Men’s D-I: St. Cloud State

This Week in NCHC Hockey: After false positive during 2021 NCAA tournament, St. Cloud State doing ‘everything we possibly could to make sure we can play’ this season

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Plenty of talk surrounded Michigan and St. Lawrence earlier this year, when COVID-19 cases saw those teams withdraw from the 2021 NCAA tournament before it began. Those moves soon became public information. What wasn’t public at the time of the Frozen Four in Pittsburgh, though, was that St. Cloud State briefly worried over a false … Read more

NCHC says ending of Oct. 16 Minnesota-St. Cloud State game should have included penalties

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The NCHC issued a statement Sunday night, saying that the league has determined a minor penalty or penalties should have been issued on the sequence immediately leading up to the game-winning goal in overtime during the Minnesota-St. Cloud State game on Saturday, Oct. 16. NCAA hockey rules and interpretations do not allow for judgment calls … Read more

NCHC 2021-22 Season Preview: With ‘hopefully a normal season to come,’ conference seeing balance throughout teams

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October is basically hockey’s spring. Hope abounds for each new season, and this time around, that extends to what’s going on amid a pandemic that has affected all of us for a year and a half. NCHC commissioner Josh Fenton knows all about that. Lucky guy. When the conference began play eight years ago, he … Read more

St. Cloud State garners 20 of 25 first-place votes, tabbed first in 2021 NCHC preseason media poll

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After making it all the way to the NCAA national championship game last season, St. Cloud State has been selected as the favorite to hoist the Penrose Cup, awarded to the NCHC regular-season champions, in 2021-22 after finishing atop the conference’s annual preseason media poll. SCSU received 20 of a possible 25 first-place votes, and … Read more

St. Cloud State adds experience to men’s hockey staff as Enga named director of operations, video coordinator

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St. Cloud State announced Thursday the addition of R.J. Enga to the Huskies’ coaching staff as director of operations and video coordinator. Enga replaces Nick Tomczyk, who was named head coach for Purdue Northwest’s ACHA team this week. Joining the SCSU coaching staff with 17 years of coaching experience at the collegiate, amateur and professional … Read more

St. Cloud State coach Larson inks seven-year extension to coach Huskies through 2027-28 season

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Brett Larson 2019 January 18 St. Cloud State University hosts Western Michigan in a NCHC contest at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center (Bradley K. Olson)

St. Cloud State and men’s hockey coach Brett Larson have agreed to a contract extension that keeps Larson with the Huskies through the 2027-28 season. “Since his arrival at St. Cloud State and very first meeting with the team, Coach Larson has demonstrated an impressive capacity for leadership and coaching,” said SCSU director of athletics … Read more

St. Cloud State quintet of Brodzinski, Fitzgerald, Donohue, Jaycox, Hrenak back with Huskies in ’21-22 for fifth college hockey season

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Five St. Cloud State players will return for their fifth seasons in 2021-22, the school announced Friday. Forwards Easton Brodzinski and Kevin Fitzgerald, defensemen Seamus Donohue and Luke Jaycox and goaltender David Hrenak will be back for their final year of NCAA eligibility. The five returning Huskies all played key roles for St. Cloud State … Read more

‘Next man up’ Molenaar, St. Cloud State fourth line answer rallying cry to advance Huskies to championship game

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PITTSBURGH – When Easton Brodzinski suffered a broken femur in St. Cloud State’s win over Boston College in the Albany regional final – an injury that required a rod and two screws to fasten back together – it opened up a spot in the lineup for tonight’s national semifinal. The next man up was freshman … Read more