Western Collegiate Hockey Association

Bruce M. McLeod Commissioner Carol LaBelle-Ehrhardt Assistant Commissioner of Operations Greg Shepherd Supervisor of Officials Administrative Office October 10, 2011/For Immediate Release Western Collegiate Hockey Association 2211 S. Josephine Street, Room 302 Denver, CO 80210 Conference Play Gets Underway with Three Friday- p: 303 871-4491. f: 303 871-4770 [email protected] Saturday Series; It’s BSU at CC; UW at MTU, UM at UMD Doug Spencer Denver Launches Regular Season at BC, BU; North Dakota Hosts Maine; MSU Hosts Associate Commissioner for Public Relations UMass-Lowell; St. Cloud State Heads to NMU; UAA and UNO Both Play in Alaska Western Collegiate Hockey Association Goal Rush Tourney; Seawolves Win Kendall Hockey Classic; Michigan Tech Sweeps 559 D’Onofrio Drive, Ste. 103 Madison, WI 53719-2096 First Series vs AIU Under New Coach Mel Pearson; Seven WCHA Teams Ranked in p: 608 829-0100. f: 608 829-0200 [email protected] Oct. 10 USCHO.com Div. 1 Poll … DU No. 3, UND No. 6, CC No. 7, UMD No. 9, UM No. 14, UNO No. 16, UW No. 18 … BSU, SCSU, UAA, MSU Receive Votes Home of a Record 37 Men’s National Championship Teams MADISON, Wis. – The Western Collegiate Hockey Association’s 168-game conference schedule opens Since 1951 this coming weekend of Friday and Saturday, October 14-15, for six league-member teams. The three, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, two-game series will have Bemidji State at Colorado College, Wisconsin at Michigan Tech and Minnesota 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, at Minnesota Duluth. 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, Bemidji State (1-1-0, 0-0-0 WCHA) and No. 7-ranked Colorado College (0-0-0) will face-off at Colorado 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, Springs World Arena (7,380) on Friday at 7:37 pm MT and Saturday at 7:07 pm MT. No. 18-ranked Wisconsin 1982, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1997, (1-1-0, 0-0-0 WCHA) and Michigan Tech (2-0-0, 0-0-0 WCHA) will engage in a pair of 7:07 pm ET encounters 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, at John MacInnes Student Ice Arena (4,128) while No. 14 Minnesota visits No. 9 Minnesota Duluth and 2011 con’t Men’s Conference Members University of Alaska Anchorage 2011-12 WCHA Men’s Standings Bemidji State University Conference Only Overall Colorado College Pts GP Record Win% GF- GA GP Record Win% GF- GA University of Denver 1 Alaska Anchorage 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 2 1- 0- 1 .750 8- 7 Michigan Technological University Bemidji State 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 2 1- 1- 0 .500 7- 6 University of Minnesota Colorado College 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 University of Minnesota Duluth Denver 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 Minnesota State University University of Nebraska Omaha Michigan Tech 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 2 2- 0- 0 1.00 7- 4 University of North Dakota Minnesota 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 2 2- 0- 0 1.00 15- 0 St. Cloud State University Minnesota Duluth 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 2 1- 1- 0 .500 7- 8 University of Wisconsin Minnesota State 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 2 1- 1- 0 .500 2- 4 Nebraska Omaha 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 2 1- 1- 0 .500 8- 5 North Dakota 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 2 1- 1- 0 .500 6- 9 2012 Red Baron™ St. Cloud State 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 2 1- 1- 0 .500 7- 5 WCHA Final Five Wisconsin 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 2 1- 1- 0 .500 5- 5 March 15-17 • Xcel Energy Center Saint Paul, MN This Week in the WCHA wcha.com Games for Friday, October 14: * Nebraska Omaha vs Alaska Anchorage (NC), 3:05 pm AT; Wisconsin at Michigan Tech (WCHA), 7:07 pm ET; Denver at Boston College (NC), 7:30 pm ET; St. Cloud State at Northern Michigan (NC), 7:35 pm ET; Minnesota at Minnesota Duluth (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT; UMass Lowell at Minnesota State (NC), 7:07 pm CT; Maine at North Dakota (NC), 7:37 pm CT; Bemidji State at Colorado College (WCHA), 7:37 pm MT. * Brice Alaska Goal Rush (Fairbanks, AK) Games for Saturday, October 15: Denver at Boston University (NC)7:00 pm ET; Wisconsin at Michigan Tech (WCHA), 7:07 pm ET; St. Cloud State at Northern Michigan (NC), 7:35 pm ET; * Mercyhurst vs Alaska Anchorage (NC), 4:05 pm AT; Minnesota at Minnesota Duluth (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT; Maine at North Dakota (NC), 7:07 pm CT; UMass Lowell at Minnesota State (NC), 7:07 pm CT; Bemidji State at Colorado College (WCHA), 7:07 pm MT; * Nebraska Omaha at Alaska Fairbanks (NC), 7:05 pm AT. * Brice Alaska Goal Rush (Fairbanks, AK) WCHA Men’s Release • Weekly • 101011 AMSOIL Arena (6,726) for back-to-back 7:07 pm CT puck drops. Last Week in the WCHA The race for the WCHA regular season championship consists of 168 games (28 per team). North Dakota is the defending MacNaughton Results of Friday, October 7 Cup champion. Other WCHA openers, by member team, are: Alaska Minnesota State 1 at Rensselaer 0 (NC) Anchorage (Oct. 21-22 at Nebraska Omaha), Denver (Oct. 21-22 vs American International 3 at Michigan Tech 4 (NC) Minnesota State), Minnesota State (Oct. 21-22 at Denver), Nebraska Bemidji State 5 at Miami 3 (NC) Omaha (Oct. 21-22 vs Alaska Anchorage), North Dakota (Oct. 21-22 Notre Dame 3 at Minnesota Duluth 4 (NC) at Wisconsin), and St. Cloud State (Oct. 28-29 at North Dakota). Northern Michigan 3 at Wisconsin 2 ot (NC) Outside the league, six WCHA teams will skate against non- Sacred Heart 0 at Minnesota 9 (NC) conference opponents Friday and Saturday. Alaska Anchorage (1-0-1) * Air Force 3 at North Dakota 4 (NC) and No. 16-ranked Nebraska Omaha (1-1-0) will both participate in the # Mercyhurst 1 at Nebraska Omaha 5 (NC) Alaska Goal Rush tournament at Carlson Center in Fairbanks, hosted & St. Cloud State 4 vs Alaska Fairbanks 1 (NC) by Central Collegiate Hockey Association-member Alaska Fairbanks USA Under-18 Team 0 at Denver 3 (EX) (1-1-0) and also including Mercyhurst (0-2-0) from the Atlantic Hockey & Clarkson 4 at Alaska Anchorage 4 ot (NC) Association. On day one, UAA and UNO play at 5:05 pm AT while * Ice Breaker (Grand Forks, ND); # Mutual of Omaha Stampede (Omaha, Alaska Fairbanks plays Mercyhurst at 8:05 pm AT. On Saturday, it’s NE); & Kendall Hockey Classic (Anchorage, AK) UAA vs Mercyhurst at 4:05 pm AT and UNO vs UAF at 7:05 pm AT. Results of Saturday, October 8 After a pair of exhibition contests, No. 3-ranked Denver (0-0-0) Minnesota State 1 at Rensselaer 4 (NC) launches it’s 2011-12 regular season with road games at Hockey East Bemidji State 2 at Miami 3 (NC) Association-members Boston College (2-0-0) at 7:05 pm ET on Friday American International 1 at Michigan Tech 3 (NC) and Boston University (1-0-0) at 7:05 pm ET on Saturday. BC is ranked * Colgate 4 at Nebraska Omaha 3 (NC) No. 1 nationally this week while BU is No. 8. Notre Dame 5 at Minnesota Duluth 3 (NC) Minnesota State (1-1-0) will play its first regular season games at Northern Michigan 2 at Wisconsin 3 (NC) home on Oct. 14-15 when the Mavericks entertain UMass-Lowell Sacred Heart 0 at Minnesota 6 (NC) (0-0-0) from Hockey East at 7:37 pm CT and 7:07 pm CT at Verizon # Boston College 6 at North Dakota 2 (NC) Wireless Center (4,832). USA Under-18 Team 0 at Colorado College 5 (EX) In Grand Forks, No. 6-ranked North Dakota (1-1-0) will host No. 17- & St. Cloud State 3 at Alaska Anchorage 4 ot (NC) ranked Maine (1-1-0) of the HEA at Ralph Engelstad Arena (11,634) at * Mutual of Omaha Stampede Championship (Omaha, NE); # Ice Breaker 7:37 pm CT on Friday evening and 7:07 pm CT on Saturday night. Championship (Grand Forks, ND); & Kendall Hockey Classic Championship And St. Cloud State (1-1-0) will head out on the road again this (Anchorage, AK) weekend when the Huskies visit CCHA-member Northern Michigan (1-1-0) for a pair of 7:30 pm ET face-offs in Marquette. In on-ice action involving WCHA teams last weekend (Oct. 7-8), Alaska Anchorage won their own Kendall Hockey Classic title with a verdict last Saturday. Minnesota Duluth split a home series against 4-4 tie against Clarkson and a 4-3 (ot) victory over St. Cloud State and Notre Dame of the CCHA, winning 4-3 on Oct. 7 and falling 5-3 on both Michigan Tech and Minnesota won a pair of home contests. The Oct. 8. North Dakota, hosting the Ice Breaker Tournament, won 4-3 Huskies, under first-year head coach Mel Pearson, defeated American over Air Force last Friday and fell 6-2 to Boston College in the title International by 4-3 and 3-1 scores while the Golden Gophers blanked game on Saturday. Nebraska Omaha, host of the Mutual of Omaha visiting Sacred Heart by 9-0 and 6-0 counts. Bemidji State went on Stampede, skated past Mercyhurst 5-1 on Oct. 7 before losing 4-3 to the road and gained a split with CCHA-power and top-ranked Miami, Colgate in the championship game on Oct. 8. And in exhibition play winning 5-3 before losing by one, 3-2. Minnesota State split at ECAC- last weekend, both Denver and Colorado College won by shutout power Rensselaer, prevailing 1-0 last Friday before dropping a 4-1 over the visiting U.S. Under-18 Team, with the Pioneers taking a 3-0 triumph on Friday and the Tigers winning 5-0 on Saturday. In this week’s (Oct. 10) USCHO.com Div. 1 Men’s College Hockey Next Week in the WCHA Poll, Denver is No. 3, North Dakota is No. 6, Colorado College is No. 7, Minnesota Duluth is No. 9, Minnesota is No. 14, Nebraska Omaha Games for Friday, October 21 is No. 16 and Wisconsin is No. 18. Also receiving votes were Bemidji Minnesota Duluth at Providence (NC), 7:00 pm ET State, St. Cloud State, Alaska Anchorage and Minnesota State. Vermont at Minnesota (NC), 6:07 pm CT And in this week’s (Oct. 10) USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Div. North Dakota at Wisconsin (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT 1 Men’s College Hockey Poll, Denver is at No. 3, North Dakota is No. Alaska Anchorage at Nebraska Omaha (WCHA), 7:37 pm CT 6, Colorado College is No. 8, Minnesota Duluth is No. 9, Minnesota is Michigan Tech at Bemidji State (WCHA), 7:37 pm CT No. 14 and Nebraska Omaha is No. 15. Also receiving votes from the New Hampshire at St. Cloud State (NC), 7:37 pm CT WCHA were Wisconsin, St. Cloud State and Bemidji State. Minnesota State at Denver (WCHA), 7:37 pm MT The Western Collegiate Hockey Association, home to a record 37 Games for Saturday, October 22 national championship teams since it’s founding in 1951 – including Minnesota Duluth at Providence (NC), 7:00 pm ET the most recent NCAA Frozen Four title won by Minnesota Duluth in Alaska Anchorage at Nebraska Omaha (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT 2011 – proudly marks it’s 60th season of on-ice competition in 2011- Michigan Tech at Bemidji State (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT 12. North Dakota at Wisconsin (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT New Hampshire at St. Cloud State (NC), 7:07 pm CT Minnesota State at Denver (WCHA), 7:07 pm MT Games for Sunday, October 23 Vermont at Minnesota (NC), 1:07 pm CT WCHA Men’s Release • Weekly • 101011 Catch the League’s Weekly Radio Show – ‘This USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men’s Week in the WCHA’ – at WCHA.com Division 1 College Hockey Poll Week 2: October 10, 2011 The Western Collegiate Hockey Association is pleased to once again provide it’s weekly radio show – ‘This Week in the WCHA’ – via wcha. Rk Team, Points (1st Place) Record Last Poll com and to interested media outlets. The show is available each Friday 1 Boston College, 495 (27) 2-0-0 5 at WCHA.com and is also available for electronic distribution. 2 Notre Dame, 428 (3) 1-1-0 2 Hosted by Jim Rich and produced by Kevin Falness of the Minnesota 3 Denver, 399 (2) 0-0-0 4 Wild Radio Network, ‘This Week in the WCHA’ runs 6-7 minutes and 4 Miami, 384 1-1-0 1 features key moments and highlights from live game broadcasts, 5 Michigan, 338 3-0-0 9 including goals, saves, overtime game-winners, post-game sound 6 North Dakota, 328 1-1-0 3 clips, a look at upcoming games. 7 Boston University, 314 (1) 1-0-0 6 8 Colorado College, 306 0-0-0 7 9 Minnesota Duluth, 252 1-1-0 10 USCHO.com Div. 1 Men’s College Hockey Poll 10 Yale, 234 (1) 0-0-0 8 Minneapolis, Minn./October 10, 2011 11 Union College, 163 1-0-0 11 12 Western Michigan, 146 2-0-0 13 Rk Team (First Place) Record Pts Last Week 13 Merrimack College, 61 1-0-0 NR 1 Boston College (36) 2-0-0 973 1 14 Minnesota, 60 2-0-0 NR 2 Notre Dame (7) 1-1-0 861 2 15 Nebraska Omaha, 47 1-1-0 14 3 Denver (2) 0-0-0 807 3 others receiving votes: New Hampshire, 43; Maine, 21; Wisconsin, 4 Michigan 3-0-0 806 4 15; Colgate, 10; Cornell, 7; Ferris State, 6; Northern Michigan, 6; Alaska 5 Miami (1) 1-1-0 742 5 Fairbanks, 5; Dartmouth College, 5; Rensselaer, 3; St. Cloud State, 2; 6 North Dakota 1-1-0 710 6 Bemidji State, 1; Rochester Institute of Technology, 1. 7 Colorado College 0-0-0 682 7 8 Boston University (3) 1-0-0 669 8 October 6, 2011 9 Minnesota Duluth 1-1-0 665 9 10 Yale (1) 0-0-0 623 10 NCAA Div. 1 Men’s Hockey Candidates Announced 11 Union 1-0-0 514 11 12 Western Michigan 2-0-0 451 12 for 2012 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award 13 Merrimack 1-0-0 363 13 Group Includes UMD’s Jack Connolly; UND’s Brad Eidsness; SCSU’s 14 Minnesota 2-0-0 294 14 Drew LeBlanc, UM’s Taylor Matson 15 New Hampshire 0-1-0 256 15 16 Nebraska Omaha 1-1-0 230 16 OVERLAND PARK, KS – Twenty NCAA® men’s ice hockey student- 17 Maine 1-1-0 201 17 athletes who excel both on and off the ice were selected as candidates 18 Wisconsin 1-1-0 157 18 today for the 2012 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award. To be eligible for the 19 Cornell 0-0-0 98 19 award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division 1 20 Rensselaer 1-1-0 77 20 senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence others receiving votes: Colgate 71, Ferris State 60, Dartmouth – community, classroom, character and competition. The complete 31, Northern Michigan 29, Bemidji State 24, St. Cloud State 23, list of candidates follows this release. Alaska Fairbanks 18, Air Force 14, Alaska Anchorage 13, Rochester An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in Institute of Technology 8, Harvard 6, Lake Superior 6, Michigan State School®, the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student- 5, Massachusetts 3, Quinnipiac 3, Minnesota State 2, Northeastern athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to 2, Ohio State 2. make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. The 2012 candidate class includes three student-athletes who participated in last year’s national semifinals and championship and one first-team U.S. College Hockey Online and American Collegiate Hockey Association All-American. Eleven of the 20 have maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or better. Eleven of the candidates play for teams ranked in the USCHO.com preseason top 20 poll. Lowe’s, an official Corporate Partner of the NCAA, will announce the Senior CLASS Award® winner during the 2012 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four®, which will be held April 5 and 7 in Tampa. The 20 candidates will be narrowed to 10 finalists midway through the regular season, and those 10 names will be placed on the official ballot. Ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting system to media, Division I men’s coaches and fans who will select one finalist who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character and competition. For more information on all the candidates, visit seniorCLASSaward. com. WCHA Men’s Release • Weekly • 101011 2011-12 Men’s Ice Hockey Candidates 41st Annual Grand Forks Herald WCHA Coaches Poll Chad Billins, D, Ferris State; Jack Connolly, F, Minnesota Duluth; (first-place votes in parentheses) Tommy Cross, D, Boston College; Mike Daly, D, Holy Cross; Matt Rk Team (First Place Votes) Points Di Girolamo, G, New Hampshire; Sean Duddy, D, Ohio State; Brad 1 Denver (7) 115 Eidsness, G, North Dakota; Ryan Flanigan, F, Merrimack; Scott 2 North Dakota (4) 110 Greenham, G, Alaska Fairbanks; Chris Haltigin, D, RIT; Doug Jones, F, 3 Colorado College (1) 105 Dartmouth; Drew LeBlanc, F, St. Cloud State; Sean Lorenz, D, Notre 4 Nebraska Omaha 89 Dame; Jack Maclellan, F, Brown; Taylor Matson, F, Minnesota; Will 5 Minnesota Duluth 75 O’Neill, D, Maine; Cody Reichard, G, Miami; Keir Ross, D, Cornell; Ian 6 Minnesota 74 Slater, F, Western Michigan; Paul Weisgarber, F, Air Force. 7 St. Cloud State 61 8 Wisconsin 54 September 27, 2011 9 Alaska Anchorage 36 10 Bemidji State 30 WCHA Coaches Pick Denver, North Dakota as 11 Minnesota State 29 Favorites for MacNaughton Cup in 2011-12 12 Michigan Tech 14 by: Brad Elliott Schlossman, Grand Forks Herald WCHA Player of the Year GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The MacNaughton Cup has been in Grand Forks Jaden Schwartz, F, CC (8), Justin Schultz, D, UW (2), Terry Broadhurst, or Denver for the last three years. The Western Collegiate Hockey F, UNO (1), Jack Connolly, F, UMD (1). Association coaches don’t think that will change this year. WCHA Rookie of the Year Denver was picked to win the league and UND voted second in Rocco Grimaldi, F, UND (10), Joey LaLeggia, D, DU (1), Jayson Megna, the 41st annual Grand Forks Herald preseason WCHA coaches poll. F, UNO (1). Denver earned seven first-place votes. UND received four. Colorado College, picked to finish third, grabbed the other first-place vote. September 27, 2011 Nebraska Omaha was picked to finish fourth, followed by defending national champion Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota, St. Cloud State Denver, Colorado College Top 94X WCHA and Wisconsin. The bottom four teams are predicted to be Alaska Anchorage, Bemidji State, Minnesota State, Mankato and Michigan Preseason Media Poll for 2011-12; DU’s Zucker Tech. Chosen as Player of the Year Denver returns several key players such as Drew Shore (46 points), Courtesy Bruce Ciskie, Sports Director, Red Rock Radio Jason Zucker (45 points), Luke Salazar (28 points), former first-round pick Beau Bennett (25 points) and offensive defenseman David The Denver Pioneers, who finished second in the WCHA standings Makowski (30 points). The Pioneers will have to go the first half of a year ago (2010-11) before falling to North Dakota in the NCAA the season without starting goaltender Sam Brittain, who had knee Midwest Regional Final, earned the top spot in this year’s 94X WCHA surgery in June. Adam Murray is expected to cover for him. Preseason Media Poll. The survey of media members covering the The coaches have correctly predicted the champion in four of the league was released today (Sept. 27, 2011). last six years, including the last two. Denver received 15 first-place votes to top the 2011-12 poll, ahead UND, meanwhile, is undergoing a major rebuilding project, but the of long-time rival Colorado College, which received seven first-place coaches don’t seem to think the Sioux will slow down much. They votes. Third-place North Dakota and No. 4 choice Nebraska Omaha lost six of their top seven scorers, including Hobey Baker finalist Matt each received first-place votes. North Dakota won the league’s regular- Frattin and two-time All-American defenseman Chay Genoway. season and tournament championships last season, and advanced Colorado College forward Jaden Schwartz, who piled up a staggering to the NCAA Frozen Four. 1.57 points per game as a freshman, is the league’s preseason player First-place votes in the poll were worth 12 points, second place of the year. Schwartz tallied 47 points in 30 games to lead the Tigers 11, and so on. The teams were placed in order based on the voting in scoring, despite missing six weeks with a broken ankle. average. Sioux forward Rocco Grimaldi earned 10 of 12 first-place votes and Defending national champion Minnesota Duluth placed fifth, is the league’s preseason rookie of the year. Denver defenseman Joey followed by Minnesota. The top six teams in this year’s preseason Laleggia and UNO forward Jayson Megna received the other two poll all earned home ice advantage in last year’s WCHA playoffs. St. votes. Grimaldi led the U.S. Under-18 team in scoring last season and Cloud State and Wisconsin finished in a tie for seventh, followed by was selected by Florida in the second round of the NHL Draft. Alaska Anchorage in ninth, Bemidji State in 10th, Minnesota State, and Michigan Tech. In addition to predicting the league's order of finish, the Preseason Media Poll also included votes on the WCHA Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year, and Coach of the Year. The media selected Denver sophomore forward Jason Zucker as the WCHA Preseason Player of the Year. North Dakota’s Rocco Grimaldi was chosen WCHA Preseason Rookie of the Year. The Preseason Coach of the Year is Colorado College’s Scott Owens. For the first time, media members also selected a Preseason All- WCHA Team. WCHA Men’s Release • Weekly • 101011 94X WCHA Preseason Media Poll KAOD 106.7 FM in Babbitt, and on the internet at www.94xrocks.com. Predicted Order of Finish Red Rock Radio operates seven radio stations in Northern Minnesota 1 Denver (16 first-place votes) … 11.35 poll average including KQDS-FM, KQDS-AM, KZIO, WWAX (92.1 FM in Duluth), KBAJ 2 Colorado College (7) … 10.54 (105.5 FM Grand Rapids), WXXZ (95.3 FM in Grand Marais), and KAOD 3 North Dakota (2) … 10.31 (106.7 FM in Babbitt). 4 Nebraska Omaha (1) … 8.31 5 Minnesota Duluth … 8.12 6 Minnesota … 7.73 Visit Us on the Web at WCHA.com 7 Wisconsin … 5.54 Website Features Game Day Story Integration, Live Game-Day St. Cloud State … 5.54 League & National Scoreboards, Mobile Applications; Sortable 9 Alaska Anchorage … 3.85 Statistics; Individual Player Pages; New On-Line Store at 10 Bemidji State … 2.92 11 Minnesota State … 2.12 TheWCHAShop.com 12 Michigan Tech … 1.69 The Western Collegiate Hockey Association’s official website – WCHA.com – was all-new for 2010-11. The WCHA teamed up with Preseason WCHA Player of the Year SportDesigns.com to provide visitors with a full-service experience Jason Zucker, F, Denver (10 votes); Jaden Schwartz, F, Colorado College that now features a significant number of upgrades, including new (8). Others receiving votes: Jack Connolly, F, Minnesota Duluth; Justin game-day live league and national scoreboards, fully-functional Schultz, D, Wisconsin; Drew Shore, F, Denver. mobile pages, a host of new features including sortable statistics Preseason WCHA Rookie of the Year and individual player pages, and the league’s on-line store Rocco Grimaldi, F, North Dakota (17 votes). Others receiving votes: – TheWCHAShop.com. Seth Ambroz, F, Minnesota; Scott Mayfield, D, Denver; Sam Mellor, F, Now included at WCHA.com are game-day live scoreboards, fully Alaska Anchorage; Kyle Rau, F, Minnesota. functional mobile pages that include press releases, game stories, Preseason WCHA Coach of the Year box scores, team and league stats and live game box scores, a more Scott Owens, Colorado College (9 votes); Mel Pearson, Michigan Tech seemless integration of schedules, rosters, standings, live box scores, (5). Others receiving votes: Dean Blais, Nebraska Omaha; George and statistics in conjunction with collegehockeystats.net, a new Gwozdecky, Denver; Don Lucia, Minnesota; Dave Shyiak, Alaska ‘campus news’ section that features the latest press releases from Anchorage. both men’s and women’s member teams. Preseason All-WCHA Team In addition, the upgrades include: • Easy access to standings and statistics right from the home Forwards: Jack Connolly, Minnesota Duluth; Jaden Schwartz, Colorado page. College (unanimous selection); Jason Zucker, Denver. Others receiving • A Live Game Day WCHA Scoreboard – with links to live box scores votes: J.T. Brown, Minnesota Duluth; Rocco Grimaldi, North Dakota; that will appear on the home page on any day there is a game. Corban Knight, North Dakota; Danny Kristo, North Dakota; Drew • A Live Game Day National Scoreboard – with links to live box scores Shore, Denver. that will appear on the home page on any day there is a game. Defensemen: Ben Blood, North Dakota; Justin Schultz, Wisconsin • A Live Mobile WCHA Scoreboard – box scores via www.wcha. (unanimous selection). Others receiving votes: Gabe Guentzel, com/mobile. This is a fully functional mobile website that also includes Colorado College; Brad Hunt, Bemidji State; Nick Jensen, St. Cloud game stories, statistics, etc. State; Brady Lamb, Minnesota Duluth; David Makowski, Denver. • A Live Mobile National Scoreboard – box scores via www.wcha. Goaltender: Aaron Dell, North Dakota. Others receiving votes: John com/mobile. Faulkner, Nebraska Omaha, Kent Patterson, Minnesota. • Game story integration with game stories posted from all games to The following media members took part in the 94X Preseason Media make the all-new WCHA.com a place fans want to visit more regularly. Poll: David Ahlers, KKAR Radio/University of Nebraska Omaha; Stephen For example, on Saturday morning fans can read what happened in Anderson, Daily Mining Gazette; Roman Augustoviz, Minneapolis all Friday night games in one cohesive location. Star Tribune; Andy Baggot, Wisconsin State Journal; Mike Chambers, • An Upgraded Standings Page – includes information on head- Denver Post; Bruce Ciskie, KZIO Radio/Bulldog Radio Network; Chris to-head records within the league. Dilks, Western College Hockey; Shane Frederick, Mankato Free Press; • New Sortable Team Statistic Pages – can be sorted by category John Gilbert, WCHA.com; Kurt Haider, KENI Radio; Mick Hatten, at the top of the table. St. Cloud Times; Dirk Hembroff, WKMJ Radio; Tim Hennessy, KQHT • A New WCHA Against the Rest Page – with records for each WCHA Radio; Ken Landau, 103.9 FM The Eagle Radio; Todd Milewski, USCHO. team against teams from other leagues. com; Dan Myers, College Hockey News; Jess Myers, Inside College • New WCHA-member team pages that feature direct links to each Hockey; Joe Paisley, Colorado Springs Gazette; Kevin Pates, Duluth school’s website, tickets, and audio and/or video broadcasts. News Tribune; Brian Posick, WIBA Radio/Badger Radio Network; Chad Some of the new technology employed in the design of the all-new Purcell, Omaha World Herald; Brad Schlossman, Grand Forks Herald; TheWCHAShop.com are upgraded photo zooming on the product Wally Shaver, KSTP Radio/Gopher Radio Network; Jay Stickney, 87.7 pages, the ability for people to share product pages through places The Ticket Radio; Eric Stromgren, Bemidji Pioneer; Mike Sullivan, KTOE like Facebook and Twitter for added exposure, new TheWCHAShop. Radio. (Note: Not all voting media members chose to participate in com Gift Certificates, and a new checkout process upgraded to a one- voting for the all-league team or individual honors. All 25 voters did page checkout to make it easier for customers to shop. Additionally, submit a predicted order of finish.) TheWCHAShop.com is developing a mobile commerce website to 94X is the broadcast home of UMD Bulldog men’s hockey. The full allow for purchases from Smart Phones. 37-game schedule, plus playoffs, can be heard on KZIO-FM, which is WCHA.com will continue to evolve as we build and integrate the 94.1 in the Twin Ports, and 104.3 FM in the surrounding area. All games history of the men’s and women’s leagues into the archives. will also be broadcast on KBAJ 105.5 in the Grand Rapids area, and WCHA Men’s Release • Weekly • 101011 Weekly Team Notebooks • 101011 Seawolves Beavers University of Alaska Anchorage Bemidji State University

