The St. Cloud State University men's hockey team opened up their last road series of the regular season with a win over Omaha, the Gopher men's hockey team earned a shutout win to start their final series of the season, and the Gopher women's hockey team shutout St. Thomas in game one of the WCHA First Round series Friday. The SCSU women's hockey team dropped their WCHA opener to Duluth, the Granite City Lumberjacks and St. Cloud Norsemen both lost divisional matchups, the Timberwolves were bested at home by the Hornets, and the Wild dropped an OT decision in Toronto. On Saturday the St. Johns University and College of St. Benedict hockey teams will both take on Augsburg in the semifinal round of the MIAC Tournament, the SJU baseball team will take the field for the first time this season to face Luther in a double-header, the Gopher men's basketball team will visit Nebraska, and the Minnesota Twins will kick-off spring training with a matchup against the Rays followed by another game against Baltimore.