Matt Wellens

According to the WCHA (via collegehockeystats.net), there remain 387,420,489 scenarios for the league’s final finish and playoff seedings. And that’s with just two weekends and 18 games remaining in the regular season! Shane and Matt won’t go through all of them. We’ll just make our predictions for this weekend … Bowling Green at Northern Michigan … Read more

Matt here, with a moment of honesty to start. Last week, you may have noticed I picked a lot of sweeps. That’s pretty crazy since splits seem to rule this year in the WCHA. I did it because I was trailing Shane and hoping to pick up a few wins. Since he picks splits so … Read more

Here are the three things I think I learned about the WCHA this Valentine’s Day weekend with three weekends now remaining in the regular season. The road to the WCHA Final Five will go through Big Rapids and Mankato Ok, so I don’t think this one, I can safely say I know it for a … Read more

MARQUETTE, Mich. —- Lake Superior State coach Jim Roque didn’t like the word “disappointment” Saturday to describe the Lakers’ 5-1 loss to Northern Michigan at the Berry Events Center. The word Roque turned to was “frustrated” after his team followed Friday’s 5-3 victory over the Wildcats in Marquette with a loss that not only cost … Read more

MARQUETTE, Mich. — Lake Superior State rallied from an early 2-0 deficit on Friday to beat Northern Michigan 5-3 in Game 1 of the two-game Father Cappo Cup series at the Berry Events Center. Freshman forwards and linemates Ian Miller and Mitchell Nardi connected on the game-winning goal at 8:14 of the second period when … Read more

Shane here. Matt’s closing the gap on me in the overall standings. We’ve both been picking splits correctly; I’ve just been picking the wrong teams on the wrong days lately. With all 10 teams in action against each other (finally!), this weekend figures to have some a few intriguing matchups, as well as plenty of … Read more

Eight of the WCHA’s 10 teams are in action this weekend while Alaska and Bowling Green take the weekend off so the rest of the league can catch up to them in games played. After the weekend, everyone in the WCHA will be within two games played of each other. Ferris State, Northern Michigan, Lake … Read more

With only three series in the WCHA this past weekend, here’s what I think I learned from around the league. Minnesota State is possessed by Jekyll and Hyde It was as if Northern Michigan hosted two different teams this weekend at the Berry Events Center in Marquette. The Wildcats, who were just as two-faced, smoked … Read more

MARQUETTE —- Minnesota State scored two short-handed goals and picked up three more via the power play on Saturday in a 5-1 victory at Northern Michigan to move within two points of Ferris State in the WCHA’s race for the McNaughton Cup. NMU closed within two goals via a successful penalty shot by senior forward … Read more

MARQUETTE, Mich. — Northern Michigan survived a late run of penalties at the end of the second period, then picked up two goals in less than two minutes early in the third to defeat Minnesota State 5-2 in WCHA play on Friday night at the Berry Events Center. The Wildcats outshot the Mavericks 31-26 by … Read more

Kind of a quiet week in the WCHA with only three series going on. But each of the three could have a big impact on the standings. Michigan Tech at Bowling Green Shane: The biggest surprise in the standings right now might be that the Huskies are flirting with missing the postseason. While there’s a … Read more