The surge St. Cloud State made at the end of the regular season and into the WCHA playoffs last season had people who follow the league wondering how good the Huskies could be if they had a full and healthy lineup. But the injury bug took just one hour into the first official day of … Read more
Our 2012-13 preview series continues with a look at the best returning defensemen in college hockey. Daver Karnosky reports.
The administration for the National Collegiate Hockey Conference continues to develop this summer with new additions to the league office staff. Verna Toller was hired recently as business operations manager while Mike Moran, a former longtime spokesman for the United States Olympic Committee, signed a short-term contract as a media relations consultant, commissioner Jim Scherr … Read more
St. Cloud State has announced the hiring of a familiar face as the team’s new assistant coach as Garrett Raboin will take over in that role for the 2012-13 season. Raboin, who played at SCSU from 2006-10 and ranks fourth all-time in defensemen scoring with 83 points, played pro hockey in Europe the past two … Read more
Nebraska-Omaha announced Tuesday that Steve Johnson has been named the team’s new assistant coach, replacing Mike Hastings, who left UNO to take the head coach position at Minnesota State. “I’m very pleased to have a coach of Steve’s caliber fill the void left by Mike Hastings’ departure,” said Nebraska-Omaha coach Dean Blais in a news … Read more
Joe Novak could hardly contain his excitement this February while he read the job advertisement for the director of hockey operations at the new National Collegiate Hockey Conference. “As I read the description I saw it was a perfect fit,” he said. “I jumped on it right away. This position is both a great challenge … Read more
The new National Collegiate Hockey Conference expects to make “two pretty big announcements by Wednesday of next week,” commissioner Jim Scherr said on Tuesday. Details were few, but Scherr will be in Minneapolis next Tuesday after spending the weekend in Naples, Fla., where he will talk with league officials and coaches attending the American Hockey … Read more
St. Cloud State junior goaltender Mike Lee has signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Phoenix Coyotes. Lee posted an 8-6-2 record with a 2.23 goals against average and a .930 save percentage in 16 games this season and also served as SCSU’s captain. “Mike had a tremendous career here at St. Cloud State and … Read more
St. Cloud State junior forward David Eddy will forgo his senior season at SCSU after signing a two-year contract with the Calgary Flames on Tuesday. Eddy will report to the Abbotsford Heat of the American Hockey League. Eddy completed the 2011-12 season with nine goals and 25 points. He finishes his three-year career at SCSU … Read more
St. Cloud State announced Friday that Heather Weems, associate athletics director and senior woman administrator at Drake University, has been named athletic director at SCSU, effective July 1. Weems will take over for retiring athletic director Morris Kurtz, who has been at St. Cloud State since 1984. “We are pleased to welcome Heather Weems and … Read more
A four-story addition to St. Cloud State’s National Hockey Center will increase by one-third the size of the 23-year-old facility, paving the way in late 2012 for its expanded use as a regional events center, the school announced at a groundbreaking ceremony Friday. The $14.7 million construction project beginning this spring will be substantially complete … Read more
Dave Starman returns with quick thoughts on topics around college hockey.
It’s still just in the early stages, but according to a report in the Star Tribune, in late January 2014, the five Division I schools in Minnesota will play in a tournament at the Xcel Energy Center. “We are very close to getting it done,” Minnesota AD Joel Maturi said in the story. “We have … Read more
St. Cloud State sophomore forward Cam Reid has left the team to join the Portland Winterhawks of the Western Hockey League, according to the St. Cloud Times. “[Portland] offered to have me play center on the first line with their top two players [Ty Rattie and Sven Bartschi],” Reid said in the story. “I talked … Read more
St. Cloud State has added forward Joe Rehkamp to the active roster and he will be eligible to play this weekend against Western Michigan. The 20-year-old Rehkamp played this season with the USHL’s Waterloo Black Hawks and from 2009-11 with the Fargo Force. With Fargo, Rehkamp played one season in 2009-10 under coach Steve Johnson, … Read more
Another New Year’s Eve matchup with Canada wraps up a challenging opening four games for the Americans. Jim Connelly reports.
St. Cloud State sophomore forward Mitch MacMillan has left the team and a report in Tuesday’s St. Cloud Times says his departure had to do with ice time. MacMillan had played in 14 of SCSU’s 20 games thus far, but was a healthy scratch in the last three. “I wasn’t happy there with my playing … Read more
It looks like Alabama-Huntsville will be around next season, after all, but what will be the lasting effects of the turmoil? Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski talk about that, a first half of mediocrity, which teams are breaking out of that and the week ahead in Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
The new National Collegiate Hockey Conference may have its first commissioner hired by Christmas, Colorado College athletic director Ken Ralph said Wednesday. The top choice of the three finalists, a group that includes former United States Olympic Committee chief executive officer Jim Scherr of Colorado Springs, will get an offer letter from the league soon, … Read more
St. Cloud State’s offense went through struggles in 2010-11, but the main concern for Huskies coach Bob Motzko this season is the defense. “If we have a spot on our team where we’re going to start with an unknown, it’s on defense,” said Motzko, who returns for his seventh season behind the SCSU bench. “We … Read more