CENTRAL COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION 23995 Freeway Park Drive, Suite 101 Farmington Hills, MI 48335 Phone: (248) 888-0600 • Fax: (248) 888-0664 NEWS [email protected] • www.ccha.com Contact: Ted Newton, Communications Manager Week of March 1, 2010 Weekly Release #22 CCHA ESSENTIAL- “Need to know” items from this RESULTS LAST WEEK week in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25 at Michigan 4, Notre Dame 0 Alaska- The Nanooks four-man senior class Nebraska-Omaha- The Mavericks beat a top-10 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26 celebrated their fi rst Governor’s Cup and ended team for the second straight weekend, knocking at Michigan State 5, Bowling Green 2 Alaska-Anchorage’s three-year hold on hockey off No. 6 Bemidji State, 3-2, to earn a split of their Western Michigan 2 at Ferris State 2 (OT) bragging rights in the 49th state by sweeping weekend series. They fi nished the season with a (Ferris State wins shootout, 2-0) the Seawolves, 3-2 and 7-4, in a home-and- record of 5-2-3 in non-conference play. Alaska 7 at Alaska Anchorage 4 home series. at Northern Michigan 2, Lake Superior 1 (OT) Northern Michigan- Junior forward Mark Olver Bemidji State 3 at Nebraska-Omaha 1 * Bowling Green- Slovakian senior Tomas Pe- was involved in all the Wildcats’ off ense, including at Miami 6, Ohio State 2 truska earned Perani Cup fi rst-star honors each scoring Friday’s overtime goal, in 2-1 and 3-0 wins of the past two Saturday nights with decisive over Lake Superior State to become the fi rst NMU SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27 shootout goals on home ice over Michigan State player to capture the CCHA scoring title since Jeff at Alaska 3, Alaska Anchorage 2 * and Notre Dame. The Falcons went 5-1 in confer- Pyle in the 1980-91 seasons. at Bowling Green 2, Michigan State 2 (OT) ence shootouts this season. (Bowling Green wins shootout, 1-0) Notre Dame- Notre Dame’s ninth place fi nish in at Notre Dame 5, Michigan 3 Ferris State- The Bulldogs third-place fi nish with the CCHA regular-season is its lowest fi nish since Ferris State 1 at Western Michigan 1 (OT) (Western Michigan wins shootout, 1-0) a 13-9-6-4 record for 49 league points represents fi nish 12th in the 2005-06 season, and the lowest at Northern Michigan 3, Lake Superior 0 their highest placing since the 2002-03 campaign fi nish of the jeff Jackson era. This also marks the Miami 0 at Ohio State 0 (OT) when they were crowned regular-season champs fi rst time that Notre Dame is playing in the fi rst (Ohio State wins shootout, 2-0) with a 22-5-1 mark. round of the CCHA Playoff s since 2006. at Nebraska-Omaha 3, Bemidji State 2 * Lake Superior- The 10th-seeded Lakers will Ohio State- The Buckeyes, who host Notre Dame play at No. 7 Michigan in the fi rst round of CCHA in the fi rst round of the playoff s, have faced the GAMES THIS WEEK playoff s. The Wolverines defeated LSSU, two- Irish just twice in the postseason with both games FIRST-ROUND PLAYOFFS games-to-one, in their last post-season meeting at Joe Louis Arena. They topped them, 3-2, in the (BEST-OF-THREE SERIES) in the 2001-02 season. 2003 CCHA quarterfi nals and in overtime, 6-5, in FRIDAY, MARCH 5 the 2004 quarterfi nals en route to the Mason Cup. Notre Dame at Ohio State Miami- The RedHawks 0-0 tie/shootout loss in Lake Superior at Michigan, 7:35 p.m. the regular-season fi nale against Ohio State was Western Michigan- Brothers Cam and Ryan Wat- Bowling Green at Nebraska-Omaha, 7:35 p.m. the third scoreless draw in school history with the son, who have played together for the Broncos Western Michigan at Alaska others occuring against Notre Dame in 1994-95 for three seasons, scored in the same game for and Michigan State in 1997-98. the second time in Friday’s 2-2 tie/shootout loss SATURDAY, MARCH 6 at Ferris State. Notre Dame at Ohio State Michigan- Finishing seventh in the standings Lake Superior at Michigan, 7:35 p.m. ends a run of 19 straight years for the Wolverines CCHA- Dan Boyle (Miami 1994-98) and Duncan Bowling Green at Nebraska-Omaha in the top three spots, including 10 regular- Keith (Michigan State 2001-03) became the third Western Michigan at Alaska season titles. They fi nished fourth in the 1989-90 