Almost every team has played half (14-games) the
league schedule, except UM and UND which have played 12 games.
WCHA STANDINGS
2012-2013
Team………………………W-L-T………Points
1. Nebraska-Omaha………9-4-1……........192. St. Cloud St………….…9-5-0………….18
3. North Dakota.………..…7-2-3…..……...17
3. Denver…………..……..7-4-3………......17
5. Minnesota State……….8-6-0.…...…….16
6. Minnesota………………6-3-3………….15
7. Minnesota-Duluth….…..5-6-3………….13
7. Wisconsin…....…………4-5-5……….....13
9. Bemidji State……..…….4-7-3..……......11
9. Colorado College ……..5-8-1..….…….11
11. Michigan Tech………..3-8-3……….….9
12. Alaska-Anchorage…....1-8-3…...….….5
WCHA
Games
Nebraska-Omaha
@ Denver
Last weekend the Mavericks swept the CC Tigers
(8-4, 3-1) in Omaha and the Pioneers swept the Big Red of Cornell (5-1, 2-1) in
Denver.
The Pioneers are just two points behind the
Mavericks in the standings. It would appear that DU has righted their
ship after a dismal eight game winless streak, they are now on a three game
winning stretch. Looking at the second half
schedule UNO has the third easiest in the league, while DU has the third toughest. DU would like to sweep this series to vault
them into first and have some room for error.
After this weekend DU plays five of the next six on the road. If DU plays stingy, like the past three
games, only giving up two goals, they can sent the Mavericks packing with no
points. PIONEERS SWEEP
Wisconsin
@ Minnesota State
Last weekend the Badgers swept the Seawolves (5-3,
1-0) in Anchorage and the Mavericks swept the Friars of Providence (4-3ot, 4-0)
in Mankato.
The Badgers are winners of four in a row and
unbeaten in their last eight games, 5-0-3.
They beat/tied DU, tied MTU twice, and swept UAH and UAA. I hate to say it, but other than the DU
games, they haven’t exactly beat top teams.
The Badgers did however put some goals up in their last four games, so
they have to have some scoring optimism/confidence now. The Mavericks are winners of four in a row,
have won 11 of their last 12, going 11-0-1.
That includes the sweep of UW back at Thanksgiving, which started this
run. I like MSUM’s chances go taking all
four games from UW this season.
MAVERICKS SWEEP
Michigan
Tech @ Minnesota-Duluth
Last weekend the Huskies were on a hockey free
New Year’s weekend as were the Bulldogs.
The Bulldogs last action was a pair of losses, to Maine and Ferris State
at the Florida College Classic, the end of December. The Huskies last games were wins over
Michigan and Western Michigan to win the Great Lakes Invitational, also at the
end of December.
The Huskies are 2-4-2 away from Houghton this
season, and the Bulldogs are 3-4-1 at home in the Amsoil Arena. The Bulldogs could get their heads above
water this weekend with a sweep and keep in the hunt for home ice in
March. The Huskies have the fourth
easiest schedule in the second half, so they still have a chance for home ice
as well. But they need to make their
move and fast, to keep that hope alive.
SPLIT
Alaska-Anchorage
@ Minnesota
Last weekend the Seawolves were swept (5-3,
1-0) by the Badgers in Anchorage and the Gophers beat Notre Dame (4-1) on a
rare Tuesday evening game in Minneapolis.
The Seawolves have yet to win a game (0-4-2
away) at an opponent’s home rink (they are 1-1-0 at neutral sites this
season). UAA is currently on a six game
losing stretch, and have only won once in Nov/Dec/Jan. The Gophers are 9-1-1 at home this season. This weekend could be a trap weekend for the
Gophers if they are reliving their recent wins and looking ahead to next week
against UND. But the UofM has a couple
of advantages, one UAA will most likely be rusty, since they haven’t played in
about a month and two, they have more talent up and down their bench than UAA
has. GOPHERS SWEEP
Colorado
College @ North Dakota
Last weekend the Tigers were swept (8-4, 3-1) by
the UNO Mavericks in Omaha and NoDak swept Holy Cross (5-2, 3-2) in Grand
Forks.
These teams meet Nov-30 and Dec-1 in Colorado Springs
with each team getting a win, CC that Friday 5-3 and UND on Saturday 3-2 in
overtime. UND is 6-1-3 at home in the
Engelstad Arena this year and the Tigers are 3-7-0 away from Colorado
Springs. NoDak is on a seven game
unbeaten streak, winning their last five games.
The Tigers are on a seven game winless streak, losing six and tying
once. CC’s last win was against UND, and
what was their only win in their last 12 games.
It appears as if the Tigers season is slipping away from them, which is
surprising, given all the offensive talent they have. You almost have to believe that CC will throw
everything they got, including the kitchen sink, at UND this weekend, being
backed into a corner. UND got back a
couple of players over the break, and with the break and some fresh legs, look
to UND to be too deep for CC to keep up.
NODAK SWEEP
BYE
WEEK
Bemidji
St. St. Could St.
