoway slowly skated off theice with trainer Mark Poolman lastNovember with no idea that he had playedhis last game of the season.

The captain, who suffered a concussionon an illegal check from behind by St.Cloud State forward Aaron Marvin, fig-ured everything would be all right in shortorder. But the headaches persisted anddays turned into weeks. Weeks turned intomonths.

Pretty soon, the season was wrappingup and UND’s captain, leader, mostdynamic offensive player and best defen-sive player was still sitting in the stands ina suit.

Genoway started to exercise in thespring, increased workouts in the summerand with a medical redshirt in hand, he isreturning this fall to go out on his ownterms.

The Sioux captain participated in aQ&A with the Herald earlier this week.

Q. What’s it like being on the iceagain?

A. It’s just fun to be out there playinghockey again. It’s fun to be out there withteammates — on the ice — in a funatmosphere after missing all of that lastyear. I’m ready to get going in a gameatmosphere.

Q. How hard was last season?A. It just got harder every week. The

more I thought about it, the worse theinjury got and the worse my stress levelgot. It kept getting harder because theguys were playing better and better. That

made me want to be out there more andmore, especially when playoff time startedcoming around. That’s when you reallywant to be out there. You really can’t putinto words how hard it was.

Q. When did you feel you hadovercome the concussion?

A. That’s hard to say. I had to work myway out of it. I still wasn’t feeling thatgood when I started working out. I kind oflooked at it as a do-or-die thing. It didn’tfeel good because my body had becomeso out of shape. A lot of symptoms werebecause of out how out-of-shape I was.The more I worked out — the harder Iworked out — the better I felt. I pushedharder and harder and progressively gotbetter.”

Q. When it happened, did you haveany idea you would be out for a longtime?

A. No, not at all. That’s what’s weirdabout a hit like that, especially when youaren’t knocked unconscious. I thought I

would be back the next game or the nextweek.

Q. Are you upset about the hit?A. Well, it wasn’t a clean hit. Do I

think he meant to put me out like that? Idon’t think so.

Q. Are you going to wear a specializedconcussion helmet this season like team-mate Brett Bruneteau?

A. Maybe. I haven’t decided yet.Q. What’s going to be the hardest part

about coming back after all of that timeoff?

A. I think the biggest thing for me isgoing to be bringing it every day, makingsure my consistency is good. That goeswith feeling in shape and that’s going tocome with our practice schedule pickingup. That’s going to come with time.

Q. How about your skills, like stick-handling and timing? Have those comeback?

A. I think that stuff comes back. Butwhen you are tired out there, that can bedifficult at times. We’re still working onmaking sure we’re getting into gameshape. It’s hard to differentiate from otheryears. I don’t know if I’m having a diffi-cult time with it or if it’s just another yearof getting into game shape.

Q. It seems like everyone is quitedetermined to make this a specialseason. Have you sensed that?

A. It’s a big year for a lot of guys. Theolder guys want to go out with a bang.Maybe other people are putting words intoour mouths because we’re an older team,but I don’t think this year is any differentfrom any other year. We’ve always hadbig goals here.

Glorious returnsA handful of WCHA players havemissed significant time with majorinjuries in recent years and havereturned to have a lot of success.Here’s a look at four of them:� Robbie Bina, UND. Bina had eightpoints as a freshman and nine as asophomore, when he suffered abroken neck in March 2005. Aftertaking a full year off, Bina returnedto tally a career-high 32 points as ajunior.� Brock Trotter, Denver. Five gamesinto his college career in 2005,Trotter suffered a leg injury andwas out for the season. Hereturned the next year to lead Denver in scoring with a point pergame average.� Ryan Stoa, Minnesota. The bigforward blew out his knee duringopened weekend of 2007. Hereturned to lead the WCHA in scoring in 2008-09.� Malcolm Gwilliam, Michigan Tech.Gwilliam suffered a stroke early in2008 and sat out the rest of theseason. He came back as a sixth-year senior and had a careeryear with 30 points.

Chay Genoway {5}� Class: Senior.� Hometown:Morden, Man.� Career stats: 132games, 20 goals,

70 assists, 140 penalty minutes.� Did you know? UND was the onlyWCHA school that recruitedGenoway.� Chose UND over: Ivy Leagueschools.

UND’s Chay Genoway celebratesafter scoring a goal against Minnesotalast season in Ralph Engelstad Arena.

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Ginny Christiann Relation: Great uncle.n Feats: Won an Olympic silver medal as part of the 1956 team; was part of UND’s 1947 squad that defeated Michigan as the program’s first landmark win.

