Want to listen to some intelligent Gophers men’s hockey talk, check out Stub & Herb’s at Washington and Oak in Stadium Village at 7 p.m. Thursday for the second edition of Puck Chatter.

The updated star-studded lineup, according to DougWoog,includes:

* formerGopherscoaches Woog and Glen Sonmor

* broadcaster Frank Mazzacco from Fox Sport Net North

* Wally Shaver from the Gopher Radio Network; Sonmor works with him now

* former Gophers players Justin Johnson, Tom Chorske and probably Paul Broten … Johnson is now the goalie coach for St. Cloud State

* some North Dakota coaches (boo, boo — OK,people be nice)

There will be a Q and A with the event’s hosts, Gopher hockey door prizes, and video highlights.

After Thursday, Puck Chatter will move to Saturday and will be be held two more times, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Sat., Feb. 23 before a home game with Wisconsin andfrom 3:30-4:30 p.m. on Sat., March 8 before the last regular-season game with Minnesota Duluth.

I plan on attending Thursday and, if you can’t go, check for Puck Chatter highlights that night on this blog.

WEEKLY WCHA AWARDS

Michigan Tech forward Jimmy Kerr and Minnesota State Mankato forward Jason Wiley were the conference’s co-Offensive Players of the Week. Kerr had a goal and three assists as Tech tied and beat league-leading CC.

Wiley, a sophomore from Bloomington, had two goals and two assists as the Mavericks swept St. Cloud State.

North Dakota forward T.J. Oshie also was nominated for the award.

The Defensive Player of the Week was UMD goalie Alex Stalock, a sophomore from South St. Paul. He stopped 49 of 50 shots as the Bulldogs beat UMass-Lowell 1-0 and 4-1.

Goalies Shane Connelly of Wisconsin and Jean-Philippe Lamoureux were among other playersnominated for the award.

The Rookie of the Week was freshman Patrick Johnson of Wisconsin. He had a goal and two assists against Minnesota.

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