NCHC
STANDINGS 2013-2014
Team………………………W-L-T………Points
St. Cloud St……………….6-1-1…………...19Nebraska-Omaha…………5-2-1…………..17
North Dakota………………5-5-0……….….15
Denver…………………..…4-3-1…………..14
Colorado College……….. 2-5-3…….….….10
Miami………………………3-5-0….…….….9
Minnesota-Duluth…………2-2-0……….….6
Western Michigan………..2-2-0…………...6
NCHC
Games
Western Michigan
@ # Minnesota-Duluth
Last weekend Broncos were swept (3-2, 3-2) by
NoDak in Kalamazoo and the Bulldogs were swept (4-2, 5-1) by the Huskies in
Duluth.
Both the Broncos and the Bulldogs are sitting
at .500 in the league standings, so neither team has any reason to play
desperate this weekend. However, a sweep
by one team would vault them up the standings.
Looking at overall records I have to give the nod to the home team this
weekend. BULLDOGS 3-pts
Non-Conference
Games
#20 Denver
(8-6-2) @ #18 Rensselaer (8-5-3)
Last weekend the Pioneers split (3-1W, 4-2L)
with the RedHawks in Oxford and Engineers tied Quinnipiac (3-3ot) and beat
Princeton (5-3) at home in Troy, NY.
The Engineers are playing well at home, with a
4-1-3 record at Houston Fieldhouse this season (NHL size). The Pioneers are decent on the road with a
1-2-2 record away from Denver. With
these teams having almost identical records, I’m say they stay that way with
each team getting a win. SPLIT – RPI
wins Friday, DU wins Saturday
#10 Union
(10-3-2) @ #1 St. Cloud St. (11-1-2)
Last weekend the Huskies swept (4-2, 5-1) the Bulldogs in
Duluth and the Dutchmen beat Princeton (3-0) and Quinnipiac (6-4) at home in Schenectady,
NY.
This should be a good series in St. Cloud with
both teams ranked in the top 10. The
Huskies only loss this this season was to Miami. The Dutchmen have only lost to Colgate, and
dropped a series to Lake Superior State.
With that in mind, Union has had a softer schedule then the
Huskies. SCSU has too much talent and
depth for the Dutchmen to handle over a weekend of play. HUSKIES SWEEP
Colorado
College (2-10-3) @ #15 Wisconsin (6-5-1)
Last weekend the Tigers took 3-pts (4-2, 3-3ot)
from the Mavericks in Colorado Springs and the Badgers
The Tigers went winless in the month of November,
but have started off December on the right skate. The Badgers are undefeated in Madison this
year and with CC coming to town this weekend (and UAH next weekend), they might
be able to keep that record intact until 2014.
I said might; I think CC will steal a game from the former WCHA
rival. SPLIT – CC wins Friday, UW wins
Saturday
Northern
Michigan (6-8-2) @ North Dakota (7-7-2)
Last weekend the Wildcats were swept by
Minnesota State (3-2, 3-0) in Mankato and NoDak swept the Broncos (3-2, 3-2) in
Kalamazoo.
Has NoDak finally found their stride, it is
closing in on Christmas and we all know they seem to win more games around and
especially after Christmas. If you are
old enough you know that NMU was a WCHA member for many years and has a history
with UND. Thus the guys from Marquette
are no strangers to the guys in Grand Forks.
The Wildcats are winless in their last four games and NoDak is on a
three game winning streak. I say they
keep on their streaks. NODAK SWEEP
Denver
(8-6-2) @ Massachusetts (4-11-2) (Tuesday)
The Pioneers go a little farther East to
Amherst, MA after their weekend in Troy, NY.The Minutemen play at Colgate this weekend.
I’m going with the Pioneers here, just on a
hunch, since this will be both teams third game in five days.
BYE
#12 Miami
#19 Nebraska-Omaha
