BIG TEN HOCKEY. BIG NEWS.

Conference Games                            All Games
PTS GP W L T 3/SW PCT GF GA        GP W L T PCT GF GA
1. Notre Dame 3 2 1 1 0 0/0 .500            2 2 8 4 3 1 .562 26 17
Ohio State 3 2 1 1 0 0/0 .500                  2 2 8 4 3 1 .562 18 21
3. Penn State 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 —-               7 6 1 0 .857 34 18
Michigan State 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 —-            6 4 2 0 .667 22 18
Michigan 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 —-                     7 4 3 0 .571 25 24
Wisconsin 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 —- 0 0             8 4 4 0 .500 29 26
Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 —- 0 0              5 1 3 1 .300 11 15

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9
#7/7 OHIO STATE at Colgate 7 p.m.
Robert Morris at #8/8 PENN STATE 7 p.m.
#6/6 NOTRE DAME at #14/15 MICHIGAN 7:30 p.m.
BTN Plus
#16/14 MINNESOTA at #20/- WISCONSIN 8 p.m.
FS Wisconsin/FS North/BTN2Go
MICHIGAN STATE at Arizona State 9 p.m.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10
#7/7 OHIO STATE at Colgate 4 p.m.
#8/8 PENN STATE at Robert Morris 7 p.m.
#6/6 NOTRE DAME at #14/15 MICHIGAN 7:30 p.m.
BTN Plus
#16/14 MINNESOTA at #20/- WISCONSIN 8 p.m.
FS Wisconsin/FS North/BTN2Go
MICHIGAN STATE at Arizona State 9 p.m.
All times are ET
Rankings: USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine

• All seven schools will be in action this weekend, including a pair of conference series and a trio of non-conference series. No. 7/7 Ohio State opens the weekend slate by traveling to Colgate for a Friday-Saturday series, while Michigan State visits Arizona State for a pair of games. No. 6/6 Notre Dame will travel to Ann Arbor, Mich., to take on No. 14/15 Michigan, while No. 16/14 Minnesota heads to Madison, Wis., for a conference series against No. 20/- Wisconsin. No. 8/8 Penn State rounds out the weekend with a home-and-home series against Robert Morris. The Nittany Lions host the Colonials on Friday before visiting Pittsburgh on Saturday evening…

• The Big Ten Conference will follow a new overtime protocol and points system for the 2018-19 season, including the addition of a 3-on-3 overtime period. Any regular season conference game that remains tied after regulation will play the NCAA-mandated five-minute, 5-on-5 sudden-death overtime period. If the game remains tied, the two teams will then play a five-minute, 3-on-3 sudden-death overtime period. If the game is still tied following both overtime periods, then the game will move to a sudden-death shootout…

• Teams will be awarded three points in the conference standings for a win in regulation or the 5-on-5 overtime period. If the game is tied following the 5-on-5 overtime, both teams will receive one point, with a second point being awarded to the team that wins in either the 3-on-3 overtime period or the shootout…

• Six Big Ten teams appear in the USCHO.com or the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll. Notre Dame paces the conference at No. 6 in both polls. Ohio State follows at No. 7/7, Penn State checks in at No. 8/8, Michigan comes in at No. 14/15, Minnesota is No. 16/14, while Wisconsin rounds out the list at No. 20 in the USCHO.com poll. Michigan State receives votes in both polls, while the Badgers receive votes in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll…

• Wisconsin’s K’Andre Miller was named the Hockey Commissioners’ Association National Rookie of the Month for October. The defenseman finished the month of October tied for third in points among all freshmen in the nation with seven (two goals, five assists), two more points than any other freshman defenseman. Miller finished the month with a plus-minus rating of +9, earning a share of the national lead among all players. Miller leads all freshmen in the Big Ten in points and assists, while sharing the lead in goals…

• Michigan’s Josh Norris and Michigan State’s Taro Hirose pace all conference players and rank sixth nationally with 12 points through six and seven games, respectively. Norris also leads the country in power play assists with six…

• Big Ten teams currently occupy five of the top 25 positions on the national team scoring list. Penn State leads the conference and the nation with 4.86 goals per game, followed by Michigan State in 13th (3.67), Wisconsin in 14th (3.62), Michigan in 16th (3.57) and Notre Dame in 23rd with 3.25 goals per contest…

• Three active Big Ten coaches have amassed at least 200 wins in their careers, led by one who has more than 400 career victories. Notre Dame’s Jeff Jackson is the conference’s active wins leader with 482 career victories. He is followed by Penn State’s Guy Gadowsky (282) and Bob Motzko (277). Jackson currently ranks fourth among active Division I coaches in career victories, while Gadowsky and Motzko rank 17th and 18th, respectively…