No. 19 Minnesota State (11-7-2, 7-5-2 WCHA) at UAH (7-13-2, 7-7-2 WCHA)
WHEN	Friday, Jan. 6 & Saturday, Jan. 7 at  7 p.m.
WHERE	Propst Arena at the Von Braun Center | Tickets
FOLLOW	Live Stats | WCHA.tv | Game Notes
SOCIAL MEDIA	Twitter (@GameDayUAH)

PROMOS: The Chargers will be giving away UAH hockey team photos, courtesy of SportsMed, for the first 500 fans to Friday night's contest, while Saturday's featured promotion will be the fifth trading card set of 2016-17, sponsored by Colonial Printing, for the initial 500 in attendance.

KIDS IN FREE: Children ages 12 and under receive free admission to all UAH hockey home games for the 2016-17 season, courtesy of Huntsville International Airport. Fans can purchase hockey tickets by visiting the VBC Box Office or by calling (256) UAH-PUCK to purchase group tickets. Tickets can also be purchased through Ticketmaster.com.

NEW YEAR: UAH now sits at 7-13-2 overall and 7-7-2 in WCHA play heading into the New Year, after slipping in a pair of overtime contests this past Friday and Saturday night against UMass and Mercyhurst, respectively, in the Minnesota-hosted Mariucci Classic. The Chargers sit in a two-way tie with upcoming opponent No. 19 Minnesota State with 23 league points.
 
UPCOMING WEEKEND: The Chargers jump back into WCHA play on Friday and Saturday at home with a visit from Minnesota State at the Von Braun Center, which will be the Blue & White's fifth home league series of the 2016-17 campaign. UAH holds an all-time record of 19-27-7 against MSU and a mark of 13-10-3 in Huntsville, with the last series ending in a pair of ties in 2015-16 on Feb. 12-13 at the VBC.
 
HOMETOWN LEADER: Huntsville native Josh Kestner remains atop the UAH offense with a career-best 17 points (6g-11a) this season after chipping in an assist against UMass on Friday. After not recording a point against Ferris State on Dec. 3-4, Kestner has totaled two goals and three assists in four contests which has propelled him to rank sixth in points (17) and tied for eighth in assists (11) within the WCHA.
 
CONSISTENT OFFENSE: Junior alternate captain Max McHugh reached 60 career points from 26 goals and 34 assists with the Chargers lone marker in the Mariucci Classic opener against UMass, giving the Seattle native seven goals and eight assists for 15 points this season. McHugh is tied for the team lead in goals (7) and is second on the roster in points (15).
 
FINDING THE NET: Brandon Parker netted his fifth goal in seven games with his sixth tally of the season against UMass on Saturday to raise his season point total to 10 with an additional four assists in 2016-17. For the month of December, Parker paced all WCHA defensemen with four goals and was tied with fellow UAH defenseman Cam Knight with .83 points per game.
 
DEFENSE PRODUCING: The Chargers defense has made a significant impact on the offensive end during the month of December, as the squad's defensemen led the WCHA and tied for 12th nationally with 2.50 points per game. During the six games in December, the Chargers saw the most production from the blue line from Brandon Parker (4g-1a), Cam Knight (1g-4a) and Kurt Gosselin (3g-0a).

MAVERICKS PROFILE: Minnesota State enters the weekend with an 11-7-2 overall record and a 7-5-2 mark within the WCHA, after most recently splitting a nonconference series at Princeton on Dec. 16-17. The Mavericks offense is led by December's WCHA Rookie of the Month Marc Michaelis with 26 points (10g-16a), while Cole Huggins and Jason Pawloski have split time in goal for a 2.53 goals against average and a .900 save percentage.