This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Wisconsin eyeing national tournament as Badgers ‘deserve what we’ve done so far’

With the addition of guest Arizona State, B1G Hockey has at least a one-team measurement for nonconference play, but it’s still nearly impossible to gauge where a team really stands in the national picture. Because of that uncertainty, this admission from Wisconsin coach Tony Granato is no surprise.

“I kind of peek at the rankings,” said Granato. “Everybody does.”

Denver-Colorado College series set for Jan. 29-30 postponed due to COVID-19 protocol at CC

Due to a combination of positive COVID-19 tests, contact tracing and subsequent quarantining of individuals within the Colorado College hockey program, the Denver-Colorado College series scheduled for this weekend, Friday, Jan. 29 and Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs has been postponed.

WCHA announces postponements of upcoming series between Lake Superior State-Bemidji State, Alabama Huntsville-Minnesota State

The WCHA announced Monday that this weekend’s conference series between Lake Superior State and Bemidji State, scheduled for Jan. 29-30, in Bemidji, Minn., and the WCHA nonconference series between Alabama Huntsville and Minnesota State, scheduled for Jan. 28-29, in Mankato, Minn., have been postponed.