Talking to Mike Hastings on Tuesday, he said next year's focus can't just be on the end of the season and winning an NCAA game. It has to be on the entirety of the season in order to get back there.
“I don’t want to lose sight about the season we had because of the way it ended,” Hastings said. “We have to keep building."
One thing that will help is it appears that the Mavericks will have back the vast majority of the team that won 32 games and two WCHA championships.
Hastings confirmed a report that sophomore defenseman Connor Mackey plans to return to MSU for his junior year even though he had interest from NHL teams. This was first reported here:
Mankato St D Connor Mackey has informed interested teams that he is going back to school. He will be a junior— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) April 2, 2019
And center and leading scorer Marc Michaelis, who also had pro interest, told the coach he is planning to return for his senior season.
With Max Coatta being the only lineup regular who is graduating and a good-sized freshman class coming in, it will be interesting to see how the roster shapes up next year.
With Max Coatta being the only lineup regular who is graduating and a good-sized freshman class coming in, it will be interesting to see how the roster shapes up next year.
