2009-10 Regular Season Gets Underway Friday in Women's Wcha; Uw Hosts Und in First League Series ™
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WCHA ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE Bruce M. McLeod Commissioner Carol LaBelle-Ehrhardt Assistant Commissioner of Operations Greg Shepherd Supervisor of Officials Mailing Address Western Collegiate Hockey Association 2211 S. Josephine Street, Room 302, ™ Denver, CO 80210 p: 303 871-4223. f: 303 871-4770. [email protected] September 29, 2009/For Immediate Release WCHA WOMEN’S OFFICE; WCHA 2009-10 REGULAR SEASON GETS UNDERWAY FRIDAY IN PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE Sara R. Martin Associate Commissioner WOMEN’S WCHA; UW HOSTS UND IN FIRST LEAGUE SERIES p: 608 829-0104. f: 608 829-0105. DEFENDING NATIONAL chAMPION WISCONSIN HOSTS NORTH DAKOTA IN LEAGUE OPENER; [email protected] DEFENDING WCHA CHAMPION MINNESOTA HOSTS SYRACUSE; UMD ENTERTAINS ROBERT MOrrIS; ST. Doug Spencer Associate Commissioner CLOUD PLAYS NIAGARA; OhIO STATE AND BEMIDJI STATE HEAD EAST FOR ROAD SERIES for Public Relations p: 608 829-0100. f: 608 829-0200. MADISON, Wis. – The Western Collegiate Hockey Association, established as the premier collegiate women’s [email protected] college hockey conference in the country, opens its 11th campaign of regular season action this week, the Bill Brophy weekend of Oct. 2-4. Defending national champion Wisconsin will launch this season’s (2009-10) 112-game Women’s Public Relations Director league slate at home at the Kohl Center in Madison against North Dakota. p: 608-277-0282. In non-conference play this week, Minnesota plays host to Syracuse, Bemidji State travels to Mercyhurst, [email protected] Minnesota Duluth hosts Robert Morris, Ohio State heads to Boston University, and St. Cloud State entertains Mailing Address Niagara. Minnesota State, Mankato, meanwhile, will host an exhibition matchup with the Minnesota Whitecaps Western Collegiate Hockey Association on Friday. 559 D’Onofrio Drive, Suite 103 Madison, WI 53719-2096 Other 2009-10 conference openers, by team, are: Bemidji State (Oct. 10-11 vs Wisconsin), defending WCHA champion Minnesota (Oct. 9-10 at Ohio State), Minnesota Duluth (Oct. 10-11 vs St. Cloud State), Minnesota WchA WOMEN’S LEAGUE State (Oct. 17-18 at North Dakota), Ohio State (Oct. 9-10 vs Minnesota), and St. Cloud State (Oct. 10-11 at Bemidji State University Minnesota Duluth). University of Minnesota Since the inception of the NCAA Women’s Frozen Four in 2001, three different WCHA teams have won the University of Minnesota Duluth national championship. The Badgers extended the string and kept the WCHA’s national title streak alive in Minnesota State University 2008-09 when they won their third national title by defeating Mercyhust, 4-0, in Boston in the NCAA title game University of North Dakota last March. The victory capped a memorable season for the WCHA, which placed three teams in the Frozen Ohio State University Four including league champion Minnesota, traditional power Minnesota Duluth and Wisconsin, which also St. Cloud State University University of Wisconsin con’t HOME OF A RECORD 10 CONSECUTIVE NATIONAL FINAL 2008-09 WCHA STANDINGS CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS Conference Only • Final Overall 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, Pts GP W L T SW Win% GF- GA GP Record Win% GF- GA 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 1 Minnesota$ 51 28 23- 2- 3 2 .875 143- 42 40 32- 5- 3 .838 198- 69 2010 WCHA FINAL FACE-OFF 2 Wisconsin#! 50 28 21- 2- 5 3 .839 133- 42 41 34- 2- 5 .890 207- 53 3 Minnesota Duluth 41 28 18- 6- 4 1 .714 109- 52 39 26- 9- 4 .718 150- 70 March 6-7 • Ridder Arena Minneapolis, MN 4 St. Cloud State 27 28 11-14- 3 2 .446 63- 91 37 15-18- 4 .459 85-105 5 Minnesota State 21 28 7-16- 5 2 .339 74-122 36 12-19- 5 .403 95-141 visit us on the web at: North Dakota 21 28 9-16- 3 0 .375 62- 95 36 13-19- 4 .417 84-118 7 Ohio State 16 28 6-20- 2 2 .250 66-135 36 8-25- 3 .264 82-166 WchA.COM 8 Bemidji State 11 28 3-22- 3 2 .161 38-109 36 6-25- 5 .236 51-125 $ WCHA regular season champ; # WCHA FINAL FACE-OFF champ; ! NCAA champ; (shootout win = 1 additional point) THIS WEEK IN THE WchA Games for Friday, Oct. 2: Robert Morris at Minnesota Duluth, 6:07 pm CT (nc); Syracuse at Minnesota, 6:07 pm CT (nc); Bemidji State at Mercyhurst, 7:00 pm ET (nc); Ohio State at Boston University, 7:00 pm ET (nc); Niagara at St. Cloud State, 7:07 pm CT (nc); North Dakota at Wisconsin, 7:07 pm CT (WCHA); Minnesota Whitecaps at Minnesota State, 7:37 pm CT (x). Games for Saturday, Oct. 3: Bemidji State at Mercyhurst, 2:00 pm ET (nc); Ohio State at Boston University, 3:00 pm ET (nc); Robert Morris at Minnesota Duluth, 3:07 pm CT (nc); Niagara at St. Cloud State, 4:07 pm CT (nc); North Dakota at Wisconsin, 7:07 pm CT (WCHA). Games for Sunday, Oct. 4: Syracuse at Minnesota, 2:07 pm CT (nc). 