WCHA Releases Men's Composite Schedule for 2009-10 as Association Marks 58th Season Red Baron WCHA Final Five to be Held March 18-20 at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul; 140-Game Conference Schedule Opens Oct. 16-17 as Defending MacNaughton Cup Champ UND Hosts UM; Denver to Mark 60th Anniversary Season; Wisconsin to Host Michigan Outdoors on Feb. 6 in Camp Randall Hockey Classic; 2010 NCAA Men's Frozen Four April 8-10 at Ford Field in Detroit
25 Current, Future WCHA Players Selected in 2009 NHL Entry Draft WCHA Release
A total of 25 players with current or future ties to Western Collegiate Hockey Association member-team players were selected in the 2009 NHL (National Hockey League) Entry Draft, held this past weekend - June 26-27 - in Montreal, Quebec. Included in the total were four first round selections in defenseman Nick Leddy (Eden Prairie, MN/Eden Prairie HS), a University of Minnesota recruit taken by Minnesota at No. 16 overall, defenseman John Moore (Chicago, IL/Chicago-USHL), a Colorado College recruit chosen by Columbus at No. 21 overall, current Golden Gophers forward Justin Schroeder (So., Prior Lake, MN), the 2008-09 WCHA Rookie of the Year who was selected by Vancouver at No. 22, and defenseman Dylan Olsen (Salt Lake City, UT/Camrose-AJHL), a University of Minnesota Duluth recruit who was drafted by Chicago at No. 28.
WCHA Membership Votes to Admit Bemidji State, Nebraska Omaha into Association Family In what will rank among the most significant days in the storied, 58-year history of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, the membership today voted to admit both Bemidji State University and the University of Nebraska Omaha into the Association family beginning with the 2010-11 season. This marks the first expansion of the WCHA since Minnesota State University, Mankato was admitted as a 10th member for the 1999-2000 season and eighth time overall the league has expanded since it's founding in 1951.
Media Alert WCHA to conduct media teleconference on expansion Friday (June 26) at 5 PM CT.
