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1 Western Collegiate Hockey Association Bruce M. McLeod Commissioner Carol LaBelle-Ehrhardt Assistant Commissioner of Operations Greg Shepherd Supervisor of Officials Administrative Office Western Collegiate Hockey Association 2211 S. Josephine Street, Room 302 Denver, CO p: f: Doug Spencer Associate Commissioner for Public Relations Western Collegiate Hockey Association 559 D Onofrio Drive, Ste. 103 Madison, WI p: f: dspencer@mailbag.com Home of a Record 37 Men s National 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, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011 Men s Conference Members University of Alaska Anchorage Bemidji State University Colorado College University of Denver Michigan Technological University University of Minnesota University of Minnesota Duluth Minnesota State University University of Nebraska Omaha University of North Dakota St. Cloud State University University of Wisconsin 2012 Red Baron WCHA Final Five March Xcel Energy Center Saint Paul, MN wcha.com October 10, 2011/For Immediate Release Conference Play Gets Underway with Three Friday- Saturday Series; It s BSU at CC; UW at MTU, UM at UMD Denver Launches Regular Season at BC, BU; North Dakota Hosts Maine; MSU Hosts UMass-Lowell; St. Cloud State Heads to NMU; UAA and UNO Both Play in Alaska Goal Rush Tourney; Seawolves Win Kendall Hockey Classic; Michigan Tech Sweeps First Series vs AIU Under New Coach Mel Pearson; Seven WCHA Teams Ranked in 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 MADISON, Wis. The Western Collegiate Hockey Association s 168-game conference schedule opens this coming weekend of Friday and Saturday, October 14-15, for six league-member teams. The three, two-game series will have Bemidji State at Colorado College, Wisconsin at Michigan Tech and Minnesota at Minnesota Duluth. Bemidji State (1-1-0, WCHA) and No. 7-ranked Colorado College (0-0-0) will face-off at Colorado Springs World Arena (7,380) on Friday at and Saturday at. No. 18-ranked Wisconsin (1-1-0, WCHA) and Michigan Tech (2-0-0, WCHA) will engage in a pair of 7:07 pm ET encounters at John MacInnes Student Ice Arena (4,128) while No. 14 Minnesota visits No. 9 Minnesota Duluth and WCHA Men s Standings Conference Only Overall Pts GP Record Win% GF- GA GP Record Win% GF- GA 1 Alaska Anchorage Bemidji State Colorado College Denver Michigan Tech Minnesota Minnesota Duluth Minnesota State Nebraska Omaha North Dakota St. Cloud State Wisconsin This Week in the WCHA 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), ; UMass Lowell at Minnesota State (NC), ; Maine at North Dakota (NC), ; Bemidji State at Colorado College (WCHA),. * 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), ; Maine at North Dakota (NC), ; UMass Lowell at Minnesota State (NC), ; Bemidji State at Colorado College (WCHA), ; * Nebraska Omaha at Alaska Fairbanks (NC), 7:05 pm AT. * Brice Alaska Goal Rush (Fairbanks, AK) con t

2 AMSOIL Arena (6,726) for back-to-back puck drops. The race for the WCHA regular season championship consists of 168 games (28 per team). North Dakota is the defending MacNaughton Cup champion. Other WCHA openers, by member team, are: Alaska Anchorage (Oct at Nebraska Omaha), Denver (Oct vs Minnesota State), Minnesota State (Oct at Denver), Nebraska Omaha (Oct vs Alaska Anchorage), North Dakota (Oct at Wisconsin), and St. Cloud State (Oct at North Dakota). Outside the league, six WCHA teams will skate against nonconference opponents Friday and Saturday. Alaska Anchorage (1-0-1) and No. 16-ranked Nebraska Omaha (1-1-0) will both participate in the Alaska Goal Rush tournament at Carlson Center in Fairbanks, hosted by Central Collegiate Hockey Association-member Alaska Fairbanks (1-1-0) and also including Mercyhurst (0-2-0) from the Atlantic Hockey Association. On day one, UAA and UNO play at 5:05 pm AT while Alaska Fairbanks plays Mercyhurst at 8:05 pm AT. On Saturday, it s UAA vs Mercyhurst at 4:05 pm AT and UNO vs UAF at 7:05 pm AT. After a pair of exhibition contests, No. 3-ranked Denver (0-0-0) launches it s regular season with road games at Hockey East Association-members Boston College (2-0-0) at 7:05 pm ET on Friday and Boston University (1-0-0) at 7:05 pm ET on Saturday. BC is ranked No. 1 nationally this week while BU is No. 8. Minnesota State (1-1-0) will play its first regular season games at home on Oct when the Mavericks entertain UMass-Lowell (0-0-0) from Hockey East at and at Verizon Wireless Center (4,832). In Grand Forks, No. 6-ranked North Dakota (1-1-0) will host No. 17- ranked Maine (1-1-0) of the HEA at Ralph Engelstad Arena (11,634) at on Friday evening and on Saturday night. And St. Cloud State (1-1-0) will head out on the road again this 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 4-4 tie against Clarkson and a 4-3 (ot) victory over St. Cloud State and both Michigan Tech and Minnesota won a pair of home contests. The Huskies, under first-year head coach Mel Pearson, defeated American International by 4-3 and 3-1 scores while the Golden Gophers blanked visiting Sacred Heart by 9-0 and 6-0 counts. Bemidji State went on the road and gained a split with CCHA-power and top-ranked Miami, winning 5-3 before losing by one, 3-2. Minnesota State split at ECACpower Rensselaer, prevailing 1-0 last Friday before dropping a 4-1 Next Week in the WCHA Games for Friday, October 21 Minnesota Duluth at Providence (NC), 7:00 pm ET Vermont at Minnesota (NC), 6:07 pm CT North Dakota at Wisconsin (WCHA), Alaska Anchorage at Nebraska Omaha (WCHA), Michigan Tech at Bemidji State (WCHA), New Hampshire at St. Cloud State (NC), Minnesota State at Denver (WCHA), Games for Saturday, October 22 Minnesota Duluth at Providence (NC), 7:00 pm ET Alaska Anchorage at Nebraska Omaha (WCHA), Michigan Tech at Bemidji State (WCHA), North Dakota at Wisconsin (WCHA), New Hampshire at St. Cloud State (NC), Minnesota State at Denver (WCHA), Games for Sunday, October 23 Vermont at Minnesota (NC), 1:07 pm CT Last Week in the WCHA Results of Friday, October 7 Minnesota State 1 at Rensselaer 0 (NC) American International 3 at Michigan Tech 4 (NC) Bemidji State 5 at Miami 3 (NC) Notre Dame 3 at Minnesota Duluth 4 (NC) Northern Michigan 3 at Wisconsin 2 ot (NC) Sacred Heart 0 at Minnesota 9 (NC) * Air Force 