The nation­ally No. 6-ranked Bulldog hockey team hosts the No. 2-ranked Miami RedHawks this week­end in a crit­i­cal CCHA series.

The Bulldogs and RedHawks are tied for first in the CCHA stand­ings with 34 points each. Michigan State, which has played two more con­fer­ence games than both teams, is just behind with 33 points.

Earlier this sea­son, Ferris claimed two shootout vic­to­ries and four of the six points in a series at Miami. The Bulldogs swept Notre Dame in South Bend last week­end, while the RedHawks were swept by non-conference oppo­nent Robert Morris University.

Ferris, unde­feated in its last 12 CCHA con­tests, will be with­out fresh­man cen­ter Travis Ouellette for the series. Ouellette, tied for third in goals with six this sea­son, was sus­pended two games by the CCHA for check­ing Notre Dame defense­man Teddy Ruth in the back dur­ing last Sunday’s game.

The RedHawks’ sopho­more goal­tender Cody Reichard and the Bulldogs’ junior goal­tender Pat Nagle are the top two goalies in the nation in aver­age goals allowed per game this season.

The bat­tle begins at 7:05 p.m. on Friday at Ewigleben Ice Arena. The teams will con­clude the series on Saturday begin­ning at 5:05 p.m.

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