MARSHALL, Texas – Having secured the top spot in the Texas Collegiate Hockey Conference North Division, ETBU will finish out their regular season with two non-conference road games against the University of Arkansas. ETBU has won 21 games this year which is the most in program history
Below is the information about the games.
ETBU at Arkansas | Springdale, AR | Friday, Jan. 31st, & Saturday, Feb. 1st
Arena: Jones Center
Time: 7:30 PM (Fri.), 3:00 PM (Sat.)
All-Time Series: UA, 2-0
* Last UA Win: Sep. 10, 2016 (11-0)
ETBU
- 21-1-1 overall after sweep of the University of North Texas
- Haven't played Arkansas since 2016 - the first year of the ETBU program.
- Outscored the Eagles 40-7 in the two game series.
- Swept the defending conference champion University of Texas-El Paso Miners outscoring them, 16-9.
- #11 team in the West Region in the ACHA DII Rankings
- Ryan Gruszka recorded eight goals and six assists in the two game series with UNT
- Riley Knott tallied nine goals and 11 assists in the four games against UTEP and UNT.
- Lead the TCHC in goals per game (8.57), power play conversion percentage (77.5%), and goals allowed per game (2.04)
- Third in the TCHC in penalty kill percentage (86.2%)
- Knott leads ETBU and the TCHC with 73 points. This includes a tie for first in the conference with 34 goals and a conference leading 39 assists.
- Davis VanGemerden is second in the TCHC with 68 points, including 36 assists (second in the TCHC) and 32 goals (third in the TCHC). He also leads the conference in power play goals with eight.
- Gruszka is fifth in the TCHC with 53 points and tied for third with 35 assists.
- Skyler Spiller is tied for first in the TCHC with 11 power play assists.
ARKANSAS
- 28-3-0 overall after wins of 5-1 and 2-1 against Missouri State
- #1 team in the Pacific Region of the ACHA DIII Rankings
- Evan Kerr leads the Razorbacks in points (56) and goals (25) while sharing team lead of 31 assists with Alex Kueser (23 goals, 54 points).
- Kueser leads UArk with six power play goals.
- Jozef Dusenka has a GAA of 1.79 allowing 25 goals while recording 318 saves and two shutout wins.
- Alex Kalmes has a GAA of 2.54 allowing 33 goals while recording 347 saves.
