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After Big Ten play started last season, all teams are back to non-conference slates this Thanksgiving weekend. Minnesota is on a two-game losing streak, its first of the season, but are facing a considerably different Boston College team than last years Frozen Four contestant. Both teams have been inconsistent this season, but Michigan should at least be able to take one at home.

Penn State (7-3-2) vs. Cornell (3-4-1) : Nov. 29 at 8 p.m.

The Nittany Lions return to action after splitting a series with Michigan and falling 8-1 to the Wolverines on Saturday. Penn State was on a four-game winning streak against AHA teams, but is 2-2 in its last four games.

Taylor Holstrom is tied for fourth in the country with 17 points, and he leads the Big Ten in scoring. After a season of Matthew Skoff starting, Penn States goalkeeping has turned to a rotation. Eamon McAdam started the last two games, but, Matthew Skoff is getting the nodthis weekend, the Central Daily Times reported.

After a rough start to the the season when it took Cornell five games to finally get a win, the Big Red are 3-1 in their last four, which includes a pair of wins against Ivy foes Yale and Brown last weekend.