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Bruce M. McLeod Commissioner Sara R. Martin Associate Commissioner Carol LaBelle-Ehrhardt Assistant Commissioner of Operations ™ Greg Shepherd Supervisor of Officials March 14, 2010/For Immediate Release Administrative Office Western Collegiate Hockey Association Denver, Wisconsin Punch Tickets To Saint Paul; Six Teams MSC 8302 University of Denver Vie for Last Three Berths IN 2010 RED BARON WCHA FINAL FIVE 2211 S. Josephine Street Denver, CO 80208-8302 in First Round Game Threes Sunday night p: 303 871-4491. f: 303 871-4770 Pioneers, BADGERS POST TWO-GAME First Round PlayofF Sweeps; St. Cloud State, email: [email protected] Colorado COllege, Minnesota Battle Back to Win Saturday to Force Decisive Third Doug Spencer Games; Tickets Still Available for Red Baron WCHA Final Five, Set for March 18-20 Associate Commissioner for Public Relations at Xcel Energy Center IN SAINT PAUL Public Relations Office Western Collegiate Hockey Association MADISON, Wis. – Western Collegiate Hockey Association regular season champion and top-seeded Denver 559 D’Onofrio Drive, Ste. 103 (27-7-4), along with No. 2 playoff seed Wisconsin (24-9-4), have earned berths in this coming week’s 2010 Red Madison, WI 53719-2096 Baron™ WCHA Final Five at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul after both clubs posted two-game home-ice sweeps p: 608 829-0100. f: 608 829-0200 in first round league playoff action on Friday (March 12) and Saturday (March 13). But three reservations to the email: [email protected] WCHA’s showcase event still remain and will be secured late Sunday night following the conclusion of three first round game threes featuring No. 3 seed St. Cloud State hosting No. 8 Minnesota State, No. 4 seed North Home of a Record 36 Men’s Dakota hosting No. 7 Minnesota, and No. 6 seed Minnesota Duluth entertaining No. 5 Colorado College. The Huskies (21-12-5) and Mavericks (16-19-3) will face-off at the National Hockey Center in St. Cloud at 7:07 National Championship pm CT on Sunday evening, puck drop at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks for the Fighting Sioux (21-12-5) Teams Since 1951 and Golden Gophers (18-18-2) will be at 7:07 pm CT, and the defending Broadmoor Trophy champion Bulldogs 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, (21-16-1) will take on the Tigers (19-16-3) at the DECC in Duluth at 7:07 pm CT. 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, On Saturday night, MacNaughton Cup-champion Denver was given a valiant battle for the second straight 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, game by No. 10 seed and visiting Michigan Tech before prevailing 4-2 to win their series 2-0-0 while host Wis- 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, consin defeated No. 9 Alaska Anchorage 7-2 to gain the sweep. Three other teams – St. Cloud State, Colorado 1982, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1997, College and Minnesota – all rose up with playoff victories to force game threes after being down one game 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 con’t men’s Member teams University of Alaska Anchorage 2009-10 wESTERN COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION standings Colorado College Conference Only Overall University of Denver Pts GP Record Win% GF- GA GP Record Win% GF- GA Michigan Tech University 1 Denver 42 28 19- 5- 4 .750 92- 65 38 27- 7- 4 .763 126- 87 University of Minnesota 2 Wisconsin 37 28 17- 8- 3 .661 109- 76 37 24- 9- 4 .703 149- 95 University of Minnesota Duluth Minnesota State University 3 St. Cloud State 34 28 15- 9- 4 .607 92- 84 38 21-12- 5 .618 123-107 University of North Dakota 4 North Dakota 33 28 15-10- 3 .589 89- 61 38 21-12- 5 .618 123- 81 St. Cloud State University Minnesota Duluth 33 28 16-11- 1 .589 90- 77 38 21-16- 1 .566 122-107 University of Wisconsin 6 Colorado College 27 28 12-13- 3 .482 88- 85 38 19-16- 3 .539 123-109 7 Minnesota 26 28 12-14- 2 .464 80- 76 38 18-18- 2 .500 105-106 8 Minnesota State 20 28 9-17- 2 .357 75- 92 38 16-19- 3 .461 108-109 2010 Red Baron™ Alaska Anchorage 20 28 9-17- 2 .357 66-106 36 11-23- 2 .333 87-141 WCHA Final Five 10 Michigan Tech 8 28 4-24- 0 .143 59-118 36 5-30- 1 .153 74-148 March 18, 19, 20 $ WCHA regular season/MacNaughton Cup champion Xcel Energy Center • St. Paul, MN visit us on the web at: This Week in the WCHA • WCHA PLAYOFFS •FIRST ROUND • BEST-OF-THREE wcha.com Results of Friday, March 12: (10) Michigan Tech 1 at (1) Denver 2 (nc); (9) Alaska Anchorage 1 at (2) Wiscon- sin 4 (nc); (8) Minnesota State 5 at (3) St. Cloud State 4 ot (nc); (7) Minnesota 0 at (4) North Dakota 6 (nc); (6) Colorado College 2 at (5) Minnesota Duluth 3 ot (nc). Results of Saturday, March 13: (10) Michigan Tech 2 at (1) Denver 4 (DU wins series 2-0); (9) Alaska Anchor- age 2 at (2) Wisconsin 7 (nc) (UW wins series 2-0); (8) Minnesota State 2 at (3) St. Cloud State 3 (nc) (series tied 1-1); (7) Minnesota 4 at (4) North Dakota 2 (nc) (series tied 1-1); (6) Colorado College 5 at (5) Minnesota Duluth 3 (nc) (series tied 1-1). Games for Sunday, March 14: (8) Minnesota State at (3) St. Cloud State (nc), 7:07 pm CT; (7) Minnesota at (4) North Dakota (nc), 7:07 pm CT; (6) Colorado College at (5) Minnesota Duluth (nc), 7:07 pm CT. WCHA Men Release/Update/3-14-2010 to none. The Huskies rallied to defeat visiting Minnesota State, 3-2, the Minnesota State. Golden Gophers upended host North Dakota 4-2, and the visiting Tigers At Ralph Engelstad Arena on Saturday evening, visiting and No. 7 skated past Minnesota Duluth 5-3. seed Minnesota fought back with a 4-2 WCHA playoff victory over No. 4 On the opening night of the 2010 WCHA Playoffs on Friday (March 12), North Dakota to tie the series 1-1 before a sellout crowd of 11,709 as the the Pioneers claimed a narrow 2-1 victory over Michigan Tech, the host Gophers received a goal and assist each from left wingers Mike Hoeffel Badgers won 4-1 over the Seawolves, the host Sioux shut out Minnesota and Jacob Cepis, 41 saves from Alex Kangas, and hit on 3-of-4 power-play 6-0, the Bulldogs knocked off Colorado College 3-2 in overtime, and the chances. Trailing 2-1 after Matt Frattin scored for the Sioux at 10:44 of the Mavericks rallied for a dramatic 5-4 overtime triumph over host SCSU. third period, Minnesota scored three times over the final 7:50, with Cepis Following the first round of WCHA playoffs, the five winners will be tying the game on a power-play at 12:10 and defenseman Seth Helgeson re-seeded No. 1 through No. 5, according to their regular season finish, scoring his first goal of the season – the game-winner – at 12:58. UM and advance to the 2010 Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five, to be held March center Jordan Schroeder then added an empty-net power-play goal at 18-20 at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minn. At the Final Five, the No. 19:59 to seal the win. In nets for UND, Brad Eidsness had 22 stops. 