2019-20 NCHC WEEKLY RELEASE National Collegiate Hockey Conference 1631 Mesa Avenue, Suite C Colorado Springs, CO 80906 Phone: 719-203-6818 Week of December 23-30, 2019 Fax: 719-645-8206 Volume 7, Issue 13 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. North Dakota 23 8 7 0 1 1/0 .938 32 12 17 14 1 2 .882 71 27 2. Minnesota Duluth 19 8 6 1 1 0/0 .813 31 19 16 9 6 1 .594 47 41 3. Denver 12 8 3 3 2 0/1 .500 20 17 18 11 4 3 .694 56 36 4. Western Michigan 11 8 3 4 1 0/1 .438 21 31 16 7 7 2 .500 46 48 5. St. Cloud State 9 8 3 5 0 0/0 .375 21 24 16 5 7 4 .438 46 52 6. Miami 8 8 2 5 1 1/0 .313 21 27 17 4 10 3 .324 48 63 7. Colorado College 7 8 2 5 1 0/0 .313 20 29 14 6 7 1 .464 39 44 Omaha 7 8 2 5 1 0/0 .313 23 30 18 8 8 2 .500 64 57 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 tHiS Week’S gameS NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS: After only one NCHC team was in action last weekend, five NCHC teams return to action Saturday through Saturday, Dec. 28 Monday, including four against non-conference foes and one exhibition %St. Cloud State vs. No. 2/2 Minnesota State, 4:00 p.m. CT game. Colorado College and St. Cloud State both take part in in-season $Colorado College at Dartmouth, 7:00 p.m. ET (TV: ESPN+) tournaments, while Miami and No. 10/11 Minnesota Duluth play road No. 1/1 North Dakota at U.S. Under-18 Team, 7:00 p.m. ET (exh.) games. The NCHC has posted the best combined non-conference regular-season winning percentage among the six Division I men’s Sunday, Dec. 29 hockey conferences in four of the last five seasons, including last year No. 10/11 Minnesota Duluth at Merrimack, 4:00 p.m. ET at .659. This season, NCHC teams have combined to go 36-22-10 in non-conference play so far, with the .603 win percentage ranking second $Colorado College vs. St. Lawrence, 4:00 p.m. ET (TV: ESPN+) among conferences, just behind Hockey East at .608. (page 7) %St. Cloud State vs. Minnesota or Bemidji State, 4:00/7:00 p.m. CT POLL POSITIONS: The NCHC is once again home to the No. 1 team in the country after North Dakota claimed the top spot in the latest national Monday, Dec. 30 polls (Dec. 16) for the first time this season. Four NCHC teams are ranked No. 10/11 Minnesota Duluth at Merrimack, 4:00 p.m. ET in the latest USCHO.com Poll, including three in the top 10. Three NCHC Miami at No. 11/10 Bowling Green, 7:07 p.m. ET teams remain ranked in the USA Hockey Magazine Poll. (page 10) • North Dakota is ranked No. 1 for the first time since Oct. 24, 2016, % Mariucci Classic, Minneapolis, Minn. (University of Minnesota) while they are the third different NCHC team to be ranked No. 1 this $ Ledyard Classic, Hanover, N.H. (Dartmouth College) exh. - Exhibition season (along with Minnesota Duluth and Denver). • NCHC teams have now held the top spot in seven of 12 USCHO.com Polls so far this season. Since the start of the 2016-17 season, an NCHC LaSt Week’S ReSuLtS team has been ranked No. 1 in the USCHO Poll in 67 of 84 polls. • Over the last six seasons, an NCHC team has been ranked No. 1 Saturday, Dec. 21 in the USCHO Poll 84 weeks, 69 more weeks than any other conference No. 16/14 Arizona State 5, at Omaha 4 combined (Big Ten second at 15 weeks). Four different NCHC teams (DU, UMD, UND and St. Cloud State) have all held the No. 1 ranking for at least Sunday, Dec. 22 19 weeks during that span, all more than any other conference combined. at Omaha 8, No. 16/14 Arizona State 4 GOING FOR GOLD: Five NCHC players are competing for a gold medal at the 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship in the Czech Republic, which started Thursday, Dec. 26 and runs through Jan. 5. Western Michigan Upcoming Games on NCHC.tv sophomore defenseman Mattias Samuelsson, who was on the U.S. silver medal-winning team last year, was named captain of the U.S. National Friday, Jan. 3 Junior Team, while North Dakota freshman forward Shane Pinto was Alabama-Huntsville at No. 1/1 North Dakota, 7:37 p.m. CT named U.S. Player of the Game in Thursday’s opening loss to Canada No. 9/9 Massachusetts at No. 6/6 Denver, 7:07 p.m. MT after scoring two goals and adding an assist. UND sophomore defenseman Saturday, Jan. 4 Jacob Bernard-Docker was on the winning side Thursday, as he is the Alabama-Huntsville at No. 1/1 North Dakota, 7:07 p.m. CT lone college hockey player on Canada’s National Junior Team. 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