Late night Series in Alaska for the 'Cats

The NMU Wildcats are in Alaska this weekend for a WCHA clash against the Alaska Nanooks. 

           The Wildcats come into this game with a 1-1 WCHA record (2-4 overall), fourth in the conference, taking on the fifth place Nanooks who are opening their conference play tonight and have an overall record of 3-1-2.

        The Wildcats are looking for their first road win of the year, hoping to get it against a conference opponent, which is something the team struggled with all of last year, getting only 2 conference road wins all season with the first coming in February. Fairbanks is the perfect place to get their road game play on the right track: even though the Wildcats were swept last January in Fairbanks, the Nanooks are only 6-28-12 all-time against the ‘Cats, with NMU winning 14 of the 18 games they have ever played in Fairbanks against Alaska.

        Who to watch for-NMU- Stephan Vigier has scored five goals in six games this year for the Wildcats, and I have a feeling he will be an offensive machine sending pucks at the net all night. The return of Reed Seckel gave NMU an extra bounce against Tech, and hopefully he will be in the lineup to stir things up again this evening. Cohen Adair has missed the last four games with undisclosed reasons, so his status is still unknown for this weekend’s series.

      Who to watch for-Alaska- Cody Kunyk and Nolan Huysmans each have five goals apiece for Alaska in their six games this year, and the dueling threat will be a tough task for the defense this evening.

 If the ‘Cats have the same performance they did last Friday night, they should be able to take on the Nanooks in their usual Fairbanks fashion.  They have to push their performance from Saturday in Houghton behind them and concentrate on this valuable points, battling the time that is right behind them in the standings.