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2018-19 NCHC WEEKLY RELEASE National Collegiate Hockey Conference 1631 Mesa Avenue, Suite C Colorado Springs, CO 80906 Phone: 719-203-6818 Week of Dec. 31, 2018 - Jan. 6, 2019 Fax: 719-645-8206 Volume 6, Issue 13 www.NCHCHockey.com Michael Weisman • O: 719-694-9924 • C: 513-310-4869 • [email protected] • @TheNCHC 2018-19 NChC sTaNdings Conference Overall Pts. GP W L T 3/SW Win Pct. GF GA GP W L T Win Pct. GF GA 1. St. Cloud State 21 8 6 0 2 0/1 .875 30 17 16 13 1 2 .875 66 29 2. Western Michigan 14 8 4 3 1 0/1 .563 26 20 16 9 6 1 .594 58 48 3. Minnesota Duluth 13 8 4 3 1 0/0 .563 21 12 18 11 5 2 .667 55 36 4. Denver 12 8 4 4 0 0/0 .500 23 22 16 10 4 2 .688 54 34 Miami 12 8 3 3 2 1/0 .500 21 22 18 9 6 3 .583 49 39 6. North Dakota 9 8 3 5 0 0/0 .375 14 21 17 9 7 1 .559 44 42 7. Omaha 8 8 2 5 1 0/1 .313 20 34 18 6 10 2 .389 52 71 8. Colorado College 7 8 2 5 1 0/0 .313 18 25 20 8 10 2 .450 60 55 Teams are awarded three points for each conference win in regulation or 5-on-5 overtime, and one point for a 5-on-5 overtime tie. Conference games still tied after a five-minute 5-on-5 overtime advance to a five-minute 3-on-3 overtime (and sudden victory shootout if still tied) with the team that wins the second overtime/shootout receiving an extra point in the standings (3/SW in the standings), making all games worth three (3) points. The 3-on-3 overtime and shootouts only affect conference standings, while the game is officially a tie for NCAA purposes. NCHC FaCts aNd Figures This Week’s Games • This weekend is the final weekend of non-conference play for all NCHC Wednesday, Jan. 2 teams, with five NCHC teams facing non-conference foes. NCHC teams are Colorado College 2, at Maine 4 a combined 47-21-7 in non-conference play this season, with the .673 win Friday, Jan. 4 percentage tops among the six Division I men’s hockey conferences (Big Ten is second at .617). Last season, NCHC teams posted a combined non- & No. 1/1 St. Cloud State vs. No. 14 Union, 5:00 p.m. ET conference record of 47-22-15 (.649) in regular-season non-conference No. 16 Miami at No. 10/10 Providence, 7:00 p.m. ET play, with the conference looking to top that mark this weekend. The No. 13 North Dakota at Canisius, 7:35 p.m. ET NCHC has compiled the best combined non-conference record among the No. 8/7 Denver at Wisconsin, 7:00 p.m. CT six conferences in three of the last four seasons (2014-15, 2015-16, 2016- ^ No. 17 Western Michigan vs. UConn, 5:00 p.m. PT 17). This weekend, NCHC teams will battle opponents from all the other Saturday, Jan. 5 conferences, except the WCHA. (page 9) $ No. 1/1 St. Cloud State vs. Brown/Robert Morris, 5 or 8 p.m. ET • St. Cloud State remains No. 1 in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll for the sixth straight week this week, marking the ninth straight week No. 16 Miami at No. 10/10 Providence, 7:00 p.m. ET and 10 times in 13 weeks an NCHC team has been atop that poll. Western No. 13 North Dakota at Canisius, 7:35 p.m. ET Michigan is back in the USCHO.com Poll for the first time since Oct. 22, No. 8/7 Denver at Wisconsin, 7:00 p.m. CT (TV: FS Wisconsin+/FCS Pacific) coming in at No. 17, giving the NCHC a season-high six ranked teams in U.S. U-18 National Team at No. 4/5 Minnesota Duluth, 7:07 p.m. CT (exh.) the USCHO.com Poll, the most from one conference. Top-ranked SCSU has ^ No. 17 Western Michigan vs. Air Force/St. Lawrence, 5 or 8:30 p.m. PT the fewest losses in the NCAA (one) and is riding an NCAA-best 10-game unbeaten streak (8-0-2) heading to the Three Rivers Classic. (page 9) LasT Week’s Results • There are no active NCHC players with 100 career points, but three are Thursday, Dec. 27 closing in on the Century Club. Miami senior forward Josh Melnick and St. U.S. U-18 National Team 6, at No. 1/1 St. Cloud State 4 (exhibition) Cloud State senior defenseman Jimmy Schuldt are both only two points from 100 for their careers. Melnick has 34 goals and 64 assists in 126 Friday, Dec. 28 career games, while Schuldt, who has never missed a game in his college % No. 4/3 Minnesota Duluth 4, No. 3/8 Minnesota State 3 (OT) career, has 33 goals and 65 assists in 133 games. SCSU senior forward No. 8/7 Denver 3, at Merrimack 1 Robby Jackson sits just three points from 100, with 97 points on 39 goals Saturday, Dec. 29 and 58 helpers in 127 games. % No. 19 Clarkson 3, No. 4/3 Minnesota Duluth 1 • Five NCHC players will have a chance to win a medal at the 2019 No. 8/7 Denver 4, at UMass Lowell 1 IIHF World Junior Championship with the U.S. National Junior Team, as they head into the semifinals on Friday. Minnesota Duluth sophomore at Omaha 3, Alaska Anchorage 0 defensemen Mikey Anderson, the captain of Team USA, has two goals so at No. 13 North Dakota 6, U.S. U-18 National Team 2 (exhibition) far, while SCSU junior forward Ryan Poehling is tied for the tournament Sunday, Dec. 30 lead with five tallies. UMD freshman forward Noah Cates also has a goal, at No. 16 Miami 3, University of Guelph 1 (exhibition) while Western Michigan freshman defenseman Mattias Samuelsson and Monday, Dec. 31 UMD sophomore defenseman Dylan Samberg are also on Team USA. Samberg has an assist to his name so far. (page 8) at Omaha 4, Alaska Anchorage 0 Colorado College 5, at Merrimack 1 This Week's Games on NCHC.tv & Three Rivers Classic (UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex, Cranberry Township, Pa.) Saturday, Jan. 5 $ Three Rivers Classic (PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pa.) U.S. U-18 National Team at No. 4/5 Minnesota Duluth, 7:07 p.m. CT (exh.) ^ Ice Vegas Invitational (T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nev.) % Desert Hockey Classic (Gila River Arena, Glendale, Ariz.) @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey /TheNCHC @TheNCHC TheNCHC NCHC.tv SID/School DIrectory National Collegiate Hockey Conference Dir. of Communications: ....Michael Weisman Communications Intern: ... 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