Grand Forks Herald WCHA coaches' poll

36th annual preseason poll results:

1. (tie) Minnesota (5) 74

1. (tie) Wisconsin (3) 74

3. North Dakota (2) 66

4. Denver 55

5. St. Cloud State 48

6. Minnesota Duluth 45

7. Colorado College 37

8. Michigan Tech 19

9. Minnesota State, Mankato 18

10. Alaska Anchorage 14

Player of the year
Brian Elliott, G, Wisconsin 6

Jonathan Toews, F, North Dakota 2

T.J. Oshie, F, North Dakota 2

Rookie of the year

Erik Johnson, D, Minnesota 4

Kyle Okposo, F, Minnesota 3

Alex Stalock, G, Duluth 2

Brock Trotter, F, Denver 1

I know your first thought. "Brock Trotter played last year." Trotter did play a handful of games, but he received a medical redshirt and is still a freshman. Other than that, your thoughts?

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WCHA standings

Denver	19-5-4	42
Wisconsin	17-8-3	37
St. Cloud St.	15-9-4	34
UND	15-10-3	33
UM-Duluth	16-11-1	33
Colorado Coll.	12-13-3	27
Minnesota	12-14-2	26
MSU-Mankato	9-17-2	20
Anchorage	9-17-2	20
Michigan Tech	4-24-0	8

2009-10 schedule

10/04 -- UND 7, Man 1
10/09 -- UND 5, Mmk 2 (1-0)
10/10 -- UND 3, Mmk 2 (2-0)
10/16 -- UND 4, Minn 0 (3-0)
10/17 -- UND 3, Minn 3 (3-0-1)
10/23 -- UND 5, UAA 0 (4-0-1)
10/24 -- UAA 2, UND 1 (4-1-1)

11/06 -- UND 4, MTU 2 (5-1-1)
11/07 -- UND 4, MTU 1 (6-1-1)
11/13 -- UND 4, SCSU 2 (7-1-1)
11/14 -- SCSU 3, UND 2 (7-2-1)
11/20 -- DU 1, UND 0 (7-3-1)
11/21 -- DU 3, UND 2 (7-4-1)
11/27 -- UND 4, OSU 1 (8-4-1)
11/28 -- UND 5, Mia 5 (8-4-2)

12/04 -- UND 4, UMD 2 (9-4-2)
12/05 -- UMD 3, UND 2 (9-5-2)
12/11 -- UND 3, UW 3 (9-5-3)
12/12 -- UW 4, UND 3 (9-6-3)
12/19 -- USA 4, UND 2

1/02 -- UND 3, Nia 1 (10-6-3)
1/03 -- UND 3, ND 3 (10-6-4)
1/08 -- UND 4, Mank 1 (11-6-4)
1/08 -- UND 3, Mank 2 (12-6-4)
1/15 -- UND 3, Minn 3 (12-6-5)
1/16 -- Minn 5, UND 1 (12-7-5)
1/22 -- Corn 1, UND 0 (12-8-5)
1/23 -- UND 3, Corn 1 (13-8-5)
1/29 -- DU 2, UND 0 (13-9-5)
1/30 -- DU 4, UND 2 (13-10-5)

2/12 -- SCSU 4, UND 3 (13-11-5)
2/13 -- UND 8, SCSU 1 (14-11-5)
2/19 -- UND 5, Dul 2 (15-11-5)
2/20 -- UND 5, Dul 1 (16-11-5)
2/26 -- UND 3, CC 2 (17-11-5)
2/27 -- UND 3, CC 2 (18-11-5)

3/05 -- UND 5, MT 1 (19-11-5)
3/06 -- UND 3, MT 2 (20-11-5)
3/12 -- UND 6, Minn 0 (21-11-5)
3/13 -- Minn 4, UND 2 (21-12-5)
3/14 -- UND 4, Minn 1 (22-12-5)
3/18 -- UND 2, Dul 0 (23-12-5)
3/19 -- UND 4, DU 3 (24-12-5)
3/20 -- UND 5, SCSU 3 (25-12-5)
3/27 -- Yale 3, UND 2 (25-13-5)

