Marty Mjelleli reacts to the first period goal by Gary Houseman
"It was just like the first time I walked into the arena at St. Cloud State. I left high school early, drove up alone and had no idea where I was going. I walked into the Zamboni gate. The whole arena was shut off except one light on the ST-C symbol at center ice. I walked out there alone , and just got the feeling this is home."
Mark Parrish - St. Cloud State Husky 1995-97
NHL
“The atmosphere here is great. I’ve had friends playing on other teams who have told me that this is their favorite place to come play just because of our student section and how crazy they are. In the big games, you can’t even hear yourself think. It’s an unbelievable place to play and I wouldn’t trade it for anything.”
Justin Fletcher - St. Cloud State Husky 2003-07
Peoria Riverman - AHL
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“Then you see the atmosphere at the games, and it just blows you away. People here are just dying for a championship. They’re behind the team in every way, and it’s really a leg up for recruiting. You go out there and see a packed house every night and a rowdy student section, and for me it was a no-brainer to choose St. Cloud.”
Marty Mjelleli - St. Cloud State Husky 2004-2008
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" Once I heard St. Cloud State had interest I wanted to be here. I heard a lot about it growing up and it's just a great place to play. I can't imagine too many schools would be able to beat it."
Garret Raboin - Current SCSU HUsky
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JLG ARCHITECTS SELECTED FOR ST. CLOUD STATE HOCKEY, EVENTS CENTER PROJECT
JLG Architects of Alexandria and Minneapolis, Minn., and Grand Forks and Fargo, N.D., has been selected as the architect for St. Cloud State University 's planned National Hockey and Event Center addition and renovation project slated to start in 2011.JLG will work with Hagemeister Mack Architects of St. Cloud in providing the architectural services for the project estimated to cost $29.3 million. MORE HERE
"It was an unbeleivable experience. People in Minnesota love their hockey and obviously they are great people too. (St. Cloud State University) was just a great four years. I got a degree there and it was an unbelievable place to play college hockey. A great atmosphere every night."
Konrad Reeder - St. Cloud State Husky 2002-2006
Colorado Eagles -CHL
"For myself, the college route was the better route to develop my overall game and also get stronger. (St. Cloud State University) just seemed like the right fit for me with the conditioing program and an Olympic sheet of ice to build my skating skills. But, the environment was also a huge part. I liked that small town feel and they had that at St. Cloud. Hockey is everything there and the fans were so passionate."
Ryan Malone - St. Cloud State Husky 1999 - 2004
Tampa Bay Lightning - NHL
MOTZKO SIGNS SIX YEAR CONTRACT
The future of the SCSU men's hockey coaching staff became that much clearer when it was announced on June 2 that Bob Motzko agreed to a six-year deal that will put him under contract through the 2014-15 season. Motzko, only the second coach in the D-I programs history has compiled a 81-58-19 overall record in four years including three WCHA Final Five appearances and two NCAA appearances. He was named WCHA Coach of the Year in 2006 and 2007. "St. Cloud State University is delighted to have Bob (Motzko) signed up for the next six years as the head coach of our men's hockey program," Athletic Director Morris Kurtz said. "He has certainly built on the foundation established by Craig Dahl and we are pleased with his teams' athletic and academic accomplishments over the past four seasons."
CHASING THE RECORD BOOK - ALL-TIME D-I SCORING LEADERS SCSU
Jeff Saterdalen - 78-101-179
RYAN LASCH - 77-101-178
Tim Hanus - 73-99-172
Mark Hartigan - 86-79-165
Joe Motzko - 52-90-142
Ryan Malone - 56-84-140
GARRETT ROE- 54-84-138
Tyler Arnason - 61-75-136
Nate DiCasmirro - 51-85-136
CAITLIN HOGAN - 50-75-125
HOLLY ROBERTS - 52-72-124
Roxanne Stang- 71-48-119
Kobi Kawamoto - 35-64-99
Ashley Stewart - 45-53-98
Fiona Mcleod - 32-55-87
Hailey Clarkson - 33-52-85
Megan McCarthy - 38-42-80
Holly Roberts celebrates Felicia Nelson's 1st period goal on Saturday. Nelsom was named WCHA Player of the Year and All-WCHA second team
SEASONS ENDS AS BSU TOPS SCSU 4-1
St. Cloud, Minn. -- Bemidji State University (12-18-7, 9-12-7-3 WCHA) advances to the WCHA Final Face-Off for the first time in school history as the No. 6 seed Beavers defeated the No. 3 seed St. Cloud State women's hockey team (15-14-8, 11-11-6-4 WCHA) by a score of 4-1 in the third and decisive playoff game on Sunday, Feb. 28, in the National Hockey Center. With the loss, the Huskies complete the 2009-10 season with a 15-14-8 overall record and a third place finish in the WCHA with a mark of 11-11-6-4. St. Cloud State is now 7-12 in playoff action and 1-3 in third and decisive playoff games.
