Where: Ridder Arena, Minneapolis, MN
When: 5 PM EDT Friday 3/27/15 Video/Audio: NCAA GameCenter
Stats (national rank)
Offense: 4.26 G/GM (6th)
Defense: 1.78 G/GM (5th)
Power Play: 29/107 - 27.10 % (4th)
Penalty Killing: 70/82 - 85.4 % (16th)
Penalty Minutes: 9.41/GM (67th)
Defense: 2.37 G/GM (16th)
Power Play:39/155 - 25.16% (8th)
Penalty Killing: 104/122 - 85.2% (17th)
Penalty Minutes: 16.73 /GM (6th)
Previews/Media
Hartford Courant Feature on Cole Brothers
FoxCt segement on Trinity
Trinity Preview
Adrian Preview
D3Hockey.com Preview
Trinity Quarterfinals "Behind-The-Scenes"
USCHO Preview
The Lowdown: Something's Gotta Give
After an exciting weekend of NCAA Quarterfinals last weekend, we enter the D-III Frozen Four with a chance for the dream: an All-NESCAC national championship. To hold up their end of the bargain, Trinity will have to defeat Michigan's own Adrian, who enters the game as the #2 (USCHO)/#1 (D3Hockey.com) team in the country.
Trinity rode a 40 save performance by Nate Heilbron, combined with a first period penalty shot goal by Jackson Brewer and a four goal, third period onslaught to defeat Plattsburgh to reach this point. Adrian out-slugged D-III Frozen Four mainstays Oswego, 5-4, at home last Saturday to earn the trip to Minneapolis.
The two teams have never met before and they picked a doozie of a time to start. The Bantams are 4-3 in the NCAA tournament while Adrian is 3-4-0 in the little dance with both appearing in the D-III Frozen Four once. The Bulldogs have made the tournament in five of their program's eight year history. It's the first trip for both head coaches in the game who have a combined five years of coaching and are both alumni of their respective school. It;s the first college coaching season for Bulldog alum Adam Krug, brother of Bruins' blueliner Torey Krug.
To reach the finals, Trinity will have to slow down an Adrian offense that has scored four or more goals in 11 of the past 12 games, all of which the Bulldogs have won. The Bantams have given up four goals only three times this season, so somethings gotta give in this one, right? Heilbron has stopped 74 of the 77 pucks he has seen in the tournament and the newly minted AHCA 2nd Team All-American netminder hasn't let up more than two goals in the last six Bantams game. For Adrian, they are backstopped by senior Scott Shackell who sports a 1.98 GAA and a .930 Save %.
Offensively, Adrian is paced by AHCA First Teamm All-America West team members Kyle Brothers and Josh Ranalli. The frosh Brothers leads D-III in scoring with 49 points (24-24-49) while the senior Ranalli has pitched in with 17 tallies and 27 helpers.
Trinity led the American Hockey Coaches Association All-American selections Thursday night with four team members. NESCAC Player of the Year Ryan Cole made the First Team East while Heilbron made the Second Team. Junior forward Mike Hawkrigg and senior blueliner Mike Flynn rounded out the Bantams showing with Third Team honors.
One thing to keep an eye on is the Bulldogs propensity for penalties, racking up the sixth most in D-III, a rarity for teams that make it this far (the other three teams in the D-III Frozen Four are 55th in the nation or lower in penalty minutes). If the Bantams potent power play can take advantage of potential man advantage, it might punch them a ticket to Saturday's finals.
Players to watch (other than the goalies)
Jackson Brewer (F, '15) The Flow set the tone for the Quarterfinal victory with a penalty shot goal in the first period to put the Bantams ahead. Does the senior extend his college career by one more game?
Josh Ranalli (F, '15) The Stoney Creek, OT native scores alot (128 points in his career so far), but he also has 154 penalty minutes in his collegiate tenure. Will he make the Bantams pay or will the Bantams make him pay for his transgressions?
"It's not how you start, it's how you finish. It's not where you're from, it's where you're at." Nuff Said. Get it done, boys. #RollBants. The Hours "Ali In the Jungle"
Previews/Media
Hartford Courant Feature on Cole Brothers
FoxCt segement on Trinity
Trinity Preview
Adrian Preview
D3Hockey.com Preview
Trinity Quarterfinals "Behind-The-Scenes"
USCHO Preview
The Lowdown: Something's Gotta Give
After an exciting weekend of NCAA Quarterfinals last weekend, we enter the D-III Frozen Four with a chance for the dream: an All-NESCAC national championship. To hold up their end of the bargain, Trinity will have to defeat Michigan's own Adrian, who enters the game as the #2 (USCHO)/#1 (D3Hockey.com) team in the country.
Trinity rode a 40 save performance by Nate Heilbron, combined with a first period penalty shot goal by Jackson Brewer and a four goal, third period onslaught to defeat Plattsburgh to reach this point. Adrian out-slugged D-III Frozen Four mainstays Oswego, 5-4, at home last Saturday to earn the trip to Minneapolis.
The two teams have never met before and they picked a doozie of a time to start. The Bantams are 4-3 in the NCAA tournament while Adrian is 3-4-0 in the little dance with both appearing in the D-III Frozen Four once. The Bulldogs have made the tournament in five of their program's eight year history. It's the first trip for both head coaches in the game who have a combined five years of coaching and are both alumni of their respective school. It;s the first college coaching season for Bulldog alum Adam Krug, brother of Bruins' blueliner Torey Krug.
To reach the finals, Trinity will have to slow down an Adrian offense that has scored four or more goals in 11 of the past 12 games, all of which the Bulldogs have won. The Bantams have given up four goals only three times this season, so somethings gotta give in this one, right? Heilbron has stopped 74 of the 77 pucks he has seen in the tournament and the newly minted AHCA 2nd Team All-American netminder hasn't let up more than two goals in the last six Bantams game. For Adrian, they are backstopped by senior Scott Shackell who sports a 1.98 GAA and a .930 Save %.
Offensively, Adrian is paced by AHCA First Teamm All-America West team members Kyle Brothers and Josh Ranalli. The frosh Brothers leads D-III in scoring with 49 points (24-24-49) while the senior Ranalli has pitched in with 17 tallies and 27 helpers.
Trinity led the American Hockey Coaches Association All-American selections Thursday night with four team members. NESCAC Player of the Year Ryan Cole made the First Team East while Heilbron made the Second Team. Junior forward Mike Hawkrigg and senior blueliner Mike Flynn rounded out the Bantams showing with Third Team honors.
One thing to keep an eye on is the Bulldogs propensity for penalties, racking up the sixth most in D-III, a rarity for teams that make it this far (the other three teams in the D-III Frozen Four are 55th in the nation or lower in penalty minutes). If the Bantams potent power play can take advantage of potential man advantage, it might punch them a ticket to Saturday's finals.
Players to watch (other than the goalies)
Jackson Brewer (F, '15) The Flow set the tone for the Quarterfinal victory with a penalty shot goal in the first period to put the Bantams ahead. Does the senior extend his college career by one more game?
Josh Ranalli (F, '15) The Stoney Creek, OT native scores alot (128 points in his career so far), but he also has 154 penalty minutes in his collegiate tenure. Will he make the Bantams pay or will the Bantams make him pay for his transgressions?
"It's not how you start, it's how you finish. It's not where you're from, it's where you're at." Nuff Said. Get it done, boys. #RollBants. The Hours "Ali In the Jungle"
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