Cole Gunner

22

Class: Sophomore Hometown: Richfield, Minn. Height / Weight: 5-9 / 170

Position: F Last Team: Tri-City Storm (USHL)

2011-12 (Freshman)

Played in all 39 games and was the team's top freshman scorer with 28 points (8-20-28) ... His 20 assists were second on the team among all players ... 25th in the nation in points by a freshman (0.72 per game) ... Fifth in the AHA in points by a freshman with 28 in all games ... Among all players, eighth in the league with 20 assists ... In league games only, tied for seventh in the AHA in assists with 15 assists, tied for eighth in points by a freshman in the league with 19 ... In first career game, had two assists vs. North Dakota ... Tied his career high of two assists vs. UAH, Niagara, Canisius and AIC ... Career-high three points vs. Alabama-Huntsville ... Had a six-game point-scoring streak early in the season (tied team best) ... Scored a goal in each game at the AHA Final Four and was named to the all-tournament team ... Earned the John Matchefts Award as the team's top freshman.

Before Air Force

Played in 151 career games in the USHL with 27 goals and 46 assists for 73 points ... Started the 2010-11 season with the Chicago Steel (coached by Steve Poapst) of the USHL and played 38 games, scoring six goals and dishing out 14 assists ... Traded to the Tri-City Storm (coached by Drew Schnoek) late in the season and played 16 games with seven goals and four assists ... Started the 2009-10 season with the Fargo Force of the USHL and played 26 games with five goals and six assists ... Traded to the Chicago Steel (coached by John Waibel) at midseason and played the final 26 games, scoring five goals and 11 assists ... Played 45 games for the Fargo Force (coached by Dean Blais) in 2008-09 and had four goals and 11 assists ... Lettered two years in hockey and baseball at Richfield High School ... All-Conference in hockey twice and honorable mention all-state in 2007-08.

Personal

Member of Cadet Squadron 1 ... Parents are David and Melody Gunner ... Has two sisters ... Major is management ... Minor is French ... This past summer, took an economics class and completed Expeditionary and Survival Evasion Training ... On the superintendent's list for excellence in academics, military and athletics in the fall of 2011 ... Long-term goal is to own is own business or be a hockey coach ... Favorite book is Green Eggs and Ham ... Listens to Pink Floyd before games ... Favorite sport when he was a kid was baseball ... One word to describe himself is "passionate" ... Started playing ice hockey at age three ... Hobbies are fishing, hunting and playing Mario Kart ... Favorite NHL team is the Minnesota Wild ... Favorite player is Chicago Blackhawks' forward Patrick Kane.