Oct. 17, 2005

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MADISON, Wisc. - The first two series of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's 28 games-per-team 2005-06 conference schedule will be contested over the upcoming weekend (Oct. 21-22) as St. Cloud State hosts Wisconsin at the National Hockey Center and Minnesota entertaining Minnesota State at Mariucci Arena.

Each WCHA-member team will play four games (two home, two away) against five other conference member teams and two games (either home or away) vs four other conference member teams for a total of 28 league games. The winner of the regular season championship, based on total points, will receive the MacNaughton Cup. In 2004-05, Denver and Colorado College tied for the title and were declared co-champions. The six other WCHA-member teams will open their conference schedules over the weekend of Oct. 28-29, when Alaska Anchorage heads to Wisconsin, Colorado College plays at Minnesota State, Denver travels to North Dakota, and Michigan Tech hosts Minnesota Duluth.

The remainder of the upcoming weekend's schedule (Oct. 21-23) consists of a series of non-conference matchups. Minnesota Duluth plays at Hockey East Association-member Vermont, North Dakota plays at HEA-member New Hampshire, Michigan Tech goes home-and-home with Central Collegiate Hockey Association-member Northern Michigan, Denver hosts College Hockey America-member Air Force on Friday and CCHA-member Notre Dame on Saturday, Colorado College hosts CCHA-member Notre Dame on Friday and CHA-member Air Force on Saturday. On Saturday and Sunday, Alaska Anchorage will entertain CCHA-member and in-state rival Alaska Fairbanks in the first round of the annual Alaska Airlines Governor's Cup.

WCHA-member teams had an uncharacteristically-tough go in non-conference play over the Oct. 14-16 weekend, posting just a 5-10-1 mark overall, with four of the losses coming by just one goal and three others by two. At the Nye Frontier Classic at Sullivan Arena, host Alaska Anchorage won 6-3 over Rensselaer last Friday before falling 2-0 to Vermont on Saturday, while Michigan Tech lost 4-3 in overtime to Vermont last Friday and 4-3 to Rensselaer last Saturday. The result for UAA last Friday gave first-year head coach Dave Shyiak a victory in his first game behind the Seawolves' bench. In non-conference series, host North Dakota swept Northeastern, 6-0 and 2-1, host Colorado College split with Ohio State, 2-4 and 1-0, visiting St. Cloud State split with host Northern Michigan, 0-3 and 3-2 (ot), visiting Denver lost twice at Maine, 1-5 and 2-4, host Minnesota lost and tied against Alaska Fairbanks, 3-4 (ot) and 3-3 (ot), and visiting Minnesota State dropped a pair at Bemidji State, 3-4 and 3-7. The victory by the SCSU Huskies last Saturday marked the first win behind the bench for first-year head coach Bob Motzko.

On the opening weekend of Oct. 7-8, WCHA-member teams were 5-5 against outside Div. 1 competition and to date in 2005-06, the league is 10-15-1 (.404) in non-conference play.

Over the past four seasons, WCHA-member teams have enjoyed oustanding success against non-conference Div. 1 opponents. In 2004-05, WCHA-member clubs were 53-17-14 (.714) against outside Div. 1 competition ... in 2003-04, WCHA teams were a combined 60-20-9 (.725) in non-conference play ... in 2002-03, conference teams were 57-27-8 (.663) in non-conference play ... and in 2001-02, WCHA-member teams were 56-24-2 (.695) outside the league circuit.

This Week in the WCHA
Games for Friday, Oct. 21: Wisconsin @ St. Cloud State, 7:07 pm CT; Minnesota State @ Minnesota, 7:07 pm CT; Minnesota Duluth @ Vermont, 7:05 pm ET (nc); North Dakota @ New Hampshire, 8:00 pm ET (nc); Michigan Tech @ Northern Michigan, 7:35 pm CT (nc); Denver @ Air Force, 7:05 pm MT (nc); Notre Dame @ Colorado College, 7:37 pm CT.
Games for Saturday, Oct. 22: Wisconsin @ St. Cloud State, 7:07 pm CT; Minnesota State @ Minnesota, 7:07 pm CT; Minnesota Duluth @ Vermont, 7:05 pm ET (nc); North Dakota @ New Hampshire, 7:00 pm ET (nc); Northern Michigan @ Michigan Tech, 7:37 pm CT (nc); Notre Dame @ Denver, 7:07 pm MT (nc); Air Force @ Colorado College, 7:07 pm MT (nc); Alaska Fairbanks @ Alaska Anchorage, 7:07 pm AT (nc).
Games for Sunday, Oct. 23: Alaska Fairbanks @ Alaska Anchorage, 5:07 pm AT (nc).

Minnesota-based WCHA Teams to Compete for Inaugural DQ Cup
The Border battles have raged for decades on the gridiron, but now the sheets of ice across the state are ushering in a new era as the University of Minnesota men's hockey team will compete with the three other Western Collegiate Hockey Association teams in the state of Minnesota this season for the inaugural DQ Cup.

Golden Gopher, Bulldog, Husky and Maverick fans have celebrated the rivalries for years and after March 3 there will be a real piece of hardware sitting in a collegiate trophy case providing year-long bragging rights for the victors. Minnesota State, St. Cloud State, Minnesota Duluth and Minnesota compete in a dozen games that will combine to determine a winner of the DQ Cup.

Here is how it works. The winner of the DQ Cup will be determined on a point system in six head-to-head contests. The winner of each qualifying will receive five DQ Cup points, while the loser will receive zero points. If any of the qualifying games should end in a tie, both teams will receive two points. A tiebreaker system exists if there is a tie for the highest number of total points at the end of the DQ Cup schedule.

DQ Cup Schedule
Oct. 21: Minnesota State at Minnesota
Oct. 22 : Minnesota State at Minnesota
Oct. 28: Minnesota at St. Cloud State
Oct. 29: Minnesota at St. Cloud State
Nov. 4: Minnesota at Minnesota Duluth
Dec. 2: Minnesota Duluth at Minnesota State
Jan. 20: Minnesota Duluth at St. Cloud State
Jan. 21: Minnesota Duluth at St. Cloud State
Jan. 27: Minnesota State at Minnesota Duluth
Feb. 17: St. Cloud State at Minnesota State
Feb. 18: St. Cloud State at Minnesota State
March 3: Minnesota Duluth at Minnesota

Coach Herb Brooks to be Inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The United States Olympic Committee announced today (Oct. 12) that legendary coach Herb Brooks has been selected to the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. The late Brooks joins the 1984 Men's Gymnastics Olympic Team; Olympians Evelyn Ashford, Rowdy Gaines, Bob Hayes, Shannon Miller and Kristi Yamaguchi; Paralympian Diana Golden-Brosnihan; Jack Shea in the Veterans category; and Special Contributor Dick Ebersol as the Class of 2006.

The group will be honored during the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame Presented by Allstate Induction Ceremony December 8, 2005, at the Harris Theatre in Chicago, Ill.

"Herb Brooks is quite simply one of the greatest hockey coaches who ever lived," said Dave Ogrean, executive director of USA Hockey. "He is the architect of the most famous achievement in American hockey history, and we are extremely pleased to learn that he will be inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame."

