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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: Philip Colvin, Director of Communications Week of February 20, 2012 Weekly Release #21 CCHA ESSENTIAL- “Need to know” items from this RESULTS LAST WEEK week in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 at Michigan State 3, Alaska 2 (OT) at Ferris State 5, Bowling Green 1 Alaska- Alaska plays a home-and-home series Michigan State- The Spartans have scored a Western Michigan 3 at Lake Superior 1 with archrival Alaska Anchorage this weekend power-play goal in six straight games and are at Michigan 4, Northern Michigan 1 to decide the 19th Alaska Airlines Governor’s 8-for-26 (30.8 percent) in those games. In the same at Miami 3, Notre Dame 0 Cup champion. The Nanooks lead in all-time stretch, MSU has killed off 24-of-25 power plays SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18 Cup titles with 10 to the Seawolves’ eight, against (96 percent). at Michigan State 3, Alaska 0 including seven of the last 10. at Ferris State 4, Bowling Green 1 Northern Michigan- Freshman forward Ryan at Lake Superior 3, Western Michigan 2 Bowling Green- Sophomore forward Mike Daugherty scored his fi rst collegiate goal on Friday at Michigan 3, Northern Michigan 2 (OT) Fink’s assist on the lone Falcons goal in a 5-1 in a 4-1 loss at Michigan. He tied for the team lead at Miami 4, Notre Dame 1 loss to Ferris State on Friday night snapped a with eight shots on goal in the two games, includ- GAME THIS WEEK ing a 3-2 overtime loss on Saturday. 15-game point drought, dating back to a Nov. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 19 shootout win at Miami. Ohio State at Miami, 6:05 p.m. Notre Dame- Notre Dame scored just one goal CBS Sports Network Ferris State- With a sweep of Bowling Green in the series against Miami, losing 3-0 and 4-1 to Michigan at Bowling Green (5-1, 4-1), Ferris State clinched at least a share the RedHawks. Friday’s shutout was the second in Ferris State at Western Michigan of the CCHA regular-season title for the fi rst three games against the Irish and Notre Dame has FOX Sports Detroit time since the 2002-03 season when the now scored just six goals in six games during the Lake Superior at Northern Michigan, 7:35 p.m. Bulldogs were crowned conference cham- month of February, going 1-5-0 in those games. Michigan State at Notre Dame, 8:35 p.m. pions and earned their fi rst NCAA Division I CBS Sports Network Alaska at Alaska-Anchorage (Governor’s Cup) * Tournament bid. Ohio State- Saturday’s game against Miami at Value City Arena is the fi nal regular-season home SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25 Lake Superior- The Lakers took a 2-1 lead into game for the four members of the Buckeye senior Miami at Ohio State the third period on Saturday against Western class – goaltender Cal Heeter, defenseman Sean Western Michigan at Ferris State Michigan at Bowling Green Michigan, and went on to win, 3-2, to improve Duddy and forwards Cory Schneider and Danny Dries. Michigan State at Notre Dame, 7:35 p.m. to 13-0 when leading after the second period Comcast Television this season. Lake Superior at Northern Michigan, 7:35 p.m. Western Michigan- Junior defenseman Luke Wit- Alaska-Anchorage at Alaska (Governor’s Cup) * Miami- Miami head coach Enrico Blasi be- kowski had an assist in each game of a split with came the ninth coach in CCHA history to win Lake Superior (3-1 win, 3-2 loss) to push his season All games 7:05 p.m. locally unless noted. 200 career conference games with a 3-0 vic- total to eight, tying a career high he set last season. # - Exhibition. * - Nonleague. tory over Notre Dame on Friday. His all-time Witkowski also has assists in each of the last three games for a career-long point streak. CCCHACHA CChampionshiphampionship credentialcredential record in the league is now 201-122-39. aapplicationpplication atat ccha.comccha.com CCHA- Only two of 11 seeds in the CCHA Tourna- Michigan- Senior goaltender Shawn Hunwick To apply for 2012 CCHA Championship cre- earned both wins against Northern Michigan ment have been fi nalized with 10 games to be played on the fi nal weekend of regular-season dentials, go to CCHA.com and click on “The this weekend (4-1, 3-2 in overtime) and has CCHA” blue tab at the top right center of