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Western Collegiate Hockey Association Sara R. Martin Commissioner C 303 808-9366 • F 608 829-0200 [email protected] Bill Brophy Women’s Public Relations Director O 608 277-0282 • C 303 330-5468 [email protected] January 14, 2014/For Immediate Release WCHA Administrative Office Outdoor Game at Minnesota Highlights Full Round of MSC 8302, WCHA 2211 S. Josephine Street WCHA Games for Upcoming Weekend of Jan. 17-19 Denver, CO 80208-8302 League-Leading, No. 1-Ranked Gophers Host Minnesota State at O 303 871-4491 • F 303 871-4770 TCF Stadium Friday in Front-End of Home-and-Home Series; No. Bruce M. McLeod Commissioner 2 Wisconsin Visits Bemidji State; St. Cloud Stave Travels to No. [email protected] 4 North Dakota; Minnesota Duluth Entertains Ohio State; Three Carol LaBelle-Ehrhardt Associate Commissioner of Operations WCHA Teams Again Ranked Among Nation’s Top 10 with Gophers [email protected] No. 1, Badgers No. 2, UND No. 4; WCHA Sports Non-Conference Greg Shepherd Record of 29-11-2 (.714); WCHA May Have as Many as 35 Players Supervisor of Officials O/F 651 330-5131 at 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia; Tickets for WCHA [email protected] FINAL FACE-OFF On Sale ... League Playoff Championship Set for Doug Spencer March 7-8 at Sanford Center in Bemidji; Minnesota to Host NCAA Associate Commissioner for PR O 608 829-0100 • C 303 475-9283 Women’s Frozen Four in 2015 and 2018 [email protected] MADISON, Wis. – The first outdoor game in Minnesota’s women’s hockey history will highlight a full Women’s Member Teams slate of Western Collegiate Hockey Association games on the upcoming weekend of Jan. 17-19. Bemidji State University Top-ranked and league-leading Minnesota (20-1-1, 14-1-1 WCHA), the two-time defending national University of Minnesota University of Minnesota Duluth champions, hosts Minnesota State (9-15-0, 4-14-0 WCHA) on Friday, Jan. 17, at 4:37 pm CT in the Minnesota State University opening game of the 2014 Hockey City Classic, which will be played outdoors at TCF Bank Stadium University of North Dakota (50,805) in Minneapolis. The weekend series between the Gophers and the Mavericks then concludes Ohio State University at 1:07 pm CT on Sunday afternoon at All Seasons Arena (750) in Mankato. St. Cloud State University University of Wisconsin con't on next page Home of a Record 14 2013-14 WCHA Standings Consecutive National Championship Teams Conference Only Overall 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, Pts GP W L T SW Win% GF- GA GP W L T Win% GF- GA 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 1 Minnesota 43 16 14- 1- 1 0 .906 71- 21 22 20- 1- 1 .932 106- 28 2012, 2013 2 Wisconsin 42 18 13- 3- 2 1 .778 56- 20 22 17- 3- 2 .818 73- 24 3 North Dakota 33 16 10- 4- 2 1 .688 49- 34 20 13- 5- 2 .700 63- 39 2014 WCHA 4 Minnesota Duluth 32 18 9- 6- 3 2 .583 41- 36 22 11- 8- 3 .568 61- 47 FINAL FACE-OFF 5 Bemidji State 20 16 6- 9- 1 1 .406 26- 47 22 9-11- 2 .455 40- 56 March 7-8 6 Minnesota State 12 18 4-14- 0 0 .222 27- 60 24 9-15- 0 .375 49- 68 Sanford Center • Bemidji, MN St. Cloud State 12 18 3-13- 2 1 .222 30- 53 24 4-17- 3 .229 36- 66 8 Ohio State 10 16 2-11- 3 1 .219 26- 55 22 7-12- 3 .386 48- 62 visit us on the web at: (shootout win = 1 additional point) wcha.com wcha.com/mobile This Week in the WCHA Games for Friday, January 17: Wisconsin at Bemidji State (WCHA), 2:07 pm CT; * Minnesota State at Minnesota (WCHA), 4:37 pm CT; St. Cloud State at North Dakota (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT. * Hockey City Classic (TCF Bank Stadium). Games for Saturday, January 18: Wisconsin at Bemidji State (WCHA), 2:07 pm CT; St. Cloud State at North Dakota (WCHA), 2:07 pm CT; Ohio State at Minnesota Duluth (WCHA), 3:07 pm CT. Games for Sunday, January 19: Minnesota at Minnesota State (WCHA), 1:07 pm CT; Ohio State at Minnesota Duluth (WCHA), 3:07 pm CT. WCHA W Release • Week 16 • 011414 In their first two-game series of the 2013-14 season, also a home-and-home set, Minnesota won 4-1 in Minneapolis on Nov. Upcoming in the WCHA 1 and 7-0 at Mankato on Nov. 2. The Hockey City Classic marks the first outdoor Division 1 college Games for Friday, January 24 games in Minnesota and will also include a men’s game between Minnesota State