2004-05 FERRIS STATE HOCKEY CAPTAINS ANNOUNCED

Senior Defenseman Matt York To Serve As Bulldogs’ Captain

Senior defenseman Matt York (Woodhaven) has been chosen to captain the Ferris State University men’s ice hockey team for the 2004-05 season in an announcement made by 13th-year head coach Bob Daniels.

Senior defenseman Matt York was named team captain for the 2004-05 season.

Junior right wing Nick Scheible (Big Rapids) along with a pair of seniors, left wing Carter Thomson (Milden, Saskatchewan) and center Jeff Legue (Cornwall, Ontario) were named the Bulldogs’ assistant captains. The captains were selected upon their teammates’ recommendation.

York is Ferris State’s top returning scoring defenseman from a season ago after registering 12 points on four goals and eight assists to go with a plus three efficiency rating in 27 outings. He also notched one multiple-point game with a pair of assists against Lake Superior State (Feb. 28) and scored the game-winning goal versus Alaska Fairbanks (Jan. 2). York’s most productive campaign occurred in the 2001-02 season as a freshman when he netted 26 points with four goals and 22 assists in 34 contests. York, who placed third in team scoring and was tops among Bulldog defensemen that campaign, was named to the Central Collegiate Hockey Association’s (CCHA) All-Rookie Team, a co-winner of FSU’s Rookie of the Year Award and the recipient of the team’s Plus/Minus Award with a team-best +24 plus/minus rating. He has amassed 59 career points on 14 goals and 45 assists in 97 games during his three-year Ferris career.

A two-time (2002-03 and 2003-04) CCHA All-Academic Special Mention honoree and co-recipient of the FSU Steve Banonis Most Improved Player Award for 2003-04, Scheible totaled a career-high six points with four goals and two assists in 25 appearances during the 2003-04 campaign. His lone multiple game of the season was a three-point (2-1–3) effort in a 7-5 home triumph over Alaska Fairbanks (Jan. 2). Scheible has five goals and assists apiece in 41 career outings to date.

Thomson, a three-year letterwinner (2001-04), scored a career-high six goals with three assists and was +2 in 35 games this last season. He accounted for a pair of game-winning markers, against Nebraska-Omaha (Nov. 22) and at Wisconsin (Dec. 28) in the championship game of the 15th annual Badger Hockey Showdown in Madison, Wis. Thomson’s posted a career-best 10 points on three goals and seven assists in 35 outings for the 2002-03 season. In his FSU career, Thomson has 10 goals with 14 assists for 24 points in 103 contests.

Legue, who will be among six seniors on this season’s squad, placed second among Ferris’ top points leaders in 2003-04 with 29 points on 13 goals and 16 assists in 37 games. He totaled a team second-best eight multi-point games, which included a pair of multiple-goal game efforts at Colgate (Oct. 18) and his first career hat trick (three goals) against Ohio State (Feb. 6). Legue also paced the Bulldogs last season in both power-play (2-10–12) and short-handed points (4-0–4). As a sophomore in 2002-03, he placed second in team scoring with an all-time school season eighth-place tying 59-point total (24-35–59) and was a career-high +35 in 42 contests en route to receiving second-team All-CCHA kudos and being named to Detroit Free Press’ CCHA All-League Second Team. Legue’s 24-goal output was the 11th highest season total ever for a FSU skater while his 35 assists ranks 11th on the Bulldogs’ all-time season charts. He concluded the campaign ranked 13th nationally in points (1.40 avg.), 20th in assists (0.83 avg.) and tied for 30th in goals (0.57 avg.) while finishing second in CCHA overall scoring and fifth in league points only. In his three seasons, Legue has amassed 113 career points with 43 goals and 70 assists to go with seven game-winning goals in 115 appearances. His 70 career assists presently ranks 18th highest on the program’s all-time charts.

Ferris State will begin preparations for the 2004-05 season Saturday, Oct. 2, as the Bulldogs host their annual Crimson and Gold Intrasquad Game at the Ewigleben Ice Arena in Big Rapids. Opening faceoff is scheduled for 3 p.m. (EDT).