WCHA EIGHT WCHA TEAMS ENGAGE IN NON-CONFERENCE PLAY OCT

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1 WCHA BRUCE M. McLEOD Commissioner CAROL LABELLE Assistant Commissioner of Operations GREG SHEPHERD Supervisor of Officials ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE 2190 South 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 32 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, 2002 MEMBERS Alaska Anchorage Seawolves Colorado College Tigers Denver Pioneers Michigan Tech Huskies Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs Minnesota State Mavericks North Dakota Fighting Sioux St. Cloud State Huskies Wisconsin Badgers 2003 WCHA FINAL FIVE March 20, 21, 22 Xcel Energy Center St. Paul, MN a member of the Official College Sports Network OCSN.COM October 14, 2002/For Immediate Release PRE-SEASON WCHA FAVORITE DENVER CAPTURES MAVERICK STAMPEDE TITLE; NORTH DAKOTA CLAIMS XEROX COLLEGE HOCKEY SHOWCASE CROWN; LEAGUE TEAMS POST NON-CONFERENCE RECORD TO DATE; MINNESOTA STATE LAUNCHES THEIR CAMPAIGN FRIDAY; MINNESOTA DOWNS OSU IN ANNUAL U.S. HOCKEY HALL OF FAME GAME; LEAGUE PLAY OPENS OCT EIGHT WCHA TEAMS ENGAGE IN NON-CONFERENCE PLAY OCT MADISON, Wisc. Eight of the 10-member Western Collegiate Hockey Association teams will be back in non-conference action this coming weekend (Oct ), including Minnesota State University, Mankato which marks it s debut on the road with a two-game set at Providence. Three other WCHA teams Denver, Michigan Tech, Minnesota will also travel east for nonconference series as the Pioneers play at Boston College and Northeastern, the Huskies take on St WCHA STANDINGS Conference Only Overall Pts Record Win% GF- GA Record Win% GF- GA 1 Alaska Anchorage Colorado College Denver Michigan Tech Minnesota Minnesota-Duluth MSU-Mankato North Dakota St. Cloud State Wisconsin RECENT RESULTS Oct. 11: North Dakota 8 vs Canisius Xerox College Hockey Showcase, Buffalo, NY (nc); St. Cloud State Ferris State 1 (nc); Wisconsin 1 vs Rensselaer Ice Breaker Invitational, Madison (nc); Notre Dame Minnesota Duluth 2 ot (nc); Denver 5 vs Michigan State Maverick Stampede, Omaha, NE (nc); UMass Lowell Colorado College 6 (nc); Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Anchorage 4 (nc). Oct. 12: North Dakota 5 vs Michigan 4 Xerox College Hockey Showcase (nc); St. Cloud State Ferris State 6 (nc); Wisconsin 4 vs Northern Michigan Ice Breaker Invitational (nc); Notre Dame Minnesota Duluth 3 (nc); Minnesota 7 vs Ohio State U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame, St. Paul (nc); Denver 3 vs Nebraska-Omaha Maverick Stampede (nc); UMass Lowell Colorado College 1 (nc); Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Anchorage 0 (nc). THIS WEEK IN THE WCHA Mon., Oct. 14: Univ. of Denver, 7:35 pm MT (x). Wed., Oct. 16: Minnesota Duluth, 7:05 pm CT (x). Fri., Oct. 18: Boston College, 7 pm ET (nc): Michigan St. Lawrence, 7 pm ET (nc); New Hampshire, 7 pm ET (nc); Minnesota Providence, 7 pm ET (nc); Alabama- Wisconsin, 7:35 pm CT (nc); Colorado College vs Nye Frontier Classic, Anchorage, 5:05 pm AT (nc); Iona vs Alaska Nye Frontier Classic, Anchorage, 8:05 pm AT (nc). Sat., Oct. 19: Northeastern, 7 pm ET (nc): Michigan St. Lawrence, 7 pm ET (nc); New Hampshire, 7 pm ET (nc); Minnesota Providence, 7 pm ET (nc); Wisconsin, 8:05 pm CT (nc); Colorado College vs Nye Frontier Classic, 4:05 pm AT (nc); Maine vs Alaska Nye Frontier Classic, 7:05 pm AT (nc). con t on next page

2 Lawrence and the Golden Gophers battle New Hampshire. In WCHA country, meanwhile, Alaska Anchorage will host Colorado College, Iona and Maine in the Nye Frontier Classic Friday and Saturday at Sullivan Arena while Wisconsin will entertain Alabama-Huntsville at the Kohl Center in Madison. In addition to the slate of non-conference games, there are two exhibition matches this week. Denver hosts the University of Windsor at Magness Arena on Monday (Oct. 14) night while Minnesota Duluth hosts Lakehead University on Wednesday (Oct. 16). Not playing this week are North Dakota and St. Cloud State. In action this past weekend (Oct ), two WCHA teams brought home tournament championships. The Denver Pioneers captured the Maverick Stampede in Omaha with a 5-0 win over Michigan State last Friday and a 3-2 triumph over Nebraska- Omaha on Saturday while the North Dakota Fighting Sioux earned the Xerox College Hockey Showcase title in Buffalo, N.Y., with a 8-0 victory over Canisius last Friday and a 5-4 overtime win over Michigan on Saturday. In other non-conference results, Minnesota downed Ohio State 7-2 in the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame before 15,204 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, St. Cloud State split at Ferris State (2-1, 3-6), Colorado College split at home with UMass-Lowell (6-4, 1-4), Alaska Anchorage split their home series with Alaska Fairbanks (4-2, 0-4), host Wisconsin lost to RPI (1-5) last Friday and then defeated Northern Michigan (4-3) on Saturday in the Ice Breaker Invitational to hand first-year head coach Mike Eaves his initial collegiate victory, and Minnesota Duluth tied (2-2) and lost (3-5) to visiting Notre Dame. To date (thru Oct. 13), Western Collegiate Hockey Association-member teams show a (.594) overall record in nonconference play. GAME SUMMARIES WCHA/2 Friday, October 11 North Dakota 8 vs Canisius College Xerox College Hockey Showcase, Buffalo, NY (nc). 