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Mankato, MN 56001 MSU Athletics currently offers several options for those who wish to keep up with what’s going on Office Phone: 507-389-2625 with the Mavericks. Beside calling the main office Home Phone: 507-257-2146 at 507-389-6111, you can use the following methods E-mail: [email protected] to get all the scoops: Sophomore forward Maggie Fisher led the team On the Web in goals, points and shots on goal last season. Credentials: Working press box credentials Be sure and check out the MSU Department of Ath- letics Home Page on the Internet! Users can access shall be issued only to accredited newspapers, broadcasts and receive up-to-date information on all magazines, radio and television reporters. Please the Maverick teams, schedules, important phone MSU Women’s Hockey make all requests for credentials in advance by numbers, etc. Our internet address is: Quick Facts ...................................IFC phone or mail to MSU Athletic Communications. www.msumavericks.com Media Notes ......................................1 Credentials can be mailed or picked up the day Hot-Line of the game at All Seasons Arena. Through the cooperative efforts of the MSU Head Coach Jeff Vizenor ..................2 Department of Athletics and Midwest Wireless, a telephone “hot-line” has been implemented for Assistant Coaches .............................3 Parking: A limited number of parking passes your latest MSU Athletics information. Callers receive the latest MSU men’s and women’s sports 2006-07 Outlook ...............................3 are available for working media and will be issued results and upcoming events. The Maverick Sports Team Roster ......................................4 on a first-come, first-serve basis. Contact MSU Hot-Line can be accessed by dialing 507-380-9785 or 800-920-9785 in state. Pronunciation Guide .........................4 Athletic Communications for availability. E-mail: [email protected] Meet The Players ........................ 5-13 Press Row: The working press row for MSU 2005-06 Schedule/Results ...............14 Women’s Hockey is located on the west concourse 2005-06 Statistics ............................15 level of the Midwest Wireless Civic Center and in the northwest corner of All Seasons Arena. 2005-06 Game Summaries ........ 16-17 2006-07 Opponent Info ............. 18-19 Interviews: Head coach Jeff Vizenor is avail- Western Collegiate Hockey Association .20 able in his office during the week in the morning. WCHA Final Standings/Statistics .....21 After games, players and coaches are available upon request following a ten minute cooling off MSU Hockey Facilities ............. 22-23 period. Arrangements should be made with an Team Awards and All-Time List .....24 Athletic Communications staff member. Maverick Record Book ...................25 Player interviews during the week should be Year-by-Year Results ......................26 set up through the MSU Athletic Communications Office. All-Time Record vs. Opponents .....27 WCHA Composite Schedule ...........28 Weekly Releases: A press release and cumula- TV/Radio Roster .......................... IBC tive statistics will be electronically mailed every Monday during the season. Requests to be on 2005-06 MSU Schedule ..............OBC the mailing list should be made through the MSU Middle insert contains information on city of Athletic Communications Office. MSU’s releases, Mankato, Minnesota State University academics statistics and other pertinent material will also be and athletics, MSU’s national team and individual posted on the MSU Athletics Web site: On the Cover: Maverick seniors Sammy champions, MSU’s North Central Conference team www.msumavericks.com Miller, Megan Jedinak, Richelle St. Croix and Shera Vis. championships, MSU staff bios & directory and MSU facilities. Cover design by SportPiX Graphic Designer Eric Hoffman. WWW.MSUMAVERICKS.COM 2006-07 MINNESOTA STATE WOMEN’S HOCKEY Head Coach Jeff Vizenor ished 8-17-3 in WCHA play to stand would return to St. Cloud to coach seventh, and had an overall record one season at St. Cloud Tech High of 11-21-4. Over the course of the School and another season as the season, his squad earned conference head coach of the St. Cloud Icebreak- sweeps of St. Cloud State and North ers Girl’s team before tackling his Dakota, and also over Wayne State in first collegiate assignment. non-conference action. The team also In addition to his hockey coaching enjoyed a four-game win streak in experience, Vizenor helped coach November. Heading