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Friday-Sunday, March 12-14 Best-of-Three Series to Feature No. 10 Seed Michigan Tech at No. 1 Seed Denver; No. 9 Alaska Anchorage at No. 2 Wisconsin; No. 8 Minnesota State at No. 3 St. Cloud State; No. 7 Minnesota at No. 4 North Dakota; No. 6 Colorado College at No. 5 Minnesota Duluth; 2010 Red Baron WCHA Final Five Tickets Continue on Saleare All-Americans

MADISON, Wis. - The first round of the 2010 men's Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs, five best-of-three series scheduled for Friday, March 12, Saturday, March 13 and Sunday, March 14 (if necessary), are now set.

WCHA regular season and MacNaughton Cup champion and No. 1 seed Denver (25-7-4) will host No. 10 seed Michigan Tech (5-28-1) at Magness Arena, No. 2 seed Wisconsin (22-8-4) will host No. 9 seed Alaska Anchorage (11-21-1) at the Kohl Center, No. 3 seed St. Cloud State (20-11-5) will entertain No. 8 seed Minnesota State (15-18-3) at the National Hockey Center, No. 4 seed North Dakota (20-11-5) will host No. 7 seed Minnesota (16-17-2) at Ralph Engelstad Arena, and No. 5 seed Minnesota Duluth (20-15-1) will entertain No. 6 seed Colorado College (18-15-3) at the Duluth Entertainment & Convention Center.

On Saturday night in WCHA play, Denver won 7-3 at Colorado College to claim the Gold Pan Trophy, St. Cloud State played to a 2-2 (ot) tie with visiting Minnesota State, North Dakota completed a sweep of Michigan Tech with a 3-2 victory and Minnesota Duluth earned a weekend split at Alaska Anchorage with a 6-3 triumph.

The 2009-10 regular season concludes on Sunday (March 7) when Minnesota hosts Wisconsin at 1:07 pm CT at Mariucci Arena.

Following the first round of WCHA playoffs, the five winning teams will be re-seeded No. 1 thru No. 5 according to their regular season finish and advance to the 2010 Red Baron^TM WCHA Final Five, set for Thursday, March 18 through Saturday, March 20 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. On Thursday, No. 5 will play No. 4 at 7:07 pm CT. On Friday, there will be two semi-final matchups at 2:07 pm and 7:07 pm CT. On Saturday, the third place game will be at 2:07 pm and the Broadmoor Trophy championship game at 7:07 pm CT.

Games for Friday, March 12: (10) Michigan Tech at (1) Denver (nc), 7:37 pm MT; (9) Alaska Anchorage at (2) Wisconsin (nc), 7:07 pm CT; (8) Minnesota State at (3) St. Cloud State (nc), 7:07 pm; (7) Minnesota at (4) North Dakota (nc), 7:37 pm CT; (6) Colorado College at (5) Minnesota Duluth (nc), 7:07 pm CT.

Games for Saturday, March 13: (10) Michigan Tech at (1) Denver, 7:07 pm MT; (9) Alaska Anchorage at (2) Wisconsin (nc), 7:07 pm CT; (8) Minnesota State at (3) St. Cloud State (nc), 7:07 pm CT; (7) Minnesota at (4) North Dakota (nc), 7:07 pm CT; (6) Colorado College at (5) Minnesota Duluth (nc), 7:07 pm CT.

Games for Sunday, March 14 (if necessary): (10) Michigan Tech at (1) Denver (nc), 7:07 pm MT; (9) Alaska Anchorage at (2) Wisconsin (nc), 7:07 pm CT; (8) Minnesota State at (3) St. Cloud State (nc), 7:07 pm CT; (7) Minnesota at (4) North Dakota (nc), 7:07 pm CT; (6) Colorado College at (5) Minnesota Duluth (nc), 7:07 pm CT.