Tonight's lines:
MINNESOTA STATE
21-Sowder, 20-Michaelis, 9-Gerard
16-Lutz, 5-Jaremko, 17-Duehr
19-Van Os-Shaw, 11-Spooner, 14-Sandelin
22-Gerads, 26-French, 15-Napravnik
28-Borchardt
2-Mackey, 3-McNeely
25-Zmolek, 18-Scheid
4-Carroll, 24-Hookenson
29-McKay
1-Stauber
31-Berger
Scratches: Aamodt, Bukes, Rivera, Malinowski, McMahan, Smith, Tuomie
Notes: Rivera and Smith were also scratches during the exhibition game and are still dealing with injuries. Tuomie did not practice late in the week due to an injury.
ARIZONA STATE
23-Koumontzis, 61-Sanchez, 7-Walker
8-Jenuwine, 19-Sandhu, 16-Lemieux
10-Busch, 27-Gruber, 29-Knierim
37-Garcia, 28-S. Pasichnuk, 25-Marrocco
20-Buncis
39-B. Pasichnuk, 24-Maniscalco
17-Semik, 22-Judson
60-Gourley, 4-Wilson
30-Debrouwer
31-Robbins
45-Prawdzik
Be sure to check out Twitter for updates from tonight's game.
Friday, October 11, 2019
Friday Morning Skate
Happy opening day!
The No. 3 Mavericks start the regular season tonight with the first of two games against Arizona State at the Mankato Civic Center. The two teams have played each other just once, tying last December in Arizona (the Sun Devils won the shootout).
Among Minnesota State's seniors is Ian Scheid, who has been the mark of consistency over his first three seasons. He's racked up 75 points, scoring 24, 26 and 25 points. He believes that offensive production comes from some advice his late father gave him when he was a young player.
On Wednesday, the Mavericks named their captains for the season. Marc Michaelis and Nick Rivera will wear C's, while Edwin Hookenson will wear an A.
The Sun Devils already have a series under their belts, splitting at home against Mercyhurst last weekend. They know they have a tough task ahead of them on this long road trip to Mankato.
Going around the WCHA ...
Alaska at Michigan Tech: The first and only conference series takes place in Houghton where the Huskies (2-0) take on the Nanooks (0-2).
Alaska Anchorage at Maine: This is quite the road trip for the Seawolves, going cross-continent to take on the Black Bears (0-1)
Michigan State at Northern Michigan: The Wildcats are going to find out quickly what life is like without Atte Tolvanen in goal when they host the Spartans to kick off the season.
Denver at Lake Superior State: A pair of 2-0 teams will go at it this weekend in Sault Ste. Marie. The No. 2 Pioneers swept at Alaska last week and now go the U.P. to take on the Lakers, who swept Merrimack at home last week.
St. Cloud State at Bemidji State: The Beavers will host the No. 7 Huskies for an in-state showdown to start the season. It will be St. Cloud State's first trip to Bemidji since 2014-15.
Alabama Huntsville at Omaha: The 0-2 Chargers will continue a tough start to the season when they go on the road to face the Mavericks. UAH dropped two games at UMass-Lowell last weekend.
Bowling Green in IceBreaker vs. RIT, Ohio State/Western Michigan: The No. 17 Falcons got a win in new coach Ty Eigner's debut against his old boss, Chris Bergeron, and Miami last Sunday. Now they're in Toledo, Ohio, for what should be a competitive tournament.
The No. 3 Mavericks start the regular season tonight with the first of two games against Arizona State at the Mankato Civic Center. The two teams have played each other just once, tying last December in Arizona (the Sun Devils won the shootout).
Among Minnesota State's seniors is Ian Scheid, who has been the mark of consistency over his first three seasons. He's racked up 75 points, scoring 24, 26 and 25 points. He believes that offensive production comes from some advice his late father gave him when he was a young player.
On Wednesday, the Mavericks named their captains for the season. Marc Michaelis and Nick Rivera will wear C's, while Edwin Hookenson will wear an A.
