Western Collegiate Hockey Association MSC 8302, 2211 S. Josephine Street Denver, CO 80208-8302 303.871.4491 fax 303.871.4770 Bruce M. McLeod, Commissioner bmcleod@wcha.com Carol LaBelle-Ehrhardt Associate Commissioner of Operations clabelle@wcha.com Greg Shepherd, Supervisor of Officials gshepherdwcha@gmail.com Doug Spencer Associate Commissioner, Public Relations 608.829.0100 cell 303.475.9283 dspencer@mailbag.com Home of a Record 37 NCAA Men s Championship Teams Since 1951 1952, 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 Member Teams University of Alabama in Huntsville University of Alaska Anchorage University of Alaska Fairbanks Bemidji State University Bowling Green State University Ferris State University Lake Superior State University Michigan Technological University Minnesota State University Northern Michigan University 2014 WCHA Final Five Playoff Championship Friday, March 21 & Saturday, March 22 Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI Tickets available at the Van Andel Arena and DeVos Place Convention Center box offices, online at www.ticketmaster. com, at Ticketmaster outlets including D&W stores and select Family Fare and Walmart locations, or charge by phone at 1.800.745.3000. Visit us on the Web at: wcha.com wcha.com/mobile Watch WCHA Hockey Live & On-Demand All Season Long at America ONE Sports February 10, 2014 Five WCHA Series on Docket for Weekend of February 14-15; It s UAF at MTU, LSSU at NMU, FSU at BSU, UAH at MSU, BGSU at UAA No. 4-Ranked Bulldogs Continue Out Front in Race for League Title, MacNaughton Cup... Hold Two-Point Lead Over Mavericks with Four Weeks to Go; Surging Michigan Tech Moves Up to Third Place; Seawolves, Falcons Share Fourth; Ferris State, Minnesota State, Michigan Tech Gain Feb. 7-8 WCHA Sweeps; Alaska Anchorage Splits at Lake Superior; Top Four Regular Season Finishers to Host First Round Playoff Series; Ticket Packages for 2014 WCHA Final Five On Sale... Playoff Championship March 21-22 at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids; Latest Div. 1 Men s National Polls Have Ferris State at No. 4... Minnesota State Receives Votes; 15 Former, Current WCHA-Member Team Players at 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia; Seven League Players Nominated for 2014 Hobey Baker Memorial Award; Watch WCHA Hockey Live and On-Demand Via America ONE Sports; Video Highlights Package of Top Plays Available Wednesdays at WCHA.com; Catch This Week in the WCHA Radio Show Fridays at WCHA.com; League Teams 25-44-12 in Non-Conference Play MADISON, Wis. One month and 34 league games now remain in the 2013-14 men s Western Collegiate Hockey Association regular season and two of those final four weekends will feature all 10 member teams engaged in conference play. The first one occurs this Friday and Saturday, Feb. 14-15, and the second happens over the final weekend of March 7-8. In between, there will be three league series Feb. 21-22 and four Feb. 28-March 1. 2013-14 WCHA Men s Standings Conference Only Overall Pts GP W L T Win% GF- GA GP W L T Win% GF- GA 1 Ferris State 32 20 15-3- 2.800 70-43 29 20-6- 3.741 97-63 2 Minnesota State 30 22 15-7- 0.682 74-54 30 17-13- 0.567 92-82 3 Michigan Tech 24 22 10-8- 4.545 62-54 32 12-14- 6.469 80-77 4 Alaska Anchorage 23 22 10-9- 3.523 57-56 28 14-11- 3.554 75-73 Bowling Green 23 22 10-9- 3.523 71-55 30 13-12- 5.517 94-79 6 Alaska 20 22 9-11- 2.455 66-63 28 12-12- 4.500 87-80 Bemidji State 20 22 8-10- 4.455 59-58 30 8-15- 7.383 77-89 8 Northern Michigan 19 20 9-10- 1.475 48-52 28 11-15- 2.429 67-77 9 Lake Superior State 18 20 9-11- 0.450 54-60 28 13-14- 1.482 78-90 10 Alabama Huntsville 3 20 1-18- 1.075 21-87 30 1-28- 1.050 32-139 This Week in the WCHA con't on next page Games for Friday, February 14: Alaska at Michigan Tech (WCHA), ; Lake Superior at Northern Michigan (WCHA), ; Ferris State at Bemidji State (WCHA), 7:37 pm CT; Alabama Huntsville at Minnesota State (WCHA), 7:37 pm CT; Bowling Green at Alaska Anchorage (WCHA), 7:07 pm AT. Games for Saturday, February 15: Alaska at Michigan Tech (WCHA), ; Lake Superior at Northern Michigan (WCHA), ; Ferris State at Bemidji State (WCHA), ; Alabama Huntsville at Minnesota State (WCHA), ; Bowling Green at Alaska Anchorage (WCHA), 7:07 pm AT.
Ferris State, with 32 points in 20 league contests, continues out front this week with a two-point lead and two games in hand on pre-season WCHA favorite Minnesota State, who has 30 points in 22 games. On-coming Michigan Tech, with 24 points in 22 games, has moved up into sole possession of third place, six points back of the Mavericks, while Alaska Anchorage and Bowling Green are tied for fourth. Both the Seawolves and Falcons have 23 points in 22 games. Alaska and Bemidji State currently share sixth, each with 20 points in 22 games. Northern Michigan, in eighth with 19 points and Lake Superior State, in ninth with 18 points, both have two games in hand on Tech, Alaska Anchorage, Bowling Green, Alaska and Bemidji State. Alabama Huntsville is 10th. The top four finishers in the final regular season standings will host first round, best-of-three, WCHA playoff series, with those four winners advancing to the 2014 WCHA Final Five playoff championship, set for March 21-22 at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids. At John MacInnes Student Ice Arena (4466) in Houghton this Friday and Saturday, surging Michigan Tech (12-14-6, 10-8-4 WCHA) takes on Alaska (12-12-4, 9-11-2 WCHA) in a pair of face-offs. Winners of four straight and standing 5-1 in league play since Jan. 11, the Huskies swept the Nanooks in Fairbanks back on Nov. 29-30, winning back-to-back one-goal games, 3-2 and 2-1. Tech, seeking its first home playoff berth since 1993, stands 7-3-3 at home overall and 5-3-3 in WCHA games. Alaska has a 4-6-2 away mark both overall and in league play. Two Upper Peninsula WCHA rivals, Northern Michigan (11-15-2, 9-10-1 WCHA) and Lake Superior State (13-14-1, 9-11-0 WCHA), will compete in a key two-game set in Marquette. The only two regular season games between them this season, puck drops between the Wildcats and Lakers at Berry Events Center (4260) are set for 7:07 pm ET on both Friday and Saturday. NMU, standing 6-4-1 at home overall and 5-3-1 in WCHA play, and LSSU are currently separated by just one point and both hold two games in hand on five teams ahead of them. The Lakers, meanwhile, have been tough on the road all season long, standing 4-4 in WCHA games and 6-7-1 overall. At Sanford Center (4373) in Bemidji this coming weekend, Bemidji State looks to capitalize on the home-ice advantage against league-leading and No. 4-ranked Ferris State. The two WCHA encounters between the Beavers (8-15-7, 8-10-4 WCHA) and Bulldogs (20-6-3, 15-3-2 WCHA) will get underway at 7:37 pm CT on Friday and on Saturday. FSU swept BSU in Big Rapids in their first go-round on Nov. 8-9, winning 5-4 (ot) and 5-3 in a pair of close games. BSU is 3-8-4 at home overall and 3-5-2 in league games. Ferris State is 9-4-2 away overall 6-3-1 in the WCHA. In Mankato Friday and Saturday, Minnesota State (17-13-0, 15-7-0 WCHA) looks to keep pace with front-running FSU when the Mavericks engage Alabama Huntsville (1-28-1, 1-18-1 WCHA) at Verizon Wireless Center (4832). Game one gets underway at 7:37 pm CT while the series finale commences at. MSU, sporting a 10-1 overall and 9-1 Last Week in the WCHA Results of Friday, February 7 Northern Michigan 1 at Ferris State 7 (WCHA) Alabama Huntsville 1 at Michigan Tech 4 (WCHA) (Winter Carnival) Alaska Anchorage 3 at Lake Superior 5 (WCHA) Bemidji State 2 at Minnesota State 5 (WCHA) Results of Saturday, February 8 Alabama Huntsville 4 at Michigan Tech 10 (WCHA) (Winter Carnival) Northern Michigan 1 at Ferris State 2 (WCHA) Alaska Anchorage 5 at Lake Superior 2 (WCHA) Bemidji State 2 at Minnesota State 3 (WCHA) Upcoming in the WCHA Games for Friday, February 21 Alaska Anchorage at Ferris State (WCHA), Northern Michigan at Michigan Tech (WCHA), USA Under-18 Team at Bowling Green (EX), Lake Superior at Alabama Huntsville (WCHA), Games for Saturday, February 22 Alaska Anchorage at Ferris State (WCHA), Michigan Tech at Northern Michigan (WCHA), Lake Superior at Alabama Huntsville (WCHA), Games for Friday, February 28 Bowling Green at Northern Michigan (WCHA), Minnesota State at Lake Superior (WCHA), 7:37 pm ET Alabama Huntsville at Bemidji State (WCHA), 7:37 pm CT Ferris State at Alaska (WCHA), 7:07 pm AT Games for Saturday, March 1 Minnesota State at Lake Superior (WCHA), Bowling Green at Northern Michigan (WCHA), Alabama Huntsville at Bemidji State (WCHA), Ferris State at Alaska (WCHA), 7:07 pm AT league record on home-ice this season, won back-to-back 4-1 games from the Chargers on Dec. 13-14 in Huntsville. The Mavericks, who were the pre-season favorites of both the league s head coaches and media to win the regular season crown, are two points behind the Bulldogs while playing two more games. And up at Sullivan Arena (6251) in Anchorage this weekend, one of the biggest league series ever for Alaska Anchorage will take place as the host Seawolves (14-11-3, 10-9-3 WCHA) engage Bowling Green (13-12-5, 10-9-3 WCHA) in a pair of 7:07 pm AT puck drops. The two teams are tied for fourth place and the final home playoff berth. The Seawolves, who will be marking their final regular season home games, sport one of the best home records among conference teams, standing 10-3-1 overall and 8-3-1 in league play. The Facons, who swept UAA 6-1 and 1-0 back on Nov. 1-2 at the BGSU Ice Arena, are 5-6-3 away from home overall and an even.500 in WCHA games at 4-4-2. Alaska Anchorage, who joined the WCHA for the 1993-94 season, has never hosted a first round league playoff series. Following this week s full slate of WCHA series, there will be three two-game conference sets contested the following Friday and Saturday (Feb. 21-22). Alaska Anchorage travels to Ferris State, Michigan Tech and Northern Michigan playing a home-and-home series, and Lake Superior State heads to Alabama Huntsville. In exhibition play on that Friday, Bowling Green hosts the USA Under-18 Team. 2014 WCHA Final Five Tickets On Sale; Playoff Championship March 21-22 at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids The 2014 WCHA Final Five is heading to Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan, March 21-22 and tickets are on sale now! Three-game ticket packages, priced at $95 and $50, can be purchased at the Van Andel Arena and DeVos Place Convention Center box offices, online at www.ticketmaster.com, at Ticketmaster outlets including D&W stores and select Family Fare and Walmart locations, or can be charged by phone at 1.800.745.3000. There will be two semi-finals on Friday at 2:07 pm and with the Broadmoor Trophy championship game on Saturday evening at. For more information, please visit wcha.com.
