News & Notes From Around Pioneer Nation

One of the major reasons why Patrick Wiercioch returned to DU this season is that the Ottawa Senators signed first round draft choice Erik Karlsson from Sweden to run their power play. Now after nine games they've sent Karlsson down to the minors. Things could get real interesting for Wiercioch if he makes the Canadian National Junior team and has another great season with DU. The article also mentions that Brian Lee, older brother of DU defenseman John Lee, will be Karlsson's teammate in Binghampton after spending a majority of his young career in the NHL.

Mike Chambers' Blog reports that Joe Colborne looked good in practice on Wednesday, despite wearing an orange "no contact" jersey.

Bruce Ciske features DU goaltender Marc Cheverie in his Fanhouse.com hockey blog this week. The WCHA portion of the season is just underway, but Western College Hockey Blog thinks Cheverie is one of the league's best players. The Denver Post has a very good article on Cheverie today talking about the shiutout streak and Peter Mannino.

Minnesota State is winless in their last ten games at Magness Arena (0-9-1). The Mankato Free Press has some interesting tidbits about the weekend series including the Mavericks forward lines.

Minnesota State Forward Lines on Friday Night
Louwesr - Galiardi - Stewart
Zuck - Harrison - Jokinen
Mouillierat - Sackrison - Hayes
Gaulrapp - Pitlick - Thompson

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