into the 2006-07 girls fastpitch softball at both Mora season, he holds an overall record of and Apollo High Schools as well as 84-115-24 and 50-102-19 at MSU. teaching secondary social studies Vizenor came to Minnesota State courses at both South Junior High in following a one-year assignment as St. Cloud and at Mora. an assistant coach at the University Vizenor is very active in the na- of Wisconsin. The Badgers posted tional hockey community as well. a 21-9-5 record and finished third in He is currently serving as president the WCHA that season. Prior to his of the American Women’s Hockey stint in Madison, Vizenor served as Association and is a member of the the head coach at St. Mary’s Uni- NCAA rules committee. Vizenor Now entering his sixth season at versity on Winona, Minn., for two has also had coaching stints with the helm, head coach Jeff Vizenor seasons. In that time, the Cardinals USA Hockey, including coaching the has made his mark on Maverick compiled a 34-13-5 mark and cap- Red Team at the 2004 USA Hockey women’s hockey. When he joined tured co-Minnesota Intercollegiate Women’s National Festival in Lake the Maverick staff in 2001, he in- Athletic Conference regular-sea- Placid, N.Y, and Burlington, Vt. herited a team that did not post a son titles both years. The 1998-99 Vizenor earned his bachelor of Western Collegiate Hockey Asso- MIAC Coach of the Year, Vizenor science degree in social studies edu- ciation victory the previous season. tutored nine All-MIAC players and cation from St. Cloud State in 1992. He led the team to a 4-26-2 mark took his 1999-00 team as high as He and his wife, Amy, reside in Eagle his first season and a 10-21-3 mark second in the NCAA Division III Lake with their daughter, Abby. his second. national rankings. Vizenor’s third campaign could The Rogers, be described as nothing short of a Minn., native began benchmark season. The Mavericks his coaching career posted the first winning season in in 1990 as an as- school history with a 16-14-4 overall sistant coach at St. record, including wins over top- Cloud Apollo High ranked Minnesota and Minnesota School in St. Cloud, Duluth, and made their first-ever Minn., serving in appearance in the WCHA Final that capacity until Five and NCAA Division I national 1993. From there, rankings. Vizenor also mentored Vizenor completed the program’s first Jofa Division I a three-year stint as All-American and Patty Kazmaier the assistant coach at finalist in goaltender Shari Vogt. Mora High School in Following the season, he was hon- Mora, Minn., earning ored by his peers with WCHA Coach Section 2 Assistant of the Year distinction. Coach of the Year Last season, the Mavericks fin- honors in 1996. He Vizenor was named 2003-04 WCHA Coach of the Year 2006-07 MINNESOTA STATE WOMEN’S HOCKEY 2 WWW.MSUMAVERICKS.COM Assistant Coaches & Season Outlook Dan Lichterman Mandy Krause-Rideout Des Christopher Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Volunteer Assistant Coach Now in his third sea- A former player at Min- Former Maverick son, Dan Lichterman nesota State, Mandy goaltender Des Chris- came to Minnesota State Krause-Rideout was hired topher returns for his after developing and as an assistant coach with sixth season as a mentor overseeing a new girl’s the Mavericks this past to the both men’s and hockey organization, the summer. In addition to her women’s netminders at Chicago Chill. While in on-ice duties, she serves as Minnesota State as well Illinois, Lichterman also the team’s recruiting co- as handling equipment held dual positions, serv- ordinator and also directs manager duties for both ing as Hockey Director at academic and community squads. the Fox Valley Ice Arena outreach efforts. Christopher spent as well as serving as an This past season before three years with the assistant coach of the coming to MSU, Krause- Mavericks (1995-98) Chicago Freeze, a Junior A team, for three seasons. Rideout served as head coach of the girls’ hockey and concluded his career Showing his versatility, he also served as the Director team and assisted the softball program at Fergus Falls with a 29-24-4 mark, three shutouts, a 3.49 goals against of Community Relations for the Prince William Can- High School. Before that, she was an assistant coach average and a .893 save percentage. The Calgary, Alta., nons baseball club, then an affiliate of the Chicago of the Midget AAA team at Athol Murray Notre Dame native was MSU’s team MVP and the school’s Senior White Sox in Wilcox, Sask., for one season after serving as head Male Athlete of the Year.