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Chris Perry
8/21/2006, 12:44 PM
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SOONERS’ OPPONENTS IN SHOWCASE
AND DESERT CLASSIC ANNOUNCED

DATE: August 21, 2006

(NORMAN, OK) – The University of Oklahoma® Hockey club has known for some time that they will participate in two prestigious events as part of the 2006-2007 regular season schedule: the American Collegiate Hockey Association’s Division 1 Showcase and the Arizona State University’s Desert Classic. The Sooners now know who they will face in each event.

The 4th Annual ACHA D1 Showcase will be held on October 20-22, 2006 in Youngstown, Ohio. Hosted by Kent State University, the Showcase will feature sixteen of the top D1 ACHA programs in the nation. On the first day of the Showcase, the Sooners will face last season’s National Championship runner-up, the Nittany Lions of Penn State University. This will be the first meeting between OU and Penn State on the ice.

Oklahoma will face a familiar foe on the second day of the Showcase as their opponent is the Lindenwood University Lions. Lindenwood finished last season ranked 4th in the ACHA D1 national poll. OU has an all time record of 4-4-0 against Lindenwood.

On the final day of the Showcase, the Sooners have been paired against the Royals from the University of Scranton. Scranton was just out of the mix last season for the National Tournament and is generally regarded as an up-and-coming D1 team in the ACHA. The Sooners and Royals have never met on the ice.

The complete schedule for the D1 Showcase follows (all times EDT):

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2006
11:00 AM Western Michigan vs Duquesne
12:00 PM West Virginia vs Lindenwood
2:00 PM Arizona vs Mercyhurst
3:00 PM Oklahoma vs Penn State
5:00 PM Weber State vs Michigan-Dearborn
6:00 PM Scranton vs Kent State
8:00 PM Minot State vs West Chester
9:00 PM Ohio vs North Dakota State

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2006
9:00 AM Western Michigan vs Mercyhurst
11:00 AM Duquesne vs Arizona
12:00 PM Lindenwood vs Oklahoma
2:00 PM Michigan-Dearborn vs Scranton
3:00 PM Penn State vs Minot State
5:00 PM North Dakota State vs West Virginia
6:00 PM Kent State vs Weber State
8:00 PM West Chester vs Ohio

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2006
8:00 AM Arizona vs Western Michigan
9:00 AM Oklahoma vs Scranton
11:00 AM Michigan-Dearborn vs North Dakota State
12:00 PM Penn State vs Weber State
2:00 PM Ohio vs Minot State
3:00 PM Lindenwood vs Duquesne
5:00 PM Kent State vs West Chester
6:00 PM Mercyhurst vs West Virginia

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The Sooners will also travel to Tempe, Arizona to participate in Arizona State University’s 2nd Annual Desert Classic on January 4-7, 2007. Also participating in the Desert Classic this season are the host Arizona State University Sun Devils, Minot State University Beavers and DePaul University Blue Demons.

Oklahoma will face Minot State in the first game of the Desert Classic on January 4th. This will be the first time that OU has faced Minot State. It will also be the first of three meetings between the two teams this season as the Sooners will host Minot State for a pair of games in Oklahoma City in February.

OU’s second game in the Desert Classic will see the Sooners take on DePaul on January 5th. DePaul plays in the ACHA’s D2 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Hockey Association. This will be the first meeting on ice between Oklahoma and the Blue Demons.

The Sooners will cap off the Desert Classic with a game against the host, the Sun Devils of Arizona State, on January 7th. At the end of last season, ASU was ranked 9th in the final ACHA D1 ranking. OU has never beaten ASU, losing all four games between the two teams last season.

The complete schedule for the Desert Classic follows (all times MST):

THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 2007
4:00 PM Oklahoma vs Minot State
7:00 PM Arizona State vs DePaul

FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 2007
4:00 PM Oklahoma vs DePaul
7:00 PM Arizona State vs Minot State

SUNDAY, JANUARY 7, 2007
10:45 AM Minot State vs DePaul
2:00 PM Arizona State vs Oklahoma

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