Watch WCHA Game Action Live and On Demand Via America ONE Sports Visit wcha.com, americaonesports.com The men s Western Collegiate Hockey Association announced at the start of the 2013-14 campaign an exciting new partnership with America ONE Sports and its first-ever conference-wide broadband initiative. WCHATV powered by America ONE Sports enables fans from Bowling Green to Fairbanks and Huntsville to Houghton to watch every home game of the regular season live and on-demand, including all 140 conference match-ups. Fans can access member team home games via portals at WCHA.com, americaonesports.com, and through the official websites of all WCHA member men s teams. Most games are also available in High Definition. Subscribers can access games through traditional web browsers on PC and MAC computers and ios and Android devices. Requirements for viewing games are available at the America ONE test site at: http:// support.americaone.com/index.php?/troubleshooter/step/view/1. Each live event may be viewed beginning 10 minutes prior to start time and all events are in Eastern Standard Time (EST). Fans can buy any of three pass levels Day Pass, Monthly Pass or Full Season Pass (see special Full Season Pass offer below) for either mobile or PC/MAC devices. All passes include on-demand viewing. Any pass purchased will allow fans to watch all WCHA events played in WCHA venues during that time period. Only live events can be viewed on mobile devices. For each game sold on a pay-per-view/pass system basis to individual users throughout the season, the price structure for the regular season is as follows: a. Day Pass 24 hours (Noon ET of the day purchased to Noon ET of the next day): $8 per pass plus a $1 daily option for mobile delivery. Day Pass makes available all games from any given night and comes with on-demand from the previous 24 hours. b. Monthly Pass viewing for 30 days from day of purchase: $45 per pass plus a $1 daily option for mobile delivery. Monthly or Season Passes comes with on-demand access for previous 30 days events. c. Full Season Pass $150 per pass plus a $1 daily option for mobile delivery. Monthly or Season Passes makes available on-demand games from the previous 30 days. America ONE Sports is a world leader in LIVE Broadband Sports, bringing fans more than 5,500 live and exclusive events per year from over 100 colleges across the United States, and live professional sports including hockey, football and soccer from 70 teams and hundreds of pro leagues from Asia and Europe. America ONE Sports is owned and operated by ONE Media Corp., a privately owned company based in Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX. The company also owns and operates ONE World Sports, a sports network delivering exclusive world-class sports live from around the globe; ONE CONNXT, a global HD/SD broadcast video transport technology and services solution; America ONE Television, a general entertainment and sports broadcast television network. For more information, visit: WCHA www.wcha.com; America ONE Sports http://www.americaonesports.com; WCHA on America ONE Sports http://www.americaonesports.com/package_wcha.asp. Visit WCHA.com, WCHA.com/mobile for Live Game-Day Scoreboards, In- Game Stats, Game Stories, Box Scores The WCHA s official web site wcha.com also features fully functional mobile pages at wcha.com/mobile where visitors can access live league and national scoreboards, live in-game box scores and statistics, complete team and individual statistics, league standings, etc. Catch This Week in the WCHA Radio Show Each Friday at WCHA.com This Week in the WCHA, college hockey s longest running weekly radio show, marks its 17th consecutive season in 2013-14. This Week in the WCHA is available each Friday throughout the season at wcha. com as well as to interested media outlets via 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 highlights from live game broadcasts, post-game sound clips, league news, and a look at upcoming games. To get on the distribution list for This Week in the WCHA please contact: Kevin Falness, Minnesota Wild Radio Network (kfalness@ wild.com or 651 755-5161). Video Highlights Package of Top Plays Available on Wednesday s at WCHA.com A weekly men s video highlights package of top plays is now available at WCHA.com on Wednesday afternoons throughout the remainder of the season. In the WCHA Last Week The most recent weekend of Friday and Saturday, Feb. 7-8, saw three league teams Ferris State, Minnesota State and Michigan all sweep their respective WCHA series at home and one other result in a split. The FSU Bulldogs, who maintained their two-point lead in the race for the conference championship and MacNaughton Cup with a 7-1, 2-1 sweep of Northern Michigan, improved to 10-1-1 at home overall and remained unbeaten in conference home games at 9-0-1. The MSU Mavericks boosted their home-ice mark to 11-1-0 overall and 9-1 in the WCHA after 5-2 and 3-2 victories over Bemidji State. The four points kept Minnesota State, winners of three straight, within two points of first place. The MTU Huskies, meanwhile, pushed their winning streak to four games with 4-1 and 10-4 wins over visiting Alabama Huntsville. With 10 points gained and a 5-1 mark in their last six league encounters, Michigan Tech has moved up into third place in the league race while improving to 7-3-3 at home overall and 5-3-3 in WCHA games. And up in Sault Ste. Marie last weekend, host Lake Superior State traded victories with Alaska Anchorage. The Lakers won 5-3 last Friday before the Seawolves came back to notch a 5-2 road win on Saturday. The Conference Race Each WCHA-member men s team plays a 28 league games in 2013-14. Through games of Feb. 9, 106 of the 140 regular season WCHA match ups, or 75.7%, have been completed. Ferris State, leading the league race since Nov. 11, stands 15-3-2 with 32 points. FSU continues to hold a two-point advantage and two games in hand in the race for the league title over second place and pre-season favorite Minnesota State. The Mavericks are 15-7-0 with 30 points in 22 games. Taking over third place this week is Michigan Tech. The Huskies, who stand 10-8-4 in the WCHA after four straight league wins and a 5-1 mark over their last six, have earned 24 points in 22 games. Two teams Alaska Anchorage and Bowling Green are just one point back of the Huskies in fourth. The Seawolves, who are 5-2-1 over their last eight league games, and Falcons are an identical 10-9-3 with 23 points in 22 WCHA contests. There is also a two-way tie for sixth place this week between Alaska
and Bemidji State. The Nanooks, 9-11-2 in the WCHA, and the Beavers, 8-10-4 in the WCHA, both have 20 points in 22 games. They are both three points back of fourth. Northern Michigan is in eighth place with a 9-10-1 league record at 19 points in 20 games, followed by Lake Superior State in ninth at 9-11-0 with 18 points. Both the Wildcats and Lakers have games in hand on the five clubs directly in front of them. In 10th place is Alabama Huntsville. Seven conference teams are averaging at least one point per WCHA outing. Ferris State is averaging 1.6 points per league game, Minnesota State is at 1.36, Michigan Tech is at 1.09, and Alaska Anchorage and Bowling Green are both at 1.045. Heading into the final four weeks of the regular season, 39 of the 106 league games played thru Feb. 9, or 36.8%, have been decided by one goal. Nineteen (19) other games have ended in two-goal differentials, and 11 league match ups have concluded as ties. Remaining WCHA Games by Team Alabama Huntsville (8 games/4 home, 4 away): Feb. 14 at Minnesota State; Feb. 15 at Minnesota State; Feb. 21 vs LAKE SUPERIOR; Feb. 22 vs LAKE SUPERIOR; Feb. 28 at Bemidji State; March 1 at Bemidji State; March 7 vs NORTHERN MICHIGAN; March 8 NORTHERN MICHIGAN. Alaska Anchorage (6 games/2 home, 4 away): Feb. 14 vs BOWLING GREEN; Feb. 15 vs BOWLING GREEN; Feb. 21 at Ferris State; Feb. 22 at Ferris State; March 7 at Alaska; March 8 at Alaska. Alaska (6 games/4 home, 2 away): Feb. 14 at Michigan Tech; Feb. 15 at Michigan Tech; Feb 28 vs FERRIS STATE; March 1 vs FERRIS STATE; March 7 vs ALASKA ANCHORAGE; March 8 vs ALASKA ANCHORAGE. Bemidji State (6 games/4 home, 2 away): Feb 14 vs FERRIS STATE; Feb. 15 vs FERRIS STATE; Feb. 28 vs ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE; March 1 vs ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE; March 7 at Bowling Green; March 8 at Bowling Green. Bowling Green (6 games/2 home, 4 away): Feb. 14 at Alaska Anchorage; Feb. 15 at Alaska Anchorage; Feb. 28 at Northern Michigan; March 1 at Northern Michigan; March 7 vs BEMIDJI STATE; March 8 vs BEMIDJI STATE. Ferris State (8 games/4 home, 4 away): Feb. 14 at Bemidji State; Feb. 15 at Bemidji State; Feb. 21 vs ALASKA ANCHORAGE; Feb. 22 vs ALASKA ANCHORAGE; Feb. 28 at Alaska; March 1 at Alaska; March 7 vs LAKE SUPERIOR; March 8 vs LAKE SUPERIOR. Lake Superior State (8 games/2 home, 6 away): Feb. 14 at Northern Michigan; Feb. 15 at Northern Michigan; Feb. 21 at Alabama Huntsville; Feb. 22 at Alabama Huntsville; Feb. 28 vs MINNESOTA STATE; March 1 vs MINNESOTA STATE; March 7 at Ferris State; March 8 at Ferris State. Michigan Tech (6 games/3 home, 3 away): Feb. 14 vs ALASKA; Feb. 15 vs ALASKA; Feb. 21 vs NORTHERN MICHIGAN; Feb. 22 at Northern Michigan; March 7 at Minnesota State; March 8 at Minnesota State. Minnesota State (6 games/4 home, 2 away): Feb. 14 vs ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE; Feb. 15 vs ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE; Feb. 28 at Lake Superior; March 1 at Lake Superior; March 7 vs MICHIGAN TECH; March 8 vs MICHIGAN TECH. Northern Michigan (8 games/5 home, 3 away): Feb. 14 vs LAKE SUPERIOR; Feb. 15 vs LAKE SUPERIOR; Feb. 21 at Michigan Tech; Feb. 22 vs MICHIGAN TECH; Feb. 28 vs BOWLING GREEN; March 1 vs BOWLING GREEN; March 7 at Alabama Huntsville; March 8 at Alabama Huntsville. WCHA Team Home and Away Records Alabama Huntsville: Home Overall 0-11-1. Home WCHA: 0-9-1. Away Overall: 1-16-0. Away WCHA: 1-9-0. Neutral: 0-1-0. Alaska Anchorage: Home Overall: 10-3-1. Home WCHA: 8-3-1. Away Overall: 3-7-2. Away WCHA: 2-6-2. Neutral: 1-1-0. Alaska: Home Overall: 7-5-2. Home WCHA: 5-5-0. Away Overall: 4-6-2. Away WCHA: 4-6-2. Neutral: 1-1-0. Bemidji State: Home Overall: 3-8-4. Home WCHA: 3-5-2. Away Overall: 5-7-3. Away WCHA: 5-5-2. Neutral: 0-0-0. Bowling Green: Home Overall: 8-5-2. Home WCHA: 6-5-1. Away Overall: 5-6-3. Away WCHA: 4-4-2. Neutral: 0-1-0. Ferris State: Home Overall: 10-1-1. Home WCHA: 9-0-1. Away Overall: 9-4-2. Away WCHA: 6-3-1. Neutral: 1-1-0. Lake Superior State: Home Overall: 7-7-0, Home WCHA: 5-7-0. Away Overall: 6-7-1. Away WCHA: 4-4-0. Neutral: 0-0-0. Michigan Tech: Home Overall: 7-3-3. Home WCHA: 5-3-3. Away Overall: 5-10-2. Away WCHA: 5-5-1. Neutral: 0-1-1. Minnesota State: Home Overall: 11-1-0. Home WCHA: 9-1-0. Away Overall: 6-10-0. Away WCHA: 6-6-0. Neutral: 0-2-0. Northern Michigan: Home Overall: 6-4-1. Home WCHA: 5-3-1. Away Overall: 5-11-1. Away WCHA: 4-7-0. Neutral: 0-0-0. WCHA Teams in Non-Conference Play In non-conference match ups this 2013-14 season, Western Collegiate Hockey Association men s member teams are a combined 25-44-12 (.383) through a total of 81 games. Sixteen (16) of the 44 defeats, or 36.4%, have come by a single goal while 30 of the 44 losses, or 68.2%, have come on the road. At home, WCHA teams have a.635 winning percentage in non-conference match ups at 14-7-5. On the road, they are 7-30-6, while on neutral ice they are 4-7-1. WCHA member teams are 9-0-1 (.950) vs the Atlantic Hockey Association, 5-13-3 (.310) vs the Big 10 Conference, 7-5-2 (.571) vs ECAC Hockey, 0-12-0 (.000) vs the Hockey East Association, and 4-14-6 (.292) vs the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. Member Team Non-Conference Records 2013-14 non-conference records for WCHA-member teams, in order of winning percentage, are as follows: Alaska Anchorage (4-2-0,.667) Alaska (3-1-2,.667) Ferris State (5-3-1,.611) Lake Superior State (4-3-1,.563) Bowling Green (3-3-2,.500) Northern Michigan (2-5-1,.3125) Michigan Tech (2-6-2,.300) Minnesota State (2-6-0,.250) Bemidji State (0-5-3,.1875) Alabama Huntsville (0-10-0,.000).
This Week in the National Polls USCHO.com Division 1 Men s Poll Minneapolis, Minn./February 10, 2014 Rk Team (First Place) Record Pts Last Wk 1 Boston College (47) 21-4-3 997 2 2 Minnesota (3) 19-4-5 917 1 3 Union College 19-6-3 889 4 4 Ferris State 20-6-3 817 5 Quinnipiac 20-5-5 817 3 6 St. Cloud State 15-6-5 746 6 7 Massachusetts-Lowell 19-7-3 715 7 8 Wisconsin 16-8-2 646 12 9 Providence 15-7-5 618 8 10 Michigan 14-7-3 509 10 11 Cornell 12-5-5 493 9 12 Northeastern 16-9-3 474 11 13 Yale 12-7-4 344 13 14 Clarkson 17-11-2 267 14 15 Vermont 15-9-3 262 19 16 Minnesota-Duluth 13-9-4 254 17 17 North Dakota 14-9-3 209 16 18 Denver 13-9-6 201 15 19 Colgate 14-11-3 105 NR 20 Notre Dame 16-12-1 92 18 others receiving votes: Maine 64, Western Michigan 25, Minnesota State 15, Ohio State 14, Air Force 8, Nebraska-Omaha 1, New Hampshire 1. USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men s Division 1 College Hockey Poll February 10, 2014 Rk School, Points (First Place) Last Week Record Top 15 1 Boston College, 509 (33) 2 21-4-3 18 2 Minnesota, 455 (1) 1 19-4-5 18 3 Union College, 407 6 19-6-3 12 4 Ferris State, 402 4 20-6-3 12 5 Quinnipiac, 375 3 20-5-5 18 6 St. Cloud State, 353 5 15-6-5 18 7 UMass Lowell, 298 7 19-7-3 17 8 Wisconsin, 280 12 16-8-2 17 9 Providence College, 244 9 15-7-5 18 10 Cornell, 187 8 12-5-5 12 11 Michigan, 177 10 14-7-3 18 12 Northeastern, 158 11 16-9-3 5 13 Yale, 79 13 12-7-4 18 14 Vermont, 41 RV 15-9-3 1 15 Clarkson, 34 14 17-11-2 13 others receiving votes: Minnesota Duluth, 33; Denver, 25; North Dakota, 9; Colgate, 5; Minnesota State, 3; Maine, 3; Notre Dame, 2; Air Force Academy, 1. Fan Balloting Open for 2014 Hobey Baker Memorial Award; Seven Nominees from WCHA-Member Teams St. Paul, Minn. As college hockey continues on through the second half of the season, fans of the collegiate game can help determine the winner of the 2014 Hobey Baker Award. Awarded annually to college hockey s top player, the Hobey Baker s highly popular fan-voting phase opened on January 14. Visit the Hobey Baker website at www.hobeybakeraward.com. Click on the Vote for Hobey icon and follow the prompts to make your selection from this year s outstanding crop of college hockey players. Please spend some additional time to check out the redesigned website. There are seven nominees for the 2014 Hobey Baker Memorial Award from WCHA-member teams. They are Alaska s Cody Kunyk (F), Bowling Green s Dan DeSalvo (F) and Bryce Williamson (F), Ferris State s CJ Motte (G) and Garrett Thompson (F), and Minnesota State s Jean-Paul Lafontaine (F) and Matt Leitner (F), This first phase of fan balloting will run now through March 9. Phase two of fan balloting will begin on March 20 from the list of Top Ten Hobey Baker finalists. The fans vote accounts for a full 1 percent of the total ballot in each phase in selecting this year s award recipient. Award criteria include candidates emulating the exceptional character traits exhibited by the award s namesake, Hobey Baker. A legendary American hero, Baker was a World War I fighter pilot and was known as America s greatest amateur athlete in his day, excelling at hockey and football at Princeton University. Award candidates must demonstrate strength of character both on and off the ice, contribute to the integrity of his team and display outstanding skills in all phases of the game. Consideration should be given to scholastic achievement and sportsmanship. Key Hobey Baker announcement dates for 2014 include: Top Ten list of candidates = March 20; Hobey Hat Trick of three finalists = April 2; Hobey Baker Award announcement = April 11. The 2014 Hobey Baker Award winner will be announced from a field of three Hobey Hat Trick finalists on Friday, April 11, 2014 during the NCAA Frozen Four Championships in Philadelphia, PA. The 34th annual award announcement honoring college hockey s top player will be televised live. For more info on the Hobey Baker Award or to access the Hobey logo, please visit www.hobeybakeraward.com. Courtesy of USA Hockey, Inc. 12 Former WCHA Players Named to U.S. Men s Olympic Hockey Team Roster for Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia Former SCSU Player Andreas Nodl Named to Austrian Team ANN ARBOR, Mich. USA Hockey announced on Jan. 1 the 25 players that will make up its 2014 U.S. Olympic Men s Ice Hockey Team as part of the festivities at the 2014 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic. The announcement was made at Michigan Stadium before a world-record crowd and also broadcast live on NBC Sports in the United States. Twelve (12) of those players previously competed for WCHA-member teams. The roster includes 13 Olympians, a stark contrast to four years ago when the silver medal-winning 2010 U.S. Olympic Men s Ice Hockey Team featured just three players with Olympic experience. Among those selected with an Olympic pedigree are goaltenders Ryan Miller (East Lansing, Mich./Buffalo Sabres), who was the MVP of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games hockey tournament and Patrick Kane (Buffalo, N.Y./Chicago Blackhawks), the reigning Conn Smythe Trophy winner who is currently second in the NHL scoring race with 23-30=53. Former Western Collegiate Hockey Association member team players named to the 2014 U.S. Men s Olympic Hockey Team roster were: David Backes, F, St. Louis Blues (Minnesota State Univ.), Justin Faulk, D, Carolina Hurricanes (Univ. of Minnesota Duluth), Phil Kessel, F, Toronto Maple Leafs (Univ. of Minnesota), Paul Martin, D, Pittsburgh Penguins (Univ. of Minnesota), Ryan McDonagh, D, New York Rangers (Univ. of Wisconsin), T.J. Oshie, F, St. Louis Blues (Univ. of North Dakota), Zach Parise, F, Minnesota Wild (Univ. of North Dakota), Joe Pavelski, F, San Jose Sharks (Univ. of Wisconsin), Paul Stastny, F, Colorado Avalanche (Univ. of Denver), Derek Stepan, F, New York Rangers (Univ. of Wisconsin),
