Men's Ice Hockey

Preview: Seven CCHA teams in action

Seven CCHA teams are in action Friday night. No. 1 Minnesota State is at Lake Superior State, No. 20 Bemidji State wraps up their two-game series at Arizona State. Bowling Green travels to Northern Michigan and Ferris State is at Michigan Tech. St. Thomas is off after hosting Penn State Tuesday and Wednesday.

Notable Links:

#1 Minnesota State (11-3-0) at Lake Superior State (7-8-1)
Video Stream: FloHockey
Radio: MSU 1420 AM | LSSU 99.5 FM
Live Stats: Friday | Saturday
Game Notes: MSU | LSSU

The Lakers and Minnesota State will meet for the lone series between the two teams set for the 2021-22 regular season. Last season, the Lakers hosted the Mavericks for a pair of conference games in early January with Minnesota State sweeping the weekend series. The Mavericks posted a 6-2 win over the Lakers in the first game and skated to a 3-0 win in the series closer. The Lakers last win against the Mavericks came on Jan. 19, 2019 when LSSU posted a 1-0 road win to give Minnesota State their first home loss of the season. Mareks Mitens, then in his sophomore season, made 29 saves in the shutout victory. In the all-time series between the two teams, which dates back to the 2013-14 season, the Mavericks hold a 25-3-1 record against the Lakers.
 




 
 

#20 Bemidji State (8-5-0) at Arizona State 
Video Stream: ASU Live Stream
Radio: BSU 92.1 FM 
Live Stats: Click Here
Game Notes: BSU 

The Beavers (8-5-0) and Sun Devils (6-7-0) meet for just the second-ever series between the teams. Bemidji State won 4-3 Wednesday. The Sun Devils skated into Bemidji, Minn. Jan. 15-16 of its inaugural season--2015-16. BSU swept the series (5-0 and 2-0), posting back-to-back shutouts. Despite being unbeaten in the series, Bemidji State has never traveled to Tempe or played in Oceanside Arena--a place where ASU is 5-1-0 this season.  Owen Sillinger leads the Beavers in scoring through 12 games.  He is tied with Tyler Kirkup for the team’s goal-scoring lead with six, while he has a team-best 10 assists for 16 points. His 1.33 points per game place him 18th among all NCAA Division I skaters.
 

Bowling Green (7-3-2) at Northern Michigan (7-6-0)
Video Stream: FloHockey
Radio: NMU 100.3 FM
Live Stats: Click Here
Game Notes: BGSU | NMU

All-time the Falcons hold the slim advantage over NMU, as the Wildcats trail the series 53-57-10. In their most recent meeting, the Wildcats won the WCHA Quarterfinal best-of-three series, 2-1, in Ohio. The Wildcats took game one of the weekend series by the narrowest of margins, 4-3, before dropping game two and force a deciding game three. In 62 meetings in Marquette, the Wildcats own a 29-26-7 record against the Falcons.
 
 

Ferris State (4-10-0) at Michigan Tech (6-5-0)
Video Stream: FloHockey
Radio: FSU 97.3 FM | MTU 93.5 FM
Live Stats: Friday | Saturday
Game Notes: FSU | MTU

Tech is 25-16-1 all-time against FSU, dating back to 1982. The Huskies are 12-6-1 in games played at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena. Tech has won the last six meetings against FSU, including all four games last season. The Huskies secured the MacInnes Trophy as Winter Carnival champions last year with 3-0 and 5-1 wins over the Bulldogs.