The New York Rangers draft pick earned his first-career hat trick as No. 18 Colorado College hockey trounced visiting Minnesota Duluth 7-2 on Friday night as snow and arctic chills arrived in downtown Colorado Springs. The win snaps a five-game skid for the Tigers.

The Edmonton Oilers visit the Colorado Avalanche after Connor McDavid scored two goals in the Oilers' 5-3 win over the Minnesota Wild.

The Edmonton Oilers are in town for a Western Conference matchup as the Colorado Avalanche continue their five-game homestand. The Oilers will play their second game of a back-to-back tonight after taking a 5-3 win over the Minnesota Wild.

BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Wild head into a matchup with the Colorado Avalanche as winners of four games in a row. Minnesota has gone 26-11-4 overall with a 9-4-2 record in Central Division games. The Wild have a +16 scoring differential, with 125 total goals scored and 109 allowed.

First Period_1, Colorado, O'Connor 5 (Manson), 3:46. 2, Colorado, Colton 13, 16:52. 3, Minnesota, Bogosian 4 (Gaudreau, Trenin), 18:27. Penalties_Merrill, MIN (Slashing), 14:19.

With veteran defensemen Brock Faber, Jonas Brodin and Jared Spurgeon all missing with various ailments and newcomer David Jiricek making his Wild debut, the back end was sure to be at least part

The 27-14-4 Minnesota Wild are off tonight, getting some much needed rest for a roster that has dealt with injury blow, after injury blow for pretty much the entire season.

Simas Lukosius scored 16 points and Cincinnati escaped the Big 12 cellar, beating Colorado 68-62. Bangot Dak scored a career-high 19 points, had a career-high eight blocks, and grabbed eight rebounds for Colorado.

Colorado Avalanche (25-16-1, in the Central Division) vs. Minnesota Wild (26-11-4, in the Central Division) Saint Paul, Minnesota; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Avalanche -133 ...

BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Wild head into a matchup with the Colorado Avalanche as winners of four games in a row. Minnesota has gone 26-11-4 overall with a 9-4-2 record in Central Division games.

Facebook’s parent company is building Minnesota’s first mega data center in Rosemount to house its fast-growing need for computing muscle. Amazon and Microsoft bought land for large data centers near Xcel Energy’s soon-retiring coal plant in Becker.

Women’s professional hockey arrived in the Centennial State this weekend. The culmination of the PWHL Takeover celebration was a 4-2 victory Sunday for the Minnesota Frost against the Montreal Victoire at Ball Arena. The 14,018 fans set an American attendance record for a women’s professional game.