In this week’s RinkRap, a Yooper curse is lifted, and the champs roar in Mankato.

The Mason Cup semifinals are upon us. Expect a barnburner in the early game and a stern statement in the later game.

The semifinals of the Mason Cup CCHA Playoffs begin on March 11 as teams look to advance to the championship game and inch closer to the NCAA hockey tournament.

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Three GLIAC teams -- Northern Michigan, Ferris State and Parkside -- are among the field of 64 that will compete in the 2023 NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Championship, the NCAA Division II Men’s Committee announced late on Sunday evening.

This week's CCHA RinkRap focuses on the last four squads racin’ for Mason. A gunslinger prowls the Great Lakes, a masterful resurrection in Big Rapids, small games on the large ice of Marquette, and the Big Three of Minnesota State rekindle memories of an NHL dynasty.

It’s here, hockey’s version of March Madness, earlier and richer than its more ballyhooed sibling college hoops.

After a regular season full of surprises, the GLIAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments are set to start, with the higher-seeded team in each game earning the right to host those games.

Ordinarily, there would be four story capsules leading up to CCHA action this weekend, especially with Northern Michigan’s late-season sprint for home ice against Bowling Green, but this weekend belongs to the Michigan Tech-Minnesota State series.

This week on CCHA RinkRap: A scoring faucet is cranked wide open in Marquette, a Mankato-themed sequel in Bemidji and a gripping horse race for CCHA Rookie of the Year award.

Week 20 of the CCHA has all the makings of golf’s “Moving Day,” the Saturday of the majors when the power brokers jockey for position. Whether they admit it or not, both Ferris State and Bemidji will be watching the out-of-town scoreboard as they jostle for that all-important fourth place perch to guarantee home ice in the CCHA tournament.

Three mega series in the CCHA this weekend demand attention: A legend’s return to hockey’s Mecca, a carnival with an historic trophy on the line and three days in February – a series in Big Rapids previews the postseason.

This week in RinkRap: The UP's version of A Tale of Two Cities, a historic streak comes to an end, a coach reaches a milestone and a goalie owns Fridays.

In the words of iconic thoroughbred track announcer Dave Johnson, "Down the stretch they Come!"

This week in RinkRap: A twin celebration in Houghton, cleaning house up in the Soo and 20 becomes a magic number in Mankato.