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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] November 26, 2013/For Immediate Release WCHA Administrative Office No Holiday Break in WCHA; Busy Thanksgiving MSC 8302, WCHA 2211 S. Josephine Street Weekend Features UW at UMD in League Set Denver, CO 80208-8302 Ohio State Plays Three Non-Conference Games vs Robert Morris and O 303 871-4491 • F 303 871-4770 Bruce M. McLeod New Hampshire; Minnesota Welcomes Princeton; St. Cloud State Hosts Commissioner Rensselaer; Touring Team Russia Plays at Minnesota Duluth, Bemidji [email protected] State and North Dakota in Exhibition Contests; Minnesota State Carol LaBelle-Ehrhardt Associate Commissioner of Operations Sweeps Buckeyes in November 22-23 WCHA Series; Badgers Take [email protected] Home Five Points from UND; Bulldogs, Beavers Trade League Wins; Greg Shepherd Gophers Sweep at Yale to Push WCHA’s Non-Conference Record to 20- Supervisor of Officials O/F 651 330-5131 5-2; Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota Run No. 1, No. 2, No. 4 in Latest [email protected] Div. 1 National Polls ... UMD Receives Votes; 2014 WCHA FINAL FACE- Doug Spencer OFF Set for March 7-8 at Sanford Center in Bemidji Associate Commissioner for PR O 608 829-0100 • C 303 475-9283 [email protected] MADISON, Wis. – While many of us take time to eat turkey, go shopping or travel on this holiday week, six Western Collegiate Hockey Association women’s teams take to the ice for a busy week of Women’s Member Teams play. Bemidji State University The only conference series on this upcoming Thanksgiving weekend is in Duluth, where streak- University of Minnesota ing Wisconsin (11-2-1, 7-2-1-1 WCHA) will continue its long rivalry with Minnesota Duluth (7-5-2, University of Minnesota Duluth Minnesota State University con't on next page University of North Dakota Ohio State University St. Cloud State University 2013-14 WCHA Standings University of Wisconsin Conference Only Overall Pts GP W L T SW Win% GF- GA GP W L T Win% GF- GA Home of a Record 14 1 Minnesota 33 12 11- 1- 0 0 .917 49- 16 16 15- 1- 0 .938 69- 22 Consecutive National 2 North Dakota 24 12 7- 3- 2 1 .667 37- 26 14 9- 3- 2 .714 48- 28 Championship Teams 3 Wisconsin 23 10 7- 2- 1 1 .750 29- 10 14 11- 2- 1 .821 46- 14 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 4 Minnesota Duluth 18 12 5- 5- 2 1 .500 28- 28 14 7- 5- 2 .571 41- 29 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 5 Bemidji State 14 10 4- 5- 1 1 .450 19- 29 16 7- 7- 2 .500 33- 38 2012, 2013 6 Ohio State 8 12 2- 8- 2 0 .250 21- 33 13 3- 8- 2 .308 25- 36 7 Minnesota State 6 10 2- 8- 0 0 .200 14- 37 14 5- 9- 0 .357 30- 44 2014 WCHA St. Cloud State 6 10 1- 7- 2 1 .200 16- 34 14 2- 9- 3 .250 20- 41 FINAL FACE-OFF (shootout win = 1 additional point) March 7-8 Sanford Center • Bemidji, MN visit us on the web at: This Week in the WCHA wcha.com Games for Tuesday, November 26: Robert Morris at Ohio State (NC), 7:07 pm ET; Team Russia at wcha.com/mobile Minnesota Duluth (EX), 6:07 pm CT. Games for Wednesday, November 27: Team Russia at Bemidji State (EX), 7:07 pm CT. Games for Friday, November 29: Team Russia at North Dakota (EX), 2:07 pm CT; Rensselaer at St. Cloud State (NC), 3:07 pm CT; Wisconsin at Minnesota Duluth (WCHA), 6:07 pm CT. Games for Saturday, November 30: Ohio State at New Hampshire (NC), 2:00 pm ET; Team Russia at North Dakota (EX), 2:07 pm CT; Rensselaer at St. Cloud State (NC), 3:07 pm CT; Princeton at Minne- sota (NC), 4:07 pm CT; Wisconsin at Minnesota Duluth (WCHA), 6:07 pm CT. Games for Sunday, December 1: Ohio State at New Hampshire (NC), 1:00 pm ET; Princeton at Minnesota (NC), 1:07 pm CT. WCHA W Release • Week 10 • 112613 5-5-2-1 WCHA). Face-offs at AMSOIL Arena (6600) between the No. 2-ranked Badgers and Bulldogs are at 6:07 pm CT both Upcoming in the WCHA Friday and Saturday evenings. The Bulldogs are 29-28-10 all-time against the Badgers and split four games against UW last season. Games for Monday, December 2 There is a lot more action outside the conference, however, Team Russia at Minnesota Duluth (EX), 6:07 pm CT beginning Tuesday (November 26) night when Ohio State (3-8-2) Games for Friday, December 6 hosts No. 10-ranked Robert Morris (12-3-1) of