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WESTERN COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION Bruce M. McLeod Commissioner Carol LaBelle-Ehrhardt Assistant Commissioner of Operations Greg Shepherd Supervisor of Officials Administrative Office Western Collegiate Hockey Association March 25, 2013 2211 S. Josephine Street, Room 302 Denver, CO 80210 WCHA DOMINATES WITH SIX NCAA TOURNAMENT BERTHS; p: 303 871-4491. f: 303 871-4770 [email protected] DENVER, MINNESOTA, MINNESOTA STATE, NORTH DAKOTA, ST. Doug Spencer CLOUD STATE, WISCONSIN TAKE AIM AT LEAGUE’S 38TH NATIONAL Associate Commissioner for Public Relations CHAMPIONSHIP IN MARCH 29-31 REGIONALS Western Collegiate Hockey Association 559 D’Onofrio Drive, Ste. 103 THIRD HIGHEST ATTENDANCE TOTAL OF 87,295 WATCH BADGERS CAPTURE 2013 RED BARON™ WCHA Madison, WI 53719-2096 FINAL FIVE, BROADMOOR TROPHY AT XCEL ENERGY CENTER; ST. CLOUD STATE, MINNESOTA SHARE p: 608 829-0100. f: 608 829-0200 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP, MACNAUGHTON CUP; FOUR WCHA PLAYERS AMONG 10 FINALISTS [email protected] FOR 2013 HOBEY BAKER MEMORIAL AWARD IN UND’S KNIGHT AND KRISTO, SCSU’S LEBLANC, UNO’S HOME OF A COLLEGIATE RECORD 37 WALTERS; SIX WCHA TEAMS RANKED IN LATEST DIV. 1 MEN’S COLLEGE HOCKEY POLLS … UM NO. 1/2, MEN’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP UND NO. 7, UW NO. 8, MSU NO. 8/11; SCSU NO. 9/11, DU NO. 12 … CC, UNO RECEIVE VOTES TEAMS SINCE 1951 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, MADISON, Wis. – College hockey’s most successful conference – the Western Collegiate Hockey Asso- 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, ciation – will have six nationally-ranked member teams competing for the 2013 NCAA Men’s Frozen 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, con’t 1982, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011 2012-13 WCHA MEN’S STANDINGS Conference Only Overall MEN’S CONFERENCE MEMBERS Pts GP Record Win% GF- GA GP Record Win% GF- GA University of Alaska Anchorage 1 St. Cloud State 37 28 18- 9- 1 .661 94- 66 39 23-15- 1 .603 131- 97 Bemidji State University Minnesota 37 28 16- 7- 5 .661 94- 65 39 26- 8- 5 .731 137- 77 Colorado College 3 North Dakota 35 28 14- 7- 7 .625 93- 71 40 21-12- 7 .612 132- 98 University of Denver 4 Wisconsin 33 28 13- 8- 7 .589 69- 64 41 22-12- 7 .622 111- 83 Michigan Technological University Denver 33 28 14- 9- 5 .589 92- 81 38 20-13- 5 .592 129-103 University of Minnesota Minnesota State 33 28 16-11- 1 .589 90- 68 40 24-13- 3 .638 127- 95 University of Minnesota Duluth 7 Nebraska Omaha 30 28 14-12- 2 .536 92- 91 39 19-18- 2 .513 127-117 Minnesota State University 8 Colorado College 26 28 11-13- 4 .464 88- 98 42 18-19- 5 .488 133-141 University of Nebraska Omaha 9 Minnesota Duluth 25 28 10-13- 5 .446 75- 83 38 14-19- 5 .434 99-109 University of North Dakota St. Cloud State University 10 Michigan Tech 20 28 8-16- 4 .357 75- 92 37 13-20- 4 .405 107-116 University of Wisconsin 11 Bemidji State 17 28 5-16- 7 .304 58- 87 36 6-22- 8 .278 74-110 12 Alaska Anchorage 10 28 2-20- 6 .179 52-106 36 4-25- 7 .208 67-133 2013 RED BARON™ WCHA FINAL FIVE March 21-23 THIS WEEK IN THE WCHA • NCAA MEN’S DIV. 1 ICE HOCKEY REGIONALS Xcel Energy Center Northeast Regional • Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, NH. Games for Friday, March 29: No. 1 Saint Paul, MN Massachusetts-Lowell (26-10-2) vs No. 4 Wisconsin (22-12-7), 4:30 pm ET (ESPN Syndication/ESPN3; No. 2 visit us on the web at: New Hampshire (19-11-7) vs No. 3 Denver (20-13-5), 8:00 pm ET (ESPNU/WatchESPN). Games for Saturday, WCHA.COM March 30: Northeast Regional Championship, 6:30 pm ET (ESPNU/WatchESPN). West Regional • Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI. Games for Friday, March 29: No. 1 Minnesota WCHA.COM/MOBILE (26-8-5) vs No. 4 Yale (18-12-3), 2:00 pm ET (ESPNU/WatchESPN); No. 2 North Dakota (21-12-7) vs No. 3 Niagara (23-9-5), 5:30 pm ET (ESPNU/WatchESPN). Games for Saturday, March 30: West Regional Cham- pionship, 4:00 pm ET (ESPNU/WatchESPN). East Regional • Dunkin’ Donuts Center, Providence, RI. Games for Saturday, March 30: No. 1 Quinnipiac (27-7-5) vs No. 4 Canisius (19-18-5), 5:30 pm ET (ESPN Syndication/ESPN3; No. 2 Boston College (22-11-4) vs No. 3 Union (21-12-5), 9:00 pm ET (ESPNU/WatchESPN). Games for Sunday, March 31: East Regional Championship, 6:30 p.m. ET (ESPNU/WatchESPN). Midwest Regional • Huntington Center, Toledo, OH. Games for Saturday, March 30: No. 1 Notre Dame (25-12-3) vs No. 4 St. Cloud State (23-15-1), 1:30 pm ET (ESPN Syndication/ESPN3; No. 2 Miami (24-11-5) vs No. 3 Minnesota State (24-13-3), 5:00 pm ET (ESPN Syndication/ESPN3). Games for Sunday, March 31: Midwest Regional Championship, 4:00 pm ET (ESPNU/WatchESPN). WCHA MEN’S WEEKLY RELEASE • 032513 Four championship beginning this weekend – March 29-31 – when UPCOMING SCHEDULE Denver, Minnesota, Minnesota State, North Dakota, St. Cloud State and Wisconsin head to regional competition in pursuit of the league’s 38th national championship since it’s founding in 1951. 