The NCHA newsletter originates in the office of the NCHA Director of
Information, Terry Owens, UW-Stevens Point. All typos are, as always, mine.
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BEAVERS CLINCH TIE; REST OF LEAGUE FIGHTS FOR PLAYOFF POSITIONING
LAST WEEK: Bemidji State clinched at least a tie for the regular season
with a convincing sweep of St. Scholastica while the next four teams in
the standings are separated by four points as the NCHA heads to its final
two weeks of the regular season.
THIS WEEK: Four of the top five teams face off against one another with
crucial points on the line all around. League leader Bemidji State can
clinch the regular season crown as they host second place UW-Superior
while UW-River Falls hosts UW-Stevens Point with just one point
separating the teams. Also, third place UW-Eau Claire travels to St.
Scholastica and Lake Forest and St. Norbert, also separated by just a
point, battle it out at LFC.
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UW-River Falls 2 Lake Forest 1
UW-River Falls 5 Lake Forest 1
FRIDAY: Mike Schauer scored at the 18:50 mark of the third period to
give the Falcons the win. Derek Thede gave LFC the lead at 11:25 of the
first period before Joe Smaza tied it at 1-1 with a goal at 17:58 of the
second period, setting the stage for Schauer's game-winner late in the
third. Jeff Heil got the win for UWRF with 22 saves while Paul Sass
stopped 44 shots in a losing effort.
SATURDAY: The Falcons got three first period goals for a quick lead and
scored the sweep. Mike Schauer, Matt Mauer and Brian Wilson staked UWRF to the
first period advantage and then, after a scoreless second period, made it
5-0 in the third period on scores from Robb Harrell and Russ Johnson
before LFC's Jim Drury scored at 18:47 of the third for the final score.
Jeff Heil stopped 18 shots on goal for the win.
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St. Norbert 0 UW-Stevens Point 0 (OT)
UW-Stevens Point 4 St. Norbert 3
FRIDAY: The goaltenders and defensemen took center stage as the teams
skated to a rare scoreless tie. Scott Vettraino had 40 saves for the
Green Knights while David Fletcher made 37 stops for the Pointers.
SATURDAY: UWSP led 4-0 entering the third and withstood a furious Green
Knight comeback for the win. Willy Frericks and Paul Voth scored in the
first period, Frericks shorthanded, and then Chad Zowin and Tyler
Johnston tallied in the second to make it 4-0. But Kendal Kelly scored a
pair of goals and Mike Porcaro added a third at the 18:35 mark to pull
SNC back in. UWSP then held on in the final minute for the win. Dave
Ketola got the win with 26 saves for UWSP while Scott Vettraino and Roby
Gropp combined for 19 saves for St. Norbert.
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Bemidji State 13 St. Scholastica 4
Bemidji State 15 St. Scholastica 2
FRIDAY: Josh Klingfus, Jude Boulianne and Eric Fulton each scored a pair
of goals and 10 Beavers total tallied on the night. BSU had three in the
first, four in the second, and six in the third to control the contest
from start to finish. Bemidji also got goals from Jeff Sobb, Jim Logan,
Malcom Oldcorn, Omer Belisle, Craig McKechney, Eric Monsrud and Craig
Matatall while the Saints got scores from Ryan Salem, Doug Chos, Kyle
Erickson and Jay Milbridge. Mike Beaton stopped 29 shots for the win in net.
SATURDAY: The Beavers scored seven goals in both the first and second
periods to score the sweep. Twelve different Beavers tallied, led by
Omer Belisle's hat trick and a pair of goals from Aaron Novak. Troy
Edwards, Craig Matatall and Bernie Adlys added three assists each to go
along with a goal. CSS got goals from Fred Paine and Doug Chos. Robin
Cook made 27 saves to record the win in net.
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UW-Eau Claire 6 UW-Superior 5
UW-Superior 4 UW-Eau Claire 3 (OT)
SATURDAY: Jason Ledford's goal at 6:51 of the third period gave the
Blugolds the win and staved off a big UWS comeback. UWEC led 2-0 after
one on scores from Tim Nelson and Bill Houck. They made it 3-0 early in
the second on Ledford's first of three goals before the teams exchanged
goals the remainder of the period, from Ledford and Matt Loen for UWEC
and Vince Devlin and Jeff Maher for UWS, to give Eau Claire a 5-2 lead
entering the third. But UWS exploded for three goals in the first 4:57
of the third period, from Brent Shaback, John Murgatroyd and Dustin
Fahl, to tie it at 5-all and set the stage for Ledford's hat trick
game-winner. Bob Thorp made 39 saves for the win while Dave Graichen took
the tough loss with 24 saves.
SUNDAY: Rodney Graham scored at 4:53 of the overtime period to give UWS
a split. The teams were tied at one apiece after one on powerplay goals
by Chris Chelios for UWS and Bill Houck for UWEC. The 'Jackets took a
2-1 lead in the second on Kevin Sobb's powerplay score and increased it
to 3-1 at 5:35 of the third on Janne Hassi's powerplay score. But the
Blugolds came fighting back to tie it on a powerplay goal from Cam Cook
and then a goal from Trapper Niccum at 14:53 to force the extra period,
setting the stage for Graham's game-winner. Dave Graichen stopped 34
shots for the win while Brian Kreft had 38 saves in a losing effort.
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1994-95 Overall Standings
Team (overall record) W L T Pts GF GA
Bemidji State (15-4-2) 14 1 1 29 105 50
UW-Superior (14-6-1) 10 5 1 21 79 54
UW-Eau Claire (13-8-0) 10 6 0 20 70 72
UW-Stevens Point (9-8-4) 9 5 2 19 57 50
St. Norbert (7-11-2) 8 5 3 10 46 57
Lake Forest (5-14-1) 4 10 2 9 48 53
St. Scholastica (1-20-0) 0 16 0 0 33 123
North Division W L T Pts
Bemidji State 14 1 1 29
UW-Superior 10 5 1 21
UW-Eau Claire 10 6 0 20
St. Scholastica 0 16 0 0
South Division W L T Pts
UW-River Falls 9 5 2 20
UW-Stevens Point 8 5 3 19
St. Norbert 4 10 2 10
Lake Forest 4 11 1 9
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NCHA Player of the Week and Conference Leaders info will be forwarded later.
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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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