Brooks was the architect of one of the most celebrated moments in the history of sport. His direction of the gold-medal-winning U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team at the 1980 Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, N.Y., was achieved with a 6-0-1 overall record and a stunning 4-3 victory against the heavily-favored Soviet Union.

For that tremendous accomplishment, Brooks was presented with the National Hockey League's Lester Patrick Award for his contribution to hockey in the United States. In 1980, Sports Illustrated tabbed Brooks as its Sportsman of the Year and, 20 years later, called the 1980 team's performance the "Greatest Sports Moment of the Century."

Most recently, Brooks led the U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team to the silver medal at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. Brooks' other head coaching assignment with USA Hockey came with the U.S. National Team at the 1979 International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship. Brooks also skated for the 1964 and 1968 U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Teams.

Brooks experienced coaching success at all levels. He helped lead the University of Minnesota to three national championships between 1972-79. Brooks also coached the National Hockey League's Minnesota North Stars (1987-88), New Jersey Devils (1992-93) and Pittsburgh Penguins (1999-00).

In 2003, Brooks died tragically in a car accident in his home state of Minnesota. He was 66.

The U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame was established in 1979 to celebrate the achievements of America's premier athletes in the modern Olympic Games. The first U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame class was inducted in 1983 during ceremonies in Chicago. To date, 182 athletes (including six U.S. teams) and special contributors to the U.S. Olympic Movement have been enshrined. Hall members represent an American honor roll of athletic ambassadors to the ideals of brotherhood and fair play.
(Release courtesy of USA Hockey, Inc.)

ESPNU Begins Coverage of Men's College Hockey Oct. 21
18 Regular-Season Games Scheduled; ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU To Televise Entire NCAA Hockey Championship

ESPNU, the 24-hour college sports network, will air at least 18 regular-season Division I men's college ice hockey games beginning Friday, Oct. 21, with Notre Dame at #6 Colorado College, live at 9:30 p.m. ET. The advent of ESPNU has resulted in the most extensive national college hockey schedule ever on ESPN's networks. Additionally, for a second year, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU will combine for complete coverage of the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship, televising all 15 games -- from the selection show to the Frozen Four. ESPN began coverage of the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship in 1980.

"Our season-long commitment to college hockey will showcase the great action, intensity and quality play," said Burke Magnus, vice president and general manager, ESPNU. "Fans nationwide can enjoy a variety of top teams each week on ESPNU throughout the regular-season, followed by complete-game coverage of the quest for the sport's ultimate prize - the NCAA Championship - on the collection of ESPN networks."

The schedule is highlighted by games featuring nine of the top 10 ranked teams in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine weekly poll, including #1 Minnesota, #2 Denver, #3 Ohio State, #4 Cornell and #5 Boston College. Of the 23 schools featured each week generally on Fridays, Saturdays or Sundays this season, 13 qualified for the 2005 NCAA tournament.

Four of the regular-season games will be ESPNU original telecasts with commentator duties split among ESPN NHL analyst Barry Melrose, Bob Norton and Dave Shea. The other fourteen regular-season games televised on ESPNU will co-exist with local affiliates. Seven sets of local talent will be utilized to cover the games that will air as co-exists, who will include Jeff Thomas, Pat Sweeney, Dan Parkhurst and Clay Matvick.

Below is ESPNU's regular-season schedule of men's ice hockey games, as well as the NCAA tournament games.

2005-06 ESPNU College Hockey Schedule
(Additional Games May Be Announced)
Date Time (ET) Game
Friday, Oct. 21 9:30 pm *Notre Dame at Colorado College
Friday, Oct. 28 8:00 pm *Minnesota at St. Cloud State
Friday, Nov. 4 8:30 pm *Wisconsin at North Dakota
Sunday, Nov. 13 3:00 pm Boston College at Vermont
Sunday, Nov. 20 3:00 pm Brown at Harvard
Friday, Nov. 25 7:30 pm Ohio State at Notre Dame
Friday, Dec. 2 9:30 pm *Denver at Colorado College
Friday, Dec. 9 11:00 pm *Michigan State at Alaska Fairbanks
Saturday, Dec. 17 8:30 pm *Bemidji State at North Dakota
Friday, Dec. 30 8:30 pm *Harvard at North Dakota
Saturday, Jan. 7 7:00 pm *Vermont at New Hampshire
Saturday, Jan. 14 9:30 pm *Wisconsin at Colorado College
Saturday, Jan. 21 7:00 pm *UMass at New Hampshire
Saturday, Jan. 28 10:30 pm **Brown at Colgate
Saturday, Feb. 4 10:30 pm **Cornell at Colgate
Saturday, Feb. 11 4:30 pm Princeton at Dartmouth
Saturday, Feb. 18 7:00 pm *Boston University at New Hampshire
Saturday, Feb. 25 8:00 pm *Wisconsin at Minnesota State
*will co-exist in local markets; **tape delay

2006 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship Coverage on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU
Date Network Time Game
Sunday, March 20 ESPN2 11:00 am NCAA Hockey Selection
Show Special
Friday, March 24 ESPNU 4:00 pm Worcester regional semifinal
7:00 pm Worcester regional semifinal
ESPNU 6:30 pm Grand Forks regional semifinal
ESPNU 9:30 pm Grand Forks regional semifinal
Saturday, March 25 ESPNU 6:00 pm Worcester regional final
ESPNU 9:00 pm Grand Forks regional final
ESPNU 12:00 pm Albany regional semifinal
ESPNU 3:00 pm Albany regional semifinal
ESPNU 2:30 pm Green Bay regional semifinal
ESPNU 5:30 pm Green Bay regional semifinal
Sunday, March 26 ESPNU 2:00 pm Albany regional final
ESPNU 5:00 pm Green Bay regional final
Thursday, April 6 ESPN2 3:00 pm National semifinal #1
ESPN2 8:00 pm National semifinal #2
Saturday, April 8 ESPN 7:00 pm National Championship

About ESPNU: ESPNU was launched in March 2005. The ESPNU schedule will feature more than 300 live events (regular-season and championships) in the network's first year. Action includes a variety of top football and men's and women's basketball mixed with baseball, softball, volleyball, lacrosse, ice hockey, wrestling and more. ESPNU also offers comprehensive studio programming, replays of ABC Sports, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Regional Television games, plus specials and more.

In the 2005 Beta Research Cable Subscriber Study - Interest in Emerging/Mid-sized/VOD Networks, ESPNU was ranked sixth (tied) among men 18-34 for high interest in watching each network, out of the 21 mid-sized networks assessed.

ESPNU has secured distribution agreements with DIRECTV (Channel 609), Echostar's DISH Network (Channel 148), Adelphia, Mediacom, Verizon, several smaller affiliates and is close to distribution agreements with others. The 24-hour television network is the key component of the multi-media ESPNU initiative that will deliver college sports content across ESPN's family of services, such as ESPN.com, ESPN The Magazine, ESPN Mobile, ESPN Radio, ESPN Interactive, ESPN360, merchandising and more.

(Release courtesy of ESPN.)

