Ben Tharp: Career Statistics
Position: Defenseman
Height: 5’-11”
Weight: 180 lbs
DOB: 1/2/81
Hometown: Hastings, Minn.
Previous team: Chicago Steel
Season totals
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | Pen* | PIM* | PIM/G* | PPG | SHG | GWG | ENG |
| 1999-2000 | Minnesota | 32 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0.38 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000-2001 | Minnesota | 38 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.21 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002-2003 | Miami | 40 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0.30 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003-2004 | Miami | 41 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0.22 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career Totals | 151 | 7 | 34 | 41 | 0.27 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
*Exhibition Games do not count in team stats.
*Penalty statistics are not available prior to the 2007-2008 season.
Game by game
| Date | Type | Opponent | G | A | PTS | Details |
| 10/03/03 | NC | vs. St. Lawrence | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10/04/03 | NC | vs. Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10/10/03 | CC | Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10/11/03 | CC | Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10/17/03 | NC | vs. UMass Lowell | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10/18/03 | NC | vs. Air Force | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10/24/03 | CC | @Lake Superior | 0 | 2 | 2 | Scoring 2: Christie (Michael, Tharp) 6x5 8:23 (2nd) 5: Hogeboom (Davis, Tharp) 6x5 16:02 (3rd) |
| 10/25/03 | CC | @Lake Superior | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 2: Hogeboom (Tharp, Davis) 6x5 13:57 (1st) |
| 10/31/03 | CC | @Bowling Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/01/03 | CC | @Bowling Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/07/03 | NC | Alabama Huntsville | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 2: Davis (Tharp, Kompon) 6x5 15:32 (3rd) |
| 11/08/03 | NC | Alabama Huntsville | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/14/03 | CC | Michigan State | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 1: Hogeboom (Kompon, Tharp) 2:56 (1st) |
| 11/15/03 | CC | Michigan State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/21/03 | CC | Alaska | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 3: Kompon (Hogeboom, Tharp) 6x5 1:16 (2nd) |
| 11/22/03 | CC | Alaska | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/05/03 | CC | @Ohio State | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 2: Edwardson (Guerin, Tharp) 18:31 (3rd) |
| 12/06/03 | CC | Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/20/03 | NC | vs. New Hampshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/21/03 | NC | vs. Princeton | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/09/04 | CC | @Northern Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/10/04 | CC | @Northern Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/16/04 | CC | @Ferris State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/17/04 | CC | @Ferris State | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 3: Davis (Michael, Tharp) 6x5 15:37 (2nd) |
| 01/23/04 | CC | Nebraska-Omaha | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/24/04 | CC | Nebraska-Omaha | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/30/04 | CC | @Michigan State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/31/04 | CC | @Michigan State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/06/04 | CC | Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/07/04 | CC | Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/13/04 | CC | @Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/14/04 | CC | @Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/27/04 | CC | Western Michigan | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 1: Hogeboom (Smith, Tharp) 6x5 4:53 (1st) |
| 02/28/04 | CC | Western Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/05/04 | CC | Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/06/04 | CC | @Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/12/04 | NC | Lake Superior | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/13/04 | NC | Lake Superior | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/19/04 | NC | vs. Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/20/04 | NC | vs. Northern Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/26/04 | NC | vs. Denver | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Date | Type | Opponent | G | A | PTS | Details |
| 10/04/02 | NC | vs. Air Force | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 6: Pulera (Edwardson, Tharp) 10:24 (2nd) |
| 10/05/02 | NC | vs. Bowling Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10/11/02 | NC | St. Lawrence | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 1: Kompon (Tharp) 1:07 (2nd) |
| 10/12/02 | NC | St. Lawrence | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10/18/02 | CC | @Nebraska-Omaha | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10/19/02 | CC | @Nebraska-Omaha | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10/25/02 | CC | Northern Michigan | 0 | 2 | 2 | Scoring 2: Edwardson (Pulera, Tharp) 9:31 (2nd) 5: Edwardson (Pomaranski, Tharp) 6x5 10:24 (3rd) |
| 10/26/02 | CC | Northern Michigan | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 2: Pulera (Tharp) 1:02 (2nd) |
| 11/01/02 | CC | Bowling Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/02/02 | CC | Bowling Green | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 3: Jardine (Tharp, Edwardson) 6x5 6:02 (2nd) |
| 11/08/02 | CC | @Notre Dame | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 3: Tharp (Stewart) 5x6 13:15 (3rd) |
| 11/09/02 | CC | @Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/15/02 | NC | @Findlay | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/22/02 | CC | Alaska | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/23/02 | CC | Alaska | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/06/02 | CC | @Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/07/02 | CC | @Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/27/02 | NC | @Denver | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/28/02 | NC | vs. Clarkson | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/04/03 | CC | @Michigan | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 1: Hogeboom (Michael, Tharp) 6x5 8:22 (1st) |
| 01/05/03 | CC | @Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/10/03 | CC | Nebraska-Omaha | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 1: Hogeboom (Davis, Tharp) 6x5 3:48 (1st) |
| 01/11/03 | CC | Nebraska-Omaha | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/17/03 | CC | @Western Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/18/03 | CC | @Western Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/24/03 | CC | Ferris State | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 1: Kompon (Tharp, Michael) 6x5 10:10 (1st) |
