Western Collegiate Hockey Association

Bruce M. McLeod Commissioner Sara R. Martin Associate Commissioner Carol LaBelle-Ehrhardt Assistant Commissioner of Operations ™ Greg Shepherd Supervisor of Officials March 8, 2010/For Immediate Release Administrative Office Western Collegiate Hockey Association 2010 WCHA Playoffs Get Underway Friday; First Round, Best- MSC 8302 University of Denver of-Three Series to Feature #10 MTu at #1 DU, #9 UAA at #2 UW, 2211 S. Josephine Street Denver, CO 80208-8302 #8 MSU at #3 SCSU, #7 UM at #4 UND, #6 CC at #5 UMD p: 303 871-4491. f: 303 871-4770 Denver is WCHA Regular season & MacNaughton Cup Champion; Bulldogs are Defending email: [email protected] Final Five ChampS; No. 1 Pioneers Lead Parade of Six WCHA TEams Among Top 15 in Doug Spencer Latest NATIONAL POLLs … Wisconsin No. 3, North Dakota No. 5, St. Cloud State No. Associate Commissioner for Public Relations 7, Minnesota Duluth No. 14, Colorado college No. 15; Du’s Rakhshani Claims WCHA Public Relations Office SCORING Title, Pioneers’ Cheverie is LEAGUE GOALTENDING CHAMPION; Ticket Packages Western Collegiate Hockey Association 559 D’Onofrio Drive, Ste. 103 Still Available for 2010 Red Baron™ WCHA FInal FIve March 18-20 at Xcel Energy Madison, WI 53719-2096 Center … Single Game Tickets on sale March 8 p: 608 829-0100. f: 608 829-0200 email: [email protected] MADISON, Wis. – The 140-game Western Collegiate Hockey Association regular season schedule is now com- plete for 2009-10 and now it’s time to get the playoffs underway. Beginning this Friday (March 12) and running Home of a Record 36 Men’s through Sunday (March 14), if necessary, are five first round, best-of-three WCHA playoff matchups. National Championship WCHA regular season and MacNaughton Cup champion Denver (25-7-4), the No. 1-ranked team in the national, is also the No. 1 seed for the post-season tournament and will play host to No. 10 seed Michigan Teams Since 1951 Tech (5-28-1) at Magness Arena (6,026). Face-offs are 7:37 pm MT on Friday, 7:07 pm MT on Saturday and 7:07 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, pm MT on Sunday (if necessary). During the course of the regular season, the Pioneers won both matchups 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, against the Huskies, 5-2 and 5-3 on Feb. 19-20 in the Mile High City. 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, No. 2 seed Wisconsin (22-9-4) will entertain No. 9 seed Alaska Anchorage (11-21-2) at the Kohl Center (15,237) 1982, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1997, with face-offs set for 7:07 pm CT each evening. The No. 3-ranked Badgers were 2-0-0 vs the Seawolves during 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 the regular season, claiming 5-1 and 6-2 verdicts in Madison back on Nov. 13-14. con’t men’s Member teams University of Alaska Anchorage Colorado College 2009-10 wESTERN COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION standings University of Denver Michigan Tech University Conference Only Overall University of Minnesota Pts GP Record Win% GF- GA GP Record Win% GF- GA University of Minnesota Duluth 1 Denver$* 42 28 19- 5- 4 .750 92- 65 36 25- 7- 4 .750 120- 84 Minnesota State University 2 Wisconsin* 37 28 17- 8- 3 .661 109- 76 35 22- 9- 4 .686 138- 92 University of North Dakota 3 St. Cloud State* 34 28 15- 9- 4 .607 92- 84 36 20-11- 5 .625 116-100 St. Cloud State University 4 North Dakota* 33 28 15-10- 3 .589 89- 61 36 20-11- 5 .625 115- 77 University of Wisconsin Minnesota Duluth* 33 28 16-11- 1 .589 90- 77 36 20-15- 1 .569 116-100 6 Colorado College 27 28 12-13- 3 .482 88- 85 36 18-15- 3 .542 116-103 2010 Red Baron™ 7 Minnesota 26 28 12-14- 2 .464 80- 76 36 17-17- 2 .500 101- 98 8 Minnesota State 20 28 9-17- 2 .357 75- 92 36 15-18- 3 .458 101-102 WCHA Final Five Alaska Anchorage 20 28 9-17- 2 .357 66-106 34 11-21- 2 .353 84-130 March 18, 19, 20 10 Michigan Tech 8 28 4-24- 0 .143 59-118 34 5-28- 1 .162 71-142 Xcel Energy Center • St. Paul, MN $ WCHA regular season champion; * home WCHA playoff berth visit us on the web at: wcha.com This Week in the WCHA • WCHA Playoffs • First Round, Best-of-Three Games for Friday, March 12: (10) Michigan Tech at (1) Denver (nc), 7:37 pm MT; (9) Alaska Anchorage at (2) Wisconsin (nc), 7:07 pm CT; (8) Minnesota State at (3) St. Cloud State (nc), 7:07 pm; (7) Minnesota at (4) North Dakota (nc), 7:37 pm CT; (6) Colorado College at (5) Minnesota Duluth (nc), 7:07 pm CT. Games for Saturday, March 13: (10) Michigan Tech at (1) Denver, 7:07 pm MT; (9) Alaska Anchorage at (2) Wisconsin (nc), 7:07 pm CT; (8) Minnesota State at (3) St. Cloud State (nc), 7:07 pm CT; (7) Minnesota at (4) North Dakota (nc), 7:07 pm CT; (6) Colorado College at (5) Minnesota Duluth (nc), 7:07 pm CT. Games for Sunday, March 14 (if necessary): (10) Michigan Tech at (1) Denver (nc), 7:07 pm MT; (9) Alaska Anchorage at (2) Wisconsin (nc), 7:07 pm CT; (8) Minnesota State at (3) St. Cloud State (nc), 7:07 pm CT; (7) Min- nesota at (4) North Dakota (nc), 7:07 pm CT; (6) Colorado College at (5) Minnesota Duluth (nc), 7:07 pm CT. WCHA Men’s Release/WEEkly #23/3-8-2010 No. 3 seed St. Cloud State (20-11-5) will take on No. 8 seed Minnesota Dakota is No. 5, St. Cloud State is No. 7, Minnesota Duluth is No. 14 and State (15-18-3) for the second straight weekend, hosting the Mavericks Colorado College is No. 15. at the National Hockey Center (5,371) on Friday, Saturday and Sunday (if The 2009-10 campaign marks the 58th in the storied history of the necessary) at 7:07 pm CT each evening. The No. 7-ranked Huskies are 0-1-1 WCHA, with the league owning a record 36 national championships. vs the Mavericks this season, after dropping a 4-2 decision in Mankato It also is the final season league membership consists of 10 teams, as last Friday (March 5) and then earning a 2-2 (ot) tie last Saturday (March Bemidji State University and the University of Nebraska Omaha come 6) in St. Cloud. on board as new members for the 2010-11 campaign. Longtime rivals North Dakota and Minnesota will hook-up in first round WCHA playoff action at Ralph Engelstad Arena (11,634) in Grand Forks, with Friday's opener set for 7:37 pm CT, Saturday’s contest at 7:07 pm CT, Single Game Tickets for 2010 Red Baron™ WCHA and a potential third game on Sunday at 7:07 pm CT. The No. 5-ranked Final Five Go On Sale Monday, March 8; Limited Fighting Sioux (20-11-5), sporting a current nation’s best seven-game winning streak, and the Golden Gophers (17-17-2) split their four-game Number of packages still available regular season series 1-1-2. On the opening weekend of the 2009-10 SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Xcel Energy Center and conference schedule, Oct. 16-17, host North Dakota won 4-0 and tied the Western Collegiate Hockey Association 3-3 (ot) to take three points from UM. Then on Jan. 15-16 in Minneapolis, have announced that single game tickets for the two clubs tied 3-3 (ot) in game one before the Gophers captured a the 2010 Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five, to be 5-1 triumph in game two. Both teams scored 11 goals and yielded 11 in held Thursday–Saturday, March 18–20, will the series. go on sale at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 8. And up in Duluth this weekend, No. 5 seed and defending WCHA The Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five tour- Final Five champion Minnesota Duluth (20-15-1) will entertain No. 6 naments play host to some of the world’s seed Colorado College (18-15-3). Face-offs at the Duluth Entertainment most elite athletes. Ten WCHA alums were & Convention Center (5,303) are 7:07 pm CT each evening. The No. 14- selected to the 2010 U.S. Men’s Olympic ranked Bulldogs posted a 3-1-0 season series advantage over the No. Hockey Team, two were named to Canada’s 15-ranked Tigers. On Nov. 6-7 in Colorado Springs, UMD won the opener Olympic team and one represented Finland. Seven current WCHA players 4-3 with CC taking game two 6-2. In the rematch in Duluth on Jan. 8-9, earned Gold Medals as part of the U.S. Men’s Junior Team at the 2010 IIHF UMD swept the Tigers 5-2 and 4-1. World Junior Championships in Saskatchewan. Following the first round of WCHA playoffs, the five winning teams will Tickets can be purchased at the Xcel Energy Center Box Office, Ticketmaster be re-seeded No. 1 through No. 5 according to their regular season finish ticket centers, charge by phone at 800-745-3000 or online at www.ticketmas- and advance to the 2010 Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five, set for Thursday, ter.com. To charge by phone using Ticketmaster TDD/TTY, call 800-359-2525. March 18 through Saturday, March 20 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Groups (10+) call 651-312-3486. Prices for single game tickets are as follows: Minn. On Thursday, the No. 5 seeded team will play No. 4 at 7:07 pm CT. Thursday, March 18: Quarterfinal: 7 p.m. – $20 / $15 On Friday, there will be two semi-final matchups at 2:07 pm and 7:07 Friday, March 19: Semi-Final #1: 2 p.m. – $35 / $15 pm CT. On Saturday, the third place game will be at 2:07 pm and the Friday, March 19: Semifinal #2: 7 p.m. – $45 / $15 Broadmoor Trophy championship game at 7:07 pm CT. Saturday, March 20: Third Place Game: 2 p.m. – $25 / $15 The final WCHA standings for 2009-10 show Denver (19-5-4 WCHA) Saturday, March 20: Championship Game: 7 p.m. – $45 / $15 in first place as MacNaughton Cup champion with 42 points. Wisconsin A limited number of five-game ticket packages for the tournament are still (17-8-3 WCHA) finished second with 37 points, St. Cloud State (15-9-4 available. WCHA) was third with 34 points, and North Dakota (15-10-3 (WCHA) College hockey fans still have an opportunity to get in on the tournament and Minnesota Duluth (16-11-1 WCHA) tied for fourth with 33 points action with the “Pick Your Final Five Sweepstakes.” Fans that enter before apiece. Finishing in the sixth spot in the final regular season standings midnight on Friday, March 5 will have a chance to win a prize of four (4) ticket was Colorado College (12-13-3 WCHA) with 27 points, Minnesota (12-14-2 packages to the 2011 Red Baron WCHA Final Five. WCHA) was seventh with 26 points, Minnesota State (9-17-2 WCHA) and The Saint Paul Convention & Visitors Authority and the Western Collegiate Alaska Anchorage (9-17-2 WCHA) tied for eighth with 20 points each, and Hockey Association will again host the WCHA Fan Fest on Friday, March 19 Michigan Tech (4-24-0 WCHA) was 10th with eight points. between the two semifinal games of the 2010 Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five A season ago (2008-09), North Dakota won the regular season title with in Saint Paul. 38 points while Denver was second with 36. It took at least 29 points to From approximately 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., hockey fans can celebrate with earn a first round home WCHA playoff berth with the Sioux, Pioneers, music, interactive games, food and more in the Kellogg Lobby inside Saint Paul RiverCentre, next door to Xcel Energy Center. Additional entertainment Wisconsin, Colorado College and Minnesota hosting opening round will be provided by WCHA-member schools’ pep bands, cheerleaders and matchups. mascots. Notable WCHA alumni will also be in attendance. In WCHA action over the March 5-7 weekend, North Dakota was the All hockey fans are welcome. Tickets are not necessary for admittance. The only team able to forge a sweep with 5-1 and 3-2 victories over visiting WCHA Fan Fest is free and open to the public. Michigan Tech. Minnesota State took three of four points from St. Cloud State in a home-and-home set (4-2 at MSU, 2-2 ot at SCSU) and three series ended in splits. Colorado College won 2-1 at Denver last Friday Fox Sports North to Televise 2010 Red Baron™ before the Pioneers claimed a 7-3 triumph at CC last Saturday. Wisconsin WCHA Final Five won their series opener at Minnesota 3-2 at the Target Center last Friday before the Golden Gophers stormed back for a 6-1 win on Sunday at SAINT PAUL/MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Xcel Energy Center and Fox Sports North, Mariucci Arena. And host Alaska Anchorage split with Minnesota Duluth, in conjunction with the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA), have with the Seawolves winning 3-2 on March 5 and the Bulldogs earning a announced the 2010 Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five will once again be telecast 6-3 decision on March 6. on FOX Sports North and produced by Minnesota Wild Broadcasting. The In the March 8 edition of the USCHO.com Division 1 Men’s College entities have televised the tournament since 2000. Hockey Poll, Denver is ranked No. 1 nationally, Wisconsin is No. 3, North The 2010 Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five will be held Thursday-Saturday, Dakota is No. 5, St. Cloud State is No. 7, Minnesota Duluth is No. 14 and March 18-20, at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul for the 10th straight year. Colorado College is No. 15. Also receiving votes was Minnesota. “The Western Collegiate Hockey Association is pleased to once again And in this week’s (March 8) USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Division announce a live television package for our post-season championship that 1 Men’s College Hockey Poll, Denver is No. 2, Wisconsin is No. 3, North is second to none,” said WCHA Commissioner Bruce M. McLeod. "Working together in a highly-successful partnership with the Minnesota Wild, Xcel WCHA Men’s Release/WEEkly #23/3-8-2010 Energy Center and Fox Sports North, we are indeed thrilled to have this MTU 1 @ UND 5 (WCHA): At Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks on Fri- special opportunity to showcase the Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five. day night, a sellout crowd of 11,743 watched their streaking North Dakota “We think the annual Final Five is among the premier sporting events in the hockey team win for the sixth straight game in league play, this time 5-1 country and we all look forward to sharing the excitement of our tremendous over Michigan Tech as center Darcy Zajac scored two goals, including the rivalries, top-notch teams and talented student-athletes to fans across the game-winner, and set up another for three points. The Sioux, who outshot country.” the Huskies 48-14, trailed 1-0 after the first period after MTU right winger Malcolm Gwilliam opened the scoring with a goal at 17:02. Also for North 2010 Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five Television Schedule Dakota, linemates Jason Gregoire (LW, 1g, 1a), Chris VandeVelde (C, 2a) and Danny Kristo (RW, 1g, 1a) combined for six points. Between the pipes, Brad Date Game Time CST Television Eidsness had 13 saves for UND while Kevin Genoe had 43 for the Huskies. Thur., March 18: Quarterfinal 7 pm FS North UND leads the season series, 3-0-0. Fri., March 19: Semifinal 1 2 pm FS North CC 2 @ DU 1 (WCHA): At Magness Arena on Friday night, visiting Colorado Semifinal 2 7 pm FS North College received the game-winning goal on a second period power-play from Sat., March 20 Third Place Game 2 pm FS North left winger Bill Sweatt to down league champion Denver 2-1 before a sellout Championship Game 7 pm FS North crowd of 6,153 to know the regular season series 1-1-1 in the Gold Pan Trophy Frank Mazzocco will handle play-by-play duties with Doug Woog as color derby. The Tigers, who outshot their hosts 35-26, took a 1-0 lead at 8:22 of analyst for the evening games. For the afternoon contests on Friday and the opening period when center Nick Dineen scored. DU came back to tie Saturday, Anthony LaPanta and Jim Rich will share play-by-play duties with it early in the second on defenseman Patrick Wiercioch’s goal at 1:05 before Darby Hendrickson adding commentary. Anthony LaPanta and Kevin Gorg Sweatt put CC up for good with his man-advantage goal at 16:03. In nets, will provide rink-side reporting throughout the tournament at Xcel Energy the Tigers’ Joe Howe stopped 25 of 26 shots on goal for the win while Marc Center. Cheverie made 33 saves for Denver. After the game, WCHA Commissioner FOX Sports North reaches more than 2 million homes throughout Minne- Bruce McLeod presented the MacNaughton Cup to the Pioneers. sota, Wisconsin, Iowa and North and South Dakota and telecasts nearly 2,600 UMD 2 @ UAA 3 (WCHA): At Sullivan Arena in Anchorage on Friday, host hours of locally produced programming per year. For more information on the Alaska Anchorage captured a 3-2 WCHA victory over Minnesota Duluth before Emmy Award-winning regional sports network, visit: www.foxsportsnorth. 2,944 as right winger Kevin Clark scored his second goal of the night and the com. game-winner at 19:38 of the third period and Jon Olthuis stopped 24 of 26 shots on goal. The win gives UAA a 1-0 lead in the season series. Clark’s two goals were joined by a pair of assists from teammate and defenseman Luka WCHA to Conduct Media Teleconference Vidmar while right winger Tyler Currier marked his first goal of the season. For the Bulldogs, center Jack Connolly led the way with a goal and an assist for 2010 Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five with while Brady Hjelle had 18 saves in nets. Commissioner, five head Coaches on March 16 Saturday, March 6 UMD 6 @ UAA 3 (WCHA): At Sullivan Arena in Anchorage on Saturday, visiting MADISON, Wisc. – The Western Collegiate Hockey Association will conduct Minnesota Duluth scored three times in the second period and three times a teleconference for the media with Commissioner Bruce McLeod and the in the third, with left winger Jordan Fulton (1g, 3a) and right winger David five head coaches whose teams qualify for the 2010 Red Baron™ WCHA Grunn (2g, GWG) leading the way in a 6-3 WCHA win over Alaska Anchorage Final Five on Tuesday, March 16 at 11:00 am CT. before 4,168. The season series split 1-1. The Bulldogs, who hit on 3-of-6 Final Five qualifying head coaches should phone in to the teleconfer- power-play chances, and also received multiple-point games from left winger ence on March 16 by 10:59 am CT. Phone 1 888 245-7014, then upon Rob Bordson (1g, 1a), center Jack Connolly (1g, 1a), defenseman Brady Lamb prompt, enter passcode 729388#. (1g, 1a) and right winger Justin Fontaine (2a). For UAA, right winger Kevin Media members should phone in to the teleconference on March 16 Clark scored a pair of goals, left winger Tommy Grant had 1-1=2 and center by 10:59 am CT. Phone 1 973 935-2025, and then upon prompt, enter Craig Parkinson had two assists. passcode 729388#. DU 7 @ CC 3 (WCHA): At Colorado Springs World Arena on Saturday night, the visiting Pioneers took possession of the Gold Pan Trophy and captured the season series 2-1-1 in a 7-3 WCHA victory over host Colorado College WCHA Game HIGHLIGHTS • March 5-7 before a sellout crowd of 7,746. Leading the way for the Pioneers was right winger Kyle Ostrow (2g, 1a) while right winger Joe Colborne netted the Friday, March 5 game-winner at 1:19 of the second period and also had one assist. DU shot UW 3 @ UM 2 (WCHA): At the Target Center in Minneapolis on Friday night, out to a 6-0 lead in the second before the Tigers came back to score three visiting Wisconsin claimed a 3-2 WCHA victory over host Minnesota before straight, including two from right winger Mike Testwuide. Also for Denver, 14,422 as right winger Craig Smith scored a pair of goals and the Badgers hit left winger Rhett Rakhshani (1g, 1a) claimed the WCHA scoring title, center on 2-of-5 power-play attempts. The win guaranteed the UW a second place Jesse Martin had a goal and an assist and center Tyler Ruegsegger had two finish. Minnesota right winger Ryan Flynn opened the scoring with a short- helpers. In goal, Marc Cheverie had 33 stops for DU. handed tally at 4:16 of the first period before Smith scored on a power-play at 6:53 to tie it at 1-1. Defenseman Justin Schultz then put the Badgers up 2-1 with a man-advantage goal at 17:36 of the first. The Gophers then knot- ted the score at 2-2 early in the third when defenseman Nick Larson tallied WCHA member Teams • Home & Away Records at 2:36. Smith then followed with the game-winner at 15:48. In nets, Scott Gudmandson had 25 stops for the UW while Alex Kangas had 20 saves for Overall UM. Wisconsin leads the season series, 2-1-0. SCSU 2 @ MSU 4 (WCHA): At Verizon Wireless Center in Mankato on Friday Team Home Away Neutral Total Win% evening, host Minnesota State doubled up on St. Cloud State with a 4-2 UAA 7-10-0 3-10-2 1-1-0 11-21-2 .353 WCHA triumph before 4,407 as the Mavericks received a pair of goals and one CC 11-9-0 6-5-3 1-1-0 18-15-3 .542 assist from left winger Rylan Galiardi and the game-winner and two assists DU 13-3-3 12-4-1 0-0-0 25-7-4 .750 from defenseman Kurt Davis. MSU, which surged to a 4-0 lead after the first MTU 4-12-1 1-14-0 0-2-0 5-28-1 .162 period, connected on 3-of-6 power-play chances while holding the Huskies UM 10-9-1 7-8-1 0-0-0 17-17-2 .500 scoreless in five man-advantage opportunities. In goal, Phil Cook earned the UMD 12-7-0 7-8-1 1-0-0 20-15-1 .569 win for MSU with 27 saves while Dan Dunn (6) and Mike Lee (26) combined MSU 10-8-1 5-10-2 0-0-0 15-18-3 .458 for 32 for SCSU. Also for MSU, left winger Michael Dorr had two assists while UND 11-4-3 8-7-1 1-0-1 20-11-5 .625 for SCSU left winger Tony Mosey had two assists. Minnesota State leads the SCSU 10-3-5 10-8-0 0-0-0 20-11-5 .625 season series, 1-0-0. UW 13-3-3 9-6-1 0-0-0 22-9-4 .686 WCHA Men’s Release/WEEkly #23/3-8-2010 MTU 2 @ UND 3 (WCHA): Behind a pair of goals from left winger Jason Gre- Bemidji State University – Annie Bauerfeld, Erin Cody; Colorado College goire and 28 stops from Brad Eidsness in nets, host North Dakota completed – Brian McMillin, Bill Sweatt, Mike Testwuide; University of Denver – Brian a WCHA sweep of Michigan Tech with a 3-2 win on Saturday evening before Gifford, Matt Glasser, Chris Nutini, Kyle Ostrow, Tyler Ruegsegger; Michigan a sellout crowd of 11,815 at Ralph Engelstad Arena. The visiting Huskies led Technological University – Mike VanWagner, Eli Vlaisavljevich; University of 2-0 in the second period after a first period powe-play tally from left winger Minnesota – Michelle Maunu; University of Minnesota Duluth – Rob Bordson, Jordan Baker and a second period man-advantage goal from right winger Sarah Murray, Kenny Reiter, Kyle Schmidt; Minnesota State University, Mankato Malcolm Gwilliam at 5:36. The Sioux, who were held scoreless on all seven of – Kala Buganski, Nick Canzanello, Ida Clark, Rylan Galiardi, Jenna Hewitt, their power-play chances, battled back on Gregoire’s consecutive goals and Austin Lee, Kathleen Rosso, Holly Snyder, Nina Tikkinen, Amy Udvig, Ashley then got the winner from left winger Mario Lamoureux at 7:12 of the third. Young; University of North Dakota – Brittany Kirkham; Ohio State University In nets for Tech, Josh Robinson had 41 saves. – Rachel Davis, Raelyn LaRocque; St. Cloud State University – Jon Ammerman, MSU 2 @ SCSU 2 ot (WCHA): And at the National Hockey Center on Satur- Jenaca Fredheim, Caitlin Hogan, Courtney Josefson, Kelly Meierhofer, Garrett day evening, host St. Cloud State and Minnesota State battled to a 2-2 (ot) Raboin; and University of Wisconsin – Maria Evans. conference tie before a sellout crowd of 6,107 as the Huskies secured a third “On behalf of the entire Western Collegiate Hockey Association family place finish in the WCHA. Scoring for SCSU were center Garrett Roe at 19:58 of student-athletes, coaches and administrators, we wish to send heartfelt of the first period to make it 1-0 and left winger Travis Novak at 5:40 of the congratulations to each of our men’s and women’s WCHA Scholar-Athlete third to make it 2-1 Huskies. For the Mavericks, defenseman Evan Mosey recipients for 2009-10,” said McLeod, Martin, Sampson and Leif in a joint scored his first goal of the season on a power-play at 4:41 of period two to statement. make it 1-1 while left winger Rylan Galiardi scored a game-tying power-play “As we head into the stretch run of our regular seasons and prepare for our goal at 9:08 of the third. post-season championships, it is fitting that we pause here to recognize and honor the tremendous accomplishments of our student-athletes off the ice. Sunday, March 7 They truly represent the very best in collegiate athletics – combining great UW 1 @ UM 6 (WCHA): In the regular season finale on Sunday at Mariucci athletic skill with an unwavering determination and drive to achieve the Arena, host Minnesota powered past Wisconsin 6-1 before 9,833 as the Golden epitome of success in the classroom as well. Those are truly noble aspirations Gophers connected on 5-of-8 power-play chances and had a four-point game that will serve them well throughout their lives.” from center Mike Carman (2g, 2a) and a three-point outing from left winger In the inaugural season of the WCHA Scholar-Athlete award, 2005-06, there Tony Lucia (2g, 1a). The season series ended 2-2-0. Also for Minnesota, Alex were 47 men’s and women’s honorees. In 2006-07, there were 49 honorees, Kangas stopped 26 of 27 shots on goal. Scoring for the Badgers at 8:04 of the in 2007-08 there were 79 men’s and women’s honorees, and in 2008-09 there second period to tie the game at 1-1 was right winger Michael Davies. were 71 men’s and women’s honorees. This season’s group of WCHA Scholar-Athletes are being recognized and publicly honored on-ice with a commemorative plaque at respective mem- Denver’s Rakhshani is 2009-10 WCHA Scoring ber-team home games during the remainder of the season. Champion; Pioneers’ Cheverie Claims wcha 2009-10 wcha scholar-athletes goaltending title *indicates repeat honoree

