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Struggles continue in 7-3 loss at Michigan Tech

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What seemed to be signs of turning the corner has become just trying to be competitive at this point.

UAH lost Michigan Tech 7-3 on Friday in Houghton, losing its three straight game after winning the first two of the season at Ferris State. The Chargers (2-3-0 overall, 2-1-0 WCHA) have been outscored 17-3 during the losing streak.

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Meanwhile, it was business as usual for the Huskies (1-4-0 overall, 1-2-0 WCHA) when they play the Chargers. They now lead the all-time series 11-0 with a 7-0 mark in Houghton.

It started innocent enough. The Huskies spent some time in the UAH end, then the Chargers asserted some offensive zone time.

Then it was all Michigan Tech.

At 8:20, Mark Auk’s shot from the point went through a heavy screen and found its way to the net for a 1-0 Huskies lead.

Just 15 seconds later, Dylan Steman sped down the right side. His inital shot was stopped by Larose, but Steman somehow snuck the rebound between him and the pipe. 2-0 Tech.

The Huskies commandeered the rest of the period, and made it 3-0 on the power play with 5:42 to go. A loose puck came to Shane Hanna in the slot, and he flung it over Larose’s left shoulder.

Michigan Tech ended up with a 17-4 shots on goal advantage after the opening frame, which has become a problem for UAH. The Chargers have allowed three, two, and three goals in the first period in each of the last three games, scoring none.

Second period wasn’t much better. Tech scored just 26 seconds in with the power play, with Jake Lucchini getting the goal as the puck trickled in off of Larose’s leg.

Then at the 7:01 mark, Chris Leibringer made it 5-0 Huskies. After allowing two goals on two shots to start the second, Larose was pulled for Jordan Uhelski.

Oddly enough, it was the Chargers who were getting more rubber on goal. They were able to get 15 on Tech goaltender Matt Wintjes in the second period. But he stopped them all.

Uhelski would stop six of seven Husky shots in the period. He allowed a Reid Sturros goal on the power play with 12:32 left for a 6-0 lead.

The Chargers would score three goals in the third, but the game was all but decided.

Brandon Salerno would finally get UAH on the board with his first college goal at 2:08 of the third. He was assisted by Brandon Parker and Jordan Larson.

Alex Smith added a goal for MTU in the third.

Max McHugh followed with a power play goal for UAH, his third of the season, with 5:27 left. Josh Kestner and Parker had the assists.

Larson tallied his first UAH career goal with 3:42 left, assisted by Cody Champagne and Matt Salhany for the final 7-3 score.

Michigan Tech out shot UAH 36-29. Larose made 14 saves, and Uhelski made 15 saves.

Game two of the series is Saturday at 6:07 p.m. Central Time.

Preview: UAH resumes WCHA play at Michigan Tech

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CATCHING THE GAMES
Friday, Oct. 14, 6:07 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 15, 6:07 p.m.
Season stats: UAH | Michigan Tech

UAH resumes WCHA play this weekend with a trip to Houghton, Michigan, to play the Huskies of Michigan Tech.

All-time series: The Chargers are have never beaten Michigan Tech in 10 meetings. In Houghton, UAH is 0-6, with the last time being the 2015 WCHA quarterfinals, which the Huskies won 3-0 (in triple overtime) and 1-0. Last season, Michigan Tech won 4-2 and 2-1 in Huntsville.

Charger recap: UAH (2-2-0 overall, 2-0-0 WCHA) had a disappointing series at Connecticut last week, getting shut out in both nights, 6-0 and 4-0. It was the Chargers’ first non-conference series of the season.

LEADING SCORERS: Max McHugh (4 GP, 2-0-2); Brennan Saulnier (3 GP, 1-1-2); Josh Kestner (4 GP, 0-2-2); Kurt Gosselin (4 GP, 0-2-2).

GOALTENDING: Matt Larose (4 GP, 3.55 GAA, .898 SV%); Jordan Uhelski (1 GP, 3.00 GAA, .889 SV%).

About the Huskies: Michigan Tech (0-4-0 overall, 0-2-0 WCHA) has had a tough start to the season, dropping a pair at No. 6 Minnesota Duluth two weeks ago, then getting swept at Minnesota State to start conference play. The Huskies have only scored four goals in four games. This weekend will be the Huskies’ first home games of the season.

