Tonight's WCHA Final Five quarterfinal game between fifth-seed St. Cloud State and fourth-seed North Dakota features two teams that have battled injuries all year and tonight's lineups show that. The Fighting Sioux have been not had a healthy scratch for most of the season and by necessity are only dressing 11 forwards. The Huskies, meanwhile, are playing defenseman Jarrod Rabey on their top forward line.
Mike Lee is expected to get the start for St. Cloud State while Aaron Dell looks to be between the pipes for North Dakota.
St. Cloud State Huskies Line Combinations
Forwards
Ben Hanowski (#10) - Travis Novak (#12) - Jarrod Rabey (#2)
Jared Festler (#11) - Nic Dowd (#26) - David Eddy (#22)
Nick Oliver (#27) - Cory Thorson (#8) - Brooks Bertsch (#21)
Garrett Milan (#18) - Joe Rehkamp (#16) - Joey Holka (#17)
Defense
Andrew Prochno (#28) - Nick Jensen (#14)
Kevin Gravel (#7) - Tim Daly (#40)
Sam Zabkowicz (#3) - Taylor Johnson (#4)
Goalies (bold indicates starter)
Mike Lee (#30)
Ryan Faragher (#29)
Joe Phillippi (#33)
University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux Line Combinations
Forwards
Brock Nelson (#29) - Corban Knight (#10) - Danny Kristo (#7)
Mark MacMillan (#16) - Carter Rowney (#27) - Michael Parks (#15)
Stehane Pattyn (#28) - Mario Lamoureux (#9) - Joe Gleason (#20)
Dan Senkbell (#8) - Connor Gaarder (#13) - (No Right Wing)
Defense
Derek Forbort (#4) - (#24 Ben Blood)
Andrew MacWilliam (#2) - Nick Mattson (#5)
Dillon Simpson (#18) - Andrew Panzarella (#22)
Goalies (bold indicates starter)
Aaron Dell (#32)
Brad Eidsness (#31)
Tate Maris (#35)
Tonight's game starts from the Xcel Energy Center at 7 p.m. Central on Fox Sports North. You can also watch online at www.foxsportsnorth.com where a Director's Cut is available. The winner faces first-seed Minnesota tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the semifinals.