Minnesota State's Mike Hastings Wins 2021 Spencer
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Contact: Todd Bell, Marketing & Communications Manager /O: 952-681-7668 / C: 972-825-6686 / Email: [email protected] Web: wcha.com / Twitter: @wcha_mhockey / IG: @wcha_mhockey / FB: facebook.com/wchamenshockey / Watch on FloHockey.tv FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MINNESOTA STATE’S MIKE HASTINGS WINS 2021 SPENCER PENROSE AWARD Mavericks head coach wins second career AHCA national coach of the year honor BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – April 6, 2021 – Minnesota State head coach Mike Hastings has been named the winner of the 2021 Spencer Penrose Award, the American Hockey Coaches Association announced Tuesday. The Spencer Penrose Award is presented annually to the CCM/AHCA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Coach of the Year. The 2015 Penrose winner, Hastings has led the Mavericks to an unprecedented fourth consecutive MacNaughton Cup championship and the school’s first NCAA Frozen Four appearance this season. Minnesota State rolled to the WCHA regular season title with a 13-1-0 mark in league play and will open the Frozen Four against St. Cloud State on Thursday with a 22-4-1 overall record. “Congratulations to Mike Hastings on his second Spencer Penrose Award”, WCHA Commissioner Bill Robertson said. “He’s done a tremendous job with the Mavericks in a season unlike any other this year and is truly deserving of this great honor. I want wish Coach Hastings and Minnesota State the very best this week in the Frozen Four as they play for their first Division I national championship.” Minnesota State is the first school in WCHA history to win four consecutive regular season crowns and one of just two to win three outright titles in a row. Under the Crookston, Minn., native’s tutelage, the Mavericks have posted a 236-89-24 (.711) mark during his nine seasons behind the bench in Mankato, the top record in college hockey during that span. MSU has captured six WCHA regular-season titles, three league postseason championships and posted nine 20-win seasons during his tenure. Hastings earned his fourth WCHA Coach of the Year award earlier this season. He was previously honored in 2012-13, 2014-15 and 2018-19. Hastings, who was voted the WCHA Coach of the Decade for the 2010s in March, joins Michigan Tech’s John MacInnes (1970, 1976) and North Dakota’s Dean Blais (1997, 2001) as the third coach in WCHA history to win two Spencer Penrose Awards as a league coach. The honor also marks the 19th time a WCHA coach has earned national coach of the year honors from the AHCA. About the Western Collegiate Hockey Association Men’s League The Western Collegiate Hockey Association, among the most historic, tradition-rich and successful conferences in all of collegiate athletics, is marking its 69th season of men’s competition in 2020-21. The 10-team NCAA Division I conference consists of the University of Alabama in Huntsville (Chargers), the University of Alaska Anchorage (Seawolves), the University of Alaska (Nanooks), Bemidji State University (Beavers), Bowling Green State University (Falcons), Ferris State University (Bulldogs), Lake Superior State University (Lakers), Michigan Technological University (Huskies), Minnesota State University (Mavericks) and Northern Michigan University (Wildcats). For more information, visit wcha.com. - MORE – AHCA Spencer Penrose Award Winners Year Name, School 1986 Ralph Backstrom, Denver 1951 Edward Jeremiah, Dartmouth 1987 Gino Gasparini, North Dakota 1952 Cheddy Thompson, Colorado College 1988 Frank Anzalone, Lake Superior State 1953 John Mariucci, Minnesota 1989 Joe Marsh, St. Lawrence 1954 Vic Heyliger, Michigan 1990 Terry Slater, Colgate 1955 Ralph “Cooney” Weiland, Harvard 1991 Rick Comley, Northern Michigan 1956 William Harrison, Clarkson 1992 Ron Mason, Michigan State 1957 Jack Riley, Army 1993 George Gwozdecky, Miami (Ohio) 1958 Harry Cleverly, Boston University 1994 Don Lucia, Colorado College 1959 John “Snooks” Kelley, Boston College 1995 Shawn Walsh, Maine 1960 Jack Riley, Army 1996 Bruce Crowder, UMass-Lowell 1961 Murray Armstrong, Denver 1997 Dean Blais, North Dakota 1962 Jack Kelley, Colby 1998 Tim Taylor, Yale 1963 Tony Frasca, Colorado College 1999 Richard Umile, New Hampshire 1964 Tom Eccleston, Providence 2000 Joe Marsh, St. Lawrence 1965 Jim Fullerton, Brown 2001 Dean Blais, North Dakota 1966 Amo Bessone, Michigan State & 2002 Tim Whitehead, Maine Len Ceglarski, Clarkson 2003 Bob Daniels, Ferris State 1967 Edward Jeremiah, Dartmouth 2004 Scott Sandelin, Minnesota Duluth 1968 Ned Harkness, Cornell 2005 George Gwozdecky, Denver 1969 Charlie Holt, New Hampshire 2006 Enrico Blasi, Miami (Ohio) 1970 Jon MacInnes, Michigan Tech 2007 Jeff Jackson, Notre Dame 1971 Ralph “Cooney” Weiland, Harvard 2008 Red Berenson, Michigan 1972 John “Snooks” Kelley, Boston College 2009 Jack Parker, Boston University 1973 Len Ceglarski, Boston College 2010 Wayne Wilson, RIT 1974 Charlie Holt, New Hampshire 2011 Nate Leaman, Union (N.Y.) 1975 Jack Parker, Boston University 2012 Bob Daniels, Ferris State 1976 John MacInnes, Michigan Tech 2013 Norm Bazin, UMass-Lowell 1977 Jerry York, Clarkson 2014 Rick Bennett, Union (N.Y.) 1978 Jack Parker, Boston University 2015 Mike Hastings, Minnesota State 1979 Charlie Holt, New Hampshire 2016 Rand Pecknold, Quinnipiac 1980 Rick Comley, Northern Michigan 2017 Jim Montgomery, Denver 1981 Bill O’Flaherty, Clarkson 2018 Jeff Jackson, Notre Dame 1982 Ferny Flaman, Northeastern 2019 Greg Carvel, Massachusetts 1983 Bill Cleary, Harvard 2020 Brad Berry, North Dakota & 1984 Mike Sertich, Minnesota Duluth Mike Schafer, Cornell 1985 Len Ceglarski, Boston College 2021 Mike Hastings, Minnesota State - WCHA – .