Michigan Tech was picked to finish second in the WCHA preseason coaches’ and media polls. Matt Roy was named a preseason All-WCHA defenseman in both polls, while Tyler Heinonen was named a preseason All-WCHA forward in the media poll. Heinonen has one goal through four games this season.

At goaltender, Michigan Tech moves on without star Jamie Phillips. Sophomore Devin Kero (4.03 GAA, .873 SV%) and senior Matt Wintjes (4.64 GAA, .816 SV%) have had a rough go in the first two weeks.

Around the WCHA: Bemidji State and Northern Michigan square of in the other league series. Minnesota State hosts St. Cloud State in a battle of ranked teams.

All times Central. Games featuring WCHA teams at home can be seen on WCHA.tv.

Friday, Oct. 14
UAH at Michigan Tech, 6:07 p.m.
Bemidji State at Northern Michigan, 6:07 p.m.
Western Michigan at #20 Bowling Green, 6:07 p.m.
Michigan State at Lake Superior State, 6:37 p.m.
#7 St. Cloud State at #14 Minnesota State, 7:07 p.m.
Omaha vs. Alaska Anchorage, 7:07 p.m. (Brice Alaska Goal Rush)
Canisius at Alaska, 10:07 p.m. (Brice Alaska Goal Rush)

Saturday, Oct. 15
UAH at Michigan Tech, 6:07 p.m.
Bemidji State at Northern Michigan, 6:07 p.m.
Michigan State at Lake Superior State, 5:07 p.m.
Western Michigan at #20 Bowling Green, 6:07 p.m.
#7 St. Cloud State at #14 Minnesota State, 7:07 p.m.
Canisius vs. Alaska Anchorage, 7:07 p.m. (Brice Alaska Goal Rush)
Omaha at Alaska, 10:07 p.m. (Brice Alaska Goal Rush)

UAH struggles to score again as UConn completes sweep

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An encouraging start gave way to a disappointing performance this weekend.

Connecticut completed a dominant two-game sweep of the Chargers on Saturday, beating UAH 4-0 at the XL Center in Hartford.

Coupled with its 6-0 win Friday, UConn (2-0-0) outscored the Chargers (2-2-0) by a 10-0 margin on the weekend. It was a big turnaround for UAH after its sweep of Ferris State to start the season last week.

UAH will need to regroup for next week’s road trip to Michigan Tech, where they will resume WCHA play.

Tage Thompson, who scored twice on Friday, struck again early after a UAH turnover at its own blue line. His wrister at 3:50 of the game put UConn up 1-0.

The Chargers did get two power plays in the first and had some of their best puck movement of the weekend, but could not find the net behind UConn goalie Rob Nichols.

However, with 1:08 left in the first, Spencer Naas put in a wide open rebound for a 2-0 Huskies lead.

UAH was in dire need of a goal, but at 8:47 of the second, put itself in a bind after Richard Buri called for a hitting-from-behind major penalty and a game misconduct — the second called against the Chargers on the weekend (Brennan Saulnier was sent off late in Friday’s game).

The Chargers were able to kill the penalties and were able to get some chances into the third period, but only the Huskies were able to convert.

Evan Richardson scored with 6:51 left to make it 3-0, and then Naas scored his second of the match with 3:39 to go.

The Huskies outshot the Chargers 32-23. Matt Larose made 28 saves for UAH, while UConn’s Rob Nichols stopped all 23 shots for his second straight shutout.

UAH’s power play could not help matters, going 0-for-5 on the night and 0-for-9 on the weekend. UConn went 0-for-2 after scoring three power play goals on Friday.

After heading to Michigan Tech next week, the Chargers finally have their home opening series Oct. 21-22 against Lake Superior State.

UConn rolls in UAH’s first loss of season

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UAH allowed three power play goals in losing its first game of the season, a 6-0 shutout at Connecticut in Hartford on Friday night.

The Chargers (2-1-0) couldn’t overcome Tage Thompson and Max Letunov, the same pair who gave them fits in last season’s opening series in Huntsville. Thompson scored twice and Letunov had three assists for the Huskies in their season opener.

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UAH faced an uphill climb from the start, being kept in their own end for an extended period of time, and then committing back-to-back penalties: Cam Knight for hooking and Brent Fletcher for cross-checking.

