Three WCHA Series Set for Halloween Weekend of Oct. 30-Nov. 1 as DU Hosts MSU, UAA Visits UM, MTU Hosts SCSU
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Oct. 26, 2009
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MADISON, Wis. – The upcoming Halloween weekend of Oct. 30-Nov. 1 promises plenty of great hockey and plenty of great costumes at Western Collegiate Hockey Association member-team venues as eight of the league’s 10 teams will be in action. Two-game conference series matchups will have pre-season MacNaughton Cup favorite and No. 2/3-ranked Denver (4-2-0, 2-0-0 WCHA) hosting Minnesota State, Mankato (3-3-0, 1-3-0 WCHA) at Magness Arena (6,026) on Friday and Saturday evenings, Michigan Tech (1-3-0, 0-2-0 WCHA) entertaining St. Cloud State (2-2-2, 1-0-1 WCHA) at John MacInnes Student Ice Arena (4,128) on Friday and Saturday, and Minnesota (0-3-1, 0-3-1 WCHA) hosting Alaska Anchorage (3-3-0, 1-1-0 WCHA) at Mariucci Arena (10,000) on Friday night and Sunday afternoon.
In non-conference play Oct. 30-31, No. 19-ranked Wisconsin (1-2-1) will host New Hampshire (2-2-1) of the Hockey East Association at Kohl Center (15,237) while Minnesota Duluth (3-2-1) welcomes Clarkson (3-2-0) of ECAC Hockey to the DECC (Duluth Entertainment & Convention Center (5,303). Both No. 14/15-ranked Colorado College (4-1-1, 3-0-1 WCHA) and No. 2/3-ranked North Dakota (4-1-1, 2-1-1 WCHA) are idle this week.
In league action this past weekend of Oct. 23-24, all 10 teams were engaged in WCHA play, with Colorado College and Denver recording four-point sweeps and St. Cloud State earning three points. The Tigers won twice over visiting Michigan Tech, 4-1 and 8-5; the Pioneers gained a pair of road victories at Minnesota by identical 3-0 scores; and the SCSU Huskies tied and won against visiting Minnesota Duluth, 3-3 (ot) and 4-2. The two other league series ended in splits. North Dakota won 5-0 at Alaska Anchorage last Friday before the Seawolves came back for a 2-1 win on Saturday, while Wisconsin skated to a 6-0 win at Minnesota State last Friday before the Mavericks rallied back for a 3-2 verdict last Saturday.
The Oct. 23-24 weekend marked one of only five weekends during the 140-game 2009-10 conference season that feature all 10 teams playing head-to-head. The other four will occur on Dec. 4-5, Jan. 29-30, Feb. 19-20 and March 5-7, the final weekend of the regular season.
Looking ahead to the weekend of Friday, Nov. 6 and Saturday, Nov. 7, there will be four WCHA series contested as Michigan Tech hosts North Dakota, Denver travels to Alaska Anchorage, Wisconsin entertains Minnesota and Minnesota Duluth visits Colorado College. Minnesota State and St. Cloud State will be idle.
In this week’s (Oct. 26) USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Div. 1 Men’s College Hockey Poll, Denver is No. 2, North Dakota is No. 3, Colorado College is No. 15 and Wisconsin is No. 19. Also receiving votes from the WCHA were Minnesota, St. Cloud State and Minnesota Duluth.
This 2009-10 campaign marks the 58th in the storied history of the WCHA, with the league owning a record 36 national championships. It will also mark the final season with a membership consisting of 10 teams, as both Bemidji State University and the University of Nebraska-Omaha come on board as the 11th and 12th members in 2010-11.
This Week in the WCHA
Games for Friday, October 30: Clarkson at Minnesota Duluth (nc), 7:07 pm CT; Alaska Anchorage at Minnesota (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT; St. Cloud State at Michigan Tech (WCHA), 7:07 pm ET; New Hampshire at Wisconsin (nc), 7:07 pm CT; Minnesota State at Denver (WCHA), 7:37 pm MT.
Games for Saturday, October 31: Clarkson at Minnesota Duluth (nc), 7:07 pm CT; Minnesota State at Denver (WCHA), 7:07 pm MT; St. Cloud State at Michigan Tech (WCHA), 7:07 pm ET; New Hampshire at Wisconsin (nc), 7:07 pm CT.
Games for Sunday, November 1: Alaska Anchorage at Minnesota (WCHA), 4:07 pm CT.
Last Week in the WCHA
Results of Friday, October 23: North Dakota 5 at Alaska Anchorage 0 (WCHA); Denver 3 at Minnesota 0 (WCHA); Minnesota Duluth 3 at St. Cloud State 3 ot (WCHA); Michigan Tech 1 at Colorado College 4 (WCHA); Wisconsin 6 at Minnesota State 0 (WCHA).
Results of Saturday, October 24: North Dakota 1 at Alaska Anchorage 2 (WCHA); Michigan Tech 5 at Colorado College 8 (WCHA); Denver 3 at Minnesota 0 (WCHA); Wisconsin 2 at Minnesota State 3 (WCHA); Minnesota Duluth 2 at St. Cloud State 4 (WCHA).
Live Web Scoreboard and Mobile Scoreboard Now Available at WCHA.com
The Western Collegiate Hockey Association, in conjuction with Tim Danehy (collegehockeystats.net) and Dan Parkhurst (SportDesigns.com), is pleased to now offer live game scoreboards for both its men’s and women’s leagues. These new scoreboards will be available on the league’s official website, wcha.com, and also accessible from your web-enabled mobile phone.
The live website stats platform can be accessed on game days from the home page at WCHA.com. The live box scores come directly from feeds at game sites. With multiple leagues using the same live stats platform, even many non-conference road games will be included in the new live scoreboard.
At WCHA.com, located just above the WCHA standings, visitors will find a graphic for “Live Scoreboard’. Just click on the link for either “Men” or “Women” and you'll be taken to a page featuring live scores each day there is a scheduled game with links to Live In-Game Box Scores. You can also access the live scoreboards by using the drop-down menus under ‘Stats/Results’.
The new WCHA mobile scoreboard can be accessed on your web-enabled phone by visiting the following urls:
Men’s Mobile Scoreboard: www.sportdesigns.com/wchamobile/indexm.php.
Women’s Mobile Scoreboard: www.sportdesigns.com/wchamobile/indexw.php
The mobile scoreboard also features links to live in-game box scores, allowing fans to track their favorite teams and players from any location they have mobile web access.
“The WCHA is tremendously pleased to offer these exciting new mobile services to our fans,” said Commissioner Bruce M. McLeod. “This is another positive step forward for us and we owe a great deal of thanks to both Tim Danehy (collegehockeystats.net) and Dan Parkhurst (SportDesigns.com) for all of their assistance in this endeavor.”
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