Jordy Christiann Relation: Cousin.n Feats: Junior at St. Cloud State.

Brock NelsonUND freshmann Feats: Minnesota Mr. Hockey finalist; first-round draft pick of the New York Islanders in June.

Current generation

Parent’s generation

Dave Christiann Relation: Uncle.n Feats: Won an Olympic gold medal as part of the 1980 Miracle on Ice team; played for a national championship at UND; played 15 years in the NHL with five teams.

Eddie Christiann Relation: Uncle. n Feats: Played four seasons at UND, winning a national championship in 1982.

Grandfather’sgeneration

Billy Christiann Relation: Grandfather.n Feats: Won an Olympic gold medal as part of the 1960 team; was inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 1984.

Roger Christiann Relation: Great uncle.n Feats: Won an Olympic gold medal as part of the 1960 team; was inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 1989.

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WCHA rookies

A family of hockey

UND freshmanBrock Nelsonhas historicbloodlines

{1} Jaden Schwartz,F, CCSchwartz dominated theUSHL as a 17-year-old andwill join forces with his brother, Rylan, in ColoradoSprings.

{2} Beau Bennett, F, DUThe California native tied asthe leading scorer in theBCHL. He should be a scoring-line player his entirecollege career.

{3} Matt White,F, OmahaBeing undrafted, White hasbeen under the radar. But hewas the best player in theUSHL last season.

{4} Derek Forbort,D, UNDThe top defenseman recruitin the WCHA has size andpuck skills. He’ll ease intoUND’s loaded D-corps.

{5} Nick Bjugstad,F, MinnesotaThe reigning Minnesota Mr.Hockey winner shouldinstantly add much-neededoffense for the Gophers.

{6} Brock Nelson, F, UNDNelson will have to earn hisminutes on a deep UNDteam. Once he does, he’llshowcase his high-end skills.

{7} Jason Zucker, F, DUThe Pioneers hit the jackpotwith the Las Vegas native.Zucker is a highlight waitingto happen.

{8} Mark Zengerle, F, WisconsinAfter tying Bennett for theBCHL scoring title, Zengerlewill get plenty of opportunities in Madison.

{9} Erik Haula, F, MinnesotaThe Shattuck-St. Mary’sgrad from Finland was oneof the USHL’s top offensivethreats last season.

{10} Dillon Simpson, D, UNDAt age 17, Simpson will havean adjustment to make incollege. His poise with thepuck is special, though.

Top 10 WCHA recruits


Brock Nelson’s father was a basketballplayer.Ask Nelson if he ever considered that path

and you’ll get a chuckle.“I don’t know why I never played basket-

ball,” he says, “but that was a good decision.”Family members on his mother’s side

might have had something to do with it.Grandfather Billy Christian, who used to

pull him out of school during lunch breaks toskate, won an Olympic gold medal in 1960and was inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hallof Fame in 1984.His great uncles, Roger and Ginny Christ-

ian, both have Olympic medals. Roger wongold with the 1960 team and was inductedinto the U.S. Hall in 1989. Ginny, a memberof the 1947 UND hockey team that defeatedMichigan as the program’s first landmark vic-tory, won silver in 1956.His uncle, Eddie Christian, won a national

championship with UND in 1982 and hisother uncle, Dave Christian, was a member ofthe 1980 Miracle on Ice team. Dave, also aformer Sioux, went on to play 15 years in theNHL. He went into the Hall in 2001.To this day, the U.S. has never won an

Olympic gold in men’s hockey without aChristian family member on the team.“I’m pretty lucky to have that in my fami-

ly,” said Nelson, who was a Minnesota Mr.Hockey finalist last year playing with theWarroad Warriors. “They got me started whenI was pretty young.”

‘An exceptional talent’Nelson is carving out his own spot in the

family tree.This summer, he became the first family

member to be selected in the first round of theNHL draft. The New York Islanders pickedhim 32nd overall.“He’s an exceptional talent, that’s the first

thing that stands out,” UND coach Dave Hak-stol said. “The second thing that really standsout is his poise and presence when the gameis on the line. His best shifts during a gameare when the game is to be won or lost.“His best games seem to be on the biggest

stage. I think that speaks a little bit to hismental capacity and his will to compete andhis comfort level when things matter most.”The 6-foot-3, 205-pound UND freshman