3 at North Dakota 4 (NC) # Mercyhurst 1 at Nebraska Omaha 5 (NC) & St. Cloud State 4 vs Alaska Fairbanks 1 (NC) USA Under-18 Team 0 at Denver 3 (EX) & Clarkson 4 at Alaska Anchorage 4 ot (NC) * Ice Breaker (Grand Forks, ND); # Mutual of Omaha Stampede (Omaha, NE); & Kendall Hockey Classic (Anchorage, AK) Results of Saturday, October 8 Minnesota State 1 at Rensselaer 4 (NC) Bemidji State 2 at Miami 3 (NC) American International 1 at Michigan Tech 3 (NC) * Colgate 4 at Nebraska Omaha 3 (NC) Notre Dame 5 at Minnesota Duluth 3 (NC) Northern Michigan 2 at Wisconsin 3 (NC) Sacred Heart 0 at Minnesota 6 (NC) # Boston College 6 at North Dakota 2 (NC) USA Under-18 Team 0 at Colorado College 5 (EX) & St. Cloud State 3 at Alaska Anchorage 4 ot (NC) * Mutual of Omaha Stampede Championship (Omaha, NE); # Ice Breaker Championship (Grand Forks, ND); & Kendall Hockey Classic Championship (Anchorage, AK) verdict last Saturday. Minnesota Duluth split a home series against Notre Dame of the CCHA, winning 4-3 on Oct. 7 and falling 5-3 on Oct. 8. North Dakota, hosting the Ice Breaker Tournament, won 4-3 over Air Force last Friday and fell 6-2 to Boston College in the title game on Saturday. Nebraska Omaha, host of the Mutual of Omaha Stampede, skated past Mercyhurst 5-1 on Oct. 7 before losing 4-3 to Colgate in the championship game on Oct. 8. And in exhibition play last weekend, both Denver and Colorado College won by shutout over the visiting U.S. Under-18 Team, with the Pioneers taking a 3-0 triumph on Friday and the Tigers winning 5-0 on Saturday. In this week s (Oct. 10) USCHO.com Div. 1 Men s College Hockey Poll, Denver is No. 3, North Dakota is No. 6, Colorado College is No. 7, Minnesota Duluth is No. 9, Minnesota is No. 14, Nebraska Omaha is No. 16 and Wisconsin is No. 18. Also receiving votes were Bemidji State, St. Cloud State, Alaska Anchorage and Minnesota State. And in this week s (Oct. 10) USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Div. 1 Men s College Hockey Poll, Denver is at No. 3, North Dakota is No. 6, Colorado College is No. 8, Minnesota Duluth is No. 9, Minnesota is No. 14 and Nebraska Omaha is No. 15. Also receiving votes from the WCHA were Wisconsin, St. Cloud State and Bemidji State. The Western Collegiate Hockey Association, home to a record 37 national championship teams since it s founding in 1951 including the most recent NCAA Frozen Four title won by Minnesota Duluth in 2011 proudly marks it s 60th season of on-ice competition in

3 Catch the League s Weekly Radio Show This Week in the WCHA at WCHA.com The Western Collegiate Hockey Association is pleased to once again provide it s weekly radio show This Week in the WCHA via wcha. com and to interested media outlets. The show is available each Friday at WCHA.com and is also available for electronic distribution. Hosted by Jim Rich and produced by Kevin Falness of the Minnesota Wild Radio Network, This Week in the WCHA runs 6-7 minutes and features key moments and highlights from live game broadcasts, including goals, saves, overtime game-winners, post-game sound clips, a look at upcoming games. USCHO.com Div. 1 Men s College Hockey Poll Minneapolis, Minn./October 10, 2011 Rk Team (First Place) Record Pts Last Week 1 Boston College (36) Notre Dame (7) Denver (2) Michigan Miami (1) North Dakota Colorado College Boston University (3) Minnesota Duluth Yale (1) Union Western Michigan Merrimack Minnesota New Hampshire Nebraska Omaha Maine Wisconsin Cornell Rensselaer others receiving votes: Colgate 71, Ferris State 60, Dartmouth 31, Northern Michigan 29, Bemidji State 24, St. Cloud State 23, Alaska Fairbanks 18, Air Force 14, Alaska Anchorage 13, Rochester Institute of Technology 8, Harvard 6, Lake Superior 6, Michigan State 5, Massachusetts 3, Quinnipiac 3, Minnesota State 2, Northeastern 2, Ohio State 2. USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men s Division 1 College Hockey Poll Week 2: October 10, 2011 Rk Team, Points (1st Place) Record Last Poll 1 Boston College, 495 (27) Notre Dame, 428 (3) Denver, 399 (2) Miami, Michigan, North Dakota, Boston University, 314 (1) Colorado College, Minnesota Duluth, Yale, 234 (1) Union College, Western Michigan, Merrimack College, NR 14 Minnesota, NR 15 Nebraska Omaha, others receiving votes: New Hampshire, 43; Maine, 21; Wisconsin, 15; Colgate, 10; Cornell, 7; Ferris State, 6; Northern Michigan, 6; Alaska Fairbanks, 5; Dartmouth College, 5; Rensselaer, 3; St. Cloud State, 2; Bemidji State, 1; Rochester Institute of Technology, 1. October 6, 2011 NCAA Div. 1 Men s Hockey Candidates Announced for 2012 Lowe s Senior CLASS Award Group Includes UMD s Jack Connolly; UND s Brad Eidsness; SCSU s Drew LeBlanc, UM s Taylor Matson OVERLAND PARK, KS Twenty NCAA men s ice hockey studentathletes who excel both on and off the ice were selected as candidates today for the 2012 Lowe s Senior CLASS Award. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division 1 senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence community, classroom, character and competition. The complete list of candidates follows this release. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, the Lowe s Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total studentathlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. The 2012 candidate class includes three student-athletes who participated in last year s national semifinals and championship and one first-team U.S. College Hockey Online and American Collegiate Hockey Association All-American. Eleven of the 20 have maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or better. Eleven of the candidates play for teams ranked in the USCHO.com preseason top 20 poll. Lowe s, an official Corporate Partner of the NCAA, will announce the Senior CLASS Award winner during the 2012 NCAA Men s Frozen Four, which will be held April 5 and 7 in Tampa. The 20 candidates will be narrowed to 10 finalists midway through the regular season, and those 10 names will be placed on the official ballot. Ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting system to media, Division I men s coaches and fans who will select one finalist who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character and competition. For more information on all the candidates, visit seniorclassaward. com.

