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2018-19 NCHC WEEKLY RELEASE National Collegiate Hockey Conference 1631 Mesa Avenue, Suite C Colorado Springs, CO 80906 Phone: 719-203-6818 Week of Oct. 1-7, 2018 Fax: 719-645-8206 Volume 6, Issue 1 www.NCHCHockey.com Michael Weisman • O: 719-694-9924 • C: 513-310-4869 • [email protected] • @TheNCHC 2018-19 NCHC StaNdiNgS Conference Overall Pts. GP W L T 3/SW Win Pct. GF GA GP W L T Win Pct. GF GA 1. Colorado College 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Denver 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Miami 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Minnesota Duluth 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 North Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Omaha 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 St. Cloud State 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Western Michigan 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Teams are awarded three points for each conference win in regulation or 5-on-5 overtime, and one point for a 5-on-5 overtime tie. Conference games still tied after a five-minute 5-on-5 overtime advance to a five-minute 3-on-3 overtime (and sudden victory shootout if still tied) with the team that wins the second overtime/shootout receiving an extra point in the standings (3/SW in the standings), making all games worth three (3) points. The 3-on-3 overtime and shootouts only affect conference standings, while the game is officially a tie for NCAA purposes. NCHC FaCts aNd Figures UpComiNg gameS • The NCHC drops the puck on its sixth season of competition this Saturday, Oct. 6 weekend with all eight NCHC teams in action Three teams face non- Lethbridge at No. 19 Western Michigan, 7:00 p.m. ET (exh.) conference opponents in a two-game series to begin the regular season, Alabama-Huntsville at Miami, 7:05 p.m. ET while the other five NCHC teams host exhibition games Saturday or No. 13/13 Minnesota at No. 1/1 Minnesota Duluth, 7:07 p.m. CT Sunday. Miami and Colorado College open with WCHA opponents, while Manitoba at No. 11/12 North Dakota, 7:07 p.m. CT (exh.) Minnesota Duluth faces rival Minnesota in a home-and-home top-15 Alberta at No. 9/11 Denver, 7:07 p.m. MT (exh.) series. NCHC teams went 47-22-15 (.649) in regular-season non- Colorado College at Alaska Anchorage, 7:00 p.m. AT conference action last year, which was second behind only the Big Ten, including 7-4-2 vs. Big Ten foes and 15-5-5 against the WCHA. (page 9) Sunday, Oct. 7 • Four NCHC teams are ranked in the top 12 of both national preseason polls, while five NCHC teams are ranked in the USCHO.com Poll and the Alabama-Huntsville at Miami, 3:00 p.m. ET other three NCHC teams are receiving votes. Defending national champion Mount Royal at No. 6/4 St. Cloud State, 5:00 p.m. CT (exh.) Minnesota Duluth is No. 1 in both polls. With UMD in the top spot, there Manitoba at Omaha, 5:07 p.m. CT (exh.) have only been eight weeks since the start of the 2016-17 season that No. 1/1 Minnesota Duluth at No. 13/13 Minnesota, 7:00 p.m. CT an NCHC team has not been No. 1 in the USCHO Poll. Half of the NCHC TV: FOX Sports North teams have held the No. 1 spot during that span (SCSU, DU, UND and Colorado College at Alaska Anchorage, 5:00 p.m. AT UMD), while only four other NCAA teams have total (Boston University, exh. = Exhibition game Penn State, Notre Dame and Cornell). St. Cloud State, North Dakota and Denver all sit in the top 12 of both polls, while Western Michigan is No. 19 in the USCHO Poll. (page 9) NCHC.tv • After having one new head coach in the NCHC last season (Omaha’s Returning for a fifth season in 2018-19 is the conference’s digital Mike Gabinet), the NCHC features two new head coaches this season in network, NCHC.tv. Fans have access to on-demand video content for Denver’s David Carle and SCSU’s Brett Larson. Carle, 28, replaces Jim free and can subscribe to watch most NCHC games live. New for this Montgomery, now the head coach of the Dallas Stars, and is the youngest season, NCHC.tv is now available on Amazon FireTV. head coach in Division I men’s hockey after five seasons as an assistant at DU. Larson replaces Bob Motzko, who left for Minnesota, after helping Upcoming Games on NCHC.tv UMD win the 2018 national championship as an assistant coach. Saturday, Oct. 6 • The NCHC led all conferences with five players named to College Lethbridge at No. 19 Western Michigan, 7:00 p.m. ET (exh.) Hockey News’ Preseason All-CHN Teams. Colorado College junior forward Alabama-Huntsville at Miami, 7:05 p.m. ET Nick Halloran and UMD sophomore defenseman Scott Perunovich, who No. 13/13 Minnesota at No. 1/1 Minnesota Duluth, 7:07 p.m. CT led NCAA rookie blue liners with both 11 goals and 36 points last year, Manitoba at No. 11/12 North Dakota, 7:07 p.m. CT (exh.) were named to the First Team. WMU junior forward Wade Allison, who Alberta at No. 9/11 Denver, 7:07 p.m. MT (exh.) missed half of last season with an injury, earned Second-Team honors, while UND defenseman Jacob Bernard-Docker and Denver goaltender Filip Sunday, Oct. 7 Larsson were tabbed to the All-Rookie Team. (page 8) Alabama-Huntsville at Miami, 3:00 p.m. ET • The NCHC returns three AHCA All-Americans from last season in Mount Royal at No. 6/4 St. Cloud State, 5:00 p.m. CT (exh.) Perunovich, SCSU senior defenseman Jimmy Schuldt, both of whom were Manitoba at Omaha, 5:07 p.m. CT (exh.) First-Teamers, and Halloran, who landed on the Second Team. 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