After skating to a scoreless first period, Bemidji State took the initial lead at the 1:18 mark of the second frame on a power play goal from Annie Bauerfeld. The Beavers then upped their lead to 2-0 at the 6:29 mark of the third frame with an important goal from Montana Vichorek. St. Cloud native Holly Roberts cut the lead in half with a rebound goal at 8:35. It was her her 21st goal of the season and Felicia Nelson was awarded the lone assist on the goal, her 15th of the year. BSU put the game oiut of reach when Bemidji State took advantage of a Husky turnover in the SCSU zone and BSU’s Erin Johnson beat St. Cloud State’s junior netminder Ashley Nixon top shelf to put the Beavers up 3-1. SCSU pulled Nixon from the net for 2:24 to garner the player advantage, but the BSU defense held strong and sealed the victory with an empty net score at 17:54 from Erin Cody.
The Huskies say good-bye to nine seniors this season in; Holly Roberts, Caitlin Hogan, Felicia Nelson, Katie Kemmerer, Kelly Meierhofer, Jeneca Fredheim, Meaghan Pezon, Danielle Hirsch and Ashlan Lambert.
"Top to bottom, this is an amazing senior class and we will miss all nine of them," said SCSU’s fourth-year head coach Jeff Giesen. "They have contributed a lot to this program and will be tough to replace," added Giesen about the 2009-10 senior class that currently holds eight school records. Ashley Nixon completed tonight’s contest between the pipes with 26 saves as herseason mark ends at 13-10-8 overall.
Holly Roberts (L) and Caitlin Hogan (center) ended their SCSU hockey careers as the #1 and #2 all-time scorers for the SCSU Womens hockey program. Hogan was named to the All-WCHA third team and WCHA Student-Athlete of the Year. Roberts was named to the ALL-WCHA second team.
NELSON, HOGAN AND ROBERTS GAIN LEAGUE HONORS
MADISON, Wis. – It was a season of balance and unpredictability and that trend was reflected in the 2009-10 post-season women’s honors announced by the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. Two members of the All-WCHA Second Team, Bemidji State goaltender Zuzana Tomcikova and St. Cloud State forward Felicia Nelson, were named as co-players of the year.
The first team All-WCHA squad is led by Minnesota Duluth forward Emmanuelle Blais, a senior from Lasalle, Que., who had 26 goals and 53 points heading into the WCHA FINAL FACE-OFF March 6-7 at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, Minn. The first team also includes Ohio State forward Natalie Spooner, a sophomore from Scarborough, Ont., who has scored 21 goals and 42 points, and Minnesota forward Emily West, a junior from Colorado Springs, Colo., who had 20 goals and 40 points. The all-league first team defense features Minnesota Duluth’s Jaime Rasmussen, a senior from Garden Grove, Calif., who had six goals and 24 points, and Minnesota’s Anne Schleper, a sophomore from St. Cloud, Minn.
Tomcikova, a sophomore from Bratislava, Slovakia, is joined on the second team by co-player of the year and Kazmaier finalist Felicia Nelson, the St. Cloud State senior who led the country with 31 goals. The second team also has WCHA Rookie of the Year Hokey Langan, who scored 25 goals and 51 points for Ohio State, St. Cloud State senior Holly Roberts and Minnesota Duluth junior Laura Fridfinnson. The defense pair is Minnesota freshman Megan Bozek and Ohio State senior Rachel Davis.
St. Cloud State’s Caitlin Hogan, a senior forward from Oakdale, Minn., was named the Turfer WCHA Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year. Hogan scored 16 goals and had 27 assists for 43 points, the seventh best total in the league.
The WCHA Coach of the Year Award goes to Bemidji State’s Steve Sertich. FULL RELEASE HERE
Felicia Nelson
Caitlin Hogan
Holly Roberts
HUSKIES UPSET IN OVERTIME 5-4 BY MSU
St. Cloud, Minn. - The #7 St. Cloud State University men's hockey team (20-12-5) suffered a 5-4 overtime loss to Minnesota State (16-18-3) in first round play of the 2010 WCHA playoffs on March 12, at the National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, Minn.
