WCHA Office Bruce M. McLeod Commissioner Carol LaBelle-Ehrhardt Assistant Commissioner of Operations Greg Shepherd Supervisor of Officials Mailing Address Western Collegiate Hockey Association 2211 S. Josephine Street, Room 302, Denver, CO 80210 p: 303 871-4223. f: 303 871-4770. October 9, 2012 [email protected] Three Weekend WCHA Series Have UND at OSU, SCSU at BSU, UW Women’s Administrative & WCHA Public Relations Office at UMD; Non-Conference Sets Find No. 1 UM at St. Lawrence, MSU Sara R. Martin Hosting Lindenwood; Ohio State Scores Historic Sweep Associate Commissioner Buckeyes Sweep Bulldogs for First Time; Gophers Down SCSU Twice; Minnesota State Splits at UND; p: 608 829-0104. f: 608 829-0105. [email protected] Badgers Pick Up Two Wins at Lindenwood; Bemidji State Splits at Providence; Latest Women’s Doug Spencer Divison 1 College Hockey Polls have Minnesota at No. 1, Wisconsin at No. 3/4, North Dakota at Associate Commissioner for Public Relations No. 6, Ohio State at No. 10 … Minnesota State, Minnesota Duluth Also Receive Votes p: 608 829-0100. f: 608 829-0200. [email protected] MADISON, Wis. – Defending national and conference champion Minnesota affirmed its position as the Bill Brophy top-ranked team in the country with two home-ice victories on Oct. 5-6 and Ohio State swept a series Women’s Public Relations Director from Minnesota Duluth for the first time in program history during the first busy weekend of the women’s p: 608 277-0282. [email protected] Western Collegiate Hockey Association season. Mailing Address Western Collegiate Hockey Association Minnesota State, which tied defending WCHA champion Wisconsin on the opening weekend, then 559 D’Onofrio Drive, Suite 103 went to North Dakota last weekend for a second straight league series to start the 2012-13 campaign and Madison, WI 53719-2096 split, winning 3-2 with three third period goals last Friday, including the game-winner by Lauren Smith in the final :38 seconds. North Dakota battled back and prevailed in game two, however, as freshman WCHA Women’s League Leah Jensen had a goal and two assists in a 4-1 triumph. Minnesota (4-0-0, 2-0-0 WCHA, 6 points), meanwhile, kept rolling by beating St. Cloud State, 7-1 and 4-0 Bemidji State University at Ridder Arena. Amanda Kessel had two goals and two assists last Friday and Noora Räty had her 28th University of Minnesota career shutout in the series finale while Kessel assisted on three of the four goals. Freshman Maryanne University of Minnesota Duluth Minnesota State University Menefee had three goals and an assist in the sweep. University of North Dakota Ohio State (4-0-0, 2-0-0 WCHA, 6 points) climbed into the Top 10 in the latest USCHO.com Division 1 Ohio State University con’t St. Cloud State University University of Wisconsin 2012-13 WCHA Standings Home of a Record 13 Consecutive National Conference Only Overall Pts GP W L T SW Win% GF- GA GP Record Win% GF- G Championship Teams 1 Minnesota 6 2 2- 0- 0 0 1.00 11- 1 4 4- 0- 0 1.00 29- 1 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, Ohio State 6 2 2- 0- 0 0 1.00 6- 3 4 4- 0- 0 1.00 17- 5 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 3 Wisconsin 5 2 1- 0- 1 1 .750 5- 4 4 3- 0- 1 .875 21- 7 4 Minnesota State 4 4 1- 2- 1 0 .375 8- 11 4 1- 2- 1 .375 8- 11 2013 WCHA FINAL FACE-OFF 5 North Dakota 3 2 1- 1- 0 0 .500 6- 4 2 1- 1- 0 .500 6- 4 March 8-9 • Ridder Arena 6 Bemidji State 0 0 0- 0- 0 0 ---- 0- 0 2 1- 1- 0 .500 4- 7 Minneapolis, MN Minnesota Duluth 0 2 0- 2- 0 0 .000 3- 6 2 0- 2- 0 .000 3- 6 St. Cloud State 0 2 0- 2- 0 0 .000 1- 11 2 0- 2- 0 .000 1- 11 visit us on the web at: (shootout win = 1 additional point) wcha.com wcha.com/mobile This Week in the WCHA Games for Friday, October 12: Minnesota at St. Lawrence (NC), 7:00 pm ET; North Dakota at Ohio State (WCHA), 7:07 pm ET; Lindenwood at Minnesota State (NC), 7:07 pm CT; St. Cloud State at Bemidji State (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT. Games for Saturday, October 13: Minnesota at St. Lawrence (NC), 3:00 pm ET; Lindenwood at Minnesota State (NC), 3:07 pm CT; North Dakota at Ohio State (WCHA), 4:07 pm ET; St. Cloud State at Bemidji State (WCHA), 3:07 pm CT; Wisconsin at Minnesota Duluth (WCHA), 3:07 pm CT. Games