Wisconsin Sweeps to Take Five-Point Lead in WCHA Race at the Holiday
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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] December 14, 2010/For Immediate Release WCHA Women’s Office; Wisconsin Sweeps to Take Five-Point Lead in WCHA Race at the Public Relations Sara R. Martin Holiday Break; Defending Champ UMD Second, UND Third Associate Commissioner Badgers Win Twice on Road at SCSU Behind Six-Point Weekends by Ammerman, Duggan; p: 608 829-0104. f: 608 829-0105. [email protected] Minnesota Sweeps at Home vs OSU after Weather Causes First Postponement in School History; Doug Spencer Sioux Upend Bulldogs in Final Game at DECC to Gain Series Split; Bemidji State Earns Five Associate Commissioner for Public Relations Points at MSU; Four WCHA-Member Teams Among Nation’s Top 10 in Latest USCHO.com Division p: 608 829-0100. f: 608 829-0200. 1 Women’s Poll … UW No. 2, UMD No. 5, UM No. 7, UND No. 8; Tickets on Sale for 2011 WCHA [email protected] Bill Brophy FINAL FACE-OFF, March 4-5 at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis Women’s Public Relations Director p: 608-277-0282. MADISON, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin heads into the holiday break as the team to beat in the [email protected] women’s Western Collegiate Hockey Association after the Badgers swept a pair of conference road Mailing Address games at St. Cloud State on Dec. 9-10. With the eight-member WCHA teams sidelined from league play Western Collegiate Hockey Association 559 D’Onofrio Drive, Suite 103 because of final exams and the holidays until Jan. 7, the Badgers have a five point lead over defending Madison, WI 53719-2096 conference champion Minnesota Duluth. There are no games scheduled for WCHA-member teams between Dec. 13-29. WCHA Women’s League With the 112-game league season now half over, Wisconsin has 36 points on a 12-2-0 WCHA mark, Bemidji State University Minnesota Duluth is second with 31 points and a 10-5-1 league slate, North Dakota is third with 26 points University of Minnesota at 8-6-2 and Minnesota is fourth with 25 points on a 8-6-0 WCHA record. Both the Bulldogs and Fighting University of Minnesota Duluth Sioux have played 16 of their 28 conference games, while Wisconsin and Minnesota have played in 14. Minnesota State University University of North Dakota The WCHA has four of its teams ranked in the top ten in the latest (Dec. 12) USCHO.com Division 1 Ohio State University Women’s Hockey Poll, led by Wisconsin at No. 2. Defending national champion Minnesota Duluth is fifth, St. Cloud State University Minnesota is at No. 7 and North Dakota is at No. 8. Ohio State and Bemidji State also received votes in University of Wisconsin this week’s poll. On the final weekend (Dec. 10-12) of league play for calendar year 2010, Wisconsin and Minnesota both Home of a Record 11 earned sweeps, Bemidji State gained five points and host Minnesota Duluth split with North Dakota. The Consecutive National visiting Badgers beat St. Cloud State 5-0 last Friday behind goaltender Alex Rigsby’s 22-save shutout. Championship Teams Then on Saturday, Brooke Ammerman had a three-goal hat trick in the UW’s 6-1 victory. Ammerman 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, con’t 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 2010-11 WCHA Women’s Standings –––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2011 WCHA FINAL FACE-OFF March 4-5 • Ridder Arena Conference Only Overall Minneapolis, MN Pts GP W L T SW Win% GF- GA GP Record Win% GF- GA visit us on the web at the all-new: 1 Wisconsin 36 14 12- 2- 0 0 .857 64- 29 18 16- 2- 0 .889 91- 31 2 Minnesota Duluth 31 16 10- 5- 1 0 .656 56- 27 18 12- 5- 1 .694 68- 27 WCHA.com 3 North Dakota 26 16 8- 6- 2 0 .562 47- 43 18 9- 7- 2 .556 54- 53 4 Minnesota 24 14 8- 6- 0 0 .571 44- 31 19 13- 6- 0 .684 60- 33 5 Bemidji State 23 14 6- 5- 3 2 .536 23- 29 18 8- 7- 3 .528 33- 40 6 Minnesota State 16 14 5- 8- 1 0 .393 31- 46 20 6-11- 3 .375 37- 59 Ohio State 16 14 4- 8- 2 2 .357 36- 48 18 8- 8- 2 .500 55- 53 8 St. Cloud State 2 14 0-13- 1 1 .036 14- 62 17 0-16- 1 .029 16- 80 Note: Teams are awarded three points for each win in regulation or overtime, and one point for an overtime tie. Conference games tied after 65 minutes advance to a three-player shootout