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The Ferris State Bulldogs men's ice hockey team is an NCAA Division I college ice hockey program that represents Ferris State University. The Bulldogs are a member of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA). They play at Ewigleben Arena in Big Rapids, Michigan.[2]

Ferris State Bulldogs men's ice hockey
Current season
University	Ferris State University
Conference	CCHA Division I Division
First season	1975–76
Head coach	Bob Daniels 31st season, 473–562–108 (.461)
Arena	Ewigleben Arena Capacity: 2,490 Surface: 200' x 85'
Location	Big Rapids, Michigan
Colors	Crimson and gold[1]
NCAA Tournament Runner-up
2012
NCAA Tournament Frozen Four
2012
NCAA Tournament appearances
2003, 2012, 2014, 2016
Conference Tournament championships
2016
Conference regular season championships
2002–03, 2011–12, 2013–14
Current uniform

History

Ferris State's ice hockey program began in 1975 as a member of the NAIA and joined the CCHA as an affiliate member.[3] In the program's four seasons in the NAIA the team compiled an overall record of 58-40-1-.591, including three seasons above .700 winning percentage and a program best winning percentage of .795 in the 1976–77 season.[4] The program moved up to NCAA Division I status and became a full member of the CCHA in 1979. They joined the WCHA in 2013 [4] before returning to the CCHA prior to the 2021–22 season.[5]

Ferris State turned in its best season performance ever in the program's NCAA Division I history for the 2002-03 campaign with a school-best 31-10-1 overall record. The Ferris Bulldogs also claimed their first-ever CCHA Regular-Season Championship title with a first-place 22-5-1 league mark. Ferris state received an at-large bid to the NCAA Championship Tournament's and beat North Dakota 5-2 and advanced to the West Regional title game in their initial NCAA Tourney appearance, before losing a high scoring game to Minnesota 4–7.[6][7] FSU also earned the distinction of being the nation's first team to reach the 30-win plateau in 2002-03 and also competed in the CCHA Super Six Championship Tourney for the first time since 1993.[8]

The 2011–12 season was historic for the Ferris State ice hockey program. The Bulldogs began the season on a six-game win streak, their best start to a season since 1979-80 when The Bulldogs recorded an eight-game streak.[9] The team ended the regular season with their first CCHA Regular Season Championship since the program's first in 2002–03. The season was highlighted by a 14-game unbeaten streak from January 6, 2012, to February 25 in which the team recorded 11 wins and 4 ties.[10] The Bulldogs were also ranked first in the NCAA men's ice hockey poll for a two-week period in the season for the first time in school history.[11] After the team finished with the top record in the CCHA, the Bulldogs received a first round bye for the 2012 CCHA Tournament. Ferris State played Bowling Green in the second round, after the Falcons upset Northern Michigan. In the best-of-three series, the Falcons picked up a win in overtime in the opening game followed by goal outburst in the second game that saw Ferris State even the series with a 7–4 win.[12] In the final game of the series, Ferris State was unable to hold on to a three-goal lead as BGSU rallied back to force overtime. The Falcons scored in the extra period to win the CCHA quarterfinal series.[13] Despite the loss in the CCHA playoffs, the Bulldogs received an at-large bid to the 2012 NCAA Tournament. Ferris State defeated Denver and Cornell in the first two rounds of the tournament with a pair of 2-1 games.[14] In the program's first appearance in the Frozen Four, the Bulldogs defeated Union 3-1 and advanced to the championship game against Boston College.[15] Ferris State was unable to stop the Eagles' offense en route to BC's third title in five seasons. The team finished with a record of 26-12-5.[16]

Season-by-season results

Source:[17]

