{"id":98412,"date":"2015-10-02T01:10:42","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T06:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wcha-blog\/?p=1518"},"modified":"2015-10-02T01:10:42","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T06:10:42","slug":"theyre-back-wcha-returns-for-2015-season-with-8-exhibitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2015\/10\/02\/theyre-back-wcha-returns-for-2015-season-with-8-exhibitions\/","title":{"rendered":"They&#8217;re back! WCHA returns for 2015 season with 8 exhibitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey there.<\/p>\n<p>As I write this, it&#8217;s Friday (about an hour into Friday, but it still counts) and that means one thing: The 2015-16 college hockey season is about to officially get started. Well, unofficially officially.<\/p>\n<p>The Alaska Anchorage Seawolves will become the first team to skate on the ice for a pretend hockey game later tonight when they face off against Mount Royal University for an exhibition game.<\/p>\n<p>In all, eight WCHA teams will participate in exhibition games this weekend. On Saturday, Bowling Green will host Toronto and Northern Michigan will host the USA U-18 Team.<\/p>\n<p>And on Sunday, five more teams will play: Bemidji State (vs. Manitoba), Ferris State (vs. Lethbridge), Lake Superior State (vs.&#160;USA U-18 Team), Minnesota State (vs. Alberta) and Alaska (vs. Mount Royal). The only two teams not playing this weekend are Michigan Tech and Alabama Huntsville.<\/p>\n<p>So what will these games tell us?<\/p>\n<p>Well, probably not much. With just one day (or, in some cases, no days) of official team practices, most teams are still getting used to playing with one another.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever happens with these exhibitions, the important thing is that it&#8217;s hockey season.<\/p>\n<p>Shane Frederick, my friend and co-WCHA columnist, and I will be providing you with plenty of updates on the league throughout the season.<\/p>\n<p>The USCHO season previews will be rolling out next week, with articles and outlook on each of the WCHA&#8217;s 10 teams set to run Wednesday. So be sure to look for that this week, and keep it tuned here for all of your updates.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s good to be back. Let&#8217;s have some fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey there. As I write this, it&#8217;s Friday (about an hour into Friday, but it still counts) and that means one thing: The 2015-16 college hockey season is about to officially get started. Well, unofficially officially. 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