led Warroad High School to three consecutiveSection 8A titles. His breakout year came as ajunior when he racked up 45 goals in 31games.Nelson caught the attention of most NHL

scouts playing in the Minnesota Elite Leaguein the fall. He committed to UND about thattime, then averaged nearly three points pergame as a senior.“I believe he will continue to rise on the

ladder of hockey players,” Warroad coachAlbert Hasbargen said. “He can easily addseveral pounds of muscle. He is very coach-able. He does stuff the puck in practice and ingames that others can only dream about.“His work ethic and self-discipline will

continue to move him upward. This youngman not only has great skills, but is a great

person as well.”Hakstol says he’s seen some good signs

already from Nelson.“I’m sure there are adjustments on many

different levels, socially, academically and atthe rink,” he said. “I expect Brock to handlethem in stride. He’s a very quiet, low-keyindividual, who is as unassuming as a 6-4 guycan be. He handles everything with a veryquiet confidence. He may come across asquiet and shy, but at no point do I see anuneasiness in any situation.”

Familiarity withthe programWith two uncles and a great uncle who

previously played at UND, Nelson is the lat-est in a string of recruits to come to the pro-gram with family history.Current teammates Chay Genoway, Mario

Lamoureux and Brett Hextall can say thesame thing.Genoway’s brother played at UND, Lam-

oureux’s brother and father played here andHextall’s great uncle was a Sioux. Hextallsaid he thinks it can help.“Brock’s probably heard all about the his-

tory and tradition here and might have a jumpon everyone else,” Hextall said. “Now thathe’s finally here, he realizes what’s going tobe expected of him, what the coaches expectand what the program expects.“Excellence is the only thing that’s

accepted here. Brock knows that and he’ll beprepared for this season.”

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10 things to knowabout the WCHA



2010-11

314 � hay Genoway,D, UNDGenoway was the WCHA’smost dynamic player untilhis injury last season.

324 � ack � onnolly,F, DuluthThe best two-way playerfor the Bulldogs is comingoff of a 49-point sopho-more season.

334 � ason Gre" oire,F, UNDAnother fantastic two-way player, Gregoireis one of three 20-goalscorers returning in theleague.

3� 4 � att � ead,F, BSUA coveted undrafted freeagent, Read decided toreturn for his senior sea-son instead of signing apro deal.

3 4 � ustin Fontaine,F, UNDNow a senior, Fontainehas racked up 94 points inthe past two seasons.

3 4 Garrett � oe,F, SCSUIf he can stay out of thepenalty box, Roehas potential to beone of the WCHA’smost dynamic for-wards.

3� 4 � acob � epis,F, MinnesotaWhen Cepis becameeligible last January, heinjected some much-needed life into theGopher program.

3� 4 � rett � lson,F, Michigan TechHe doesn’t get muchattention playing inHoughton, but Olson is adifficult matchup for anyteam.

3 4 � att Frattin,F, UNDThe Edmonton native hasdynamic speed, a rocketshot and is very physical.

3104 � nthony � aiani,F, DenverMaiani and UND’s EvanTrupp are two of the bestset-up men in the WCHA.

Top 10 � � H� players


Throughout the years, teamshave come and gone in the WesternCollegiate Hockey Association.It started with seven and grew

one-by-one to 10. In the early1980s, it went back down to sixand eventually grew to 10 again.When the member schools

voted last summer to allow entryfor Nebraska-Omaha and BemidjiState, it marked a watershedmoment for the league. Neverbefore has it played a season with12 teams.This will be the first and one of

the big storylines to follow thisseason. There are plenty of otherthings to know about the leagueand its teams this season. The Her-ald compiled 10 of them.

1. Back to 10?The WCHA may not be staying

with 12 teams for long.This summer, Penn State

announced that it was starting con-struction on a new hockey arenaand that it planned to add men’sand women’s hockey. It will be thesixth Big Ten school to have men’shockey as a sport.Because of that, the Big Ten is

expected to form its own league in2014. Minus Minnesota and Wis-consin, the WCHA will be back to10 schools — unless it decides to

go after Miamiand NotreDame.

2. The colorful,new coachesNebraska-Omaha and Bemidji

State both bring in experienced,successful and very colorful headcoaches into the league.Omaha coach Dean Blais, who

made his mark at UND by winningtwo national championships andfive MacNaughton Cups, has neverbeen one to bite his tongue in inter-views. The same goes for BemidjiState coach Tom Serratore, who ledthe Beavers to a Frozen Four twoyears ago.