1st: G1 G1 UND - Andy Schneider 1 (Kevin Spiewak 1, Brandon Bochenski 1), 8:46; G21 UND - Zach Parise 1 (Quinn Fylling 1, Bochenski 2), PPG, 9:36. 2nd: G3 UND - Fylling 1 (Parise 1, David Lundbohm 1), PPG, 4:33; G4 UND - Nick Fuher 1 (Lundbohm 2), 14:40. 3rd: G5 UND - Parise 2 (Fylling 2, Fuher 1), PPG, 6:50; G6 UND - Parise 3 (unassisted), SHG, 12:21; G7 UND - Ryan Hale 1 (Chris Leinweber 1, Tyler Palmiscno 1), 13:44; G8 UND - Bochenski 1 (Jason Notermann 1, Lundbohm 3), 15:00. Score by Periods: UND = 8; CC = 0. PEN: UND 11-30; CC PPs: UND 3-8; CC 0-5. Saves: Jake Brandt (UND), = 18 (60:00); Bryan Worosz (CC), = 40 (60:00). ATT: NA. : 2:20. St. Cloud State Ferris State 1 (nc). 1st: No scoring. 2nd: G1 SCSU - Ryan Malone 1 (Matt Gens 1), SHG, 4:23; G2 FSU - Jeff Legue 1 (Derek Nesbitt 1, Derrick McIver 1), PPG, 8:47; G3 SCSU - Matt Hendricks 1 (Joe Motzko 1, Jon Cullen 1), PPG, 17:07. 3rd: No scoring. Score by Periods: SCSU = 2; FSU = 1. PEN: SCSU 11-22; FSU PPs: SCSU 1-8; FSU Saves: Jake Moreland (SCSU), = 40 (60:00); Mike Brown (FSU), = 39 (59:09). ATT: 1,360. : 2:10. Rensselaer Wisconsin Ice Breaker Invitational, Madison, WI (nc). 1st: G1 UW - Tom Gilbert 1 (Pete Talafous 1, John Eichelberger 1), 5:05; G2 RPI - Mikael Hammarstrom 1 (Scott Basiuk 1), 7:54; G3 RPI - Ben Barr 1 (Keith McWilliams 1, Basiuk 2), 12:25. 2nd: G4 RPI - Nick Economakos 1 (Ryan Shields 1, Brad Farynuk 1), 14:13; G5 RPI - Vic Pereira 1 (Kevin Croxton 1, Nolan Graham 1), 15:18. 3rd: G6 RPI - Basiuk 1 (Farynuk 2, Carson Butterwick 1), PPG, 13:56. Score by Periods: RPI = 5; UW = 1. PEN: RPI 5-10; UW 3-6. PPs: RPI 1-3; UW 0-5. Saves: Kevin Kurk (RPI), = 30 (60:00); Bernd Bruckler (UW), = 20 (60:00). ATT: 10,016. : 2:10. Notre Dame Minnesota Duluth 2 ot (nc). 1st: G1 UMD - Neil Petruic 1 (Jesse Unklesbay 1), PPG, 7:04; G2 ND - Tim Wallace 1 (Tom Glavin 1), 9:12. 2nd: G3 UMD - Tyler Brosz 1 (Beau Geisler 1, Junior Lessard 1), 3:38. 3rd: G4 ND - Ian Stastny 1 (Brett Lebda 1, Evan Nielsen 1), w/goalie pulled, 19:03. OT: No scoring. Score by Periods: ND = 2; UMD = 2. PEN: ND 6-12; UMD 4-8. PPs: ND 0-3; UMD 1-4. Saves: Morgan Cey (ND), = 37 (64:50); Rob Anderson (UMD), = 26 (65:00). ATT: 3,321. : 2:30. Denver 5 vs Michigan Maverick Stampede, Omaha, NE (nc). 1st: G1 DU - Greg Barber 1 (Kevin Ulanski 1, Kevin Doell 1), PPG, 9:40; G2 DU - Max Bull 1 (Matt Weber 1, Ryan Caldwell 1), 15:39. 2nd: G3 DU - Jon Foster 1 (Doell 2, Barber 1), 12:35; G4 DU - Jeff Drummond 1 (unassisted), 17:53. 3rd: G5 DU - Connor James 1 (Ulanski 2, Brett Skinner 1), 15:01. Score by Periods: DU = 5; MSU = 0. PEN: DU 5-10; MSU PPs: DU 1-5; MSU 0-4. Saves: Wade Dubielewicz (DU), = 21 (60:00); Justin Tobe (MSU), = 30 (60:00). ATT: 8,314 (sellout). : 2:00. UMass Lowell Colorado College 6 (nc). 1st: G1 CC - Tom Preissing 1 (Noah Clarke 1, Andrew Canzanello 1), PPG, 6:19. 2nd: G2 CC - Aaron Slattengren 1 (unassisted), 1:02; G3 UML - Geoff Schomogyi 1 (Andrew Martin 1), 2:16; G4 UML - Martin 1 (Ben Walter 1), 5:15; G5 UML - Ed McGrane 1 (Stephen Slonina 1, Peter Tormey 1), 6:27. 3rd: G6 CC - Preissing 2 (Canzanello 2, Clarke 2), PPG, 0:32; G7 UML - Peter Hay 1 (Slonina 2, Schomogyi 1), PPG, 7:50; G8 CC - Brett Sterling 1 (Peter Sejna 1, Clarke 3), PPG, 8:24; G9 CC - Preissing 3 (Sejna 2, Sterling 1), PPG, 11:15; G10 CC - Sejna 1 (Clarke 4, Jason Jozsa 1), 12:28. Score by Periods: UML = 4; CC = 6. PEN: UML 8-16; CC PPs: UML 1-5; CC 4-8. Saves: Chris Davidson (UML), = 21 (60:00); Curtis McElhinney (CC), = 25 (60:00). ATT: 6,642. : 2:17. Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Anchorage 4 (nc). 1st: G1 UAA - John Hopson 1 (Ales Parez 1), PPG, 14:26; G2 UAA - Hopson 2 (Matt Hanson 1, Curtis Glencross 1), 17:20. 2nd: G3 UAF - Billy Crumm 1 (Cory Rask 1, Cramer Hickey 1), 6:36; G4 UAF - Ryan Campbell 1 (Aaron Voros 1, Jason Grinevitch 1), 7:47. 3rd: G5 UAA - Morgan Roach 1 (Hanson 2, Petr Chytka 1), PPG, 15:35; G6 UAA - Joe Garvin 1 (Dan Gilkerson 1, Matt Shasby 1), 18:11. Score by Periods: UAF = 2; UAA = 4. PEN: UAF 8-16; UAA 4-8. PPs: UAF 0-3; UAA 2-6. Saves: Lance Mayes (UAF), = 27 (60:00); Kevin Reiter (UAA), = 22 (60:00). ATT: 5,589. : 2:00.