The individual races for the 2009-10 WCHA scoring and goaltending cham- University of Alaska Anchorage: *Nils Backstrom (Sr., D, Stocksund, Sweden); pionships, which are based on league games only, are now complete. Josh Lunden (Sr., F, Coquitlam, BC); *Jon Olthuis (Sr., G, Neerlandia, AB); Dusan University of Denver senior forward Rhett Rakhshani is the WCHA Sidor (So., G, Poprad, Slovakia); Jared Tuton (Sr., D, Whitehorse, YT). Scoring Champion after producing a league-best 35 points (15g, 20a) Bemidji State University: Erin Babineau (So., F, St. Paul, MN); *Annie Bau- in 28 league games. erfeld (Jr., F, Woodbury, MN); *Erin Cody (Jr., F, Roseville, MN); Emily Erickson The WCHA Goaltending Championship for 2009-10 was won by Uni- (So./Fr., F, Coleriane, MN); Alana McElhinney (So., G, Calgary, AB); Montana versity of Denver junior Marc Cheverie. Cheverie produced a WCHA-best Vichorek (So., D, Moose Lake, MN); Marlee Wheelhouse (So., D, Crookston, 2.05 goals-against average over 1493:08 of action. He also led the league MN); Jackie Robertson (Sr., D, Inver Grove Heights, MN). in saves percentage at .934 and victories with 17 (17-4-3). Colorado College: David Civitarese (So., F, Calgary, AB); *Brian McMillin (Sr., F, Roseau, MN); *Bill Sweatt (Sr., F, Elburn, IL); *Mike Testwuide (Sr., F, Vail, CO). Association announces 79 WCHA scholar- University of Denver: Joe Colborne (So., F, Calgary, AB); *Brian Gifford athletes for 2009-10 (Sr., F, Moorhead, MN); *Matt Glasser (Sr., F, Calgary, AB); *Chris Nutini (Jr., D, Centennial, CO); *Kyle Ostrow (Jr., F, Calgary, AB); Rhett Rakhshani (Sr., Fifth annual group includes 40 repeat honorees F, Huntington Beach, CA); *Tyler Ruegsegger (Sr., F, Lakewood, CO); Patrick Wiercioch (So., D, Maple Grove, BC). MADISON, Wis. – The Western Collegiate Hockey Association, through Com- Michigan Technological University: Corson Cramer (So., G, Colorado missioner Bruce M. McLeod, Associate Commissioner Sara R. Martin, University Springs, CO); Peter Rohn (So., F, Vettre, Norway); *Mike VanWagner (Sr., D, of Denver Faculty Representative Nancy Sampson (Chair, men’s league) and Traverse City, MI); *Eli Vlaisavljevich (Sr., D, Shoreview, MN). Bemidji State University Faculty Representative Doug Leif (Chair, women’s University of Minnesota: Nicole Ludwigson (So., F, Bloomington, MN); league) today (Feb. 11, 2010) announced that a total of 79 men’s and women’s *Michelle Maunu (Sr., D, Esko, MN). student-athletes make up the fifth annual group of WCHA Scholar-Athlete University of Minnesota Duluth: *Rob Bordson (Jr., F, Duluth, MN); Award recipients. Over the first five years of the award, there have now been Brady Hjelle (So., G, International Falls, MN); *Sarah Murray (Sr., D, Fairbault, 323 honorees representing all 10 men’s and all eight women’s institutions. MN); *Kenny Reiter (Jr., G, Pittsburgh, PA); *Kyle Schmidt (Jr., F, Hermantown, The prestigious WCHA Scholar-Athlete Award was developed through As- MN). sociation member team Faculty Representatives and approved by the confer- Minnesota State University, Mankato: Alli Altmann (So., G, Eagan, MN); ence membership beginning with the 2005-06 season. To earn recognition *Kala Buganski (Sr., F, Anoka, MN); *Nick Canzanello (Sr., D, Rochester, MN); *Ida as a WCHA Scholar-Athlete, conference-member student-athletes must have Clark (Sr., F, Vallentuna, Sweden); *Rylan Galiardi (Jr., F, Calgary, AB); *Jenna completed at least one year of residency at their present institution prior to Hewitt (Sr., F, Anoka, MN); *Austin Lee (So., G, Bloomington, MN); Jackie Otto the current academic year and must also have a grade-point average of at (So., D, Lake Zurich, IL); *Kathleen Rosso (Sr., D, Rogers, MN); Joe Schiller (So., least 3.50 on a 4.0 scale for the previous two semesters or three quarters, or F, Detroit Lakes, MN); *Holly Snyder (Sr., D, Kenosha, WI); *Nina Tikkinen (Jr., may qualify if his or her overall GPA is at least 3.50 for all terms at his or her F, Salo, Finland); *Amy Udvig (Jr., D, New Brighton, MN); *Ashley Young (Sr., F, present institution. South St. Paul, MN). Forty (40) of this season’s 79 men’s and women’s WCHA Scholar-Athletes University of North Dakota: Brad Eidsness (So., G, Chestermere, AB); are repeat honorees from 2008-09. By conference member institution, repeat Ashley Holmes (So., D, Miltona, MN); *Brittany Kirkham (Sr., G, Nepean, ON); honorees are: University of Alaska Anchorage – Nils Backstrom, Jon Olthuis; Derrick LaPoint (Jr., D, Eau Claire, WI); Jake Marto (Jr., D, Grand Forks, ND); WCHA Men’s Release/WEEkly #23/3-8-2010 Chris VandeVelde (Sr., F, Moorhead, MN); Darcy Zajac (Sr., F, Winnipeg, MB). March 1, 2010 Ohio State University: Barbara Bilko (So., G, Coldwater, MI); *Rachel Davis (Sr., D, Horton, MI); *Raelyn LaRocque (Sr., F, The Pas, MB). All 12 Men’s Players With WCHA Ties Earn St. Cloud State University: *Jon Ammerman (Sr., D, Moorhead, MN); Jordy Medals in 2010 Olympic Winter Games Christian (So., F, Moorhead, MN); Anna Donlan (So., G, Hillsboro, WI); *Jenaca Toews Named Best Forward, Rafalski Best Defenseman Fredheim (Sr., D, Campbell River, BC); Chris Hepp (Jr., D, Savage, MN); *Caitlin Hogan (Sr., F, Oakdale, MN); *Courtney Josefson (Jr., F, Bemidji, MN); Katie by Adam Augustine Kemmerer (Sr., F, Anchorage, AK); Ashlan Lambert (Jr., D, Eden Prairie, MN); Led by former Western Collegiate Hockey Association players Jonathan Drew LeBlanc (So., F, Hermantown, MN); *Kelly Meierhofer (Sr., D, Sauk Rapids, Toews (North Dakota) and Dany Heatley (Wisconsin), Canada claimed the MN); Travis Novak (So., F, Lethbridge, AB); *Garrett Raboin (Sr., D, Detroit Lakes, gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games with a 3-2 overtime victory MN); Holly Roberts (Sr., F, St. Cloud, MN); Brittany Toor (So., F, Hartland, MI). over the United States on Sunday (Feb. 28) in Vancouver. All 12 men’s players University of Wisconsin: *Maria Evans (Jr., F, Chanhassen, MN); Ryan Little with WCHA ties earned medals in the tournament as the U.S. took home silver (So., D, Fond du Lac, WI); Carla Pentimone (Jr./So., F, Chicago, IL); Carolyne and Finland claimed the bronze. Prévost (So., F, Sarnia, ON). Midway through the first period of the gold-medal game, Toews gave the Canadians a 1-0 lead with his first goal of the tournament. Toews, who led the Denver’s Vossberg a Finalist for Hockey Candians with eight points and seven assists, was named the Best Forward of the competition. Heatley was held without a point in the gold-medal game, Humanitarian Award however he finished the tournament tied for second on the team in both Best in Class, On and Off the Ice goals (four) and points (seven). Another former North Dakota forward also played a prominent role in the ST. PAUL, Minn. – What’s the essence of humanitarianism? Perhaps 2009 championship game as American Zach Parise sent the contest to overtime Hockey Humanitarian Award recipient Missy Elumba said it best: “When you with his fourth goal of the tournament with just :25 seconds left in regula- put others first, amazing things can happen.” tion. This year, a group of seven outstanding collegians, including University of Parise finished the tournament with four goals and eight points, tying him Denver senior forward Brandon Vossberg (St. Paul, Minn.) cut from the same for the team lead in both categories with former Wisconsin defenseman Brian cloth have been selected as finalists for the BNY Mellon Wealth Management Rafalski. Thanks in large part to his offensive output, Rafalski was named the Hockey Humanitarian Award, given annually to the college hockey player that Best Defenseman of the tournament. most personifies true community spirit through the selfless commitment of In all, the nine former WCHA players on the United States roster accounted leadership, effort and time. This year's recipient will be introduced on Friday, for 15 of the team’s 24 goals and 37 of the team’s 55 points. April 9 in an evening ceremony at Ford Field in Detroit as part of the 2010 Representing Michigan Tech, forward Jarkko Ruutu tallied the primary assist Men's Frozen Four and NCAA Frozen Four Skills Challenge. on Finland’s third goal as Finland defeated Slovakia 5-3 to earn the bronze medal. Ruutu finished the tournament with two goals and one assist. The 2010 HHA Finalists: Of the 44 men’s and women’s players with WCHA ties who took part in Brandon Vossberg, Senior, University of Denver the 2010 Winter Olympics, 37 of those players will be returning home with Ethan Cox, Senior, Colgate University medals. Three players were named the best at their position as fellow former Kirsten Dier, Senior, Amherst College Badger Molly Engstrom joined Rafalski as the Best Defenseman of the women’s Dion Knelsen, Senior, University of Alaska tournament. Sam Kuzyk, Junior, Adrian College The Olympics bring out the best hockey in the world and once again, Zachary Miller, Senior, Williams College players from the WCHA played a major role in the most recent chapter of Brigid O’Gorman, Junior, Connecticut College international hockey history.

Brandon Vossberg, Sr, University of Denver For three seasons running, the St. Paul, Minnesota native has been the recipi- SCSU’s Raboin, DU’s Rakhshani, MTU’s ent of his team’s Most Active in Community Service Award. Vlaisavljevich Named Among 10 Finalists for A two-time WCHA All Academic Team member, Vossberg earns equally high marks when it comes to giving. As a high school and junior player, Vossberg Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award donated his time whenever possible to worthy causes, such as Habitat for Humanity and Big Brothers/Big Sisters. He even bagged groceries to raise Feb. 4, 2010/Overland Park, KS – Ten NCAA® student-athletes who excel both money for local charities. on and off the ice – including St. Cloud State's Garrett Raboin, Denver’s Rhett Since arriving at DU, Brandon has volunteered at Denver’s Children’s Hospital Rakhshani and Michigan Tech's Eli Vlaisavljevich – were tabbed as finalists during the holidays, volunteering at the hospital’s ‘Make-a-Wish’ store. He has today for the 2009-10 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award in the hockey division. also worked with the Starlight Starbright Foundation, which helps better the To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA lives of terminally ill children. In his ‘spare’ time, Brandon coaches through Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence the Denver youth hockey program, and has lent a hand to the RBC Skate for – classroom, character, community and competition. Kids program. This spring, he intends to work with The Bridge Project, which An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in helps inner city kids in the Denver area achieve their academic potential and School™, the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete graduate from high school. and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive The Hockey Humanitarian Award is awarded annually to college hockey’s impact as leaders in their communities. The finalists were chosen by a media finest citizen and seeks to recognize college hockey players, Division I or committee from the list of 20 candidates who were announced in October. Division III, maleor female, who give back to their community in the true Nationwide balloting begins immediately to determine the winner. Lowe’s, humanitarian spirit. It has been said of the Hockey Humanitarian Award that an official Corporate Partner of the NCAA, will announce the Senior CLASS we seek not to celebrate Hall of Fame athletes, but rather Hall of Fame human Award™ winner in April at the NCAA Men’s Frozen Four® in Detroit, Michi- beings. gan. The 2009-10 finalists are: Jean-Marc Beaudoin, Quinnipiac University; Cody Chupp, Ferris State University; Matt Fairchild, United States Air Force Academy; Colin Greening, Cornell University; Dion Knelsen, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Martin Nolet, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Garrett Raboin, St. Cloud State University; Rhett Rakhshani, University of Denver; Dan Ringwald, Rochester Institute of Technology; and Eli Vlaisavljevich, Michigan Technological University. These 10 names will be placed on the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award hockey WCHA Men’s Release/WEEkly #23/3-8-2010 ballot for a nationwide vote beginning today and concluding March 16. Fan Michigan Tech Hockey Team To Take Part in balloting is available on the award’s official Web site, www.seniorCLASSaward. com, as well as through text messaging. Fans can text HOCKEY to 74567 to European Tour in Summer of 2010 vote for the finalists. These votes will be combined with votes from coaches and media to determine the recipient of the award. HOUGHTON, Mich. – The Michigan Tech hockey team has recently finalized “The hockey finalists have spent almost four years perfecting their game plans to play five exhibition games during a 10-day European tour this on the ice,” said Tom Lamb, Lowe’s senior vice president of marketing. “We summer. The Huskies will take on German and Austrian professional teams commend their pursuit of perfection in the rink but also their emphasis on between Aug. 12-21, 2010. getting a college degree and preparing for life after their senior year.” Tech is taking advantage of an NCAA rule that allows teams to take one This marks the fourth year for the ice hockey division of the Lowe’s Senior foreign trip every four years. The team is only allowed to take current play- CLASS Award. Michigan State University goaltender Jeff Lerg received the ers who are academically eligible by the NCAA. No incoming freshman are award for the 2008-09 season and Princeton University center Landis Stanki- allowed to go as well as any player who signs a professional contract. The evech took home the 2007-08 honor. In 2006-07, University of Notre Dame trip must also be taken in the team’s off season. goaltender David Brown won the inaugural men’s hockey award. “This trip will not only be a hockey learning experience but a cultural one as well,” said Huskies’ head coach Jamie Russell. “This trip will also help us Hockey 2009-10 Finalists (Name, Position, School) prepare for the upcoming season as we will be able to hold on-ice practices Jean-Marc Beaudoin, Forward, Quinnipiac University prior to the trip.” Cody Chupp, Forward, Ferris State University The Huskies will be allowed a short time to practice as a team before arriving Matt Fairchild, Forward, Air Force Academy in Munich on Aug. 13th. The team will play five games over the next 10 days Colin Greening, Forward, Cornell University against professional teams from both Germany and Austria. The games will Dion Knelsen, Forward, University of Alaska serve as exhibition games for the professional teams prior to their regular Martin Nolet, Defenseman, University of Massachusetts seasons. Garrett Raboin, Defenseman, St. Cloud State University The team selected Germany due to the fact that assistant coach Pat Mikesch Rhett Rakhshani, Forward, University of Denver has strong ties to many of the German teams from his five-year career in the Dan Ringwald, Defenseman, RIT German Elite League. Mikesch has also been working with former Michigan Eli Vlaisavljevich, Defenseman, Michigan Tech Tech player Jay Luknowsky who is working in Germany as a player/agent on many of the details of the trip. The idea came about after the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, TICKETS on Sale FOR DIV. 1 hockey REGIONALS the league that Michigan Tech belongs to, took a pair of European Tours. The WCHA first took a team of players comprised of seniors from each of INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The NCAA Div. 1 Men’s Ice Hockey Committee has an- the league’s schools to compete against European Teams in the Kolin Cup in nounced the dates and times for the start of ticket sales for the 2010 men’s ice Switzerland in 1998. Two years later the league also sent a team to Norway hockey regionals. All regional tickets are being sold as a three-game package for three games. at each site through March 21. If any of the four sites are not sold out by March “We are looking at this trip as not only as a chance to practice in the 21, tickets will be available for individual sessions at an increased price. offseason, but as a valuable marketing piece to recruits as we would like to Individuals buying tickets in the first month will also have the opportunity make this a tradition every four years,” added Russell. to win two tickets to the 2010 Men’s Frozen Four in Detroit. Each region will The school is also proud of the fact that the entire cost of the trip is being award a pair of tickets to a person who is randomly selected from those who funded by private donations. One of the major contributors to the trip is purchased tickets through the Internet, in-person or by phone. David Baker, the father of junior forward Jordan Baker. Tickets for the Northeast regional at the DCU Center in Worcester, Mass., The exact game schedule and opponents will be announced in the (hosted by the College of the Holy Cross) are available by visiting the DCU Spring. Center box office, by calling 800/745-3000 or by logging onto www.ticket- master.com. Start times for the first-round games are 1:30 and 5 pm ET, March 27, while the regional final is scheduled for 5:30 pm ET, March 28. Tickets for the three-game package are $85. East regional tickets at the Times Union Center in Albany, N.Y. (hosted by Rensselaer and ECAC Hockey) can be purchased by calling 800/303-8368, logging onto www.tickets.com or by stopping by the Times Union Center box office. Start times for the first-round games are 3 and 6:30 pm ET, March 26, while the regional final is scheduled for 6:30 pm ET, March 27. The three- game package is $82 for adults and $76 for youth under the age of 18. Ticket packages for the Midwest regional at the Allen County War Memo- rial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Ind., (hosted by University of Notre Dame) are $85 for adults and $75 for youth under the age of 18, and can be obtained by calling 800/745-3000, online at www.ticketmaster.com or in-person at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum box office. First-round game start times are at 4 and 7:30 pm ET, March 27, while the regional final is at 8 pm ET, March 28. Three-game ticket packages for the West regional at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn., (hosted by University of Minnesota) are available for $94 and can be purchased at the Xcel Energy Center box office, logging onto www. ticketmaster.com or by calling 800/745-3000. The first-round contests are at 4:30 and 8 pm CT, March 26, while the regional final is scheduled for 8 pm CT, March 27. If any of the aforementioned host institutions are selected to participate in the 2010 NCAA Div. 1 Men’s Ice Hockey Championship, they will be assigned to their host site. Links for ordering tickets online for all regionals are available through www.NCAA.com. WCHA Men’s Release/WEEkly #23/3-8-2010 2010 red baron™ wcha final five march 18-20 • xcel energy center • saint paul, MN

Single Game Tickets for 2010 Red Baron™ WCHA Saint Paul Top 10 Final Five On Sale Monday, March 8 10 Things You Just Have to Do in Saint Paul 10. Pose with bronze statues of Herb Brooks, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Snoopy. SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Xcel Energy Center and the Western Collegiate Hockey 9. Grab a bite on Grand Avenue! Home of Grand Old Day – the Midwest’s largest Association have announced that single game tickets for the 2010 Red Baron™ one-day festival each June. WCHA Final Five, to be held Thursday-Saturday, March 18-20, go on sale at 8. Take a tour of the beautiful State Capitol. 7. Check out the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Science Museum of Minnesota. 10 a.m. CT on Monday, March 8. 6. Check out the Mall of America with over 500 stores and an indoor amuse- The Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five tournaments play host to some of the ment park. world’s most elite athletes. Ten WCHA alums were selected to the 2010 U.S. 5. Visit the Wabasha Street Caves where Dillinger and other gangsters once Men’s Olympic Hockey Team, two were named to Canada’s Olympic team caroused. and one represented Finland. Seven current WCHA players earned Gold 4. Get your pre-game carbo-load, just like the Minnesota Wild, at Trattoria da Medals as part of the U.S. Men’s Junior Team at the 2010 IIHF World Junior Vinci in Lowertown. Championships in Saskatchewan. 3. Pray for your team at the historic Cathedral of Saint Paul. Tickets can be purchased at the Xcel Energy Center Box Office, Ticketmaster 2. Enjoy the smooth jazz of the Artists’ Quarter on 7th Place. ticket centers, charge by phone at 800-745-3000 or online at www.ticketmas- 1. Come a day early and enjoy St. Patty’s Day like nowhere else in the USA! ter.com. To charge by phone using Ticketmaster TDD/TTY, call 800-359-2525. Groups (10+) call 651-312-3486. Prices for single game tickets are as follows: Dance Mania! Bring your dance moves and shake what your momma gave you! Join us for the Thursday, March 18: Quarterfinal: 7 p.m. – $20 / $15 2010 Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five Dance Mania Contest presented by the Saint Friday, March 19: Semi-Final #1: 2 p.m. – $35 / $15 Paul Convention & Visitors Authority. Friday, March 19: Semifinal #2: 7 p.m. – $45 / $15 Throughout the tournament, get up and dance when you hear the designated Saturday, March 20: Third Place Game: 2 p.m. – $25 / $15 song! The person who shakes it the best throughout the entire tournament walks Saturday, March 20: Championship Game: 7 p.m. – $45 / $15 away with $250 and tickets to the 2011 Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five! A limited number of five-game ticket packages for the tournament are still available. College hockey fans still have an opportunity to get in on the tournament Pick Your Final Five action with the “Pick Your Final Five Sweepstakes.” Fans that enter before Get in on the action at this year’s 2010 Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five with the “Pick midnight on Friday, March 5 will have a chance to win a prize of four (4) ticket Your Final Five Sweepstakes!” Pick the teams you think will be part of the 2010 Final Five and you may go to the 2011 Final Five with three friends for FREE! packages to the 2011 Red Baron WCHA Final Five. For additional details and to enter, visit www.xcelenergycenter.com. The Saint Paul Convention & Visitors Authority and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association will again host the WCHA Fan Fest on Friday, March 19 between the two semifinal games of the 2010 Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five Show Your Ticket in Saint Paul. Now that you’re in town for some hockey, it’s time to find some deals at local From approximately 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., hockey fans can celebrate with restaurants and attractions. From pubs to fine dining and museums to historic music, interactive games, food and more in the Kellogg Lobby inside Saint landmarks, there is something for everyone in Saint Paul. Paul RiverCentre, next door to Xcel Energy Center. Additional entertainment Check out www.showyourticket.org for all the places you can show your ticket will be provided by WCHA-member schools’ pep bands, cheerleaders and and save some cash! Enjoy the games but get out and see the city while you’re mascots. Notable WCHA alumni will also be in attendance. here! All hockey fans are welcome. Tickets are not necessary for admittance. The WCHA Fan Fest is free and open to the public. WCHA Men’s Release/WEEkly #23/3-8-2010 WCHA member Teams in Non-Conference Play USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Div. 1 Men’s 2009-10 season • 45-24-5 (.642) College Hockey Poll

Team vs AHA vs CCHA vs CHA vs ECAC vs HEA Total March 8, 2010 (points, first place votes in parenthesis) UAA 1-0-0 0-3-0 0-1-0 1-0-0 – 2-4-0 Rk School (1st Place Votes) Record Points Last Week CC 2-0-0 – 2-0-0 1-0-0 1-2-0 6-2-0 1 Denver (26) 25- 7-4 976 1 DU 2-0-0 2-1-0 – – 2-1-0 6-2-0 2 Miami (24) 24- 5-7 972 2 MTU – 1-4-0 – – – 1-4-0 3 Wisconsin 22- 9-4 881 3 UM – 2-2-0 1-1-0 2-0-0 – 5-3-0 4 Boston College 21-10-3 827 5 UMD 1-0-0 1-1-0 0-2-0 2-0-0 0-1-0 4-4-0 5 North Dakota 20-11-5 779 7 MSU 2-0-0 2-1-1 2-0-0 – – 6-1-1 6 Yale 19- 7-3 732 6 UND – 1-0-2 1-0-0 1-1-0 2-0-0 5-1-2 7 St. Cloud State 20-11-5 703 4 SCSU – 0-2-0 – 5-0-1 – 5-2-1 8 Bemidji State 23- 8-3 644 8 UW – 2-1-0 – 0-0-1 3-0-0 5-1-1 9 Cornell 17- 8-4 587 9 10 Michigan State 19-11-6 528 11 WCHA 8-0-0 11-15-3 6-4-0 12-1-2 8-4-0 45-24-5 11 New Hampshire 16-11-7 497 10 1.000 .431 .600 .867 .667 .642 12 Alaska 18- 9-9 437 14 13 Ferris State 19-11-6 406 13 14 Minnesota Duluth 20-15-1 367 12 USCHO.com PairWise Rankings (PWR) 15 Colorado College 18-15-3 261 15 16 Northern Michigan 17-11-8 205 19 www.uscho.com • March 8, 2010 17 Union 18-10-6 178 18 Record RPI 18 Nebraska-Omaha 20-14-6 170 20 Rk Team PWR Rk W-L-T Win% Rk RPI 19 Vermont 15-12-7 114 16 1 Denver 24 2 25-7-4 .7500 1 .5856* 20 Mass.-Lowell 18-14-4 79 NR 2 Miami 23 1 24-5-7 .7639 2 .5831* others receiving votes: Maine 47, RIT 36, Boston University 24, Michigan 22, 3 Wisconsin 22 5 22-9-4 .6857 3 .5683 Massachusetts 17, Minnesota 9, Colgate 2. 4 Boston College 21 6t 21-10-3 .6618 5 .5531 5t North Dakota 19 9t 20-11-5 .6250 4 .5541 5t Bemidji State 19 3 23-8-3 .7206 6 .5511 7t Alaska 17 9t 18-9-9 .6250 9 .5392 USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men’s 7t St. Cloud State 17 9t 20-11-5 .6250 7 .5507 9 Yale 16 4 19-7-3 .7069 8 .5460 Div. 1 College Hockey Poll • #22 10t New Hampshire 14 18 16-11-7 .5735 10 .5383 10t Cornell 14 8 17-8-4 .6552 11 .5357 March 8, 2010 (points, first place votes in parenthesis) 12 Michigan State 12 13t 19-11-6 .6111 14 .5326 Rk School Record Last Week Weeks Top 15 13 Ferris State 11 13t 19-11-6 .6111 12 .5345 1 Miami, 497 (21) 24-5-7 2 22 14 Northern Michigan 10 16 17-11-8 .5833 16 .5302 2 Denver, 489 (13) 25-7-4 1 22 15 Minnesota Duluth 9 19 20-15-1 .5694 13 .5338 3 Wisconsin, 432 22-9-4 3 15 16t Nebraska Omaha 8 17 20-14-6 .5750 17 .5281 4 Boston College, 400 21-10-3 5 19 16t Vermont 8 22 15-12-7 .5441 18 .5266 5 North Dakota, 366 20-11-5 7 22 16t Mass.-Lowell 8 20 18-14-4 .5556 19 .5221 6 Yale, 336 19-7-3 6 22 16t Massachusetts 8 26t 18-16-0 .5294 24 .5185 7 St. Cloud State, 307 20-11-5 4 11 20 Maine 5 28t 16-15-3 .5147 23 .5186 8 Bemidji State, 272 23-8-3 8 19 21t Colorado College 4 23 18-15-3 .5417 15 .5316 9 Cornell, 236 17-8-4 9 22 21t Union 4 12 18-10-6 .6176 20 .5216 10 New Hampshire, 181 16-11-7 10 7 23t Boston University 3 28t 16-15-3 .5147 25 .5184 11 Michigan State, 165 19-11-6 11 17 23t Minnesota 3 32t 17-17-2 .5000 21 .5215 12 Alaska, 154 18-9-9 13 7 25 Michigan 1 21 21-17-1 .5513 22 .5202 13 Ferris State, 82 19-11-6 14 13 14 Minnesota Duluth, 74 20-15-1 12 16 *Team’s RPI has been adjusted to remove negative effect from defeating weak opponent. 15 Colorado College, 29 18-15-3 15 19 The PairWise Ranking is a system which attempts to mimic the method used by the NCAA Selection Com- others receiving votes: Nebraska Omaha, 16; Northern Michigan, 13; Union mittee to determine participants for the NCAA Division I men's hockey tournament. The PWR compares the College, 13; Rochester Institute of Technology, 10; Massachusetts Lowell, 4; Ver- top 25 teams in the RPI Ratings Percentage Index (RPI), judging them by four criteria: record against common opponents, head-to-head competition, record against other top 25 teams if the team has faced at least 10 mont, 2; Maine, 1; Massachusetts, 1. top 25 opponents, and the RPI. For each comparison won, a team receives one point. The final PWR ranking is based on the number of points (comparisons) won against top 25 teams. Ties are settled by the RPI. A more complete explanation of the workings of the PWR is also available in our FAQ. There is also a FAQ available explaining the NCAA Tournament selection process. Visit www.uscho.com.

race for the 2010 wcha championship & macnaughton cup • Head-to-Head (Number of games vs each WCHA opponent, record vs each WCHA opponent) UAA CC DU MTU UM UMD MSU UND SCSU UW GP W-L-T Pts Rk UAA X 4, 2-2-0 4, 1-2-1 2, 2-0-0 4, 1-3-0 2, 1-1-0 4, 1-3-0 2, 1-1-0 4, 0-3-1 2, 0-2-0 28 9-17-2 20 t8 CC 4, 2-2-0 X 4, 1-2-1 2, 2-0-0 2, 0-2-0 4, 1-3-0 2, 2-0-0 2, 0-2-0 4, 2-1-1 4, 2-1-1 28 12-13-3 27 6 DU 4, 2-1-1 4, 2-1-1 X 2, 2-0-0 4, 4-0-0 2, 1-1-0 4, 3-0-1 4, 4-0-0 2, 1-1-0 2, 0-1-1 28 19-5-4 42 1 MTU 2, 0-2-0 2, 0-2-0 2, 0-2-0 X 2, 0-2-0 4, 2-2-0 4, 1-3-0 4, 0-4-0 4, 1-3-0 4, 0-4-0 28 4-24-0 8 10 UM 4, 3-1-0 2, 2-0-0 4, 0-4-0 2, 2-0-0 X 4, 1-3-0 2, 1-1-0 4, 1-1-2 2, 0-2-0 4, 2-2-0 28 12-14-2 26 7 UMD 2, 1-1-0 4, 3-1-0 2, 1-1-0 4, 2-2-0 4, 3-1-0 X 4, 4-0-0 4, 1-3-0 2, 0-1-1 2, 1-1-0 28 16-11-1 33 t4 MSU 4, 3-1-0 2, 0-2-0 4, 0-3-1 4, 3-1-0 2, 1-1-0 4, 0-4-0 X 2, 0-2-0 2, 1-0-1 4, 1-3-0 28 9-17-2 20 t8 UND 2, 1-1-0 2, 2-0-0 4, 0-4-0 4, 4-0-0 4, 1-1-2 4, 3-1-0 2, 2-0-0 X 4, 2-2-0 2, 0-1-1 28 15-10-3 33 t4 SCSU 4, 3-0-1 4, 1-2-1 2, 1-1-0 4, 3-1-0 2, 2-0-0 2, 1-0-1 2, 0-1-1 4, 2-2-0 X 4, 2-2-0 28 15-9-4 34 3 UW 2, 2-0-0 4, 1-2-1 2, 1-0-1 4, 4-0-0 4, 2-2-0 2, 1-1-0 4, 3-1-0 2, 1-0-1 4, 2-2-0 X 28 17-8-3 37 2 WCHA Men’s Release/WEEkly #23/3-8-2010 wcha.com & collegehockeystats.net GET ALL THE the info you need … standings, statistics, results, schedules, rosters, etc.

