USCHO.com's Game of the Week has No. 1 UMass visiting No. 8 Quinnipiac, with a return match at UMass on Saturday. Quinnipiac coach Rand Pecknold joins us for a preview.

Ed Trefzger and guest co-host Dan Rubin also preview some other key games, including:

No. 5 Notre Dame at No. 9 Penn State for a weekend series in the Big Ten;

A great rivalry series as No. 16 Clarkson is home and home with St. Lawrence;

A big weekend for Merrimack with No. 10 Providence and No. 13 Northeastern visiting;

A couple of key weekend series in the NCHC with No. 6 Denver at No. 14 North Dakota, and Omaha at No. 2 St. Cloud State;

Plus a non-conference series as No. 19 Arizona State visits Princeton.

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