It won't be a game in familiar surroundings for the men's hockey team. But the foe -- Gustavus Adolphus -- is a team the Pipers already know well

Coach Doc DelCastillo takes his team to Rosemount, Minn. Friday, February 1 for its final local game of the 2012-13 season. The Pipers face Gustavus Adolphus in the opening game of a home and home series.  

Game time at the Rosemount Community Center is 7:00 p.m. (Directions to the arena can be accessed by clicking on this link. Simply type in your address and it will tell you the easiest way to get there.) 

These teams opened the season against each other October 26 in Blaine with the Gusties scraping out a 2-0 win.  Picked by the coaches to finish second in the annual preseason poll, the Gusties find themselves tied for seventh with Augsburg with a 3-5-2 mark (9-7-2 overall). Although they have been good defensively (G Tyler Venne ranks 4th in the league in goals-against and is fifth in save percentage), GAC has struggled to find goals. They have managed just 23 in 10 league games.

Hamline  comes into this final Twin Cities appearance with a 1-15-5 overall (1-8-3 MIAC) record. Tyler Johnson'sdramatic last-minute goal lifted HU into a 1-1 tie with St. John's on Friday night in Vadnais Heights. It was deja vu for two periods the next night in St. Cloud. SJU suddenly busted loose for four third period goals (one into an empty net) for a 5-1 win. 

The teams will meet in St. Peter on Saturday, February 2 at 7:05 p.m. Hamline wraps up the season next weekend at Concordia.