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ON THE ICE• Omaha finished its 18th season with a record of 18-17-1 and 8-15-1-0/0 in the NCHC, good for sixth place.• UNO concluded its season with a 4-3 double OT loss to Denver in the first round of the NCHC Playoffs.• The Mavericks opened Baxter Arena, their first on-campus home, on Oct. 23 against Air Force.• For the first time in school history, the Mavericks were ranked No. 1 in one of the two major college hockey polls, occupying that spot in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll during the week of Oct. 26.• The Mavericks were 10-0-0 in non-conference games, the first perfect non-conference mark in school history.• The Mavericks posted the best first half record in program history with a mark of 14-3-1 before Christmas.• Junior Jake Guentzel was UNO’s leading scorer for the second straight year with a career-high 46 points. He also led the Mavericks with 26 assists and had a career-best 19 goals.• Junior Austin Ortega led the Mavericks with a career-high 21 goals and was second in scoring with 36 points. • Ortega tied for the national lead with eight game winners, the second straight year he led the NCAA. He begins the 2016-17 season three game-winners from tying the NCAA record.• Fredrik Olofsson led all Maverick rookies in scoring with 17 points, a total that included eight goals which also led all UNO freshmen.• Sophomore Tyler Vesel was second on the team with 60 blocked shots, a total that ranked third-best in the NCAA for forwards. Senior Brian Cooper led the team with 64 blocks and had a team-best +7 rating.• Freshman Evan Weninger led the Mavericks with a record of 13-8-0, a 2.46 goals-against average and a .923 save percentage. He earned his first career shutout in his first career start, a 40-save effort in a 2-0 win at Minnesota State. It made him the first Omaha goaltender to earn a shutout in his collegiate debut.• Guentzel was named to the NCHC All-Conference Second Team while Weninger was named to the NCHC All-Rookie Team.• The Mavericks earned eight weekly honors from the NCHC. In addition, Weninger was the NCHC Player of the Month for November.

IN THE CLASSROOM• All 25 players were named to the NCHC Academic All-Conference Team, the most of any school. In addition, 12 players were named Scholar-Athletes for posting GPAs of 3.5 or better.• Eleven Mavericks made the Dean’s List and one made the Chancellor’s List in the fall. In the spring, 11 made the Dean’s List and two made the Chancellor’s List to help the program achieve the highest men’s team GPA at 3.52.

Jake Guentzel led the Mavericks in scoring for the second straight season, earning 46 points and a spot on the NCHC All-Conference Second Team.

The Mavericks played the inaugural game at Baxter Arena on Friday, Oct. 23, a 4-2 win over Air Force in front of a sellout crowd of 7,898.

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OMAHA 2016-17 OMAHA HO CKEYMAVERICKS2015-16 SEASON RESULTSOverall: 18-17-1 NCHC: 8-15-1-0/0 (Sixth) Home: 10-8-0 Road: 8-7-1 Neutral: 0-0-0 NCHC Home: 4-8-0-0/0 NCHC Road: 4-7-1-0/0 Non-Conference Home: 6-0-0 Non-Conference Road: 4-0-0

