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Matt Wellens

College hockey reporter

is a college hockey reporter for the Duluth News Tribune covering the He also co-hosts a weekly UMD hockey podcast during the season called

Matt has been covering the Bulldogs since the start of the 2014-15 season. His days covering college hockey go back to the 2003-04 season while a student at Northern Michigan University. It was at the start of the 2018-19 season that he, Zach Schneider of My 9 Sports and News Tribune multimedia producer Sam Erkkila launched the .

Matt also leads coverage of for the Duluth News Tribune.

matt wellens reporting
Duluth News Tribune sports reporter Matt Wellens interviews Minnesota Duluth head coach Scott Sandelin during NCHC Media Day on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
Clint Austin / Duluth Media Group

Two wins in Kalamazoo, Mich. this weekend against the Broncos would clinch a league quarterfinal series March 13-15 at Amsoil Arena.
The Cohasset native could tie and break the NCAA record for consecutive starts by a goaltender this weekend when Minnesota Duluth hosts North Dakota at Amsoil Arena
DULUTH — Freshman forward Brandon Puricelli is no longer with the Minnesota Duluth men’s hockey program after a violation of team rules, an athletic department official confirmed Monday, Jan. 20.
UMD gets a bit of redemption from last year's tournament, from an early season sweep in Bemidji and from Saturday's tie against the Mavericks
Sandelin and U.S. National Junior Team ousted by Finland in quarterfinals of World Junior Championship.
UMD opens against Minnesota State-Mankato on Saturday while St. Cloud State takes on Bemidji State at Amsoil Arena.
It's the second year the back-to-back national championships are slotted No. 1 by the media during the preseason
15-year-old defenseman Hudson Thornton verbally commits
UMD men welcome five freshmen while the women bring in three for the upcoming season
DULUTH -- The No. 13 wasn't just lucky for Minnesota Duluth in Saturday night's 3-2 double-overtime victory over St. Cloud State in the NCHC Frozen Faceoff championship at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.