So I was just browsing some stats over on collegehockeynews, (because I'm a nerd) to prepare for this weekend's series and couple things jumped out that I thought I'd share.
1. UND's power play is clicking at a higher percent than Minnesota ( is the apocalypse coming?)
2. Minnesota is 4th in the country in penalty minutes and only kills 67% of their penalties.
Granted we are only a couple weeks into the season and we could be looking at completely different numbers later in the year, but intrepreting that info makes me understand why Minnesota has a 2-2 record. Power play hasn't been clicking, taking too many penalties and can't kill those penalties off that well.