OMAHA, Neb - The UNO hockey team travels east this week to take on a pair of Eastern College Athletic Conference opponents.  The Mavericks will play at Yale on Monday, Dec. 29 and at 8th-ranked Princeton on Tuesday, Dec. 30.  Both games are set for a 6 p.m. CST face-off and will be broadcast live on 1290 KKAR.  The Mavericks will close out the busy week at Minnesota State, Mankato on Saturday, Jan. 3 at 7:05 p.m.  Mankato is ranked 17th in the country.

UNO (11-4-3), ranked 15th and 16th in country, dropped games to both Yale and Princeton in Omaha last season, 6-3 and 5-3, respectively. UNO holds a slim 2-1-1 advantage in the all-time series against Yale, but #Mike Kemp#'s team has lost all four games against Princeton in program history.

Minnesota State, Mankato is 12-7-3 all-time against UNO including a 6-4-1 mark at home.  Last season, UNO's Mavericks beat Mankato's Mavericks twice, winning 6-2 at Qwest Center on Dec. 18 and 4-2 in Mankato, Minn. on Feb. 27.

The Mavericks have not played since sweeping a pair of games at Lake Superior State University on Dec. 12 and 13.  UNO won 3-2 on Friday before coming back with a 2-1 win on Saturday.  Senior goaltender #Jerad Kaufmann# made 47 saves in the game to earn CCHA goaltender of the week honors.  Junior defenseman #Eddie DelGrosso# had two goals on the weekend, including the game-winner on Saturday, to earn his third CCHA defenseman of the week nod.

UNO is 7-4-3-2 in the CCHA and tied for third place with Alaska.  The Mavericks resume league play on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 9 and 10, when they host Northern Michigan University at Qwest Center Omaha.  Both games will start at 7:05 p.m.  Friday's game will be televised live on NET2.