Western Collegiate Hockey Association Bruce M. McLeod Commissioner Carol LaBelle-Ehrhardt Assistant Commissioner of Operations Greg Shepherd Supervisor of Officials March 3, 2012 Administrative Office Western Collegiate Hockey Association MSC 8302, 2211 S. Josephine Street Minnesota Clinches Share of WCHA Championship; Colorado College Denver, CO 80210 p: 303 871-4491. f: 303 871-4770 Earns Fifth Home Playoff Spot; Final Six Games Tonight to Set Up [email protected] First Round League Playoff Pairings Doug Spencer UM, UMD, DU, UND, CC to Host First Round WCHA Playoff Series; UNO, MTU, SCSU Take Aim at Associate Commissioner for Public Relations Sixth Home Playoff Berth; Single Game Tickets for 2012 Red Baron™ WCHA Final Five at Xcel Western Collegiate Hockey Association Energy Center Go on Sale March 5 … Limited Number of Packages Available 559 D’Onofrio Drive, Ste. 103 Madison, WI 53719-2096 MADISON, Wis. – The final six games of the 2011-12 WCHA regular season tonight will determine the p: 608 829-0100. f: 608 829-0200 first round playoff pairings, with Wisconsin at Minnesota, Minnesota Duluth at St. Cloud State, Denver [email protected] at Nebraska Omaha, Minnesota State at North Dakota, Michigan Tech at Colorado College, and Bemidji State at Alaska Anchorage. Home of a Collegiate Record 37 Following last night’s (March 2) games, the Golden Gophers have clinched at least a share of the WCHA Men’s National Championship regular season title and MacNaughton Cup as well as the No. 1 tournament seed and Colorado College Teams Since 1951 earned the fifth first round home playoff berth. Minnesota Duluth can still earn a share of the league 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, championship with a victory tonight and a Minnesota loss, while Nebraska Omaha, St. Cloud State and 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, Michigan Tech are in the running for the sixth home playoff berth (see scenarios on next page). 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, The following WCHA playoff seeds have been determined: No. 1 Minnesota, No. 2 Minnesota Duluth, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, No. 3 Denver, No. 4 North Dakota, No. 11 Minnesota State and No. 12 Alaska Anchorage. The following 1982, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1997, first round match ups have also been determined: No. 12 UAA at No. 1 UM, No. 11 MSU @ No. 2 UMD. 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011 2011-12 WCHA Men’s Standings Men’s Conference Members Conference Only Overall University of Alaska Anchorage Pts GP Record Win% GF- GA GP Record Win% GF- GA Bemidji State University 1 Minnesota* 38 27 19- 8- 0 .704 86- 56 36 23-12- 1 .653 128- 77 Colorado College University of Denver 2 Minnesota Duluth* 36 27 16- 7- 4 .667 100- 70 35 22- 8- 5 .700 129- 89 Michigan Technological University 3 Denver* 34 27 15- 8- 4 .630 93- 77 35 20-11- 4 .629 122- 94 University of Minnesota 4 North Dakota* 31 27 15-11- 1 .574 79- 73 34 19-12- 3 .603 105- 94 University of Minnesota Duluth 5 Colorado College* 29 27 14-12- 1 .537 93- 86 33 17-14- 2 .545 108- 97 Minnesota State University 6 Nebraska Omaha 27 27 11-11- 5 .500 81- 82 35 14-15- 6 .486 103-102 University of Nebraska Omaha St. Cloud State 27 27 12-12- 3 .500 83- 71 35 15-16- 4 .486 109- 96 University of North Dakota 8 Michigan Tech 26 27 11-12- 4 .481 85- 85 35 14-17- 4 .457 102-107 St. Cloud State University 9 Wisconsin 24 27 11-14- 2 .444 75- 81 33 16-15- 2 .515 100- 94 University of Wisconsin 10 Bemidji State 23 27 10-14- 3 .426 67- 85 35 16-16- 3 .500 92- 97 11 Minnesota State 18 27 8-17- 2 .333 73- 99 35 12-21- 2 .371 97-119 2012 Red Baron™ 12 Alaska Anchorage 11 27 5-21- 1 .204 56-106 33 9-22- 2 .303 77-120 *clinched home ice for first round of WCHA playoffs WCHA Final Five March 15-17 • Xcel Energy Center Saint Paul, MN This Week in the WCHA Results of Friday, March 2: Denver 3 at Nebraska Omaha 0 (WCHA); Wisconsin 4 at Minnesota 1 (WCHA); WCHA.com Minnesota Duluth 1 at St. Cloud State 2 (WCHA); Minnesota State 2 at North Dakota 4 (WCHA); Michigan Tech 2 at Colorado College 5 (WCHA); Bemidji State 2 at Alaska Anchorage 1 (WCHA). Games for Saturday, March 3: Denver at Nebraska Omaha (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT; Minnesota