3 WCHA/3 Saturday, October 12 North Dakota 5 vs Michigan 4 ot (championship Xerox College Hockey Showcase (nc). 1st: G1 UND - Nick Fuher 2 (Zach Parise 2, David Lundbohm 4), PPG, 11:30; G2 UM - Eric Nystrom 1 (Dwight Helminen 1, Jed Ortmeyer 2), PPG, 14:36; G3 UM - David Moss 1 (Nystrom 1, Charlie Henderson 1), 19:26. 2nd: G4 UND - Parise 4 (Quinn Fylling 3), SHG, 4:21; G5 UM - Mark Mink 2 (Michael Woodford 3, Al Montoya 1), 18:59. 3rd: G6 UM - Jeff Tambellini 2 (Milan Gajic 1, Nystrom 2), 15:02; G7 UND - Parise 5 (Brandon Bochenski 3, Fylling 4), 16:46; G8 UND - Bochenski 2 (Parise 3), 17:29. OT: G9 UND - Lundbohm 1 (Andy Schneider 1), 3:27. Score by Periods: UND = 5; UM = 4. PEN: UND 7-14; UM PPs: UND 1-6; UM 1-4. Saves: Josh Siembida (UND), = 15 (63:27); Al Montoya (UM), = 25 (63:27). ATT: 2,740. : 2:21. St. Cloud State Ferris State 6 (nc). 1st: No scoring. 2nd: G1 FSU - Jamie Dunlap 1 (unassisted), 1:27; G2 SCSU - Brian McCormack 1 (unassisted), 5:34; G3 SCSU - Joe Motzko 1 (Ryan Malone 1), PPG, 7:31; G4 SCSU - Motzko 2 (unassisted), SHG, 9:26; G5 FSU - Carter Thomson 1 (Mike Kinnie 1, Skip Renauld 1), 18:21; G6 FSU - Derrick McIver 1 (Greg Rallo 1), 18:44). 3rd: G7 FSU - Kinnie 1 (Dunlap 1, Phil Meyer 1), 16:47; G8 FSU - Chris Kubitz 1 (Jeff Legue 1, Derek Nesbitt 2), 18:23; G9 FSU - Legue 2 (unassisted), 19:28. Score by Periods: SCSU = 3; FSU = 6. PEN: SCSU 3-6; FSU 2-4. PPs: SCSU 1-2; FSU 0-3. Saves: Jason Montgomery (SCSU), = 26 (59:24); Mike Brown (FSU), = 35 (60:00). ATT: 1,457. : 2:00. UMass Lowell Colorado College 1 (nc). 1st: G1 UML - Anders Strome 1 (Mark Concannon 1, Erik Johannson 1), 12:30; G2 UML - Danny O Brien 1 (Ed McGrane 1, Jarramie Domish 1), PPG, 17:53. 2nd: G3 UML - Geoff Schomogyi 2 (McGrane 2, Stephen Slonina 3), 7:37; G4 UML - McGrane 3 (Schomogyi 2, Domish 2), PPG, 9:41; G5 CC - Peter Sejna 2 (Scott Polaski 1, Aaron Slattengren 1), 17:42. 3rd: No scoring. Score by Periods: UML = 4; CC = 1. PEN: UML 7-14; CC PPs: UML 2-5; CC 0-6. Saves: Chris Davidson (UML), = 36 (60:00); Curtis McElhinney (CC), 9-1-x = 10 (29;41); Kjell Bennemark (CC), x-2-6 = 8 (30:19). ATT: 6,081. : 2:17. Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Anchorage 0 (nc). 1st: G1 UAF - Kelly Czuy (Scott Farrell, Jordan Hendry), 15:47. 2nd: G2 UAF - Felipe Larranaga (Blaine Bablitz, Ryan Campbell), 11:16; G3 UAF - Czuy (Russell Spence, Alex Staudt), 18:16. 3rd: G4 UAF - Jared Sylvestre (Spence), 18:46. Score by Periods: UAF = 4; UAA = 0. PEN: UAF 2-4; UAA PPs: UAF 0-4; UAA 0-2. Saves: Preston McKay (UAF), = 22 (60:00); Chris King (UAA), = 25 (60:00). ATT: 6,152. : 2:06. Northern Michigan Wisconsin 4 (third place Ice Breaker Invitational, Madison, WI (nc). 1st: G1 NMU - Bryce Cockburn 2 (Mike Stutzel 2, Chris Gobert 5), PPG, 3:13; G2 UW - Ryan MacMurchy 1 (Mark Jackson 1, Alex Leavitt 1), PPG, 4:52; G3 NMU - Cockburn 3 (Juha Alen 2, Gobert 6), 15:33. 2nd: G4 UW - Brad Winchester 1 (Leavitt 2, Tom Gilbert 1), PPG, 12:18. 3rd: G5 NMU - Alen 1 (Dave Bonk 1, Alan Swanson 1), 7:26; G6 UW - Jackson 1 (Rene Bourque 1, MacMurchy 1), 16:41; G7 UW - Bourque 1 (Leavitt 3, Tom Sawatske 1), 18:44. Score by Periods: NMU = 3; UW = 4. PEN: NMU 8-16; UW PPs: NMU 1-5; UW 2-6. Saves: Craig Kowalski (NMU), = 29 (59:02); Scott Kabotoff (UW), = 20 (60:00). ATT: NA. : 2:10. Notre Dame Minnesota Duluth 3 (nc). 1st: G1 UMD - Luke Stauffacher 1 (Marco Peluso 1), 1:45; G2 UMD - Jon Francisco 1 (Junior Lessard 2, Tim Stapleton 1), PPG, 15:39; G3 ND - John Wroblewski 1 (Rob Globke 1, Neil Komadoski 1), PPG, 17:52. 2nd: G4 ND - Wroblewski 2 (unassisted), SHG, 10:42. 3rd: G5 ND - Globke 1 (Tim Wallace 1, Connor Dunlop 1), 3:13; G6 UMD - Tyler Brosz 1 (Drew Otten 1, Francisco 1), 13:48; G7 ND - Globke 2 (Brett Labda 1), 14:46; G8 ND - Globke 3 (Wroblewski 1, Komadoski 2), ENG, 19:42. Score by Periods: ND = 5; UMD = 3. PEN: ND 5-10; UMD PPs: ND 1-7; UMD 1-5. Saves: Tony Zasowski (ND), = 39 (60:00); Issac Reichmuth (UMD), = 24 (59:17). ATT: 3,469. : 2:10. Ohio State 2 vs Minnesota US Hockey Hall of Fame, St. Paul, MN (nc). 1st: G1 UM - Thomas Vanek 1 (Barry Tallackson 1, Matt Koalska 1), 7:49. 2nd: G2 UM - Troy Riddle 1 (unassisted), 0:48; G3 UM - Dan Welch 1 (Keith Ballard 1, Riddle 1), PPG, 14:58; G4 UM - Koalska 1 (Vanek 1, Tyler Hirsch 1), PPG, 17:02. 3rd: G5 UM - Ballard 1 (Paul Martin 1, Koalska 2), PPG, 7:09; G6 UM - Hirsch 1, Ballard 2, Chris Harrington 1), PPG, 8:38; G7 UM - Gino Guyer 1 (Martin 2, Ballard 3), PPG, 10:20; G8 OSU - R.J. Umberger 1 (unassisted), SHG, 11:01; G9 OSU - Lee Spector 1 (unassisted), 17:40. Score by Periods: OSU = 2; UM = 7. PEN: OSU 14-28; UM PPs: OSU 0-6; UM Saves: Mike Betz (OSU), = 44 (60:00); Travis Weber (UM), = 21 (60:00). ATT: 15,204. : 2:18. Denver 3 vs Nebraska-Omaha 2 (championship Maverick Stampede, Omaha, NE (nc). 1st: G1 UNO - Aaron Smith 1 (Dan Hacker, Andrew Wong), PPG, 2:41. 2nd: G2 DU - Jon Foster 2 (Kevin Ulanski 3), 4:26; G3 DU - Connor James 2 (Ulanski 4), 6:11; G4 - UNO - Jason Jaworski 2 (unassisted), 11:50. 3rd: G5 DU - Luke Fulghum 1 (unassisted), 18:35. Score by Periods: DU = 3; UNO = 2. PEN: DU 4-8; UNO PPs: DU 0-6; UNO 1-3. Saves: Adam Berkhoel (DU), = 16 (60:00); Dan Ellis (UNO), = 38 (59:52). ATT: 8,314 (sellout). : 2:11.