WCHA Game Summaries

Friday, Oct. 14
Denver 1 @ Maine 5 (nc)
1st: G1 Denver - Ryan Helgason 1 (T.J. Fast, Tom May), 8:07. 2nd: G2 ME - Josh Soares 2 (Keenan Hopson, Billy Ryan), PPG, 14:45; G3 ME - Greg Moore 2 (Michel Leveille), 15:26. 3rd: G4 ME - Jon Jankus 2 (Mike Hamilton, Rob Bellamy), 4:34; G5 ME - Leveille 2 (unassisted), ENG, 19:25; G6 ME - Derek Damon 2 (Keith Johnson), 19:59. Score by Periods: Denver 1-0-0 = 1; Maine 0-2-3 = 5. Pen: Denver 7-22; Maine 12-32. PP: Denver 0-9; Maine 1-4. Saves: Glenn Fisher (Denver), 8-15-0 = 23 (58:54); Ben Bishop (Maine), 10-3-2 = 15 (60:00). Att: 5,641 (sellout). Time: 2:32.

St. Cloud State 0 @ Northern Michigan 3 (nc)
1st: G1 NMU - Jamie Milam 1 (Rob Lehtinen, Dirk Southern), PPG, 2:20; G2 NMU - Patrick Murphy 1 (Matt Ciancio), 10:50. 2nd: No scoring. 3rd: G3 NMU - Lehtinen 1 (Southern), SHG/ENG, 19:59. Score by Periods: SCSU 0-0-0 = 0; NMU 2-0-1 = 3. Pen: SCSU 6-12; NMU 8-27. PP: SCSU 0-7; NMU 1-6. Saves: Tim Boron (SCSU), 4-7-4 = 15 (58:35); Bill Zaniboni (NMU), 8-7-7 = 22 (59:51). Att: 3,186. Time: 2:01.

Alaska Fairbanks 4 @ Minnesota 3 ot (nc)
1st: G1 UAF - Kyle Jones 1 (Justin Binab, Darcy Campbell), 2:51. 2nd: G2 UM - Blake Wheeler 1 (Andy Sertich, Chris Harrington), 1:32; G3 UM - Ryan Potulny 1 (Tyler Hirsch), PPG, 14:30. 3rd: G4 UAF - Jordan Hendry 1 (Kyle Greentree, Ryan McLeod), 5:58; G5 UAF - Tyler Eckford 1 (Greentree, Nathan Fornataro), PPG, 13:18; G6 UM - Gino Guyer 1 (Derek Peltier), SHG/EA, 19:29. OT: G7 UAF - Greentree 1 (McLeod), 3:45. Score by Periods: UAF 1-0-2-1 = 4; UM 0-2-1-0 = 3. Pen: UAF 5-10; UM 9-18. PP: UAF 1-9; UM 1-5. Saves: Wylie Rogers (UAF), 8-11-13-1 = 33 (63:36); Kellen Briggs (UM), 8-13-9-1 = 31 (63:25). Att: 9,724. Time: 2:21.

Minnesota State 3 @ Bemidji State 4 (nc)
1st: G1 BSU - Cody Bostock 1 (Nathan Schwartzbauer, Ryan Huddy), PPG, 1:34; G2 BSU - Huddy 1 (Rob Sirianni, Jean-Guy Gervais), PPG, 11:05; G3 MSU - Brock Becker 1 (Kyle Peto, David Backes), PPG, 17:34. 2nd: G4 BSU - Luke Erickson 1 (Andrew Martens, Riley Weselowski), PPG, 6:13. 3rd: G5 MSU - Travis Morin 1 (Backes, Becker), PPG, 5:17; G6 MSU - Kurtis Kisio 1 (Morin, Steve Wagner), EA, 10:32; G7 BSU - Sirianni 1 (Bostock, Erickson), PPG, 13:36. Score by Periods: MSU 1-0-2 = 3; BSU 2-1-1 = 4. Pen: MSU 15-41; BSU 13-26. PP: MSU 2-9; BSU 4-11. Saves: Chris Clark (MSU), 4-9-14 = 27 (57:43); Matt Climie (BSU), 12-9-8 = 29 (60:00). Att: 1,526. Time: 2:24.

Northeastern 0 @ North Dakota 6 (nc)
1st: G1 UND - Chris Porter 1 (T.J. Oshie, Jonathan Toews), 8:20; G2 UND - Matt Smaby 1 (Oshie, Ryan Duncan), PPG, 9:54. 2nd: G3 UND - Mike Prpich 1 (Erik Fabian, Jordan Parise), 1:56; G4 UND - Duncan 1 (Toews, Andrew Kozek), 18:21. 3rd: G5 UND - Toews 2 (Porter), 0:57; G6 UND - Brian Lee 1 (Kozek, Oshie), PPG, 16:18. Score by Periods: NE 0-0-0 = 0; UND 2-2-2 = 6. Pen: NE 9-21; UND 7-14. PP: NE 0-6; UND 2-8. Saves: Doug Jewer (NE), 5-11-10 = 26 (60:00); Jordan Parise (UND), 2-8-9 = 19 (60:00). Att: 10,175. Time: 2:15.

Ohio State 4 @ Colorado College 2 (nc)
1st: G1 CC - Brett Sterling 3 (Joey Crabb, Marty Sertich), PPG, 1:38; G2 OSU - Tyson Strachan 1 (Rod Pelley), 10:57. 2nd: G3 OSU - Matt McIlvane 1 (Andrew Schembri, Tom Fritsche), PPG, 1:30; G4 CC - Derek Patrosso 5 (Sterling), 2:26. 3rd: G5 OSU - Pelley 1 (unassisted), 4:48; G6 OSU - Kyle Hood 1 (Fritsche, Schembri), PPG, 10:11. Score by Periods: OSU 1-1-2 = 4; CC 1-1-0 = 2. Pen: OSU 7-14; CC 8-16. PP: OSU 2-8; CC 1-7. Saves: Dave Caruso (OSU), 5-7-11 = 23 (60:00); Matt Zaba (CC), 10-7-5 = 22 (58:48). Att: 6,129. Time: 2:13.

Vermont 4 vs Michigan Tech 3 ot @ Nye Frontier Classic, Anchorage, AK (nc)
1st: G1 UV - Evan Stoflet 1 (Dean Strong), 17:17; G2 MTU - Taggart Desmet 3 (Chris Conner, Lars Helminen), 18:50. 2nd: G3 UV - Strong 1 (Chris Myers), 7:41; G4 MTU - Brandon Schwartz 2 (Mark Malekoff), SHG, 10:42. 3rd: G5 UV - Brady Leisenring 1 (Jeff Corey, Torrey Mitchell), 1:25; G6 MTU - Conner 2 (Tyler Shelast), PPG, 10:24. OT: G7 UV - Leisenring 2 (Mitchell), 0:34. Score by Periods: UV 1-1-1-1 = 4; MTU 1-1-1-0 = 3. Pen: UV 9-18; MTU 8-16. PP: UV 0-6; MTU 1-7. Saves: Joe Fallon (UV), 5-8-5-0 = 18 (60:34); Michael-Lee Teslak (MTU), 14-12-9-0 = 35 (60:34). Att: NA. Time: 2:12.

