2020–21 Ferris State Bulldogs men's ice hockey season

2020–21 Ferris State Bulldogs
men's ice hockey season
Conference8th WCHA
Home iceEwigleben Arena
Rankings
USCHO.comNR
USA Today/
US Hockey Magazine		NR
Record
Overall1–23–1
Conference0–13–1–0–1–1
Home1–10–1
Road0–13–0
Neutral0–0–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachBob Daniels
Assistant coachesDrew Famulak
Mark Kaufman
Kyle Schempp
Captain(s)Liam MacDougall
Ferris State Bulldogs men's ice hockey seasons
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The 2020–21 Ferris State Bulldogs men's ice hockey season was the 46th season of play for the program and the 8th in the WCHA conference. The Bulldogs represented Ferris State University and were coached by Bob Daniels, in his 29th season.

Season

As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the entire college ice hockey season was delayed. Because the NCAA had previously announced that all winter sports athletes would retain whatever eligibility they possessed through at least the following year, none of Ferris State's players would lose a season of play.[1] However, the NCAA also approved a change in its transfer regulations that would allow players to transfer and play immediately rather than having to sit out a season, as the rules previously required.[2]

From the very beginning Ferris State had a bad season. Losses piled up week after week and, as the year progressed, the team produced a record that was so dreadful it needs historical context to properly appreciate. The 2019–20 Ferris State team was the first season in the 45-year history of the program to finish with less than 10 wins. This season had seven times fewer wins (1 vs. 7). The team's only win on the year came against a Division III team, but not just any D-III program, Trine's program was just four years old and had yet to accomplish anything significant. Ferris State allowed over 4 goals per game on the year and scored nearly half as many themselves (if the Trine game is excluded they scored exactly 2 goals per game). The only saving grace for the Bulldogs is a tie they earned against Bemidji State, a ranked team no less. In the end, however, Ferris State went winless against their peers, an ignominious achievement accomplished by just two other teams in history: 1961 Brown and 1962 Colorado College.

Departures

Player Position Nationality Cause
Oskar Andrén Forward  Sweden Graduation (Signed with Väsby IK HK)
Cam Clarke Defenseman  United States Graduation (Signed with Wichita Thunder)
Nate Kallen Defenseman  United States Graduation (Signed with Maine Mariners)
Dominic Lutz Forward  United States Graduation
Joe Rutkowski Defenseman  United States Graduation (Signed with Rapid City Rush)
Austin Shaw Goaltender  United States Graduation (Signed with Norfolk Admirals)
Jason Tackett Forward  United States Graduation (Signed with Macon Mayhem)
Zach Yoder Defenseman  United States Graduation (Signed with Toledo Walleye)

Recruiting

Player Position Nationality Age Notes
Drew Cooper Defenseman  United States 20 Ann Arbor, MI
Mitchel Deelstra Forward  Canada 21 Wallace, ON
Jacob Dirks Forward  United States 21 Mindoro, WI
Luke Farthing Defenseman  United States 20 Stoutsville, OH
Austin McCarthy Forward  United States 21 Ludington, MI
Štěpán Pokorný Forward  Czech Republic 20 Kolín, CZE
Ben Schultheis Defenseman  United States 20 Mount Juliet, TN
Sam Skinner Defenseman  United States 19 Schoolcraft, MI
Logan Stein Goaltender  United States 19 Suwanee, GA
Antonio Venuto Forward  United States 20 Whitmore Lake, MI

Roster

As of September 11, 2020.[3]

