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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 November 15, 2010/For Immediate Release Western Collegiate Hockey Association 2211 S. Josephine Street, Room 302 Denver, CO 80210 Nebraska Omaha Hosts North Dakota to Highlight Upcoming p: 303 871-4491. f: 303 871-4770 email: [email protected] 10-Game WCHA Weekend of Nov. 19-20; First Place UMD Heads Doug Spencer to UW; Denver Hosts BSU; MTU Hosts UM; SCSU Travels to UAA Associate Commissioner for Public Relations Minnesota Duluth Attains No. 1 National Ranking as Six WCHA Teams are Among Top 20 in Public Relations Office Latest USCHO.com Div. 1 Men’s Hockey Poll … UMD No. 1, UNO Up to No. 4, UND No. 8, DU No. 13, Western Collegiate Hockey Association 559 D’Onofrio Drive, Ste. 103 UW No. 15, UM No. 19 … SCSU, CC Also Receive Votes; First-Year WCHA-Member UNO Remains Madison, WI 53719-2096 Unbeaten in League Play After Three-Point Series at SCSU; Sioux Sweep on Road at Wisconsin; p: 608 829-0100. f: 608 829-0200 Bulldogs Down Tech Twice; Host Pioneers Win Pair vs MSU; WCHA Teams Stand 20-12-7 in Non- email: [email protected] Conference Play this Season; Tickets on Sale Now for 2011 Red Baron WCHA Final Five, to be Home of a Record 36 Men’s Held March 17-19 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul National Championship MADISON, Wis. – Minnesota Duluth and North Dakota, the two teams residing at the top of this week’s Western Teams Since 1951 Collegiate Hockey Association men’s standings, both hit the road in two of the five league series scheduled 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, for the upcoming weekend of Nov. 19-20. 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, The No. 1 nationally-ranked and league-leading Bulldogs (9-1-2, 6-1-1 WCHA) head to Madison to take on 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, host No. 15-ranked Wisconsin (6-4-2, 3-3-2 WCHA) at the Kohl Center (15,237) on Friday and Saturday at 7:07 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1997, pm CT each night while pre-season MacNaughton Cup-favorite and No. 8-ranked North Dakota (7-4-1, 6-2-0 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 WCHA) travels to No. 4-ranked Nebraska Omaha (8-1-1, 5-0-1 WCHA) for a 7:37 pm/7:07 pm CT encounters at Qwest Center Omaha (15,595). Minnesota Duluth is off to the best start in program history and is coming off Conference Members a 5-3 and 4-2 Nov. 12-13 home ice sweep of Michigan Tech. North Dakota won twice last weekend at the UW 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 Minnesota Duluth 13 8 6- 1- 1 .812 27- 16 12 9- 1- 2 .833 48- 28 University of Nebraska Omaha 2 North Dakota 12 8 6- 2- 0 .750 25- 17 12 7- 4- 1 .625 38- 34 University of North Dakota 3 Nebraska-Omaha 11 6 5- 0- 1 .917 26- 13 10 8- 1- 1 .850 44- 24 St. Cloud State University Denver 11 8 5- 2- 1 .688 27- 21 12 6- 4- 2 .583 35- 34 University of Wisconsin 5 Wisconsin 8 8 3- 3- 2 .500 24- 17 12 6- 4- 2 .583 45- 23 6 Minnesota 7 8 3- 4- 1 .438 26- 29 10 5- 4- 1 .550 36- 36 2011 Red Baron™ 7 Minnesota State 6 10 2- 6- 2 .300 23- 38 12 2- 6- 4 .333 29- 44 WCHA Final Five 8 St. Cloud State 5 6 2- 3- 1 .417 18- 17 12 4- 6- 2 .417 34- 37 March 17-19 • Xcel Energy Center Bemidji State 5 8 2- 5- 1 .312 21- 27 8 2- 5- 1 .312 21- 27 Saint Paul, Minnesota 10 Colorado College 4 6 2- 4- 0 .333 20- 24 12 5- 6- 1 .458 36- 41 11 Alaska Anchorage 3 6 1- 4- 1 .250 11- 22 10 2- 6- 2 .300 25- 37 visit us at the all-new: Michigan Tech 3 6 1- 4- 1 .250 18- 25 9 3- 4- 2 .444 32- 34 wcha.com This Week in the WCHA Games for Friday, November 19: Minnesota at Michigan Tech (WCHA), 7:07 pm ET; Minnesota Duluth at Wisconsin (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT; St. Cloud State at Alaska Anchorage (WCHA), 7:07 pm AT; Bemidji State at Denver (WCHA), 7:37 pm MT; North Dakota at Nebraska Omaha (WCHA), 7:37 pm CT. Games for Saturday, November 20: Bemidji State at Denver (WCHA), 7:07 pm MT; * Minnesota at Michigan Tech (WCHA), 7:07 pm ET; Minnesota Duluth