Rensselaer 3 @ Alaska Anchorage 6 @ Nye Frontier Classic (nc)
1st: G1 R - Chris Hussey 1 (Andrew Lord, Scott Romfo), 5:37; G2 UAA - Mark Smith 1 (Billy Smith, Jay Beagle), 10:41; G3 UAA - Charlie Kronschnabel 1 (Mat Robinson, Shane Lovdahl), PPG, 17:50. 2nd: No scoring. 3rd: G4 R - Hussey 2 (Brad Farynuk), SHG, 2:14; G5 UAA - Lovdahl 1 (Mark Smith, Kronschnabel), PPG, 5:12; G6 UAA - Ales Parez 1 (Robinson, Shea Hamilton), 7:18; G7 UAA - Chris Tarkir 1 (Robinson), 10:27; G8 R - Seth Klerer 1 (Romfo), SHG, 15:45; G9 UAA - Chad Anderson 1 (Peter Cartwright, Robinson), PPG, 16:33. Score by Periods: Rensselaer 1-0-2 = 3; UAA 2-0-4 = 6. Pen: Rensselaer 9-29; UAA 5-10. PP: Rensselaer 0-5; UAA 3-8. Saves: Jordan Alford (Rensselaer), 8-15-5 = 28 (60:00); Nathan Lawson (UAA), 7-10-11 = 28 (60:00). Att: 4,027. Time: 2:09.

Saturday, Oct. 15
Denver 2 @ Maine 4 (nc)
1st: G1 Denver - Chris Butler 1 (Brock Trotter, Gabe Gauthier), 1:52; G2 ME - Derek Damon 3 (Keith Johnson, Josh Soares), 7:53; G3 ME - Keenan Hopson 1 (Mike Lundin), 12:10. 2nd: G4 ME - Soares 3 (Rob Bellamy, Jon Jankus), 5:37. 3rd: G5 ME - Hopson 1 (Billy Ryan, Hopson), 2:46; G6 Denver - Ryan Dingle 1 (J.D. Corbin, Adrian Veideman), PPG, 19:34. Score by Periods: Denver 1-0-1 = 2; Maine 2-1-1 = 4. Pen: Denver 7-25; Maine 9-18. PP: Denver 1-7; Maine 0-4. Saves: Peter Mannino (Denver), 5-7-5 = 17 (59:33); Ben Bishop (Maine), 4-11-8 = 23 (60:00). Att: 5,641 (sellout). Time: 2:25.

St. Cloud State 3 @ Northern Michigan 2 ot (nc)
1st: G1 NMU - Andrew Contois 1 (Dirk Southern, Mike Santorelli), PPG, 15:58. 2nd: G2 SCSU - Joe Jensen 1 (Aaron Brocklehurst, Andrew Gordon), PPG, 13:48. 3rd: G3 SCSU - Gordon 1 (Billy Hengen, Chris Anderson), 11:33; G4 NMU - Santorelli 1 (Pat Bateman), 12:28. OT: G5 SCSU - Jensen 2 (Gordon), 4:53. Score by Periods: SCSU 0-1-1-1 = 3; NMU 1-0-1-0 = 2. Pen: SCSU 7-14; NMU 10-20. PP: SCSU 1-7; NMU 1-4. Saves: Bobby Goepfert (SCSU), 8-6-7-4 = 25 (64:49); Derek Janzen (NMU), 8-7-8-2 = 25 (64:53). Att: 3,445. Time: 2:30.

Alaska Fairbanks 3 @ Minnesota 3 ot (nc)
1st: G1 UAF - Curtis Fraser 1 (Jordan Hendry, Aaron Lee), PPG, 1:28; G2 UM - Ryan Potulny 2 (Tyler Hirsch, Kris Chucko), PPG, 8:38; G3 UM - Blake Wheeler 2 (Phil Kessel, Alex Goligoski), PPG, 14:14. 2nd: G4 UAF - Lucas Burnett 1 (Ryan McLeod, Nathan Fornataro), PPG, 13:33. 3rd: G5 UAF - Kelly Czuy 1 (Lee), 11:59; G6 UM - Andy Sertich 1 (Gino Guyer), 12:45. OT: No scoring. Score by Periods: UAF 1-1-1-0 = 3; UM 2-0-1-0 = 3. Pen: UAF 8-16; UM 8-16. PP: UAF 2-5; UM 2-5. Saves: Chad Johnson (UAF), 17-7-11-3 = 38 (64:55); Jeff Frazee (UM), 9-12-11-2 = 34 (64:59). Att: 9,826. Time: 2:23.

Minnesota State 3 @ Bemidji State 7 (nc)
1st: G1 BSU Jake Bluhm 4 (Ryan Miller, Andrew Martens), 3:38; G2 BSU - Travis Winter 1 (Lou Garritan, Dave Deterding), 14:14; G3 BSU - Rob Sirianni 2 (Riley Weselowski), 16:01. 2nd: G4 BSU - Luke Erickson 2 (Matt Pope), 1:01; G5 MSU - Jeff Marler 1 (Travis Morin), 1:32; G6 MSU - Rob Rankin 1 (David Backes, Kyle Peto), PPG, 2:48; G7 BSU - Erickson 3 (Deterding), 5:34. 3rd: G8 BSU - Miller 2 (Sirianni, Bluhm), 13:16; G9 MSU - Kurtis Kisio 2 (Ryan McKelvie, Ryan Carter), 16:31; G10 BSU - Miller 3 (Deterding, Bluhm), 19:53. Score by Periods: MSU 0-2-1 = 3; BSU 3-2-2 = 7. Pen: MSU 9-37; BSU 10-31. PP: MSU 1-7; BSU 0-5. Saves: Dan Tormey (MSU), 7-6-15 = 28 (60:00); Layne Sedevie (BSU), 13-12-6 = 31 (59:48). Att: 1,664. Time: 2:35.

Northeastern 1 @ North Dakota 2 (nc)
1st: No scoring. 2nd: G1 UND - Kyle Radke 1 (unassisted), PPG, 5:55; G2 UND - Ryan Duncan 2 (T.J. Oshie, Brian Lee), PPG, 9:37; G3 NE - Dennis McCauley 1 (Rob Rassey, Matt Uusivirta), 13:16. 3rd: No scoring. Score by Periods: NE 0-1-0 = 1; UND 0-2-0 = 2. Pen: NE 13-37; UND 6-12. PP: NE 0-5; UND 2-13. Saves: Adam Geragosian (NE), 11-9-16 = 36 (59:36); Philippe Lamoureux (UND), 2-10-5 = 17 (60:00). Att: 10,492. Time: 2:16.

Ohio State 0 @ Colorado College 1 (nc)
1st: G1 CC - Marty Sertich 1 (Brett Sterling, Derek Patrosso), 16:54. 2nd: No scoring. 3rd: No scoring. Score by Periods: OSU 0-0-0 = 0; CC 1-0-0 = 1. Pen: OSU 10-20; CC 10-20. PP: OSU 0-6; CC 0-5. Saves: Dave Caruso (OSU), 9-7-6 = 22 (59:10); Matt Zaba (CC), 14-11-9 = 34 (60:00). Att: 6,403. Time: 2:20.