and fourth former CCHA players to capture an campaign. Olympic hockey gold medal when Canada beat SUNDAY, MARCH 7 (IF NECESSARY) the United States, 3-2 in overtime, on Sunday in Notre Dame at Ohio State Lake Superior at Michigan, 7:35 p.m. Michigan State- The Spartans win and tie/ Vancouver. CCHA alums Ryan Miller (Michigan Bowling Green at Nebraska-Omaha shootout loss versus Bowling Green earned State 1999-2002), Ryan Kesler (Ohio State 2002- Western Michigan at Alaska, 5:05 p.m. them a top-four fi nish in the CCHA standings for 2003), and Jack Johnson (Michigan 2005-2007) the 25th time in 28 years. The placings include were on the silver-medal winning United States All games 7:05 p.m. locally unless noted. six regular-season titles and eight second-place squad. Miller was named MVP of the tournament # - Exhibition. * - Nonleague. showings. and Kesler was named to the all-tournament team. 2009-2010 CCHA Standings Through 2/27/10 CONFERENCE OVERALL CCHA Awards GP W L T SW Pts. GF GA W L T GF GA Release Schedule 1. Miami 28 21 2 5 2 70 100 39 24 5 7 125 62 2. Michigan State 28 14 8 6 2 50 73 64 19 11 6 111 87 Monday, March 8 3. Ferris State 28 13 9 6 4 49 79 66 19 11 6 107 82 All-Rookie Team Release 4. Northern Michigan 28 13 9 6 3 48 86 72 17 11 8 106 90 5. Alaska 28 11 9 8 4 45 73 70 16 9 9 95 80 Tuesday, March 9 6. Nebraska-Omaha 28 13 12 3 2 44 85 83 18 14 6 109 108 Scholar-Athletes Release 7. Michigan 28 14 13 1 0 43 83 69 19 17 1 113 89 8. Ohio State 28 10 12 6 4 40 81 93 12 16 6 91 107 Wednesday, March 10 9. Notre Dame 28 9 12 7 2 36 65 76 13 15 8 87 91 All-Conference Teams Release 10. Lake Superior 28 10 15 3 2 35 66 90 15 16 5 91 107 11. Bowling Green 28 4 18 6 5 23 58 102 5 23 6 69 126 Thursday, March 11 Major Awards Finalists Release 12. Western Michigan 28 4 17 7 2 21 62 87 8 18 8 75 96 Teams are awarded three points for each win in regulation or overtime, and one point for an overtime tie. Conference games tied after 65 minutes advance to a three-player shootout with the winning team receiving an extra point in the standings (denoted in the SW column). Page 2 CCHA Weekly Release #22 Players of the Week Off ensive Player of the Week Defenseman of the Week Reebok Goaltender of the Week CCM Rookie of the Week Mark Olver, NMU Scott Enders, Alaska Brian Stewart, NMU Andy Taranto, Alaska Jr., F (Burnaby, BC) So. (Edmonton, AB) Sr. (Burnaby, BC) F (Woodridge, IL) Olver had a hand in all five of Enders assisted on three Nanook Stewart only allowed one goal on Taranto had a hat trick on Friday Northern Michigan’s goals with goals and had a +3 rating as Alaska the weekend and made 60 saves and two assists on the weekend as two goals and three assists in the swept rival Alaska-Anchorage in as Northern Michigan swept Lake Alaska swept Alaska-Anchorage to Wildcats’ weekend sweep of Lake a home-and-home series for the Superior. claim the Governor’s Cup. Superior. Governor’s Cup. CCHA Notable Performers Dion Knelsen, UA, SR, F (Three Hills, AB): Knelsen had a goal and fi ve assists in Alaska’s sweep of Alaska-Anchorage. Tomas Petruska, BGSU, SR, F (Presov, Slovakia): Petruska had a goal and the shootout winner for BGSU on Saturday. Cody Chupp, FSU, SR, F (Big Rapids, MI): Chupp had a goal and two assists in Ferris State’s two ties with Western Michigan. Simon Gysbers, LSSU, SR, D (Richmond Hill, ON): Gysbers potted the Lakers’ lone goal of the weekend. Cody Reichard, MIA, SO, G (Celina, OH): Reichard picked up his 17th win of the season Friday against Ohio State. Chris Summers, UM, SR, D (Milan, MI): Summers had a goal and two assists for Michigan in their split with Notre Dame. Torey Krug, MSU, FR, D (Livonia, MI): Krug had a pair of assists as MSU earned four of a possible six points against BGSU. Rich Purslow, UNO, JR, F (Greenlawn, NY): Purslow had two goals and an assist for UNO in a split with Bemidji State. Andrew Cherniwchan, NMU, SO, F (Hinton, AB): Cherniwchan had three assists in the ‘Cats sweep of Lake Superior. Joe Lavin, ND, JR, D (Shrewsbury, MA): Lavin had a goal and an assist in Notre Dame’s win over Michigan on Saturday. Dustin Carlson, OSU, JR, G (Forest Lake, MN): Carlson stopped 38 shots and two in a shootout in Ohio State’s scoreless tie and shootout win against Miami on Saturday.