• Mavericks Stand 4-2-0 Overall After Home League Sweep Over Alabama-Huntsville Last Weekend
    • Palmquist Continues Lead Atop Maverick Scoring Charts
    • Gervais Nets Three Goals in Two Wins over Chargers

On Tap:    12th-rated Minnesota State (4-2-0 overall, 2-0-0 WCHA) continues Western Collegiate Hockey Association action with  pair of league contests at Bowling Green (4-1-1, 2-0-0 WCHA) this weekend. MSU and BGSU play in Bowling Green at BGSU lce Arena (5,000) Friday (7:07 p.m.) and Saturday (7:07 p.m.) EST.

Minnesota State Most Recently:  The Mavericks are coming off a two-game home WCHA sweep over Alabama-Huntsville.  MSU claimed a 3-1 win Friday before skating to a 4-1 victory over the Chargers Saturday.  Dating back to the 2001-02 season, the Mavericks own a 16-game unbeaten streak (14-0-2) in the series with Alabama-Huntsville.

About Bowling Green:  The Falcons, who earned a 2-2 tie and a 5-4 win at Clarkson in a pair of nonconference road games last weekend, are led offensively by sophomore forward Kevin Dufour (8-0--8). Dufour's eight goals lead the nation. Freshman forward Brandon Hawkins (2-4--6) and sophomore forward Pierre-Luc Mercier (1-5--6) are tied for second on the BGSU scoring charts. BGSU, which went 18-15-6 last year has used Tommy Burke (0-1-1, .911, 2.42), Chris Nell (2-0-0, .926, 2.00) and Tomas Sholl (2-0-0, .932, 1.50) between the pipes this year.  Head coach Chris Bergeron (Miami '93) is in his fifth year behind the BGSU bench and owns a 61-89-21 record. Minnesota State is 4-2-1 in the all-time series vs. the Falcons.

Ironmen: Senior forward Jean-Paul Lafontaine and senior defenseman Zach Palmquist have not missed a game in their four-year Minnesota State careers and enter the BGSU series having played in 126 straight games.  

Here's the current consecutive games played list for the Mavericks:
    Jean-Paul Lafontaine    126
    Zach Palmquist    126
    Max Gaede    118
    Chase Grant    88
    Bryce Gervais    88
    Brett Stern    47

Patronage:   A record-setting sell-out crowd of 5,375 fans attended Minnesota State's home game vs. Minnesota Duluth Oct. 18th at Verizon Wireless Center.  The previous mark of 5,201 was established Jan. 30, 2009 in a game vs. Minnesota.   The Mavericks are averaging 3,877 fans per home contest in 2014-15.

Shot Stuff:  Minnesota State is outshooting oppoents by a 220-120 margin this year. The 36.6 SOGF rank sixth in the nation. MSU is allowing a nation's low 20 shots on goal per game.

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