Ryan Suter, D, Minnesota Wild (Univ. of Wisconsin) and Blake Wheeler, F, Winnipeg Jets (Univ. of Minnesota). Named to the Austria s men s Olympic ice hockey team was former St. Cloud State forward Andreas Nodl. Also of note, two of Team USA s assistant coaches played in the WCHA in Tony Granato (Univ. of Wisconsin) and Todd Richards (Univ. of Minnesota). We went through a very thorough process to get to today and could not be happier with the team we ve selected, said David Poile, general manager of the 2014 U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team and also the GM and president of hockey operations for the NHL s Nashville Predators. We're fortunate to have probably the deepest talent pool we've ever had in our country and that made for some very difficult decisions. In the end, however, we're confident we've selected a group of players that puts us in the best position to have success in Sochi. We appreciate the work done by David (Poile) and all those involved in putting this roster together, said Dave Ogrean, executive director of USA Hockey. We look forward to what will be a great Olympics in Sochi, where hockey will be at the center of attention. Along with Miller and Kane, eight other forwards, two defensemen and one additional goaltender with Olympic experience punctuate the roster, highlighted by defenseman Ryan Suter (Madison, Wis./ Minnesota Wild), who is logging an NHL-best 29:40 of ice time per game and was a Norris Trophy finalist last season, and Jonathan Quick (Milford, Conn./L.A. Kings), who earned the 2012 Conn Smythe Trophy after helping the L.A. Kings to the Stanley Cup title. The 25 players selected are, on average, 6-1, 203 pounds and 27 years old. The selection of the U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team is subject to the approval of the United States Olympic Committee's Game Preparation Division. Notes: Team USA s roster includes 14 forwards, eight defensemen and three goaltenders. Ryan Miller is the oldest player on Team USA at age 33 (Brooks Orpik is also 33, but two months younger), while Justin Faulk, at 21, is the youngest. The average age of Team USA by position is 29.7 for goaltenders; 25.9 for defensemen and 27.0 for forwards. The average age of the 2010 U.S. Olympic Men s Ice Hockey Team was 26.5 U.S. General Manager David Poile established five players as the leadership group of the 2014 U.S. Olympic Men s Ice Hockey Team, including David Backes, Dustin Brown, Ryan Callahan, Zach Parise and Ryan Suter Team USA s captain and alternate captains will be formalized at a later date All 25 members of Team USA, who represent 17 NHL teams, participated in USA Hockey s Men's National Team Camp held in August at the Kettler Capitals Iceplex. The New York Rangers and St. Louis Blues each have three players on Team USA to lead the way The U.S. roster includes 15 first-round NHL draft picks, six second-round picks, as well as one third, fourth, fifth and seventh round choice. Patrick Kane is the highest pick, as he was taken first overall in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks, while Joe Pavelski is the lowest pick, taken 205th overall in the seventh round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the San Jose Sharks All 25 players have worn the U.S. sweater in international competition at some level. Cumulatively, U.S. players have competed in 632 international games and captured 38 medals. A total of 11 players have won gold medals (Howard, Carlson, Faulk, Fowler, Suter, Kane, Kesler, Kessel, Parise, Stepan, van Riemsdyk) Ryan Suter has played the most games in international competition at 64, with Phil Kessel (53 games) and Dustin Brown (52 games) not far behind Twenty players have U.S. college hockey experience, with University of Wisconsin leading the way with four players and University of Minnesota with three players Nine players have competed for USA Hockey s National Team Development Program (Faulk, Fowler, Howard, Kane, Kesler, Kessel, Shattenkirk, Suter, van Riemsdyk) Ryan Suter s father Bob played on the 1980 Miracle on Ice Team, while his uncle Gary played on the 2002 U.S. Olympic Men s Ice Hockey Team Dan Bylsma, coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins, is the head coach of the 2014 U.S. Olympic Men s Ice Hockey Team, with Peter Laviolette, Todd Richards, head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets, and Tony Granato, assistant coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins, serving as assistant coaches. BGSU s Ralfs Freibergs Playing for Latvia in 2014 Winter Olympics In Sochi The 2014 Latvia Olympic men s hockey team announced on Jan. 7 that current Bowling Green State University hockey player Ralfs Freibergs will join the roster for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. A 5-11, 191-pound native of Riga, Latvia, Freibergs has played in all 24 games during the 2013-14 season with the Orange and Brown. He leads all Falcon defensemen with 16 points (1g, 15a) and owns a +3 on-ice rating. The left-handed sophomore joined the Falcon family last season, averaging nearly a point-a-game in eight appearances. Freibergs is expected to miss two regular season games for Bowling Green and an exhibition matchup with the U.S. National Development Team (Feb. 2-20) during his stint with the Latvia Olympic ice hockey team. We re very happy and proud for Ralfs, Falcons head coach Chris Bergeron said. It s great to have one of our players in the Olympics and representing his country. Freibergs is no stranger to international play, as the Latvian defenseman played in the 2013 IIHF World Championships held in Stockholm, Sweden, and Helsinki, Finland, between May 3-19. The Latvian hockey team went 2-4-1 and Freibergs played in all seven games, tallying one assist and three shots on goal. Former Ferris State Standout Chris Kunitz Named to Canada s 2014 Winter Olympics Team Big Rapids, Mich. Ferris State University and the Bulldog men s ice hockey program will be represented in the 2014 Winter Olympic Games as former FSU standout Chris Kunitz (Regina, Sask.) of the Pittsburgh Penguins was named to the official 25-man team roster for defending gold medal champion Canada on January 7. The 2014 Winter Olympics will take place Feb. 8-23 in Sochi, Russia, at the Bolshoy Ice Dome and Shayba Arena. A total of 14 countries will compete for Olympic Gold. In Sochi, Canada will be slotted in Group B along with Austria, Norway and Finland. Canada s first game is on Feb. 13 against Norway. The Canadians then play Austria on Feb. 14, followed by their group-stage finale against Finland on Feb. 16. Each game begins at 9 pm Sochi time (12 noon ET). The quarterfinals are scheduled for Feb. 19, with the semifinals on Feb. 21 and the gold-medal game on Feb. 23. Kunitz was among two current members of the NHL s Pittsburgh Penguins chosen to the Olympic team along with linemate Sidney Crosby, whose Golden Goal at the 2010 Vancounver Games powered Canada to the gold medal in the final against the U.S. Previously, Kunitz was a member of Canada s squad that won a silver medal at the 2008 World Championships. A member of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Kunitz has 47 points (23g, 24a) in 44 outings to date He also has four game-winning goals and 11 power-play markers while establishing a +22 plus/minus rating. He s currently sixth in the NHL in both points and goal scoring this season along with second in power-play goals and plus/minus rating. A year ago, Kunitz claimed NHL First-Team All-Star recognition for the first time in his professional career, leading the team in goals (22)
and PPGs (t-9), while placing second in points (52), plus/minus rating (+30) and GWGs (t-5). As a collegian at Ferris State, Kunitz excelled during his 2002-03 senior season by garnering AHCA All-America First Team honors and was among the three finalists for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award. A two-time (2001-02, 2002-03) CCHA First Team pick, Kunitz became the first Bulldog skater to earn CCHA Player of the Year honors after leading the league in points, goals, assists, and plus/minus in 2002-03. Kunitz concluded his stellar career ranking tied for sixth in career points (175), second in goals (99) and 18th in assists (76) in 152 contests. Kunitz was also recognized as the male student-athlete recipient of the 2002-03 Bulldog of the Year Award, presented annually to the most outstanding FSU student-athlete. 2014 WCHA First Round Playoffs, 2014 WCHA Final Five, 2014 NCAA Men s Division 1 Tournament Information The first round of men s WCHA playoffs will be contested the weekend of March 14-16, four best-of-three series that feature the top eight finishers in regular season competition. The No. 1 seeded team will host the No. 8 seed, No. 2 will host No. 7, the No. 3 seed will host No. 6, and the No. 4 seed will host No. 5. Following the first round, the four winning teams will advance to the 2014 WCHA Final Five, set for Friday and Saturday, March 21 and 22, at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, MI. The two semi-final match ups on Friday will have the No. 3 seed vs the No. 2 seed at 2:07 pm ET and the No. 4 seed vs the No. 1 seed at. On Saturday, the Broadmoor Trophy championship game will face-off at 7:07 pm ET, with the winner receiving an automatic bid to the NCAA tourney. The 2014 NCAA Men s Division 1 Ice Hockey Championship tournament will open the weekend of March 28-30 with four regionals. On Friday and Saturday, the East Regional will be held at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, CT while the Midwest Regional will be played at US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, OH. On Saturday and Sunday, the NCAA Northeast Regional will be held at DCU Center in Worcester, MA and the West Regional will be at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN. The four regional winners will then advance to the 2014 NCAA Men s Frozen Four (national championship), to be played Thursday, April 10 and Saturday, April 12 at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA. Historic MacNaughton Cup Awarded to WCHA Men s Regular Season Champion Dating back 100 years to its original purchase in 1913, handcrafted of pure silver, standing three-feet high, and weighing more than 40 pounds, the MacNaughton Cup is the shining symbol of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and of its long-time standing as one of college hockey s premier conferences since 1951. It is college hockey s oldest and most valuable trophy. The MacNaughton Cup is awarded annually to the winner of the regular season championship, and as a traveling trophy, is on display throughout the course of each season at the home of the previous year s winner. Beginning in 2005-06, the WCHA also began awarding a smaller silver replica MacNaughton Cup to the regular season champion(s) each season. The MacNaughton Cup has traveled a long and winding road since its initial purchase in 1913 by the Calumet (Michigan) and Hecla Mining Company, but officially settled into a home with the original WCHA (MCHL/WIHL) in 1951. In 1913, James MacNaughton, then president of Calumet and Hecla, Inc., and an avid supporter of amateur ice hockey, authorized the president of the American Amateur Hockey Association to purchase a cup (he said the price didn t matter) and present it to the Association s championship team at the end of the season. The first winner was a team from the Cleveland (Ohio) Athletic Club. The MacNaughton Cup remained with the AAHA until it ceased operations in 1920. From 1921 to 1950, the Cup was fought for by semi-pro and intermediate hockey aggregations in Michigan s Copper Country. In 1951, the cup was donated by Calumet and Hecla, Inc., through the generosity of Mr. & Mrs. Endicott R. Lovell, to the newly-founded Midwest Collegiate Hockey League, forerunner of the WCHA. Lovell, president of the company at that time and the son-in-law of James MacNaughton, was also a ardent supporter of amateur hockey. The MCHL chose in the original spirit to award the trophy to its regular season champion. The MacNaughton Cup remained a part of the MCHL/WIHL until the league disbanded in March of 1958 for one year. In 1959-60, the seven original teams resumed formal competition under the name Western Collegiate Hockey Association. The MacNaughton Cup has gone to the league s regular season winner on all but seven occasions since 1951. From 1962-65, the MacNaughton Cup was presented to the league playoff winner. In 1981-82, 1982-83 and 1983-84, the trophy left the league with Cup custodian Michigan Tech and was presented to the champion of the CCHA. Broadmoor Trophy Awarded to WCHA Playoff/Final Five Champion The second of the WCHA s two major championship trophies for men s competition is the Broadmoor Trophy, which has been awarded annually since 1985 to the winner of the conference s post-season championship tournament. The history of the Broadmoor Trophy dates to 1981, when it was first presented to the conference by the world-renowned Broadmoor Hotel and Resort Complex of Colorado Springs, Colo. For the first three seasons of its partnership with the WCHA (1981-1984) and due to the departure of league member and MacNaughton Cup (regular season championship trophy) custodian Michigan Tech to the CCHA the Broadmoor Trophy was presented to the Association s regular season champion. But when the Huskies returned to the WCHA in 1984 with the MacNaughton Cup in hand the Broadmoor Trophy became, and has remained since, the symbol of the league s post-season tournament championship. In March of 2010, in conjunction with the annual WCHA Final Five, the Association unveiled a striking new Broadmoor Trophy. The new bronze cast trophy, created by Blue Ribbon Trophies & Awards of Colorado Springs, Colo., is a recreation of the famous Broadmoor Hotel. Long an ardent supporter of college hockey, the Broadmoor Hotel included the former Broadmoor World Arena, which hosted the NCAA Ice Hockey Championship a total of 11 times between 1948 and 1969. There are a total of three Broadmoor trophies. The largest has been on display in recent years at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul in conjunction with the WCHA Final Five, one is a traveling trophy, and one is awarded to the winning team each year as a permanent addition to their display case.