The Sun Devils already have a series under their belts, splitting at home against Mercyhurst last weekend. They know they have a tough task ahead of them on this long road trip to Mankato.
Going around the WCHA ...
Alaska at Michigan Tech: The first and only conference series takes place in Houghton where the Huskies (2-0) take on the Nanooks (0-2).
Alaska Anchorage at Maine: This is quite the road trip for the Seawolves, going cross-continent to take on the Black Bears (0-1)
Michigan State at Northern Michigan: The Wildcats are going to find out quickly what life is like without Atte Tolvanen in goal when they host the Spartans to kick off the season.
Denver at Lake Superior State: A pair of 2-0 teams will go at it this weekend in Sault Ste. Marie. The No. 2 Pioneers swept at Alaska last week and now go the U.P. to take on the Lakers, who swept Merrimack at home last week.
St. Cloud State at Bemidji State: The Beavers will host the No. 7 Huskies for an in-state showdown to start the season. It will be St. Cloud State's first trip to Bemidji since 2014-15.
Alabama Huntsville at Omaha: The 0-2 Chargers will continue a tough start to the season when they go on the road to face the Mavericks. UAH dropped two games at UMass-Lowell last weekend.
Bowling Green in IceBreaker vs. RIT, Ohio State/Western Michigan: The No. 17 Falcons got a win in new coach Ty Eigner's debut against his old boss, Chris Bergeron, and Miami last Sunday. Now they're in Toledo, Ohio, for what should be a competitive tournament.
Sunday, October 6, 2019
Previewing the season
Today's Free Press has a couple of MSU hockey preview stories to check out:
• First, there's a feature on Marc Michaels and how the senior center is approaching a final college season with so much riding on it, both team-wise and personally.
• Then there's a general, position-by-position story, looking at a Mavericks team stacked with returning players throughout the line chart.
• It will be a tough lineup to crack, to be sure, but some of the newcomers sure made a case for themselves on Saturday night.
Saturday, October 5, 2019
Mavericks 5, Cougars 2
Freddy's three thoughts of the game ...
1. Welcome, freshmen: Minnesota State's lineup looks like it will be tough to crack with so many returning players, but the rookies made a good first impression on Saturday. Goals from Ryan Sandelin, Tony Malinowski and Cade Borchardt and solid play from Lucas Sowder and Colby Bukes (Nathan Smith and Jaxson Stauber were out with minor injuries) mean tough decisions are coming in making out the lineup for next weekend's regular-season games against Arizona State. Sandelin "was pretty complete from start to finish," coach Mike Hastings said.
2. Goalies looked good: Sophomore goaltender Dryden McKay, coming off an outstanding rookie season, was tested by a solid Canadian college team and stopped 18 of 19 shots over two periods before giving way to sophomore Jacob Berger. "I thought McKay was really good," Hastings said. "He made a couple that he shouldn't have, and we need him to do that. We’re getting used to him doing that." Berger, who didn't play at all as a freshman, gave up a snipe of a shot less than a minute into the third but that was all. "I thought he settled down after that," Hastings said. "When I went in the locker room, I said, 'Great job That first one might have rattled me, but it didn’t rattle you, and I thought you did a real good job the rest of the game.'"
3. Isn't that special? The Mavericks were 1 for 5 on the power play and 2 for 2 on the penalty kill. They did have two long 5x3 power plays, one that was part of a 5-minute major, but managed just the one goal. "There were a lot of special teams tonight, so it was good to work on those and get the dust off," junior Jared Spooner said. Hastings said he didn't really like much about the special teams but put that on himself. "That's on me more than on them," he said. "We didn't spend a tremendous amount of time (on them in practice). We will this week."
Deep thought: Be sure to check out Sunday's Free Press for stories previewing the Mavericks' 2019-20 season.
Read my game story here.
