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After a wild weekend in the two NCHC series that took place, the conference race really tightened up. This weekend, there are three interesting series and one that appears to be a bit of a mismatch that The Rink Live's Sydney Wolf and Mick Hatten discuss. The weekend's series including UMD at North Dakota, Colorado College at Nebraska Omaha, Miami at Denver and Western Michigan at SCSU.

The Rink Live's Sydney Wolf and Eli Swanson break down the Minnesota girls state tournament matchups in both Class A and AA, plus make some picks on which teams might be playing for a state title on Saturday night. Visit our tournament page for coverage all week long!

Mick and Sydney look at where the NCHC stands with a month left in regular season play.

Jess Myers and Mick Hatten go through all the latest Big Ten happenings and catch up with former/current Minnesota Gophers/Wild defenseman Brock Faber.

Sydney Wolf and Jordan McAlpine discuss a massive 17-game suspension that happened recently in the USHL along with a couple of huge trades and roster moves that were seen throughout the ranks of junior hockey over the past two weeks. The Rink Live Prospects Show is presented by Minnkota Windows. For more hockey coverage, visit The Rink Live.

The Rink Live's Jess Myers and Mick Hatten talk the latest news from around the Big Ten and are joined by Penn State forward and Nashville Predators prospect Aiden Fink for an interview.

The Rink Live's Sydney Wolf and Mick Hatten go over the latest news and scores from around the NCHC

The Rink Live's Sydney Wolf & Eli Swanson go through the Minnesota girls high school section tournaments and break down some of the top teams, where upsets could happen, top players and more. Later on, a discussion of the top candidates for Ms. Hockey and Senior Goalie of the Year. 0:00 Class A 30:40 Class AA 1:01:30 Ms. Hockey 1:17:00 Senior Goalie of the Year

The Rink Live's Sydney Wolf and Mick Hatten go over the latest NCHC news before a chat with Colorado College head coach Kris Mayotte on his Tigers, why it's sometimes easier to play on the road and more.

With Minnesota set to face off against Wisconsin this weekend, former Badger NHLer Derek Stepan joins the show to talk about his career, his role with the Minnesota Wild and more!

Sydney Wolf and Jordan McAlpine discuss their thoughts on the NHL Central Scouting Mid-Term Report along with some notable trades and acquisitions in the NAHL and USHL.  The Rink Live Prospects Show is presented by Minnkota Windows. For more hockey coverage, visit The Rink Live.

About this time last year, Omaha went on a good run (10-4-1) to finish the regular season and finish third place in the NCHC standings, the first time the Mavericks had finished that high since finishing third in each of the first two seasons (2013-14 and 2014-15). UNO (4-7-1 NCHC, 11-9-2 overall) has had an interesting start to this season. The Mavericks have road wins over Denver and North Dakota, who have both been ranked in the top 10 throughout this season. UNO played an interesting game on Nov. 18-19 at Denver. That's not a typo. It took two days to play the game because there were some ice problems on Nov. 18. Mike Gabinet, who is in his seventh season as UNO's head coach, talks about that experience and breaks down the ups and downs of the season to this point. He also helps preview this weekend's NCHC series at No. 14/15-ranked St. Cloud State (7-2-3, 11-7-4). The teams played one another on Dec. 8-9 at Baxter Arena with the Huskies picking up a 4-1 win and the Mavericks rebounding to pick up two points with a win in the shootout after the game finished in a 2-2 tie. Gabinet also discusses a number of the team's key players. The Rink Live's Sydney Wolf and Mick Hatten also review all of last weekend's series and preview this weekend's series on this episode on the NCHC Icecast.