2013-14 Minnesota Wilderness Statistics
North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Team Record: 37-14-9 - 83 points
in the NAHL's Midwest Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Corey Millen (37-14, 9 OTL)
Location: Cloquet, Minnesota
2013-14 Minnesota Wilderness RosterTeam Record: 37-14-9 - 83 points
in the NAHL's Midwest Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Corey Millen (37-14, 9 OTL)
Location: Cloquet, Minnesota
The Minnesota Wilderness of the North American Hockey League ended the 2013-14 season with a record of 37 wins and 14 losses (and 9 overtime losses) for 83 points in the NAHL's Midwest Division.
The Wilderness yielded 115 goals, fewest in the league. Minnesota potted 159 goals. Darian Romanko scored 20 goals for the team, while Jakob Romo contributed 24 assists. Kasimir Kaskisuo topped the squad with 21 wins, and Frank Oplinger added 15 or more wins also. Kasimir Kaskisuo registered a 1.48 goals against average, best among qualifying goaltenders.
Corey Millen coached the team. The 2013-14 Minnesota Wilderness lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakob Romo | F | 58 | 18 | 24 | 42 | 76 | +33 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 175 | 10.3 |
| Darian Romanko | F | 60 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 40 | +18 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 163 | 12.3 |
| Thomas Lindstrom | F | 57 | 19 | 22 | 41 | 14 | +10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 172 | 11.0 |
| Billy Exell | F | 56 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 50 | +4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 123 | 6.5 |
| Eric Brenk | F | 36 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 45 | -5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 14.6 |
| Johno May | F | 50 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 29 | +13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 119 | 7.6 |
| Terry Leabo | D | 60 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 40 | +13 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 109 | 4.6 |
| Jaycob McCombs | F | 50 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 87 | +9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 132 | 6.8 |
| Dominik Tiffels | D | 53 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 20 | +4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 3.3 |
| Brett Heikkila | F | 50 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 31 | -1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 80 | 8.8 |
| Nolan Culver | F | 52 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 57 | +5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 8.9 |
| Dan Litchke | F | 60 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 | +5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 9.3 |
| Michael Covach | F | 32 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 10 | +6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 13.5 |
| Ivan Chukarov | D | 44 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 28 | +1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 64 | 6.3 |
| Jack Forbort | F | 40 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 22 | -4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 2.7 |
| Richard Buri | D | 46 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 65 | +13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 68 | 5.9 |
| Brent Bockman | F | 56 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 26 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 6.0 |
| Will Peterson | D | 40 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 29 | +9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 12.8 |
| Alex Fredberg | D | 32 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 57 | +7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 5.3 |
| Tyler Hart | D | 39 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 47 | +9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.8 |
| Colton Kramer | F | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Jesse Kessler | D | 26 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 30 | +6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 2.2 |
| Zach Jordan | F | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2.6 |
| Lance Carney | D | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | +6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Jack Brandstetter | F | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Ryan McNeely | F | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Tanner Holmquist | F | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Tatro | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Brett Bukowski | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Kasimir Kaskisuo | G | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Oplinger | G | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tyler Tate | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Cameron Berry | F | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Kyle Kruenegel | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Eric Cruickshank | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Jones | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike McMahon | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Bittner | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Cline | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1147 | 156 | 246 | 402 | 868 | 168 | 31 | 6 | 34 | 1950 | 8.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kasimir Kaskisuo | 32 | 1951:24 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 48 | 1.48 | 862 | 814 | .944 | |
| Frank Oplinger | 28 | 1702:29 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 58 | 2.04 | 773 | 715 | .925 | |
| Totals | 60 | 3653 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 106 | 1.74 | 1635 | 1529 | .935 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakob Romo | F | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 25.0 |
| Darian Romanko | F | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Thomas Lindstrom | F | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Eric Brenk | F | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Johno May | F | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Terry Leabo | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Jaycob McCombs | F | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.3 |
| Dominik Tiffels | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Nolan Culver | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Dan Litchke | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Michael Covach | F | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Ivan Chukarov | D | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Jack Forbort | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Richard Buri | D | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Brent Bockman | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Will Peterson | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Alex Fredberg | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Hart | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jesse Kessler | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Kasimir Kaskisuo | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 95 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 52 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 155 | 7.1 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kasimir Kaskisuo | 5 | 274:11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1.75 | 141 | 133 | .943 |
| Frank Oplinger | 1 | 38:44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.16 | 21 | 19 | .905 |
| Totals | 6 | 312 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1.92 | 162 | 152 | .938 |
