FERRIS STATE HOCKEY SELECTS 2003-04 CAPTAINS

Derrick McIver Named Team Captain; All Three Senior Captains Hail From Ontario

Senior right wing Derrick McIver (Thunder Bay, Ontario) has been named captain of the 2003-04 Ferris State University men’s ice hockey team in an announcement made by 12th-year head coach Bob Daniels.

Center Brett Smith (Guelph, Ontario) and defenseman Simon Mangos (Caldeon, Ontario), a pair of seniors, were chosen as the team’s alternate captains. The Ferris State captains are selected upon the recommendation of their teammates.

Senior Derrick McIver has been named the Bulldogs' team captain for the 2003-04 season. (Mark Hicks/Westside Photo)

McIver, who was an assistant captain on the 2002-03 Bulldog squad, registered 17 points with seven goals and 10 assists in 42 contests to go with a +8 plus/minus efficiency rating in 42 outings this campaign. He received both Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) All-Academic Team recognition and the program’s Scholar-Athlete Award for the second consecutive season as a result of excellence in both the classroom and on the ice. McIver is a three-time FSU Dean’s and President’s Academic Award recipient for maintaining the highest cumulative grade point average on the team. As a sophomore (2001-02), McIver was a CCHA All-Academic Honorable Mention pick along with being the co-winner of the team’s Blue Line Competitive Award. The 2000-01 FSU Rookie of the Year has compiled 49 career points on 21 goals with 28 assists in 106 contests during his three-year Bulldog career.

Smith ranked tied with McIver for 11th place among this season’s leading point getters with 17 points on eight goals and nine assists in 42 games. Smith, a co-recipient of the 2002-03 FSU Blue Line Competitive Award, established personal career bests in points (17), goals (eight), assists (nine) and plus/minus rating (+5) this winter. Smith’s statistical totals this campaign doubled his combined output (6-5–11) in his initial two seasons at Ferris State. He has amassed 28 career points with 14 goals and assists apiece in 115 outings.

A 2002-03 All-CCHA Second Team honoree, Mangos finished eighth in team scoring with career season highs in points (22), goals (11), assists (11) along with a +42 efficiency rating in 42 contests. A finalist for the CCHA’s Best “Defensive” Defenseman Award this season, Mangos was named to the CCHA Super 6 All-Tournament Team and was also chosen as the CCHA’s Defensive Player of the Week (Jan. 6). For his three-year FSU career, Mangos has recorded 36 points with 18 goals and assists each in 115 games while posting a +52 plus/minus rating.

Ferris State enjoyed its most productive season ever in the program’s 25-year NCAA Division I history this season with a school-record 31-10-1 overall mark, which included a first-place 22-5-1 CCHA record and its first-ever CCHA Regular-Season Championship title. The Bulldogs also advanced to the 2003 NCAA Championship Tournament’s West Regional Championship contest in what represented their first-ever NCAA Tourney appearance.