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Western Collegiate Hockey Association Bruce M. McLeod Commissioner [email protected] Carol LaBelle-Ehrhardt Associate Commissioner of Operations [email protected] Greg Shepherd October 21, 2013 Supervisor of Officials [email protected] Doug Spencer WCHA Schedule, Pursuit of MacNaughton Cup Associate Commissioner for Public Relations Gets Underway Friday/Saturday as Alabama T 608 829-0100 • C 303 475-9283 • F 608 829-0200 Huntsville Hosts Bemidji State, Michigan Tech [email protected] Plays Home-and-Home vs Northern Michigan Administrative Office Address Alaska Takes on Mercyhurst October 25-26; WCHA Teams Forge 11-7-2 MSC 8302, WCHA Mark in Non-Conference Play October 15-20 as Alaska Captures Brice 2211 S. Josephine Street Alaska Goal Rush Title and Lake Superior Sweeps at Union to Remain Denver, CO 80208-8302 Unbeaten; Bowling Green Goes 2-0-1 vs Ohio State & Colgate; Minnesota T 303 871-4491 • F 303 871-4770 State Sweeps Connecticut; Ferris State Downs Mercyhurst, Splits vs St. Lawrence; NMU Splits vs Nebraska Omaha; Alaska Anchorage Downs Home of a Record DU for Third Place at Alaska Goal Rush; Latest Div. 1 Men’s National Polls 37 Men’s National Show LSSU No. 15, MSU No. 16 … UAA, UAF, FSU, BGSU Receive Votes; Championship Teams Watch WCHA Games Live All Season Via America ONE Sports; 2014 Since 1951 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, WCHA Final Five Set March 21-22 at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, MADISON, Wis. – The 140-game Western Collegiate Hockey Association schedule and pursuit of 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, the the league regular season championship and MacNaughton Cup commences this Friday and 1982, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, Saturday, October 25-26, with two, two-game series as Alabama Huntsville plays host to Bemidji 2011 State and Upper Peninsula-rivals Michigan Tech and Northern Michigan engage in a home-and- home set. Men’s Member Teams The Chargers (0-2-0) and Beavers (0-3-1) will hit the ice at Von Braun Center (6600) in Huntsville University of Alabama in Huntsville in a pair of 7:07 pm CT face-offs. The Huskies (0-3-1) and Wildcats (1-3-0), meanwhile, play at Berry University of Alaska Anchorage University of Alaska Fairbanks con't on next page Bemidji State University Bowling Green State University Ferris State University 2013-14 WCHA Men’s Standings Lake Superior State University Michigan Technological University Conference Only Overall Minnesota State University Pts GP W L T Win% GF- GA GP W L T Win% GF- GA Northern Michigan University 1 Alabama Huntsville 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 2 0- 2- 0 .000 3- 12 Alaska Anchorage 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 4 3- 1- 0 .750 12- 11 Alaska 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 4 2- 1- 1 .625 13- 10 2014 WCHA Final Five March 21-22 • Van Andel Arena Bemidji State 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 4 0- 3- 1 .125 8- 16 Grand Rapids, MI Bowling Green 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 5 2- 1- 2 .600 17- 12 Ferris State 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 5 3- 2- 0 .600 17- 13 visit us on the web at: Lake Superior State 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 4 4- 0- 0 1.00 15- 9 Michigan Tech 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 4 0- 3- 1 .125 7- 13 wcha.com Minnesota State 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 4 2- 2- 0 .500 9- 10 wcha.com/mobile Northern Michigan 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 4 1- 3- 0 .250 10- 12 This Week in the WCHA Games for Friday, October 25: Michigan Tech at Northern Michigan (WCHA), 7:07 pm ET; Bemidji State at Alabama Huntsville (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT; *Mercyhurst at Alaska (NC), 7:07 pm AT. Games for Saturday, October 26: Northern Michigan at Michigan Tech (WCHA), 7:07 pm ET; Bemidji State at Alabama Huntsville (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT; *Mercyhurst at Alaska (NC), 7:07 pm AT. * at Patty Ice Arena WCHA M Release • Week 4 • 102113 Events Center (4260) on Friday night at 7:07 pm ET and then at John MacInnes Student Ice Arena (4466) in Houghton on Satur- Next Week in the WCHA day evening at 7:07 pm ET. Each of the 10 member WCHA teams play a total of 28 Games for Tuesday, October 29 conference games in 2013-14. Each team will play five other Bowling Green at Ohio