3. The beautiful,new buildingsA pair of new arenas will

open on U.S. Highway 2 thisseason.Bemidji State will play in

the $35 million, 4,000-seatBemidji Regional EventsCenter, located on LakeBemidji. It replaces the agingJohn Glas Fieldhouse and willopen on Oct. 15, when UNDcomes to town for a two-gameseries. It will be Bemidji

State’s first game as a member ofthe WCHA.Minnesota-Duluth also will

have a new building. AmsoilArena, a $38 million, 6,800-seatfacility, will open on Dec. 30,when UND comes to town for theHall of Fame Game.

4. Five-minute majorsExpect to see a spike in five-

minute major penalties this season.In the offseason, the NCAA

decided to make “contact to thehead” — at minimum — a manda-tory major and game misconduct(ejection, but no suspension).As players and referees adjust to

the new rule, expect to see anincrease in penalties, just as therewas when the NCAA made check-ing from behind a mandatory five-and-a-game.Will the rule take away from

some of the physical play in thegame?

5. The SchwartzbrothersColorado College isn’t picked to

finish near the top of the WCHA,but season ticket sales and interestin Colorado Springs have bothspiked. Why?Attribute that to the Schwartz

brothers from Wilcox, Sask. Lastseason, as a freshman, RylanSchwartz was impressive, tallying28 points in 39 games. He’s theteam’s top returning scorer.Rylan will be joined by brother

Jaden, the highly touted preseasonrookie of the year. Jaden was the

first college playerpicked in the NHLdraft in June.

6. Barriball’sreturnUND’s Chay

Genoway isn’t the onlycaptain in the league whois returning for his fifthyear with a medical red-shirt.Minnesota captain Jay

Barriball also will be backand is expecting to have abig season for the Gophers,who have underachieved thelast three years.Barriball is the only play-

er on the Gopher roster whohas won an NCAA tournamentgame. He was the lead-ing scorer,as a fresh-man, on the2006-07squad thatbeat AirForce in thefirst roundand lost toUND in theregional final.

7. Cheverie goneThe WCHA’s reigning player of

the year, Denver goalie MarcCheverie, decided to sign withthe Florida Panthers in theoffseason, giving up hisfinal year of collegeeligibility.That leaves a big

question for thePioneers this sea-son. Will they besolid in net?Sophomore

Adam Murray fig-ures to get a goodlook at being No.1. But Murraystruggled greatlylast year when Chev-erie went down withan injury (3-4-1, 3.80goals-against, .874 savepercentage).If Murray falters again,

the Pioneers will go with SamBrittain, a freshman from theAlberta Junior Hockey League.Brittain was drafted in the fourthround by Florida in June.

8. New-lookBadgersWisconsin marched to the

national championshipgame last season with atalented, veteran roster.In the offseason, theBadgers suffered

heavylosses tothe gradu-ation andthe NHL.They

lostseven of their

top eight scorers from lastseason. Their top threedefensemen, juniors Bren-dan Smith, Ryan McDon-agh and Cody Goloubef, signedNHL deals.There’s still some good talent

remaining — first-round pick JakeGardiner, second-round pick JustinSchultz and gritty forward CraigSmith — but all of those losseswill be difficult to overcome.

9.New-foundatten-tionThe presea-

son hype in Min-nesota usually goes

to the Golden Gophers,but that’s not thecase this season.It’s Minnesota-Duluth and St.Cloud State —both picked to fin-

ish top three in the league— drawing the attention.The Bulldogs have their top

three scorers back in Jack Connol-ly, Justin Fontaine and Mike Con-nolly. All three of them lit up thescoreboard for at least 40 pointslast season. In addition to them,Mike Montgomery, Brady Lamb,Dylan Olsen and freshman JustinFaulk lead a tough defense in frontof goalie Kenny Reiter.St. Cloud State’s success starts

with goalies Mike Lee and DanDunn and filters through a dynamicset of forwards, led by Garrett Roe,Tony Mosey and Drew LeBlanc.

10. Paging qualitygoaliesAlaska-Anchorage lost both of

its goaltenders this offseason withJon Olthuis graduating and BryceChristianson turning pro. Not thatthose guys did a lot for the Sea-wolves, anyway.It has been five years since the

Seawolves have had a goalie with asave percentage better than .900.The last four years, Anchorage’sgoalies have posted team save per-centages of .861, .881, .879 and.887.The Seawolves will look to

freshman Rob Gunderson of Leth-bridge, Alta., to stop this trend inAnchorage.

