Friday, March 8
Madison, WI
7:07 p.m.
St. Cloud State
at
University of Wisconsin - at Veterans Arena
Kalle Kossila
Photo by: Brace Hemmelgarn
#8 St. Cloud State to Finish Regular Season with Trip to Madison
3/5/2013 5:46:00 PM | Men's Hockey
The #8 St. Cloud State University men's hockey team (20-13-1, 17-8-1 WCHA) will travel to Madison, Wisc. for games on March 8-9 at 7:07 p.m. both evenings. The games will be played at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum at Alliant Energy Center (formely known as the Dane County Coliseum). UW's Kohl Center is being used for the state high school basketball tournament this weekend. The Coliseum was home to Badger hockey from 1967-98 and seats 7,903 for hockey games. The rink is 200x85. Tickets are still available for those fans interested in attending the games down in Madison. Please call 1-800-GOBADGERS or visit uwbadgers.com for complete ticket information for these two important WCHA contests.
THE GAMES
March 8 - SCSU at Wisconsin, 7:07 p.m.
March - SCSU at Wisconsin, 7:07 p.m.
Complete SCSU Weekly Release (PDF)
LISTEN LIVE: Fans can listen to the games live on KNSI FM 103.3 or AM 1450. Don Lyons, the voice of Husky Hockey, along with former Husky All-American Dave Reichel will be making the call from Madison. You can also listen online at www.knsiradio.com...the games are also slated to air on KVSC FM 88.1 with Scott Gross and Gina Carlson on the call. You can listen to KVSC on the web at www.kvsc.org
VIDEO STREAMING: There will be no live video streaming of the games at UW. You can watch them on a tape delay video stream beginning at 10 p.m. at the www.wpt.org website on Friday and Saturday.
WATCH ON TV: The games will be televised live on Fox Sports Wisconsin on March 8 and March 9. Fans in Wisconsin can also watch a tape delay of the games on Wisconsin Public TV's Wisconsin Channel beginning at 10 p.m.
WCHA PLAYOFSS AT SCSU: The Huskies have clinched home ice for the first round of the 2013 WCHA Playoffs. The opponent for the best-of-three series will be determined by the results of this weekend's games in the WCHA. For complete information on tickets for this important WCHA game, please call the SCSU ticket office at 1-877-SCSUTIX or visit www.scsutickets.com for all the details.
WCHA FINAL FIVE: Tournament ticket packages for the upcoming Red Baron WCHA Final Five at the Xcel Energy Center in downtown St. Paul on March 21-23 are available at www.ticketmaster.com or you can call 800-745-3000. Single game tickets for the WCHA Final Five will be available on March 11 through Ticketmaster.
VOTE FOR HOBEY! SCSU fans can show their support for the Huskies by participating in this year's Vote for Hobey fan balloting. At present, SCSU's Drew LeBlanc ranks among the top 10 vote-getters in the program. To take part in the Vote for Hobey fan balloting, please visit www.hobeybakeraward.com and click on the Vote for Hobey link.
CLASS ACT: SCSU forward Ben Hanowski has been selected as a top 10 finalist for the 2013 Senior CLASS Award. A fan poll will help select the 2013 Senior CLASS Award winner, so Ben needs your votes now! To take part in the fan poll, please visit: http://www.seniorclassaward.com/
MORE NEWS AND NOTES...
HUSKIES SPLIT WITH HUSKIES: The St. Cloud State Huskies scored a weekend split against Michigan Tech on March 1-2 in games played at the NHEC. On March 1, the Huskies charted a 5-3 win over MTU and they completed the weekend with a 5-1 loss to MTU on March 2. In the victory, Kalle Kossila had a three-point night with two goals and an assist. Drew LeBlanc (1g/1a), Nic Dowd (2a) and Andrew Prochno (2a) also had multi-point games for SCSU. Ryan Faragher hit a season-high with 42 saves in the game for SCSU - including 19 saves in the final period...on March 2, Jimmy Murray's third period goal with an assist from Nic Dowd helped SCSU avoid the shutout at 5-1.
NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT: SCSU Hobey Baker candidate Drew LeBlanc was the subject of a feature story in the New York Times on Feb. 24. LeBlanc now owns the team record for career games played at 163, as he moves past Ryan Lasch, who had plpayed in 161 games from 2006-10. He also ranks seventh in career scoring at SCSU with 141 points (40g/101a)...For a season, LeBlanc becomes just the 11th player in team history to hit the 30-assist plateau in a season. He leads the nation this year with 33 assists and ranks 3rd with 44 points.
