SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The Augustana hockey team (3-3, 0-2 CCHA) welcomes Northern Michigan (0-8, 0-0 CCHA) for a weekend series on home ice. Puck drop is slated for 7:07 p.m. on Friday and Saturday at 6:07 p.m.. 

Tickets are still available at GoAugie.com/Tickets. Action can also be seen on Midco Sports Two for Friday's affair or on Midco Sports Plus both nights.

Friday's promotion is a candy giveaway. Saturday's action is Hockey Fights Cancer night.

Complete action can be followed on GoAugie.com/Live and the GoAugie app, presented by The Original Pancake House. The app can be downloaded in the App Store or Google Play.

Series History
This will be the third meeting between the two programs. Augustana holds a 3-0-1 record against the Wildcats. Last season, Augustana swept Northern Michigan by scores of 4-1 and 4-1 at Midco Arena. When these two teams face off, an average of 3.75 goals is scored per game. Later this season, AU will head to Marquette, Michigan, for the program's fourth meeting all-time in program history. 

The Wildcats
Northern Michigan entered the season with one of the hardest opening stretches in the country. The Wildcats faced four straight ranked opponents in UMass, Ohio State, Colorado College and Michigan State. During the stretch, NMU was outscored 34-12. 

NMU is led by Caiden Gault and Jakub Altrichter with a team high of four points. Gault leads the Wildcats with four goals, while Altrichter has four assists. William Gramme and Oliver Auyeung-Ashton have split time between the pipes, with both earning CCHA Player of the Week honors this season. 

The Vikings
Augustana comes into the weekend on a two-game losing streak after it was swept by Bemidji State on Oct. 24-25. The Vikings fell in overtime in last Friday's game, 1-0, before they dropped Saturday's contest, 3-2. 

Throughout the opening month of hockey, Augustana has recorded a record of 3-3 with wins over Minnesota Duluth and Arizona State. During those six games, Augustana has tallied 16 goals. Hunter Bischoff and Colton Friesen lead the Vikings with three goals each. Bischoff and Hayden Hennen pilot the Vikings offense with a team-high five points each. 

Augustana has garnered two weekly award winners, H. Hennen and Leo Bulgakov were named CCHA Players of the Week after the Vikings' weekend sweep over then No. 15/16 Arizona State.