As I was reading this weeks DROP THE PUCK I compiled some worthless stats.
These are as of last weekends games.
 
The first line is a difference in points between the top 2 scorers for each
team.  The second line is the difference between the top 5 scorers.
The 3rd line is the total points of the top 3, the 4th line is the top
3 goal scorers totals, the 5th is for the total team goals, and the
last line is for the % of goals that the top 3 players have scored.
 
          AA    CC    DU    MT    MN    MD    ND    NM    SC    WI
1-2       1     5     4     3     2     21    1     7     0     2
1-5       7     12    17    23    16    33   11     18    4    29
top3      89    113   111   107   96    125   86    118   89   134
top3Go    40    55    48    48    54    54    40     50   44    49
totGo     106   126   108   86    102   117   93    123   116  119
%         37.7  43.7  44.4  55.8  52.9  46.1  43.0  40.7  37.9  41.1
 
 
I think the main reason I did this was to see just how balanced
St Cloud is in scoring, with only 4 points separating their
top 5 scorers, and AA is close behind in this area.
 
One other oddity from this list is from UMD.  The difference between
the top 2 scorers is 21 points, more than the difference between
1-5 on 7 of the other 9 teams.  This stems from yet another outstanding
year on the ice for Chris Marinucci who leads the WCHA in
scoring 34games 30 goals 26 assists for 56 points.  This means he
has over 25% of the goals and a hand in 48% of the total goals.
(This is similar to Pat Mikesch of MT , 10-30-40 or a hand in
46.5% of their goals but has 16 fewer points)
 
The other reason I wrote was to list some of the outstanding
freshman in the WCHA as listed in LETS PLAY HOCKEY. (The class
standing is from their 93-94 yearbook)
 
In no particular order
                team    Games   Goals   Assists Points Pos
Todd Bethard    AA      30      4       14      18      D
Eric Rud        CC      34      3       11      14      D
Brad Federenko  UMD     33      13      22      35      F (2nd on tm.)
Landon Wilson   UND     31      17      14      31      F (leads tm.)
Dean Seymour    NM      33      12      26      38      F (2nd on tm.)
 
 
In this weeks LPH they have an article on Landon Wilson stating how
much he moved around while his father, Rick Wilson, who played in the
NHL.  He left California his senior year of HS to play in Dubuque
of the USHL.
 
As far as goalies I'd give mention to Toby Kvalevog of UND, he's played
in 28 of 34 games for the Sioux. (3.88 GAA .880 Save % 10-14-3 record)
 
Matthew Evans
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Minnesota '89
UMinnesota Duluth '92
UWisconsin Milwaukee '00