The No. 1-rated Gophers play Bemidji State at 7 p.m. Friday and 4 p.m. Saturday at Ridder Arena in WCHA women's hockey.

Minnesota (7-0-1, 5-0-1) is 58-4-6 all-time against the Beavers, including 4-0 last season. Bemidji State started the season 4-0 in nonconference under first-year coach James Scanlan but has lost four conference games since.

Junior defenseman Milica McMillen of the Gophers leads Division I players with five power-play goals this season. Teammate Hannah Brandt, a junior forward, got her 100th career assist last weekend in a sweep over North Dakota.

Hall of Fame ceremonies

Nine individuals will be inducted Saturday into Gustavus Adolphus' Athletics Hall of Fame.

The 2014 class: Tara Joosten Bubar, 1998, soccer; Stephen Erickson, '99, golf; David Jussila, '91, tennis; Melissa Ring, '99, track and field; Luke Schmidt, '99, basketball; Aaron Smith, '99, track and field; Bob Southworth, '99, football, basketball; Brent Staples, '98, football, hockey; and Dee Swenson, benefactor.

The same day, Hamline will induct four individuals and the 1973 men's cross-country team — the school's first to win an MIAC title in that sport — to the Pipers' Athletic Hall of Fame.

The new members: John Banovetz, '89, basketball; Lindsay Odom Kirkland, 2000, gymnastics; Michael Markuson, '83, football, and Dietric Williams, '94, track and field.

Etc.

• South Dakota State running back Zach Zenner, a senior from Eagan, was named a National Football Foundation scholar on Thursday and one of 17 finalists for the Campbell Trophy, given to the top college football scholar-athlete in the country. He will receive a $18,000 postgraduate scholarship in conjunction with the first honor. Zenner is a biology/pre-medicine major with a 3.87 grade-point average.

• The three-day MIAC Showcase in men's hockey will start Friday at the Schwan's Super Rink. Each of the nine conference teams will play two games but they will not count in the standings.

• Macalester's stadium turns 50 this week. It was dedicated Oct. 31, 1964. It was built for $540,000 and was one of the first venues with an artificial surface.