2014 WCHA Final Five Tickets On Sale Now! March 21-22 Van Andel Arena Grand Rapids, Michigan Download a 2014 WCHA Final Five Fan Guide at: www.wcha.com/men/tourney/index.php Celebrate College Hockey at the WCHA Kick- Off Event Thursday, March 20; Exercise Your Pipes at the WCHA The Voice Contest and Earn a Chance to Sing Live at the Final Five; Championship Saturday Events Include Pre-Game 'Sports Madness' Tailgate Party at the B.O.B., USA Hockey Coaching Workshop, WCHA Youth Hockey Shootout Competition; Free Shuttles Available from Fan Hotels to Van Andel Arena Three-game, all tournament ticket packages for the 2014 WCHA Final Five championship, to be contested March 21-22 at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Mich., are on sale now. All tournament ticket packages are $95 and $50 and can be purchased at the Van Andel Arena and DeVos Place Convention Center box offices, online at www.ticketmaster.com, at Ticketmaster outlets including D&W stores and select Family Fare and Walmart locations, or can be charged by phone at 1.800.745.3000. Groups of 10+, who save $5 per ticket, can reserve tickets by phoning Rebecca Chesnut at 616.742.6185 or via e-mail to: groupsales@smggr.com. Single game tickets, if available, will go on sale March 10. Ticket prices for individual games are: Semifinal Game 1 $35 and $18; Semifinal Game 2: $35 and $18; Championship Game 3: $40 and $25. The schedule for the 2014 WCHA Final Five includes two semi-final match ups on Friday, March 21 at 2:07 and, followed by the Broadmoor Trophy championship on Saturday, March 22 at. The Final Five field will consist of the four winning teams from the first round of WCHA Playoffs. The Final Five winner receives the Broadmoor Trophy and the league s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The WCHA, in it 62nd season of competition and home to a record 37 NCAA championship teams, a record 16 Hobey Baker Memorial Award winners and more than 350 All-Americans and 450 NHL alums, is staging it s playoff championship in Grand Rapids for the first time. Join Us on Thursday (March 20) for the WCHA Kick-Off Event and WCHA The Voice; Bring Family and Friends for an Evening of Fun, Food, Music and Games! Free Shuttles Available from Fan Hotels Fans are encouraged to arrive in town on Thursday and celebrate the WCHA Final Five and college hockey with music, interactive games, food, beverages and more at the WCHA Kick-Off Event on March 20 from 4:00 to 8:00 pm at the Deltaplex Arena & Convention Center, 2500 Turner Avenue, Grand Rapids, MI 49544. The WCHA Kick-Off Event is free and open to the public and is sponsored by The Deltaplex Arena, Holiday Inn Express North, Riverfront Hotel, SpringHill Suites North, Hampton Inn North and Experience Grand Rapids. There will also be free shuttles available from fan hotels to take folks to and from the event. The WCHA Kick-Off event will include the WCHA The Voice contest, where fans can exercise their pipes and where the winner will get a chance to sing live at the Final Five at Van Andel Arena, food trucks, live music, beverages and award-winning craft beer from locally-owned breweries, a man cave area for all to relax and watch live sporting events, the historic Broadmoor Trophy, awarded to the Final Five champion, and local celebrities. Final Five Championship Saturday Includes Pre-Game 'Sports Madness' Tailgate Party at the Renowned B.O.B., USA Hockey Coaching Workshop, WCHA Youth Hockey Shootout Competition; Free Shuttles Available from Fan Hotels to Van Andel Arena On Saturday (March 22) at the Final Five, fans and visitors can also take part in a host of fun activities centered around the championship and located in the Van Andel Arena area. Free shuttles will be available on Saturday to take folks from fan hotels to the arena. From 2:00 to 6:00 pm, everyone is invited to a pre-championship
2013-14 WCHA Players of the Week WCHA Offensive Player of the Week Date Player, Position, Year, Team (Opponent) Oct. 15 Jordan Kwas, F, Sr., Alaska Anchorage (vs Quinnipiac/Air Force) Oct. 22 Bryce Williamson, F, Sr., Bowling Green (vs Ohio State, Colgate) Oct. 29 Markus Gerbrandt, F, So., Bemidji State (@ Alabama Huntsville) Nov. 5 Dan DeSalvo, F, Jr., Bowling Green (@ OSU, vs Alaska Anchorage) Nov. 12 Alex Petan, F, So., Michigan Tech (vs Michigan State) Nov. 19 Scott Allen, F, Jr., Alaska Anchorage (@ Bemidji State) Nov. 26 Mark Cooper, F, So., Bowling Green (vs Minnesota State) Dec. 3 Jean-Paul Lafontaine, F, Jr., Minnesota State (Alaska Anchorage) Dec. 10 Matt Robertson, F, So., Ferris State (@ Lake Superior State) Dec. 17 Jean-Paul Lafontaine, F, Jr., Minnesota State (@ Alabama Huntsville) Dec. 31 Alex Petan, F, So., Michigan Tech (vs Michigan State, W. Michigan) Jan. 7 Colton Beck, F, Sr., Alaska (vs Minnesota State) Jan. 14 Cory Ward, F, So, Bemidji State (@ Lake Superior) Jan. 21 Johnny McInnis, F, Sr., Minnesota State (vs Ferris State) Jan. 28 Mark Cooper, F, So., Bowling Green (vs Lake Superior State) Feb. 4 David Johnstone, F, Jr., Michigan Tech (@ Bowling Green) Sports Madness indoor tailgating event at the renowned B.O.B. (Big Old Building) in downtown Grand Rapids, located directly across the street from Van Andel Arena. A landmark destination, the 70,000-square-foot, four-story, red brick building includes numerous restaurants, shops and a comedy club. Sports Madness will feature tailgating food, games, beverages, prizes and more. We ll also have live sporting events running on multiple big-screen TVs and pool and foosball tournaments. There will be a WCHA Youth Hockey Shootout Competition held on Saturday afternoon at the Final Five, with full details on the event coming soon. And on Saturday morning from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm, USA Hockey will host a High Performance Workshop for youth coaches in the Kent Room (second floor) of the Marriott Courtyard Downtown, 11 Monroe Avenue, Grand Rapids 49503. The workshop will feature specific player and coach development subjects and an on-ice simulated practice to highlight effective organization and teaching methods. Interested coaches may enroll on the USA Hockey web site at: usahockey.com. For more information please visit: WCHA Official Web Site & WCHA Final Five: http://wcha.com; WCHARoadtoVanAndelArena.com Van Andel Arena: http://vanandelarena.com City of Grand Rapids: http://www.experiencegr.com. Includes information on area hotels, things to do, events, restaurants, etc. Deltaplex Arena (site of March 20 WCHA Kick-Off event): http:// deltaplex.com Grand Rapids Area Hotel Reservations: https://aws.passkey. com/g/20157200 The B.O.B.: http://www.thebob.com WCHA Defensive Player of the Week Date Player, Position, Year, Team (Opponent) Oct. 15 Colton Parayko, D, So., Alaska (vs Air Force/Quinnipiac) Oct. 22 Zach Sternberg, D, Sr., Lake Superior State (@ Union) Oct. 29 Pheonix Copley, G, So., Michigan Tech (vs Northern Michigan) Nov. 5 Ralfs Freibergs, D, So., Bowling Green (@ OSU, vs Alaska Anchorage) Nov. 12 Jason Binkley, D, Jr., Ferris State (vs Bemidji State) Nov. 19 C.J. Motte, G, Jr., Ferris State (vs Bowling Green) Nov. 26 C.J. Motte, G, Jr., Ferris State (vs Alaska) Dec. 3 C.J. Motte, G, Jr., Ferris State (@ Northern Michigan) Dec. 10 Frank Misuraca, D, So., Alabama Huntsville (@ Bowling Green) Dec. 17 C.J. Motte, G, Jr., Ferris State (@ Michigan, @ Michigan State) Dec. 31 Pheonix Copley, G, So., Michigan Tech (vs Mich State, W. Michigan) Jan. 7 Mathias Dahlstrom, G, Fr., Northern Michigan (@ Bemidji State) Jan. 14 Chris Kamal, G, Sr., Alaska Anchorage (vs Minnesota State) Jan. 21 Matt Prapavessis, D, Jr., Bemidji State (vs North Dakota) Jan. 28 Mitch Jones, D, Jr., Northern Michigan (@ Alaska Anchorage) Feb. 4 Colton Parayko, D, So., Alaska (vs Alabama Huntsville) WCHA Rookie of the Week Date Player, Position, Year, Team (Opponent) Oct. 15 Alex Globke, F, Fr., Lake Superior State (vs Robert Morris) Oct. 22 Davis Jones, G, Fr., Alaska (vs Denver, Western Michigan) Oct. 29 Brendan Harms, F, Fr., Bemidji State (@ Alabama Huntsville) Nov. 5 Kyle Schempp, F, Fr., Ferris State (@ Alabama Huntsville) Nov. 12 Cole Huggins, G, Fr., Minnesota State (vs Bowling Green) Nov. 19 Phillip Marinaccio, F, Fr., Bemidji State (vs Alaska Anchorage) Nov. 26 Mathias Dahlstrom, G, Fr., Northern Michigan (vs Alabama Huntsville) Dec. 3 Shane Hanna, D, Fr., Michigan Tech (@ Alaska) Dec. 10 Jesse Wilkins, G, Fr., Bemidji State (@ Michigan Tech) Dec. 17 Davis Jones, G, Fr., Alaska (@ Bemidji State) Dec. 31 Tomas Sholl, G, Fr., Bowling Green (vs Robert Morris) Jan. 7 Reid Sturos, F, Fr., Michigan Tech (@ Lake Superior State) Jan. 14 Jesse Wilkins, G, Fr., Bemidji State (@ Lake Superior State) Jan. 21 John Siemer, F, Fr., Northern Michigan (vs Alaska) Jan. 28 Reid Sturos, F, Fr., Michigan Tech (vs Ferris State) Feb. 4 Shane Hanna, D, Fr., Michigan Tech (@ Bowling Green)
WCHA Game Summaries Friday, February 7 Northern Michigan 1 at Ferris State 7 (WCHA) Attendance: 2297. Total Time: 2:20. Scoring by Period - NMU 1-0-0=1; FSU 1-3-3=7. 1st Period Scoring - 1, FSU Kenny Babinski/7 (Jason Binkley/15, Andy Huff/6) 11:13 (PP); 2, NMU Erik Higby/8 (Reed Seckel/8, Mitch Jones/16) 15:05 (PP). 2nd Period Scoring - 3, FSU Matt Robertson/11 (Kyle Schempp/12, Justin Buzzeo/15) 5:46 (PP) (GW); 4, FSU Garrett Thompson/12 (Ryan Lowney/10, Andy Huff/7) 7:06; 5, FSU Chad McDonald/7 (Andy Huff/8) 18:47 (SH). 3rd Period Scoring - 6, FSU Brandon Anselmini/4 (Jared VanWormer/1, Kyle Schempp/13) 4:05; 7, FSU Cory Kane/6 (Brandon Anselmini/8, C.J. Motte/3) 11:29; 8, FSU Garrett Thompson/13 (Jason Binkley/16) 14:21. Northern Michigan Goaltending - Mathias Dahlstrom (44:05, 26 shots, 21 saves, 5 GA); Derek Dun (15:55, 5 shots, 3 saves, 2 GA). Ferris State Goaltending - C.J. Motte (59:53, 30 shots, 29 saves, 1 GA); Empty Net (0:07, 0 GA). Win - C.J. Motte, FSU (18-4-3). Loss - Mathias Dahlstrom, NMU (10-12-2). Shots On Goal - NMU 10-10-10=30; FSU 13-9-9=31. Power Plays - NMU 1 of 5; FSU 2 of 5. Penalties - NMU 9 (29 min); FSU 8 (16 min). New Records - Ferris State 19-6-3, Northern Michigan 11-14-2. Three Stars: 1. Andy Huff (Ferris State) 2. Brandon Anselmini (Ferris State) 3. C.J. Motte (Ferris State). Alabama Huntsville 1 at Michigan Tech 4 (WCHA) Winter Carnival. Attendance: 3089. Total Time: 2:15. Scoring by Period - ALH 0-0-1=1; MTU 1-2-1=4. 1st Period Scoring - 1, MTU Blake Pietila/5 (Reid Sturos/8, Walker Hyland/2) 7:01. 2nd Period Scoring - 2, MTU Tanner Kero/11 (Malcolm Gould/2, C.J. Eick/8) 10:33 (GW); 3, MTU Tanner Kero/12 (Dennis Rix/3, Jacob Johnstone/1) 17:37. 3rd Period Scoring - 4, ALH Alex Allan/4 (Jack Prince/2, Doug Reid/4) 9:28; 5, MTU Blake Pietila/6 (Reid Sturos/9, David Johnstone/5) 13:09 (PP). Alabama Huntsville Goaltending - Carmine Guerriero (48:55, 41 shots, 38 saves, 3 GA); Matt Larose (11:05, 10 shots, 9 saves, 1 GA). Michigan Tech Goaltending - Pheonix Copley (59:31, 21 shots, 20 saves, 1 GA); Empty Net (0:29, 0 GA). Win - Pheonix Copley, MTU (7-8-5). Loss - Carmine Guerriero, ALH (1-14-0). Shots On Goal - ALH 5-10-6=21; MTU 20-10-21=51. Power Plays - ALH 0 of 2; MTU 1 of 5. Penalties - ALH 6 (23 min); MTU 3 (6 min). New Records - Michigan Tech 11-14-6, Alabama Huntsville 1-27-1. Alaska Anchorage 3 at Lake Superior State 5 (WCHA) Attendance: 2039. Total Time: 2:23. Scoring by Period - AKA 1-1-1=3; LSS 1-4-0=5. 1st Period Scoring - 1, AKA Andrew Pettitt/2 (Zack Rassell/3) 11:58; 2, LSS Colin Campbell/10 (Dan Radke/13, Alex Globke/15) 14:59 (PP). 2nd Period Scoring - 3, LSS Ian Miller/4 (Mitchell Nardi/2) 5:08; 4, LSS Zach Sternberg/5 (Colin Campbell/11, Alex Globke/16) 16:06; 5, LSS Andrew Dommett/6 (Andrew Perrault/5, Bryce Schmitt/5) 16:34 (GW); 6, AKA Brad Duwe/2 (Blake Tatchell/13, Jordan Kwas/15) 18:35; 7, LSS Dan Radke/5 (Alex Globke/17, Eric Drapluk/6) 19:59 (PP). 3rd Period Scoring - 8, AKA Austin Sevalrud/1 (Matt Bailey/12, Brett Cameron/9) 5:59. Alaska Anchorage Goaltending - Chris Kamal (37:13, 22 shots, 18 saves, 4 GA); Michael Matyas (22:11, 10 shots, 9 saves, 1 GA); Empty Net (0:36, 0 GA). Lake Superior State Goaltending - Kevin Murdock (60:00, 26 shots, 23 saves, 3 GA). Win - Kevin Murdock, LSS (6-8-0). Loss - Chris Kamal, AKA (6-4-1). Shots On Goal - AKA 10-9-7=26; LSS 10-15-7=32. Power Plays - AKA 0 of 2; LSS 2 of 7. Penalties - AKA 9 (29 min); LSS 4 (19 min). New Records - Lake Superior State 13-13-1, Alaska Anchorage 13-11-3. Bemidji State 2 at Minnesota State 5 (WCHA) Attendance: 3526. Total Time: 2:17. Scoring by Period - BMJ 1-0-1=2; MNS 0-1-4=5. 1st Period Scoring - 1, BMJ Brendan Harms/6 (Nate Arentz/5) 12:46. 2nd Period Scoring - 2, MNS Jean-Paul Lafontaine/17 (Brett Stern/4, Zach Stepan/6) 3:14. 