Coaches

The team has been coached by Bob Daniels since 1992. Daniels is a two-time recipient of the Spencer Penrose Award, awarded by the American Hockey Coaches Association to the NCAA men's ice hockey coach of the year, having won the award in 2003 and 2012.[18] In 2012, he was also named the Central Collegiate Hockey Association coach of the year after he led the Bulldogs to their first appearance in the Frozen Four and NCAA championship game.[19] Daniels is the longest tenured coach of the Bulldogs and is the only coach in program history to record over 300 wins.[20]

As of completion of 2021–22 season[4][8]

Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1992–present	Bob Daniels	30	473–562–108	.461
1990–1991	Bob Mancini	2	36–32–12	.525
1986–1990	John Perpich	4	54–92–17	.383
1986	Peter Esdale†	1†	6–9–1	.406
1982–1986	Dick Bertrand	4	56–74–9	.435
1975–1982	Rick Duffett	7	119–83–7	.586
Totals	6 coaches	47 seasons	744–852–154	.469

† Esdale replaced Bertrand in January 1986.

Awards and honors

NCAA

AHCA First Team All-Americans

AHCA Second Team All-Americans

WCHA

Individual awards

All-WCHA

First Team All-WCHA

Second Team All-WCHA

Third Team All-WCHA

WCHA All-Rookie Team

CCHA

Individual awards

All-CCHA

First Team All-CCHA

Second Team All-CCHA

CCHA All-Rookie Team

Olympians

Source:[21]

This is a list of Ferris State alumni who played on an Olympic team.

Name	Position	Ferris State Tenure	Team	Year	Finish
Bob Nardella	Defense	1988–1991	Italy	1998, 2006	12th, 11th
Norm Krumpschmid	Center	1988–1992	Austria	1998	14th
Jason Blake	Center	1994–1995	USA	2006	8th
Chris Kunitz	Left Wing	1999–2003	Canada	2014	Gold
Chad Billins	Defenseman	2008–2012	USA	2018	7th
Pat Nagle	Goaltender	2007–2011	USA	2022	5th

Statistical leaders

Career points leaders

Source:[22]

Player	Years	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Paul Lowden	1983–1987	158	101	107	208
Jim Baker	1978–1982	137	82	123	205
John DePourcq	1987–1991	145	73	130	203
Peter Lowden	1983–1987	158	74	125	199
Rod Schluter	1984–1989	164	93	96	189
Paul Cook	1979–1983	139	76	99	175
Chris Kunitz	1999–2003	152	99	76	175
Perry Zoldak	1976–1981	124	60	112	172
Jeff Legue	2001–2005	152	67	90	157
Randy Strong	1978–1982	136	69	83	152

Career goaltending leaders

Source:[23] GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Minimum 30 games

Player	Years	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
C. J. Motte	2011–2015	127	7679	66	49	12	272	15	.926	2.13
Phil Osaer	1998–2001	59	3198	24	22	6	116	2	.916	2.18
Pat Nagle	2007–2011	101	5801	45	42	11	224	5	.916	2.32
Taylor Nelson	2008–2012	70	4031	35	20	10	157	4	.917	2.34
Mitch O'Keefe	2005–2008	86	5074	31	39	15	227	6	.903	2.68

Statistics current through the start of the 2018–19 season.

Ferris State Athletic Hall of Fame

The following is a list of people associated with the Ferris State men's ice hockey program who were elected into the Ferris State Athletic Hall of Fame (induction date in parenthesis).[24]

Current roster

As of September 5, 2022.[25]

