Dennis Cholowski
Freshman — D — 26-1-9-10
St. Cloud State Huskies
The first year defenceman went pointless in weekend games against the Bemidji State Beavers and Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs.
The Detroit Red Wings first round pick (2016) has been held off the score-sheet in his last six outings.
Cholowski’s Huskies are 6-9-1-0 within their conference and sit eighth in the nine-team standings.
St. Cloud State is 12-13-1 overall heading into back to back road games Friday and Saturday against No. 13 ranked North Dakota.
Cholowski spent parts of three seasons (2013-16) with the Chilliwack Chiefs.
Scott Davidson
Sophomore — F— 25-0-6-6
Quinnipiac Bobcats
Davidson picked up a minor penalty but otherwise was quiet as his Bobcats split weekend games against the Arizona State Sun Devils.
Quinnipiac is 8-6-1 against East Coast Athletic Conference competition and sits fourth in the 12 team standings.
The No. 19 ranked Bobcats are 14-11-2 overall and skate into games versus Brown University Friday and Yale Saturday.
Davidson (21) played 21 games with the Chiefs in 2014-15.
Jeremy Germain
Freshman — F — 21-1-6-7
Princeton Tigers
Germain was held off the scoresheet as his team earned a 5-4 win over David Thompson’s Penn State Nittany Lions Saturday.
Princeton is 3-9-2 versus East Coast Athletic Conference foes and sits 10th in the 12 team standings.
The Tigers are 8-11-2 overall and have games Friday at Yale and Saturday at Brown.
Germain (20) played 56 games with the Chiefs in 2015-16.
David Thompson
Senior — D — 7-2-1-3
Penn State Nittany Lions
Davidson picked up his second goal of the season Saturday in a 5-4 loss to Jeremy Germain’s Princeton Tigers.
Penn State is 5-2-1-0 within their conference and third in the six-team Big 10 standings.
The Nittany Lions are 16-4-2 overall and ranked sixth nationally.
Thompson’s team visits No. 7 ranked Big 10 rival Minnesota in back to back road games Friday and Saturday.
Thompson spent two seasons (2011-13) with the Chiefs.
Jake Hand
Sophomore — F — 18-0-3-3
Lake Superior Lakers
Hand was quiet in a pair of weekend road games versus the Minnesota State Mavericks.
His Lakers are 8-10-4-1 and sixth in the 10-team Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings.
They are 11-13-4 overall with no games this weekend.
Hand spent the 2013-15 seasons with the Chiefs.
Vincent Desharnais — D — 20-2-0-2
Sophomore
Vimal Sukumaran — F — 17-5-4-9
Freshman
Providence Friars
Desharnais went pointless in two weekend road wins at New Hampshire. Sukumaran picked up an assist in the second one, a 3-2 triumph on Saturday.
Their Friars, ranked No. 15 nationally, are 6-6-2 versus Hockey East foes and sit eighth in the 12 team conference.
They are 14-8-4 overall skating into weekend home games Friday and Saturday versus the Maine Black Bears.
Desharnais spent the 2014-15 season in Chilliwack while Sukumaran was here for the 2015-16 campaign.
Zach Giuttari — D — 16-0-2-2
Freshman
Brown Bears
Giuttari didn’t pick up a point in a weekend home and home versus Yale.
His Bears are 3-11-0 within the East Coast Athletic Conference and sit 11th in the 12 team circuit.
Brown U is 4-16-1 overall as they prepare to host the No. 19 ranked Quinnipiac Bobcats Friday and the
Princeton Tigers Saturday.
Giuttari spent the 2015-16 season in Chilliwack
Ben Masella — D — 28-0-7-7
Senior
St. Lawrence Saints
Masella did not pick up a point in weekend games against the Rensselaer Engineers (Friday) and Union Dutchmen (Saturday).
Masella’s No. 14 ranked crew beat Rensselaer 2-1 and upset No. 4 ranked Union 4-3, leaving them 11-2-3 in conference play.
