2017-18 Waterloo Black Hawks Statistics
United States Hockey League (USHL)
Team Record: 38-14-6 (SO: 0-2) - 84 points
Finishing 1st in the USHL's Western Conference
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: Shane Fukushima (38-14, 6 OTL)
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
2017-18 Waterloo Black Hawks RosterTeam Record: 38-14-6 (SO: 0-2) - 84 points
Finishing 1st in the USHL's Western Conference
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: Shane Fukushima (38-14, 6 OTL)
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
The Waterloo Black Hawks of the United States Hockey League ended the 2017-18 season with a record of 38 wins and 14 losses (and 6 overtime losses), with a 0-2 showing in shootouts for 84 points finishing first in the USHL's Western Conference.
The Black Hawks potted 199 goals and allowed 150. Jackson Cates scored 33 goals for Waterloo, while Ben Copeland contributed 44 assists. Jared Moe earned 23 wins in front of the net for the squad, plus Matej Tomek added 15 or more wins, too. Jared Moe earned a 2.23 goals against average, best among goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Shane Fukushima coached the team. The 2017-18 Waterloo Black Hawks lost in the in 3rd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Drury | C | 56 | 24 | 41 | 65 | 83 | 12 | 5 | 151 | 15.9 | |
| Jackson Cates | C | 57 | 33 | 30 | 63 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 195 | 16.9 | |
| Ben Copeland | C | 60 | 18 | 44 | 62 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 193 | 9.3 | |
| Bobby Trivigno | F | 58 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 91 | 7 | 1 | 177 | 9.0 | |
| Garrett Wait | LW | 58 | 24 | 18 | 42 | 48 | 7 | 1 | 151 | 15.9 | |
| Ben Finkelstein | D | 23 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 75 | 10.7 | |
| Solag Bakich | F | 49 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 151 | 1 | 0 | 95 | 6.3 | |
| Hank Sorensen | RD | 48 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 110 | 2 | 0 | 90 | 5.6 | |
| Joey Cassetti | LW | 44 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 14.0 | |
| Matej Blumel | F | 50 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 8.7 | |
| Garrett Klee | C | 60 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 108 | 6.5 | |
| Ethan Johnson | LW | 55 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 9.0 | |
| Sam Huff | F | 42 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 69 | 11.6 | |
| Evan Dougherty | RW | 31 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 22.9 | |
| Michael Ferrandino | D | 58 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0.0 | |
| Mason Palmer | LD | 57 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 3.2 | |
| Hunter Lellig | D | 53 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 6.2 | |
| Peter Tabor | RD | 37 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.0 | |
| Matt Koopman | F | 55 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 5.1 | |
| James Marooney | D | 35 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 4.8 | |
| Kyle Koopman | D | 26 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.0 | |
| Calvin Pokorny | F | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | |
| Jeremy Jaques | D | 22 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Dylan Mills | F | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 33.3 | |
| Niko Esposito-Selivanov | LW | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.8 | |
| Danny DiGrande | C | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 | |
| Colin Schmidt | F | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Ian Malcolmson | F | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Griffin Ness | F | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Ben Helgeson | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Jax Murray | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Matej Tomek | G | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Patrick Guzzo | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Jared Moe | G | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ethan Szmagaj | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 1193 | 198 | 340 | 538 | 1017 | 0 | 57 | 16 | 1988 | 10.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jared Moe | 32 | 1828:00 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 68 | 2.23 | 843 | 775 | .919 | |
| Matej Tomek | 30 | 1785:00 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 71 | 2.39 | 760 | 689 | .907 | |
| Empty Net | 20:00 | 0 | 9 | 27.00 | ||||||||
| Totals | 62 | 3633 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 148 | 2.44 | 1612 | 1464 | .908 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Drury | C | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.6 |
| Jackson Cates | C | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6.7 |
| Ben Copeland | C | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.0 |
| Bobby Trivigno | F | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3.3 |
| Garrett Wait | LW | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13.6 |
| Ben Finkelstein | D | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 5.3 |
| Solag Bakich | F | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Hank Sorensen | RD | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Joey Cassetti | LW | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18.2 |
| Matej Blumel | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Garrett Klee | C | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 13.3 |
| Ethan Johnson | LW | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 |
| Sam Huff | F | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Evan Dougherty | RW | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Michael Ferrandino | D | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Mason Palmer | LD | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Hunter Lellig | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Matt Koopman | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| James Marooney | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Jeremy Jaques | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Niko Esposito-Selivanov | LW | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Colin Schmidt | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Griffin Ness | F | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Matej Tomek | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jared Moe | G | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 161 | 20 | 29 | 49 | 104 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 292 | 6.8 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jared Moe | 6 | 366:00 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1.80 | 164 | 153 | .933 |
| Matej Tomek | 2 | 122:00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.95 | 61 | 55 | .902 |
| Empty Net | 0 | 2:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30.00 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 8 | 490 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 2.20 | 226 | 208 | .920 |