Wyatt Newpower made it 1-0 UConn at 6:50 with the two-man advantage. UAH killed the other power play, but Thompson scored the Huskies’ second goal from the left point at 8:56, forcing Mike Corbett to call a the Chargers’ time out early.

UConn made it 3-0 on another power play goal on Karl El-Mir’s deflection past Matt Larose in the slot with :36 left in the first.

Connecticut took a 4-0 lead at 7:04 of the second on a four-on-four situation and a delayed penalty against UAH. Evan Richardson was the scorer.

UAH allowed its third power play of the game as Tage Thompson struck again to make it 5-0 at 9:47.

Larose was pulled after the second period, giving sophomore Jordan Uhelski his first official action as a Charger. Uhelski made eight saves in the third period.

UAH’s Brennan Saulnier got a major hitting from behind penalty and a game misconduct with 8:43 left in the 3rd.

Connecticut finished the scoring with 3:13 to go on a goal by Max Kalter.

UConn goalie Rob Nichols made 21 saves for the shutout. The Chargers were outshot 34-21.

Game two of the series is at 3 p.m. Central Time on Saturday.

Preview: Chargers riding high for rematch at UConn

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CATCHING THE GAMES
Friday, Oct. 7, 6:05 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 8, 3:05 p.m.
Watch online (subscription)
Listen: WHUS-FM
Twitter: @weloveuahhockey, @uahhockey
Both games shown at UAH’s CU Theater

Coming off their first 2-0 start in 15 years, the Chargers look to get a streak going in their first non-conference series of the season. UAH visits Connecticut at the XL Center in Hartford on Friday and Saturday.

All-time series: The Chargers are 9-3-0 against Connecticut dating back to 1988. The teams opened last season in Huntsville, with each team winning a 5-2 decision. Only once has UAH gone to UConn, beating the Huskies 3-0 at the UConn Classic in 1998.

Charger recap: UAH started a season 2-0 for the first time since 2001-02 after going to Big Rapids and beating 20th-ranked Ferris State 2-1 and 4-3. It was the WCHA opening series.

In game one, Max McHugh opened the scoring with a goal at 5:21 of the first period. Ferris State tied the game shortly after, but Hans Gorowsky got the game-winner with 10:41 left in the game. Matt Larose stopped 37 of 38 shots, making 20 saves in the third period alone.

FSU scored first in game two, but Matt Salhany quickly equalized. Ferris State retook the lead in the second period, but UAH scored three unanswered goals (Brent Fletcher and McHugh in the second, Brennan Saulnier in the third) to take a 4-2 lead. Larose finished with another 30 saves as the Bulldogs make a final push.

It was the first time UAH swept a series from a ranked team.

About the Huskies: This is Connecticut’s season opener. Last week, the Huskies lost 4-3 to St. Francis Xavier in an exhibition.

Last season, UConn went 11-21-4 overall and 6-12-4 in Hockey East, finishing in eighth place and losing to Vermont in the first round of the Hockey East playoffs. The Huskies were picked to finished seventh in their league according to the preseason coaches’ poll.

UConn is led by two sophomores who tore it up in their rookie campaigns. Max Letunov, an Arizona Coyotes prospect, was a Hockey East All-Star last season after scoring 16 goals and 24 assists for 40 points to lead the team. Letunov scored a hat trick against the Chargers in the season opener last year.

Joining Letunov is Tage Thompson, who went 14-18-32. These two accounted for 34 percent of UConn’s goal production last season.

Rob Nichols is the lead man between the pipes, now in his senior year. In 2015-16, he posted a .911 save percentage and 2.93 save percentage in 29 starts.

Around the WCHA: Two conference series are on the docket: League favorite Bowling Green visits Bemidji State, while co-MacNaughton Cup champions Michigan Tech and Minnesota State meet in Mankato.

All times Central. Games featuring WCHA teams at home can be seen on WCHA.tv.

