St. Cloud, MN – Highly touted Totino-Grace High School (MN) forward Austin Burnevik announced via Instagram on Saturday, July 31 his commitment to St. Cloud State University. He announced “I am extremely proud and honored to announce my commitment to further my hockey ad academic career at St. Cloud State University. Thank you to my…
Blaine, MN – There’s something distinctive and unique about holding the Robertson Cup championship game of the North American Hockey League (NAHL) at venerable Fogerty Ice Arena in Blaine, MN. Opened in 1982, it’s named after former Blaine mayor, Francis “Fran” Fogerty who was instrumental in the development of the facility that serves the communities…
St. Cloud, MN – There was a time in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system that you rarely saw anything other than a four-year contract for a head coach. These days, and specifically for college hockey you are seeing many more extended contracts for head hockey coaches. The current Master Agreement of the Minnesota…
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…
