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Western Collegiate Hockey Association Bruce M. McLeod Commissioner Carol LaBelle-Ehrhardt Assistant Commissioner of Operations Greg Shepherd Supervisor of Officials Administrative Office January 10, 2011/For Immediate Release Western Collegiate Hockey Association 2211 S. Josephine Street, Room 302 Five WCHA Series for Jan. 14-15 Mark Launch of Second Half of Denver, CO 80210 p: 303 871-4491. f: 303 871-4770 email: [email protected] Race for 2011 League Championship, MacNaughton Cup; It’s UM Doug Spencer at UND, UW at UMD, DU at MSU, BSU at UNO, CC at UAA Associate Commissioner for Public Michigan Tech Hosts St. Lawrence in Non-Conference Set; Pre-Season League Favorite North Relations Public Relations Office Dakota Sports Nine-Game Unbeaten Streak, Holds Two-Point Lead as Top Four Clubs Separated Western Collegiate Hockey Association by Three Points; Badgers in Midst of Seven-Game Win Streak; Minnesota State, St. Cloud State 559 D’Onofrio Drive, Ste. 103 Own Four Straight Victories; Denver Unbeaten Over Last Four; WCHA Teams a Collective 47-22-11 Madison, WI 53719-2096 p: 608 829-0100. f: 608 829-0200 (.656) vs Other Div. 1 Clubs; Six WCHA Teams Ranked in Latest National Poll … UND No. 2, UMD email: [email protected] No. 5, DU No. 6, UW No. 9, UNO No. 11, CC No. 17 … MSU, UM, SCSU Receive Votes; Tickets On Sale for 2011 Red Baron WCHA Final Five, Set for March 17-19 at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul Home of a Record 36 Men’s National Championship MADISON, Wis. – The second half of the race for the 2011 Western Collegiate Hockey Association regular season Teams Since 1951 championship and MacNaughton Cup – 84 league games running for the next eight weeks through March 5 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, – launches this coming Friday (Jan. 14) and Saturday (Jan. 15) with 10 member teams competing in five series. 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, League-leading North Dakota will host Minnesota, Minnesota Duluth entertains Wisconsin, Denver travels to 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, Minnesota State, Nebraska Omaha hosts Bemidji State, and Colorado College heads to Alaska Anchorage. All 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 12-member teams have played half of their 28-game league schedules. 1982, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1997, The No. 2-ranked Fighting Sioux (16-5-2, 11-3-0 WCHA, 22 points), sporting a nine-game unbeaten streak at 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 8-0-1 and the Golden Gophers (9-8-3, 6-6-2 WCHA, 14 points) will face-off at Ralph Engelstad Arena (11,6334) in Grand Forks at 7:37 pm CT on Friday and 7:07 pm CT on Saturday. These will be the only two regular season Conference Members meetings between the two rivals. University of Alaska Anchorage con’t on next page Bemidji State University Colorado College University of Denver 2010-11 WCHA Men’s Standings Michigan Tech University University of Minnesota Conference Only Overall University of Minnesota Duluth Pts GP Record Win% GF- GA GP Record Win% GF- GA Minnesota State University 1 North Dakota 22 14 11- 3- 0 .786 48- 31 23 16- 5- 2 .739 84- 54 University of Nebraska Omaha 2 Denver 20 14 9- 3- 2 .714 47- 35 22 13- 5- 4 .682 71- 56 University of North Dakota Minnesota Duluth 20 14 9- 3- 2 .714 46- 34 21 14- 4- 3 .738 75- 54 St. Cloud State University 4 Nebraska-Omaha 19 14 9- 4- 1 .679 46- 33 20 12- 7- 1 .625 69- 51 University of Wisconsin 5 Colorado College 16 14 8- 6- 0 .571 50- 38 22 12- 9- 1 .568 76- 65 6 Minnesota 14 14 6- 6- 2 .500 44- 43 20 9- 8- 3 .525 63- 61 2011 Red Baron™ Wisconsin 14 14 6- 6- 2 .500 40- 31 24 14- 7- 3 .646 87- 50 WCHA Final Five 8 St. Cloud State 11 14 5- 8- 1 .393 37- 41 22 9-11- 2 .455 61- 67 March 17-19 • Xcel Energy Center 9 Alaska Anchorage 10 14 4- 8- 2 .357 29- 44 18 5-10- 3 .361 43- 59 Saint Paul, Minnesota Minnesota State 10 14 4- 8- 2 .357 33- 49 22 10- 8- 4 .545 67- 68 11 Bemidji State 9 14 4- 9- 1 .321 32- 40 20 8-11- 1 .425 47- 52 visit us at the all-new: 12 Michigan Tech 3 14 1-12- 1 .107 30- 63 20 3-15- 2 .200 51- 87 WCHA.com This Week in the WCHA Games for Friday, January 14: Colorado College at Alaska Anchorage (WCHA), 7:07 pm