The Alaska Anchorage Seawolves continue non-conference play with The Bemidji State University men's hockey team opened the 2011-12 the Brice Alaska Goal Rush Tournament in Fairbanks, Alaska on Oct. season with a non-conference series split vs Miami University in Oxford, 14-15 … The Seawolves will play WCHA member Nebraska Omaha on Ohio last weekend … The Beavers stunned the nation's top-ranked team Friday, followed by a game against Mercyhurst on Saturday … Since Friday with a 5-3 victory, before falling in game two the following night the inaugural tournament in 2008-09, the Seawolves are 3-3 in the Brice 3-2 … BSU's season-opening victory was the Beavers' 41st opening-night Alaska Goal Rush … UAA won the first BAGR title in 2008-09, defeating win in 56 seasons of play … In all, the Beavers are 41-13-2 in the first game Maine (3-1) and Mercyhurst (6-4) – the Seawolves only BAGR title … of the season all-time and are unbeaten in 26 of their last 32 lid-lifters … Since then, UAA picked up and win and loss in 2009-10 and lost both Since making the jump to the NCAA Division 1 ranks for the 1999-2000 games last season … UAA will start the tourney against UNO … The season, BSU is 7-5-1 in season-openers … The Beavers’ triumph over the all-time record between the teams is 1-1-1 with all three games being nation’s top team marks the second time BSU has knocked off a No. 1 played in Anchorage … The teams have never met on neutral ice … The squad since moving to NCAA Division 1 in 1999-2000 … BSU is now 2-6-0 last meeting was on Feb. 19, 2011 with UNO winning, 4-1 at the Sullivan all-time vs teams with the nations’ top billing … Ironically, BSU’s other Arena … UAA and UNO will square off on Oct. 21-22 in Omaha for the win over No. 1 came Nov. 27, 2009 against this week’s opponent, Miami first time ever … The Seawolves are undefeated against Mercyhurst, (3-2) … In 2010-11, the Beavers played 17 games against teams holding winning all four prior meetings … The last matchup occurred on Oct. 9 down one of the nation’s top 15 spots and posted a 7-8-2 mark in those at the Sullivan Arena in the Kendall Hockey Classic … UAA won, 5-3 … games … Since the BSU made the jump to the NCAA Division 1 ranks in UAA will enter this weekend’s tournament after winning its own Kendall 1999-2000, it is 15-45-4 (.266) vs teams in the top-15 … With that said, Hockey Classic on Oct. 7-8 … The Seawolves captured their sixth overall BSU is now 12-10-2 (.541) vs the top 15 since the beginning of 2008-09 … title and first since 2006 with a 4-3 overtime win over WCHA member BSU’s 2011-12 season-opening win is a vast difference from a year ago … St. Cloud State in non-conference action last Saturday … In addition to It took the Beavers until Nov. 6 – the sixth game – before BSU found the the come-from-behind victory against the Huskies, the Seawolves tied win column (0-4-1) … Last Friday night’s five-goal explosion matched the Clarkson in overtime on Oct. 7, 4-4 … To help determine a tournament Beavers’ best offensive effort of 2010-11 … A year ago, BSU scored five champion, the teams competed in a three-person shootout with UAA or more goals just one time – a 5-5 draw with Colorado College Feb. 18 winning, 1-0 … During the games, the Seawolves outshot Clarkson, 41-23 … Aaron McLeod led the Beavers in the victory with a career-best three – the last time UAA posted 40+ shots was on Oct. 18, 2008 (44) against points … Not only had he not scored more than one goal in a game, the Mercyhurst in the Brice Alaska Goal Rush … Throughout the tournament, night marked the first multi-point night of his 66-game collegiate career the undefeated Seawolves were 3-of-10 on the man-advantage and led … The three-point night give him 10-8=18 career points … Since Dec. 3, the league over the weekend in that category, while finishing third in 2010, BSU’s last 28 games, McLeod has posted 7-5=12 points … Brad Hunt the nation … UAA is also tied for 2nd in scoring offense (4 g/gm) in the registered the 68th, 69th and 70th assists of his career over the weekend league and tied for 8th in the nation … The Seawolves were propelled … With two helpers Saturday, he surpassed BSU greats Andrew Murray to victory by junior F Mickey Spencer, who became just the sixth player (2001-05) and Luke Erickson (2003-07) for second on BSU’s Division 1 and the second Seawolf (Rob Conn vs Dartmouth, 1990) to record a hat assists list … He is also now seventh on BSU’s all-time assist-scoring list trick in the tournament … It was also the Seawolves’ first hat trick and first for defensemen … With a three-point weekend, Hunt enters the Beavers' four-point game since Kevin Clark accomplished both at in a 5-4 victory WCHA opener 11 points shy of the 100-point plateau … Only five other at Michigan Tech on Jan. 16, 2010 … Although it is just two games into defensemen have eclipsed 100 points as a Beaver with the last coming the season, Spencer currently stands tied as the nation’s leading point in the 1993-94 season (Chris Morque, 28-79=107) … David Boehm, Matt scorer (4-2=6) after recording a goal and an assist in Friday’s 4-4 tie with Prapavessis and Tyler Tosunian each made their debuts for the Beavers Clarkson … He is currently tied with Minnesota’s Jake Hansen (1-5=6) last Friday night … Boehm, a transfer from the UMass, practiced with … Against Clarkson on Oct. 7, three Seawolf juniors posted multi-point the team in 2010-11 while sitting out due to NCAA transfer rules, while games; Mitch Bruijsten (0-2=2), Daniel Naslund (1-1=2) and Mickey Prapavessis and Tosunian skated in their first collegiate games … In his Spencer (1-1=2) … Collecting his first collegiate point was rookie Sam first game in the green and white, David Boehm logged an assist … The Mellor with an assist on the game-tying goal … Sophomore Mark Pustin last BSU player to register a point in his BSU debut was Jordan George scored UAA’s first goal of the night, before scoring the only shootout who recorded an assist in his debut Oct. 9, 2009 … BSU is back on the tally … Also picking up points were sophomore Matt Bailey, 2010-11 road this weekend as it heads west to Colorado-Springs for a WCHA UAA Rookie of the Year, with the game-tying goal and UAA’s top-point opener vs Colorado College … BSU is 2-3-1 all-time vs Colorado College returner from a year ago, Jordan Kwas with an assist … Last Saturday with a 1-3-0 mark against the Tigers in Colorado Springs … Last season night, in addition to Spencer’s four-point night, UAA received its first the Beavers took three points from the Tigers in a series played in Bemidji goal of the night from Kwas, who also assisted on the game-winning goal … The teams tied Friday, 5-5, before BSU edged their guests, 2-1 on a … Picking up his first three-point night was sophomore Brett Cameron Jamie MacQueen power-play goal … Eight of the Beavers’ first 10 games with three assists … Cameron is tied for second in the overall WCHA stats this season come on the road … Last year BSU was 7-9-2 on the road, for assists … Also credited with assists on Oct. 9 were Naslund, Bailey including a 7-4-3 stretch on the road after Jan. 7, 2011 … The Beavers and sophomore Quinn Sproule … In net for UAA, sophomore G Rob are 1-1-0 away from Sanford Center in 2011-12. Gunderson picked up the tie last Friday night, followed by sophomore G Chris Kamal claiming the win on Saturday … Currently, Kamal is 8th in the WCHA overall stats with a 2.85 gaa and an .875sv% … Following the tournament, two Seawolves were honored with All-Tournament team selection; Bailey and Pustin, while Spencer easily claimed with tourney’s Most Outstanding Player accolade. WCHA Men’s Release • Weekly • 101011

Weekly Team Notebooks con’t … Shore tallied a team-leading 46 points on 23 goals and 23 assists last season, while Zucker posted 45 points en route to WCHA Rookie of the Year honors … Defenseman David Makowski (Wildwood, Mo.) also Tigers returns after a 30-point freshman season … Murray takes over the No. Colorado College 1 goaltending reigns as Sam Brittain (Calgary, Alberta) recovers from offseason knee surgery … Murray has a 9-7-1 career record with a 3.60 Last Saturday’s 5-0 exhibition victory over the United States Under-18 goals-against average and .877 save percentage … DU welcomes 11 Team gave the Tigers a 6-1 record in seven all-time meetings between newcomers, including defenseman Scott Mayfield (St. Louis, Mo.), Josiah the teams … It was the first shutout for either team in the series … Didier (Centennial, Colo.) and Joey LaLeggia (Burnaby, British Columbia) Seven different CC players scored goals while 13 recorded at least an and forward Zac Larraza (Scottsdale, Ariz.) … DU posted a 2-2 overtime assist in the team’s two exhibition triumphs against McGill University tie against McGill University and 3-0 win against the U.S. Under-18 Team (3-2) and Team USA … Colorado College heads into this week’s league in exhibition action this fall … DU returns home for a two-game series series against Bemidji State with an all-time record of 3-2-1 against the against Minnesota State on Oct. 21-22. Beavers … That includes a 0-1-1 mark last season, when the teams met only in Bemidji … The Tigers return 21 veterans from a team that reached the NCAA quarterfinals last March after stunning defending national Huskies champion Boston College, 8-4, in their West Regional opener … The Michigan Technological University 28 players on CC’s roster represent 11 different states, four Canadian provinces and the Scandinavian kingdom of Norway … Six of Colorado Michigan Tech is 2-0-0 for the second straight season after sweeping College’s seven freshmen – including goaltender Courtney Lockwood American International 4-3 and 3-1 last weekend (Tech opened with – got a chance to play in last Saturday’s game … Rookie winger Scott wins against Northern Michigan and Lake Superior State in 2010-11) … Wamsganz scored a goal while forward Charlie Taft and defenseman Ian The two-game sweep was Tech’s first since Dec. 19-20, 2008, in a home- Young each logged an assist … Senior center Nick Dineen, who scored a and-home series with Northern Michigan … It was the Huskies’ first goal in both exhibition games this preseason, will serve as team captain two-game home sweep since Oct. 19-20, 2007, vs. Minnesota State … in 2011-12 … Alternates are senior forward David Civitarese, senior Freshman Blake Pietila (Brighton, Mich.) tallied two goals and an assist defenseman Gabe Guentzel and junior right wing William Rapuzzi … in his first official collegiate action … The left wing tallied two power- Scott Owens starts his 13th season at the Tigers helm with 281 career play markers to help the Huskies go 3-for-4 on the man-advantage … victories, most for any head coach in the program’s history … Former CC Senior Jordan Baker (Chestermere, Alb.) scored the game-winning goal blue-line specialist and team captain Eric Rud, who began his coaching with :59 seconds left in Tech’s 4-3 victory over American International career as an assistant under Owens in 2004-05, returns to the staff at his last Friday (Oct. 7) … Baker, who sat out all last year with in jury, was alma mater this season after a six-year absence … Rud was head coach playing in his first game since Mar. 6, 2010 … The right wing has three of the USHL’s Green Bay Gamblers in 2010-11 and spent the previous five points (1-2=3) in two games this season … Senior Brett Olson (Superior, seasons at St. Cloud State … Junior center Rylan Schwartz, who officially Wis.) scored a shorthanded goal last Saturday (Oct. 8), giving him 33 has factored in on 18 game-winning goals his first two campaigns at goals for his career – four shorthanded … Sophomore Jacob Johnstone Colorado College, helped set up the GWG in both exhibition victories this (Grand Ledge, Mich.) recorded two goals including the game-winner vs. month … His younger brother – sophomore left wing Jaden Schwartz AIC on Saturday … Combined with Tech’s exhibition game vs. Lakehead, – has been picked by league head coaches as Preseason WCHA Player the right wing unofficially has five goals in three outings in 2011-12 … of the Year after leading the team with 47 points (17g, 30a) in just 30 Head coach Mel Pearson won his collegiate head coaching debut Friday games as a freshman in 2010-11 … Jaden Schwartz, a first-round choice vs. American International … Junior Steven Seigo (Edenwold, Sask.) put of the St. Louis Blues in 2010, is one of four current Tigers to have been up 1-2=3 in Tech’s game vs. AIC Friday … All three points were on the selected in the NHL entry draft … The others are junior forward Scott power-play … The defenseman is picked up where he left off in 2010-11, Winkler (Dallas 2009), along with freshmen defensemen Peter Stoykewych when he tallied 13 of his 17 points on the man-advantage … Michigan (Atlanta/Winnipeg 2010) and Aaron Harstad (Winnipeg 2011) … Colorado Tech will host Wisconsin this weekend to continue its season-opening College’s regular-season schedule in 2011-12 features 16 games against home stand … Including the exhibition game vs. Lakehead on Oct. 1, the teams that also participated in the NCAA playoffs last spring. Huskies play their first five and nine of their first 11 games at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena. Pioneers University of Denver