4 Men s Ice Hockey Candidates Chad Billins, D, Ferris State; Jack Connolly, F, Minnesota Duluth; Tommy Cross, D, Boston College; Mike Daly, D, Holy Cross; Matt Di Girolamo, G, New Hampshire; Sean Duddy, D, Ohio State; Brad Eidsness, G, North Dakota; Ryan Flanigan, F, Merrimack; Scott Greenham, G, Alaska Fairbanks; Chris Haltigin, D, RIT; Doug Jones, F, Dartmouth; Drew LeBlanc, F, St. Cloud State; Sean Lorenz, D, Notre Dame; Jack Maclellan, F, Brown; Taylor Matson, F, Minnesota; Will O Neill, D, Maine; Cody Reichard, G, Miami; Keir Ross, D, Cornell; Ian Slater, F, Western Michigan; Paul Weisgarber, F, Air Force. September 27, 2011 WCHA Coaches Pick Denver, North Dakota as Favorites for MacNaughton Cup in by: Brad Elliott Schlossman, Grand Forks Herald GRAND FORKS, N.D. The MacNaughton Cup has been in Grand Forks or Denver for the last three years. The Western Collegiate Hockey Association coaches don t think that will change this year. Denver was picked to win the league and UND voted second in the 41st annual Grand Forks Herald preseason WCHA coaches poll. Denver earned seven first-place votes. UND received four. Colorado College, picked to finish third, grabbed the other first-place vote. Nebraska Omaha was picked to finish fourth, followed by defending national champion Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota, St. Cloud State and Wisconsin. The bottom four teams are predicted to be Alaska Anchorage, Bemidji State, Minnesota State, Mankato and Michigan Tech. Denver returns several key players such as Drew Shore (46 points), Jason Zucker (45 points), Luke Salazar (28 points), former first-round pick Beau Bennett (25 points) and offensive defenseman David Makowski (30 points). The Pioneers will have to go the first half of the season without starting goaltender Sam Brittain, who had knee surgery in June. Adam Murray is expected to cover for him. The coaches have correctly predicted the champion in four of the last six years, including the last two. UND, meanwhile, is undergoing a major rebuilding project, but the coaches don t seem to think the Sioux will slow down much. They lost six of their top seven scorers, including Hobey Baker finalist Matt Frattin and two-time All-American defenseman Chay Genoway. Colorado College forward Jaden Schwartz, who piled up a staggering 1.57 points per game as a freshman, is the league s preseason player of the year. Schwartz tallied 47 points in 30 games to lead the Tigers in scoring, despite missing six weeks with a broken ankle. Sioux forward Rocco Grimaldi earned 10 of 12 first-place votes and is the league s preseason rookie of the year. Denver defenseman Joey Laleggia and UNO forward Jayson Megna received the other two votes. Grimaldi led the U.S. Under-18 team in scoring last season and was selected by Florida in the second round of the NHL Draft. 41st Annual Grand Forks Herald WCHA Coaches Poll (first-place votes in parentheses) Rk Team (First Place Votes) Points 1 Denver (7) North Dakota (4) Colorado College (1) Nebraska Omaha 89 5 Minnesota Duluth 75 6 Minnesota 74 7 St. Cloud State 61 8 Wisconsin 54 9 Alaska Anchorage Bemidji State Minnesota State Michigan Tech 14 WCHA Player of the Year Jaden Schwartz, F, CC (8), Justin Schultz, D, UW (2), Terry Broadhurst, F, UNO (1), Jack Connolly, F, UMD (1). WCHA Rookie of the Year Rocco Grimaldi, F, UND (10), Joey LaLeggia, D, DU (1), Jayson Megna, F, UNO (1). September 27, 2011 Denver, Colorado College Top 94X WCHA Preseason Media Poll for ; DU s Zucker Chosen as Player of the Year Courtesy Bruce Ciskie, Sports Director, Red Rock Radio The Denver Pioneers, who finished second in the WCHA standings a year ago ( ) before falling to North Dakota in the NCAA Midwest Regional Final, earned the top spot in this year s 94X WCHA Preseason Media Poll. The survey of media members covering the league was released today (Sept. 27, 2011). Denver received 15 first-place votes to top the poll, ahead of long-time rival Colorado College, which received seven first-place votes. Third-place North Dakota and No. 4 choice Nebraska Omaha each received first-place votes. North Dakota won the league s regularseason and tournament championships last season, and advanced to the NCAA Frozen Four. First-place votes in the poll were worth 12 points, second place 11, and so on. The teams were placed in order based on the voting average. Defending national champion Minnesota Duluth placed fifth, followed by Minnesota. The top six teams in this year s preseason poll all earned home ice advantage in last year s WCHA playoffs. St. Cloud State and Wisconsin finished in a tie for seventh, followed by Alaska Anchorage in ninth, Bemidji State in 10th, Minnesota State, and Michigan Tech. In addition to predicting the league's order of finish, the Preseason Media Poll also included votes on the WCHA Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year, and Coach of the Year. The media selected Denver sophomore forward Jason Zucker as the WCHA Preseason Player of the Year. North Dakota s Rocco Grimaldi was chosen WCHA Preseason Rookie of the Year. The Preseason Coach of the Year is Colorado College s Scott Owens. For the first time, media members also selected a Preseason All- WCHA Team.

