WCHA NORTH DAKOTA, COLORADO COLLEGE REMAIN 1-2 IN RACE FOR WCHA S MACNAUGHTON CUP WCHA STANDINGS

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1 WCHA BRUCE M. McLEOD Commissioner CAROL LABELLE Business Manager GREG SHEPHERD Supervisor of Officials ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE 2190 South High Street Denver, CO Phone: Fax: DOUG SPENCER Associate Commissioner for Public Relations PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE 559 D Onofrio Drive, Ste 103 Madison, WI Phone: Fax: dspencer@mailbag.com HOME OF 31 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS SINCE , 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2000 WCHA MEMBERS Alaska Anchorage Seawolves Colorado College Tigers Denver Pioneers Michigan Tech Huskies Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs MSU, Mankato Mavericks North Dakota Fighting Sioux St. Cloud State Huskies Wisconsin Badgers 2001 XCEL ENERGY WCHA FINAL FIVE March 15,16,17 St. Paul Xcel Energy Center Tickets: or visit ticketmaster.com February 3, 2001/WEEKEND UPDATE/For Immediate Release FIGHTING SIOUX, TIGERS, GOLDEN GOPHERS, MAVERICKS POST FRIDAY WINS; BADGERS & SEAWOLVES TIE; 2001 XCEL ENERGY FINAL FIVE TICKETS ON SALE NORTH DAKOTA, COLORADO COLLEGE REMAIN 1-2 IN RACE FOR WCHA S MACNAUGHTON CUP MADISON, Wisc. Defending NCAA champion North Dakota and Colorado College both recorded important road victories last night (Feb. 2) to maintain their holds on first and second place, respectively, in the race for the WCHA s MacNaughton Cup and regular season championship. The Fighting Sioux received a hat trick from Bryan Lundbohm and 33 saves from Karl Goehring to defeat host Minnesota-Duluth, 6-2, before 4,552 at the DECC. The Tigers, meanwhile, had two goals from Alex Kim and 1-2=3 from Noah Clarke to skate past host St. Cloud State, 5-3, before 5,893 at the National Hockey Center and gain their 20th victory and fifth straight win. Heading into tonight s (Feb. 3) schedule, North Dakota holds a two-point lead over CC, Elsewhere in the WCHA on Friday evening, Minnesota downed visiting Michigan Tech, 8-3, before 9,468 at Mariucci Arena; MSU-Mankato won over host Denver, 3-1, and visiting Wisconsin and Alaska Anchorage played to a 3-3 overtime tie. The Golden Gophers took over sole possession of third place after converting 5-of-10 power-play chances and capitalizing on a goal and two assists each from Jeff Taffe, Matt Koalska and Troy Riddle. MSU-Mankato climbed into fifth place as Jesse Rooney scored twice and Eric Pateman stopped 33 of 34 shots on goal. And in Anchorage, the defending WCHA-champion Badgers stayed in the hunt for a top-five finish by gaining a point against the Seawolves, who had a two-goal performance from Steve Cygan. Seven WCHA teams boast of winning records overall through Feb. 2 with Colorado College at (.788), North Dakota at (.741), St. Cloud State at (.722), Minnesota at (.714), MSU-Mankato at (.611), Wisconsin at (.556), and Denver at (.554). This week the WCHA also had six teams ranked among the top 15 Div. 1 teams in the country for the fifth straight time with UND, 3rd; CC, 4th; SCSU, 6th; UM, 7th; DU, 10/11th; and UW, 12th WCHA STANDINGS Conference Only Overall Pts GP Record Win% GF- GA GP Record Win% GF- GA 1 North Dakota Colorado College Minnesota St. Cloud State MSU-Mankato Wisconsin Denver Michigan Tech Alaska Anchorage Minnesota-Duluth THIS WEEK IN THE WCHA Results from Friday, Feb. 2: Colorado College St. Cloud State 3; Michigan Tech Minnesota 8; North Dakota Minnesota-Duluth 2; MSU-Mankato Denver 1; Wisconsin Alaska Anchorage 3 ot. Games for Saturday, Feb. 3: Michigan Minnesota, 3:05 pm; North Minnesota-Duluth, 7:05 pm; Colorado St. Cloud State, 7:05 pm; Denver, 7:05 pm; Alaska Anchorage, 7:05 pm

