2020-21 Nchc Weekly Release
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2020-21 NCHC WEEKLY RELEASE National Collegiate Hockey Conference 1631 Mesa Avenue, Suite C Colorado Springs, CO 80906 Phone: 719-203-6818 Week of February 1-7, 2021 Fax: 719-645-8206 Season 8, Week 9 www.NCHCHockey.com Michael Weisman • O: 719-694-9924 • C: 513-310-4869 • [email protected] • @TheNCHC 2020-21 NCHC STANDINGS Conference Overall Pts. GP W L T OW OL SW Win % GF GA GP W L T Win % GF GA 1. North Dakota 38 18 13 4 1 2 0 0 .750 69 38 18 13 4 1 .750 69 38 2. St. Cloud State 33 17 11 6 0 2 2 0 .647 54 45 17 11 6 0 .647 54 45 Minnesota Duluth 33 17 10 5 2 1 1 1 .647 51 37 17 10 5 2 .647 51 37 4. Omaha 30 16 10 5 1 2 0 1 .656 56 42 16 10 5 1 .656 56 42 5. Denver 21 16 6 9 1 0 1 1 .406 43 45 16 6 9 1 .406 43 45 6. Western Michigan 19 18 5 10 3 0 0 1 .361 50 70 18 5 10 3 .361 50 70 7. Colorado College 15 16 3 11 2 0 2 2 .250 29 53 16 3 11 2 .250 29 53 Miami 15 18 4 12 2 0 1 0 .278 35 57 18 4 12 2 .278 35 57 Teams are awarded three (3) points for each conference win in regulation, two (2) points for an overtime or shootout win, and one (1) point for an overtime or shootout loss. Overtime wins and losses appear in both the W and L columns, as well as the OTW and OTL columns in a team’s conference record. Shootouts will only occur if a conference game remains tied after the lone overtime, which is now 3-on-3, with the shootout winner earning two points and the loser getting one point, the same as an overtime win and loss. THIS WEEK’S GAMES NCHC NEWS & NOTES RUNNING IT BACK: All three NCHC series this weekend are rematches Friday, Feb. 5 from January, but only one is a rematch from last weekend. Miami and *Miami at No. 5/6 Minnesota Duluth, 6:07 p.m. CT No. 5/6 Minnesota Duluth both make the trek from Oxford to Duluth to *Western Michigan at No. 4/5 St. Cloud State, 7:37 p.m. CT meet again Friday and Saturday, after the Bulldogs swept Miami in Oxford *No. 9/10 Omaha at Denver, 7:07 p.m. MT (TV: Altitude) last weekend. UMD is 4-0-0 against the RedHawks this season and 9-1-0 in its last 10 meetings with Miami. Saturday, Feb. 6 *Miami at No. 5/6 Minnesota Duluth, 4:07 p.m. CT *Western Michigan at No. 4/5 St. Cloud State, 6:07 p.m. CT FAMILIAR FOES: A second series this weekend features teams that *No. 9/10 Omaha at Denver, 6:07 p.m. MT squared off only two weeks ago as No. 9/10 Omaha travels to Colorado TV: CBS Sports Network for two games with Denver. The Mavericks and Pioneers split in Omaha on Jan. 23-24, with UNO’s win in the finale snapping a 19-game winless streak against the Pioneers (0-16-3). However, Omaha is just 2-18-2 all- LAST WEEK’S RESULTS time at Denver. Friday, Jan. 29 The third NCHC series this weekend has Western Michigan visiting No. 4/5 *No. 6/6 Minnesota Duluth 2, at Miami 1 St. Cloud State for their fifth and sixth meetings this season. WMU is 3-1- *No. 2/3 North Dakota 6, at No. 9/9 Omaha 2 0 against the Huskies in 2020-21, splitting with SCSU in the Pod while *No. 20 Denver at Colorado College, Postponed sweeping the Huskies in Kalamazoo back on Jan. 15-16 with 6-2 and 3-1 victories. Saturday, Jan. 30 *No. 6/6 Minnesota Duluth 6, at Miami 3 POLL POSITIONS: Three NCHC teams now rank in the top five of the *at No. 9/9 Omaha 5, No. 2/3 North Dakota 4 USCHO.com Poll after St. Cloud State and Minnesota Duluth slid up a spot, *No. 20 Denver at Colorado College, Postponed while Omaha remained at No. 9, tying its best ranking of the season and giving the NCHC four teams in the top 10. No other conference has more than two. On the flip side, Denver did fall out of the USCHO Top-20 for *Conference game the first time since Sept. 29, 2014, a run of 159 consecutive polls being ranked. The four ranked NCHC teams in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll tie with Hockey East for the most ranked teams. (page 10) ROAD RULES: Road teams went 3-1-0 last weekend in the NCHC and are NCHC.tv now 15-14-1 (.517) in the NCHC since play resumed in 2021 post-Pod. Nearly all NCHC games can be watched on the NCHC’s digital network, TOP-SCORING DEFENSEMEN: Four NCAA defensemen are tied for the NCHC.tv. This week’s NCHC.tv schedule can be found on page 4. NCAA scoring lead among blue liners with 17 points and two of them -- North Dakota senior Matt Kiersted and St. Cloud State junior Nick Perbix @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey /TheNCHC @TheNCHC TheNCHC NCHC.tv SID/SCHOOL DIRECTORY National Collegiate Hockey Conference Director of Communications: .........................Michael Weisman Digital Network/Video: ................................................ NCHC.tv Office: ............................................................... 719-694-9924 Twitter/Instagram/Snapchat: .................................@TheNCHC Cell: ................................................................. 513-310-4869 Facebook: ...........................................facebook.com/TheNCHC Email: ...................................... 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