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of the nine losses were by more than one goal. seawolves • Freshman goaltender Joe Howe, who started all 28 of the team’s league games University 0f alaska anchorage in ’09-10, finished the regular season with the most minutes (1,611:39) logged in conference play among all WCHA net minders. • The ninth-seeded Alaska Anchorage Seawolves • With 20 and 17 points, respectively, in league play this season, senior Nate will head to Madison, Wis., to play the second seed Prosser and sophomore Gabe Guentzel finished tied for second and fourth Wisconsin Badgers in the WCHA First Round play- among WCHA defensemen. Prosser’s career-best 26 points (4g, 22a) overall offs. continues to rank second among all WCHA blue-line specialists. • The Badgers lead the overall series with the • The red lighter in last Friday’s victory at Denver improved Sweatt’s career Seawolves 44-13-9, and in Madison, 26-7-3. The two points total to 107 (46g,61a). He continues to lead the Tigers with 31 (15g, 16a) teams met earlier this season at the Kohl Center with overall this season, and has been involved in six game-winning goals, scoring UW sweeping UAA, 5-1, 6-2 on Nov. 13-14. The last three and assisting on three more. time UAA won at UW was March 12, 2005 (2-1), while the last UAA win against • Colorado College is 16-2-2 this season, including last Friday’s triumph, when UW was on Nov. 4, 2006 (2-1) at the Sullivan Arena. UW enters the playoffs with scoring the first goal of a game. a six-game winning streak against UAA. • In the 1st Round, the Seawolves have met the Badgers three times. UW holds a 5-3 record against UAA in the playoffs. During the 2003-04 season, the Pioneers Seawolves won the best-of-three series against UW and made it to the WCHA University of denver Final Five – UAA’s only appearance at the tournament. Out of 35 playoff games, three of UAA’s four wins came against Wisconsin. • No. 1 seed Denver (25-7-4, 19-5-4 WCHA) hosts No. • After a series split with Minnesota Duluth on March 5-6, the Seawolves fin- 10 seed Michigan Tech (5-28-1, 4-24-0 WCHA) in the first ished the regular season in a two-way tie in the WCHA standings for No. 8 with round of the best two-of-three WCHA Playoffs on March Minnesota State – current bench boss Dave Shyiak’s best finish ever. 12-14. • The 3-2 victory on March 5 against UMD gave fifth-year head coach Dave • The Pioneers are 71-54-6 all-time in the WCHA Play- Shyiak his 51st career win at UAA, putting him No. 2 on the UAA coaching wins offs, including a 27-20 record under head coach George list behind program founder, Brush Christiansen. Gwozdecky. • The victory snapped a five-game losing skid for the Seawolves and also served • DU has captured a league-leading 15 playoff cham- to snap UAA's six-game home Friday losing streak in WCHA play. pionships, including four under Gwozdecky (1999, 2002, 2005, 2008). • Senior G Jon Olthuis (8-14-2) also got his 23rd career win, tying him with Jeff • The Pioneers are 12-4-1 against Michigan Tech in the playoffs and meet the Carlson for No. 6 on UAA’s all-time goaltending wins list. Huskies in the first round for the first time since 2005 when DU claimed its sev- • Registering a four-goal weekend was senior F Kevin Clark. Clark picked up his enth NCAA championship. DU swept (5-2, 5-3) a two-game series against the WCHA-leading 23rd goal of the season – which ranks him eighth in the nation. Huskies on Feb. 19-20 and own a 112-81-18 advantage in the all-time series. DU Clark has scored the most goals in a single season for UAA since Derek Donald has a six-game win streak against Tech and is 13-2-2 in the last 17 meetings. tallied 23 during the 1991-92 season. He is currently tied for 11th in the WCHA • DU has advanced to the WCHA Final Five championship game the past two for point scoring with 37 points. seasons. • On March 6 in UAA’s 6-3 defeat by UMD, junior F Tommy Grant netted the • DU is led by goaltender Marc Cheverie (22-4-3, 1.97 GAA, .937 Sv%) and its Seawolves’ seventh shorthanded goal of the season – the second most for a top line of Rhett Rakhshani (20-28=48), Tyler Ruegsegger (16-23=39) and Joe WCHA team this season (St. Cloud State, 8). Colborne (20-18=38). Cheverie leads the WCHA in goals-against average, save percentage, wins, winning percentage (.810) and shutouts (6). Cheverie earned the WCHA goaltending championship with a 2.05 goals-against average in Tigers league play. Rakhshani won the WCHA scoring title with 15-20=35 and leads colorado college the WCHA with 48 points in all games. Colborne leads the league with seven game-winning goals, while Ruegsegger is a league-leading +15. • This week’s series at UMD marks the first time in 17 years • Patrick Wiercioch ranks third in WCHA defenseman scoring with 6-19=25, that the Tigers have traveled out of state for the first round while Matt Donovan is tied for fifth in rookie scoring with 6-12=18. of the WCHA playoffs and the first time ever that they have • Cheverie, Rakhshani, Ruegsegger, Colborne, Wiercioch, Donovan and Chris opened the post-season in Duluth. Nutini are All-WCHA candidates. Donovan and Drew Shore are candidates for • Colorado College has met the Bulldogs four times previ- the All-WCHA Rookie Team. ously in opening-round matchups, all at home. CC prevailed • DU reclaimed the Gold Pan Trophy for the first time since 2006 with a 7-3 win in the first three – in 1980, 1992 and 1999 – before Minnesota over Colorado College on March 6. CC owns a 10-7 advantage in 17 years on Duluth swept the first two games of a best-of-three series Gold Pan competition. at the World Arena a year ago. • DU is first in the WCHA on the penalty-kill (88%) and fifth on the power-play • The Tigers own a 7-3 advantage in 10 all-time post-season encounters be- (20.2%). tween the teams, including a 4-3 overtime victory in the semifinals of the 2003 • DU is first in the latest PairWise Rankings. Final Five. Of the 10 games, five have required overtime. • Last Saturday’s 7-3 defeat was just the third loss for CC in its last 17 showdowns (8-3-6) with arch-rival Denver. • Colorado College is undefeated (2-0-3) in its last five games against the Pioneers at DU’s Magness Arena, as well as 4-1-4 in the last nine dating back to their 2005-06 season finale, after last Friday’s 2-1 triumph there. • Freshman center Rylan Schwartz, who teamed up with senior right wing/team captain Mike Testwuide to set up Bill Sweatt’s game-winning goal on Friday, has factored in on the game winner in 10 of CC’s 18 victories this season. Schwartz has assisted on seven GWG while scoring three of his own. • Five of Testwuide’s career-high 20 goals in 2009-10 have come against Den- ver. • With his 13th tally of the campaign last Saturday, junior winger Tyler Johnson matched his points total (22) of the previous two seasons combined. • After getting off to a 7-1-1 start in league play this campaign, the Tigers won only five of 19 (5-12-2) WCHA games since late November. • CC finished with an 11-9 overall record overall at home in 2009-10. Only two WCHA Men’s Release/WEEkly #23/3-8-2010 wcha TEAM NOTEBOOKS con’t • Senior forward Mike Carman had his first career four-point game with two goals and two assists in Sunday’s game against Wisconsin. • Senior forward Tony Lucia had two goals and an assist on Sunday against Huskies Wisconsin and has career highs with 11 goals, 15 assists and 26 points. His michigan technological University previous career high was 19 points during his freshman year in 2006-07. • Junior goaltender Alex Kangas ranks second in the WCHA with a .917 saves • Michigan Tech will play at top-seeded Denver in percentage in league games. Over his last seven starts, Kangas has a 2.16 goals- the first round of the WCHA Playoffs this weekend against average and .926 saves percentage. (March 12-14). This will mark the ninth time the two schools have faced each other in the playoffs. • The Huskies have pushed two of their last three bulldogs playoff series to three games. University of Minnesota Duluth • The Huskies are 82-113-18 all-time against the Pioneers. • UMD will open defense of its WCHA playoff champi- • Last weekend Tech dropped a pair of hard fought games at North Dakota onship by hosting Colorado College this weekend. The despite leading both games. Bulldogs, who last hosted a league post-season series • Both of the Tech goals last Saturday night came on the power-play. The two in 2004, are 3-7-0 lifetime against Colorado College in power-play goals were the most since the scored two goals at Denver on Feb. WCHA playoff warfare, but did oust the host Tigers in 20th. two straight games in the opening round one year ago • Scoring on the man-advantage has been very important this season for Tech. on their way to capturing the Broadmoor Trophy. They have scored at least one power-play goal in four of their five wins this • The Bulldogs own an 18-9-2 mark in 29 lifetime WCHA season. playoff outings at the DECC, but have never faced Colo- • Tech has played in nine one-goal games this season. rado College in a home post-season game of any kind. • Senior forward Malcolm Gwilliam has tallied seven points (4g, 3a) over his • UMD drew the curtain on the 2009-10 regular season last Saturday by upend- last six games. ing the University of Alaska Anchorage 6-3 after dropping a 3-2 decision the • Michigan Tech continues to lead the nation in strength of schedule. previous night in Anchorage. With Saturday’s victory, UMD moved to 20-15-1 • Head coach Jamie Russell is currently tied with Herb Boxer for second in wins overall on the year, marking the fourth time in the past eight years it reached in school history. Russell played under Boxer for three seasons (1987-89). the 20-win plateau, and finished with its best WCHA record (16-11-1) since going 19-7-2 in 2003-04. • The Bulldogs will enter the “second season” armed with four of the WCHA’s golden gophers top 14 point scorers in sophomore center Jack Connolly (second with 45 points), University of Minnesota junior right winger Justin Fontaine (fourth with 42 points) and junior left winger Rob Bordson (tied for 11th with 37 points) and sophomore winger/center Mike • Minnesota opens the WCHA playoffs with a first Connolly (14 with 36 points). Both Connollys and Fontaine all racked up 33 round series at North Dakota. It marks the first time points in WCHA play – just two points behind league scoring champion Rhett the two teams have met in the first round since Rakhshani of Denver in the WCHA scoring race. Fontaine also was two points 2002 and the first time the Gophers have played a off the pace one year ago. WCHA playoff series in North Dakota since 1987. • UMD, which has cashed in on seven of its 24 opportunities with the man-ad- • Minnesota and North Dakota split their season vantage over the past two weekends (29.2 percent), currently owns the fourth series with each team winning and tying on its most effective power-play in NCAA I hockey at 22.6%. The Bulldogs are 1-6-0 home ice. The Gophers opened the regular season in Grand Forks on Oct. 16-17 when they’ve failed to score a power-play goal this winter. with a 4-0 loss and 3-3 tie. They had a 3-3 tie and 5-1 win at home on Jan. 15-16. • Junior right winger Justin Fontaine, who has racked up more points (90) over Minnesota leads the all-time series 138-125-14. the past two years than any other WCHA skater, continues to lead the nation • The Gophers played at North Dakota in the WCHA playoff finals in 1987 and in power play goals (13), is fourth in game-winners (6) and tied for seventh in in a second round series in 1984. They also lost a one-game playoff in Grand overall goals (21).The 2008-09 All-WCHA Second Team pick is the first Bulldog Forks in 1967 and 1966. Minnesota is 0-6 against North Dakota in Grand Forks to post back-to-back 40-point seasons since Evan Schwabe turned the trick in the WCHA playoffs. They are 0-9 overall in the postseason in Grand Forks with between 2003-05. three NCAA tournament defeats. • UMD is the only WCHA club which has not been shut out this season and • The winner of this weekend’s series advances to the WCHA Final Five. Min- has now gone 79 straight games since the last time it was held scoreless (1-0 at nesota has made 11 straight trips to the WCHA Final Five and North Dakota has Denver in the 2007-08 finale). made seven straight appearances. The last time North Dakota failed to make • Sophomore center Jack Connolly, who racked up four points in last weekend’s the Final Five was in 2002 when it lost its first round series at Minnesota. series at UAA, currently ranks first among his WCHA colleagues in overall power- • The Gophers are opening the WCHA playoffs on the road for just the third play points (24), is fifth in assists (27) and is tied for seventh in goals (18). In time in 11 years. They have won their last two road series with wins at Minnesota addition, a team-leading 28 of his 45 points this season have been registered State in 2008 and Colorado College in 2000. at home and 37 have contributed to Bulldog wins. Connolly has also marked • Minnesota is seeded seventh for the WCHA playoffs and the seventh seed has in the scoring column in all but 10 outings this winter – and has never gone advanced to the WCHA Final Five title game the past two seasons. Minnesota pointless in more than one game in a row. lost in the finals in 2008 and Minnesota Duluth won the title as the seventh seed • UMD has come back from a two-goal deficit to post wins five times this season, last season. doing so trick twice during its series sweep at Minnesota (4-3 and 3-2 on Nov. • The Gophers concluded the regular season with eight straight games against 20-21), and against Michigan Tech (3-2 on Feb. 6), North Dakota (3-2 in OT on top 10 opponents and will face another this weekend with their two games in Dec. 5) and Minnesota State, Mankato (3-2 on Oct. 17). North Dakota. Minnesota is 7-10-2 against ranked teams this season with wins • Junior left winger Rob Bordson, arguably the leading candidate for the WCHA’s over six different teams. mythical Most Improved Player Award, is tied for third in WCHA in overall assists • The Gophers closed the regular season with a split against Wisconsin, losing with 28 (the 10th most in the country) to go with nine goals this season after 3-2 last Friday and winning 6-1 on Sunday to finish 17-17-2 overall and 12-14-2 going pointless in 15 outings last winter. He also has 21 power-play points to in the WCHA. his credit thus far, which trails only one other player – teammate Jack Connolly • Minnesota’s 6-1 win on Sunday was its largest margin of victory and most – in that statistical category among WCHA combatants. Bordson’s 37-point gain goals scored against Wisconsin since an 8-1 win on Feb. 15, 2003. from his sophomore season represents the second largest one-year scoring • The Gophers were 5-for-8 on the power-play against the Badgers on Sunday, improvement of any Bulldog over in 17 years. marking their most power-play goals in a game since Dec. 1, 2006 when they • The Bulldogs are a whopping 19-1-1 (with the lone loss, 5-4 in overtime, were also 5-for-8 against Minnesota State. Minnesota had been 2-for-36 over coming to Bemidji State on Jan. 23) when they’ve scored three or more times its previous eight games before Sunday’s outburst. in 2009-10 and just 1-14-0 when they’ve failed to do so. • Minnesota is 15-1-0 this season when holding opponents to two goals or • Sophomore Brady Lamb, who will bring a personal-best four-game scoring fewer and 2-16-2 when opponents score three goals or more. streak into Friday’s clash with Colorado College, is second among WCHA de- WCHA Men’s Release/WEEkly #23/3-8-2010 wcha TEAM NOTEBOOKS con’t • Freshman forward Tyler Pitlick, who assisted on a Rylan Galiardi power play goal in the 4-2 win over #4 St. Cloud State last Friday, has racked up 3-5=8 in fensemen goals with 10 (six of which have come on the power-play) and is tied the last 11 games. Pitlick leads MSU’s newcomers in scoring with 10-8=18 in for seventh in overall points (a career-high 20) while Dylan Olsen has amassed 35 GP. His 8-6=14 in 27 league games ranks ties for seventh amongst all WCHA the fourth highest scoring yield (11 points) of any league rookie blueliner, but freshmen. is mired in a nine-game pointless funk. • Freshman forward Eriah Hayes has 2-2=4 in the last six games. The LaCresent, • UMD registered five regular season sweeps (Minnesota State on Jan. 15-16 Minn., native has collected 8-5=13 in his debut season with the Mavericks. and Oct. 16-17, Clarkson University on Oct. 30-31, the University of Minnesota • Freshman defenseman Evan Mosey registered his first career goal in MSU’s on Nov. 20-21 and Colorado College on Jan. 8-9) this winter – its most since 2-2 overtime tie at #4 St. Cloud State last Saturday. Mosey has 1-3=4 in 18 games 2003-04 (8). during the course of his debut season with the Mavericks. • Sophomore left winger Mike Connolly, a member of the 2008-09 WCHA All- • Freshman netminder Phil Cook, who owns a 7-4-2 mark in his maiden season Rookie Team, remains the only current Bulldog who is averaging a point a game as a Maverick, stopped 51 of 55 shots in the two games vs. St. Cloud State last or better for his career (78 points in 77 outings). weekend for a .927 saves percentage and a 1.92 goals-against average. • UMD is 12-7-0 at home in 2009-10, outscoring the opposition 68-45 in the • The Mavericks, who drew 73,717 fans in 19 home games at Verizon Wireless process. Center in 2009-10, averaged 3,880 fans per home contest this year, which ranks • Senior left winger Jordan Fulton was credited with a career-high four points third on the all-time list. (1g, 3a) in UMD’s 6-3 triumph at UAA last Saturday. fighting sioux mavericks University of North Dakota Minnesota State University, Mankato • The Fighting Sioux tied for fourth in the regular season • Minnesota State closed out the 2009-10 regular WCHA standings with Minnesota Duluth and won the season schedule last weekend with a 4-2 win and a head-to-head tiebreaker to earn the No. 4 seed in the 2-2 tie with fourth-rated St. Cloud State. league playoffs. • The Mavericks, who enter the first round of the • UND, riding an NCAA-best seven-game winning Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs with streak, will host Minnesota next weekend in the first an overall record of 15-18-3 and finished in eighth round of the playoffs, with a berth in the WCHA Final place in the final league standings with a 9-17-2 WCHA Five on the line. It is the eighth straight year UND will mark, face St. Cloud State in league playoff action in host the first round of the playoffs, the longest active a best-of-three series beginning Friday at National Hockey Center in St. Cloud. streak in the WCHA. • The Mavericks lead the all-time series with SCSU by a 58-42-10 margin and • The series will mark the first time the two teams have met in the first round have gone 12-7-3 vs. St. Cloud State in its last 22 meetings. This is the first time of the WCHA playoffs since 2001-02, when the Sioux were swept in two games the two teams have met in WCHA playoff action. at Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis. • MSU stands 8-22 all-time in WCHA playoff action. Including a 3-18 mark in • UND is 6-0 all-time against the Gophers in playoff games in Grand Forks, the first-round road playoff games, the Mavericks are 8-20 in first-round WCHA last meetings coming in 1986-87, when the Sioux claimed a pair of 5-3 wins. playoff games. MSU has participated the WCHA playoffs 12 times (this year is The last time the two teams met in the WCHA playoffs was in the championship the 13th) and won two first-round series – vs Alaska-Anchorage in 1999-2000 of the WCHA Final Five, which the Gophers won 3-2 in overtime. UND exacted and vs Wisconsin in 2002-03. its revenge the following week with a 3-2 overtime win of its own in the NCAA • MSU’s all-time record in 1,364 games played is 709-529-126 (.566). West Regional in Denver. • Minnesota State head coach Troy Jutting (MSU ’07) is in his tenth year at the • UND trails the all-time series 125-131-14 (.489) but is 67-53-8 (.555) all-time Maverick men’s hockey helm and owns an all-time record of 157-180-47. against the Gophers on home ice. • Senior forward Zach Harrison heads into this weekend’s games having tallied • The two teams split their regular season series with this year 1-1-2, with each 3-1=4 in the last eight games. Harrison, who has played in 131 straight games team gaining a win and a tie at home. The Sioux opened the WCHA schedule and leads the Mavericks with a +11, has registered career-highs for assists (16) with a 4-0 win and a 3-3 tie against UM Oct. 16-17 in Grand Forks. The Gophers and points (24) this year. Harrison’s 149 career games played places him in a tie tied 3-3 and won 5-1 when the two teams hooked up again Jan. 15-16 in Min- for fourth on MSU’s all-time list. neapolis. The Saturday loss was UND’s first in the last eight against Minnesota. • Four MSU players have seen action in all 36 games to date: Zach Harrison, • Under head coach Dave Hakstol, now in his sixth year at UND, the Sioux have Ben Youds, Jerad Stewart and Channing Boe. gone 25-12 in the playoffs (WCHA and NCAA), eight more wins than any other • Senior forward Kael Mouillierat has registered 6-6=12 in the last 18 games. WCHA team. That includes a 16-7 record in the WCHA playoffs, a victory total With 47-41=88 in 141 career games the Edmonton, Alta., native has moved into that also tops every WCHA team. a tie for tenth on MSU’s NCAA Division I-era career scoring leaders list with T.J. • The Sioux concluded the regular season with a home sweep of Michigan Guidarelli, who racked up 28-60=88 in 136 games from 1997-2001. Tech last weekend, winning 5-1 on Friday and 3-2 on Saturday. UND trailed 1-0 • Senior captain Geoff Irwin has totalled 30-48=78 in 140 career games. The after the first period in both games and 2-1 after the second period on Saturday. Victoria, B.C., native has 2-8=10 in the last 20 games. Saturday’s 3-2 comeback win was the team’s first when trailing after two periods • Sophomore forward Michael Dorr has totalled 5-10=15 in 19 games since since Oct. 18, 2008 at Minnesota State. becoming eligible Dec. 12th after transferring to MSU from the University of • Senior F Darcy Zajac had two goals and an assist in Friday’s win, the first Minnesota. Dorr heads into this weekend’s games riding a three-game scoring three-point game of his career and his first two-goal game since his freshman streak (0-4=4). year. • Junior defenseman Kurt Davis has 5-18=23 on the year and is tied for second • Sophomore F Jason Gregoire had a pair of goals on Saturday and finished on the team a +5. Davis has collected 12-57=69 in 109 career games to tie for the weekend with three goals and an assist. tenth on MSU's career scoring list by defensemen. Bryan Lyke, who had 15-54=69 • UND registered 48 shots on goal last Friday and 44 on Saturday. The Sioux in 126 games from 1991-95 and next on the list, in ninth place, is Scott Jenewein, outshot the Huskies 38-6 over the final two periods on Friday and 31-18 over who totalled 8-72=80 in 86 contests from 1983-87. the last two periods on Saturday. • Junior defenseman Ben Youds has had 26 shots on goal in the last 10 games. • Last Saturday’s win was Hakstol’s 150th at UND, moving him past Rube Youds, who is tied for third on the team scoring charts with 2-21=23, has achieved Bjorkman (1968-78) as the third-winningest coach in Sioux history. Only Gino career-highs for assists and points this season. Gasparini (392 wins, 1978-94) and Dean Blais (262, 1994-04) have won more • Junior forward Rylan Galiardi, who has 7-7=14 in his last 15 games played, has games at UND than Hakstol, the 2008-09 WCHA Coach of the Year. chalked up 22-39=61 in 105 career games. Galiardi scored twice and assisted • UND has held opponents to two goals or fewer during its current seven-game on another in helping lead the Mavericks to the 4-2 win over fourth-rated St. winning streak and continues to lead the WCHA and rank third in the nation in Cloud State last Friday and then added a goal in Saturday’s 2-2 tie. scoring defense (2.14 goals per game). • The Mavericks, who have won four of their last nine games, are 6-10 in one- • Sophomore G Brad Eidsness has a 1.57 goals-against average and .940 save goal games for 2009-10. percentage during UND’s winning streak. He has started UND’s last nine games and ranks second in the WCHA in goals-against average (2.16) and 11th nation- WCHA Men’s Release/WEEkly #23/3-8-2010 wcha TEAM NOTEBOOKS con’t Gaudet, Ryan Peckskamp, Ryan Lasch and Garrett Raboin. Of note, Ammerman and Raboin also received their third consecutive WCHA Scholar-Athlete plaques at the game from SCSU Faculty Rep Dr. William Hudson. ally. Eidsness needs one more victory to join Karl Goehring (1997-01) as the • SCSU senior defender Garrett Raboin is a top 10 finalist for the Lowe’s Senior only goalies in Sioux history to win 20 games in each of their first two seasons. CLASS award in 2009-10. Eidsness won his 43rd career game last Saturday, tying him with Chris Dickson • Ryan Lasch has now played in a school record 154 consecutive games during (1987-91) for 10th all-time at UND. his career with the Huskies. He is also closing in on the record for most games • Junior D Derrick LaPoint, who will play in his 100th career game on Friday, played in a game, which was set by Nate Dey from 2004-08 with 159 games boasts a team-leading +11 during UND’s current seven-game winning streak. played. He also has a goal and four assists during that stretch. • Here are a few more facts about the upcoming playoff series against Min- • Freshman F Danny Kristo is riding a career-best seven-game scoring streak, nesota State … the Huskies are 20-12-6 in the all-time series against Minnesota with five goals and five assists during that time. Kristo’s team-leading eight State since the Huskies moved to the DI level in 1987-88. The two teams were power-play goals rank first nationally among freshmen, and he leads all WCHA regular opponents prior to 1987-88, and the Mavericks own a 57-41-12 lead rookies in points (30), points per game (0.88), goals (13) and power-play points in the all-time series dating back to 1969-70 … in the last five outings, SCSU is (18). Kristo’s eight PPG tie him with Zach Parise (2002-04) for 10th-most by a Sioux 1-2-2 vs. Mankato … in the last 10 games, SCSU is 2-5-3 vs. Mankato … SCSU freshman. His next PPG will tie him for seventh with Jonathan Toews (2005-07), coach Bob Motzko is 3-8-3. Greg Johnson (1989-93) and Kevin Maxwell (1978-79). • Senior F Chris VandeVelde enters the playoffs tied with Bob Munro (1966- 69) for 61st on UND’s all-time scoring list with 109 career points. Perry Berezan badgers (1983-85) and Ray Huot (1951-54) are tied for 59th with 110 points and Darcy University of Wisconsin Mitani (1992-96) ranks 58th with 112. VandeVelde leads the team with 33 points, two away from matching the career-high 35 he notched last year. He also has • Wisconsin (22-9-4, 17-8-3 WCHA) plays host to first a career-high 20 assists. round best-of-three WCHA playoff action this Friday to Sunday against Alaska Anchorage (11-21-2, 9-17-2 huskies WCHA) … the games match-up second-place Badgers and ninth-seeded Seawolves. St. Cloud State University • UW swept UAA in their only two games this season, 5-1 and 6-2, on Nov. 13-14 at the Kohl Center. • The St. Cloud State men’s hockey team will • Wisconsin has a six-game winning streak over UAA entertain Minnesota State University in the first and is 9-0-1 in the last 10 games in the series. round of the WCHA playoffs on March 12-14. This • The Badgers have played host to UAA in the WCHA playoffs on three previ- best-of-three series will determine who advances ous occasions, sweeping in 1998, falling in three games in 2004 and winning in to the 2010 Red Baron WCHA Final Five, which will three games in 2005. take place at the Xcel Energy Center on Marc 18-20, • The Badgers placed second in the WCHA with 37 points, UW’s highest league in St. Paul. finish in the Mike Eaves coaching era (since 2002). UW tied for second in the • The Huskies own a 25-19-0 record in first round 2005-06 season with an identical 17-8-3 WCHA mark. play of the WCHA playoffs since 1991. Last year, SCSU lost two games at Min- • Senior forward Michael Davies leads the Badgers into the postseason with nesota by scores of 4-2 and 3-0 in the first round of the playoffs. The last time 45 points, while three Badgers have at least 40 (Derek Stepan – 41 and Brendan SCSU hosted first round play was in 2008, and the Huskies advanced to the Final Smith – 40). Five with a 3-0, 4-3 (ot) series sweep against Wisconsin. Of note, SCSU is 16-5-0 • Senior forward Blake Geoffrion leads the team with 21 goals . in first round playoff games played at the National Hockey Center. • Junior goaltender Scott Gudmandson leads the Badgers with a 14-3-4 record, • This will mark the first time that SCSU and MSU have tangled in the WCHA .910 save percentage and 2.41 goals-against average. playoffs, as the Huskies have played first round playoff games against every • Junior defenseman Ryan McDonagh leads the team with a plus-17. other WCHA squad. • The Badgers are hosting the first round of WCHA playoffs for the second • SCSU and MSU just completed a two-game set to finish the 2009-10 regular consecutive season and look for their second consecutive trip to the WCHA season. On March 5, the Huskies lost a tough 4-2 decision at the Verizon Wireless Final Five. UW has been to 12 of the 17 WCHA Final Fives. Center in downtown Mankato. SCSU bounced back on March 6, to gain a 2-2 (ot) decision against the Mavericks on March 6 at the NHC. MSU took advantage of special teams play, as the Mavs scored five of their six goals last weekend on the power-play. • Senior forward Ryan Lasch, a post-season honors candidate in 2009-10, charted his 40th point of the season with his goal at MSU on March 5. Lasch now has 174 points in his career at SCSU, and is just five points away from the team record of 179 points set by Jeff Saterdalen from 1988-92. Lasch has 18 goals and 22 assists this season, and it marks his third consecutive season with 40-plus points. In his career, Lasch has 77 goals and 97 assists. • SCSU has advanced to the WCHA Final Five 11 times since 1994. The Huskies won first place honors in the WCHA Five Five in 2001 and they have advanced to the championship game of the Final Five three times (2006, 2001 and 1994). SCSU has advanced to the WCHA Final Five three times during Bob Motzko’s tenure as head coach at SCSU (2008, 2007 and 2006). SCSU is 7-14-0 in action at the Final Five since 1994. • Junior Garrett Roe conitnues to climb the charts at SCSU. His goal on March 6, was Roe's 16th of the season. He now has 51 career goals and 132 career points, which places him ninth in the team records for career points. He currently leads the Huskies in 2009-10 with 23 assists. • Sophomore Drew LeBlanc has been on fire in the final stretch of the regular season. In his last 10 outings, LeBlanc has posted 10 assists and one goal for a total of 11 points since Jan. 29. He now has 5g/20a for 25 points this season. • Junior Tony Mosey has also enjoyed an 11-point run in his last 10 games for the Huskies. He has posted 2g/9a since Jan. 29, including a three assist effort in the games vs MSU on March 5-6. Mosey currently ranks third on the team this season with 31 points (11g/20a), which is a career season-high for Mosey. • SCSU seniors saluted at the game on March 6 included Jon Ammerman, Craig WCHA Men’s Release/WEEkly #23/3-8-2010 2009-10 wcha member team rosters Alaska Anchorage Seawolves Denver Pioneers

No. Name (Captain) (NHL Draft) Yr Pos Hgt Wgt Hometown No. Name (Captain) (NHL Draft) Yr Pos Hgt Wgt Hometown 4 Kane Lafranchise JR D 6-1 198 Edmonton, AB 1 Marc Cheverie (FLA) JR G 6-3 180 Cole Harbour, NS 6 Drew Darwitz FR D 5-8 165 Cottage Grove, MN 3 Jon Cook JR D 6-1 200 Denver, CO 7 Lee Baldwin FR D 6-4 203 Victoria, BC 4 Matt Donovan (NYI) FR D 6-0 190 Edmond, OK 8 Scott Warner SO D 5-9 180 Anchorage, AK 5 John Lee (FLA) SO D 6-1 180 Moorhead, MN 9 Kevin Clark (AC) SR F 5-9 171 Winnipeg, MB 6 Chris Nutini JR D 6-0 200 Centennial, CO 10 Mickey Spencer FR F 6-0 189 Gibbons, AB 7 Paul Phillips (CHI) FR D 5-11 190 Darien, IL 11 Curtis Leinweber SO D 5-8 171 Calgary, AB 8 Dustin Jackson JR F 6-3 200 Omaha, NE 12 Mitch Bruijsten FR F 6-4 195 Nijmegen, Netherlands 9 Rhett Rakhshani (C) (NYI) SR F 5-10 180 Huntington Beach, CA 13 Nils Backstrom (AC) (DET) SR D 6-1 203 Stocksund, Sweden 11 Chris Knowlton FR F 5-11 185 Colorado Springs, CO 14 Craig Parkinson JR F 6-0 187 Victoria, BC 12 Joe Colborne (BOS) SO F 6-5 195 Calgary, AB 15 Brad Gorham SO F/D 6-1 195 Anchorage, AK 14 Jesse Martin (ATL) JR F 5-10 180 Edmonton, AB 16 Tommy Grant JR F 6-2 194 North Vancouver, BC 15 Tyler Ruegsegger (AC) (TOR) SR F 6-0 185 Lakewood, CO 17 Chris Crowell FR F 6-2 205 Williams Lake, BC 16 Anthony Maiani JR F 5-7 150 Shelby Township, MI 18 Nick Haddad JR F 6-2 191 Fairbanks, AK 17 Matt Glasser (AC) (EDM) SR F 5-10 180 Calgary, AB 19 Ken Selby SR F 6-1 187 Winnipeg, MB 18 Luke Salazar SO F 5-7 150 Thornton, CO 20 Alex Gellert FR F 6-1 170 Kelowna, BC 19 Kyle Ostrow (AC) JR F 5-8 185 Calgary, AB 21 Josh Lunden (AC) SR F 6-2 202 Coquitlam, BC 20 Joey Brehm JR D 6-2 190 Edina, MN 22 Jared Tuton (C) SR F 6-1 202 Whitehorse, YT 21 William Wrenn (SJS) FR D 6-1 200 Anchorage, AK 23 Luka Vidmar JR D 6-1 192 Ljubljana, Slovenia 22 Brian Gifford (PIT) SR F 6-2 205 Moorhead, MN 24 Trevor Hunt SR D 5-10 190 Maple Ridge, BC 23 Drew Shore (FLA) FR F 6-3 190 Denver, CO 26 Tyler Currier FR F 6-1 198 Anchorage, AK 24 John Ryder JR D 6-0 200 Colorado Springs, CO 27 Sean Wiles JR F 6-4 211 Beloit, WI 25 Cody Brookwell SR D 6-4 215 Calgary, AB 30 Jon Olthuis SR G 6-4 200 Neerlandia, AB 26 Shawn Ostrow FR F 5-10 175 Calgary, AB 36 Jade Portwood SO F 6-3 207 Victoria, BC 27 Brandon Vossberg SR F 6-2 205 St. Paul, MN 38 Dusan Sidor SO G 6-0 166 Poprad, Slovakia 28 Patrick Wiercioch (OTT) SO D 6-4 185 Maple Grove, BC 40 Daniel Naslund FR F 6-3 205 Nykoping, Sweden 33 Adam Murray FR G 6-2 200 Anchorage, AK 49 Bryce Christianson JR G 6-2 195 Anchorage, AK 35 Lars Paulgaard JR G 6-0 165 Vettre, Norway 37 Nate Dewhurst SO F 5-9 160 Johnston, IA Head Coach: Dave Shyiak (Northern Michigan ’93). Career Record (Entering 2009-10): 40-86-19 (.341) (4 Seasons). Record at UAA (Entering 2009-10): 40-86-19 (.341) (4 Seasons). Associate Head Coach: George Gwozdecky (Wisconsin ’78). Career Record (Entering 2009-10): 496- Head Coach: Campbell Blair (Maine ’91). Assistant Coach: Regg Simon (Alaska Anchorage)/ 341-67 (.586) (23 Seasons). Record at DU (Entering 2009-10): 346-217-46 (.606) (15 Seasons). Goaltending Coach: Scott Johnson (Minnesota Duluth). Assistant Coach: Steve Miller (St. Mary’s ’88). Assistant Coach: Derek Lalonde (Cortland State ’95). Assistant Coach: David Tenzer (New York ’84). Volunteer Assistant Coach: Michael Zucker Colorado College Tigers (Colorado ’97). Student Assistant Coach: David Carle. No. Name (Captain) (NHL Draft) Yr Pos Hgt Wgt Hometown Michigan Tech Huskies 1 Tyler O’Brien JR G 6-2 187 Stowe, VT 2 Arthur Bidwill SO D 5-10 175 Fontana, WI No. Name (Captain) (NHL Draft) Yr Pos Hgt Wgt Hometown 3 Ted Behrend SO D 5-11 180 Oregon, WI 5 Drew Dobson SR D 6-0 200 Palatine, IL 4 Joe Marciano FR D 6-1 195 Alta Loma, CA 6 Steven Seigo FR D 6-0 180 Edenwold, SK 5 Scott Winkler (DAL) FR F 6-3 211 Asker, Norway 7 Tommy Brown FR D 5-9 180 Prince Albert, SK 6 Doug Leaverton FR D 6-4 218 Painesville, OH 8 Mike VanWagner SR D 6-2 220 Traverse City, MI 7 Kris Fredheim (VAN) SR D 6-2 195 Campbell River, BC 9 Malcolm Gwilliam (C) SR W 6-2 216 Kamloops, BC 9 Brian McMillin SR C/W 6-2 200 Roseau, MN 10 Peter Rohn SO W 5-7 165 Vettre, Norway 10 Gabe Guentzel SO D 6-0 185 Woodbury, MN 11 Seth Soley SO W 6-0 190 Elk Mound, WI 11 David Civitarese SO F 6-2 210 Calgary, AB 13 Aaron Pietila FR W 6-0 190 Brighton, MI 12 Dan Quilico SR W 5-8 160 Thousand Oaks, CA 14 Anthony Schooley FR W 5-10 187 Gaylord, MI 13 Rylan Schwartz FR F 5-10 182 Wilcox, SK 15 Eric Kattelus JR W/C 6-1 195 Houghton, MI 14 Stephen Schultz JR W 5-11 175 Westbury, NY 16 Brett Olson (AC) SO C 6-0 185 Superior, WI 15 Nate Prosser SR D 6-2 210 Elk River, MN 17 Mikael Lickteig SO W 6-0 185 Little Falls, MN 16 Andrew Hamburg FR F 6-2 190 Phoenix, AZ 18 Alex MacLeod SO W 6-0 210 Nelson, BC 17 Tyler Johnson JR C/W 5-9 168 Cloquet, MN 19 Bennett Royer JR W 6-0 190 Calgary, AB 18 Matt Overman SR F 5-10 175 Bloomington, MN 20 Eli Vlaisavljevich SR D 5-11 175 Shoreview, MN 19 Andreas Vlassopoulos SR C 6-0 190 Los Angeles, CA 21 Ryan Bunger SR W 6-1 185 Sammamish, WA 20 Addison DeBoer SR W 6-0 190 Spring Lake Park, MN 22 Jordan Baker (AC) JR W/C 5-7 180 Chestermere, AB 21 Bill Sweatt (CHI) SR LW 6-0 193 Elburn, IL 23 Ricky Doriott SO D 6-5 225 Blaine, MN 22 Nick Dineen SO F 5-10 185 Omaha, NE 24 John Kivisto SR D/F 5-11 185 Brighton, MI 23 Tim Hall SO F 5-8 170 Sewickley, PA 25 Carl Nielsen FR D 6-4 220 Lorain, OH 24 Ryan Lowery JR D 5-11 188 Inverness, IL 26 Deron Cousens JR D 6-1 190 Georgetown, ON 25 Mike Testwuide SR RW 6-3 220 Vail, CO 27 Bryce Reddick SO W 5-10 180 Las Vegas, NV 27 William Rapuzzi FR F 5-11 180 Anchorage, AK 28 Milos Gordic FR C 6-4 210 Burnaby, BC 28 Mike Boivin FR D 6-1 175 Delta, BC 29 Evan Witt FR W/C 5-11 185 Spokane, WA 31 Joe Howe FR G 5-11 190 Plymouth, MN 30 Josh Robinson SO G 6-0 185 Frankenmuth, MI 33 Hudson Stremmel FR G 6-0 180 Reno, NV 31 Corson Cramer SO G 5-11 185 Colorado Springs, CO 35 Kevin Genoe FR G 5-11 165 Qualicum Beach, BC Head Coach: Scott Owens (Colorado College ’79). Career Record (Entering 2009-10): 239-133-35 (.630) (10 Seasons). Record at CC (Entering 2009-10): 239-133-35 (.630) (10 Seasons). Assistant Head Coach: Jamie Russell (Michigan Tech ’89). Career Record (Entering 2009-10): 61-137-32 Coach: Joe Bonnett (Western Michigan ’93). Assistant Coach: Jason Lammers (SUNY Geneseo (.335) (6 Seasons). Record at MTU (Entering 2009-10): 61-137-32 (.335) (6 Seasons). Assistant ’98). Volunteer Assistant Coach: Terry Kleisinger (Wisconsin ’84). Strength and Conditioning Coach: Pat Mikesch (Michigan Technological ’96). Assistant Coach: Chris Tok (Wisconsin ’96). Coach: Greg Infantolino (Union College ’04) Assistant Coach: Randy McKay (Michigan Tech ’88). Strength and Conditioning Coach: Kyle Bangen (British Columbia ’02). Athletic Trainer: Chris Ipson (Wisconsin). WCHA Men’s Release/WEEkly #23/3-8-2010 2009-10 wcha member team rosters con’t Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota State Mavericks