3rd Period Scoring - 3, MNS Michael Huntebrinker/1 (Brett Knowles/3, Max Gaede/6) 2:30; 4, MNS Zach Stepan/7 (Jon Jutzi/3, Zach Palmquist/14) 5:00 (PP) (GW); 5, MNS Zach Lehrke/7 (Bryce Gervais/5, Matt Leitner/21) 13:44; 6, BMJ Cory Ward/17 (Matt Prapavessis/16) 16:45; 7, MNS Zach Palmquist/3 (Jean-Paul Lafontaine/17, Matt Leitner/22) 17:56 (PP). Bemidji State Goaltending - Andrew Walsh (60:00, 48 shots, 43 saves, 5 GA). Minnesota State Goaltending - Cole Huggins (59:52, 28 shots, 26 saves, 2 GA); Empty Net (0:08, 0 GA). Win - Cole Huggins, MNS (12-7-0). Loss - Andrew Walsh, BMJ (6-11-4). Shots On Goal - BMJ 10-9-9=28; MNS 14-17-17=48. Power Plays - BMJ 0 of 4; MNS 2 of 4. Penalties - BMJ 5 (10 min); MNS 5 (10 min). New Records - Minnesota State 16-13-0, Bemidji State 8-14-7. Three Stars: 1. Michael Huntebrinker (Minnesota State) 2. Zach Stepan (Minnesota State) 3. Chase Grant (Minnesota State). Saturday, February 8 Alabama Huntsville 4 at Michigan Tech 10 (WCHA) Winter Carnival. Attendance: 3203. Total Time: 2:20. Scoring by Period - ALH 1-1-2=4; MTU 1-7-2=10. 1st Period Scoring - 1, MTU Blake Pietila/7 (Reid Sturos/10, David Johnstone/6) 12:45 (PP); 2, ALH Regan Soquila/2 (Jack Prince/3, Chad Brears/2) 13:29. 2nd Period Scoring - 3, MTU Blake Pietila/8 (Reid Sturos/11, Shane Hanna/13) 3:34 (PP); 4, MTU Dennis Rix/2 (Max Vallis/5, Brad Stebner/5) 5:46; 5, MTU C.J. Eick/5 7:31; 6, MTU Malcolm Gould/4 (Brent Baltus/4, Tanner Kero/9) 12:06 (GW); 7, ALH Jack Prince/4 (Steven Koshey/6) 15:56; 8, MTU David Johnstone/8 (Blake Pietila/15) 16:50; 9, MTU Mike Neville/3 (Riley Sweeney/6, C.J. Eick/9) 17:08; 10, MTU Reid Sturos/3 (Blake Pietila/16) 19:14. 3rd Period Scoring - 11, ALH Jack Prince/5 (Chad Brears/3, Steven Koshey/7) 2:02 (PP); 12, MTU Malcolm Gould/5 (C.J. Eick/10, Chris Leibinger/2) 5:38; 13, ALH Chad Brears/5 (Jack Prince/4, Alex Allan/2) 12:56 (PP); 14, MTU Max Vallis/1 (Shane Hanna/14, Brad Stebner/6) 14:19. Alabama Huntsville Goaltending - Matt Larose (37:08, 42 shots, 35 saves, 7 GA); Carmine Guerriero (22:52, 15 shots, 12 saves, 3 GA). Michigan Tech Goaltending - Pheonix Copley (50:48, 19 shots, 16 saves, 3 GA); Matt Wintjes (9:04, 4 shots, 3 saves, 1 GA); Empty Net (0:08, 0 GA). Win - Pheonix Copley, MTU (8-8-5). Loss - Matt Larose, ALH (0-14-1). Shots On Goal - ALH 6-9-8=23; MTU 21-25-11=57. Power Plays - ALH 2 of 3; MTU 2 of 4. Penalties - ALH 7 (14 min); MTU 6 (12 min). New Records - Michigan Tech 12-14-6, Alabama Huntsville 1-28-1. Northern Michigan 1 at Ferris State 2 (WCHA) Attendance: 2490 (Sellout). Total Time: 2:16. Scoring by Period - NMU 0-0-1=1; FSU 1-0-1=2. 1st Period Scoring - 1, FSU Jared VanWormer/2 (Dominic Panetta/4, Dakota Klecha/1) 3:44. 2nd Period Scoring - None. 3rd Period Scoring - 2, FSU Cory Kane/7 (Jared VanWormer/2, Dakota Klecha/2) 4:21 (GW); 3, NMU Darren Nowick/3 (Wade Epp/4) 12:47. Northern Michigan Goaltending - Mathias Dahlstrom (58:37, 23 shots, 21 saves, 2 GA); Empty Net (1:23, 0 GA). Ferris State Goaltending - C.J. Motte (60:00, 30 shots, 29 saves, 1 GA). Win - C.J. Motte, FSU (19-4-3). Loss - Mathias Dahlstrom, NMU (10-13-2). Shots On Goal - NMU 10-5-15=30; FSU 5-8-10=23. Power Plays - NMU 0 of 4; FSU 0 of 3. Penalties - NMU 3 (6 min); FSU 4 (8 min). New Records - Ferris State 20-6-3, Northern Michigan 11-15-2. Three Stars: 1. Jared VanWormer (Ferris State) 2. Cory Kane (Ferris State) 3. Darren Nowick (Northern Michigan). Alaska Anchorage 5 at Lake Superior State 2 (WCHA) Attendance: 2058. Total Time: 2:23. Scoring by Period - AKA 1-4-0=5; LSS 0-1-1=2. 1st Period Scoring - 1, AKA Brad Duwe/3 (Quinn Sproule/3, Blake Tatchell/14) 12:24. 2nd Period Scoring - 2, AKA Derek Docken/1 (Zack Rassell/4, Andrew Pettitt/6) 5:37; 3, LSS Bryce Schmitt/5 (Chris Ciotti/9, Zach Loesch/4) 7:58; 4, AKA Andrew Pettitt/3 (Austin Coldwell/9, Dylan Hubbs/4) 10:46 (GW); 5, AKA Dylan Hubbs/4 (Derek Docken/2, Andrew Pettitt/7) 10:59; 6, AKA Matt Bailey/14 (Jordan Kwas/16, Blake Tatchell/15) 14:31 (PP). 3rd Period Scoring - 7, LSS Stephen Perfetto/4 (Alex Globke/18, Dan Radke/14) 0:47. Alaska Anchorage Goaltending - Rob Gunderson (60:00, 28 shots, 26 saves, 2 GA). Lake Superior State Goaltending - Kevin Murdock (56:13, 39 shots, 34 saves, 5 GA); Empty Net (3:47, 0 GA). Win - Rob Gunderson, AKA (6-5-1). Loss - Kevin Murdock, LSS (6-9-0). Shots On Goal - AKA 16-17-6=39; LSS 10-9-9=28. Power Plays - AKA 1 of 3; LSS 0 of 4. Penalties - AKA 10 (31 min); LSS 8 (27 min). New Records - Alaska Anchorage 14-11-3, Lake Superior State 13-14-1. Bemidji State 2 at Minnesota State 3 (WCHA) Attendance: 4089. Total Time: 2:28. Scoring by Period - BMJ 1-0-1=2; MNS 0-2-1=3. 1st Period Scoring - 1, BMJ Graeme McCormack/2 (Brendan Harms/10, Radoslav Illo/5) 12:14. 2nd Period Scoring - 2, MNS Johnny McInnis/16 (Jean-Paul Lafontaine/18, Matt Leitner/23) 3:38 (PP); 3, MNS Jean-Paul Lafontaine/18 (Johnny McInnis/11, Matt Leitner/24) 5:20 (PP). 3rd Period Scoring - 4, BMJ Charlie O'Connor/2 1:50 (SH); 5, MNS Sean Flanagan/4 (Zach Lehrke/14, Jon Jutzi/4) 9:07 (GW). Bemidji State Goaltending - Jesse Wilkins (58:25, 25 shots, 22 saves, 3 GA); Empty Net (1:35, 0 GA). Minnesota State Goaltending - Cole Huggins (60:00, 29 shots, 27 saves, 2 GA). Win - Cole Huggins, MNS (13-7-0). Loss - Jesse Wilkins, BMJ (2-3-3). Shots On Goal - BMJ 12-8-9=29; MNS 8-8-9=25. Power Plays - BMJ 0 of 7; MNS 2 of 7. Penalties - BMJ 6 (23 min); MNS 8 (27 min). New Records - Minnesota State 17-13-0, Bemidji State 8-15-7. Three Stars: 1. Johnny McInnis (Minnesota State) 2. Sean Flanagan (Minnesota State) 3. Matt Leitner (Minnesota State).
2013-14 WCHA Head-to-Head Records UAH UAA UAF BSU BGSU FSU LSSU MTU MSU NMU W-L-T UAH --- 0-3-1 0-2-0 0-2-0 1-3-0 0-2-0 0-0-0 0-2-0 0-2-0 0-2-0 1-18-1 UAA 3-0-1 --- 1-1-0 0-1-1 0-2-0 0-0-0 2-2-0 1-0-1 2-2-0 1-1-0 10-9-3 UAF 2-0-0 1-1-0 --- 2-1-1 0-1-1 0-2-0 1-1-0 0-2-0 1-1-0 2-2-0 9-11-2 BSU 2-0-0 1-0-1 1-2-1 --- 0-0-0 0-2-0 3-1-0 0-0-2 1-3-0 0-2-0 8-10-4 BGSU 3-1-0 2-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 --- 0-1-1 1-3-0 1-2-1 2-2-0 0-0-0 10-9-3 FSU 2-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 1-0-1 --- 2-0-0 3-1-0 0-2-0 3-0-1 15-3-2 LSSU 0-0-0 2-2-0 1-1-0 1-3-0 3-1-0 0-2-0 --- 2-2-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 9-11-0 MTU 2-0-0 0-1-1 2-0-0 0-0-2 2-1-1 1-3-0 2-2-0 --- 0-0-0 1-1-0 10-8-4 MSU 2-0-0 2-2-0 1-1-0 3-1-0 2-2-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 --- 3-1-0 15-7-0 NMU 2-0-0 1-1-0 2-2-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 0-3-1 0-0-0 1-1-0 1-3-0 --- 9-10-1 2013-14 Head-to-Head Results WCHA Games Alabama Huntsville: Oct 25 BEMIDJI STATE (L 1-6); Oct 26 BEMIDJI STATE (L 0-1). Nov 1 FERRIS STATE (L 0-5). Nov 2 FERRIS STATE (L 2-3). Nov 8 @ Alaska Anchorage (L 1-3). Nov 9 @ Alaska Anchorage (L 1-6). Nov 22 @ Northern Michigan (L 0-3). Nov 23 @ Northern Michigan (L 0-4). Dec 6 @ Bowling Green (L 0-3). Dec 7 @ Bowling Green (W 4-3 ot). Dec 13 MINNESOTA STATE (L 1-4). Dec 14 MINNESOTA STATE (L 1-4). Jan 3 BOWLING GREEN (L 0-7). Jan 4 BOWLING GREEN (L 1-4). Jan 17 ALASKA ANCHORAGE (T 1-1 ot). Jan 18 ALASKA ANCHORAGE (L 1-4). Jan 31 @ Alaska (L 1-6). Feb 1 @ Alaska (L 1-6). Feb 7 @ Michigan Tech (L 1-4). Feb 8 @ Michigan Tech (L 4-10). Feb 14 @ Minnesota State. Feb 15 @ Minnesota State. Feb 21 LAKE SUPERIOR. Feb 22 LAKE SUPERIOR. Feb 28 @ Bemidji State. Mar 1 @ Bemidji State. Mar 7 NORTHERN MICHIGAN. Mar 8 NORTHERN MICHIGAN. Alaska Anchorage: Nov 1 @ Bowling Green (L 1-6). Nov 2 @ Bowling Green (L 0-1). Nov 8 ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE (W 3-1). Nov 9 ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE (W 6-1). Nov 15 @ Bemidji State (L 1-4). Nov 16 @ Bemidji State (T 4-4 ot). Nov 22 MICHIGAN TECH (W 3-1). Nov 23 MICHIGAN TECH (T 2-2 ot). Nov 29 @ Minnesota State (L 2-3). Nov 30 @ Minnesota State (L 3-7). Dec 6 ALASKA (W 3-2). Dec 7 ALASKA (L 4-5). Dec 13 LAKE SUPERIOR (L 1-3). Dec 14 LAKE SUPERIOR (W 1-0). Jan 10 MINNESOTA STATE (W 2-1). Jan 11 MINNESOTA STATE (W 3-1). Jan 17 @ Alabama Huntsville (T 1-1 ot). Jan 18 @ Alabama Huntsville (W 4-1). Jan 24 NORTHERN MICHIGAN (L 1-3). Jan 25 NORTHERN MICHIGAN (W 4-2). Feb 7 @ Lake Superior (L 3-5). Feb 8 @ Lake Superior (W 5-2). Feb 14 BOWLING GREEN. Feb 15 BOWLING GREEN. Feb 21 @ Ferris State. Feb 22 @ Ferris State. Mar 7 @ Alaska. Mar 8 @ Alaska. Alaska: Nov 1 NORTHERN MICHIGAN (W 5-4). Nov 2 NORTHERN MICHIGAN (L 1-2). Nov 8 @ Lake Superior (L 1-4). Nov 9 @ Lake Superior (W 3-2 ot). Nov 22 @ Ferris State (L 3-5). Nov 23 @ Ferris State (L 3-4). Nov 29 MICHIGAN TECH (L 2-3). Nov 30 MICHIGAN TECH (L 1-2). Dec 6 @ Alaska Anchorage (L 2-3). Dec 7 @ Alaska Anchorage (W 5-4). Dec 13 @ Bemidji State (T 3-3 ot). Dec 14 @ Bemidji State (W 5-1). Jan 3 MINNESOTA STATE (W 4-2). Jan 4 MINNESOTA STATE (L 4-6). Jan 10 @ Bowling Green (L 0-3). Jan 11 @ Bowling Green (T 1-1 ot). Jan 17 @ Northern Michigan (L 4-5). Jan 18 @ Northern Michigan (W 4-3). Jan 24 BEMIDJI STATE (W 3-0). Jan 25 BEMIDJI STATE (L 0-4). Jan 31 ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE (W 6-1). Feb 1 ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE (W 6-1). Feb 14 @ Michigan Tech. Feb 15 @ Michigan Tech. Feb 28 FERRIS STATE. Mar 1 FERRIS STATE. Mar 7 ALASKA ANCHORAGE. Mar 8 ALASKA ANCHORAGE. Bemidji State: Oct 25 @ Alabama Huntsville (W 6-1). Oct 26 @ Alabama Huntsville (W 1-0). Nov 1 MINNESOTA STATE (W 4-1). Nov 2 MINNESOTA STATE (L 3-4). Nov 8 @ Ferris State (L 4-5 ot). Nov 9 @ Ferris State (L 3-5). Nov 15 ALASKA ANCHORAGE (W 4-1). Nov 16 ALASKA ANCHORAGE (T 4-4 ot). Nov 22 LAKE SUPERIOR (L 2-3). Nov 23 LAKE SUPERIOR (W 2-1 ot). Dec 6 @ Michigan Tech (T 2-2 ot). Dec 7 @ Michigan Tech (T 2-2 ot). Dec 13 ALASKA (T 3-3 ot). Dec 14 ALASKA (L 1-5). Jan 3 NORTHERN MICHIGAN (L 1-4). Jan 4 NORTHERN MICHIGAN (L 1-3). Jan 10 @ Lake Superior (W 5-2). Jan 11 @ Lake Superior (W 3-1). Jan 24 @ Alaska (L 0-3). Jan 25 @ Alaska (W 4-0). Feb 7 @ Minnesota State (L 2-5). Feb 8 @ Minnesota State (L 2-3). Feb 14 FERRIS STATE. Feb 15 FERRIS STATE. Feb 28 ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE. Mar 1 ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE. Mar 7 @ Bowling Green. Mar 8 @ Bowling Green. Bowling Green: Nov 1 ALASKA ANCHORAGE (W 6-1). Nov 2 ALASKA ANCHORAGE (W 1-0). Nov 8 @ Minnesota State (W 4-3). Nov 9 @ Minnesota State (L 0-1 ot). Nov 15 @ Ferris State (T 3-3 ot). Nov 16 @ Ferris State (L 2-4)). Nov 22 MINNESOTA STATE (W 4-3 ot). Nov 23 MINNESOTA STATE (L 2-3 ot). Nov 29 @ Lake Superior (L 3-4). Nov 30 @ Lake Superior (L 3-4). Dec 6 ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE (W 3-0). Dec 7 ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE (L 3-4 ot). Dec 13 @ Michigan Tech (W 3-2). Dec 14 @ Michigan Tech (T 4-4 ot). Jan 3 @ Alabama Huntsville (W 7-0). Jan 4 @ Alabama Huntsville (W 4-1). Jan 10 ALASKA (W 3-0). Jan 11 ALASKA (T 1-1 ot). Jan 24 LAKE SUPERIOR (L 3-5). Jan 25 LAKE SUPERIOR (W 6-2). Jan 31 MICHIGAN TECH (L 2-5). Feb 1 MICHIGAN TECH (L 4-5 ot). Feb 14 @ Alaska Anchorage. Feb 15 @ Alaska Anchorage. Feb 28 @ Northern Michigan. Mar 1 @ Northern Michigan. Mar 7 BEMIDJI STATE. Mar 8 BEMIDJI STATE. Ferris State: Nov 1 @ Alabama Huntsville W 5-0). Nov 2 @ Alabama Huntsville (W 3-2). Nov 8 BEMIDJI STATE (W 5-4 ot). Nov 9 BEMIDJI STATE (W 5-3). Nov 15 BOWLING GREEN (T 3-3 ot). Nov 16 BOWLING GREEN (W 4-2). Nov 22 ALASKA (W 5-3). Nov 23 ALASKA (W 4-3). Nov 29 @ Northern Michigan (W 4-1). Nov 30 @ Northern Michigan (T 1-1 ot). Dec 6 @ Lake Superior (W 5-3). Dec 7 @ Lake Superior (W 3-1). Jan 10 MICHIGAN TECH (W 1-0). Jan 11 MICHIGAN TECH (W 3-2). Jan 17 @ Minnesota State (L 2-6). Jan 18 @ Minnesota State (L 3-4). Jan 24 @ Michigan Tech (L 2-3). Jan 25 @ Michigan Tech (W 3-0). Feb 7 NORTHERN MICHIGAN (W 7-1). Feb 8 NORTHERN MICHIGAN (W 2-1). Feb 14 @ Bemidji State. Feb 15 @ Bemidji State. Feb 21 ALASKA ANCHORAGE. Feb 22 ALASKA ANCHORAGE. Feb 28 @ Alaska. Mar 1 @ Alaska. Mar 7 LAKE SUPERIOR. Mar 8 LAKE SUPERIOR. Lake Superior State: Nov 8 ALASKA W 4-1). Nov 9 ALASKA (L 2-3 ot). Nov 15 @ Michigan Tech (W 5-3). Nov 16 @ Michigan Tech (L 1-2). Nov 22 @ Bemidji State (W 3-2). Nov 23 @ Bemidji State (L 1-2 ot). Nov 29 BOWLING GREEN (W 4-3). Nov 30 BOWLING GREEN (W 4-3). Dec 6 FERRIS STATE (L 3-5). Dec 7 FERRIS STATE (L 1-3). Dec 13 @ Alaska Anchorage (W 3-1). Dec 14 @ Alaska Anchorage (L 0-1). Jan 3 MICHIGAN TECH (W 4-3). Jan 4 MICHIGAN TECH (L 2-3). Jan 10 BEMIDJI STATE (L 2-5). Jan 11 BEMIDJI STATE (L 1-3). Jan 24 @ Bowling Green (W 5-3). Jan 25 @ Bowling Green (L 2-6). Feb 7 ALASKA ANCHORAGE (W 5-3). Feb 8 ALASKA ANCHOR- AGE (L 2-5). Feb 14 @ Northern Michigan. Feb 15 @ Northern Michigan. Feb 21 @ Alabama Huntsville. Feb 22 @ Alabama Huntsville. Feb 28 MINNESOTA STATE. Mar 1 MINNESOTA STATE. Mar 7 @ Ferris State. Mar 8 @ Ferris State. Michigan Tech: Oct 25 @ Northern Michigan (L 0-2). Oct 26 NORTHERN MICHIGAN (W 4-1). Nov 15 LAKE SUPERIOR (L 3-5). Nov 16 LAKE SUPERIOR (W 2-1). Nov 22 @ Alaska Anchorage (L 1-3). Nov 23 @ Alaska Anchorage (T 2-2 ot). Nov 29 @ Alaska (W 3-2). Nov 30 @ Alaska (W 2-1). Dec 6 BEMIDJI STATE (T 2-2 ot). Dec 7 BEMIDJI STATE (T 