Feb. 26, 2006

MADISON, Wisc. - The playoff picture is set after the final weekend of the regular season. No.1 Wisconsin (29-4-1/24-3-1) will host No. 8 North Dakota (7-25-2/3-23-2). Minnesota (24-9-1/19-8-1) and Minnesota Duluth (20-7-3/18-7-3) finished in a tie for second place in the standings, but by virture of the tie-breaker (number of league wins), Minnesota earned the No. 2 seed. The Gophers will host No. 7 Minnesota State (11-19-4/8-17-3). No. 3 Minnesota Duluth plays host to No. 6 Bemidji State (11-21-2/10-18-0). In the final playoff match-up, No. 4 St. Cloud State (16-17-1/13-14-1) will host No. 5 Ohio State (13-16-5/10-15-3).

Over the weekend, Wisconsin extended its shutout streak to three games with 3-0 and 1-0 wins at Ohio State. Minnesota also recorded back-to-back shutouts as they topped North Dakota 4-0 and 6-0. Minnesota Duluth and Minnesota State skated to a 3-3 overtime tie on Friday before the Bulldogs posted a 5-1 victory on Saturday. Bemidji State and St. Cloud State split their series. The Beavers won Friday by a 5-1 score while the Huskies took the second game, 4-0.

The first round of the WCHA playoffs is a best-of-three series. The four first-round winners will then advance to the 2006 WCHA Playoff Championship at Ridder Arena on Saturday and Sunday, March 11-12. On Saturday, there will be two semi-finals at 1:07 p.m. CT and 4:07 p.m. CT, with the championship game set for Sunday at 1:07 p.m. CT. All three games of the Playoff Championship will be web cast by the WCHA and USCHO.

COMING UP IN THE WCHA

Games for Friday, March 3:
No. 8 North Dakota at No. 1 Wisconsin, 2:07 p.m.
No. 7 Minnesota State at No. 2 Minnesota, 6:07 p.m.
No. 6 Bemidji State at No. 3 Minnesota Duluth, 7:07 p.m.
No. 5 Ohio State at No. 4 St. Cloud State, 2:07 p.m.

Games for Saturday, March 4:
No. 8 North Dakota at No. 1 Wisconsin, 2:07 p.m.
No. 7 Minnesota State at No. 2 Minnesota, 4:07 p.m.
No. 6 Bemidji State at No. 3 Minnesota Duluth, 7:07 p.m.
No. 5 Ohio State at No. 4 St. Cloud State, 2:07 p.m.

Games for Sunday, March 5 (if necessary):
No. 8 North Dakota at No. 1 Wisconsin, 2:07 p.m.
No. 7 Minnesota State at No. 2 Minnesota, 4:07 p.m.
No. 6 Bemidji State at No. 3 Minnesota Duluth, 7:07 p.m.
No. 5 Ohio State at No. 4 St. Cloud State, 2:07 p.m.

LAST WEEK IN THE WCHA

Results from Friday, February 24:
St. Cloud State 1 at Bemidji State 5*
Minnesota Duluth 3 at Minnesota State 3 OT*
Wisconsin 3 at Ohio State 0*

Results from Saturday, February 25:
St. Cloud State 4 at Bemidji State 0*
Minnesota Duluth 5 at Minnesota State 1*
North Dakota 0 at Minnesota 4*
Wisconsin 1 at Ohio State 0*

Results from Sunday, February 26:
North Dakota 0 at Minnesota 6*

*WCHA contest

USCHO.com Division I Women's Poll February 20 (first-place votes in parentheses)

Rank	Team	Last Ranking	Record
1.	New Hampshire, 149 (14)	1	27-2-1
2.	St. Lawrence, 131	2	26-3-2
3.	Wisconsin, 125 (1)	3	27-4-1
4.	Minnesota, 105	4	22-9-1
5.	Minnesota Duluth, 80	6	19-7-2
6.	Princeton, 77	5	17-6-4
7.	Mercyhurst, 68	7	18-7-5
8.	Clarkson, 36	8	21-10-1
9.	St. Cloud State, 22	9	15-16-1
10.	Boston College, 20	NR	18-9-4

Others Receiving Votes: Harvard 6, Brown 5, Ohio State 1

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Women's College Hockey Poll
February 21 (first-place votes in parentheses)

