There's good news-bad-news on the injury front for MSU as Marc Michaelis is back in the lineup after missing the last four games but Dallas Gerads remains out after taking the elbow to the head late in the Mavericks' last game against Alabama Huntsville. Gerads will miss both games this weekend, as will the player who hit him, UAH's Brennan Saulnier, who was suspended for two games. Saulnier will be back next week, but will Gerads?
Previewing the Mavericks-Wildcats series, Minnesota State has been getting great contributions from its rookies. The top two forwards in that group, Elk River's Jake Jaremko and Reggie Lutz, have been, with a few exception, hockey teammates since their were 5 years old.
Minnesota State finished the first half of the season in a good spot, atop the WCHA and sixth in the Pairwise rankings, however, the team wants to keep climbing in the second half.
For more on the weekend, be sure to check out the College Hockey Gameday feature.
As for Northern Michigan, it will be without first-year head coach Grant Potulny, who is an assistant coach with the U.S. Junior National Team playing at the World Junior Championships in Buffalo, N.Y.
Going around the WCHA ...
Bowling Green played Western Michigan on Thursday night and fell 5-2, another tough nonconference result for the WCHA.
Bemidji State hosts previously mentioned Alabama Huntsville in the only other conference series tonight and Saturday. The Beavers enter the weekend riding a five-game unbeaten streak.
Lake Superior State is playing in the Three Rivers Classic in Pittsburgh. The Lakers are playing Robert Morris today and either Arizona State or Providence on Saturday.
On Monday and Tuesday, Michigan Tech and Bowling Green are playing in the Great Lakes Invitational in Detroit with the former starting the tournament against Michigan State and the latter taking on Michigan.
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