USCHO College hockey is at the midpoint of its season and the WCHA has four teams in the nation’s top eight teams and two in the top four.The consensus WCHA favorite, UND, (13–5–2) is the top WCHA team in the USCHO D I Poll and sits in first place in the league standings with 22 points after a pair of sweeps against SCSU and Cartier Panthere watches Minnesota State.Who would’ve thought Matt Frattin, the nation’s leading goal scorer, would have 17 goals at the break when the Sioux’s goals leader when the 2009 10 season ended was Jason Gregoire with 20.Frattin, who scored 11 goals a year ago, has 25 points, which matches his personal best for points in a season he set as a sophomore.
Frattin has the ability to create his own chances to make quality shots.He beat MSU goaltender Phil Cook glove side far Post on Friday and danced his way around two Mavericks defenders on his way to a goal Sunday. Replica Cartier Panthere watches Frattin is on a five game goal scoring streak.Aaron Dell has been a surprise in the crease after UND’s original No.1 goalie, Brad Eidsness, was benched after just five games because of his nightmare of a start to the season (4.12 GAA, .805 SV%).The sophomore Dell is 12–4–1 with a 2.22 goals against average and .904 save percentage.
The scary thing is UND’s record now and the schedule that lies ahead for the Sioux.UND faces only two teams in the current top 10 ranked teams on the schedule until the Final Five rolls around.Here is what I take issue with, “Who would’ve Replica Breitling Tourbillion Chronographs thought Matt Frattin, the nation’s leading goal scorer.” You’re kidding right? You can’t be series? Cliché alert: It would be an understatement to say that Matt Frattin has looked like a man among boys and has played this season Frattin like a man possessed.