2 2001 XCEL ENERGY WCHA FINAL FIVE TIX ON SALE Tickets are on sale for the next edition of college hockey s premier conference championship the 2001 Xcel Energy WCHA Final Five. The 2001 Final Five will be held March at the 18,064-seat Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Five-game ticket packages are priced at $95.00 and $50.00 (for a limited number of endzone seat packages) and may be purchased at the Xcel Energy Center Box Office in St. Paul, by calling Ticketmaster directly at: , or by visiting Ticketmaster s web site at: ticketmaster.com. Convienence charges may apply. The schedule for the 2001 Final Five is: Thur., March 15 at 7:05 pm; Fri., March 16 at 2:05 pm & 7:05 pm; and Sat., March 17 at 2:05 pm & 7:05 pm (championship game). Home to a record 31 national championship teams since its founding in 1951, the WCHA announced last summer a three-year agreement with the Xcel Energy Center and the NHL s Minnesota Wild to host the league s playoff championship in 2001, 2002 and For additional ticket information on the 2001 Xcel Energy WCHA Final Five, please call: For information on group ticket sales, please call: REMAINING WCHA SCHEDULES BY TEAM UAA: Feb. 3 vs UW; Feb vs SCSU; Feb vs UMD; Feb. DU. CC: Feb. SCSU; Feb. 10 vs DU; Feb. UM; Feb vs UW; Mar. MSU. DU: Feb. 3 vs MSU; Feb. CC; Feb. UND; Feb vs UAA; Mar. 2-3 vs UMD. MTU: Feb. UM; Feb vs UMD; Feb. MSU; Feb vs UND; Mar. UW. UM: Feb. 3 vs MTU; Feb. MSU; Feb vs CC; Feb. UMD; Mar. 2-3 vs SCSU/@ SCSU. UMD: Feb. 3 vs UND; Feb. MTU; Feb. UAA; Feb vs UM; Mar. DU. MSU: Feb. DU; Feb vs UM; Feb vs MTU; Feb. SCSU; Mar. 2-3 vs CC. UND: Feb. UMD; Feb vs UW; Feb vs DU; Feb. MTU. SCSU: Feb. 3 vs CC; Feb. UAA; Feb. UW; Feb vs MSU; Mar. UM/vs UM. UW: Feb. UAA; Feb. UND; Feb vs SCSU; Feb. CC; Mar. 2-3 vs MTU. WCHA TIE-BREAKING PROCEDURES At the conclusion of the regular season, teams will be ranked by the number of points accumulated. If two teams are tied for first place, they will be declared co-champions. The first round of the WCHA playoff tournament will be a best-of-three games format at the home site of the teams ranked higher in the final regular season standings. All ten teams will participate in the first round of the tournament. First round WCHA playoff pairings will be as follows: 1st rank vs 10th rank, 2nd rank vs 9th rank, 3rd rank vs 8th rank, 4th rank vs 7th rank, and 5th rank vs 6th rank. Following the first round, the five winning teams will be re-seeded one through five according to their standings in the final WCHA in-season competition. In the event that ties are encountered in the determination of WCHA ranking or designation of home teams for playoff purposes, the following procedures will be used in the order given to break the ties: a) If two or more teams are tied, head-to-head competition during the regular (conference) season will be used to break the tie b) If two or more teams are still tied after (a), the highest seed will go to the team with the most WCHA (conference) wins during the regular season c) If two or more teams played a four-game series during the regular season and the teams have the same win-loss records for those series and the same number of WCHA wins, the team having the the least number of goals scored against it in the four-game series shall have the higher rank d) If two or more teams are still tied after applying the provisions of (a), (b) and (c), the team having the greatest winning margin during the regular season will have the higher rank. Winning margin = WCHA goals for during the regular season minus WCHA goals against e) Games played against WCHA opponents in holiday tournaments will not be counted in the above determinations.

