College Hockey Inc.
Stat Pack: Hometown Heroes
With home ice on the line, we look at the best performers at home, plus more.

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Dalton Izyk's 13-4-0 record includes a 7-2-0 mark at RMU's Island Sports Center.

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. Home-ice advantage may help inexperienced players more than others - the top three goaltenders in home save percentage are all freshmen, and the top nine are all freshmen or sophomores.

Best Save Percentage, Home Games
.948 - Jason Argue, Bentley
.947 - Kyle Hayton, St. Lawrence
.942 - Daniel Tirone, New Hampshire
.941 - Dalton Izyk, Robert Morris
.939 - Evan Cowley, Denver (FLA)
.938 - Mitch Gillam, Cornell
.937 - Tim Ernst, Brown
.936 - Charlie Finn, Colgate
.934 - Cal Petersen, Notre Dame (BUF)
.933 - Keegan Asmundson, Canisius

2. Home teams have a .561 winning percentage on the year, with 37 of 59 teams posting records over .500. Here are the top five:

Best Home Winning Percentage
.857 - Michigan (12-2-0)
.844 - Minnesota State (13-2-1)
.781 - Minnesota (12-3-1)
.781 - Penn State (11-2-3)
.775 - North Dakota (14-3-3)

3. Here are the top special teams squads since the Christmas break:

Best Power Play, Since Dec. 25
32.9% - Boston University
32.6% - Michigan
30.2% - Colorado College
27.4% - Minnesota
26.7% - Michigan Tech

Best Penalty Killing, Since Dec. 25
93.1% - Bemidji State
92.6% - Quinnipiac
91.9% - Cornell
90.6% - Bentley
90.1% - Robert Morris

4. More than half of all Division I teams (32 of 59) have had at least one hat trick this season. Here are the fan bases that have had to surrender the most hats:

Most Hat Tricks
4 - Boston University, Minnesota State
3 - Air Force, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State, RIT, Robert Morris

5. Ten rinks hosted sellout crowds last weekend, including at least one in each of the six conferences:

Sellout Crowds, Feb. 27-28
Army
Ferris State
Michigan
Minnesota Duluth
Minnesota State
North Dakota
Northeastern
Notre Dame
Robert Morris
Yale