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Week 7 Press Release

11/16/2011, 5:17pm CST
By NCHC

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Two members of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference will square off head-to-head this week when No. 11 Denver hosts No. 19 Nebraska Omaha in a two-game set at Magness Arena. Five other members of The National will face off in conference action as fifthranked Colorado College hosts Wisconsin, Miami welcomes Bowling Green, eighth-ranked Minnesota Duluth takes on Minnesota State, North Dakota travels to Bemidji State and St. Cloud State plays a home-and-home series with top-ranked Minnesota. Only Western Michigan, which played a rare Tuesday game at Notre Dame, is off. The Broncos return to action next Tuesday by hosting the Irish.

LAST WEEK’S ACTION

Seven of the eight members of The National were in action last week with only North Dakota idle. Those teams posted a record of 6-4- 2 which includes one game head-t o-head between Colorado College and Denver. In that game, the Pioneers built a 5-1 lead only t o see the Tigers claw back to make it a 5-4 final. In other action, Minnesota Duluth continued its surge and is now unbeaten in its last eight (6-0-2) with 5-0 and 3-1 wins o ver visiting Alaska Anchorage. Miami earned three of four points against Michigan with a 2-1 win and a 3-3 tie a t Cady Arena. Nebraska Omaha did the same on the road, tying Bemidji State, 3-3, before closing the weekend with a 5-1 win a t the Sanford Center. St. Cloud State worked out a road split at Minnesota State. After dropping the first game, 4-2, the Huskies rebounded for a 3-2 win. Western Michigan, playing three games in five days, ran into a tough Michigan State team at home, losing 3-2 and 4-2. The Broncos then dropped a 3-2 decision at Notre Dame on Tuesday, Nov. 15.

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