No. Name (Captain) (NHL Draft) Yr Pos Hgt Wgt Hometown No. Name (Captain) (NHL Draft) Yr Pos Hgt Wgt Hometown 2 Kevin Wehrs JR D 5-9 175 Plymouth, MN 1 Austin Lee SO G 6-3 200 Bloomington, MN 3 Sam Lofquist SO D 6-1 190 Somerset, WI 2 Nick Canzanello SR D 5-11 180 Rochester, MN 4 Seth Helgeson (NJD) FR D 6-5 220 Faribault, MN 3 Cameron Cooper SO D 6-0 205 Lakeville, MN 5 Nick Leddy (MIN) FR F 5-11 180 Eden Prairie, MN 5 Ben Youds JR D 5-11 180 Maple Grove, MN 7 Patrick White (SJS) JR F 6-1 190 Grand Rapids, MN 7 Tyler Pitlick FR F 6-1 190 Centerville, MN 9 Taylor Matson (VAN) SO F 6-0 185 Mound, MN 9 Kael Mouillierat (AC) SR F 6-0 188 Edmonton, AB 10 Aaron Ness (NYI) SO D 5-10 170 Roseau, MN 10 Zach Harrison SR F 5-11 190 Flint, MI 11 Mike Hoeffel (NJD) JR F 6-2 195 North Oaks, MN 11 Mike Louwerse SO F 5-8 170 Brooklyn Park, MN 12 Tony Lucia (C) (SJS) SR F 6-0 195 Plymouth, MN 12 Rylan Galiardi JR F 6-1 195 Calgary, AB 13 Nico Sacchetti (DAL) SO F 6-0 186 Virginia, MN 13 James Gaulrapp SR F 6-1 185 Owatonna, MN 15 Joe Miller SO F 5-11 195 Plymouth, MN 14 Justin Jokinen (BUF) SO F 6-3 180 Carlton, MN 16 Mike Carman (COA) SR F 6-0 185 Apple Valley, MN 15 Jerad Stewart SR F 5-11 210 Hastings, MN 17 Jacob Cepis JR F 5-8 175 Parma, OH 16 Tyler Elbrecht FR D 6-4 225 Edwardsville, IL 18 Nick Larson (WSH) SO F 6-1 180 Stillwater, MN 17 Evan Mosey FR D 6-1 180 Downers Grove, IL 19 Jordan Schroeder (VAN) SO F 5-9 180 Prior Lake, MN 18 Michael Dorr SO F 5-10 189 Roseville, MN 20 David Fischer (MON) SR D 6-3 190 Apple Valley, MN 19 Geoff Irwin (C) SR F 6-0 195 Victoria, BC 21 Jake Hansen (CBJ) SO F 6-2 182 White Bear Lake, MN 20 Jason Wiley SR F 6-0 210 Bloomington, MN 22 Ryan Flynn (C) (NSH) SR F 6-3 215 Lino Lakes, MN 21 Andrew Sackrison (STL) JR F 6-1 200 St. Louis Park, MN 23 Josh Birkholz (FLA) FR F 6-1 182 Maple Grove, MN 22 Kurt Davis JR D 5-9 175 Plymouth, MN 24 Zach Budish (NSH) FR F 6-3 220 Edina, MN 23 Tyler Thompson SO F 6-0 175 Deephaven, MN 26 Jay Barriball (STL) SR F 5-9 167 Prior Lake, MN 24 Adam Mueller SO F 5-9 165 Roseville, MN 27 Brian Schack SR D 6-2 218 Lino Lakes, MN 25 Eriah Hayes FR F 6-3 210 LaCresent, MN 28 Cade Fairchild (STL) JR D 5-11 180 Duluth, MN 26 Joe Schiller SO F 6-0 180 Detroit Lakes, MN 30 Jake Kremer SO G 6-1 190 Eden Prairie, MN 27 Brett Peterson SO F 6-2 215 Elk River, MN 33 Alex Kangas (ATL) JR G 6-2 195 Rochester, MN 28 Channing Boe (AC) JR D 6-3 205 Bemidji, MN 35 Kent Patterson (COA) SO G 6-1 180 Plymouth, MN 29 Eli Zuck FR F 5-11 180 Anchorage, AK 30 Phil Cook FR G 6-3 190 Wheaton, IL Head Coach: Don Lucia (Notre Dame ’81). Career Record (Entering 2009-10): 535-281-74 (.643) 35 Kevin Murdock FR G 5-11 170 Bradenton, FL (22 Seasons). Record at UM (Entering 2009-10): 256-126-45 (.652) (10 Seasons). Assistant Coach: Grant Potulny (Minnesota ’04). Assistant Coach: John Hill (Alaska Anchorage ’88). Goaltending Head Coach: Troy Jutting (Minnesota State ’87). Career Record (Entering 2009-10): 142-162-44 Coach: Justin Johnson (Minnesota ’05). Strength & Conditioning Coach: Cal Dietz (Findlay (.471) (9 Seasons). Record at MSU (Entering 2009-10): 142-162-44 (.471) (9 Seasons). Associate ’96). Head Coach: Darren Blue (Minnesota ’96). Assistant Coach: Todd Knott (Bemidji State ’02). Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs North Dakota Fighting Sioux

No. Name (Captain) (NHL Draft) Yr Pos Hgt Wgt Hometown No. Name (Captain) (NHL Draft) Yr Pos Hgt Wgt Hometown 2 Brady Lamb SO D 6-1 215 Calgary, AB 2 Andrew MacWilliam (TOR) FR D 6-2 213 Calgary, AB 3 Chase Ryan SR D 6-2 210 Algonquin, IL 3 Derrick LaPoint (FLA) JR D 6-3 195 Eau Claire, WI 4 Dylan Olsen (CHI) FR D 6-3 220 Calgary, AB 4 Corey Fienhage (BUF) SO D 6-3 215 Apple Valley, MN 5 Trent Palm SR D 6-1 200 Edina, MN 5 Chay Genoway (C) SR D 5-9 174 Morden, MB 6 Scott Kishel (MON) SO D 5-11 180 Virginia, MN 7 Danny Kristo (MON) FR F 5-11 180 Eden Prairie, MN 7 Drew Akins (C) SR C 6-0 190 Excelsior, MN 8 Michael Cichy (MON) FR F 5-11 180 New Hartford, CT 8 Drew Olson (CBJ) FR D 6-0 200 Brainerd, MN 9 Mario Lamoureux SO F 5-9 187 Grand Forks, ND 10 Dan DeLisle (CHI) FR W 6-5 225 Arden Hills, MN 10 Corban Knight (FLA) FR F 6-1 180 High River, AB 11 Kyle Schmidt JR W 5-11 175 Hermantown, MN 11 Darcy Zajac (AC) SR F 6-1 196 Winnipeg, MB 12 Jack Connolly SO C 5-8 160 Duluth, MN 13 Brett Bruneteau (WSH) FR F 5-10 186 Omaha, NE 14 Keegan Flaherty FR W 6-0 190 Duluth, MN 15 Brent Davidson JR F 6-4 209 Morden, MB 15 Jake Hendrickson FR W 5-10 175 Savage, MN 17 Jason Gregoire (NYI) SO F 5-11 196 Winnipeg, MB 17 Mike Seidel FR W 5-10 180 Darrien, IL 18 David Toews (NYI) SO F 5-10 191 Winnipeg, MB 19 Rob Bordson JR C 6-2 195 Duluth, MN 19 Evan Trupp JR F 5-8 164 Anchorage, AK 20 Cody Danberg JR W 6-0 190 Canwood, SK 20 Joe Gleason (CHI) FR D 5-9 181 Edina, MN 21 Travis Oleksuk SO W 6-0 200 Thunder Bay, ON 22 Brad Malone (COA) JR F 6-2 210 Miramichi, NB 22 Mike Connolly SO W 5-9 190 Calgary, AB 24 Ben Blood (OTT) SO D 6-4 220 Plymouth, MN 23 Jordan Fulton (AC) (CAL) SR W 6-0 195 Brooklyn Park, MN 25 Jake Marto JR D 5-11 172 Grand Forks, ND 24 Mike Montgomery (AC) JR D 6-3 210 Lino Lakes, MN 26 Brett Hextall (PHO) SO F 5-10 186 Manhattan Beach, CA 26 Chad Huttel JR D 5-10 195 Hermantown, MN 27 Carter Rowney FR F 6-2 195 Sexsmith, AB 27 David Grun SO W 6-1 200 White Bear Lake, MN 28 Ryan Hill FR D 6-3 192 Hermantown, MN 28 Wade Bergman FR D 5-8 165 Calgary, AB 29 Chris VandeVelde (AC) (EDM) SR F 6-2 207 Moorhead, MN 30 Brady Hjelle SO G 5-11 175 International Falls, MN 31 Brad Eidsness (BUF) SO G 6-0 175 Chestermere, AB 31 Aaron Crandall FR G 6-1 190 Lakeville, MN 32 Aaron Dell FR G 6-0 185 Airdrie, AB 35 Kenny Reiter JR G 5-11 170 Pittsburgh, PA 35 Tate Maris FR G 5-10 165 Denver, CO 37 Justin Fontaine JR W 5-11 175 Bonnyville, AB Head Coach: Dave Hakstol (North Dakota ’96). Career Record (Entering 2009-10): 130-71-19 Head Coach: Scott Sandelin (North Dakota ’87). Career Record (Entering 2009-10): 145-173-45 (.634) (5 Seasons). Record at UND (Entering 2009-10): 130-71-19 (.634) (5 Seasons). Associate (.461) (9 Seasons). Record at UMD (Entering 2009-10): 145-173-45 (.461) (9 Seasons). Assistant Head Coach: Cary Eades (North Dakota ’84). Assistant Coach: Dane Jackson (North Dakota Coach: Steve Rohlik (Wisconsin ’90). Assistant Coach: Brett Larson (Minnesota Duluth ’04). As- ’92). Volunteer Assistant Coach: Scott Koberinski (North Dakota ’89). Student Assistant Coach: sistant Coach: Bill Watson (Minnesota Duluth ’90). Athletic Trainer: Suz Hoppe (Wisconsin- Eau Pierre-Paul Lamoureux. Claire ’99). Strength & Conditioning Coach: Justin May (Nebraska-Omaha ’99). WCHA Men’s Release/WEEkly #23/3-8-2010 2009-10 wcha member team rosters con’t Where Our Players Come From 2009-10 Season St. Cloud State Huskies 10 Teams/265 Players No. Name (Captain) (NHL Draft) Yr Pos Hgt Wgt Hometown U.S. Players: 191 (72.1%). Canadian Players: 65 (24.5%). Other: 9 (3.4%). 2 Jon Ammerman SR D 6-0 190 Moorhead, MN 3 Sam Zabkowicz SO D 5-11 167 Greendale, WI 4 Craig Gaudet SR D 5-10 195 Redvers, SK Primary Source of Players: 1. Minnesota, 102 (37.9%); 2. Alberta, 27 (10%); 3. 5 Nicholas Rioux JR D 6-1 205 Rivere-du-Loup, QC Wisconsin, 19 (14.2%). 6 Brett Barta JR D 6-1 198 Moorhead, MN 7 Garrett Raboin SR D 5-11 175 Detroit Lakes, MN Breakdown by States (24): AK, 8; AL, 1; AZ, 1; CA, 7; CO, 10; CT, 1; FL, 1; IA, 1; IL, 9 Garrett Roe (LAK) JR F 5-9 175 Vienna, VA 9; MI, 8; MN, 102; MO, 3; ND, 2; NE, 3; NV, 2; NY, 2; OH, 3; OK, 1; PA, 2; TN, 1; VA, 1; 10 Ben Hanowski (PIT) FR F 6-2 198 Little Falls, MN VT, 1; WA, 2; WI, 19. 11 Jared Festler SO F 5-9 175 Little Falls, MN 12 Travis Novak SO F 5-11 175 Lethbridge, AB 13 Jordy Christian SO F 5-10 185 Moorhead, MN Breakdown by Provinces (9): AB, 27; BC, 17; MB, 7; NB, 1; NS, 1; ON, 5; QC, 1; SK, 14 Mitch Ryan JR F 6-0 190 Cloquet, MN 5; YT, 1. 16 Nick Oslund (DET) JR F 6-3 210 Savage, MN 17 Aaron Marvin (CAL) JR F 6-3 205 Warroad, MN Breakdown by Other Countries (6): Denmark, 1; Netherlands, 1; Norway, 3; 18 Chris Hepp JR D 6-1 200 Savage, MN Slovakia, 1; Slovenia, 1; Sweden, 2. 19 Ryan Lasch SR F 5-7 175 Lake Forest, CA 20 Ryan Peckskamp SR F 5-10 175 Sauk Rapids, MN 21 Brian Volpei JR F 5-9 180 Burbank, CA 22 David Eddy FR F 5-11 180 Woodbury, MN 24 Taylor Johnson FR D 5-9 160 Hugo, MN 25 Oliver Lauridsen (PHI) SO D 6-6 228 Gentofte, Denmark a Look at 2009-10 western collegiate hockey 27 Tony Mosey JR F 5-10 185 Prior Lake, MN 29 Drew LeBlanc SO F 6-0 185 Hermantown, MN association member-team rosters 30 Mike Lee (PHO) FR G 6-0 190 Roseau, MN 36 Nate Hardy SO G 5-11 160 Hermantown, MN A look at WCHA men’s member team rosters finds 75 National Hockey League 41 Dan Dunn (WSH) JR G 6-5 200 Oshawa, ON Draft picks listed. Minnesota (20), North Dakota (15), Denver (13), Wisconsin (11) and St. Cloud State (7) have the most NHL draftees. Head Coach: Bob Motzko (St. Cloud State ’87). Career Record (Entering 2009-10): 81-60-19 (.566) (4 Seasons). Record at SCSU (Entering 2009-10): 81-60-19 (.566) (4 Seasons). Assistant Broken down by class, there are a total of 60 seniors, 66 juniors, 71 sophomores Coach: Eric Rud (Colorado College ’97). Assistant Coach: Mike Gibbons (Bemidji State ’81). and 71 freshmen in the WCHA in 2009-10. Colorado College has the most seniors Strength & Conditioning Coach: Travis Zins (St. Cloud State ’02). Athletic Trainer: Bryan DeMaine (9), Denver and St. Cloud State have the most juniors (10 each), Minnesota has (University of Mary ’00). Manager: Jeremiah Minkel (St. Cloud State ’99). the most sophomores (10), and North Dakota has the most freshmen (10). North Dakota has the fewest number of seniors (3), Colorado College has the fewest number of juniors (3), Alaska Anchorage and Denver have the fewest number of Wisconsin Badgers sophomores (5 each) and Minnesota and St. Cloud State have the fewest number No. Name (Captain) (NHL Draft) Yr Pos Hgt Wgt Hometown of freshmen (4 each). 1 Scott Gudmandson JR G 5-10 185 Sherwood Park, AB 3 Craig Johnson JR D 5-10 190 Waupaca, WI Team NHL Draftees Sr Jr So Fr 4 Eric Springer SO D 5-9 186 Wrightstown, WI Alaska Anchorage 1 7 7 5 8 5 Blake Geoffrion (AC) (NSH) SR F 6-2 188 Brentwood, TN Colorado College 1 9 3 6 9 6 Justin Schultz (ANA) FR D 6-1 185 West Kelowna, BC Denver 13 6 10 5 7 7 Brendan Smith (DET) JR D 6-2 190 Mimico, ON Michigan Tech – 6 4 9 8 8 Podge Turnbull (LAK) JR F 5-11 182 Hayward, WI 9 Michael Davies SR F 5-8 175 St. Louis, MO Minnesota 20 6 6 10 4 10 Patrick Johnson (MON) JR F 5-9 156 Madison, WI Minnesota Duluth 5 4 7 7 8 11 Andy Bohmbach SR F 6-2 198 Hudson, WI Minnesota State 2 7 5 9 7 12 Matt Thurber SO F 5-9 190 Beaver Dam, WI North Dakota 15 3 5 7 10 13 Aaron Bendickson SR F 5-11 170 Thief River Falls, MN St. Cloud State 7 5 10 7 4 14 Ben Grotting SR F 6-1 197 Birmingham, AL Wisconsin 11 7 9 6 6 15 Craig Smith (NSH) FR F 6-0 195 Madison, WI 16 Sean Dolan JR F 6-3 196 St. Louis, MO 17 Ryan McDonagh (AC) (NYR) JR D 6-1 216 Arden Hills, MN 19 Jake Gardiner (ANA) SO D 6-2 184 Minnetonka, MN 20 Ryan Little SO D 5-11 185 Fond du Lac, WI 21 Derek Stepan (NYR) SO F 6-0 180 Hastings, MN 22 Ben Street (C) SR F 5-11 197 Coquitlam, BC 23 Derek Lee FR F 5-10 165 North Vancouver, BC 24 John Mitchell SR F 6-5 224 Neenah, WI 26 Keegan Meuer FR F 5-10 175 Madison, WI 27 Cody Goloubef (CBJ) JR D 6-1 189 Oakville, ON 28 Jordy Murray SO F 5-9 175 Faribault, MN 33 Brett Bennett (PHO) JR G 6-2 187 Williamsville, NY 35 Mitch Thompson FR G 5-11 187 Onalaska, WI 55 John Ramage FR D 6-0 195 St. Louis, MO

Head Coach: Mike Eaves (Wisconsin ’78). Career Record (Entering 2009-10): 143-111-34 (.556) (7 Seasons). Record at UW (Entering 2009-10): 143-111-34 (.556) (7 Seasons). Assistant Coach: Mark Osiecki (Wisconsin ’94). Assistant Coach: Kevin Patrick (Notre Dame ’92). Strength & Conditioning Coach: Jim Snider (Wisconsin-La Crosse ’00). Athletic Trainer: Andy Hrodey (Illinois ’96). WCHA Men’s Release/WEEkly #23/3-8-2010 2009-10 wcha team statistics all games conference games • Final Scoring Offense: Games Goals G/GM Scoring Offense: Games Goals G/GM 1 Wisconsin 35 138 3.94 1 Wisconsin 28 109 3.89 2 Denver 36 120 3.33 2 Denver 28 92 3.29 3 Colorado College 36 116 3.22 St. Cloud State 28 92 3.29 Minnesota Duluth 36 116 3.22 4 Minnesota Duluth 28 90 3.21 St. Cloud State 36 116 3.22 5 North Dakota 28 89 3.18 6 North Dakota 36 115 3.19 6 Colorado College 28 88 3.14 7 Minnesota 36 101 2.81 7 Minnesota 28 80 2.86 Minnesota State 36 101 2.81 8 Minnesota State 28 75 2.68 9 Alaska Anchorage 34 84 2.47 9 Alaska Anchorage 28 66 2.36 10 Michigan Tech 34 71 2.09 10 Michigan Tech 28 59 2.11

Scoring Defense: Games Goals G/GM Scoring Defense: Games Goals G/GM 1 North Dakota 36 77 2.14 1 North Dakota 28 61 2.18 2 Denver 36 84 2.33 2 Denver 28 65 2.32 3 Wisconsin 35 92 2.63 3 Minnesota 28 76 2.71 4 Minnesota 36 98 2.72 Wisconsin 28 76 2.71 5 Minnesota Duluth 36 100 2.78 5 Minnesota Duluth 28 77 2.75 St. Cloud State 36 100 2.78 6 St. Cloud State 28 84 3.00 7 Minnesota State 36 102 2.83 7 Colorado College 28 85 3.04 8 Colorado College 36 103 2.86 8 Minnesota State 28 92 3.29 9 Alaska Anchorage 34 130 3.82 9 Alaska Anchorage 28 106 3.79 10 Michigan Tech 34 142 4.18 10 Michigan Tech 28 118 4.21

Penalty Minutes: Games PIM PIM/G Penalty Minutes: Games PIM PIM/G 1 Alaska Anchorage 34 720 21.2 1 Alaska Anchorage 28 599 21.4 2 North Dakota 36 694 19.3 2 North Dakota 28 578 20.6 3 Wisconsin 35 641 18.3 3 Wisconsin 28 540 19.3 4 Minnesota State 36 652 18.1 4 Michigan Tech 28 534 19.1 5 Michigan Tech 34 615 18.1 5 Minnesota State 28 511 18.2 6 Minnesota Duluth 36 598 16.6 6 Minnesota Duluth 28 460 16.4 7 St. Cloud State 36 547 15.2 7 St. Cloud State 28 445 15.9 8 Denver 36 490 13.6 8 Denver 28 422 15.1 9 Minnesota 36 487 13.5 9 Minnesota 28 408 14.6 10 Colorado College 36 473 13.1 10 Colorado College 28 379 13.5

Power Play: Totals SHA PCT Power Play: Totals SHA PCT 1 Minnesota Duluth 49/217 5 22.6 1 Minnesota Duluth 40/161 4 24.8 2 Colorado College 42/197 3 21.3 2 Denver 31/145 2 21.4 3 Wisconsin 41/194 5 21.1 3 Colorado College 32/152 3 21.1 4 North Dakota 40/197 2 20.3 4 North Dakota 32/158 2 20.3 5 Denver 37/183 4 20.2 5 Wisconsin 32/161 3 19.9 6 St. Cloud State 36/188 3 19.1 6 Minnesota State 27/150 3 18.0 7 Minnesota State 35/192 3 18.2 7 St. Cloud State 25/143 3 17.5 8 Minnesota 27/152 4 17.8 8 Michigan Tech 20/121 7 16.5 9 Michigan Tech 24/152 8 15.8 9 Minnesota 19/115 3 16.5 10 Alaska Anchorage 24/172 13 14.0 10 Alaska Anchorage 17/142 13 12.0

Penalty Kill: Totals SHF PCT Penalty Kill: Totals SHF PCT 1 Denver 154/175 5 88.0 1 Denver 129/147 4 87.8 2 North Dakota 161/185 4 87.0 2 Wisconsin 129/151 4 85.4 3 Wisconsin 155/182 4 85.2 3 North Dakota 128/150 3 85.3 4 Minnesota State 169/206 5 82.0 4 Colorado College 98/119 6 82.4 5 Minnesota 137/167 5 82.0 5 Minnesota 110/135 5 81.5 6 Colorado College 132/161 6 82.0 6 Minnesota Duluth 114/140 2 81.4 7 Minnesota Duluth 154/189 4 81.5 7 Minnesota State 129/163 4 79.1 8 St. Cloud State 126/156 8 80.8 8 Alaska Anchorage 131/166 5 78.9 9 Alaska Anchorage 159/202 7 78.7 9 St. Cloud State 95/121 7 78.5 10 Michigan Tech 134/189 4 70.9 10 Michigan Tech 110/156 3 70.5

Special Teams Net: PPF SHA PP PPA SHF SH NET Special Teams Net: PPF SHA PP PPA SHF SH NET 1 North Dakota 40 2 +38 24 4 -20 +18 1 Denver 31 2 +29 18 4 -14 +15 2 Denver 37 4 +33 21 5 -16 +17 2 Colorado College 32 3 +29 21 6 -15 +14 3 Colorado College 42 3 +39 29 6 -23 +16 3 Minnesota Duluth 40 4 +36 26 2 -24 +12 4 Minnesota Duluth 49 5 +44 35 4 -31 +13 4 North Dakota 32 2 +30 22 3 -19 +11 Wisconsin 41 5 +36 27 4 -23 +13 Wisconsin 32 3 +29 22 4 -18 +11 6 St. Cloud State 36 3 +33 30 8 -22 +11 6 St. Cloud State 25 3 +22 26 7 -19 +3 7 Minnesota State 35 3 +32 37 5 -32 0 7 Minnesota 19 3 +16 25 5 -20 -4 8 Minnesota 27 4 +23 30 5 -25 -2 8 Minnesota State 27 3 +24 34 4 -30 -6 9 Alaska Anchorage 24 13 +11 43 7 -36 -25 9 Alaska Anchorage 17 13 +4 35 5 -30 -26 10 Michigan Tech 24 8 +16 55 4 -51 -35 10 Michigan Tech 20 7 +13 46 3 -43 -30

Scoring by Periods: 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Scoring by Periods: 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total 1 Wisconsin 42 47 49 0 138 1 Wisconsin 38 33 38 0 109 2 Denver 36 42 40 2 120 2 Denver 27 36 28 1 92 3 Colorado College 33 42 40 1 116 St. Cloud State 32 36 24 0 92 Minnesota Duluth 27 42 44 3 116 4 Minnesota Duluth 21 31 35 3 90 St. Cloud State 42 42 32 0 116 5 North Dakota 27 34 27 1 89 6 North Dakota 35 44 35 1 115 6 Colorado College 24 29 34 1 88 7 Minnesota 28 34 39 0 101 7 Minnesota 24 29 27 0 80 Minnesota State 39 26 36 0 101 8 Minnesota State 29 21 25 0 75 9 Alaska Anchorage 26 31 26 1 84 9 Alaska Anchorage 19 23 23 1 66 10 Michigan Tech 20 25 26 0 71 10 Michigan Tech 16 22 21 - 59

Goals Allowed by Periods: 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Goals Allowed by Periods: 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total 1 North Dakota 20 33 23 1 77 1 North Dakota 16 29 15 1 61 2 Denver 27 27 30 0 84 2 Denver 20 21 24 0 65 3 Wisconsin 29 28 35 0 92 3 Minnesota 20 26 29 1 76 4 Minnesota 25 35 37 1 98 Wisconsin 25 23 28 0 76 5 Minnesota Duluth 29 29 41 1 100 5 Minnesota Duluth 24 24 29 0 77 St. Cloud State 27 38 34 1 100 6 St. Cloud State 26 31 27 0 84 7 Minnesota State 32 36 30 4 102 7 Colorado College 26 32 25 2 85 8 Colorado College 33 38 30 2 103 8 Minnesota State 29 35 25 3 92 9 Alaska Anchorage 44 42 44 0 130 9 Alaska Anchorage 35 34 37 0 106 10 Michigan Tech 43 49 50 0 142 10 Michigan Tech 36 39 43 - 118 WCHA Men’s Release/WEEkly #23/3-8-2010 2009-10 wcha player statistics all games