State (NC), 7:05 pm ET league members four times each and four others two times Laurentian U. at Lake Superior (EX), 7:37 pm ET each. The regular season champion in the WCHA is awarded the Games for Friday, November 1 MacNaughton Cup. Alaska Anchorage at Bowling Green (WCHA), 7:07 pm ET In a relatively light week of games, Alaska (2-1-1) is the only Michigan Tech at Michigan (NC), 7:35 pm ET other conference team in action as the Nanooks entertain Ferris State at Alabama Huntsville (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT Mercyhurst (1-4-0) from the Atlantic Hockey Association at 7:07 Lake Superior at Wisconsin (NC), 7:07 pm CT pm AT both Friday and Saturday at Patty Ice Arena on campus. Minnesota State at Bemidji State (WCHA), 7:37 pm CT Five other league clubs – Alaska Anchorage, Bowling Green, Northern Michigan at Alaska (WCHA), 7:07 pm AT Ferris State, Lake Superior State and Minnesota State – are all Games for Saturday, November 2 idle this week. Michigan Tech at Michigan (NC), 7:00 pm ET WCHA teams stepped up and went a combined 11-7-2 (.632) Alaska Anchorage at Bowling Green (WCHA), 7:07 pm ET in 19 total non-conference match ups last week, beginning on Minnesota State at Bemidji State (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT Tuesday (October 15) and continuing through Sunday (October Ferris State at Alabama Huntsville (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT 20), highlighted by the Alaska Nanooks claiming their own Brice Lake Superior at Wisconsin (NC), 7:07 pm CT Alaska Goal Rush tournament championship and Lake Superior Northern Michigan at Alaska (WCHA), 7:07 pm AT State going on the road and winning twice at then No. 15/16- ranked Union College. Alaska became the second WCHA team to claim a tournament Overall so far this season, WCHA teams are a combined championship early in the new campaign last Saturday night 17-18-5 (.488) in non-conference action, with 12 of those 18 when the Nanooks captured the Brice Alaska Goal Rush crown defeats coming on the road and eight by just one goal. in Fairbanks. Alaska, who won 3-2 (ot) over then No. 12-ranked Last Tuesday night, Ferris State and Bowling Green got the Denver of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference last Friday league rolling. The Bulldogs won 3-2 on the road at Mercyhurst then claimed the championship with a shootout victory over (AHA) and Bowling Green, trailing 3-0 in the second period, another NCHC-member in Western Michigan following a 3-3 forged a 4-3 comeback victory over visiting Big 10 Confer- (ot) tie. The Nanooks now join the Alaska Anchorage Seawolves ence-member Ohio State. in the 2013-14 tournament winner’s circle. The Seawolves (3-1-0), who won the Kendall Hockey Classic on October 11-12 in Anchorage, also played in the Brice Alaska Goal Rush, battling Last Week in the WCHA back from a 6-2 loss to WMU last Friday to defeat Denver 3-2 (ot). First-year head coach Matt Thomas has UAA victorious in Results of Tuesday, October 15 three of their first four games this season. Ferris State 3 at Mercyhurst 2 (NC) Lake Superior State, off to a perfect start this season, moved Ohio State 3 at Bowling Green 4 (NC) to 4-0-0 overall after coach Jim Roque’s Lakers won back-to-back Results of Friday, October 18 road tilts at Union on October 18-19 by scores of 6-5 (ot) and Lake Superior 6 at Union 5 ot (NC) 3-2. LSSU won a pair of season-opening 3-1 games over visiting Colgate 1 at Bowling Green 1 ot (NC) Robert Morris on October 11-12. St. Lawrence 3 at Ferris State 2 (NC) Bowling Green and Ferris State, who both played three Nebraska Omaha 2 at Northern Michigan 1 (NC) games in five nights last week, opening their home schedules Michigan Tech 2 at Notre Dame 3 (NC) on October 18-19. The Falcons made it a 2-0-1 week when they Minnesota 6 at Bemidji State 3 (NC) followed up a 1-1 (ot) tie with Colgate (ECAC Hockey) last Friday Connecticut 1 at Minnesota State 2 (NC) with an impressive 7-0 verdict last Saturday, while the host *Western Michigan 6 vs Alaska Anchorage 2 (NC) Bulldogs split with St. Lawrence, 2-3 and 5-3, to stand 2-1 for the * Denver 2 at Alaska 3 ot (NC) week. * Alaska Goal Rush at Alaska Minnesota State (2-2-0), pre-season favorites in the WCHA, Results of Saturday, October 19 bounced back from a pair of opening weekend losses at Provi- Lake Superior 3 at Union 2 (NC) dence with 2-1 and 6-1 home-ice victories over visiting ECAC Colgate 0 at Bowling Green 7 (NC) Hockey-member Connecticut in Mankato last weekend.