5 94X WCHA Preseason Media Poll Predicted Order of Finish 1 Denver (16 first-place votes) poll average 2 Colorado College (7) North Dakota (2) Nebraska Omaha (1) Minnesota Duluth Minnesota Wisconsin 5.54 St. Cloud State Alaska Anchorage Bemidji State Minnesota State Michigan Tech 1.69 Preseason WCHA Player of the Year Jason Zucker, F, Denver (10 votes); Jaden Schwartz, F, Colorado College (8). Others receiving votes: Jack Connolly, F, Minnesota Duluth; Justin Schultz, D, Wisconsin; Drew Shore, F, Denver. Preseason WCHA Rookie of the Year Rocco Grimaldi, F, North Dakota (17 votes). Others receiving votes: Seth Ambroz, F, Minnesota; Scott Mayfield, D, Denver; Sam Mellor, F, Alaska Anchorage; Kyle Rau, F, Minnesota. Preseason WCHA Coach of the Year Scott Owens, Colorado College (9 votes); Mel Pearson, Michigan Tech (5). Others receiving votes: Dean Blais, Nebraska Omaha; George Gwozdecky, Denver; Don Lucia, Minnesota; Dave Shyiak, Alaska Anchorage. Preseason All-WCHA Team Forwards: Jack Connolly, Minnesota Duluth; Jaden Schwartz, Colorado College (unanimous selection); Jason Zucker, Denver. Others receiving votes: J.T. Brown, Minnesota Duluth; Rocco Grimaldi, North Dakota; Corban Knight, North Dakota; Danny Kristo, North Dakota; Drew Shore, Denver. Defensemen: Ben Blood, North Dakota; Justin Schultz, Wisconsin (unanimous selection). Others receiving votes: Gabe Guentzel, Colorado College; Brad Hunt, Bemidji State; Nick Jensen, St. Cloud State; Brady Lamb, Minnesota Duluth; David Makowski, Denver. Goaltender: Aaron Dell, North Dakota. Others receiving votes: John Faulkner, Nebraska Omaha, Kent Patterson, Minnesota. The following media members took part in the 94X Preseason Media Poll: David Ahlers, KKAR Radio/University of Nebraska Omaha; Stephen Anderson, Daily Mining Gazette; Roman Augustoviz, Minneapolis Star Tribune; Andy Baggot, Wisconsin State Journal; Mike Chambers, Denver Post; Bruce Ciskie, KZIO Radio/Bulldog Radio Network; Chris Dilks, Western College Hockey; Shane Frederick, Mankato Free Press; John Gilbert, WCHA.com; Kurt Haider, KENI Radio; Mick Hatten, St. Cloud Times; Dirk Hembroff, WKMJ Radio; Tim Hennessy, KQHT Radio; Ken Landau, FM The Eagle Radio; Todd Milewski, USCHO. com; Dan Myers, College Hockey News; Jess Myers, Inside College Hockey; Joe Paisley, Colorado Springs Gazette; Kevin Pates, Duluth News Tribune; Brian Posick, WIBA Radio/Badger Radio Network; Chad Purcell, Omaha World Herald; Brad Schlossman, Grand Forks Herald; Wally Shaver, KSTP Radio/Gopher Radio Network; Jay Stickney, 87.7 The Ticket Radio; Eric Stromgren, Bemidji Pioneer; Mike Sullivan, KTOE Radio. (Note: Not all voting media members chose to participate in voting for the all-league team or individual honors. All 25 voters did submit a predicted order of finish.) 94X is the broadcast home of UMD Bulldog men s hockey. The full 37-game schedule, plus playoffs, can be heard on KZIO-FM, which is 94.1 in the Twin Ports, and FM in the surrounding area. All games will also be broadcast on KBAJ in the Grand Rapids area, and KAOD FM in Babbitt, and on the internet at Red Rock Radio operates seven radio stations in Northern Minnesota including KQDS-FM, KQDS-AM, KZIO, WWAX (92.1 FM in Duluth), KBAJ (105.5 FM Grand Rapids), WXXZ (95.3 FM in Grand Marais), and KAOD (106.7 FM in Babbitt). Visit Us on the Web at WCHA.com Website Features Game Day Story Integration, Live Game-Day League & National Scoreboards, Mobile Applications; Sortable Statistics; Individual Player Pages; New On-Line Store at TheWCHAShop.com The Western Collegiate Hockey Association s official website WCHA.com was all-new for The WCHA teamed up with SportDesigns.com to provide visitors with a full-service experience that now features a significant number of upgrades, including new game-day live league and national scoreboards, fully-functional mobile pages, a host of new features including sortable statistics and individual player pages, and the league s on-line store TheWCHAShop.com. Now included at WCHA.com are game-day live scoreboards, fully functional mobile pages that include press releases, game stories, box scores, team and league stats and live game box scores, a more seemless integration of schedules, rosters, standings, live box scores, and statistics in conjunction with collegehockeystats.net, a new campus news section that features the latest press releases from both men s and women s member teams. In addition, the upgrades include: Easy access to standings and statistics right from the home page. A Live Game Day WCHA Scoreboard with links to live box scores that will appear on the home page on any day there is a game. A Live Game Day National Scoreboard with links to live box scores that will appear on the home page on any day there is a game. A Live Mobile WCHA Scoreboard box scores via com/mobile. This is a fully functional mobile website that also includes game stories, statistics, etc. A Live Mobile National Scoreboard box scores via com/mobile. Game story integration with game stories posted from all games to make the all-new WCHA.com a place fans want to visit more regularly. For example, on Saturday morning fans can read what happened in all Friday night games in one cohesive location. An Upgraded Standings Page includes information on headto-head records within the league. New Sortable Team Statistic Pages can be sorted by category at the top of the table. A New WCHA Against the Rest Page with records for each WCHA team against teams from other leagues. New WCHA-member team pages that feature direct links to each school s website, tickets, and audio and/or video broadcasts. Some of the new technology employed in the design of the all-new TheWCHAShop.com are upgraded photo zooming on the product pages, the ability for people to share product pages through places like Facebook and Twitter for added exposure, new TheWCHAShop. com Gift Certificates, and a new checkout process upgraded to a onepage checkout to make it easier for customers to shop. Additionally, TheWCHAShop.com is developing a mobile commerce website to allow for purchases from Smart Phones. WCHA.com will continue to evolve as we build and integrate the history of the men s and women s leagues into the archives.

