2020-21 Nchc Weekly Release
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2020-21 NCHC WEEKLY RELEASE National Collegiate Hockey Conference 1631 Mesa Avenue, Suite C Colorado Springs, CO 80906 Phone: 719-203-6818 Week of February 8-14, 2021 Fax: 719-645-8206 Season 8, Week 10 www.NCHCHockey.com Michael Weisman • O: 719-694-9924 • C: 513-310-4869 • [email protected] • @TheNCHC 2020-21 NCHC STANDINGS Conference Overall Pts. GP W L T OW OL SW Win % GF GA GP W L T Win % GF GA 1. Minnesota Duluth 39 19 12 5 2 1 1 1 .684 62 39 19 12 5 2 .684 62 39 2. North Dakota 38 18 13 4 1 2 0 0 .750 69 38 18 13 4 1 .750 69 38 3. St. Cloud State 37 19 12 7 0 2 3 0 .632 63 51 19 12 7 0 .632 63 51 4. Omaha 32 18 11 6 1 3 0 1 .639 62 49 18 11 6 1 .639 62 49 5. Denver 25 18 7 10 1 0 2 1 .417 50 51 18 7 10 1 .417 50 51 6. Western Michigan 21 20 6 11 3 1 0 1 .375 56 79 20 6 11 3 .375 56 79 7. Colorado College 15 16 3 11 2 0 2 2 .250 29 53 16 3 11 2 .250 29 53 Miami 15 20 4 14 2 0 1 0 .250 37 68 20 4 14 2 .250 37 68 Teams are awarded three (3) points for each conference win in regulation, two (2) points for an overtime or shootout win, and one (1) point for an overtime or shootout loss. Overtime wins and losses appear in both the W and L columns, as well as the OTW and OTL columns in a team’s conference record. Shootouts will only occur if a conference game remains tied after the lone overtime, which is now 3-on-3, with the shootout winner earning two points and the loser getting one point, the same as an overtime win and loss. THIS WEEK’S GAMES NCHC NEWS & NOTES FULL SLATE: For only the second time this season, all eight NCHC teams Friday, Feb. 12 will play two games on the same weekend this weekend (Feb. 12-13), with *No. 4/4 Minnesota Duluth at Western Michigan, 6:05 p.m. ET this being the first weekend all year where there are four NCHC games on *No. 6/7 St. Cloud State at Miami, 7:05 p.m. ET Friday and four games on Saturday. The other weekend that saw all eight *Colorado College at No. 10/10 Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT teams play two-game series was Jan. 22-24, when there was one game *Denver at No. 2/1 North Dakota, 7:37 p.m. CT (TV: MidcoSN) Friday, four games Saturday and three games Sunday. Saturday, Feb. 13 *No. 4/4 Minnesota Duluth at Western Michigan, 4:05 p.m. ET FAMILIAR FOES: Of the four series this weekend, the West Division series *No. 6/7 St. Cloud State at Miami, 5:05 p.m. ET will mark the fifth and sixth meetings between the teams this season, *Colorado College at No. 10/10 Omaha, 6:07 p.m. CT while in the East Division it will only be the third and fourth match-ups of *Denver at No. 2/1 North Dakota, 6:07 p.m. CT (TV: MidcoSN/Altitude) the year. No. 10/10 Omaha hosts Colorado College, having gone 4-0-0 against the Tigers so far this season. Rivals Denver and No. 2/1 North Dakota have split their four games, going 2-2-0, with one of UND’s wins LAST WEEK’S RESULTS coming in overtime in the NCHC Pod. Friday, Feb. 5 In the East Division, the road team swept the team it travels to earlier *at No. 5/6 Minnesota Duluth 8, Miami 1 this season. No. 4/4 Minnesota Duluth took two from Western Michigan *at No. 4/5 St. Cloud State 5, Western Michigan 1 back on Jan. 23-24 in Duluth by a combined score of 9-2, while No. 6/7 *at Denver 3, No. 9/10 Omaha 1 St. Cloud State swept Miami on Jan. 22-23 in St. Cloud by a combined score of 11-4. Those teams face off in Kalamazoo, Mich. and Oxford, Ohio, Saturday, Feb. 6 respectively, this weekend. *at No. 5/6 Minnesota Duluth 3, Miami 1 *Western Michigan 5, at No. 4/5 St. Cloud State 4 (OT) FROZEN FACEOFF’S TEMPORARY NEW HOME: The NCHC announced *No. 9/10 Omaha 5, at Denver 4 (OT) on Monday it is changing the 2021 NCHC Tournament location, format and dates, as the entire tournament will now take place from March 12- 16 in Grand Forks, N.D., with the tournament all single elimination. The *Conference game University of North Dakota’s Ralph Engelstad Arena will host the entire Frozen Faceoff, with quarterfinals on March 12-13, semifinals on March 15 and the championship on March 16. (bracket on page 13) NCHC.tv All of this weekend’s games can be watched on the NCHC’s digital POLL POSITIONS: North Dakota returned to the top spot in the USA network, NCHC.tv. This week’s NCHC.tv schedule can be found on Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll for the first time since the week of Dec. page 4. 7, while moving up to No. 2 in the USCHO.com Poll. The NCHC has four teams in the top 10 of both national polls, the most from any conference. The four ranked NCHC teams in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey /TheNCHC @TheNCHC TheNCHC NCHC.tv SID/SCHOOL DIRECTORY National Collegiate Hockey Conference Director of Communications: .........................Michael Weisman Digital Network/Video: ................................................ 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