Western Collegiate Hockey Association Bruce M. McLeod Commissioner Carol LaBelle-Ehrhardt Assistant Commissioner of Operations Greg Shepherd Supervisor of Officials Administrative Office March 21, 2011/For Immediate Release Western Collegiate Hockey Association 2211 S. Josephine Street, Room 302 WCHA Regular Season & Playoff Champion North Dakota, Denver, Denver, CO 80210 p: 303 871-4491. f: 303 871-4770 Minnesota Duluth, Nebraska Omaha and Colorado College to email: [email protected] Doug Spencer Represent League in 2011 NCAA Div. 1 Men’s Championship Associate Commissioner for Public MacNaughton Cup, Broadmoor Trophy Champion Fighting Sioux are No. 1 Seed, Pioneers No. 2 Relations Seed for Midwest Regional; Bulldogs No. 3 Seed for East Regional; Mavericks No. 3 Seed, Tigers Public Relations Office Western Collegiate Hockey Association No. 4 Seed for West Regional; Ten WCHA Teams Recognized in Latest USCHO.com Div. 1 Poll … 559 D’Onofrio Drive, Ste. 103 UND No. 1, DU No. 5, UMD No. 11, CC No. 13, UNO No. 14 … UW, UM, UAA, BSU, SCSU Receive Madison, WI 53719-2096 p: 608 829-0100. f: 608 829-0200 Votes; WCHA Teams Stand 51-25-12 (.648) in Non-Conference Play this Season email: [email protected] MADISON, Wis. – Five nationally-ranked men’s member teams from the Western Collegiate Hockey Association Home of a Record 36 Men’s – University of North Dakota, University of Denver, University of Minnesota Duluth, University of Nebraska Omaha and Colorado College – will represent the league in the 2011 NCAA Division 1 Men’s Ice Hockey Cham- National Championship pionship tournament, which gets underway this Friday (March 25) and continues through Sunday (March Teams Since 1951 27) at four regional sites. Teams representing the WCHA have captured a record 36 national championships 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, con’t on next page 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, 2010-11 WCHA Men’s Standings –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, Conference Only Overall 1982, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1997, Pts GP Record Win% GF- GA GP Record Win% GF- GA 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 1 North Dakota ! 43 28 21- 6- 1 .768 112- 62 41 30- 8- 3 .768 166- 91 2 Denver 37 28 17- 8- 3 .661 93- 75 40 24-11- 5 .662 132-105 Conference Members 3 Nebraska-Omaha 36 28 17- 9- 2 .643 94- 69 38 21-15- 2 .579 126- 96 University of Alaska Anchorage 4 Minnesota Duluth 35 28 15- 8- 5 .625 91- 73 38 22-10- 6 .658 129-100 Bemidji State University 5 Minnesota 31 28 13-10- 5 .554 91- 78 36 16-14- 6 .528 113-102 Colorado College 6 Colorado College 28 28 13-13- 2 .500 83- 84 43 22-18- 3 .547 134-125 University of Denver 7 Wisconsin 27 28 12-13- 3 .482 75- 72 41 21-16- 4 .561 129- 98 Michigan Tech University 8 Alaska Anchorage 26 28 12-14- 2 .464 62- 78 37 16-18- 3 .473 89-106 University of Minnesota St. Cloud State 26 28 11-13- 4 .464 84- 80 38 15-18- 5 .461 112-113 University of Minnesota Duluth 10 Bemidji State 21 28 8-15- 5 .375 62- 78 38 15-18- 5 .461 89-102 Minnesota State University 11 Minnesota State 20 28 8-16- 4 .357 67- 90 38 14-18- 6 .447 105-116 University of Nebraska Omaha 12 Michigan Tech 6 28 2-24- 2 .107 49-124 38 4-30- 4 .158 75-169 University of North Dakota St. Cloud State University ! WCHA regular season, playoff champions University of Wisconsin This Week in the WCHA • 2011 NCAA Div. 1 Men’s Regionals ––––––––––– 2011 Red Baron™ East Regional @ Webster Bank Arena at Harbor Yard, Bridgeport, CT. Games for Friday, March 25: (2) Union WCHA Final Five (New York) (26-9-4) vs (3) Minnesota Duluth (22-10-6), 3:00 pm ET (ESPNU HD/ESPN3.com); (1) Yale (27-6-1) March 17-19 • Xcel Energy Center vs (4) Air Force (20-11-6), 6:30 pm ET (ESPNU HD/ESPN3.com). Games for Saturday, March 26: Championship Saint Paul, Minnesota Game, 6:30 pm ET (ESPNU HD/ESPN3.com). West Regional @ Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO. Games for Friday, March 25: (2) Michigan (26-10-4) vs (3) visit us at the all-new: Nebraska-Omaha (21-15-2), 4:30 pm CT (ESPN Syndication HD/ESPN3.com (ESPNU HD tape delay - March 25, WCHA.com 10:30 pm CT); (1) Boston College (30-7-1) vs (4) Colorado College (22-18-3), 8:00 pm CT (ESPNU HD/ESPN3. com). Games for Saturday, March 26: Championship Game, 8:00 pm CT (ESPNU HD/ESPN3.com). Northeast Regional @ Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, NH. Games for Saturday, March 26: (1) Miami (23-9-6) vs (4) New Hampshire (21-10-6), 4:00 pm ET (ESPNU HD/ESPN3.com); (2) Merrimack (25-9-4) vs (3) Notre Dame (23-13-5), 7:30 pm ET (ESPN Syndication HD/ESPN3.com (ESPNU HD tape delay - March 26, 11:30 pm ET). Games for Sunday, March 27: Championship Game, 8:00 pm ET (ESPNU HD/ESPN3.com). Midwest Regional @ Resch Center, Green Bay, WI. Games for Saturday, March 26: (1) North Dakota (30-8-3) vs (4) Rensselaer (20-12-5), 12:30 pm CT (ESPN Syndication HD/ESPN3.com (ESPNU HD tape delay - March 27, 11:30 pm CT); (2) Denver (24-11-5) vs (3) Western Michigan (19-12-10), 4:00 pm CT (ESPN Syndication HD/ESPN3. com (ESPNU HD tape delay - March 27, 2:00 pm CT). Games for Sunday, March 27: Championship Game, 4:30 pm CT (ESPNU HD/ESPN3.com). 2010-11 WCHA Men’s Weekly Release • #25 • 032111 for a .648 winning percentage. WCHA teams are 28-10-10 in non-confer- ence games at home, 12-9-2 in non-conference games on the road, and 10-6-0 in non-conference match ups at neutral sites. Against the four other Div. 1 men’s leagues, WCHA teams are 9-5-1 (.633) vs Hockey East Association teams, 7-8-4 (.474) vs ECAC Hockey teams, 17-10-7 (.603) vs Central Collegiate Hockey Association clubs, 12-0-0 (1.000) vs Atlantic Hockey Association teams, and 6-2-0 (.750) vs independents. Team records in non-conference play are: Alaska Anchorage (2-2-0), Bemidji State (4-2-0), Colorado College (5-3-1), Denver (4-2-2), Michigan Tech (2-4-2), Minnesota (3-2-1), Minnesota Duluth (5-0-1), Minnesota State (6-0-2), Nebraska Omaha (4-4-0), North Dakota (4-2-1), St. Cloud State (4-3-1) and Wisconsin (8-1-1). Home to a record 36 national championship teams since it’s founding in 1951, the WCHA marks it’s 59th season of on-ice competition in 2010- 11 with 12 men’s member teams. Joining the men’s WCHA this season are Bemidji State University and the University of Nebraska Omaha. since the league’s founding in 1951, with the most recent title earned by Wisconsin in 2006 in Milwaukee. The Badgers’ 2006 Frozen Four crown capped a run of five straight national championships for WCHA-member USCHO.com Division 1 Men’s Ice Hockey Poll teams, with Minnesota winning in 2002 and 2003, Denver in 2004 and Minneapolis, Minn./March 21, 2011 2005, and Wisconsin in 2006. Rk Team (First Place) Record Pts Last Week WCHA regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup), Final Five (Broad- 1 North Dakota (37) 30- 8-3 985 1 moor Trophy) champion and No. 1-ranked North Dakota is the top seed 2 Boston College (7) 30- 7-1 951 2 and No. 5-ranked Denver is the No. 2 seed for the Midwest Regional in 3 Yale (5) 27- 6-1 901 3 Green Bay. The Sioux enter regional competition with a 13-game unbeaten 4 Miami (1) 23- 9-6 841 6 streak at 12-0-1. No. 11-ranked Minnesota Duluth is the No. 3 seed for the 5 Denver 24-11-5 780 5 East Regional in Bridgeport, Conn. And No. 14-ranked Nebraska Omaha 6 Michigan 26-10-4 748 4 is the No. 3 seed and No. 13-ranked Colorado College the No. 4 seed for 7 Merrimack 25- 9-4 732 7 the West Regional in St. Louis. There are no WCHA teams in the Northeast 8 Union 26- 9-4 605 9 Regional, which will be held in Manchester, N.H. 9 Notre Dame 23-13-5 546 8 The schedule for the Midwest Regional, set for March 26-27 at Resch 10 Western Michigan 19-12-10 539 12 Center in Green Bay, finds North Dakota (30-8-3) taking on No. 4 seed 11 Minnesota Duluth 22-10-6 509 11 Rensselaer (20-12-5) at 12:30 pm CT on Saturday followed by Denver 12 New Hampshire 21-10-6 507 10 (24-11-5) against No. 3 seed Western Michigan (19-12-10) at 4:00 pm CT. 13 Colorado College 22-18-3 419 13 The championship game will be on Sunday at 4:30 pm CT. 14 Nebraska-Omaha 21-15-2 342 14 At the East Regional at Webster Bank Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridge- 15 Dartmouth 19-12-3 243 15 port, Minnesota Duluth (22-10-6) will face-off against No. 2 seed Union 16 Rensselaer 20-12-5 227 18 College (26-9-4) on Friday at 3:00 pm ET.