Rank	Team	Last Ranking	Record
1.	New Hampshire, 188 (18)	1	27-2-1
2.	St. Lawrence, 167	3	26-3-2
3.	Wisconsin, 156 (1)	2	27-4-1
4.	Minnesota, 131	4	22-9-1
5.	Minnesota Duluth, 115	5	19-7-2
6.	Princeton, 90	6	17-6-4
7.	Mercyhurst, 82	7	18-7-5
8.	Clarkson, 51	8	21-10-1
9.	Boston, 39	NR	18-9-4
10.	Harvard, 8	9	13-10-4

Others receiving votes: Brown 7; St. Cloud State 7; Maine 2; Providence 1; Wayne State 1.

BEMIDJI STATE BEAVERS
Bemidji State earned a weekend series sweep with No. 9 St. Cloud State as they beat the Huskies 5-1 on Friday evening and then lost 4-0 on Saturday afternoon at the John Glas Fieldhouse. On Friday evening the Beavers jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the first period as they scored three goals in 2:53. Helena Tageson (Malmo, Sweden) got the Beavers on the board at the 3:00 mark of the first period when she netted her eleventh goal of the season. Laura Lankton (Houghton, Mich.) and Kelly Hart (Ajax, Ontario) picked up the helpers on Tageson's goal. Just 1:35 later Kate Robinson (Shanty Bay, Ontario) beat the lone defenseman between her and the St. Cloud State goaltender and sniped a wrist shot past Lauri St. Jacques to put the Beavers up 2-0. Nikki Eckebrecht scored the third goal in the period for the Beavers at 5:53 of the first period to put the Beavers up 3-0. This was the first of two goals that Eckebrecht scores in the game. Both teams added a goal in the second period as Megan McCarthy recordd the Huskies lone goal at 9:34 of the second period to bring the Huskies with-in 3-1. The Beavers pushed its lead back to three goals when Kelly Hart netted her eight goal of the season at 11:36 of the second period. The lone goal of the third period was scored by Nikki Eckebrecht, her second goal of the game. Senior netminder Jill Luebke (Neenah, Wis.) recorded twenty-five saves in the victory. With the win Luebke was on a four game winning-streak the longest of her career. Bemidji State out-shot St. Cloud State 32-to-26 in the game. In game-two the Huskies dominated much of the action as they shut the Beavers out on Senior day. This was just the second time this season that the Beavers have been shut-out. In the first period of play the teams skated to a 0-0 deadlock. In the second period of play the Huskies turned up the defense, allowing the Beavers one shot on goal. St. Cloud State recorded the only goal in the period coming off the stick of Michelle Moen. That would be all the scoring the Huskies would need as added three more goals in the third period to complete the 4-0 shut-out. Jill Luebke (Neenah, Wis.) saw her four game winning streak snapped as she stopped 25 shots in a losing effort. Luebke falls to 7-10-1 on the season. With the loss Bemidji State saw its five game win-streak snapped, which was currently the longest win-streak in history. With the loss Bemidji State falls to 13-14-4 all-time against the Huskies. Bemidji State will prepare for its first round tournament series this week as they will travel to Minnesota Duluth. The Beavers have wrapped up sixth in the WCHA, which is the highest the Beavers have finished in the WCHA since the 2002-03 season when they finished fifth.