Around the WCHA: Michigan Tech 2, Robert Morris 1 (OT) ... Lake Superior State 6, Merrimack 2 ... UMass Lowell 5, Alabama Huntsville 1 ... Northern Michigan 4, U.S. Under-18 Team 3 (exhibition) ... Denver at Alaska (late)
1. Welcome, freshmen: Minnesota State's lineup looks like it will be tough to crack with so many returning players, but the rookies made a good first impression on Saturday. Goals from Ryan Sandelin, Tony Malinowski and Cade Borchardt and solid play from Lucas Sowder and Colby Bukes (Nathan Smith and Jaxson Stauber were out with minor injuries) mean tough decisions are coming in making out the lineup for next weekend's regular-season games against Arizona State. Sandelin "was pretty complete from start to finish," coach Mike Hastings said.
2. Goalies looked good: Sophomore goaltender Dryden McKay, coming off an outstanding rookie season, was tested by a solid Canadian college team and stopped 18 of 19 shots over two periods before giving way to sophomore Jacob Berger. "I thought McKay was really good," Hastings said. "He made a couple that he shouldn't have, and we need him to do that. We’re getting used to him doing that." Berger, who didn't play at all as a freshman, gave up a snipe of a shot less than a minute into the third but that was all. "I thought he settled down after that," Hastings said. "When I went in the locker room, I said, 'Great job That first one might have rattled me, but it didn’t rattle you, and I thought you did a real good job the rest of the game.'"
3. Isn't that special? The Mavericks were 1 for 5 on the power play and 2 for 2 on the penalty kill. They did have two long 5x3 power plays, one that was part of a 5-minute major, but managed just the one goal. "There were a lot of special teams tonight, so it was good to work on those and get the dust off," junior Jared Spooner said. Hastings said he didn't really like much about the special teams but put that on himself. "That's on me more than on them," he said. "We didn't spend a tremendous amount of time (on them in practice). We will this week."
Deep thought: Be sure to check out Sunday's Free Press for stories previewing the Mavericks' 2019-20 season.
Read my game story here.
Around the WCHA: Michigan Tech 2, Robert Morris 1 (OT) ... Lake Superior State 6, Merrimack 2 ... UMass Lowell 5, Alabama Huntsville 1 ... Northern Michigan 4, U.S. Under-18 Team 3 (exhibition) ... Denver at Alaska (late)
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
More preseason accolades
Besides being third in the first USCHO poll of the season, Minnesota State was picked fourth in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine rankings, which also came out this week. The Mavericks are the only WCHA team in the Top 15 of that poll. Bowling Green also received votes. Here's the Top 5:
1. Minnesota Duluth
2. Denver
3. UMass
4. Minnesota State
5. Cornell
Meanwhile over at College Hockey News, the Mavericks are third in the CHN preseason top 10 behind UMD and Denver. The website also picked Mavericks senior forward Marc Michaelis for its All-CHN preseason team.
USCHO also published its WCHA preview this week.
1. Minnesota Duluth
2. Denver
3. UMass
4. Minnesota State
5. Cornell
Meanwhile over at College Hockey News, the Mavericks are third in the CHN preseason top 10 behind UMD and Denver. The website also picked Mavericks senior forward Marc Michaelis for its All-CHN preseason team.
USCHO also published its WCHA preview this week.
Monday, September 30, 2019
Mavericks ranked third
Minnesota State is No. 3 in the first USCHO rankings of the season, which came out on Monday morning. The Mavericks received one first-place vote in the poll. The other 49 went to No. 1 Minnesota Duluth.
Bowling Green, at No. 17, was the only other WCHA team in the top 20. Northern Michigan, Bemidji State and Lake Superior State received votes.
Bowling Green, at No. 17, was the only other WCHA team in the top 20. Northern Michigan, Bemidji State and Lake Superior State received votes.
USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll Minneapolis, Minn./September 30, 2019 Team (First Place) Record Pts Last Week 1 Minnesota Duluth (49) 29-11-2 996 NR 2 Denver 24-12-5 891 NR 3 Minnesota State ( 1) 32- 8-2 788 NR 4 Massachusetts 31-10-0 737 NR 5 Cornell 21-11-4 673 NR 6 St. Cloud 30- 6-3 566 NR 7 Providence 24-12-6 550 NR 8 Quinnipiac 26-10-2 526 NR 9 Notre Dame 23-14-3 509 NR 10 Clarkson 26-11-2 500 NR 11 Boston College 14-22-3 466 NR 12 Ohio State 20-11-5 449 NR 13 Penn State 22-15-2 406 NR 14 Western Michigan 21-15-1 371 NR 15 Northeastern 27-11-1 359 NR 16 Wisconsin 14-18-5 300 NR 17 Bowling Green 25-11-5 283 NR 18 North Dakota 18-17-2 211 NR 19 Harvard 19-11-3 195 NR 20 Arizona State 21-13-1 181 NR Others receiving votes: Minnesota 142, AIC 116, Boston University 94, UMass Lowell 88, Michigan 40, Northern Michigan 20, Brown 9, Colorado College 9, Omaha 7, Dartmouth 6, Bemidji State 3, Lake Superior 3, Maine 3, Air Force 1, Niagara 1, Union 1.
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Mavericks picked first by WCHA coaches
The choice was easy — and as unanimous as it could be.
After losing just one regular player from last season’s Western Collegiate Hockey Association regular-season and playoff title team, the Minnesota State men’s hockey team was picked to once again be the league champion by the league’s coaches.
(For an updated story, go here.)
The Mavericks, who went 32-8-2 (22-5-1 in WCHA) last season, received the maximum 90 points on nine first-place votes in the eighth annual Mankato Free Press WCHA Preseason Coaches Poll. Coaches could not vote for their own teams.
The Mavericks also were picked in the poll’s preseason player and rookie of the year voting, with senior forward Marc Michaelis and freshman forward Nathan Smith receiving the honors.
Bowling Green was picked second with 82 points and had the other first-place vote.
From there, coaches are expecting another tight race with just five points separating third through sixth place. Bemidji State was third with 63 points, followed by Northern Michigan with 61, Michigan Tech with 59 and Lake Superior State with 58.
Alaska was picked seventh with 39 points, and Ferris State was eighth with 38. Alabama Huntsville was ninth with 30 points., and Alaska Anchorage rounded out the poll with 20.
Michaelis received nine of 10 votes in preseason player of the year voting. The native of Mannheim, Germany, had 42 points last season, including 19 goals, in 42 games, with 10 goals and 24 points coming in conference play. In three seasons at MSU, Michaelis has racked up 51 goals and 118 points in 117 games.
Smith got eight votes for the rookie award. The Hudson, Florida, native comes to MSU from Cedar Rapids of the USHL where he led the RoughRiders in scoring with 18 goals and 53 points in 59 games last season. He is a 2018 third-round draft pick of the Winnipeg Jets.
The Preseason All-WCHA Team included Michaelis and two MSU teammates, fellow senior forward Parker Tuomie and sophomore goaltender Dryden McKay. Bowling Green had two players, junior forward Brandon Kruse and senior defenseman Alec Rauhauser. Northern Michigan senior Philip Beaulieu was the other defenseman.
After losing just one regular player from last season’s Western Collegiate Hockey Association regular-season and playoff title team, the Minnesota State men’s hockey team was picked to once again be the league champion by the league’s coaches.
(For an updated story, go here.)
The Mavericks, who went 32-8-2 (22-5-1 in WCHA) last season, received the maximum 90 points on nine first-place votes in the eighth annual Mankato Free Press WCHA Preseason Coaches Poll. Coaches could not vote for their own teams.
The Mavericks also were picked in the poll’s preseason player and rookie of the year voting, with senior forward Marc Michaelis and freshman forward Nathan Smith receiving the honors.
