For Minnesota State, the first half of the season -- both regular season and WCHA -- ends this weekend against Denver. The Mavericks are banged up, with forwards Jerad Stewart and Jason Wiley out of the lineup, but they're glad to have junior forward Kael Mouillierat, who is averaging a point per game, back.
Meanwhile, the Pioneers are red-hot, thanks, in part to goalie Marc Cheverie, who is 5-0 with two shutouts in his last five starts. However, Denver will be without freshman defenseman Patrick Wiercioch, who is trying out for Canada's world-junior team. College Hockey News also checked in with Cheverie.
In North Dakota, some famous Sioux alumni are seeing their hockey legacy live on -- with St. Cloud State. The St. Cloud Times also tackled the story. Remember that big defenseman the Huskies had last weekend? That was 6-foot-6 Oliver Lauridsen, who will leave his team Saturday to joing Denmark's world-junior team for this month's tournament.
In Duluth, the Bulldogs are riding a five-game unbeaten streak and facing a desperate Michigan Tech team that has not won in 11 consecutive games. The Huskies have scored just 11 goals in that stretch.
Minnesota will host Colorado College Saturday and Sunday. The news out of the Gophers camp has been intriguing this week as coach Don Lucia has had some interesting things to say about multiple-sport athletes after a recruit was injured playing football. Lucia's stance was not quite as strong in a follow-up radio interview, though. Colorado College is dealing with some injuries.
Here are the USCHO and This is the WCHA previews.
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