2-2 ot). Dec 13 BOWLING GREEN (L 2-3). Dec 14 BOWLING GREEN (T 4-4 ot). Jan 3 @ Lake Superior (L 3-4). Jan 4 @ Lake Superior (W 3-2). Jan 10 @ Ferris State (L 0-1). Jan 11 @ Ferris State (L 2-3). Jan 24 FERRIS STATE (W 3-2). Jan 25 FERRIS STATE (L 0-3). Jan 31 @ Bowling Green (W 5-2). Feb 1 @ Bowling Green (W 5-4 ot). Feb 7 ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE (W 4-1). Feb 8 ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE (W 10-4). Feb 14 ALASKA. Feb 15 ALASKA. Feb 21 NORTHERN MICHIGAN. Feb 22 @ Northern Michigan. Mar 7 @ Minnesota State. Mar 8 @ Minnesota State. Minnesota State: Nov 1 @ Bemidji State (L 1-4). Nov 2 @ Bemidji State (W 4-3). Nov 8 BOWLING GREEN (L 3-4). Nov 9 BOWLING GREEN (W 1-0 ot). Nov 22 @ Bowling Green (L 3-4 ot). Nov 23 @ Bowling Green (W 3-2 ot). Nov 29 ALASKA ANCHORAGE (W 3-2). Nov 30 ALASKA ANCHORAGE (W 7-3). Dec 6 NORTHERN MICHIGAN (W 3-2). Dec 7 NORTHERN MICHIGAN (W 3-0). Dec 13 @ Alabama Huntsville (W 4-1). Dec 14 @ Alabama Huntsville (W 4-1). Jan 3 @ Alaska (L 2-4). Jan 4 @ Alaska (W 6-4). Jan 10 @ Alaska Anchorage (L 1-2). Jan 11 @ Alaska Anchorage (L 1-3). Jan 17 FERRIS STATE (W 6-2). Jan 18 FERRIS STATE (W 4-3). Jan 31 @ Northern Michigan (L 2-5). Feb 1 @ Northern Michigan (W 5-1). Feb 7 BEMIDJI STATE (W 5-2). Feb 8 BEMIDJI STATE (W 3-2). Feb 14 ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE. Feb 15 ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE. Feb 28 @ Lake Superior. Mar 1 @ Lake Superior. Mar 7 MICHIGAN TECH. Mar 8 MICHIGAN TECH. Northern Michigan: Oct 25 MICHIGAN TECH (W 2-0). Oct 26 at Michigan Tech (L 1-4). Nov 1 @ Alaska (L 4-5). Nov 2 @ Alaska (W 2-1). Nov 22 ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE (W 3-0). Nov 23 ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE (W 4-0). Nov 29 FERRIS STATE (L 1-4). Nov 30 FERRIS STATE (T 1-1 ot). Dec 6 @ Minnesota State (L 2-3). Dec 7 @ Minnesota State (L 0-3). Jan 3 @ Bemidji State (W 4-1). Jan 4 @ Bemidji State (W 3-1). Jan 17 ALASKA (W 5-4). Jan 18 ALASKA (L 3-4). Jan 24 @ Alaska Anchorage (W 3-1). Jan 25 @ Alaska Anchorage (L 2-4). Jan 31 MINNESOTA STATE (W 5-2). Feb 1 MINNESOTA STATE (L 1-5). Feb 7 @ Ferris State (L 1-7). Feb 8 @ Ferris State (L 1-2). Feb 14 LAKE SUPERIOR. Feb 15 LAKE SUPERIOR. Feb 21 @ Michigan Tech. Feb 22 MICHIGAN TECH. Feb 28 BOWLING GREEN. Mar 1 BOWLING GREEN. Mar 7 @ Alabama Huntsville. Mar 8 @ Alabama Huntsville.
2013-14 WCHA Team-by-Team Against the Rest By Team vs AHA vs B10 vs ECACH vs HEA vs NCHC Total Alabama Huntsville 0-0-0 0-2-0 0-0-0 0-5-0 0-3-0 0-10-0 Alaska Anchorage 1-0-0 1-1-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-0 4-2-0 Alaska 2-0-1 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 3-1-2 Bemidji State 0-0-0 0-2-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-3-3 0-5-3 Bowling Green 1-0-0 1-1-0 1-1-2 0-1-0 0-0-0 3-3-2 Ferris State 1-0-0 1-0-1 3-3-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 5-3-1 Lake Superior State 2-0-0 0-1-1 2-0-0 0-2-0 0-0-0 4-3-1 Michigan Tech 0-0-0 2-2-1 0-0-0 0-2-0 0-2-1 2-6-2 Minnesota State 2-0-0 0-2-0 0-0-0 0-2-0 0-2-0 2-6-0 Northern Michigan 0-0-0 0-2-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-3-1 2-5-1 TOTALS: 9-0-1 5-13-3 7-5-2 0-12-0 4-14-6 25-44-12 (.950) (.310) (.571) (.000) (.292) (.383) By Site vs AHA vs B10 vs ECACH vs HEA vs NCHC Total Home 6-0-1 3-2-0 3-1-1 0-0-0 2-4-3 14-7-5 Away 1-0-0 2-11-2 3-2-1 0-12-0 1-5-3 7-30-6 Neutral 2-0-0 0-0-1 1-2-0 0-0-0 1-5-0 4-7-1 TOTALS: 9-0-1 5-13-3 7-5-2 0-12-0 4-14-6 25-44-12 (.950) (.310) (.571) (.000) (.292) (.383) WCHA Tie-Breaking Procedures For Playoff Seeding Only In regular-season competition, each Western Collegiate Hockey Association team shall accumulate points from each WCHA contest (i.e., a contest between teams representing two WCHA member institutions played as part of the conference schedule), receiving two points for each game won in regulation time or overtime, and one point for each game tied at the conclusion of overtime. The team accumulating the greatest number of points in regular-season WCHA contests shall be the WCHA Champion. If two or more teams are tied for the Championship, they shall be considered co-champions. Seeding for the WCHA Tournament If two or more teams have accumulated the same number of points shall be determined according to the following procedure: A) If two or more teams are tied, and all teams tied have played four contests against one another, then the team with the most accumulated points from these head to head contests will be granted the higher seed. B) If two or more teams are still tied (or all teams tied have not played four contests against one another) the highest seed will go to the team with the greater number of conference wins. C) If not determined by A) or B) above, the recipient of the highest seed shall be determined by comparison of the winning percentages of the teams tied, against the remaining highest ranked WCHA team successively, until the determination is accomplished, or all WCHA contests have been considered. In the event of multiple ties within the standings that become dependent on one another for determination, the procedure shall be applied to the highest tie first, using combined winning percentage against all teams involved in the lower tie(s) and continuing through the order if needed. If this fails to break the highest tie, the procedure shall be applied to the next highest tie (and so on if needed), using combined winning percentage against all tied teams as needed when proceeding through the standings. D) If not determined by A), or B), or C), the recipient of the higher seed will be determined by winning margin during conference contests. Winning margin = WCHA conference goals for minus WCHA conference goals against. In the event of multiple ties within the standings that reach this step, the procedure shall be applied first to the highest tie in the standings. If this fails to break the highest tie, the procedure shall be applied to the next highest tie (and so on if needed) until any tie is broken and all procedures are re-started. E) If not determined by A), or B), or C), or D), the recipient of the higher seed shall be determined by the flip of a coin. In the event of multiple ties within the standings that reach this step, the procedure shall be applied first to the highest tie in the standings after which all procedures are re-started. In the case of ties among three or more schools, the criteria will be used in order until a team, or teams, is separated from the top of the pack. At that point, the process will begin anew to break the new tie. In other words, when a three-way tie becomes a two-way tie, the two-way tie is treated as a new tie and the process begins with the first criterion.
WCHA Team Notebooks Chargers University of Alabama in Huntsville Seawolves University of Alaska Anchorage The Chargers dropped both games at Michigan Tech this past weekend at Tech s annual Winter Carnival. UAH fell 4-1 last Friday (Feb. 7) before dropping a 10-4 decision on Saturday (Feb. 8), dropping the team s record to 1-28-1 overall and 1-18-1 in the WCHA. The 14 goals scored combined is a new UAH record in the modern Division 1 era. Alex Allan scored his fourth goal of the season last Friday night at MTU, his first tally since Nov. 8 at Alaska Anchorage. Allan has a total of six points on the season. Jack Prince had his best weekend as a Charger in Houghton, returning home with five more points to his name, including a career-high four points last Saturday. Prince scored two goals and assisted on two others on Feb. 8, having a hand in all four goals scored by UAH. The sophomore now sits second on the team in points this season with nine. Chad Brears finished with a season-best three points over the weekend series at Michigan Tech. Brears recorded a goal and two assists last Saturday and now has eight points on the team, good for third on the team. Junior Steven Koshey recorded a season-high two assists in last Saturday s contest as both of his assists were to Jack Prince. Koshey is now tied with Matt Salhany for the team lead with seven assists. Regan Soquila recorded his second goal of the season last Saturday at MTU, off assists by Jack Prince and Chad Brears. Soquila s goal was his first goal since Nov. 16 against St. Cloud State. With Jack Prince coming off his best weekend as a Charger, the forward finished the weekend series in Houghton with a +1 in the plus/minus category. Last Saturday s (Feb. 8) four goals against Michigan Tech was the second time this season the Chargers have reached four goals, with the other time coming in a 4-3 WCHA win in overtime at Bowling Green on Dec. 17. The five goals scored last weekend (at MTU) was the most goals scored in a weekend series this season and the fourth time this season the Chargers have scored at least three goals over a weekend series. Three of the Chargers five goals at Tech last weekend were scored in the third period. So far this season, UAH has scored 15 of its 32 goals in the third period. The Chargers next head to Mankato, Minn., this weekend to square off against WCHA-foe Minnesota State on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 14-15. Minnesota State is currently 17-13 overall and 15-7 in WCHA play. The Mavericks defeated the Chargers earlier this season by a 4-1 count in both contests in Huntsville. The Alaska Anchorage Seawolves return home for their final regular season home series, when they host Bowling Green, Feb. 14-15 at the Sullivan Arena. The games are scheduled to commence at 7:07 pm AST both evenings. This is the fifth and sixth all-time meeting between the teams in Anchorage, while the teams met for the first time in Bowling Green, Nov. 1-2, with BGSU sweeping, 6-1, 1-0. Bowling Green leads the all-time series record, 4-0-0. The only other meeting between the teams was on Oct. 14-15, 1988. Bowling Green won, 7-3 and 10-2 in UAA s season-opening series. The Seawolves host Bowling Green following a WCHA split with Lake Superior State, Feb. 7-8 in Sault Ste. Marie. LSSU won last Friday, 5-3, before UAA responded on Saturday, 5-2. UAA, which was averaging 2.6 goals per game, furnished five goals for just the second time of the season last Saturday, moving them into a two-way tie for fourth place with BGSU in the league standings. UAA also picked up the program s first win in Sault Ste. Marie. UAA furnished a season-high four goals in the second period, hitting LSSU with 39 shots the second most this season for UAA while posting a season-high 17 in the second period. Following the Feb. 7-8 weekend, the Seawolves have scored first in 11 of the last 12 games. UAA is 6-2-1 in the last nine WCHA games. UAA is 14-11-3 overall and 10-9-3 in league play. At home, the Seawolves are 10-3-1 the Seawolves best home record after 14 games since joining Div. 1 and the best since 1983-84 when UAA went 13-1-0 at home to start the season. The Seawolves (14-11-3) are off to their best start since 1991-92 as a NCAA Div. 1 Independent when they went 22-5-1 after 28 games. UAA is 11-4-2 when scoring first, 9-0-0 when leading after the first period and 9-0-1 when leading after the second. Individually, the Seawolves received two goals over the weekend vs. LSSU from freshman F Brad Duwe and junior F Andrew Pettitt. Pettitt has 3-7=10 totals this season, doubling his point total from his freshman and sophomore combined. Also scoring over the weekend were sophomore D Austin Sevalrud, his first collegiate goal, junior D Derek Docken, his first of the season, freshman F Dylan Hubbs and senior F Matt Bailey. Senior F Jordan Kwas, who picked up two assists last weekend, leads UAA with 16 assists. Kwas, who was named the Kendall Hockey Classic s Most Outstanding Player, is 36th on the all-time UAA list with 83 career points, one ahead of Bailey (82). Matt Bailey leads UAA with 14 goals and 26 points. Bailey, who was named to the Brice Alaska Goal Rush All-Tournament Team, leads all current UAA skaters with 41 career goals, good for a tie at No. 25 with Chris LaVasseur (1985-87. The Winnipeg, Manitoba, native has registered 16 points in the last 16 games and is No. 5 in the WCHA overall in goal-scoring. With the game-winning goal on Jan. 18, Bailey is tied for No. 1 in the nation with 5 GWGs. Sophomore F Blake Tatchell registered two assists on Feb. 8 at LSSU, giving him 15 on the season, second most for UAA. In nets last Saturday at LSSU was senior G Rob Gunderson, making his first start since Dec. 7 and breaking a 10-game starting streak for classmate G Chris Kamal. Gunderson picked up the win with 26 saves. Kamal, who played last Friday, was 6-3-1 in his 10 straight games. Kamal s shutout on Dec. 14 vs. LSSU gives him the second most all-time for a Seawolf (5), trailing Doug Teskey s seven from 1996-99. Following the LSSU series, the Seawolves head to Ferris State, Feb. 21-22.