No.	S/P/C	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team	NHL rights
1		Logan Stein	Junior	G	6' 2" (1.88 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	2001-04-26	Suwanee, Georgia	Waterloo (USHL)	—
2		Travis Shoudy	Freshman	D	5' 9" (1.75 m)	173 lb (78 kg)	2002-03-15	Marysville, Michigan	Cedar Rapids (USHL)	—
3		Ben Schultheis	Junior	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	2000-02-17	Mount Juliet, Tennessee	Dubuque (USHL)	—
4		Drew Cooper	Junior	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	2000-08-28	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Coquitlam (BCHL)	—
5		Matt Slick	Senior	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	216 lb (98 kg)	1999-03-13	Buffalo, New York	Holy Cross (AHA)	—
6		Blake Evennou	Senior	D	5' 10" (1.78 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1998-07-09	Macomb, Michigan	Lone Star (NAHL)	—
7		Connor McGrath	Freshman	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	2003-09-04	Leroy, Saskatchewan	Humboldt (SJHL)	—
8		Austin McCarthy	Junior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1999-03-01	Ludington, Michigan	Topeka (NAHL)	—
9		Nick Nardecchia	Sophomore	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	177 lb (80 kg)	2001-01-01	Macomb, Michigan	Lincoln (USHL)	—
10		Bradley Marek	Sophomore	F	6' 3" (1.91 m)	213 lb (97 kg)	2000-11-13	Big Rapids, Michigan	Muskegon (USHL)	—
11		Jacob Dirks	Junior	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1999-09-15	Mindoro, Wisconsin	Chippewa (NAHL)	—
12		Dallas Tulik	Senior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	191 lb (87 kg)	1998-06-23	Kalamazoo, Michigan	Dubuque (USHL)	—
13		Mitch Deelstra	Junior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	191 lb (87 kg)	1999-07-15	Wallace, Ontario	Alberni Valley (BCHL)	—
15		Tyler Schleppe	Freshman	F	6' 4" (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2001-11-11	Vancouver, British Columbia	Langley (BCHL)	—
16		Caiden Gault	Freshman	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	191 lb (87 kg)	2002-04-16	Oakbank, Manitoba	Spruce Grove (AJHL)	—
18		Kaleb Ergang	Sophomore	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2000-12-31	Spruce Grove, Alberta	Whitecourt (AJHL)	—
19		Štěpán Pokorný	Junior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	2000-06-08	Kolín, Czech Republic	Madison (USHL)	—
20		Andrew Noel	Freshman	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	2001-01-02	Maynard, Massachusetts	Nanaimo (BCHL)	—
21		Jason Brancheau	Senior	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1999-08-15	Brownstown, Michigan	Amarillo (NAHL)	—
22		Luke Farthing	Junior	D	5' 10" (1.78 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1999-04-21	Stoutsville, Ohio	Chippewa (NAHL)	—
23		Antonio Venuto	Junior	F	6' 3" (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2000-02-26	Whitmore Lake, Michigan	Dubuque (USHL)	—
24		Brenden MacLaren	Senior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	196 lb (89 kg)	1998-11-30	Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan	Fairbanks (NAHL)	—
25		Zach Faremouth	Sophomore	F	6' 4" (1.93 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	2000-01-04	Jackson, Michigan	Des Moines (USHL)	—
26		Jacob Badal	Freshman	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	196 lb (89 kg)	2001-10-05	Flushing, Michigan	Johnstown (NAHL)	—
27		Cade Kowalski	Senior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	1999-06-15	Morden, Manitoba	Flin Flon (SJHL)	—
28		Brenden Rons	Senior	D	6' 6" (1.98 m)	226 lb (103 kg)	1998-03-03	Farmington Hills, Michigan	Topeka (NAHL)	—
30		Joey Henson	Freshman	G	5' 9" (1.75 m)	157 lb (71 kg)	2001-08-15	Troy, Michigan	Philadelphia Little Flyers (EHL)	—
31		Noah Giesbrecht	Sophomore	G	6' 4" (1.93 m)	202 lb (92 kg)	1999-04-18	White Rock, British Columbia	Windsor (OUA)	—
34		Nick Grimaldi	Sophomore	F	5' 7" (1.7 m)	142 lb (64 kg)	1999-06-26	Plymouth, Michigan	Odessa (NAHL)	—

Bulldogs in the NHL

Source:[26]

= NHL All-Star team

= NHL All-Star[27]

= NHL All-Star[27] and NHL All-Star team

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