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WesternCHA Rewind!

I posted highlight videos from the schools that offer them at the bottom of the post, check em out, there were some beauts this weekend.

Photo: Tom Nelson - SCSU Athletic

WCHA Friday:
Bemidji State 0 at Michigan Tech 4
North Dakota 1 at Minnesota 5
Denver 2 at St. Cloud State 5
Minnesota Duluth 3 at Colorado College 2
Minnesota State 4 at Alaska Anchorage 0

Miami 0 at Wisconsin 1

WCHA Saturday:
North Dakota 4 at Minnesota 4
Bemidji State 2 at Michigan Tech 2 OT
Denver 1 at St. Cloud State 5
Minnesota Duluth 1 at Colorado College 5
Minnesota State 4 at Alaska Anchorage 0

Miami 2 at Wisconsin 1

So who's on their "A" game?

I think teams cooled off this weekend if anything.  The more "hot" teams like Minnesota, who came into the series with Minnesota on a 5-game win streak, and Wisconsin, who entered their non-conference series on a 11-game unbeaten streak, fell to Miami 2-1 on Saturday night.  Obviously these teams are still hot.  Especially Minnesota, being they did in fact take 3 points from a very good North Dakota team.

A new team to enter the ranks after the weekend is St. Cloud State.  The Huskies swept the Denver Pioneers at home, outscoring them 10-3.  It was the first time since November of 2008 that Denver has been swept by a team from the WCHA, and the last team that accomplished it?  St. Cloud State.  So the Huskies earn the hottest team this week, but Minnesota State took 3 points from Alaska Anchorage and Michigan Tech also took 3 points at home from Bemidji State which also earned a little bit of honors from the Bulldog Hockey Blog.

Around the NCAA:

Some of the top ranked teams definitely struggled this weekend with teams that they maybe should not have had any difficulty defeating.  Notre Dame's struggles continued this week as they were swept by unranked Alaska.  Boston College fell to Massachusetts 5 to 3 on Friday, but turned it around on Saturday when they demolished Northeastern 9-3.  New Hampshire fell to Providence 6-5 on Saturday as well; it was their second loss within the last 10 days.

WCHA Standings:

			WCHA		OVERALL
	Pts.	W	L	T	W	L	T	GF	GA
Minnesota	22	9	3	4	17	3	4	93	45
St. Cloud State	22	11	5	0	14	10	0	80	61
Nebraska Omaha	20	9	5	2	13	9	2	88	67
North Dakota	20	8	4	4	13	7	4	81	64
Denver	20	8	6	4	13	8	4	85	67
Minnesota Duluth	19	8	7	3	10	11	3	64	68
Minnesota State	19	9	8	1	15	8	3	82	60
Wisconsin	17	6	5	5	9	8	5	49	45
Colorado College	15	7	10	1	10	14	2	88	94
Bemidji State	12	4	8	4	5	12	5	48	66
Michigan Tech	12	4	10	4	7	12	4	63	71
Alaska Anchorage	6	1	13	4	3	14	5	42	73

Scoring Offense:

	Goals/GM
Minnesota	3.88
Nebraska Omaha	3.67
Denver	3.40

Scoring Defense:

	Goals/GM
Minnesota	1.88
Wisconsin	2.05
Minnesota State	2.31

Penalty Minutes:

	Minutes/GM
Minnesota Duluth	16.5
Denver	16.3
Alaska Anchorage	14.2

Power Play:

	PP %
Minnesota	24.1%
Minnesota Duluth	22.4%
Denver	21.8%

Penalty Kill:

	PK %
Minnesota	89.9%
Denver	84.8%
St. Cloud State	84.2%

Scoring Leaders:

	Team	Goals	Assists	Points
Ryan Walters	UNO	15	21	36
Drew LeBlanc	SCSU	7	27	34
Corban Knight	UND	11	22	33

Freshman Scoring:

	Team	Goals	Assists	Points
Tony Cameranesi	UMD	10	12	22
Kalle Kossila	SCSU	11	10	21
Alex Petan	MTU	7	13	20

Goalies:

	Team	GAA	Save %
Adam Wilcox	UMTC	1.72	0.923
Stephon Williams	MSU	1.80	0.925
Joel Rumpa	UW	1.83	0.933

(SCSU 5-1 win over Denver)

(Minnesota 5-1 win over North Dakota)

Enjoy.


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