The Dordt Defenders will open pool play at the ACHA Division III National Hockey Tournament on Wednesday, March 18 and will play three games on successive dates to determine a pool champion. Dordt's first game is against a familiar opponent, the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks on Wednesday at 2pm.
 
THE SCHEDULE
Wednesday, March 10
2:00 Dordt vs Nebraska-Omaha
8:15pm Purdue vs Calvin
 
Thursday, March 11
1:30pm Purdue vs Dordt
5:15pm Calvin vs Nebraska-Omaha
 
Friday, March 12
11:15am Purdue vs Nebraska-Omaha
8:15pm Dordt vs Calvin
 
POOL RECORDS

Dordt	0-0
Calvin	0-0
Nebraska-Omaha	0-0
Purdue	0-0

 
THE FORMAT
The winner of each of the four-team pools will advance to the semifinals and single elimination bracket play.

COVERAGE
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Tournament Info 
Dordt Season Stats 
Nebraska-Omaha Season Stats
Purdue Season Stats
Calvin Season Stats
 
NEBRASKA-OMAHA
Overall Record: 30-5
Losses: Arizona State 3-2, Missouri State 4-3, Missouri State 3-2, Colorado School of Mines 5-2
The 2025-26 Numbers

• Nebraska-Omaha has outscored teams 198-75
• Blake Glaser | 40g | 43a
• Ryan Hedquist | 20g | 27a
• Tyler Shirmer | 18g | 14a
• Charlie Lowndes | 14g | 26a
• Nahuel Veyan | 12-3 | 1.47gaa | 408saves
• Cameron Moore | 10-1 | 1.73gaa | 295saves
• Easton Mescher | 7-1 | 2.95gaa | 276saves

 
PURDUE
Overall Record: 25-9  
Losses: Notre Dame 7-2; Miami 6-2; Oakland 4-1, 5-1; Kent State 3-2; Wisconsin 3-2; Nebraska-Omaha 5-4; Florida Gulf Coast 4-2, 6-2; 
The 2025-26 Numbers

• Purdue has outscored teams 166-83
• Benjamin Tobey | 26g | 22a
• Steven Lukes | 15g | 16a
• Andrew Chan | 7g | 21a
• Noah Farb | 15g | 12a
• John Byrne | 14g | 12a
• Benjamin Norris | 15-4 | 2.49gaa | 531saves
• Andrew Mittnacht | 9-4 | 2.35gaa | 338 saves

 
CALVIN
Overall Record: 19-4    
Losses: Grand Valley State 5-3; Northwood 6-4; Schoolcraft 6-5, 7-2 
The 2025-26 Numbers

• Calvin has outscored teams 126-45
• Myles Radersma | 13g | 17a
• Zach Westrick | 13g | 12a
• Nathan Sova | 12g | 21a
• Joel Dieleman | 10g | 11a
• Ryan Worosz | 13-2 | 1.32gaa | 442saves
• Trent Goheen | 6-2 | 2.88gaa | 210saves

 
DORDT
2025-26 Overall Record: 27-3
Losses: Waldorf 5-3; Nebraska-Omaha 6-2, 3-1 
The 2025-26 Numbers

• Dordt has outscored teams 231-55
• Rylan Veenstra | 33 goals | 40assists
• Reuben Horneman | 32goals | 23assists
• Mason Spejcher | 27goals | 28assists
• Tegan Doelman | 18goals | 22assists
• Zach Espenson | 13goals | 27assists
• Nicholas Espenson | 16 goals | 19 assists
• Isaac Baart | 15 goals | 19 assists
• Mason Carrels | 16 goals | 18 assists
• Levi Loken | 8 goals | 20 assists
• Tim Nanson | 15-2 | 1.11gaa | 344 saves
• Isaiah Van Noord | 11-1 | 2.83gaa | 294 saves

 
BEFORE NATIONALS
 
Dordt beat Nebraska Omaha in the MACHA Championship game on February 23, 2-0 .  Box Score  
 
Purdue beat Miami 5-2 on February 22 in the ICHC Championship.  Box Score
 
Calvin beat Oakland on February 28, 3-2 in the MCHC Championship.  Box Score
 
HISTORY
Dordt leads the series with Nebraska-Omaha 13-3 but the Mavericks have won two of the three meetings this season.
 
Purdue and Dordt haven't played before this meeting.
 
Calvin leads the series with Dordt 3-0 and the last meeting was in the 2012-13 school year.
 
NEXT
There are four, four-team pools at the tournament and the champions of each pool advance to semifinal play.