2020-21 Nchc Weekly Release
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2020-21 NCHC WEEKLY RELEASE National Collegiate Hockey Conference 1631 Mesa Avenue, Suite C Colorado Springs, CO 80906 Phone: 719-203-6818 Week of February 22-28, 2021 Fax: 719-645-8206 Season 8, Week 12 www.NCHCHockey.com Michael Weisman • O: 719-694-9924 • C: 513-310-4869 • [email protected] • @TheNCHC 2020-21 NCHC STANDINGS (as of 2/26/21) Conference Overall Pts. GP W L T OW OL SW Win % GF GA GP W L T Win % GF GA 1. North Dakota 50 22 17 4 1 2 0 0 .795 88 42 22 17 4 1 .795 88 42 2. St. Cloud State 43 22 14 8 0 2 3 0 .636 73 56 22 14 8 0 .636 73 56 3. Minnesota Duluth 39 22 12 8 2 1 1 1 .591 64 49 22 12 8 2 .591 64 49 4. Omaha 38 22 13 8 1 3 0 1 .614 74 63 22 13 8 1 .614 74 63 5. Denver 28 21 8 12 1 0 2 1 .405 57 60 21 8 12 1 .405 57 60 6. Western Michigan 27 22 8 11 3 1 0 1 .432 64 80 22 8 11 3 .432 64 80 7. Colorado College 18 21 4 15 2 0 2 2 .238 35 73 21 4 15 2 .238 35 73 Miami 18 22 5 15 2 0 1 0 .273 42 74 22 5 15 2 .273 42 74 Teams are awarded three (3) points for each conference win in regulation, two (2) points for an overtime or shootout win, and one (1) point for an overtime or shootout loss. Overtime wins and losses appear in both the W and L columns, as well as the OTW and OTL columns in a team’s conference record. Shootouts will only occur if a conference game remains tied after the lone overtime, which is now 3-on-3, with the shootout winner earning two points and the loser getting one point, the same as an overtime win and loss. THIS WEEK’S GAMES NCHC NEWS & NOTES Thursday, Feb. 25 DOWN THE HOME STRETCH: Only two weekends remain in the regular *Denver 5, at Colorado College 1 season with six teams having only two games left, while Colorado College and Denver have an extra series to make up next weekend. All remaining Friday, Feb. 26 games are against a team’s rivalry/travel partner, with CC and DU, as well *Miami at Western Michigan, 6:05 p.m. ET and Miami and Western Michigan, playing home-and-home series this *No. 2/1 North Dakota at No. 11/12 Omaha, 7:07 p.m. CT weekend, while North Dakota and Omaha, along with Minnesota Duluth and St. Cloud State, are splitting up their final home-and-home series over Saturday, Feb. 27 two weekends. *No. 6/6 St. Cloud State at No. 10/10 Minnesota Duluth, 7:07 p.m. CT TV: CBS Sports Network PENROSE CUP DOUBLE UP: North Dakota secured its second straight *Colorado College at Denver, 7:07 p.m. MT Penrose Cup with a 7-1 win over Omaha last Saturday, after also winning the title in 2019-20. UND earned its fourth NCHC regular-season Sunday, Feb. 28 championship overall, the most of any NCHC team (St. Cloud State has *Western Michigan at Miami, 2:05 p.m. ET (TV: CBS Sports Network) three). This is North Dakota’s second time winning the Penrose Cup back- to-back, also winning in 2014-15 and 2015-16. Along with SCSU’s three AST EEK S ESULTS Penrose Cups, Denver is the only other NCHC team to win the regular- L W ’ R season title (2016-17). The Preseason Media Poll was correct in predicting Thursday, Feb. 18 UND to repeat, as the Fighting Hawks received 27 of 28 first-place votes (poll on page 8). *Colorado College 2, at No. 8/8 Minnesota Duluth 1 Friday, Feb. 19 FROZEN FACEOFF SEEDING IN SIGHT: With the NCHC regular season set to conclude next weekend, seeding for the upcoming NCHC *at No. 2/1 North Dakota 4, No. 9/10 Omaha 1 Tournament is taking shape. North Dakota has locked up the No. 1 seed Saturday, Feb. 20 with the Penrose Cup title, but seeds 2 through 8 are still to be decided. Below are the possible seed positions for each team and the maximum *at No. 6/7 St. Cloud State 4, Colorado College 0 number of points they can achieve (in parentheses): *at No. 2/1 North Dakota 7, No. 9/10 Omaha 1 • North Dakota - 1 (56 points) *Conference game • St. Cloud State - 2, 3 or 4 (49 points) • Minnesota Duluth - 2, 3 or 4 (45 points) NCHC.tv • Omaha - 2, 3 or 4 (44 points) Four of this week’s games can be watched on the NCHC’s digital • Denver - 5 or 6 (37 points) network, NCHC.tv. This week’s NCHC.tv schedule can be found on • Western Michigan - 5 or 6 (33 points) page 4. • Colorado College -7 or 8 (27 points) • Miami - 7 or 8 (24 points) @TheNCHC | #NCHCHockey /TheNCHC @TheNCHC TheNCHC NCHC.tv SID/SCHOOL DIRECTORY National Collegiate Hockey Conference Director of Communications: .........................Michael Weisman Digital Network/Video: ................................................ NCHC.tv Office: ............................................................... 719-694-9924 Twitter/Instagram/Snapchat: .................................@TheNCHC Cell: ................................................................. 513-310-4869 Facebook: ...........................................facebook.com/TheNCHC Email: ...................................... [email protected] Address:..........................................1631 Mesa Avenue, Suite C Website: ......................................................NCHCHockey.com Colorado Springs, CO 80906 Colorado College University of Denver Website: ........................................................... CCTigers.com Website: ............................................... DenverPioneers.com Hockey SID: .......................................................... Jerry Cross Hockey SID: ............................................Matthew McGreevy Office: ........................................................... 719-389-6755 Office: ........................................................... 303-871-2390 Cell: .............................................................. 719-205-4432 Cell: .............................................................. 614-202-3423 Email: .............................. [email protected] Email: ..................................... 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