Kael Mouillierat scored the game winner for MSU at the :20 of the overtime session to lift the Mavericks to the victory. The overtime session was set up by a last second goal at 19:59 of the third period by MSU's Irwin.SCSU opened the night's scoring at 5:56 of the first period with an unassisted power play marker by senior defender Garrett Raboin.The Huskies pushed the score to 2-0 at 9:52 with a shorthanded breakaway goal by sophomore forward Travis Novak.
SCSU padded its lead to 3-0 at 13:08 of the second period with an even-strength goal by freshman forward Ben Hanowski . Senior forward Ryan Lasch provided the picture-perfect centering pass. Of note, Lasch now has 175 career points and is just four points away from all-time Husky point leader Jeff Saterdalen, who had 179 from 1988-92.
MSU broke the shutout at 19:32 of the second period with a goal by Evan Mosey.
In the third period, MSU's Andrew Sackrison made it 3-2 with his goal at 10:38. The Huskies returned to the scoring column with an even-strength goal by junior forward Tony Mosey at 11:21, which gave the Huskies a 4-2 lead. Sophomore defender Oliver Lauridsen had the first assist on the centering pass to Mosey, while the second assist went to junior forward Garrett Roe. The MSU comeback in third period was started with a shorthanded goal at 13:39 by Mouillierat, which made the score 4-3. In the closing minute of play, MSU pulled its netminder Phil Cook to help the Mavs score the game-tying goal by Irwin.In the game, SCSU was outshot by the Mavs 35-31. On the power play, SCSU was 1-of-5 and MSU was 1-of-4. In the nets, Dan Dunn was the goalie of record for SCSU with 30 saves and Cook gained the victory for MSU with 27 saves in the contest. BOX SCORESC TIMES STORY
St. Cloud, Minn. -The #7 St. Cloud State University men's hockey team (21-12-5) stayed alive in the WCHA playoffs with a big 3-2 victory over Minnesota State University (16-19-3) in game two of the 2010 WCHA Final Five first round playoffs on March 13 at the National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, Minn. The Huskies and Mavericks will now play game three of this best-of-three series at the National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, Minn. on March 14.
SCSU earned the right to play on Sunday by posting three goals in the third period to offset a 2-0 MSU lead after two periods of play. SCSU freshman forward David Eddy started the Husky comeback in the final period with a shot that beat MSU netminder Phil Cook at :52 of the third period. Junior forward Garrett Roe and freshman defender Taylor Johnson charted the assists on Eddy's goal. This was Eddy's 10th goal of the season.Roe then tied the game at 6:31 of the third period with his 17th goal of the season, as the Huskies had an extra attacker on the ice thanks to a delayed penalty by MSU. Junior forward Aaron Marvin and junior defender Brett Barta each had assists on the play. Roe completed his three point night seconds later as he scored the game-winner at 6:51 of the third period. Junior defender Chris Hepp and senior defender Garret Raboin each had assists on the play for Roe. This was Hepp's second point of the season and Raboin's 15th assist of the year. Roe now leads the club with 43 points this winter (18g/25a) and this was his 53rd goal and 136th point of his career at SCSU. He is now tied for 7th in the team's career scoring list along with Tyler Arnason (1998-01) and Nate DiCasmirro (1998-02).
MSU opened the scoring in the second period with a goal by Geoff Irwin at 6:39, as assists were coined by Kael Mouillierat and Jerad Stewart. Ben Youds then made it 2-0 with his power play goal at 16:39 of the second period, as assists were posted by Mouillierat and Irwin.
SCSU freshman netminder Mike Lee gained the victory with 33 saves. He is now 9-8-3 on the season. Cook was the goalie of record for MSU with 23 saves in the game.
