Mavericks Begin Western Collegiate Hockey Association Action With Road Series at Minnesota-Duluth This Weekend;  Minnesota State Stands 2-0-0 For 2009-10 After Opening With Sweep Over Bowling Green

On Tap:    Minnesota State (2-0-0 overall, 0-0-0 WCHA) starts WCHA action this week with a pair of games at Minnesota-Duluth (1-0-0 overall, 0-0-0 WCHA) this weekend.  The Mavericks and the Bulldogs play in downtown Duluth at the DECC (5,294) Friday (7:07 p.m.) and Saturday (7:07 p.m.).

About the MSU-UMD Series:   The Mavericks trail UMD in the series between the schools by a 12-14-5 margin.  The Bulldogs defeated MSU twice last year in Mankato.  MSU’s last win in the series was in 2005-06 and since then have gone 0-3-1 in four games played at the DECC.
  MSU’s active leading scorer vs. UMD is Rylan Galiardi (1-3--4 in six games).

Most Recently: Minnesota State is 2-0-0 for 2009-10 after a season-opening nonconference home sweep over Bowling Green last weekend.  The Mavericks, who prevailed by the scores of 3-2 and 4-1 over the visiting Falcons, are now 22-18-1 all-time in season-openers. And the sweep over BGSU marks MSU’s second consecutive sweep to open a season.  The Mavericks bested Bemidji State twice to open the 2008-09 campaign.

Radio Broadcasts:  All MSU men’s hockey games are carried live on KTOE•AM 1420 with Mike Sullivan handling the play-by-play duties. 

MSU On the Web:  Tickets, Releases, statistics, player and staff biographies, etc. on all of Minnesota State’s 23 sports are available at the official website of MSU Athletics located at www.msumavericks.com

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