6 Weekly Team Notebooks Seawolves University of Alaska Anchorage The Alaska Anchorage Seawolves continue non-conference play with the Brice Alaska Goal Rush Tournament in Fairbanks, Alaska on Oct The Seawolves will play WCHA member Nebraska Omaha on Friday, followed by a game against Mercyhurst on Saturday Since the inaugural tournament in , the Seawolves are 3-3 in the Brice Alaska Goal Rush UAA won the first BAGR title in , defeating Maine (3-1) and Mercyhurst (6-4) the Seawolves only BAGR title Since then, UAA picked up and win and loss in and lost both games last season UAA will start the tourney against UNO The all-time record between the teams is with all three games being played in Anchorage The teams have never met on neutral ice The last meeting was on Feb. 19, 2011 with UNO winning, 4-1 at the Sullivan Arena UAA and UNO will square off on Oct in Omaha for the first time ever The Seawolves are undefeated against Mercyhurst, winning all four prior meetings The last matchup occurred on Oct. 9 at the Sullivan Arena in the Kendall Hockey Classic UAA won, 5-3 UAA will enter this weekend s tournament after winning its own Kendall Hockey Classic on Oct. 7-8 The Seawolves captured their sixth overall title and first since 2006 with a 4-3 overtime win over WCHA member St. Cloud State in non-conference action last Saturday In addition to the come-from-behind victory against the Huskies, the Seawolves tied Clarkson in overtime on Oct. 7, 4-4 To help determine a tournament champion, the teams competed in a three-person shootout with UAA winning, 1-0 During the games, the Seawolves outshot Clarkson, the last time UAA posted 40+ shots was on Oct. 18, 2008 (44) against Mercyhurst in the Brice Alaska Goal Rush Throughout the tournament, the undefeated Seawolves were 3-of-10 on the man-advantage and led the league over the weekend in that category, while finishing third in the nation UAA is also tied for 2nd in scoring offense (4 g/gm) in the league and tied for 8th in the nation The Seawolves were propelled to victory by junior F Mickey Spencer, who became just the sixth player and the second Seawolf (Rob Conn vs Dartmouth, 1990) to record a hat trick in the tournament It was also the Seawolves first hat trick and first four-point game since Kevin Clark accomplished both at in a 5-4 victory at Michigan Tech on Jan. 16, 2010 Although it is just two games into the season, Spencer currently stands tied as the nation s leading point scorer (4-2=6) after recording a goal and an assist in Friday s 4-4 tie with Clarkson He is currently tied with Minnesota s Jake Hansen (1-5=6) Against Clarkson on Oct. 7, three Seawolf juniors posted multi-point games; Mitch Bruijsten (0-2=2), Daniel Naslund (1-1=2) and Mickey Spencer (1-1=2) Collecting his first collegiate point was rookie Sam Mellor with an assist on the game-tying goal Sophomore Mark Pustin scored UAA s first goal of the night, before scoring the only shootout tally Also picking up points were sophomore Matt Bailey, UAA Rookie of the Year, with the game-tying goal and UAA s top-point returner from a year ago, Jordan Kwas with an assist Last Saturday night, in addition to Spencer s four-point night, UAA received its first goal of the night from Kwas, who also assisted on the game-winning goal Picking up his first three-point night was sophomore Brett Cameron with three assists Cameron is tied for second in the overall WCHA stats for assists Also credited with assists on Oct. 9 were Naslund, Bailey and sophomore Quinn Sproule In net for UAA, sophomore G Rob Gunderson picked up the tie last Friday night, followed by sophomore G Chris Kamal claiming the win on Saturday Currently, Kamal is 8th in the WCHA overall stats with a 2.85 gaa and an.875sv% Following the tournament, two Seawolves were honored with All-Tournament team selection; Bailey and Pustin, while Spencer easily claimed with tourney s Most Outstanding Player accolade. Beavers Bemidji State University The Bemidji State University men's hockey team opened the season with a non-conference series split vs Miami University in Oxford, Ohio last weekend The Beavers stunned the nation's top-ranked team Friday with a 5-3 victory, before falling in game two the following night 3-2 BSU's season-opening victory was the Beavers' 41st opening-night win in 56 seasons of play In all, the Beavers are in the first game of the season all-time and are unbeaten in 26 of their last 32 lid-lifters Since making the jump to the NCAA Division 1 ranks for the season, BSU is in season-openers The Beavers triumph over the nation s top team marks the second time BSU has knocked off a No. 1 squad since moving to NCAA Division 1 in BSU is now all-time vs teams with the nations top billing Ironically, BSU s other win over No. 1 came Nov. 27, 2009 against this week s opponent, Miami (3-2) In , the Beavers played 17 games against teams holding down one of the nation s top 15 spots and posted a mark in those games Since the BSU made the jump to the NCAA Division 1 ranks in , it is (.266) vs teams in the top-15 With that said, BSU is now (.541) vs the top 15 since the beginning of BSU s season-opening win is a vast difference from a year ago It took the Beavers until Nov. 6 the sixth game before BSU found the win column (0-4-1) Last Friday night s five-goal explosion matched the Beavers best offensive effort of A year ago, BSU scored five or more goals just one time a 5-5 draw with Colorado College Feb. 18 Aaron McLeod led the Beavers in the victory with a career-best three points Not only had he not scored more than one goal in a game, the night marked the first multi-point night of his 66-game collegiate career The three-point night give him 10-8=18 career points Since Dec. 3, 2010, BSU s last 28 games, McLeod has posted 7-5=12 points Brad Hunt registered the 68th, 69th and 70th assists of his career over the weekend With two helpers Saturday, he surpassed BSU greats Andrew Murray ( ) and Luke Erickson ( ) for second on BSU s Division 1 assists list He is also now seventh on BSU s all-time assist-scoring list for defensemen With a three-point weekend, Hunt enters the Beavers' WCHA opener 11 points shy of the 100-point plateau Only five other defensemen have eclipsed 100 points as a Beaver with the last coming in the season (Chris Morque, 28-79=107) David Boehm, Matt Prapavessis and Tyler Tosunian each made their debuts for the Beavers last Friday night Boehm, a transfer from the UMass, practiced with the team in while sitting out due to NCAA transfer rules, while Prapavessis and Tosunian skated in their first collegiate games In his first game in the green and white, David Boehm logged an assist The last BSU player to register a point in his BSU debut was Jordan George who recorded an assist in his debut Oct. 9, 2009 BSU is back on the road this weekend as it heads west to Colorado-Springs for a WCHA opener vs Colorado College BSU is all-time vs Colorado College with a mark against the Tigers in Colorado Springs Last season the Beavers took three points from the Tigers in a series played in Bemidji The teams tied Friday, 5-5, before BSU edged their guests, 2-1 on a Jamie MacQueen power-play goal Eight of the Beavers first 10 games this season come on the road Last year BSU was on the road, including a stretch on the road after Jan. 7, 2011 The Beavers are away from Sanford Center in