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ECACProjected finish1. Yale2. Colgate3. Dartmouth 4. Harvard5. Cornell 6. Princeton7. Union8. RPI9. St. Lawrence10. Clarkson11. Quinnipiac12. Brown

Three stars� Chase Polacek, sr,F, RPI (above)The former Academy ofHoly Angels standout will almostcertainly lead RPI in scoring for athird straight season. He put up52 points last season and has 112for his career.� Broc Little, sr, F, YaleLittle did a lot of celebrating lastyear en route to leading the coun-try in goals per game with 27 tal-lies in 34 games. He should beYale’s most prolific scorer againthis season.� Austin Smith, jr, F, ColgateThe Dallas Stars draft pick hasput up at least 30 points in eachof his first two seasons with theRaiders. He could contend forECAC player of the year honorsas a junior.

Blue-chip recruit� Matt Lindblad, F, Dartmouth. TheIllinois native flirted this summerwith changing his commitment toWisconsin but stuck with Dart-mouth. He was a top scorer in theUSHL.

Don’t forget that …There’s still a Zajacplaying collegehockey. Kelly Zajac,the younger brotherof former UND forwards Travis andDarcy, may wind upbeing the top scorerfor Union this season.

Don’t be surprised if …Cornell immediatelyfinds a goodreplacement forfour-year goalie BenScrivens. From MattUnderhill to DaveLeNeveu to DavidMcKee to Scrivens,the Big Red alwaysdo it.

Hockey EastDon’t forget that …John Muse has been clutch in theNCAA tournament. The seniorgoalie for Boston College is aperfect 8-0 in the NCAAs with apair of national championships tohis credit.

Don’t be surprised if …Merrimack is a darkhorse in theleague. The Warriors were greatlyimproved last season and have abunch of key guys back, including

Stephane Da Costa and startinggoalie Joe Cannata.

Projected finish1. Miami2. Michigan3. Alaska4. Notre Dame5. Michigan State6. Northern Michigan7. Ohio State8. Western Michigan9. Ferris State10. Lake Superior11. Bowling

Green

Three stars� Andy Taranto,so, F, Alaska(right)The formerFargo Forcestandout enteredcollege hockey witha bang. He had 18goals and 42 points in 39 games,leading the Nanooks to their firstNCAA tournament berth ever.� Carl Hagelin, sr, F, MichiganThe 22-year-old from Sweden had

a breakout junior season for theWolverines, racking up 50 points in45 games — nearly matching his pro-duction from Years 1 and 2 com-bined.

� Carter Camper, sr, F, Miami-Ohio

The Rocky River, Ohio,native has put up at least40 points in each ofhis first three col-lege seasons. With

126 career points,he’s the leading career scorer

in the country.

Blue-chip recruit� Jon Merrill, D, Michigan. Merrillraised eyebrows when he committedto Michigan at age 14, but he’s still atop defenseman who can helpreplace Steve Kampfer and ChrisSummers.

Don’t forget that …Former UNDrecruit Mike Finkwill play for Bowl-ing Green thisseason. Finkdecided to openup his recruitingearlier this year inhopes of finding aplace he’ll seemore ice time.

Don’t be surprised if …Miami-Ohiomakes anotherFrozen Four run.The RedHawkshave a talentedand veteran teamreturning withvery few questionmarks. Theyshould be a top-five team all sea-son.

CCHAProjected finish1. Air Force2. RIT3. Mercyhurst4. Army5. Robert Morris6. Canisius7. Holy Cross8. UConn9. Sacred Heart10. Niagara11. Bentley12. AmericanInternational

Atlantic HockeyDon’t forget that …It’s an expansion year for AtlanticHockey. The league grew from 10to 12 teams with the additions ofRobert Morris and Niagara fromCollege Hockey America, whichfolded.

Don’t be surprised if …RIT falters after its Frozen Fourrun. After Chris Tanev signedwith Vancouver, RIT lostthree of its top fourdefenseman fromthat team,includingtwo prolificscorers.

