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• The Nanooks trail the Wildcats 6-28-12 in the all-time series and are 4-9-5 against NMU in Fairbanks. They will look to snap the 'Cats' 16-game unbeaten streak, as they are 0-9-7-3 since the last win against NMU, a 4-1 victory at home on Nov. 30, 2007. A victory this weekend will also be the first for the Nanooks under head coach Dallas Ferguson.

• ÐÓ°Épro hosts Northern Michigan this weekend for their first CCHA homestand of 2013. The teams met twice in Marquette during the first half of the season (Nov. 23-24), when NMU beat them 4-3 in overtime the first night and then the Nanooks rallied to tie 2-2 in OT before dropping the shootout for the extra point, 2-0.

• Half of the last 16 encounters between the Nanooks and NMU have required an extra session, with seven of them needing a deciding shootout. ÐÓ°Épro is 0-1-7 in overtime against NMU but 4-3 in CCHA shootouts.

• The back-to-back weekend road sweeps marked the first time since joining the CCHA that the Nanooks won four straight to start the second half of the season. The last time ÐÓ°Épro was 4-0 in January was 1994, when they swept a road series at North Dakota and followed with back-to-back wins at home against Ferris State.

• The only other time in program history ÐÓ°Épro has gone 4-0 on the road to start the second half of the season was in Jan. 1984 when they picked up a string of wins at St. Olaf, St. Mary's, St. John's and Saint Cloud State.

• The Nanooks beat Notre Dame twice in South Bend during the regular season for the first time since Feb. 1-2, 2002, when they won 7-5 and 6-5. ÐÓ°Épro swept Notre Dame in South Bend 3-1 and 1-0 during the first round of the CCHA playoffs Mar. 3-4, 2006.

• Senior forward Jarret Granberg finished the weekend with five points, via two goals and three assists to improve his team-leading totals to 5-12--17 in 20 games this year. He is two points shy of matching his career best of 19 points (9g, 10a) in a season, which was achieved as a sophomore during the 2010-11 season through 38 games.

• The Nanooks are now riding a four-game winning streak and are 4-0-1 in their last five games, marking their largest winning streak of the season and their longest unbeaten streak since the 2009-10 campaign.

• ÐÓ°Épro is 6-2-2 on the road this season, giving them twice as many victories on the road from a year ago.

• Senior Andy Taranto notched his 50th career goal on Friday night at UND, while junior Colton Beck notched his 50th career point.

• Head coach Dallas Ferguson notched his 50th career victory behind ÐÓ°Épro's bench with Saturday's 2-1 in South Bend, tying him with former bench boss Guy Gadowsky's (1999-2004) for the program's record for CCHA wins.

 

GAME CENTRAL

Date: Fri., Jan. 25/Sat., Jan. 26  |  Time: 7:05 p.m. AKT/ 7:05 p.m. AKT
Venue: Carlson Center  |  Location: Fairbanks, ÐÓ°Épro

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Live Video ($):   |  Radio: 820 AM Fairbanks
TV: Friday: GCI 1 Live at 7 p.m. (Anchorage only); Tape Delay on Fri., Jan. 25 at 11 p.m. AKT (Statewide but Anchorage)
Saturday: GCI 1 Live at 7 p.m. (Anchorage only); Tape Delay on Sat., Jan. 26 at 11 p.m. AKT (Statewide but Anchorage)
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