No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team NHL rights
1 Georgia (U.S. state) Logan Stein Freshman G 6' 2" (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 2001-04-26 Suwanee, Georgia Waterloo (USHL) —
2 Illinois Max Finner Sophomore D 5' 11" (1.8 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1998-10-09 Elmhurst, Illinois Topeka (NAHL) —
3 Tennessee Ben Schultheis Freshman D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 2000-02-17 Mount Juliet, Tennessee Dubuque (USHL) —
4 Michigan Drew Cooper Freshman D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2000-08-28 Ann Arbor, Michigan Coquitlam (BCHL) —
5 Michigan Justin Smith Junior D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1999-06-26 East Lansing, Michigan Topeka (NAHL) —
6 Michigan Blake Evennou Sophomore D 5' 9" (1.75 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1998-07-09 Macomb, Michigan Lone Star (WCHA) —
7 Pennsylvania Connor Fedorek Sophomore D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1999-03-27 Bethel Park, Pennsylvania Odessa (CCHL) —
8 Michigan Austin McCarthy Freshman F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 1999-03-01 Ludington, Michigan Topeka (NAHL) —
9 Illinois Lucas Finner Senior F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 172 lb (78 kg) 1997-02-05 Elmhurst, Illinois Nanaimo (BCHL) —
10 Michigan Coale Norris Senior F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1997-05-25 Oxford, Michigan Youngstown (USHL) —
11 Wisconsin Jacob Dirks Freshman F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1999-09-15 Mindoro, Wisconsin Chippewa (NAHL) —
12 Michigan Dallas Tulik Sophomore F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1998-06-23 Kalamazoo, Michigan Dubuque (USHL) —
13 Ontario Mitch Deelstra Freshman F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1999-07-15 Wallace, Ontario Alberni Valley (BCHL) —
15 Michigan Jake Transit Junior F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 173 lb (78 kg) 1999-02-26 Royal Oak, Michigan Dubuque (USHL) —
16 Michigan Justin Michaelian Junior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1997-12-07 Wixom, Michigan Victoria (BCHL) —
17 Michigan Marshall Moise Senior F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 207 lb (94 kg) 1997-10-11 St. Clair Shores, Michigan Youngstown (USHL) —
18 Michigan Hunter Wendt Junior F 5' 7" (1.7 m) 173 lb (78 kg) 1997-10-27 Troy, Michigan Fairbanks (NAHL) —
19 Czech Republic Štěpán Pokorný Freshman F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2000-06-08 Kolín, Czech Republic Madison (USHL) —
20 Ontario Liam MacDougall (C) Senior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 187 lb (85 kg) 1997-12-18 Windsor, Ontario LaSalle (GOJHL) —
21 Michigan Jason Brancheau Sophomore F 5' 8" (1.73 m) 158 lb (72 kg) 1999-08-15 Ecorse, Michigan Amarillo (NAHL) —
22 Ohio Luke Farthing Freshman D 5' 10" (1.78 m) 181 lb (82 kg) 1999-04-21 Stoutsville, Ohio Chippewa (NAHL) —
23 Michigan Antonio Venuto Freshman F 6' 3" (1.91 m) 201 lb (91 kg) 2000-02-26 Whitmore Lake, Michigan Dubuque (USHL) —
24 Michigan Brenden MacLaren Sophomore F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1998-11-30 Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan Fairbanks (NAHL) —
25 Michigan Jake Willets Sophomore D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1999-08-06 Erie, Michigan Amarillo (NAHL) —
26 Michigan Sam Skinner Freshman D 5' 10" (1.78 m) 172 lb (78 kg) 2001-03-31 Schoolcraft, Michigan Minot (NAHL) —
27 Manitoba Cade Kowalski Sophomore F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1999-06-15 Morden, Manitoba Flin Flon (SJHL) —
28 Michigan Brenden Rons Sophomore D 6' 6" (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1998-03-03 Farmington Hills, Michigan Topeka (NAHL) —
29 Illinois Ethan Stewart Junior F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1997-02-10 Rockford, Illinois Springfield (NAHL) —
30 Finland Roni Salmenkangas Junior G 6' 0" (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1999-03-28 Tampere, Finland HPK U20 (Nuorten SM-liiga) —
33 Michigan Carter McPhail Sophomore G 5' 10" (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1998-12-04 Fenton, Michigan Johnstown (NAHL) —

