Credit Where Credit Is Due Section: The NCHA Newsletter is compiled in
the office of the NCHA Director of Information (Terry Owens at UW-Stevens
Point) -- I only pass it along to you. All typos are mine. (And there
may be more than usual today 'cuz I just had two teeth pulled and the
anesthetic is wearing off ... ouch)
FOUR SWEEPS COMPLETE PRE-HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
LAST WEEK: Bemidji State, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Superior and UW-Eau
Claire recorded sweeps in the final pre-Christmas NCHA weekend. Bemidji
took two from Lake Forest at home while Stevens Point, Superior and Eau
Claire recorded their wins on the road, over St. Scholatica, St. Norbert
and UW-River Falls, respectively.
The results leave Bemidji State still undefeated in league play and on
top of the standings while UW-Stevens Point and UW-Superior are close
behind and UW-Eau Claire and UW-River Falls stand tied for fourth.
THIS WEEK: The NCHA eases into the Holidays with several non-conference
matchups. UW-Stevens Point is at St. Mary's on Tuesday before hosting
Mercyhurst for a pair on the weekend; Mankato State visits UW-River
Falls; and Bemidji State hosts Minnesota-Crookston in the only action of
the week.
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UW-Stevens Point 7 St. Scholastica 2
UW-Stevens Point 6 St. Scholastica 2
Friday: UWSP got goals from seven different skaters and put the game out
of reach with four unanswered third period scores. Goals from Casey
Howard and Gord Abric gave Point a 2-0 lead early in the second period
before the Saints got back-to-back scores from Kyle Erickson on the
powerplay and Doug Chos to tie it. But Joe Vancik started a five-goal
Pointer run late in the second and Andy Faulkner, Brian Ensign, Mike
Zambon and Kevin Plager closed it out in the third. David Fletcher had
19 saves for the win.
Saturday: UWSP got scores from six different players on the way to the
sweep. Willy Frericks and Andy Faulkner gave UWSP an early 2-0 lead
before Jay Millbridge cut it to one goal for the Saints at 15:12. But,
Chad Zowin scored one minute later to give Point a 3-1 lead after one.
Mike Zambon and Gord Abric tallied in the second to make it 5-1 and Brian
Hill closed out the Pointer scoring at 15:31 of the third. Bill Vukelich
closed out the scoring at 18:09 on the powerplay for CSS. Dave Ketola
stopped 21 shots for the win in net.
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Bemidji State 6 Lake Forest 4
Bemidji State 6 Lake Forest 3
Friday: Second period goals by Craig McKechney, his first of two, and
Jim Logan proved to be the difference. The teams were tied at 2-2 after
one on Bemidji goals from Bernie Adlys and Jude Boulianne and Forester
scores from Kit Read and Chris Austin. After BSU grabbed the two-goal
lead in the second, they increased it to 6-2 midway through the third on
McKechney's second score and one from Eric Fulton before LFC closed out
the scoring on goals by T.R. Bell and Craig Cotterell. Mike Beaton
stopped 33 shots for the win while Mark MacGillivray had 44 stops for the
Foresters.
Saturday: The Beavers got two goals from Craig Matatall and exploded for
four second period scores to complete the sweep. LFC grabbed a 2-0 lead
midway through the first period on a pair of goals from Kit Read but the
Beavers took control with a five-goal outburst over the next 18 minutes to
take control. Matatall began and ended the scoring surge with scores from
Bernie Adlys, Kris Bjornson and Craig McKechney in between. Read
completed his hat trick for the Foresters at 18:41 of the third before
Jude Boulianne closed out the scoring for BSU. Robin Cook had 30 saves
for the win.
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UW-Superior 7 St. Norbert 3
UW-Superior 5 St. Norbert 2
Friday: The Yellowjackets exploded for four unanswered second period
scores on the way to the win. After a scoreless first period, Kevin Sobb
started the UWS run, followed by Doug Smith, Rod Graham and Fred
Harbinson before SNC got on the board with Jason Sanford's score to make
it 4-1 entering the third. Graham and Smith both got their second goals
of the game and Jeff Maher added another for UWS in the final period
while Cameron Knox and Brent Cyr tallied for the Green Knights. Dave
Graichen had 23 saves for the win.