MINNESOTA GOLDEN GOPHERS
The No. 4 University of Minnesota women's hockey team earned two shutouts over the weekend, winning 4-0 Saturday and 6-0 Sunday afternoon at Ridder Arena. The Gophers had 12 of 18 skaters earn a point in the series sweep. The Gophers had scoring from all aspects on Saturday afternoon, scoring two even-strength goals, a power-play goal and a short-handed goal. Gigi Marvin scored the eventual gamewinner, netting a goal at 1:21 of the first period. Krista Johnson scored her fourth goal of the season and third against UND at 6:01 of the first for an early 2-0 lead. Erica McKenzie tallied a power-play goal, while Allie Sanchez set up Becky Wacker for a short-handed attempt and the 4-0 final. Kim Hanlon was in net for the Gophers, earning her 11th win of the season as she set aside all 20 UND shots. She ranks first in the WCHA in goals against average and save percentage, while ranking second in the nation. Minnesota was one-for-four on the power play, while holding UND, zero-for-five...Like the first game, Minnesota scored early at 1:42 of the first period when Erica McKenzie scored the eventual gamewinner. McKenzie now has eight on the season and leads the nation by a two-goal margin. Bobbi Ross scored her 16th goal of the season at 11:36 of the first, while Andrea Nichols netted a power-play goal at 14:33 to put the Gophers up, 3-0 after the first period. After a scoreless second, the Maroon and Gold tallied three more goals in the third for the 6-0 final. McKenzie scored her second goal of the season at 2:00 in the third. She now has 26 goals on the season, leading the WCHA by five goals. She also leads the league in points with 49 in 34 games played. Sanchez netted a power-play goal at 9:11 of the third, while Marvin also tallied a goal at 17:20 on a five-on-three attempt. Marvin leads the WCHA rookie class with 39 points. Brittony Chartier was in goal for the Gophers, earning her 13th win of the season. She had 16 saves in the win. McKenzie led the Gophers in scoring with six points, followed by Marvin with five and Sanchez with three...With the win, the Gophers tied Minnesota Duluth for the second-place spot in the WCHA standings with 39 points. Because Minnesota had more conference wins, the Gophers will hold the No. 2 seed in the WCHA Championships. In six seasons of the WCHA, the Gophers have finished in the top two spots each year in the conference standings. The Gophers will take on the Minnesota State Mavericks next weekend in a best two-out-of-three series. Friday's game will be played at 6 p.m., while Saturday's and Sunday's (if necessary) will be held at 4 p.m. at Ridder Arena. If the Gophers win the series, they advance to the WCHA Championships, March 11-12 at Ridder Arena. The Gophers have had three overtime games against the Mavericks this season. In the first series of the year, Minnesota won, 1-0 and tied, 1-1. In the second series Minnesota won, 2-1 in overtime, and 4-3 in overtime.

MINNESOTA DULUTH BULLDOGS
The No. 5 Bulldogs skated to a 3-3 tie on Friday night with Minnesota State and then went how with a 5-1 win the following night. The games were the first for UMD since Feb. 11 and the final regular season games for the Bulldogs for the 2005-06 season. This was the first time since the 2001-2002 season that UMD finished the regular season on the road. All three seasons that the Bulldogs have finished the season on the road, it has been against the Mavericks. This was also the fourth time in seven seasons that UMD ended the Western Collegiate Hockey Association portion of the campaign against Minnesota State...Freshman Sara O'Toole recorded her highest goal total on the season when she recorded two of the Bulldogs three goals on Friday night. Senior F Larissa Luther also tallied her best game of the season when she assisted on both of O'Toole's goals...After missing the last two series while at the 2006 Winter Olympics, freshman F Mari Pehkonen sat out the game on Friday to rest, but then retuned to action on Saturday and wasted no time making an impact as she tallied a goal and assist in the 5-1 victory. Freshman net minder Danielle Ciarletta earned the start Saturday instead of 2006 Patty Kazmaier Top-10 Finalist Riitta Schaublin. Ciarletta earned her second victory in net as she stopped 14 of the 15 shots that she faced. This was the first full game that Ciarletta played in, but her second win as she was in net for 4:12 in the 3-0 victory over Bemidji State when the Bulldogs tallied the game-winning goal...Junior F Jessica Koizumi is now on a four game point-scoring streak as she has earned a point in every game since Feb. 3...Before the puck dropped on Friday the Bulldogs were given good news as juniors Noemie Marin and Riitta Schaublin were both named 2006 Patty Kazmaier Top-10 Finalists. Marin and Schaublin are among five WCHA players selected for the award, presented annually since the 1997-98 season to the most outstanding player in women's collegiate hockey. The ten candidates represent seven different schools. UMD, Wisconsin and St. Lawrence each had two finalists. Marin, a junior center from Action-Vale, Quebec, currently tops the UMD charts in scoring with 21 goals, 16 assists and 37 points in 26 games. She ranks No. 6 in the nation in points per game (1.42 PPG) and sixth in goals per game (0.81 GPG). Schaublin, a junior goaltender from Basel, Switzerland, has started 29 of 30 games for the Bulldogs this winter, posting a 18-7-3 record, a 1.61 goals against average and .940 saves percentage with three shut outs. UMD has had eight previous Patty Kazmaier Award top 10 finalists, including the most recent being Caroline Ouellette, a top 3 finisher in 2004-05. The Bulldogs, now 20-7-3 overall and 11-19-4 in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, finished the 2005-06 season in a tie for second place in the league standings. However, UMD will be the No. 3 seed in the WCHA tournament because Minnesota had the tiebreaking decision for the tournament seeds. The Bulldogs will host Bemidji State for a best-of-three series on March 3-5 at 7:07 p.m. at the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center. UMD swept the regular season meeting this campaign. The Bulldogs are 27-0-1 in the all-time series against the Beavers and the games this weekend will be the first time that the two teams will meet in playoff competition.