4 WCHA TEAM NOTEBOOKS OCT. 14 WCHA/4 ALASKA ANCHORAGE UAA begins the season splitting its two-game home opening series against Alaska Fairbanks... the Seawolves won last Friday (Oct. 11) night 4-2, before falling in Saturday (Oct. 12) night s duel, Alaska Anchorage opened the season with intrastate rival Alaska Fairbanks for the sixth time in history... UAA is now all-time in home openers against the Nanooks... UAA and UAF s two-game series in Anchorage is the first half of the battle for the Alaska Airlines Governor s Cup... the Cup is awarded to the winner of the four-game series... the two teams will play one another again in Fairbanks on March the season marks the 10th consecutive season of the Cup... the Seawolves 4-2 victory over Alaska Fairbanks in last Friday night s season-opening game gives UAA an all-time opening game record of and a mark in home openers... UAA has won its past two season opening games UAA defeated Northeastern, 5-3, in last season s opener... Alaska Anchorage head coach John Hill is 2-0 in season opening games... sophomore forward John Hopson recorded his first career two-goal game in last Friday night s 4-2 victory over Alaska Fairbanks... both of Hopson s goals were scored in the first period... Alaska Anchorage defeated Alaska Anchorage by the exact same score of 4-2 in its only win against the Nanooks last year... that game was also the last time UAA scored four goals in one game... last Saturday night s 4-0 loss to Alaska Fairbanks was only the fourth time in the last 50 games UAA has been shutout... UAA will play host to the Nye Frontier Classic Oct in Anchorage... Colorado College, Iona, and 2002 NCAA runner-up Maine will be participating in the two-day tournament... Alaska Anchorage and other WCHA school Colorado College will not face each other during tournament play. COLORADO COLLEGE Last Saturday (Oct. 12) marked CC s 100th game at the Colorado Springs World Arena, excluding three exhibition games (all victories) against Canadian universities, since opening the facility in January the Tigers own a winning percentage of.725 ( ) in those 100 outings... senior defenseman Tom Preissing celebrated his debut as team captain with the first hat trick of his collegiate career last Friday, scoring three of CC s four power-play goals to fuel the 6-4 victory over UMass-Lowell... a two-time All-WCHA selection, Preissing now has 77 career points (19g,58a) in 114 games as a Tiger... he s been involved in 13 game-winning goals, including last Friday when his third tally of the game snapped a 4-4 tie at 11:15 of the third period... Colorado College has won its home opener in all four of Scott Owens seasons as head coach... last Saturday s 4-1 defeat snapped a 12-game home-ice unbeaten streak (11-0-1) for CC, dating back to a 2-1 loss to Minnesota State last Jan the Tigers also hadn t lost to a non-conference opponent at the World Arena since dropping a 3-1 decision to Niagara on Jan. 29, last Saturday marked the first career loss for sophomore goalie Curtis McElhinney, who made 25 saves to backstop Friday s victory... McElhinney is in net as a Tiger... junior left wing Peter Sejna has recorded 112 points (57g,55a) in just 86 games for CC after adding 4 (2g,2a) to his total in last weekend s split with UML... he picked up 3 (1g,2a) during CC s four-goal eruption in the third period of Friday s 6-4 victory, including an assist on Preissing s GWG, and now is tied for 52nd place on the program s all-time scoring chart... senior forward Noah Clarke, who collected a career-best 4 assists last Friday, is tied for 57th place on CC s all-time points list with 110 career points (42g,68a) in 124 appearances as a Tiger... the four power-play goals last Friday were the most for CC in a game since it scored four in a 7-1 victory over UMass-Amherst almost a year ago, on Oct. 20, 2001, also at the World Arena... the Tigers, who trailed 3-2 entering the third period on Friday, were last season when behind after 40 minutes of play... a pair of freshmen forwards Aaron Slattengren and Brett Sterling made a quick impact by scoring goals in their collegiate debuts last Friday... Sterling also added an assist on Preissing game-winning goal, which came just two seconds into a CC power-play after Sejna won a faceoff in the UML end... Slattengren assisted on Sejna s goal in the third period of last Saturday s loss... freshman goalie Kjell Bennemark made his initial appearance as a Tiger last Saturday, relieving McElhinney in the second period and stopping all eight shots he faced the rest of the way. DENVER The University of Denver captured the 2002 UNO Stampede Tournament championship in Omaha, Neb., over the Oct weekend with wins over Michigan State (5-0) and Nebraska-Omaha (3-2)... forward Connor James was named tourney s most valuable player after scoring one goal in each game... senior goaltender Wade Dubielewicz recorded his sixth career shutout and the 72nd shutout in Pioneer history in the 5-0 win over Michigan State last Friday (Oct. 11) afternoon... the 5-0 win over Michigan State was the first opening day shutout in the Pioneers 54-year hockey history... Dubielewicz made 21 saves overall against the Spartans to improve his career goals-against average to 2.10 and his career save percentage to both marks are school records... defenseman Aaron MacKenzie (Sr, Terrace Bay, ON), forward Luke Fulghum (So, Colorado Springs, CO) and goaltender Wade Dubielewicz joined James on the all-tournament team... Fulghum s game-winning goal against Michigan State at 18:35 of the third period last Saturday (Oct. 12) night was the first of his young career... sophomore forward Kevin Ulanski (Madison, WI) had two assists in each game this past weekend... Ulanski is now riding a six-game point streak over the last two seasons... Head Coach George Gwozdecky has won four of his last five seasonopening games... the Pioneers were just 1-for-10 on the power-play this past weekend... defenseman Brett Skinner (Fr, Brandon, MB) made his Pioneer debut last weekend with solid play on both ends of the ice... he tallied an assist vs Michigan State in the 5-0 win and was +2 overall for the weekend. MICHIGAN TECH Michigan Tech returns to actions this coming weekend Oct when it travels to play St. Lawrence... Tech opened its 82nd season of hockey on Saturday (Oct. 5) at home against 11th-ranked Northern Michigan... MTU has played the most difficult schedule in the country the past two seasons according to the Ratings Percentage Index... Tech s schedule to open the campaign isn t exactly a cakewalk either... the Huskies have already played #11 Northern Michigan... MTU follows with this series at St. Lawrence (picked 5th in the 12-team ECAC) before returning home to face top-ranked Minnesota... the Huskies then travel to #9 Colorado College, host #3 Denver, and play at #1 Minnesota... Tech then gets a proverbial break in the schedule with a home series against two-time-defending CHA champion Wayne State... junior right wing Brett Engelhardt is Tech s team captain... MTU played 14 underclassmen (7 freshmen, 7 sophomores) in its game vs NMU on Oct Tech s contest with NMU last Saturday (Oct. 5) marked the earliest date the Huskies have ever played a regular-season game... Dirk Hembroff is the new radio play-by-play voice of Tech hockey... the Hancock, Mich., native takes over for legendary Bob Olson, who retired after 31 years in the position.

