St. Cloud, MN – The St. Cloud State University Huskies have added two European players to their pipeline with the recent commitment of Verner Miettinen (Espoo, Finland) and Martins Lavins (Riga, Latvia). As neither player has signed a National Letter of Intent as required by the NCAA, the SCSU coaches cannot comment on these…
St. Cloud, MN – In terms of hockey progression, Jack Peart has been on an accelerated fast-track since youth hockey. Having turned 18 years old in the past month, the St. Cloud State University freshman has yet another challenge ahead of him as he joins the national runner-up Huskies for the 2021-22 season. I had…
St. Cloud, MN – Fifteen years ago I took a trip to Pembroke, Ontario via Ottawa to attend the Fred Page Cup Tournament, a Canadian junior hockey tournament that’s been played since 1995. The Fred Page Cup is given to the winner of a round-robin playoff between the Bogart Cup champions of the Central Canada…
St. Cloud, MN – It’s been twenty years since the St. Cloud State University Huskies have had a Swede on their roster. It’s been twenty-five seasons since they rostered a goaltender from Sweden. It looks like the drought is over with a commitment from a goaltender, Isak Posch, a native of Umea, Sweden located on…
St. Cloud, MN – One week post the Huskies 5-0 loss to UMass in the NCAA Division I National Championship game I finally took the time to watch the replay of the ESPN broadcast. I always find my perspective changes when I let the dust settle a bit before allowing emotion to take precedence over…
Pittsburgh, PA – All it took was a goal by defenseman Aaron Bohlinger at 7:26 of period one to dispatch the SCSU Huskies in the championship game of the Frozen Four at the PPG Arena in Pittsburgh on Saturday, April 10th. They added four more before the end of regulation but it was the first…
Pittsburgh, PA – When the St. Cloud State University Huskies hit the ice tonight at the Pittsburgh Paints Arena they’ll be in rarified territory. No SCSU hockey team has ever gone this deep in the season in the history of Division I hockey. They’ll be facing Hockey East’s University of Massachusetts in the National Championship…
Pittsburgh, PA – Junior forward Nolan Walker has been St.Cloud State’s rabbit foot during the 2021 NCAA tournament. On Thursday vs Minnesota State University, Walker deflected a puck past the Mavericks Dryden McKay with 53.2 seconds remaining to complete a comeback win and a date with the University of Massachusetts in the national championship game…
Pittsburgh, PA – It was October thirty-three years ago that I walked into the Municipal Arena in St. Cloud and newly installed St. Cloud State University hockey coach Craig Dahl floated a practice roster to me from his viewing perch. For me, it began a journey of watching a program grow through the next three…
St. Cloud, MN – The St. Cloud State University Huskies have appeared in 15 NCAA tournaments since the 1988-89 season. Their all-time record in the NCAA tournament is 8-16. Here’s an illustrated history with capsule summaries of games going back to their first appearance in 1988-89: 1988-89 (Independent) Record: 19-16-2 Coach: Craig Dahl March 18-19,…
St. Cloud, MN – The St. Cloud State University Huskies were scheduled to host the Minnesota State University Mavericks on October 16 and 17, 2020 at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, MN. That contest never happened due to the elimination of the non-conference schedule in the 2020-21 season. Who knew the…
Albany, NY – The St. Cloud State Huskies rallied from a 1-0 first period deficit with three second period goals en route to a 4-1 win over #1 seed Boston College in the Northeast Regional Championship in Albany, NY on Sunday, March 28. It was another impressive win over a Boston team loaded with NHL…
Albany, NY – In one of the biggest games in St. Cloud State University hockey history, the Huskies face #1 seed Boston College in the Northeast Regional championship game for the prize of participating in the Frozen Four in Pittsburgh, PA April 8-10. If successful, the Huskies will return to the site of their only…
Albany, NY – It’s been 21 years since the Huskies last faced Boston University. By coincidence, it was in the NCAA Regional Tournament and it was in Albany, NY. Different year, different result. After a scoreless first period, the Huskies scored six times including three in the final period to dispatch Hockey East’s Terriers by…
St. Cloud MN – The NCAA bound St. Cloud State University Huskies circle back to play a team they faced twenty-one years ago in the NCAA East Regional. #2-seeded SCSU will face Hockey East’s Boston University Terriers, the #3 seed on Saturday, March 27th at the Times Union Center in Albany, NY. This will be…
