St. Cloud, MN – Although it’s the “Dog Days of Summer” things are moving forward on the college hockey landscape. Here’s some updates that may be of interest: Huskies Return to School With SCSU classes scheduled to begin on August 24, members of the SCSU men’s hockey team have returned to campus including international students.…
St. Cloud, MN – There is no less than twenty-three companies in the United States that are working on coronavirus vaccines and treatments. The announcement within the last week by Moderna Inc. that they completed a successful Phase I trial of their RNA-based vaccine immediately created a rally in the US stock market. It was…
St. Cloud, MN – After 12 years with the St. Cloud State University Huskies and 23 years as a collegiate coach, Mike Gibbons announced his retirement on March 19th. On May 23rd, the Huskies announced the hiring of veteran hockey coach Dave Shyiak as Gibbons successor as Associate Head Coach. The 53 year-old Shyiak brings…
St. Cloud, MN – In a surprise development, defenseman, Josh Luedtke of Minnetonka, MN announced his commitment to St. Cloud State University via Twitter on May 2nd. Luedtke announced “Honored to announce my commitment to play hockey at St. Cloud State University! I can’t thank God, my family, teammates, coaches and everyone who has supported…
St. Cloud, MN – I read an interesting piece this week by Tony Ferrari @theTonyFerrari of Dobber Prospects titled Searching for the Next ‘Elite Pest’. The posting discussed the rarity of NHL prospects exhibiting the characteristics of what he described as the “skilled pest” or “Brad Marchand archetype”, a player that has the ability to…
The University of Minnesota-Duluth added another name to it’s long list of Hobey Baker winners as defenseman, Scott Perunovich was named the 2019-20 winner on Saturday, April 11. In an odd late night announcement by ESPN (11:00PM ET) on a day in which the Frozen Four Championship would have been played, Perunovich was introduced as…
St. Cloud, MN – With the flurry of commitments to the Huskies over the past two weeks, incoming defenseman, Brady Ziemer may have been lost in the shadows a bit. With his trademark flowing locks of hair, Brady Ziemer has this baby boomer longing for the days when I was part of a “hair line”…
(This story was previously imbedded in a March 28 update) St. Cloud, MN – With the departure of seniors Jack Ahcan and Clark Kuster who logged 33 and 27 games respectively, the Huskies needed the addition of two defenseman to round out their roster for the 2020-21 season. Carver, MN native and former Holy Family…
St. Cloud, MN – The SCSU Huskies completed their recruiting for the 2020-21 season with the commitment of forward Jack Johnston of the North American Hockey League’s Fairbanks Ice Dogs. Johnston announced on Twitter on April 7th “Very proud and excited to announce my commitment to further my education and hockey career at St. Cloud…
St. Cloud, MN – Currently, the NCAA has mandated a “Dead Period” in Division I college hockey with coaches not allowed to meet face-to-face with a recruit or do any in-person scouting. Regardless, it has not curtailed the efforts of the St. Cloud State University coaching staff as they scored their second commitment in two…
2020-21 St. Cloud State University Hockey Schedule The following is the unofficial schedule for the 2020-21 season. The NCHC schedule includes six home series and six road series. SCSU will face all teams twice with the exception of North Dakota and Colorado College. The Huskies will face Colorado College at home and North Dakota on…
St. Cloud, MN – With the NCAA suspending all winter tournaments we’ll have an asterisk in the record book for the 2020 Frozen Four which was scheduled to be played April 9-11 in Detroit. North Dakota of the NCHC finished the season as the top-ranked team in the Pairwise and Cornell ended up as the…
St. Cloud, MN – The SCSU Huskies plugged another hole at forward with the commitment of Grand Forks, ND native Mason Salquist. Salquist, who just turned 20 in March, announced via Twitter on April 4 ” I am very proud to announce my commitment to play Division I college hockey at St. Cloud State University.…
St. Cloud, MN – A mere two weeks ago, the SCSU Huskies were preparing to face the Western Michigan Broncos in the first round of the NCHC playoffs in Kalamazoo, MI. Since then, our world has changed in unprecedented ways – in a way we’ve never experienced in our lifetime. Any entertainment relying on a…
St. Cloud, MN – St. Cloud State University assistant men’s hockey coach Mike Gibbons announced his retirement today after 44 years coaching hockey at various amateur and professional levels. Coach Gibbons announced via Twitter “After having spent the last 40 years living the dream of coaching hockey, I have made the decision to retire. I…