The Pioneers open regular season action at Boston College and Boston University on Oct. 14-15 … DU is 13-11 all-time against Boston College, including a pair of losses (6-2, 3-0) last season in Denver … The Pioneers are 12-13-2 all-time against Boston University and meet for the first time the Terriers posted a 4-1 win for the Denver Cup championship on Jan. 3, 2009 … DU is 9-8 in season openers under head coach George Gwozdecky, who has posted a 548-363-77 career mark and 398-239- 55 record at Denver … The Pioneers aim for their fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance and 11th straight 20-win season … The Pioneers are ranked No. 4 in both the USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine preseason polls … DU is predicted to finish first in the 41st annual Grand Forks Herald preseason WCHA Coaches’ Poll and second annual 94X WCHA preseason media poll … The media selected Denver’s Zucker as the WCHA Preseason Player of the Year … DU returns 17 letterwinners from last season’s 25-12-5 team which advanced to the NCAA Midwest Regional final … Co-captains Dustin Jackson (Omaha, Neb.) and junior Drew Shore (Denver, Colo.) lead the Pioneers into action WCHA Men’s Release • Weekly • 101011 Weekly Team Notebooks con’t Bulldogs Golden Gophers University of Minnesota Duluth University of Minnesota UMD will begin its 47th season of Western Collegiate Hockey Association play this Friday and Saturday when it welcomes longtime intrastate rival Minnesota heads to defending national champion Minnesota Duluth this Minnesota to AMSOIL Arena … The defending NCAA champion Bulldogs weekend to begin 2011-12 WCHA play … Since the Gophers won back- are unbeaten in seven of their last nine games with the Gophers, going to-back national championships in 2002 and 2003, they have played 13 5-2-2 over that time … The Bulldogs kicked off the 2011-12 season by games against the defending national champions … Minnesota is 9-3-1 upending then- No. 1 ranked Notre Dame 4-3 last Friday before dropping in those games … Minnesota went 2-1 against Denver the year after the a 5-3 decision the following night … UMD got goals from four different Pioneers won the 2004 title … The Gophers were 3-1 against Denver after players in the opener, including sophomore right winger J. T. Brown, the Pioneers won the 2005 championship … Minnesota was 4-1 against who also set up one other score, while senior center Jack Connolly had Wisconsin the year after the Badgers won the 2006 title … Minnesota and a pair of assists … On Saturday, the Bulldogs jumped out to a 2-0 a half Michigan State tied 3-3 in their lone meeting the year after the Spartans minute into the second period only to see Notre Dame score the game’s won the 2007 championship (game was Nov. 23, 2007 and was the last next five goals … Junior right winger Mike Seidel (two goals) and senior time that Minnesota played a defending national champion) … Minnesota center Travis Oleksuk (two assists) each turned in two-point nights for began the year with a weekend sweep of Sacred Heart … The Gophers UMD, which outshot Notre Dame 55-40 on the weekend and limited them won 9-0 last Friday and 6-0 on Saturday to start the year 2-0-0 … The 15 to just 17 shots on goal Friday evening … The loss to Notre Dame last goals were the most that the Gophers have scored against the same team Saturday was just the Bulldogs’ second in their last nine outings going in two consecutive games since they tallied 16 goals at Minnesota State back to last year and put an end to their five-game winning streak … on Jan. 16-17, 2004 (Minnesota won 6-0 and 10-3) … The 15 goals were Junior right winger Keegan Flaherty scored his first goal in 75 lifetime the most the Gophers have scored in a home series since they recorded games with the Bulldogs last Friday night at the 11:15 mark of the first 16 goals on Nov. 1-2, 2002, against Alabama-Huntsville (Minnesota won period – just a little over two minutes after junior left winger Mike Seidel 12-1 and 4-2) … The Gophers won their first two games of the season bagged his first goal at home since his rookie season … Seidel, who by shutout for the first time since 1936 when they beat Carleton (7-0 on collected a career-high eight goals one year ago, last tallied in Duluth Dec. 11, 1936) and Dartmouth (2-0 on Dec. 29, 1936) … This weekend on Jan. 23, 2010 in a 5-4 overtime loss to Bemidji State … He scored was the first time that Minnesota won its first two games of the season twice in the rematch with the Irish for his third two-goal night at UMD … by shutout on back-to-back days since 1933 when it beat North Dakota Senior defenseman Scott Kishel now remains the only Bulldog veteran (4-0 on Jan. 13, 1933 and 9-0 on Jan. 14, 1933) … The shutouts were the without a goal to his collegiate credit (48 games) … With a pair of assists first and second of senior goaltender Kent Patterson’s career and the first over the weekend (both on Friday), two-time All-American senior center for Minnesota since Alex Kangas made 26 saves to beat Colorado College Jack Connolly moved into 26th place on UMD’s all-time scoring charts, 3-0 on Feb. 19, 2010 … Patterson made 20 saves on both nights and his dislodging John “Bah” Harrington, a member of the 1980 and 1984 U.S. 20 saves were the fewest in a Gopher shutout since Kellen Briggs also Olympic Teams, at that spot … Connolly, who has taken part in all 127 made 20 saves on Oct. 27, 2006 in a 3-0 win against Colorado College … games since enlisting with the Bulldog program, comes into the Minnesota The last Minnesota netminder to make less than 20 saves in a shutout series with a nation-leading 139 points (46g, 93a) to his collegiate credit was Jeff Frazze who needed to make only 10 saves in a 4-0 win against … At No. 25 on the career list is Rusty Fitzgerald (141 points between Alaska Anchorage on Feb. 25, 2006 … Kent Patterson became the first 1991-95) while a pair of former All-Americans Mark Pavelich (142 points, Minnesota goaltender to shutout the same opponent on consecutive 1976-79) and Junior Lessard, the 2003-04 Hobey Baker Memorial Award nights since Adam Hauser whitewashed Alaska Anchorage in the WCHA winner (142 points, 2000-04) share the No. 23 slot … Connolly, a 2010- playoffs on March 12-13, 1999 … Hauser earned 4-0 and 1-0 wins … 11 Hobey Baker Memorial Award finalist and the nation’s top returning The last time that the Gophers had back-to-back shutouts was 2006 … scorer from a year ago (he finished third on the NCAA scoring charts with a Minnesota beat Minnesota Duluth 7-0 on March 3 and 2-0 on March 4 … career-high 59 points, has been a model off consistency when it comes to The last time the Gophers had three straight shutouts was also 2006, as offensive contributions … Consider this: since the middle of the 2008-09 Minnesota beat Alaska Anchorage 4-0 on Feb. 25, 2006 before sweeping season, he has never gone pointless for more than one game in a row … Minnesota Duluth … Senior Jake Hansen, who was voted an alternate When rookie left winger Justin Crandall took his first shift last Saturday captain last week, is tied for first in the nation with Alaska Anchorage’s night, it marked the first time a pair of brothers have played in the same Mickey Spencer with six points … Hansen had one goal and five assists game for the Bulldogs in 11 seasons … Defenseman Ryan Coole, then a against Sacred Heart and his five helpers place him first in the nation in senior, and his younger brother, freshman goaltender Adam Coole, were assists … Freshmen Sam Warning is tied for seventh in the nation with the last siblings to turn that trick in the 2000-01 finale at North Dakota four points (2g, 2a), but he is tied for first among freshmen with Bowling … Justin’s older brother, Aaron Crandall, started in goal that night – his Green’s Ryan Carpenter (1g, 3a), Lake Superior’s Chris Ciotti (1g, 3a) and first puckstopping assignment since Feb. 25, 2011 at Colorado College … Boston College’s Johnny Gaudreau (1g, 3a) … The Gophers struggled on Justin Crandall, freshman defenseman Chris Casto, rookie center Caleb the penalty-kill last season as they successfully killed only 77.6% of the Herbert, redshirted freshman defenseman Luke McManus, and sophomore penalties that they took … This past weekend, Minnesota was a perfect defenseman Tim Smith, who played the first half of the 2009-10 season 9-of-9 on the penalty-kill … They were one of 10 teams not to allow a at Providence College, all made their UMD debuts this past weekend … power-play goal last weekend … After two games, the Gophers rank Defenseman Brady Lamb skated in his 100th career game last Saturday second in the nation in offense (7.50 goals-per-game) and are tied for – a milestone which fellow senior assistant team captain Cody Danberg first in defense with Boston University and RIT (0.00 goal-per-game). reached the previous evening … Both Danberg, who sat out all of last year as a medical redshirt, and sophomore right winger Joe Basaraba bypassed last Saturday’s bout with Notre Dame because of injuries … UMD is in its first full season of occupancy at AMSOIL Arena and is 6-5-1 at that $80 million, 6,726-seat facility since christening it on Dec. 30, 2010 … Senior goaltender Kenny Reiter, who is riding a five-game winning streak dating back to the opening of the 2011 NCAA playoffs, is now 30-17-5 with Bulldogs … That translates into a .625 winning percentage, the second best mark in club history behind All-American Rick Kosti’s .753 figure (60- WCHA Men’s Release • Weekly • 101011

Weekly Team Notebooks con’t non-conference action this weekend when UMass-Lowell visits Mankato for a two-game set Friday and Saturday. 18-2 between 1983-85) … Reiter, a three-time WCHA All-Academic Team pick, started the final 10 games of 2010-11 and is the reigning NCAA East Regional Most Outstanding Player … He posted a 4-0 record, a 1.97 goals- Mavericks against average and a .935 saves percentage during UMD’s four-game University of Nebraska Omaha NCAA tournament run last spring … UMD was the only 2010-11 WCHA club that went the entire season without being swept by any opponent UNO opened the 2011-12 season 1-1-0, losing in the championship game – the first time that has happened since the Bulldogs joined the NCAA of the Mutual of Omaha Stampede … The Mavericks beat Mercyhurst, I ranks in 1961-62 … The Bulldogs also picked up at least one point in 5-1, in the first game last Friday but dropped a 4-3 decision to Colgate all of their WCHA series (another program first) … UMD hasn’t suffered in the final on Saturday … The loss to Colgate marked the first time the back to back losses since Feb. 19-26, 2010 when it dropped three straight Mavericks have not won the Stampede since 2006 … Sophomore Brock games, including a pair to North Dakota … Boston College was the only Montpetit opened the new season with a flourish, netting two goals, other team in the nation besides UMD to go through the whole 2010-11 two assists and a +3 rating in the first two games of the season … He season without losing more than one game in a row. was named to the Stampede all-tournament team … Junior captain Terry Broadhurst had two goals and an assist and was also +3 in the first two games … Freshman Josh Archibald scored his first collegiate goal Mavericks in UNO’s 5-1 win over Mercyhurst, and he added a second goal in the Minnesota State University Mavs’ 4-3 loss to Colgate … Sophomore defenseman Michael Young scored his first goal of the year in the 5-1 win over Mercyhurst and led Minnesota State is 1-1-0 on the year after gaining a non-conference all UNO players on the weekend with a +4 rating … Forwards Matt White road split at RPI last Friday and Saturday … The Mavericks got 36 saves and Ryan Walters and defenseman Bryce Aneloski each had two assists from senior netminder Austin Lee as MSU claimed a 1-0 non-conference in UNO’s season-opening win over Mercyhurst … UNO has now won victory last Friday over the Engineers … Senior defenseman Cameron five straight season openers and is unbeaten in its last eight to start the Cooper scored at 18:30 of the third period to break the scoreless tie and regular season (7-0-1) … The Mavericks head to Alaska this weekend for give the Mavericks the win … RPI outshot MSU by a 36-20 margin in the the Brice Alaska Goal Rush … They’ll take on WCHA foe Alaska Anchorage game … The game was the first of the year for both teams … RPI then in a non-conference matchup on Friday, Oct. 14 and then square off with claimed last Saturday's game by a 4-1 margin … Sophomore forward former CCHA opponent Alaska Fairbanks in the late game on Oct. 15 … Johnny McInnis scored MSU's lone goal in the contest … MSU is now 3- The Mavericks have yet to play Alaska Anchorage outside the state of 7-2 in season-openers under head coach Troy Jutting … The Mavericks Alaska … In fact, all three prior meetings have been staged at Sullivan own a 3-0-1 mark in their last four season-opening encounters … Head Arena in Anchorage … That will change next weekend (Oct. 21 and 22) coach Troy Jutting (MSU '87) is in his 12th year at the Maverick men's when the Seawolves will make their first-ever appearance in Omaha to hockey helm and owns an all-time record of 173-299-53 (469) … MSU's kick off the WCHA schedule for both teams … UNO trails the all-time all-time record in 1,404 games played is 725-548-132 (.563) … Including series with Alaska, 16-22-11 … The two schools were former scheduling 17 shots in the third period, Austin Lee also was credited with 16 power- partners in the CCHA … The Mavericks are 6-12-6 all-time at Alaska play saves as MSU held RPI to a 0-for-10 mark with the man-advantage Fairbanks’ Carlson Center. in last Friday's 1-0 win … The shutout is the first of Lee's career and the first season-opening shutout by a MSU goaltender since 1986-87 season when Ken Hilgert whitewashed Gustavus, 11-0 … Senior defenseman Cameron Cooper got his first career game-winning goal when he tallied in the 1-0 win over RPI last Friday … The Lakeville, Minn., native accounted for two shots on goal and was +1 in Friday's victory … Cooper, who now has five career goals to his credit, had 3-2=5 in 37 games last year … Junior forward Eriah Hayes, who assisted on Cooper's GWG last Friday, tied for the team lead with four shots on goal in the win … Dating back to last year, Hayes has 4-5=9 in the last 13 games … Hayes, who did not miss a game in 2010-11, has now played in 77 consecutive games … MSU had four newcomers make their collegiate debuts in last Friday's win over RPI with forwards Matt Leitner, Jean-Paul Lafontaine and Max Gaede, along with defenseman Zach Palmquist all suiting up for the first time … Freshman defenseman Brett Stern assisted on Johnny McInnis' goal last Saturday while playing in his first game as a collegian … Leitner, who redshirted with Minnesota State last season after spending two campaigns with Fargo of the USHL, accounted for four shots on goal in Friday's win at RPI … Palmquist, a product of Waterloo of the USHL, had one shot on goal and was +1 in making his collegiate debut … Senior forward Michael Dorr, MSU's top-returning scorer from a year ago who has played in 52 consecutive games, had five shots on goal in the two- game series at RPI … Sophomore forward Zach Lehrke had four shots on goal and two penalties for four minutes in the season-opening series at RPI … In 30 games last year, Lehrke had one penalty for two minutes … MSU held RPI to a 0-of-10 mark in power-play opportunities last Friday … The last time MSU held an opponent scoreless when they had double- digit power-play opportunities was Oct. 21, 2006 in a 4-2 win at St. Cloud State … The Huskies went 0-for-10 with the man-advantage in that game … Junior defenseman Tyler Elbrecht, who suffered a broken arm last Friday at RPI, had played in 76 consecutive games … MSU continues WCHA Men’s Release • Weekly • 101011