MINNESOTA STATE MAVERICKS
Minnesota State finished the regular season in seventh place in the WCHA following a tie and loss this weekend to No. 5 Minnesota Duluth. The Mavericks entered the weekend tie for sixth with Bemidji State but the Beavers broke that tie with a 5-1 win over St. Cloud State on Friday. The season ends with Minnesota State owning an overall record of 11-19-4 and 8-17-3 WCHA mark. That league record is identical to last season but the Mavericks picked up two more wins overall compared to 2004-05...The Mavericks and Bulldogs traded goals throughout their Friday game. UMD scored the game's first goal at 19:10 of the first but freshman Andrea Herold returned fire with her second goal of the season at 2:44 of the second. The Bulldogs took another lead at 8:02 but this time it was Jodi Helminen who provided the equalizer, also her second of the season. Like the first period, the Bulldogs scored late to take a lead into the locker room. At took until the 18:11 mark of the final frame but the team's top scorer, Maggie Fisher, sent the game into an extra session with her third power-play goal of the season. Neither team could generate a shot on net in the final five minutes and the horn would sound on a 3-3 deadlock...Sophomore netminder Brit Kehler kept the Mavericks in the game with a career-best 48 saves. She faced 51 shots, including ten on the power-play, to bring her save total to a WCHA best 724 on the season. Her previous high was 44 saves in a 5-0 loss to Minnesota on Feb. 19, 2005...The Mavericks cut down on the shots allowed to UMD on Saturday but were still outgunned 38-16 in a 5-1 loss. The Bulldogs jumped to an early 2-0 lead before Helminen lit the lamp for Minnesota State, scoring her second goal of the weekend. Minnesota Duluth scored twice more in the second and again in the third to cruise to the win. Junior goaltender Laura Brennan got the start on Saturday and stopped 33 saves in the loss. She also faced enormous pressure on the power-play, contenting with 15 shots with UMD on the advantage...The tie with Minnesota Duluth represented just the sixth point the Mavericks have ever taken from the Bulldogs. In addition to a sweep of UMD in 2003-04, the Mavericks tied them, also 3-3, last season....Fisher improved her team-leading totals to 16-7--23 with the power-play marker. She also scored her first career game-tying goal on Friday, giving her a goal of nearly every variety. She now has three goals on the power-play, two short-handed, three first-goals, two game-winners and one game-tying marker. Her 16th goal also moved her into sole possession of fourth place on the MSU single season charts...Helminen improved her standing on the team scoring charts with two goals and an assist on the weekend. She now has three goals and 10 assists for 13 points, compared to eight points as a freshman last season...Seniors Jen Jonsson, Amber Sharratt and Lyndsay James played the final home games of their Maverick careers Saturday. Sharratt ended the regular season with a share of the MSU record for career games played with 136. Jonsson is not far behind her in fourth with 133. Both will move up with their post-season games. James joined the team mid-season after a one year hiatus from play. She stand at 6-4--10 in 77 games played.

NORTH DAKOTA FIGHTING SIOUX
The Fighting Sioux women's hockey dropped their fourth game in a row losing to Minnesota 4-0 and 6-0 at Ridder Arena...The Sioux failed to score all series and have a league low 40 goals in 28 games...With the losses the Sioux fall to 7-25-2 and go to 3-23-2 in the WCHA...The Fighting Sioux will now head to Wisconsin to take on the Badgers on March 3-5 with a best-of-three series at the Kohl Center for the first round of the WCHA Tournament. All game times are set for 2:07 p.m. with the winner heading to Minneapolis to meet the winners of the other three series for the WCHA semifinal and Championship games. Those games will be played March 11-12.