Point Scoring: GP PPG G- A- P 1 Rhett Rakhshani Denver SR F 36 1.33 20-28-48 2 Michael Davies Wisconsin SR F 33 1.36 15-30-45 Jack Connolly Minnesota Duluth SO C 36 1.25 18-27-45 4 Justin Fontaine Minnesota Duluth JR W 35 1.20 21-21-42 5 Derek Stepan Wisconsin SO F 33 1.24 8-33-41 6 Brendan Smith Wisconsin JR D 34 1.18 15-25-40 Ryan Lasch St. Cloud State SR F 36 1.11 18-22-40 8 Garrett Roe St. Cloud State JR F 35 1.11 16-23-39 Tyler Ruegsegger Denver SR F 36 1.08 16-23-39 10 Joe Colborne Denver SO F 34 1.12 20-18-38 11 Blake Geoffrion Wisconsin SR F 32 1.16 21-16-37 Kevin Clark Alaska Anchorage SR F 34 1.09 23-14-37 Rob Bordson Minnesota Duluth JR W 36 1.03 9-28-37 14 Mike Connolly Minnesota Duluth SO W 34 1.06 11-25-36 15 Chris VandeVelde North Dakota SR F 35 0.94 13-20-33 16 Anthony Maiani Denver JR F 34 0.94 8-24-32 17 Jason Gregoire North Dakota SO F 36 0.86 18-13-31 Bill Sweatt Colorado College SR LW/LW 36 0.86 15-16-31 Tony Mosey St. Cloud State JR F 36 0.86 11-20-31 20 Brett Olson Michigan Tech SO C 31 0.97 18-12-30 Mike Testwuide Colorado College SR RW/RW 33 0.91 20-10-30 Danny Kristo North Dakota FR F 34 0.88 13-17-30 23 Malcolm Gwilliam Michigan Tech SR W 33 0.85 14-14-28 Rylan Schwartz Colorado College FR F 36 0.78 6-22-28 Evan Trupp North Dakota JR F 36 0.78 5-23-28 26 Craig Smith Wisconsin FR F 33 0.82 6-21-27 Jordan Schroeder Minnesota SO F 34 0.79 8-19-27 28 Tony Lucia Minnesota SR F 36 0.72 11-15-26 Nate Prosser Colorado College SR D 36 0.72 4-22-26 30 Tommy Grant Alaska Anchorage JR F 32 0.78 9-16-25 Patrick Wiercioch Denver SO D 34 0.74 6-19-25 Ben Street Wisconsin SR F 35 0.71 13-12-25 Drew LeBlanc St. Cloud State SO F 36 0.69 5-20-25 34 Rylan Galiardi Minnesota State JR F 35 0.69 11-13-24 Zach Harrison Minnesota State SR F 36 0.67 8-16-24 36 Kurt Davis Minnesota State JR D 35 0.66 5-18-23 Gabe Guentzel Colorado College SO D 36 0.64 3-20-23 Ben Youds Minnesota State JR D 36 0.64 2-21-23 39 Travis Oleksuk Minnesota Duluth SO C 29 0.76 9-13-22 Mike Hoeffel Minnesota JR F 31 0.71 12-10-22 Tyler Johnson Colorado College JR C/W 32 0.69 13- 9-22 Kyle Ostrow Denver JR F 36 0.61 15- 7-22 Jerad Stewart Minnesota State SR F 36 0.61 13- 9-22 44 Kael Mouillierat Minnesota State SR F 35 0.60 11-10-21 Jared Festler St. Cloud State SO F 35 0.60 9-12-21 Brad Malone North Dakota JR F 36 0.58 8-13-21 47 Stephen Schultz Colorado College JR W 25 0.80 5-15-20 Brett Hextall North Dakota SO F 27 0.74 12- 8-20 Brady Lamb Minnesota Duluth SO D 36 0.56 10-10-20 Cade Fairchild Minnesota JR D 36 0.56 4-16-20 51 Jordy Murray Wisconsin SO F 31 0.61 11- 8-19 Garrett Raboin St. Cloud State SR D 33 0.58 5-14-19 Steven Seigo Michigan Tech FR D 34 0.56 4-15-19 54 David Eddy St. Cloud State FR F 28 0.64 9- 9-18 Matt Donovan Denver FR D 31 0.58 6-12-18 Jordan Baker Michigan Tech JR W/C 32 0.56 9- 9-18 Darcy Zajac North Dakota SR F 34 0.53 8-10-18 Geoff Irwin Minnesota State SR F 34 0.53 6-12-18 Tyler Pitlick Minnesota State FR F 35 0.51 10- 8-18 Tim Hall Colorado College SO F 35 0.51 5-13-18 Mike Carman Minnesota SR F 36 0.50 8-10-18 Ben Hanowski St. Cloud State FR F 36 0.50 8-10-18 63 Jacob Cepis Minnesota JR F 18 0.94 7-10-17 Josh Lunden Alaska Anchorage SR F 23 0.74 8- 9-17 Jesse Martin Denver JR F 29 0.59 11- 6-17 Sean Wiles Alaska Anchorage JR F 30 0.57 9- 8-17 Andy Bohmbach Wisconsin SR F 35 0.49 9- 8-17 Ryan Lowery Colorado College JR D 35 0.49 4-13-17 Justin Schultz Wisconsin FR D 35 0.49 3-14-17 Patrick White Minnesota JR F 36 0.47 9- 8-17 Zach Budish Minnesota FR F 36 0.47 7-10-17 Derrick LaPoint North Dakota JR D 36 0.47 2-15-17 73 Drew Dobson Michigan Tech SR D 34 0.47 4-12-16 Aaron Bendickson Wisconsin SR F 35 0.46 8- 8-16 Drew Akins Minnesota Duluth SR C 36 0.44 6-10-16 76 Michael Dorr Minnesota State SO F 19 0.79 5-10-15 William Rapuzzi Colorado College FR F 31 0.48 9- 6-15 John Mitchell Wisconsin SR F 33 0.45 5-10-15 Kris Fredheim Colorado College SR D 33 0.45 4-11-15 Ryan McDonagh Wisconsin JR D 35 0.43 4-11-15 Drew Shore Denver FR F 36 0.42 5-10-15 Jordan Fulton Minnesota Duluth SR W 36 0.42 3-12-15 Mike Montgomery Minnesota Duluth JR D 36 0.42 2-13-15 WCHA Men’s Release/WEEkly #23/3-8-2010 wcha player statistics • All games con’t

84 David Toews North Dakota SO F 30 0.47 4-10-14 Kane Lafranchise Alaska Anchorage JR D 31 0.45 3-11-14 Nico Sacchetti Minnesota SO F 35 0.40 4-10-14 87 Andrew Hamburg Colorado College FR F 23 0.57 8- 5-13 Travis Novak St. Cloud State SO F 29 0.45 8- 5-13 Mike Louwerse Minnesota State SO F 33 0.39 7- 6-13 Eriah Hayes Minnesota State FR F 35 0.37 8- 5-13 Brian McMillin Colorado College SR C/W 35 0.37 6- 7-13 Jake Marto North Dakota JR D 35 0.37 5- 8-13 93 Luka Vidmar Alaska Anchorage JR D 19 0.63 2-10-12 Kyle Schmidt Minnesota Duluth JR W 28 0.43 10- 2-12 Sam Zabkowicz St. Cloud State SO D 28 0.43 0-12-12 Aaron Marvin St. Cloud State JR F 33 0.36 5- 7-12 Daniel Naslund Alaska Anchorage FR F 33 0.36 3- 9-12 John Kivisto Michigan Tech SR D/F 34 0.35 4- 8-12 Cody Goloubef Wisconsin JR D 35 0.34 3- 9-12 Ben Blood North Dakota SO D 36 0.33 4- 8-12

Goal Scoring: GP GPG G 1 Kevin Clark Alaska Anchorage SR F 34 0.68 23 2 Blake Geoffrion Wisconsin SR F 32 0.66 21 Justin Fontaine Minnesota Duluth JR W 35 0.60 21 4 Mike Testwuide Colorado College SR RW/RW 33 0.61 20 Joe Colborne Denver SO F 34 0.59 20 Rhett Rakhshani Denver SR F 36 0.56 20

Assist Scoring: GP APG A 1 Derek Stepan Wisconsin SO F 33 1.00 33 2 Michael Davies Wisconsin SR F 33 0.91 30 3 Rhett Rakhshani Denver SR F 36 0.78 28 Rob Bordson Minnesota Duluth JR W 36 0.78 28 5 Jack Connolly Minnesota Duluth SO C 36 0.75 27

Power Play Points: GP PPG G- A- P 1 Jack Connolly Minnesota Duluth SO C 36 0.67 7-17-24 2 Michael Davies Wisconsin SR F 33 0.64 6-15-21 Justin Fontaine Minnesota Duluth JR W 35 0.60 13- 8-21 Rob Bordson Minnesota Duluth JR W 36 0.58 4-17-21 5 Brendan Smith Wisconsin JR D 34 0.59 11- 9-20 Rhett Rakhshani Denver SR F 36 0.56 6-14-20

Power Play Goals: GP GPG G 1 Justin Fontaine Minnesota Duluth JR W 35 0.37 13 2 Blake Geoffrion Wisconsin SR F 32 0.38 12 3 Brendan Smith Wisconsin JR D 34 0.32 11 4 Joe Colborne Denver SO F 34 0.29 10 5 Danny Kristo North Dakota FR F 34 0.24 8 Tony Mosey St. Cloud State JR F 36 0.22 8

Short-Handed Points: GP PPG G- A- P 1 Sean Wiles Alaska Anchorage JR F 30 0.10 2- 1- 3 Brett Olson Michigan Tech SO C 31 0.10 3- 0- 3 Mike Testwuide Colorado College SR RW/RW 33 0.09 3- 0- 3 Aaron Marvin St. Cloud State JR F 33 0.09 1- 2- 3 Kevin Clark Alaska Anchorage SR F 34 0.09 2- 1- 3 Tony Lucia Minnesota SR F 36 0.08 2- 1- 3 Zach Harrison Minnesota State SR F 36 0.08 2- 1- 3 Jordy Christian St. Cloud State SO F 36 0.08 1- 2- 3

Game-Winning Goals: GP G 1 Joe Colborne Denver SO F 34 7 2 Justin Fontaine Minnesota Duluth JR W 35 6 3 Mike Testwuide Colorado College SR RW/RW 33 5 Kyle Ostrow Denver JR F 36 5 Jason Gregoire North Dakota SO F 36 5

Defenseman Scoring: GP PPG G- A- P 1 Brendan Smith Wisconsin JR D 34 1.18 15-25-40 2 Nate Prosser Colorado College SR D 36 0.72 4-22-26 3 Patrick Wiercioch Denver SO D 34 0.74 6-19-25 4 Kurt Davis Minnesota State JR D 35 0.66 5-18-23 Gabe Guentzel Colorado College SO D 36 0.64 3-20-23 Ben Youds Minnesota State JR D 36 0.64 2-21-23 7 Brady Lamb Minnesota Duluth SO D 36 0.56 10-10-20 Cade Fairchild Minnesota JR D 36 0.56 4-16-20 9 Garrett Raboin St. Cloud State SR D 33 0.58 5-14-19 Steven Seigo Michigan Tech FR D 34 0.56 4-15-19 11 Matt Donovan Denver FR D 31 0.58 6-12-18 12 Ryan Lowery Colorado College JR D 35 0.49 4-13-17 Justin Schultz Wisconsin FR D 35 0.49 3-14-17 Derrick LaPoint North Dakota JR D 36 0.47 2-15-17 15 Drew Dobson Michigan Tech SR D 34 0.47 4-12-16 16 Kris Fredheim Colorado College SR D 33 0.45 4-11-15 Ryan McDonagh Wisconsin JR D 35 0.43 4-11-15 Mike Montgomery Minnesota Duluth JR D 36 0.42 2-13-15 19 Kane Lafranchise Alaska Anchorage JR D 31 0.45 3-11-14 20 Jake Marto North Dakota JR D 35 0.37 5- 8-13

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Freshman Scoring: GP PPG G- A- P 1 Danny Kristo North Dakota F 34 0.88 13-17-30 2 Rylan Schwartz Colorado College F 36 0.78 6-22-28 3 Craig Smith Wisconsin F 33 0.82 6-21-27 4 Steven Seigo Michigan Tech D 34 0.56 4-15-19 5 David Eddy St. Cloud State F 28 0.64 9- 9-18 Matt Donovan Denver D 31 0.58 6-12-18 Tyler Pitlick Minnesota State F 35 0.51 10- 8-18 Ben Hanowski St. Cloud State F 36 0.50 8-10-18 9 Justin Schultz Wisconsin D 35 0.49 3-14-17 Zach Budish Minnesota F 36 0.47 7-10-17 11 William Rapuzzi Colorado College F 31 0.48 9- 6-15 Drew Shore Denver F 36 0.42 5-10-15 13 Andrew Hamburg Colorado College F 23 0.57 8- 5-13 Eriah Hayes Minnesota State F 35 0.37 8- 5-13 15 Daniel Naslund Alaska Anchorage F 33 0.36 3- 9-12 16 Nick Leddy Minnesota D 27 0.41 3- 8-11 Mickey Spencer Alaska Anchorage F 31 0.35 4- 7-11 Taylor Johnson St. Cloud State D 31 0.35 2- 9-11 Dylan Olsen Minnesota Duluth D 32 0.34 1-10-11 John Ramage Wisconsin D 33 0.33 2- 9-11 21 Mike Seidel Minnesota Duluth W 27 0.37 5- 5-10 Lee Baldwin Alaska Anchorage D 30 0.33 1- 9-10 Alex Gellert Alaska Anchorage F 34 0.29 3- 7-10 24 Derek Lee Wisconsin F 17 0.53 1- 8- 9 Corban Knight North Dakota F 30 0.30 4- 5- 9

Goals Against Average: Minutes GA GAA 1 Marc Cheverie Denver JR 1797:11 59 1.97 2 Brad Eidsness North Dakota SO 1969:55 71 2.16 3 Scott Gudmandson Wisconsin JR 1347:05 54 2.41 4 Phil Cook Minnesota State FR 745:07 30 2.42 5 Kenny Reiter Minnesota Duluth SO 1126:39 46 2.45 6 Alex Kangas Minnesota JR 1774:45 75 2.54 7 Dan Dunn St. Cloud State JR 1003:30 43 2.57 8 Joe Howe Colorado College FR 1910:06 88 2.76 9 Mike Lee St. Cloud State FR 1172:34 55 2.81 10 Brett Bennett Wisconsin JR 765:00 36 2.82 11 Brady Hjelle Minnesota Duluth SO 1033:16 49 2.85 12 Austin Lee Minnesota State SO 1157:19 55 2.85 13 Kevin Genoe Michigan Tech FR 1353:53 80 3.55 14 Jon Olthuis Alaska Anchorage SR 1410:28 84 3.57 15 Josh Robinson Michigan Tech SO 676:30 56 4.97 Minimum 33% of Team Minutes Played

Save Percentage: Saves GA Pct 1 Marc Cheverie Denver JR 878 59 .937 2 Phil Cook Minnesota State FR 323 30 .915 3 Mike Lee St. Cloud State FR 588 55 .914 4 Dan Dunn St. Cloud State JR 456 43 .914 5 Brad Eidsness North Dakota SO 730 71 .911 6 Alex Kangas Minnesota JR 771 75 .911 7 Scott Gudmandson Wisconsin JR 543 54 .910 8 Kenny Reiter Minnesota Duluth SO 456 46 .908 9 Joe Howe Colorado College FR 865 88 .908 10 Austin Lee Minnesota State SO 536 55 .907 11 Kevin Genoe Michigan Tech FR 753 80 .904 12 Brady Hjelle Minnesota Duluth SO 431 49 .898 13 Brett Bennett Wisconsin JR 278 36 .885 14 Jon Olthuis Alaska Anchorage SR 567 84 .871 15 Josh Robinson Michigan Tech SO 366 56 .867 Minimum 33% of Team Minutes Played

Winning Percentage: W- L- T Pct 1 Marc Cheverie Denver JR 22- 4- 3 .810 2 Dan Dunn St. Cloud State JR 12- 3- 2 .765 3 Scott Gudmandson Wisconsin JR 14- 3- 4 .762 4 Brad Eidsness North Dakota SO 19- 8- 4 .677 5 Phil Cook Minnesota State FR 7- 4- 2 .615 6 Kenny Reiter Minnesota Duluth SO 11- 8- 0 .579 7 Brett Bennett Wisconsin JR 8- 6- 0 .571 8 Brady Hjelle Minnesota Duluth SO 9- 7- 1 .559 9 Joe Howe Colorado College FR 16-13- 3 .547 10 Alex Kangas Minnesota JR 15-13- 1 .534 11 Mike Lee St. Cloud State FR 8- 8- 3 .500 12 Austin Lee Minnesota State SO 7-11- 0 .389 13 Jon Olthuis Alaska Anchorage SR 8-14- 2 .375 14 Kevin Genoe Michigan Tech FR 4-18- 1 .196 15 Josh Robinson Michigan Tech SO 1-10- 0 .091 Minimum 33% of Team Minutes Played WCHA Men’s Release/WEEkly #23/3-8-2010 2009-10 wcha player statistics conference games • Final

Point Scoring: GP PPG G- A- P 1 Rhett Rakhshani Denver SR F 28 1.25 15-20-35 2 Blake Geoffrion Wisconsin SR F 25 1.36 19-15-34 3 Justin Fontaine Minnesota Duluth JR W 28 1.18 18-15-33 Jack Connolly Minnesota Duluth SO C 28 1.18 12-21-33 Mike Connolly Minnesota Duluth SO W 28 1.18 9-24-33 6 Michael Davies Wisconsin SR F 26 1.23 10-22-32 Garrett Roe St. Cloud State JR F 27 1.19 14-18-32 Ryan Lasch St. Cloud State SR F 28 1.14 15-17-32 9 Tyler Ruegsegger Denver SR F 28 1.11 14-17-31 Derek Stepan Wisconsin SO F 28 1.11 4-27-31 11 Joe Colborne Denver SO F 26 1.12 16-13-29 Brendan Smith Wisconsin JR D 27 1.07 11-18-29 Kevin Clark Alaska Anchorage SR F 28 1.04 18-11-29 14 Chris VandeVelde North Dakota SR F 27 1.04 10-18-28 15 Anthony Maiani Denver JR F 28 0.96 6-21-27 16 Malcolm Gwilliam Michigan Tech SR W 27 0.96 13-13-26 Rob Bordson Minnesota Duluth JR W 28 0.93 6-20-26 18 Craig Smith Wisconsin FR F 28 0.89 6-19-25 19 Brett Olson Michigan Tech SO C 25 0.96 14-10-24 Jason Gregoire North Dakota SO F 28 0.86 15- 9-24 Ben Street Wisconsin SR F 28 0.86 13-11-24 Bill Sweatt Colorado College SR LW/LW 28 0.86 12-12-24 Tony Mosey St. Cloud State JR F 28 0.86 9-15-24 24 Danny Kristo North Dakota FR F 28 0.82 10-13-23 25 Mike Testwuide Colorado College SR RW/RW 25 0.84 13- 8-21 Tony Lucia Minnesota SR F 28 0.75 10-11-21 Jordan Schroeder Minnesota SO F 28 0.75 5-16-21 Evan Trupp North Dakota JR F 28 0.75 4-17-21 Drew LeBlanc St. Cloud State SO F 28 0.75 4-17-21 30 Patrick Wiercioch Denver SO D 26 0.77 4-16-20 Rylan Schwartz Colorado College FR F 28 0.71 6-14-20 Nate Prosser Colorado College SR D 28 0.71 4-16-20 33 Tommy Grant Alaska Anchorage JR F 26 0.69 6-12-18 Kyle Ostrow Denver JR F 28 0.64 12- 6-18 Zach Harrison Minnesota State SR F 28 0.64 8-10-18 36 Stephen Schultz Colorado College JR W 19 0.89 3-14-17 Travis Oleksuk Minnesota Duluth SO C 24 0.71 6-11-17 Tyler Johnson Colorado College JR C/W 26 0.65 9- 8-17 Rylan Galiardi Minnesota State JR F 27 0.63 8- 9-17 Jared Festler St. Cloud State SO F 27 0.63 8- 9-17 Kurt Davis Minnesota State JR D 27 0.63 3-14-17 Patrick White Minnesota JR F 28 0.61 9- 8-17 Brad Malone North Dakota JR F 28 0.61 5-12-17 Gabe Guentzel Colorado College SO D 28 0.61 2-15-17 45 Sean Wiles Alaska Anchorage JR F 24 0.67 9- 7-16 Kael Mouillierat Minnesota State SR F 27 0.59 8- 8-16 Ryan Lowery Colorado College JR D 27 0.59 4-12-16 Brady Lamb Minnesota Duluth SO D 28 0.57 8- 8-16 Jerad Stewart Minnesota State SR F 28 0.57 8- 8-16 Darcy Zajac North Dakota SR F 28 0.57 7- 9-16 Ben Youds Minnesota State JR D 28 0.57 2-14-16 Justin Schultz Wisconsin FR D 28 0.57 2-14-16 53 Mike Hoeffel Minnesota JR F 23 0.65 9- 6-15 Garrett Raboin St. Cloud State SR D 25 0.60 3-12-15 Matt Donovan Denver FR D 26 0.58 4-11-15 Andy Bohmbach Wisconsin SR F 28 0.54 9- 6-15 Steven Seigo Michigan Tech FR D 28 0.54 4-11-15 Cade Fairchild Minnesota JR D 28 0.54 3-12-15 59 Jacob Cepis Minnesota JR F 14 1.00 5- 9-14 Jesse Martin Denver JR F 23 0.61 9- 5-14 Jordan Baker Michigan Tech JR W/C 26 0.54 7- 7-14 Tyler Pitlick Minnesota State FR F 27 0.52 8- 6-14 John Mitchell Wisconsin SR F 27 0.52 4-10-14 Zach Budish Minnesota FR F 28 0.50 6- 8-14 Derrick LaPoint North Dakota JR D 28 0.50 2-12-14

Goal Scoring: GP GPG G 1 Blake Geoffrion Wisconsin SR F 25 0.76 19 2 Kevin Clark Alaska Anchorage SR F 28 0.64 18 Justin Fontaine Minnesota Duluth JR W 28 0.64 18

Assist Scoring: GP APG A 1 Derek Stepan Wisconsin SO F 28 0.96 27 2 Mike Connolly Minnesota Duluth SO W 28 0.86 24 3 Michael Davies Wisconsin SR F 26 0.85 22

Power Play Points: GP PPG G- A- P 1 Justin Fontaine Minnesota Duluth JR W 28 0.68 11- 8-19 Jack Connolly Minnesota Duluth SO C 28 0.68 6-13-19 3 Chris VandeVelde North Dakota SR F 27 0.67 5-13-18

Power Play Goals: GP GPG G 1 Blake Geoffrion Wisconsin SR F 25 0.44 11 Justin Fontaine Minnesota Duluth JR W 28 0.39 11 3 Joe Colborne Denver SO F 26 0.31 8 Brendan Smith Wisconsin JR D 27 0.30 8 WCHA Men’s Release/WEEkly #23/3-8-2010 wcha player statistics • conference games con’t

Short-Handed Points: GP PPG G- A- P 1 Mike Testwuide Colorado College SR RW/RW 25 0.12 3- 0- 3 Brett Olson Michigan Tech SO C 25 0.12 3- 0- 3 Aaron Marvin St. Cloud State JR F 25 0.12 1- 2- 3 Tony Lucia Minnesota SR F 28 0.11 2- 1- 3 Jordy Christian St. Cloud State SO F 28 0.11 1- 2- 3

Game-Winning Goals: GP G 1 Justin Fontaine Minnesota Duluth JR W 28 6 2 Joe Colborne Denver SO F 26 5 Jason Gregoire North Dakota SO F 28 5

Defenseman Scoring: GP PPG G- A- P 1 Brendan Smith Wisconsin JR D 27 1.07 11-18-29 2 Patrick Wiercioch Denver SO D 26 0.77 4-16-20 Nate Prosser Colorado College SR D 28 0.71 4-16-20 4 Kurt Davis Minnesota State JR D 27 0.63 3-14-17 Gabe Guentzel Colorado College SO D 28 0.61 2-15-17 6 Ryan Lowery Colorado College JR D 27 0.59 4-12-16 Brady Lamb Minnesota Duluth SO D 28 0.57 8- 8-16 Ben Youds Minnesota State JR D 28 0.57 2-14-16 Justin Schultz Wisconsin FR D 28 0.57 2-14-16 10 Garrett Raboin St. Cloud State SR D 25 0.60 3-12-15 Matt Donovan Denver FR D 26 0.58 4-11-15 Steven Seigo Michigan Tech FR D 28 0.54 4-11-15 Cade Fairchild Minnesota JR D 28 0.54 3-12-15 14 Derrick LaPoint North Dakota JR D 28 0.50 2-12-14 15 Drew Dobson Michigan Tech SR D 28 0.46 3-10-13

Freshman Scoring: GP PPG G- A- P 1 Craig Smith Wisconsin F 28 0.89 6-19-25 2 Danny Kristo North Dakota F 28 0.82 10-13-23 3 Rylan Schwartz Colorado College F 28 0.71 6-14-20 4 Justin Schultz Wisconsin D 28 0.57 2-14-16 5 Matt Donovan Denver D 26 0.58 4-11-15 Steven Seigo Michigan Tech D 28 0.54 4-11-15 7 Tyler Pitlick Minnesota State F 27 0.52 8- 6-14 Zach Budish Minnesota F 28 0.50 6- 8-14 9 David Eddy St. Cloud State F 24 0.54 5- 8-13 10 William Rapuzzi Colorado College F 24 0.50 8- 4-12 Daniel Naslund Alaska Anchorage F 27 0.44 3- 9-12 12 Eriah Hayes Minnesota State F 28 0.39 7- 4-11 Ben Hanowski St. Cloud State F 28 0.39 6- 5-11 Drew Shore Denver F 28 0.39 4- 7-11 15 Mickey Spencer Alaska Anchorage F 26 0.38 4- 6-10

Goals Against Average: Minutes GA GAA 1 Marc Cheverie Denver JR 1493:08 51 2.05 2 Brad Eidsness North Dakota SO 1541:03 56 2.18 3 Scott Gudmandson Wisconsin JR 1043:20 42 2.42 4 Alex Kangas Minnesota JR 1439:43 59 2.46 5 Kenny Reiter Minnesota Duluth SO 868:19 36 2.49 6 Brady Hjelle Minnesota Duluth SO 811:59 36 2.66 7 Dan Dunn St. Cloud State JR 761:43 35 2.76 8 Joe Howe Colorado College FR 1611:39 78 2.90 9 Brett Bennett Wisconsin JR 645:01 32 2.98 10 Austin Lee Minnesota State SO 976:40 49 3.01 11 Mike Lee St. Cloud State FR 929:25 47 3.03 12 Jon Olthuis Alaska Anchorage SR 1174:36 73 3.73 13 Kevin Genoe Michigan Tech FR 1158:14 72 3.73 Minimum 33% of Team Minutes Played

Save Percentage: Saves GA Pct 1 Marc Cheverie Denver JR 722 51 .934 2 Alex Kangas Minnesota JR 656 59 .917 3 Brad Eidsness North Dakota SO 593 56 .914 4 Dan Dunn St. Cloud State JR 364 35 .912 5 Mike Lee St. Cloud State FR 470 47 .909 6 Kenny Reiter Minnesota Duluth SO 356 36 .908 7 Brady Hjelle Minnesota Duluth SO 353 36 .907 8 Scott Gudmandson Wisconsin JR 402 42 .905 9 Joe Howe Colorado College FR 743 78 .905 10 Kevin Genoe Michigan Tech FR 670 72 .903 11 Austin Lee Minnesota State SO 451 49 .902 12 Brett Bennett Wisconsin JR 240 32 .882 13 Jon Olthuis Alaska Anchorage SR 470 73 .866

Winning Percentage: W- L- T Pct 1 Scott Gudmandson Wisconsin JR 11- 2- 3 .781 2 Marc Cheverie Denver JR 17- 4- 3 .771 3 Dan Dunn St. Cloud State JR 9- 2- 2 .769 4 Brad Eidsness North Dakota SO 14- 8- 2 .625 5 Kenny Reiter Minnesota Duluth SO 9- 6- 0 .600 6 Brady Hjelle Minnesota Duluth SO 7- 5- 1 .577 7 Alex Kangas Minnesota JR 12-11- 1 .521 8 Joe Howe Colorado College FR 12-12- 3 .500 Brett Bennett Wisconsin JR 6- 6- 0 .500 10 Mike Lee St. Cloud State FR 6- 7- 2 .467 11 Jon Olthuis Alaska Anchorage SR 6-12- 2 .350 12 Austin Lee Minnesota State SO 5-10- 0 .333 13 Kevin Genoe Michigan Tech FR 4-15- 0 .211 WCHA Men’s Release/WEEkly #23/3-8-2010 2009-10 wcha player statistics Top Scorers by Team

------Alaska Anchorage | Overall - 34 GP (11-21- 2 .353) | Conf Only - 28 GP ( 9-17- 2 .357) | Career ------|------|------|------## Player POS YR | GP G A PTS PEN/MIN PP SH GW GT | GP G A PTS PEN/MIN PP SH GW GT | GP G A PTS 9 Kevin Clark F SR | 34 23 14 37 34/ 79 7 2 2 0 | 28 18 11 29 30/ 71 6 1 2 0 | 139 51 57 108 16 Tommy Grant F JR | 32 9 16 25 18/ 36 3 1 1 0 | 26 6 12 18 16/ 32 1 1 1 0 | 95 29 28 57 27 Sean Wiles F JR | 30 9 8 17 8/ 16 0 2 1 0 | 24 9 7 16 6/ 12 0 2 1 0 | 74 12 19 31 21 Josh Lunden F SR | 23 8 9 17 11/ 22 4 1 0 0 | 17 5 7 12 8/ 16 2 1 0 0 | 124 47 37 84 4 Kane Lafranchise D JR | 31 3 11 14 8/ 30 1 0 1 0 | 25 2 8 10 7/ 25 1 0 1 0 | 95 9 23 32 40 Daniel Naslund F FR | 33 3 9 12 4/ 8 0 0 1 0 | 27 3 9 12 4/ 8 0 0 1 0 | 33 3 9 12 23 Luka Vidmar D JR | 19 2 10 12 14/ 28 1 0 0 0 | 14 1 8 9 13/ 26 0 0 0 0 | 79 4 19 23 10 Mickey Spencer F FR | 31 4 7 11 16/ 32 2 0 0 0 | 26 4 6 10 16/ 32 2 0 0 0 | 31 4 7 11 11 Curtis Leinweber D SO | 30 3 8 11 5/ 10 1 0 1 1 | 24 2 4 6 4/ 8 0 0 1 1 | 52 5 18 23 14 Craig Parkinson F JR | 30 5 5 10 16/ 43 1 1 1 0 | 26 3 5 8 13/ 37 1 0 0 0 | 98 19 18 37 18 Nick Haddad F JR | 31 5 5 10 20/ 51 1 0 0 0 | 25 4 3 7 18/ 47 1 0 0 0 | 91 8 14 22 20 Alex Gellert F FR | 34 3 7 10 13/ 37 2 0 2 0 | 28 2 5 7 10/ 20 2 0 1 0 | 34 3 7 10 7 Lee Baldwin D FR | 30 1 9 10 22/ 47 1 0 0 0 | 24 1 5 6 17/ 37 1 0 0 0 | 30 1 9 10

