Good morning. PucKato is getting ready to hit the road north to Duluth. In the meantime, here are some notes on this weekend's series between MSU and UMD, as well as some news on what else is happening around the WCHA. Be sure to check back during tonight's game for some of PucKato's almost-famous plausibly live blogging.
First of all, the Mavericks will be without defenseman Ben Youds and forward Jason Wiley this weekend, coach Troy Jutting said. As for the players who were benched last Saturday, only Mike Louwerse is back in the lineup tonight, although Andy Sackrison and Nick Canzanello are on the trip. Sackrison spent some practice time playing defense this week, as MSU nursed some bumps and bruises on the blue line.
In today's Free Press, you can read about the Mavericks' (true) freshman class, which hasn't made a huge splash this season but got a big boost last week when all six rookies were in the lineup in a must-win against Alaska-Anchorage. While that group has its future ahead of it, Duluth senior Nick Kemp is realizing that his career is winding down.
St. Cloud State is at Colorado College this weekend, which means Huskies defenseman Chris Hepp is returning to Colorado Springs, where his career started (at Air Force). For CC, goaltender Richard Bachman goes through his gameday routine with The Gazette.
If it's the second half of the season, it must mean North Dakota is ratcheting things up. The Sioux have a big series at home against first-place Denver. If the teams' last meeting in Grand Forks is any indication, the Sioux and the Pioneers don't like each other very much.
At the bottom of the WCHA, Alaska-Anchorage hosts Michigan Tech. For the Seawolves, goaltending has not been as consistent as in years past. For the Huskies, they have been devastated by injuries this season and will take all 21 healthy bodies to Alaska this weekend.
Minnesota and Wisconsin are off this weekend.
Here are league previews by INCH (including a look at MSU's goaltending situation), USCHO and This is the WCHA.
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