February 9, 2011
A Look at the B-Side of Things
By Chase Norman
With the end of the WCRHL 2010-2011 regular season rapidly approaching, all the teams in the WCRHL are beginning to feel the pressure of locking themselves in as a playoff team. Our B Division is by far our largest division with 13 teams, but only eight teams will qualify for the regional playoffs in Corona, CA.
UC Santa Cruz and UC San Diego ended up dropping out of the league midway through the season, so that leaves only 11 teams battling it out to make the elite eight.
All four teams of the Central Conference have completed their regular season schedule with great success. The conference consists of UC Santa Barbara Gold, UC Santa Barbara Blue, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Green and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Gold. Cal Poly SLO Gold finished the season on top of the other three teams with a very impressive 26 points, followed closely by UCSB Gold with 24 points (both teams have clinched a playoff berth). UCSB Blue finished with 14 points while Cal Poly SLO Green finished at the bottom of the Central Conference with 12. With all the talent in this division, it is easy to see that the Division I teams in these respective programs have bright futures. It’s no surprise that the current top five scorers in the B Division all come from this conference.
The Northern Conference will finish up the regular season schedule at the Woodland, CA event scheduled for February 19th and 20th. Chico State University currently leads the Division with 11 points, followed by West Valley with 9 and Sonoma State with 4. These teams will all play each other twice at this next event, so the team that has the most success will almost certainly make playoffs. At this point it looks like it is going to take a minimum of 14-16 points to break the top eight in the final standings.
The last four B Division teams that are still active this season are all from the Southern Conference. The top two teams from this conference are Saddleback College Gold with 22 points and Arizona State with 18 points. Both of these teams have secured playoffs spots but still need to have a great last event to ensure they have a high seed. Saddleback College Red has 14 points and is looking like they too will qualify for post-season play. UC Irvine has earned 4 points over the season but has shown great heart and improvement in every one of their games. These four teams will finish out their regular season on February 19th in Corona, CA.
With the season winding down these last two events are crucial in telling us what the playoff picture will be for the B Division. Be sure to check out and follow our Facebook page and wcrhl.com for scores, updates and notifications of what is going on with the WCRHL and NCRHA.
UC Santa Cruz and UC San Diego ended up dropping out of the league midway through the season, so that leaves only 11 teams battling it out to make the elite eight.
All four teams of the Central Conference have completed their regular season schedule with great success. The conference consists of UC Santa Barbara Gold, UC Santa Barbara Blue, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Green and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Gold. Cal Poly SLO Gold finished the season on top of the other three teams with a very impressive 26 points, followed closely by UCSB Gold with 24 points (both teams have clinched a playoff berth). UCSB Blue finished with 14 points while Cal Poly SLO Green finished at the bottom of the Central Conference with 12. With all the talent in this division, it is easy to see that the Division I teams in these respective programs have bright futures. It’s no surprise that the current top five scorers in the B Division all come from this conference.
The Northern Conference will finish up the regular season schedule at the Woodland, CA event scheduled for February 19th and 20th. Chico State University currently leads the Division with 11 points, followed by West Valley with 9 and Sonoma State with 4. These teams will all play each other twice at this next event, so the team that has the most success will almost certainly make playoffs. At this point it looks like it is going to take a minimum of 14-16 points to break the top eight in the final standings.
The last four B Division teams that are still active this season are all from the Southern Conference. The top two teams from this conference are Saddleback College Gold with 22 points and Arizona State with 18 points. Both of these teams have secured playoffs spots but still need to have a great last event to ensure they have a high seed. Saddleback College Red has 14 points and is looking like they too will qualify for post-season play. UC Irvine has earned 4 points over the season but has shown great heart and improvement in every one of their games. These four teams will finish out their regular season on February 19th in Corona, CA.
With the season winding down these last two events are crucial in telling us what the playoff picture will be for the B Division. Be sure to check out and follow our Facebook page and wcrhl.com for scores, updates and notifications of what is going on with the WCRHL and NCRHA.