2009-10 WchA WOMEN’S RELEASE/NO. 2/9-29-2009 won the WCHA FINAL FACE-OFF, the league playoff championship. Team USA; Noora Raty, D, Team Finland; Mira Jalosuo, D, Team Finland. Last season’s success marked the 10th straight national championship Minnesota Duluth (13 players): Haley Irwin, F, Team Canada; Jocelyne won by a WCHA-member institution. Minnesota Duluth won the first Larocque, D, Team Canada; A - Caroline Ouellette, F, Team Canada; A three NCAA titles in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2008. The Badgers have won - Jenny Potter, F, Team USA; Kim Martin, G, Team Sweden; Elin Holmlov, national crowns in 2006, 2007 in addition to last season. Minnesota F, Team Sweden; Jenni Asserholt, D, Team Sweden; Pernilla Winberg, F, took home the titles in 2004 and 2005, and the Golden Gophers also Team Sweden; A - Maria Rooth, F, Team Sweden; A- Erika Holst, F, Team won the 2000 AWCHA Div. 1 national collegiate championship, prior to Sweden; Saara Tuominen, F, Team Finland; Maria Posa, D, Team Finland; the inception of the NCAA tournament, giving the league nine straight A - Heidi Pelttari, F, Team Finland. national championships in nine years. Minnesota State, Mankato (1 player): Emilia Andersson, D, Sweden. Since this season will be contested during an Olympic year, the race North Dakota (2 players): Monique Lamoureux, F, Team USA; Jocelyne for the league title may be more wide open than ever. There are two new Lamoureux, F, Team USA. coaches – Eric Means moves from being a men’s assistant at Minnesota Ohio State (4 players): A - Emma Laaksonen, D, Team Finland; A - Tessa State, Mankato to leading the Mavericks’ women and Tracey DeKeyser Bonhomme, D, Team Canada; A - Lisa Chesson (2005-08), D, Team USA; takes over at Wisconsin for Mark Johnson, who is taking a sabbatical to Minttu Tuominen, F, Team Finland. coach the U.S. Women’s Olympic Hockey Team. Wisconsin (10 players): A - Jessie Vetter, G, Team USA; A - Erika Lawler, The battle for the 2008-09 WCHA regular season championship will F, Team USA; Meghan Duggan, F, Team USA; Hilary Knight, F, Team USA; A again consist of a 28-game schedule for each of the league’s eight clubs, - Angie Keseley, F, Team USA; A - Molly Engstrom, D, Team USA; A - Kerry with each team playing the other seven four times – twice at home and Weiland, D, Team USA; A - Jinelle Zaugg-Siergiej, F, Team USA; A -Carla twice on the road. During the course of the season, there will be a total MacLeod, D, Team Canada; A - Meaghan Mikkelson, D, Team Canada. of eight weekends that will consist of all eight member teams engaged in WCHA play. They are Oct. 16-18, Dec. 11-13, Jan. 15-17, Jan. 22-23, Jan. 29-31, Feb. 5-8, Feb. 12-13 and Feb. 19-20. The league schedule concludes WCHA ALL-STARS FALL TO TEAM USA SEPT. 25 Feb. 20. BEFORE 4,284 AT XCEL ENERGY CENTER IN ST. PAUL The WCHA family will watch the 2010 Winter Olympics with great FOUR GOALS IN FIRST PERIOD POWER U.S. WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM pride, knowing that many familiar faces will dot various Olympic team rosters. There are 17 underclassmen among the 36 former WCHA stars ST. PAUL, Minn. – Team USA got goals from six different players, jumped who are on national team rosters as of Sept. 25. Here is the list of WCHA on the Western Collegiate Hockey Association All-Stars with four goals in players, underclassmen and alums, who hope to play in Vancouver in the first 10:43 of action and cruised to a 6-1 victory in the opening game the Winter Games in February. (Note: Team Finland and Team Slovakia of their 10-game pre-Olympic domestic tour Friday (Sept. 25) night before are not centralized so its members will play in the WCHA until January.) 4,284 fans at the Xcel Energy Center. (A- denotes alum): Caitlin Cahow and Monique Lamoureux each had a goal and an assist Bemidji State (1 player): Zuzana Tomcikova, G, Team Slovakia. for Team USA and Natalie Darwitz, a two-time Olympian, had two assists. Minnesota (6 players): A - Natalie Darwitz, F, Team USA; A - Rachael Team USA outshot the collegians, 46-15, and went three-for-four on the Drazen, D, Team USA; A - Gigi Marvin, F, Team USA; A - Jenny Potter, F, power-play. St. Cloud State’s Holly Roberts had the goal for the WCHA 2009-10 WCHA ALL-STAR TEAM Numerical Roster: 4 – Brittany Haverstock, D, Wisconsin; 5 – Natalie Spooner, F, Ohio State; 6 – Holly Roberts, F, St.