9 Dustin Manz
9 - Dustin Manz
Height: 5-10
Weight: 194
Year: Junior
Hometown: Vanderbilt, Mich.
Position: Forward
Major: Business Entrepreneurship
Junior Team: Prince George Spruce Kings (BCHL)
Shoots/Catches: Right
gp 34
p 14
g 7
a 7
pim 10
+/- -5

Junior (2021-22): Played in 34 games for the Lakers… Posted seven goals and seven assists for 14 points… Set new career highs in goals (7) and points (14)... Tied his previous season high in assists (7) and power play goals (1)... Tied for fifth on the team in shots on goal (56)... Led the Lakers in faceoff win percentage (55.6 %)... Second on the team in faceoff wins (364)... Second on the team in total faceoffs taken (655)... Recorded three multi-point games during the season… Registered his first career multi-goal game (2G) in the team’s 7-2 win over Northern Michigan on Dec. 10… Posted a three-game point streak from Oct. 29 - Nov. 5 (2G, 2A)... Appeared in his 100th career game on Feb. 25… Named an alternate captain for the 2021-22 season.

Sophomore (2020-21): Played in all 29 games for the Lakers… Posted two goals and five assists for seven points… Tied his previous career high in goals… Recorded his first multi-point game of the season on March 20 (1G, 1A) in the WCHA Championship game… Registered a three-game point streak from March 13 - 20 (1G, 3A)... Led the Lakers in faceoff win percentage (.617)... Finished the season with the sixth-best faceoff percentage in the NCAA... Ranked second in the WCHA in faceoff percentage… Posted the seventh-most faceoff wins in the WCHA (229)... Named to the WCHA All-Academic Team and was named a WCHA Scholar-Athlete.

Freshman (2019-20): Played in 40 games while starting four… Finished his rookie season with two goals and seven assists for a total of nine points… Ranked first on the Lakers and fourth in the WCHA in face-off percentage with a .587 success rate (242-for-412)... Second on the Lakers in total face-off wins with 242… Scored his first career power play goal in the Lakers 4-2 win on Feb. 29 at Ferris State… Posted a career-high three game point streak from Oct. 26-Nov.2 with three assists… Recorded his first career assist on Oct. 26 at Notre Dame… Tallied his first career goal on Oct. 12 against Denver…  Made collegiate debut on Oct. 5 against Merrimack.

High School/Juniors: Played two seasons (2017-19) of junior hockey for the Prince George Spruce Kings of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL)... Coached by Adam Maglio… Received the team’s 7th man award in 2018… Posted 43 points (15G, 28A) in 58 games during the 2017-18 season...Was the Spruce Kings’ leading scorer in 2019 and was named the team’s MVP… Posted 70 points (33G, 37A) in 58 games during the 2019-20 season...Helped lead the Spruce Kings to BCHL & Doyle Cup Championships in 2019… A 2018 graduate of Gaylord High School in Gaylord, Mich.

Personal: Son of Jeff and Joni Manz… Born in Gaylord, Michigan… Grandfather played football football at Ohio State… Likes to spend his summers in the Sault fishing… Majoring in Business Entrepreneurship.

Recent Games
Feb 19 at St. Thomas (Minn.) W, 5-1
Feb 25 Bowling Green W, 5-1
Feb 26 Bowling Green W, 3-1
Mar 4 Northern Michigan L, 5-1
Mar 5 Northern Michigan W, 3-2
Mar 6 Northern Michigan L, 5-4
Statistics category Overall Conf
Games 34 25
Points 14 9
Goals 7 4
Assists 7 5
PIM 10 8
+/- -5 -3
Power-play goals 1 1
Short-handed goals 0 0
Empty net goals 0 0
Games started 7 7
Game-winning goals 0 0
Game-tying goals 0 0
Hat tricks 0 0
Shots 56 43
Date Opponent Score gs g a pts pim +/- ppg shg eng gwg gtg s
Oct 2 at Nebraska-Omaha W, 4-3 0 0 1 1 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Oct 3 at Nebraska-Omaha L, 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 8 at Michigan L, 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Oct 9 at Michigan L, 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 15 St. Thomas (Minn.) W, 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Oct 16 St. Thomas (Minn.) W, 6-3 1 0 0 0 2 +0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Oct 22 Union W, 7-4 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Oct 23 Union W, 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 +0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Oct 29 St. Lawrence T, 2-2 0 1 0 1 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Oct 30 St. Lawrence W, 7-1 0 1 1 2 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Nov 5 at Michigan Tech W, 3-2 0 0 1 1 0 +2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 6 at Michigan Tech L, 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Nov 12 Bemidji State L, 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 13 Bemidji State L, 4-2 0 0 2 2 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Nov 19 at Bowling Green L, 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Nov 20 at Bowling Green L, 6-2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Nov 26 Minnesota State W, 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Nov 27 Minnesota State L, 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dec 3 at Ferris State W, 3-0 1 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dec 4 at Ferris State L, 3-1 1 1 0 1 0 -1 1 0 0 0 0 3
Dec 10 Northern Michigan W, 7-2 0 2 0 2 0 +2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Dec 11 Northern Michigan W, 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Jan 7 at Bemidji State L, 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 8 at Bemidji State L, 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 14 Michigan Tech L, 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jan 15 Michigan Tech L, 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 +0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jan 21 USNTDP U-18 W, 5-1 0 0 1 1 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 28 at Northern Michigan W, 6-1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 29 at Northern Michigan L, 2-1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 11 Ferris State W, 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 12 Ferris State W, 4-0 1 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Feb 18 at St. Thomas (Minn.) L, 2-1 0 0 1 1 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Feb 19 at St. Thomas (Minn.) W, 5-1 0 0 1 1 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Feb 25 Bowling Green W, 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Feb 26 Bowling Green W, 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mar 4 Northern Michigan L, 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mar 5 Northern Michigan W, 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 6 Northern Michigan L, 5-4 - - - - - - - - - - - -
  gp g a pts pim +/- ppg shg eng gwg gtg hat s
2018-19 - - - 0 - - - - - - - - -
2019-20 40 2 7 9 20 -13 1 0 0 0 0 0 64
2020-21 29 2 5 7 10 +4 0 0 0 0 0 0 51
2021-22 34 7 7 14 10 -5 1 0 0 0 0 0 56
Total 103 11 19 30 40 -14 2 0 0 0 0 0 171
  gp g a pts pim +/- ppg shg eng gwg gtg hat s
Total 34 7 7 14 10 -5 1 0 0 0 0 0 56
Conference 25 4 5 9 8 -3 1 0 0 0 0 0 43
Exhibition 1 0 1 1 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-
Home 20 5 3 8 8 -4 0 0 0 0 0 0 36
Away 14 2 4 6 2 -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 20
Neutral - - - 0 - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 17 4 4 8 4 +5 0 0 0 0 0 0 32
Losses 16 2 3 5 6 -10 1 0 0 0 0 0 23
Ties 1 1 0 1 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
-
October 10 3 2 5 4 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
November 8 1 3 4 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
December 4 3 0 3 0 +1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11
January 4 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
February 6 0 2 2 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
March 2 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1