Another grad in goal

For the third time in four years, Minnesota State will have a graduate transfer at the goaltending position.

New England Hockey Journal recently reported that Boston College's Ryan Edquist, a Lakeville, Minn., native, will be joining the Mavericks next season. Edquist played just 21 games for the Eagles — one last year and three the season prior — backing up NHL prospects.

He'll likely be in a backup role again at MSU, playing behind Richter Award finalist Dryden McKay, who will be a junior. But the Mavericks have been on the lookout for a goaltender to bolster the group since Jaxson Stauber opted to leave the school and return to junior hockey last November of his freshman season. Stauber, who played just one game for Minnesota State, will be attending Providence.

Two seasons ago, the Mavericks brought in Mathias Israelsson as a grad transfer from Northern Michigan. He competed for the No. 1 job, which McKay eventually won. A year earlier, Connor LaCouvee joined MSU as a Boston University graduate and had an outstanding season, leading the team back to the NCAA tournament.

Edquist backstopped an outstanding Lakeville North team in 2014-15 that included MSU defenseman Jack McNeely as well as St. Cloud State's Poehling brothers that went 31-0 and won the Class AA state championship. He played one season for the USHL's Madison Capitols before going to BC.

After Stauber's departure, Jacob Berger was McKay's primary backup last season. He played in two games, starting one. The Mavericks also brought in Evan Foss, a straight-out-of-high-school MSU student on a tryout and ending up rostering him for the remainder of the season.