> Gregg Wong, Staff Columnist
>
> Around the WCHA
>
> First-place St. Cloud State played without head coach Craig Dahl for the first two
> periods of Saturday's 6-4 victory at Denver. Dahl was late because of flight delays. The
> Huskies trailed 4-3 when Dahl arrived but greeted their coach by scoring three times in
> the third period to win.
>
> Huskies senior center Jason Stewart of Inver Grove Heights is the offensive player
> of the week after scoring his first college hat trick at Denver. He scored the
> game-winning goals, both short-handed, in the sweep.
>
> UMD recorded its first 1-0 victory in its 54 years by beating Michigan Tech. It also
> was the Bulldogs' first shutout of Tech.
>
> UMD should draw its three-millionth fan to the Duluth Entertainment and Convention
> Center for Friday's game against Nebraska-Omaha. In 615 games at the DECC, the
> Bulldogs have drawn 2,997,663 spectators.
>
> Colorado College plays its last game at the Air Force Academy's Cadet Ice Arena
> on Sunday against Denver in a rare Sunday-Monday series. The Tigers, 53-10-4 in
> Cadet Arena since moving from the old Broadmoor Arena, do not play at home again
> until January, when they will move into the new World Arena in Colorado Springs.
>
> Alaska Anchorage freshman Chris Sikich of Apple Valley scored his first college
> points with two goals in a 3-2 loss at CC.
>
> Around the country
>
> Gophers junior center Wyatt Smith was named to the College Hockey Showcase
> all-tournament team. Smith scored three goals in the one-goal losses at Michigan and
> Michigan State.
>
> Also on the team were Michigan State goalie and tournament MVP Chad Alban,
> defenseman Tyler Harlton and center Mike York; Michigan wing Bill Muckalt; and
> Wisconsin defenseman Craig Anderson of Park Center.
>
> By winning three times last week, Boston University's Jack Parker reached 558
> victories at BU to become the top-winning coach at a single school. Michigan Tech's
> John MacInnes held the record at 555.
>
> Yale freshman center Ben Stafford of Edina scored two goals and had an assist in a
> 6-2 victory over Merrimack.
>
> Maine's 7-0 loss to New Hampshire was its worst defeat since a 16-2 thumping by
> Minnesota on Jan. 4, 1986.
>
> Women's hockey
>
> Cammy Granato, captain of the U.S. women's national team, will speak at a pep
> rally at South St. Paul High School on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m.
>
> The U.S. team plays Canada on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Mariucci Arena.
> Minnesotans on the team are Alana Blahoski of St. Paul, Jeanine Sobek of Coon
> Rapids and Jenny Schmidgall of Edina.
>
> Around the area
>
> Rochester Institute of Technology, the top Division III team in the East, scored twice
> in the first 66 seconds Friday in edging the West's best, St. Norbert, 4-3. The Green
> Knights (7-1) pulled even at 3-3 before RIT (7-0) scored the game-winner in the third
> period.
>
> Wisconsin-Superior freshman Jeff Glowa is the Northern Collegiate Hockey
> Association player of the week after scoring four goals in a sweep of St. Scholastica.
 
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