2013 NCAA MEN’S FROZEN FOUR @ The men’s WCHA has won a collegiate record 37 national champi- CONSOL ENERGY CENTER, PITTSBURGH, PA onships overall, with the most recent coming in 2011 by Minnesota DIVISION 1 ICE HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP Duluth. Heading to the Northeast Regional are No. 12-ranked Denver Games for Thursday, April 11 and No. 8-ranked Wisconsin, with the Badgers coming off a 2013 Semifinal #1 4:30 pm ET Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five playoff championship and Broadmoor Semifinal #2 8:00 pm ET Trophy captured last week (March 21-23) at Xcel Energy Center in Games for Saturday, April 13 Saint Paul, Minn. At Verizon Wireless Center in Manchester, N.H. on National Championship Game 7:00 pm ET Friday, No. 3 seed Denver (20-13-5) will face-off against No. 2 seed and No. 10-ranked New Hampshire (19-11-7) at 4:30 pm ET. No. 4 seed Wisconsin (22-12-7) will then take on No. 1 seed and third-ranked only the fourth team in history to claim the Broadmoor Trophy (and Massachusetts-Lowell (26-10-2) at 4:30 pm ET. The Northeast Regional earn the league’s automatic NCAA berth) by winning three straight championship game will be at 6:30 pm ET on Saturday. games, joining Minnesota Duluth in 2009 and North Dakota in both Traveling to the Midwest Regional at Huntington Center in Toledo, 2010 and 2012. Ohio, are No. 8/11-ranked Minnesota State and No. 9/11-ranked St. The third largest turnout in Final Five history – 87,295 – saw the Cloud State. The Huskies were co-champions of the WCHA during the Badgers upend Minnesota State, 7-2, in a quarterfinal last Thursday regular season. On Saturday, No. 4 seed St. Cloud State (23-15-1) will afternoon, then defeat top-seeded St. Cloud State, 4-1, in a semifinal skate against No. 1 seed and fourth-ranked Notre Dame (25-12-3) in on Friday afternoon, and finally down Colorado College, 3-2, in the game one at 1:30 pm ET, followed by the No. 3 seed Mavericks (24- title contest last Saturday night. 13-3) against No. 2 seed and fifth-ranked Miami (24-11-5) in game Following the four NCAA regionals this coming weekend, the college two at 5:00 pm ET. Sunday’s Midwest Regional title contest will get hockey world will break for two weeks before heading to Pittsburgh, underway at 4:00 pm ET. Penn., and Consol Energy Center for the 2013 NCAA Men’s Frozen Two WCHA teams – No. 1/2-ranked Minnesota and No. 7-ranked Four, set for Thursday, April 11 and Saturday, April 13. Two semifinals North Dakota – will head to Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Mich., will be played on Thursday at 4:30 pm and 8:00 pm ET, followed by for the West Regional on Friday and Saturday. No. 1 seed Minnesota the national championship game on Saturday at 7:00 pm ET. (26-8-5), co-regular season champion in the WCHA, will take on No. In this week’s USCHO.com Division 1 Men’s College Hockey Poll 4 seed and 15th-ranked Yale (18-12-3) in the first game at 2:00 pm issued March 25, six WCHA-member teams are again ranked among ET. No. 2 seed North Dakota (21-12-7) will then face-off against No. the nation’s top 20, led by Minnesota at No. 2. North Dakota is at No. 3 seed and 14th-ranked Niagara (23-9-5) at 5:30 pm ET in the second 7, Wisconsin is at No. 8, St. Cloud State is at No. 9, Minnesota State is game on March 29. The West Regional championship game will be at No. 11 and Denver is at No. 12. Also receiving votes from the WCHA played on Saturday at 4:00 pm ET. were Colorado College and Nebraska Omaha. The only one of the four NCAA regionals not having a WCHA team And in this week’s USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Division 1 involved is the East Regional, which will be held Saturday and Sunday Men’s College Hockey Poll issued March 25, Minnesota is tied with at Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, R.I.