4 seeded team will host the No. 5 seed on Thursday at 7:07 pm CT. There And at the DECC in Duluth on Saturday, visiting Colorado College will be two semi-finals on Friday at 2:07 pm CT and 7:07 pm CT. Then on overcame a pair of one-goal deficits to defeat Minnesota Duluth 5-3 in Saturday, the third place game will be played at 2:07 pm CT with the WCHA playoff action before 3,956 and even the series at 1-1. The Tigers Broadmoor Trophy championship game set for 7:07 pm CT. The winner received a goal and two assists from defenseman Nick Dineen, two help- of the Final Five and the Broadmoor Trophy will receive the WCHA’s ers from left winger Bill Sweatt and the game-winner from right winger automatic bid into the NCAA Division 1 Men’s Tournament. Scott Winkler at 5:17 of the third period – his first goal of the season. CC At Magness Arena in the Mile High City on Saturday evening, host and right winger Mike Testwuide’s power-play goal at 15:52 of the second No. 1 seed Denver completed a first round WCHA playoff sweep of No. 10 tied the game at 3-3. For the Bulldogs, right winger Mike Connolly (1g, Michigan Tech with a 4-2 triumph before 4,647 as center Jesse Martin and 1a) and center Jack Connolly (2a) led the way. In nets, Joe Howe got the right winger Kyle Ostrow each contributed a goal and an assist. Scoring win for CC with 37 saves while Kenny Reiter had 26 for UMD. the game-winner for the Pioneers was right winger Joe Colborne, whose shorthanded tally at 19:54 of period two gave DU a 3-1 lead. For the Huskies, right winger Ryan Bunger netted his first goal of the season on DU’s Rakhshani and Cheverie are WCHA a power-play at 11:48 of the first period to tie the score at 1-1 while right Scoring, Goaltending Champions for 2009-10 winger Peter Rohn also scored his first goal of the campaign to close the gap to 3-2 at 8:24 of period three. In nets, Marc Cheverie earned the win The individual races for the 2009-10 WCHA scoring and goaltending for DU with 28 stops while Josh Robinson had 34 saves for MTU. championships, which are based on league games only, were claimed At the Kohl Center in Madison on Saturday night, No. 2 seed Wiscon- by a pair of University of Denver players. sin received multiple-point games from seven players, including three Senior forward Rhett Rakhshani is the WCHA scoring champion after each from centers Blake Geoffrion (2g, 1a) and Derek Stepan (1g, 2a) and producing a league-best 35 points (15g, 20a) in 28 league games while defenseman Brendan Smith (3a) en route to a 7-2 playoff victory over the WCHA goaltending championship for 2009-10 was won by junior No. 9 Alaska Anchorage before 13,134 that moved the Badgers into the Marc Cheverie. Cheverie produced a 2.05 goals-against average over Red Baron WCHA Final Five. The game was deadlocked at 2-2 late in the 1493:08 of action and led the league in saves percentage at .934 and second period before the Badgers rattled off five unanswered goals, victories with 17 (17-4-3). with Stepan’s power-play tally at 18:11 of period two holding up as the game-winner. Producing two-point games for the UW were center Aaron Bendickson (2g), right winger Michael Davies (1g, 1a) and left wingers WCHA member Teams in Non-Conference Play Ben Street (2a) and Andy Bombach (2a). For the Seawolves, defenseman 2009-10 season • 45-24-5 (.642) Trevor Hunt scored his first goal of the season in the first period while center Curtis Leinweber tied the game at 2-2 with a second period tally Team vs AHA vs CCHA vs CHA vs ECAC vs HEA Total at 15:27. Between the pipes, Scott Gudmandson had 35 saves for the UW UAA 1-0-0 0-3-0 0-1-0 1-0-0 – 2-4-0 while Bryce Christianson had 34 for UAA. CC 2-0-0 – 2-0-0 1-0-0 1-2-0 6-2-0 At the National Hockey Center in St. Cloud on March 13, host and No. DU 2-0-0 2-1-0 – – 2-1-0 6-2-0 3 seed St. Cloud State exploded for three straight goals in a span of 5:59 MTU – 1-4-0 – – – 1-4-0 early in the third period, with center Garrett Roe scoring twice in :20 sec- UM – 2-2-0 1-1-0 2-0-0 – 5-3-0 onds, to overcome No. 8 Minnesota State 3-2 and knot their first round UMD 1-0-0 1-1-0 0-2-0 2-0-0 0-1-0 4-4-0 playoff series at 1-1-0. The Mavericks, who outshot their hosts 35-26, led MSU 2-0-0 2-1-1 2-0-0 – – 6-1-1 2-0 on second period goals from left winger Geoff Irwin and defenseman UND – 1-0-2 1-0-0 1-1-0 2-0-0 5-1-2 Ben Youds (PPG) and a pair of assists from right winger Kael Mouillierat. SCSU – 0-2-0 – 5-0-1 – 5-2-1 Getting things started for SCSU just :52 seconds in the third period was UW – 2-1-0 – 0-0-1 3-0-0 5-1-1 right winger David Eddy, followed by Roe’s consecutive tallies at 6:31 and WCHA 8-0-0 11-15-3 6-4-0 12-1-2 8-4-0 45-24-5 6:51. In nets, Mike Lee had 33 saves for SCSU while Phil Cook had 23 for 1.000 .431 .600 .867 .667 .642 race for the 2010 wcha championship & macnaughton cup • Head-to-Head (Number of games vs each WCHA opponent, record vs each WCHA opponent) UAA CC DU MTU UM UMD MSU UND SCSU UW GP W-L-T Pts Rk UAA X 4, 2-2-0 4, 1-2-1 2, 2-0-0 4, 1-3-0 2, 1-1-0 4, 1-3-0 2, 1-1-0 4, 0-3-1 2, 0-2-0 28 9-17-2 20 t8 CC 4, 2-2-0 X 4, 1-2-1 2, 2-0-0 2, 0-2-0 4, 1-3-0 2, 2-0-0 2, 0-2-0 4, 2-1-1 4, 2-1-1 28 12-13-3 27 6 DU 4, 2-1-1 4, 2-1-1 X 2, 2-0-0 4, 4-0-0 2, 1-1-0 4, 3-0-1 4, 4-0-0 2, 1-1-0 2, 0-1-1 28 19-5-4 42 1 MTU 2, 0-2-0 2, 0-2-0 2, 0-2-0 X 2, 0-2-0 4, 2-2-0 4, 1-3-0 4, 0-4-0 4, 1-3-0 4, 0-4-0 28 4-24-0 8 10 UM 4, 3-1-0 2, 2-0-0 4, 0-4-0 2, 2-0-0 X 4, 1-3-0 2, 1-1-0 4, 1-1-2 2, 0-2-0 4, 2-2-0 28 12-14-2 26 7 UMD 2, 1-1-0 4, 3-1-0 2, 1-1-0 4, 2-2-0 4, 3-1-0 X 4, 4-0-0 4, 1-3-0 2, 0-1-1 2, 1-1-0 28 16-11-1 33 t4 MSU 4, 3-1-0 2, 0-2-0 4, 0-3-1 4, 3-1-0 2, 1-1-0 4, 0-4-0 X 2, 0-2-0 2, 1-0-1 4, 1-3-0 28 9-17-2 20 t8 UND 2, 1-1-0 2, 2-0-0 4, 0-4-0 4, 4-0-0 4, 1-1-2 4, 3-1-0 2, 2-0-0 X 4, 2-2-0 2, 0-1-1 28 15-10-3 33 t4 SCSU 4, 3-0-1 4, 1-2-1 2, 1-1-0 4, 3-1-0 2, 2-0-0 2, 1-0-1 2, 0-1-1 4, 2-2-0 X 4, 2-2-0 28 15-9-4 34 3 UW 2, 2-0-0 4, 1-2-1 2, 1-0-1 4, 4-0-0 4, 2-2-0 2, 1-1-0 4, 3-1-0 2, 1-0-1 4, 2-2-0 X 28 17-8-3 37 2 WCHA Men Release/Update/3-14-2010 WCHA to Conduct Media Teleconference for 2010 Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five with Commissioner, five head Coaches on March 16