Weekly Team Notebooks con’t career … The current team record for consecutive games played at SCSU is 161 by Ryan Lasch from 2006-10 … In those 121 games, LeBlanc has scored 28 goals and 59 assists … He needs 13 more points this season to Fighting Sioux join the Husky 100-point club … newcomers Jarrod Rabey, Joey Holka, University of North Dakota Nick Oliver, Andrew Prochno and Garrett Milan all saw their first action as college hockey players at the Kendall Hockey Classic in Oct. 7-8 … The Fighting Sioux continue non-conference play this weekend when Senior Travis Novak chalked up two goals at the KHC … Novak added Maine visits Ralph Engelstad Arena … UND was ranked No. 3 in both the the game-winner for the Huskies on Oct. 7 against Alaska Fairbanks … USCHO and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine preseason polls, while the Huskies will open their home season on Oct. 21-22 with a pair of the Black Bears were ranked No. 15 and 16, respectively … UND will be games at the National Hockey Center against nationally-ranked New looking to avenge last October’s Maine sweep in Orono, when the Black Hampshire … A new feature for the Huskies in 2011-12 will be 7:37 pm Bears won 7-3 and 4-2 … UND is 11-8-1 (.575) all-time against Maine, starts at the NHC on Friday nights … The only 7:07 pm start on Friday at including a 6-3-0 home record … Maine has won the last four meetings, the NHC in 2011-12 will be on Dec. 30, when the Huskies host Western including a sweep in Grand Forks during the 2006-07 season … The Sioux Michigan during the week between Christmas and New Year's … SCSU's opened the season last weekend by hosting the Ice Breaker Tournament home games in 2011-12 will be televised live on Charter Cable Channel in Grand Forks, defeating Air Force 4-3 on Friday before falling 6-2 to fifth- 87, and fans around the world can watch on the America One video ranked Boston College on Saturday … UND’s top line of juniors Danny stream at http://www.b2livetv.com/partner_members.asp?id=28 … Kristo (3) and Corban Knight (2g, 1a) and sophomore Brock Nelson (2g, Jim Rich will serve as the Huskies' television play-by-play announcer in 1a) combined for nine points on the weekend … Nelson had his first 2011-12 … Tom Saterdalen will provide color commentary for the SCSU career 3-point game in Friday’s win, scoring the game-tying and game- telecasts in 2011-12. winning goals in the final 6:12 of the third period … The Warroad, Minn., native was UND’s lone representative on the Ice Breaker All-Tournament team … Kristo was a team-leading plus-3 on the weekend … Knight won Badgers 66.7% (32-of-48) of his faceoffs on the weekend … Last season he set a University of Wisconsin school record by winning 59.9% of his draws … Sophomore defenseman Derek Forbort scored his first career goal with a power-play tally in last Wisconsin (1-1-0, 0-0-0 WCHA) begins WCHA play with a trip to Michigan Saturday’s loss to Boston College … Forbort also collected a power-play Tech (2-0-0, 0-0-0 WCHA) … Both games start at 7:07 pm ET (6:07 pm CT) assist in Friday’s win over Air Force … Nine freshmen made their debuts … the Badgers opened the season with a split at the Kohl Center against for UND over the weekend … Forward Mark MacMillan was the only Northern Michigan last weekend, dropping a 3-2 overtime decision freshman to reach the scoresheet on the weekend, collecting a power- before posting a 3-2 victory in game two … Wisconsin trailed 2-0 in both play assist each night … After struggling at the start of the 2010-11 contests before tying the games up … Wisconsin owns slow starts to season with just five points (1g, 4a) in his first 17 games, Kristo now has WCHA action in the Eaves’ coaching era, going 1-7-1 in WCHA openers 26 points (7g, 19a) in his last 19 games … Last Saturday’s loss snapped … the lone victory came against Michigan Tech to start the 2004-05 Aaron Dell’s regular season unbeaten streak at 11 games (10-0-1) … The league schedule … Wisconsin has dropped the last five WCHA openers loss also ended UND’s eight-game home winning streak. dating back to a 2-2 tie against St. Cloud State to start the 2005-06 WCHA campaign … UW sits 0-3-1 when opening WCHA play on the road … UW owns an 11-game winning streak against Michigan Tech, two shy of the Huskies school record for consecutive victories against one opponent … All nine St. Cloud State University Wisconsin freshmen saw action for the Badgers last weekend … Forward Joseph LaBate led the way with a goal and two assists, while goaltender The St. Cloud State University men's hockey team opened its 2011-12 Joel Rumpel made 33 saves in the 3-2 victory … After a scoreless season season at the Kendall Hockey Classic in Anchorage, Alaska on Oct. 7-8 … opener, All-American junior defenseman Justin Schultz earned assists on The Huskies charted a 4-1 victory over the University of Alaska Fairbanks all three Badger goal on Saturday and finished plus-2 … All three Badger on Oct. 7 and then completed the tournament with a hard-fought 4-3 goal scorers last Saturday ended double-digit goal-scoring droughts OT loss against host Alaska Anchorage on Oct. 8 in Sullivan Arena … the … Derek Lee’s game-winning goal broke a 32-game string, while Tyler Huskies (1-1-0) will continue the non-conference portion of its schedule Barnes’ goal stopped a 13-game goal drought and Michael Mersch’s tally with a trip to Northern Michigan University on Oct. 14-15 … the Huskies stopped a 15-game streak … Sophomore defenseman Joe Faust scored own a 21-15-1 record against Northern Michigan in the all-time series, Wisconsin’s first goal of the season last Friday … Faust’s goal, the second which started in 1987-88 … the last time the Huskies played NMU was of his career, marked his second in four games … Faust didn’t score his at the 2010 NCAA West Regional in St. Paul … The Huskies earned a 4-3 first goal until his 18th career Badger game … Wisconsin returns to the win in double overtime against NMU, which marked the first victory in Kohl Center for its home league opening series against 2011 NCAA Frozen NCAA tournament play for St. Cloud State … the last time SCSU played Four participant North Dakota on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 21-22. a series in Marquette, Mich., the two teams split with NMU earning a 3-0 loss on Oct. 14, 2005 and a 3-2 OT win over NMU on Oct. 15, 2005 … Of note, these were the first two games of Coach Bob Motzko's coaching career at SCSU … SCSU freshman defender Jarrob Rabey scored his first collegiate point with an assist on sophomore Nic Dowd's goal against Alaska Fairbanks on Oct. 7 … SCSU's Jared Festler, Mike Lee and Travis Novak were all named to the Kendall Hockey Classic's All-Tournament Team for 2011 … Festler enjoyed success up north with three assists and one goal in the Huskies' two games at the KHC … In his senior season at SCSU, Festler now has 31 goals and 38 assists in his career … Junior goalie Mike Lee earned the starts in both games at the KHC for the Huskies … In the two games, Lee marked 51 saves and a 2.44 goals-against average … At SCSU, Lee owns a 25-24-7 career record with a 2.76 career GAA … Senior captain Drew LeBlanc has played in 121 consecutive games as a Husky … He has never missed a game during his entire collegiate WCHA Men’s Release • Weekly • 101011 2011-12 WCHA Men’s Member Team Rosters Alaska Anchorage Seawolves 2011-12 Numerical Roster (28 Players) No. Name (NHL Draft) Yr Pos Height Weight S/C Age Hometown / Last Team 3 Wes McLeod SO D 6-2 193 L 21 Kamloops, British Columbia / Spruce Grove Saints/AJHL 4 Derek Docken FR D 6-0 189 L 21 Northfield, Minnesota / Dubuque Fighting Saints/USHL 5 Austin Coldwell FR D 6-0 198 L 21 Vancouver, Washington / Des Moines Buccaneers/USHL 7 Brett Cameron SO F 6-2 202 R 21 Spruce Grove, Alberta / Spruce Grove Saints/AJHL 8 Scott Warner JR D 5-9 174 L 23 Anchorage, Alaska / Army/Atlantic Hockey 9 Mark Pustin SO F 5-8 162 L 21 Porter Ranch, California / Fairbanks Ice Dogs/NAHL 10 Mickey Spencer JR F 6-0 194 L 22 Gibbons, Alberta / Cowichan Valley Capitals/BCHL 11 Curtis Leinweber SR F/D 5-8 175 L 23 Calgary, Alberta / Okotoks Oilers/AJHL 12 Mitch Bruijsten JR F 6-4 205 L 22 Nijmegen, Netherlands / Sioux City Musketeers/USHL 13 Quinn Sproule SO D 6-0 191 L 21 Hussar, Alberta / Okotoks Oilers/AJHL 15 Brad Gorham SR D/F 6-1 197 R 25 Anchorage, Alaska / Ohio State/CCHA 16 Andrew Pettitt FR F 5-10 167 R 20 Whitehorse, Yukon Territory / Powell River Kings/BCHL 17 Jordan Kwas SO F 5-10 184 R 22 Cochrane, Alberta / Olds Grizzlys/AJHL 18 Chris Crowell JR F 6-3 206 R 23 Williams Lake, British Columbia / Vernon Vipers/BCHL 19 Sam Mellor FR F 5-10 180 R 18 Cranbrook, British Columbia / Trail Smoke Eaters/BCHL 20 Alex Gellert JR F 6-1 183 R 22 Kelowna, British Columbia / Cowichan Valley Capitals/BCHL 21 Matt Bailey SO F 6-1 194 L 20 Winnipeg, Manitoba / Sioux Falls Stampede/USHL 23 Kory Roy FR F 5-10 186 L 21 Anchorage, Alaska / Canmore Eagles/AJHL 25 Corbin Karl FR D 6-0 203 R 21 Foremost, Alberta / Olds Grizzlys/AJHL 26 Tyler Currier JR F 6-2 201 R 23 Anchorage, Alaska / Alaska Avalanche/NAHL 28 Andrew Pickering SO F 5-11 174 L 22 West Vancouver, British Columbia / Penticton Vees/BCHL 29 Scott Allen FR F 6-3 193 L 21 Edmonton, Alberta / Spruce Grove Saints/AJHL 33 Rob Gunderson SO G 6-1 198 L 21 Lethbridge, Alberta / Brooks Bandits/AJHL 35 Chris Kamal SO G 5-10 185 L 22 Alpharetta, Georgia / Alexandria Blizzard/NAHL 36 Jade Portwood SR F 6-3 205 L 22 Victoria, British Columbia / Brooks Bandits/AJHL 38 Dusan Sidor JR G 6-0 174 R 24 Poprad, Slovakia / Alaska Avalanche/NAHL 39 Eric Scheid FR F 5-9 160 L 19 Blaine, Minnesota / Lincoln Stars/USHL 40 Daniel Naslund JR F 6-3 199 L 22 Nykoping, Sweden / Vasteras/J20 Sweden

Captains: Jade Portwood, Chris Crowell, Brad Gorham, Scott Warner. Head Coach: Dave Shyiak (Northern Michigan '93). Career Record (Entering 2011-12): 67-127-24 (.362) (6 Seasons). Record at Alaska Anchorage (Entering 2011-12): 67-127-24 (.362) (6 Seasons). Associate Head Coach: Campbell Blair (Maine '91). Assistant Coach: TJ Jindra (Notre Dame '07). Goaltending Coach: Scott Johnson (Minnesota Duluth). Athletic Trainer: Kevin Lechtenberg (Iowa '94). Bemidji State Beavers 2011-12 Numerical Roster (29 Players) No. Name (NHL Draft) Yr Pos Height Weight S/C Age Hometown / Last Team 2 Sean Rudy FR F 6-2 190 L 21 Long Sault, Ontario / OJHL-Wellington 3 Cody Strang FR F 5-9 160 R 21 Madison, Wisconsin / USHL - Youngstown 4 David Boehm SO F 5-9 180 R 22 Naples, Florida / UMass 5 Matt Carlson SR D 6-3 210 L 24 Grand Forks, North Dakota / NAHL-Fairbanks 6 Darcy Findlay SR F 5-10 205 R 24 Bristol, Quebec / CJHL-Cornwall 7 Brance Orban JR F 5-9 160 L 23 Lethbridge, Alberta / AJHL-Olds 8 Jake Areshenko JR D 6-0 200 L 23 Port Coquitlam, British Columbia / USHL-Fargo 9 Ben Kinne SR F 6-0 190 L 23 St. Paul, Minnesota / USHL-Sioux City 11 Shea Walters SR F 5-11 180 R 24 Hibbing, Minnesota / NJHL-North Iowa 12 Jeff Jubinville SO F 5-10 170 L 22 Edmonton, Alberta / NAHL-Wenatchee 13 Drew Fisher SR F 6-3 215 L 24 International Falls, Minnesota / Minnesota 14 Aaron McLeod JR F 5-9 165 L 23 Ottawa, Ontario / CJHL-Ottawa 15 Sam Windle FR D 6-4 201 R 19 Maple Grove, Minnesota / USHL-Des Moines 16 Danny Mattson FR F 5-10 180 R 20 Minneapolis, Minnesota / USHL-Youngstown 17 Jamie MacQueen SR F 6-1 185 L 23 St. Thomas, Ontario / OPJHL-Vaughn 18 Radoslav Illo (ANA) SO F 6-0 190 L 21 Bystrica, Slovakia / USHL-Tri-City 19 Tyler Tosunian FR F 5-8 175 R 21 Whittier, California / CJHL-Pembroke 20 Sam Rendle SO D 5-9 170 L 21 Grand Rapids, Minnesota / NAHL-Bismark 21 Matt Hartmann JR F 6-0 195 R 22 Hugo, Minnesota / NAHL-Topeka 22 Matt Prapavessis FR D 6-1 195 R 20 Oakville, Ontario / USHL-Lincoln 23 Garrett Ladd SO F 5-9 180 L 22 Fenton, Michigan / NAHL-Marquette 25 Brady Wacker JR D 5-7 155 R 23 Jansen, Saskatchewan / SJHL-Humbolt 26 Kyle Brodie SO D 6-0 195 R 20 Northglenn, Colorado / NAHL-Wenatchee 27 Mitch Cain FR F 6-2 200 R 20 Fort Frances, Ontario / USHL-Des Moines 28 Jordan George JR F 5-8 155 L 21 Madison, Wisconsin / NAHL-Topeka 29 Brad Hunt SR D 5-9 168 L 23 Ridge Meadows, British Columbia / BCHL-Burnaby 30 Andrew Walsh FR G 6-2 190 L 20 Dawson Creek, British Columbia / NAHL-Dawson Creek 33 Dan Bakala SR G 5-11 185 L 23 Calgary, Alberta / AJHL-Calgary 35 Mathieu Dugas JR G 6-0 165 R 23 L'Assomption, Quebec / NAHL-Wenatchee

Captain: Ben Kinne. Assistant Captains: Brad Hunt, Jake Areshenko. Head Coach: Tom Serratore (Bemidji State '87). Career Record (Entering 2011-12): 178-146-38 (.544) (10 Seasons). Record at Bemidji State (Entering 2011-12): 178-146-38 (.544) (10 Seasons). Assistant Coach: Bert Gilling (Minnesota Duluth '99). Assistant Coach: Ted Belisle (Bemidji State '01). Graduate Assistant Coach: Danny Mackinnon (Acadia '10). WCHA Men’s Release • Weekly • 101011

Team Rosters con’t Colorado College Tigers 2011-12 Numerical Roster (28 Players) No. Name (NHL Draft) Yr Pos Height Weight S/C Age Hometown / Last Team 2 Arthur Bidwill SR D/F 5-10 185 R 24 Fontana, Wisconsin / Fairbanks Ice Dogs 3 Ted Behrend SR D 5-11 185 L 21 Oregon, Wisconsin / Oregon High School 4 Joe Marciano JR D 6-2 210 R 21 Alta Loma, California / Omaha Lancers 5 Aaron Harstad (WIN) FR D 6-1 200 L 19 Stevens Point, Wisconsin / Green Bay Gamblers 6 Peter Stoykewych (WIN) FR D 6-3 200 L 19 Winnipeg, Manitoba / Des Moines Buccaneers 7 Eamonn McDermott SO D 5-10 185 R 19 Shaker Heights, Ohio / Fargo Force 8 Jaden Schwartz (STL) SO F 5-10 188 L 19 Wilcox, Saskatchewan / Tri-City Storm 9 Dakota Eveland SO F 5-7 163 L 20 Anaheim, California / Omaha Lancers 10 Gabe Guentzel SR D 6-0 193 L 23 Woodbury, Minnesota / Sioux Falls Stampede 11 David Civitarese SR F 6-2 205 R 22 Calgary, Alberta / Okotoks Oilers 12 Archie Skalbeck SO F 5-9 167 L 20 Hopkins, Minnesota / Hopkins HIgh School 13 Rylan Schwartz JR F 5-10 196 L 21 Wilcox, Saskatchewan / Notre Dame Hounds 14 Jordan DiGiando FR F 5-9 165 R 20 Gahanna, Ohio / Dubuque Fighting Saints 15 Andrew Hamburg JR F 6-3 203 R 22 Phoenix, Arizona / St. Louis Bandits 16 Alexander Krushelnyski SO F 5-11 173 L 20 Bloomfield Hills, Michigan / Sioux City Musketeers 17 Charlie Taft FR F 6-1 187 R 20 Edina, Minnesota / Muskegon Lumberjacks 18 Scott Wamsganz FR F 6-4 200 L 19 Anchorage, Alaska / Dubuque Fighting Saints 19 Michael Morin SO F 5-11 192 L 20 Plymouth, Minnesota / Breck School 20 Ian Young FR D 6-1 195 L 19 Missouri City, Texas / Fargo Force 21 Jeff Collett SO F 6-0 185 R 21 Calgary, Alberta / Calgary Royals 22 Nick Dineen SR F 5-10 193 R 22 Omaha, Nebraska / Sioux Falls Stampede 23 Tim Hall SR F 5-8 175 L 21 Sewickley, Pennsylvania / Ohio Junior Blue Jackets 25 Scott Winkler (DAL) JR F 6-3 212 R 21 Asker, Norway / Cedar Rapids Roughriders 27 William Rapuzzi JR F 5-11 192 R 21 Anchorage, Alaska / Green Bay Gamblers 28 Mike Boivin JR D 6-2 183 R 20 Delta, British Columbia / Nanaimo Clippers 29 Courtney Lockwood FR G 6-0 185 L 21 Breckenridge, Colorado / Springfield Pics 31 Joe Howe JR G 6-0 195 L 21 Plymouth, Minnesota / Waterloo Blackhawks 39 Josh Thorimbert SO G 5-11 195 L 18 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan / Kindersley Klippers

Captain: Nick Dineen. Assistant Captains: David Civitarese, Gabe Guentzel, William Rapuzzi. Head Coach: Scott Owens (Colorado College '79). Career Record (Entering 2011-12): 281-169-41 (.614) (12 Seasons). Record at Colorado College (Entering 2011-2012): 281-169-41 (.614) (12 Seasons). Assistant Coach: Joe Bonnett (Western Michigan '93). Assistant Coach: Eric Rud (Colorado College '97). Volunteer Assistant Coach: Terry Kleisinger (Wisconsin '84). Strength & Conditioning Coach: Scott Caulfield (Castleton State College '00). Denver Pioneers 2011-12 Numerical Roster (28 Players) No. Name (NHL Draft) Yr Pos Height Weight S/C Age Hometown / Last Team 1 Sam Brittain (FLA) SO G 6-3 215 L 19 Calgary, Alberta / Canmore Kodiaks (AJHL) 2 Scott Mayfield (NYI) FR D 6-4 200 R 18 St. Louis, Missouri / Youngstown Phantoms (USHL) 4 Josiah Didier (MON) FR D 6-2 205 R 18 Littleton, Colorado / Cedar Rapids RoughRiders(USHL) 5 John Lee (FLA) SR D 6-2 190 R 22 Moorhead, Minnesota / Waterloo Black Hawks(USHL) 7 Paul Phillips (CHI) JR D 6-0 200 R 20 Darien, Illinois / Cedar Rapids (USHL) 8 Dustin Jackson SR F 6-3 205 R 25 Omaha, Nebraska / So. Minnesota Express (NAHL) 9 Beau Bennett (PIT) SO F 6-1 190 R 19 Gardena, California / Penticton Vees (BCHL) 10 David Makowski SO D 6-1 195 R 22 Wildwood, Missouri / Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) 11 Chris Knowlton JR F 5-10 185 R 21 Colorado Springs, Colorado / Des Moines (USHL) 12 Ty Loney FR F 6-3 195 R 19 Valencia, Pennsylvania / Youngstown Phantoms (USHL) 14 Larkin Jacobson FR F 6-1 210 R 20 Sioux City, Iowa / Janesville Jets (NAHL) 15 Drew Shore (FLA) JR F 6-2 195 R 20 Denver, Colorado / USNTDP 16 Zac Larraza (PHO) FR F 6-3 195 L 18 Scottsdale, Arizona / USNTDP 17 Jason Zucker (MIN) SO F 5-11 185 L 19 Las Vegas, Nevada / USNTDP 18 Luke Salazar SR F 5-7 155 R 22 Thornton, Colorado / Wichita Falls Wildcats (NAHL) 19 Daniel Doremus FR F 6-1 190 R 19 Aspen, Colorado / Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) 20 Wade Bennett FR D 5-9 160 R 21 Gardena, California / Wichita Falls Wildcats (NAHL) 21 Joey LaLeggia FR D 5-10 180 L 19 Burnaby, British Columbia / Penticton Vees (BCHL) 22 Jarrod Mermis SO F 5-8 165 L 21 Alton, Illinois / Lincoln Stars (USHL) 23 Nick Shore SO F 6-0 190 R 19 Denver, Colorado / USNTDP 24 John Ryder SR D 6-1 200 L 22 Colorado Springs, Colorado / Ohio Jr. Blue Jackets (USHL) 25 Matt Tabrum FR F 5-10 175 R 20 Colorado Springs, Colorado / Omaha Lancers (USHL) 26 Shawn Ostrow JR F 5-10 185 R 21 Calgary, Alberta / Camrose (AJHL) 27 Dan Olszewski SO F 6-0 200 L 22 Janesville, Wisconsin / St. Louis Bandits (NAHL) 30 Zack Hope JR G 5-7 145 L 21 Barrington Hills, Illinois / The Hill School (NEPSIHA) 31 Juho Olkinuora FR G 6-2 200 L 20 Helsinki, Finland / Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) 33 Adam Murray JR G 6-2 185 L 20 Anchorage, Alaska / USNTDP 37 Nate Dewhurst SR F 5-9 160 R 21 Johnston, Iowa / Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)