7 Weekly Team Notebooks con t Tigers Colorado College Last Saturday s 5-0 exhibition victory over the United States Under-18 Team gave the Tigers a 6-1 record in seven all-time meetings between the teams It was the first shutout for either team in the series Seven different CC players scored goals while 13 recorded at least an assist in the team s two exhibition triumphs against McGill University (3-2) and Team USA Colorado College heads into this week s league series against Bemidji State with an all-time record of against the Beavers That includes a mark last season, when the teams met only in Bemidji The Tigers return 21 veterans from a team that reached the NCAA quarterfinals last March after stunning defending national champion Boston College, 8-4, in their West Regional opener The 28 players on CC s roster represent 11 different states, four Canadian provinces and the Scandinavian kingdom of Norway Six of Colorado College s seven freshmen including goaltender Courtney Lockwood got a chance to play in last Saturday s game Rookie winger Scott Wamsganz scored a goal while forward Charlie Taft and defenseman Ian Young each logged an assist Senior center Nick Dineen, who scored a goal in both exhibition games this preseason, will serve as team captain in Alternates are senior forward David Civitarese, senior defenseman Gabe Guentzel and junior right wing William Rapuzzi Scott Owens starts his 13th season at the Tigers helm with 281 career victories, most for any head coach in the program s history Former CC blue-line specialist and team captain Eric Rud, who began his coaching career as an assistant under Owens in , returns to the staff at his alma mater this season after a six-year absence Rud was head coach of the USHL s Green Bay Gamblers in and spent the previous five seasons at St. Cloud State Junior center Rylan Schwartz, who officially has factored in on 18 game-winning goals his first two campaigns at Colorado College, helped set up the GWG in both exhibition victories this month His younger brother sophomore left wing Jaden Schwartz has been picked by league head coaches as Preseason WCHA Player of the Year after leading the team with 47 points (17g, 30a) in just 30 games as a freshman in Jaden Schwartz, a first-round choice of the St. Louis Blues in 2010, is one of four current Tigers to have been selected in the NHL entry draft The others are junior forward Scott Winkler (Dallas 2009), along with freshmen defensemen Peter Stoykewych (Atlanta/Winnipeg 2010) and Aaron Harstad (Winnipeg 2011) Colorado College s regular-season schedule in features 16 games against teams that also participated in the NCAA playoffs last spring. Pioneers University of Denver Shore tallied a team-leading 46 points on 23 goals and 23 assists last season, while Zucker posted 45 points en route to WCHA Rookie of the Year honors Defenseman David Makowski (Wildwood, Mo.) also returns after a 30-point freshman season Murray takes over the No. 1 goaltending reigns as Sam Brittain (Calgary, Alberta) recovers from offseason knee surgery Murray has a career record with a 3.60 goals-against average and.877 save percentage DU welcomes 11 newcomers, including defenseman Scott Mayfield (St. Louis, Mo.), Josiah Didier (Centennial, Colo.) and Joey LaLeggia (Burnaby, British Columbia) and forward Zac Larraza (Scottsdale, Ariz.) DU posted a 2-2 overtime tie against McGill University and 3-0 win against the U.S. Under-18 Team in exhibition action this fall DU returns home for a two-game series against Minnesota State on Oct Huskies Michigan Technological University Michigan Tech is for the second straight season after sweeping American International 4-3 and 3-1 last weekend (Tech opened with wins against Northern Michigan and Lake Superior State in ) The two-game sweep was Tech s first since Dec , 2008, in a homeand-home series with Northern Michigan It was the Huskies first two-game home sweep since Oct , 2007, vs. Minnesota State Freshman Blake Pietila (Brighton, Mich.) tallied two goals and an assist in his first official collegiate action The left wing tallied two powerplay markers to help the Huskies go 3-for-4 on the man-advantage Senior Jordan Baker (Chestermere, Alb.) scored the game-winning goal with :59 seconds left in Tech s 4-3 victory over American International last Friday (Oct. 7) Baker, who sat out all last year with in jury, was playing in his first game since Mar. 6, 2010 The right wing has three points (1-2=3) in two games this season Senior Brett Olson (Superior, Wis.) scored a shorthanded goal last Saturday (Oct. 8), giving him 33 goals for his career four shorthanded Sophomore Jacob Johnstone (Grand Ledge, Mich.) recorded two goals including the game-winner vs. AIC on Saturday Combined with Tech s exhibition game vs. Lakehead, the right wing unofficially has five goals in three outings in Head coach Mel Pearson won his collegiate head coaching debut Friday vs. American International Junior Steven Seigo (Edenwold, Sask.) put up 1-2=3 in Tech s game vs. AIC Friday All three points were on the power-play The defenseman is picked up where he left off in , when he tallied 13 of his 17 points on the man-advantage Michigan Tech will host Wisconsin this weekend to continue its season-opening home stand Including the exhibition game vs. Lakehead on Oct. 1, the Huskies play their first five and nine of their first 11 games at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena. The Pioneers open regular season action at Boston College and Boston University on Oct DU is all-time against Boston College, including a pair of losses (6-2, 3-0) last season in Denver The Pioneers are all-time against Boston University and meet for the first time the Terriers posted a 4-1 win for the Denver Cup championship on Jan. 3, 2009 DU is 9-8 in season openers under head coach George Gwozdecky, who has posted a career mark and record at Denver The Pioneers aim for their fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance and 11th straight 20-win season The Pioneers are ranked No. 4 in both the USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine preseason polls DU is predicted to finish first in the 41st annual Grand Forks Herald preseason WCHA Coaches Poll and second annual 94X WCHA preseason media poll The media selected Denver s Zucker as the WCHA Preseason Player of the Year DU returns 17 letterwinners from last season s team which advanced to the NCAA Midwest Regional final Co-captains Dustin Jackson (Omaha, Neb.) and junior Drew Shore (Denver, Colo.) lead the Pioneers into action