------Colorado College | Overall - 36 GP (18-15- 3 .542) | Conf Only - 28 GP (12-13- 3 .482) | Career ------|------|------|------## Player POS YR | GP G A PTS PEN/MIN PP SH GW GT | GP G A PTS PEN/MIN PP SH GW GT | GP G A PTS 21 Bill Sweatt (CHI) LW SR | 36 15 16 31 8/ 16 5 1 3 0 | 28 12 12 24 6/ 12 5 1 2 0 | 140 46 61 107 25 Mike Testwuide RW SR | 33 20 10 30 10/ 20 7 3 5 1 | 25 13 8 21 7/ 14 2 3 2 1 | 131 43 27 70 13 Rylan Schwartz F FR | 36 6 22 28 9/ 18 5 0 3 0 | 28 6 14 20 7/ 14 5 0 3 0 | 36 6 22 28 15 Nate Prosser D SR | 36 4 22 26 28/ 56 3 0 1 0 | 28 4 16 20 25/ 50 3 0 1 0 | 134 12 50 62 10 Gabe Guentzel D SO | 36 3 20 23 18/ 36 2 0 0 0 | 28 2 15 17 16/ 32 1 0 0 0 | 72 6 34 40 17 Tyler Johnson C/W JR | 32 13 9 22 10/ 20 4 0 2 0 | 26 9 8 17 9/ 18 2 0 1 0 | 108 24 20 44 14 Stephen Schultz W JR | 25 5 15 20 12/ 24 2 0 0 0 | 19 3 14 17 9/ 18 1 0 0 0 | 81 19 22 41 23 Tim Hall F SO | 35 5 13 18 12/ 24 3 0 1 0 | 28 3 8 11 9/ 18 2 0 0 0 | 57 6 15 21 24 Ryan Lowery D JR | 35 4 13 17 14/ 31 3 0 1 0 | 27 4 12 16 12/ 27 3 0 1 0 | 104 6 22 28 27 William Rapuzzi F FR | 31 9 6 15 6/ 12 3 0 1 0 | 24 8 4 12 4/ 8 3 0 1 0 | 31 9 6 15 7 Kris Fredheim (VAN) D SR | 33 4 11 15 21/ 42 3 0 1 0 | 26 3 8 11 19/ 38 3 0 1 0 | 122 8 23 31

------Denver | Overall - 36 GP (25- 7- 4 .750) | Conf Only - 28 GP (19- 5- 4 .750) | Career ------|------|------|------## Player POS YR | GP G A PTS PEN/MIN PP SH GW GT | GP G A PTS PEN/MIN PP SH GW GT | GP G A PTS 9 Rhett Rakhshani (NYI) F SR | 36 20 28 48 16/ 32 6 1 4 0 | 28 15 20 35 11/ 22 6 1 3 0 | 151 59 90 149 15 Tyler Ruegsegger (TOR) F SR | 36 16 23 39 14/ 28 5 0 2 0 | 28 14 17 31 12/ 24 5 0 2 0 | 142 56 65 121 12 Joe Colborne (BOS) F SO | 34 20 18 38 14/ 28 10 1 7 0 | 26 16 13 29 12/ 24 8 1 5 0 | 74 30 39 69 16 Anthony Maiani F JR | 34 8 24 32 7/ 14 2 0 2 1 | 28 6 21 27 7/ 14 2 0 1 1 | 114 26 62 88 28 Patrick Wiercioch (OTT) D SO | 34 6 19 25 16/ 32 2 1 0 0 | 26 4 16 20 14/ 28 1 1 0 0 | 70 18 42 60 19 Kyle Ostrow F JR | 36 15 7 22 8/ 16 4 0 5 1 | 28 12 6 18 6/ 12 3 0 4 1 | 117 39 34 73 4 Matt Donovan (NYI) D FR | 31 6 12 18 24/ 48 2 0 0 0 | 26 4 11 15 21/ 42 2 0 0 0 | 31 6 12 18 14 Jesse Martin (ATL) F JR | 29 11 6 17 11/ 22 1 2 1 0 | 23 9 5 14 10/ 20 1 1 1 0 | 107 28 27 55 23 Drew Shore (FLA) F FR | 36 5 10 15 9/ 18 3 0 2 0 | 28 4 7 11 7/ 14 2 0 2 0 | 36 5 10 15 5 John Lee (FLA) D SO | 36 0 10 10 24/ 48 0 0 0 0 | 28 0 6 6 23/ 46 0 0 0 0 | 75 0 15 15 27 Brandon Vossberg F SR | 31 1 6 7 4/ 8 0 0 0 0 | 23 1 5 6 4/ 8 0 0 0 0 | 120 9 13 22 21 William Wrenn (SJS) D FR | 23 0 7 7 14/ 36 0 0 0 0 | 19 0 6 6 12/ 32 0 0 0 0 | 23 0 7 7

------Michigan Tech | Overall - 34 GP ( 5-28- 1 .162) | Conf Only - 28 GP ( 4-24- 0 .143) | Career ------|------|------|------## Player POS YR | GP G A PTS PEN/MIN PP SH GW GT | GP G A PTS PEN/MIN PP SH GW GT | GP G A PTS 16 Brett Olson C SO | 31 18 12 30 13/ 45 6 3 3 0 | 25 14 10 24 11/ 41 4 3 2 0 | 69 28 25 53 9 Malcolm Gwilliam W SR | 33 14 14 28 9/ 18 6 0 0 0 | 27 13 13 26 5/ 10 5 0 0 0 | 150 31 39 70 6 Steven Seigo D FR | 34 4 15 19 10/ 31 2 0 0 0 | 28 4 11 15 9/ 29 2 0 0 0 | 34 4 15 19 22 Jordan Baker W/C JR | 32 9 9 18 14/ 39 6 0 0 0 | 26 7 7 14 13/ 37 5 0 0 0 | 107 28 26 54 5 Drew Dobson D SR | 34 4 12 16 19/ 63 0 0 0 0 | 28 3 10 13 16/ 57 0 0 0 0 | 133 12 45 57 24 John Kivisto D/F SR | 34 4 8 12 24/ 67 2 0 0 0 | 28 3 7 10 22/ 63 2 0 0 0 | 93 5 15 20 19 Bennett Royer W JR | 25 4 6 10 6/ 12 1 0 0 0 | 21 3 6 9 5/ 10 1 0 0 0 | 95 7 17 24 15 Eric Kattelus W/C JR | 21 2 8 10 10/ 20 0 0 1 0 | 16 1 7 8 8/ 16 0 0 1 0 | 76 5 19 24 26 Deron Cousens D JR | 33 1 6 7 6/ 12 1 0 0 0 | 27 1 4 5 6/ 12 1 0 0 0 | 93 7 23 30 14 Anthony Schooley W FR | 27 3 2 5 1/ 2 0 0 0 0 | 22 3 2 5 1/ 2 0 0 0 0 | 27 3 2 5 23 Ricky Doriott D SO | 32 0 5 5 19/ 62 0 0 0 0 | 26 0 4 4 15/ 54 0 0 0 0 | 52 0 7 7

------Minnesota | Overall - 36 GP (17-17- 2 .500) | Conf Only - 28 GP (12-14- 2 .464) | Career ------|------|------|------## Player POS YR | GP G A PTS PEN/MIN PP SH GW GT | GP G A PTS PEN/MIN PP SH GW GT | GP G A PTS 19 Jordan Schroeder (VAN) F SO | 34 8 19 27 7/ 14 4 1 0 0 | 28 5 16 21 6/ 12 2 1 0 0 | 69 21 51 72 12 Tony Lucia (SJS) F SR | 36 11 15 26 10/ 20 3 2 2 0 | 28 10 11 21 10/ 20 3 2 2 0 | 157 34 46 80 11 Mike Hoeffel (NJD) F JR | 31 12 10 22 11/ 22 5 1 3 0 | 23 9 6 15 8/ 16 3 1 1 0 | 111 33 28 61 28 Cade Fairchild (STL) D JR | 36 4 16 20 16/ 32 1 0 0 0 | 28 3 12 15 14/ 28 0 0 0 0 | 111 15 53 68 16 Mike Carman (COA) F SR | 36 8 10 18 18/ 39 3 0 2 0 | 28 5 7 12 15/ 33 2 0 1 0 | 132 29 37 66 7 Patrick White (SJS) F JR | 36 9 8 17 8/ 16 3 0 3 0 | 28 9 8 17 6/ 12 3 0 3 0 | 117 22 21 43 17 Jacob Cepis F JR | 18 7 10 17 12/ 24 2 0 1 1 | 14 5 9 14 9/ 18 1 0 1 1 | 74 23 30 53 24 Zach Budish (NSH) F FR | 36 7 10 17 17/ 45 0 0 2 0 | 28 6 8 14 14/ 28 0 0 2 0 | 36 7 10 17 13 Nico Sacchetti (DAL) F SO | 35 4 10 14 6/ 12 1 0 1 0 | 27 2 6 8 5/ 10 1 0 0 0 | 71 8 13 21 5 Nick Leddy (MIN) D FR | 27 3 8 11 2/ 4 1 0 1 0 | 23 3 6 9 2/ 4 1 0 1 0 | 27 3 8 11 10 Aaron Ness (NYI) D SO | 36 2 9 11 11/ 22 0 0 0 0 | 28 2 5 7 10/ 20 0 0 0 0 | 73 4 24 28 21 Jake Hansen (CBJ) F SO | 35 6 4 10 10/ 20 3 0 0 0 | 27 4 3 7 10/ 20 2 0 0 0 | 68 8 9 17 22 Ryan Flynn (NSH) F SR | 35 2 8 10 14/ 36 0 1 0 0 | 28 1 7 8 13/ 34 0 1 0 0 | 153 17 40 57 WCHA Men’s Release/WEEkly #23/3-8-2010 wcha player statistics • Top 10 Scorers by team con’t

------Minnesota Duluth | Overall - 36 GP (20-15- 1 .569) | Conf Only - 28 GP (16-11- 1 .589) | Career ------|------|------|------## Player POS YR | GP G A PTS PEN/MIN PP SH GW GT | GP G A PTS PEN/MIN PP SH GW GT | GP G A PTS 12 Jack Connolly C SO | 36 18 27 45 18/ 47 7 1 2 0 | 28 12 21 33 11/ 22 6 0 1 0 | 79 28 46 74 37 Justin Fontaine W JR | 35 21 21 42 9/ 18 13 0 6 0 | 28 18 15 33 7/ 14 11 0 6 0 | 113 40 62 102 19 Rob Bordson W JR | 36 9 28 37 7/ 14 4 0 1 0 | 28 6 20 26 5/ 10 3 0 0 0 | 78 10 34 44 22 Mike Connolly W SO | 34 11 25 36 10/ 20 3 2 4 0 | 28 9 24 33 9/ 18 2 2 3 0 | 77 24 54 78 21 Travis Oleksuk C SO | 29 9 13 22 5/ 18 4 0 2 0 | 24 6 11 17 4/ 16 2 0 1 0 | 47 9 18 27 2 Brady Lamb D SO | 36 10 10 20 23/ 49 6 1 0 0 | 28 8 8 16 18/ 39 5 0 0 0 | 57 11 11 22 7 Drew Akins C SR | 36 6 10 16 19/ 55 4 0 0 0 | 28 5 7 12 15/ 47 4 0 0 0 | 149 21 29 50 23 Jordan Fulton (CAL) W SR | 36 3 12 15 29/ 80 0 0 0 0 | 28 2 9 11 26/ 63 0 0 0 0 | 152 23 33 56 24 Mike Montgomery D JR | 36 2 13 15 8/ 16 0 0 1 0 | 28 2 10 12 6/ 12 0 0 1 0 | 87 4 22 26 11 Kyle Schmidt W JR | 28 10 2 12 12/ 32 0 0 2 0 | 23 9 2 11 9/ 26 0 0 2 0 | 88 14 9 23 27 David Grun W SO | 23 6 5 11 10/ 20 5 0 1 0 | 18 6 3 9 9/ 18 5 0 1 0 | 26 6 5 11 4 Dylan Olsen (CHI) D FR | 32 1 10 11 16/ 43 0 0 1 0 | 25 1 7 8 14/ 39 0 0 1 0 | 32 1 10 11

------Minnesota State | Overall - 36 GP (15-18- 3 .458) | Conf Only - 28 GP ( 9-17- 2 .357) | Career ------|------|------|------## Player POS YR | GP G A PTS PEN/MIN PP SH GW GT | GP G A PTS PEN/MIN PP SH GW GT | GP G A PTS 12 Rylan Galiardi F JR | 35 11 13 24 14/ 28 5 1 2 1 | 27 8 9 17 11/ 22 4 1 2 1 | 105 22 39 61 10 Zach Harrison F SR | 36 8 16 24 15/ 41 2 2 2 0 | 28 8 10 18 11/ 33 2 2 2 0 | 149 26 44 70 22 Kurt Davis D JR | 35 5 18 23 7/ 14 2 0 2 0 | 27 3 14 17 5/ 10 1 0 1 0 | 109 12 57 69 5 Ben Youds D JR | 36 2 21 23 18/ 36 2 0 0 0 | 28 2 14 16 17/ 34 2 0 0 0 | 105 3 40 43 15 Jerad Stewart F SR | 36 13 9 22 18/ 53 5 0 3 0 | 28 8 8 16 14/ 42 3 0 1 0 | 141 28 21 49 9 Kael Mouillierat F SR | 35 11 10 21 21/ 56 5 1 3 0 | 27 8 8 16 18/ 47 2 1 2 0 | 141 47 41 88 7 Tyler Pitlick F FR | 35 10 8 18 8/ 27 4 0 0 0 | 27 8 6 14 4/ 8 3 0 0 0 | 35 10 8 18 19 Geoff Irwin F SR | 34 6 12 18 17/ 34 2 1 0 0 | 26 4 8 12 13/ 26 2 0 0 0 | 140 30 48 78 18 Michael Dorr F SO | 19 5 10 15 4/ 8 1 0 1 0 | 14 3 8 11 3/ 6 1 0 0 0 | 21 5 10 15 25 Eriah Hayes F FR | 35 8 5 13 23/ 57 2 0 0 0 | 28 7 4 11 22/ 55 2 0 0 0 | 35 8 5 13 11 Mike Louwerse F SO | 33 7 6 13 26/ 60 3 0 2 0 | 26 6 5 11 19/ 46 3 0 1 0 | 73 20 19 39

------North Dakota | Overall - 36 GP (20-11- 5 .625) | Conf Only - 28 GP (15-10- 3 .589) | Career ------|------|------|------## Player POS YR | GP G A PTS PEN/MIN PP SH GW GT | GP G A PTS PEN/MIN PP SH GW GT | GP G A PTS 29 Chris VandeVelde (EDM) F SR | 35 13 20 33 11/ 22 5 0 3 0 | 27 10 18 28 10/ 20 5 0 1 0 | 159 49 60 109 17 Jason Gregoire (NYI) F SO | 36 18 13 31 3/ 6 6 0 5 0 | 28 15 9 24 3/ 6 6 0 5 0 | 78 30 30 60 7 Danny Kristo (MON) F FR | 34 13 17 30 4/ 8 8 0 1 1 | 28 10 13 23 3/ 6 6 0 1 1 | 34 13 17 30 19 Evan Trupp F JR | 36 5 23 28 8/ 16 2 0 1 0 | 28 4 17 21 7/ 14 2 0 1 0 | 106 20 41 61 22 Brad Malone (COA) F JR | 36 8 13 21 31/ 86 0 1 1 0 | 28 5 12 17 28/ 72 0 0 0 0 | 111 14 27 41 26 Brett Hextall (PHO) F SO | 27 12 8 20 27/ 76 7 1 1 0 | 21 7 6 13 24/ 70 3 1 1 0 | 69 24 22 46 11 Darcy Zajac F SR | 34 8 10 18 14/ 47 0 0 2 0 | 28 7 9 16 11/ 41 0 0 2 0 | 159 24 29 53 3 Derrick LaPoint (FLA) D JR | 36 2 15 17 6/ 12 0 1 0 0 | 28 2 12 14 6/ 12 0 1 0 0 | 99 5 24 29 18 David Toews (NYI) F SO | 30 4 10 14 5/ 10 1 0 1 0 | 22 3 7 10 2/ 4 1 0 1 0 | 53 9 16 25 25 Jake Marto D JR | 35 5 8 13 7/ 14 2 0 1 1 | 27 4 4 8 6/ 12 1 0 0 1 | 106 13 25 38 24 Ben Blood (OTT) D SO | 36 4 8 12 36/ 80 2 0 0 0 | 28 3 7 10 30/ 68 1 0 0 0 | 67 4 9 13 9 Mario Lamoureux F SO | 35 6 5 11 25/ 85 0 0 2 0 | 27 6 3 9 20/ 64 0 0 2 0 | 59 9 8 17 21 Matt Frattin (TOR) F JR | 18 5 6 11 7/ 14 2 1 1 0 | 14 5 6 11 4/ 8 2 1 1 0 | 103 22 29 51

------St. Cloud State | Overall - 36 GP (20-11- 5 .625) | Conf Only - 28 GP (15- 9- 4 .607) | Career ------|------|------|------## Player POS YR | GP G A PTS PEN/MIN PP SH GW GT | GP G A PTS PEN/MIN PP SH GW GT | GP G A PTS 19 Ryan Lasch F SR | 36 18 22 40 4/ 16 6 0 1 0 | 28 15 17 32 4/ 16 5 0 1 0 | 154 77 97 174 9 Garrett Roe (LAK) F JR | 35 16 23 39 30/ 63 4 0 1 0 | 27 14 18 32 24/ 51 3 0 1 0 | 112 51 81 132 27 Tony Mosey F JR | 36 11 20 31 5/ 10 8 0 1 0 | 28 9 15 24 4/ 8 7 0 1 0 | 100 20 36 56 29 Drew LeBlanc F SO | 36 5 20 25 5/ 10 2 1 2 0 | 28 4 17 21 2/ 4 1 1 1 0 | 74 13 27 40 11 Jared Festler F SO | 35 9 12 21 2/ 4 2 1 3 1 | 27 8 9 17 1/ 2 1 1 2 1 | 62 16 22 38 7 Garrett Raboin D SR | 33 5 14 19 22/ 44 2 2 2 0 | 25 3 12 15 15/ 30 1 1 1 0 | 149 18 60 78 22 David Eddy F FR | 28 9 9 18 6/ 12 2 0 3 0 | 24 5 8 13 5/ 10 0 0 2 0 | 28 9 9 18 10 Ben Hanowski (PIT) F FR | 36 8 10 18 5/ 13 4 0 0 1 | 28 6 5 11 5/ 13 3 0 0 1 | 36 8 10 18 12 Travis Novak F SO | 29 8 5 13 14/ 28 2 1 2 0 | 22 7 4 11 11/ 22 1 1 1 0 | 65 13 15 28 17 Aaron Marvin (CAL) F JR | 33 5 7 12 19/ 65 0 1 1 0 | 25 5 7 12 12/ 51 0 1 1 0 | 111 18 34 52 3 Sam Zabkowicz D SO | 28 0 12 12 11/ 22 0 0 0 0 | 24 0 10 10 9/ 18 0 0 0 0 | 57 3 20 23 25 Oliver Lauridsen (PHI) D SO | 36 6 5 11 20/ 48 0 0 0 0 | 28 5 4 9 15/ 38 0 0 0 0 | 64 6 6 12 24 Taylor Johnson D FR | 31 2 9 11 11/ 30 1 0 0 0 | 26 2 7 9 11/ 30 1 0 0 0 | 31 2 9 11 13 Jordy Christian F SO | 36 2 9 11 6/ 12 0 1 0 0 | 28 1 7 8 6/ 12 0 1 0 0 | 73 8 18 26

------Wisconsin | Overall - 35 GP (22- 9- 4 .686) | Conf Only - 28 GP (17- 8- 3 .661) | Career ------|------|------|------## Player POS YR | GP G A PTS PEN/MIN PP SH GW GT | GP G A PTS PEN/MIN PP SH GW GT | GP G A PTS 9 Michael Davies F SR | 33 15 30 45 13/ 26 6 0 2 0 | 26 10 22 32 10/ 20 4 0 1 0 | 147 49 67 116 21 Derek Stepan (NYR) F SO | 33 8 33 41 3/ 6 0 1 1 0 | 28 4 27 31 3/ 6 0 1 1 0 | 73 17 57 74 7 Brendan Smith (DET) D JR | 34 15 25 40 29/ 58 11 0 4 0 | 27 11 18 29 25/ 50 8 0 3 0 | 87 26 49 75 5 Blake Geoffrion (NSH) F SR | 32 21 16 37 24/ 48 12 0 2 0 | 25 19 15 34 22/ 44 11 0 2 0 | 139 48 53 101 15 Craig Smith (NSH) F FR | 33 6 21 27 21/ 64 1 0 1 0 | 28 6 19 25 18/ 58 1 0 1 0 | 33 6 21 27 22 Ben Street F SR | 35 13 12 25 15/ 30 1 0 1 1 | 28 13 11 24 11/ 22 1 0 1 1 | 163 47 41 88 28 Jordy Murray F SO | 31 11 8 19 15/ 41 2 0 2 0 | 24 7 5 12 10/ 20 1 0 2 0 | 71 19 13 32 11 Andy Bohmbach F SR | 35 9 8 17 5/ 10 0 0 0 0 | 28 9 6 15 5/ 10 0 0 0 0 | 108 20 27 47 6 Justin Schultz (ANA) D FR | 35 3 14 17 6/ 12 2 0 0 0 | 28 2 14 16 5/ 10 1 0 0 0 | 35 3 14 17 13 Aaron Bendickson F SR | 35 8 8 16 7/ 14 0 2 2 0 | 28 7 5 12 6/ 12 0 2 2 0 | 139 16 18 34 24 John Mitchell F SR | 33 5 10 15 16/ 40 3 0 2 0 | 27 4 10 14 13/ 26 3 0 1 0 | 131 29 28 57 17 Ryan McDonagh (NYR) D JR | 35 4 11 15 24/ 67 2 0 1 0 | 28 3 9 12 22/ 63 1 0 0 0 | 111 14 29 43 27 Cody Goloubef (CBJ) D JR | 35 3 9 12 26/ 55 1 0 1 0 | 28 3 7 10 23/ 49 1 0 1 0 | 111 12 23 35 55 John Ramage D FR | 33 2 9 11 17/ 45 0 0 0 0 | 28 0 8 8 14/ 39 0 0 0 0 | 33 2 9 11 WCHA Men’s Release/WEEkly #23/3-8-2010 2009-10 Div. 1 Men’s Team Statistics • National Leaders

other WCHA teams all games 14 North Dakota 40/197 2 20.3 Scoring Offense: Games Goals G/GM 16 Denver 37/183 4 20.2 1 Yale 29 123 4.24 24 St. Cloud State 36/188 3 19.1 2 Wisconsin 35 138 3.94 33 Minnesota State 35/192 3 18.2 3 Boston College 34 126 3.71 36 Minnesota 27/152 4 17.8 Maine 34 126 3.71 47 Michigan Tech 24/152 8 15.8 5 Union 34 124 3.65 51 Alaska Anchorage 24/172 13 14.0 6 Bemidji State 34 120 3.53 Sacred Heart 34 120 3.53 Penalty Kill: Totals SHF PCT 8 Miami 36 125 3.47 1 Denver 154/175 5 88.0 9 RIT 34 118 3.47 2 Air Force 138/157 6 87.9 10 New Hampshire 34 116 3.41 3 Miami 174/198 6 87.9 other WCHA teams 4 Michigan 184/210 4 87.6 13 Denver 36 120 3.33 5 Ferris State 173/198 6 87.4 t15 Colorado College 36 116 3.22 6 Cornell 123/141 0 87.2 Minnesota Duluth 36 116 3.22 7 North Dakota 161/185 4 87.0 St. Cloud State 36 116 3.22 8 Notre Dame 150/174 4 86.2 19 North Dakota 36 115 3.19 9 Alab-Huntsville 136/158 0 86.1 39 Minnesota 36 101 2.81 10 Boston College 142/165 4 86.1 Minnesota State 36 101 2.81 other WCHA teams 48 Alaska Anchorage 34 84 2.47 11 Wisconsin 155/182 4 85.2 55 Michigan Tech 34 71 2.09 25 Minnesota State 169/206 5 82.0 26 Minnesota 137/167 5 82.0 Scoring Defense: Games Goals G/GM 27 Colorado College 132/161 6 82.0 1 Miami 36 62 1.72 28 Minnesota Duluth 154/189 4 81.5 2 Cornell 29 60 2.07 35 St. Cloud State 126/156 8 80.8 3 North Dakota 36 77 2.14 45 Alaska Anchorage 159/202 7 78.7 4 Bemidji State 34 74 2.18 58 Michigan Tech 134/189 4 70.9 RIT 34 74 2.18 6 Alaska 36 81 2.25 Combined Special Teams: Totals PCT 7 Ferris State 36 82 2.28 1 Northern Michigan 211/372 56.7 8 Denver 36 84 2.33 2 Cornell 150/272 55.1 Michigan 39 91 2.33 3 Merrimack 187/341 54.8 10 UMass Lowell 36 86 2.39 4 Bemidji State 171/319 53.6 other WCHA teams 5 Miami 210/392 53.6 14 Wisconsin 35 92 2.63 6 Providence 150/281 53.4 19 Minnesota 36 98 2.72 7 Denver 191/358 53.4 22 Minnesota Duluth 36 100 2.78 8 Maine 191/359 53.2 St. Cloud State 36 100 2.78 9 Quinnipiac 186/352 52.8 t24 Minnesota State 36 102 2.83 10 Boston College 178/338 52.7 26 Colorado College 36 103 2.86 other WCHA teams 54 Alaska Anchorage 34 130 3.82 11 North Dakota 201/382 52.6 58 Michigan Tech 34 142 4.18 14 Wisconsin 196/376 52.1 18 Minnesota 164/319 51.4 Scoring Margin: Games GF GF/G GA GA/G Margin 19 Minnesota State 204/398 51.3 1 Miami 36 125 3.47 62 1.72 1.75 t29 Minnesota Duluth 203/406 50.0 2 Bemidji State 34 120 3.53 74 2.18 1.35 37 Alaska Anchorage 183/374 48.9 3 Wisconsin 35 138 3.94 92 2.63 1.31 38 Colorado College 174/358 48.6 4 RIT 34 118 3.47 74 2.18 1.29 51 St. Cloud State 162/344 47.1 Boston College 34 126 3.71 82 2.41 1.29 54 Michigan Tech 158/341 46.3 6 Yale 29 123 4.24 87 3.00 1.24 7 Cornell 29 91 3.14 60 2.07 1.07 Team Winning Percentage: W- L- T Win% 8 North Dakota 36 115 3.19 77 2.14 1.06 1 Miami 24- 5- 7 .764 9 Denver 36 120 3.33 84 2.33 1.00 2 Denver 25- 7- 4 .750 10 Union 34 124 3.65 91 2.68 0.97 3 Bemidji State 23- 8- 3 .721 other WCHA teams 4 Yale 19- 7- 3 .707 t16 St. Cloud State 36 116 3.22 100 2.78 0.44 5 Wisconsin 22- 9- 4 .686 Minnesota Duluth 36 116 3.22 100 2.78 0.44 6 Boston College 21-10- 3 .662 19 Colorado College 36 116 3.22 103 2.86 0.36 RIT 22-11- 1 .662 28 Minnesota 36 101 2.81 98 2.72 0.08 8 Cornell 17- 8- 4 .655 33 Minnesota State 36 101 2.81 102 2.83 -0.03 9 Alaska 18- 9- 9 .625 54 Alaska Anchorage 34 84 2.47 130 3.82 -1.35 North Dakota 20-11- 5 .625 58 Michigan Tech 34 71 2.09 142 4.18 -2.09 St. Cloud State 20-11- 5 .625 12 Union 18-10- 6 .618 Penalty Minutes: Games PIM PIM/G 13 Ferris State 19-11- 6 .611 1 Alaska Anchorage 34 720 21.2 Michigan State 19-11- 6 .611 2 Miami 36 718 19.9 15 Sacred Heart 18-12- 4 .588 3 North Dakota 36 694 19.3 16 Northern Michigan 17-11- 8 .583 4 Canisius 34 642 18.9 17 Nebraska-Omaha 20-14- 6 .575 5 Bowling Green 36 678 18.8 18 New Hampshire 16-11- 7 .574 6 Wisconsin 35 641 18.3 19 Minnesota Duluth 20-15- 1 .569 7 Minnesota State 36 652 18.1 20 UMass Lowell 18-14- 4 .556 8 Michigan Tech 34 615 18.1 21 Michigan 21-17- 1 .551 9 Ferris State 36 646 17.9 22 Vermont 15-12- 7 .544 10 Minnesota Duluth 36 598 16.6 23 Colorado College 18-15- 3 .542 other WCHA teams 24 Quinnipiac 19-16- 2 .541 23 St. Cloud State 36 547 15.2 25 St. Lawrence 17-14- 7 .539 33 Denver 36 490 13.6 26 Colgate 15-13- 6 .529 34 Minnesota 36 487 13.5 Massachusetts 18-16- 0 .529 36 Colorado College 36 473 13.1 28 Boston University 16-15- 3 .515 Canisius 15-14- 5 .515 Power Play: Totals SHA PCT Maine 16-15- 3 .515 1 Maine 56/190 4 29.5 other WCHA teams 2 Yale 41/170 4 24.1 t32 Minnesota 17-17- 2 .500 3 Merrimack 35/153 5 22.9 t38 Minnesota State 15-18- 3 .458 4 Minnesota Duluth 49/217 5 22.6 t50 Alaska Anchorage 11-21- 2 .353 5 Quinnipiac 40/179 6 22.3 58 Michigan Tech 5-28- 1 .162 6 Canisius 40/183 5 21.9 7 Colorado College 42/197 3 21.3 Current Unbeaten Streak: W- L- T Games 8 Wisconsin 41/194 5 21.1 Alaska 8- 0- 2 10 9 Northern Michigan 34/163 3 20.9 North Dakota 7- 0- 0 7 10 Boston College 36/173 3 20.8 RIT 6- 0- 0 6 Boston College 4- 0- 1 5 UMass Lowell 3- 0- 2 5 Colgate 3- 0- 1 4 Nebraska-Omaha 3- 0- 0 3 Michigan State 2- 0- 1 3 Ohio State 2- 0- 1 3 WCHA Men’s Release/WEEkly #23/3-8-2010 2009-10 Div. 1 Men’s Player statistics • National Leaders all games

