OFFICIAL RELEASE
• Five Big Ten teams are in action this week as the hockey calendar turns to the second month of the season. A pair of conference series will take place this weekend, starting Thursday evening with No. 1/1 Wisconsin traveling to #18/17 Minnesota for an 8 p.m. ET puck drop on the Big Ten Network. The Border Battle continues Saturday in Minneapolis. Wisconsin is the new consensus No. 1/1-ranked team after out-scoring Notre Dame, 16-2, in a weekend sweep. Minnesota is coming off an overtime win against Penn State that saw L.J. Mooney score just 17 seconds into the extra frame for the third-fastest OT winner in program history. Notre Dame heads to Penn State, having split its…