with the winning team receiving an extra point in the standings (denoted in the SW column. This Week in the WCHA –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– No Games Scheduled thru December 29 2010-11 WCHA Women’s Release • Week 13 • 121410 and Meghan Duggan each had six points in the series. Upcoming in the WCHA Up in Duluth, at the final series ever played at the DECC (Duluth Entertainment & Convention Center), host Minnesota Duluth split with North Dakota. UMD got three assists from Haley Irwin on Friday and Games for Thursday, December 30 took a 4-1 decision in the series opener. The Bulldogs scored three Wayne State at Ohio State (NC), 2:07 pm ET goals in :21 seconds in the Saturday game, but the Sioux roared back * Univ. of Alberta vs North Dakota (EX), 5:00 pm CT to take a 4-3 victory as Stephanie Ney made 41 saves and Mary Loken * Bison Holiday Tournament (Winnipeg, MB) scored the game-winner. Games for Friday, December 31 At Mankato, visiting Bemidji State picked up five points in a series Wayne State at Ohio State (NC), 2:07 pm ET with Minnesota State. The Beavers won 2-1 over the Mavericks last * North Dakota at Univ. of Manitoba (EX), 5:00 pm CT Friday on Montana Vichorek’s overtime game-winner. The two teams * Bison Holiday Tournament (Winnipeg, MB) then tied 1-1 (ot) last Saturday before BSU won the shootout, 2-1, to Games for Saturday, January 1 move into fifth place. * Wisconsin vs Northeastern (NC), 12:07 pm CT And at Minnesota, a winter storm interrupted the series between the * Mercyhurst at St. Cloud State (NC), 3:07 pm CT host Golden Gophers and Ohio State and forced the postponement of * Easton Holiday Showcase (St. Cloud, MN) the series finale Saturday. Minnesota’s Amanda Kessel had four assists in the Gophers’ 6-0 victory last Friday. After the first postponement Games for Sunday, January 2 in program history Saturday, Meghan Bozek got the game-winner * Mercyhurst vs Wisconsin (NC), 12:07 pm CT as on Sunday as Minnesota took a 2-1 overtime decision from the * Northeastern at St. Cloud State (NC), 3:07 pm CT Buckeyes. * Easton Holiday Showcase (St. Cloud, MN) The WCHA standings at the holiday break show Wisconsin (12-2- 0-0 WCHA, 16-2-0 overall) in first place with 36 points, five ahead of Minnesota Duluth (10-5-1-0 WCHA, 12-5-1 overall) and 10 better than State, the next games for Minnesota will be against visiting Minnesota North Dakota (8-6-2 WCHA, 9-6-1 overall). Minnesota (8-6-0 WCHA, State on Jan. 7-8, and the next competition for Minnesota Duluth will 13-6-0 overall) is fourth with 24 points with Bemidji State (6-5-3-2 be a Jan. 14-15 set at Minnesota. WCHA, 8-7-3 overall) in fifth with 23 points, seven better than Ohio State (4-8-2-2 WCHA, 8-8-2 overall). Minnesota State (5-8-1 WCHA, 6-11-3 overall) is in seventh place with 16 points while St. Cloud State WCHA Continues Shootouts; Adopts New (0-13-1-1 WCHA, 0-16-1 overall) is eighth with two points. Standings Format for League Play in 2010-11 There are no games scheduled for WCHA-member teams until Dec. 30. Ohio State will return to on-ice action Thursday-Friday, Dec. The WCHA is continuing to use shootouts for the 2010-11 season 30-31 when the Buckeyes host Wayne State for a non-conference and has also implemented a three-point system in women’s league series. North Dakota will play in the Bison Holiday Tournament in play. Winnipeg, Manitoba on Dec. 30-31 against the University of Alberta In a change this year the WCHA has adopted a standings format and host University of Manitoba. St. Cloud State (and Wisconsin) will for league play where a team that wins in regulation or overtime return to play on Saturday-Sunday, Jan. 1-2 when the Huskies host receives three points, a team that wins a shootout is awarded two the Badgers, Northeastern and Mercyhurst in the Easton Holiday points, a team that loses a shootout gets one point, and a team that Showcase at the National Hockey Center. On Saturday, Wisconsin will loses in regulation or overtime earns no points. take on Northeastern while the SCSU Huskies will face-off against The standings show wins, losses, ties and shootout wins – W-L-T-SW Mercyhurst. On Sunday, the UW takes on Mercyhurst while St. Cloud (W-L-T add up to games played, the tie column signifies how many State faces-off against Northeastern.