The nation­ally No. 8-ranked Ferris hockey team could be with­out two key ath­letes this week­end against Michigan.

Senior Bulldog cap­tain Cody Chupp suf­fered a hip injury dur­ing Saturday’s con­test against Miami. He was taken to the hos­pi­tal, where X-rays came back neg­a­tive. Ferris head coach Bob Daniels said Chupp did not prac­tice Monday or Tuesday. Daniels said Chupp may play this week­end, but he will not make a final deci­sion until Friday morning.

“It’s going to be close,” said Daniels, “Certainly if he doesn’t play this week­end, I fully expect him to be ready for the two games at Ohio State.”

Junior defense­man Scott Wietecha was also injured against Miami and is ques­tion­able for this week­end as well.  Daniels said Wietecha was one day ahead of Chupp in terms of prac­tic­ing this week, but will wait until Friday to make a final decision.

“He has to be cleared by the train­ers and doc­tors,” said Daniels, “They get the final call on all of that.”

Ferris plays the Michigan Wolverines in Ann Arbor on Friday at 8:05 p.m. The series will con­clude on Saturday at 8:05 p.m. in Big Rapids.