Captains: Dustin Jackson, Drew Shore. Assistant Captains: John Lee, Paul Phillips. Head Coach: George Gwozdecky (Wisconsin '78). Career Record (Entering 2011-12): 548-363-76 (.594) (25 Seasons). Record at Denver (Entering 2011-12): 398-239-55 (.615) (17 Seasons). Associate Head Coach: Steve Miller (St. Mary's '88). Assistant Coach: David Lassonde (Providence '84). Assistant Coach: David Tenzer (New York University '84). Volunteer Assistant Coach: Matt Thomas (Navy '05). Student Assistant Coach: David Carle (Denver '12). WCHA Men’s Release • Weekly • 101011

Team Rosters con’t Michigan Tech Huskies 2011-12 Numerical Roster (30 Players) No. Name (NHL Draft) Yr Pos Height Weight S/C Age Hometown / Last Team 2 Pete Heinonen JR D 5-10 185 R 22 Hancock, Michigan / Hancock High School 3 Brad Stebner SO D 6-4 210 L 21 Fort McMurray, Alberta / Fort McMurray (AJHL) 4 Nick Cecere FR D 6-0 190 L 20 Des Moines, Iowa / Lincoln (USHL) 6 Steven Seigo JR D 6-0 185 R 21 Edenwold, Saskatchewan / Bonnyville (AJHL) 7 Patrick McCadden SO F 6-0 190 L 22 Chesterfield, Missouri / Green Bay (USHL) 8 Jacob Johnstone SO F 6-0 190 R 21 Grand Ledge, Michigan / Sioux Falls (USHL) 9 Dennis Rix SO F 6-0 190 R 22 Grande Prairie, Alberta / Grande Prairie (AJHL) 10 Tanner Kero FR F 5-11 175 L 19 Hancock, Michigan / Fargo (USHL) 11 Daniel Holmberg SO F 6-4 215 L 21 Nykoping, Sweden / Linkopings (J-20 Super Elite) 12 Ryan Furne SO F 6-2 215 21 Oakdale, Minnesota / Green Bay (USHL) 13 Aaron Pietila JR W 6-0 195 L 23 Brighton, Michigan / Traverse City (NAHL) 14 Chad Pietila JR F R 22 Brighton, Michigan / Northern Michigan 15 David Johnstone FR F 5-11 175 R 19 Grande Ledge, Michigan / Indiana (USHL) 16 Brett Olson SR C 6-0 185 R 24 Superior, Wisconsin / Waterloo (USHL) 17 Mikael Lickteig JR W 6-0 185 R 24 Little Falls, Minnesota / Alexandria (NAHL) 18 Alex MacLeod SR W 6-0 215 R 23 Nelson, British Columbia / Camrose (AJHL) 19 Blake Pietila (NJD) FR F 5-11 190 R 18 Brighton, Michigan / USNTDP 20 Blake Hietala FR F 5-10 180 R 21 Houghton, Michigan / Melfort (SJHL) 21 Tommy Brown JR D 5-9 180 22 Prince Albert, Saskatchewan / Melfort (SJHL) 22 Jordan Baker SR W/C 5-7 180 L 23 Chestermere, Alberta / Olds (AJHL) 24 Daniel Sova SO D 6-4 225 21 Cottage Grove, Minnesota / Waterloo (USHL) 25 Carl Nielsen JR D 6-4 225 R 23 Lorain, Ohio / Mahoning Valley (NAHL) 26 Jimmy Davis FR D 6-0 185 R 18 Caledonia, Michigan / East Kentwood High School 27 Bryce Reddick SR W 5-10 185 R 22 Las Vegas, Nevada / Cowichan (BCHL) 28 Milos Gordic SO C 6-5 210 R 22 Burnaby, British Columbia / Langley (BCHL) 30 Josh Robinson SR G 6-0 185 L 21 Frankenmuth, Michigan / Sioux City (USHL) 31 Corson Cramer JR G 5-11 190 L 22 Colorado Springs, Colorado / Ohio (USHL) 32 Tyler Gubb SO F 6-1 215 L 22 Stouffville, Ontario / Salmon Arm 34 Riley Sweeney FR D 6-1 190 R 19 Delta, British Columbia / Surrey (BCHL) 35 Kevin Genoe JR G 5-11 165 L 21 Qualicum Beach, British Columbia / Prince George (BCHL)

Captain: Brett Olson. Head Coach: Mel Pearson (Michigan Tech '81). Career Record (Entering 2011-12): 0-0-0. Record at Michigan Tech (Entering 2011-12): 0-0-0. Assistant Coach: Bill Muckalt (Michigan '98). Assistant Coach: Damon Whitten (Michigan State '01). Goaltending Coach: Steve Shields (Michigan '94). Strength and Conditioning Coach: Kyle Bangen (British Columbia '02). Athletic Trainer: Brian Brewster (Nebraska Omaha '00). Minnesota Golden Gophers 2011-12 Numerical Roster (27 Players) No. Name (NHL Draft) Yr Pos Height Weight S/C Age Hometown / Last Team 1 Michael Shibrowski SO G 6-1 187 L 20 Andover, Minnesota / Des Moines - USHL 3 Chris Student SO D 5-9 175 L 22 Edina, Minnesota / Northeastern University - Hock 4 Seth Helgeson (NJD) JR D 6-5 213 L 20 Faribault, Minnesota / Sioux City - USHL 5 Blake Thompson FR D 6-2 216 R 20 Eden Prairie, Minnesota / Waterloo - USHL 6 Jake Parenteau SO D 5-11 200 L 22 Shafer, Minnesota / Alaska (NAHL) 7 Kyle Rau (FLA) FR F 5-8 173 L 18 Eden Prairie, Minnesota / Sioux Falls - USHL 9 Taylor Matson (VAN) SR F 6-0 190 R 23 Mound, Minnesota / Des Moines - USHL 10 Ben Marshall (DET) FR D 5-9 175 L 19 Mahtomedi, Minnesota / Omaha - USHL 11 Sam Warning FR F 5-8 185 L 19 Chesterfield, Missouri / Cedar Rapids - USHL 12 Justin Holl (CHI) SO D 6-3 190 R 19 Tonka Bay, Minnesota / Minnetonka HS 13 Nico Sacchetti (DAL) SR F 6-0 208 R 22 Virginia, Minnesota / Omaha - USHL 14 Tom Serratore SO F 5-11 190 L 22 Colorado Springs, Colorado / Youngstown - USHL 15 Joe Miller SR F 5-11 198 R 24 Plymouth, Minnesota / Sioux City - USHL 16 Nate Condon (COA) SO F 6-0 195 L 21 Wausau, Wisconsin / Fargo - USHL 17 Seth Ambroz (CBJ) FR F 6-3 215 R 18 New Prague, Minnesota / Omaha - USHL 18 Nick Larson (WSH) SR F 6-1 180 R 22 Stillwater, Minnesota / Omaha - USHL 19 Erik Haula (MIN) SO F 5-10 187 L 20 Pori, Finland / Omaha - USHL 20 Mark Alt (CAR) SO D 6-3 202 R 19 St. Paul, Minnesota / Cretin-Derham Hall HS 21 Jake Hansen (CBJ) SR F 6-2 192 R 22 White Bear Lake, Minnesota / Sioux Falls - USHL 22 Travis Boyd (WSH) FR F 5-10 183 R 18 Hopkins, Minnesota / U.S. National Development Team 23 Jared Larson SO F 6-3 186 L 22 Apple Valley, Minnesota / Fairbanks - NAHL 24 Zach Budish (NSH) SO F 6-3 221 R 20 Edina, Minnesota / Edina HS 26 Christian Isackson (BUF) FR F 6-0 183 R 19 Pine City, Minnesota / Sioux Falls - USHL 27 Nick Bjugstad (FLA) SO F 6-5 204 R 19 Blaine, Minnesota / Blaine HS 29 Nate Schmidt SO D 5-11 194 L 20 St. Cloud, Minnesota / Fargo - USHL 30 Jake Kremer SR G 6-1 190 L 23 Eden Prairie, Minnesota / Bismarck - NAHL 35 Kent Patterson (COA) SR G 6-1 195 L 22 Plymouth, Minnesota / Cedar Rapids - USHL

Captain: Taylor Matson. Head Coach: Don Lucia (Notre Dame '81). Career Record (Entering 2011-12): 569-314-82 (.632) (24 Seasons). Record at Minnesota (Entering 2011-12): 290-159-53 (.630) (12 Seasons). Assistant Coach: Grant Potulny (Minnesota '04). Associate Head Coach: Mike Guentzel (Minnesota '87). Goaltending Coach: Justin Johnson (Minnesota '05). Strength and Conditioning Coach: Cal Dietz (Findlay '96). WCHA Men’s Release • Weekly • 101011

Team Rosters con’t Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs 2011-12 Numerical Roster (26 Players) No. Name (NHL Draft) Yr Pos Height Weight S/C Age Hometown / Last Team 2 Brady Lamb SR D 6-1 215 R 23 Calgary, Alberta / Calgary Royals/AJHL 4 Derik Johnson FR D 6-0 195 L 21 Bloomington, Minnesota / Penticton/USHL 5 Chris Casto FR D 6-3 215 R 19 Stillwater, Minnesota / Lincoln/USHL 6 Scott Kishel (MON) SR D 5-11 180 L 22 Virginia, Minnesota / Sioux Falls/USHL 8 Drew Olson (CBJ) JR D 6-0 200 L 21 Brainerd, Minnesota / Omaha/USHL 10 Dan DeLisle (CHI) JR W 6-5 225 L 21 Arden Hills, Minnesota / Totino-Grace 11 Travis Oleksuk SR C 6-0 200 L 22 Thunder Bay, Ontario / Sioux City/USHL 12 Jack Connolly SR C 5-8 160 L 22 Duluth, Minnesota / Sioux Falls/USHL 14 Keegan Flaherty JR C 6-0 190 R 21 Duluth, Minnesota / Fargo/USHL 15 Jake Hendrickson JR C 5-10 175 R 22 Savage, Minnesota / Sioux City/USHL 16 Tim Smith SO D 6-0 195 L 21 Superior, Wisconsin / Indiana/USHL 17 Mike Seidel JR W 5-10 180 R 23 Darrien, Illinois / Cedrar Rapids/USHL 18 Joe Basaraba (FLA) SO W 6-2 195 R 19 Fort Frances, Ontario / Shattuck-St. Mary's School 19 Max Tardy (STL) SO C 6-0 185 R 20 Duluth, Minnesota / Tri-City/USHL 20 Cody Danberg SR W 6-0 190 L 24 Canwood, Saskatchewan / Nanaimo/BCHL 21 Caleb Herbert (WSH) FR C 5-11 193 R 19 Bloomington, Minnesota / Sioux City/USHL 22 Luke McManus SO D 6-1 190 L 21 Apple Valley, Minnesota / Tri-City/USHL 23 J.T. Brown SO W 5-10 170 R 21 Burnsville, Minnesota / Waterloo/USHL 24 Aaron Jamnick JR C 6-0 200 R 21 Hibbing, Minnesota / Providence College/Hockey East 25 Justin Crandall FR W 5-10 185 R 19 Lakeville, Minnesota / Omaha/USHL 26 Adam Krause FR W 6-3 205 R 20 Hermantown, Minnesota / Sioux City/USHL 27 David Grun SR W 6-1 200 R 23 White Bear Lake, Minnesota / Sioux Falls/USHL 28 Wade Bergman JR D 5-8 165 L 21 Calgary, Alberta / Olds/AJHL 30 Christian Gaffy SO G 6-0 170 L 19 Scandia, Minnesota / Forest Lake High School 31 Aaron Crandall SO G 6-1 190 L 21 Lakeville, Minnesota / Des Moines/USHL 35 Kenny Reiter SR G 5-11 170 L 24 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania / Fairbanks/NAHL

Captain: Jack Connolly. Head Coach: Scott Sandelin (North Dakota '86). Career Record (Entering 2011-12): 192-200-52 (.491) (11 Seasons). Record at Minnesota Duluth (Entering 2011-12): 192-200-52 (.491) (11 Seasons). Assistant Coach: Jason Herter (North Dakota '05). Assistant Coach: Derek Plante (Minnesota Duluth '09). Assistant Coach: Bill Watson (Minnesota Duluth '90). Athletic Trainer: Dr. Susan Hoppe (Wisconsin- Eau Claire '99). Strength & Conditioning Coach: Blake Palmer (Northern Iowa '08). Minnesota State Mavericks 2011-12 Numerical Roster (27 Players) No. Name (NHL Draft) Yr Pos Height Weight S/C Age Hometown / Last Team 1 Austin Lee SR G 6-3 195 L 23 Bloomington, Minnesota / Fargo-Moorhead (NAHL) 2 Josh Nelson SO D 6-0 180 R 22 Wisconsin Rapids,, Wisconsin / Fairbanks (NAHL) 3 Cameron Cooper SR D 6-0 205 L 23 Lakeville, Minnesota / Tri-City (USHL) 7 Zach Palmquist FR D 5-11 175 20 So. St. Paul, Minnesota / Waterloo (USHL) 8 Max Gaede (SJS) FR F 6-3 200 R 19 Woodbury, Minnesota / Sioux City (USHL) 9 Mike Louwerse SR F 5-9 175 R 23 Brooklyn Park, Minnesota / Blake (USHS) 10 Mat Knoll FR D 6-0 180 R 21 Edmonton, Alberta / Spruce Grove (AJHL) 11 Corey Leivermann SO F 5-11 175 R 21 Mankato, Minnesota / Fargo (USHL) 12 Jean-Paul Lafontaine FR F 5-10 172 L 19 Oxford, Michigan / Green Bay (USHL) 13 Danny Heath SO D 6-1 195 R 21 Glendale, Arizona / Des Moines (USHL) 14 Justin Jokinen (BUF) SR F 6-3 185 R 21 Carlton, Minnesota / Cloquet (USHS) 15 J.P. Burkemper SO F 6-3 190 L 20 St. Louis, Missouri / Fargo (USHL) 16 Tyler Elbrecht JR D 6-4 210 L 22 Edwardsville, Illinois / St. Louis (NAHL) 17 Evan Mosey JR D 5-11 185 R 22 Downers Grove, Illinois / Wenatchee (NAHL) 18 Matt Leitner FR F 5-9 170 L 20 Los Alamitos, California / Fargo (USHL) 19 Zach Lehrke SO F 5-8 170 R 21 Park Rapids, Minnesota / Cedar Rapids (USHL) 20 Charlie Thauwald FR F 6-3 225 R 20 Rochester, Minnesota / Fairbanks (NAHL) 21 Chase Grant SO F 5-11 195 L 22 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma / Fargo (USHL) 22 John McInnis SO F 6-1 200 R 22 Boston, Massachusetts / Okotoks (AJHL) 23 Michael Dorr SR F 5-10 175 R 22 Roseville, Minnesota / Minnesota (WCHA) 24 Adam Mueller SR F 5-10 175 L 21 Roseville, Minnesota / Roseville (USHS) 25 Eriah Hayes JR F 6-4 210 R 23 LaCresent, Minnesota / Waterloo (USHL) 26 Joe Schiller SR F 6-1 185 R 23 Detroit Lakes, Minnesota / Green Bay (USHL) 27 Brett Stern FR D 6-3 185 L 19 Lino Lakes, Minnesota / Green Bay (USHL) 29 Eli Zuck JR F 6-0 190 L 22 Anchorage, Alaska / Tri-City (USHL) 30 Phil Cook JR G 6-3 195 L 23 Wheaton, Illinois / Fairbanks (NAHL) 35 Evan Karambelas FR G 6-3 210 L 22 Fort St. John, British Columbia / Topeka (NAHL)

Captains: Tyler Elbrecht, Michael Dorr. Head Coach: Troy Jutting (Minnesota State '87). Career Record (Entering 2011-12): 172-200-53 (.467) (11 Seasons). Record at Minnesota State (Entering 2011-12): 172-200-53 (.467) (11 Seasons). Associate Head Coach: Darren Blue (Minnesota State '96). Assistant Coach: Todd Knott (Bemidji State '02). WCHA Men’s Release • Weekly • 101011

Team Rosters con’t Nebraska Omaha Mavericks 2011-12 Numerical Roster (27 Players) No. Name (NHL Draft) Yr Pos Height Weight S/C Age Hometown / Last Team 2 Matt Smith SR D 6-2 202 L 23 Carmel, Indiana / Indiana (USHL) 3 Andrej Sustr SO D 6-8 200 R 20 Plzen, Czech Republic / Youngstown (USHL) 4 Tony Turgeon SO D 6-4 228 L 22 Grand Forks, North Dakota / Waterloo (USHL) 5 Kyle Ensign SR D 5-11 190 L 23 New Richmond, Wisconsin / Green Bay (USHL) 7 Michael Young SO D 6-3 213 L 22 Calgary, Alberta / Flin Flon (SJHL) 8 Jaycob Megna FR D 6-6 200 L 18 Northbrook, Illinois / Muskegon (USHL) 9 James Polk FR F 6-0 181 L 19 New York, New York / Penticton (BCJHL) 10 Alex Simonson SO F 6-2 201 R 21 Grand Forks, North Dakota / Chicago (USHL) 11 Jayson Megna FR F 6-0 193 R 21 Northbrook, Illinois / Cedar Rapids (USHL) 12 Brock Montpetit SO F 5-11 189 R 21 Somerset, Wisconsin / Waterloo (USHL) 13 Zahn Raubenheimer SO F 5-10 176 R 22 Smoky Lake, Alberta / Grand Prairie (AJHL) 14 Dominic Zombo FR F 5-11 182 L 20 Ballwin, Missouri / Sioux Falls (USHL) 15 Josh Archibald (PIT) FR F 5-10 170 R 17 Brainerd, Minnesota / Brainerd High School 17 Terry Broadhurst JR F 5-11 162 L 22 Orland Park, Illinois / Sioux Falls (USHL) 19 Ryan Walters SO F 6-0 188 L 20 Rosemount, Minnesota / Des Moines (USHL) 20 Zach Mausolf FR F 5-10 175 R 21 Aurora, Minnesota / Neepawa (MJHL) 21 Matt White SO F 5-10 185 L 22 Whittier, California / Omaha (USHL) 22 Andrew Schmit FR F 6-4 225 R 20 Grafton, Wisconsin / Lincoln (USHL) 23 Johnnie Searfoss SO F 6-0 185 L 21 Colleyville, Texas / Fargo (USHL) 24 Bryce Aneloski (OTT) JR D 6-2 207 R 21 Pekin, Illinois / Cedar Rapids (USHL) 25 Brent Gwidt (WSH) JR F 6-2 224 L 23 Minocqua, Wisconsin / Indiana (USHL) 26 Alex Hudson SR F 6-0 209 R 24 Corona, California / Tri-City (USHL) 28 Brian O'Rourke FR D 6-0 185 L 20 St. Louis, Missouri / Green Bay (USHL) 29 Dayn Belfour FR G 6-0 193 L 22 Morden, Manitoba / Fargo (USHL) 30 John Faulkner JR G 6-1 207 L 23 Sarnia, Ontario / Sarnia (WOHL) 31 Ryan Massa FR G 6-0 179 L 21 Littleton, Colorado / Fargo (USHL) 35 Fredrik Bergman SO G 6-5 176 L 22 Vienna, Virginia / Owatonna (NAHL)

