This was a HUGE week for our NCAA Division I Stat Freaks. 79 total names total made our Stat Freaks list, and the majority were also first time appearances. Once again, goalies were relatively lacking, but the other group unusually thin is the faceoff contingent. They were easily offset by the offense, though. This was just a week for points, I guess. Now, onto the list!
Offense: The Cutoff here is a combined 7 goals and/or assists
Matt Moore – Virginia: 3G, 4A, 9 Shots vs. High Point |
Kevin Mack – Michigan: 3G, 4A, 10 Shots vs. Drexel |
Alex Buckanavage – Michigan: 4G, 3A, 4 Shots vs. Drexel |
Reid Bowering – Drexel: 7G, 9 Shots vs. Michigan |
Teddy Hatfield – Richmond: 3G, 5A, 7 Shots vs. UMBC |
Chris Gray – Boston U.: 5G, 4A, 11 Shots vs. Sacred Heart |
Kevin Kodzis – Holy Cross: 5G, 2A, 12 Shots vs. UMass Lowell |
Jeff Teat – Cornell: 6G, 2A, 10 Shots vs. Hobart |
Conor Walters – Lafayette: 2G, 5A, 6 Shots vs. Binghamton |
Logan Wisnauskas – Maryland: 3G, 5A, 9 Shots vs. Navy |
Jack Myers – Ohio St.: 7G, 1A, 8 Shots vs. Bucknell |
Will Yorke – Bucknell: 6G, 1A, 11 Shots vs. Ohio St. |
Jackson Morrill – Yale: 2G, 5A, 4 Shots vs. Penn St. |
Grant Ament – Penn St.: 2G, 7A, 5 Shots vs. Yale |
Brendan Sunday – Towson: 4G, 5A, 14 Shots vs. Georgetown |
Ryan Perouty – VMI: 2G, 6A, 15 Shots vs. NJIT |
Matt Grillo – Providence: 3G, 4A, 6 Shots vs. Saint Joseph’s |
Matt Schmidt – Robert Morris: 5G, 2A, 12 Shots vs. Bellarmine |
Dylan Beckwith – Fairfield: 2G, 5A, 7 Shots vs. Sacred Heart |
Ethan Walker – Denver: 5G, 2A, 7 Shots vs. Cleveland St. |
Pat Spencer – Loyola Maryland: 5G, 2A, 9 Shots vs. Rutgers |
Defense: For here, you need 8 GBs, CTs, and/or points
Jared Conners – Virginia: 3GB, 5CT vs. High Point |
Logan Greco – Virginia: 5GB, 3CT vs. High Point |
Jack Cook – Richmond: 5GB, 3CT vs. UMBC |
Colin Kasner – UMBC: 5GB, 4CT vs. Richmond |
Miles Silva – Army West Point: 7GB, 1CT, 3G vs. Marist |
Tom Rigney – Army West Point: 9GB, 2CT vs. Marist |
James Sarrocco – Marist: 4GB, 4CT vs. Army West Point |
Jake MacGregor – Marist: 8GB, vs. Army West Point |
Joseph Cipoletti – Sacred Heart: 6GB, 3CT, 1A vs. Boston U. |
Eric Flynn – UMass Lowell: 6GB, 3CT vs. Holy Cross |
Chris Conlin – Holy Cross: 5GB, 4CT vs. UMass Lowell |
Matt Farrell – Holy Cross: 6GB, 6CT vs. UMass Lowell |
Brandon Salvatore – Cornell: 7GB, 1CT vs. Hobart |
Pat Smyth – St. John’s (NY): 6GB, 2CT vs. High Point |
Tim Kiel – St. John’s (NY): 5GB, 5CT vs. High Point |
George Baughan – Princeton: 7GB, 1CT vs. Virginia |
Christopher Sabia – Penn St.: 5GB, 3CT vs. Yale |
Danny Cassidy – Stony Brook: 5GB, 3CT, 1A vs. Brown |
Gibson Smith – Georgetown: 6GB, 2CT vs. Towson |
Kyle Walsh – VMI: 5GB, 4CT, 1G vs. NJIT |
John Schmank – VMI: 3GB, 5CT vs. NJIT |
John Tachon – NJIT: 7GB, 2CT vs. VMI |
TJ Comizio – Villanova: 7GB, 2CT vs. Hofstra |
Jack Pezzulla – North Carolina: 7GB, 1CT vs. Johns Hopkins |
Kelson Borisenko – Manhattan: 5GB, 3CT vs. St. Bonaventure |
Brandon Jones – Air Force: 7GB, 2CT vs. Cleveland St. |
Joseph Cipoletti – Sacred Heart: 7GB, 3CT, 1G vs. Fairfield |
Sean Quinn – Drexel: 5GB, 3CT vs. Albany (NY) |
Matt Perla – Albany (NY): 5GB, 3CT vs. Drexel |
Dylan Gaines – Denver: 4GB, 5CT vs. Cleveland St. |
Arden Cohen – Notre Dame: 8GB, 1CT vs. Richmond |
Tommy Heidt – Michigan: 7GB, 1CT vs. Jacksonville |
Jake Fiske – Bryant: 4GB, 4CT vs. Dartmouth |
Faceoffs: Greater than 70%, at least 10 attempts
Peyton Smith – Marist: 14/18, 10 GB vs. Army West Point |
Sean Christman – Boston U.: 19/23, 13 GB vs. Sacred Heart |
Brett Boos – Denver: 20/23, 10 GB vs. Utah |
Davis Sampere – High Point: 18/23, 11 GB, 1G vs. St. John’s (NY) |
Sam Stephan – Mount St. Mary’s: 21/27, 18 GB, 1G vs. UMBC |
Michael Giaquinto – Vermont: 14/19, 8 GB vs. Quinnipiac |
Justin Inacio – Ohio St.: 20/27, 13 GB vs. Bucknell |
TD Ierlan – Yale: 25/31, 22 GB, 1G vs. Penn St. |
Alex Woodall – Towson: 19/23, 13 GB, 1G vs. Georgetown |
Dan Fisher – Villanova: 8/11, 1 GB vs. Hofstra |
Ian Weinberg – Monmouth: 12/16, 6 GB vs. Delaware |
Trent Harper – Air Force: 16/22, 5 GB vs. Cleveland St. |