Bowling Green was picked second with 82 points and had the other first-place vote.
From there, coaches are expecting another tight race with just five points separating third through sixth place. Bemidji State was third with 63 points, followed by Northern Michigan with 61, Michigan Tech with 59 and Lake Superior State with 58.
Alaska was picked seventh with 39 points, and Ferris State was eighth with 38. Alabama Huntsville was ninth with 30 points., and Alaska Anchorage rounded out the poll with 20.
Michaelis received nine of 10 votes in preseason player of the year voting. The native of Mannheim, Germany, had 42 points last season, including 19 goals, in 42 games, with 10 goals and 24 points coming in conference play. In three seasons at MSU, Michaelis has racked up 51 goals and 118 points in 117 games.
Smith got eight votes for the rookie award. The Hudson, Florida, native comes to MSU from Cedar Rapids of the USHL where he led the RoughRiders in scoring with 18 goals and 53 points in 59 games last season. He is a 2018 third-round draft pick of the Winnipeg Jets.
The Preseason All-WCHA Team included Michaelis and two MSU teammates, fellow senior forward Parker Tuomie and sophomore goaltender Dryden McKay. Bowling Green had two players, junior forward Brandon Kruse and senior defenseman Alec Rauhauser. Northern Michigan senior Philip Beaulieu was the other defenseman.
Here are the results of the poll:
Place Team Points (1st place)
1. Minnesota State 90 (9)
2. Bowling Green 82 (1)
3. Bemidji State 63
4. Northern Michigan 61
5. Michigan Tech 59
6. Lake Superior State 58
7. Alaska 39
8. Ferris State 38
9. Alabama Huntsville 30
10. Alaska Anchorage 20
Preseason Player of the Year (votes)
Marc Michaelis, F, Minnesota State (9)
Others: Parker Tuomie, F, Minnesota State (1)
Preseason Rookie of the Year (votes)
Nathan Smith, F, Minnesota State (8)
Others, Colby Bukes, D, Minnesota State (1); Samuel Solensky, F, Bemidji State (1)
Preseason All-WCHA (votes)
F—Marc Michaelis, MSU (10)
F—Parker Tuomie, MSU (9)
F—Brandon Kruse, BGSU (6)
D—Philip Beaulieu, NMU (9)
D—Alec Rauhauser, BGSU (5)
G—Dryden McKay, MSU (9)
Others: F—Max Johnson, BGSU (3), Brian Halonen, MTU (1), Max Humitz, LSSU (1); D—Connor Mackey, MSU (4), Collin Saccoman, LSSU (1), Ian Scheid, MSU (1); G—Matt Jurusik, MTU (1)
Place Team Points (1st place)
1. Minnesota State 90 (9)
2. Bowling Green 82 (1)
3. Bemidji State 63
4. Northern Michigan 61
5. Michigan Tech 59
6. Lake Superior State 58
7. Alaska 39
8. Ferris State 38
9. Alabama Huntsville 30
10. Alaska Anchorage 20
Preseason Player of the Year (votes)
Marc Michaelis, F, Minnesota State (9)
Others: Parker Tuomie, F, Minnesota State (1)
Preseason Rookie of the Year (votes)
Nathan Smith, F, Minnesota State (8)
Others, Colby Bukes, D, Minnesota State (1); Samuel Solensky, F, Bemidji State (1)
Preseason All-WCHA (votes)
F—Marc Michaelis, MSU (10)
F—Parker Tuomie, MSU (9)
F—Brandon Kruse, BGSU (6)
D—Philip Beaulieu, NMU (9)
D—Alec Rauhauser, BGSU (5)
G—Dryden McKay, MSU (9)
Others: F—Max Johnson, BGSU (3), Brian Halonen, MTU (1), Max Humitz, LSSU (1); D—Connor Mackey, MSU (4), Collin Saccoman, LSSU (1), Ian Scheid, MSU (1); G—Matt Jurusik, MTU (1)
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