8 Weekly Team Notebooks con t Golden Gophers University of Minnesota Minnesota heads to defending national champion Minnesota Duluth this weekend to begin WCHA play Since the Gophers won backto-back national championships in 2002 and 2003, they have played 13 games against the defending national champions Minnesota is in those games Minnesota went 2-1 against Denver the year after the Pioneers won the 2004 title The Gophers were 3-1 against Denver after the Pioneers won the 2005 championship Minnesota was 4-1 against Wisconsin the year after the Badgers won the 2006 title Minnesota and Michigan State tied 3-3 in their lone meeting the year after the Spartans won the 2007 championship (game was Nov. 23, 2007 and was the last time that Minnesota played a defending national champion) Minnesota began the year with a weekend sweep of Sacred Heart The Gophers won 9-0 last Friday and 6-0 on Saturday to start the year The 15 goals were the most that the Gophers have scored against the same team in two consecutive games since they tallied 16 goals at Minnesota State on Jan , 2004 (Minnesota won 6-0 and 10-3) The 15 goals were the most the Gophers have scored in a home series since they recorded 16 goals on Nov. 1-2, 2002, against Alabama-Huntsville (Minnesota won 12-1 and 4-2) The Gophers won their first two games of the season by shutout for the first time since 1936 when they beat Carleton (7-0 on Dec. 11, 1936) and Dartmouth (2-0 on Dec. 29, 1936) This weekend was the first time that Minnesota won its first two games of the season by shutout on back-to-back days since 1933 when it beat North Dakota (4-0 on Jan. 13, 1933 and 9-0 on Jan. 14, 1933) The shutouts were the first and second of senior goaltender Kent Patterson s career and the first for Minnesota since Alex Kangas made 26 saves to beat Colorado College 3-0 on Feb. 19, 2010 Patterson made 20 saves on both nights and his 20 saves were the fewest in a Gopher shutout since Kellen Briggs also made 20 saves on Oct. 27, 2006 in a 3-0 win against Colorado College The last Minnesota netminder to make less than 20 saves in a shutout was Jeff Frazze who needed to make only 10 saves in a 4-0 win against Alaska Anchorage on Feb. 25, 2006 Kent Patterson became the first Minnesota goaltender to shutout the same opponent on consecutive nights since Adam Hauser whitewashed Alaska Anchorage in the WCHA playoffs on March 12-13, 1999 Hauser earned 4-0 and 1-0 wins The last time that the Gophers had back-to-back shutouts was 2006 Minnesota beat Minnesota Duluth 7-0 on March 3 and 2-0 on March 4 The last time the Gophers had three straight shutouts was also 2006, as Minnesota beat Alaska Anchorage 4-0 on Feb. 25, 2006 before sweeping Minnesota Duluth Senior Jake Hansen, who was voted an alternate captain last week, is tied for first in the nation with Alaska Anchorage s Mickey Spencer with six points Hansen had one goal and five assists against Sacred Heart and his five helpers place him first in the nation in assists Freshmen Sam Warning is tied for seventh in the nation with four points (2g, 2a), but he is tied for first among freshmen with Bowling Green s Ryan Carpenter (1g, 3a), Lake Superior s Chris Ciotti (1g, 3a) and Boston College s Johnny Gaudreau (1g, 3a) The Gophers struggled on the penalty-kill last season as they successfully killed only 77.6% of the penalties that they took This past weekend, Minnesota was a perfect 9-of-9 on the penalty-kill They were one of 10 teams not to allow a power-play goal last weekend After two games, the Gophers rank second in the nation in offense (7.50 goals-per-game) and are tied for first in defense with Boston University and RIT (0.00 goal-per-game). Bulldogs University of Minnesota Duluth UMD will begin its 47th season of Western Collegiate Hockey Association play this Friday and Saturday when it welcomes longtime intrastate rival Minnesota to AMSOIL Arena The defending NCAA champion Bulldogs are unbeaten in seven of their last nine games with the Gophers, going over that time The Bulldogs kicked off the season by upending then- No. 1 ranked Notre Dame 4-3 last Friday before dropping a 5-3 decision the following night UMD got goals from four different players in the opener, including sophomore right winger J. T. Brown, who also set up one other score, while senior center Jack Connolly had a pair of assists On Saturday, the Bulldogs jumped out to a 2-0 a half minute into the second period only to see Notre Dame score the game s next five goals Junior right winger Mike Seidel (two goals) and senior center Travis Oleksuk (two assists) each turned in two-point nights for UMD, which outshot Notre Dame on the weekend and limited them to just 17 shots on goal Friday evening The loss to Notre Dame last Saturday was just the Bulldogs second in their last nine outings going back to last year and put an end to their five-game winning streak Junior right winger Keegan Flaherty scored his first goal in 75 lifetime games with the Bulldogs last Friday night at the 11:15 mark of the first period just a little over two minutes after junior left winger Mike Seidel bagged his first goal at home since his rookie season Seidel, who collected a career-high eight goals one year ago, last tallied in Duluth on Jan. 23, 2010 in a 5-4 overtime loss to Bemidji State He scored twice in the rematch with the Irish for his third two-goal night at UMD Senior defenseman Scott Kishel now remains the only Bulldog veteran without a goal to his collegiate credit (48 games) With a pair of assists over the weekend (both on Friday), two-time All-American senior center Jack Connolly moved into 26th place on UMD s all-time scoring charts, dislodging John Bah Harrington, a member of the 1980 and 1984 U.S. Olympic Teams, at that spot Connolly, who has taken part in all 127 games since enlisting with the Bulldog program, comes into the Minnesota series with a nation-leading 139 points (46g, 93a) to his collegiate credit At No. 25 on the career list is Rusty Fitzgerald (141 points between ) while a pair of former All-Americans Mark Pavelich (142 points, ) and Junior Lessard, the Hobey Baker Memorial Award winner (142 points, ) share the No. 23 slot Connolly, a Hobey Baker Memorial Award finalist and the nation s top returning scorer from a year ago (he finished third on the NCAA scoring charts with a career-high 59 points, has been a model off consistency when it comes to offensive contributions Consider this: since the middle of the season, he has never gone pointless for more than one game in a row When rookie left winger Justin Crandall took his first shift last Saturday night, it marked the first time a pair of brothers have played in the same game for the Bulldogs in 11 seasons Defenseman Ryan Coole, then a senior, and his younger brother, freshman goaltender Adam Coole, were the last siblings to turn that trick in the finale at North Dakota Justin s older brother, Aaron Crandall, started in goal that night his first puckstopping assignment since Feb. 25, 2011 at Colorado College Justin Crandall, freshman defenseman Chris Casto, rookie center Caleb Herbert, redshirted freshman defenseman Luke McManus, and sophomore defenseman Tim Smith, who played the first half of the season at Providence College, all made their UMD debuts this past weekend Defenseman Brady Lamb skated in his 100th career game last Saturday a milestone which fellow senior assistant team captain Cody Danberg reached the previous evening Both Danberg, who sat out all of last year as a medical redshirt, and sophomore right winger Joe Basaraba bypassed last Saturday s bout with Notre Dame because of injuries UMD is in its first full season of occupancy at AMSOIL Arena and is at that $80 million, 6,726-seat facility since christening it on Dec. 30, 2010 Senior goaltender Kenny Reiter, who is riding a five-game winning streak dating back to the opening of the 2011 NCAA playoffs, is now with Bulldogs That translates into a.625 winning percentage, the second best mark in club history behind All-American Rick Kosti s.753 figure (60-