MADISON, Wisc. – The Western Collegiate Hockey Association will conduct a teleconference for the media with Commissioner Bruce McLeod and the five head coaches whose teams qualify for the 2010 Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five on Tuesday, March 16 at 11:00 am CT. Final Five qualifying head coaches should phone in to the teleconfer- ence on March 16 by 10:59 am CT. Phone 1 888 245-7014, then upon prompt, enter passcode 729388#. Media members should phone in to the teleconference on March 16 by 10:59 am CT. Phone 1 973 935-2025, and then upon prompt, enter passcode 729388#.

Single Game Tickets for 2010 Red Baron™ WCHA Fox Sports North to ONce Again Televise 2010 Final Five Go On Sale Now ; Limited Number of Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five Tourney packages still available SAINT PAUL/MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Xcel Energy Center and Fox Sports North, SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Xcel Energy Center and the Western Collegiate Hockey in conjunction with the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA), have Association have announced that single game tickets for the 2010 Red Baron™ announced the 2010 Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five will once again be telecast WCHA Final Five, to be held Thursday–Saturday, March 18–20, will go on sale on FOX Sports North and produced by Minnesota Wild Broadcasting. The at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 8. entities have televised the tournament since 2000. The Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five tournaments play host to some of the The 2010 Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five will be held Thursday-Saturday, world’s most elite athletes. Ten WCHA alums were selected to the 2010 U.S. March 18-20, at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul for the 10th straight year. Men’s Olympic Hockey Team, two were named to Canada’s Olympic team “The Western Collegiate Hockey Association is pleased to once again and one represented Finland. Seven current WCHA players earned Gold announce a live television package for our post-season championship that Medals as part of the U.S. Men’s Junior Team at the 2010 IIHF World Junior is second to none,” said WCHA Commissioner Bruce M. McLeod. "Working Championships in Saskatchewan. together in a highly-successful partnership with the Minnesota Wild, Xcel Tickets can be purchased at the Xcel Energy Center Box Office, Ticketmaster Energy Center and Fox Sports North, we are indeed thrilled to have this ticket centers, charge by phone at 800-745-3000 or online at www.ticketmas- special opportunity to showcase the Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five. ter.com. To charge by phone using Ticketmaster TDD/TTY, call 800-359-2525. “We think the annual Final Five is among the premier sporting events in the Groups (10+) call 651-312-3486. country and we all look forward to sharing the excitement of our tremendous Prices for single game tickets are as follows: rivalries, top-notch teams and talented student-athletes to fans across the Thursday, March 18: Quarterfinal: 7 p.m. – $20 / $15 country.” Friday, March 19: Semi-Final #1: 2 p.m. – $35 / $15 Friday, March 19: Semifinal #2: 7 p.m. – $45 / $15 2010 Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five Television Schedule Saturday, March 20: Third Place Game: 2 p.m. – $25 / $15 Date Game Time CST Television Saturday, March 20: Championship Game: 7 p.m. – $45 / $15 Thur., March 18: Quarterfinal 7 pm FS North A limited number of five-game ticket packages for the tournament are still Fri., March 19: Semifinal 1 2 pm FS North available. Semifinal 2 7 pm FS North College hockey fans still have an opportunity to get in on the tournament Sat., March 20 Third Place Game 2 pm FS North action with the “Pick Your Final Five Sweepstakes.” Fans that enter before Championship Game 7 pm FS North midnight on Friday, March 5 will have a chance to win a prize of four (4) ticket Frank Mazzocco will handle play-by-play duties with Doug Woog as color packages to the 2011 Red Baron WCHA Final Five. analyst for the evening games. For the afternoon contests on Friday and The Saint Paul Convention & Visitors Authority and the Western Collegiate Saturday, Anthony LaPanta and Jim Rich will share play-by-play duties with Hockey Association will again host the WCHA Fan Fest on Friday, March 19 Darby Hendrickson adding commentary. Anthony LaPanta and Kevin Gorg between the two semifinal games of the 2010 Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five will provide rink-side reporting throughout the tournament at Xcel Energy in Saint Paul. Center. From approximately 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., hockey fans can celebrate with FOX Sports North reaches more than 2 million homes throughout Minne- music, interactive games, food and more in the Kellogg Lobby inside Saint sota, Wisconsin, Iowa and North and South Dakota and telecasts nearly 2,600 Paul RiverCentre, next door to Xcel Energy Center. Additional entertainment hours of locally produced programming per year. For more information on the will be provided by WCHA-member schools’ pep bands, cheerleaders and Emmy Award-winning regional sports network, visit: www.foxsportsnorth. mascots. Notable WCHA alumni will also be in attendance. com. All hockey fans are welcome. Tickets are not necessary for admittance. The WCHA Fan Fest is free and open to the public. WCHA Men Release/Update/3-14-2010 2009-10 wcha team statistics all games conference games • Final

