Just when it appeared to be a three-horse race for the Summit League men's regular season crowd, fourth-place North Dakota State ended third-place South Dakota State's 16-game home winning streak, and fifth-place South Dakota pulled out a thrilling win over first-place St. Thomas — the second league leader to come to Vermillion and lose in the last month.

Now, we have a five-horse race. John Gaskins explains why Eric Peterson's coaching has a lot to do with USD's surge over the last month, and why neither the Bison nor Coyotes — flawed, as they have been at times — could easily win the Summit League tournament and punch a ticket to the NCAA Tournament.

Then, it's hockey talk time! Augustana coach Garrett Raboin sits down with John at Sunny's Pizzeria for a glimpse into his building of an instant winner, and the building in which the Vikings play their games, Midco Arena. Augie is a Top 20 squad in just its second year of existence.
But mostly, learn about Raboin's hockey journey from the not-so-hockey-hotbed of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, to the USHL's Lincoln Stars, to walking on and becoming a captain at St. Cloud State, to time as a pro in Finland and Norway, to his 10 years as an assistant under former Sioux Falls Stampede coach Bob Motzko at SCSU and hockey powerhouse Minnesota.