{"id":98477,"date":"2017-01-09T14:56:49","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T20:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wcha-blog\/?p=1707"},"modified":"2017-01-09T14:56:49","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T20:56:49","slug":"three-things-we-learned-jan-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2017\/01\/09\/three-things-we-learned-jan-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Three things we learned: Jan. 9"},"content":{"rendered":"
The WCHA schedule picked up this past weekend after a holiday season filled with non-conference games.<\/p>\n
Here are three things we learned.<\/p>\n
1. Alaska Anchorage is still in the playoff hunt. Anchorage picked up regulation win and a lost to Ferris State in a shootout this past weekend, pulling within three points of Alaska and Lake Superior State for the eighth and final playoff spot. Anchorage just needs a bit more offensive punch to keep up.
\n2. Does Bemidji State have a bit of senioritis? The Beavers have already locked up a playoff spot, but have lost two of their past four games in the WCHA, including a split this past weekend with Bowling Green. The Beavers still have a 13-point cushion on second-place Michigan Tech, but the Huskies have four games in hand and had a nice showing against Notre Dame this weekend.
\n3. So long non-conference play. We have a WCHA-loaded schedule the next two weeks, without any non-conference games to speak of. It should be an entertaining stretch that helps define contenders and pretenders. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The WCHA schedule picked up this past weekend after a holiday season filled with non-conference games. Here are three things we learned. 1. Alaska Anchorage is still in the playoff hunt. Anchorage picked up regulation win and a lost to Ferris State in a shootout this past weekend, pulling within three points of Alaska and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":105,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1425],"tags":[773,1503],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n