2020-21 NCHC WEEKLY RELEASE National Collegiate Hockey Conference 1631 Mesa Avenue, Suite C Colorado Springs, CO 80906 Phone: 719-203-6818 Week of Dec
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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 Dec. 28, 2020 - Jan. 3, 2021 Fax: 719-645-8206 Volume 8, Week 4 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. North Dakota 20 10 7 2 1 2 0 0 .750 39 24 10 7 2 1 .750 39 24 2. Omaha 19 10 6 3 1 1 0 1 .650 37 22 10 6 3 1 .650 37 22 3. Minnesota Duluth 18 9 5 2 2 0 0 1 .667 26 20 9 5 2 2 .667 26 20 St. Cloud State 18 9 6 3 0 1 1 0 .667 29 24 9 6 3 0 .667 29 24 5. Denver 12 10 3 6 1 0 1 1 .350 23 28 10 3 6 1 .350 23 28 6. Colorado College 11 8 2 4 2 0 1 2 .375 18 24 8 2 4 2 .375 18 24 7. Miami 8 10 2 7 1 0 1 0 .250 15 29 10 2 7 1 .250 15 29 Western Michigan 8 10 2 6 2 0 0 0 .300 30 46 10 2 6 2 .300 30 46 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. UPCOMING GAMES NCHC FACTS AND FIGURES POST-POD PORTION: After successfully completing the 38-game, 21-day Friday, Jan. 1 Pod in Omaha, Neb. in December, the second portion of the 2020-21 *No. 16/14 Denver at Colorado College, 7:00 p.m. MT (TV: CBSSN) NCHC season gets underway this weekend with three rivalry series on tap. The NCHC resumes play on New Year’s Day with a Gold Pan battle Saturday, Jan. 2 between Denver and Colorado College as part of a home-and-home *Miami at Western Michigan, 7:05 p.m. ET series. On Saturday and Sunday, No. 4 Minnesota Duluth visits No. 6 St. *No. 4/4 Minnesota Duluth at No. 6/6 St. Cloud State, 6:07 p.m. CT Cloud State for a pair of top-10, in-state tilts, while Miami also heads to *Colorado College at No. 16/14 Denver, 7:07 p.m. MT (TV: Altitude) Western Michigan for two games. All three series will take place again next Sunday, Jan. 3 weekend, Jan. 8-9, with the locations flipped. *Miami at Western Michigan, 5:05 p.m. ET *No. 4/4 Minnesota Duluth at No. 6/6 St. Cloud State, 4:07 p.m. CT FIRST-PLACE BATTLE POSTPONED: The top two teams in the NCHC standings, No. 3 North Dakota and No. 11 Omaha, were scheduled to start the second half of the NCHC season on Dec. 31-Jan. 1 back in Omaha, but LATEST RESULTS the series has been postponed due to a combination of positive COVID-19 Friday, Jan. 1 tests, contact tracing and subsequent quarantining of individuals within the *No. 3/3 North Dakota at No. 11/11 Omaha, Postponed to Jan. 30 Omaha hockey program. The series has been rescheduled for Jan. 29-30 at Baxter Arena in Omaha. The teams are still scheduled to play in Grand Thursday, Dec. 31 Forks next weekend, Jan. 8-9. *No. 3/3 North Dakota at No. 11/11 Omaha, Postponed to Jan. 29 GOING FOR GOLD: Three NCHC players will have a chance to bring Monday, Dec. 21 home hardware from the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship, as Denver *No. 17 Omaha 3, Colorado College 0 (in NCHC Pod at Baxter Arena) sophomore forward Bobby Brink and North Dakota freshman defensemen Tyler Kleven and Jake Sanderson are all part of the U.S. National Junior *Conference game Team, which won Group B Thursday night and will face Slovakia in the quarterfinals on Jan. 2. Brink, who has two goals and two assists so far in the tournament, is on Team USA for the second straight season. One other NCHC.tv Schedule NCHC player, Western Michigan freshman blue liner Cedric Fiedler, played Saturday, Jan. 2 only all four games for Team Switzerland before the Swiss were eliminated from Colorado College at No. 16/14 Denver, 7:07 p.m. MT the tournament. (page 7) Saturday, Jan. 2 & Sunday, Jan. 3 FRESHMAN PHENOMS: The top-two goal scorers in the NCHC are both Miami at Western Michigan, 7:05/5:05 p.m. ET freshmen and both share the NCAA goal-scoring lead as well, as both No. 4/4 Minnesota Duluth at No. 6/6 St. Cloud State, 6:07/4:07 p.m. CT Denver’s Carter Savoie and North Dakota’s Riese Gaber each have seven goals this season. They are two of five players nationally with seven goals, three of which are rookies. Savoie’s 11 points (7g, 4a) are third nationally among freshmen. 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