2022-23 Waterloo Black Hawks Statistics
United States Hockey League (USHL)
Team Record: 40-21-1 - 81 points
Finishing 2nd in the USHL's Western Conference
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Matt Smaby (40-21, 1 OTL)
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
2022-23 Waterloo Black Hawks RosterTeam Record: 40-21-1 - 81 points
Finishing 2nd in the USHL's Western Conference
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Matt Smaby (40-21, 1 OTL)
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
The Waterloo Black Hawks of the United States Hockey League ended the 2022-23 season with a record of 40 wins and 21 losses (and 1 overtime losses) for 81 points finishing second in the USHL's Western Conference.
The Black Hawks scored 230 goals and allowed 181. Garrett Schifsky netted 28 goals for Waterloo, while Ben Robertson contributed 42 assists. John Spicer topped the squad with 21 wins, and Emmett Croteau added 15 or more wins also. Emmett Croteau registered a 2.46 goals against average, best among goalies with significant playing time.
Matt Smaby coached the team. The 2022-23 Waterloo Black Hawks lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrett Schifsky | F | 57 | 28 | 24 | 52 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 186 | 15.1 | |
| Gavin O'Connell | F | 59 | 24 | 26 | 50 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 146 | 16.4 | |
| Ben Robertson | D | 61 | 3 | 42 | 45 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 101 | 3.0 | |
| Griffin Erdman | F | 62 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 133 | 13.5 | |
| Owen Baker | F | 62 | 11 | 30 | 41 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 146 | 7.5 | |
| Aaron Pionk | F | 60 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 138 | 8.7 | |
| Sam Rinzel | D | 58 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 132 | 6.8 | |
| Gavin Lindberg | F | 58 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 106 | 13.2 | |
| Caden Brown | F | 35 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 13.7 | |
| Myles Hilman | F | 52 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 109 | 15.6 | |
| James Hong | F | 57 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 90 | 16.7 | |
| Gavyn Thoreson | F | 23 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 15.0 | |
| Miko Matikka | F | 30 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 90 | 12.2 | |
| Zach Bade | F | 52 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 11.7 | |
| Connor Brown | F | 62 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 10.2 | |
| Gennadi Chaly | D | 41 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 9.0 | |
| Jaedon Kerr | D | 58 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 3.8 | |
| Patrick Geary | D | 60 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 3.4 | |
| David Klee | F | 57 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 5.5 | |
| Jake Mclean | F | 20 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15.8 | |
| Nate Benoit | D | 21 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 5.1 | |
| Nicolas Degraves | F | 13 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 | |
| Oliver Flynn | F | 29 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 6.8 | |
| Tyler Procious | D | 17 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 5.6 | |
| Grayson Badger | F | 33 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | |
| Marcus Broberg | D | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 | |
| John Spicer | G | 34 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Keith McInnis | D | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| Garrett Brown | D | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 | |
| Emmett Croteau | G | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Teddy Townsend | F | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| JJ Cataldo | G | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eero Butella | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Matthew Frost | F | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | |
| Michael Phelan | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aiden Shirey | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Will Schumacher | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Jackson Nevers | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Kiernan Poulin | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| John Stout | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1275 | 226 | 376 | 602 | 805 | 0 | 41 | 4 | 2165 | 10.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Spicer | 34 | 2005:00 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 2.99 | 886 | 786 | .887 | |
| Emmett Croteau | 28 | 1658:00 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 2.46 | 823 | 755 | .917 | |
| JJ Cataldo | 1 | 60:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 24 | 21 | .875 | |
| Empty Net | 44:00 | 0 | 10 | 13.64 | ||||||||
| Totals | 63 | 3767 | 40 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 181 | 2.88 | 1743 | 1562 | .896 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrett Schifsky | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Gavin O'Connell | F | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Ben Robertson | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Griffin Erdman | F | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Owen Baker | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Aaron Pionk | F | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sam Rinzel | D | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Gavin Lindberg | F | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Caden Brown | F | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 40.0 |
| Myles Hilman | F | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| James Hong | F | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Gavyn Thoreson | F | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Miko Matikka | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Zach Bade | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Connor Brown | F | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 40.0 |
| Jaedon Kerr | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Patrick Geary | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| David Klee | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nate Benoit | D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| John Spicer | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Garrett Brown | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Emmett Croteau | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matthew Frost | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 64 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 54 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 96 | 9.4 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Spicer | 1 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 |
| Emmett Croteau | 3 | 166:00 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3.25 | 84 | 75 | .893 |
| Empty Net | 0 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17.14 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 180 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3.67 | 87 | 76 | .874 |