2010-11 schedule

Oct. 3 -- MANITOBA (exh) 5:07
Oct. 8 -- at UAA 11:07
Oct. 9 -- vs. Fairbanks 7:07
Oct. 15 -- at Bemidji St. 7:37
Oct. 16 -- at Bemidji St. 7:07
Oct. 22 -- at Maine 6:00
Oct. 23 -- at Maine 6:00
Oct. 29 -- DENVER 7:37
Oct. 30 -- DENVER 7:07

Nov. 5 -- DULUTH 7:37
Nov. 6 -- DULUTH 7:07
Nov. 12 -- at Wisconsin 7:07
Nov. 13 -- at Wisconsin 7:07
Nov. 19 -- at Omaha 7:37
Nov. 20 -- at Omaha 7:07
Nov. 26 -- NOTRE DAME 7:37
Nov. 27 -- NOTRE DAME 7:07

Dec. 3 -- ST. CLOUD 7:37
Dec. 4 -- ST. CLOUD 7:07
Dec. 10 -- at Mankato TBA
Dec. 11 -- at Mankato TBA
Dec. 18 -- US U18 (exh) 7:07
Dec. 30 -- at Duluth (HoF) 7:37

Jan. 7 -- ROBERT MORRIS 7:37
Jan. 8 -- ROBERT MORRIS 7:07
Jan. 14 -- MINNESOTA 7:37
Jan. 15 -- MINNESOTA 7:07
Jan. 21 -- OMAHA 7:37
Jan. 22 -- OMAHA 7:07
Jan. 28 -- at Colo. College 8:37
Jan. 29 -- at Colo. College 8:07

Feb. 11 -- ANCHORAGE 7:37
Feb. 12 -- ANCHORAGE 7:07
Feb. 18 -- at St. Cloud 7:07
Feb. 19 -- at St. Cloud 7:07
Feb. 26 -- BEMIDJI ST. 3:37
Feb. 27 -- BEMIDJI ST. 3:37

Mar. 4 -- at Mich. Tech 6:07
Mar. 5 -- at Mich. Tech 4:07
Mar. 11-13 -- WCHA first rd
Mar. 17-19 -- WCHA Final Five
Mar. 25-27 -- NCAA Regionals

Apr. 7-9 -- Frozen Four (St. Paul)

Team statistics

Chris VandeVelde (sr)	16-25--41
Jason Gregoire (so)	20-17--37
Danny Kristo (fr)	15-21--36
Evan Trupp (jr)	8-26--34
Brett Hextall (so)	14-12--26
Brad Malone (jr)	11-14--25
Derrick LaPoint (jr)	2-20--22
Matt Frattin (jr)	11-8--19
Darcy Zajac (sr)	8-11--19
Jake Marto (jr)	5-13--18
David Toews (so)	4-11--15
Ben Blood (so)	5-9--14
Corban Knight (fr)	6-7--13
Mario Lamoureux (so)	7-5--12
Chay Genoway (sr)	4-6--10
Joe Gleason (fr)	0-9--9
Carter Rowney (fr)	1-7--8
Brett Bruneteau (fr)	1-4--5
Mike Cichy (fr)	2-2--4
A. MacWilliam (fr)	0-3--3
Corey Fienhage (so)	0-2--2
Aaron Dell (fr)	0-1--1
Brent Davidson (jr)	0-0--0
Ryan Hill (fr)	0-0--0

Committed recruits

Danny Mattson, F
Brock Nelson, F
Brendan O'Donnell, F
Mike Parks, F
Derek Rodwell, F
Colten St. Clair, F
Mark MacMillan, F
Rocco Grimaldi, F
Derek Forbort, D
Nick Mattson, D
Dillon Simpson, D
Zane Gothberg, G