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Todd Milewski of the Wisconsin State Journal and UMD Play-By-Play Announcer Zach Schneider talk with Kelly Hinseth and the Duluth News Tribune's Matt Wellens about the upcoming national championship game between Ohio State and Wisconsin, the weekend in Duluth and more. Live from Amsoil Arena.

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Minnesota Duluth's Gabbie Hughes talks with Kelly Hinseth and the Duluth News Tribune's Matt Wellens about her college career coming to an end, her future in hockey, and working more with Sophie's Squad to promote mental health awareness.

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The Rink Live's Kelly Hinseth talks with Ohio State women's hockey players Gabby Rosenthal and Jennifer Gardiner before the Buckeyes take on Northeastern in a national semifinal on Friday.

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The Rink Live's Kelly Hinseth talks with Wisconsin's Jesse Compher and Britta Curl before the Badgers play Minnesota on Friday for a spot in the national championship game.

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The Rink Live's Kelly Hinseth talks with Minnesota Gophers head coach Brad Frost about the team's road to Duluth and playing in a national semifinal against a known opponent in Wisconsin, then chats with sisters Emily and Grace Zumwinkle about playing together and what it would be like to win a national championship.

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Nadine Muzerall has won a national championship as a player and as a coach. On The Rink Live podcast, she talks about the challenges for her top-ranked team and previews the national semifinals game.

A look at how UND, SCSU got to the NCHC Frozen Faceoff, the Gophers chances in the women's Frozen Four and the men's conference title game and our panel makes predictions for this weekend's playoffs.

Kyler Kupka grew up in Camrose, Alberta, which is about a three-hour drive to the north of Calgary. He grew up working on a family farm and his dad built a pretty cool outdoor rink for him every year that was so close that Kupka brought a toaster and bread to the warming house. His twin brother did not play hockey, but both his older brother and father played hockey, though Kupka has played at the highest levels among them.

Kupka was off to a great start this season (2 goals, 6 assists in his first 8 games) when he had to go in for an appendectomy. He could not skate for three weeks, but has come back and is having the best season of his career. Kupka talks about all of this and helps preview this weekend's playoff series against Minnesota Duluth with The Rink Live's Mick Hatten on this episode of the Huskies Hockey Insider podcast.

The Rink Live's Sydney Wolf and Eli Swanson take a look at the MSHSL Boys Hockey Tournament brackets and preview the matchups coming up this week at the Xcel Energy Center.

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Lots of similarities occurred in last weekend's NCHC series between St. Cloud State and Minnesota Duluth. UMD had leads after the first period in both games, but SCSU scored two goals in the second period in both games and each ended up one-goal games. Matt Wellens and Mick Hatten break down last weekend's series and the rematch in the opening round of the NCHC playoffs this weekend in St. Cloud.

In Grand Forks, North Dakota picked up five out of six points against Nebraska Omaha, which ended up finishing third in the NCHC. Brad Schlossman talks about that series and this weekend's rematch between the two teams in the first round of the NCHC playoffs, this time in Omaha.

In the Big 10, top-seeded Minnesota took an interesting approach to the off week and Jess Myers discusses what the Gophers did with the absence of games. Myers also talks about the Big 10 playoffs, which saw Michigan sweep Wisconsin and Ohio State beat Penn State in three games and Michigan State beat Notre Dame in three games.

In the WCHA, Ohio State beat UMD in the semifinals, but the Buckeyes ended up losing the Final Faceoff championship game to Minnesota. The Gophers beat Wisconsin in the semifinals. UMD and Minnesota are in the same regional for the NCAA tournament and that regional will be played at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis. Myers and Wellens discuss the outlook for the Gophers and Bulldogs, respectively.

Host Sydney Wolf also talks about the boys state hockey tournaments, which will be played this week in St. Paul.

The question of the week is: Who is your vote for MVP of the league(s) you cover for the regular season?