Two Panthers prospects, North Dakota's Corban Knight and Minnesota's Kyle Rau, were honored by the WCHA for their performance last weekend. Knight scored 3 goals and 4 points for the Fighting Sioux in their win and tie over Michigan Tech and was named WCHA Player of the Week.
Rau had 3 assists in the Gophers' sweep of Bemidji State and was named WCHA Rookie of the Week. The two were joined by Minnesota goalie Kent Patterson (Colorado) in being honored.