After a thrilling weekendthat sawPenn State and Michigan gain valuable separation from the pack, this weekend pits the Big Ten hockey conferences top teams against those with some work left to do. Minnesota, Michigan and Penn State are the leagues top squads, each withwinning records overall.The remaining three teams have hovered in the middle of the pack on the national scale, at best. On weekends like this, strengths on paper sometimes do not live up to all the hype, whereas the underachieving squads battle toward surprises.

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