ADRIAN, Mich. – The Adrian College NCAA men's hockey team is set to host Trine University in the NCHA Harris Cup Semifinals on Saturday night. The Bulldogs enter the weekend No. 3 in the USCHO.com Poll and tied for No. 4 in the Pairwise Rankings. Trine comes in ranked No. 15 in the USCHO.com Poll and No. 16 in the Pairwise.
 
Last weekend, the Bulldogs swept Concordia University Wisconsin in the NCHA Quarterfinals while Trine defeated MSOE in the Quarterfinal round after forcing a mini game. Last Friday's win marked the 200^th career win for head coach Adam Krug. Krug currently has the highest winning percentage of any active head coach across all NCAA divisions. Krug's winning percentage ranks 11^th all-time in NCAA hockey history. Of the ten coaches ahead of Krug in career winning percentage all-time, the coach with the most coached games coached just 37 games.
 
The Bulldogs and the Thunder faced off in a two-game series back in November where the Bulldogs won the opening game on the road 3-2 in overtime. The next night, Trine came to the Arrington Ice Arena and stunned the Bulldogs defeating them 6-2. Game two of the series was the first time in program history that Trine had defeated Adrian in a total of 19 games all-time.
 
During game one of the series, Ty Enns netted a pair of goals for the Bulldogs with Matus Spodniak collecting the overtime winner. In game two, Enns scored his third goal of that weekend, but Trine responded with six unanswered goals. Jacob Somers scored with under two minutes to play to bring the score to 6-2, Trine. Dershahn Stewart got the win in the overtime game with 15 saves while Nic Tallarico picked up the loss on day two with 23 saves.
 
As a team, Adrian leads the country in multiple categories. The Bulldogs lead Division III in scoring with 5.67 goals per game, points with 436, assists with 283, and power play percentage at 43.5%. Adrian is coming off a weekend where they scored 10 power play goals in one game to set a NCAA record. Spodniak continues to lead the nation in goals as he has all season long. He totals 1.00 goals per game and 1.89 points per game which also leads the country. In power play scoring, Enns leads the country with 13 power play goals while Spodniak sits in second with 11. As a team, Adrian has totaled 60 power play goals on the year.
 
Spodniak has collected 51 points on the season with 27 goals and 24 assists. Enns is next on the team with 38 points on 18 goals with 20 assists. Sam Ruffin sits with 11 goals and 22 assists followed by Alessio Luciani (9G, 22A), Mathew Rehding (9G, 17A), Ryan Pitoscia (12G, 13A), and Bradley Somers (6G, 19A).
 
Tallarico has appeared in the most games on the season in goal with 16 games played and 14 starts. He averages 2.55 goals against with 311 saves and a save percentage of .899. His record on the year is 11-3-0 with the team's only shutout.
 
Adrian and Trine will drop the puck on Saturday, February 25 at 7:00 PM at the Arrington Ice Arena. The winner of the one-game semifinal will advance to the Harris Cup Finals and take on the winner of Aurora University and St. Norbert College. For tickets to Saturday's contest, contact the Adrian College ticket office by calling 517-265-5161 ext. 5011 or by clicking HERE.