Points Per Game: GP G- A- P P/GM 1 Gustav Nyquist (DET) Maine SO F 34 18-38-56 1.65 2 Cory Conacher Canisius JR F 32 20-29-49 1.53 3 Stephane Da Costa Merrimack FR F 31 15-29-44 1.42 4 Nick Johnson Sacred Heart SR F 34 25-23-48 1.41 5 Bobby Butler New Hampshire SR F 34 25-22-47 1.38 6 Michael Davies Wisconsin SR F 33 15-30-45 1.36 7 James Marcou Massachusetts JR F 34 10-36-46 1.35 8 Rhett Rakhshani (NYI) Denver SR F 36 20-28-48 1.33 Chase Polacek Rensselaer JR F 39 26-26-52 1.33 10 Dave Jarman Sacred Heart SR F 34 11-34-45 1.32 11 Mark Olver (COA) Northern Michigan JR F 35 19-27-46 1.31 12 Broc Little Yale JR F 29 25-13-38 1.31 13 Mario Valery-Trabucco Union SR F 33 21-21-42 1.27 14 Jack Connolly Minnesota Duluth SO C 36 18-27-45 1.25 15 Derek Stepan (NYR) Wisconsin SO F 33 8-33-41 1.24 16 Brian O'Neill Yale SO F 29 12-24-36 1.24 17 Brian Gibbons Boston College JR F 34 15-27-42 1.24 18 Scott Fleming Dartmouth JR F 32 22-17-39 1.22 19 Sean Backman Yale SR F 29 21-14-35 1.21 20 Cam Atkinson (CBJ) Boston College SO F 34 21-20-41 1.21 Brian Flynn Maine SO F 34 18-23-41 1.21 Casey Wellman Massachusetts SO F 34 20-21-41 1.21 23 Adam Estoclet Dartmouth JR F 30 12-24-36 1.20 Justin Fontaine Minnesota Duluth JR W 35 21-21-42 1.20 25 Jacques Lamoureux Air Force JR F 34 20-20-40 1.18 Matt Read Bemidji State JR F 34 19-21-40 1.18 Austin Smith (DAL) Colgate SO F 34 15-25-40 1.18 Brendan Smith (DET) Wisconsin JR D 34 15-25-40 1.18 29 Blake Gallagher Cornell SR F 29 17-17-34 1.17 30 Corey Tropp (BUF) Michigan State JR F 36 20-22-42 1.17 31 Blake Geoffrion (NSH) Wisconsin SR F 32 21-16-37 1.16 32 Jason Walters Union SR F 33 16-22-38 1.15 33 Chris Moran Niagara SR F 34 8-31-39 1.15 34 Andy Taranto Alaska FR RW 36 17-24-41 1.14 35 David McIntyre (NJD) Colgate SR F 33 11-26-37 1.12 Andrew Favot RIT JR LW/C 33 11-26-37 1.12 37 Joe Colborne (BOS) Denver SO F 34 20-18-38 1.12 38 Garrett Roe (LAK) St. Cloud State JR F 35 16-23-39 1.11 39 Dion Knelsen Alaska SR C 36 19-21-40 1.11 Jarod Palmer Miami SR F 36 16-24-40 1.11 Zac Dalpe (CAR) Ohio State SO F 36 20-20-40 1.11 Ryan Lasch St. Cloud State SR F 36 18-22-40 1.11 43 Nick Bonino (ANA) Boston University JR F 29 10-22-32 1.10 44 Brandon Pirri (CHI) Rensselaer FR F 39 11-32-43 1.10 45 Tanner House Maine JR F 30 14-19-33 1.10 46 Cameron Burt RIT SO F 33 13-23-36 1.09 47 Kevin Clark Alaska Anchorage SR F 34 23-14-37 1.09 48 Andy Miele Miami JR F 35 13-25-38 1.09 49 Tyler Ruegsegger (TOR) Denver SR F 36 16-23-39 1.08 other WCHA players t53 Mike Connolly Minnesota Duluth SO W 34 11-25-36 1.06 62 Rob Bordson Minnesota Duluth JR W 36 9-28-37 1.03 t78 Brett Olson Michigan Tech SO C 31 18-12-30 0.97 t84 Chris VandeVelde (EDM) North Dakota SR F 35 13-20-33 0.94 t86 Anthony Maiani Denver JR F 34 8-24-32 0.94 100 Mike Testwuide Colorado College SR RW/RW 33 20-10-30 0.91 Minimum 75% of Team Games Played

Goals Per Game: GP G G/GM 1 Broc Little Yale JR F 29 25 0.86 2 Bobby Butler New Hampshire SR F 34 25 0.74 Nick Johnson Sacred Heart SR F 34 25 0.74 4 Sean Backman Yale SR F 29 21 0.72 5 Scott Fleming Dartmouth JR F 32 22 0.69 WCHA players 6 Kevin Clark Alaska Anchorage SR F 34 23 0.68 8 Blake Geoffrion (NSH) Wisconsin SR F 32 21 0.66 13 Mike Testwuide Colorado College SR RW/RW 33 20 0.61 14 Justin Fontaine Minnesota Duluth JR W 35 21 0.60 t15 Joe Colborne (BOS) Denver SO F 34 20 0.59 19 Brett Olson Michigan Tech SO C 31 18 0.58 t23 Rhett Rakhshani (NYI) Denver SR F 36 20 0.56 t33 Jack Connolly Minnesota Duluth SO C 36 18 0.50 Jason Gregoire (NYI) North Dakota SO F 36 18 0.50 Ryan Lasch St. Cloud State SR F 36 18 0.50 48 Garrett Roe (LAK) St. Cloud State JR F 35 16 0.46 t49 Michael Davies Wisconsin SR F 33 15 0.45 t54 Tyler Ruegsegger (TOR) Denver SR F 36 16 0.44 Brett Hextall (PHO) North Dakota SO F 27 12 0.44 Minimum 75% of Team Games Played WCHA Men’s Release/WEEkly #23/3-8-2010 Div. 1 national player statistics • all games con’t

Assists Per Game: GP A A/GM 1 Gustav Nyquist (DET) Maine SO F 34 38 1.12 2 James Marcou Massachusetts JR F 34 36 1.06 3 Dave Jarman Sacred Heart SR F 34 34 1.00 Derek Stepan (NYR) Wisconsin SO F 33 33 1.00 5 Stephane Da Costa Merrimack FR F 31 29 0.94 other WCHA players 7 Michael Davies Wisconsin SR F 33 30 0.91 15 Rhett Rakhshani (NYI) Denver SR F 36 28 0.78 Rob Bordson Minnesota Duluth JR W 36 28 0.78 22 Jack Connolly Minnesota Duluth SO C 36 27 0.75 t23 Mike Connolly Minnesota Duluth SO W 34 25 0.74 Brendan Smith (DET) Wisconsin JR D 34 25 0.74 t31 Anthony Maiani Denver JR F 34 24 0.71 48 Garrett Roe (LAK) St. Cloud State JR F 35 23 0.66 54 Tyler Ruegsegger (TOR) Denver SR F 36 23 0.64 Evan Trupp North Dakota JR F 36 23 0.64 t56 Craig Smith (NSH) Wisconsin FR F 33 21 0.64 Minimum 75% of Team Games Played

Power Play Goals: GP PPG/G PPG 1 Justin Fontaine Minnesota Duluth JR W 35 0.37 13 Brandon Wong Quinnipiac SR F 37 0.35 13 Chase Polacek Rensselaer JR F 39 0.33 13 4 Blake Geoffrion (NSH) Wisconsin SR F 32 0.38 12 Jacques Lamoureux Air Force JR F 34 0.35 12 other WCHA players t6 Brendan Smith (DET) Wisconsin JR D 34 0.32 11 t8 Joe Colborne (BOS) Denver SO F 34 0.29 10 t16 Danny Kristo (MON) North Dakota FR F 34 0.24 8 Tony Mosey St. Cloud State JR F 36 0.22 8

Short-Handed Goals: GP SHG/G SHG 1 David Warsofsky (STL) Boston University SO D 30 0.13 4 Mike Gurtler Mercyhurst JR F 31 0.13 4 3 Jordan Cyr Holy Cross JR F 27 0.11 3 Brett Olson Michigan Tech SO C 31 0.10 3 Mike Testwuide Colorado College SR RW/RW 33 0.09 3 Matt Read Bemidji State JR F 34 0.09 3 Paul Zanette Niagara JR F 34 0.09 3

Game-Winning Goals: GP GWG 1 Broc Little Yale JR F 29 7 Joe Colborne (BOS) Denver SO F 34 7 Nick Johnson Sacred Heart SR F 34 7 4 Justin Fontaine Minnesota Duluth JR W 35 6 5 Colby Cohen (COA) Boston University JR D 32 5 Cory Conacher Canisius JR F 32 5 Mike Testwuide Colorado College SR RW/RW 33 5 Casey Wellman Massachusetts SO F 34 5 Kyle Ostrow Denver JR F 36 5 Rick Schofield Lake Superior JR F 36 5 Jarod Palmer Miami SR F 36 5 Tommy Wingels Miami JR F 36 5 Corey Tropp (BUF) Michigan State JR F 36 5 Jason Gregoire (NYI) North Dakota SO F 36 5

Points Per Game (Defensemen): GP G- A- P P/GM 1 Brendan Smith (DET) Wisconsin JR D 34 15-25-40 1.18 2 Carl Hudson Canisius SR D 32 13-19-32 1.00 Blake Kessel (NYI) New Hampshire SO D 33 8-25-33 1.00 4 Colby Cohen (COA) Boston University JR D 32 14-16-30 0.94 5 Thomas Dignard Yale SR D 24 5-17-22 0.92 6 Brad Hunt Bemidji State SO D 34 7-24-31 0.91 7 Jeff Dimmen Maine JR D 34 12-17-29 0.85 8 Will O'Neill (ATL) Maine SO D 34 6-22-28 0.82 Justin Braun (SJS) Massachusetts SR D 34 7-21-28 0.82 Erik Gustafsson Northern Michigan JR D 34 3-25-28 0.82 Dan Ringwald RIT SR D 34 10-18-28 0.82 Mike Schreiber Union SR RD 34 8-20-28 0.82 other WCHA players t15 Patrick Wiercioch (OTT) Denver SO D 34 6-19-25 0.74 t18 Nate Prosser Colorado College SR D 36 4-22-26 0.72 27 Kurt Davis Minnesota State JR D 35 5-18-23 0.66 37 Gabe Guentzel Colorado College SO D 36 3-20-23 0.64 Ben Youds Minnesota State JR D 36 2-21-23 0.64 t45 Matt Donovan (NYI) Denver FR D 31 6-12-18 0.58 48 Garrett Raboin St. Cloud State SR D 33 5-14-19 0.58 50 Steven Seigo Michigan Tech FR D 34 4-15-19 0.56 Minimum 75% of Team Games Played

Points Per Game (Rookies): GP G- A- P P/GM 1 Stephane Da Costa Merrimack F 31 15-29-44 1.42 2 Andy Taranto Alaska RW 36 17-24-41 1.14 3 Brandon Pirri (CHI) Rensselaer F 39 11-32-43 1.10 4 Jordan George Bemidji State F 33 13-20-33 1.00 5 Jerry D'Amigo (TOR) Rensselaer F 35 10-24-34 0.97 6 Eric Delong Sacred Heart F 31 13-17-30 0.97 7 Andrew Miller Yale F 29 4-22-26 0.90 WCHA Men’s Release/WEEkly #23/3-8-2010 Div. 1 national player statistics • all games con’t

8 Danny Kristo (MON) North Dakota F 34 13-17-30 0.88 9 Craig Smith (NSH) Wisconsin F 33 6-21-27 0.82 10 Derek Grant (OTT) Michigan State F 36 11-18-29 0.81 other WCHA players 12 Rylan Schwartz Colorado College F 36 6-22-28 0.78 26 David Eddy St. Cloud State F 28 9- 9-18 0.64 t34 Matt Donovan (NYI) Denver D 31 6-12-18 0.58 40 Steven Seigo Michigan Tech D 34 4-15-19 0.56 Minimum 75% of Team Games Played

Goals Against Average: Minutes GA GAA 1 Cody Reichard Miami SO 1300:11 32 1.48 2 Marc Cheverie (FLA) Denver JR 1797:11 59 1.97 3 Ben Scrivens Cornell SR 1719:39 57 1.99 4 Connor Knapp (BUF) Miami SO 889:02 30 2.02 5 Pat Nagle Ferris State JR 1256:02 43 2.05 6 Carter Hutton UMass Lowell SR 1429:44 49 2.06 7 Parker Milner Boston College FR 741:29 26 2.10 8 Jared DeMichiel RIT SR 1846:05 65 2.11 9 Scott Greenham Alaska SO 2119:07 75 2.12 10 Dan Bakala Bemidji State SO 1665:06 59 2.13 other WCHA players 11 Brad Eidsness (BUF) North Dakota SO 1969:55 71 2.16 18 Scott Gudmandson Wisconsin JR 1347:05 54 2.41 19 Phil Cook Minnesota State FR 745:07 30 2.42 20 Kenny Reiter Minnesota Duluth SO 1126:39 46 2.45 23 Alex Kangas (ATL) Minnesota JR 1774:45 75 2.54 26 Dan Dunn (WSH) St. Cloud State JR 1003:30 43 2.57 36 Joe Howe Colorado College FR 1910:06 88 2.76 39 Mike Lee (PHO) St. Cloud State FR 1172:34 55 2.81 40 Brett Bennett (PHO) Wisconsin JR 765:00 36 2.82 42 Brady Hjelle Minnesota Duluth SO 1033:16 49 2.85 43 Austin Lee Minnesota State SO 1157:19 55 2.85 74 Kevin Genoe Michigan Tech FR 1353:53 80 3.55 75 Jon Olthuis Alaska Anchorage SR 1410:28 84 3.57 80 Josh Robinson Michigan Tech SO 676:30 56 4.97 Minimum 33% of Team Minutes Played

Save Percentage: Saves GA Save% 1 Cody Reichard Miami SO 477 32 .937 2 Marc Cheverie (FLA) Denver JR 878 59 .937 3 Ben Scrivens Cornell SR 765 57 .931 4 Carter Hutton UMass Lowell SR 627 49 .928 5 Brian Stewart Northern Michigan SR 919 73 .926 6 Dan Bakala Bemidji State SO 723 59 .925 7 Pat Nagle Ferris State JR 517 43 .923 8 Riley Gill Western Michigan SR 1007 84 .923 9 Drew Palmisano Michigan State SO 773 65 .922 10 Scott Greenham Alaska SO 883 75 .922 other WCHA players 18 Phil Cook Minnesota State FR 323 30 .915 19 Mike Lee (PHO) St. Cloud State FR 588 55 .914 21 Dan Dunn (WSH) St. Cloud State JR 456 43 .914 29 Brad Eidsness (BUF) North Dakota SO 730 71 .911 30 Alex Kangas (ATL) Minnesota JR 771 75 .911 36 Scott Gudmandson Wisconsin JR 543 54 .910 37 Kenny Reiter Minnesota Duluth SO 456 46 .908 39 Joe Howe Colorado College FR 865 88 .908 41 Austin Lee Minnesota State SO 536 55 .907 52 Kevin Genoe Michigan Tech FR 753 80 .904 62 Brady Hjelle Minnesota Duluth SO 431 49 .898 75 Brett Bennett (PHO) Wisconsin JR 278 36 .885 79 Jon Olthuis Alaska Anchorage SR 567 84 .871 80 Josh Robinson Michigan Tech SO 366 56 .867 Minimum 33% of Team Minutes Played

Winning Percentage: W- L- T Win% 1 Cody Reichard Miami SO 17- 2- 3 .841 2 Marc Cheverie (FLA) Denver JR 22- 4- 3 .810 3 Parker Milner Boston College FR 9- 2- 1 .792 4 Dan Dunn (WSH) St. Cloud State JR 12- 3- 2 .765 5 Scott Gudmandson Wisconsin JR 14- 3- 4 .762 6 Dan Bakala Bemidji State SO 19- 6- 3 .732 7 Taylor Nelson Ferris State SO 9- 3- 3 .700 8 Jared DeMichiel RIT SR 21- 9- 1 .694 9 Scott Darling (PHO) Maine SO 15- 6- 3 .688 10 Brad Eidsness (BUF) North Dakota SO 19- 8- 4 .677 other WCHA players t16 Phil Cook Minnesota State FR 7- 4- 2 .615 24 Kenny Reiter Minnesota Duluth SO 11- 8- 0 .579 t26 Brett Bennett (PHO) Wisconsin JR 8- 6- 0 .571 29 Brady Hjelle Minnesota Duluth SO 9- 7- 1 .559 32 Joe Howe Colorado College FR 16-13- 3 .547 38 Alex Kangas (ATL) Minnesota JR 15-13- 1 .534 t44 Mike Lee (PHO) St. Cloud State FR 8- 8- 3 .500 t61 Austin Lee Minnesota State SO 7-11- 0 .389 t64 Jon Olthuis Alaska Anchorage SR 8-14- 2 .375 77 Kevin Genoe Michigan Tech FR 4-18- 1 .196 79 Josh Robinson Michigan Tech SO 1-10- 0 .091 WCHA Men’s Release/WEEkly #23/3-8-2010 2009-10 Div. 1 Men’s Player statistics con’t • Game Highs

Assists: 4 James Marcou Massachusetts vs Rensselaer 10/08/2009 Points: 5 Brett Olson Michigan Tech vs Northern Michigan 10/09/2009 Goals: 3 Brett Olson Michigan Tech vs Northern Michigan 10/09/2009 Saves: 48 Dan Morrison Canisius vs Ferris State 10/10/2009 Saves: 48 Cameron Talbot Alab-Huntsville vs Notre Dame 10/10/2009 Penalty Kill: 1.000 9 of 9 Denver vs Ohio State 10/15/2009 Goals: 3 Cory Conacher Canisius vs Lake Superior 10/16/2009 Goals: 3 Corey Tropp Michigan State vs Maine 10/16/2009 Goals: 3 J.J. Crew Western Michigan vs Mercyhurst 10/16/2009 Points: 5 Stephane Da Costa Merrimack vs Army 10/17/2009 Goals: 5 Stephane Da Costa Merrimack vs Army 10/17/2009 Goals: 3 Matt Bergland Providence vs Bowling Green 10/23/2009 Saves: 48 Eric Levine Robert Morris vs Ferris State 10/24/2009 Goals: 3 Peter Child St. Lawrence vs Sacred Heart 10/30/2009 Goals: 3 Al Mazur RIT vs Connecticut 10/30/2009 Points: 5 Nathan Longpre Robert Morris vs Quinnipiac 10/31/2009 Goals: 4 Nathan Longpre Robert Morris vs Quinnipiac 10/31/2009 Saves: 58 Eric Levine Robert Morris vs Quinnipiac 10/31/2009 Goals: 3 Dan Ringwald RIT vs Connecticut 10/31/2009 Goals: 3 Mike Atkinson Quinnipiac vs Clarkson 11/06/2009 Power Play: .800 4 of 5 Boston College vs New Hampshire 11/06/2009 Saves: 48 Kevin Genoe Michigan Tech vs Minnesota Duluth 11/13/2009 Goals: 3 Eric Lampe Quinnipiac vs Harvard 11/13/2009 Goals: 3 Chris Kushneriuk Robert Morris vs Niagara 11/13/2009 Points: 5 Justin Fontaine Minnesota Duluth vs Michigan Tech 11/14/2009 Points: 5 Mike Connolly Minnesota Duluth vs Michigan Tech 11/14/2009 Goals: 4 Justin Fontaine Minnesota Duluth vs Michigan Tech 11/14/2009 Assists: 4 Rob Bordson Minnesota Duluth vs Michigan Tech 11/14/2009 Assists: 4 Mike Connolly Minnesota Duluth vs Michigan Tech 11/14/2009 Assists: 4 Jimmy Hayes Boston College vs Vermont 11/14/2009 Power Play: .750 3 of 4 Boston College vs Vermont 11/14/2009 Points: 5 Jerad Stewart Minnesota State vs Alaska Anchorage 11/20/2009 Goals: 4 Jerad Stewart Minnesota State vs Alaska Anchorage 11/20/2009 Goals: 3 Blair Riley Ferris State vs Ohio State 11/20/2009 Power Play: .750 3 of 4 Quinnipiac vs Colgate 11/20/2009 Saves: 49 Jeff Larson Connecticut vs Air Force 11/20/2009 Goals: 3 Cody Omilusik Army vs Bentley 11/20/2009 Goals: 3 Mike Gurtler Mercyhurst vs Holy Cross 11/20/2009 Penalty Kill: 1.000 9 of 9 Mercyhurst vs Holy Cross 11/20/2009 Assists: 4 Peter Boyd Ohio State vs Ferris State 11/21/2009 Power Play: .667 4 of 6 Ferris State vs Ohio State 11/21/2009 Points: 5 Chris Auger UMass Lowell vs Merrimack 11/21/2009 Assists: 4 Chris Auger UMass Lowell vs Merrimack 11/21/2009 Goals: 3 Brad Hunt Bemidji State vs Alab-Huntsville 11/21/2009 Power Play: .750 3 of 4 Canisius vs American Int'l 11/21/2009 Points: 5 James Marcou Massachusetts vs Vermont 11/24/2009 Goals: 3 Casey Wellman Massachusetts vs Vermont 11/24/2009 Assists: 5 James Marcou Massachusetts vs Vermont 11/24/2009 Goals: 4 Conor Morrison Harvard vs Boston University 11/24/2009 Points: 5 Derek Stepan Wisconsin vs Michigan State 11/27/2009 Assists: 4 Derek Stepan Wisconsin vs Michigan State 11/27/2009 Points: 5 Brian Flynn Maine vs St. Lawrence 11/28/2009 Team Goals: 10 Maine vs St. Lawrence 11/28/2009 Assists: 4 Erik Gustafsson Northern Michigan vs Alaska 11/28/2009 Goals: 3 Calle Ridderwall Notre Dame vs Bowling Green 11/28/2009 Assists: 4 Billy Maday Notre Dame vs Bowling Green 11/28/2009 Saves: 49 Kyle Rank Bentley vs Lake Superior 11/28/2009 Goals: 3 Jesse Fratkin Brown vs Connecticut 11/28/2009 Goals: 3 Blake Geoffrion Wisconsin vs Michigan Tech 12/04/2009 Assists: 4 Brendan Smith Wisconsin vs Michigan Tech 12/04/2009 Goals: 3 Mike Testwuide Colorado College vs Denver 12/05/2009 Goals: 3 David Vallorani UMass Lowell vs Massachusetts 12/05/2009 Assists: 4 Nick Schaus UMass Lowell vs Massachusetts 12/05/2009 Points: 5 Cory Conacher Canisius vs Bentley 12/05/2009 Assists: 4 Cory Conacher Canisius vs Bentley 12/05/2009 Team Goals: 9 Canisius vs Bentley 12/05/2009 Goals: 3 Mario Valery-Trabucco Union vs Rensselaer 12/09/2009 Power Play: .800 4 of 5 Minnesota State vs Bemidji State 12/11/2009 Points: 5 Tommy Wingels Miami vs Ohio State 12/11/2009 Goals: 4 Tommy Wingels Miami vs Ohio State 12/11/2009 Power Play: .667 4 of 6 Miami vs Ohio State 12/11/2009 Saves: 49 Ryan Zapolski Mercyhurst vs Air Force 12/11/2009 Goals: 3 Corey Tropp Michigan State vs Bowling Green 12/12/2009 Power Play: .667 4 of 6 Maine vs Northeastern 12/12/2009 Assists: 4 Austin Smith Colgate vs Canisius 12/20/2009 Power Play: .667 4 of 6 Colgate vs Canisius 12/20/2009 Team Goals: 10 Michigan State vs Michigan Tech 12/29/2009 Power Play: .750 3 of 4 Lake Superior vs Robert Morris 01/02/2010 Saves: 48 Brian Stewart Northern Michigan vs Minnesota 01/03/2010 Goals: 3 Dan Bartlett Princeton vs Quinnipiac 01/04/2010 Assists: 4 John Albert Ohio State vs Bowling Green 01/08/2010 Goals: 3 Brandon Coccimiglio Mercyhurst vs American Int'l 01/08/2010 Saves: 57 Garrett Bartus Connecticut vs Air Force 01/09/2010 Assists: 4 Brandon Pirri Rensselaer vs Princeton 01/10/2010 Goals: 3 Kevin Clark Alaska Anchorage vs Michigan Tech 01/16/2010 Assists: 4 Blake Kessel New Hampshire vs Dartmouth 01/16/2010 Power Play: .750 3 of 4 New Hampshire vs Dartmouth 01/16/2010 Assists: 4 Nick Bonino Boston University vs Merrimack 01/16/2010 Goals: 3 Brayden Irwin Vermont vs Northeastern 01/16/2010 Team Goals: 9 Vermont vs Northeastern 01/16/2010 WCHA Men’s Release/WEEkly #23/3-8-2010 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Goals: 3 William Rapuzzi Colorado College vs Alaska Anchorage 01/22/2010 Assists: 4 Max Campbell Western Michigan vs Bowling Green 01/22/2010 Goals: 3 Calle Ridderwall Notre Dame vs Lake Superior 01/22/2010 Saves: 48 Andrew Hare Niagara vs Quinnipiac 01/22/2010 Penalty Kill: 1.000 10 of 10 Miami vs Alaska 01/23/2010 Saves: 55 Chris Noonan Niagara vs Quinnipiac 01/23/2010 Goals: 3 Carl Hudson Canisius vs Sacred Heart 01/23/2010 Goals: 3 Nick Vandenbeld Mercyhurst vs Bentley 01/23/2010 Penalty Kill: 1.000 9 of 9 Vermont vs Massachusetts 01/24/2010 Penalty Kill: 1.000 9 of 9 Denver vs North Dakota 01/29/2010 Goals: 3 Bobby Preece Bentley vs RIT 01/30/2010 Points: 5 Mario Valery-Trabucco Union vs Clarkson 02/05/2010 Points: 5 Adam Presizniuk Union vs Clarkson 02/05/2010 Goals: 3 Mario Valery-Trabucco Union vs Clarkson 02/05/2010 Assists: 4 Adam Presizniuk Union vs Clarkson 02/05/2010 Assists: 4 Nolan Julseth-White Union vs Clarkson 02/05/2010 Team Goals: 11 Union vs Clarkson 02/05/2010 Goals: 3 Terry Broadhurst Nebraska-Omaha vs Ohio State 02/05/2010 Assists: 4 Zac Dalpe Ohio State vs Nebraska-Omaha 02/05/2010 Assists: 4 Brian Gibbons Boston College vs Massachusetts 02/05/2010 Goals: 3 Michael Penny American Int'l vs Bentley 02/05/2010 Saves: 51 Brian Stewart Northern Michigan vs Ferris State 02/06/2010 Penalty Kill: 1.000 9 of 9 Northern Michigan vs Ferris State 02/06/2010 Team Goals: 10 Miami vs Lake Superior 02/06/2010 Goals: 3 Derek Roehl Western Michigan vs Notre Dame 02/06/2010 Saves: 54 Riley Gill Western Michigan vs Notre Dame 02/06/2010 Penalty Kill: 1.000 12 of 12 Western Michigan vs Notre Dame 02/06/2010 Goals: 3 Andy Taranto Alaska vs Ohio State 02/12/2010 Goals: 4 Bobby Butler New Hampshire vs Providence 02/12/2010 Goals: 3 Joe Colborne Denver vs Minnesota 02/13/2010 Assists: 4 Andy Miele Miami vs Bowling Green 02/13/2010 Team Goals: 10 Miami vs Bowling Green 02/13/2010 Goals: 3 Chase Polacek Rensselaer vs Dartmouth 02/13/2010 Assists: 4 Cameron Burt RIT vs Army 02/13/2010 Goals: 3 Travis Vermeulen St. Lawrence vs Yale 02/19/2010 Assists: 4 Dion Knelsen Alaska vs Lake Superior 02/19/2010 Points: 7 Brian Flynn Maine vs UMass Lowell 02/19/2010 Points: 5 Gustav Nyquist Maine vs UMass Lowell 02/19/2010 Goals: 5 Brian Flynn Maine vs UMass Lowell 02/19/2010 Assists: 4 Tanner House Maine vs UMass Lowell 02/19/2010 Assists: 4 Gustav Nyquist Maine vs UMass Lowell 02/19/2010 Goals: 3 Joe Cucci Merrimack vs Massachusetts 02/19/2010 Goals: 3 Kyle MacKinnon Providence vs Boston University 02/19/2010 Saves: 51 Paul Karpowich Clarkson vs Yale 02/20/2010 Goals: 3 Brian Gibbons Boston College vs Northeastern 02/21/2010 Assists: 4 Josh Heidinger Canisius vs American Int'l 02/21/2010 Goals: 3 Andy Taranto Alaska vs Alaska Anchorage 02/26/2010 Assists: 4 Dion Knelsen Alaska vs Alaska Anchorage 02/26/2010 Saves: 58 Kevin Genoe Michigan Tech vs Wisconsin 02/26/2010 Assists: 4 Mike Hull Army vs American Int'l 02/26/2010 Points: 5 Tim Kirby Air Force vs Sacred Heart 02/27/2010 Assists: 5 Tim Kirby Air Force vs Sacred Heart 02/27/2010 Points: 5 Hunter Bishop Ohio State vs Notre Dame 03/06/2010 Goals: 3 Hunter Bishop Ohio State vs Notre Dame 03/06/2010 Assists: 4 Chris Reed Ohio State vs Notre Dame 03/06/2010 Goals: 3 Louie Caporusso Michigan vs Lake Superior 03/06/2010 Points: 5 Scott Fleming Dartmouth vs Quinnipiac 03/06/2010 Assists: 4 Scott Fleming Dartmouth vs Quinnipiac 03/06/2010 Power Play: .750 3 of 4 Dartmouth vs Quinnipiac 03/06/2010 WCHA Men’s Release/WEEkly #23/3-8-2010 2009-10 wcha players of the week 2009-10 wcha home attendance