3 PLAYER STATS ALL GAMES THRU FEB. 2 Point Scoring: GP PPG G- A- P 1 Jeff Panzer North Dakota SR C/W Bryan Lundbohm North Dakota JR C Ryan Bayda North Dakota SO F Peter Sejna Colorado College FR LW/C Erik Westrum Minnesota SR C Travis Roche North Dakota SO D Jordan Leopold Minnesota JR D Mark Cullen Colorado College JR C/W Dany Heatley Wisconsin SO LW/RW Mark Hartigan St. Cloud State JR F Jeff Taffe Minnesota SO C Tom Nelson Minnesota-Duluth JR C/W Jesse Rooney MSU-Mankato SR F Tyler Arnason St. Cloud State JR F Brandon Sampair St. Cloud State SR F John Pohl Minnesota JR F Alex Kim Colorado College JR C/W Justin Morrison Colorado College SR RW/LW Kelly Popadynetz Denver SR F Nate Anderson Minnesota-Duluth JR C/W Jon Cullen St. Cloud State SO F Bjorn Engstrom Denver SR F Matt Ulwelling Michigan Tech SR C/LW Joe Motzko St. Cloud State SO F Grant Potulny Minnesota FR F Jerry Cunningham MSU-Mankato SO F Nate Mauer MSU-Mankato JR F Matt Murray Wisconsin JR C/W Tim Jackman MSU-Mankato FR F Chris Paradise Denver JR F Troy Riddle Minnesota FR F Kent Davyduke Wisconsin JR C/W Wes Dorey North Dakota SR C/W Defenseman Scoring: GP PPG G- A- P 1 Travis Roche North Dakota SO D Jordan Leopold Minnesota JR D Ben Christopherson MSU-Mankato SR D Duvie Westcott St. Cloud State JR D Andy Reierson Minnesota-Duluth JR D Freshman Scoring: GP PPG G- A- P 1 Peter Sejna Colorado College LW/C Grant Potulny Minnesota F Tim Jackman MSU-Mankato F Troy Riddle Minnesota F Matt Koalska Minnesota F Goals Against Average: Minutes GA GAA 1 Colin Zulianello Colorado College SR 758: Wade Dubielewicz Denver SO 1243: Scott Meyer St. Cloud State SR 1426: Jeff Sanger Colorado College JR 811: Adam Hauser Minnesota JR 1587: Andy Kollar North Dakota JR 764: Karl Goehring North Dakota SR 998: Eric Pateman MSU-Mankato JR 1105: Graham Melanson Wisconsin SR 1600: Chris King Alaska Anchorage FR 1296: Rob Anderson Minnesota-Duluth SO 1020: Brian Rogers Michigan Tech SO 1350: Adam Coole Minnesota-Duluth FR 544:

4 PLAYER STATS - ALL GAMES CON T Save Percentage: Saves GA Pct 1 Colin Zulianello Colorado College SR Wade Dubielewicz Denver SO Scott Meyer St. Cloud State SR Andy Kollar North Dakota JR Graham Melanson Wisconsin SR Eric Pateman MSU-Mankato JR Karl Goehring North Dakota SR Adam Hauser Minnesota JR Jeff Sanger Colorado College JR Rob Anderson Minnesota-Duluth SO Chris King Alaska Anchorage FR Brian Rogers Michigan Tech SO Adam Coole Minnesota-Duluth FR Winning Percentage: W- L- T Pct 1 Andy Kollar North Dakota JR Jeff Sanger Colorado College JR Colin Zulianello Colorado College SR Scott Meyer St. Cloud State SR Adam Hauser Minnesota JR Eric Pateman MSU-Mankato JR Karl Goehring North Dakota SR Wade Dubielewicz Denver SO Graham Melanson Wisconsin SR Chris King Alaska Anchorage FR Rob Anderson Minnesota-Duluth SO Brian Rogers Michigan Tech SO Adam Coole Minnesota-Duluth FR PLAYER