{"id":98484,"date":"2017-02-05T15:07:04","date_gmt":"2017-02-05T21:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wcha-blog\/?p=1724"},"modified":"2017-02-05T15:07:04","modified_gmt":"2017-02-05T21:07:04","slug":"three-things-feb-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2017\/02\/05\/three-things-feb-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Three things: Feb. 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The WCHA playoff picture took a more defined shape this past weekend. A clear champion has emerged, while the bottom of the standings got a bit more interested.<\/p>\n<p>Here is what we learned this weekend:<\/p>\n<p>1. Northern Michigan is back in the playoff hunt thanks to its goalie. The Wildcats picked up a sweep in Bowling Green this weekend with Atte Tolvanen stopping 75 shots in back-to-back shutouts. Tolvanen has three straight shutouts now and he has Northern Michigan within two points of a playoff spot heading into a series with Alaska next weekend.<\/p>\n<p>2. Bemidji State all but locked up the WCHA regular season title with a sweep against Michigan Tech. The Beavers now have a 10-point lead in the standings with just four games remaining. One more regulation victory will lock up the WCHA title.<\/p>\n<p>3. Shutout city. Of the eight games this past weekend, five ended with shutouts. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The WCHA playoff picture took a more defined shape this past weekend. A clear champion has emerged, while the bottom of the standings got a bit more interested. Here is what we learned this weekend: 1. Northern Michigan is back in the playoff hunt thanks to its goalie. The Wildcats picked up a sweep in [&hellip;]<\/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":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Three things: Feb. 5 - College Hockey | USCHO.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The WCHA playoff picture took a more defined shape this past weekend. A clear champion has emerged, while the bottom of the standings got a bit more\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98484\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Three things: Feb. 5 - College Hockey | USCHO.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The WCHA playoff picture took a more defined shape this past weekend. A clear champion has emerged, while the bottom of the standings got a bit more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98484\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"College Hockey | USCHO.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialUSCHO\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-02-05T21:07:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/uscho_featured-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sean Shapiro\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@USCHO\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@USCHO\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sean Shapiro\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2017\/02\/05\/three-things-feb-5\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2017\/02\/05\/three-things-feb-5\/\",\"name\":\"Three things: Feb. 5 - College Hockey | USCHO.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2017\/02\/05\/three-things-feb-5\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2017\/02\/05\/three-things-feb-5\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/uscho.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-02-05T21:07:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-02-05T21:07:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/92dc35c56d22fb63847f56c6f5bbd816\"},\"description\":\"The WCHA playoff picture took a more defined shape this past weekend. A clear champion has emerged, while the bottom of the standings got a bit more\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2017\/02\/05\/three-things-feb-5\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2017\/02\/05\/three-things-feb-5\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2017\/02\/05\/three-things-feb-5\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/uscho.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/uscho.jpg\",\"width\":1175,\"height\":763},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2017\/02\/05\/three-things-feb-5\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Three things: Feb. 5\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/\",\"name\":\"College Hockey | USCHO.com\",\"description\":\"Men&#039;s and Women&#039;s D-I and D-III College Hockey News, Features, Scores, Statistics, Fan Forum, Blogs\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/92dc35c56d22fb63847f56c6f5bbd816\",\"name\":\"Sean Shapiro\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/435ff3cb9855f1705961662fd225a030\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5d0287da683274774e39dd00794bf1c6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5d0287da683274774e39dd00794bf1c6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sean Shapiro\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/author\/seanshapiro\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Three things: Feb. 5 - College Hockey | USCHO.com","description":"The WCHA playoff picture took a more defined shape this past weekend. A clear champion has emerged, while the bottom of the standings got a bit more","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98484\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Three things: Feb. 5 - College Hockey | USCHO.com","og_description":"The WCHA playoff picture took a more defined shape this past weekend. A clear champion has emerged, while the bottom of the standings got a bit more","og_url":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98484\/","og_site_name":"College Hockey | USCHO.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialUSCHO\/","article_published_time":"2017-02-05T21:07:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":1024,"url":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/uscho_featured-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Sean Shapiro","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@USCHO","twitter_site":"@USCHO","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sean Shapiro","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2017\/02\/05\/three-things-feb-5\/","url":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2017\/02\/05\/three-things-feb-5\/","name":"Three things: Feb. 5 - College Hockey | USCHO.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2017\/02\/05\/three-things-feb-5\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2017\/02\/05\/three-things-feb-5\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/uscho.jpg","datePublished":"2017-02-05T21:07:04+00:00","dateModified":"2017-02-05T21:07:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/92dc35c56d22fb63847f56c6f5bbd816"},"description":"The WCHA playoff picture took a more defined shape this past weekend. A clear champion has emerged, while the bottom of the standings got a bit more","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2017\/02\/05\/three-things-feb-5\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2017\/02\/05\/three-things-feb-5\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2017\/02\/05\/three-things-feb-5\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/uscho.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/uscho.jpg","width":1175,"height":763},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2017\/02\/05\/three-things-feb-5\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Three things: Feb. 5"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/","name":"College Hockey | USCHO.com","description":"Men&#039;s and Women&#039;s D-I and D-III College Hockey News, Features, Scores, Statistics, Fan Forum, Blogs","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/92dc35c56d22fb63847f56c6f5bbd816","name":"Sean Shapiro","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/435ff3cb9855f1705961662fd225a030","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5d0287da683274774e39dd00794bf1c6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5d0287da683274774e39dd00794bf1c6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Sean Shapiro"},"url":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/author\/seanshapiro\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98484"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98484"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=98484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}