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The St. Cloud State men's hockey team completed a weekend sweep of Wisconsin winning 2-1 at the Kohl Center Saturday night. SCSU got the game-winning goal from Jarrod Rabey in the 3rd period after Nic Dowd tied the game at 2 in the 2nd. Mike Lee started in net for the 2nd straight night for the Huskies and had 41 saves.

The Timberwolves lost their first 2 games of the season but got back to the 500 mark for the first time this season with a 100-91 win at home over Houston. The Wolves were led by Kevin Love with 25 points and 18 rebounds, Luke Ridnour added 22 points and Ricky Rubio chipped in 13 points and 11 assists.

The Minnesota Wild lost 2-1 in an overtime shootout Saturday night to the Dallas Stars. Jamie Benn scored the game-winning goal in the shootout for Dallas. Kyle Brodziak scored the lone goal for Minnesota in regulation. Niklas Backstrom had 25 saves. The Wild outshot Dallas 34-26.

The St. Cloud State men's hockey team defeated Wisconsin 5-1 Friday night. Ben Hanowski scored the first 2 SCSU goals and finished with 2 goals and 1 assist. SCSU scored 3 2nd period goals to put the game out of reach for Wisconsin. David Eddy, Nic Dowd and Jared Festler each scored a goal for the Huskies and Mike Lee had 31 saves.

The Timberwolves scored 108 points to beat New Jersey 108-105 Friday night to improve to 11-12. Nikola Pekovic led the Wolves with 27 points and 11 rebounds, Kevin Love added 20 points and 10 rebounds and Ricky Rubio chipped in 10 points, 10 assists and 6 rebounds.

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The University of Minnesota looking for new Athletic Director after Joel Maturi resigned Thursday after 10 years on the job. Maturi is now 67 years old and said he found the job and the 12-14 hour days to be too physically demanding at his age. Maturi did not have any NCAA violations during his time with the Gophers and was the man who hired football coaches Tim Brewster and Jerry Kill and men's basketball coach Tubby Smith.

The Timberwolves lost 109-99 at home to Indiana Wednesday night. Indiana outscored Minnesota 25-16 in the 2nd quarter and held on in the 2nd half. Kevin Love led the Wolves with 21 points and 17 rebounds, Luke Ridnour added 16 points and Ricky Rubio contributed 10 points and 6 assists. Danny Grainger led the Pacers with 36 points. Minnesota shot 37 percent from the field.

The Gopher men's basketball team lost 63-59 at Iowa Wednesday night and were sweep in the season series by the Hawkeyes. Minnesota led by 10 with 12 minutes left but were outscored 28-14 the rest of the way. The Gophers were 10-19 from the 3-point line but committed 15 turnovers while Iowa commmitted 10 turnovers. Minnesota was led by Ralph Sampson III had 13 points and Julian Welch added 12 points.

The St. Cloud River Bats as we know them will be no more. The St. Cloud Northwoods League team has changed ownership. Gary Posch and Joe Sexton have become the new owners of the team. They have bought the team from Joel Sutherland. Posch and Sexton are part-owners of the Willmar Stingers of the Northwoods League and own Brandl Motors together.