Date Opponent Result GW/GT Goal UNO Goalie (SVS) Attn. Record NCHCFri., Oct. 9 at Minnesota State W, 3-2 Austin Ortega Kirk Thompson (24) 4,423 1-0-0Sat., Oct. 10 at Minnesota State W, 2-0 Jake Randolph Evan Weninger (40) 4,898 2-0-0Fri., Oct. 16 at Vermont W, 4-3 Austin Ortega Kirk Thompson (26) 3,754 3-0-0Sat., Oct. 17 at Vermont W, 3-1 Austin Ortega Evan Weninger (29) 4,003 4-0-0Fri., Oct. 23 Air Force W, 4-2 Austin Ortega Kirk Thompson (28) 7,898 5-0-0Sat., Oct. 24 Air Force W, 4-1 Jake Randolph Evan Weninger (27) 7,898 6-0-0Fri., Oct. 30 at Western Michigan * L, 2-4 (Sheldon Dries) Kirk Thompson (21) 2,353 6-1-0 0-1-0-0/0Sat., Oct. 31 at Western Michigan * L, 1-6 (Colt Conrad) Evan Weninger (9) - L 2,253 6-2-0 0-2-0-0/0 Kirk Thompson (22)Fri., Nov. 6 Minnesota Duluth * W, 4-2 Austin Ortega Evan Weninger (45) 7,898 7-2-0 1-2-0-0/0Sat., Nov. 7 Minnesota Duluth * W, 4-2 Fredrik Olofsson Evan Weninger (35) 7,135 8-2-0 2-2-0-0/0Fri., Nov. 20 at Miami * T, 3-3 Austin Ortega Kirk Thompson (21) 2,564 8-2-1 2-2-1-0/0Sat., Nov. 21 at Miami * OTW, 3-2 Jake Randolph Evan Weninger (30) 2,213 9-2-1 3-2-1-0/0Fri., Nov. 27 Ohio State W, 3-1 David Pope Evan Weninger (34) 6,258 10-2-1 Sat., Nov. 28 Ohio State W, 6-4 Fredrik Olofsson Evan Weninger (42) 6,744 11-2-1Fri., Dec. 4 at St. Cloud State * L, 1-4 (Judd Peterson) Kirk Thompson (22) 3,852 11-3-1 3-3-1-0/0Sat., Dec. 5 at St. Cloud State * W, 7-2 Brian Cooper Evan Weninger (31) 4,104 12-3-1 4-3-1-0/0Sat., Dec. 19 Arizona State W, 3-1 Austin Ortega Evan Weninger (18) 5,843 13-3-1Sun., Dec. 20 Arizona State W, 6-0 Tyler Vesel Kirk Thompson (16) 5,434 14-3-1Sat., Jan. 2 Trinity Western (Exh.) W, 6-0 Ryan Galt Kirk Thompson (4) - W 5,236 Evan Weninger (6)Fri., Jan. 8 Denver * L, 0-3 (Will Butcher) Evan Weninger (1) - L 6,177 14-4-1 4-4-1-0/0 Kirk Thompson (15)Sat., Jan. 9 Denver * L, 3-4 (Dylan Gambrell) Kirk Thompson (14) 6,174 14-5-1 4-5-1-0/0Fri., Jan. 15 at North Dakota * OTW, 4-3 Austin Ortega Alex Blankenburg (26) 11,885 15-5-1 5-5-1-0/0Sat, Jan. 16 at North Dakota * L, 1-5 (Coltyn Sanderson) Kirk Thompson (6) - L 11,888 15-6-1 5-6-1-0/0 Alex Blankenburg (12)Fri., Jan. 22 Miami * L, 1-3 (Matthew Caito) Alex Blankenburg (31) 6,793 15-7-1 5-7-1-0/0Sat, Jan. 23 Miami * L, 3-7 (Conor Lemirande) Kirk Thompson (20) 6,124 15-8-1 5-8-1-0/0Fri., Jan. 29 at Colorado College * L, 1-5 (Luc Gerdes) Evan Weninger (25) 7,051 15-9-1 5-9-1-0/0Sat., Jan. 30 at Colorado College * W, 6-1 Luc Snuggerud Evan Weninger (11) 7,196 16-9-1 6-9-1-0/0Fri., Feb. 12 Western Michigan * W, 2-1 Austin Ortega Evan Weninger (28) 7,018 17-9-1 7-9-1-0/0Sat., Feb. 13 Western Michigan * W, 6-3 Tyler Vesel Evan Weninger (31) 7,126 18-9-1 8-9-1-0/0Fri., Feb. 20 St. Cloud State * L, 1-4 (Jacob Benson) Evan Weninger (18) - L 7,131 18-10-1 8-10-1-0/0 Kirk Thompson (0)Sat., Feb. 21 St. Cloud State * L, 3-6 (Blake Winiecki) Evan Weninger (21) 7,069 18-11-1 8-11-1-0/0Fri., Feb. 26 North Dakota * L, 2-4 (Drake Caggiula) Alex Blankenburg (20) 7,898 18-12-1 8-12-1-0/0Sat, Feb. 27 North Dakota * L, 1-4 (Drake Caggiula) Evan Weninger (33) 7,898 18-13-1 8-13-1-0/0Fri., March 4 at Denver * L, 0-3 (Grant Arnold) Evan Weninger (31) 5,005 18-14-1 8-14-1-0/0Sat., March 5 at Denver * L, 1-2 (Dylan Gambrell) Kirk Thompson (44) 5,968 18-15-1 8-15-1-0/0Fri., March 11 at Denver + L, 2-5 (Colin Staub) Kirk Thompson (15) 3,034 18-16-1Sat., March 12 at Denver + 2OTL, 3-4 (Colin Staub) Evan Weninger (46) 3,580 18-17-1

* - NCHC game +-NCHC Playoffs

NCHC 3-on-3 OT Record: (0-1)Date Opponent Result Deciding Goal TimeNov. 20 at Miami L (Louis Belpedio) 0:49

