This Week in the WCHA (Sioux 7)

This weekend in the WCHA there are 4 league series, MSU-M is on a bye week, and UND is in non-conference play against Bemidji State.

Wisconsin at Minnesota

This series is usually important and billed as the "Border Battle" however, this year UW is battling for home ice and UM is just trying to get some wins. The Gophers now have the chance to play the "spoiler", a role they are not use to playing. The other cliche is that they are a wounded animal and are dangerous and unpredictable. UM cannot continue to just score 1 goal per game, that has to end sometime and I think that will be this weekend. UW has been good as of late, not great, but good. The badgers have been splitting with all the teams they are fighting with for home ice. I say this weekend hurts them with a split againts the Gophers, a team with little chance of getting home ice.
THEE CALL - SPLIT.

Michigan Tech at St. Cloud

It's the Huskies versus the Huskies, the dogs are gathering for the Iditarod race, but not in Alaska, it is in Minnesota instead. Currently both teams have a shot at home ice, SCSU in 7th with 20-pts, and MTU is in 8th with 18-pts. If SCSU gets a sweep, they can put the hurt on MTU and almost guarantee them a road trip to start the playoffs. If MTU gets a sweep they still need some help but still would have a chance at home ice. SCSU has won 3 games in a row against, CC, UAA, UAA and have got some momentum going. MTU has been splitting games or only getting a point a weekend. I'm saying SCSU is going up the rankigs and MTU is going down.
THEE CALL - SCSU SWEEP

Colorado College at Minnesota-Duluth

The Tigers had a bye week and should be well rested for their big road trip to Duluth. The Bullydogs are returning home after splitting a pair last weekend in Houghton with MTU. The Sioux have caught up to the Tigers and the pressure is on them to try and use these two games (in hand on UND) to gain some distance between themselves and UND. On the other side of the ice, UMD is in 6th spot. The Dogs need to get some wins and stay on pace for at least a 5th place finish and avoid a road trip in the playoffs. The Dogs have 2-games in hand on UW and MSUM who are tied for 4th, right ahead of them in the standings. The Tigers are a .500 team on the road and I think they will stay that way.
THEE CALL - SPLIT

Alaska Anchorage at Denver

Denver comes limping back home after getting beat up at Grand Forks. The Seawolves faired no better as they were swept at home by SCSU. The Pioneers look like they had gotten off their slide last Friday, but blew a 3 goal lead and left UND without getting a point. The goalie, Mannino, suffered a bad save percentage last weekend managing a lower than normal .849 average for the weekend. The Pioneers are struggling, however, they did take 3-points from the Gophers a couple of weeks ago, who are just above the Seawolves in the standings. I think DU will get some points this weekend and UAA will once again end up in 10th.
THEE CALL - DENVER 3-pts

Bemidji State Beavers (CHA) at North Dakota

In the past 6-games between these teams UND is 5-0-1. BSU normally plays WCHA teams really well, but this year the Beavers are having a down year against the WCHA, going 1-7-0 (their win was versus UMD). With Sioux on the nations longest unbeaten streatk, 11-games, it doesn't get any easier for the Beavers.
THEE CALL - SIOUX SWEEP