HUSKIES ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS www.scsuhuskies.com • Contact: Kelsey Whaley (320-308-2141 or [email protected]) 2020-21 SCSU Schedule 2020-21 SCSU Men’s Hockey Release: December Dec. 1 vs. Western Michigan* W, 4-3 #4/5 SCSU VS. WESTERN MICHIGAN Dec. 3 vs. Colorado C.* Postponned Feb. 5: Western Michigan at SCSU - 7:37 p.m. CT Dec. 5 vs. Denver* W, 4-3 Feb. 6: Western Michigan at SCSU - 6:05 p.m. CT Dec. 6 at Omaha* W, 5-3 Herb Brooks National Hockey Center - St. Cloud, Minn. Dec. 9 vs. Western Michigan* L, 2-1 Dec. 12 vs. North Dakota* W, 5-3 Dec. 13 at Omaha* L, 2-0 BACK IN ST. CLOUD: The #4/5 St. Cloud State University men’s Dec. 16 vs. North Dakota* L, 4-3 OT. hockey team (11-6-0, 11-6-0 NCHC) will continue its 2020-21 Dec. 18 vs. Colorado C.* W, 4-3 OT season with a pair of home games against Western Michigan Dec. 20 vs. Denver* W, 3-1 University (5-10-3, 5-10-3 NCHC) on Friday, February 5 and Satruday, February 6. The game on February 5 will begin at January 7:37 p.m. CT and the game on February 6 will start at 6:07 2020-21 St. Cloud State Leaders Jan. 2 MINNESOTA DULUTH* L, 4-3OT p.m. CT. No fans will be allowed to attend these games due to Goals Jan. 3 MINNESOTA DULUTH* W, 3-1 COVID protocol at SCSU. See notes below on how to follow Miettinen .............................. 9 Jan. 8 at Minnesota Duluth* W, 4-3 the Huskies via TV, Live Stream and Radio this weekend. Nolan Walker ....................... 7 Jan. 9 at Minnesota Duluth* W, 1-0 OT Jan. 15 at Western Michigan* L, 6-2 FOLLOW THE HUSKIES THIS WEEKEND: SCSU fans can watch both Assists Jan. 16 at Western Michigan* L, 3-1 games this weekend against Western Michigan on the Perbix ................................ 12 Jan. 22 MIAMI* W, 3-2 NCHC.tv/scsu - this pay per view is a live video streaming ser- Miettinen .............................. 9 Jan. 23 MIAMI* W, 8-2 vice. Fans can also watch the games live in the upper midwest Walker ................................. 7 on FOX9+ with Jim Rich and Pat Micheletti on the call from the Miller ................................... 7 Feburary HBNHC. Feb. 5 WESTERN MICHIGAN* 7:37 pm Points Feb. 6 WESTERN MICHIGAN* 6:07 pm LISTEN TO THE HUSKIES: All St. Cloud State games will be Miettinen ............................ 18 Feb. 12 at Miami* TBA broadcast on The River 96.7 FM out of St. Cloud, Minn. Fans Perbix ................................ 17 Feb. 13 at Miami* TBA can listen online at river967.com - once again Jim Erickson will Walker ............................... 14 Feb. 20 COLORADO C.* Noon provide play-by-play of the games along with color commentary Hentges .............................. 12 Feb. 26 MINNESOTA DULUTH* 7:37 pm from SCSU All-American Dave Reichel. KVSC FM 88.1 will Okabe ............................... 12 Feb. 27 at Minnesota Duluth* also provide live radio coverage of the games this weekend vs. Miami. You can listen to KVSC online at kvsc.org Power Play Goals March Miettinen .............................. 5 Mar. 12- NCHC First Round TBA IN THE POLLS: The Huskies moved up in both polls this week, as Brodzinski ............................ 3 Mar. 14 (best of 3 playoff) they were ranked #4 in the USCHO.com and #5 in the USA Mar. 19- NCHC Frozen Faceoff TBA Hockey/USA Today men’s hockey Division I polls. Goals Against Average Mar. 20 Xcel Energy Center-St. Paul Castor ............................. 1.99 Mar. 26- NCAA Regional TBA LAST YEAR: The Huskies posted a 13-15-6 overall record in Hrenak ............................ 2.62 Mar. 28 2019-20 and placed fifth in the always rugged NCHC with a 10-12-2 conference record. SCSU’s season was ended early Save Percentage April before the start of the NCHC playoffs due to the COVID 19 Hrenak ..........................91.1% Apr. 8-10 NCAA Frozen Four TBA crisis. Of note, SCSU was 7-5-2 in its last 14 games of the Castor .......................... 