2018-19 Fargo Force Statistics
United States Hockey League (USHL)
Team Record: 34-23-3 (SO: 0-2) - 73 points
Finishing 5th in the USHL's Western Conference
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Cary Eades (34-23, 3 OTL)
Location: Fargo, North Dakota
2018-19 Fargo Force RosterTeam Record: 34-23-3 (SO: 0-2) - 73 points
Finishing 5th in the USHL's Western Conference
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Cary Eades (34-23, 3 OTL)
Location: Fargo, North Dakota
The Fargo Force of the United States Hockey League ended the 2018-19 season with a record of 34 wins and 23 losses (and 3 overtime losses), with a 0-2 showing in shootouts for 73 points finishing fifth in the USHL's Western Conference.
The Force netted 188 goals and allowed 172. Ben Meyers scored 33 goals for Fargo, and Hank Crone contributed 46 assists. Ryan Bischel earned 28 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.55 goals against average, best among goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Cary Eades coached the team. The 2018-19 Fargo Force lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Meyers | LW | 59 | 33 | 32 | 65 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 216 | 15.3 | |
| Hank Crone | F | 60 | 19 | 46 | 65 | 66 | 5 | 2 | 163 | 11.7 | |
| Josh Nodler | RW | 54 | 17 | 25 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 88 | 19.3 | |
| Michael Kesselring | F | 33 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 9.6 | |
| Ryan O'Reilly | F | 41 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 76 | 14.5 | |
| Jeremy Davidson | F | 30 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 76 | 13.2 | |
| A.J. Drobot | F | 57 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 72 | 12.5 | |
| Libor Zabransky | D | 30 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 5.8 | |
| Christoffer Bjork | F | 46 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 10.3 | |
| Aaron Huglen | F | 28 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 9.3 | |
| Connor Mayer | LD | 32 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 4.9 | |
| Tanner Vescio | D | 55 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 6.7 | |
| Ondrej Pavel | F | 58 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 5.1 | |
| Michael Mancinelli | F | 29 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 12.5 | |
| Tyler Gratton | RW | 32 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 18.6 | |
| Ryan Carmichael | D | 34 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 6.7 | |
| Carter Randklev | F | 21 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 7.1 | |
| Justin Lee | D | 25 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 3.3 | |
| Zach Faremouth | F | 60 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 11.3 | |
| Jake Harrison | D | 49 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 3.6 | |
| Ross Mitton | F | 34 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 11.1 | |
| Cedric Fiedler | D | 44 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8.3 | |
| Daniel Russell | F | 33 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8.0 | |
| Xan Gurney | LD | 33 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.0 | |
| Colin Ugbekile | LD | 30 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0.0 | |
| Kaden Bohlsen | F | 30 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 12.5 | |
| Adam Gajarsky | F | 23 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 10.0 | |
| Nico Appendino | D | 22 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 | |
| Tristan Broz | F | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | |
| Mason Salquist | F | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 | |
| Ethan Frisch | D | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 9.1 | |
| Matt Weber | F | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Thomas Bergsland | D | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Bartek Bison | LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Tamirlan Gaitamirov | D | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Ryan Robinson | F | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Ryan Bischel | G | 55 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Spencer Cox | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Skinner | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Tyler Johnson | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Martel | D | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Matthew Sankner | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kyle Bettens | F | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Alex Pollock | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rory Herrman | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 1302 | 183 | 300 | 483 | 906 | 0 | 44 | 5 | 1813 | 10.1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Johnson | 4 | 237:00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2.03 | 118 | 110 | .932 | |
| Matthew Sankner | 6 | 304:00 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3.75 | 125 | 106 | .848 | |
| Ryan Bischel | 55 | 3205:00 | 28 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 136 | 2.55 | 1426 | 1290 | .905 | |
| Empty Net | 30:00 | 0 | 7 | 14.00 | ||||||||
| Totals | 65 | 3776 | 34 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 170 | 2.70 | 1676 | 1506 | .899 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Meyers | LW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Hank Crone | F | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Josh Nodler | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Michael Kesselring | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jeremy Davidson | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| A.J. Drobot | F | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Libor Zabransky | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Christoffer Bjork | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Aaron Huglen | F | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Tanner Vescio | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ondrej Pavel | F | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 66.7 |
| Justin Lee | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Zach Faremouth | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jake Harrison | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Cedric Fiedler | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Kaden Bohlsen | F | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Adam Gajarsky | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tristan Broz | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Ethan Frisch | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Bischel | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tyler Johnson | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rory Herrman | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 43 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 9.1 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Johnson | 1 | 32:00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.63 | 15 | 12 | .800 |
| Ryan Bischel | 2 | 102:00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.53 | 45 | 39 | .867 |
| Empty Net | 0 | 1:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60.00 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 3 | 135 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4.44 | 61 | 51 | .836 |
