From the WCHA

From WCHA.com a rundown of last weekend. The MN Pulse from college college hockey will come out later this week...

MADISON, Wis. – Defending Western Collegiate Hockey Association champion North Dakota is back at the top of the league standings this week after the visiting Sioux won twice at Michigan Tech over the weekend to create a three-way tie for first place. North Dakota compiled 4-2 and 4-1 wins in Houghton to gain four points.
Elsewhere around the WCHA on Saturday, host Alaska Anchorage exploded for seven goals en route to a 7-3 victory over Denver and a split of their series, Minnesota bounced back to down host Wisconsin, 5-2, and host Colorado College gained a split of their two-game set with Minnesota Duluth after a 6-2 triumph.
As a result of those three conference series, and through games of Nov. 8, just four points separate the top seven teams in the WCHA. Colorado College (5-2-1, 4-1-1 WCHA), Denver (6-3-1, 4-1-1 WCHA) and North Dakota (6-1-1, 4-1-1 WCHA) share the top spot with nine points apiece, Minnesota Duluth (6-3-1, 3-2-1 WCHA) and Minnesota (3-4-1, 3-4-1 WCHA) are tied for fourth place with seven points each, idle St. Cloud State (3-3-2, 2-1-1 WCHA) and Wisconsin (4-3-1, 2-3-1 WCHA) share sixth with five points apiece, Alaska Anchorage (4-6-0, 2-4-0 WCHA) is in eighth with four points, idle Minnesota State, Mankato (3-4-1, 1-4-1 WCHA) is ninth with three points, and Michigan Tech (2-6-0, 1-5-0 WCHA) is 10th with two.
Looking ahead to next weekend – Nov. 13-15 – there are four WCHA series on the docket as Alaska Anchorage visits Wisconsin (Fri/Sat), Minnesota Duluth entertains Michigan Tech (Fri/Sat), Minnesota State, Mankato hosts Colorado College (Fri/Sat), and North Dakota hosts St. Cloud State (Fri/Sat). In non-conference play, Minnesota takes on visiting Bemidji State of College Hockey America on Saturday and Sunday.
At John MacInnes Student Ice Arena in Houghton on Nov. 7, visiting North Dakota received a pair of goals from left winger Evan Trupp, including the game-winner on a power-play at 12:54 of the second period, to prevail over Michigan Tech, 4-1, before 1,977. The Sioux also had a goal and an assist from right winger David Toews, two assists from center Brad Malone, and 22 stops from goaltender Brad Eidsness. For the Huskies, left winger Jordan Baker scored the game’s first goal on a power-play at 8:07 of period one.
At Sullivan Arena in Anchorage on Saturday night, the host UAA Seawolves scored three times in both the second and third periods, to power past Denver, 7-3, before 3,038 and earn a split of their WCHA series. Ten different players had points for Alaska Anchorage, led by right winger Sean Wiles (2g), defenseman Lee Baldwin (1g, 2a), center Daniel Naslund (1g,1a), right winger Kevin Clark (1g,1a) and left winger Tommy Grant (2a). Notching the game-winner was center Curtis Leinweber at 12:15 of the second. For the Pioneers, center Tyler Ruegsegger and defenseman Patrick Wiercioch each had a goal and an assist.
At the Kohl Center in Madison, Alex Kangas stopped 45 of 47 shots on goal and wingers Zach Budish (2g,1a) and Tony Lucia (1g,2a) each had three points to lift visiting Minnesota to a 5-2 win over Wisconsin before 14,063. Scoring the winner for the Gophers was center Patrick White at 15:38 of the second. The Badgers, who outshot UM by a 47-28 margin, had third period goals from defensemen Jake Gardiner and Ryan McDonagh.
And at Colorado Springs World Arena on Saturday, host Colorado College hit on 4-of-7 power-play attempts and had three-point efforts from winger Bill Sweatt (2g,1), center Rylan Schwartz (1g,2a) and defenseman Gabe Guentzel (3a) in a 6-2 conference win over Minnesota Duluth before 7,051 that created a series split. Getting the winner for CC was winger William Rapuzzi at 8:19 of period two while goaltender Joe Howe had 34 saves. For UMD, wingers Mike Seidel and Kyle Schmidt scored goals.

This Week in the WCHA
Results of Friday, November 6: Denver 3 at Alaska Anchorage 2 (WCHA); North Dakota 4 at Michigan Tech 2 (WCHA); Minnesota 2 at Wisconsin 4 (WCHA); Minnesota Duluth 4 at Colorado College 3 (WCHA).
Results of Saturday, November 7: Denver 3 at Alaska Anchorage 7 (WCHA); Minnesota Duluth 2 at Colorado College 6 (WCHA), 7:07 pm MT; Minnesota 5 at Wisconsin 2 (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT; *North Dakota 4 at Michigan Tech 1 (WCHA), 7:37 pm ET. * Hall of Fame Game

Next Week in the WCHA
Games for Friday, November 13: Alaska Anchorage at Wisconsin (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT; Michigan Tech at Minnesota Duluth (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT; Colorado College at Minnesota State (WCHA), 7:37 pm CT; St. Cloud State at North Dakota (WCHA), 7:37 pm CT.
Games for Saturday, November 14: Alaska Anchorage at Wisconsin (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT; Colorado College at Minnesota State (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT; Michigan Tech at Minnesota Duluth (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT; St. Cloud State at North Dakota (WCHA), 7:07 pm CT; Bemidji State at Minnesota (nc), 7:37 pm CT.
Games for Sunday, November 15: Bemidji State at Minnesota (nc), 6:07 pm CT.