Derrick LaPoint update

You probably remember that Eau Claire's Derrick LaPoint broke his tibia and fibula in a gruesome injury last February. If you were wondering how his rehap was progressing, we're happy to hear that it's on schedule for him to play in UND's Oct. 4 exhibition season opener v. the University of Manitoba. Schlossman had a nice article yesterday about LaPoint's return to the ice.

By the way, as happy as I am to hear that LaPoint is doing well, I hope UND loses every game this season. Except maybe when they play the gophers. Yeah, that'd be ok if they beat the gophers.

A few other WCHA/NCAA odds and ends

• Mankato's Trevor Bruess has received a 1-game suspension from the WCHA for his hit on UND's Derrick LaPoint. Todd Milewski weighs in on the WCHA's vague statement that accompanied the suspension.
  

• CHN reports that the D-I Men's Ice Hockey Committee is satisfied with the ice in DC.
  


• CHN makes its entry into the PairWise discussion with its first installment of NCAA Tournament Bracket ABC's. Wisconsin is in the "mushy middle".


• For what it's worth, INCH and The College Hockey Blog both have Wisconsin in their latest bracket predictions. (These predictions are for what the final brackets will be at the end of the season, as opposed to USCHO's Bracketology which looks at what the brackets would be if the season ended today.)