Series Preview: Omaha vs. Minnesota Duluth, Dec. 6-7, 2019

The Mavs return to action versus the two-time defending national champion this weekend at Baxter Arena after a Thanksgiving week off.

When we last caught up with the team, they had suffered a tie and a loss to Miami of Ohio on Parent’s Weekend at home.

The Mavs are 6-4-2 overall and 1-2-1-0/0 in conference play, currently in seventh place in the NCHC. UNO is still in 18th place in the USCHO poll this week. Their opponent, Minnesota Duluth, is #14 in the USCHO poll and is 7-6-1 overall and 4-1-1-0 in the NCHC (second place). The Bulldogs were swept by the Mankato Mavericks last weekend.

Series preview articles:

OMavs.com:
https://omavs.com/news/2019/12/5/hockey-no-18-mavericks-host-two-time-defending-national-champ-no-14-minnesota-duluth.aspx

Minnesota Duluth hockey:

https://umdbulldogs.com/news/2019/12/4/mens-hockey-no-14-bulldogs-to-return-to-nchc-warfare-this-weekend-with-two-game-set-at-no-18-omaha.aspx

Omaha.com ($):
https://www.omaha.com/sports/college/uno/plus/no-mavs-excited-to-host-two-time-defending-national-champion/article_5c65d4a5-5848-57c1-989d-88a71db17e21.html

When:

> Friday, 7:07 p.m. CT

> Saturday, 7:07 p.m. CT

Radio:

Both games will be broadcast live on 1180 AM (Zone 2). Donny Baarns will provide play-by-play and Terry Leahy will provide analysis and Lester St. James will report rinkside. Pre-game coverage begins 30 minutes prior to face off. 

You can also hear game coverage on 90.7 FM HD2 or mavradio.fm (student broadcast) or on the TuneIn Radio app (Learfield broadcast and student broadcast are both available).

TV:

> Friday and Saturday's games will be streamed on NCHC.tv ($)

Saturday night’s game will feature “enhanced coverage” by the new Maverick Digital Network (for NCHC.tv viewers only).

Live Audio and Stats:

Live Audio: Click here

Live Stats: Click here

Also check out episode eight of the second season of the “MavPuckCast with Jason & Jon.” This episode features Jon and Jason talking about the series with Miami, expectations for the rest of the season, and their predictions about Mavericks vs. Bulldogs.

Next up: 
The Mavs head to St. Cloud, Minnesota to take on the SCSU Huskies in the last conference matchup of the year. Friday night’s game will start at 7:37 p.m., and Saturday’s game will begin at 6:07 p.m.