On Tap:    Minnesota State (17-13-0, 15-7-0 WCHA) continues home action this weekend with Alabama Huntsville (1-28-1, 1-19-1 WCHA) visiting Verizon Wireless Center (4,832). Face-off Friday is scheduled for 7:37 p.m., while Saturday's contest gets underway at 7:07 p.m.

The Mavericks downed the Chargers by 4-1 and 4-1 scores in Huntsville in December.

MSU Most Recently:  Minnesota State claimed a league home sweep over Bemidji State last weekend with the Mavericks claiming 5-2 and 3-2 victories over the visiting Beavers.

Freshman forward Michael Huntebrinker got his first career goal and freshman forward Zach Stepan recorded his first career game-winning goal in Friday's 5-2 win over the Beavers. Stepan also had an assist for a two-point night, while junior forward Jean-Paul Lafontaine and junior defenseman Zach Palmquist both finished with a goal and an assist. Junior forward Matt Leitner contributed a pair of assists.

Senior forward Johnny McInnis and Lafontaine both finished with a goal and assist in Saturday's 3-2 win over BSU. Leitner had a pair of assists in extending his point-scoring streak to eight games and freshman defenseman Sean Flanagan got his second game-winner in the victory.

About the Chargers:  Alabama Huntsville enters this weekend after absorbing 4-1 and 10-4 losses at Michigan Tech last Friday and Saturday.  

UAH is led offensively by freshman forward Matt Salhany (4-7--11) and sophomore forwards Jack Prince (5-4--9) and Chad Brears (5-3--8). Freshmen Carmine Guerriero (1-14-0, 3.95, .899) and Matt Larose (0-14-1, 5.28, .874) have each started 15 games this year.

Head coach Mike Corbett (Denver '96), who is in his first year head coach with Alabama Huntsville, spent ten years as an assistant coach at Air Force prior to joining the Chargers last summer.

Next: Junior forward Jean-Paul Lafontaine and junior defenseman Zach Palmquist have not missed a game in their three-year Minnesota State careers and enter the games vs. Northern Michigan having played in 109 straight games.

What the What: The Mavericks, who had gone 4-for-46 (.086) on the power play through the first ten games of the year, have gone 36-for-108 (.333) with the man advantage in the last 20 contests.

Minnesota State is tied for second in the nation in power play percentage (39/156, 25.0%) and is fifth in the nation in penalty kill (116/133, 87.2%)

Minnesota State's record this year in Friday games is 6-9. In Saturday games, the Mavericks stand 11-4.

The Mavericks are 11-1 in home games this year, 6-10 on the road and 0-2 in neutral site contests.

On Tap:  Following the games vs. Alabama Huntsville, the Mavericks are idle the weekend of Feb. 21-22 before playing at Lake Superior State Feb. 28 - March 1.

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