5 MINNESOTA Seven different players scored as Minnesota defeated Ohio State 7-2 in the annual U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in St. Paul last Saturday (Oct. 12) night... sophomore goaltender Travis Weber stopped 21 of 23 shots to improve his career record to it was the Golden Gophers third straight win in the Hall of Fame and third straight year they posted seven goals in the game... for the third straight season, a freshman scored Minnesota s first goal of the season... forward Thomas Vanek gave the Golden Gophers a 1-0 first period lead vs the Buckeyes... Vanek finished the game with 1-1=2 as four of the five freshmen in the lineup tallied their first career point... Tyler Hirsch also finished with 1-1=2... Vanek also led Minnesota with nine shots on goal... sophomore Keith Ballard set career highs in assists and points as he finished with a goal and three assists... the Golden Gopher defensemen helped hold Ohio State to just 23 shots on goal and scoreless on six power-play opportunities... in the past three seasons, Minnesota is in games played in October... junior Matt Koalska picked up where he left off in last year s Frozen Four... Koalska finished with a goal and two assists vs the Buckeyes as he centered the first line for Minnesota... as is expected, the junior class led Minnesota s effort vs Ohio State... the group collected 3-5=8, while the freshman class kept pace with 3-4=7... Minnesota s sophomores added 1-3=4... Head Coach Don Lucia picked up his 80th career win with the Golden Gophers... he has an record at Minnesota (.656), including a mark (.724) in the past two-plus years... the Golden Gophers travel east to face New Hampshire next weekend... both teams were Frozen Four participants last season, as Minnesota won the national title and the Wildcats were defeated by Maine in the semi-finals... Minnesota leads the all-time series the two teams have not met since MINNESOTA DULUTH After launching its season this past weekend with an overtime tie (2-2) and loss (5-3) to visiting Notre Dame, UMD will remain at home to host Lakehead University (Thunder Bay, ON) in an exhibition matchup Wednesday... the Bulldogs won t resume regular season competition until Oct when it opens its WCHA schedule with a two-game home set against Colorado College... the Bulldogs are lifetime against Canadian universities, including a perfect versus Lakehead... sophomore left wing Tyler Brosz, who has skated in all 42 games since becoming a Bulldog last fall, scored one goal each night last weekend against Notre Dame and was one of three UMD skaters to pick up two points in the season-opening series with the Fighting Irish... he was joined by his two linemates senior center and team captain Jon Francisco (one goal and one assist) and junior right wing Junior Lessard (two assists) in that department... the Bulldogs were outscored 4-1 by Notre Dame in the third period over the weekend... in last Friday s night 2-2 deadlock, UMD surrendered the game-tying goal with :57 remaining in regulation... last year UMD was outscored in the final 20 minutes of play... seven Bulldogs made their collegiate debuts either last Friday or Saturday at the DECC, including junior left wing and assistant team captain Jesse Unklesbay, sophomore left wing Marco Peluso and freshman center Tim Stapleton, all of whom were credited with their first assists as Bulldogs... that trio were among 10 players to mark in the scoring column over the weekend... Unklesbay, who transferred to UMD from Alaska Anchorage, is the first Bulldog newcomer to ever be entrusted with any kind of team captaincy role... defenseman Ryan Geris, another rookie who received his college baptismal last weekend, was a +2 against Notre Dame, tops among all Bulldogs... UMD held a decisive edge in shots on goal last Friday (19-6 in the opening period) and outshot the Fighting Irish during the two-game series... the Bulldogs are winless (0-5-2) in their last seven outings going back to Jan. 26 of last year (3-2 over Alaska Anchorage at the DECC)... going back to the beginning of the season, UMD is when trailing at the second intermission... the last time a Bulldog club rallied to win a game after being behind through two WCHA/5 periods was on March 10, 2000 (5-4 ot victory over SCSU in the first game of their WCHA playoff series with the host Huskies). MINNESOTA STATE Minnesota State opens the season Oct. 18 and 19 with a nonconference road series at Providence... this will be the first meeting between the two schools... MSU owns an overall record of in season openers... the Mavericks held an intrasquad game on Oct. 10th and scoring goals during the 50-minute competition were freshman forwards Jeff Marler, Brock Becker, Chad Clower, senior forward B.J. Abel and sophomore forwards Brad Thompson and Adam Gerlach... the three goaltenders - junior Jason Jensen, sophomore Jon Volp and freshman Kyle Nixon took turns playing for both teams... Jensen finished with a total of nine saves for the two-period game, Volp had 13 and Nixon eight... the game also featured a skills competition in which junior forward Shane Joseph won the stickhandling and fastest skater events, junior forward Dana Sorenson captured the shooting accuracy competition and Kyle Nixon claimed the goaltending contest... with 98 games played, senior defenseman Joe Bourne is on the verge of becoming the 70th player in the history of MSU men s hockey to see action in at least 100 games... Bourne owns 9-24=33 numbers for his MSU career... senior captain B.J. Abel is MSU s active career scoring leader with 26-51=77 in 114 games... Abel, who led MSU with 32 points on 10 goals and 22 assists last season, owns a personal consecutive games played streak of senior defenseman Pete Runkel has appeared in 96 career games and owns 4-12=16 during that time... Runkel, is a three-time WCHA All- Academic pick, scored twice in the last five games of last year, but had gone 77 games between scoring career goal #2 and career goal #3... sophomore forward Grant Stevenson was a two-time WCHA Rookie of the Week last year and ranked eighth on MSU s scoring charts with the Spruce Grove, Alta., native tallied five goals and two assists in the last eight games of the season... junior forward Dana Sorensen ranked eighth on MSU s scoring charts last year with 8-8=16... the Beaumont, Alta., native recorded at least one point in the last ten games of the season and had three goals and five assists