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WCHA ADMINISTraTIVE OFFICE Bruce M. McLeod Commissioner Carol LaBelle-Ehrhardt Assistant Commissioner of Operations Greg Shepherd Supervisor of Officials Mailing Address Western Collegiate Hockey Association 2211 S. Josephine Street, Room 302, ™ Denver, CO 80210 p: 303 871-4223. f: 303 871-4770. [email protected] January 5, 2010/For Immediate Release WCHA WOMEN’S OFFICE WCHA PLAY RESUMES WITH TrIO OF LEAGUE SERIES JAN. 8-9 WCHA PUblIC RElaTIONS OFFICE BUCKEYES HEAD TO MINNESOTA, NORTH DaKOTA HOSTS WISCONSIN IN FarGO; BEMIDJI Sara R. Martin STATE HOSTS MINNESOTA STATE; FOUR TEAMS – MINNESOTA, WISCONSIN, MINNESOTA Associate Commissioner p: 608 829-0104. f: 608 829-0105. DULUTH AND OHIO STATE – RANKED IN NaTION’S TOp 10; DEFENDING NaTIONal ChaMPION [email protected] WISCONSIN HOSTS U.S. WOMEN’S OlYMPIC TEAM JAN. 5; TICKETS ON SalE FOR 2010 WCHA Doug Spencer Associate Commissioner FINal FacE-OFF, March 6-7 AT RIDDER ARENA IN MINNEapOLIS for Public Relations p: 608 829-0100. f: 608 829-0200. MADISON, Wis. – With the holiday break over and four of the eight conference teams ranked in the nation’s [email protected] top 10, league competition in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association will resume this weekend with three Bill Brophy league series. Women’s Public Relations Director Play begins Friday and Saturday, Jan. 8-9, when league-leading and No. 2-ranked Minnesota entertains No. p: 608-277-0282. 10-ranked Ohio State, North Dakota hosts No. 6-ranked Wisconsin at the Urban Plains Center in Fargo, N.D., [email protected] and Bemidji State travels to Minnesota State, Mankato. Both No. 7-ranked Minnesota Duluth and St. Cloud Mailing Address Western Collegiate Hockey Association State will be idle. 559 D’Onofrio Drive, Suite 103 The week of women’s hockey begins when Wisconsin, the defending national champions, will play host to Madison, WI 53719-2096 the U.S. Women’s Olympic Team and its coach Mark Johnson, who has led UW to three national titles in the last four years, on Tuesday night, Jan. 5, with face-off at the Kohl Center set for 7:07 pm CT. The Olympic team, wcha WOMEN’S LEAGUE which features 13 former and current WCHA players, then plays at Minnesota in another exhibition contest Bemidji State University on Tuesday, Jan. 12. University of Minnesota As league play resumes for the second half of the 2009-10 campaign, defending regular season champion University of Minnesota Duluth Minnesota (15-3-2, 11-2-1-1 WCHA) is in first place and has 24 points, No. 7-ranked Minnesota Duluth (13-7-2, Minnesota State University 9-5-2-1) is second with 21 points, defending national champion and No. 6-ranked Wisconsin (12-5-3, 9-4-1) is University of North Dakota third with 19 points, and Bemidji State (6-11-3, 5-6-3-3) is in fourth place with 16 points. No. 10-ranked Ohio Ohio State University State (9-7-4, 6-6-2) is fifth with 14 points, St. Cloud State (8-10-4, 5-9-2-1) stands sixth with 13 points, Minnesota St. Cloud State University University of Wisconsin State (4-10-4, 2-8-4-2) is seventh with 10 points and North Dakota (4-11-3, 3-10-1) is eighth with seven. St. con’t HOME OF A RECORD 10 CONSECUTIVE NaTIONal ChaMPIONSHIP TEAMS 2009-10 WESTERN COllEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION STANDINGS 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Conference Only Overall Pts GP W L T SW Win% GF- GA GP Record Win% GF- GA 2010 WCHA FINAL FACE-OFF 1 Minnesota 24 14 11- 2- 1 1 .821 53- 22 20 15- 3- 2 .800 67- 27 March 6-7 • Ridder Arena • Minneapolis 2 Minnesota Duluth 21 16 9- 5- 2 1 .625 47- 33 22 13- 7- 2 .636 67- 48 3 Wisconsin 19 14 9- 4- 1 0 .679 41- 25 20 12- 5- 3 .675 59- 37 4 Bemidji State 16 14 5- 6- 3 3 .464 26- 33 20 6-11- 3 .375 35- 55 5 Ohio State 14 14 6- 6- 2 0 .500 47- 48 20 9- 7- 4 .550 68- 61 6 St. Cloud State 13 16 5- 9- 2 1 .375 33- 46 22 8-10- 4 .455 54- 66 7 Minnesota State 10 14 2- 8- 4 2 .286 27- 47 18 4-10- 4 .333 36- 60 8 North Dakota 7 14 3-10- 1 0 .250 23- 43 18 4-11- 3 .306 37- 54 (shootout win = 1 additional point) ThIS WEEK IN THE WCHA Games for Tuesday, January 5: U.S. Women’s Olympic Team at Wisconsin (x), 7:07 pm CT. Games for Friday, January 8: Ohio State at Minnesota (WCHA), 6:07 pm CT; Minnesota State at Bemidji State (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT; Wisconsin at North Dakota (Urban Plains Center, Fargo, ND) (WCHA), 7:37 