1. Boston College

2. UND

3. Miami

4. Michigan

5. Minnesota-Duluth

6. St. Cloud State

7. Maine

8. Yale

9. New Hampshire

10. Denver

11. Minnesota

12. Alaska-Fairbanks

13. Boston University

14. Colgate

15. Notre Dame

16. Wisconsin

17. Omaha

18. Michigan State

19. Air Force

20. Merrimack

Herald top 20

Three stars� Jacques Lamoureux,sr, F, Air Force (right)The Grand Forks native wasa Hobey Baker finalist as asophomore and piled up 22goals and 42 points as a junior.He continues to be one of theelite players in the country.� Cameron Burt, jr, F, RITBurt led RIT’s surprise chargeto the Frozen Four a yearago. He tallied 32 points asa freshman and 47 as asophomore. Burt will beamong the league’s topscorers again.� Eric Delong, so, F,Sacred HeartDelong was one of thetop rookies in theleague last season,averaging a pointper game for thePioneers. Sacred Heart needs similar productionfrom the former MJHL standout.

Three stars� Gustav Nyquist, jr, F,Maine (right)

The 2010 finalist for the HobeyBaker Award is considered anearly front-runner thisyear. Nyquist led thecountry last year with 61points — eight ahead ofthe next closest guy.� Cam Atkinson, jr, F,Boston CollegeAtkinson was the mostdynamic player andleading scorer of thenational champi-onship team a yearago. He finished with30 goals and 53points and shouldbuild off of that.� Stephane Da Costa, so, F,MerrimackThe Frenchman was the nationalrookie of the year after puttingup 45 points in 34 games. He

and linemate Chris Bartonwill give Merrimack adangerous first line thisseason.

Projected finish1. Boston College2. Maine3. New Hampshire4. Boston University5. Merrimack6. Northeastern7. Vermont8. UMass9. UMass-Lowell10. Providence

Blue-chip recruit� Charlie Coyle, F,Boston University.The first-round pick ofthe San Jose Sharksreceived rave reviewsfor his performance atthe World Junior evalu-ation camp in August.

Blue-chip recruit� Jason Fabian, F, Air Force. After two very good yearswith the Bismarck Bobcats in the NAHL, the formerRoseau standout is set for a strong freshman seasonwith the Falcons.

Photo by Rachel Boettcher,Den Mar Services



2010-11

Big yearin store?By Brad Elliott SchlossmanHerald Staff Writer

Ilya Kovalchuk considered itan early Christmas present.

Not only did he just sign a$100 million contract, his coachdecided to place him on a linewith former UND standoutsZach Parise and Travis Zajac.

“To play with those twoguys, I’d play in goal,”Kovalchuk said. “They’re two ofthe best players in the league.”

And that’s what the NHL hasbeen finding out the last twoseasons. Parise, ranked one ofthe top 15 in the world by Hock-ey News, has been a 30-goalscorer in each of the last fourseasons.

Zajac has back-to-back 20-goal campaigns, while centeringNew Jersey’s top line. Last sea-son, he had 25 goals, 67 pointsand registered a plus-22 rating.Those numbers were very simi-lar to that of NHL superstarPavel Datsyuk (27 goals, 70points, plus-17).

The two Devils forwardshighlight UND’s crop of talent-ed players in the NHL this sea-son.

Others include ChicagoBlackhawks captain JonathanToews, Los Angeles Kings alter-nate captain Matt Greene,Columbus Blue Jackets alternatecaptain Mike Commodore, St.Louis Blues forward T.J. Oshieand Buffalo Sabres forwardDrew Stafford.

Several others figure to makea roster as well.

Recently graduated forwardChris VandeVelde scored a goaland added an assist in his firstNHL preseason game with theEdmonton Oilers. If he doesn’tmake the roster, he’ll play in theAmerican Hockey League.Classmate Darcy Zajac (Albany)will likely be there as well.

Old faces,new places

David Hale signed a one-yeardeal with the Ottawa Senators. . . Brian Lee also re-signedwith the Sens. . . Jean-PhilippeLamoureux signed a one-yearcontract with the Abbotsford(B.C.) Heat in the AmericanHockey League. Abbotsford isthe top farm team for the Cal-gary Flames. . . Zach Jones re-signed with the South CarolinaSting Rays in the East CoastHockey League. . . Rylan Kaipsigned with the Houston Aerosin the AHL. . . Brad Millersigned with Elmira of theECHL.

After playing for six differentNHL teams in six years, Bran-don Bochenski signed a contractwith Barys Astana in the Russiasuper league, the KHL. . . RyanBayda, who played 179 NHLgames, signed with Nuremburgin the German Elite League. . .Robbie Bina is headed to EHCWolfsburg in the German EliteLeague after leading Stavangerto a title in the NorwegianLeague. . . Colby Genowaysigned with Lugano of the SwissElite League. He’ll play on thesame team as Brady Murray.