red Baron® WCHA Offensive Player of the Week University of Alaska Anchorage Oct. 13: Brett Olson, So., F, MTU (vs N. Michigan, Lake Superior State) Sullivan Arena (6,251) Oct. 20: Justin Fontaine, Jr., F, UMD (vs MSU) Dates Total Game Average High Oct. 27: Bill Sweatt, Sr., F, CC (vs MTU) 17 56,265 3,310 4,362 Nov. 3: Tony Lucia, Sr., F, UM (vs UAA) Nov. 10: Evan Trupp, Jr., F, UND (@ MTU) Sean Wiles, Jr., F, UAA (vs DU) Colorado College Nov. 17: Justin Fontaine, Jr., F, UMD (vs MTU) Colorado Springs World Arena (7,343) Nov. 24: Joe Colborne, So., F, DU (vs UND) Dates Total Game Average High Jerad Stewart, Sr., F, MSU (@ UAA) 21 135,313 6,443 7,746$ Dec. 1: Zach Harrison, Sr., F, MSU (vs MTU) Derek Stepan, So., F, UW (@ Michigan State, Michigan) University of Denver Dec. 8: Rhett Rakhshani, Sr., F, DU (@ CC, vs CC) Magness Arena (6,026) Dec. 15: Mike Testwuide, Sr., F, CC (@ SCSU) Dates Total Game Average High Jan. 5: Rhett Rakhshani, Sr., F, DU (vs Nebraska-Omaha, Boston College) 20 111,338 5,567 6,153$ Michael Davies, Sr., F, UW (vs Merrimack, Yale) Jan. 12: Mike Connolly, So., F, UMD (vs CC) Jason Gregoire, So., F, UND (vs MSU) Michigan Tech University Jan. 19: Kevin Clark, Sr., F, UAA (@ MTU) John MacInnes Student Ice Arena (4,200) Jan. 26: Michael Davies, Sr., F, UW (vs DU) Dates Total Game Average High Feb. 2: Joe Colborne, So., F, DU (@ UND) 18 39,577 2,199 3,409 Feb. 9: Eric Kattelus, Jr., F, MTU (vs UMD) Ryan Lasch, Sr., F, SCSU (vs UAA) University of Minnesota Feb. 16: Blake Geoffrion, Sr., F, UW (vs MSU) Mariucci Arena (10,000) Chris VandeVelde, Sr., F, UND (@ SCSU) Dates Total Game Average High Feb. 23: Brett Hextall, So., F, UND (vs UMD) 20* 202,154 10,108* 10,342$ Mar. 3: Rhett Rakhshani, Sr., F, DU (@ MSU) *includes 14,422 for March 5 game at Target Center

red Baron® WCHA Defensive Player of the Week University of Minnesota Duluth Oct. 13: Kurt Davis, Jr., D, MSU (vs Bowling Green) Duluth Entertainment & Convention Center (5,303) Oct. 20: Chay Genoway, Sr., D, UND (vs UM) Dates Total Game Average High Oct. 27: Marc Cheverie, Jr., G, DU (@ UM) 20 92,163 4,608 5,396$ Nov. 3: Brendan Smith, Jr., D, UW (vs New Hampshire) Nov. 10: Alex Kangas, Jr., G, UM (@ UW) Nov. 17: Dan Dunn, Jr., G, SCSU (@ UND) Minnesota State University Nov. 24: Marc Cheverie, Jr., G, DU (vs UND) Verizon Wireless Center (4,832) Dec. 1: Brendan Smith, Jr., D, UW (@ Michigan State, Michigan) Dates Total Game Average High Dec. 8: Brendan Smith, Jr., D, UW (vs MTU) 20 77,244 3,862 5,086$ Dec. 15: Scott Gudmandson, Jr., G, UW (@ UND) Jan. 5: Patrick Wiercioch, So., D, DU (vs Nebraska-Omaha, Boston College) University of North Dakota Jan. 12: Garrett Raboin, Sr., D, SCSU (vs MTU) Ralph Engelstad Arena (11,634) Jan. 19: Alex Kangas, Jr., G, UM (vs UND) Dates Total Game Average High Jan. 26: Garrett Raboin, Sr., D, SCSU (vs UM, @ UM) 20 230,741 11,537 11,898$ Feb. 2: Marc Cheverie, Jr., G, DU (@ UND) Feb. 9: Mike Lee, Fr., G, SCSU (vs UAA) Feb. 16: Marc Cheverie, Jr., G, DU (vs UM) St. Cloud State University Feb. 23: Brad Eidsness, So., G, UND (vs UMD) National Hockey Center (5,371) Mar. 3: Brad Eidsness, So., G, UND (@ CC) Dates Total Game Average High 19 114,568 6,030$ 6,178$ red Baron® WCHA Rookie of the Week Oct. 13: Michael Cichy, Fr., F, UND (vs Merrimack) University of Wisconsin Oct. 20: Joe Howe, Fr., G, CC (@ UW) Kohl Center (15,237) Oct. 27: Rylan Schwartz, Fr., F, CC (vs MTU)\ Dates Total Game Average High Nov. 3: John Ramage, Fr., D, UW (vs New Hampshire) 19 248,777 13,094 15,237$ Nov. 10: William Rapuzzi, Fr., F, CC (vs UMD) 1 55,031 55,031 55,031 Nov. 17: Joe Howe, Fr., G, CC (@ MSU) 20* 303,808* 15,190* 55,031 Nov. 24: Mike Lee, Fr., G, SCSU (vs UW) *includes 55,031 for Feb. 6 Camp Randall Hockey Classic Dec. 1: Danny Kristo, Fr., F, UND (vs Ohio State, Miami) Dec. 8: Mike Lee, Fr., G, SCSU (@ UAA) Dec. 15: Craig Smith, Fr., G, UW (@ UND) Jan. 5: Phil Cook, Fr., G, MSU (vs Nebraska-Omaha, RIT) 2009-10 Season Totals Dates Total Game Average High Jan. 12: Corban Knight, Fr., F, UND (vs MSU) 192 1,308,140 6,813 15,327$ Jan. 19: Zach Budish, Fr., F, UM (vs UND)\ 193* 1,363,171* 7,063* 55,031 Jan. 26: David Eddy, Fr., F, SCSU (vs UM, @ UM) Feb. 2: Zach Budish, Fr., F, UM (@ UAA) $ sellout; *includes 55,031 for Feb. 6 Camp Randall Hockey Classic Feb. 9: Rylan Schwartz, Fr., F, CC (vs Air Force, Mercyhurst) Feb. 16: Corban Knight, Fr., F, UND (@ SCSU) Feb. 23: Nick Leddy, Fr., D, UM (vs CC) Mar. 3: Matt Donovan, Fr., D, DU (@ MSU) Danny Kristo, Fr., F, UND (@ CC) WCHA Men’s Release/WEEkly #23/3-8-2010 2009-10 WCHA Men’s composite schedule & results October Date Game Time Date Game Time Fri/20 Minnesota Duluth 4 @ Minnesota 3 ot (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Fri/2 SAIT Polytechnic 0 @ Alaska Anchorage 9 (Wasilla, AK) (x) 7:07 pm AT Wisconsin 1 @ St. Cloud State 4 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Sat/3 Ryerson Univ. 1 @ Michigan Tech 3 (x) 7:07 pm ET North Dakota 0 @ Denver 1 (WCHA) 7:37 pm MT Univ. of British Columbia 0 @ Minnesota Duluth 4 (x) 7:07 pm CT Robert Morris 3 @ Colorado College 4 (nc) 7:37 pm MT Univ. of Lethbridge 3 @ Minnesota State 4 ot (x) 7:07 pm CT Minnesota State 8 @ Alaska Anchorage 2 (WCHA) 7:07 pm AT Univ. of Calgary 2 @ Colorado College 4 (x) 7:07 pm MT Sat/21 Minnesota Duluth 3 @ Minnesota 2 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Sun/4 Univ. of British Columbia 1 @ Minnesota 6 (x) 4:07 pm CT Wisconsin 4 @ St. Cloud State 1 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Univ. of Lethbridge 3 @ St. Cloud State 4 (x) 5:07 pm CT North Dakota 2 @ Denver 3 (WCHA) 7:07 pm MT Univ. of Manitoba 1 @ North Dakota 7 (x) 6:07 pm CT Robert Morris 1 @ Colorado College 4 (nc) 7:07 pm MT Univ. of Calgary 2 @ Denver 3 (x) 6:07 pm MT Minnesota State 1 @ Alaska Anchorage 4 (WCHA) 7:07 pm AT Fri/9 N. Michigan 3 @ Michigan Tech 5 (Superior Cup) (nc) 7:07 pm ET Fri/27 Wisconsin 7 @ Michigan State 3 (College Hockey Showcase) (nc) 7:05 pm ET St. Cloud State 2 @ Miami 3 ot (nc) 7:35 pm ET Minnesota 0 @ Michigan 6 (College Hockey Showcase) (nc) 7:35 pm ET Lake Superior 3 @ Minnesota Duluth 4 (Superior Cup) (nc) 7:07 pm CT Michigan Tech 2 @ Minnesota State 5 (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Bowling Green 2 @ Minnesota State 3 (nc) 7:37 pm CT Subway Holiday Classic @ Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks, ND Merrimack 2 @ North Dakota 5 (nc) 7:37 pm CT Miami 2 vs Bemidji State 3 (nc) 4:07 pm CT Vermont 4 @ Denver 5 (nc) 7:37 pm MT Ohio State 1 vs North Dakota 4 (nc) 7:37 pm CT Northeastern 2 @ Colorado College 4 (nc) 7:37 pm MT St. Cloud State 3 @ Denver 5 (WCHA) 7:37 pm MT Kendall Hockey Classic @ Sullivan Arena, Anchorage, AK Alaska Anchorage 0 @ Colorado College 5 (WCHA) 7:37 pm MT Michigan 0 vs Alaska Fairbanks 2 (nc) 5:07 pm AT Sat/28 Minnesota 2 @ Michigan State 1 (College Hockey Showcase) (nc) 7:05 pm ET Mercyhurst 3 vs Alaska Anchorage 5 (nc) 8:07 pm AT Wisconsin 2 @ Michigan 3 (College Hockey Showcase) (nc) 7:35 pm ET Sat/10 St. Cloud State 0 @ Miami 2 (nc) 7:05 pm ET Michigan Tech 2 @ Minnesota State 3 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Bowling Green 1 @ Minnesota State 4 (nc) 7:07 pm CT Subway Holiday Classic @ Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks, ND Merrimack 2 @ North Dakota 3 (nc) 7:07 pm CT Ohio State 2 vs Bemidji State 1 ot (nc) 4:07 pm CT Vermont 6 @ Denver 4 (nc) 7:07 pm MT Miami 5 vs North Dakota 5 ot (nc) 7:37 pm CT Northeastern 4 @ Colorado College 3 (nc) 7:07 pm MT St. Cloud State 3 @ Denver 2 (WCHA) 7:07 pm MT Kendall Hockey Classic @ Sullivan Arena, Anchorage, AK Alaska Anchorage 3 @ Colorado College 2 ot (WCHA) 7:07 pm MT Mercyhurst 1 vs Alaska Fairbanks 5 (nc) 4:07 pm AT Michigan 6 vs Alaska Anchorage 1 (nc) 7:07 pm AT December Sun/11 Lake Superior 3 @ Michigan Tech 1 (Superior Cup) (nc) 5:07 pm ET Date Game Time N. Michigan 3 @ Minnesota Duluth 1 (Superior Cup) (nc) 7:07 pm CT Fri/4 Michigan Tech 2 @ Wisconsin 8 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Thur/15 Denver 2 @ Ohio State 0 (nc) 7:05 pm ET North Dakota 4 @ Minnesota Duluth 2 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Fri/16 Denver 0 @ Ohio State 4 (nc) (Nationwide Arena) 7:05 pm ET Minnesota State 3 @ Minnesota 1 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Colorado College 3 @ Wisconsin 2 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Denver 2 @ Colorado College 1 (WCHA) 7:37 pm MT Minnesota State 2 @ Minnesota Duluth 5 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT St. Cloud State 3 @ Alaska Anchorage 1 (WCHA) 7:07 pm AT Union College 3 @ St. Cloud State 3 ot (nc) 7:07 pm CT Sat/5 Michigan Tech 0 @ Wisconsin 6 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Minnesota 0 @ North Dakota 4 (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT North Dakota 2 @ Minnesota Duluth 3 ot (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Brice Alaska Goal Rush Tournament @ Fairbanks, AK Minnesota 6 @ Minnesota State 2 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Rensselaer 0 vs Alaska Anchorage 3 (nc) 4:35 pm AT Colorado College 4 @ Denver 4 ot (WCHA) 7:07 pm MT Robert Morris 2 vs Alaska Fairbanks 4 (nc) 7:35 pm AT St. Cloud State 3 @ Alaska Anchorage 2 (WCHA) 7:07 pm AT Sat/17 Colorado College 1 @ Wisconsin 1 ot (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Fri/11 Minnesota 3 @ Michigan Tech 2 (WCHA) 7:07 pm ET Minnesota State 2 @ Minnesota Duluth 3 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Denver 3 @ Minnesota Duluth 2 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Union College 1 @ St. Cloud State 3 (nc) 5:07 pm CT Colorado College 4 @ St. Cloud State 4 ot (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Minnesota 3 @ North Dakota 3 ot (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Wisconsin 3 @ North Dakota 3 ot (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Brice Alaska Goal Rush Tournament @ Fairbanks, AK Minnesota State 5 @ Bemidji State 1 (nc) 7:35 pm CT Robert Morris 5 vs Alaska Anchorage 3 (nc) 4:35 pm AT Sat/12 Minnesota 3 @ Michigan Tech 2 (WCHA) 7:07 pm ET Rensselaer 1 vs Alaska Fairbanks 1 ot (nc) 7:35 pm AT Denver 3 @ Minnesota Duluth 6 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Fri/23 Denver 3 @ Minnesota 0 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Colorado College 4 @ St. Cloud State 1 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Minnesota Duluth 3 @ St. Cloud State 3 ot (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Wisconsin 4 @ North Dakota 3 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Wisconsin 6 @ Minnesota State 0 (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Minnesota State 3 @ Bemidji State 2 (nc) 7:05 pm CT Michigan Tech 1 @ Colorado College 4 (WCHA) 7:37 pm MT Fri/18 Michigan Tech 1 @ Northern Michigan 2 (nc) 7:35 pm ET North Dakota 5 @ Alaska Anchorage 0 (WCHA) 7:07 pm AT Nebraska Omaha 1 @ Minnesota State 1 ot (nc) 7:37 pm CT Sat/24 Denver 3 @ Minnesota 0 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Sat/19 U.S. Under-20 Team 4 @ North Dakota 2 (x) 7:07 pm CT Minnesota Duluth 2 @ St. Cloud State 4 (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Minnesota State 1 @ Nebraska Omaha 2 ot (nc) 7:05 pm CT Wisconsin 2 @ Minnesota State 3 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Tue/29 Great Lakes Invitational @ Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI Michigan Tech 5 @ Colorado College 8 (WCHA) 7:07 pm MT Rensselaer 4 vs Michigan 3 (nc) 4:05 pm ET North Dakota 1 @ Alaska Anchorage 2 (WCHA) 7:07 pm AT Michigan State 10 vs Michigan Tech 1 (nc) 7:35 pm ET Fri/30 St. Cloud State 1 @ Michigan Tech 3 (WCHA) 7:07 pm ET Florida College Hockey Classic @ Germain Arena, Estero, FL New Hampshire 1 @ Wisconsin 4 (nc) 7:07 pm CT Maine 6 vs Princeton 6 ot (nc) 4:05 pm ET Clarkson 1 @ Minnesota Duluth 4 (nc) 7:07 pm CT Colorado College 4 vs Cornell 2 (nc) 7:35 pm ET Alaska Anchorage 1 @ Minnesota 5 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Wed/30 Great Lakes Invitational @ Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI Minnesota State 3 @ Denver 4 (WCHA) 7:37 pm MT Michigan 5 vs Michigan Tech 3 (3rd Place Game) (nc) 4:05 pm ET Sat/31 St. Cloud State 3 @ Michigan Tech 1 (WCHA) 7:07 pm ET Rensselaer 1 vs Michigan State 6 (championship game) (nc) 7:35 pm ET New Hampshire 1 @ Wisconsin 6 (nc) 7:07 pm CT Florida College Hockey Classic @ Germain Arena, Estero, FL Clarkson 2 @ Minnesota Duluth 4 (nc) 7:07 pm CT Cornell 2 vs Princeton 3 (3rd place game) (nc) 4:05 pm ET Minnesota State 4 @ Denver 4 ot (WCHA) 7:07 pm MT Maine 3 vs Colorado College 2 (championship game) (nc) 7:35 pm ET

November January Date Game Time Date Game Time Sun/1 Alaska Anchorage 1 @ Minnesota 4 (WCHA) 6:07 pm CT Fri/1 RIT 1 @ Minnesota State 6 (nc) 7:37 pm CT Fri/6 North Dakota 4 @ Michigan Tech 2 (WCHA) 7:07 pm ET Wells Fargo Denver Cup @ Magness Arena, Denver, CO Minnesota 2 @ Wisconsin 4 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT St. Lawrence 5 vs Boston College 2 (nc) 4:37 pm MT Minnesota Duluth 4 @ Colorado College 3 (WCHA) 7:37 pm MT Nebraska Omaha 0 vs Denver 7 (nc) 7:37 pm MT Denver 3 @ Alaska Anchorage 2 (WCHA) 7:07 pm AT Sat/2 Shillelagh College Hockey Tournament @ Sat/7 North Dakota 4 @ Michigan Tech 1 (WCHA) 7:37 pm ET Sears Centre Arena, Hoffman Estates, IL Minnesota 5 @ Wisconsin 2 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Niagara 1 vs North Dakota 3 (nc) 3:05 pm CT Minnesota Duluth 2 @ Colorado College 6 (WCHA) 7:07 pm MT Colgate 2 vs Notre Dame 5 (nc) 6:05 pm CT Denver 3 @ Alaska Anchorage 7 (WCHA) 7:07 pm AT Sheraton/TD Banknorth Catamount Cup @ Fri/13 Alaska Anchorage 1 @ Wisconsin 5 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Gutterson Fieldhouse, Burlington, VT Michigan Tech 3 @ Minnesota Duluth 2 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Mercyhust 0 vs Minnesota Duluth 6 (nc) 4:00 pm ET Colorado College 1 @ Minnesota State 0 ot (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Alabama-Huntsville 3 vs Vermont 4 (nc) 7:00 pm ET St. Cloud State 2 @ North Dakota 4 (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Badger Hockey Showdown @ Kohl Center, Madison, WI Sat/14 Alaska Anchorage 2 @ Wisconsin 6 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Ferris State 1 vs Yale 6 (nc) 4:07 pm CT Michigan Tech 1 @ Minnesota Duluth 8 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Merrimack 4 vs Wisconsin 5 (nc) 7:07 pm CT Bemidji State 1 @ Minnesota 4 (nc) 7:37 pm CT Dodge Holiday Classic @ Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis, MN Colorado College 3 @ Minnesota State 2 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Clarkson 0 vs Northern Michigan 4 (nc) 4:07 pm CT St. Cloud State 3 @ North Dakota 2 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Bowling Green 1 vs Minnesota 3 (nc) 7:07 pm CT Sun/15 Bemidji State 6 @ Minnesota 2 (nc) 6:07 pm CT Brown 1 @ St. Cloud State 5 (nc) 6:07 pm CT RIT 0 @ Minnesota State 3 (nc) 7:07 pm CT Wells Fargo Denver Cup @ Magness Arena, Denver, CO Nebraska Omaha 2 vs St. Lawrence 2 ot (nc) 4:07 pm MT Boston College 3 vs Denver 4 (nc) 7:07 pm MT WCHA Men’s Release/WEEkly #23/3-8-2010 Date Game Time 2009-10 WCHA Men’s composite schedule con’t Sat/27 Wisconsin 5 @ Michigan Tech 2 (WCHA) 7:07 pm ET Minnesota 0 @ Minnesota Duluth 3 (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Date Game Time Denver 4 @ Minnesota State 3 ot (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Sun/3 Shillelagh College Hockey Tournament @ North Dakota 3 @ Colorado College 2 (WCHA) 7:07 pm MT Sears Centre Arena, Hoffman Estates, IL Alaska Anchorage 2 @ Alaska Fairbanks 3 (nc) 7:05 pm AT Colgate 2 vs Niagara 5 (nc) 2:05 pm CT North Dakota 3 vs Notre Dame 3 ot (nc) 5:05 pm CT Sheraton/TD Banknorth Catamount Cup @ March Gutterson Fieldhouse, Burlington, VT Date Game Time Mercyhurst 1 vs Alabama-Huntsville 4 (3rd place game) (nc) 4:00 pm ET Fri/5 Wisconsin 3 @ Minnesota 2 (Target Center, Minneapolis) (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Minnesota Duluth 2 vs Vermont 5 (championship game) (nc) 7:00 pm ET St. Cloud State 2 @ Minnesota State 4 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Badger Hockey Showdown @ Kohl Center, Madison, WI Michigan Tech 1 @ North Dakota 5 (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Merrimack 1 vs Ferris State 5 (3rd place game) (nc) 4:07 pm CT Colorado College 2 @ Denver 1 (WCHA) 7:37 pm MT Yale 2 vs Wisconsin 2 ot (championship game) (nc) 7:07 pm CT Minnesota Duluth 2 @ Alaska Anchorage 3 (WCHA) 7:07 pm AT Dodge Holiday Classic @ Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis, MN Sat/6 Minnesota State 2 @ St. Cloud State 2 ot (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Clarkson 3 vs Bowling Green 4 (3rd place game) (nc) 4:07 pm CT Michigan Tech 2 @ North Dakota 3 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Northern Michigan 4 vs Minnesota 2 (championship game) (nc) 7:07 pm CT Denver 7 @ Colorado College 3 (WCHA) 7:07 pm MT Brown 3 @ St. Cloud State 5 (nc) 6:07 pm CT Minnesota Duluth 6 @ Alaska Anchorage 3 (WCHA) 7:07 pm AT Fri/8 Colorado College 2 @ Minnesota Duluth 5 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Sun/7 Wisconsin 1 @ Minnesota 6 (WCHA) 1:07 pm CT Harvard 2 @ Minnesota 5 (nc) 7:07 pm CT Michigan Tech 2 @ St. Cloud State 4 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT • end of regular season • Minnesota State 1 @ North Dakota 4 (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Alaska Anchorage 1 @ Denver 1 ot (WCHA) 7:37 pm MT Fri/12 2010 WCHA Playoffs • 1st Round • Best-of-Three Sat/9 Colorado College 1 @ Minnesota Duluth 4 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT #10 Michigan Tech @ #1 Denver 7:37 pm MT Harvard 1 @ Minnesota 3 (nc) 7:07 pm CT #9 Alaska Anchorage @ #2 Wisconsin 7:07 pm CT Michigan Tech 1 @ St. Cloud State 5 (WCHA) 5:07 pm CT #8 Minnesota State @ #3 St. Cloud State 7:07 pm CT Minnesota State 2 @ North Dakota 3 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT #7 Minnesota @ #4 North Dakota 7:37 pm CT Alaska Anchorage 2 @ Denver 3 (WCHA) 7:07 pm MT #6 Colorado College @ #5 Minnesota Duluth 7:07 pm CT U.S. Under-18 Team 1 @ Wisconsin 7 (x) 7:37 pm CT Sat/13 2010 WCHA Playoffs • 1st Round • Best-of-Three Tue/12 Northern Michigan 1 @ Michigan Tech 1 ot (nc) 7:07 pm ET #10 Michigan Tech @ #1 Denver 7:07 pm MT Fri/15 St. Cloud State 3 @ Quinnipiac 1 (nc) 7:00 pm ET #9 Alaska Anchorage @ #2 Wisconsin 7:07 pm CT Alaska Anchorage 6 @ Michigan Tech 2 (WCHA) 7:07 pm ET #8 Minnesota State @ #3 St. Cloud State 7:07 pm CT North Dakota 3 @ Minnesota 3 ot (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT #7 Minnesota @ #4 North Dakota 7:07 pm CT Minnesota Duluth 2 @ Minnesota State 1 (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT #6 Colorado College @ #5 Minnesota Duluth 7:07 pm CT Wisconsin 4 @ Colorado College 0 (WCHA) 7:37 pm MT Sun/14 2010 WCHA Playoffs • 1st Round • Best-of-Three (if necessary) Sat/16 St. Cloud State 3 @ Quinnipiac 2 (nc) 7:00 pm ET #10 Michigan Tech @ #1 Denver 7:07 pm MT Alaska Anchorage 5 @ Michigan Tech 4 (WCHA) 5:07 pm ET #9 Alaska Anchorage @ #2 Wisconsin 7:07 pm CT North Dakota 1 @ Minnesota 5 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT #8 Minnesota State @ #3 St. Cloud State 7:07 pm CT Minnesota Duluth 4 @ Minnesota State 3 ot (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT #7 Minnesota @ #4 North Dakota 7:07 pm CT Wisconsin 5 @ Colorado College 6 (WCHA) 7:07 pm MT #6 Colorado College @ #5 Minnesota Duluth 7:07 pm CT Fri/22 North Dakota 0 @ Cornell 1 (nc) 7:00 pm ET Thu/18 2010 Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five @ Denver 3 @ Wisconsin 3 ot (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, MN Minnesota 3 @ St. Cloud State 4 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT No. 5 vs No. 4 7:07 pm CT Minnesota Duluth 1 @ Bemidji State 4 (nc) 7:35 pm CT Fri/19 2010 Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five @ Colorado College 6 @ Alaska Anchorage 1 (WCHA) 7:07 pm AT Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, MN Sat/23 North Dakota 3 @ Cornell 1 (nc) 7:00 pm ET Semi-Final #1 2:07 pm CT Denver 3 @ Wisconsin 4 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Semi-Final #2 7:07 pm CT St. Cloud State 4 @ Minnesota 1 (WCHA) 5:07 pm CT Sat/20 2010 Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five @ Bemidji State 5 @ Minnesota Duluth 4 ot (nc) 7:07 pm CT Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, MN Colorado College 1 @ Alaska Anchorage 1 (WCHA) 7:07 pm AT Third Place Game 2:07 pm CT Fri/29 Minnesota State 1 @ Michigan Tech 4 (WCHA) 7:07 pm ET Broadmoor Trophy Championship Game 7:07 pm CT Wisconsin 5 @ Minnesota Duluth 2 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Fri/26 2010 NCAA East Regional @ Times Union Center, Albany, NY Denver 2 @ North Dakota 0 (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT (Rensselaer & ECAC Hockey hosts) St. Cloud State 5 @ Colorado College 4 (WCHA) 7:37 pm MT Semi-Final #1 3:00 pm ET Minnesota 7 @ Alaska Anchorage 4 (WCHA) 7:07 pm AT Semi-Final #2 6:30 pm ET Sat/30 Minnesota State 3 @ Michigan Tech 2 (WCHA) 5:07 pm ET 2010 NCAA West Regional @ Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN Wisconsin 0 @ Minnesota Duluth 4 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT (Univ. of Minnesota host) Denver 4 @ North Dakota 2 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Semi-Final #1 4:30 pm CT St. Cloud State 5 @ Colorado College 4 (WCHA) 7:07 pm MT Semi-Final #2 8:00 pm CT Minnesota 1 @ Alaska Anchorage 2 (WCHA) 7:07 pm AT Sat/27 2010 NCAA East Regional @ Times Union Center, Albany, NY Championship Game 6:30 pm ET 2010 NCAA West Regional @ Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN February Championship Game 8:00 pm CT Date Game Time 2010 NCAA Northeast Regional @ DCU Center, Worcester, MA Fri/5 Minnesota Duluth 1 @ Michigan Tech 3 (Winter Carnival) (WCHA) 7:07 pm ET (College of the Holy Cross host) Alaska Anchorage 4 @ St. Cloud State 4 ot (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Semi-Final #1 1:30 pm ET Mercyhurst 1 @ Denver 4 (nc) 7:37 pm MT Semi-Final #2 5:00 pm ET Air Force Academy 0 @ Colorado College 2 (nc) 7:37 pm MT 2010 NCAA Midwest Regional @ Allen County War Memorial Sat/6 Minnesota Duluth 3 @ Michigan Tech 2 (Winter Carnival) (WCHA) 5:07 pm ET Coliseum, Fort Wayne, IN (Univ. of Notre Dame host) Michigan 2 @ Wisconsin 3 @ Culver’s Camp Randall Hockey Classic/ 5:07 pm CT Semi-Final #1 4:00 pm ET U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game, Camp Randall Stadium (nc) Semi-Final #2 7:30 pm ET Alaska Anchorage 0 @ St. Cloud State 6 (WCHA) 5:07 pm CT Sun/28 NCAA Northeast Regional @ DCU Center, Worcester, MA Denver 2 @ Air Force Academy 1 ot (nc) 7:05 pm MT Championship Game 5:30 pm ET Mercyhurst 3 @ Colorado College 5 (nc) 7:07 pm MT NCAA Midwest Regional @ Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, Fri/12 Minnesota State 3 @ Wisconsin 4 (WCHA) 8:07 pm CT Fort Wayne, IN North Dakota 3 @ St. Cloud State 4 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Championship Game 8:00 pm ET Minnesota 1 @ Denver 3 (WCHA) 7:37 pm MT Sat/13 Minnesota State 4 @ Wisconsin 8 (WCHA) 8:07 pm CT North Dakota 8 @ St. Cloud State 1 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT April Minnesota 1 @ Denver 5 (WCHA) 7:07 pm MT Fri/19 St. Cloud State 5 @ Wisconsin 1 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Date Game Time Colorado College 0 @ Minnesota 3 (WCHA) 6:07 pm CT Thu/8 2010 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four @ Ford Field, Detroit, MI Alaska Anchorage 2 @ Minnesota State 5 (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT (CCHA & Detroit Metro Sports Commission hosts) Minnesota Duluth 2 @ North Dakota 5 (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Semi-Final #1 TBA pm CT Michigan Tech 2 @ Denver 5 (WCHA) 7:37 pm MT Semi-Final #2 TBA pm CT Sat/20 St. Cloud State 4 @ Wisconsin 7 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Sat/10 2010 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four @ Ford Field, Detroit, MI Colorado College 4 @ Minnesota 7 (WCHA) 3:07 pm CT National Championship Game TBA pm CT Alaska Anchorage 3 @ Minnesota State 4 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Minnesota Duluth 1 @ North Dakota 5 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Schedule Key Association-member home games faceoff at either :07 or :37 after the hour; (WCHA) conference game; Michigan Tech 3 @ Denver 5 (WCHA) 7:07 pm MT (nc) non-conference game; (x) exhibition game; tournaments/special events in bold Fri/26 Wisconsin 5 @ Michigan Tech 2 (WCHA) 7:07 pm ET Minnesota 3 @ Minnesota Duluth 2 (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Denver 3 @ Minnesota State 1 (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT North Dakota 3 @ Colorado College 2 ot (WCHA) 7:37 pm MT Alaska Fairbanks 7 @ Alaska Anchorage 4 (nc) 7:07 pm AT