Coming at you a little late on this holiday weekend, but it is gameday, and the No. 8 Mavericks are on the road for a single game against No. 16 Minnesota Duluth.
Minnesota State will try to bounce back from last Saturday's home loss and series split with Bowling Green against a tough nonconference opponent.
On thing that's come to be expected from the Mavericks is the impact made by freshmen. There just is no grace period for first-year players, especially ones who spent significant time developing in junior hockey. Jake Jaremko, Jared Spooner and Connor Mackey, for instance, have played in every game this season.
As for the Bulldogs, they have their own impact freshmen, notably defenseman Scott Perunovich, featured here in the Duluth News Tribune. UMD is expected to be healthier tonight with two key players back in the lineup.
Around the WCHA ...
No featured links, just an update on this week's games so far. WCHA teams didn't help their cause nonconference-wise, as Bemidji State fell 4-1 at Princeton on Friday (after winning the series-opener 5-3), Bowling Green lost 6-3 at home to Miami and Northern Michigan was defeated 4-3 at Omaha. That puts the conference's non-league record at 13-30-4, something MSU and other will help try to improve tonight.
In conference play Ferris State won 6-2 at Alabama Huntsville, and Michigan Tech won 5-4 in overtime at Alaska.
With the exception of Bemidji State, all of those teams will be in action again tonight, along with the Mavericks and Lake Superior State, which is hosting the U.S. Under-18 National Team in an exhibition game.
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