By Matt Mackinder/MiCHO Managing EditorNORTHERN MICHIGAN WILDCATS
Head coach: Walt Kyle (eighth season)
Home arena: Berry Events Center (3,754)
Last season: 19-17-5 overall, 11-12-5 CCHA (sixth), lost Notre Dame in CCHA semifinals, beat Alaska in third-place game
Returning for the Wildcats:
Goaltenders: Reid Ellingson (back as sophomore after playing in the USHL last season), Devan Hartigan, Brian Stewart, Erik Wetton
Forwards: Jared Brown, Matt Butcher (assistant captain), Andrew Cherniwchan, Justin Florek, Phil Fox, Tyler Gron, Greger Hanson, Ray Kaunisto, Nicholas Kosinski, Mike Maltese, Mark Olver and Bill Smith (assistant captain)
Defenseman: Alan Dorich, Andrew Fernandez, Erik Gustafsson (captain), T.J. Miller (assistant captain) and Erik Spady
No longer sporting the NMU sweater:
Forwards: Tim Hartung, Nathan Sigmund and Nick Sirota
Defensemen: Blake Cosgrove, Ben Lindemulder and Derek May
Goaltender: Derek Janzen
New to the U.P.:
Forwards: Kory Kaunisto, Brian Nugent, Chad Pietila
Defensemen: Wade Epp, Kyle Follmer, Austin Handley, Scott Macaulay
NHL draft picks: 3 (Olver, Butcher, Miller)
Notable Quotable: "We’re older and the class that has led us is the guys that were sophomores a year ago. Some of them weren’t ready to be impact players, but I think they are now. In my opinion, all of our seniors are very solid players and with them being healthy, I think those guys will be able to get us off to a good start, but we have a very difficult schedule to start." - NMU head coach Walt Kyle
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