Duluth at St. Cloud State (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT; Minnesota State at North Dakota (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT; Wisconsin at Minnesota (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT; Michigan Tech at Colorado College (WCHA), 7:07 pm MT; Bemidji State at Alaska Anchorage (WCHA), 7:07 pm AT. Visit www.wcha.com/mobile Fully Functional Mobile Pages Feature Live Game-Day League & National Scoreboards, Live Box Scores, Automated Standings, Team & Player Statistics WCHA Men’s Release • Weekend Update • 030312 WCHA Men’s Playoff Scenarios Scenarios outlined below, followed by explanation of any possible tiebreaker that might be applied. Special thanks go to Tim Danehy at collegehockeystats.net. UNO controls its destiny for the final home ice spot as a UNO win clinches at worst 6th. Minnesota (38 points, vs Wisconsin) - Seeded 1st. Minnesota Duluth (36 points, at St. Cloud State) - Seeded 2nd. Denver (34 points, at Nebraska Omaha) - Seeded 3rd. North Dakota (31 points, vs Minnesota State) - Seeded 4th. Colorado College (29 points, vs Michigan Tech) - Seeded 5th with a win or a tie. Seeded 5th with a loss and a Nebraska Omaha loss or tie. Seeded 5th with a loss and a St. Cloud State loss or tie. Seeded 6th with a loss, a Nebraska Omaha win, and a St. Cloud State win. Nebraska Omaha (27 points, vs Denver) - Seeded 5th with a win, a Colorado College loss, and a St. Cloud State win. Seeded 6th with a win and a Colorado College win or tie. Seeded 6th with a win and a St. Cloud State loss or tie. Seeded 6th with a tie and a St. Cloud State loss or tie. Seeded 6th with a loss, a St. Cloud State loss, and a Michigan Tech loss or tie. Seeded 7th with a tie and a St. Cloud State win. Seeded 7th with a loss, a St. Cloud State win or tie, and a Michigan Tech loss or tie. Seeded 7th with a loss, a St. Cloud State loss, and a Michigan Tech win. Seeded 8th with a loss, a St. Cloud State win or tie, and a Michigan Tech win. St. Cloud State (27 points, vs Minnesota Duluth) - Seeded 6th with a win and a Nebraska Omaha loss or tie. Seeded 6th with a tie, a Nebraska Omaha loss, and a Michigan Tech loss or tie. Seeded 6th with a tie, a Nebraska Omaha loss, and a Michigan Tech win by 11 or fewer goals. Seeded 6th/7th with a tie, a Nebraska Omaha loss, and a Michigan Tech win by exactly 12 goals. Seeded 7th with a win and a Nebraska Omaha win. Seeded 7th with a tie, a Nebraska Omaha win or tie, and a Michigan Tech loss or tie. Seeded 7th with a tie, a Nebraska Omaha loss, and a Michigan Tech win by 13 or more goals. Seeded 7th with a tie, a Nebraska Omaha win or tie, and a Michigan Tech win by 11 or fewer goals. Seeded 7th with a loss and a Michigan Tech loss or tie. Seeded 7th/8th with a tie, a Nebraska Omaha win or tie, and a Michigan Tech win by exactly 12 goals. Seeded 8th with a tie, a Nebraska Omaha win or tie, and a Michigan Tech win by 13 or more goals. Seeded 8th with a loss and a Michigan Tech win. Michigan Tech (26 points, at Colorado College) - Seeded 6th with a win, a Nebraska Omaha loss, and a St. Cloud State loss. Seeded 6th with a win by 13 or more goals, a Nebraska Omaha loss, and a St. Cloud State tie. Seeded 6th/7th with a win by exactly 12 goals, a Nebraska Omaha loss, and a St. Cloud State tie. Seeded 7th with a win, a Nebraska Omaha win or tie, and a St. Cloud State loss. Seeded 7th with a win, a Nebraska Omaha loss, and a St. Cloud State win. Seeded 7th with a win by 11 or fewer goals, a Nebraska Omaha loss, and a St. Cloud State tie. Seeded 7th with a win by 13 or more goals, a Nebraska Omaha win or tie, and a St. Cloud State tie. Seeded 7th/8th with a win by exactly 12 goals, a Nebraska Omaha win or tie, and a St. Cloud State tie. Seeded 8th with a win, a Nebraska Omaha win or tie, and a St. Cloud State win. Seeded 8th with a win by 11 or fewer goals, a Nebraska Omaha win or tie, and a St. Cloud State tie. Seeded 8th with a loss or a tie. Wisconsin (24 points, at Minnesota) - Seeded 9th with a win or a tie. Seeded 9th with a loss and a Bemidji State loss or tie. Seeded 10th with a loss and a Bemidji State win. Bemidji State (23 points, at Alaska Anchorage) - Seeded 9th with a win and a Wisconsin loss. Seeded 10th with a win and a Wisconsin win or tie. Seeded 10th with a loss or a tie.