Coaching ranksBrad Berry is the new assis-

tant coach for the ColumbusBlue Jackets. . . Rick Wilsonmoved from his assistant jobwith the Tampa Bay Lightningto an assistant position with theMinnesota Wild. . . Brad Bom-bardier is now the director ofplayer development for theWild. . . Erik Fabian was hiredas an assistant for the Siouxwomen. . . Jason Herter wasnamed head coach of the FargoForce in the United States Hock-ey League. . . Chad Johnson wasnamed head coach and AndySchneider an assistant coach ofthe Lincoln Stars in the USHL. .. Steve Johnson left the Force tobe an assistant with St. CloudState. . . Rick Zombo was namedhead coach at Lindenwood Uni-versity. . . Charlie Burggraf wasnamed head coach at Bethel.

An unforgettable yearAt age 22,

Jonathan Toewshas becomea superstar

Former players

Parise Zajac


The night before Game 6, JonathanToews couldn’t sleep.He tossed and turned, just as he used

to back in Grand Forks before big games.This time, his mind was not on Minneso-ta, Wisconsin or Michigan.Toews was thinking of a 3-foot trophy

and hockey immortality that comes withwinning it.It finally started to sink in exactly how

close he was to achieving hockey’s ulti-mate goal. Toews would get only a coupleof hours of sleep that night. Little did heknow, it was a preview of what was tocome.The next night, the 22-year-old from

UND became the first Chicago Blackhawkin 49 years to hoist the Stanley Cup. Ascaptain, it was his job to accept it from thecommissioner. He also accepted theConn Smythe Trophy as the playoff MVP.The evening capped off one of hock-

ey’s most decorated years ever.With an Olympic gold medal, most

valuable Olympic forward trophy, StanleyCup and a Conn Smythe in hand, Toewswas officially launched past stardom andinto superstardom.Michael Jordan wore his jersey to a

game, and the basketball Hall of Famer’sstatue outside United Center also donnedToews’ No. 19.He was a guest on the Jay Leno show

and was a presenter on a music awardsshow.He was on the cover of The Hockey

News, Sports Illustrated and even thepopular video game NHL 11.In his home province of Manitoba, they

renamed the arena where he learned toplay the Jonathan Toews CommunityCentre. He got the key to the city and hada lake named after him in the northernpart of the province.By all accounts, Toews’ summer was

busier and involved more travel than the82-game grind of an NHL regular season.He didn’t work out as much as he’s usedto. He didn’t skate until late August.That’s why Toews was eager to return

to Chicago for training camp.“To a certain point, it was a quick sum-

mer,” Toews said. “But I feel almost like Iam craving the routine of getting backwith the boys and getting back in theswing of things during the regular season.It was a summer of two days there andtwo days here. There is so much stuff andyou’re not used to bouncing around likethat, with people demanding your time atdifferent commitments, golf tournamentsand appearances with the Stanley Cup. Itwas pretty busy and overwhelming.”Toews would like to do it again,

though.The Blackhawks will have a much dif-

ferent cast of characters this season.They still have Toews, Patrick Kane,Patrick Sharp, Duncan Keith and BrentSeabrook, but they said goodbye to keyplayers like goalie Antti Niemi, defense-man Brent Sopel and forwards AndrewLadd and Dustin Byfuglien.The departures have taken the Black-

hawks out of the conversation asfavorites this season. That’s all right withthem.“It’s all up to what we think of our-

selves in the locker room,” Toews toldNHL.com. “Do we think we’re goodenough? Are we going to make excusesabout the short summer? Are we going tomake excuses about every team gettingup to play us? It’s all up to us. I still feelthere is not really any limit on what wecan do.”Many in the hockey world feel there is

no limit on what Toews can do, either.He has started to enter the discus-

sion on whether he should be placedalongside Sidney Crosby and AlexanderOvechkin in the spotlight as the game’sfuture.The Hockey News’ annual rankings of

the best hockey players listed Toews atNo. 5.“There’s so much I can improve on

and accomplish,” he said. “There isalways going to be a new challenge.”

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Rocco Grimaldi, F� Hometown:Auburn Hills, Mich.� Team:U.S. Under-18.

� Of note: Superstar in the making, draft eligible in 2011.

Miles Koules, F� Hometown:Los Angeles.� Team:U.S. Under-17.

� Of note: Koules previously playedat Shattuck-St. Mary’s.

Mark MacMillan, F� Hometown:Penticton, B.C.� Team:Penticton (BCHL).

� Of note: Drafted by Montreal in the fourth round.