Team Notebooks con t Nanooks University of Alaska Beavers Bemidji State University Alaska (12-12-4, 9-11-2 WCHA) returns to the ice this weekend, Feb. 14-15, to take on Michigan Tech in a league series in Houghton, Mich. The Nanooks are coming off a bye and will have another free week following this weekend s games in the Upper Peninsula. Following the final off weekend, Alaska closes the season at home with four straight league games at the Carlson Center. During the bye week, Alaska stayed busy as part of Hockey Week in Fairbanks, participating in different community events around town. Such events included floor hockey with Special Olympics, Wear Your Jersey to School Day at North Pole Elementary School, where freshman Jared Linnell attended as a youth and Reading Days at numerous schools throughout Fairbanks. Last time out, the Nanooks registered their first WCHA sweep of the season with a pair of 6-1 victories over Alabama Huntsville at home, Jan. 31-Feb. 1. Senior captain Colton Beck and assistant captain Cody Kunyk both led the team with five points as the duo both scored two goals and dished out three assists each. Cody Kunyk moved himself into 17th place all-time on the program s scoring list with 121 points on 53 goals and 68 assists. He passed former Nanooks Dion Knelsen ( 10) and Andy Taranto ( 13), who both stand at 120 points. Junior and Minnesota transfer Jared Larson led all players with three goals and accrued his first-career multi-goal game in Alaska s Feb. 1 victory over Alabama Huntsville. Three others recorded three points in freshman Marcus Basara (1g, 2a), sophomore Colton Parayko (1g, 2a) and junior Trevor Campbell (3a). Junior Sean Cahill earned a pair of wins between the pipes for Alaska vs UAH on Jan. 31-Feb. 1 after allowing two total goals on 27 shots faced to finish the weekend with a.926 save percentage. Alaska out shot Huntsville 93-27 in the two games after putting 44 shots on goal that Friday and 49 on Saturday. The Nanooks went 3-for-6 on the power-play vs UAH while going a perfect 4-for-4 on the penalty-kill in the sweep. They also won 60 of 108 face-offs in the two wins. The two victories vs UAH matched the season high in goals in a single game in 2013-14 and also marked a tie for head coach Dallas Ferguson s largest margin of victory. Colton Beck led the way on Jan. 31 (vs UAH) with one goal and two assists while Basara scored his WCHA rookie-leading 11th goal of the season while adding an assists. Kunyk notched two assists on Jan. 31 while freshman Jared Linnell scored his first career goal. On Feb. 1, both Kunyk and Larson scored twice for Alaska and Kunyk had his fifth three-point game of the season as he added an assist in Alaska s first WCHA sweep since joining the league. Junior Nolan Youngmun had his first-career multi-point game with a goal and assist while Beck matched Youngmun s offensive stats. Three defensemen recorded two assists each vs UAH in senior Michael Quinn, Campbell and Parayko. Alaska is currently tied for sixth in the WCHA standings with 20 points (9-11-2) with six games remaining. Bemidji State is also tied at 20 points but Alaska currently holds the tie-breaker over BSU. The Bemidji State hockey team suffered a WCHA series sweep at Minnesota State Feb. 7-8. The Beavers moved to 8-15-7 overall and 8-10-4 in conference play. Matt Prapavessis recorded an assist last Friday night and now leads all current BSU players with five career points (5a) vs the Mavericks. Prapavessis has recorded four assists in three games vs MSU this season. Prapavessis has logged 5-11=16 in 22 WCHA games to lead all league blueliners in scoring. John Parker made his BSU debut last Saturday night. A sophomore transfer from Maine, his last collegiate game action came in an NCAA Midwest Regional loss to Minnesota Duluth March 24, 2012. Parker posted three goals and four assists in 33 games for the Black Bears during the 2011-12 season. BSU s seven ties this season leave it just one shy of a program record eight draws set in 2002-03. BSU leads the nation in ties (7) and only Denver (12), Michigan Tech (10) and Bowling Green (10) have played in more OT games this season than BSU s nine. When the Beavers opponents score more than one goal this season, BSU has just one win (1-15-7). Cory Ward has registered at least point in six of the Beavers last eight games (5g, 4a). Ward leads BSU with a career-best 25 points (17g, 8a) this season. His team-leading 17 goals stand as BSU s top single-season goal scoring performance since Jordan George netted 19 in 2011-12. Ward has scored 19 (12g, 7a) of his 25 (17g, 8a) points in league play to lead BSU and rank fifth in WCHA scoring. BSU is 5-3-5 (.577) when Brendan Harms logs a point this season. BSU has failed to out shoot its opponents in its last six games. BSU is 2-10-7 when being out shot and 1-2-3 when opponents log more than 40 shots. BSU gave up 48 shots last Friday night, marking the largest number of shots surrendered since Minnesota recorded 51 March 15, 2013. Including a 43-save performance last Friday night, Andrew Walsh is 0-2-2 in games in which he has posted at least 40 saves. BSU has snuffed out 120-of-139 (.863) opponent man-advantage opportunities this season to sit ninth in the nation, while it ranks third in the WCHA killing 89-of-104 (.856) in league opponent power-play opportunities. BSU was 0-for-11 on the power-play vs MSU last weekend and is 22-of-132 (16.7%) on the season, which includes a 17-of-101 clip (16.8%) in WCHA play to sit sixth in the league. BSU s last PPG came in the first period in the Jan. 25 match up at Alaska a span stretching 12 man-advantage opportunities. Markus Gerbrandt has 15 (10g, 5a) of his 20 points (12g, 8a) in 15 road games this season to lead all BSU players in scoring away from Sanford Center. Six BSU newcomers to have found the back of the net through the Beavers first 30 games. Forward John Parker and defenders D.J. Jones and Carter Struthers remain as the only new skaters without a goal. This season BSU has averaged than a half goal more on Friday (2.87) than it has on Saturday (2.29). Phil Marinaccio has logged all eight (5g, 3a) of his points in WCHA contests. BSU is 5-7-3 on the road this season (.433), which includes a 5-5-2 (.500) mark in WCHA road games. Averaging just 10.8 penalty minutes per game, BSU is the least penalized team in the WCHA. In a series that dates back to 1999, BSU is 4-7-0 all-time vs the FSU Bulldogs, which includes a 1-3-0 mark in games played in Bemidji. BSU and FSU have split the last four games, with FSU taking the first two games of the four-game season series Nov. 8-9 in Big Rapids. Jason Binkley netted the game-winner 1:28 into overtime of a 5-4 FSU victory in the series opener before a four-goal first period would propel the Bulldogs to a 5-3 victory in the finale. Only two members of BSU s roster, Radoslav Illo and Sam Rendle, had faced Ferris State prior to this season. Following two tremendous games in Big Rapids Nov. 8-9, Marcus Gerbrandt leads BSU players vs FSU with four points (3g, 1a). Defenseman Graeme McCormack also pitched in three assists in the series to rank second.
Team Notebooks con t Falcons Bowling Green State University Bulldogs Ferris State University The Bowling Green Falcons resume league play this weekend, as the Orange and Brown will track to Alaska Anchorage to take on the Seawolves at Sullivan Arena. The Falcons swept the Seawolves in early November at the BGSU Ice Arena, 6-1 and 1-0, in front of the Falcon faithful. BGSU holds a perfect 4-0-0 record all-time against UAA in their short history, and the weekend series will mark the first WCHA matchup between the two teams in Anchorage. Back On The Road: The Orange and Brown sport a 5-6-3 road record this season, averaging 3.14 goals-per-game and allowing 2.92 GPG. 100 Goals, Again?: The Falcons lit-the-lamp 101 times in the 2012-13 season, marking the first time the Orange and Brown reached the 100-goal plateau in a season since 2007-08. BGSU currently has 94 goals this season, needing only six goals to reach the century mark for the second consecutive season. Under coach Chris Bergeron, the Falcons have increased their goal scoring every season, scoring 74, 85 and 101 goals respectively. Offensive-Minded: With six games remaining in the regular season, the Orange and Brown are on pace to have their best offensive season under coach Bergeron in his fourth year. The Falcons are averaging an impressive 3.13 goals per game, which is second-best in the WCHA behind nationally-ranked FSU. Bowling Green s 3.13 GPG average is the highest average since the 2005-06 season, where the Falcons averaged 3.26 GPG and had 124 goals in 38 games. Opening Strong: The Falcons have opened games strong all season long, scoring 25 and 37 goals in the first two periods, respectively. The Orange and Brown hold a +8 goal differential after the opening act, and a +12 goal differential after the second period. BG holds a 9-5-2 record with a lead after the first period, while the Falcons are 11-5-1 with a lead entering the third period. Three Away: Junior forward Dan DeSalvo is three points away from reaching the 80-point plateau for his career. DeSalvo s having his best season as a Falcon, recording a career-best 21 assists with six regular season games still remaining. The last Falcon to record 80 career points before his senior season was Jonathan Matsumoto in 2005-06, where he had 113 points in three seasons. 70-Point Club?: Ryan Carpenter and Cam Wojtala are approaching 70 points for their careers. Carpenter is one point away with 69 points, while Wojtala needs three points to reach 70. With Dan DeSalvo (77 points) already passing the career mark, the Falcons could have three players with 70-or-more career points. The last time Bowling Green had three players on the roster with at least 70 career points in the same season was in 2005-06 when Brett Pilkington (91), Alex Foster (82) and Jonathan Matsumoto (80) completed the feat. Red Hot Start: Speaking of Carpenter, the junior captain has made his presence known since his return to the lineup. Carpenter, who missed the first 24 games of the season due to several injuries, has recorded at least one point in five of his six games since, totaling 3-3=6. His success has seen him post an assist in his last three games for a season-high three-game point streak. Not To Be Outdone: Junior winger Adam Berkle has been successful since returning from his injury suffered in a series against Lake Superior back in late November. Berkle missed back-to-back series in early December before returning to play against BC in the Three Rivers Classic. Since returning, Berkle has six goals and two assists and is currently on a four-game point streak (3-2=5). Following The Falcons in Sochi: The BGSU ice hockey program has a rich tradition that has seen a total of nine Olympians represent the Falcons in years past. This year, the Orange and Brown have added two more names to the list of Falcons that have played or coached in the Olympics. Former forward Dan Bylsma is head coach of Team USA while current defenseman Ralfs Freibergs will play for Latvia in this year s Sochi games. Full coverage will be provided on BGSUFalcons.com, by clicking on the additional links on the right side of the ice hockey page and scrolling down to follow the Falcons at Sochi. Month of January: The Falcons ended the month of January with an overall record of 4-2-1. The Falcons posted a 4-3-1 record in January last season, and won only nine games up to this point in the season. The Orange and Brown have improved their win total in four of the five months this season, and has four more wins (13) this year compared to last (9). Nationally fourth-ranked Ferris State capped a weekend home sweep of visiting Northern Michigan and recorded its third-straight victory as the Bulldogs skated to a 2-1 triumph before a sold out crowd on Saturday (Feb. 8) night in WCHA play at FSU s Ewigleben Ice Arena. The Bulldogs, who posted a decisive 7-1 win in last Friday night s series opener in Big Rapids, built a 2-0 lead against the Wildcats and held on for the win. The victory was FSU s 20th of the season as the Bulldogs improved to 20-6-3 overall and remained on top of the league standings with a 15-3-2 conference record. FSU has now won its last three games in a row. Ferris State returned from a two-week hiatus on Friday night after being idle last weekend, but showed little rust in a dominating performance on home ice before a near sellout crowd of 2,297 fans in Big Rapids. The 7-1 triumph was the Bulldogs most decisive victory since posting an 8-1 home win over Ohio State on Nov. 20, 2009, and it marked the second time in which FSU has scored seven goals this season as the Bulldogs opened the year with a 7-4 win at Colgate on Oct. 5. The two weekend wins marked the Bulldogs second and third victories over the Wildcats this campaign as Ferris State closed the regular-season series with a 3-0-1 mark vs NMU. The two teams had previously played in Marquette in November with the Bulldogs earning a victory and a tie. With the two wins, FSU also improved to 5-1-2 in the last eight outings against NMU and the Bulldogs have now won 10 games at home this season. Ferris State held onto a two-point lead over second place Minnesota State in the WCHA standings with the sweep. FSU also owns two games in hand over MSU with eight games left on the regular-season schedule. Last Saturday s sellout represented the Bulldogs third in the last four home games and came on the heels of a near-sellout for Friday s opener. The Dawg Pound student section was also sold out in what represented its 45th consecutive sellout for one of college hockey s most vocal student groups. The Bulldogs current three-game win streak is tied for the sixth-longest active stretch in the nation while FSU s 20 wins trail only national-leader Boston College s 21 victories to date. Junior goaltender CJ Motte returned to form in net last weekend and made 29 saves in both games. He also had an assist in the Friday night win, which was his second of the season. Ferris State hits the road this weekend for a two-game league series at Bemidji State on Friday and Saturday (Feb. 14-15) in Bemidji. The opening game gets underway on Friday at 8:37 pm ET with the finale on Saturday at 8:07 pm ET. The Bulldogs and Beavers battled each other earlier this season in Big Rapids on Nov. 8-9 with FSU earning wins both nights. FSU captured an exciting win in game one with a 5-4 (ot) victory on a goal from junior defenseman Jason Binkley and followed with a 5-3 win in the finale. The two wins came in the Bulldogs first-ever WCHA home series and helped fuel the Bulldogs to a school-record and then nation-leading 16-game unbeaten streak. Ferris State is 7-4 all-time vs Bemidji State heading into the weekend action. Prior to the two wins earlier this year, FSU fell to the Beavers 3-2 in 2010 (12/31) at the Mariucci Classic. Overall, FSU is 4-2 at home, 3-1 on the road and 0-1 at neutral sites against BSU. The first meeting between the two schools was in 1999 (11/12) and resulted in an 8-0 Bulldog victory. The Bulldogs will then return home on Feb. 21-22 to host league-rival Alaska Anchorage inside the Ewigleben Ice Arena with both games set for starts.