Scoring Offense: Games Goals G/GM Scoring Offense: Games Goals G/GM 1 Wisconsin 37 149 4.03 1 Wisconsin 28 109 3.89 2 Denver 38 126 3.32 2 Denver 28 92 3.29 3 Colorado College 38 123 3.24 St. Cloud State 28 92 3.29 North Dakota 38 123 3.24 4 Minnesota Duluth 28 90 3.21 St. Cloud State 38 123 3.24 5 North Dakota 28 89 3.18 6 Minnesota Duluth 38 122 3.21 6 Colorado College 28 88 3.14 7 Minnesota State 38 108 2.84 7 Minnesota 28 80 2.86 8 Minnesota 38 105 2.76 8 Minnesota State 28 75 2.68 9 Alaska Anchorage 36 87 2.42 9 Alaska Anchorage 28 66 2.36 10 Michigan Tech 36 74 2.06 10 Michigan Tech 28 59 2.11

Scoring Defense: Games Goals G/GM Scoring Defense: Games Goals G/GM 1 North Dakota 38 81 2.13 1 North Dakota 28 61 2.18 2 Denver 38 87 2.29 2 Denver 28 65 2.32 3 Wisconsin 37 95 2.57 3 Minnesota 28 76 2.71 4 Minnesota 38 106 2.79 Wisconsin 28 76 2.71 5 Minnesota Duluth 38 107 2.82 5 Minnesota Duluth 28 77 2.75 St. Cloud State 38 107 2.82 6 St. Cloud State 28 84 3.00 7 Colorado College 38 109 2.87 7 Colorado College 28 85 3.04 Minnesota State 38 109 2.87 8 Minnesota State 28 92 3.29 9 Alaska Anchorage 36 141 3.92 9 Alaska Anchorage 28 106 3.79 10 Michigan Tech 36 148 4.11 10 Michigan Tech 28 118 4.21