Standings

2020–21 Western Collegiate Hockey Association Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL 3/SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#4 Minnesota State † 14 13 1 0 1 1 0 39 56 15 27 22 5 1 100 46
#14 Lake Superior State * 14 9 5 0 2 2 0 27 39 34 29 19 7 3 86 63
#18 Bowling Green 14 8 5 1 0 2 0 27 46 34 31 20 10 1 108 67
#10 Bemidji State 14 8 5 1 3 2 0 24 42 34 29 16 10 3 82 70
Michigan Tech 14 7 7 0 1 0 0 20 38 35 30 17 12 1 78 63
Northern Michigan 14 6 7 1 2 2 1 20 40 47 29 11 17 1 79 103
Alabama–Huntsville 14 3 11 0 1 0 0 8 18 49 22 3 18 1 31 80
Ferris State 14 0 13 1 0 1 1 3 28 59 25 1 23 1 55 103
Alaska 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - -
Alaska Anchorage 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - -
Championship: March 20, 2021
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Schedule and Results

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Decision Result Attendance Record
Regular Season
December 11 7:07 PM at #16 Bowling Green* Slater Family Ice Arena • Bowling Green, Ohio   McPhail L 2–3  300 0–1–0
December 12 7:07 PM vs. #16 Bowling Green* Ewigleben Arena • Big Rapids, Michigan   McPhail L 2–6  0 0–2–0
December 16 6:00 PM at Northern Michigan* Berry Events Center • Marquette, Michigan   Salmenkangas L 4–5  0 0–3–0
December 30 3:07 PM vs. Northern Michigan* Ewigleben Arena • Big Rapids, Michigan   Salmenkangas L 5–6 OT 0 0–4–0
January 2 3:07 PM vs. #7 Bowling Green Ewigleben Arena • Big Rapids, Michigan FloHockey.tv Salmenkangas L 1–6  250 0–5–0 (0–1–0)
January 3 3:07 PM vs. #7 Bowling Green Ewigleben Arena • Big Rapids, Michigan FloHockey.tv Salmenkangas L 2–4  250 0–6–0 (0–2–0)
January 8 8:00 PM at Alabama–Huntsville Von Braun Center • Huntsville, Alabama FloHockey.tv Stein L 4–5 OT 1,124 0–7–0 (0–3–0)
January 9 8:00 PM at Alabama–Huntsville Von Braun Center • Huntsville, Alabama FloHockey.tv Stein L 0–2  1,228 0–8–0 (0–4–0)
January 16 7:07 PM vs. Trine* Ewigleben Arena • Big Rapids, Michigan   Salmenkangas W 7–0  250 1–8–0
January 23 6:07 PM at #2 Minnesota State Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center • Mankato, Minnesota FloHockey.tv Stein L 0–4  0 1–9–0 (0–5–0)
January 24 4:07 PM at #2 Minnesota State Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center • Mankato, Minnesota FloHockey.tv Salmenkangas L 1–4  0 1–10–0 (0–6–0)
January 29 7:07 PM at Northern Michigan Berry Events Center • Marquette, Michigan FloHockey.tv Salmenkangas L 4–5  0 1–11–0 (0–7–0)
January 30 6:07 PM at Northern Michigan Berry Events Center • Marquette, Michigan FloHockey.tv Stein L 3–5  0 1–12–0 (0–8–0)
February 2 6:07 PM vs. Michigan Tech Ewigleben Arena • Big Rapids, Michigan FloHockey.tv Stein L 4–6  250 1–13–0 (0–9–0)
February 5 7:07 PM vs. #18 Bemidji State Ewigleben Arena • Big Rapids, Michigan FloHockey.tv Stein T 3–3 SOW 200 1–13–1 (0–9–1)
February 6 7:14 PM vs. #18 Bemidji State Ewigleben Arena • Big Rapids, Michigan FloHockey.tv Stein L 2–7  234 1–14–1 (0–10–1)
February 9 4:07 PM vs. Michigan Tech Ewigleben Arena • Big Rapids, Michigan FloHockey.tv Stein L 1–2  175 1–15–1 (0–11–1)
February 12 7:07 PM at Michigan Tech* MacInnes Student Ice Arena • Houghton, Michigan   Salmenkangas L 0–3  300 1–16–1
February 13 6:07 PM at Michigan Tech* MacInnes Student Ice Arena • Houghton, Michigan   Stein L 1–5  300 1–17–1
February 19 7:07 PM vs. #3 Minnesota State* Ewigleben Arena • Big Rapids, Michigan   Salmenkangas L 4–5 OT 215 1–18–1
February 20 7:07 PM vs. #3 Minnesota State* Ewigleben Arena • Big Rapids, Michigan   Stein L 1–5  250 1–19–1
February 26 7:07 PM vs. #18 Lake Superior State Ewigleben Arena • Big Rapids, Michigan FloHockey.tv Salmenkangas L 2–4  250 1–20–1 (0–12–1)
March 6 3:07 PM vs. #20 Lake Superior State Taffy Abel Arena • Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan FloHockey.tv Stein L 1–2  0 1–21–1 (0–13–1)
WCHA Tournament
March 12 7:07 PM at #3 Minnesota State* Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center • Mankato, Minnesota (WCHA Quarterfinals game 1)   Stein L 0–3  250 1–22–1
March 13 5:07 PM at #3 Minnesota State* Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center • Mankato, Minnesota (WCHA Quarterfinals game 2)   Salmenkangas L 1–3  250 1–23–1
Ferris State Lost Series 0–2
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Scoring statistics

