With the tie last night against the Fighting Sioux the Minnesota Gophers are (0-4-3) against UND in their last 7 games. The last thirteen games against the Gophers the Fighting Sioux have an impressive 8-2-3 record.
Not it
Fighting Sioux forward Evan Trupp (0g- 2a-2pts) takes over the team lead in points (5g-15a-20pts), you have to wonder if Trupp is the next one to suffer some form of misfortune. Every time a different player has taken over the lead in team points something bad happened to them or they were unavailable to the team the next game. First it was Chay Genoway, he took over the team lead only to suffer a concussion, Chay has yet to return. Chris VandeVelde briefly took over the team lead in points, suffered an undisclosed injury and was unable to go the next night against UMD. Danny Kristo took over the team lead and then went to the WJC in Saskatoon.
WCHA flexing its muscles
This season the there has been a resurgence of the WCHA in the national polls and rankings. There are currently six WCHA teams in the Pairwise rankings; DU 1, UW 3, UMD 5, UND 6, SCSU 7, C.C. 10. I would not be surprised to see 5-6 teams from the WCHA in the NCAA tourney at the end of the season.
Pylons of the game
For the Gophers defensemen Cade Fairchild and Aaron Ness were a -2 last night against the Sioux.
WCHA leading in PM's?
1 Alaska-Anchorage 21 467 22.24
2 Ferris State 23 484 21.04
3 Canisius 23 468 20.35
4 North Dakota 23 443 19.26
5 Wisconsin 21 395 18.81
6 Michigan Tech 23 420 18.26
7 Minnesota-Duluth 23 416 18.09
8 Miami 23 411 17.87
9 Michigan 23 392 17.04
10 Bowling Green 23 391 17.00
The WCHA has 4 teams sitting in the top ten nationally in penalty minutes.
Scores from this week.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
EZAC
Yale 2 at Harvard 3
Hockey East
Providence 1 at Boston College 4
Non-Conference
Northern Michigan 1 at Michigan Tech 1 ot
Friday, January 15, 2010
Atlantic Hockey
RIT 4 at Connecticut 0
American Int'l 1 at Holy Cross 1 ot
Mercyhurst 3 at Sacred Heart 6
Army 2 at Canisius 5
Air Force 6 at Bentley 3
CCHA
Miami 4 at Ferris State 0
Alaska 0 at Michigan 6
Nebraska-Omaha 1 at Lake Superior 2
Bowling Green 0 at Northern Michigan 6
Michigan State 2 at Notre Dame 5
CHA
Bemidji State 4 at Niagara 6
Alabama-Huntsville 2 at Robert Morris 3
EZAC
Colgate 0 at St. Lawrence 4
Cornell 3 at Clarkson 1
Hockey East
Northeastern 3 at Vermont 1
Maine 1 at Boston College 6
Boston University 1 at Providence 3
Mass.-Lowell 2 at Massachusetts 3
WCHA
North Dakota 3 at Minnesota 3 ot
Wisconsin 4 at Colorado College 0
Minnesota-Duluth 2 at Minnesota State 1
Alaska-Anchorage 6 at Michigan Tech 2
Non-Conference
St. Cloud State 3 at Quinnipiac 1
Exhibition
US Under-18 Team 3 at Ohio State 6
And yet the downward spiral of the Bemidji State Beavers continues. I knew it was coming and it was only a matter of time. UMD is making some serious noise lately and they are doing it with offense from Fontaine and the Connoly boys. Wisconsin also continues to play well, pouring on offense against a pretty darn good CC team in Colorado. 6 teams ranked in the top 10 of the pairwise rankings? How much more dominant can one conference get???
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