UW VS. MINNESOTA

When: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Where: Kohl Center.

Tickets: Available for both games at the Kohl Center ticket office.

TV: Live on TVW Friday, Channel 3 on Saturday night, with Paul Braun and Rob Andringa; tape-delayed at 11 p.m. both nights on The Wisconsin Channel, with Robb Vogel and Theran Welsh.

Radio: 1310 AM with Brian Posick and Mike Cerniglia.

ABOUT THE BADGERS

Record: 3-2-1, 1-2-1 WCHA.

Coach: Mike Eaves (146-113-35 in his eighth season at UW).

Player to watch D Brendan Smith

Smith, a junior, has scored at least a point in all five games he has played (2-7-9). For reference, Jamie McBain's longest point streak last season was seven games (2-9-11) en route to becoming the WCHA Player of the Year.

Tentative lineup

F Andy Bohmbach-Blake Geoffrion-Craig Smith

F John Mitchell-Ben Street-Derek Lee

F Jordy Murray-Derek Stepan-Michael Davies

F Aaron Bendickson-Sean Dolan-Ben Grotting

D Ryan McDonagh-Jake Gardiner

D Brendan Smith-John Ramage

D Cody Goloubef-Justin Schultz

G Brett Bennett

Injury update: No injuries reported.

You should know: During the Eaves Era, UW has swept Minnesota more times on the road (twice) than it has at home (zero).

ABOUT THE GOLDEN GOPHERS

Record: 2-3-1, 2-3-1 WCHA.

Coach: Don Lucia (258-129-46 in his 11th season at Minnesota).

Player to watch W Mike Hoeffel

The season-ending knee injury suffered by W Jay Barriball this week leaves Hoeffel as the only current Gophers player to score 10 or more goals in a season. He had 12 in 2008-09.

Tentative lineup

F Mike Hoeffel-Jordan Schroeder-Nico Sacchetti

F Tony Lucia-Mike Carman-Taylor Matson

F Jake Hansen-Zach Budish-Patrick White

F Josh Birkholz-Nick Larson-Ryan Flynn

D Cade Fairchild-Dave Fischer

D Sam Lofquist-Aaron Ness

D Kevin Wehrs-Seth Helgeson

G Alex Kangas

Injury update: D Nick Leddy (jaw) and W Jay Barriball (knee) are out.

You should know: The Gophers have scored more goals shorthanded (two) than they have on the power play (1-for-29) this season.

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