Bauer NCHC Player of the Week Archive
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Juniors stole the spotlight last weekend, picking up three of four Bauer National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) Player of the Week honors for week four of the season. Earning Bauer NCHC Players of the Week for Oct. 22-28, 2018 are Miami junior forward Gordie Green for Offensive Player, North Dakota junior blue liner Colton Poolman for Defenseman, St. Cloud State freshman forward Sam Hentges for Rookie and Miami junior netminder Ryan Larkin for Goaltender of the Week.
This is Green’s second career NCHC Offensive Player of the Week nod and first this season, while Larkin garnered his second Goaltender of the Week award this season and third of his career (also a one-time Rookie of the Week). This is the first NCHC weekly award for both Poolman and Hentges.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Gordie Green, Miami
Junior Forward
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Green had a breakout series against Colgate with six points, leading the RedHawks to a sweep of the Raiders. The junior opened the scoring in Friday’s 4-1 win by working around a defender in the slot and burying a shot for his second goal of the year. He also posted an assist on a power play goal that made it 3-1 MU late in the second period, as he earned First Star of the Game. Green then closed the series out on Saturday by contributing to Miami's first four goals in a 6-0 blanking, chipping in primary helpers on the first two tallies, including the game-winner, a secondary assist on Scott Corbett's first career goal and finally getting in on the action himself with a finish on a nifty feed with 4.9 seconds left in the second period. Green was again named the game’s First Star for his four-point outing, when he was also +3. He finished the series with two goals, four assists, five shots on goal and a +4 plus/minus.
Defenseman of the Week
Colton Poolman, North Dakota
Junior Defenseman
East Grand Forks, Minn.
Poolman powered North Dakota to its second straight win, scoring two goals to lead UND to a 3-1 win over rival Minnesota Saturday in Las Vegas in the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. The team captain tallied his first goal in the second period with a blast from above the circle that tied the game at 1-1. He then scored the game-winning goal with a power-play tally midway through the third period with another blast from the point. The goals were his first of the season and gave him the first multi-goal game of his career. Poolman also finished +2 with three shots on goal and one blocked shot to earn First Star of the Game in UND’s only game of the weekend. In addition, he helped limit the Gophers to 21 shots on goal with their lone goal coming on a 5-on-3 power play.
Rookie of the Week
Sam Hentges, St. Cloud State
Freshman Forward
New Brighton, Minn.
Hentges had the best weekend of his young career, recording his first hat trick in only his fifth game to help St. Cloud State down Boston College, 7-0, on Thursday. The Minnesota Wild draft pick opened the game’s scoring 6:10 into the contest, which turned out to be the game-winner, and added his second tally midway through the second period to make it 4-0. Hentges then capped his hat trick 4:44 into the third period to make it a 6-0 contest. He scored on all three of his shots on goal and was +3 in the win to earn First Star of the Game honors. In the back half of SCSU’s Boston swing, Hentges put a shot on goal and was +1 in a 3-2 loss at Northeastern Saturday – the Huskies’ first loss of the season. He finished the weekend with three goals, four shots on goal and a +4 plus/minus, after entering with one goal all season.
GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK
Ryan Larkin, Miami
Junior Goaltender
Clarkston, Mich.
Larkin’s hot start to the season continued with his best full weekend yet, as he allowed only one goal (and none even strength) on 59 shots faced to help Miami post a weekend sweep of Colgate. In Friday’s opener, he turned aside 28 shots, including 12 in the third period, in a 4-1 victory, with Colgate’s lone goal coming on the power play. The next night, Larkin stepped up his game even further by saving all 30 shots that came his way in a 6-0 blanking and notching his third shutout in six starts this season. On the weekend, he went 2-0-0, making 58 saves for a .983 save percentage, while posting a 0.50 goals-against average. Larkin was named the Third Star of the Game both nights for his efforts.
OTHER NOMINEES:
Offensive Player
Nick Swaney, So., F, UMD – Tallied a goal and an assist in Friday’s win at Notre Dame, scoring short-handed and setting up the game-winner, while he was +2 in the series sweep.
Defenseman
Grant Hutton, Sr., D, Miami – In Saturday’s 6-0 shutout of Colgate, compiled three points on two goals, including the game-winner, and an assist, while he was +3 in the series sweep.
Rookie
Noah Cates, Fr., F, UMD – In Saturday’s 3-1 win over Notre Dame, scored the game-winning goal and also had an assist, while he was +1 in the game.
Derek Daschke, Fr., D, Miami – Handed out two assists in Friday’s win over Colgate, including on the game-winner, while posting a +4 plus/minus and blocking six shots in the series sweep.
Goaltender
Dávid Hrenák, So., G, SCSU – In his only start of the weekend Thursday, stopped all 32 shots he faced for a shutout at Boston College.
Adam Scheel, Fr., G, UND – In UND’s only game of the weekend, compiled 20 saves in a 3-1 win over Minnesota Saturday with UM’s lone goal coming 5-on-3.
Hunter Shepard, Jr., G, UMD – Went 2-0-0 with a pair of wins at Notre Dame, totaling 48 saves for a .941 save percentage with a 1.50 GAA.
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