Suess, LaCouvee are WCHA champs

The All-WCHA teams and individual award winners won't come out for another week or so, however, two awards, based on regular-season numbers are known.

For the first time in Minnesota State history, one of its players in the league scoring champion. Senior center C.J. Suess led the WCHA in scoring in conference play with 36 points on 19 goals and 17 assists.

Senior goaltender Connor LaCouvee, meanwhile, is the conference's goaltending champion with his 1.67 goals-against average in league play. He joins former Mavericks Stephon Williams and Cole Huggins in winning that award. Williams and Huggins each won it twice.