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Minnesota travels to East Lansing this weekend to face Michigan State. (Harrison Barden)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The first conference games of the new decade are finally upon us, but first let\u2019s see how Paula and I did with our picks last week.<\/p>\n

Last week<\/strong>
\nDrew: 4-1-1 (.750)
\nPaula: 4-1-1 (.750)<\/p>\n

This season<\/strong>
\nDrew: 62-33-7 (.642)
\nPaula: 54-41-7 (.564)<\/p>\n

This week<\/strong><\/h1>\n

All seven teams are in action this weekend, with six facing each other. Penn State finishes its nonconference slate, playing Robert Morris in Pittsburgh. Paula did a great job looking at the typical logjam that is the Big Ten standings<\/a>, yesterday, if you happened to miss that. All game times are local.<\/p>\n

Minnesota at No. 20 Michigan State
\nFriday at 6:00 p.m., Saturday at 7:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Both of these teams are coming off of a weekend off after competing in their respective holiday tournaments. Minnesota won the Mariucci Classic and the Spartans came in third at the Great Lakes Invitational. It\u2019ll be interesting to see if the Gophers performance last time out was the beginning of a new trend or simply a mirage. Minnesota was 1-5-2 down the stretch to close the first half of the season.<\/p>\n

Drew:<\/strong> Minnesota 3-1, Michigan State 4-2
\nPaula:<\/strong>\u00a0Minnesota 3-2, Michigan State 3-2<\/p>\n

Michigan at No. 14 Notre Dame
\nFriday at 7:00 p.m., Sunday at 6:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In picking up two wins and a tie in its last three games, while conceding only two goals over those same contests, Notre Dame may have put its losing streak in the rear-view mirror. A strong performance at home this weekend would also help its cause. This is the first action for Michigan since the Wolverines downed Ferris State and fell to Michigan Tech at the GLI.<\/p>\n

Drew:<\/strong> Notre Dame 3-2, 4-2
\nPaula:<\/strong>\u00a0Michigan 3-2, Notre Dame 2-1<\/p>\n

No. 8 Ohio State at Wisconsin
\nFriday at 8:00 p.m., Saturday at 7:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Badgers won an exhibition game on New Year\u2019s Day, but this is their first official action since December 7th. Wisconsin was swept by Michigan State to close the first half. Ohio State, unfortunately, fell victim us predicting a sweep last weekend in Las Vegas. The Buckeyes fell to Cornell on Friday but were able to eke out an overtime victory against Army on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Drew:<\/strong>\u00a0Ohio State 3-2, Wisconsin 4-3
\nPaula:<\/strong>\u00a0Wisconsin 4-2, Ohio State 3-2<\/p>\n

No. 6 Penn State at Robert Morris
\nSaturday at 7:05 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to complain about a sweep, but it was somewhat shocking to see Penn State\u2019s offense only produce five goals last weekend. The Nittany Lions downed Niagara 3-2 on Friday and 2-0 on Saturday. Penn State is still third in the nation in offense and the defense is ranked No. 15. With conference games the rest of the way after this weekend both units will need to continue that trend.<\/p>\n

Drew:<\/strong>\u00a0Penn State 4-2
\nPaula:<\/strong>\u00a0Penn State 2-1<\/p>\n

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Twitter us!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Follow Paula (@paulacweston) and me (@drewclaussen) on Twitter.<\/p>\n

Enjoy the games!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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