WISE GUYS: The Huskies hit a new team-high by having 10 players selected as WCHA Sc holar-Athletes for 2013. Hobey Baker candidate Drew LeBlanc became just the fifth player in league history to earn Scholar-Athlete honors for the fourth time. The list of Huskies named to the Scholar-Athlete list this season includes: Brooks Bertsch, Nic Dowd, Ryan Faragher, Kevin Gravel, Joey Holka, Nick Jensen, Drew LeBlanc, David Morley, Nick Oliver and Jospeh Phillippi.
HOME ICE: The victory on March 1 clinched home ice in the upcoming WCHA playoffs for the Huskies. SCSU has hosted first round play for the past two consecutive seasons and this marks the fifth time since 2005-06 that the Huskies have hosted first round play. SCSU is 29-24-0 in first round play since joining the league in 1990-91 and the Huskies are 20-6-0 in first round play at home.
FRESHMEN NEWS: Rookie Jimmy Murray scored his fourth goal of the season on March 2 and now has four goals and eight assists to his credit this season. There are five freshmen ranked among SCSU's top 11 point producers in 2012-13. Freshman Jonny Brodzinski continues to lead SCSU with 17 goals this season and rookie Kalle Kossila has 15 goals for the Huskies in 2012-13 to rank second on the team. Senior Ben Hanowski is third on the team with 14 goals this winter...of note, Kalle Kossila ranks third in the nation this season for NCAA Division I rookies with 31 points and Brodzinksi ranks eighth with 28 points scored. Brodzinski leads all NCAA Division I rookies with 17 goals scored this season.
AMONG THE BEST: SCSU's offense ranks third in the nation with a 3.32 goals per game average (113 goals in 34 games). Minnesota leads the country at 3.59 gpg and WCHA rival Nebraska Omaha is second with an average of 3.44 gpg. How good is the WCHA? Out of the top 10 teams in the nation on offense, seven of those teams are from the always rugged WCHA. With an average of 2.53 goals allowed per game this season, the Huskies rank 22nd in the nation on defense. With a .603 winning rate this season, the Huskies rank 13th in the nation for winning percentage.
HUSKY NOTES AND NEWS: .Jonny Brodzinski leads the Huskies this season with an amazing +24 on the plus/minus...Andrew Prochno has posted seven points in the last four games for the Huskies, which includes one goal and six assists...since Jan. 1, the Huskies have posted a solid 8-3-1 record in WCHA play...SCSU is 7-4-1 this season against teams ranked in the top 20 (at the time SCSU played the team). Wisconsin is currently ranked #14 in the nation this season....SCSU's Ben Hanowski has 106 career points, which places him 20th in the team records for career points (DI players only). He also has 59 goals as a Husky, which ranks ninth in the team records. He just moved ahead of Fred Knipscheer, who had 58 goals from 1990-93. A resident of nearby Little Falls, Hanowski serves as a team captain for the Huskies this season along with Drew LeBlanc and alternate captain Nick Jensen...Nick Jensen ranks sixth among DI defensemen this season with 26 points...Nic Dowd ranks fifth in the nation with five game winners to his credit in 2012-13 (which also ties a team record for GWGs in a season).
THE GAMES
March 8 - SCSU at Wisconsin, 7:07 p.m.
March - SCSU at Wisconsin, 7:07 p.m.
Complete SCSU Weekly Release (PDF)
LISTEN LIVE: Fans can listen to the games live on KNSI FM 103.3 or AM 1450. Don Lyons, the voice of Husky Hockey, along with former Husky All-American Dave Reichel will be making the call from Madison. You can also listen online at www.knsiradio.com...the games are also slated to air on KVSC FM 88.1 with Scott Gross and Gina Carlson on the call. You can listen to KVSC on the web at www.kvsc.org
VIDEO STREAMING: There will be no live video streaming of the games at UW. You can watch them on a tape delay video stream beginning at 10 p.m. at the www.wpt.org website on Friday and Saturday.
WATCH ON TV: The games will be televised live on Fox Sports Wisconsin on March 8 and March 9. Fans in Wisconsin can also watch a tape delay of the games on Wisconsin Public TV's Wisconsin Channel beginning at 10 p.m.
WCHA PLAYOFSS AT SCSU: The Huskies have clinched home ice for the first round of the 2013 WCHA Playoffs. The opponent for the best-of-three series will be determined by the results of this weekend's games in the WCHA. For complete information on tickets for this important WCHA game, please call the SCSU ticket office at 1-877-SCSUTIX or visit www.scsutickets.com for all the details.
