With 6 of the 7 teams in our own H-WCHA playing host this weekend, there may be a real hometown advantage. This week, the Gophers and Mavericks meet up in classic Minnesota-Nice fashion and host one another in a home-and-home callback to the old WCHA.
As the NCAA hockey season chugs on, more and more of the matchups are interesting and worthy of highlight. This week's matchup brings together two old WCHA rivals in the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities and Minnesota State University - Mankato. It's a matchup that has lost some fire since the NCAA's decision to realign the conferences throughout the Midwest, but the trajectory of each team over the past few weeks has put them on a collision course that is sure to cause sparks this weekend.