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Stat Pack: Sorkin's Road Goals
Offense on the road, Ferris State's streak and a Friday-Saturday breakdown, plus more.

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Nick Sorkin has scored 8 of his 11 goals on the road.

In our Stat Pack feature, College Hockey Inc. highlights five obscure but telling statistics from the world of college hockey. You can find all of these, and many more, in our filtered stats database.

1. Nick Sorkin's three goals at Colorado College elevated the UNH senior to the national lead in road goals:

Most Road Goals
8 – Nick Sorkin, UNH
7 – Ryan Haggerty, RPI
7 – Alex Grieve, Bentley
7 – Stephan Vigier, NMU
7 – Kevin Roy, Northeastern
7 – Greg Carey, St. Lawrence
7 - Markus Gerbrandt, Bemidji State

2. Balanced scoring has led Ferris State on its current 9-0-2 unbeaten streak. Four players are averaging a point per game:

Points Per Game During Ferris State's Unbeaten Streak
1.09 – Garrett Thompson (5g-7a)
1.00 – Justin Buzzeo (5g-6a)
1.00 – Kyle Schempp (5g-6a)
1.00 – Scott Czarnowczan (3g-8a)

3. Top five team records on Friday and Saturday nights:

Best Friday Records
.929 – Lake Superior State (6-0-1)
.857 - Quinnipiac (6-1-0)
.833 - Clarkson (5-1-0)
.786 - Minnesota (5-1-1)
.786 - New Hampshire (5-1-1)

Best Saturday Records
1.000 - Minnesota (5-0-0)
.938 - Providence (7-0-1)
.929 - Ferris State (6-0-1)
.917 - St. Cloud State (5-0-1)
.857 - Rensselaer (6-1-0)

4. Providence's Jon Gillies not only ranks third nationally in save percentage, but he's faced the most shots of any goaltender to this point. He is one of six goaltenders to face 400 or more shots.

Most Shots Faced
452 – Jon Gillies, Providence
448 - Andrew Walsh, Bemidji State
424 - Matt Ginn, Holy Cross
422 - Branden Komm, Bentley
402 - Jason Torf, Air Force
400 - Sam Brittain, Denver

5. Eleven players have scored more than one shorthanded goal this season. Three have two goals while shorthanded, their only goals of the year:

2 - Adam Berkle, Bowling Green
2 - Patrick Brown, Boston College
2 - C.J. Eick, Michigan Tech