MSU outshot the Huskies 35-26, and the Mavericks outshot the Huskies 17-10 in the final period. Lee managed to hold MSU at bay in the closing minute of play after the Mavs had pulled Cook for an extra attacker. On the power play, SCSU was 0-3 and MSU was 1-3.BOX SCORE
HUSKIES PUNCH TICKET FOR FINAL FIVE
St. Cloud, Minn. - The #7 St. Cloud State Universty men's hockey team (22-12-5) punched its ticket to the 2010 Red Baron WCHA Final Five with a thrilling 3-2 overtime victory over Minnesota State University (16-20-3) in game three of the WCHA First Round playoffs on March 14, at the National Hockey Center. The Final Five will open on March 18, with a 7:07 p.m. game between Minnesota Duluth and North Dakota. The winner of the Thursday game will then meet up with #1 seed University of Denver on March 19 at 7:07 p.m. at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
The Huskies won the third and deciding game with an overtime power play goal by sophomore forward Drew LeBlanc at 3:21 of the OT session with assists from senior forward Ryan Lasch and junior forward Garrett Roe . This was LeBlanc's sixth goal of the season and it sets up a trip to the Xcel Energy Center, where the #3 seed Huskies will battle #2 seed University of Wisconsin at 2:07 p.m. on Friday, March 19.SEE BRACKET HERE.
Drew LeBlanc fires the winning shot on goal in OT on MSU'S goaltender Phil Cook.
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The Eagle Street Grille is the official St. Cloud State gathering location for the WCHA Final Five. Located at 174 W 7th Street it is the closest establishment to the Xcel Energy Center.
Friday, Mar. 19 - Pre-Game: noon to 2:00 PM
Post Game: 4:30 to 6:30 PM
Sat., March 20 - Pre-Game: noon to 2:00 PM (regardless of matchup)
Pre-Game: 4:30 to 6:30 PM (regardless of matchup)
In a classic college hockey showdown, Minnesota State gained a 1-0 lead at 11:14 of the second period with an opening goal by Tyler Pitlick. The Huskies evened the score at 1-1 at 16:06 of the second with a marker by Roe. Freshman forward David Eddy and junior forward Tony Mosey provided the assists on the play. Of note, Roe now has 138 career points for the Huskies and he ranks seventh in the SCSU scoring charts.
MSU regained the lead at 2-1 with a goal by Jason Wiley at 10:20 of the third period. Senior defender Garrett Raboin continued his strong play with the game-tying goal at 12:29 of the third period with assists by Lasch and Marvin. The goal set up LeBlanc's OT heroics, as the Huskies outshot the Mavs 3-1 in the final OT session. SCSU gained its power play advantage thanks to a penalty to MSU's Joe Schiller for boarding at 2:23 of the OT period. Lasch ended the game with two assists, which pushes his season totals to 26 assists and 44 points. In the Husky records, Lasch now has 178 career points and is just one point away from the SCSU career point leader Jeff Saterdalen, who had 179 points at SCSU from 1988-92.
In the game, MSU outshot the Huskies 29-26. SCSU was 1-of-2 on the power play and MSU was 0-of-2. In the nets, freshman goalie Mike Lee had 27 saves and the victory. Phil Cook was the goalie of record for MSU with 23 saves. BOX SCORE
CIC MEMBER AMY LEE - ONE TOUGH HUSKY HOCKEY FAN!
Saturday night. SCSU men’s hockey playoff game number 2. We need the win since we lost on Friday night. Third period. We’re down 0-2. There’s a slap shot from across the ice and (the puck) sails over the glass and BAM! Hits me right above the right eyebrow and *&#%$ did that hurt!!!
It immediately swells up and I can’t see out of that eye. The paramedics come and then we scored. I stood up and cheered and twenty seconds later we score again, so I’m up cheering again, while all this time the staff and paramedic is waiting for information so they can fill out their reports. They want me to go to the ER and I say, nope, not until after the game is over. So I had to sign off that I was refusing medical treatment.
I did get questioned in the ER by my doc because he didn’t really believe my story and had to ask me if I felt safe at home. I didn’t even think about that…11:30 Saturday night with a black eye. However, I did have my jersey on, my ticket stub in my purse, and the hockey puck I got hit with. I had to tell him that I had to fill out reports at SCSU if he wanted he could call them. But he believed my story then.
I feel ok but my eye hurts and I was informed it will hurt for quite some time and it will be black and blue for a couple of weeks. They said I will feel tired, have headaches, and have trouble concentrating for awhile. So being the true fan that I am, I went again on Sunday night, sat in my same seat, and cheered the team on to another victory. I have to admit, I was a little gun shy when the puck would come down my way. But I was willing to take another one for the team if I had to, if that helped them win. Now on to the Final Five at the Xcel this weekend. GO HUSKIES!!
The Huskies end up winning 3-2. I go to the ER and find out I have a concussion, have a CT scan to see if I have a fracture of my orbital bone, but that was all clear. My eye is ok and I shouldn’t have any problems with anything in the future.
