Matchup: The Regular season begins Friday at Suburban Ice Rochester against #16 UM-Dearborn (7:40pm) and Saturday in Dearborn (7:00pm). This is the first meeting between the two teams since February of 2018.

Scouting Oakland: Oakland is led up front by forward Corey Schultheis, with two goals and three assists. Forward Lance Markowitz has two goals and forward Stefano Mini has two goals and one assist. Defenseman Alec Antle has scored one goal and added one assist and Shane Bentley has scored one goal. In net Jacob Zomick has a save percentage of 94% and a 1.95 goals againstĀ  average. Parker Remelius has a 2.05 goals against average and a saveĀ  percentage of 94%

Scouting UM-Dearborn: The Wolverines feature forward Brendan West who scored 32 goals and 45 assists last season. Forward Joey Cullinan has 5 points last season and Forward Mikhail Khudenko scored 20 goals. Last season on defense, Josh Makarchuk scored four goals and 24 assists and defenseman Jake Emery had 11 points. In net the Wolverines return Tanner Beals, who finished last season with a 2.55 goals against average and a save percentage of 91% and goalie Kayden Pickles with 2.88 goals against average and a save percentage of 92% last season.