90.3% Pittsburgh, Pa. season that included key wins over nationally ranked Min- nesota Duluth, North Dakota and Denver - all were ranked * NCHC Games among the nation’s top 10 teams at the time. WATCH THE HUSKIES ONLINE! (Games Dec. 1-20 played in Omaha, Neb.) Fans can tune into the SCSU BY THE NUMBERS: SCSU lost six players from its 2019-20 games on the web at www. All times listed as Central Time roster, which includes seniors Jack Ahcan, Jack Poehling, nchc.tv/scsu Nick Poehling, Clark Kuster and Jake Wahlin. SCSU will return a total of 21 players from its 2019-20 roster. This list of veterans includes six returning seniors, six juniors and nine sophomores. SCSU brings back 3 goalies, 7 defense and 11 forwards. SCSU newcomers include two defenseman and four forwards WESTERN MICHIGAN MINUTE: The Huskies are 17-9-4 in 30 meetings with the Broncos but just 5-5 in the last 10 meetings. In fact, Western Michigan has had St. Cloud State’s number as of late, as the Huskies try to break their three game losing streak against the Bronocs this weekend. What better place to do it, though, than the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. St. Cloud State owns a 9-4-1 record against Western Michigan at the HBNHC and just a 7-4-3 mark in Kalamazoo, Michigan. St. Cloud State University Hockey Release 2020-21 SCSU Hockey Roster MORE NEWS AND NOTES... #2 Brady Ziemer FR D 5-10 180 R Carver, Minnesota #3 Seamus Donohue SR D 6-0 185 L North Oaks, MN LAST YEAR: The Huskies (13-15-6, 10-12-2 NCHC) placed fifth in the #5 Ondřej Trejbal SO D 6-3 185 L Czech Republic NCHC’s regular season standings last year. The NCHC playoffs and #6 Luke Jaycox SR D 6-3 205 L Warroad, MN NCAA Division I playoffs were not played in 2019-20 due to the #7 Jack Johnston FR F 5-10 170 R St. Paul, MN COVID-19 crisis. #8 Tyler Anderson SR D 6-2 210 L Winnipeg, MB #9 Spencer Meier JR D 6-4 212 R Sartell, MN POLL POSITION: SCSU was ranked 4th in this week’s USCHO.com and #10 Kyler Kupka SO F 6-0 185 L Camrose, AB 5th in the USA Hockey/USA TODAY DI hockey polls...The Huskies re- ceived votes in the final USCHO.com poll of 2019-20...SCSU was ranked #11 Trevor Zins SO D 6-1 195 R St. Michael, MN #4 in the NCHC preseason media poll. #13 Jami Krannila SO F 5-10 165 L Nokia, Finland #14 Zach Okabe SO F 5-9 170 R Okotoks, Alberta WEEKS SCSU HAS BEEN RANKED IN THE TOP 20 DURING 2020-21: 9 #15 Micah Miller JR F 5-9 200 R Remer, Minnesota #16 Will Hammer SR F 6-2 210 L St. Cloud, MN ON THE AIR: All SCSU games are broadcast live on The River 96.7 FM #17 Thomas Rocco SO F 5-10 155 L Midlothian, Va. in the St. Cloud area with Jim Erickson and Dave Reichel calling the #18 Brendan Bushy JR D 6-2 230 L Thief River Falls, MN shots this season. Fans are able to listen to the games on the web by going to this website at www.rev967.com. Selected Husky games are #19 Sam Hentges (MIN) JR F 6-0 190 R New Brighton, MN also broadcast live on KVSC FM 88.1 (www.kvsc.org) in 2020-21. #20 Nolan Walker JR F 5-10 170 R Anchorage, Alaska #21 Jared Cockrell SR F 5-10 185 R Kents Hill, Maine WATCH ON THE WEB: Once again in 2020-21, all SCSU home games #22 Joe Molenaar FR F 6-1 175 L Minnetonka, MN are available to watch on the NCHC.tv/scsu live video streaming #25 Nick Perbix (TBL) JR D 6-4 200 R Elk River, MN service. To learn more about this pay--per-view web service, please #26 Easton Brodzinski SR F 6-2 198 R Blaine, Minnesota check out the Fan Zone/Game Day Live link at NCHC.tv/scsu #27 Chase Brand SO F 5-10 165 L Nevis, MN COACHING STAFF: SCSU was led this season by 3rd-season head coach #28 Kevin Fitzgerald SR F 6-0 175 L Hinsdale, Illinois Brett Larson. Larson earned NCHC Coach of the Year notice in 2019 #29 Veeti Miettinen (TOR) FR F 5-9 160 L Espoo, Finland and helped lead SCSU to the NCHC regular season title that year. #30 Joey Lamoreaux SO G 6-1 180 L Shorewood, WI The Huskies’ associate head coach is Dave Shyiak and the assistant #34 Dávid Hrenák (LOS) SR G 6-2 180 L Slovakia coach is Nick Oliver. Matt Bertram serves as the Huskies’ volunteer #40 Jaxon Castor SO G 6-3 200 L Phoenix, Arizona goalie coach. Nick Tomczyk serves as the team’s coordinator of hockey and video operations and Jeremiah Minkel is back once again Head Coach: Brett Larson as the team’s equipment manager and Bryan DeMaine is the team’s Associate Head Coach: Dave Shyiak Athletic Trainer in 2020-21. Assistant Coach: Nick Oliver Goalie Coach: Matt Bertram THE NCHC: St. Cloud State University joined the National Collegiate Athletic Trainer: Bryan DeMaine Hockey Conference in 2013-14. The Huskies accepted the invitation to Equipment Manager: Jeremiah Minkel join The National in 2011, and they joined Colorado College, Univer- Coordinator Hockey and Video Operations: Nick Tomczyk sity of Denver, University of Minnesota Duluth, University of Nebraska Omaha, Miami University, University of North Dakota and Western Michigan as members that year.