pm CT. Games for Saturday, January 9: Minnesota State at Bemidji State (WCHA), 3:07 pm CT; Ohio State at Minnesota (WCHA), 4:07 pm CT; Wisconsin at North Dakota (Urban Plains Center, Fargo, ND) (WCHA), 7:37 pm CT. wcha.COM Games for Tuesday, January 12: Team USA at Minnesota (x), 7:07 pm CT. wcha WOMEN’S RELEASE/WEEKLY #14/1-05-2010 Cloud State and UMD have played the most league games to date with laST WEEK IN THE wcha 16 and both of those clubs are idle this weekend. The rest of the teams have played 14 each. Results of Friday, January 1: North Dakota 1 at Union 3 (nc). In non-conference play last weekend, Jan. 1-3, North Dakota split Results of Saturday, January 2: *Mercyhurst 8 vs Minnesota State 2 two games at Union College, Ohio State completed a two-game non- (nc); Robert Morris 1 at Ohio State 4 (nc); *Providence 4 at St. Cloud conference sweep over visiting Robert Morris while Minnesota State State 4 ot (nc); North Dakota 5 at Union 0 (nc). lost twice and St. Cloud tied twice in the Easton Holiday Showcase at *Easton Holiday Showcase (St. Cloud, MN). the National Hockey Center in St. Cloud. The results give the WCHA Results of Sunday, January 3: *Providence 2 vs Minnesota State 0 teams a collective mark of 21-14-9 and a .580 winning percentage in non-conference play so far this 2009-10 season. (nc); Robert Morris 1 at Ohio State 6 (nc); *Mercyhurst 4 at St. Cloud North Dakota split a two-game road set at Union College, following up State 4 ot (nc), 3:07 pm CT. a 3-1 setback last Friday with a 5-0 triumph on Saturday as Mary Loken *Easton Holiday Showcase (St. Cloud, MN). scored two goals. Ohio State took two games from Robert Morris, winning 4-1 and 6-1. Melissa Feste had two goals and an assist in Saturday’s game while rookie forward Hokey Langan had an assist in each game to extend Marvin (Univ. of Minnesota), Potter (Univ. of Minnesota Duluth-Univ. of her point streak to 14 games, tying for the second-longest in team history. Minnesota), Kelli Stack, Karen Thatcher and Jinelle Zaugg-Siergiej (Univ. Ohio State’s all-time leading scorer, Jana Harrigan (2003-06) had streaks of Wisconsin). of 14 and 17 games during her career. Johnson, the head coach at Wisconsin and a former gold medalist on In the opening games of the Easton Holiday Showcase in St. Cloud on the 1980 U.S. Olympic Men’s Hockey Team, will lead Team USA through Saturday, Minnesota State was defeated 8-2 by No. 1 Mercyhurst while the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, B.C. Joining him on the St. Cloud State and Providence played to a 4-4 overtime tie (SCSU won coaching staff as assistant coaches are Dave Flint, head women’s ice hockey shootout, 1-0, in 4 rounds). Felicia Nelson scored all four goals for SCSU. coach at Northeastern University, and Jodi McKenna, head women’s ice On Sunday, host St. Cloud State earned a 4-4 overtime tie against top- hockey coach at Wesleyan University. ranked Mercyhurst before 401, bolstered by a 50-save effort by goaltender The team is in the midst of competing in the Qwest Tour, which features Ashley Nixon. The Huskies, who fell in the resulting shootout 2-1, were 10 games in nine cities and ends just prior to the 2010 Olympic Winter led by a nine-point effort from the line of Nelson (2g, 1a), center Caitlin Games in Vancouver, B.C. The squad will play in five more Qwest Tour Hogan (1g, 2a) and right winger Holly Roberts (1g, 2a) and a strong games, including a match against Team Canada in St. Paul, Minn., on penalty-kill that blanked Mercyhurst on all five of its power-play chances. Dec. 30; Hamden, Conn., on Jan. 3; against defending NCAA champion In Sunday’s opener at the National Hockey Center, Minnesota State fell Wisconsin in Madison, Wis., on Jan. 5; and Colorado Springs, Colo., on 2-0 by Providence. Feb. 4. Looking ahead to the weekend of Jan. 15-17, there will be a full slate The United States roster includes three goaltenders, six defensemen and of four Western Collegiate Hockey Association series on the docket. 12 forwards. Six of the players have Olympic experience and 21 athletes Minnesota plays at Bemidji State (Fri/Sat), Minnesota State hosts Ohio State have competed in an International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World (Fri/Sat), St. Cloud State travels to North Dakota (Fri/Sat), and Minnesota Women’s Championship, including 20 who have captured a gold medal Duluth entertains Wisconsin (Sat/Sun).