WCHA FINAL FIVE: Tournament ticket packages for the upcoming Red Baron WCHA Final Five at the Xcel Energy Center in downtown St. Paul on March 21-23 are available at www.ticketmaster.com or you can call 800-745-3000. Single game tickets for the WCHA Final Five will be available on March 11 through Ticketmaster.
VOTE FOR HOBEY! SCSU fans can show their support for the Huskies by participating in this year's Vote for Hobey fan balloting. At present, SCSU's Drew LeBlanc ranks among the top 10 vote-getters in the program. To take part in the Vote for Hobey fan balloting, please visit www.hobeybakeraward.com and click on the Vote for Hobey link.
CLASS ACT: SCSU forward Ben Hanowski has been selected as a top 10 finalist for the 2013 Senior CLASS Award. A fan poll will help select the 2013 Senior CLASS Award winner, so Ben needs your votes now! To take part in the fan poll, please visit: http://www.seniorclassaward.com/
MORE NEWS AND NOTES...
NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT: SCSU Hobey Baker candidate Drew LeBlanc was the subject of a feature story in the New York Times on Feb. 24. LeBlanc now owns the team record for career games played at 163, as he moves past Ryan Lasch, who had plpayed in 161 games from 2006-10. He also ranks seventh in career scoring at SCSU with 141 points (40g/101a)...For a season, LeBlanc becomes just the 11th player in team history to hit the 30-assist plateau in a season. He leads the nation this year with 33 assists and ranks 3rd with 44 points.
WISE GUYS: The Huskies hit a new team-high by having 10 players selected as WCHA Sc holar-Athletes for 2013. Hobey Baker candidate Drew LeBlanc became just the fifth player in league history to earn Scholar-Athlete honors for the fourth time. The list of Huskies named to the Scholar-Athlete list this season includes: Brooks Bertsch, Nic Dowd, Ryan Faragher, Kevin Gravel, Joey Holka, Nick Jensen, Drew LeBlanc, David Morley, Nick Oliver and Jospeh Phillippi.
HOME ICE: The victory on March 1 clinched home ice in the upcoming WCHA playoffs for the Huskies. SCSU has hosted first round play for the past two consecutive seasons and this marks the fifth time since 2005-06 that the Huskies have hosted first round play. SCSU is 29-24-0 in first round play since joining the league in 1990-91 and the Huskies are 20-6-0 in first round play at home.
FRESHMEN NEWS: Rookie Jimmy Murray scored his fourth goal of the season on March 2 and now has four goals and eight assists to his credit this season. There are five freshmen ranked among SCSU's top 11 point producers in 2012-13. Freshman Jonny Brodzinski continues to lead SCSU with 17 goals this season and rookie Kalle Kossila has 15 goals for the Huskies in 2012-13 to rank second on the team. Senior Ben Hanowski is third on the team with 14 goals this winter...of note, Kalle Kossila ranks third in the nation this season for NCAA Division I rookies with 31 points and Brodzinksi ranks eighth with 28 points scored. Brodzinski leads all NCAA Division I rookies with 17 goals scored this season.
AMONG THE BEST: SCSU's offense ranks third in the nation with a 3.32 goals per game average (113 goals in 34 games). Minnesota leads the country at 3.59 gpg and WCHA rival Nebraska Omaha is second with an average of 3.44 gpg. How good is the WCHA? Out of the top 10 teams in the nation on offense, seven of those teams are from the always rugged WCHA. With an average of 2.53 goals allowed per game this season, the Huskies rank 22nd in the nation on defense. With a .603 winning rate this season, the Huskies rank 13th in the nation for winning percentage.
HUSKY NOTES AND NEWS: .Jonny Brodzinski leads the Huskies this season with an amazing +24 on the plus/minus...Andrew Prochno has posted seven points in the last four games for the Huskies, which includes one goal and six assists...since Jan. 1, the Huskies have posted a solid 8-3-1 record in WCHA play...SCSU is 7-4-1 this season against teams ranked in the top 20 (at the time SCSU played the team). Wisconsin is currently ranked #14 in the nation this season....SCSU's Ben Hanowski has 106 career points, which places him 20th in the team records for career points (DI players only). He also has 59 goals as a Husky, which ranks ninth in the team records. He just moved ahead of Fred Knipscheer, who had 58 goals from 1990-93. A resident of nearby Little Falls, Hanowski serves as a team captain for the Huskies this season along with Drew LeBlanc and alternate captain Nick Jensen...Nick Jensen ranks sixth among DI defensemen this season with 26 points...Nic Dowd ranks fifth in the nation with five game winners to his credit in 2012-13 (which also ties a team record for GWGs in a season).
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