Thursday, Oct. 6
Western Michigan at #20 Ferris State, 6:07 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 7
UAH at Connecticut, 6:05 p.m.
#14 Bowling Green at Bemidji State, 7:07 p.m.
#17 Michigan Tech at #19 Minnesota State, 7:07 p.m.
#20 Ferris State at Western Michigan, 6:05 p.m.
Wisconsin vs. Northern Michigan at Green Bay, 7:07 p.m.
#13 Minnesota at Alaska Anchorage, 10:07 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 8
UAH at Connecticut, 3:05 p.m.
#14 Bowling Green at Bemidji State, 7:07 p.m.
#17 Michigan Tech at #19 Minnesota State, 7:07 p.m.
Wisconsin vs. Northern Michigan at Green Bay, 7:07 p.m.
Alaska at Alaska Anchorage (non-conference), 10:07 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 9
#13 Minnesota vs. Alaska at Anchorage, 10:07 p.m.

Hoof Beats: Notes for the season, WCHA.tv, and promos

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Some statistical tidbits to look out for as the 2016-17 season starts in just one week:

Top UAH scorers since the 2007-08 season
G A Pts
Andrew Coburn 21 33 54
Chad Brears 19 27 46
Max McHugh 19 26 45
Brandon Roshko 3 42 45
  • Junior Max McHugh may be the Chargers’ most potent scorer in a decade. He has 19 goals and 45 points in his UAH career, leading all active Chargers in just two seasons. McHugh has the third-most goals and third-most points in the last nine seasons.
  • Four players have a shot to catch and pass the all-time UAH record for career games played, which is 137 by Joel Bresciani (1999-2003). Brent Fletcher, Cody Marooney, and Brandon Carlson, at 105 games played each, can catch Bresciani if they play 32 of UAH’s 34 regular-season games this season (plus any postseason play). Matt Salhany, with 103 games played, could also catch Bresciani.
  • Matt Larose

    Matt Larose

    UAH has two senior goaltenders, Matt Larose and Carmine Guerriero, for the first time since the 1986-87 season (Barry Friedman and Jim Mitchell).

  • Guerriero has played 3,911 minutes in his UAH career, which is fourth-most in school history. He is 747 minutes (about 13 full games) from catching Mark Byrne (1999-2003) for third place. Guerriero’s .914 save percentage is second in UAH’s modern Division I history and third all-time.
  • Should the Chargers make the WCHA playoffs, the first game will be the 1,000th varsity game in UAH’s hockey history. The Jan. 7 game against Minnesota State will be the Chargers’ 500th varsity home game.
  • Freshman Austin Beaulieu of Coral Springs will be UAH’s second player from Florida and first since Mike Dalton (1982-86). Freshman Sean Rappleyea of Sayre will be UAH’s second player from New Jersey and first since James Kodrowski (1998-2000).

WCHA.tv packages available: The 2016-17 edition of WCHA.tv, the WCHA’s online streaming platform, is ready for ordering with a number of packages available.

The full-league season pass is $104.99, which gives you live and on demand access to every WCHA team’s home game this season. If you only want to see the Chargers, the single-team season pass is $89.99 and includes all 28 conference games.

For UAH fans who will be at all the home games and therefore only need to see the road games online, there is a new single-team road pass. You get all of the Chargers’ 14 WCHA road games for $44.99.

Monthly and nightly passes are also available. Visit WCHA.tv for more information.

Promotional schedule unveiled: UAH announced the 2016-17 hockey promotional schedule on Monday.

Opening night is Friday, Oct. 21 against Lake Superior State, when UAH schedule magnets will be given away. Military Appreciation Weekend is Nov. 11 and 12 against Alaska, when all veterans and active military personnel receive free admission.

UAH hockey trading cards will be given away on all Saturday games.

UAH, picked 9th, looks to ‘turn the corner’

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The Chargers were picked to just miss the WCHA playoffs this season by the coaches and media, selected to finish ninth in both preseason polls released Tuesday during the league’s preseason media teleconference.

Last season, UAH finished in last place with a 5-17-6 conference record, falling four points short of a playoff berth. UAH head coach Mike Corbett, now in his fourth season at the helm, says it is time for the Chargers to “turn the corner.”

“Our group has taken a lot of punches over the course of the last three years,” Corbett said. “Some well deserved. But we’ve taken a lot of punches and yet my guys have gained a lot of experience playing North Dakota, St. Cloud, and Colorado College, along with the WCHA schedule because every night it’s a battle. My team and I have grown together over the course of the last three years.”