at Wisconsin (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT; North Dakota at Nebrask Omaha (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT; St. Cloud State at Alaska Anchorage (WCHA), 7:07 pm AT. 2010-11 WCHA Men’s Weekly Release • #8• 111510 by 1-0 and 4-2 counts. And the UNO Mavericks remained unbeaten in Last Week in the WCHA their first season of WCHA play with a 3-0 win and 4-4 (ot) tie at St. Cloud State. Like the Bulldogs, Nebraska Omaha is also off to the best start in Results of Friday, November 12 program history. Colorado College 6 at Air Force 4 (NC) The three other conference match ups this week have defending WCHA Michigan Tech 3 at Minnesota Duluth 5 (WCHA) champion and No. 13-ranked Denver (6-4-2, 5-2-1 WCHA) playing host to North Dakota 1 at Wisconsin 0 (WCHA) Bemidji State (2-5-1, 2-5-1 WCHA), No. 19-ranked Minnesota (5-4-1, 3-4-1 Nebraska Omaha 3 at St. Cloud State 0 (WCHA) WCHA) back in action at Michigan Tech (3-4-2, 1-4-1 WCHA), and Alaska Alaska Anchorage 5 at Bemidji State 4 (WCHA) Anchorage (2-6-2, 1-4-1 WCHA) entertaining St. Cloud State (4-6-2, 2-3-1 Minnesota State 2 at Denver 3 (WCHA) WCHA). The Pioneers, coming off a 3-2 and 6-1 home sweep of Minnesota State last weekend, will face-off against the Beavers at Magness Arena Results of Saturday, November 13 (6,026) at 7:37 pm MT on Friday and 7:07 pm MT on Saturday. Bemidji Alaska Anchorage 0 at Bemidji State 4 (WCHA) State split with visiting UAA on Nov. 12-13, falling 5-4 in the series opener Minnesota State 1 at Denver 6 (WCHA) before claiming a 4-0 triumph in game two. The Golden Gophers and Michigan Tech 2 at Minnesota Duluth 4 (WCHA) MTU Huskies commence on-ice play at John MacInnes Student Ice Arena North Dakota 4 at Wisconsin 2 (WCHA) (4,128) at 7:07 pm ET both nights while face-off times for the Seawolves Nebraska Omaha 4 at St. Cloud State 4 ot (WCHA) vs SCSU Huskies series at Sullivan Arena in Anchorage are 7:07 pm AT Yale 5 at Colorado College 1 (NC) both evenings. Idle from action this week are Colorado College (5-6-1, 2-4-0 WCHA) and Minnesota State (2-6-4, 2-6-2 WCHA). State. The chase for the WCHA regular season championship and MacNaugh- Looking ahead to the Thanksgiving weekend of Friday-Sunday, Nov. ton Cup consists of 168-games, with each of the league’s 12-member 26-28, the only WCHA series on the schedule finds Colorado College teams playing 28 WCHA games. hosting Alaska Anchorage. In non-conference match ups, Bemidji State In non-conference play last weekend, Colorado College skated to a welcomes Northern Michigan (CCHA) to the Sanford Center, Denver hosts 6-4 victory at nearby Air Force Academy on Friday night before coming Lake Superior State (CCHA), Air Force (AHA) and Clarkson (ECACH) in the up short at home against Yale last Saturday, 5-1. Through games of Nov. Denver Cup Classic at Magness Arena, North Dakota goes up against Notre 15, WCHA-member teams own a combined record of 20-12-7 (.603) in Dame (CCHA) in the Subway Holiday Classic at Ralph Engelstad Arena in 39 Division 1 non-conference games this season. Grand Forks, Minnesota State heads east to take on host UMass-Lowell In this week’s (Nov. 15) USCHO.com Men’s Div. 1 Hockey National Poll, (HEA) and Minnesota and Wisconsin take turns hosting Michigan State the WCHA again has six member teams ranked among the top 20, led by (CCHA) and Michigan (CCHA) in the College Hockey Showcase. Four the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs at No. 1. Nebraska Omaha has climbed WCHA-member teams – Michigan Tech, Minnesota Duluth, Nebraska to No. 4, North Dakota is at No. 8, Denver is No. 13, Wisconsin is No. 15 Omaha and St. Cloud State – will be idle over the holiday weekend. and Minnesota is No. 19. Also receiving votes this week were St. Cloud Home to a record 36 national championship teams since it’s found- State and Colorado College. ing in 1951, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association marks it’s 59th In the recent (Nov. 8) USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men’s Div.