Former Wild coach Jacques Lemaire’s New Jersey team is No. 1 in the ESPN.com power rankings. https://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/powerranking
Gophers forward Jordan Schroeder is one of 29 players expected at the U.S. World Junior’s preliminary camp that starts tomorrow and lasts through Saturday in Grand Forks. The camp will help determine who makes the U.S. squad for the International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championships to be held December 26-January 5 in Canada.
If Schroeder makes the team, he would become the first Minnesota player to participate in three World Junior Championships. Schroeder is already the U.S. all-time assists leader with 15. He led the U.S. team in scoring and ranked third overall in the tournament last year with three goals and eight assists for 11 points. He led all tournament players with seven assists. The U.S. finished fourth last year.
The Gophers play Iowa State in the December 31 Insight Bowl in Tempe, Arizona and Creative Charters of Stillwater has information on a travel package. https://www.creativecharter.com/
The Iowa State football roster on the school Website lists only four Minnesotans, sophomore tight end Carter Bykowski from Eden Prairie, freshman offensive lineman Taimon Moran-Hoyne of Bloomington Jefferson, junior wide receiver Jason Carlson from Robbinsdale Armstrong, and junior running back Alexander Robinson of DeLaSalle. Robinson rushed for 1,095 yards and was one of the most productive runners in the Big 12 this season.
The book GOPHER GLORY: The Pride of the Maroon & Gold will be promoted at Rosedale Center in Roseville on Saturday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The event will include the book’s author, ex-Gopher Jim Bruton, plus other former Gophers. Bruton and others will be available to sign copies of the book, on sale for $20. All proceeds benefit the “M” Club Scholarship Fund at the University.
Minnesota-Duluth, national champions in 2008, finished No. 5 in the American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches poll. Minnesota State, Mankato was No. 12.