Frankie Labetti – Fairfield: 21/26, 15 GB vs. Sacred Heart |
Jimmeh Koita – Drexel: 19/27, 10 GB vs. Albany (NY) |
Jakob Phaup – Syracuse: 15/18, 11 GB vs. Army West Point |
Danny Tesler – Cleveland St.: 18/25, 9 GB vs. Denver |
Goalies: Greater than 70%
Blake Goodman – Richmond: 14/19 Saves, 1GB vs. UMBC |
AJ Barretto – Army West Point: 10/14 Saves, 1GB, 1CT vs. Marist |
Alex Ready – Denver: 10/14 Saves, 1GB, 1CT vs. Utah |
Tate Boyce – Providence: 27/32 Saves, 2GB vs. Saint Joseph’s |
Kevin Beimfohr – Bryant: 14/19 Saves, 3GB vs. Dartmouth |
Daniel Hincks – Dartmouth: 15/21 Saves, 2GB vs. Bryant |
Matt Deluca – Delaware: 13/17 Saves, 3GB vs. Monmouth |
Jacob Stover – Loyola Maryland: 18/25 Saves, 4GB, 1CT vs. Rutgers |
Liam Donnelly – Utah: 14/19 Saves, 4GB vs. Air Force |
Stat Freaks of the Week for Week 4
Offense
If you don’t care about the opponent, and only look at pure points totals, BU’s Chris Gray tallying five goals and four assists with a strong shooting percentage is excellent. Bringing in the opponent as a factor, Towson’s Brendan Sunday matching Gray’s total against Georgetown is better. But when you look at pure volume and opponent? You have to go Grant Ament against Yale. Two goals and seven assists with only three missed shots is pretty incredible in a game like that.
Defense
Again, looking only at volume, Holy Cross’ Matt Farrell takes the cake going six ground balls and six caused turnovers, which was the highest total of the weekend. But other factors involved, I need to call out Jack Pezzulla of UNC for his seven ground balls against Hopkins in the muddiest of mud games that rarely happen these days. He had to work for those! However, my defensive honor for the Stat Freak of the Week goes to Tim Kiel of St. John’s going five ground balls and five caused turnovers in the upset win over High Point.
FOGO
No perfect games here, and no multi-point games either. There were some great losing performances like Jimmeh Koita of Drexel and Peyton Smith of Marist. But, there were some clutch performances that helped seal the victory for their teams. The ones in this category that jump out at me are Jakob Phaup of Syracuse, Justin Inacio of Ohio State, and Alex Woodall of Towson. But the most clutch of the weekend is our old standby TD Ierlan at Yale. He had himself a game when it really mattered, and earned his Stat Freak performance.
Goalies
Liam Donnelly from Utah, take yourself a bow! I love seeing the Utes make the list already and he’s not even the first one! But, also props to Army’s AJ Barretto who made the list for his midweek game, and ALMOST made it as a losing goalie against Syracuse. That’s a keeper. Also, shout out to Loyola’s Jacob Stover for his GBs ad caused turnover against Rutgers. But, the best goalie of the week?
Overall Stat Freak of the Week
It has to be Tate Boyce. It has to be him. 27 saves?! When you start getting into a save volume that high, the percentage rarely follows. Nice effort between the pipes!
Last, but not least, we can start tabulating our season appearances. First up, is the number of times an individual has been on the list:
Name – School | # |
Colby Kneese – Penn St. | 3 |
Grant Ament – Penn St. | 3 |
Pat Spencer – Loyola Maryland | 3 |
Joseph Cipoletti – Sacred Heart | 3 |
There are another 17 players at two appearances on our Stat Freaks list, but I try to keep the list around 10 total names. Hopefully that gets pared down soon.
Now, which schools are sending the most players?
Team | Freaks |
Penn St. | 10 |
Sacred Heart | 7 |
Denver | 6 |
Army West Point | 5 |
Towson | 5 |
Holy Cross | 5 |
Lehigh | 5 |
Princeton | 5 |
Boston U. | 5 |
Loyola Maryland | 5 |
VMI | 5 |
Now, the bad list. Who is allowing the most Stat Freaks against them?
Team | Allowed |
NJIT | 9 |
Army West Point | 8 |
Monmouth | 6 |
Jacksonville | 6 |
Sacred Heart | 5 |
Cleveland St. | 5 |
High Point | 5 |
Albany (NY) | 5 |
Johns Hopkins | 5 |
The only one here that’s making me wince a little is Albany. With Cornell on deck this week that has potential to get ugly. Hopkins vs. Princeton could be the same.