The 2022-23 season gets underway with seven of eight CCHA teams in action over 10 games this weekend. Bowling Green and No. 20 Northern Michigan highlight the slate, as the pair battle for points in the conference standings right off the bat.Â
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Six of the 10 games will be available on CCHA TV, by visiting
FloHockey. The other four can be streamed on
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Bowling Green at No. 20 Northern MichiganÂ
Video Stream: FloHockeyÂ
Radio: BGSU 88.1 FM | NMU 100.3 FMÂ
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Game Notes: BGSU |Â
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The lone conference series of the weekend gets underway on Saturday at 6:07pm ET in Marquette, Mich. The Wildcats, who were picked second in the CCHA Preseason Coaches’ Poll, look to defend home ice against a Falcons team that is looking to climb from a sixth-place finish in 2021-22. The weekend series concludes on Sunday (6:07pm ET).Â
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Lake Superior State at No. 20 Michigan Tech (Ex.)Â
Video Stream: FloHockey
Radio: LSSU 99.5 FM | MTU 93.5 FMÂ
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League foes Lake Superior State and 20th-ranked Michigan Tech meet up for an exhibition contest on Saturday afternoon (2:07pm ET). The game features three Preseason All-CCHA selections in the Lakers’ Louis Boudon and Jacob Bengtsson and the Huskies’ Blake Pietila.Â
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Ferris State at MiamiÂ
Video Stream: NCHC.tvÂ
Radio:Â FSU 97.3 FMÂ | MIA AM 1490Â
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Game Notes: FSU |
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The Bulldogs and Redhawks meet for the 109th time on Saturday (5:05pm ET) at Goggin Ice Center in Oxford, Ohio. Ferris State holds a narrow 47-45-16 lead in the all-time series, which dates back to November 16, 1979. The two teams split last season’s series in Big Rapids. Game Two of the series gets underway at 3:05pm ET on Sunday.Â
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No. 3 Minnesota State at Nebraska Omaha (Ex.)Â
Video Stream: NCHC.tvÂ
Radio: MSU AM 1230Â
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Game Notes: MSUÂ
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The defending MacNaughton Cup and Mason Cup Champions, No. 3 Minnesota State opens its 2022-23 schedule with an exhibition game at Nebraska Omaha on Saturday (6:07pm CT). In games that count, the Mavericks from Minnesota own an 18-16-5 lead in the all-time series. Â
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No. 13 St. Cloud State vs. St. ThomasÂ
TV: Fox 9+ (Sunday)
Video Stream: FloHockey (Saturday) |
NCHC.tv (Sunday)Â
Radio: SCSU AM 1450 | STU AM 1500Â
Live Stats: Saturday
Game Notes:Â
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The Tommies begin their second season as full-fledged Division I members with a home-and-home series against 13th-ranked St. Cloud State, beginning on Saturday in Mendota Heights, Minn. (6:07pm CT). The series flips to St. Cloud on Sunday (4pm CT). The Huskies swept a two-game series to open last season, winning 2-0 and 12-2 – the only previous meetings between the two programs. Â
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Nipissing at Lake Superior State (Ex.)Â
Video Stream: FloHockey
Radio: LSSU 99.5 FMÂ
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The Lakers close out the weekend with a second exhibition game, hosting the Nipissing Lakers at Taffy Abel Arena on Sunday (2:07pm ET).Â
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Lakehead at No. 20 Michigan Tech (Ex.)Â
Video Stream: FloHockey
Radio: 93.5 FMÂ
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Game Notes: MTUÂ
Tech welcomes Lakehead University to John Macinnes Student Ice Arena on Monday night for an exhibition contest (6:07pm ET). The Huskies finished second in the CCHA last season.