Minnesota Duluth senior defenseman Trent Palm has stayed with hockey despite significant physical setbacks. His story is in Friday's News Tribune here.
The No. 7-ranked Bulldogs open the home season Friday against Providence College of Hockey East, the start of the final half-season at the DECC. UMD's lineup is here.
International Falls native Dean Blais takes Nebraska-Omaha this weekend to face Minnesota. It marks Omaha's debut in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and marks a return to Gopherland for Blais, a former Gopher and former North Dakota coach. Roman Augustoviz of the Minneapolis Star Tribune has a Blais update here.
Bemidji State is not only opening a new rink and playing its first WCHA games Friday and Saturday, but is also facing No. 2 North Dakota. Are tickets tough to come by in Bemidji? A story from the Bemidji Pioneer is here.
Also, more on the vehicle which hit the North Dakota team bus Thursday as the Fighting Sioux were on their way to Bemidji. That from the North Dakota sports information office here.
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The best series of the weekend involving the WCHA is nonconference as No. 1Boston College is at No. 6 Denver. The Denver Post has a preview here.
And No. 4 Miami of Ohio is at No. 11 St. Cloud State with some notes from the St. Cloud Times here.
Inside College Hockey also looks at the big series of the season's second weekend here.
And did we mention signage at Amsoil Arena went up this week? A photo is below from News Tribune photo chief Bob King.
