2009-2010 CCHA Standings • Best Regular-Season Winning Percent- Age Against the Other Team(S) Tied for Through 2/20/10 CONFERENCE OVERALL Position GP W L T SW Pts
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CENTRAL COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION 23995 Freeway Park Drive, Suite 101 Farmington Hills, MI 48335 Phone: (248) 888-0600 • Fax: (248) 888-0664 NEWS [email protected] • www.ccha.com Contact: Ted Newton, Communications Manager Week of February 21 2010 Weekly Release #21 “Need to know” items from this RESULTS LAST WEEK CCHA ESSENTIAL- FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19 week in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. at Alaska 4, Lake Superior 0 at Bowling Green 4, Notre Dame 3 Alaska- The Nanooks, with a weekend sweep Nebraska-Omaha-The Mavericks beat No. 1 at Ferris State 4, Michigan State 1 of visiting Lake Superior State, fi nished with an Miami, 4-2, on Saturday for their fi rst victory over at Miami 6, Nebraska-Omaha 2 11-9-8 record in conference action to post con- the RedHawks in 13 tries (0-11-1) and their fi rst win Northern Michigan 3 at Michigan 1 secutive above .500 seasons for the fi rst time in over the nation’s top-ranked team since beating Ohio State 3 at Western Michigan 1 their 15-year history in the CCHA. Michigan State in October of 2001. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20 Bowling Green- Junior goalie Nick Eno made Northern Michigan- The Wildcats suff ered their at Bowling Green 1, Notre Dame 1 (OT) 59 saves in a win and tie/shootout win against third loss of 2010 Saturday, 5-4 at Michigan. They (Bowling Green wins shootout, 2-1) visiting Notre Dame, and also earned his fourth are 8-3-4 since the calendar went into January and at Michigan State 3, Ferris State 2 career assist on the winning goal in Friday’s 4-3 are averaging 3.4 goals-per game and surrender- at Alaska 5, Lake Superior 1 victory. ing 2.3 goals-per game. Nebraska-Omaha 4 at Miami 2 at Michigan 5, Northern Michigan 4 Ferris State- The 19-11-4 Bulldogs need one Notre Dame- The Irish had three injured players Ohio State 3 at Western Michigan 3 (OT) (Ohio State wins shootout, 1-0) more victory for the seventh 20-win season in return for a loss and tie/shootout loss at Bowling program history and the fi rst since their 2002-03 Green. Sophomore Billy Maday had been out since regular-season championship campaign. Jan. 10, senior Christiaan Minella went out Jan. 15 GAMES THIS WEEK and junior Ian Cole was out of action since Jan. 23. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25 Lake Superior- The Lakers fi nish the regular Notre Dame at Michigan, 7:35 p.m. season against cluster opponent and Upper Ohio State- Junior forward Patrick Schafer played Peninsula-rival Northern Michigan. LSSU de- in his 100th career game Friday against Western FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26 feated NMU twice this season, 5-1 and 6-3, to Michigan and celebrated with the winning goal Bowling Green at Michigan State, 6:05 p.m. lead the Father Cappo Cup series by seven goals. in a 3-1 decision at Western Michigan. All three Western Michigan at Ferris State of his goals this season are game-winning goals. Alaska at Alaska Anchorage, 7:07 p.m. * Miami- Saturday’s 4-2 loss to visiting Nebraska- Lake Superior at Northern Michigan, 7:35 p.m. Omaha snapped an eight-game winning streak, Western Michigan- Senior Riley Gill moved into Bemidji State at Nebraska-Omaha, 7:35 p.m. * 11-game undefeated streak and 23-game confer- third place in games played by a Broncos goalie Ohio State at Miami, 8:05 p.m. ence unbeaten streak (19-0-4) for the regular- with his 107th appearance in Saturday’s tie/shoot- season champion RedHawks. out loss against Ohio State. He can’t fi nish higher SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27 than third with Glenn Healy ahead of him in sec- Alaska Anchorage at Alaska * Michigan- Junior forward Carl Hagelin continues ond place with 132 games played and Bill Horn in Michigan State at Bowling Green to be a model of consistency for the Wolverines, fi rst place with 136. Michigan at Notre Dame having tallied a point in nine straight games (2-8- Ferris State at Western Michigan, 7:35 p.m. 10). U-M’s top overall scorer (14-23-37), Hagelin CCHA- Three former CCHA players, all from Bowl- Lake Superior at Northern Michigan, 7:35 p.m. had a goal and an assist in a split with