| 01/25/03 | CC | Ferris State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/31/03 | CC | @Michigan State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/01/03 | CC | @Michigan State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/13/03 | CC | Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/15/03 | CC | Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/21/03 | NC | Sacred Heart | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/22/03 | NC | Sacred Heart | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/28/03 | CC | @Alaska | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/01/03 | CC | @Alaska | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/07/03 | CC | Lake Superior | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 4: Tharp (Stewart) 9:07 (2nd) |
| 03/08/03 | CC | Lake Superior | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 2: Tharp (Kompon, Davis) 6x4 15:56 (2nd) |
| 03/14/03 | NC | Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/15/03 | NC | Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/16/03 | NC | Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| Date | Type | Opponent | G | A | PTS | Details |
| 10/07/00 | NC | vs. Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10/14/00 | NC | @Bemidji State | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 4: Tharp (Westrum) 4x4 1:38 (2nd) |
| 10/20/00 | WC | Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10/21/00 | WC | Minnesota Duluth | 1 | 1 | 2 | Scoring 2: Tharp (Anthony, Angell) 5x5 8:15 (1st) 3: Angell (Tharp) 4x4 9:37 (2nd) |
| 10/27/00 | WC | Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10/28/00 | WC | Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/03/00 | WC | Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/04/00 | WC | Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/10/00 | WC | @North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/24/00 | NC | Michigan State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/25/00 | NC | Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/01/00 | WC | @Denver | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/02/00 | WC | @Denver | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/09/00 | NC | Quinnipiac | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/29/00 | NC | Union | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/30/00 | NC | Lake Superior | 0 | 2 | 2 | Scoring 2: O'Leary (Koalska, Tharp) 5x4 14:24 (2nd) 3: Angell (Tharp) 5x5 16:38 (2nd) |
| 01/05/01 | WC | @Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/06/01 | WC | @Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/12/01 | WC | North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/13/01 | WC | North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/19/01 | WC | @Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/20/01 | WC | @Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/23/01 | NC | Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/27/01 | NC | Bemidji State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/02/01 | WC | Michigan Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/03/01 | WC | Michigan Tech | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 5: Tharp (Miskovich, Riddle) 5x5 17:31 (3rd) |
| 02/09/01 | WC | @Minnesota State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/10/01 | WC | @Minnesota State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/16/01 | WC | Colorado College | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/17/01 | WC | Colorado College | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/23/01 | WC | @Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/24/01 | WC | @Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/02/01 | WC | St. Cloud State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/09/01 | NC | Michigan Tech | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 7: Angell (Tharp, Westrum) 4x4 18:13 (3rd) |
| 03/10/01 | NC | Michigan Tech | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 1: Tharp (Koalska, Anthony) 5x5 17:01 (1st) |
| 03/16/01 | NC | vs. St. Cloud State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/17/01 | NC | vs. Colorado College | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/23/01 | NC | vs. Maine | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Date | Type | Opponent | G | A | PTS | Details |
| 10/23/99 | WC | North Dakota | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 2: Roed (Leopold, Tharp) 5x4 19:26 (3rd) |
| 10/29/99 | NC | Boston College | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10/30/99 | NC | Boston College | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/05/99 | WC | @Colorado College | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/06/99 | WC | @Colorado College | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 2: Miller (Pohl, Tharp) 5x5 9:47 (3rd) |
| 11/12/99 | WC | @Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/13/99 | WC | @Wisconsin | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 4: Westrum (Tharp) 5x5 13:46 (3rd) |
| 11/19/99 | WC | Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 2 | 2 | Scoring 3: Pohl (Tharp, Mills) 5x4 12:28 (2nd) 5: Pohl (Roed, Tharp) 5x4 14:04 (3rd) |
| 11/20/99 | WC | Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/26/99 | NC | @Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/27/99 | NC | @Michigan State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/03/99 | WC | @Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/04/99 | WC | @Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/10/99 | WC | @St. Cloud State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/11/99 | WC | St. Cloud State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/29/99 | NC | Harvard | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 2: Spehar (Westrum, Tharp) 5x4 19:26 (1st) |
| 12/30/99 | NC | Northern Michigan | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 3: Mills (Tharp, Miller) 4x3 10:34 (1st) |
| 01/14/00 | WC | Denver | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/21/00 | WC | @North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/22/00 | WC | @North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/28/00 | WC | Minnesota State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/18/00 | WC | @Michigan Tech | 0 | 3 | 3 | Scoring 6: Spehar (Angell, Tharp) 5x3 19:03 (2nd) 8: Welch (Taffe, Tharp) 5x5 13:33 (3rd) 9: Spehar (Taffe, Tharp) 5x5 14:30 (3rd) |
| 02/19/00 | WC | @Michigan Tech | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 2: Taffe (Miskovich, Tharp) 5x4 1:55 (2nd) |
| 02/25/00 | WC | Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/26/00 | WC | Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/03/00 | WC | St. Cloud State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/04/00 | WC | @St. Cloud State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/10/00 | NC | @Colorado College | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/11/00 | NC | @Colorado College | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 3: Senden (Tharp, Taffe) 5x5 7:34(ot) |
| 03/16/00 | NC | vs. Minnesota State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/17/00 | NC | vs. Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/18/00 | NC | vs. St. Cloud State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 0 | 12 | 12 |
