DULUTH — Minnesota Duluth has played without 2026 Hobey Baker Memorial Award winner Max Plante since
to start October.
Plante, the 2025-26 NCHC Player of the Year, is out for a fourth consecutive week when the No. 7-ranked
at No. 9 Colorado College.
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So what kind of pressure are those around Plante feeling to put up points in the co-captain’s absence?
“You got to step up when your best player goes down, but there’s not necessarily more pressure to get points,” Bulldogs junior center Jayson Shaugabay said. “Just try to help your team win every night and if the points come, the points come.”
The points have come for UMD while
Plante continues to heal from a shoulder injury.
UMD’s scoring offense is 10th in the NCAA averaging 3.9 goals per game going into the 8 p.m. CDT league contests against the Tigers on Friday and Saturday at Ed Robson Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
UMD’s 31 total goals in eight games are the third-most in the NCAA. Leading the Bulldogs offense is Shaugabay and junior defenseman/co-captain Ty Hanson with 12 points each. That’s good for third in the NCAA as Halloween approaches.
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