Team Notebooks con t Lakers Lake Superior State University Huskies Michigan Technological University Lake Superior State (13-14-1, 9-11-0 WCHA) squares off with Northern Michigan (11-15-2, 9-10-1 WCHA) this Friday and Saturday for the first time as WCHA opponents. The weekend also presents an opportunity for the Lakers to jump Northern Michigan in the standings if they can string together two wins, which has been historically hard for the Lakers to accomplish at Berry Events Center. NMU owns a 40-10-4 all-time record at home against LSSU. The Lakers are coming off a home split against the Alaska Anchorage Seawolves. Lake Superior State earned a 5-3 victory last Friday evening and suffered a 5-2 loss on Saturday. The Lakers currently sit in ninth place in the WCHA with 18 points following the weekend home series with Alaska Anchorage. Northern Michigan remains in eighth place of the WCHA with a single point separating the Lakers and the Wildcats for the final playoff spot in the conference. The Father Cappo Cup series will be the only regular-season series scheduled between the Upper Peninsula rivals this season. The Wildcats lead the all-time Cappo Cup series, 12-8, but LSSU has claimed the Cup three of the last four seasons. In 2012-13, the Lakers won the total-goals series 10-4 and took three out of four games. The Lakers came out of a bye week and split with the Seawolves, finishing the regular season 2-2 against UAA. The Lakers capped a big offensive output last Friday night with a combined seven points from their top line of Alex Globke (10-18=28), Colin Campbell (10-11=21) and Dan Radke (5-14=19). Radke and Campbell each netted a goal and an assist, while Globke turned in three assists in the win. Junior forward Andrew Dommett scored the game-winning goal while playing in his first game back since Jan. 4. During the second game of the weekend the Lakers gave up a 39-28 shot advantage to UAA and lost 5-2. The Seawolves tallied three of their five goals in the second period. The Lakers got goals from Bryce Schmitt (5-5=10) and Stephen Perfetto (4-13=17). Five points separate six teams ranked fourth through ninth in the WCHA standings. Nationally, Alex Globke is tied for fourth in overall rookie points while continuing to lead the WCHA in freshman scoring. He is second in the WCHA in rookie goals scored. Globke is also tied for fourth in overall WCHA soring. Garret Clemment (3-10=13) is tied for ninth in the conference in rookie scoring. Senior forward Colin Campbell (10-11=21) is tied for fifth in the WCHA in game-winning goals with three. Kevin Czuczman, a junior, is tied for fifth in the WCHA in overall defenseman points and tied for second in shorthanded goals with two. Czuczman is also tied for second in the nation for goals by a defenseman. Zach Sternberg (5-11=15) is tied for 10th in the WCHA for defenseman scoring. Michigan Tech comes off its Winter Carnival sweep of Alabama Huntsville with a four-game winning streak and victories in five of its last six contests. The Black and Gold has jumped from a tie for seventh up to third in the WCHA standings over the last two weeks. The Huskies seek home ice in the playoffs for the first time since 1993. Tech claimed its 43rd Winter Carnival title in 65 tries with the sweep of Alabama Huntsville last weekend. The Huskies are now 71-45-14 (.600) in 130 games of Winter Carnival history. Tech s sweep last weekend was its first sweep of a Carnival series since 1998 (5-3, 5-3 vs. Minnesota). Michigan Tech has scored 24 goals in its last four games. The Huskies had 23 goals combined in their previous 12 games before the current four-game winning streak. Tech s 10-goal outburst vs. Alabama Huntsville last Saturday (Feb. 8) was its most since Jan. 30, 1993, in a 10-2 Winter Carnival victory over Minnesota. Captain Blake Pietila (Brighton, Mich.) earned Winter Carnival MVP honors for his performance last weekend that included four goals and two assists. The junior center notched two goals on Friday (Feb. 7) with a power-play goal and his first even-strength tally of the year. He added two more power-play markers and two assists on Saturday (Feb. 8). Pietila has recorded 5-7=12 in the last six games to take over the team point lead with 8-16=24 in 31 games this year. Fourteen different Tech players registered points in the 10-4 win over Alabama Huntsville last Saturday (Feb. 8). Eight of those 14 had multi-point games, and for three of those eight it was their first multi-point game of the season. Senior defenseman Brad Stebner (Fort McMurray, Alb.) owns a team-best plus/minus rating of +13 on the season. He is an incredible +10 during the Huskies current four-game winning streak. Michigan Tech is on its first four-game WCHA winning streak since Jan. 25-Feb. 7, 1991. Max Vallis (Santa Clara, Calif.) scored his first career goal in Saturday s (Feb. 8) 10-4 win over Alabama Huntsville. The rookie was playing in his 14th game of the season. He owns 1-5=6 on the season. Freshman Reid Sturos (Brighton, Mich.) continued his hot streak with five points over the weekend. The right wing posted two assists on Friday (Feb. 7) and a goal and two assists on Saturday (Feb. 8). Sturos owns 1-7=8 in the last four games and 3-10=13 in the 10 games since Jan. 1. Senior Dennis Rix (Grande Prairie, Alb.) is currently on a four-game point streak after going the previous 20 games without a point. The assistant captain has appeared in 141 career games with 14-18=32. Pheonix Copley (North Pole, Alaska) started both games in nets for Michigan Tech vs. Alabama Huntsville and improved his season record to 8-8-5. The sophomore leads the WCHA in goals-against average (all games) with a 2.20 mark. He is third in the league in save percentage at.918. Michigan Tech has six games left on its 2013-14 regular season slate. The next three are at home, where the Huskies are 7-3-3.
Team Notebooks con t Mavericks Minnesota State University Wildcats Northern Michigan University Minnesota State (17-13-0, 15-7-0 WCHA) a league home sweep over Bemidji State last weekend with the Mavericks claiming 5-2 and 3-2 victories. MSU continues home WCHA action this weekend with Alabama Huntsville visiting Verizon Wireless Center. The Mavericks downed the Chargers by 4-1 and 4-1 scores in Huntsville in December. Junior forward Jean-Paul Lafontaine had a pair of goals and two assists in the BSU series to push his season totals to 18-18=36, which stand atop the team s scoring charts. Lafontaine, who owns the national lead in PPGs with 13, has 10-10=20 in the last 11 games. He has not missed a game in his three-year MSU career and owns a streak of having played in 109 consecutive games. The Oxford, Mich., native owns 40-59=99 career numbers to rank 10th on the school s D1 career scoring list. Senior forward Zach Lehrke boasts season totals of 7-14=21 in 20 games. Lehrke owns 30-45=75 in 123 games during his four-year Minnesota State career and stands 26th on the school s D1 scoring list. Junior forward Matt Leitner heads into the Alabama Huntsville series riding an eight-game point-scoring streak (4-12=16) and owns 37-72=109 in 107 career games and ranks seventh on MSU s career scoring list (D1) era. Leitner, who had registered a total of four assists in the two wins over BSU, has 39 blocked shots on the season leads MSU forward corps and rank fourth in the nation amongst all forwards. Sophomore Teddy Blueger enters the UAH series with 3-13=16 on the season. Blueger, who is second on the Mavericks with 227 face-off wins on the season, has 9-26=35 in 66 career games with the Mavericks. Freshman netminder Cole Huggins owns a 13-7-0 won-loss record, 2.24 goalsagainst average and.913 sv% on the year. Huggins, who has started 10 of the last 12 games, ranks 21st in the nation in goals-against average, 41st in save percentage and his two shutouts on the year is tied for 16th. Sophomore forward Dylan Margonari, who led MSU with a game-high six shots on goal in the 5-2 win over BSU Feb. 7, has 5-7=12 in 29 games played this season. Freshman defenseman Sean Flanagan has 1-4=5 in the last five games and registered his second game-winning goal of the season in last Saturday s 3-2 victory over BSU. Flanagan, who has 4-7=11 on the season, has played in 21 games for the Mavericks, owns the team lead at +9. Sophomore forward Bryce Gervais, who assisted on a goal by Zach Lehrke in last Friday s 5-2 win over Bemidji State, has not missed a game in his two-year MSU career and has now played 71 consecutive games. Gervais has 2-3=5 in the last six games, has 7-5=12 in 30 games this season and owns 15-10=25 in two MSU seasons. Including a goal and an assist in last Friday s 5-2 win over BSU, junior defenseman Zach Palmquist has 1-5=6 in the last eight games. Palmquist, who has tallied 16-45=61 in 109 career games, ranks ninth on the school s scoring by defensemen list for the D1 era and has not missed a game in his three-year collegiate career. Junior forward Chase Grant has totalled 20-30=50 in 108 career games. Grant ranks second on the team with +4 on the year. Junior forward Max Gaede, who has played in 101 straight games (last 30 games of his freshman season, all 41 games in 2012-13 and 30 in 2013-14), tallied his first goal of 2013-14 when he scored the game-winner in the 6-4 victory Alaska Jan. 4. Gaede owns 5-19=24 during the course of his three-year Minnesota State career. Senior forward Johnny McInnis, who had his point-scoring stream end at six games in last Friday s 5-2 win over BSU, had a goal and an assist in Saturday s 3-2 win over the Beavers. McInnis, who stands third on the team scoring charts with 16-11=27, has 38-30=68 in 120 games during the course of his four-year MSU career. His 13 career game-winning goals stand tied for second on MSU s all-time list. Junior defenseman Brett Stern, who leads the team in blocked shots with 49, has 0-4=4 on the season and has played in all 30 games in 2013-14. Sophomore defenseman Jon Jutzi, who has 1-12=13 for his two-year MSU career, has 48 blocked shots to rank second on the team in that department. Jutzi has not missed a game during his time with the Mavericks. Freshman forward Zach Stepan had a goal and an assist in last Friday s 5-2 win over BSU and has 5-5=10 in his last 13 games. Stepan, whose goal vs the Beavers is the first game-winning goal of his career, leads MSU newcomers with 7-6-13. Freshman defenseman Carter Foguth has 37 blocked shots in 23 games. Freshman forward Michael Huntebrinker tallied his first career goal in last Friday s 5-2 win over Bemidji State. The Chesterfield, Mo., native has played in nine games. The Mavericks have gone 36-for-108 (.333) with the man-advantage in the last 20 contests. Minnesota State is tied for second in the nation in power-play percentage (39/156, 25.0%) and is fifth in the nation in penalty-kill (116/133, 87.2%). MSU s record in Friday games is 6-9. On Saturday, the Mavericks are 11-4. The Mavericks are 11-1 in home games, 6-10 on the road, and 0-2 in neutral site contests. The Wildcats lost two games on the road at No. 4/5 Ferris State this past weekend in WCHA action. Ferris won game one of the series 7-1 and the Bulldogs won game two 2-1. The losses drop Northern Michigan to 11-15-2 overall with a 9-10-1 league mark. Senior forward Erik Higby scored his eighth goal of the season in game one against the Bulldogs on Friday. Junior forward Reed Seckel and junior defenseman Mitch Jones assisted on Higby s goal. Freshman forward Darren Nowick scored the Wildcats goal in game two on Saturday on an assist from senior defenseman Wade Epp. It was the third goal of the season for Nowick. Northern Michigan will play five of its last eight contests at the Berry Events Center beginning with hosting Lake Superior State this weekend. Game times are set for both Friday and Saturday. The winner of the series will take home the Father Cappo Cup; in the event of a tie the goals scored in the series will break the tie. Lake Superior State won the Cappo Cup last year with a 3-1 series record. As a team, the Wildcats are averaging 2.4 goals per game, 24.6 shots per game and are 26-131 (19.8%) on the power-play. The squad is averaging 6.2 penalties per game and averaging 16.0 penalty minutes per game. Senior forward and assistant captain Stephan Vigier leads the Wildcats with 12 goals and 20 points. He also has eight assists and has appeared in all 28 games this season. Vigier ranks third in the WCHA in power-play goals and fourth in game-winners. He is also eight overall in goals scored and power play points. Junior defender Mitch Jones leads NMU with 16 assists, which ranks seventh in the WCHA. Jones ranks second on the squad with 17 points and is fifth in the league in defenseman scoring. Seckel is third with 15 (8g, 7a) followed by Higby with 12. Freshman goalkeeper Mathias Dahlstrom moved to 10-13-2 on the season with the losses to Ferris State. Dahlstrom is fifth in the WCHA with a.913 save percentage and eighth in the league with a 2.54 goals-against average. Dahlstrom has recorded 665 saves on the season and has posted three shutouts. The Wildcats are 8-1 when scoring the first goal of the game, 6-2 when leading after the first, and 11-0 when leading after the second. The Wildcats are currently ninth in scoring offense in the WCHA (2.4 goals per game) and sixth in scoring defense (2.8 goals gainst per game). NMU is second on the power-play, converting 26-of-131, and ninth on the penalty-kill at 106-of-136. Senior defender Wade Epp (1-4=5) leads Northern Michigan with 34 blocked shots. Epp has appeared in 26 games this year for the Wildcats. Junior forward Ryan Kesti (3-2=5) is second on the team with 29 blocked shots and has appeared in all 28 games this season. Seckel and Higby lead NMU in plus/minus rating with +4. Seckel has appeared in 23 games recording eight goals and eight assists on the season. Higby has appeared in 21 games this season scoring eight goals with five assists. NMU has five players that have appeared in all 28 games this season Vigier, Sooth, Shine, Baker and Kesti. The series against Lake Superior State is the second-longest running rivalry in NMU hockey history. The Wildcats own a 61-35-10 overall record against LSSU in their 106 all-time meetings. NMU split at home last season against the Lakers, winning 3-1 on Friday March 1, 2013 but dropped a 3-0 contest on Saturday.