the now won three straight games. Saturday’s action. Alaska has locked up No. 10 and Bowling home page. Green will fi nish 11th. Ferris State has clinched at win marked his 20th win of the season and Then select “2012 CCHA Championship” on the 50th of his career. least a share of the regular-season title and needs a point to clinch the title outright. For a complete the list and click on “Media Credentials” under Tournament Info and fi ll out the online form. listing of possibilities, see page four of this release. The application for the Media All-Star Game, 2011-2012 CCHA Standings scheduled for 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 15 is also contained in the online form. Through 2/18 CONFERENCE OVERALL GP W L T SW Pts. GF GA W L T GF GA CCCHACHA TiebreakerTiebreaker SystemSystem 1. Ferris State # & % 26 16 6 4 1 53 79 58 22 8 4 103 72 2. Michigan & 26 14 8 4 1 47 79 56 20 10 4 114 75 • CConferenceonference WWinsins 3. Western Michigan 26 13 10 3 3 45 68 60 16 13 5 91 80 • BBestest regular-seasonregular-season winningwinning percent-percent- 4. Michigan State 26 13 10 3 2 44 76 64 18 12 4 105 86 aagege aagainstgainst tthehe ootherther tteam(s)eam(s) ttiedied fforor 5. Miami 26 13 11 2 1 42 66 54 19 13 2 95 73 ppositionosition 6. Lake Superior 26 11 11 4 4 41 66 68 16 13 5 87 85 • TTotalotal ggoalsoals fforor aandnd aagainstgainst eeachach tteameam iinn 7. Ohio State 26 11 10 5 1 39 73 71 15 11 5 88 78 ccontestsontests bbetweenetween ((among)among) teamsteams tiedtied 8. Notre Dame 26 11 12 3 0 36 61 69 16 15 3 89 96 fforor positionposition inin regular-seasonregular-season pplaylay Northern Michigan 26 9 11 6 3 36 65 74 14 12 6 87 86 • BBestest winningwinning percentagepercentage ooff tthehe tteamseams 10. Alaska 28 8 16 4 2 30 63 76 11 17 4 76 84 ttiedied fforor ppositionosition aagainstgainst tthehe rremainingemaining 11. Bowling Green 26 4 18 4 3 19 36 82 9 20 5 56 96 hhighest-rankedighest-ranked CCCHACHA tteamseams • CCoinoin TTossoss # - Clinched at least a share of regular-season title; & - Clinched fi rst-round bye; % - Clinched home ice for Quarterfi nals Teams are awarded three points for each win in regulation or overtime, and one point for an overtime tie. Conference SShootouthootout rresultsesults wwillill nnotot bbee usedused toto bbreakreak ttiesies games tied after 65 minutes advance to a three-player shootout with the winning team receiving an extra point in the iinn tthehe sstandingstandings fforor pplayofflayoff ppositioning.ositioning. standings (denoted in the SW column). Page 2 CCHA Weekly Release #21 Players of the Week Postgame® Off ensive Player of the Week Gladiator® Defenseman of the Week Goaltender of the Week Gongshow Rookie of the Week A.J. Treais, UM Lee Moff ee, UM Connor Knapp, MIA Tanner Sorenson, MSU Jr., F (Bloomfi eld Hills, MI) Jr. (Wallingford, CT) Sr. (York, NY) F (Anchorage, AK) Treais had two assists in a 4-1 Moff ee had a goal and an assist Knapp made 31 saves in a 3-0 Sorenson had an assist in a 3-2 win over Northern Michigan on and was the Perani Cup fi rst star in shutout of Notre Dame on Friday overtime win against Alaska on Friday and scored the game-winner, a 4-1 win over Northern Michigan and stopped 28 shots in a 4-1 Friday. He had a goal and an assist, added an assist and was the Perani on Friday. He had two assists in a win over the Irish on Saturday. He and was the Perani Cup third star, Cup fi rst star in a 3-2 overtime win 3-2 overtime win over the Wildcats fi nished the weekend with a 0.50 in a 3-0 win over the Nanooks on on Saturday and blocked three against the Wildcats on Saturday. goals-against average and a .983 Saturday. shots on the weekend. save percentage. CCHA Notable Performers Scott Enders, UA, SR, D (Edmonton, AB): Enders scored his fi rst goal of the season in a 3-2 overtime loss to Michigan State on Friday. Adam Berkle, BGSU, FR, F (Collegeville, PA): Berkle scored a goal in the Falcons 4-1 loss to Ferris State on Saturday. Matthhew Kirzinger, FSU, JR, F (Leroy, SK): Kirzinger had a goal in both of Ferris State’s wins over Bowling Green, 5-1 and 4-1. Fred Cassiani, LSSU, SR, F (Toronto, ON): Cassiani had three assists in a 3-2 win over Western Michigan on Saturday. Reilly Smith, MIA, JR, F (Mimico, ON): Smith scored a goal in both of Miami’s wins over Notre Dame, 3-0 and 4-1.