for eight points during that time... undoubtedly MSU s Lady Byng candidate will be junior forward Shane Joseph who, despite playing in all 38 games last year, did not record a penalty minute... Joseph enjoyed a "breakout" season for the Mavericks in by leading the team in goals with 20, power-play tallies with seven and ranking second on the team in scoring with 31 points... sophomore defenseman Steven Johns finished his freshman year as MSU s highest-scoring defenseman with 1-19=20 and his 1-13=14 totals in 28 league games led all WCHA freshmen defensemen and ranked eighth amongst all conference newcomers. NORTH DAKOTA UND junior center David Lundbohm scored at 3:27 of overtime last Saturday (Oct. 12) to give North Dakota a 5-4 win over third-ranked Michigan in the championship game of the Xerox Punch Imlach College Hockey Showcase in Buffalo, NY... the tournament was played at the HSBC Arena, site of the 2003 NCAA Frozen Four... Lundbohm s goal capped a three-goal rally by the Fighting Sioux, who trailed 4-2 with less than four minutes to play in regulation time... the win kept North Dakota undefeated at 2-0, the first time UND has opened 2-0 since starting 4-0 in the season... UND defeated Canisius, 8-0, last Friday, the Fighting Sioux s fourth opening-game shutout in school history and first since beating Minnesota Duluth on Oct. 30, freshman center Zach Parise scored eight points (5g,3a) to lead all players in the tournament... Parise scored a hat trick and added an assist last Friday, becoming just the second UND freshman since 1998 to register a hat trick in a game (current UND sophomore James Massen was the other, achieving the feat last season in a 12-2 win over Michigan Tech)... among Parise s five goals were two shorthanders... UND s eight goals last Friday

6 WCHA/6 were the most by UND in a season opener since they scored eight in an 8-4 win over Minnesota on Oct. 23, 1992 in the opener... UND sophomore goalie Jake Brandt recorded his first career shutout last Friday, stopping 18 shots in the Sioux s win over Canisius... David Lundbohm had three assists in the opener and a goal and assist against Michigan, giving him five points in two games... sophomore left wing Brandon Bochenski had two goals in the tournament, including the gametying goal against Michigan, and added three assists for a total of five points... sophomore right wing Quinn Fylling returned to the Sioux after spending last season with Sioux Falls of the USHL and tallied five points (1g,4a) on the weekend... sophomore defenseman Nick Fuher scored two goals and had an assist in the tournament. at the Kohl Center... the only other meeting between the two schools took place on Dec. 12, 1989 at the Dane County Coliseum... the UW won seniors Erik Jensen (C), Brian Fahey (A) and Brad Winchester (A) served as game captains in last weekend s home opener... the season marks the 40th year of Badger hockey in the modern era (since )... seven players last weekend played in their first-ever games at Wisconsin... Gilbert, MacMurchy, Sawatske and Talafous combined to score 2-4=6... the five UW goals were scored by five different players. ST. CLOUD STATE The Huskies opened the season with a 2-1 victory over Ferris State on Oct. 11, in Big Rapids, Mich... the Huskies completed the weekend series at Ferris State with a 6-3 loss to the Bulldogs... the Huskies and FSU are in the all-time series, which dates back to SCSU s first season as a D-I program in SCSU will enjoy a weekend off on Oct the Huskies will open their home season on Oct. 25, with a 7 pm in the National Hockey Center against Minnesota State, Mankato... the game is also the Huskies WCHA lid lifter... SCSU averaged 6,071 fans per game at the NHC in , and more than 1,207,252 fans have packed into the NHC since the doors opened in the Huskies are all-time in the NHC, which has one of the most electric game-day atmospheres in college hockey... SCSU senior forward Ryan Malone scored the first shorthanded goal of his collegiate career during SCSU s 2-1 win over Ferris State... Malone now has 41 career goals and 106 career points during his tenure at SCSU... Malone also had an assist on Oct SCSU s other 100-point club member senior forward Joe Motzko had a solid weekend with two goals on Oct. 12 and an assist on the game-winner during the game at Ferris on Oct Motzko now has 37-66=103 during his career at SCSU... freshman Brian McCormack charted his first career goal at SCSU, with an unassisted tally in the second period during the Huskies loss at Ferris State on Oct a resident of Castlegar, BC, McCormack played junior hockey with Penticton of the BCHL... senior goalie Jake Moreland equalled a career-high with his 40-save performance during the Huskies 2-1 win over Ferris State on Oct Moreland also had 40 saves in SCSU s victory over Maine last year in the Black Bears Ice Breaker Tournament title game... SCSU head coach Craig Dahl begins his 16th season with the Huskies in he owns a career record at SCSU... he is in his 22nd year overall as a head college coach and owns a career record, which includes stops at Bethel College and UW-River Falls... Dahl moved to SCSU in , and worked one season as an assistant coach under Herb Brooks before taking over the helm during the Huskies first season a D-I program in WISCONSIN BADGERS Badger head coach Mike Eaves recorded his first win at Wisconsin last Saturday (Oct. 12) with a 4-3 win over 12th-ranked Northern Michigan in the third-place game of the Ice Breaker Invitational... freshmen Tom Gilbert and Ryan MacMurchy both recorded their first goals and assists over the weekend for the Cardinal & White... in addition, sophomore transfer Pete Talafous and freshman Tom Sawatske scored their first points as Badgers with assists... sophomore forward Alex Leavitt led all Badgers in scoring on the weekend with three assists in last Saturday s 4-3 win over Northern Michigan... junior forward Rene Bourque assisted on the game-tying goal at the 16:41 mark of the third period and then scored the winner just two minutes later at 18:44... Wisconsin continues its homestand next weekend, hosting Alabama-Huntsville on Oct