Penalty Minutes: Games PIM PIM/G Penalty Minutes: Games PIM PIM/G 1 Alaska Anchorage 36 762 21.2 1 Alaska Anchorage 28 599 21.4 2 North Dakota 38 724 19.1 2 North Dakota 28 578 20.6 3 Wisconsin 37 671 18.1 3 Wisconsin 28 540 19.3 4 Michigan Tech 36 640 17.8 4 Michigan Tech 28 534 19.1 5 Minnesota State 38 674 17.7 5 Minnesota State 28 511 18.2 6 Minnesota Duluth 38 622 16.4 6 Minnesota Duluth 28 460 16.4 7 St. Cloud State 38 567 14.9 7 St. Cloud State 28 445 15.9 8 Denver 38 513 13.5 8 Denver 28 422 15.1 9 Minnesota 38 511 13.4 9 Minnesota 28 408 14.6 10 Colorado College 38 501 13.2 10 Colorado College 28 379 13.5

Power Play: Totals SHA PCT Power Play: Totals SHA PCT 1 Minnesota Duluth 53/226 5 23.5 1 Minnesota Duluth 40/161 4 24.8 2 Colorado College 43/204 3 21.1 2 Denver 31/145 2 21.4 3 Wisconsin 43/212 5 20.3 3 Colorado College 32/152 3 21.1 4 North Dakota 40/202 2 19.8 4 North Dakota 32/158 2 20.3 5 Denver 37/189 4 19.6 5 Wisconsin 32/161 3 19.9 6 St. Cloud State 37/196 4 18.9 6 Minnesota State 27/150 3 18.0 7 Minnesota 30/161 5 18.6 7 St. Cloud State 25/143 3 17.5 8 Minnesota State 37/199 4 18.6 8 Michigan Tech 20/121 7 16.5 9 Michigan Tech 25/159 9 15.7 9 Minnesota 19/115 3 16.5 10 Alaska Anchorage 24/183 14 13.1 10 Alaska Anchorage 17/142 13 12.0

Penalty Kill: Totals SHF PCT Penalty Kill: Totals SHF PCT 1 Denver 160/182 6 87.9 1 Denver 129/147 4 87.8 2 North Dakota 167/194 5 86.1 2 Wisconsin 129/151 4 85.4 3 Wisconsin 166/193 5 86.0 3 North Dakota 128/150 3 85.3 4 Minnesota 142/172 5 82.6 4 Colorado College 98/119 6 82.4 5 Minnesota State 176/214 6 82.2 5 Minnesota 110/135 5 81.5 6 Minnesota Duluth 160/196 4 81.6 6 Minnesota Duluth 114/140 2 81.4 7 Colorado College 137/170 6 80.6 7 Minnesota State 129/163 4 79.1 8 St. Cloud State 131/163 9 80.4 8 Alaska Anchorage 131/166 5 78.9 9 Alaska Anchorage 175/220 7 79.5 9 St. Cloud State 95/121 7 78.5 10 Michigan Tech 140/195 4 71.8 10 Michigan Tech 110/156 3 70.5

Scoring by Periods: 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Scoring by Periods: 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total 1 Wisconsin 45 52 52 0 149 1 Wisconsin 38 33 38 0 109 2 Denver 38 45 41 2 126 2 Denver 27 36 28 1 92 3 Colorado College 34 46 42 1 123 St. Cloud State 32 36 24 0 92 North Dakota 38 46 38 1 123 4 Minnesota Duluth 21 31 35 3 90 St. Cloud State 43 44 36 0 123 5 North Dakota 27 34 27 1 89 6 Minnesota Duluth 29 45 44 4 122 6 Colorado College 24 29 34 1 88 7 Minnesota State 39 29 39 1 108 7 Minnesota 24 29 27 0 80 8 Minnesota 29 34 42 0 105 8 Minnesota State 29 21 25 0 75 9 Alaska Anchorage 27 32 27 1 87 9 Alaska Anchorage 19 23 23 1 66 10 Michigan Tech 22 25 27 0 74 10 Michigan Tech 16 22 21 - 59

Goals Allowed by Periods: 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Goals Allowed by Periods: 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total 1 North Dakota 21 33 26 1 81 1 North Dakota 16 29 15 1 61 2 Denver 29 27 31 0 87 2 Denver 20 21 24 0 65 3 Wisconsin 30 29 36 0 95 3 Minnesota 20 26 29 1 76 4 Minnesota 28 37 40 1 106 Wisconsin 25 23 28 0 76 5 Minnesota Duluth 30 33 43 1 107 5 Minnesota Duluth 24 24 29 0 77 St. Cloud State 27 41 37 2 107 6 St. Cloud State 26 31 27 0 84 7 Colorado College 35 41 30 3 109 7 Colorado College 26 32 25 2 85 Minnesota State 33 38 34 4 109 8 Minnesota State 29 35 25 3 92 9 Alaska Anchorage 47 47 47 0 141 9 Alaska Anchorage 35 34 37 0 106 10 Michigan Tech 45 52 51 0 148 10 Michigan Tech 36 39 43 - 118 WCHA Men Release/Update/3-14-2010 2009-10 wcha player statistics all games