Saturday: John Murgatroyd scored a pair of goals as UWS completed the
sweep. Murgatroyd started the scoring on the powerplay at 6:32 of the
first before Jason Sanford tied it on the powerplay at 15:59. But Brent
Shaback scored another powerplay goal at 17:31 of the first to reclaim
the Yellowjacket lead, and Murgatroyd scored again with the advantage
early in the second period to make it 3-1. Don Hearn brought it back to
a one-goal game at 7:49 of the second before Jeff Maher made it 4-2 after
two for UWS. Dustin Fahl closed out the scoring at 1:15 of the third.
Dave Graichen made 38 saves for the win.
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UW-Eau Claire 5 UW-River Falls 4
UW-Eau Claire 5 UW-River Falls 3
Friday: Jason Ledford completed a four-goal run by the Blugolds with
what proved to be the game-deciding goal midway through the third
period. Trapper Niccum for UWEC and Eddie MacDonald for UWRF scored in
the first before the Falcons took a two-goal lead on scors from Brian
Wilson and MacDonald early in the second. But Ledford started the
Bluegold run at 5:24 followed by Luke Strand and Jay Pylypuik before he
closed it out at 11:50. MacDonad closed out the scoring with his hat
trick goal at 15:19. Bob Thorp had 22 saves for the win while Jeff Heil
made 31 stops in a losing effort.
Saturday: Matt Loen had a pair of goals and the Blugolds had three
unanswered scores between the first and third periods to record the
sweep. Loen and Trapper Niccum got UWEC rolling in the first before the
Falcons tied it at 2-all on back-to-back powerplay scores from Eddie
MacDonald. Eau Claire then began a string of three straight goals, from
Loen, Jason Ledford and Luke Strand, to build a 5-2 lead at 4:22 of the
third period. Aaron Arf closed out the scoring for UWRF midway through
the third. Brian Kreft made 51 saves in net for the Blugolds to get the win.
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NCHA PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Matt Loen, Sr, C, UW-Eau Claire, Spring Lake Park, MN
Matt Loen of UW-Eau Claire is this week's NCHA Player of the Week. In a
sweep of UW-River Falls, Loen had five points on two goals and three
assists, recording three assists in Friday's win and scoring a pair of
goals in Saturday's victory.
In the closest choice to date, Loen narrowly won the honor over several
outstanding performances, including: Rod Graham of UW-Superior, who had
four points, including two powerplay goals, in a sweep of St. Norbert;
Craig McKechney of Bemidji State, who had five points, including scoring
both game-winners, in a sweep of Lake Forest; Mike Zambon of UW-Stevens
Point, who had five points in a sweep of St. Scholastica; Eddie MacDonald
of UW-River Falls, who had seven points, having a hand in every Falcon
goal in a losing effort against UW-Eau Claire; and Jason Sanford of St.
Norbert, who had a pair of goals against UW-Superior.
November 7: Omer Belisle, Bemidji State
November 14: Luke Strand, UW-Eau Claire
November 21: Bernie Adlys, Bemidji State
November 28: Jeff Heil, UW-River Falls
December 5: Fred Harbinson, UW-Superior
December 12: Matt Loen, UW-Eau Claire
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OVERALL HOME AND ROAD
Home Road
Team W L T W L T
Bemidji State 5 1 0 4 1 0
Lake Forest 2 3 1 0 6 0
St. Norbert 4 3 0 0 3 0
St. Scholastica 1 4 0 0 7 0
UW-Eau Claire 2 3 0 4 2 0
UW-River Falls 2 2 0 2 2 2
UW-Stevens Point 2 2 1 5 0 0
UW-Superior 4 2 0 5 1 0
Neutral: St. Norbert 1-1-0 UW-Eau Claire 1-0-0
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Overall and divisional standings to follow.
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Debbie Somers NCAA Div III National Champs
UW-Stevens Point 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91,1992-93
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