7 TEAM STATISTICS OVERALL OCT. 14 WCHA/7 Scoring Offense: s Goals G/GM 1 Minnesota North Dakota Denver Colorado College Minnesota-Duluth St. Cloud State Wisconsin Alaska Anchorage Michigan Tech Scoring Defense: s Goals G/GM 1 Denver Minnesota North Dakota Alaska Anchorage Minnesota-Duluth St. Cloud State Colorado College Michigan Tech Wisconsin Penalty Minutes: s PIM PIM/G 1 Minnesota North Dakota Colorado College St. Cloud State Michigan Tech Minnesota-Duluth Wisconsin Alaska Anchorage Denver Special Teams Net: PPF SHA PP PPA SHF SH NET 1 Minnesota North Dakota St. Cloud State Alaska Anchorage Colorado College Minnesota-Duluth Denver Michigan Tech Wisconsin Scoring by Periods: 1st 2nd 3rd OT 1 North Dakota Denver Colorado College Minnesota Minnesota-Duluth St. Cloud State Wisconsin Alaska Anchorage Michigan Tech Goals Allowed by Periods:1st 2nd 3rd OT 1 Denver Minnesota Michigan Tech North Dakota Alaska Anchorage Minnesota-Duluth St. Cloud State Colorado College Wisconsin Power Play: s SHA PCT 1 Minnesota 5/ Colorado College 4/ North Dakota 4/ Alaska Anchorage 2/ St. Cloud State 2/ Minnesota-Duluth 2/ Wisconsin 2/ Denver 1/ Michigan Tech 0/ Penalty Kill: s SHF PCT 1 Alaska Anchorage 8/ Michigan Tech 4/ Minnesota 6/ St. Cloud State 12/ Minnesota-Duluth 10/ North Dakota 10/ Denver 6/ Colorado College 10/ Wisconsin 6/ Combined Special Teams: s PCT 1 Minnesota 11/ Alaska Anchorage 10/ St. Cloud State 14/ Michigan Tech 4/ North Dakota 14/ Minnesota-Duluth 12/ Colorado College 14/ Wisconsin 8/ Denver 7/

8 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS OVERALL OCT. 14 WCHA/8 Point Scoring: PPG G- A- P 1 Zach Parise North Dakota FR F Brandon Bochenski North Dakota SO RW/LW David Lundbohm North Dakota JR RW/LW Quinn Fylling North Dakota SO F Keith Ballard Minnesota SO D Peter Sejna Colorado College JR LW Noah Clarke Colorado College SR F Kevin Ulanski Denver SO F Matt Koalska Minnesota JR F Tom Preissing Colorado College SR D Nick Fuher North Dakota SO D Joe Motzko St. Cloud State SR RW/C Alex Leavitt Wisconsin SO C Troy Riddle Minnesota JR F Tyler Hirsch Minnesota FR F Thomas Vanek Minnesota FR F Paul Martin Minnesota JR D John Hopson Alaska Anchorage SO F Connor James Denver JR F Jon Foster Denver SO F Tyler Brosz Minnesota-Duluth SO W/C Aaron Slattengren Colorado College FR F Brett Sterling Colorado College FR F Greg Barber Denver SR F Jon Francisco Minnesota-Duluth SR C/W Andy Schneider North Dakota SO RD/LD Ryan Malone St. Cloud State SR C/LW Mark Jackson Wisconsin SR D Rene Bourque Wisconsin JR W Tom Gilbert Wisconsin FR D Ryan MacMurchy Wisconsin FR F Matt Hanson Alaska Anchorage FR D Andrew Canzanello Colorado College JR D Kevin Doell Denver SR F Junior Lessard Minnesota-Duluth JR W Goal Scoring: G G 1 Zach Parise North Dakota FR F Tom Preissing Colorado College SR D John Hopson Alaska Anchorage SO F Peter Sejna Colorado College JR LW Connor James Denver JR F Jon Foster Denver SO F Tyler Brosz Minnesota-Duluth SO W/C Brandon Bochenski North Dakota SO RW/LW Nick Fuher North Dakota SO D Joe Motzko St. Cloud State SR RW/C Assist Scoring: APG A 1 Noah Clarke Colorado College SR F Kevin Ulanski Denver SO F David Lundbohm North Dakota JR RW/LW Quinn Fylling North Dakota SO F Keith Ballard Minnesota SO D Brandon Bochenski North Dakota SO RW/LW Zach Parise North Dakota FR F Alex Leavitt Wisconsin SO C

9 WCHA/9 9 Paul Martin Minnesota JR D Matt Koalska Minnesota JR F Matt Hanson Alaska Anchorage FR D Andrew Canzanello Colorado College JR D Peter Sejna Colorado College JR LW Kevin Doell Denver SR F Junior Lessard Minnesota-Duluth JR W Power Play Points: PPG G- A- P 1 Keith Ballard Minnesota SO D Zach Parise North Dakota FR F Tom Preissing Colorado College SR D Quinn Fylling North Dakota SO F Noah Clarke Colorado College SR F Tyler Hirsch Minnesota FR F Matt Koalska Minnesota JR F Paul Martin Minnesota JR D Brett Sterling Colorado College FR F Nick Fuher North Dakota SO D Joe Motzko St. Cloud State SR RW/C Andrew Canzanello Colorado College JR D Peter Sejna Colorado College JR LW David Lundbohm North Dakota JR RW/LW Alex Leavitt Wisconsin SO C Short-Handed Points: PPG G- A- P 1 Zach Parise North Dakota FR F Ryan Malone St. Cloud State SR C/LW Joe Motzko St. Cloud State SR RW/C Quinn Fylling North Dakota SO F Matt Gens St. Cloud State SO RD/LW Winning Goals: G 1 Dan Welch Minnesota JR F 1 1 Morgan Roach Alaska Anchorage SR F 2 1 Tom Preissing Colorado College SR D 2 1 Greg Barber Denver SR F 2 1 Luke Fulghum Denver SO F 2 1 David Lundbohm North Dakota JR RW/LW 2 1 Andy Schneider North Dakota SO RD/LD 2 1 Matt Hendricks St. Cloud State JR LW/RW 2 1 Rene Bourque Wisconsin JR W 2 1 Defenseman Scoring: PPG G- A- P 1 Keith Ballard Minnesota SO D Tom Preissing Colorado College SR D Nick Fuher North Dakota SO D Paul Martin Minnesota JR D Andy Schneider North Dakota SO RD/LD Mark Jackson Wisconsin SR D Tom Gilbert Wisconsin FR D Matt Hanson Alaska Anchorage FR D Andrew Canzanello Colorado College JR D Freshman Scoring: PPG G- A- P 1 Zach Parise North Dakota F Tyler Hirsch Minnesota F Thomas Vanek Minnesota F Aaron Slattengren Colorado College F Brett Sterling Colorado College F Tom Gilbert Wisconsin D Ryan MacMurchy Wisconsin F Matt Hanson Alaska Anchorage D

10 WCHA/10 9 Gino Guyer Minnesota F Chris Harrington Minnesota D Tom Sawatske Wisconsin D Brian McCormack St. Cloud State LW/C Ales Parez Alaska Anchorage F Curtis Glencross Alaska Anchorage F Brett Skinner Denver D Tim Stapleton Minnesota-Duluth W/C Goals Against Average: Minutes GA GAA 1 Wade Dubielewicz Denver SR 60: Jake Brandt North Dakota SO 60: Jake Moreland St. Cloud State SR 60: Rob Anderson Minnesota-Duluth SR 65: Kevin Reiter Alaska Anchorage JR 60: Adam Berkhoel Denver JR 60: Travis Weber Minnesota SO 60: Scott Kabotoff Wisconsin SR 60: Cam Ellsworth Michigan Tech SO 59: Josh Siembida North Dakota SO 63: Chris King Alaska Anchorage JR 60: Isaac Reichmuth Minnesota-Duluth FR 59: Bernd Bruckler Wisconsin SO 60: Curtis McElhinney Colorado College SO 89: Jason Montgomery St. Cloud State FR 59: Save Percentage: Saves GA Pct 1 Wade Dubielewicz Denver SR Jake Brandt North Dakota SO Jake Moreland St. Cloud State SR Rob Anderson Minnesota-Duluth SR Kevin Reiter Alaska Anchorage JR Travis Weber Minnesota SO Cam Ellsworth Michigan Tech SO Adam Berkhoel Denver JR Scott Kabotoff Wisconsin SR Chris King Alaska Anchorage JR Isaac Reichmuth Minnesota-Duluth FR Curtis McElhinney Colorado College SO Jason Montgomery St. Cloud State FR Bernd Bruckler Wisconsin SO Josh Siembida North Dakota SO Winning Percentage: W- L- T Pct 1 Kevin Reiter Alaska Anchorage JR Wade Dubielewicz Denver SR Adam Berkhoel Denver JR Travis Weber Minnesota SO Jake Brandt North Dakota SO Josh Siembida North Dakota SO Jake Moreland St. Cloud State SR Scott Kabotoff Wisconsin SR Curtis McElhinney Colorado College SO Rob Anderson Minnesota-Duluth SR Chris King Alaska Anchorage JR Cam Ellsworth Michigan Tech SO Isaac Reichmuth Minnesota-Duluth FR Jason Montgomery St. Cloud State FR Bernd Bruckler Wisconsin SO Minimum 33% of Team Minutes Played

