Monday, April 5, 2021

Playing in April

Minnesota State is prepping for Pittsburgh and the Frozen Four this week, and the content is coming in. Here's a little for your Monday-night reading (more tomorrow):

In case you missed it, ol' Puckato appeared on College Hockey News' Frozen Four Preview Podcast and, on Tuesday, will join Ryan Stanzel's State of the Skates broadcast.

The Free Press' Kevin Dudley had a great feature on Mike Hastings, talking to peers and former players to find out what makes him tick. Meanwhile Jason Feldman of The Rink Live takes a closer look at Hastings' trusty assistant coaches.

With three Minnesota teams playing in the Frozen Four this week, a lot of people are envoking the dream of Herb Brooks and John Mariucci.

The Mavericks will be playing St. Cloud State at 4 p.m. Thursday, and the Star Tribune's Pat Reusse takes a look back at the old rivals' long history.

With COVID still lingering, everyone's crossing their fingers that college hockey is going to make it through the final weekend of the season unscathed.

There is only one team remaining in the tournament that has a Hobey Baker finalist and a Richter Award finalist, and that is Minnesota State with goalie Dryden McKay. McKay was named to the Hobey Hat Trick, the top three finalists, last week, along with two forwards, Hobey-favorite Cole Caufield of Wisconsin and Shane Pinto of North Dakota. Those awards will be announced on Friday afternoon, the day between the Frozen Four semifinals and championship, along with the AHCA West and East All-Americans.

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