Name Position Games Goals Assists Points PIM
Coale Norris LW 25 8 9 17 4
Jake Transit F 24 6 8 14 44
Ethan Stewart F 25 6 8 14 2
Mitch Deelstra LW 25 7 4 11 18
Justin Michaelian F 14 6 5 11 17
Lucas Finner LW 21 2 9 11 24
Blake Evennou D 25 1 9 10 10
Antonio Venuto RW 22 3 6 9 6
Štěpán Pokorný F 24 2 7 9 8
Marshall Moise F 21 4 3 7 16
Jake Willets D 17 2 4 6 14
Liam MacDougall F 24 1 4 5 18
Ben Schultheis D 25 0 5 5 12
Jason Brancheau F 16 1 3 4 4
Dallas Tuliks F 13 1 2 3 4
Drew Cooper D 20 1 2 3 0
Connor Fedorek D 24 0 3 3 8
Max Finner D 16 1 1 2 8
Jacob Dirks F 18 1 1 2 4
Luke Farthing D 20 1 1 2 6
Sam Skinner D 6 0 2 2 2
Cade Kowalski C/RW 10 0 2 2 21
Brenden MacLaren F 12 1 0 1 10
Hunter Wendt F 2 0 0 0 2
Carter McPhail G 2 0 0 0 0
Justin Smith D 5 0 0 0 0
Austin McCarthy F 5 0 0 0 0
Logan Stein G 12 0 0 0 0
Roni Salmenkangas G 14 0 0 0 0
Brenden Rons D 16 0 0 0 20
Bench - 25 0 0 0 10
Total 55 98 153 292

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Goaltending statistics

Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals Against Saves Shut Outs SV % GAA
Logan Stein 12 695 0 11 1 44 389 0 .887 3.80
Roni Salmenkangas 14 759 1 10 0 49 398 1 .877 3.87
Carter McPhail 2 52 0 2 0 5 31 0 .839 5.75
Empty Net - 9 - - - 5 - - - -
Total 25 1516 1 23 1 103 720 1 .875 4.08

Rankings

Main article: 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings
Poll Week
Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 (Final)
USCHO.com NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR
USA Today NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

USCHO did not release a poll in week 20.[6]

References

  1. ^ "NCAA approves blanket waiver for 2020 fall sports athletes to retain year of eligibility". CBS Sports. August 21, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  2. ^ "DI Council grants waiver to allow transfer student-athletes to compete immediately". NCAA. December 16, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  3. ^ "2020–21 Men's Ice Hockey Roster". Ferris State University. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
  4. ^ "Ferris State Bulldogs (Men) 2020-2021 Schedule and Results". College Hockey Stats. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  5. ^ "Ferris State Univ. 2020-2021 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  6. ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.