Rensselaer 4 vs Michigan Tech 3 @ Nye Frontier Classic, Anchorage, AK (nc)
1st: G1 MTU - Chris Conner 3 (Mark Malekoff, Taggard Desmet), 7:19. 2nd: G2 MTU - Jimmy Kerr 1 (unassisted), 1:17; G3 R - Jonathan Ornelas 2 (Kevin Croxton), 1:28; G4 MTU - Conner 4 (unassisted), 11:57; G5 R - Croxton 2 (Ornelas), 12:05; G6 R - Oren Eizenman 1 (Croxton, Keith McWilliams), 12:27. 3rd: G7 R - Andrei Uryadov 1 (McWilliams, Alexander Valentin), PPG, 14:25. Score by Periods: Rensselaer 0-3-1 = 4; MTU 1-2-0 = 3. Pen: Rensselaer 6-12; MTU 5-10. PP: Rensselaer 1-4; MTU 0-5. Saves: Mathias Lange (Rensselaer), 9-11-5 = 25 (60:00); Rob Nolan (MTU), 8-6-9 = 23 (59:30). Att: NA. Time: 2:03.

Vermont 2 @ Alaska Anchorage 0 @ Nye Frontier Classic (nc)
1st: No scoring. 2nd: No scoring. 3rd: G1 UV - Dean Strong 2 (Peter Lenes, Chris Myers), 1:18; G2 UV - Torrey Mitchell 1 (Kenny Macaulay, Brady Leisenring), PPG, 4:27. Score by Periods: UV 0-0-2 = 2; UAA 0-0-0 = 0. Pen: UV 3-6; UAA 3-6. PP: UV 1-3; UAA 0-3. Saves: Joe Fallon (UV), 4-10-5 = 19 (60:00); Nathan Lawson (UAA), 12-11-3 = 26 (44:27); John DeCaro (UAA), x-x-6 = 6 (15:33). Att: 4,390. Time: 2:08.

Weekly Team Notes

Alaska Anchorage Seawolves
Alaska Anchorage went 1-1 at its own Nye Frontier Classic tournament last weekend, defeating Rensselaer 6-3 on Friday (Oct. 14), before falling to Vermont 2-0 in the championship game last Saturday (Oct. 15) ... the 6-3 win over RPI extended UAA's unbeaten streak to five games in season-opening games (4-0-1) ... the Seawolves are 14-10-3 all-time in season openers ... the win was also the first for new head coach Dave Shyiak ... the Seawolves are now 1-1 all-time against RPI ... the six goals was the most UAA has scored in a season-opening game since ringing up seven (7-6 ot) in a win at Alaska-Fairbanks to begin the 1993-94 season, the Seawolves' first full year in the WCHA ... UAA's 2-0 loss to Vermont marked the first time in 34 games the Seawolves have been shutout ... the Seawolves were last held scoreless Oct. 23, 2004 at home against Alaska Fairbanks ... the loss ended UAA's five-game unbeaten streak (4-0-1) at the Nye Frontier Classic ... the Seawolves had won the previous two tournament titles ... freshman D Mat Robinson tallied four assists against Rensselaer on Oct. 14, including three in the third period ... the four assists ties a Seawolf record for assists by a defenseman in a single game ... four UAA skaters overall recorded multiple points against the Engineers ... others chipping in multi-point outings were junior Mark Smith (1-1-2), junior Charlie Kronschnabel (1-1-2) and freshman Shane Lovdahl (1-1-2) ... Smith's points were his first since his freshman season ... he went scoreless in 20 games last year as a sophomore before being sidelined by an injury ... 11 Seawolves scored points against Rensselaer, including four freshmen ... two Seawolves, freshman Mat Robinson and junior Mark Smith, were named to the 2005 Nye Frontier Classic All-Tournament Team ... the Seawolves next host instate rival Alaska Fairbanks Oct. 22-23 at Sullivan Arena for the first round of the annual Alaska Airlines Governor's Cup series ... UAA went 1-2-1 against the Nanooks last season ... UAA, which owns a 71-45-9 all-time series advantage, has split its last four home series with UAF.

Colorado College Tigers
Last Friday's (Oct. 14) loss to Ohio State snapped a 20-game (18-0-2) unbeaten streak against non-WCHA foes for the Tigers, dating back to a 5-3 defeat at the University of Michigan in the 2003 NCAA quarterfinals ... CC also had won 14 consecutive non-conference games at home since dropping a 4-1 decision to UMass.-Lowell three years ago, on Oct. 12, 2003 ... Colorado College now is 2-1-1 all-time against the Buckeyes ... CC has not been swept by a non-league opponent in 20 years, since Maine managed the feat during the 1985-86 campaign ... with his power-play goal last Friday and an assist in both games against Ohiio State over the weekend, junior LW Brett Sterling climbed into 37th place on Colorado College's all-time chart with 137 (80g,57a) career points as a Tiger ... the 2004-05 All-American and Hobey Baker Memorial Award top-three finalist has collected at least one point in all four games so far this season and has figured in on the game-winning goal in all three of CC's victories ... he's had a hand in 28 game-winning goals during his collegiate career, scoring 16 and assisting on 12 ... his 80 career tallies overall ranks 14th on the program's all-time chart ... he has scored more than half (41) of his goals on the power-play ... last Saturday's ()Oct. 15) 1-0 shutout of Ohio State was the fourth of junior goalie Matt Zaba's collegiate career, all at home ... it was his second whitewashing by a 1-0 score as he beat North Dakota by that same count last season ... the goal in last Saturday's 1-0 victory by senior center/team captain Marty Sertich was his ninth game winner as a Tiger ... he's also assisted on 14 GWG ... Sertich, who picked up an assist in last Friday's loss, now is tied for 38th place on CC's all-time scoring chart with 135 career points (48g,87a) ... and, with his 87th career assist, the 2004-05 first-team All-American, Hobey Baker Memorial Award winner and national scoring champion has moved into a tie for 25th place on the program's all-time assists list ... the second-period goal in last Friday's loss by sophomore RW Derek Patrosso was his fifth tally already this season ... he scored only twice as a freshman in 2004-05 ... with seven points (5g,2a) to date in 2005-06, Patrosso is just one shy of the total (8) of his rookie-year ... Colorado College has lost only 39 times in 172 all-time appearances at the World Arena ... including nine exhibition games (in which they are 8-0-1), the Tigers are 126-39-7 (.753) at the CSWA since opening the facility in January 1998.

Denver Pioneers
The No. 2 ranked University of Denver Pioneers (0-2-0) play at College Hockey-America-member Air Force on Friday, Oct. 21 and then host Notre Dame of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association at Magness Arena on Saturday, Oct. 22 in non-conference action this coming weekend ... Denver owns a 25-2 all-time mark against Air Force and 32-9-2 mark against Notre Dame ... DU has won 17 consecutive games against Air Force and is 7-0-1 in its last eight games against the Fighting Irish ... the Pioneers dropped a pair of games at No. 12 Maine (5-1, 4-2) to fall to 0-2 for the second consecutive season ... RW Ryan Helgason scored Denver's lone goal with assists from defenseman T.J. Fast and center Tom May in the 5-1 loss last Friday ... goaltender Glenn Fisher allowed four goals and made 23 saves ... Denver went 0-of-9 on the power-play ... defenseman Chris Butler scored his first collegiate goal and Ryan Dingle added Denver's other score in the 4-2 loss at Maine last Saturday ... netminder Peter Mannino had his seven-game winning streak snapped ... Mannino allowed four goals and stopped 17 shots in the loss ... LW Brock Trotter and center Gabe Gauthier assisted on Butler's goal, while RW J.D. Corbin and RW Adrian Veideman assisted on Dingle's goal, which was Denver's first power-play tally of the weekend ... Denver finished 1-of-16 with the man-advantage against Maine and the Pioneers were 7-of-8 on the penalty-kill in the two road games ... the Pioneers fell to 39-7-0 in non-conference play since 2001-02.