Seniors Brent Fletcher and Matt Salhany, along with junior Max McHugh, who led the Chargers in scoring the past two seasons, will be the Charger captains this season.

“Those guys are leading us,” Corbett said. “Our two goaltenders, Matt Larose and Carmine Guerriero, and Brandon Carlson and Regan Soquila, our seniors: Those are the guys will be leaning on heavily. They’ve seen it all in college hockey, from a program that folded to a team that was not very good in their freshman year, moving up into the WCHA, being in every game, giving ourselves a chance to win.

“We’ve got a full complement of Division I players in our lineup right now. To me, the biggest thing is to be able to add depth.”

The top eight teams in the WCHA make the playoffs, which have a new twist: All playoff games will be held at the rinks of the higher seeds, with best-of-3 quarterfinals and semifinals, and a single-game championship.

WCHA games will also be worth three points in the standings, with an extra overtime of 3-on-3 hockey for five minutes following the traditional 5-on-5 overtime, and a shootout if the game is still tied after that. Winners get three points for a win in regulation or the 5-on-5 overtime, two for a win in 3-on-3 OT or the shootout. Losers in the 3-on-3 OT or the shootout get one point.

“These new changes with the playoff format and the overtime changes, and the NHL nets, will make for an exciting and fantastic year,” WCHA commissioner Bill Robertson said.

“We are concentrating on making the existing WCHA as strong as it can be for our member institutions. We want to be proactive and progressive.”

2016-17 Mankato Free Press WCHA Men’s Hockey Preseason Coaches’ Poll 

Team (1st Place Votes) Pts.
1. Bowling Green (8) 89
2. Michigan Tech (2) 79
3. Minnesota State 71
4. Ferris State 70
5. Northern Michigan 54
6. Bemidji State 48
7. Lake Superior State 44
8. Alaska Anchorage 29
9. UAH 23
10. Alaska 21


Preseason WCHA Player of the Year: Gerald Mayhew, Sr. F, Ferris State (7 votes)
Preseason WCHA Rookie of the Year: Parker Tuomie, F, Minnesota State (4 votes)
Preseason All-WCHA Team:
F Gerald Mayhew, Ferris State
F Dominik Shine, Northern Michigan
F Brandon Hawkins, Bowling Green (tie)
F Corey Mackin, Ferris State (tie)
D Mark Friedman, Bowling Green
D Matt Roy, Michigan Tech
G Chris Nell, Bowling Green

2016-17 Bemidji Pioneer WCHA Men’s Hockey Preseason Media Poll 

Team (1st Place Votes) Pts.
1. Bowling Green (15) 251
2. Michigan Tech (6) 239
3. Minnesota State (5) 236
4. Ferris State (2) 218
5. Northern Michigan 161
6. Bemidji State 144
7. Lake Superior State 106
8. Alaska 68
9. UAH 56
10. Alaska Anchorage 50


Preseason WCHA Player of the Year: Gerald Mayhew, Sr., F, Ferris State
Preseason WCHA Rookie of the Year: Cameron Clarke, D, Ferris State
Preseason All-WCHA Team:
F Gerald Mayhew, Ferris State
F Dominik Shine, Northern Michigan
F Tyler Heinonen, Michigan Tech
D Mark Friedman, Bowling Green
D Matt Roy, Michigan Tech
G Chris Nell, Bowling Green

UAH’s Max McHugh received votes for WCHA player of the Year. UAH’s Connor James and Austin Beaulieu received votes for WCHA Rookie of the Year.

Geof Morris and Michael Napier of UAHHockey.com participated in the media poll. Here are our ballots:

Geof Morris’s ballot:

  1. Bowling Green
  2. Michigan Tech
  3. Minnesota State
  4. Ferris State
  5. Northern Michigan
  6. UAH
  7. Bemidji State
  8. Lake Superior State
  9. Alaska Anchorage
  10. Alaska

Preseason All-WCHA:
G Chris Nell, Bowling Green
D Mark Friedman, Bowling Green
D Sean Walker, Bowling Green
F Tyler Heinonen, Michgan Tech
F Gerald Mayhew, Ferris State
F Max McHugh, UAH
Player of the Year: Chris Nell, Bowling Green
Newcomer of the Year: Austin Beaulieu, UAH


Michael Napier’s ballot:

