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The puck drops this weekend on the 12th season of Big Ten Hockey, with all seven teams in action, three participating in non-conference play and four competing in exhibitions. The season opens Friday with No. 4/4 Michigan State visiting Lake Superior State, No. 7/8 Michigan hosting Minnesota State and No. 19/19 Notre Dame hosting the U.S. National Team Development Program. Rv/rv Penn State will compete in a series Saturday through Sunday in Alaska Fairbanks, a homecoming for Head Coach Guy Gawdowsky, who began his collegiate coaching career with the Nanooks. No. 6/5 Minnesota travels to No. 16 St. Cloud State and No. 10/10 Wisconsin meets No. 15/17 Omaha in exhibition action on Saturday. Rv/rv Ohio State meets Niagara in an exhibition game on Sunday. Big Ten teams will participate in non-conference play for the first two weeks of the season before conference play begins the weekend of Oct. 18-19.
Four Big Ten teams are ranked in the Top 10 in preseason polls conducted by USCHO.com and USA Hockey. No. 4/4 Michigan State leads the way, just ahead of No. 6/5 Minnesota, No. 7/8 Michigan and No. 10/10 Wisconsin. All four schools participated in the 2024 NCAA Tournament. No. 19/19 Notre Dame has broken into the Top 20, while Ohio State and Penn State have received votes.
It's been an eventful summer for Big Ten Hockey, which started with twelve current and future players being selected in the 2024 NHL Draft, held June 28-29 in Las Vegas. Michigan State defenseman Artyom Levshunov was selected second overall by the Chicago Blackhawks and later signed with the team. Incoming Michigan freshman Michael Hage placed 21st overall in the first round. Five schools had players selected as the Big Ten had multiple first-round picks for the 10th year in a row. Since forming a hockey conference in 2013-14, the Big Ten has signed 34 first-round selections, including eight from the top five.
A busy offseason continued on August 15 as the Big Ten Conference and the Chicago Cubs held a press conference at Wrigley Field to announce the Frozen Confines: A Big Ten Hockey Series. Six Big Ten schools will participate in outdoor games at Wrigley Field the weekend of Jan. 3-4, 2025. A women's game between Western Collegiate Hockey Association rivals Ohio State and Wisconsin will also be part of the two-day doubleheader. Tickets can be purchased at Cubs.com/BigTenHockey.
According to the 2024 Big Ten Hockey Preseason Coaches Poll, Michigan State is favored to defend its Big Ten Championship. It was the first time the Spartans topped the preseason poll. Minnesota received the second most votes, followed by Michigan (third), Wisconsin (fourth), Notre Dame (fifth), Penn State (sixth) and Ohio State (seventh). The Big Ten head coaches also selected 12 players for preseason All-Big Ten honors. Receiving first-team recognition were Michigan State forwards Karsen Dorwart and Issac Howard, along with Minnesota forward Jimmy Snuggerud. On defense, Minnesota's Sam Rinzel and Wisconsin's Ben Dexheimer were honored with Michigan's Trey Augustine scoring.
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