Weekend Rewind: No. 1 SCSU swept, Hockey Day Minnesota recap, should college teams play outdoors more often?

college men play hockey — Minnesota Duluth forward Ben Steeves (6) mimics Superman while celebrating after scoring a goal against St. Cloud State at Amsoil Arena on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, in Duluth. Steeves scored a natural hat trick during the game.

By Mick Hatten, Jess Myers, Matt Wellens, Sydney Wolf, and Brad Elliott Schlossman

January 30, 2023 at 4:39 PM

The NCHC race tightened up this past weekend with Minnesota Duluth sweeping St. Cloud State and North Dakota sweeping Miami. The top four teams in the NCHC are separated by four points.

Matt Wellens and Mick Hatten discuss the Bulldogs' sweep of the Huskies with special teams playing a big part in the series.

Brad Schlossman talks about how improved goaltending is a good sign for the Fighting Hawks.

Jess Myers discusses Minnesota's impressive sweep of Michigan State and how the Gophers have pretty much wrapped up the Big Ten title. Myers and Wellens also discuss an impressive sweep for the Minnesota women at UMD.

Hatten chimes in about St. Cloud State's series sweep over Bemidji State and how the 14th-ranked Huskies are looking to take fifth place in the WCHA.

Hatten, Myers and Sydney Wolf give observations on Hockey Day Minnesota in White Bear Lake.

The question of the week is whether or not college hockey should consider an annual outdoor event to help promote the game?

By Mick Hatten

Mick Hatten is a reporter and editor for Forum News Service and helps manage TheRinkLive.com, a website dedicated to hockey. He began working for Forum Communications in November 2018 and has covered St. Cloud State University hockey since 2010. A graduate of St. Cloud State, he has more than 30 years of experience as a journalist and has been a youth hockey coach since 2014. mhatten@forumcomm.com

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Weekend Rewind: No. 1 SCSU swept, Hockey Day Minnesota recap, should college teams play outdoors more often?

The Rink Live reporters discuss Bulldogs sweeping top-ranked Huskies, Minnesota running away with Big Ten, North Dakota sweeps Miami, recap of WCHA action