Archive for March, 2010

Joel Gaulrapp Earns All-American Honor

March 22nd, 2010 Matt.Kaskavitch

MENOMONIE (March 19, 2010) – UW-Stout forward Joel Gaulrapp (Sr, Owatonna, Minn) was named as an NCAA Division III All-American as a member of the West Region First Team.

Gaulrapp, the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) player of the year, led the Blue Devils with 12 goals and 15 assists for 27 points. He finished the season with five power play goals, one shorthanded goal and three game winning goals. Gaulrapp was also an alternate for the Frozen Four Skills Challenge.

Gustavus Adolphus forward David Martinson was awarded the Sid Watson Award as the top player in Division III. Martinson, the MIAC player of the year, led the nation with an average of 1.04 goals per game. He had 29 goals and 49 points for the Gusties, who advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals.

The runner-up was Oswego’s Eric Selleck.

Here are the remainder of the men’s Division III All-Americans:

East First Team
Forwards: Mickey Lang, Manhattanville; Eric Selleck, Oswego; Alex Smigelski, Williams.
Defensemen: Kyle Shearer-Hardy, Bowdoin; Eric Tallent, Norwich.
Goaltender: Ryan Klingensmith, Norwich.

West First Team
Forwards: Jordan Chong, St. Scholastica; Joel Gaulrapp, Wisconsin-Stout; David Martinson, Gustavus Adolphus.
Defensemen: Chris Berenguer, Hamline; Nick Tabisz, St. Norbert.
Goaltender: B.J. O’Brien, St. Norbert.

East Second Team
Forwards: Chad Anderson, Norwich; Martin Drolet, Middlebury; Coleman Noonan, St. Anselm.
Defensemen: A.J. Mikkelsen, Manhattanville; Steve Rizer, Fredonia.
Goaltender: Scott Barchard, Tufts.

West Second Team
Forwards: Tyler Czuba, Wisconsin-River Falls; Mike Dahlinger, Adrian; Chris Johnson, Augsburg.
Defensemen: Mitch Carlson, Gustavus Adolphus; Chris Stansik, Adrian.
Goaltender: Josh Swartout, Gustavus Adolphus.

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Gaulrapp Alternate For Skills Challenge

March 13th, 2010 Matt.Kaskavitch
UW-Stout forward Joel Gaulrapp (Sr, Owatonna, Minn) has been selected as an alternate for the 2010 NCAA Frozen Four Skills Challenge on Friday, April 9, at Ford Field in Detroit.

Gaulrapp, the 2010 NCHA player of the year, was one of 17 players named as an alternate to the West Team and one of 32 total alternates. The Skills Challenge is held in conjunction with the men’s NCAA Division I Frozen Four Championships.

The need for alternates will become more evident following the conclusion of NCAA Division I regional competition on March 28. If a student-

Joel Gaulrapp

athlete who has been selected for the skills challenge becomes a Men’s Frozen Four participant, he will be replaced by an alternate.

Neil Musselwhite of Oswego State was the only NCAA Division III player to be selected to any of the announced teams. David Martinson of Gustavus Adolphus College joins Gaulrapp as the only other alternate for the West Team.

The original list of more than 150 players was trimmed to 68 by a selection committee. From that list, fan voting and a selection committee combined to determine the rosters and the alternates. Nick Klaren was an alternate last year for Stout.
We will keep you updated and let you know if Gaulrapp will make the trip to Detriot in April.  Stay tuned!
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St. Norbert Jousts Adrian In Play-In Game

March 11th, 2010 Matt.Kaskavitch

GREEN BAY – St. Norbert College advanced to the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Division III Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament for the eighth time in nine years with a hard-fought 4-3 win over Adrian College in a first-round game at the Cornerstone Community Center.

The Green Knights improved to 22-3-3 with the win, and will face Gustavus Adolphus College (20-6-2) at 7 p.m. Saturday in a national quarterfinal game at the Cornerstone. Adrian, making its first NCAA Tournament appearance, finished 24-4.

St. Norbert built a 4-1 lead but had to withstand a late Adrian flurry to advance. Adrian cut the deficit to 4-2 when Mike Dahlinger put home a rebound on a power play with 10 minutes 47 seconds gone by in the second period. That score held up until there was 3:41 remaining in the game when the Bulldogs’ Mike Towns had the puck bounce off his shoulder in front of the net for a goal.

Adrian pulled goaltender Brad Fogal with 55 seconds remaining, but did not get a quality look with the extra attacker. There was a face-off in the St. Norbert defensive zone with 5 seconds left, but the Green Knights won the draw and ran out the clock.

After Adrian’s Chris Stansik opened the scoring with a low far post shot from the right circle at 10:14 of the first period, St. Norbert’s offense got rolling. Cody Keefer’s wrister from the right slot squared the game at 1-1 at the 17:52 mark of the first.

Dustin Walz’s blast from the blue line for his first goal of the season put St. Norbert ahead 2-1 at 2:07 of the second. Matt Boyd answered 1:14 later when he finished off a pretty passing combination with assists from Tyler Allen and Shane Wheeler. Brandon Longley then found himself in the right place at the 8:56 mark, when a centering pass from Mike Bernardy found Longley’s chest-level stick and was redirected in for a 4-1 lead.

The Green Knights dodged a major bullet midway through the third period when they had to kill off a 5-on-3 Adrian power play. St. Norbert’s Dylan Exton was called for elbowing at 8:52, and Dustin Walz followed with a crosscheck at 9:49. The Green Knights killed the first penalty and then Adrian’s Dahlinger was slapped with an interference penalty at 11:12 to send the action to 4-on-4.

St. Norbert, which had two assists from Alain Joanette, outshot Adrian 31-19, and held a 4-3 shots edge in the third period. B.J. O’Brien made 16 save for St. Norbert, which was 0-for-3 on the power play.

Adrian was 1-for-3 on the power play. Fogal made 27 stops for the Bulldogs, including 14 in the first period.

Story courtesy of St. Norbert Sports Information Department

St. Norbert will now face Gustavus Adolphus on Saturday at the CCC for the right to represent the west in Lake Placid, NY at the NCAA Div. III Ice Hockey Championships

St.Norbert vs. Gustavus Stat Sheet Preview (Last 7 games)

St. Norbert (5-0-2)

GF: 30
GA: 8
PP: 8/44 18.18%
PK: 1/28 3.5%
PIM: 36-79

Gustavus (5-2-0)

GF: 27
GA: 16
PP: 6/32 18.75%
PK: 3/17 17.64%
PIM: 23-46

Learn more about Saturday’s Quarterfinal match-up in DePere (ticket info, game preview etc.) by going here.

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