St. Cloud, MN – In my several decades of following and reporting on college hockey I can honestly say this is probably the most unpredictable and perplexing start to a season I’ve witnessed. Just look at the all-too-early Pairwise rankings after this past weekend of play. Four of the top ten positions are held by…
St. Cloud, MN – With 66 days of near darkness, only four hours of daylight in December, and average January temperatures of 2.1 degrees fahrenheit, you must have some mental toughness to survive the winter months in Fairbanks, Alaska. Add to it the roughly 40,000 air miles traveling to and from the lower 48 states…
St. Cloud, MN – You can’t help but like this University of Alaska Fairbanks Nanook hockey team. They were nearly eliminated as a sport at UAF and shuttered for the 2020-21 season. They dealt with defections, and a rebuild of the program, and returned to finish 15th in the final Pairwise last season just missing…
ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S HOCKEY RELEASE | 10/21/2923 FAIRFIELD, Conn. –No. 13 St. Cloud State Women’s Hockey (7-2-0, 2-1-0 WCHA) shut out Lindenwood (3-5-0, 0-0-0 CHA) 5-0 on Saturday afternoon at Martire Family Arena to earn the 2023 Women’s Ice Breaker Championship. Fifth-year forward Klára Hymlárová recorded her second collegiate hat trick in the win…
ST. CLOUD STATE WOMEN’S HOCKEY RELEASE | Oct. 20, 2023 FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Senior goaltender Sanni Ahola extended her unprecedented season-opening shutout streak to four consecutive clean sheets as No. 13 St. Cloud State Women’s Hockey (6-2-0, 2-1-0 WCHA) blanked No. 10 Northeastern (5-3-0, 2-1-0 EAST) 2-0 on Friday afternoon at Martire Family Arena in the…
St. Cloud, MN – Finding even strength goals has been like a scavenger hunt for the Huskies through the first four games. With three even-strength goals and one extra attacker goal, the coaching staff sought the right line combinations to jump-start the offense. On Friday with a bunch of shuffled lines, they found some offense…
St. Cloud, MN – The SCSU Huskies attempt to rebound from last weekend’s sweep by the MSU Mavericks when they face the University of Alaska- Fairbanks Nanooks at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. This week wraps up three non-conference series before the team dives into NCHC conference play. #20 SCSU Huskies (1-3-0) vs UAF…
Minneapolis, MN – There was a time when it may have been intimidating to play the University of Minnesota Gophers at Ridder Arena. Rightfully so considering the Huskies have only defeated the Gophers once on the road since 1999. But, it’s a different time, team, and mentality. These days the #13 ranked Huskies expect to…
ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S HOCKEY RELEASE (10/16/23) BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – St. Cloud State Women’s Hockey freshman forward Alice Sauriol has been named the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) Rookie of the Week by the league office on Monday afternoon following a terrific series against Bemidji State. The honor is Sauriol’s first collegiate weekly award.…
St. Cloud, MN – It’s a different landscape in college hockey today. There was a time when a team lost a handful of key upperclassmen that it would take a year or two to rebuild. The era of the fifth-year player and a liberal transfer portal system gives a team the ability to reload immediately…
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