 After over two months away from the friendly confines of the Sanford Center, the BSU women's hockey team finally returns home this weekend. The Beavers first home series in 2017 won't be an easy one. They'll take on the nation's second ranked Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs. The Beavers went all one in one earlier in the season against UMD, but say both teams are completely different than the first time they met. At the start of the year everybody was coming into new roles. Even us, juniors, sophomores this year were taking on roles because we had so many seniors last year. So it's a big step for everyone, including the freshman, and everybody's kind of finding their place, finding their role, and we're kind of meshing as a team now. So I'm really excited to see how this series will be. We're feeling good about the way we're playing. We know that they're an outstanding team. You know, we have to try to do our best to try not to let that top line take the game over, and that's going to be a combination of everybody on the ice. Obviously, Britt's going to have to play well, but as a group we're just going to have to do a good job of making them play 200 feet, making them earn what they get, and if we can make them play defense all the better. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.