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AS A BULLDOG:
2019-20: Topped his first season with a 33 point (16 goals, 17 assists) showing in 34 games this season... scored three game winners this year, three power play goals and two short handed goals this season... scored two goals in one game twice this year... tied his plus/minus rating from last season with a +14... finished the year with 156 shots and put up 10 shots in one game twice (both the team high) on the year... was third in the NCHC with 16 goals... was named to the NCHC All-Conference first team and was one of four named as an ACHA All-American... was named to the NCHC Academic All-Conference team.
2018-19:  Was a most promising addition to the stable of UMD forwards and saw his stock rise with a stellar performance down the stretch ... was one of nine Bulldogs to see the ice in all 42 games and the lone rookie to do so ... finished with 19 points (seven goals and 12 assists) and went a +14  ... nearly half of his goals proved to be game-winners (three) ...  ranked third on the club in postseason scoring with three goals and two assists in eight outings ... secured a spot on the NCAA Midwest Regional All-Tournament Team ... struck for a pair of scores in UMD's 3-0 NCHC Frozen Faceoff semifinal triumph over Denver ... qualified for the NCHC Academic All-Conference Team.
BEFORE UMD: Reigned as the Sioux City Musketeers’ scoring leader during the 2017-18 regular season ... amassed 39 points on a team-best 28 goals (the fifth highest output in the United States Hockey League) and 11 assists in 60 games ... also paced the 2017-18 Musketeers in regular season shorthanded goals (four) and game-winners (five) ... ranked fourth among his USHL brethren in shots with 217 ... debuted with Sioux City the previous winter ... was sidelined for nearly two-thirds of that season while nursing a lower body injury, but still mustered five points in 22 appearances ... starred for three years at Hermantown High School .... served as a senior assistant team captain for a Hawk club that went 27-2-1 and captured the 2015-16 Minnesota State High School Class A title (UMD sophomore defenseman Dylan Sambeg and freshman forward Jesse Jacques were also members of that team) ... his 2015-16 postseason honors included Associated Press All-State (third team), Duluth News-Tribune All-Area and All-Lake Superior Conference recognition ... was also selected to the 2016 Minnesota State High School Class A All-Tournament Team ... also lettered three times in soccer (defender) at Hermantown High School ... was chosen in the sixth round (183rd selection overall) by Tampa Bay in the 2018 National Hockey League Draft.
BULLDOG MILESTONES: First Game - vs. Minnesota (Oct. 6, 2018). First Goal - vs. Maine (Oct. 20, 2018). First Assist - at Minnesota (Oct. 7, 2018). Most Goals, Game - 2 vs. Denver (March 22, 2019). Most Points, Game - 2 (4 Times). Most Shots, Game - 9 vs. Bowling Green (March 30, 2019). Longest Scoring Streak - 2 Games (3 Times).
PERSONAL: Born Cole Tyler Koepke in Two Harbors, Minn. ... is the son of Jim and Julie Koepke ... has one older brother (Travis) ... is majoring in business at UMD.