Michigan Tech Huskies
Michigan Tech dropped a pair of 4-3 games to Vermont (Oct. 14) and Rensaelaer (Oct. 15) this past weekend at the Nye Frontier Classic in Anchorage ... Vermont's Brady Leisenring scored the game-winning goal :34 seconds into overtime to give the 19th ranked Catamounts a one-goal triumph last Friday night ... seniors Taggart Desmet and Chris Conner each netted even-strength goals, while captain Brandon Schwartz notched a shorthanded tally against Vermont ... Conner, along with sophomores Tyler Shelast and Mark Malekoff and junior Lars Helminen, each added assists in last Friday's contest ... freshman goalie Michael-Lee Teslak secured 35 saves on the night for MTU ... the series between Vermont and MTU now stands at 1-1-1 ... freshman DJohn Schwarz played his first game in a Husky uniform last Friday night ... Rensselaer converted a five-on-three power-play late in the third period to solidify its win last Saturday night ... Conner turned in his second multi-point game in as many days with a pair of lamplighters ... sophomore Jimmy Kerr tallied his first goal of the 2005-06 campaign, while Desmet and Malekoff each contributed one helper ... rookie netminder Rob Nolan turned away 23 of the 27 shots he faced for MTU in the loss ... Tech now holds an all-time record of 1-2-0 against Rensselaer ... last Saturday's meeting between the Huskies and Engineers was their first since Dec. 30, 1967, when RPI won 4-3 ... F Chris Conner was named to the 2005 Nye Frontier Classic All-Tournament Team after he netted three goals and one assist in the event ... the winger tallied a goal and an assist Friday (Oct. 14) vs. Vermont before notching two goals Saturday (Oct. 15) vs. Rensselaer ... Conner is Tech's leading scorer on the season with four goals and two assists, good for six total points ... Desmet's two-point weekend gives him five points (3g,2a) on the season, good for second on the team in scoring ... after recording two assists in Alaska, Malekoff needs just one point to match his point total (1-2-3) from all of last season ... Michigan Tech has netted two shorthanded goals through four games, including Brandon Schwartz's tally last Friday night and Mike Batovanja's marker in the series finale (Oct. 8) against Mercyhurst ... the Huskies secured three shorties in 37 games last season ... Tech rekindles its rivalry with Northern Michigan next weekend with a home-and-home series against the Wildcats ... this Friday night's game will take place in Marquette, Mich., and then the teams will play the series finale Saturday night at John MacInnes Student Ice Arena ... both contests will kick off at 7:37 pm ... next Saturday's game vs. NMU in the battle for the Ramada Cup will also serve as the Hall of Fame game ... seven individuals will be inducted into the Michigan Tech Athletic Hall of Fame in a pre-game ceremony.

Minnesota Golden Gophers
Minnesota opened its 85th season of competition last weekend with a 0-1-1 showing against Alaska Fairbanks ... UM lost 4-3 in overtime last Friday (Oct. 14) before salvaging a 3-3 tie on Saturday (Oct. 15) ... last Friday, the Golden Gophers suffered their first season-opening loss since falling 4-0 to Maine to open the 2003-04 campaign ... UM was down 3-2 when senior captain C Gino Guyer scored the tying goal (a shorthanded, extra-attacker marker) with :31 seconds left in the third period ... the Maroon and Gold saw its nine-game winning streak vs. teams from the CCHA come to an end last Friday ... the Golden Gophers are now 50-33-2 all-time in season openers ... for the first time since 1998-99, UM opened the season at Mariucci Arena ... Minnesota saw its five-game home winning streak and six-game home unbeaten streak come to a close ... Minnesota suffered its first overtime loss since a 3-2 defeat at the hands of Colorado College on Jan. 8, 2005 ... UM played its first season-opening overtime game since a 3-3 tie at St. Cloud State on Oct. 12, 1990 ... Minnesota lost its first game to an unranked opponent since a 3-2 loss to Alaska Anchorage on Feb. 11, 2005 ... Minnesota is now 0-3-2 in its last five games against teams from Alaska ... UM has scored a power-play goal in its first two games of the season ... freshman G Jeff Frazee made his first career start last Saturday ... Minnesota is still looking for its 1,500th win in program history ... the Golden Gophers own a 1,499-847-139 all-time record in 84-plus seasons of competition ... the Maroon and Gold has not lost two straight home games since getting swept by Michigan Tech on Jan. 21-22, 2005 ... that sweep also marks the last time UM has been swept by a unranked opponent ... since the beginning of the 2000-01 season, Minnesota is 84-18-12 against unranked teams ... UM was on a six-game winning streak and seven-game unbeaten streak vs. unranked opponents coming into last Friday's game ... the Golden Gophers have not been swept by a non-conference opponent since opening the 1999-2000 season with two losses at Maine ... current Golden Gopher streaks: Ryan Potulny: two-game goal streak (2-0-2); Blake Wheeler: two-game goal streak (2-0-2); Tyler Hirsch: two-game point streak (0-2-2) ... Minnesota has not allowed more than four goals since a 5-5 tie to Alaska Anchorage on Feb. 12, 2005, a span of 12 games ... UM is unbeaten in 25 of its last 28 and in 17 of its last 19 games against teams from outside the WCHA ... F Tyler Hirsch now has 95 career points (27g,68a) ... Gino Guyer now has 95 career points (38g,57a) ... Minnesota has now played in four consecutive overtime games, not including the 4-3 exhibition win over Alberta on Oct. 6 ... UM had its first overtime tie since the 5-5 tie to Alaska Fairbanks on Feb. 12, 2005 ... the Golden Gophers' 0-1-1 start to the season is its worst in the first weekend of play since opening the 1999-2000 season with two losses at Maine ... the Maroon and Gold owns a 12-9-6 record under Head Coach Don Lucia as the nation's top-ranked team ... Minnesota opens the WCHA season this weekend with a series at Mariucci Arena against intrastate rival Minnesota State ... UM owns a 18-2-4 all-time record vs. the Mavericks and is riding a 12-game unbeaten streak and nine-game winning streak vs. MSU ... Minnesota went 6-0-0 vs. Minnesota State last season.

Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs
After being idle this past weekend, UMD resumes play this Friday and Saturday with a pair of non-conference engagements at the University of Vermont ... it will mark the Bulldogs' first-ever two game series in Burlington; UMD's two previous road outings against the Catamounts took place in the Sheraton Classic in 1995 and 2000 ... the Bulldogs hold a commanding 6-2-1 lead in the all-time series, but in their last meetings with Vermont (Oct. 29-30, 2004 in Duluth), UMD, which came into the weekend ranked No. 1 in a national poll (USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine) for the first time in 15 years, fell 3-2 in overtime before skating to a 2-2 ... UMD opened its 62nd season of intercollegiate hockey and its 40th year as a Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center tenant two weekends ago by falling twice to Bemidji State ... it marked the Beavers' first-ever sweep over the Bulldogs and the first time UMD had been swept in a season-opening series since 2000-01 ... in the 2005-06 opener, the Bulldogs staked Bemidji State to a 3-0 lead through two periods before succumbing 3-2 ... freshman LW Michael Gergen, one of 10 Bulldog rookies in the lineup that night, scored UMD's first goal while junior winger Bryan McGregor tallied :66 seconds later ... UMD outshot the Beavers 43-18 on the night and held a 21-4 shots on goal advantage in the third period ... the following night, senior RW Justin Williams' second period power-play goal accounted for the Bulldogs' only score in a 5-1 loss ... UMD got points from eight different players over the weekend, including a trio of first-year Bulldogs - Gergen, freshman LW Mason Raymond (assist) and D Matt Niskanen (assist) ... sophomore D Jim Jensen and sophomore G Nate Ziegelmann both made their UMD debuts against Bemidji State ... Jensen, who skated a regular shift for Ferris State in 2003-04 and the USHL's Waterloo Black Hawks, suited up that Friday while Ziegelmann, who transferred to UMD last fall after spending the previous season at the University of North Dakota, came on in relief of junior Josh Johnson on Saturday and wound up turning aside 10 of 12 Bemidji State shots in 25:01 of work ... senior G Isaac Reichmuth's, UMD's all-time goals-against average (2.76) leader, made his 100th career appearance on Friday night against Bemidji State ... the two-time All-WCHA honoree made just 15 saves - one more than his personal-single game low (14 vs Alaska Anchorage on Nov. 29, 2002) in the 3-2 setback ... senior D Steve Czech, a fixture on the Bulldog blueline the past three seasons will serve as UMD's team captain in 2005-06 while senior center Tim Stapleton, the Bulldogs' top returning point-getter from a year ago, has been entrusted with one of the alternate team captain roles ... the other will be chosen on month-by-month basis with the October honor going to senior right wing Justin Williams ... UMD's 2005-06 schedule features at least 19 games with teams which were rated among the Top 20 in the preseason USCHO.com/CSTV poll ... of the 25 players who make up the 2005-06 Bulldog roster, only 11 have ever played intercollegiately for UMD ... since upending Minnesota State 5-4 on Nov. 29, 2003 at the DECC, the Bulldogs are winless in 11 overtime games (0-3-8, including an 0-2-6 mark this winter) and have produced victories in just three of their last 30 contests which have required an extra session (3-10-17) ... last year marked the first time since the 1998-99 season UMD failed to win a game in overtime ... the Bulldogs have been shut out only once (by Alaska Anchorage, 3-0 on Nov. 19, 2004) in their last 165 games ... senior D Steve Czech, who is an impressive +41 as a collegian (but a -4 thus far in 2005-06), has been held without a point in each of his last 11 games going back to last winter ... UMD has scored first in only 12 of its last 40 games ... when it has taken a 1-0 lead during that stretch, the Bulldogs are 7-3-2 ... junior center Jeff McFarland has now gone 49 games without a goal (his last tally came on Oct. 31, 2003 vs Alaska Anchorage), but did get credited with an assist in UMD's 3-2 loss on Oct. 7.

Minnesota State Mavericks
Minnesota State (0-2-0, 0-0-0 WCHA) opens the 2005-06 Western Collegiate Hockey Association season with a pair of road contests at #1-ranked Minnesota this coming Friday and Saturday ... the Mavericks trail in the all-time series against the Golden Gophers, 2-18-4 ... MSU, which went 0-6-0 vs the UM last year, earned its last win in the series at the beginning of the 2002-03 season ... since then Minnesota has held a 10-0-2 advantage ... the Mavericks are in their 10th year of NCAA Division I affiliation and are entering their seventh year as members of the WCHA ... MSU's top active scorer vs. Minnesota is junior F David Backes who owns 3-4-7 in eight career games vs. the Gophers ... the Mavericks opened the 2004-05 campaign with two non-conference road games at Bemidji State this past weekend ... BSU dealt MSU 4-3 and 7-3 losses in claiming snapping MSU's seven-game unbeaten streak in the series ... four players made their MSU debuts in the series at Bemidji State - freshman F Mick Berge, freshman D Blake Friesen, freshman G Dan Tormey and junior F Brent Cummings ... Tormey, who was selected All-USHL Second Team last year as a member of the Cedar Rapids Rough Riders, is the first native New Yorker to suit up for the Mavericks ... Berge, who ranked fourth in the USHL in assists in 2004-05 as a member of the Lincoln Stars, is the first native Oklahoman to play hockey at MSU ... junior F Travis Morin ended the 2004-05 season owning a seven-game scoring streak and kept it going by tallying points in both games at Bemidji State ... Morin, a 2004 Washington Capitals draftee, enters the UM series owning 3-7-10 in his last nine games played ... junior F David Backes, MSU's team captain and a member of the 2004-05 All-WCHA Third Team, maintained his point-a-game pace for his collegiate career with three points in the two games with Bemidji State ... Backes, who has not missed a game in his MSU career, contributed three assists vs. the Beavers and has 33-47-80 in 79 games with the Mavericks ... junior F Kurtis Kisio scored twice in the series vs. Bemidji State to match his goal output for all of last year ... the Calgary, Alberta, native totaled 2-12-14 in 31 games played in 2004-05 ... senior F Brock Becker, who was limited to a career-low 21 games in 2004-05 due to injury, had a goal and an assist in the two games vs. BSU ... Becker became the 81st player in the history of the program to play in at least 100 career games when he suited up for last Friday's contest ... the Medicine Hat, Alberta, native owns 33-27-60 in 101 career GP ... junior D Kyle Peto had a pair of assists vs. BSU last weekend and now ranks 17th on MSU's career list for scoring for defensemen with 6-45-51 in 75 GP ... ranking 16th on the list with 55 points is Mark Gustafson (MSU 1981-85) ... MSU has not been shutout in its last 58 games ... the only team in the WCHA not to be shutout in 2004-05, the last time the Mavericks were held scoreless in a game was Jan. 16, 2004 when Minnesota's Kellen Briggs had 16 saves in a 6-0 Gopher victory.

