ST. CLOUD STATE Huskies Men’s Hockey 2015 NCHC Frozen Faceoff Runner-Up • 2014 NCHC Regular Season Champions • 2015 & 2014 NCAA West Regional Runner-Up 2013 WCHA Regular Season Champions • 2013 NCAA Midwest Regional Champions • 2013 NCAA Frozen Four Participant 2015-16 HUSKIES HOCKEY Media Guide and Team Records BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPIONS! 2013-14 NCHC Regular Season Champions - Penrose Cup 2012-13 WCHA Regular Season Champions - MacNaughton Cup 2015-16 ST. CLOUD STATE QUICK FACTS & INFORMATION 2015-16 ST. CLOUD STATE HOCKEY RECORD BOOK 2014-15 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Information Founded .............................................................................1869 Location ............................................St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498 Enrollment ....................................................................... 15,461 Team Colors .................................................. Cardinal and Black Team Nickname ...............................................................Huskies Home Arena ...Herb Brooks National Hockey Center (5,159 cap.) National Affiliation ........................................... .NCAA Division I Conference Affiliation ......National Collegiate Hockey Conference 2014-15 Overall Record ...................................................20-19-1 2014-15 NCHC Record/Finish.....................................11-12-1/6th NCHC Playoffs ...............................................3-1 NCHC Playoffs NCAA Playoffs ..............................1-1 (West Regional Runner-up) Returning Players ......................................................11F/4D/2G Players Lost ............................................................... 5F/3D/1G SCSU Men’s Hockey Staff Head Coach .............................................................Bob Motzko Alma Mater ................................................St. Cloud State, 1987 Office Phone ........................................................ 320-308-4806 Coach Motzkoʼs e-mail [email protected] Record at SCSU ..................................... 204-155-41 (10seasons) Career Record ....................................... 204-155-41 (10seasons) Assistant Coach .....................................................Mike Gibbons Office Phone ........................................................ 320-308-4806 Coach Gibbonʼs e-mail [email protected] Assistant Coach ....................................................Garrett Raboin Office Phone ........................................................ 320-308-4806 Coach Johnsonʼs e-mail [email protected] SCSU Administrative Staff President .......................................................Dr. Earl H. Potter III David Morley Institutional Representative ....................................Dr. Bill Hudson Director of Athletics ............................................ Heather Weems Assistant Athletics Director ...........................................John Lewis Assistant Athletics Director ..........................................Joel Larsen Media Guide Credits The 2015-16 St. Cloud State University Men Assistant Athletics Director .............................................Rick Hinz ʼs Hockey Assistant Athletics Director ...................................Walter Sylvester Record Book is a production of the Husky Athletic Media Athletic Development Director ....................................Kurt Stelten Relations Of fi ce. The guide was designed and edited by Compliance Officer ........................................Holly Schmidtbauer Assistant Athletic Media Relations Director Tom Nelson, Hockey Operations/Video Coordinator ..................Matt Chapman Assistance was provided by Anne Abicht and Terry Head Athletic Trainer ...................................Julie Alexander, ATC Tschida. Photos provided by Tom Nelson, Brace Hemmel- Menʼs Hockey Athletic Trainer ..................... Bryan DeMaine, ATC garn, Brad Olson, and University Archives. The Record Equipment Manager ...........................................Jeremiah Minkel Book is only available online in an Adobe PDF format at AMR Director ..................Tom Nelson ([email protected]) the St. Cloud State University Athletic Website: www. E-mail ...................................................tcnelson@stcloudstate.edu scsuhuskies.com Tom Nelsonʼs Home Phone ......320-654-9815/320-244-0813 (cell) Asst. AMR Director ......................................................Joe Prisco AMR Graduate Assistants. ........Michelle Burke & Melissa Widman Mission Statement AMR/Athletic Insurance/Graphic Design.................. Terry Tschida The mission of the Intercollegiate program for men and women at St. Cloud State University is to provide quality Important Numbers at SCSU athletic opportunities to men and women students who Athletic Office Phone .............................................320-308-3102 have specialized athletic interests and abilities. It is our AMR Office Phone ................................................. 320-308-2141 belief that meaningful intercollegiate competitive experi- AMR/Athletic Office FAX ...................................... 320-308-2099 ence will better enable the participants to make signi fi cant Brooks Center Training Room.................................320-308-5229 contributions to society. Finally, in spite of being in an era Brooks Center Equipment Room .............................320-308-2371 of uncertain state funding, SCSU is committed to provid- Brooks Center Press Row .......................................320-308-5227 ing a broad based program in which student-athletes can strive to pursue excellence in their chosen Ticket Information ......................320-308-2137 or 1-877-SCSUTIX athletic and SCSU Admissions Office .................1-877-654-7278 or 308-2244 academic endeavors. www.scsuhuskies.com 2015-16 ST. CLOUD STATE HOCKEY RECORD BOOK Heather Weems joined the staff of St. Cloud State University as its Athletic Director on June 1, 2012. With more than a dozen years of progressive executive experience in intercollegiate athletics and special skills in strategic planning, budget management and fi nancial planning, culture change/building, profes- sional development and training, and policy writing and implementa- tion, Weems is the sixth athletic director in school history. Prior to her arrival on campus at SCSU, Weems was an associate athletics director/senior woman administrator at Drake University from 2009 to 2012. As a senior administrator she was responsible for internal affairs Director of Athletics and oversight in NCAA compliance, academic success services, sports Heather Weems medicine, and strength and conditioning. She was the sport adminis- trator for menʼs and womenʼs soccer, menʼs and womenʼs track and fi eld/cross country, menʼs and womenʼs golf, and volleyball, with prior oversight of menʼs and womenʼs tennis. As a member of the Drake athletics senior staff, Weems collaborated with senior administration in making policy level decisions, was responsible for development and implementation of departmental leadership programming for student athletes, coaches, and staff, which included signifi cant cultural shift prescribed by strategic plan. University President Prior to her arrival at Drake, Weems entered the athletic administration fi eld at the University of Den- ver and served in several positions from 1999 to 2008. She started her athletic administration career as Dr. Earl H. Potter III the coordinator of student athlete support services/academic advisor. She became an assistant athletics Dr. Earl H. Potter III has been President of St. Cloud director for student athlete support services in 2000, and from 2002 to 2005 was the associate athletics State University since July 2007. President Potter leads director for internal operations. In 2006 she was named associate athletics director for student services Minnesotaʼs second largest university offering an and compliance. affordable, high-quality education and well-rounded At Denver she was a principal member of the senior administrative team that successfully imple- college experience for students who hail from Minnesota mented an initial strategic plan for the Division of Athletics, Recreation, and Ritchie Center Operations and around the world. Under his leadership there is a strong commitment to student success, academic during reclassifi cation from NCAA Division II to Division I status. distinction, global education, diversity and community Weems is a member of the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators partnerships. (NACWAA). President Potter has established himself as a leader Weems is familiar with the student athlete experience as she was a member of the varsity rowing team who envisions the University as a driving force for at the University of Iowa. As a team member, she earned Academic All-Big Ten honors and was named progress and problem solving in the region and a the Team MVP. She has a bachelorʼs degree in psychology from the University of Iowa and a masterʼs source of great pride for the community and the state. degree in higher education from the University of Denver. The University community has been energized by Weems, and her husband Bill OʼDonnell have four sons, Liam, Lukas, Lincoln and Landon. his forward-looking perspectives and his innovative approach to bringing about positive change. In addition to his duties as President of St. Cloud State University