It seems like the college hockey schedule is going to be rather fluid for the entire season.
Minnesota State tried to fill in an open weekend with a series against D3 Milwaukee School of Engineering, but those games, scheduled for Saturday and today, were axed last week due to a COVID situation with the MSOE team.
The Mavericks announced a tweak to their schedule to start their conference schedule, as the series at Northern Michigan was pushed back one day, to Jan. 2-3, with times still TBA.
On Friday, Alaska announced that it was opting out of the season (for both hockey and basketball), which eliminated a Feb. 19-20 home weekend for MSU.
The Fairbanks program joined Anchorage's in scrapping this season due to COVID concerns. UAA's decision effectively ended the program, as the school had announced that it would be dropping hockey in 2021 (although there is a save-the-program campaign underway), while UAF's decision means it might be quite sometime before the Nanooks and Mavericks play again as MSU, six other WCHA teams and St. Thomas are moving into the new CCHA next season.
As for this year, the WCHA is now and eight-team league. The conference announced that any adjustments to the schedule "are to be determined."
Minnesota State is slated to play Bemidji State in a nonconference series in Mankato on Friday and Saturday. After that, the Mavericks, who are 2-1-0 currently have a 14-game league schedule that includes one series against each team.
There are now open weekends on Jan. 29-30 and Feb. 19-20. I'll be curious to see if MSU tries to add any more games (if there's anyone outside the WCHA it could even play) or if it keeps them vacant to allow for any other postponements.
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