Point Scoring: GP PPG G- A- P 1 Rhett Rakhshani Denver SR F 38 1.29 20-29-49 2 Michael Davies Wisconsin SR F 35 1.37 17-31-48 Jack Connolly Minnesota Duluth SO C 38 1.26 18-30-48 4 Derek Stepan Wisconsin SO F 35 1.29 9-36-45 5 Brendan Smith Wisconsin JR D 36 1.22 15-29-44 6 Justin Fontaine Minnesota Duluth JR W 37 1.16 21-22-43 Garrett Roe St. Cloud State JR F 37 1.16 18-25-43 8 Blake Geoffrion Wisconsin SR F 34 1.21 23-18-41 Ryan Lasch St. Cloud State SR F 38 1.08 18-23-41 10 Tyler Ruegsegger Denver SR F 38 1.05 16-24-40 11 Joe Colborne Denver SO F 36 1.08 21-18-39 Mike Connolly Minnesota Duluth SO W 36 1.08 13-26-39 Rob Bordson Minnesota Duluth JR W 38 1.03 11-28-39 14 Kevin Clark Alaska Anchorage SR F 36 1.03 23-14-37 15 Chris VandeVelde North Dakota SR F 37 0.95 14-21-35 16 Anthony Maiani Denver JR F 36 0.94 8-26-34 17 Bill Sweatt Colorado College SR LW/LW 38 0.87 15-18-33 18 Danny Kristo North Dakota FR F 36 0.89 14-18-32 Jason Gregoire North Dakota SO F 38 0.84 18-14-32 Tony Mosey St. Cloud State JR F 38 0.84 12-20-32 21 Mike Testwuide Colorado College SR RW/RW 35 0.89 21-10-31 22 Brett Olson Michigan Tech SO C 32 0.94 18-12-30 Malcolm Gwilliam Michigan Tech SR W 35 0.86 14-16-30 24 Craig Smith Wisconsin FR F 35 0.83 7-22-29 25 Jordan Schroeder Minnesota SO F 36 0.78 9-19-28 Ben Street Wisconsin SR F 37 0.76 13-15-28 Rylan Schwartz Colorado College FR F 38 0.74 6-22-28 Evan Trupp North Dakota JR F 38 0.74 5-23-28 29 Tony Lucia Minnesota SR F 38 0.71 11-16-27 Nate Prosser Colorado College SR D 38 0.71 4-23-27 31 Tommy Grant Alaska Anchorage JR F 34 0.76 9-17-26 Drew LeBlanc St. Cloud State SO F 38 0.68 5-21-26 Ben Youds Minnesota State JR D 38 0.68 3-23-26 34 Patrick Wiercioch Denver SO D 36 0.69 6-19-25 Kael Mouillierat Minnesota State SR F 37 0.68 13-12-25 Rylan Galiardi Minnesota State JR F 37 0.68 11-14-25 Kyle Ostrow Denver JR F 38 0.66 16- 9-25 Jerad Stewart Minnesota State SR F 38 0.66 13-12-25 39 Travis Oleksuk Minnesota Duluth SO C 31 0.77 10-14-24 Mike Hoeffel Minnesota JR F 33 0.73 13-11-24 Zach Harrison Minnesota State SR F 38 0.63 8-16-24 42 Tyler Johnson Colorado College JR C/W 34 0.68 14- 9-23 Geoff Irwin Minnesota State SR F 36 0.64 8-15-23 Kurt Davis Minnesota State JR D 37 0.62 5-18-23 Gabe Guentzel Colorado College SO D 38 0.61 3-20-23 46 Jared Festler St. Cloud State SO F 37 0.59 9-13-22 Brad Malone North Dakota JR F 38 0.58 9-13-22 48 Brett Hextall North Dakota SO F 29 0.72 12- 9-21 Garrett Raboin St. Cloud State SR D 35 0.60 6-15-21 Brady Lamb Minnesota Duluth SO D 38 0.55 10-11-21 Cade Fairchild Minnesota JR D 38 0.55 4-17-21 52 Stephen Schultz Colorado College JR W 27 0.74 5-15-20 Jesse Martin Denver JR F 31 0.65 13- 7-20 Derrick LaPoint North Dakota JR D 38 0.53 2-18-20

Goal Scoring: GP GPG G 1 Blake Geoffrion Wisconsin SR F 34 0.68 23 Kevin Clark Alaska Anchorage SR F 36 0.64 23 3 Mike Testwuide Colorado College SR RW/RW 35 0.60 21 Joe Colborne Denver SO F 36 0.58 21 Justin Fontaine Minnesota Duluth JR W 37 0.57 21

Assist Scoring: GP APG A 1 Derek Stepan Wisconsin SO F 35 1.03 36 2 Michael Davies Wisconsin SR F 35 0.89 31 3 Jack Connolly Minnesota Duluth SO C 38 0.79 30

Power Play Points: GP PPG G- A- P 1 Jack Connolly Minnesota Duluth SO C 38 0.68 7-19-26 2 Brendan Smith Wisconsin JR D 36 0.61 11-11-22 Justin Fontaine Minnesota Duluth JR W 37 0.59 13- 9-22 Rob Bordson Minnesota Duluth JR W 38 0.58 5-17-22

Power Play Goals: GP GPG G 1 Justin Fontaine Minnesota Duluth JR W 37 0.35 13 2 Blake Geoffrion Wisconsin SR F 34 0.35 12 3 Brendan Smith Wisconsin JR D 36 0.31 11

Short-Handed Points: GP PPG G- A- P 1 Travis Novak St. Cloud State SO F 31 0.10 2- 1- 3 Brett Olson Michigan Tech SO C 32 0.09 3- 0- 3 Sean Wiles Alaska Anchorage JR F 32 0.09 2- 1- 3 Aaron Marvin St. Cloud State JR F 34 0.09 1- 2- 3 Blake Geoffrion Wisconsin SR F 34 0.09 0- 3- 3 Mike Testwuide Colorado College SR RW/RW 35 0.09 3- 0- 3 WCHA Men Release/Update/3-14-2010

wcha player statistics • All games con’t

Kevin Clark Alaska Anchorage SR F 36 0.08 2- 1- 3 Kael Mouillierat Minnesota State SR F 37 0.08 2- 1- 3 Jordy Christian St. Cloud State SO F 37 0.08 1- 2- 3 Tony Lucia Minnesota SR F 38 0.08 2- 1- 3 Zach Harrison Minnesota State SR F 38 0.08 2- 1- 3

