Women's Hockey
Women's Hockey
WOMEN’S HOCKEY: Huskies And Mavericks Showdown For Decisive Third Game of Playoff Series
Sunday, March 1, 2009
St. Cloud, Minn. – No. 4 seed St. Cloud State women's hockey team and No. 5 seed Minnesota State will face off for the third and decisive playoff game in the best-of-three series of the first round of the WCHA Playoffs on Sunday, Mar. 1, in the National Hockey Center. Game time is slated for 7:07 p.m.
The Huskies won the first game on Friday night, 2-1, and the Mavericks returned the favor, defeating the Huskies on Saturday night by a score of 2-1.
The winner of tonight's playoff game will advance to to the WCHA Final Face-off on Saturday and Sunday, Mar. 7-8 at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis to face the No. 1 seed University of Minnesota on Mar. 7 in the semi final round.
MEDIA OUTLETS
Hockey fans, you can enjoy live stats for the first round of the WCHA Playoffs between the Minnesota State Mavericks and the St. Cloud State women's hockey team on Friday, Feb. 27, through Sunday, Mar. 1, in the National Hockey Center. You can also listen to the game live on KVSC 88.1 FM, streamed live at www.KVSC.org or watch live video streaming of the Husky/Maverick games thru a pay-per-view partnership with B2 Networks.
Game times for the best-of-three playoff series are slated for 7:07 p.m. in the NHC.
For LIVE STATS, click here.
To listen on the radio, visit KVSC 88.1 FM, or listen to the live stream at www.KVSC.org.
To watch the game thru a pay-per-view partnership with B2 Networks, please visit the Husky Home Page at www.stcloudstate.edu/athletics.
LEAGUE PLAYOFF INFORMATION
This past weekend on Feb. 20-22, the last of the regular season, proved to be the deciding weekend for the fifth place team in the league. The University of North Dakota headed into the weekend in fifth place with a four-point lead over Minnesota State. MSU came up with a huge sweep over Ohio State on the road to gain four league points, and UND suffered a sweep to Minnesota Duluth, thus sending UND and MSU into a tie for fifth place in the league. After comparing head-to-head competition during the regular (conference) season, Minnesota State won the tie-breaker, which results in St. Cloud State hosting the Mavericks.
The first round of the WCHA’s post-season tournament will be a best-of-three games format at the home site of the teams ranked higher in the final regular season standings. All eight teams participate in the first round of the tournament. First round WCHA Playoff pairings will be as follows:
No. 1 rank vs No. 8 rank, No. 2 rank vs No. 7 rank, No. 3 vs No. 6, No. 4 vs No. 5.
No. 1 Minnesota vs. No. 8 Bemidji State
No. 2 Wisconsin vs. No. 7 Ohio State
No. 3 Minnesota Duluth vs. No. 6 North Dakota
No. 4 St. Cloud State vs. No. 5 Minnesota State
PLAYOFF RESULTS
Friday, February 27:
* Bemidji State 1 at Minnesota 4 NC Box 6:07 pm
* Minnesota State 1 at St. Cloud State 2 NC Box 7:07 pm
* North Dakota 0 at Minnesota Duluth 7 NC Box 7:07 pm
# Ohio State 0 at Wisconsin 7 NC Box 7:07 pm
* - WCHA Quarterfinals
# - WCHA Quarterfinals - Eagle's Nest (Verona, WI)
Saturday, February 28:
* Bemidji State 1 at Minnesota 5 NC Box 4:07 pm
* Minnesota State 2 at St. Cloud State 1 NC Box 7:07 pm
* North Dakota 0 at Minnesota Duluth 4 NC Box 7:07 pm
# Ohio State 1 at Wisconsin 4 NC Box 7:07 pm
* - WCHA Quarterfinals
# - WCHA Quarterfinals - Eagle's Nest (Verona, WI)
Sunday, March 1:
* Minnesota State at St. Cloud State NC 7:07 pm
* - WCHA Quarterfinals
WCHA FINAL FACE-OFF INFORMATION
Following the four first round series, the four winning teams will be re-seeded No. 1 thru No. 4 according to their standings in the final WCHA in-season competition, and will then advance to the WCHA FINAL FACE-OFF, held at the University of Minnesota’s Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, Minn.
At the WCHA FINAL FACE-OFF, there will be two semi-final games on the first day of the tournament and then the championship game on the second day.
Tickets for the 2009 WCHA FINAL FACE-OFF championship, set for March 7-8 at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, are on sale now through the University of Minnesota Athletic Ticket Office.
Three-game session tickets for the women’s playoff championship are available at three prices: $20 for a reserved seat, $18 for general admission, and $15 for seniors and youth (age 18 and under). Tickets may be purchased by calling the Gopher Ticket Office at 612-624-8080 or 1-800-U-Gopher, or online at Gophersports.com.
Single session tickets will be available on the days of the semifinals and championship game.
Two semifinal games will be played on Saturday, March 7 at 1:00 pm CT and 4:00 pm CT with the WCHA FINAL FACE-OFF Championship game on Sunday, March 8 at 1:00 pm CT.
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