We’re winding down the WCHL regular season with the last few weekends of league play coming up over the next two weeks. Let’s get to the latest WCHL Wraparound!
LEAGUE STANDINGS –The WCHL uses a 3-2-1-0 point system, meaning a win in regulation is worth 3 points, two points are earned for an overtime/shootout win, one point for an overtime/shootout loss and a loss in regulation results in zero points. Here are the current WCHL standings:
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Team Name |
W |
OTW |
L |
OTL |
Points |
Goals For |
Goals Against |
Games Remaining |
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|
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Arizona State |
9 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
29 |
63 |
19 |
5 |
|
|
|
Central Oklahoma |
9 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
28 |
48 |
35 |
2 |
|
|
|
Oklahoma |
6 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
24 |
60 |
31 |
2 |
|
|
|
Arizona |
4 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
14 |
34 |
49 |
5 |
|
|
|
Colorado State |
2 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
9 |
24 |
46 |
5 |
|
|
|
Colorado |
1 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
4 |
12 |
61 |
5 |
|
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RANKINGS – This season, the ACHA D1 is utilizing a computer ranking system to determine its weekly Top 25 ranking. Throughout the season, four WCHL teams (Arizona State, Oklahoma, Central Oklahoma and Arizona) have been mainstays in the ranking while another WCHL squad (Colorado State) has flitted in and out of the poll. Here is the most recent ACHA D1 ranking:
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2013-2014 ACHA Men's Division 1 Ranking #17 |
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Rank |
School Name |
Record |
Previous |
|
1 |
Arizona State |
28-1-0 |
1 |
|
2 |
Robert Morris (IL) |
26-3-1 |
2 |
|
3 |
Liberty |
23-6-1 |
3 |
|
4 |
Oklahoma |
20-5-3 |
5 |
|
5 |
Adrian |
24-4-1 |
8 |
|
6 |
Stony Brook |
19-4-3 |
6 |
|
7 |
Minot State |
18-5-3 |
9 |
|
8 |
Ohio |
23-7-2 |
4 |
|
9 |
Delaware |
20-7-3 |
7 |
|
10 |
Iowa State |
28-8-2 |
10 |
|
11 |
Central Oklahoma |
22-11-3 |
11 |
|
12 |
Davenport |
20-8-2 |
12 |
|
13 |
Navy |
19-6-2 |
14 |
|
14 |
Arizona |
14-17-0 |
15 |
|
15 |
Rhode Island |
20-8-2 |
16 |
|
16 |
Lindenwood |
13-13-2 |
13 |
|
17 |
Oakland |
17-13-0 |
17 |
|
18 |
Mercyhurst |
15-11-2 |
18 |
|
19 |
Buffalo |
19-7-2 |
21 |
|
20 |
Illinois |
15-14-1 |
20 |
|
21 |
Rutgers |
8-13-2 |
19 |
|
22 |
Syracuse |
17-4-1 |
24 |
|
23 |
West Virginia |
13-14-1 |
22 |
|
24 |
John Carroll |
16-9-4 |
23 |
|
25 |
Lebanon Valley |
10-15-1 |
NR |
NATIONALS - The computer ranking will for the first time determine the 20 teams that qualify for the 2014 ACHA D1 National Championship Tournament, which will include the following seven autobids:
(CSCHL) Central States Collegiate Hockey League
(CHMA) College Hockey Mid-America
(ECHA) Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association
(ESCHL) Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League
(GLCHL) Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League
(NECHL) Northeast Collegiate Hockey League
(HOST) Delaware
The 2014 ACHA D1 National Championship Tournament will be hosted March 6-11 by the University of Delaware at the Fred Rust Ice Arena in Newark, Delaware.
As a first-year league within the ACHA D1 ranks, the WCHL is not eligible to receive an autobid to Nationals. However, next season the WCHL regular season Champion will receive an autobid to the 2015 National Championship Tournament
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK – Throughout the season, the WCHL has been recognizing a Player of the Week based on his efforts in games the previous week. Here are the recent WCHL Players of the Week:
Ryan Ostertag (F, Arizona State) – Week of Jan. 9-19
Ansel Ivens-Anderson (F, Arizona) – Week of Jan. 20-27
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