11 WCHA HOME ATTENDANCE REPORT WCHA/11 ALASKA ANCHORAGE Sullivan Arena (6,406) 2 11,741 5,871 6,152 MINNESOTA DULUTH DECC (5,333) 2 6,790 3,395 3,469 COLORADO COLLEGE Colorado Springs World Arena (7,343) 2 12,723 6,362 6,642 DENVER Magness Arena (6,026) MICHIGAN TECH MacInnes Student Ice Arena (4,200) 1 3,999 3,999 3,999 MINNESOTA Mariucci Arena (10,000) 1 15,204 15,204 15,204* * inc. U.S. Hockey Hall of Xcel Energy Center MINNESOTA STATE Midwest Wireless Civic Center (4,832) NORTH DAKOTA Ralph Engelstad Arena (11,300) ST. CLOUD STATE National Hockey Center (5,763) WISCONSIN Kohl Center (15,237) 2 20,377 10,189 10,361 WCHA TOTALS 10 70,834 7,083 15,204

12 WCHA COMPOSITE SCHEDULE WCHA/12 OCTOBER F/4 Mt. Royal 4 vs Alaska Anchorage 6 MacDonald Arena, Eagle River, AK S/5 N. Michigan Michigan Tech (nc) 1 F/11 Xerox College Hockey HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NY North Dakota 8 vs Canisius 0 (nc) Ice Breaker Kohl Center, Madison, WI Wisconsin 1 vs RPI 5 (nc) St. Cloud State Ferris State 1 (nc) Notre Dame Minnesota Duluth 2 ot (nc) Maverick Omaha, NE Denver 5 vs Michigan State 0 (nc) UMass-Lowell Colorado College 6 (nc) Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Anchorage 4 (nc) S/12 Xerox College Hockey Buffalo, NY North Dakota 5 vs Michigan 4 ot (nc) (championship game) Ice Breaker Madison, WI Wisconsin 4 vs Northern Michigan 3 (nc) (third place game) St. Cloud State Ferris State 6 (nc) U.S. Hockey Hall of Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN Minnesota 7 vs Ohio State 2 (nc) Notre Dame Minnesota Duluth 3 (nc) Maverick Omaha, NE Denver 3 vs Nebraska-Omaha 2 (nc) (championship game) UMass-Lowell Colorado College 1 (nc) Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Anchorage 0 (nc) M/14 Univ. of Denver (x) 7:35 W/16 Minnesota Duluth (x) 7:05 F/18 Boston College (nc) 7:00 Michigan St. Lawrence (nc) 7:00 Minnesota Providence (nc) 7:00 New Hampshire (nc) 7:00 Wisconsin (nc) 7:35 Nye Frontier Sullivan Arena, Anchorage, AK Colorado College vs Maine (nc) 5:05 Alaska Anchorage vs Iona (nc) 8:05 S/19 Northeastern (nc) 7:00 Michigan St. Lawrence (nc) 7:00 Minnesota Providence (nc) 7:00 New Hampshire (nc) 7:00 Wisconsin (nc) 8:05 Nye Frontier Sullivan Arena, Anchorage, AK Colorado College vs Iona (nc) 4:05 Alaska Anchorage vs Maine (nc) 7:05 T/22 U. of North Dakota (x) 7:05 F/25 Michigan Tech 7:05 Colorado Minn Duluth 7:05 Minnesota St. Cloud State 7:05 Boston College (nc) 7:05 North Dakota (nc) 7:05 Denver (nc) 7:35 S/26 Michigan Tech 7:35 Colorado Minn Duluth 7:05 St. Cloud Minnesota State 7:05 Northeastern (nc) 7:05 North Dakota (nc) 7:05 Denver (nc) 7:05 NOVEMBER F/1 Wisconsin 7:05 Michigan Colorado College 7:35 Minn Alaska Anchorage 7:05 North Yale (nc) 7:00 St. Cloud State (nc) 7:05 Minnesota (nc) 7:05 Bemidji Minnesota State (nc) 7:35 S/2 Wisconsin 7:05 Minn Alaska Anchorage 7:05 North Princeton (nc) 7:00 St. Cloud State (nc) 7:05 Minnesota (nc) 7:05 Bemidji Minnesota State (nc) 7:35 S/3 Michigan Colorado College 4:05 F/8 North St. Cloud State 7:05 Minnesota State 7:35 Minnesota Denver 7:35 Alaska Colorado College 7:35 S/9 North St. Cloud State 7:05 Minnesota State 7:05 Minnesota Denver 7:05 Alaska Colorado College 7:05 F/15 Michigan Tech 7:05 Minnesota Duluth 7:05 Colorado Minnesota 7:05 St. Cloud Minnesota State 7:35 Alaska North Dakota 7:05 Sat/16 Michigan Tech 7:05 Minnesota Duluth 7:05 Colorado Minnesota 7:05 Minnesota St. Cloud State 7:05 Alaska North Dakota 7:35 F/22 St. Cloud Minnesota Duluth 7:05 Michigan Minnesota 7:05 North Dakota 7:05 Alaska Anchorage 7:05 S/23 Michigan Minnesota 7:05 Minnesota St. Cloud State 7:05 North Dakota 7:05 Alaska Anchorage 7:05 F/29 Alaska Minn Duluth 7:05 Minnesota North Dakota 7:05 Wayne Michigan Tech (nc) 7:05 College Hockey Showcase Wisconsin (nc) 7:05 Michigan Minnesota (nc) 7:05 Denver (nc) 7:35 Colorado Air Force (nc) 7:05 S/30 Alaska Minn Duluth 7:05 Minnesota North Dakota 7:05 Wayne Michigan Tech (nc) 7:05 College Hockey Showcase Michigan Wisconsin (nc) 7:05 Air Denver (nc) 7:05 Colorado College (nc) 7:05 DECEMBER S/1 College Hockey Showcase Minnesota (nc) 2:05 F/6 Wisconsin 7:05 Alaska Minnesota State 7:35 St. Cloud North Dakota 7:05 Colorado Denver 7:35 Bemidji Minn Duluth (nc) 7:05 S/7 Wisconsin 7:05 Alaska Minnesota State 7:05 St. Cloud North Dakota 7:05 Colorado College 7:05 Minn Bemidji State (nc) 7:05 M/9 Team Minnesota (x) 7:05 T/12 Team Wisconsin (x) 7:05 F/13 St. Cloud State 7:05 Colorado Minnesota State 7:35 Michigan N. Michigan (nc) 7:05 North Dakota (nc) 7:05 S/14 St. Cloud State 7:05 Colorado Minnesota State 7:05 North Dakota (nc) 7:05 Team Michigan Tech (x) 7:05 M/16 Team St. Cloud State (x) 7:05 T/17 Team Minnesota State (x) 7:35 F/20 W. Colorado College (nc) 7:35 S/21 W. Colorado College (nc) 7:05 F/27 Dodge Holiday Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis, MN Boston College vs Bowling Green (nc) 4:05 Yale vs Minnesota (nc) 7:05 American Int Minnesota State (nc) 7:35 Subway Holiday Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks, ND Bemidji State vs U. Manitoba (nc) 5:05 Brown vs North Dakota (nc) 8:05 Wells Fargo Denver Magness Arena, Denver, CO Clarkson vs New Hampshire (nc) 4:35 Miami vs Denver (nc) 7:35 S/28 Great Lakes Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI Boston Univ. vs Michigan State (nc) 4:00 Michigan vs Michigan Tech (nc) 7:30 Dodge Holiday Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis, MN TBA vs TBA (nc) 4:05 TBA vs Minnesota (nc) 7:05 Union Minn Duluth (nc) 7:05 American Int Minnesota State (nc) 7:05 Subway Holiday Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks, ND Third Place (nc) 5:05 Championship (nc) 8:05 Wells Fargo Denver Magness Arena, Denver, CO Third Place (nc) 4:05 Championship (nc) 7:05 S/29 Great Lakes Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI Third Place (nc) 1:35 Championship (nc) 5:05 Union Minn Duluth (nc) 7:05 Bank One Badger Hockey Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI Northern Michigan vs Harvard (nc) 5:05 Colgate vs Wisconsin (nc) 8:05 M/30 Bank One Badger Hockey Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI Third Place (nc) 5:05 Championship game (nc) 8:05