College Hockey North Dakota at Clarkson (NC), 3:00 pm ET America at 7:07 pm ET at the OSU Ice Rink (800) and Minnesota Bemidji State at Wisconsin (WCHA), 2:07 pm CT Duluth starts a busy week with an home exhibition game at 6:07 Minnesota Duluth at Boston University (NC), 5:00 pm ET pm CT against Team Russia. Minnesota State at St. Cloud State (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT On Wednesday, the Russians, who are preparing to play in the Games for Saturday, December 7 Winter Olympics Games in Sochi, Russia in February, travel to Minnesota Duluth at Boston University (NC), 3:00 pm ET Bemidji to face Bemidji State in an exhibition at Sanford Center North Dakota at Clarkson (NC), 3:00 pm ET (4373) at 7:07 pm CT. Then on Friday and Saturday, Team Russia Minnesota State at St. Cloud State (WCHA), 3:07 pm CT faces North Dakota in a two-game series at Ralph Engelstad Minnesota at Ohio State (WCHA), 7:07 pm ET Arena (11,634) in Grand Forks, with puck drops both days at 2:07 Games for Sunday, December 8 pm CT. Team Russia then wraps up their collegiate tour by facing Minnesota at Ohio State (WCHA), 12:07 pm ET UMD again on Monday, December 2 at 6:07 pm CT in Duluth. Bemidji State at Wisconsin (WCHA), 2:07 pm CT There are three non-conference series for WCHA-member Games for Friday, December 13 teams this holiday weekend. On Friday and Saturday, St. Cloud Minnesota Duluth at St. Cloud State (WCHA), 3:07 pm CT State hosts ECAC Hockey-member Rensselaer (4-8-1) at Herb North Dakota at Minnesota State (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT Brooks National Hockey Center (5371), with both game times at Games for Saturday, December 14 3:07 pm CT. Then on Saturday and Sunday, Ohio State visits New North Dakota at Minnesota State (WCHA), 3:07 pm CT Hampshire and top-ranked Minnesota plays host to Princeton. Minnesota Duluth at St. Cloud State (WCHA), 3:07 pm CT The visiting Buckeyes will engage the UNH Wildcats (6-7-2) at Games for Saturday, December 21 2:00 pm ET on November 30 and 1:00 pm ET on December 1. Manitoba Maple Leafs at North Dakota (EX), 2:07 pm CT The host Gophers (15-1-0) will skate against Princeton (5-4-1) of ECAC Hockey at Ridder Arena (3400) at 4:07 pm CT on Saturday and 1:07 pm CT on Sunday. 26th career whitewash, and her third of the 2013-14 season. In Last weekend (November 22-23), in a collision of two of the last Saturday’s 3-1 triumph over UND, Rigsby made 20 saves. The top four teams in the country, Wisconsin and North Dakota only goal she allowed on Saturday was on an UND power-play, played a tight-checking series in Grand Forks. The Badgers took which ended a stretch of 167:14 of shutout hockey. With Satur- five of six points behind the goaltending of Alex Rigbsy and day’s win, Rigsby is now tied for the program lead with 91 career a stout defense. They now have a 10-game unbeaten streak, victories. Rigsby also leads the nation in save percentage (.959) including four wins against ranked opponents during the streak, and goals-against average (1.00). and three shutouts. This marks Wisconsin’s longest unbeaten In other WCHA action last weekend, Minnesota State got its streak since the Badgers won 14 straight during the 2011-12 first conference victories by sweeping Ohio State in Mankato. season. The sweep was the Mavericks’ first over the Buckeyes since Nov. Rigsby saved 54 of the 55 shots she faced from the North 12-13, 2010, and its first at home since Nov. 9-10, 2007. MSU Dakota offense, which came into the series ranked third in the claimed a 4-1 victory in last Friday’s series opener behind three nation in scoring. In last Friday’s scoreless tie, Rigsby made 34 third-period goals from three different seniors in Kelsie Scott, saves and sent the game into a shootout, where she saved all Kari Lundberg, and Nicole Germaine. Saturday’s series finale saw three shots she faced before junior Blayre Turnbull scored the Ohio State jump out to a 1-0 first-period lead, before the Maver- shootout winner in the third round. The shutout was Rigsby’s icks responded with a single goal in the second and third periods to secure the sweep. Mavericks’ goaltender Danielle Butters had double digit saves in all six periods of the series and had 79 saves in the two wins.