Game-Winning Goals: GP G 1 Joe Colborne Denver SO F 36 8 2 Justin Fontaine Minnesota Duluth JR W 37 6 3 Mike Testwuide Colorado College SR RW/RW 35 5 Mike Connolly Minnesota Duluth SO W 36 5 Kyle Ostrow Denver JR F 38 5 Jason Gregoire North Dakota SO F 38 5

Defenseman Scoring: GP PPG G- A- P 1 Brendan Smith Wisconsin JR D 36 1.22 15-29-44 2 Nate Prosser Colorado College SR D 38 0.71 4-23-27 3 Ben Youds Minnesota State JR D 38 0.68 3-23-26 4 Patrick Wiercioch Denver SO D 36 0.69 6-19-25 5 Kurt Davis Minnesota State JR D 37 0.62 5-18-23 Gabe Guentzel Colorado College SO D 38 0.61 3-20-23 7 Garrett Raboin St. Cloud State SR D 35 0.60 6-15-21 Brady Lamb Minnesota Duluth SO D 38 0.55 10-11-21 Cade Fairchild Minnesota JR D 38 0.55 4-17-21 10 Derrick LaPoint North Dakota JR D 38 0.53 2-18-20

Freshman Scoring: GP PPG G- A- P 1 Danny Kristo North Dakota F 36 0.89 14-18-32 2 Craig Smith Wisconsin F 35 0.83 7-22-29 3 Rylan Schwartz Colorado College F 38 0.74 6-22-28 4 David Eddy St. Cloud State F 30 0.63 10- 9-19 Matt Donovan Denver D 33 0.58 6-13-19 Steven Seigo Michigan Tech D 36 0.53 4-15-19 Ben Hanowski St. Cloud State F 38 0.50 9-10-19 8 Tyler Pitlick Minnesota State F 37 0.49 10- 8-18 Justin Schultz Wisconsin D 37 0.49 4-14-18 10 Zach Budish Minnesota F 38 0.45 7-10-17

Goals Against Average: Minutes GA GAA 1 Marc Cheverie Denver JR 1917:11 62 1.94 2 Brad Eidsness North Dakota SO 2089:13 74 2.13 3 Scott Gudmandson Wisconsin JR 1466:45 57 2.33 4 Kenny Reiter Minnesota Duluth SO 1251:59 52 2.49 5 Phil Cook Minnesota State FR 863:02 37 2.57 6 Alex Kangas Minnesota JR 1874:45 81 2.59 7 Dan Dunn St. Cloud State JR 1063:39 48 2.71 8 Joe Howe Colorado College FR 2036:48 94 2.77 9 Mike Lee St. Cloud State FR 1232:26 57 2.77 10 Brett Bennett Wisconsin JR 765:00 36 2.82 11 Brady Hjelle Minnesota Duluth SO 1033:16 49 2.85 12 Austin Lee Minnesota State SO 1157:19 55 2.85 13 Kevin Genoe Michigan Tech FR 1353:53 80 3.55 14 Jon Olthuis Alaska Anchorage SR 1470:28 88 3.59 15 Josh Robinson Michigan Tech SO 795:17 62 4.68 Minimum 33% of Team Minutes Played

Save Percentage: Saves GA Pct 1 Marc Cheverie Denver JR 925 62 .937 2 Mike Lee St. Cloud State FR 621 57 .916 3 Scott Gudmandson Wisconsin JR 605 57 .914 4 Brad Eidsness North Dakota SO 779 74 .913 5 Alex Kangas Minnesota JR 833 81 .911 6 Dan Dunn St. Cloud State JR 486 48 .910 7 Phil Cook Minnesota State FR 373 37 .910 8 Joe Howe Colorado College FR 934 94 .909 9 Austin Lee Minnesota State SO 536 55 .907 10 Kenny Reiter Minnesota Duluth SO 501 52 .906 11 Kevin Genoe Michigan Tech FR 753 80 .904 12 Brady Hjelle Minnesota Duluth SO 431 49 .898 13 Brett Bennett Wisconsin JR 278 36 .885 14 Josh Robinson Michigan Tech SO 438 62 .876 15 Jon Olthuis Alaska Anchorage SR 592 88 .871

Winning Percentage: W- L- T Pct 1 Marc Cheverie Denver JR 24- 4- 3 .823 2 Scott Gudmandson Wisconsin JR 16- 3- 4 .783 3 Dan Dunn St. Cloud State JR 12- 4- 2 .722 4 Brad Eidsness North Dakota SO 20- 9- 4 .667 5 Phil Cook Minnesota State FR 8- 5- 2 .600 6 Kenny Reiter Minnesota Duluth SO 12- 9- 0 .571 Brett Bennett Wisconsin JR 8- 6- 0 .571 8 Brady Hjelle Minnesota Duluth SO 9- 7- 1 .559 9 Joe Howe Colorado College FR 17-14- 3 .544 10 Alex Kangas Minnesota JR 16-14- 1 .532 11 Mike Lee St. Cloud State FR 9- 8- 3 .525 12 Austin Lee Minnesota State SO 7-11- 0 .389 13 Jon Olthuis Alaska Anchorage SR 8-15- 2 .360 14 Kevin Genoe Michigan Tech FR 4-18- 1 .196 15 Josh Robinson Michigan Tech SO 1-12- 0 .077 WCHA Men Release/Update/3-14-2010

