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

1. Not surprisingly, the nation's top two goal scorers lead the way in scoring the first goal of the game, but some less obvious candidates are tied for third.

Most First Goals
6 - Daniel Ciampini, Union
6 - Matt Garbowsky, RIT
4 - Thomas DiPauli, Notre Dame (WSH)
4 - Scott Holm, Air Force
4 - Tanner Kero, Michigan Tech
4 - Tyler Morley, Alaska
4 - Ahti Oksanen, Boston University
4 - Matt Prapavessis, Bemidji State
4 - Sam Warning, Minnesota
4 - Dylan Zink, UMass Lowell

2. Nebraska Omaha's Austin Ortega (Escondido, Calif./Fargo-USHL) is one shy of the NCAA record with 9 game-winning goals. Here's a look at the players who have scored the most goals when the game is tied:

Most Goals, While Score is Tied
10 - Daniel Ciampini, Union
9 - Matt Garbowsky, RIT
9 - Austin Ortega, Nebraska Omaha
7 - Scott Holm, Air Force
7 - Tanner Kero, Michigan Tech

3. Looking at the top-scoring teams before and after Christmas, Michigan is in the top three on both lists, but is scoring an additional goal per game lately.

Most Goals Per Game, Before Christmas
4.12 - Robert Morris
3.94 - Minnesota State
3.87 - Michigan
3.75 - Harvard
3.75 - UMass Lowell

Most Goals Per Game, Since Christmas
4.88 - Michigan
4.12 - Boston University
4.08 - Michigan Tech
3.88 - North Dakota
3.71 - Harvard

4. Nearly half of Western Michigan forward Colton Hargrove's (Rockwall, Texas/Fargo-USHL/BOS) 11 goals have been unassisted.

Most Unassisted Goals
5 - Colton Hargrove, Western Michigan (BOS)
4 - Kyle Bauman, Bemidji State
4 - Anthony Greco, Ohio State
3 - Casey Bailey, Penn State
3 - Grayson Downing, New Hampshire
3 - Eric Schied, Penn State
3 - Matt Willows, New Hampshire
3 - Cody Wydo, Robert Morris

5. The following players have lit the lamp most often in the first two or last two minutes of a period:

Most Goals, First Two or Last Two Minutes of a Period
9 - Mario Lucia, Notre Dame (MIN)
8 - Ahti Oksanen, Boston University
7 - Matt Garbowsky, RIT
6 - Zac Lynch, Robert Morris
6 - Danny O'Regan, Boston University (SJ)
6 - Austin Orszulak, AIC
6 - Alex Petan, Michigan Tech
6 - Jimmy Vesey, Harvard (NSH)
6 - Cody Wydo, Robert Morris