Minnesota, Denver Remain Undefeated
Goaltender Scott Kabotoff backstopped the Badgers to a Nov. 9-10 sweep at UMD. |
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Nov. 11, 2001
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MADISON, Wisc. - And then there were two. Second-ranked Minnesota (8-0-1 overall) and third-ranked Denver (8-0-0 overall) ran through another weekend of competition Nov. 9-10 with two-game conference sweeps over Minnesota State-Mankato and Michigan Tech, respectively, to remain undefeated on the 2001-02 season.
Coach Don Lucia's Golden Gophers won 5-3 and 4-3 at home over the Mavericks to move their season-opening undefeated streak to nine games while the Pioneers posted 9-2 and 3-1 road decisions over Michigan Tech as DU head coach George Gwozdecky marked his 300th career victory on Nov. 9 and the Pioneers vaulted to 8-0-0. League-leading and No. 1-ranked St. Cloud State (9-1-0 overall), meanwhile, upped its season-opening victory streak to nine last Friday evening with a 6-1 win over Colorado College before the visiting Tigers battled back on Saturday (Nov. 10) to hand the Huskies their first loss, 4-3.
In the only other series contested this past weekend, Wisconsin (5-3-0 overall) claimed 5-1 and 4-1conference victories at Minnesota-Duluth to improve to 3-1-0 in league play. Both Alaska Anchorage and North Dakota were idle.
Upcoming Western Collegiate Hockey Association series for this Friday, Nov. 16 and Saturday, Nov. 17 find Minnesota hosting Minnesota-Duluth, North Dakota traveling to Minnesota State-Mankato, Wisconsin entertaining Michigan Tech, and St. Cloud State flying to Alaska Anchorage. In non-conference play, Colorado College hosts ECAC-member Clarkson University. Unbeaten Denver, meanwhile, will have the week off.
Through games of Nov. 11th, WCHA-member teams have combined for a 23-6-1 (.783) non-conference record. Coupled with last season's 69-40-9 (.623) non-conference slate, the WCHA is 92-46-10 (.655) vs outside opponents the past two seasons.
| 2001-02 WCHA Standings | |||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | ||||||||||
| Rk | Team | Pts | GP | Record | Pct. | GF-GA | GP | Record | Pct. | GF-GA | |
| 1 | St. Cloud State | 14 | 8 | 7-1-0 | .875 | 48-16 | 10 | 9-1-0 | .900 | 59-19 | |
| 2 | Denver | 12 | 6 | 6-0-0 | 1.00 | 28-11 | 8 | 8-0-0 | 1.00 | 35-14 | |
| 3 | Minnesota | 7 | 4 | 3-0-1 | .875 | 21-13 | 9 | 8-0-1 | .944 | 59-21 | |
| 4 | Wisconsin | 6 | 4 | 3-1-0 | .750 | 16-10 | 8 | 5-3-0 | .625 | 31-20 | |
| North Dakota | 6 | 6 | 3-3-0 | .500 | 21-23 | 9 | 4-5-0 | .444 | 30-37 | ||
| 6 | MSU-Mankato | 4 | 6 | 2-4-0 | .333 | 16-28 | 10 | 5-5-0 | .500 | 40-39 | |
| 7 | Alaska Anchorage | 3 | 4 | 1-2-1 | .375 | 11-16 | 8 | 2-4-2 | .375 | 25-33 | |
| 8 | Colorado College | 2 | 6 | 1-5-0 | .167 | 11-23 | 8 | 3-5-0 | .375 | 21-24 | |
| 9 | Michigan Tech | 1 | 6 | 0-5-1 | .083 | 16-38 | 8 | 2-5-1 | .312 | 23-41 | |
| Minnesota-Duluth | 1 | 6 | 0-5-1 | .083 | 16-26 | 10 | 4-5-1 | .450 | 34-38 | ||
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