This Week
    The No. 16 Omaha Mavericks return to Baxter Arena to defend home ice against Colorado College in the final two meetings of the regular season with the Tigers.

The Teams
    The Mavericks are sitting at 14-10-2 (9-6-1 NCHC) after splitting with No. 9 Western Michigan two weekends ago. The Mavericks currently sit in 4th place in the NCHC with 30 points. Omaha comes into the weekend winning six of their last seven contests.
    Colorado College enters this weekend's series with a 10-15-1 (6-9-1 NCHC) record. The Tigers fell in their lone game of the weekend last week to Denver. CC has dropped their last five games and were shutout in two of those five battles.

Last Time Out
    The Tigers came away with a series sweep in the first two meetings of the season with Omaha. The Mavericks fell 6-4 in the series opener. Despite more than doubling up the Tigers 40-18 in shots the next night, the Tigers skated to a 1-0 victory.

All-Time vs. Colorado College
    The Mavericks and Tigers are primed for meetings 46 and 47 this weekend. The all-time series is currently 26-14-5 in favor of Omaha. When the game is played in Omaha, the all-time series sits at 12-5-3 in favor of Omaha.

Media
    Both games can be heard live on AM 1290.  Casey Roehl will have the play-by-play; Terry Leahy provides analysis.  Coverage begins 30 minutes before game time with the First National Bank Pre-Game Show. You can also stream both games on NCHC.tv.

Up Next
    The Mavericks will head back on the road for their final two meetings of the regular season with the Miami RedHawks. Omaha swept Miami in their first two meetings of the season in January.

Jack Attack
    Senior forward Jack Randl leads all Mavericks with 26 points this season. Randl scored nine goals in 38 games last season. It took him just eight games this season to eclipse that mark. He is also the first player in program history to score 8 goals in the first 6 games of a season. The previous record of 7 was held by Austin Ortega (15-16) and Brandon Scero (06-07). 

Consistency Is Key
    Sophomore forward Ty Mueller has recorded points in 20 of the 25 games he's played in. He is currently 2nd on the team in points with 22. Mueller has recorded at least one point in 15 his last 19 games. 

Among The National Leaders 
    The Mavericks 26.9 power play percent is good for 4th in the country currently. That mark is 2nd in the NCHC, behind North Dakota. Omaha has lit the lamp on the power play in five of their last seven games.

Among The Conference Leaders 
    Nolan Sullivan (.591) Jake Pivonka (.556), sit 2nd and 6th respectively in NCHC faceoff win%. Omaha is the top ranked team in the NCHC in faceoff winning percentage at .537 percent. That is good for 6th in the NCAA.

Seeing Multiples
    The Mavericks have had 13 players register multi-point games this season. 1-Fust, Lemay, Slipec, Sullivan. 2 - Pennington, Pivonka. 3 - Guevin, Mueller, 4 - Berg, Tychonick. 5 - Miller, Weiss. 8 - Randl.

The Middle Frame
    The Mavericks are outscoring their opponents 37-22 in the 2nd period this season. They have 58 more shots than their opponents, outshooting them 295-237 in the second 20 minutes. The Mavericks are 10-2-0 when leading after 40 minutes of hockey.

Simon Says
    Rookie netminder Simon Latkoczy has registered shutouts in his last two starts. He went 3-0-0 in four appearances in January and was named the NCHC and HCA National Goaltender of the Month. His GAA of 0.82 and save percentage of .974 ranked first and second respectively among NCAA goaltenders.

On Their Best Behavior
    In 24 games, the Mavericks have taken 96 penalties, 3.69 per game. That is the least amount of penalties taken among NCHC teams. The next closest team is Colorado College with 98.

The Opponent
    Currently sitting in 7th place place in the NCHC with 20 points, the Colorado College Tigers are averaging 2.38 goals per game which is second to last in the NCHC.

Special Teams
    CC holds the 7th ranked power play (20.9%) in the NCHC. However, their penalty kill is ranked in 2nd the NCHC. The Tigers are operating at a 81.4 percent kill rate. CC's PK sits at 25th in the country.

Good Behavior
    The Tigers are the second least penalized team in the NCHC behind the Mavericks. In 26 games, the Tigers have committed 112 penalties. An average of 4.31 per game.

Players To Watch
    Junior forwar Hunter McKown leads the Tigers in points with 20. The third year forward has racked up 15 goals, nine of which have come on the power play. 
    Freshman netminder Kaiden Mbereko has a .920 save percentage which is 3rd in the NCHC. He's averaging 23.09 saves per game which is good for 4th in the conference.