2023-24 Waterloo Black Hawks Statistics
Team Record: 35-25 (SO: 0-2) - 72 points
Finishing 3rd in the USHL's Western Conference
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Matt Smaby (35-25)
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
The Waterloo Black Hawks of the United States Hockey League ended the 2023-24 season with a record of 35 wins and 25 losses, with a 0-2 showing in shootouts for 72 points finishing third in the USHL's Western Conference.
The Black Hawks scored 224 goals and yielded 205. John Mustard netted 29 goals for Waterloo, while Gavyn Thoreson accounted for 43 assists. Calvin Vachon topped the squad with 22 wins and a team-best 2.81 goals against average, best among qualifying goaltenders.
Matt Smaby coached the team. The 2023-24 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavyn Thoreson | F | 60 | 22 | 43 | 65 | 87 | 4 | 0 | 133 | 16.5 | |
| John Mustard | F | 60 | 29 | 27 | 56 | 71 | 7 | 0 | 205 | 14.1 | |
| Gavin Lindberg | F | 58 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 79 | 10 | 1 | 111 | 17.1 | |
| Jakub Altrichter | F | 54 | 11 | 35 | 46 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 105 | 10.5 | |
| Griffin Erdman | F | 58 | 22 | 20 | 42 | 66 | 6 | 0 | 126 | 17.5 | |
| Myles Hilman | F | 52 | 26 | 11 | 37 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 148 | 17.6 | |
| Grady Deering | F | 57 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 99 | 4 | 1 | 97 | 15.5 | |
| Teddy Townsend | F | 57 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 17.8 | |
| Tyler Miller | D | 62 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 118 | 7.6 | |
| Connor Brown | F | 45 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 1.6 | |
| Reid Morich | F | 54 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 12.9 | |
| Jaedon Kerr | D | 48 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 8.9 | |
| Nicholas Fascia | D | 56 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 4.4 | |
| William Felicio | D | 31 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 12.2 | |
| Landon Nycz | D | 52 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2.5 | |
| Carson Reed | D | 56 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 4.9 | |
| Jake Delaney | D | 29 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 14.7 | |
| Eero Butella | F | 58 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 5.5 | |
| Dylan Compton | D | 24 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2.6 | |
| Adam Zlnka | F | 21 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 14.7 | |
| Michael Phelan | D | 54 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 5.7 | |
| Matthew Frost | F | 25 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 15.0 | |
| Finlay Williams | F | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | |
| Chris Battaini | RW | 22 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | |
| Calvin Vachon | G | 38 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brock Schultz | F | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.2 | |
| Jackson Nevers | F | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9.5 | |
| Tommy Cronin | F | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | |
| Chase Jette | F | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Keith McInnis | D | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.0 | |
| Chase Reid | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Travis Lefere | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Matthew Lansing | F | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Cashen Naeve | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| John Spicer | G | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peyton Blair | F | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Brody Cook | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nikola Goich | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nicholas Kosiba | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Jesse Orlowsky | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 1288 | 219 | 364 | 583 | 899 | 0 | 55 | 8 | 1889 | 11.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calvin Vachon | 38 | 2094:00 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 98 | 2.81 | 1001 | 903 | .902 | |
| John Spicer | 29 | 1602:00 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 88 | 3.30 | 736 | 648 | .880 | |
| Nikola Goich | 1 | 24:00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12.50 | 13 | 8 | .615 | |
| Empty Net | 41:00 | 0 | 12 | 17.56 | ||||||||
| Totals | 68 | 3761 | 35 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 203 | 3.24 | 1762 | 1559 | .885 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavyn Thoreson | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| John Mustard | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Gavin Lindberg | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Jakub Altrichter | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Griffin Erdman | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Myles Hilman | F | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Grady Deering | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Teddy Townsend | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Miller | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Reid Morich | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jaedon Kerr | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Nicholas Fascia | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| William Felicio | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Landon Nycz | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carson Reed | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Eero Butella | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Dylan Compton | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Michael Phelan | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Calvin Vachon | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brock Schultz | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jackson Nevers | F | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Matthew Lansing | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Spicer | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 43 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 1.3 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calvin Vachon | 2 | 99:00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.64 | 44 | 38 | .864 |
| John Spicer | 1 | 14:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.29 | 8 | 7 | .875 |
| Empty Net | 0 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 3 | 120 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3.50 | 52 | 45 | .865 |