for Sunday, October 14: Wisconsin at Minnesota Duluth (WCHA), 3:07 pm CT. 2012-13 WCHA Women’s Release • 100912 Women’s College Hockey Poll for Oct. 8 by handing Minnesota Duluth Today/USA Hockey Magazine Women’s Div. 1 College Hockey Poll only its second ever season-opening sweep at AMSOIL Arena in for Oct. 8, Minnesota is No. 1, Wisconsin is No. 3, North Dakota is No. Duluth. With a goal and an assist in the series, senior forward Hokey 6 and Ohio State is No. 10. Minnesota State and Minnesota Duluth Langan is now tied for fifth all-time at Ohio State in goals and tied for both received votes. seventh all-time in assists. Senior forward Minttu Tuominen gave the Looking ahead to the weekend of Friday, Oct. 19 through Sunday, Buckeyes the lead twice in last Saturday’s 3-2 victory. Her first goal put Oct. 21, there will be a full complement of four WCHA series on the OSU up 2-1 in the first period and her second goal, which came late docket. Wisconsin will host Bemidji State on Friday and Sunday in the in the third period, proved to be the game-winner. Chelsea Knapp first series to be played at the Badgers’ new 2,273-seat LaBahn Arena made 39 saves between the pipes for the Buckeyes, including 16 in while on Friday and Saturday, Ohio State visits Minnesota, Minnesota last Friday’s 3-1 victory. Knapp improved to 4-0-0 on the season and State hosts Minnesota Duluth, and North Dakota entertains St. Cloud has a goals-against average of 1.25 and a saves percentage of .937. State. This week’s USCHO.com Division 1 Women’s College Hockey Poll shows four WCHA teams are in the top ten as Minnesota is again No. 1, Wisconsin is at No. 4, North Dakota is No. 6 and Ohio State is No. This Week in the National Polls 10. In non-conference play last weekend (Oct. 5-6), Wisconsin (3-0-1, October 8, 2012 went to St. Louis, Mo., and took two victories from host Lindenwood, 2012-13 USCHO.com Women’s Division 1 Poll 7-2 and 9-1. In the first game, the Lady Lions fed off the energy of Rk Team (1st Place Votes) Record Points Previous their home opener to claim a 2-0 lead over the Badgers in the first 1 Minnesota (15) 4- 0-0 150 1 four minutes. However, Wisconsin responded with seven unanswered 2 Cornell 0- 0-0 128 2 goals, including three by senior forward Brianna Decker for her eighth 3 Boston University 1- 0-0 111 6 career hat trick. She also had two assists for five points in the game. 4 Wisconsin 3- 0-1 106 4 In the series finale, Decker had a goal and two assists to become the 5 Boston College 0- 1-0 93 3 fifth UW player to record 200 career points and Alev Kelter scored a 6 North Dakota 1- 1-0 54 5 hat trick. 7 Clarkson 2- 0-0 50 NR In another non-conference series last weekend, Bemidji State went 8 Northeastern 2- 0-0 43 10 East and split two games with Providence, earning a 3-2 victory in 9 Mercyhurst 3- 0-1 36 9 game one and falling 5-1 in the finale. The one-goal win came after 10 Ohio State 4- 0-0 26 NR the Friars took a 2-0 lead in the second period and led 2-1 entering others receiving votes: Harvard 16, St. Lawrence 8, Providence the third. The third period comeback win was Bemidji State’s first 2, Minnesota State 1, Minnesota Duluth 1. since Nov. 5, 2005. Bemidji State’s first WCHA series of the 2012-13 season will come October 8, 2012 on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 12-13, when the Beavers (1-1-0) host St. Cloud State (0-2-0, 0-2-0 WCHA) in one of three conference matchups. 2012-13 USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Women’s In the two other series, North Dakota (1-1-0, 1-1-0 WCHA) is at Ohio Divison 1 College Hockey Poll • Week 3 State on Friday and Saturday while Wisconsin (3-0-1, 1-0-1-1 WCHA) (first-place votes in parentheses) visits Minnesota Duluth (0-2-0, 0-2-0 WCHA) for a Saturday-Sunday set. Rk Team, Pts (1st Place Votes) Record Last Poll In non-conference play, Minnesota is at St. Lawrence and Minnesota 1 Minnesota, 190 (19) 4-0-0 1 State (1-2-1, 1-2-1 WCHA) entertains Lindenwood. 2 Cornell, 171 0-0-0 2 In this week’s two Division 1 women’s national polls, the Western 3 Wisconsin, 136 3-0-1 3 Collegiate Hockey Association has four teams ranked among the top 4 Boston University, 136 1-0-0 6 10 and two others that also received votes.