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#16 Will Roestel
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| Height: 6' 0" Weight: 210 lbs. Position: Forward Shoots: Right | Hometown: St. Louis, MO Age: 45 Year: Senior Major: Business Marketing |
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Will Roestel is the prototypical power forward, combining strength, aggressiveness, and scoring touch. He is a senior alternate captain and the heart and soul of the Rivermen.
Last season, Roestel set a single-season school record with 39 goals in just 25 games despite suffering an MCL tear and missing the GPCIHL postseason tournament. Will is at his deadliest on the power play, unleashing rocket shots and precise one-timers from his off-wing, usually set up by premier playmaker James Wetton. But the big forward is also a nasty presence in front of the opposing goaltender and in battles along the boards. He has ultra-soft hands for such a big, strong player. Will is a proven finisher.
Roestel and Wetton have combined over the past two years to make UMSL?s power play the league?s best. Last season, they were first and second nationally in power-play goals, combining for 32. Roestel set a GPCIHL record with 17 power-play markers. During league play, Roestel and Wetton combined for 18 power-play goals ? that was more than seven of nine GPCIHL DII teams.
This season, Roestel rolled up 13 points (7-6) in six games, but he has been out of the lineup since the first semester, recovering from multiple leg injuries sustained in an automobile accident during semester break.
2005-06
Injured in December, forced to miss second semester . . . In six games, put up 13 points (6-7) . . . Eight points (5-3) in second GPCIHL event weekend (11/19-20) . . . Scored first goal of the game, then sealed the win with the game's last goal in a key 5-3 win vs. Truman St. (11/20) . . . Two goals in 10-0 win vs. Missouri St. (11/19) . . . Season-high four points (1-3) vs. SEMO (11/19) . . .
vs. Wash U. (11/6): Two key points (goal, assist) in 9-4 win . . . Roestel's goal tied the score 2-2 in the first period, and it was the first of eight straight goals, as UMSL would eventually take a 9-2 third-period lead . . . UMSL would not trail again until facing Lindenwood at the Winter Invitational . . . Roestel assisted on Jake Shepard's second-period goal that gave UMSL a 4-2 lead.
Three points (1-2) in 5-1 win over SLU (11/6) began a five-game goalscoring streak.
2004-05
Missed Great Plains regional tournament with MCL strain, which also limited him at Nationals . . . at time of injury, was the nation?s second-leading goalscorer . . . finished with 39 goals, seventh nationally . . . led league with 27 goals in 12 league games . . . one of just three 20-goal scorers in GPCIHL DII . . . 17 power-play goals were tops in the nation . . . one of just six double-digit power-play goalscorers nationally . . . 12 assists tied for fifth in GPCIHL DII . . . second in the league with 39 points (Wetton 42) . . . four game-winning goals tied for the league lead . . . one of just five GPCIHL DII players to score a power-play goal, shorthanded goal, and game-winning goal. 2003-04
NCRHA DII National Champion . . . 10 points (6-4) in seven games at Nationals . . . In national semifinal vs. Maine, Roestel scored with 3:23 left to seal a 5-3 win . . . Three points (2-1), three penalties in 11-0 first-round blowout vs. Duke . . . Three points (2-1) in 7-4 round-robin win vs. Vermont.
2002-03
Transferred from Colorado State University at midseason . . . Led team with eight goals in four games at CRHL National Championships . . . Led team with five goals, six points in five games at GPCIHL Regionals . . . Scored game-winning goal in 2-1 win over Southwest Missouri St. in Regionals pool play (2/22) . . . Played in UMSL's last five regular-season games, posting six points (5-1) . . . Finished with 18 goals, 20 points in 14 combined games, second-highest on the team.
High School: Ladue Horton Watkins (1999) |