OHIO STATE BUCKEYES
Ohio State concluded its regular season schedule with two losses against No. 3 Wisconsin at the OSU Ice Rink in Columbus, Ohio. The Buckeyes fell 3-0 Friday and 1-0 Saturday for a final WCHA record of 10-15-3 to finish in fifth place with 23 points. They are 13-16-5 overall...The two shutouts marked the first time since Nov. 8-9, 2002 at Minnesota Duluth that OSU had been held scoreless in back-to-back games...Junior goaltender Erika Vanderveer had an outstanding series, stopping 74 of 78 total shots faced against one of the top offenses in the nation. She set a career high Friday with 45 saves. She followed that performance Saturday by stopping 29 of 30 shots...In her last four games, Vanderveer has saved 143 shots with only seven goals allowed for a .953 save percentage and 1.72 goals-against-average...Vanderveer has continued her strong second-half campaign. She has recorded 348 saves with 23 goals allowed for a .938 save percentage. She had a 1.87 GAA in her 12 starts in 2006, including two shutouts...Senior Jana Harrigan ended the regular season as the third-highest point scorer in the WCHA with 44 points. It ties the highest a Buckeye has ever finished in overall league scoring, with Jeni Creary also finishing third in 2001-02 with 44 points...There were two recognitions during the final home game Saturday. Harrigan, Crystal Sayther and Katie Sershen were honored in a senior day program prior to the game. Vanderveer and sophomore Mallory Peckels were recognized during the first intermission for their selections as 2005-06 WCHA Scholar-Athletes...The Buckeyes will next travel to No. 4-seed St. Cloud State for the first round of the WCHA tournament March 3-5 at the National Hockey Center. Games begin at :07 p.m. (CT) each day. Ohio State and the Huskies split the regular season series this year with each team sweeping their two-game home series.

ST. CLOUD STATE HUSKIES
SCSU wrapped up its regular season with a series split against Bemidji State. On Friday night, BSU toppled the Huskies with a 5-1 win. Despite the loss, SCSU still clinched home ice for the first round of the WCHA Tournament after Ohio State suffered a 3-0 loss to Wisconsin. On Saturday, the Huskies regrouped to earn a 4-0 shutout victory over BSU in the John Glas Fieldhouse...On the weekend, SCSU was led by freshman forward Megan McCarthy (Eden Prairie) and sophomore forward Laura Fast (Calgary, Alberta). In the first game of the series tilt on Friday night, McCarthy tallied the lone Husky goal of the game as Laura Fast notched the assist on the rebound goal. The following day, freshman forward Michelle Moen sparked the Huskies with her first career goal in the second period, which resulted in the game-winning goal as well. Having a 1-0 lead on Saturday, SCSU scored three more unanswered goals in the second period and out-shot the Beavers13-5 in the period. Freshman forward Abby Krause also notched her first career goal at the 4:21 mark of the third period. Senior defender and team captain Randie Jelinski tallied the assist on the second goal of the game for the Huskies. At the 15:07 mark, senior forward Ashley Stewart notched the lone power play goal of the game for SCSU. Seniors Kristy Oonincx and Kelly Stewart assisted on the goal. Ashley Stewart is now just six points away from reaching the 100-career point milestone at SCSU. The fourth and final goal came from Husky freshman forward Amy Currier, which marked her third goal of the season. Sammy Nixon, a freshman forward, and junior forward Jackie Jensen each earned assists on Currier's rebounded goal in the low slot. Nine different Huskies scored in SCSU's final regular season game. Of note, three freshman forwards tallied goals in the game....Senior forward Kristy Oonincx (Moose Jaw, Sask.) has been a constant for the Huskies all season as she continues to lead SCSU in scoring. After a complete regular season in 2005-06, Oonincx has amassed 15 goals and 27 assists for 42 points. Junior forwards Hailey Clarkson (Winnepegosis, Manitoba) and Denelle Maguet (Ste. Rose, Manitoba), who complete the top Husky line with Oonincx, have also had stand-out seasons for SCSU. Clarkson tallied 36 points on the season thus far and Maguet has charted her highest single scoring season with 14 goals and 16 assists...In goal for SCSU, junior assistant captain Lauri St. Jacques got hot at the right time. Since Jan. 21, St. Jacques has helped lead the Huskies to an 8-4-0 record, including a four-game winning streak and three shutouts with two of them consecutive. In the past 12 games, St. Jacques has tallied 295 saves and gave up just 23 goals (1.9 goals per game). On the season, St. Jacques has collected 609 saves, a GAA of 2.35 and a save percentage of .920. Her season record stands at 10-12-1 as she now holds an SCSU goaltender season record with three shutouts on the season. (The previous record of two shutouts in a season was held by former Huskies Sondra Diaz-Arntzen and Laura Gieselman in the 1999-00 season.)...After wrapping up the regular season with their 16th win, the Huskies (16-17-1, 13-14-1 WCHA) notched the second most wins in a single season in school history. The most wins ever tallied in a single season was in 2000-01, when former SCSU head coach Kerry Brodt Wethington led the Huskies to a 17-16-2 overall record and a 12-10-2 record in the WCHA...The Huskies will now head into playoffs hosting the Ohio State Buckeyes on March 3-5 for the first round of the WCHA Tournament. This season marks the first season in WCHA history that all eight women's teams are invited to the first round of the conference tournament for a best of three series. This season also marks the first season that SCSU has had the opportunity to host a first round of playoffs. Favoring the home ice advantage for the first round of the WCHA Tournament, the Huskies are 10-5-1 at home in the National Hockey Center in 2005-2006, and finished the season 6-12-0 on the road...In playoff action, SCSU has a historical record of 0-3-0, with two of the three losses being suffered to next weekend's opponent Ohio State. Last season, finishing sixth in the WCHA regular season, the Huskies suffered a 3-1 loss to Wisconsin on March 4, 2005, in the WCHA one-weekend Tournament. On Friday, March 3, the Huskies will play host to Ohio State for the first game of the best of three series. Game times are slated for 2:07 p.m. in the National Hockey Center on Friday and Saturday, as well as for the third game of the series on Sunday if need be.