NMU. ing Green, have captured Olympic gold in men’s Miami at Ohio State, 8:05 p.m. hockey. Ken Morrow and Mark Wells were mem- Bemidji State at Nebraska-Omaha, 8:05 p.m. * Michigan State- The Spartans snapped a four- bers of the 1980 U.S. ‘Miracle on Ice’ squad with game winless streak (0-3-1) and earned a week- Rob Blake a member of Canada’s winning entry All games 7:05 p.m. locally unless noted. end split against Ferris State with Saturday’s 3-2 in 2002 in Salt Lake City. # - Exhibition. * - Nonleague. home-ice win over the Bulldogs. They need one point from their fi nal two games with Bowling CCHA Tiebreaker Green to secure a fi rst-round playoff bye. The bullet points in explaining the Tie- breaker System are as follows: • Conference Wins 2009-2010 CCHA Standings • Best regular-season winning percent- age against the other team(s) tied for Through 2/20/10 CONFERENCE OVERALL position GP W L T SW Pts. GF GA W L T GF GA • Total goals for and against each team in 1. Miami * # ^ 26 20 2 4 2 66 94 37 23 5 6 119 60 contests between (among) teams tied for 2. Ferris State ^ 26 13 9 4 3 46 76 63 19 11 4 104 79 position in regular-season play Michigan State ^ 26 13 8 5 2 46 66 60 18 11 5 104 83 • Best winning percentage of the teams 4. Alaska ^ 28 11 9 8 4 45 73 70 14 9 9 85 74 tied for position against the remaining 5. Nebraska-Omaha ^ 28 13 12 3 2 44 85 83 17 13 6 105 103 highest-ranked CCHA teams 6. Northern Michigan ^ 26 11 9 6 3 42 81 71 15 11 8 101 89 • Coin Toss 7. Michigan 26 13 12 1 0 40 76 64 18 16 1 106 84 8. Ohio State 26 10 11 5 3 38 79 87 12 15 5 89 101 Note: Shootout results will not be used to 9. Lake Superior 26 10 13 3 2 35 65 85 15 14 5 90 102 break ties in the standings for playoff posi- 10. Notre Dame 26 8 11 7 2 33 60 69 12 14 8 82 84 tioning. 11. Bowling Green 26 4 17 5 4 21 54 95 5 22 5 65 119 12. Western Michigan 26 4 17 5 1 18 59 84 8 18 6 72 93 * - Clinched regular-season title, # - Clinched fi rst-round bye, ^ - Clinched home-ice in at least one round Teams are awarded three points for each win in regulation or overtime, and one point for an overtime tie. Conference games tied after 65 minutes advance to a three-player shootout with the winning team receiving an extra point in the standings (denoted in the SW column). Page 2 CCHA Weekly Release #21 Players of the Week Off ensive Player of the Week Defenseman of the Week Reebok Goaltender of the Week CCM Rookie of the Week Dion Knelsen, Alaska Matt Bartkowski, OSU Scott Greenham, Alaska Andy Taranto, Alaska Sr., F (Three Hills, AB) So. (Pittsburgh, PA) So. (Addison, ON) F (Woodridge, IL) Knelsen had a goal, four assists, Bartkowski had an assist in each Greenham made 74 saves on 75 Taranto had a goal and four assists and a +3 rating as Alaska swept game for Ohio State against shots faced in Alaska’s weekend for five points on the weekend Lake Superior. All four of Knelsen’s Western Michigan, including an sweep of Lake Superior. Greenham against Lake Superior. His lone goal assists came in Friday night’s assist on Friday’s game-winning earned his third shutout of the was a short-handed marker, the victory. goal. season Friday night. fi rst of the season for the Nanooks. CCHA Notable Performers Dustin Sather, UA, JR, F (Wanham, AB): Sather had three goals (two game-winners) and an assist in Alaska’s sweep of Lake Superior. Wade Finegan, BGSU, JR, F (Toronto, ON): Finegan had a goal and an assist in Friday’s comeback win over Notre Dame, 4-3. Chad Billins, FSU, SO, D (Marysville, MI): Billins had a short-handed goal and an assist against Michigan State on Saturday. Will Acton, LSSU, JR, F (Stouff ville, ON): Acton potted the Lakers lone goal of the weekend. Jarod Palmer, MIA, SR, F (Fridley, MN): Palmer had a goal and two assists in Miami’s weekend series with Nebraska-Omaha. Louie Caporusso, UM, JR, F (Woodbridge, ON): Caporusso had three assists and earned Perani Cup fi rst-star honors in Saturday’s win over Northern Michigan, 5-4. Andrew Rowe, MSU, JR, F (Muskegon, MI): Rowe had a goal and assisted on the game-winning goal in Saturday’s win over Ferris State, 4-1. Alex Hudson, UNO, SO, F (Corona, CA): Hudson had three goals and an assist as the Mavericks split with No. 1 Miami. Jared Brown, NMU, JR, F (Gardner, KS): Brown registered two goals and two assists for NMU in their split at Michigan. Ryan Thang, ND, SR, F (Edina, MN): Thang had a goal and two assists in Friday’s loss at Bowling Green, 4-3.