2009-10 wcha player statistics • Leaders conference games • Final

Point Scoring: GP PPG G- A- P 1 Rhett Rakhshani Denver SR F 28 1.25 15-20-35 2 Blake Geoffrion Wisconsin SR F 25 1.36 19-15-34 3 Justin Fontaine Minnesota Duluth JR W 28 1.18 18-15-33 Jack Connolly Minnesota Duluth SO C 28 1.18 12-21-33 Mike Connolly Minnesota Duluth SO W 28 1.18 9-24-33 6 Michael Davies Wisconsin SR F 26 1.23 10-22-32 Garrett Roe St. Cloud State JR F 27 1.19 14-18-32 Ryan Lasch St. Cloud State SR F 28 1.14 15-17-32 9 Tyler Ruegsegger Denver SR F 28 1.11 14-17-31 Derek Stepan Wisconsin SO F 28 1.11 4-27-31 11 Joe Colborne Denver SO F 26 1.12 16-13-29 Brendan Smith Wisconsin JR D 27 1.07 11-18-29 Kevin Clark Alaska Anchorage SR F 28 1.04 18-11-29 14 Chris VandeVelde North Dakota SR F 27 1.04 10-18-28 15 Anthony Maiani Denver JR F 28 0.96 6-21-27 16 Malcolm Gwilliam Michigan Tech SR W 27 0.96 13-13-26 Rob Bordson Minnesota Duluth JR W 28 0.93 6-20-26 18 Craig Smith Wisconsin FR F 28 0.89 6-19-25 19 Brett Olson Michigan Tech SO C 25 0.96 14-10-24 Jason Gregoire North Dakota SO F 28 0.86 15- 9-24 Ben Street Wisconsin SR F 28 0.86 13-11-24 Bill Sweatt Colorado College SR LW/LW 28 0.86 12-12-24 Tony Mosey St. Cloud State JR F 28 0.86 9-15-24 24 Danny Kristo North Dakota FR F 28 0.82 10-13-23 25 Mike Testwuide Colorado College SR RW/RW 25 0.84 13- 8-21 Tony Lucia Minnesota SR F 28 0.75 10-11-21 Jordan Schroeder Minnesota SO F 28 0.75 5-16-21 Evan Trupp North Dakota JR F 28 0.75 4-17-21 Drew LeBlanc St. Cloud State SO F 28 0.75 4-17-21 30 Patrick Wiercioch Denver SO D 26 0.77 4-16-20 Rylan Schwartz Colorado College FR F 28 0.71 6-14-20 Nate Prosser Colorado College SR D 28 0.71 4-16-20 33 Tommy Grant Alaska Anchorage JR F 26 0.69 6-12-18 Kyle Ostrow Denver JR F 28 0.64 12- 6-18 Zach Harrison Minnesota State SR F 28 0.64 8-10-18

Goals Against Average: Minutes GA GAA 1 Marc Cheverie Denver JR 1493:08 51 2.05 2 Brad Eidsness North Dakota SO 1541:03 56 2.18 3 Scott Gudmandson Wisconsin JR 1043:20 42 2.42 4 Alex Kangas Minnesota JR 1439:43 59 2.46 5 Kenny Reiter Minnesota Duluth SO 868:19 36 2.49 6 Brady Hjelle Minnesota Duluth SO 811:59 36 2.66 7 Dan Dunn St. Cloud State JR 761:43 35 2.76 8 Joe Howe Colorado College FR 1611:39 78 2.90 9 Brett Bennett Wisconsin JR 645:01 32 2.98 10 Austin Lee Minnesota State SO 976:40 49 3.01 11 Mike Lee St. Cloud State FR 929:25 47 3.03 12 Jon Olthuis Alaska Anchorage SR 1174:36 73 3.73 13 Kevin Genoe Michigan Tech FR 1158:14 72 3.73 Minimum 33% of Team Minutes Played

Save Percentage: Saves GA Pct 1 Marc Cheverie Denver JR 722 51 .934 2 Alex Kangas Minnesota JR 656 59 .917 3 Brad Eidsness North Dakota SO 593 56 .914 4 Dan Dunn St. Cloud State JR 364 35 .912 5 Mike Lee St. Cloud State FR 470 47 .909 6 Kenny Reiter Minnesota Duluth SO 356 36 .908 7 Brady Hjelle Minnesota Duluth SO 353 36 .907 8 Scott Gudmandson Wisconsin JR 402 42 .905 9 Joe Howe Colorado College FR 743 78 .905 10 Kevin Genoe Michigan Tech FR 670 72 .903 11 Austin Lee Minnesota State SO 451 49 .902 12 Brett Bennett Wisconsin JR 240 32 .882 13 Jon Olthuis Alaska Anchorage SR 470 73 .866

Winning Percentage: W- L- T Pct 1 Scott Gudmandson Wisconsin JR 11- 2- 3 .781 2 Marc Cheverie Denver JR 17- 4- 3 .771 3 Dan Dunn St. Cloud State JR 9- 2- 2 .769 4 Brad Eidsness North Dakota SO 14- 8- 2 .625 5 Kenny Reiter Minnesota Duluth SO 9- 6- 0 .600 6 Brady Hjelle Minnesota Duluth SO 7- 5- 1 .577 7 Alex Kangas Minnesota JR 12-11- 1 .521 8 Joe Howe Colorado College FR 12-12- 3 .500 Brett Bennett Wisconsin JR 6- 6- 0 .500 10 Mike Lee St. Cloud State FR 6- 7- 2 .467 11 Jon Olthuis Alaska Anchorage SR 6-12- 2 .350 12 Austin Lee Minnesota State SO 5-10- 0 .333 13 Kevin Genoe Michigan Tech FR 4-15- 0 .211