Western Collegiate Hockey Association Bruce M. McLeod Commissioner Carol LaBelle-Ehrhardt Assistant Commissioner of Operations Greg Shepherd Supervisor of Officials Administrative Office October 10, 2011/For Immediate Release Western Collegiate Hockey Association 2211 S. Josephine Street, Room 302 Denver, CO 80210 Conference Play Gets Underway with Three Friday- p: 303 871-4491. f: 303 871-4770 [email protected] Saturday Series; It’s BSU at CC; UW at MTU, UM at UMD Doug Spencer Denver Launches Regular Season at BC, BU; North Dakota Hosts Maine; MSU Hosts Associate Commissioner for Public Relations UMass-Lowell; St. Cloud State Heads to NMU; UAA and UNO Both Play in Alaska Western Collegiate Hockey Association Goal Rush Tourney; Seawolves Win Kendall Hockey Classic; Michigan Tech Sweeps 559 D’Onofrio Drive, Ste. 103 Madison, WI 53719-2096 First Series vs AIU Under New Coach Mel Pearson; Seven WCHA Teams Ranked in p: 608 829-0100. f: 608 829-0200 [email protected] Oct. 10 USCHO.com Div. 1 Poll … DU No. 3, UND No. 6, CC No. 7, UMD No. 9, UM No. 14, UNO No. 16, UW No. 18 … BSU, SCSU, UAA, MSU Receive Votes Home of a Record 37 Men’s National Championship Teams MADISON, Wis. – The Western Collegiate Hockey Association’s 168-game conference schedule opens Since 1951 this coming weekend of Friday and Saturday, October 14-15, for six league-member teams. The three, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, two-game series will have Bemidji State at Colorado College, Wisconsin at Michigan Tech and Minnesota 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, at Minnesota Duluth. 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, Bemidji State (1-1-0, 0-0-0 WCHA) and No. 7-ranked Colorado College (0-0-0) will face-off at Colorado 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, Springs World Arena (7,380) on Friday at 7:37 pm MT and Saturday at 7:07 pm MT. No. 18-ranked Wisconsin 1982, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1997, (1-1-0, 0-0-0 WCHA) and Michigan Tech (2-0-0, 0-0-0 WCHA) will engage in a pair of 7:07 pm ET encounters 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, at John MacInnes Student Ice Arena (4,128) while No. 14 Minnesota visits No. 9 Minnesota Duluth and 2011 con’t Men’s Conference Members University of Alaska Anchorage 2011-12 WCHA Men’s Standings Bemidji State University Conference Only Overall Colorado College Pts GP Record Win% GF- GA GP Record Win% GF- GA University of Denver 1 Alaska Anchorage 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 2 1- 0- 1 .750 8- 7 Michigan Technological University Bemidji State 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 2 1- 1- 0 .500 7- 6 University of Minnesota Colorado College 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 University of Minnesota Duluth Denver 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 Minnesota State University University of Nebraska Omaha Michigan Tech 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 2 2- 0- 0 1.00 7- 4 University of North Dakota Minnesota 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 2 2- 0- 0 1.00 15- 0 St. Cloud State University Minnesota Duluth 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 2 1- 1- 0 .500 7- 8 University of Wisconsin Minnesota State 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 2 1- 1- 0 .500 2- 4 Nebraska Omaha 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 2 1- 1- 0 .500 8- 5 North Dakota 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 2 1- 1- 0 .500 6- 9 2012 Red Baron™ St. Cloud State 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 2 1- 1- 0 .500 7- 5 WCHA Final Five Wisconsin 0 0 0- 0- 0 ---- 0- 0 2 1- 1- 0 .500 5- 5 March 15-17 • Xcel Energy Center Saint Paul, MN This Week in the WCHA wcha.com Games for Friday, October 14: * Nebraska Omaha vs Alaska Anchorage (NC), 3:05 pm AT; Wisconsin at Michigan Tech (WCHA), 7:07 pm ET; Denver at Boston College (NC), 7:30 pm ET; St. Cloud State at Northern Michigan (NC), 7:35 pm ET; Minnesota at Minnesota Duluth (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT; UMass Lowell at Minnesota State (NC), 7:07 pm CT; Maine at North Dakota (NC), 7:37 pm CT; Bemidji State at Colorado College (WCHA), 7:37 pm MT. * Brice Alaska Goal Rush (Fairbanks, AK) Games for Saturday, October 15: Denver at Boston University (NC)7:00 pm ET; Wisconsin at Michigan Tech (WCHA), 7:07 pm ET; St. Cloud State at Northern