{"id":102262,"date":"2019-12-28T11:47:33","date_gmt":"2019-12-28T17:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=102262"},"modified":"2020-06-22T04:31:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T09:31:02","slug":"picking-the-wcha-dec-28-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2019\/12\/28\/picking-the-wcha-dec-28-31\/","title":{"rendered":"Picking the WCHA: Dec. 28-31"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is tournament time for several teams in the WCHA. Michigan Tech looks like a favorite for the GLI. Minnesota State looks like a favorite for the Mariucci Classic. Lake Superior could make a name for themselves at the TD Bank Catamount Cup.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Daver last week:<\/strong> 4-2-2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Jack last week:<\/strong> 4-2-2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Daver this season:<\/strong> 47-26-8<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Jack this season:<\/strong> 60-37-11<\/span><strong>TD Bank Catamount Cup<\/strong>This is a tough road trip for Lake Superior as they head out east to face a pair of non-conference opponents. The Lakers have struggled in non-conference games since sweeping Merrimack early in the season.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Jack:<\/strong> LSSU loses to Providence Saturday, 4-2, LSSU beats Vermont Sunday, 4-3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Daver:<\/strong> LSSU loses to Providence Saturday, 5-1, LSSU loses to Vermont Sunday, 2-1<\/span>&nbsp;<strong>Mariucci Classic<\/strong>The Minnesota state schools in the WCHA have both looked very strong at various points this season. The No. 2 Mavericks are looking to shake off a road loss to Northern Michigan two weeks ago.The Beavers sit second in the WCHA, and have traditionally played well against other Minnesota schools in non-conference action.<strong>Jack:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bemidji State 4, Minnesota 3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minnesota State 5, St. Cloud 2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minnesota 3, St Cloud 1<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minnesota State 5, Bemidji State 3<\/span><strong>Daver:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bemidji State 5, Minnesota 1<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minnesota State 4, St. Cloud 3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">St Cloud 2, Minnesota 1<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minnesota State 6, Bemidji State 3<\/span>&nbsp;<strong>Great Lakes Invitational<\/strong>If there was a year where Michigan Tech enters the GLI as a favorite, this might be the year. The Huskies are 7-2-1 in their last 10 games with losses coming to Alaska on the road and No. 4 Clarkson at home in a game they led 2-0.Ferris State is looking for a good showing to use as a springboard into their second half, given that their next two series are against Bemidji State and Minnesota State.<strong>Jack:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monday<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michigan Tech 3, Michigan State 1<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michigan 3, Ferris State 2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ferris 3, Michigan State 2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michigan Tech 5, Michigan 4<\/span><strong>Daver:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monday<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michigan Tech 4, Michigan State 1<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michigan 3, Ferris State 1<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michigan State 3, Ferris State 1<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michigan Tech 5, Michigan 2<\/span>&nbsp;<strong>Miami at No. 11 Bowling Green<\/strong>Both of the Falcons losses in their last four series have come against Lake Superior. In that stretch, they have swept Notre Dame and took five of six points from Alabama-Huntsville. They defeated Miami 7-4 in head coach Ty Eigner&#8217;s debut to open the season and look confident that they could do so again.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Jack:<\/strong> BGSU wins 6-3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Daver:<\/strong> BGSU wins 4-1<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"fix\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is tournament time for several teams in the WCHA. Michigan Tech looks like a favorite for the GLI. Minnesota State looks like a favorite for the Mariucci Classic. Lake Superior could make a name for themselves at the TD Bank Catamount Cup.Daver last week: 4-2-2Jack last week: 4-2-2Daver this season: 47-26-8Jack this season: 60-37-11TD [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":102266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[934],"tags":[],"coauthors":[1611],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Picking the WCHA: Dec. 28-31 - College Hockey | USCHO.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It is tournament time for several teams in the WCHA. Michigan Tech looks like a favorite for the GLI. 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