The Mavericks are on the road for the first time, opening their WCHA schedule at Alabama Huntsville.
Huntsville is as close as MSU will get to Florida this season. That's the home of freshmen Nathan Smith and Lucas Sowder, who are off to impressive starts to their college careers.
Read more about the series in the College Hockey Gameday feature.
Since this is the unofficial opening weekend of WCHA play (Michigan Tech hosted Alaska a couple of weeks ago), I put together a bit of a conference preview this week.
At 0-4-0 and getting outscored 19-3, the early season's been tough for the Chargers, and it gets no easier with the No. 2 Mavericks in town,
Going around the rest of the WCHA ...
Michigan Tech at Bowling Green: The host and No. 17 Falcons (3-2-0) are coming off an impressive sweep of Western Michigan and head into league play this weekend against the Huskies (2-2-0), who were idle last weekend after getting swept at home by the Nanooks.
Northern Michigan at Ferris State: The Bulldogs (2-1-0) got off to a decent start and now host the Wildcats (2-1-1), who came from behind to tie and then defeated Boston University last week, catching some national attention along the way.
Alaska at Alaska Anchorage: A sellout crowd is expected in Anchorage when the Seawolves (0-2-0) host the Nanooks (3-3-0) for a Governor's Cup series. That's because UAA has moved its home games to an 800-seat on-campus arena this year. This weekend marks six straight road games for UAF, which went 3-1-0 at Tech and Penn State the last two weeks.
Lake Superior State at Notre Dame: The Lakers (2-4-0) hope to make some waves on national TV by pulling off an upset or two of the No. 5 Fighting Irish.
Bemidji State at North Dakota: The Beavers (0-0-2) also are looking to pull off an upset when they play two games in Grand Forks against a team that went winless in Mankato a week ago.
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