Captain: Terry Broadhurst. Assistant Captains: John Faulkner, Brent Gwidt, Matt White. Head Coach: Dean Blais (Minnesota '73). Career Record (Entering 2011-12): 303-147-41 (.659) (12 Seasons). Record at Nebraska Omaha (Entering 2011-12): 41-32-8 (.556) (2 Seasons). Associate Head Coach: Mike Hastings (St. Cloud State '93). Assistant Coach: Brian Renfrew (Western Michigan '00). North Dakota Fighting Sioux 2011-12 Numerical Roster (25 Players) No. Name (NHL Draft) Yr Pos Height Weight S/C Age Hometown / Last Team 2 Andrew MacWilliam (TOR) JR D 6-2 230 L 21 Calgary, Alberta / Camrose (AJHL) 4 Derek Forbort (LAK) SO D 6-5 207 L 19 Duluth, Minnesota / U.S. Under-18 5 Nick Mattson (CHI) FR D 6-1 178 L 19 Chanhassen, Minnesota / Indiana (USHL) 7 Danny Kristo (MON) JR F 5-11 188 R 21 Eden Prairie, Minnesota / Omaha (USHL) 8 Dan Senkbeil FR D 6-4 215 L 20 Fremont, California / Alaska (NAHL) 9 Mario Lamoureux SR F 5-9 185 L 23 Grand Forks, North Dakota / Tri-City (USHL) 10 Corban Knight (FLA) JR F 6-2 193 R 21 High River, Alberta / Okotoks (AJHL) 11 Derek Rodwell (NJD) SO F 6-2 200 R 21 Taber, Alberta / Okotoks (AJHL) 13 Connor Gaarder FR F 5-10 183 R 20 Edina, Minnesota / Coulee Region (NAHL) 14 Taylor Dickin SO F 6-2 201 L 22 Winnipeg, Manitoba / Selkirk (MJHL) 15 Michael Parks (PHI) FR F 5-11 190 R 19 St. Louis, Missouri / Cedar Rapids (USHL) 16 Mark MacMillan (MON) FR F 6-0 170 L 19 Penticton, British Columbia / Penticton (BCHL) 17 Colten St. Clair FR F 5-11 182 R 18 Gilbert, Arizona / Fargo (USHL) 18 Dillon Simpson SO D 6-2 191 L 18 Edmonton, Alberta / Spruce Grove (AJHL 19 Rocco Grimaldi (FLA) FR F 5-6 165 R 18 Rossmoor, California / U.S. Under-18 20 Joe Gleason (CHI) JR D 5-9 182 R 21 Edina, Minnesota / Des Moines (USHL) 21 Brendan O'Donnell (TBL) FR F 6-0 200 L 19 Winnipeg, Manitoba / Penticton (BCHL) 22 Andrew Panzarella FR D 6-1 190 R 21 Washington, District of Columbia / Waterloo (USHL) 24 Ben Blood (OTT) SR D 6-4 226 L 22 Plymouth, Minnesota / Indiana (USHL) 27 Carter Rowney JR F 6-2 208 R 21 Sexsmith, Alberta / Grande Prairie (AJHL) 28 Stephane Pattyn FR F 6-0 185 L 20 Ste. Anne, Manitoba / Portage (MJHL) 29 Brock Nelson (NYI) SO F 6-4 192 L 19 Warroad, Minnesota / Warroad High School 31 Brad Eidsness (BUF) SR G 6-0 184 L 22 Chestermere, Alberta / Okotoks (AJHL) 32 Aaron Dell JR G 6-0 209 L 22 Airdrie, Alberta / Calgary Canucks (AJHL) 35 Tate Maris JR G 5-10 175 L 22 Denver, Colorado / Bozeman (NPHL)

Captain: Mario Lamoureux. Assistant Captains: Ben Blood, Andrew MacWilliam, Corban Knight. Head Coach: Dave Hakstol (North Dakota '96). Career Record (Entering 2011-12): 187-92-27 (.655) (7 Seasons). Record at North Dakota (Entering 2011-12): 187-92-27 (.655) (7 Seasons). Associate Head Coach: Cary Eades (North Dakota '84). Assistant Coach: Dane Jackson (North Dakota '92). Volunteer Assistant Coach: Karl Goehring (North Dakota '01). Athletic Trainer: Mark Poolman (North Dakota '92). Manager: Andy Rannells (Minnesota Duluth '09). WCHA Men’s Release • Weekly • 101011

Team Rosters con’t St. Cloud State Huskies 2011-12 Numerical Roster (27 Players) No. Name (NHL Draft) Yr Pos Height Weight S/C Age Hometown / Last Team 2 Jarrod Rabey FR D 6-1 238 L 19 Rockton, Illinois / Indiana-USHL 3 Sam Zabkowicz SR D 5-11 180 L 24 Greendale, Wisconsin / Sioux Falls - USHL 4 Taylor Johnson JR D 5-10 160 R 21 Hugo, Minnesota / Green Bay Gamblers - USHL 7 Kevin Gravel (LAK) SO D 6-4 198 L 19 Kingsford, Michigan / Sioux City-USHL 8 Cory Thorson SO F 6-1 195 L 21 Crystal, Minnesota / Owatonna-NAHL 9 David Morely FR F 5-6 157 R 21 Richmond Hills, Ontario / Victoria-BCHL 10 Ben Hanowski (PIT) JR F 6-2 195 L 20 Little Falls, Minnesota / Little Falls H.S. 11 Jared Festler SR F 5-9 180 L 21 Little Falls, Minnesota / Lincoln - USHL 12 Travis Novak SR F 5-11 185 R 23 Lethbridge, Alberta / Omaha - USHL 13 Jordy Christian SR F 5-10 176 L 22 Moorhead, Minnesota / Prince George - BCHL 14 Nick Jensen SO D 6-0 193 R 21 Rogers, Minnesota / Green Bay-USHL 15 Mitch MacMillan SO F 6-0 185 L 21 Penticton, British Columbia / Alberni Valley - BCHL 17 Joey Holka FR F 6-3 190 R 21 Phoenix, Arizona / Penticton-BCHL 18 Garrett Milan FR F 5-6 160 L 20 Whistler, British Columbia / Penticton-BCHL 19 Drew LeBlanc SR F 6-0 195 L 22 Hermantown, Minnesota / Chicago - USHL 20 Brandon Burrell SO D 6-0 195 L 21 Brooklyn Park, Minnesota / Wenatchee-NAHL 21 Brooks Bertsch FR F 5-10 180 R 21 Dubuque, Iowa / Dubuque-USHL 22 David Eddy JR F 6-0 187 R 21 Woodbury, Minnesota / Sioux Falls Stampede - USHL 23 Cam Reid (NSH) SO F 6-3 203 L 20 Delta, British Columbia / Westside-BCHL 26 Nic Dowd (LAK) SO F 6-2 196 R 21 Huntsville, Alabama / Indiana-USHL 27 Nick Oliver (NSH) FR F 6-2 195 L 20 Roseau, Minnesota / Fargo-USHL 28 Andrew Prochno FR D 5-11 185 L 19 Shorewwood, Minnesota / Sioux Falls-USHL 29 Ryan Faragher FR G 6-2 205 L 21 Fort Frances, Ontario / Bismarck-NAHL 30 Mike Lee (PHO) JR G 6-1 190 L 20 Roseau, Minnesota / Fargo Force - USHL 33 Joe Phillippi FR G 5-8 170 L 21 Shoreview, Minnesota / Fairbanks-NAHL 36 Nate Hardy SR G 5-11 187 L 23 Hermantown, Minnesota / Southern Minnesota - NAHL 40 Tim Daly FR D 5-11 185 R 19 Maple Ridge, British Columbia / Langley-BCHL

Captains: Drew LeBlanc, Ben Hanowski, Mike Lee. Head Coach: Bob Motzko (St. Cloud State '87). Career Record (Entering 2011-12): 120-92-29 (.558) (6 Seasons). Record at St. Cloud State (Entering 2011-12): 120-92-29 (.558) (6 Seasons). Assistant Coach: Mike Gibbons (Bemidji State '81). Assistant Coach: Steve Johnson (North Dakota '88). Athletic Trainer: Bryan DeMaine (University of Mary '00). Manager: Jeremiah Minkel (St. Cloud State '99). Wisconsin Badgers 2011-12 Numerical Roster (26 Players) No. Name (NHL Draft) Yr Pos Height Weight S/C Age Hometown / Last Team 3 Patrick Daly (NJD) FR D 6-0 180 L 19 Victoria, Minnesota / Benilde-St. Margaret's H.S. 4 Eric Springer SR D 5-9 195 L 22 Wrightstown, Wisconsin / Sioux Falls (USHL) 5 Chase Drake SO D 6-1 185 L 21 Mosinee, Wisconsin / Sioux City (USHL) 6 Justin Schultz (ANA) JR D 6-2 185 R 21 West Kelowna, British Columbia / Westside (BCHL) 7 Tyler Barnes SO F 6-0 185 R 21 Eagan, Minnesota / Waterloo (USHL) 8 Matt Paape FR F 5-9 185 L 20 Appleton, Wisconsin / Sioux City (USHL) 9 Mark Zengerle SO F 5-11 180 R 22 Rochester, New York / Salmon Arm (BCHL) 12 Keegan Meuer SO F 5-10 180 R 22 Madison, Wisconsin / Waterloo (USHL) 13 Gavin Hartzog SO F 6-3 210 R 21 Pewaukee, Wisconsin / Fargo (USHL) 14 Jefferson Dahl SO F 5-9 175 R 22 Eau Claire, Wisconsin / Youngstown (USHL) 16 Joseph LaBate (VAN) FR F 6-4 195 L 18 Eagan, Minnesota / Academy of Holy Angels H.S. 17 Jason Clark (NYI) SO F 6-2 190 L 19 Eden Prairie, Minnesota / Shattuck-St. Marys 18 Sean Little SO F 5-11 180 R 20 Fond du Lac, Wisconsin / Green Bay (USHL) 19 Jake McCabe FR D 6-1 200 L 17 Eau Claire, Wis., Wisconsin / USA Hockey NTDP 20 Ryan Little JR F 5-11 185 L 23 Fond du Lac, Wisconsin / Green Bay (USHL) 21 Brendan Woods FR F 6-3 200 L 19 Fairfax, Virginia / Muskegon (USHL) 22 Tyler Lapic FR F 6-1 200 L 20 New Prague, Minnesota / Chicago (USHL) 23 Derek Lee JR F 5-10 170 R 21 North Vancouver, British Columbia / Victoria (BCHL) 24 Joe Faust (NJD) SO D 5-11 205 R 19 Bloomington, Minnesota / Bloomington-Jefferson H.S. 25 Michael Mersch (LAK) SO F 6-1 210 L 19 Park Ridge, Illinois / USA Hockey NTDP 26 Brad Navin (BUF) FR F 6-3 195 L 19 Waupaca, Wisconsin / Waupaca H.S. 27 Frankie Simonelli SO D 5-10 195 R 19 Bensenville, Illinois / USA Hockey NTDP 30 Landon Peterson FR G 6-0 185 L 21 Oregon, Wisconsin / Alaska (NAHL) 33 Joel Rumpel FR G 6-3 180 L 20 Swift Current, Saskatchewan / Penticton (BCHL) 35 Mitch Thompson JR G 5-11 195 L 21 Onalaska, Wisconsin / Bozeman (NorPac) 55 John Ramage (CAL) JR D 6-0 200 R 20 St. Louis, Missouri / USA Hockey NTDP

Captain: John Ramage. Assistant Captains: Ryan Little, Justin Schultz. Head Coach: Mike Eaves (Wisconsin '78). Career Record (Entering 2011-12): 192-138-42 (.573) (9 Seasons). Record at Wisconsin (Entering 2011-12): 192-138-42 (.573) (9 Seasons). Assistant Coach: Bill Butters (Minnesota '86). Assistant Coach: Gary Shuchuk (Wisconsin '90). Volunteer Assistant Coach: Jeff Sanger (Colorado College '02). Strength & Conditioning Coach: Jim Snider (Wisconsin-La Crosse '00). Athletic Trainer: Andy Hrodey (Illinois '96). WCHA Men’s Release • Weekly • 101011 2011-12 WCHA Team Statistics • All Games

Scoring Offense: Games Goals G/GM Combined Special Teams: Totals PCT 1 Minnesota 2 15 7.50 1 Michigan Tech 13/ 23 56.5 2 Alaska Anchorage 2 8 4.00 2 North Dakota 10/ 18 55.6 Nebraska Omaha 2 8 4.00 3 Bemidji State 9/ 17 52.9 4 Bemidji State 2 7 3.50 4 Minnesota 12/ 23 52.2 Michigan Tech 2 7 3.50 5 Minnesota State 14/ 27 51.9 Minnesota Duluth 2 7 3.50 6 Nebraska Omaha 6/ 12 50.0 St. Cloud State 2 7 3.50 7 Alaska Anchorage 9/ 20 45.0 8 North Dakota 2 6 3.00 8 Minnesota Duluth 10/ 23 43.5 9 Wisconsin 2 5 2.50 9 St. Cloud State 7/ 17 41.2 10 Minnesota State 2 2 1.00 10 Wisconsin 10/ 29 34.5

Scoring Defense: Games Goals G/GM Special Teams Net: PPF SHA PP PPA SHF SH NET 1 Minnesota 2 0 0.00 1 Michigan Tech 3 0 +3 1 1 0 +3 2 Michigan Tech 2 4 2.00 Minnesota 3 0 +3 0 0 0 +3 Minnesota State 2 4 2.00 3 North Dakota 2 0 +2 1 1 0 +2 4 Nebraska Omaha 2 5 2.50 4 Minnesota Duluth 3 1 +2 2 0 -2 0 St. Cloud State 2 5 2.50 Nebraska Omaha 2 1 +1 1 0 -1 0 Wisconsin 2 5 2.50 St. Cloud State 2 0 +2 2 0 -2 0 7 Bemidji State 2 6 3.00 Wisconsin 2 0 +2 2 0 -2 0 8 Alaska Anchorage 2 7 3.50 8 Alaska Anchorage 3 0 +3 4 0 -4 -1 9 Minnesota Duluth 2 8 4.00 9 Bemidji State 1 1 0 3 1 -2 -2 10 North Dakota 2 9 4.50 Minnesota State 0 0 0 2 0 -2 -2

Penalty Minutes: Games PIM PIM/G Scoring by Periods: 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total 1 Minnesota State 2 51 25.5 1 Minnesota 3 6 6 - 15 2 Michigan Tech 2 27 13.5 2 Alaska Anchorage 0 3 4 1 8 3 Bemidji State 2 24 12.0 Nebraska Omaha 3 3 2 - 8 Minnesota Duluth 2 24 12.0 4 Bemidji State 0 3 4 - 7 Wisconsin 2 24 12.0 Michigan Tech 2 2 3 - 7 6 Minnesota 2 22 11.0 Minnesota Duluth 3 2 2 - 7 7 Alaska Anchorage 2 20 10.0 St. Cloud State 2 2 3 0 7 8 North Dakota 2 18 9.0 8 North Dakota 3 1 2 - 6 St. Cloud State 2 18 9.0 9 Wisconsin 0 2 3 0 5 10 Nebraska Omaha 2 14 7.0 10 Minnesota State 1 0 1 - 2

Power Play: Totals SHA PCT Goals Allowed by Periods: 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total 1 Alaska Anchorage 3/ 10 0 30.0 1 Minnesota 0 0 0 - 0 2 Nebraska Omaha 2/ 7 1 28.6 2 Michigan Tech 4 0 0 - 4 3 Michigan Tech 3/ 12 0 25.0 Minnesota State 1 2 1 - 4 4 North Dakota 2/ 9 0 22.2 4 Nebraska Omaha 2 2 1 - 5 5 Minnesota 3/ 14 0 21.4 St. Cloud State 1 0 3 1 5 Minnesota Duluth 3/ 14 1 21.4 Wisconsin 2 2 0 1 5 7 St. Cloud State 2/ 10 0 20.0 7 Bemidji State 2 2 2 - 6 8 Bemidji State 1/ 6 1 16.7 8 Alaska Anchorage 2 3 2 0 7 9 Wisconsin 2/ 19 0 10.5 9 Minnesota Duluth 2 4 2 - 8 10 Minnesota State 0/ 11 0 0.0 10 North Dakota 2 6 1 - 9