  1. Bowling Green
  2. Michigan Tech
  3. Minnesota State
  4. Ferris State
  5. Northern Michigan
  6. Bemidji State
  7. Lake Superior State
  8. UAH
  9. Alaska
  10. Alaska Anchorage

Preseason All-WCHA:
G Chris Nell, Bowling Green
D Mark Friedman, Bowling Green
D Sean Walker, Bowling Green
F Tyler Heinonen, Michigan Tech
F Gerald Mayhew, Ferris State
F Dominik Shine, Northern Michigan

Player of the Year: Tyler Heinonen, Michigan Tech
Newcomer of the Year: Parker Tuomie, Minnesota State

2016-17 schedule released with 14 home games

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The WCHA released the league’s 2016-17 composite schedule on Thursday, and UAH revealed the Chargers’ full schedule right after.

UAH will play 34 regular-season games in 2016-17, including the 28-game conference slate. UAH will host 14 games — all WCHA contests — at the Von Braun Center.

The Chargers hit the road a lot in October, including the first three weeks when the season. It all begins in Big Rapids, Mich., with a WCHA series at Ferris State on Oct. 1-2.

Then comes a return trip to Connecticut on Oct. 8-9. UAH split the first series of last season with the Huskies in Huntsville by a pair of 5-2 scores.

UAH heads to Houghton for the first time since its 2015 WCHA playoff series to face Michigan Tech. The Chargers finally get their home opening series on October 21 and 22 against Lake Superior State.

The Chargers’ second non-conference series is at St. Cloud State, last season’s NCHC tournament champions, to finish off October.

UAH goes to Alaska Anchorage on Nov. 4-5, the first of two trips to Alaska this season. Then the Chargers spend three of the next four weeks at home, hosting Alaska Fairbanks (Nov. 11-12), Bowling Green (Nov. 18-19), and Ferris State (Dec. 3-4). Thanksgiving weekend will be UAH’s first off week after playing each of the first eight weeks of the season.

The Chargers get two more off weeks after a trip to Northern Michigan on Dec. 9-10, before spending New Year’s in Minneapolis at the Mariucci Classic. UAH’s opening opponent is to be announced, but besides host Minnesota, Massachusetts and Mercyhurst are scheduled to participate. UAH last appeared in the Mariucci in 2012.

Only 12 regular-season games take place in the second half of the season, half at home. UAH hosts MacNaughton Cup co-champions Minnesota State (Jan. 6-7) and Michigan Tech (Jan. 27-28), and rival Bemidji State (Feb. 10-11) to finish the home slate.

On Tuesday, the WCHA announced a new postseason format. The top eight teams qualify for the WCHA Playoffs, which begin with best-of-three quarterfinal series at the top four seeds. The top two remaining seeds will host best-of-three semifinal series, and the WCHA Championship will be decided in a single game played at the highest remaining seed.

Season ticket and Blue Line Club information will be released over the summer. For more information, call 256-UAH-PUCK.

Here is the 2016-17 UAH Charger hockey schedule. Home games are in bold. Games start at 7 p.m., except for Dec. 4 and Feb. 11, which start at 3 p.m.

Oct. 1-2 – Ferris State*
Oct. 7-8 – Connecticut
Oct. 14-15 – Michigan Tech*
Oct. 21-22 – Lake Superior State*
Oct. 28-29 – St. Cloud State
Nov. 4-5 – Alaska Anchorage*
Nov. 11-12 – Alaska*
Nov. 18-19 – Bowling Green*
Dec. 3-4 – Ferris State*
Dec. 9-10 – Northern Michigan*
Dec. 30-31 – Mariucci Classic at Minneapolis (Minnesota, UMass, Mercyhurst)
Jan. 6-7 – Minnesota State*
Jan. 20-21 – Lake Superior State*
Jan. 27-28 – Michigan Tech*
Feb. 3-4 – Alaska*
Feb. 10-11 – Bemidji State*
Feb. 24-25 – Bowling Green*

March 3-5 – WCHA Quarterfinals (best-of-3 at higher seeds)
March 10-12 – WCHA Semifinals (best-of-3 at higher seeds)
March 18 – WCHA Championship (at higher seed)
March 24-26 – NCAA Tournament Regionals
April 6-8 – NCAA Frozen Four (Chicago)