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Matt Wellens

Duluth News Tribune

Duluth, MN, United States

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  • Grand Forks Herald
  • Brainerd Dispatch
  • The Dickinson Press
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  • WDAY TV News
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Past articles by Matt:

Women's WCHA still working toward 'attainable and agreeable' COVID-19 testing protocol for 2020-21 season

WCHA commissioner Jennifer Flowers says that's a bigger challenge for single-sport leagues like the WCHA and many others in college hockey compared to multisport leagues like the Big Ten. → Read More

2020 NHL Draft: Heated high school rivals Biondi and Smith can be friends again as Bulldogs and Canadiens

Biondi of Hermantown and Smith of St. Cloud were both taken in the fourth round Wednesday by Montreal. Seven months prior they were battling for a shot at a state championship in St. Paul. → Read More

2020 NHL Draft: Kaiser, Smith, Biondi taken by Blackhawks, Canadiens in third and fourth rounds

Kaiser is the first Bulldog off the board in the third round to Chicago while Smith and Biondi go in the fourth, both to Montreal. → Read More

2020 NHL Draft: Kaiser taken by Blackhawks in third round, one of two Bulldogs drafted thus far

UMD recruit Jack Smith out of St. Cloud went in the fourth round to Montreal. → Read More

October NHL Draft is the latest twist in an unorthodox freshman year for Bulldogs’ Biondi and Kaiser

2020 NHL Entry Draft begins Tuesday night with the first round, followed by rounds 2-7 on Wednesday after being pushed back from late June. → Read More

Reports: Former Bulldog Matt Niskanen planning to retire from NHL

Former Virginia/Mountain Iron-Buhl standout won the Stanley Cup with the Washington Capitals in 2018. → Read More

Former Bulldog Matt Niskanen retires after 13 seasons in NHL

Former Virginia/Mountain Iron-Buhl standout won the Stanley Cup with the Washington Capitals in 2018. → Read More

Bulldogs add Edmonton Oilers prospect, Cornell graduate transfer to blue line for 2020-21

Drafted in the third round in 2016, Matt Cairns will play his senior season at Minnesota Duluth. → Read More

Former Saints' hockey coach golfing 132 holes for Suicide Prevention Awareness month

Mark Wick will golf from sun up to sun down at Bulrush Golf Club in Rush City to raise funds and awareness for mental health. → Read More

College hockey leagues announce delay to 2020-21 season, pushing start back to late November or later

The Bulldogs men's and women's hockey programs won't take the ice until Nov. 20, at the earliest, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. → Read More

COVID-19 case postpones Duluth East, Cloquet girls soccer games

Member of the Greyhounds team tested positive; Thursday's games will try to be made up at a later date. → Read More

COVID-19 case postpones Duluth East/Cloquet girls soccer games

Member of the Greyhounds team tested positive; Thursday's games will try to be made up at a later date. → Read More

Suspension of sports in 2020 by NSIC a bad omen for NCHC, WCHA starting on time this season

College hockey leagues still evaluating whether 2020-21 season can begin in late September, early October. → Read More

Bulldogs fall sports the latest to miss out on NCAA championships because of COVID-19 pandemic

NCAA cancels Division II and III fall sports championship events; NSIC contemplates its next move for the fall → Read More

Matt Wellens column: If there is a 2020-21 college hockey season, what will it look like?

Breaking down possible scheduling scenarios for NCAA Division I hockey as the coronavirus pandemic rages on. → Read More

DAHA, Amsoil Arena hosting drive-in viewing party for Wild's NHL Stanley Cup Qualifiers

Games 1 and 2 of series vs. Vancouver Canucks are the latest features coming to the popular parking lot theater → Read More

Former Bulldogs' captain Zoe Hickel joins Ohio State coaching staff

Hickel led UMD women's hockey team in scoring as a senior before going on to win two World Championships with Team USA → Read More

COVID-19 pandemic forces delay of Bulldogs fall sports season

NSIC announces football, cross country, volleyball and soccer will not begin competition until late September, early October → Read More

Golf: Arrowhead Championship at Ridgeview an Anderson family summer tradition

With their teams not part of the NHL restart, former Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs Joey and Mike Anderson and their father Gerry, take part in this week's golf tournament in Duluth. → Read More

Golf: Pavelski, Fremont post top scores in Arrowhead qualifying Thursday

Both shoot 68 on Thursday at Ridgeview Country Club. → Read More