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TM TM 2020-21 WCHA Men's League WEEKLY RELEASE WEEK 2 (GAMES OF NOV. 20-24) / wcha.com CONTACT: TODD BELL / O: 952-681-7668 / C: 972-825-6686 / [email protected] 2020-21 WCHA STANDINGS Conference Overall Rk (Natl Rank) Team Pts GP W L T 3/SW Pct. GF GA GP W L T Pct. GF GA 1. Alabama Huntsville 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Alaska 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 (16/RV) Bemidji State 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 (19/RV) Bowling Green 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .000 0 0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6 2 Ferris State 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lake Superior State 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 (RV/UR) Michigan Tech 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 (5/4) Minnesota State 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 (RV/RV) Northern Michigan 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Alaska Anchorage has opted out of the 2020-21 season (3 points for a regulation win; 2 points for a 3-on-3 or shootout win; 1 point for a 3-on-3 or shootout loss; zero points for a regulation loss) THIS WEEK IN THE WCHA (ALL TIMES LOCAL) SATURDAY, NOV. 21 MONDAY, NOV. 23 (RV/UR) Michigan Tech at Lake Superior State, 5:07 p.m. ET^ (5/4) Minnesota State at (16/RV) Bemidji State, 3:07 p.m. CT^ (19/RV) Bowling Green at Adrian, (Mich.), 7:05 p.m. ET Alabama Huntsville at (RV/UR) Robert Morris, 7:05 p.m. ET^ SUNDAY, NOV. 22 (RV/UR) Michigan Tech at Lake Superior State, 3:07 p.m. ET^ (5/4) Minnesota State at (16/RV) Bemidji State, 5:07 p.m. CT^ Alabama Huntsville at (RV/UR)Robert Morris, 4:05 p.m. ET^ * WCHA league game; ^ streaming live on FloHockey.tv; rankings are USCHO.com followed by USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine OPENING FACEOFF BY THE NUMBERS • Seven Games in Three Days: WCHA teams will skate in seven games during • 200: Points scored a season ago by the returning members of Lake Superior a Saturday-Monday weekend schedule, with five teams making their season State's roster. The total represents 74 percent of the squad's 2019-20 output. debuts. • 100: Career points for Bowling Green's Max Johnson, who reached the century • Alabama Huntsville will visit RV/UR Robert Morris for a two-game set, mark with a pair of goals on Nov. 13. Johnson is the 74th 100-point scorer in Nov. 20-21. RV/UR Michigan Tech and Lake Superior State will skate school history and the third to reach the milestone in the last two seasons. in a two-game non-league series in the Soo Nov. 21-22 while No. 5/4 • 74: Career points for MInnesota State's Jake Jaremko, which ranks No. 4 Minnesota State will travel to No. 16/RV Bemidji State to face the among current WCHA players. Beavers in another non-league series, Nov. 22-23. • 24: Points for then-freshman defenseman Elias Rosén for Bemidji State a • No. 19/RV Bowling Green, the only WCHA school to debut last season ago, the second-best rookie total in the NCAA in 2019-20. weekend, will visit Adrian (Mich.) for a single game on Nov. 21. • 22: Points for Ferris State blueliner Jake Willets in his debut season. The No. 2 • Falcons, Lakers Perfect in Latest Grad Rate Survey: Bowling Green and total among returning WCHA blueliners. Lake Superior State were two of 22 schools nationally to record a perfect • 21: Wins by Michigan Tech in 2019-20, marking the sixth time in the last seven graduation rate in the latest NCAA Graduation Rate Survey released Nov. 17. seasons the Huskies have topped the 20-win mark. • Alaska Anchorage (95 percent) and Michigan Tech (92 percent) finished tied for 25th and tied for 32nd, respectively. THE WEEK AHEAD • Alaska Anchorage Opts Out of 2020-21 Season: The University of Alaska Anchorage announced Nov. 13 that it would opt out of the 2020-21 men's • Alabama Huntsville at (RV/UR) Robert Morris: The Chargers visit Pittsburgh ice hockey season and will not compete in the WCHA this season. The to take on former CHA rival Robert Morris in UAH's season-opening series. announcement was part of a broader decision by the university to suspend Alabama Huntsville leads the all-time series, 16-15-1, in a series that dates to competition in all six of its indoor winter sports - men's hockey, women's 2004. gymnastics, men's and women's basketball and men's and women's indoor • (RV/UR) Michigan Tech at Lake Superior State: Michigan Tech travels across track & fi eld. With this decision, the WCHA will be a nine-team league this the UP to meet Lake Superior State in the first non-league series between season. WCHA foes this season. Tech won the 2019-20 season series with the Lakers, • Mavericks, Beavers & Falcons in the Rankings: Minnesota State, Bemidji 3-1, with a sweep in the Soo and a split of the Winter Carnival Series in State and Bowling Green landed in the Top 20 in the latest USCHO.com poll Houghton. released Nov. 16. The Mavericks check in at No. 5 this week and picked up one • (19/UR) Bowling Green at Adrian (Mich.): The Falcons travel north to meet the first place vote. Bemidji State remains at No. 16 while Bowling Green moved Bulldogs for the second weekend in a row. Bowling Green opened the 2020-21 into the Top 20 at No. 19. Northern Michigan and Michigan Tech also received campaign with a 6-2 home win over the Bulldogs on Nov. 13 in the first-ever votes. meeting between the two schools. • Minnesota State moved up one spot to No. 4 in this week's USA Today/ • (5/4) Minnesota State at (16/RV) Bemidji State: The top two teams in the USA Hockey Magazine poll. 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