Flyers top Wild, end Backstrom’s shutout streak

PHILADELPHIA — Mike Knuble, Scott Hartnell and Scottie Upshall scored goals and the Philadelphia Flyers returned home from two weeks on the road to beat the Minnesota Wild 3-1 on Thursday night.

UMD to battle for first in NSIC

college basketball

Local names & news

Giants Ridge meet set

UMD men’s hockey statistics

20 Games (9-5-6)

Minn. Duluth (9-5-6) at St. Cloud State (10-9-1)

What: WCHA men’s series

Today's games

today’s games

WCHA teams only rank average at midseason

The first half of the college men’s season didn’t do much for the image of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. The once-dominant conference is 38-22-10 against other Division I opponents, but was just 11-10-4 during the holiday break.

Duluth East's Yernatich: Her scoring can scare opponents

Senior Marisa Yernatich has been playing varsity basketball for Duluth East since she was in eighth grade, and she's closing in on the 2,000 career-points scoring mark.

• Marisa Yernatich
• Yernatich in action
• About Marisa Yernatich

Prep performances of the week

Prep report: Barnum hammers Wrenshall with double figures

Katrina Newman had a game-high 35 points to lead host Barnum to an 87-29 victory over Wrenshall in a Polar League girls basketball game Thursday night.

Prep standings

Prep polls

GIRLS HOCKEY: Duluth Icebreaker Invitational schedule

Bulldogs winger Carroll goes all-out, in hockey and in academics

When teenagers Andrew and Chris Carroll skated late into the night on their backyard hockey rink, they had an audience. Three boys next door in Shoreview, Minn., too young to play, fell asleep in their bunk beds while watching. That winter scene has been replayed for generations in Minnesota as rink rats inspire others, a role Andrew Carroll still enjoys.

• Andrew Carroll on the ice

Girls hockey rules in Duluth this weekend

Forget diamonds. If this coming weekend is any indicator, ice rinks are a girl’s best friend.

• GIRLS HOCKEY: Duluth Icebreaker Invitational schedule