North Dakota Fighting Sioux
North Dakota (3-1-0 overall) will travel to New Hampshire this weekend for its second consecutive series against a Hockey East Association opponent ... this Friday's game will be nationally televised on College Sports Television (CSTV) at 8 pm ET ... UND is 8-2-1 all-time against New Hampshire and 4-2 against the Wildcats in Durham, N.H. ... the Sioux have not played the Wildcats since Oct. 6, 2000, when the teams played to a 2-2 overtime tie in the Icebreaker Invitational in Ann Arbor, Mich. ... the Sioux have not played in Durham since Nov. 27-28, 1999, when they defeated Vermont, 8-0 (Nov. 27), and then lost to New Hampshire, 6-2 (Nov. 28), in the New Hampshire Classic tournament ... UND is coming off a series sweep (6-0, 2-1) of Northeastern, also a member of Hockey East ... last Saturday's 2-1 UND win broke a stretch of three consecutive shutout games that UND had been involved in to start the season ... two of the three shutouts were posted by the Sioux, while one was recorded by Michigan State against UND ... it is the first time that UND has been involved in three consecutive shutouts to start the year ... UND goalie Jordan Parise (Jr., Faribault, MN) stopped all 19 shots he faced in last Friday's 6-0 win ... the shutout was the second in as many games for Parise and sixth of his career ... the last UND goalie to record back-to-back shutouts was Jake Brandt, who blanked Alaska Anchorage and Wisconsin in successive starts on Nov. 16 and Nov. 22, 2002 ... UND's school record for consecutive shutouts by a goaltender is four, set in 1954 by Spike Schultz ... Parise now has stopped all 56 shots he has faced this season ... Parise also assisted on a goal in last Friday's win, the first assist by a UND goalie since Josh Siembida picked up an assist against Michigan Tech on Feb. 7, 2003 ... UND got goals from six different players in last Friday's win over Northeastern, with five of the scorers getting their first goals of the season ... getting their first goals last Friday were Chris Porter (Jr., Thunder Bay, ON), Matt Smaby (Jr., Minneapolis, MN), Mike Prpich (Sr., Kenaston, SK), Ryan Duncan (Fr., Calgary, AB) and Brian Lee (Fr., Moorhead, MN) ... D Kyle Radke (So., Bashaw, AB) scored his first goal of the year in last Saturday's 2-1 win ... forward T.J. Oshie (Fr., Warroad, MN) had three assists last Friday, one assist last Saturday and now has a team-high six points (1g,5a) ... in addition to Oshie, four other Sioux recorded multiple-point games last Friday, including Jonathan Toews (Fr., Winnipeg, MB), who had one goal and two assists, Andrew Kozek (Fr., Sicamous, BC), who had two assists, Duncan (1g, 1a) and Porter (1g, 1a) ... UND killed off all 10 Northeastern power-play opportunities this past weekend and are now 32-of-33 (.970) on the penalty-kill this year ... UND goalie Philippe Lamoureux (So., Grand Forks, ND) stopped 17-of-18 Northeastern shots last Saturday to get his first win of the year ... UND wore replica jerseys identical to those worn by the 1954-57 Sioux in last Friday's game.

St. Cloud State Huskies
The Bob Motzko era officially opened at St. Cloud State on Oct. 14, as the Huskies began regular season play with a 3-0 loss at Northern Michigan in Marquette ... Motzko quickly then gained his first career win at SCSU with a thrilling 3-2 overtime win over the Wildcats on Oct. 15 ... Motzko, a 1987 graduate of SCSU, is in his first season as coach for the Huskies ... he replaces longtime SCSU mentor Craig Dahl, who stepped down prior to the start of the 2005-06 season ... Dahl had been the Huskies' only coach at the NCAA Division I level from 1987-2005 ... the series at Marquette was the Huskies' first trip to Northern Michigan since the 1995-96 season, and it also marked the first time that SCSU had played in the Berry Events Center at NMU ... in the Huskies' overtime win over NMU on Oct. 15, senior Joe Jensen (Plymouth, MN) was the star player with two goals - including the overtime game-winner with :06 seconds left in the game ... the Huskies notched their first goal of the new season at 13:43 of the second period on Oct. 15, when Jensen directed home a blast from the blue line by sophomore D Aaron Brocklehurst on the power-play ... the goals were Jensen's 31st and 32nd goals of his career ... he also has 69 career points, which ranks him 36th on the team charts for career points ... he's tied with Pat McGowan, who played at SCSU from 1987-91 ... sophomore F Andrew Gordon added the second assist on the play ... Gordon also had one goal and two assists in the contest ... SCSU played nationally-ranked Northern Michigan tough in its 3-0 loss on Oct. 14, which featured a last second empty net goal by the Wildcats ... in the game, SCSU outshot the Wildcats 22-18, as junior goalie Tim Boron had 15 saves in the game ... the game marked the first time that NMU has posted a shutout against the Huskies ... the last time SCSU opened its regular season with a shutout was a 3-0 loss at Minnesota on Oct. 23, 1998 ... SCSU's game on Friday, Oct. 28, is slated to be televised live on ESPNU ... this marks the first time that SCSU has been on an ESPN channel during the regular season ... ESPNU will take the feed of the game provided by SCSU's student-ran Husky Productions ... SCSU graduates Clay Matvick and Ryan Dale will provide the call during the game that night from the National Hockey Center against Minnesota ... SCSU will hold "Craig Dahl Appreciation Night" on Saturday, Oct. 22 during its game against Wisconsin at the National Hockey Center ... Dahl posted 338 wins at SCSU during his career in the Granite City, and also led the Huskies to the 2001 WCHA Final Five championship and five NCAA tournament bid ... junior G Bobby Goepfert made his SCSU debut on Oct. 15 against NMU ... Goepfert, a resident of Kings Park, N.Y., is a transfer from Providence ... he was a member of the USA Junior National team in 2003, and is a former USHL league MVP with Cedar Rapids ... Goephert made 25 saves in his first win for the Huskies, and had only one legitimate goal scored against him ... the second goal Goepfert allowed against NMU on Oct. 15 came after a pile up in front of the net and was a good reason for instant replay ... other Huskies making their playing debuts at SCSU this past weekend were Dan Kronick, David Carlisle, Michael Olson and John Swanson ... of note, Kronick is a junior transfer from Minnesota Duluth ... Swanson, Nate Raduns and Matt Hartman are all area residents of St. Cloud ... Swanson attended nearby St. Cloud Tech H.S., while Hartman attended St. Cloud Apollo H.S. .. Raduns played prep hockey at nearby Sauk Rapids H.S.

Wisconsin Badgers
Wisconsin makes its first road trip of the season and opens WCHA play after a week off from game action when it visits St. Cloud State ... the Badgers own a three-game winning streak over the Huskies, including two victories by shutout ... the UW is also 3-0-1 in the last four meetings, having outscored SCSU by a 14-3 count ... in the team's last meeting on Jan. 8 in St. Cloud, Ryan MacMurchy scored all the Badger goals in a 4-2 victory ... the Badgers lead the all-time series by a 31-20-6 count ... the UW is 11-9-3 in games played in St. Cloud ... the Badgers come off a home split against St. Lawrence on Oct. 7-8 ... the Badgers won the opener, 3-2 in overtime, before dropping a 2-1 overtime decision in the second contest ... the last time Wisconsin opened a season with consecutive overtime contests came during the 1976-77 season when the Badgers lost then beat Michigan by 7-6 scores ... the Badgers went on to defeat Michigan in a 6-5 overtime contest for the NCAA title that season ... junior goaltender began his career as the UW's starting goaltender with a 1-1-0 weekend, a 1.98 goals-against average and .932 save percentage ... he is now 10-6-1 with a 1.61 goals-against average and .931 save percentage for his career ... freshmen have made an impact thus far for the Badgers as Jack Skille scored the game-winning goal in the UW's overtime victory against St. Lawrence and Ben Street scored the Badgers' first goal of the game, beginning a two-goal comeback ... the Badgers are 1-2-0 in WCHA openers under head coach Mike Eaves ... the UW opened 2004-05 with a 7-3 win at home against Michigan Tech, but dropped the 2003-04 opener at St. Cloud State by a 2-1 score ... overall, the Badgers are 21-14-1 in WCHA openers since joining the league for hte 1969-70 season ... they are 19-16-1 in WCHA road openers and 12-7-1 when they open the WCHA season on the road.

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