Penalty Kill: Totals SHF PCT 1 Minnesota 9/ 9 0 100.0 2 Michigan Tech 10/ 11 1 90.9 3 North Dakota 8/ 9 1 88.9 4 Minnesota State 14/ 16 0 87.5 5 Nebraska Omaha 4/ 5 0 80.0 Wisconsin 8/ 10 0 80.0 7 Minnesota Duluth 7/ 9 0 77.8 8 Bemidji State 8/ 11 1 72.7 9 St. Cloud State 5/ 7 0 71.4 10 Alaska Anchorage 6/ 10 0 60.0 WCHA Men’s Release • Weekly • 101011 2011-12 WCHA Player Statistics • All Games Point Scoring: GP PPG G- A- P 1 Mickey Spencer Alaska Anchorage JR F 2 3.00 4- 2- 6 Jake Hansen Minnesota SR F 2 3.00 1- 5- 6 3 Erik Haula Minnesota SO F 2 2.50 3- 2- 5 4 Sam Warning Minnesota FR F 2 2.00 2- 2- 4 Brock Montpetit Nebraska Omaha SO F 2 2.00 2- 2- 4 Jared Festler St. Cloud State SR F 2 2.00 1- 3- 4 7 Mike Seidel Minnesota Duluth JR W 2 1.50 3- 0- 3 Aaron McLeod Bemidji State JR F 2 1.50 2- 1- 3 Blake Pietila Michigan Tech FR F 2 1.50 2- 1- 3 Travis Oleksuk Minnesota Duluth SR C 2 1.50 2- 1- 3 Terry Broadhurst Nebraska Omaha JR F 2 1.50 2- 1- 3 Corban Knight North Dakota JR F 2 1.50 2- 1- 3 Brock Nelson North Dakota SO F 2 1.50 2- 1- 3 Daniel Naslund Alaska Anchorage JR F 2 1.50 1- 2- 3 Jordan Kwas Alaska Anchorage SO F 2 1.50 1- 2- 3 Jordan Baker Michigan Tech SR W/C 2 1.50 1- 2- 3 Steven Seigo Michigan Tech JR D 2 1.50 1- 2- 3 Zach Budish Minnesota SO F 2 1.50 1- 2- 3 J.T. Brown Minnesota Duluth SO W 2 1.50 1- 2- 3 Joseph LaBate Wisconsin FR F 2 1.50 1- 2- 3 Brett Cameron Alaska Anchorage SO F 2 1.50 0- 3- 3 Brad Hunt Bemidji State SR D 2 1.50 0- 3- 3 Mark Alt Minnesota SO D 2 1.50 0- 3- 3 Nate Schmidt Minnesota SO D 2 1.50 0- 3- 3 Matt White Nebraska Omaha SO F 2 1.50 0- 3- 3 Bryce Aneloski Nebraska Omaha JR D 2 1.50 0- 3- 3 Danny Kristo North Dakota JR F 2 1.50 0- 3- 3 Justin Schultz Wisconsin JR D 2 1.50 0- 3- 3 29 Mikael Lickteig Michigan Tech JR W 1 2.00 0- 2- 2 Blake Thompson Minnesota FR D 1 2.00 0- 2- 2 Jacob Johnstone Michigan Tech SO F 2 1.00 2- 0- 2 Nick Bjugstad Minnesota SO F 2 1.00 2- 0- 2 Seth Ambroz Minnesota FR F 2 1.00 2- 0- 2 Josh Archibald Nebraska Omaha FR F 2 1.00 2- 0- 2 Travis Novak St. Cloud State SR F 2 1.00 2- 0- 2 Matt Bailey Alaska Anchorage SO F 2 1.00 1- 1- 2 Brett Olson Michigan Tech SR C 2 1.00 1- 1- 2 Taylor Matson Minnesota SR F 2 1.00 1- 1- 2 Kyle Rau Minnesota FR F 2 1.00 1- 1- 2 Derek Forbort North Dakota SO D 2 1.00 1- 1- 2 Drew LeBlanc St. Cloud State SR F 2 1.00 1- 1- 2 Derek Lee Wisconsin JR F 2 1.00 1- 1- 2 Michael Mersch Wisconsin SO F 2 1.00 1- 1- 2 Mitch Bruijsten Alaska Anchorage JR F 2 1.00 0- 2- 2 Justin Holl Minnesota SO D 2 1.00 0- 2- 2 Nate Condon Minnesota SO F 2 1.00 0- 2- 2 Jack Connolly Minnesota Duluth SR C 2 1.00 0- 2- 2 Wade Bergman Minnesota Duluth JR D 2 1.00 0- 2- 2 Ryan Walters Nebraska Omaha SO F 2 1.00 0- 2- 2 Mark MacMillan North Dakota FR F 2 1.00 0- 2- 2 Taylor Johnson St. Cloud State JR D 2 1.00 0- 2- 2 52 Johnny McInnis Minnesota State SO F 1 1.00 1- 0- 1 Travis Boyd Minnesota FR F 1 1.00 0- 1- 1 Kenny Reiter Minnesota Duluth SR G 1 1.00 0- 1- 1 Cody Danberg Minnesota Duluth SR W 1 1.00 0- 1- 1 Brett Stern Minnesota State FR D 1 1.00 0- 1- 1 Mark Pustin Alaska Anchorage SO F 2 0.50 1- 0- 1 Darcy Findlay Bemidji State SR F 2 0.50 1- 0- 1 Shea Walters Bemidji State SR F 2 0.50 1- 0- 1 Jake Areshenko Bemidji State JR D 2 0.50 1- 0- 1 Jordan George Bemidji State JR F 2 0.50 1- 0- 1 Sam Rendle Bemidji State SO D 2 0.50 1- 0- 1 Tom Serratore Minnesota SO F 2 0.50 1- 0- 1 Ben Marshall Minnesota FR D 2 0.50 1- 0- 1 Keegan Flaherty Minnesota Duluth JR C 2 0.50 1- 0- 1 Cameron Cooper Minnesota State SR D 2 0.50 1- 0- 1 Michael Young Nebraska Omaha SO D 2 0.50 1- 0- 1 Johnnie Searfoss Nebraska Omaha SO F 2 0.50 1- 0- 1 Carter Rowney North Dakota JR F 2 0.50 1- 0- 1 Ben Hanowski St. Cloud State JR F 2 0.50 1- 0- 1 Cam Reid St. Cloud State SO F 2 0.50 1- 0- 1 Nic Dowd St. Cloud State SO F 2 0.50 1- 0- 1 Tyler Barnes Wisconsin SO F 2 0.50 1- 0- 1 Joe Faust Wisconsin SO D 2 0.50 1- 0- 1 Quinn Sproule Alaska Anchorage SO D 2 0.50 0- 1- 1 Sam Mellor Alaska Anchorage FR F 2 0.50 0- 1- 1 Ben Kinne Bemidji State SR F 2 0.50 0- 1- 1 Brance Orban Bemidji State JR F 2 0.50 0- 1- 1 David Boehm Bemidji State SO F 2 0.50 0- 1- 1 Jeff Jubinville Bemidji State SO F 2 0.50 0- 1- 1 Carl Nielsen Michigan Tech JR D 2 0.50 0- 1- 1 Patrick McCadden Michigan Tech SO F 2 0.50 0- 1- 1 David Johnstone Michigan Tech FR F 2 0.50 0- 1- 1 Riley Sweeney Michigan Tech FR D 2 0.50 0- 1- 1 Brady Lamb Minnesota Duluth SR D 2 0.50 0- 1- 1 Scott Kishel Minnesota Duluth SR D 2 0.50 0- 1- 1 WCHA Men’s Release • Weekly • 101011

2011-12 WCHA Player Statistics con’t

Dan DeLisle Minnesota Duluth JR W 2 0.50 0- 1- 1 Evan Mosey Minnesota State JR D 2 0.50 0- 1- 1 Eriah Hayes Minnesota State JR F 2 0.50 0- 1- 1 Zahn Raubenheimer Nebraska Omaha SO F 2 0.50 0- 1- 1 Joe Gleason North Dakota JR D 2 0.50 0- 1- 1 Nick Jensen St. Cloud State SO D 2 0.50 0- 1- 1 Jarrod Rabey St. Cloud State FR D 2 0.50 0- 1- 1 Frankie Simonelli Wisconsin SO D 2 0.50 0- 1- 1 Mark Zengerle Wisconsin SO F 2 0.50 0- 1- 1 Matt Paape Wisconsin FR F 2 0.50 0- 1- 1

Goal Scoring: GP GPG G 1 Mickey Spencer Alaska Anchorage JR F 2 2.00 4 2 Erik Haula Minnesota SO F 2 1.50 3 Mike Seidel Minnesota Duluth JR W 2 1.50 3 4 Aaron McLeod Bemidji State JR F 2 1.00 2 Jacob Johnstone Michigan Tech SO F 2 1.00 2 Blake Pietila Michigan Tech FR F 2 1.00 2 Nick Bjugstad Minnesota SO F 2 1.00 2 Seth Ambroz Minnesota FR F 2 1.00 2 Sam Warning Minnesota FR F 2 1.00 2 Travis Oleksuk Minnesota Duluth SR C 2 1.00 2 Terry Broadhurst Nebraska Omaha JR F 2 1.00 2 Brock Montpetit Nebraska Omaha SO F 2 1.00 2 Josh Archibald Nebraska Omaha FR F 2 1.00 2 Corban Knight North Dakota JR F 2 1.00 2 Brock Nelson North Dakota SO F 2 1.00 2 Travis Novak St. Cloud State SR F 2 1.00 2

Assist Scoring: GP APG A 1 Jake Hansen Minnesota SR F 2 2.50 5 2 Brett Cameron Alaska Anchorage SO F 2 1.50 3 Brad Hunt Bemidji State SR D 2 1.50 3 Mark Alt Minnesota SO D 2 1.50 3 Nate Schmidt Minnesota SO D 2 1.50 3 Matt White Nebraska Omaha SO F 2 1.50 3 Bryce Aneloski Nebraska Omaha JR D 2 1.50 3 Danny Kristo North Dakota JR F 2 1.50 3 Jared Festler St. Cloud State SR F 2 1.50 3 Justin Schultz Wisconsin JR D 2 1.50 3 11 Mikael Lickteig Michigan Tech JR W 1 2.00 2 Blake Thompson Minnesota FR D 1 2.00 2 Mitch Bruijsten Alaska Anchorage JR F 2 1.00 2 Daniel Naslund Alaska Anchorage JR F 2 1.00 2 Mickey Spencer Alaska Anchorage JR F 2 1.00 2 Jordan Kwas Alaska Anchorage SO F 2 1.00 2 Jordan Baker Michigan Tech SR W/C 2 1.00 2 Steven Seigo Michigan Tech JR D 2 1.00 2 Zach Budish Minnesota SO F 2 1.00 2 Justin Holl Minnesota SO D 2 1.00 2 Nate Condon Minnesota SO F 2 1.00 2 Erik Haula Minnesota SO F 2 1.00 2 Sam Warning Minnesota FR F 2 1.00 2 Jack Connolly Minnesota Duluth SR C 2 1.00 2 Wade Bergman Minnesota Duluth JR D 2 1.00 2 J.T. Brown Minnesota Duluth SO W 2 1.00 2 Brock Montpetit Nebraska Omaha SO F 2 1.00 2 Ryan Walters Nebraska Omaha SO F 2 1.00 2 Mark MacMillan North Dakota FR F 2 1.00 2 Taylor Johnson St. Cloud State JR D 2 1.00 2 Joseph LaBate Wisconsin FR F 2 1.00 2

Power Play Points: GP PPG G- A- P 1 Mickey Spencer Alaska Anchorage JR F 2 1.50 2- 1- 3 Blake Pietila Michigan Tech FR F 2 1.50 2- 1- 3 Daniel Naslund Alaska Anchorage JR F 2 1.50 1- 2- 3 Steven Seigo Michigan Tech JR D 2 1.50 1- 2- 3 J.T. Brown Minnesota Duluth SO W 2 1.50 1- 2- 3

Short-Handed Points: GP PPG G- A- P 1 Sam Rendle Bemidji State SO D 2 0.50 1- 0- 1 Brett Olson Michigan Tech SR C 2 0.50 1- 0- 1 Corban Knight North Dakota JR F 2 0.50 1- 0- 1 David Boehm Bemidji State SO F 2 0.50 0- 1- 1 Riley Sweeney Michigan Tech FR D 2 0.50 0- 1- 1 Danny Kristo North Dakota JR F 2 0.50 0- 1- 1 WCHA Men’s Release • Weekly • 101011

2011-12 WCHA Player Statistics con’t

Game-Winning Goals: GP G 1 Mickey Spencer Alaska Anchorage JR F 2 1 Darcy Findlay Bemidji State SR F 2 1 Jordan Baker Michigan Tech SR W/C 2 1 Jacob Johnstone Michigan Tech SO F 2 1 Kyle Rau Minnesota FR F 2 1 Sam Warning Minnesota FR F 2 1 Travis Oleksuk Minnesota Duluth SR C 2 1 Cameron Cooper Minnesota State SR D 2 1 Michael Young Nebraska Omaha SO D 2 1 Brock Nelson North Dakota SO F 2 1 Travis Novak St. Cloud State SR F 2 1 Derek Lee Wisconsin JR F 2 1

Defenseman Scoring: GP PPG G- A- P 1 Steven Seigo Michigan Tech JR D 2 1.50 1- 2- 3 Brad Hunt Bemidji State SR D 2 1.50 0- 3- 3 Mark Alt Minnesota SO D 2 1.50 0- 3- 3 Nate Schmidt Minnesota SO D 2 1.50 0- 3- 3 Bryce Aneloski Nebraska Omaha JR D 2 1.50 0- 3- 3 Justin Schultz Wisconsin JR D 2 1.50 0- 3- 3 7 Blake Thompson Minnesota FR D 1 2.00 0- 2- 2 Derek Forbort North Dakota SO D 2 1.00 1- 1- 2 Justin Holl Minnesota SO D 2 1.00 0- 2- 2 Wade Bergman Minnesota Duluth JR D 2 1.00 0- 2- 2 Taylor Johnson St. Cloud State JR D 2 1.00 0- 2- 2

Freshman Scoring: GP PPG G- A- P 1 Sam Warning Minnesota F 2 2.00 2- 2- 4 2 Blake Pietila Michigan Tech F 2 1.50 2- 1- 3 Joseph LaBate Wisconsin F 2 1.50 1- 2- 3 4 Blake Thompson Minnesota D 1 2.00 0- 2- 2 Seth Ambroz Minnesota F 2 1.00 2- 0- 2 Josh Archibald Nebraska Omaha F 2 1.00 2- 0- 2 Kyle Rau Minnesota F 2 1.00 1- 1- 2 Mark MacMillan North Dakota F 2 1.00 0- 2- 2

Goals Against Average: Minutes GA GAA 1 Kent Patterson Minnesota SR 119:13 0 0.00 Austin Lee Minnesota State SR 60:00 0 0.00 3 Josh Robinson Michigan Tech SR 59:55 1 1.00 4 Joel Rumpel Wisconsin FR 59:49 2 2.01 5 Mike Lee St. Cloud State JR 122:48 5 2.44 6 John Faulkner Nebraska Omaha JR 119:18 5 2.51 7 Landon Peterson Wisconsin FR 64:47 3 2.78 8 Chris Kamal Alaska Anchorage SO 63:06 3 2.85 9 Kevin Genoe Michigan Tech JR 60:00 3 3.00 10 Kenny Reiter Minnesota Duluth SR 59:58 3 3.00 11 Dan Bakala Bemidji State SR 118:57 6 3.03 12 Rob Gunderson Alaska Anchorage SO 65:00 4 3.69 13 Phil Cook Minnesota State JR 60:00 4 4.00 14 Aaron Dell North Dakota JR 97:09 8 4.94 15 Aaron Crandall Minnesota Duluth SO 59:27 5 5.05 Minimum 33% of Team Minutes Played

Save Percentage: Saves GA Pct 1 Kent Patterson Minnesota SR 40 0 1.000 Austin Lee Minnesota State SR 36 0 1.000 3 Josh Robinson Michigan Tech SR 32 1 .970 4 Joel Rumpel Wisconsin FR 31 2 .939 5 Mike Lee St. Cloud State JR 51 5 .911 6 Phil Cook Minnesota State JR 34 4 .895 7 John Faulkner Nebraska Omaha JR 36 5 .878 8 Chris Kamal Alaska Anchorage SO 21 3 .875 9 Dan Bakala Bemidji State SR 40 6 .870 10 Kevin Genoe Michigan Tech JR 17 3 .850 11 Landon Peterson Wisconsin FR 16 3 .842 12 Rob Gunderson Alaska Anchorage SO 19 4 .826 13 Kenny Reiter Minnesota Duluth SR 14 3 .824 14 Aaron Dell North Dakota JR 32 8 .800 15 Aaron Crandall Minnesota Duluth SO 18 5 .783

Winning Percentage: W- L- T Pct 1 Kent Patterson Minnesota SR 2- 0- 0 1.000 Chris Kamal Alaska Anchorage SO 1- 0- 0 1.000 Josh Robinson Michigan Tech SR 1- 0- 0 1.000 Kevin Genoe Michigan Tech JR 1- 0- 0 1.000 Kenny Reiter Minnesota Duluth SR 1- 0- 0 1.000 Austin Lee Minnesota State SR 1- 0- 0 1.000 Joel Rumpel Wisconsin FR 1- 0- 0 1.000 8 Dan Bakala Bemidji State SR 1- 1- 0 .500 John Faulkner Nebraska Omaha JR 1- 1- 0 .500 Aaron Dell North Dakota JR 1- 1- 0 .500 Mike Lee St. Cloud State JR 1- 1- 0 .500 Rob Gunderson Alaska Anchorage SO 0- 0- 1 .500 13 Aaron Crandall Minnesota Duluth SO 0- 1- 0 .000 Phil Cook Minnesota State JR 0- 1- 0 .000 Landon Peterson Wisconsin FR 0- 1- 0 .000 WCHA Men’s Release • Weekly • 101011 2011-12 WCHA Players of the Week 2011-12 WCHA Men’s Attendance Red Baron® WCHA Offensive Player of the Week Alaska Anchorage • Sullivan Arena (6,251) Date Player, Year, Position, Team (Opponent) Dates Total Game Average High 2 7,010 3,505 3,703 Oct. 11: Bemidji State • Robert H Peters Rink @ Sanford Center (4,373) Red Baron® WCHA Defensive Player of the Week Dates Total Game Average High Date Player, Year, Position, Team (Opponent) 1* 2,530* 2,530* 2,530 Oct. 11: * includes (1) home exhibition game1 Colorado College • Colorado Springs World Arena (7,380) Red Baron® WCHA Rookie of the Week Dates Total Game Average High Date Player, Year, Position, Team (Opponent) 2* 7,314* 3,657* 3,962 Oct. 11: * includes (2) home exhibition games

Denver • Magness Arena (6,025) Dates Total Game Average High 2* 8,068* 4,034* 4,161 * includes (2) home exhibition games

Michigan Tech • John MacInnes Student Ice Arena (4,128) Dates Total Game Average High 3* 7,950* 2,650* 2,990 * includes (1) home exhibition game

Minnesota • Mariucci Arena (10,000) Dates Total Game Average High 3* 22,911* 7,637* 8,458 * includes (1) home exhibition game

Minnesota Duluth • AMSOIL Arena (6,726) Dates Total Game Average High 3* 17,848* 5,949* 6,303

Minnesota State • Verizon Wireless Center (4,832) Dates Total Game Average High 1* 1,247* 1,247* 1,247 * includes (1) home exhibition game

Nebraska Omaha • CenturyLink Center Omaha (15,959) Dates Total Game Average High 3* 12,402* 4,134* 5,407 * includes (1) home exhibition game

North Dakota • Ralph Engelstad Arena (11,634) Dates Total Game Average High 3* 29,695* 9,898* 11,576 * includes (1) home exhibition game

St. Cloud State • National Hockey Center (5,371) Dates Total Game Average High

Wisconsin • Kohl Center (15,325) Dates Total Game Average High 2 20,602 10,301 11,158