AT; St. Lawrence at Michigan Tech (NC), 7:07 pm ET; Wisconsin at Minnesota Duluth (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT; Bemidji State at Nebraska-Omaha (WCHA), 7:37 pm CT; Denver at Minnesota State (WCHA), 7:37 pm CT; Minnesota at North Dakota (WCHA), 7:37 pm CT. Games for Saturday, January 15: St. Lawrence at Michigan Tech (NC), 5:07 pm ET; Bemidji State at Nebraska- Omaha (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT; Colorado College at Alaska Anchorage (WCHA), 7:07 pm AT; Denver at Minnesota State (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT; Minnesota at North Dakota (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT; Wisconsin at Minnesota Duluth (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT. 2010-11 WCHA Men’s Weekly Release • #15 • 011011 No. 5-ranked Minnesota Duluth (14-4-3, 9-3-2 WCHA, 20 points), Last Week in the WCHA currently tied for second place and two points out of first place, will entertain No. 9/11-ranked Wisconsin (14-7-3, 6-6-2 WCHA, 14 points) at Results of Monday, January 3 the Bulldogs’ new AMSOIL Arena (6,732) in Duluth at 7:07 pm CT both Minnesota Duluth 4 at Clarkson 1 (NC) Friday and Saturday. UMD is 2-0-0 vs the Badgers this season after a pair of overtime wins (6-5 and 3-2) in Madison back on Nov. 19-20. Wisconsin Results of Tuesday, January 4 enters the series with seven consecutive victories. Minnesota Duluth 4 at Clarkson 2 (NC) Defending WCHA champion and No. 6-ranked Denver (13-5-4, 9-3-2 Results of Friday, January 7 WCHA, 20 points), sitting just two points back of the top slot, returns Bemidji State 3 at Alabama-Huntsville 1 (NC) to on-ice action after a week off by playing at Minnesota State (10-8-4, Canisius 0 at Wisconsin 3 (NC) 4-8-2 WCHA, 10 points). Face-offs at Verizon Wireless Center (4,832) in Michigan Tech 0 at St. Cloud State 3 (WCHA) Mankato are at 7:37 pm CT on Jan. 14 and 7:07 pm CT on Jan. 15. The USA Under-18 Team 0 at Minnesota 9 (EX) Pioneers swept the Mavericks 3-2 and 6-1 back on Nov. 12-13 at DU’s American International 0 at Minnesota State 1 (NC) Magness Arena. Robert Morris 0 at North Dakota 8 (NC) At Qwest Center (15,595) in Omaha this weekend, fellow first-year WCHA members Nebraska Omaha (12-7-1, 9-4-1 WCHA, 19 points) and Results of Saturday, January 8 Bemidji State (8-11-1, 4-9-1 WCHA, 9 points) will engage each other for Bemidji State 3 at Alabama-Huntsville 4 (NC) the second time this season, with puck drops at 7:37 pm CT Friday and American International 2 at Minnesota State 5 (NC) 7:07 pm CT Saturday. The No. 10/11-ranked Mavericks were swept by the Canisius 5 at Wisconsin 6 ot (NC) Beavers in Bemidji by 3-0 and 3-1 scores on Dec. 3-4. Michigan Tech 1 at St. Cloud State 5 (WCHA) And up at Sullivan Arena (6,251), Alaska Anchorage (5-10-3, 4-8-2 Robert Morris 1 at North Dakota 2 (NC) WCHA, 10 points) will entertain No. 17-ranked Colorado College (12-9-1, USA Under-18 Team 1 at Minnesota Duluth 4 (EX) 8-6-0 WCHA, 16 points) in a pair of 7:07 pm AT league encounters. The Seawolves, idle since Dec. 11, split with the Tigers at the World Arena in Colorado Springs back on Nov. 26-27. UAA won the series opener 4-3 In non-conference match ups last week, WCHA-member teams went (ot) before CC battled back for a 2-0 decision in game two. a combined 9-1-0 vs other Div. 1 teams. Minnesota Duluth launched the Outside the WCHA this weekend, Michigan Tech (3-15-2) will host ECAC period with 4-1 and 4-2 wins at Clarkson on Jan. 3-4. Then last weekend Hockey-member St. Lawrence (6-10-3) at 7:07 pm ET on Friday and at – January 7-8 – three other league teams earned sweeps as North Dakota 5:07 pm ET on Saturday at John MacInnes Student Ice Arena (4,128) in won 8-0 and 2-1 over visiting Robert Morris, host Wisconsin swept Ca- Houghton. nisius 3-0 and 6-5 (ot), and Minnesota State prevailed twice over visiting Idle this week is St. Cloud State. The Huskies (9-11-2) pushed their win- American International 1-0 and 5-2, while Bemidji State split at Alabama- ning streak to four games on Jan. 7-8 with a pair of conference victories Huntsville 3-1 and 3-4. Through games of Jan. 10, WCHA-member teams over MTU, moving them into eighth place and within three points of sport a collective record of 47-22-11 in games vs other Division 1 teams sixth.