Danny Mattson, F� Hometown:Minneapolis.� Team:Chicago (USHL).

� Of note: Was a 2009 MinnesotaMr. Hockey finalist.

Nick Mattson, D� Hometown:Chaska, Minn.� Team: Indiana (USHL).

� Of note: Drafted by Chicago in thesixth round.

Brendan O’Donnell, F� Hometown:Winnipeg.� Team:Penticton (BCHL).

� Of note: Drafted by Tampa Bay in the sixth round.

Mike Parks, F� Hometown:O’Fallon, Mo.� Team: CedarRapids (USHL).

� Of note: Drafted by Philadelphia in the fifth round.

Jack Rowe, F� Hometown:Cary, Ill.� Team: Illinois(midget major).

� Of note: Talented forward whosegrandparents live in Grand Forks.

JordanSchmaltz, D� Hometown:Verona, Wis.� Team: Sioux City(USHL).

� Of note: Schmaltz’s father and twouncles played football for the Sioux.

Colten St. Clair, F� Hometown:Gilbert, Ariz.� Team:Fargo (USHL).

� Of note: Offensive-minded player,draft eligible in 2011.


Zane Gothberg won his first startinggoalie job by default.

As a 9-year-old mite hockey player inThief River Falls, he was the only one onhis team who enjoyed his rotation in goal.So, Gothberg saved his teammates from thedreaded role and played in net for the restof the year.

As he got older, it was his athleticismand talent that made him the slam-dunkNo. 1 goaltender for the high school team.

Gothberg led the Prowlers to a couple ofSection 8A championship games, earned ascholarship to UND, won the Frank Brim-sek Award as the top goalie in the state andwas drafted in the sixth round by theBoston Bruins.

This season, perhaps for the first time,Gothberg will have to earn a starting goaliejob with big-time competition coming froma teammate.

Gothberg will be playing for the FargoForce in the United States Hockey League.The Force reached the USHL finals lastseason on the strength of great goaltendingby 20-year-old Ryan Massa.

Massa has returned to the Force and willbattle Gothberg for starts.

“Zane is a very mature kid and has beenas long as I’ve known him,” said TimBergland, Gothberg’s coach at Thief River

Falls. “He approaches the game very adult-like. He’s very prepared. Sometimes, youtake it for granted. He’s very soundmechanically and obviously at the highschool level he did very well.

“It’s going to be interesting to see howhe handles the next level. There are goingto be more tests and challenges.”

Gothberg, who will come to UND whenjunior Brad Eidsness leaves, said he’sexcited about the competition.

“The coaches really like how we havetwo goalies,” he said. “We’re pretty fortu-nate. Growing up, I didn’t have a lot ofcompetition in Thief River Falls becausethere weren’t many goalies around. So, thiswill be a different change of pace, butthat’s when the stars shine.”

World Junior candidateGothberg got a taste of strong competi-

tion in August. He participated in the WorldJunior Championship evaluation camp in

Lake Placid, N.Y.Five highly touted goaltenders were pre-

sent. One of them — Jack Campbell —was in net when the U.S. won gold at thetournament last winter, so he’s a lock tomake the team. The other four battled forthe final goalie spot. They’ll find out inDecember who gets it.

“I gave it my all,” Gothberg said. “Ididn’t have anything to lose. I went inthere, played confident and tried to do mybest.”

Even if he doesn’t make the WorldJunior team, Gothberg said the experiencein Lake Placid was beneficial.

“Not many guys from northern Min-nesota get to travel for something like thatand toss on the USA sweater,” Gothbergsaid. “It felt good to be with those collegeguys and major junior guys. The level ofcompetition is unreal.”

With that experience, Gothberg is confi-dent heading into the 2010-11 season.

“I’ve been doing a lot of training in thesummer,” he said. “The USHL will beanother step quicker. The season also getspretty long in the USHL. You can look at itas a grind or you can look at it as an oppor-tunity to show yourself.”

Reach Schlossman at (701) 780-1129;(800) 477-6572, ext. 129; or send e-mail [email protected].

Forced into competitionUND goalie recruit Gothberg will face a stiff

challenge for playing time with the Fargo Force

Future players

Future faces

John Stennes, Herald photographer

Zane Gothberg, G� Hometown: ThiefRiver Falls.� Team: Fargo(USHL).� Of note: Draftedby Boston Bruins in sixth round.

� UND recruit Zane Gothberg makes a save while playing for Thief River Falls last season. Gothberg willplay in Fargo this year.

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