A string of four straight road games begins this weekend for the Minnesota Wilderness. Minnesota meets the Janesville Jets in a 2-game series at the Janesville Arena in Janesville, WI on March 7 and 8.
The two squads will get to know each other very well over the next month. The Wilderness and Jets will meet six times between March 7 and April 4. After this weekend, they will play again in Cloquet on March 21 and 22 and April 3 and 4.
Their only previous games this season were in Janesville on Dec. 6 and 7. The Wilderness won both games by scores of 5-1 and 7-2.
Last weekend, both teams split their respective 2-game series. The Wilderness (21-22-4) hosted Wisconsin, and fell to the Windigo Friday, 5-1, before bouncing back with a 4-1 victory Saturday.
Janesville (14-27-6) was on the road at Springfield where the Jets won in a shootout Friday, 4-3, while the Jr. Blues took Saturday’s game, 3-1.
Both games this weekend are scheduled to begin at 7:05 p.m.
Media: NAHLTV.com
Midwest Division standings:
| Place | Team | Games Played | Points | This weekend’s opponent |
| 1 | Wisconsin | 47 | 69 | 2 games vs. Chippewa |
| 2 | Fairbanks | 46 | 62 | 2 games vs. Anchorage |
| 3 | Anchorage | 46 | 61 | 2 games @ Fairbanks |
| 4 | Chippewa | 46 | 52 | 2 games @ Wisconsin |
| 5 | Springfield | 46 | 47 | 3 games @ Kenai River |
| 6 | Wilderness | 47 | 46 | 2 games @ Janesville |
| 7 | Kenai River | 47 | 45 | 3 games vs. Springfield |
| 8 | Janesville | 47 | 34 | 2 games vs. Wilderness |
Tale of the Tape:
| Team | GF | GA | PP | PK |
| Wilderness | 164 | 170 | 44 for 214 (20.6%) | 29 for 175 (83.4%) |
| Janesville | 118 | 180 | 21 for 157 (13.4%) | 46 for 186 (75.3%) |