2011-12 Season Totals Dates Total Game Average High 25* 137,577* 5,503 11,576 * includes exhibition games WCHA Men’s Release • Weekly • 101011 2011-12 WCHA Men’s Composite Schedule & Results September Date Game Time Date Game Time Sat/15 Denver @ Boston University (NC) 7:05 pm ET Fri/30 N. Alberta Institute of Techology 2 vs Alaska Anchorage 7 (X) 7:07 pm AT Wisconsin @ Michigan Tech (WCHA) 7:07 pm ET @ Wasilla, AK St. Cloud State @ Northern Michigan (NC) 7:30 pm ET Minnesota @ Minnesota Duluth (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT UMass-Lowell @ Minnesota State (NC) 7:07 pm CT October Maine @ North Dakota (NC) 7:07 pm CT Date Game Time Bemidji State @ Colorado College (WCHA) 7:07 pm MT Sat/1 Lakehead Univ. 3 @ Michigan Tech 5 (X) 7:07 pm ET Alaska Goal Rush @ Univ. of Regina 1 @ North Dakota 8 (X) 7:07 pm CT Carlson Center, Fairbanks, AK Univ. of British Columbia 1 @ Nebraska Omaha 4 (X) 7:07 pm CT Mercyhurst vs Alaska Anchorage (nc) 4:05 pm AT McGill Univ. 2 @ Denver 2 ot (X) 7:07 pm MT Nebraska Omaha vs Alaska Fairbanks (nc) 7:05 pm AT Sun/2 Univ. of Regina 0 @ Bemidji State 7 (X) 5:07 pm CT Fri/21 Minnesota Duluth @ Providence College (NC) 7:05 pm ET Univ. of British Columbia 0 @ Minnesota 3 (X) 7:07 pm CT North Dakota @ Wisconsin (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Lakehead Univ. 1 @ Minnesota Duluth 5 (X) 6:07 pm CT Michigan Tech @ Bemidji State (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT McGill Univ. 2 @ Colorado College 3 (X) 6:07 pm MT Vermont @ Minnesota (NC) 6:07 pm CT Mon/3 Univ. of British Columbia 1 @ Minnesota State 3 (X) 7:37 pm CT New Hampshire @ St. Cloud State (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Fri/7 Minnesota State 1 @ Rensselaer 0 (NC) 7:00 pm ET Alaska Anchorage @ Nebraska Omaha (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Bemidji State 5 @ Miami 3 (NC) 7:30 pm ET Minnesota State @ Denver (WCHA) 7:37 pm MT American International 3 @ Michigan Tech 4 (NC) 7:07 pm ET Sat/22 Minnesota Duluth @ Providence College (NC) 7:05 pm ET Northern Michigan 3 @ Wisconsin 2 ot (NC) 7:07 pm CT North Dakota @ Wisconsin (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Sacred Heart 0 @ Minnesota 9 (NC) 7:07 pm CT Michigan Tech @ Bemidji State (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Notre Dame 3 @ Minnesota Duluth 4 (NC) 7:07 pm CT New Hampshire @ St. Cloud State (NC) 7:07 pm CT Ice Breaker Tournament @ Alaska Anchorage @ Nebraska Omaha (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks, ND Minnesota State @ Denver (WCHA) 7:07 pm MT Michigan State 2 vs Boston College 5 (NC) 4:07 pm CT Sun/23 Vermont @ Minnesota (NC) 1:07 pm CT Air Force 3 vs North Dakota 4 (NC) 7:37 pm CT Fri/28 Colorado College @ Rensselaer (NC) 7:00 pm ET Mutual of Omaha Stampede @ Denver @ Michigan Tech (WCHA) 7:07 pm ET CenturyLink Center, Omaha, NE Nebraska Omaha @ Wisconsin (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Colgate 3 vs Robert Morris 1 (NC) 4:37 pm CT Bemidji State @ Minnesota Duluth (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Mercyhurst 1 vs Nebraska Omaha 5 (NC) 7:37 pm CT St. Cloud State @ North Dakota (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT U.S. Under-18 Team 0 @ Denver 3 (X) 7:37 pm MT Minnesota @ Alaska Anchorage (WCHA) 7:07 pm AT Kendall Hockey Classic @ Sat/29 Colorado College @ Rensselaer (NC) 7:00 pm ET Sullivan Arena, Anchorage, AK Denver @ Michigan Tech (WCHA) 7:07 pm ET St. Cloud State 4 vs Alaska Fairbanks 1 (nc) 5:07 pm AT Nebraska Omaha @ Wisconsin (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Clarkson 4 vs Alaska Anchorage 4 ot (nc) 8:07 pm AT Bemidji State @ Minnesota Duluth (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Sat/8 Minnesota State 1 @ Rensselaer 4 (NC) 7:00 pm ET St. Cloud State @ North Dakota (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Bemidji State 2 @ Miami 3 (NC) 7:00 pm ET Minnesota @ Alaska Anchorage (WCHA) 7:07 pm AT American International 1 @ Michigan Tech 3 (NC) 7:07 pm ET Northern Michigan 2 @ Wisconsin 3 (NC) 7:07 pm CT Sacred Heart 0 @ Minnesota 6 (NC) 7:07 pm CT November Notre Dame 5 @ Minnesota Duluth 2 (NC) 7:07 pm CT Date Game Time Ice Breaker Tournament @ Fri/4 Minnesota State @ Michigan Tech (WCHA) 7:07 pm ET Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks, ND Bemidji State @ Lake Superior State (NC) 7:00 pm ET Air Force 2 vs Michigan State 3 ot (NC) 4:07 pm CT North Dakota @ Minnesota (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Boston College 6 vs North Dakota 2 (NC) 7:37 pm CT Wisconsin @ St. Cloud State (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Mutual of Omaha Stampede @ Colorado College @ Nebraska Omaha (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT CenturyLink Center, Omaha, NE Minnesota Duluth @ Denver (WCHA) 7:37 pm MT Robert Morris 2 vs Mercyhurst 1 (NC) 4:07 pm CT Sat/5 Minnesota State @ Michigan Tech (WCHA) 7:07 pm ET Colgate 4 vs Nebraska Omaha 3 (NC) 7:07 pm CT Bemidji State @ Lake Superior State (NC) 7:00 pm ET U.S. Under-18 Team 0 @ Colorado College 5 (X) 7:07 pm MT North Dakota @ Minnesota (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Kendall Hockey Classic @ Wisconsin @ St. Cloud State (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Sullivan Arena, Anchorage, AK Colorado College @ Nebraska Omaha (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Clarkson 1 vs Alaska Fairbanks 3 (nc) 4:07 pm AT Minnesota Duluth @ Denver (WCHA) 7:07 pm MT St. Cloud State 3 vs Alaska Anchorage 4 ot (nc) 7:07 pm AT Fri/11 Minnesota @ Wisconsin (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Fri/14 Denver @ Boston College (NC) 7:05 pm ET Alaska Anchorage @ Minnesota Duluth (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Wisconsin @ Michigan Tech (WCHA) 7:07 pm ET Nebraska Omaha @ Bemidji State (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT St. Cloud State @ Northern Michigan (NC) 7:30 pm ET St. Cloud State @ Minnesota State (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Minnesota @ Minnesota Duluth (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Sat/12 Minnesota @ Wisconsin (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT UMass-Lowell @ Minnesota State (NC) 7:37 pm CT Alaska Anchorage @ Minnesota Duluth (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Maine @ North Dakota (NC) 7:37 pm CT Nebraska Omaha @ Bemidji State (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Bemidji State @ Colorado College (WCHA) 7:37 pm MT St. Cloud State @ Minnesota State (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Alaska Goal Rush Tournament @ Colorado College @ Denver (WCHA) 7:07 pm MT Carlson Center, Fairbanks, AK Fri/18 Minnesota State @ Minnesota Duluth (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Nebraska Omaha vs Alaska Anchorage (nc) 5:05 pm AT Minnesota @ St. Cloud State (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Mercyhurst vs Alaska Fairbanks (nc) 8:05 pm AT Nebraska Omaha @ Denver (WCHA) 7:37 pm MT Wisconsin @ Colorado College (WCHA) 7:37 pm MT Michigan Tech @ Alaska Anchorage (WCHA) 7:07 pm AT WCHA Men’s Release • Weekly • 101011

2011-12 Composite Schedule con’t Date Game Time Fri/30 Great Lakes Invitational @ Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI Date Game Time Third Place Game (NC) TBA pm ET Sat/19 Minnesota State @ Minnesota Duluth (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Championship Game (NC) TBA pm ET St. Cloud State @ Minnesota (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Bowling Green State @ Bemidji State (NC) 7:37 pm CT North Dakota @ Bemidji State (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Mariucci Classic @ Nebraska Omaha @ Denver (WCHA) 7:07 pm MT Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis, MN Wisconsin @ Colorado College (WCHA) 7:07 pm MT Northeastern vs Princeton (NC) 4:07 pm CT Michigan Tech @ Alaska Anchorage (WCHA) 7:07 pm AT Niagara vs Minnesota (NC) 7:07 pm CT Sun/20 North Dakota @ Bemidji State (WCHA) 5:07 pm CT Western Michigan @ St. Cloud State (NC) 7:07 pm CT Fri/25 Michigan Tech @ St. Lawrence (NC) 7:00 pm ET U.S. Under-18 Team @ Minnesota State (X) 7:37 pm CT Minnesota @ Michigan State (NC) 7:05 pm ET Harvard @ North Dakota (NC) 7:37 pm CT Mercyhurst @ Wisconsin (NC) 7:07 pm CT Quinnipiac @ Nebraska Omaha (NC) 7:37 pm CT Alaska Anchorage @ Minnesota State (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Union College @ Denver (NC) 7:37 pm MT Colorado College @ North Dakota (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Air Force @ Colorado College (NC) 7:37 pm MT Denver Cup Classic @ Sat/31 U.S. Under-18 Team @ Wisconsin (X) 8:07 pm CT Magness Arena, Denver, CO Bowling Green State @ Bemidji State (NC) 7:07 pm CT Miami vs Providence (NC) 4:37 pm MT Mariucci Classic @ Princeton vs Denver (NC) 7:37 pm MT Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis, MN Sat/26 Michigan Tech @ St. Lawrence (NC) 7:00 pm ET Niagara vs Northeastern/Princeton (NC) 3:07 pm CT Minnesota @ Michigan State (NC) 7:05 pm ET Northeastern/Princeton vs Minnesota (NC) 6:07 pm CT Mercyhurst @ Wisconsin (NC) 7:07 pm CT Harvard @ North Dakota (NC) 7:07 pm CT Alaska Anchorage @ Minnesota State (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Quinnipiac @ Nebraska Omaha (NC) 2:07 pm CT Colorado College @ North Dakota (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Denver @ Air Force (NC) 6:05 pm MT St. Cloud State @ Nebraska Omaha (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Union College @ Colorado College (NC) 7:07 pm MT Denver Cup Classic @ Magness Arena, Denver, CO Princeton vs Providence (NC) 4:07 pm MT January Miami vs Denver (NC) 7:07 pm MT Date Game Time Sun/27 St. Cloud State @ Nebraska Omaha (WCHA) 2:07 pm CT Fri/6 Minnesota State @ St. Lawrence (NC) 7:00 pm ET Minnesota Duluth @ Western Michigan (NC) 7:35 pm ET RIT @ Wisconsin (NC) 7:07 pm CT December Alabama-Huntsville @ Denver (NC) 7:37 pm MT Date Game Time Cornell @ Colorado College (NC) 7:37 pm MT Fri/2 Nebraska Omaha vs Alabama-Huntsville (NC) 7:00 pm CT Sat/7 Minnesota State @ St. Lawrence (NC) 7:00 pm ET @ Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN Minnesota Duluth @ Western Michigan (NC) 7:35 pm ET Minnesota Duluth @ Michigan Tech (WCHA) 7:07 pm ET Notre Dame @ Minnesota (NC) 7:07 pm CT Bemidji State @ St. Cloud State (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT (U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game) Minnesota State @ Minnesota (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT RIT @ Wisconsin (NC) 7:07 pm CT Denver @ Colorado College (WCHA) 8:07 pm MT Clarkson vs North Dakota (NC) 7:07 pm CT North Dakota @ Alaska Anchorage (WCHA) 7:07 pm AT @ MTS Centre, Winnipeg, MB Sat/3 Nebraska Omaha vs Alabama-Huntsville (NC) 1:00 pm CT Alabama-Huntsville @ Denver (NC) 7:07 pm MT @ Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN Cornell @ Colorado College (NC) 7:07 pm MT Minnesota Duluth @ Michigan Tech (WCHA) 7:07 pm ET Fri/13 Alaska Anchorage @ Michigan Tech (WCHA) 7:07 pm ET Bemidji State @ St. Cloud State (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Wisconsin @ Minnesota State (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Minnesota State @ Minnesota (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Minnesota @ North Dakota (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT North Dakota @ Alaska Anchorage (WCHA) 7:07 pm AT Minnesota Duluth @ Nebraska Omaha (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Fri/9 Minnesota Duluth @ Wisconsin (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Bemidji State @ Denver (WCHA) 7:37 pm MT Denver @ Bemidji State (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT St. Cloud State @ Colorado College (WCHA) 7:37 pm MT Michigan Tech @ Minnesota (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Sat/14 Alaska Anchorage @ Michigan Tech (WCHA) 7:07 pm ET Alabama-Huntsville @ Minnesota State (NC) 7:37 pm CT Wisconsin @ Minnesota State (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Nebraska Omaha @ North Dakota (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Minnesota @ North Dakota (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Alaska Anchorage @ Colorado College (WCHA) 7:37 pm MT Minnesota Duluth @ Nebraska Omaha (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Sat/10 Minnesota Duluth @ Wisconsin (WCHA) 8:07 pm CT Bemidji State @ Denver (WCHA) 7:07 pm MT Denver @ Bemidji State (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT St. Cloud State @ Colorado College (WCHA) 7:07 pm MT Michigan Tech @ Minnesota (WCHA) 8:07 pm CT Fri/20 Alaska Anchorage @ Wisconsin (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Alabama-Huntsville @ Minnesota State (NC) 7:07 pm CT Colorado College @ Minnesota (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Nebraska Omaha @ North Dakota (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT North Dakota @ St. Cloud State (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Alaska Anchorage @ Colorado College (WCHA) 7:07 pm MT Nebraska Omaha @ Minnesota State (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Fri/16 Michigan Tech @ Northern Michigan (NC) 7:30 pm ET Alabama-Huntsville @ Minnesota Duluth (NC) 7:07 pm CT Alabama-Huntsville @ Bemidji State (NC) 7:37 pm CT Sat/21 Northern Michigan @ Michigan Tech (NC) 7:07 pm ET Denver @ St. Cloud State (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Alaska Anchorage @ Wisconsin (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Colorado College @ Minnesota State (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Colorado College @ Minnesota (WCHA) 5:07 pm CT Sat/17 Alabama-Huntsville @ Bemidji State (NC) 7:07 pm CT North Dakota @ St. Cloud State (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Denver @ St. Cloud State (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Nebraska Omaha @ Minnesota State (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Colorado College @ Minnesota State (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Alabama-Huntsville @ Minnesota Duluth (NC) 7:07 pm CT Russian Red Stars @ North Dakota (X) 7:07 pm CT Fri/27 Minnesota State @ Bemidji State (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Thu/29 Great Lakes Invitational @ Michigan Tech @ Minnesota Duluth (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI St. Cloud State @ Minnesota (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Michigan State vs Michigan Tech (NC) TBA pm ET Wisconsin @ North Dakota (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Boston College vs Michigan (NC) TBA pm ET Denver @ Alaska Anchorage (WCHA) 7:07 pm AT Western Michigan @ St. Cloud State (NC) 7:07 pm CT WCHA Men’s Release • Weekly • 101011

2011-12 Composite Schedule con’t Date Game Time Sat/3 Wisconsin @ Minnesota (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Minnesota Duluth @ St. Cloud State (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Date Game Time Minnesota State @ North Dakota (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Sat/28 Minnesota State @ Bemidji State (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Denver @ Nebraska Omaha (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Michigan Tech @ Minnesota Duluth (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Michigan Tech @ Colorado College (WCHA) 7:07 pm MT Minnesota @ St. Cloud State (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Bemidji State @ Alaska Anchorage (WCHA) 7:07 pm AT Wisconsin @ North Dakota (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT • end of regular season • Denver @ Alaska Anchorage (WCHA) 7:07 pm AT Fri/9 2012 WCHA Playoffs • 1st Round • Best-of-Three #12 Rank @ #1 Rank; #11 Rank @ #2 Rank TBA February #10 Rank @ #3 Rank; #9 Rank @ #4 Rank TBA Date Game Time #8 Rank @ #5 Rank; #7 Rank @ #6 Rank TBA Fri/3 St. Cloud State @ Wisconsin (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Sat/10 2012 WCHA Playoffs • 1st Round • Best-of-Three Michigan Tech @ Minnesota State (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT #12 Rank @ #1 Rank; #11 Rank @ #2 Rank TBA Bemidji State @ Nebraska Omaha (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT #10 Rank @ #3 Rank; #9 Rank @ #4 Rank TBA Colorado College @ Denver (WCHA) 7:37 pm MT #8 Rank @ #5 Rank; #7 Rank @ #6 Rank TBA Minnesota Duluth @ Alaska Anchorage (WCHA) 7:07 pm AT Sun/11 2012 WCHA Playoffs • 1st Round • Best-of-Three Sat/4 St. Cloud State @ Wisconsin (WCHA) 8:07 pm CT #12 Rank @ #1 Rank; #11 Rank @ #2 Rank TBA Michigan Tech @ Minnesota State (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT #10 Rank @ #3 Rank; #9 Rank @ #4 Rank TBA Bemidji State @ Nebraska Omaha (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT #8 Rank @ #5 Rank; #7 Rank @ #6 Rank TBA Denver @ Colorado College (WCHA) 7:07 pm MT Thu/15 2012 Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five Minnesota Duluth @ Alaska Anchorage (WCHA) 7:07 pm AT @ Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, MN Fri/10 Nebraska Omaha @ Michigan Tech (WCHA) 7:07 pm ET #5 Seed vs #4 Seed 4:07 pm CT (Winter Carnival) #6 Seed vs #3 Seed 7:37 pm CT Colorado College @ Bemidji State (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Fri/16 2012 Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five North Dakota @ Minnesota Duluth (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT @ Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, MN Minnesota @ Denver (WCHA) 7:37 pm MT Semi-Final #1: TBA vs TBA 2:07 pm CT Minnesota State @ Alaska Anchorage (WCHA) 7:07 pm AT Semi-Final #2: TBA vs TBA 7:07 pm CT Sat/11 Nebraska Omaha @ Michigan Tech (WCHA) 5:07 pm ET Sat/17 2012 Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five (Winter Carnival) @ Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, MN Colorado College @ Bemidji State (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Broadmoor Trophy Championship Game 7:07 pm CT North Dakota @ Minnesota Duluth (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Fri/23 NCAA East Regional @ Minnesota @ Denver (WCHA) 7:07 pm MT Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard, Bridgeport, CT Minnesota State @ Alaska Anchorage (WCHA) 7:07 pm AT Two Semifinals TBA pm ET Fri/17 Denver @ Wisconsin (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT NCAA Midwest Regional @ Bemidji State @ Minnesota (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Resch Center, Green Bay, WI Alaska Anchorage @ St. Cloud State (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Two Semifinals TBA pm CT Minnesota Duluth @ Minnesota State (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Sat/24 NCAA East Regional @ Michigan Tech @ North Dakota (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard, Bridgeport, CT Nebraska Omaha @ Colorado College (WCHA) 8:07 pm MT Championship Game TBA pm ET Sat/18 Denver @ Wisconsin (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT NCAA Northeast Regional @ Bemidji State @ Minnesota (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT DCU Center, Worcester, MA Alaska Anchorage @ St. Cloud State (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Two Semifinals TBA pm ET Minnesota Duluth @ Minnesota State (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT NCAA Midwest Regional @ Michigan Tech @ North Dakota (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Resch Center, Green Bay, WI Nebraska Omaha @ Colorado College (WCHA) 7:07 pm MT Championship Game TBA pm CT Fri/24 St. Cloud State @ Michigan Tech (WCHA) 7:07 pm ET NCAA West Regional @ Wisconsin @ Bemidji State (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN Colorado College @ Minnesota Duluth (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Two Semifinals TBA pm CT Minnesota @ Nebraska Omaha (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Sun/25 NCAA Northeast Regional @ North Dakota @ Denver (WCHA) 7:37 pm MT DCU Center, Worcester, MA Alaska Fairbanks @ Alaska Anchorage (NC) 7:07 pm AT Championship Game TBA pm ET (Alaska Airlines Governor’s Cup) NCAA West Regional @ Sat/25 St. Cloud State @ Michigan Tech (WCHA) 7:07 pm ET Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN Wisconsin @ Bemidji State (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Championship Game TBA pm CT Colorado College @ Minnesota Duluth (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT Minnesota @ Nebraska Omaha (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT April North Dakota @ Denver (WCHA) 7:07 pm MT Date Game Time Alaska Anchorage @ Alaska Fairbanks (NC) 7:05 pm AT Thu/5 2012 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four (Alaska Airlines Governor’s Cup) @ St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, FL Semifinal #1 TBA pm CT March Semifinal #2 TBA pm CT Date Game Time Sat/7 2012 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four Fri/2 Wisconsin @ Minnesota (WCHA) 7:07 pm CT @ St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, FL Minnesota Duluth @ St. Cloud State (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT National Championship Game TBA pm CT Minnesota State @ North Dakota (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Denver @ Nebraska Omaha (WCHA) 7:37 pm CT Schedule Key Michigan Tech @ Colorado College (WCHA) 7:37 pm MT All Association-member home games faceoff at either :07 or :37 after the hour; Bemidji State @ Alaska Anchorage (WCHA) 7:07 pm AT (WCHA) conference; (NC) non-conference; (X) exhibition