WISCONSIN BADGERS
The No. 3 Wisconsin women's hockey team (29-4-1, 24-3-1 WCHA) completed a shutout sweep of Ohio State (13-16-5, 10-15-1 WCHA) with 3-0 and 1-0 decisions at the OSU Ice Rink in Columbus, Ohio...The Badgers closed out the regular season with the program's best regular season finish and have already surpassed the program's mark for wins in a season with 29...The shutouts give the Badgers a three-game shutout streak with each of the team's three goalies collecting one...The shutout weekend is the second of the season for Wisconsin, but the first on the road since blanking Bemidji State last season...Heading into the series, OSU's Jana Harrigan was tied with UW's Sara Bauer (St. Catharines, Ontario) as the WCHA points leader...In the first game, after over half the game scoreless, the Badgers broke the silence with a goal at 11:29 in the second...Senior Nikki Burish (Madison, Wis.) caught up with her pass from the blueline and made a pass to junior Bauer who skated in for a two-on-one with linemate Sharon Cole (Bloomington, Minn.)...A pass from Bauer to Cole beat OSU goalie Erika Vanderveer...Early in the third, Wisconsin goalie Christine Dufour (Rivere-du-Loup, Quebec) faced a charging Harrigan and came up with a huge save to preserve the lead for the Badgers...It was Dufour's first appearance back in the net for UW in seven games...She stopped all 18 shots on goal in her third season shutout...Wisconsin scored again after a clearing pass was stopped by Dufour for Kristen Witting (Beloit, Wis.) to pick up and pass to Burish...The senior skated it the length of the ice before notching her ninth season goal at 7:44 though no assists were credited...The Badgers final gola came at 15:55 when Cole shot from the left circle and Vanderveer lost the puck behind her skate, but not yet over the goal line...The puck was jostled loose by Bauer, but Cole tapped it over the line for the final goal of the night...In the rematch, scoring just 2:38 into the game, Meaghan Mikkelson's (St. Albert, Alberta) third season goal proved to be the game-winner...In net for the Badgers was Cottage Grove, Wis., native Jessie Vetter who made 10 saves in the second shutout of her young career...Though the Badger defense kept the majority of OSU shots away from Vetter, she came up with crucial saves including a one-on-one against the dangerous Harrigan...Having closed the regular season, the Badgers kick off the postseason competition with a best-of-three series at the Kohl Center against North Dakota, March 3-5...All the games are slated for 2:07 p.m. with the winner heading to Minneapolis to meet the winners of the three other campus-site series for the WCHA semifinal and championship games, March 11-12

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