March 8, 2005

Three Wayne State University men's hockey players are listed in this week's NCAA statistical report.

Sophomore left wing Jason Bloomingburg (Canton, Mich./Texas Tornado) is tied-for-12th in the country at .61 goals per game (20 goals in 33 games). Bloomingburg set the WSU single-season goal mark when he scored twice last Sunday against Alabama-Huntsville. The previous mark of 18 goals was set by Dustin Kingston during the 2000-01 season.

Junior goalie Matt Kelly (Hull, Mass./Topeka Scarecrows) is 10th nationally in save percentage at .923. He has made 627 saves while allowing 52 goals in over 1,241 minutes. Kelly is on pace to shatter the Warrior single-season mark for save percentage of .9094 set by David Guerrera during the 2000-01 campaign.

Freshman center Stavros Paskaris (Dearborn, Mich./Kewadin Indians) is eighth in the country in points per game by rookies at .91 with 31 points in 34 games.

Wayne State is 23rd in scoring offense (3.06) and tied-for-34th in scoring defense (3.03).

WSU is also listed in team single-game marks with nine goals scored at Bowling Green on Nov. 20. The nine goals is tied-for-second highest in the NCAA this season. Will Hooper's (Woodbridge, Ont./Wexford Raiders) 50 saves at UAH on Jan. 8 is tied-for-fourth highest in the NCAA this year.

Wayne State begins CHA tournament play at 8:35 p.m. Eastern on Friday as the fourth seed against fifth-seeded Air Force.