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No. Name GP G A Pts Shots Pct +/- No-Min Min Maj Oth PP SH FG GW GTG OT HT PN UA BL20 Jake Guentzel 35 19 27 46 110 .173 +6 6-20 5 0 1 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1916 Austin Ortega 35 21 15 36 157 .134 +2 6-12 6 0 0 7 1 1 8 1 1 0 0 0 525 Justin Parizek 35 8 20 28 100 .080 +1 18-36 18 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 913 Jake Randolph 35 9 13 22 51 .176 +4 1-2 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 1810 Tyler Vesel 35 6 12 18 60 .100 +1 1-2 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 604 Luc Snuggerud 35 4 14 18 69 .058 -8 11-22 11 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5828 Fredrik Olofsson 34 8 9 17 53 .151 -7 7-14 7 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 182 Brian Cooper 35 5 11 16 60 .083 +7 16-51 13 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6424 Ian Brady 33 3 11 14 57 .053 -9 13-26 13 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5611 Mason Morelli 31 7 4 11 51 .137 0 10-28 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 826 Steven Spinner 33 5 6 11 68 .074 -11 5-10 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 712 David Pope 31 4 4 8 42 .095 -2 4-8 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 617 Luke Nogard 28 1 7 8 39 .026 +1 14-36 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1121 Ryan Galt 24 1 6 7 20 .050 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 422 Jordan Klehr 28 1 5 6 29 .034 -7 3-6 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 205 Joel Messner 26 0 5 5 27 .000 +4 3-6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 396 Lukas Buchta 32 0 4 4 23 .000 +3 9-18 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3223 Grant Gallo 22 0 4 4 9 .000 +4 11-22 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4819 Tanner Lane 22 0 2 2 13 .000 -6 5-10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 327 Aaron Pearce 10 1 0 1 3 .333 -2 1-2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 Riley Alferd 23 0 1 1 18 .000 -9 4-8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17* Avery Peterson 14 0 1 1 20 .000 -5 3-6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 315 Jalen Schulz 12 0 1 1 4 .000 0 3-6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1029 Kirk Thompson 15 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0TM TEAM 17 0 0 0 0 .000 0 9-18 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Total 36 103 182 285 1083 .095 -33 164-371 158 1 5 24 9 20 18 1 2 0 0 7 522 Opponents 36 107 184 291 1075 .100 - 173-429 157 9 7 24 4 16 17 0 1 1 0 5 554

## Name GP-GS Minutes GA Avg Saves Pct W L T Sho PP SH EN PEN SOG35 Evan Weninger 21-21 1196:32 49 2.46 585 .923 13 8 0 1 11 0 0 0 01 Alex Blankenburg 4-3 212:59 10 2.82 89 .899 1 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 029 Kirk Thompson 15-12 771:00 42 3.27 294 .875 4 7 1 1 8 2 0 0 0TM EMPTY NET 17-0 19:06 6 - 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 Total 36-0 2199:37 107 2.92 968 .900 18 17 1 2 24 4 6 0 0 Opponents 36-0 2199:37 103 2.81 980 .905 17 18 1 2 24 9 5 0 0

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2015-16 LEADERSPointsJake Guentzel - 46GoalsAustin Ortega - 21AssistsJake Guentzel- 27Powerplay GoalsAustin Ortega - 7Shorthanded GoalsJustin Parizek & Jake Guentzel - 3Game-Winning GoalsAustin Ortega - 8 *ShotsAustin Ortega - 157

PenaltiesJustin Parizek - 18Penalty MinutesBrian Cooper - 51Plus-MinusBrian Cooper - +7WinsEvan Weninger - 13GAA (min. 500 mins.)Evan Weninger - 2.46 Save Percentage (min. 500 mins.)Evan Weninger - .923ShutoutsEvan Weninger & Kirk Thompson - 1* Tied for NCAA Lead

2015-16 TEAM HIGHSGoals For 7 at St. Cloud State, Dec. 5, 2015Goals Against 7 vs. Miami, Jan. 23, 2016Shots For 54 at Denver, March 12, 2016Shots Against 50 at Denver, March 12, 2016Most Penalty Minutes 39 vs. Western Michigan, Feb. 13, 2016Longest Win Streak 6 Oct. 9, 2015 to Oct. 24, 2015Longest Losing Streak 8 Feb. 19, 2016 to March 12, 2016Longest Unbeaten Streak 6 (6-0-0) Oct. 9, 2015 to Oct. 24, 2015 6 (5-0-1) Nov. 6, 2015 to Nov. 28, 2015Longest Winless Streak 8 (0-8-0) Feb. 19, 2016 to March 12, 2016Attendance - Home Game 7,898 Five TimesAttendance - Home Series 15,796 vs. Air Force, Oct. 23-24, 2015 vs. North Dakota, Feb. 26-27, 2016

2015-16 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS