Brickley "day to day"

Minnesota State defenseman Daniel Brickley is "day to day," with a lower-body injury, coach Mike Hastings said on Monday. The junior did skate on Monday and may be available for this weekend's series against Alabama Huntsville, which is good news for the Mavericks.

Brickley left Saturday's game against Alaska Anchorage in the first period after getting caught in an open door in front of the Seawolves' bench during a UAA line change and did not return to the game.

Brickley is MSU's minutes leader on defense and top D on the Mavericks' power play. He has 26 points this season, which is tied for second in the WCHA for defensemen.

In other MSU news Monday ...

• Freshman Jake Jaremko was named WCHA Rookie of the Week after his two-goal, two-assist series against Anchorage. He was also plus-3 for the weekend. Jaremko had 10 goals and 29 points this season, with his point total ranking second in the country among freshmen. You can see the other WCHA players of the week here.

• Minnesota State moved up to No. 5 in the USCHO and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine rankings, the same spot it's in in the Pairwise Rankings. The WCHA's Bowling Green stayed at No. 14, and Northern Michigan slipped a spot to No. 19 in the USCHO poll:

USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll
Minneapolis, Minn./February 05, 2018

   Team             (First Place)    Record   Pts  Last Week
 1 Notre Dame                (36)   21- 5-2   982     2
 2 Denver                    ( 8)   16- 6-6   927     4
 3 Cornell                   ( 4)   19- 3-1   896     1
 4 St. Cloud State           ( 2)   17- 6-3   867     6
 5 Minnesota State                  21- 7-0   779     7
 6 Ohio State                       18- 6-4   757     5
 7 Clarkson                         19- 6-3   735     3
 8 North Dakota                     12- 8-8   606    10
 9 Providence                       17- 9-4   567     8
10 Minnesota Duluth                 14-13-3   501     9
11 Northeastern                     15- 7-5   494    11
12 Minnesota                        16-13-1   491    12
13 Omaha                            14-13-1   366    13
14 Bowling Green                    17- 9-6   308    14
15 Western Michigan                 14-13-1   303    15
16 Penn State                       13-12-5   202    17
17 Wisconsin                        14-13-4   194    18
18 Boston College                   13-11-3   138    16
19 Michigan                         13-13-2   128    20
20 Northern Michigan                18-11-3   127    19

Others receiving votes: Boston University 44, Maine 37,
UMass Lowell 21, Harvard 13, Union 9, Bemidji State 4,
Mercyhurst 2, Canisius 1, Quinnipiac 1.