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WCHA
STANDINGS 2012-2013
Team………………………W-L-T………Points
1. St. Cloud St……………15-6-1…….….312. Nebraska-Omaha….....14-8-2…....…..30
3. Minnesota State……….14-9-1.…...….29
4. Minnesota……………...12-6-4……..…28
5. North Dakota.………….11-5-6………..28
6. Wisconsin…....………..10-7-7………...27
7. Denver…………..……..10-7-5..….......25
8. Colorado College ……..8-10-4..…..….20
9. Minnesota-Duluth….…..8-12-4……….20
10. Michigan Tech………..6-14-4…..……16
11. Bemidji State……..…..5-13-6......……16
12. Alaska-Anchorage…....2-18-6.....……10
WCHA
Games
#7 St.
Could St. @ Colorado College
Last weekend the Huskies and the Tigers were
taking breaks from hockey.
The Huskies still control their destiny for the
McNaughton Cup, keep winning and win the cup.
The Tigers odds of getting home ice are not good, needing to make up
five points in six games, and then they need help, lots of help. CC hosts MSUM next week before ending the
season at MTU. The Huskies on the other
hand have MTU next week and go to UW to end the season. The Huskies have only one loss in their last
eight games, and that was to the UM. The
Tigers are undefeated in their last five games going 2-0-3 over that span. When a team is desperate like CC, the Huskies
better be ready for the kitchen sink to be thrown at them this weekend. SPLIT
#6 North
Dakota @ #10 Denver
Last weekend NoDak was on a bye and Pioneers
were also on a bye.
These teams met earlier this year in Grand
Forks with UND taking three points in a Friday night 2-2 tie and a win on
Saturday 6-3. NoDak is on a three game
winning streak and a five game unbeaten streak, DU is 2-2-1 in their last five
contests. The games in December were not
as heated as some of the past season.
And this weekend with valuable WCHA points at stake, I don’t think
anyone wants to take any unnecessary penalties.
The Pioneers have played well in Denver this season owning a 10-4-3
record at Magness Arena, NoDak is a respectable 7-5-1 away from The Ralph this
year. I think this series comes down to
goal tending and who makes a few timely saves or even steals a game. SPLIT
Minnesota-Duluth
@ #2 Minnesota
Last weekend the Bulldogs got a point from the
Beavers (4-2, 1-1ot) in Bemidji and the Gophers split with the Badgers (3-2W,
2-3L) in Madison/Chicago.
The Bulldogs are all but guaranteed a road trip
in the first round of the WCHA playoffs.
They would need to run their remaining schedule and get a ton of help. UMD has not won a game since defeating CC on
Jan-18, that’s more than a month. If a
Bulldog had a tail it would firmly tucked between in legs now. However, UMD can look ahead to next weekend
when they host the Chargers from Huntsville, who only have three wins on the
season. The Gophers will be just too
much for the Bulldogs to handle, too much speed, and too much talent. Plus the Gophers are looking to grab the last
McNaughton Cup, and need to gain ground on the teams ahead of them. GOPHERS SWEEP
NON-Conference
Penn
State @ #18 Wisconsin (Sun/Mon)
Last weekend the Badgers split with the Gophers
(2-3L, 3-2W) in Madison/Chicago and the Nittany Lions swept Oklahoma (4-1, 3-0)
in exhibition play.
PSU has a couple of quality wins this year,
over Michigan St., Ohio St., and Air Force.
This is the last series for the Lions this year and are current owners
of a 12-13-0 record. The Badgers are
playing well and be the best team PSU has seen this season. I don’t think PSU will get many scoring
opportunities against the stingy Badgers defense. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a couple of
shut outs in Madison this weekend.
BADGERS SWEEP
Exhibition
US U-18
@ #14 Nebraska-Omaha (Fri)
Last weekend the Mavericks swept the Seawolves (3-0,
6-5ot) in Anchorage.
This is Omaha’s last “break” before the end of
the season and playoff run starts. Since
this game doesn’t exist in the record books, I look to see Omaha play a few
goalies in this game and see who might be the go to guy. UNO WINS
BYE
WEEK
Alaska-Anchorage
Bemidji St.
Michigan Tech
#9 Minnesota State