Michigan (NC), 7:35 pm ET; * Mercyhurst vs Alaska Anchorage (NC), 4:05 pm AT; Minnesota at Minnesota Duluth (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT; Maine at North Dakota (NC), 7:07 pm CT; UMass Lowell at Minnesota State (NC), 7:07 pm CT; Bemidji State at Colorado College (WCHA), 7:07 pm MT; * Nebraska Omaha at Alaska Fairbanks (NC), 7:05 pm AT. * Brice Alaska Goal Rush (Fairbanks, AK) WCHA Men’s Release • Weekly • 101011 AMSOIL Arena (6,726) for back-to-back 7:07 pm CT puck drops. Last Week in the WCHA The race for the WCHA regular season championship consists of 168 games (28 per team). North Dakota is the defending MacNaughton Results of Friday, October 7 Cup champion. Other WCHA openers, by member team, are: Alaska Minnesota State 1 at Rensselaer 0 (NC) Anchorage (Oct. 21-22 at Nebraska Omaha), Denver (Oct. 21-22 vs American International 3 at Michigan Tech 4 (NC) Minnesota State), Minnesota State (Oct. 21-22 at Denver), Nebraska Bemidji State 5 at Miami 3 (NC) Omaha (Oct. 21-22 vs Alaska Anchorage), North Dakota (Oct. 21-22 Notre Dame 3 at Minnesota Duluth 4 (NC) at Wisconsin), and St. Cloud State (Oct. 28-29 at North Dakota). Northern Michigan 3 at Wisconsin 2 ot (NC) Outside the league, six WCHA teams will skate against non- Sacred Heart 0 at Minnesota 9 (NC) conference opponents Friday and Saturday. Alaska Anchorage (1-0-1) * Air Force 3 at North Dakota 4 (NC) and No. 16-ranked Nebraska Omaha (1-1-0) will both participate in the # Mercyhurst 1 at Nebraska Omaha 5 (NC) Alaska Goal Rush tournament at Carlson Center in Fairbanks, hosted & St. Cloud State 4 vs Alaska Fairbanks 1 (NC) by Central Collegiate Hockey Association-member Alaska Fairbanks USA Under-18 Team 0 at Denver 3 (EX) (1-1-0) and also including Mercyhurst (0-2-0) from the Atlantic Hockey & Clarkson 4 at Alaska Anchorage 4 ot (NC) Association. On day one, UAA and UNO play at 5:05 pm AT while * Ice Breaker (Grand Forks, ND); # Mutual of Omaha Stampede (Omaha, Alaska Fairbanks plays Mercyhurst at 8:05 pm AT. On Saturday, it’s NE); & Kendall Hockey Classic (Anchorage, AK) UAA vs Mercyhurst at 4:05 pm AT and UNO vs UAF at 7:05 pm AT. Results of Saturday, October 8 After a pair of exhibition contests, No. 3-ranked Denver (0-0-0) Minnesota State 1 at Rensselaer 4 (NC) launches it’s 2011-12 regular season with road games at Hockey East Bemidji State 2 at Miami 3 (NC) Association-members Boston College (2-0-0) at 7:05 pm ET on Friday American International 1 at Michigan Tech 3 (NC) and Boston University (1-0-0) at 7:05 pm ET on Saturday. BC is ranked * Colgate 4 at Nebraska Omaha 3 (NC) No. 1 nationally this week while BU is No. 8. Notre Dame 5 at Minnesota Duluth 3 (NC) Minnesota State (1-1-0) will play its first regular season games at Northern Michigan 2 at Wisconsin 3 (NC) home on Oct. 14-15 when the Mavericks entertain UMass-Lowell Sacred Heart 0 at Minnesota 6 (NC) (0-0-0) from Hockey East at 7:37 pm CT and 7:07 pm CT at Verizon # Boston College 6 at North Dakota 2 (NC) Wireless Center (4,832). USA Under-18 Team 0 at Colorado College 5 (EX) In Grand Forks, No. 6-ranked North Dakota (1-1-0) will host No. 17- & St. Cloud State 3 at Alaska Anchorage 4 ot (NC) ranked Maine (1-1-0) of the HEA at Ralph Engelstad Arena (11,634) at * Mutual of Omaha Stampede Championship (Omaha, NE); # Ice Breaker 7:37 pm CT on Friday evening and 7:07 pm CT on Saturday night. Championship (Grand Forks, ND); & Kendall Hockey Classic Championship And St. Cloud State (1-1-0) will head out on the road again this (Anchorage, AK) weekend when the Huskies visit CCHA-member Northern Michigan (1-1-0) for a pair of 7:30 pm ET face-offs in Marquette. In on-ice action involving WCHA teams last weekend (Oct. 7-8), Alaska Anchorage won their own Kendall Hockey Classic title with a verdict last Saturday. Minnesota Duluth split a home series against 4-4 tie against Clarkson and a 4-3 (ot) victory over St. Cloud State and Notre Dame of the CCHA, winning 4-3 on Oct. 7 and falling 5-3 on both Michigan Tech and Minnesota won a pair of home contests. The Oct. 8. North Dakota, hosting the Ice Breaker Tournament, won 4-3 Huskies, under first-year head coach Mel Pearson, defeated American over Air Force last Friday and fell 6-2 to Boston College in the title International by 4-3 and 3-1 scores while the Golden Gophers blanked game on Saturday. Nebraska Omaha, host of the Mutual of Omaha visiting Sacred Heart by 9-0 and 6-0 counts.