2019-20 NCHC WEEKLY RELEASE National Collegiate Hockey Conference 1631 Mesa Avenue, Suite C Colorado Springs, CO 80906 Phone: 719-203-6818 Week of Sept. 30-Oct. 7, 2019 Fax: 719-645-8206 Volume 7, Issue 1 www.NCHCHockey.com Michael Weisman • O: 719-694-9924 • C: 513-310-4869 • [email protected] • @TheNCHC 2019-20 NCHC STANDINGS Conference Overall Pts. GP W L T 3/SW Win Pct. GF GA GP W L T Win Pct. GF GA 1. Colorado College 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Denver 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Miami 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Minnesota Duluth 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 North Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Omaha 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 St. Cloud State 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Western Michigan 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Teams are awarded three points for each conference win in regulation or 5-on-5 overtime, and one point for a 5-on-5 overtime tie. Conference games still tied after a five-minute 5-on-5 overtime advance to a five-minute 3-on-3 overtime (and sudden victory shootout if still tied) with the team that wins the second overtime/shootout receiving an extra point in the standings (3/SW in the standings), making all games worth three (3) points. The 3-on-3 overtime and shootouts only affect conference standings, while the game is officially a tie for NCAA purposes. NCHC FACTS AND FIGURES PCOMING AMES U G • The NCHC drops the puck on its seventh season of competition this Saturday, Oct. 5 weekend with all eight NCHC teams in action. Two NCHC teams open NAIT at No. 14/15 Western Michigan (exh.), 7:05 p.m. ET regular-season play against non-conference foes as No. 2/2 Denver heads Manitoba at No. 18 North Dakota (exh.), 7:07 p.m. CT north for two games at Alaska Saturday and Sunday, while Miami hosts Alberta at No. 1/1 Minnesota Duluth (exh.), 7:07 p.m.CT in-state rival No. 17 Bowling Green on Sunday. The other six NCHC teams Trinity Western at Colorado College (exh.), 6:07 p.m. MT host exhibition games between Saturday and Monday. Last season, NCHC No. 2/2 Denver at Alaska, 7:07 p.m. AT teams combined for a 52-25-8 record in regular-season non-conference play, with the .659 win percentage tops among the six Division I men’s Sunday, Oct. 6 hockey conferences. The NCHC has posted the best combined non- No. 17 Bowling Green at Miami, 5:00 p.m. ET conference winning percentage in four of the last five seasons. (page 9) Alberta at No. 6/8 St. Cloud State (exh.), 5:07 p.m. CT • Four NCHC teams are ranked in the top 15 of both national preseason No. 2/2 Denver at Alaska, 7:07 p.m. AT polls, while five NCHC teams are ranked in the USCHO.com Poll and two other NCHC teams are receiving votes. Two-time defending national Monday, Oct. 7 champion Minnesota Duluth is a near unanimous No. 1 in both polls. With Manitoba at Omaha (exh.), 7:07 p.m. CT UMD in the top spot, an NCHC team has now been ranked No. 1 in the USCHO.com Poll in 61 of the last 73 weeks dating back to the start of the exh. = Exhibition game 2016-17 season. Half of the NCHC teams have held the No. 1 spot during that span (Denver, UMD, North Dakota and St. Cloud State), while the NCHC is home to the last four NCAA National Champions. Denver is No. 2 NCHC.tv in both national polls, while SCSU and Western Michigan are also ranked Returning for a sixth season in 2019-20 is the conference’s digital in each. UND is only ranked in the USCHO.com Poll, giving the NCHC the network, NCHC.tv. Fans have access to on-demand video content for most ranked teams in the USCHO Poll among the conferences. (page 9) free and can subscribe to watch most NCHC games live. • After having two new head coaches in the NCHC last season (Denver’s David Carle and St. Cloud State’s Brett Larson), the NCHC features Upcoming Games on NCHC.tv only one new head coach in 2019-20, as Chris Bergeron returns to his Saturday, Oct. 5 alma mater to take over the reigns at Miami. Bergeron played at Miami NAIT at No. 14/15 Western Michigan (exh.), 7:05 p.m. ET from 1989-93 and served as an assistant coach for the RedHawks for 10 Manitoba at No. 18 North Dakota (exh.), 7:07 p.m. CT seasons from 2000-2010. Prior to returning to Miami, Bergeron was the Alberta at No. 1/1 Minnesota Duluth (exh.), 7:07 p.m.CT head coach at Bowling Green for nine seasons from 2010-2019, posting Trinity Western at Colorado College (exh.), 6:07 p.m. MT an overall record of 171–154–44. He now opens his Miami head coaching career facing his former team on Sunday night in Oxford. The teams will Sunday, Oct. 6 complete their home-and-home series Monday, Dec. 30 in Bowling Green. No. 17 Bowling Green at Miami, 5:00 p.m. ET • NCHC players make up the entire back half of the 2019 College Alberta at No. 6/8 St. Cloud State (exh.), 5:07 p.m. CT Hockey News Preseason All-CHN First Team. Minnesota Duluth senior and returning All-American Hunter Shepard was chosen at goaltender, Monday, Oct. 7 while UMD junior Dylan Samberg and Denver junior Ian Mitchell were the Manitoba at Omaha (exh.), 7:07 p.m. CT defensemen on the First Team. The NCHC was the lone conference with more than one player on the Preseason All-CHN First Team. 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