at Ohio State (WCHA), 7:07 pm ET Minnesota and Ohio State at 8:07 pm CT. A crowd of close to 50,000 St. Cloud State at Minnesota (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT is expected for the chilly hockey double-header. It will be the second Bemidji State at North Dakota (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT WCHA women’s game played outdoors. Wisconsin beat Bemidji Games or Saturday, January 25 State 6-1 before 8,263 fans at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison Minnesota State at Ohio State (WCHA), 1:07 pm ET on Feb. 6, 2010 in the initial women’s outdoor WCHA game. Minnesota Duluth at Wisconsin (WCHA), 2:07 pm CT In three other league series this weekend, played conventionally St. Cloud State at Minnesota (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT indoors, St. Cloud State is at North Dakota and Wisconsin visits Bemidji State at North Dakota (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT Bemidji State on Friday and Saturday while Minnesota Duluth hosts Games for Sunday, January 26 Ohio State in a Saturday-Sunday series. Minnesota Duluth at Wisconsin (WCHA), 3:07 pm CT At Ralph Engelstad Arena (11,634) in Grand Forks, No. 4-ranked Games for Friday, January 31 UND (13-5-2, 10-4-2-1 WCHA) will host the Huskies (4-17-3, 3-13-2-1 Minnesota Duluth at Bemidji State (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT WCHA) at 7:07 pm CT on Friday evening and at 2:07 pm CT on Ohio State at St. Cloud State (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT Saturday afternoon. North Dakota swept SCSU in St. Cloud in their Minnesota at North Dakota (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT first match ups on Oct. 25-26 by scores of 2-1 and 6-1. Games for Saturday, February 1 At Sanford Center (4373) in Bemidji on Friday and Saturday, Ohio State at St. Cloud State (WCHA), 3:07 pm CT Bemidji State (9-11-2, 6-9-1-1 WCHA) entertains No. 2-ranked Minnesota Duluth at Bemidji State (WCHA), 4:07 pm CT Wisconsin (17-3-2, 13-3-2-1 WCHA) in a pair of 2:07 pm CT league Minnesota at North Dakota (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT games. The Badgers lead the season series 2-0 after 7-2 and 5-0 victories on Dec. 6 and 8 in Madison. And at AMSOIL Arena (6600) in Duluth on Jan. 18-19, Minnesota Last weekend’s highlight series in the league matched Wisconsin Duluth (11-8-3, 9-6-3-2 WCHA) will go up against Ohio State (7-12-3, and North Dakota on Jan. 11-12 and the teams traded 4-1 decisions 2-11-3-1 WCHA). Face-offs are set for 3:07 pm CT on both Saturday before two sellout crowds at LaBahn Arena in Madison. No. 4 North and Sunday. The Bulldogs swept the Buckeyes 3-2 and 2-0 in two Dakota’s Michelle Karvinen scored the first goal and assisted on previous games played at Schottenstein Center in Columbus on the game-winner in the series-opening victory which snapped the Nov. 15-16. Badgers’ 16-game unbeaten streak. The second-ranked Badgers With little more than a month left in the regular season, the scored then three second period goals to gain the split on Sunday. current WCHA standings show that defending conference champion Blayre Turnbull had a pair of goals. Minnesota (20-1-1, 14-1-1-0 WCHA, 43 points) has regained the In Minneapolis, Minnesota scored a 6-0 victory over Ohio State last league lead, one point ahead of Wisconsin (17-3-2, 13-3-2-1 WCHA, Friday as Hannah Brandt had three goals and rookie Dani Camera- 42 points). The Badgers, however, have played two more games nesi scored twice. Amanda Leveille made 28 saves in recording the than the Gophers. shutout before 2,276 at Ridder Arena. On Saturday, before another North Dakota (13-5-2, 10-3-2-1 WCHA, 33 points) is nine points big crowd of 2,203 and a Big Ten Network TV audience, Ohio State back of Wisconsin but also holds two games at hand on both the scored a shootout win over the Gophers. OSU’s Ally Tarr score on Badgers and fourth place Minnesota Duluth (11-8-3, 9-6-3-2 WCHA, a breakaway at 18:19 of the third period to tie the game at 2-2, 32 points). Bemidji State (9-11-2, 6-9-1-1 WCHA, 20 points) holds and the Buckeyes’ Kendall Curtis was the only shooter to score in down fifth place, eight points ahead of Minnesota State (9-15-0, a nine-round shootout. 4-14-0-0 WCHA, 12 points) and St.