They occupy top spot in the East Coast Athletic Conference and carry an overall record of 15-7-6 into a Saturday matchup with the Clarkson Golden Knights.
Masella spent the 2012-13 season in Chilliwack.
Mitch Gillam — G — 19 GP with 2.16 GAA and .915 SP
Senior
Cornell Big Red
Gillam took a pair of losses as No. 16 ranked Cornell fell 4-1 to No. 5 ranked Harvard on Friday, and 4-2 to Dartmouth on Saturday.
Backed by Gillam, the Big Red are 7-4-2 versus East Coast Athletic Conference teams, sitting fifth in the 12-team circuit.
Cornell is 12-6-2 overall heading into a Friday night showdown with the No. 4 ranked Union Dutchmen, followed by a Saturday date with Rensselaer.
Gillam spent two seasons in Chilliwack (2011-13) and won the BCHL’s Top Goaltender award in 2012-13.
Luke Esposito
Senior — F — 22-6-14-20
Harvard Crimson
Esposito assisted on a couple goals against his former teammate as his No. 5 ranked Harvard toppled Mitch Gillam and the No. 16 ranked Cornell Big Red by a 4-1 score on Friday. Esposito had a quieter night Saturday as his team beat the unranked Colgate Raiders 3-1.
His Crimson are 10-4-2 within the East Coast Athletic Conference and 14-5-2 overall.
They are third in the ECAC heading into a Friday nighter versus Dartmouth and Monday’s Beanpot Tournament opener versus Northeastern.
Esposito was the BCHL’s fourth leading scorer while playing with the Chiefs in 2012-13.
Alex Perron-Fontaine
Senior — D — 14-1-0-1
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Tigers
Perron-Fontaine has not suited up for the last four games.
RIT is 10-11-0 versus Atlantic Hockey foes, occupying eighth place in the 11 team conference.
The Tigers are 10-16-1 overall and get back to action Friday and Saturday, visiting the Robert Morris Colonials.
Perron-Fontaine spent two seasons (2011-13) in Chilliwack.
Aidan Pelino
Freshman — G — 8 GP with 2.69 GAA and .932 SP
Bentley
Pelino made 34 saves Saturday, leading his team to a 3-2 win over the Rochester Institute of Technology Tigers.
Pelino’s Falcons are 8-8-4 in Atlantic Hockey play and hold down sixth place in the 11 team conference.
Bentley is 9-12-5 overall heading into weekend home games Friday and Saturday versus Air Force.
Pelino tended net for the Chiefs for two seasons (2014-16).
Tipper Higgins
Sophomore — F — 19-3-4-7
Army West Point
A frustrating second season with the Black Knights continued for Higgins as he was held pointless in weekend games versus Air Force. Higgins has gone eight games without a point after scoring seven points in his first 11 outings.
Higgins’ team has achieved an 11-8-1 record in Atlantic Hockey play and sits fourth in the standings.
They are 12-10-3 overall and have back to back road games versus the second place Canisius College Golden Griffins coming up this weekend.
Higgins played for the Chiefs in 2012-13.
Craig Puffer
Sophomore — F — 25-8-7-15
Vermont Catamounts
Puffer lit the lamp once Friday, but he couldn’t save his No. 12 ranked Catamounts from a 3-1 upset loss at the hands of the unranked Connecticut Huskies.
Puffer’s crew is 8-5-1 versus Hockey East rivals, holding down third place in the standings.
They are 16-8-2 overall as they visit Notre Dame for back to back road games Friday and Saturday.
Puffer played for Chilliwack in 2014-15.
Mathieu Tibbet
Junior — F — 24-4-4-8
Merrimack
Tibbet picked up an assist Friday, helping his team to a massive upset on the road. Tibbet’s No. 3 ranked Warriors beat the Boston University Terriers 4-1.
Merrimack’s record improved to 4-7-3 within the Hockey East conference, good for ninth place.
The Warriors are 10-13-3 as they prepare for a home-and-home versus the Connecticut Huskies this weekend.
Tibbet played three seasons (2011-14) in Chilliwack.