STATS WCHA GAMES THRU FEB. 2 Point Scoring: GP PPG G- A- P 1 Jeff Panzer North Dakota SR C/W Bryan Lundbohm North Dakota JR C Mark Cullen Colorado College JR C/W Ryan Bayda North Dakota SO F Peter Sejna Colorado College FR LW/C Travis Roche North Dakota SO D Mark Hartigan St. Cloud State JR F Dany Heatley Wisconsin SO LW/RW Brandon Sampair St. Cloud State SR F John Pohl Minnesota JR F Jeff Taffe Minnesota SO C Erik Westrum Minnesota SR C Jordan Leopold Minnesota JR D Tyler Arnason St. Cloud State JR F Justin Morrison Colorado College SR RW/LW Alex Kim Colorado College JR C/W Noah Clarke Colorado College SO LW/C Nate Anderson Minnesota-Duluth JR C/W Jesse Rooney MSU-Mankato SR F Matt Murray Wisconsin JR C/W Kelly Popadynetz Denver SR F Tom Preissing Colorado College SO RD/LD Tom Nelson Minnesota-Duluth JR C/W Nate Mauer MSU-Mankato JR F Joe Motzko St. Cloud State SO F Chris Paradise Denver JR F Andy Reierson Minnesota-Duluth JR D Bjorn Engstrom Denver SR F Wes Dorey North Dakota SR C/W

5 PLAYER STATS - CONFERENCE GAMES CON T Defenseman Scoring: GP PPG G- A- P 1 Travis Roche North Dakota SO D Jordan Leopold Minnesota JR D Tom Preissing Colorado College SO RD/LD Andy Reierson Minnesota-Duluth JR D Paul Manning Colorado College SR LD/RD Ben Christopherson MSU-Mankato SR D Freshman Scoring: GP PPG G- A- P 1 Peter Sejna Colorado College LW/C Troy Riddle Minnesota F Cole Bassett MSU-Mankato F Tim Jackman MSU-Mankato F Pete Talafous Alaska Anchorage F Matt Koalska Minnesota F Connor James Denver F Ryan Caldwell Denver D Goals Against Average: Minutes GA GAA 1 Colin Zulianello Colorado College SR 573: Wade Dubielewicz Denver SO 939: Scott Meyer St. Cloud State SR 1031: Andy Kollar North Dakota JR 520: Adam Hauser Minnesota JR 1115: Jeff Sanger Colorado College JR 631: Eric Pateman MSU-Mankato JR 703: Graham Melanson Wisconsin SR 1142: Karl Goehring North Dakota SR 748: Todd Kelzenberg MSU-Mankato JR 442: Chris King Alaska Anchorage FR 1117: Rob Anderson Minnesota-Duluth SO 776: Brian Rogers Michigan Tech SO 966: Save Percentage: Saves GA Pct 1 Colin Zulianello Colorado College SR Wade Dubielewicz Denver SO Scott Meyer St. Cloud State SR Graham Melanson Wisconsin SR Todd Kelzenberg MSU-Mankato JR Eric Pateman MSU-Mankato JR Adam Hauser Minnesota JR Andy Kollar North Dakota JR Karl Goehring North Dakota SR Rob Anderson Minnesota-Duluth SO Chris King Alaska Anchorage FR Jeff Sanger Colorado College JR Brian Rogers Michigan Tech SO Winning Percentage: W- L- T Pct 1 Andy Kollar North Dakota JR Jeff Sanger Colorado College JR Colin Zulianello Colorado College SR Karl Goehring North Dakota SR Adam Hauser Minnesota JR Eric Pateman MSU-Mankato JR Scott Meyer St. Cloud State SR Wade Dubielewicz Denver SO Graham Melanson Wisconsin SR Todd Kelzenberg MSU-Mankato JR Chris King Alaska Anchorage FR Brian Rogers Michigan Tech SO Rob Anderson Minnesota-Duluth SO