2022-23 Fargo Force Statistics
United States Hockey League (USHL)
Team Record: 40-14-4 (SO: 0-4) - 88 points
Finishing 1st in the USHL's Western Conference
Lost League Championship
Coach: Nick Oliver (40-14, 4 OTL)
Location: Fargo, North Dakota
2022-23 Fargo Force RosterTeam Record: 40-14-4 (SO: 0-4) - 88 points
Finishing 1st in the USHL's Western Conference
Lost League Championship
Coach: Nick Oliver (40-14, 4 OTL)
Location: Fargo, North Dakota
The Fargo Force of the United States Hockey League ended the 2022-23 season with a record of 40 wins and 14 losses (and 4 overtime losses), with a 0-4 showing in shootouts for 88 points finishing first in the USHL's Western Conference.
The Force topped the circuit with just 159 goals allowed. Fargo scored 230 goals. Cole Knuble netted 30 goals for the team, while Mac Swanson contributed 43 assists. Matej Marinov led the squad with 21 wins, plus Anton Castro added 15 or more wins, too. Matej Marinov recorded a 2.36 goals against average, best among goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Nick Oliver coached the team. The 2022-23 Fargo Force lost in the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Knuble | F | 57 | 30 | 36 | 66 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 216 | 13.9 | |
| Bret Link | F | 61 | 26 | 29 | 55 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 190 | 13.7 | |
| Mac Swanson | F | 57 | 12 | 43 | 55 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 78 | 15.4 | |
| Kyle Smolen | F | 59 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 70 | 4 | 3 | 100 | 17.0 | |
| Anthony Menghini | F | 58 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 47 | 3 | 6 | 155 | 13.5 | |
| Verner Miettinen | F | 51 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 75 | 22.7 | |
| Charlie Russell | F | 60 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 132 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 15.1 | |
| Joe Palodichuk | D | 44 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 113 | 7.1 | |
| Owen Mehlenbacher | F | 26 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 11.6 | |
| Girts Silkalns | F | 40 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 11.3 | |
| Jakob Stender | D | 58 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 7.9 | |
| Leo Gruba | D | 60 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 8.8 | |
| Jacob Napier | D | 61 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 9.1 | |
| Brasen Boser | D | 61 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 6.7 | |
| JP Turner | F | 61 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 6.0 | |
| Boris Skalos | F | 56 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 12.1 | |
| Tanner Walos | F | 48 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 12.5 | |
| Harper Bentz | F | 53 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 3.6 | |
| Zam Plante | F | 18 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 13.3 | |
| Ty Henricks | F | 28 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 20.0 | |
| German Yavash | F | 33 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 11.4 | |
| Camden Shasby | D | 41 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3.2 | |
| Kevin Scott | D | 50 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 8.9 | |
| Reid Conn | D | 29 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 | |
| Dakota Macintosh | F | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 | |
| Marian Mosko | D | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Jake Fisher | RW | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Matej Marinov | G | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anton Castro | G | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Holtby | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Lonergan | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Owen Thomas | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Noah Eyre | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Trent Wiemken | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Julian Beaumont | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Owen Hanson | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Beck Liden | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jake Merens | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Zocco | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Justin Bartley | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Ryan Lund | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Noah Ziskie | D | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 1306 | 229 | 380 | 609 | 889 | 0 | 42 | 14 | 1945 | 11.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matej Marinov | 30 | 1782:00 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 70 | 2.36 | 840 | 770 | .917 | |
| Anton Castro | 33 | 1948:00 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 78 | 2.40 | 905 | 827 | .914 | |
| Trent Wiemken | 1 | 9:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | |
| Empty Net | 24:00 | 0 | 7 | 17.50 | ||||||||
| Totals | 64 | 3763 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 155 | 2.47 | 1753 | 1598 | .912 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Knuble | F | 9 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 20.7 |
| Bret Link | F | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Mac Swanson | F | 9 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 30.0 |
| Kyle Smolen | F | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Anthony Menghini | F | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 |
| Verner Miettinen | F | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 28.6 |
| Charlie Russell | F | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 23.1 |
| Joe Palodichuk | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Owen Mehlenbacher | F | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 13.6 |
| Girts Silkalns | F | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Jakob Stender | D | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Leo Gruba | D | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Jacob Napier | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Brasen Boser | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| JP Turner | F | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Boris Skalos | F | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 |
| Tanner Walos | F | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Harper Bentz | F | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Zam Plante | F | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Camden Shasby | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Scott | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Marian Mosko | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jake Fisher | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Matej Marinov | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Anton Castro | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Julian Beaumont | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 190 | 23 | 37 | 60 | 97 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 245 | 9.4 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matej Marinov | 7 | 384:00 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2.34 | 184 | 169 | .918 |
| Anton Castro | 3 | 159:00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.89 | 80 | 75 | .938 |
| Empty Net | 0 | 5:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.00 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 10 | 548 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 2.30 | 265 | 244 | .921 |
