The Big Red were one of the top defensive teams and demonstrated as much by holding UMD to a single goal over the weekend.

Though the goaltending tandem of Zach Stejskal and Matthew Thiessen wasn't quite up to par, the bigger problem for Duluth was the lack of scoring.

After the terrible stretch in the first half, Duluth looked much better in January and was able to get two wins over ranked teams when its offense finally woke up, albeit on an inconsistent basis.

At the start of February the team was nearly at .500 and still had a slim chance at an NCAA tournament berth but they were staring down a gauntlet of lethal opponents.

Cloud State to end the regular season, the team was dropped to 7th in the conference and had no chance at securing an at-large berth.