Matt Wellens

We have a Wednesday night special this week not only for the WCHA and Big Ten, but for all of college hockey and especially the state of Michigan when No. 3 Michigan hosts No. 4 Ferris State in a battle of old CCHA rivals. The Bulldogs bring the nation’s longest unbeaten streak at 13 games (11-0-2) into … Read more

From the warmth and comfort of my couch this weekend, here’s what I think I learned channel surfing from game to game on WCHA TV while Michigan’s Upper Peninsula was buried in ice and snow. Minnesota State is alive and well After winning just four of their first 11 games of 2013-14, it appeared as … Read more

Shane continues to be the hot hand when it comes to picking games in the WCHA, while I barely finish above .500. We have all 10 teams in league play this weekend, which shouldn’t be an oddity, but it somehow is. Here’s our best guesses. All games are Friday and Saturday. Alabama-Huntsville at Bowling Green … Read more

MARQUETTE, Mich. — No. 6-ranked Ferris State extended its nation-best 11-game unbeaten streak to 9-0-2 by killing a five-minute Northern Michigan power play in overtime to tie the Wildcats 1-1 on Saturday at the Berry Events Center. Bulldogs’ junior defenseman Jason Binkley was awarded a five-minute major and 10-minute game misconduct for a hard check … Read more

MARQUETTE, Mich. — No. 6-ranked Ferris State was outshot 10-0 by Northern Michigan in the opening eight minutes Friday, but the Bulldogs rebounded to extended its nation-best unbeaten streak to 10 games with a 4-1 victory over the Wildcats at the Berry Events Center. Bulldogs’ junior goaltender C.J. Motte made 32 saves and was 11 … Read more

Happy Thanksgiving weekend. The WCHA doesn’t slow down for the holiday, though, as there are four important series taking place in league play (in addition to some non-conference matchups), meaning eight teams trying to make moves. Will we see some separation in the standings? Or will there be more of a logjam? Here are the … Read more

After a weekend that included all 10 WCHA teams in league action, here’s what I think I learned in the WCHA last week. It’s still too early to take league standings too seriously Bridget Berube Carter, Northern Michigan University’s associate athletic director of compliance and interim sports information director, told me this weekend she isn’t … Read more

MARQUETTE, Mich. —- Northern Michigan University forward Reed Seckel picked up his fourth goal in four games as the Wildcats beat Alabama-Huntsville, 4-0, in WCHA play on Saturday at the Berry Events Center in Marquette. Seckel, who missed NMU’s first two exhibitions and first four regular season games with an injury, had a goal waved … Read more

MARQUETTE, Mich. —- Northern Michigan University freshmen forwards Sami Salminen and Domink Shine each notched their first collegiate goals on Friday while also assisting on a power-play score by Reed Seckel to lead the Wildcats to a 3-0 WCHA victory over Alabama-Huntsville at the Berry Events Center in Marquette. “We put a lot of shots … Read more

For the first time this season, all 10 WCHA teams are in action in WCHA series, and it only took until the second-to-last week in November for this to happen. This strange phenomenon will only happen again Dec. 6-7 and then not again until Jan. 10-11. I’m with Shane that the league needs to find some stability with … Read more