9 Weekly Team Notebooks con t 18-2 between ) Reiter, a three-time WCHA All-Academic Team pick, started the final 10 games of and is the reigning NCAA East Regional Most Outstanding Player He posted a 4-0 record, a 1.97 goalsagainst average and a.935 saves percentage during UMD s four-game NCAA tournament run last spring UMD was the only WCHA club that went the entire season without being swept by any opponent the first time that has happened since the Bulldogs joined the NCAA I ranks in The Bulldogs also picked up at least one point in all of their WCHA series (another program first) UMD hasn t suffered back to back losses since Feb , 2010 when it dropped three straight games, including a pair to North Dakota Boston College was the only other team in the nation besides UMD to go through the whole season without losing more than one game in a row. Mavericks Minnesota State University Minnesota State is on the year after gaining a non-conference road split at RPI last Friday and Saturday The Mavericks got 36 saves from senior netminder Austin Lee as MSU claimed a 1-0 non-conference victory last Friday over the Engineers Senior defenseman Cameron Cooper scored at 18:30 of the third period to break the scoreless tie and give the Mavericks the win RPI outshot MSU by a margin in the game The game was the first of the year for both teams RPI then claimed last Saturday's game by a 4-1 margin Sophomore forward Johnny McInnis scored MSU's lone goal in the contest MSU is now in season-openers under head coach Troy Jutting The Mavericks own a mark in their last four season-opening encounters Head coach Troy Jutting (MSU '87) is in his 12th year at the Maverick men's hockey helm and owns an all-time record of (469) MSU's all-time record in 1,404 games played is (.563) Including 17 shots in the third period, Austin Lee also was credited with 16 powerplay saves as MSU held RPI to a 0-for-10 mark with the man-advantage in last Friday's 1-0 win The shutout is the first of Lee's career and the first season-opening shutout by a MSU goaltender since season when Ken Hilgert whitewashed Gustavus, 11-0 Senior defenseman Cameron Cooper got his first career game-winning goal when he tallied in the 1-0 win over RPI last Friday The Lakeville, Minn., native accounted for two shots on goal and was +1 in Friday's victory Cooper, who now has five career goals to his credit, had 3-2=5 in 37 games last year Junior forward Eriah Hayes, who assisted on Cooper's GWG last Friday, tied for the team lead with four shots on goal in the win Dating back to last year, Hayes has 4-5=9 in the last 13 games Hayes, who did not miss a game in , has now played in 77 consecutive games MSU had four newcomers make their collegiate debuts in last Friday's win over RPI with forwards Matt Leitner, Jean-Paul Lafontaine and Max Gaede, along with defenseman Zach Palmquist all suiting up for the first time Freshman defenseman Brett Stern assisted on Johnny McInnis' goal last Saturday while playing in his first game as a collegian Leitner, who redshirted with Minnesota State last season after spending two campaigns with Fargo of the USHL, accounted for four shots on goal in Friday's win at RPI Palmquist, a product of Waterloo of the USHL, had one shot on goal and was +1 in making his collegiate debut Senior forward Michael Dorr, MSU's top-returning scorer from a year ago who has played in 52 consecutive games, had five shots on goal in the twogame series at RPI Sophomore forward Zach Lehrke had four shots on goal and two penalties for four minutes in the season-opening series at RPI In 30 games last year, Lehrke had one penalty for two minutes MSU held RPI to a 0-of-10 mark in power-play opportunities last Friday The last time MSU held an opponent scoreless when they had doubledigit power-play opportunities was Oct. 21, 2006 in a 4-2 win at St. Cloud State The Huskies went 0-for-10 with the man-advantage in that game Junior defenseman Tyler Elbrecht, who suffered a broken arm last Friday at RPI, had played in 76 consecutive games MSU continues non-conference action this weekend when UMass-Lowell visits Mankato for a two-game set Friday and Saturday. Mavericks University of Nebraska Omaha UNO opened the season 1-1-0, losing in the championship game of the Mutual of Omaha Stampede The Mavericks beat Mercyhurst, 5-1, in the first game last Friday but dropped a 4-3 decision to Colgate in the final on Saturday The loss to Colgate marked the first time the Mavericks have not won the Stampede since 2006 Sophomore Brock Montpetit opened the new season with a flourish, netting two goals, two assists and a +3 rating in the first two games of the season He was named to the Stampede all-tournament team Junior captain Terry Broadhurst had two goals and an assist and was also +3 in the first two games Freshman Josh Archibald scored his first collegiate goal in UNO s 5-1 win over Mercyhurst, and he added a second goal in the Mavs 4-3 loss to Colgate Sophomore defenseman Michael Young scored his first goal of the year in the 5-1 win over Mercyhurst and led all UNO players on the weekend with a +4 rating Forwards Matt White and Ryan Walters and defenseman Bryce Aneloski each had two assists in UNO s season-opening win over Mercyhurst UNO has now won five straight season openers and is unbeaten in its last eight to start the regular season (7-0-1) The Mavericks head to Alaska this weekend for the Brice Alaska Goal Rush They ll take on WCHA foe Alaska Anchorage in a non-conference matchup on Friday, Oct. 14 and then square off with former CCHA opponent Alaska Fairbanks in the late game on Oct. 15 The Mavericks have yet to play Alaska Anchorage outside the state of Alaska In fact, all three prior meetings have been staged at Sullivan Arena in Anchorage That will change next weekend (Oct. 21 and 22) when the Seawolves will make their first-ever appearance in Omaha to kick off the WCHA schedule for both teams UNO trails the all-time series with Alaska, The two schools were former scheduling partners in the CCHA The Mavericks are all-time at Alaska Fairbanks Carlson Center.