Thursday, April 11
Pittsburgh, Penn.
7 p.m. (CT)
St. Cloud State
vs
Quinnipiac University
Frozen Four
SCSU Men's Hockey Headed to the Frozen Four
4/3/2013 6:05:00 PM | Men's Hockey
THE FROZEN FOUR - April 11 & 13 - Pittsburgh, Penn.
The St. Cloud State University men's hockey team (25-15-1, 18-9-1 WCHA) will play in the NCAA Frozen Four on April 11 and April 13 at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pa. The Huskies will open the Frozen Four on April 11 with a match against Quinnipiac (29-7-5, 17-2-3 ECAC) at 7 p.m. (CT). In the early game at 3:30 p.m. (CT) on April 11, Yale (20-12-3, 12-9-1 ECAC) will play UMass Lowell (28-10-2, 16-9-2 HE). The two winners will advance to the championship game of the Frozen Four at the Consol Energy Center at 6 p.m. (CT) on Saturday, April 13 in Pittsburgh, Pa.
COMPLETE SCSU HOCKEY NOTES FOR FROZEN FOUR (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, and Dave Reichel will be making the call from Pittsburgh. 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
WATCH ON TV: The games are schedule to air on ESPN2. Check out www.ncaa.com for all the details.
TICKETS FOR THE FROZEN FOUR: A limited number of Frozen Four tournament packages are available for sale at the SCSU Athletic Ticket Office. Please call 1-877-SCSUTIX or 320-308-2137 during office business hours for complete information on these tournament ticket packages. No single game tickets are available through the SCSU ticket office. For other ticket information, please check the NCAA website at
www.ncaa.com
NCAA DETAILS: For more informationa about the upcoming NCAA Regionals and the NCAA Frozen Four, please visit the NCAA website at www.ncaa.com
THE CHAMPS: The Huskies claimed their first WCHA regular season title in 2012-13 with an 18-9-1 league record. SCSU joined the league in 1990-91 and also won the WCHA FInal Five title in 2001.
NCAA ACTION: Here are some quick facts about the Huskies and the NCAA tournament:
HUSKY HOBEY HAT TRICK:
St. Cloud State University senior Drew LeBlanc was named as a top 3 Hobey Baker Award finalist for 2013. He is the fourth SCSU player to be named as a Hobey Baker Award top 10 finalist and SCSU's second Hobey Top 3 finalist. He currently leads the nation with 37 assists and is seventh in the nation with 50 points this season, which makes him the ninth player in team history to hit the 50-point plateau in a season at SCSU. In his storied career, LeBlanc has 105 assists and 42 goals. He has played in a school record 169 games as a Husky and he ranks second in the team records with 105 assists and sixth with 147 points...LeBlanc is the first WCHA player to earn both the league's Player of the Year and Student-Athlete of the Year award in the same season. The last time a Husky earned the league's Player of the Year award was Mark Hartigan in 2002 and the last time a Husky was named Student-Athlete of the Year was Kyle McLaughlin in 1999. SCSU's other Hobey top 10 finalists were Mark Hartigan (2002 - top 3), Bobby Goepfert (2007) and Ryan Lasch (2008).
STOP FORCE: SCSU head coach Bob Motzko has been named as one of the finalists for the 2012-13 AHCA Men's Ice Hockey
Spencer Penrose Award Finalists flexxCOACH/AHCA Division I Coach of the Year. The award winner will be announced on April 10 in Pittsburgh. Motzko is in his 8th season at SCSU with a 162-124-35 career record. He has earned 4 NCAA bids and won the 2013 WCHA Regular Season title and the 2013 NCAA DI Midwest Regional crown.
STOP FORCE: Sophomore goalie Ryan Faragher owns a 24-13-1 record this season. Faragher needs three more wins this season to tie the team record of 25 goalie wins set by Scott Meyer in 2000-01. Faragher owns a 2.22 GAA and a .914 save rate this season. Faragher was named to the All-Regional Tournament team for his performance in Toledo that featured just two goals allowed.
YOUNG GUNS: Freshman forward Jonny Brodzinski leads all DI rookies in 2012-13 with 22 goals (along with leading SCSU in goals scored this winter)...SCSU's freshmen class has been impressive this season with 55 goals and 61 assists. Among DI rookie scoring leaders this winter, Kalle Kossila ranks 13th with .85 points per game and Brodzinski ranks 14th with .80 ppg. Rookie David Morley ranks 13th among all DI players with seven power play goals this season. Brodzinski was also named the 2013 All-CHN Rookie team in 2013.
REGIONAL MVP: Joey Benik was named the Regional MVP after charting 4 goals and one assist in the tournament, which included two game winners. An injury scratch after being hurt in the first day of practice for the first half of the season, Benik has charted 7 goals and 4 assists in 23 games played this winter. He helped lead Penticton to a Canadian Junior title in 2012. He was joined on the All-Region team by Andrew Prochno, Cory Thorson and Ryan Faragher.
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS: SCSU claimed its first MacNaughton Cup title thanks to a 4-2 win at Wisconsin on Mar. 8 in a weekend series played at the old Dane County Coliseum...the victory provided the Huskies with an 18-9-1 league record and 37 WCHA points. SCSU is the regular season co-champ this year along with Minnesota. This marked the 5th time since 1951-52 that the WCHA had co-champs and the first since CC and Denver shared the title in 2004-05.
HOLY TOLEDO: The Huskies earned their first-ever NCAA Regional title with a first place ending at the Midwest Regional on March 30-31 in Toledo, Ohio. The Huskies were the #4 seed at the Regional and defeated top seed Notre Dame (5-1) and #2 seed Miami (4-1) to punch their ticket to Pittsburgh. This marks SCSU's ninth NCAA bid and first trip to the Frozen Four.
HUSKY NOTES AND NEWS: SCSU has nine players with 20-or-more points in 2012-13...Jonny Brodzinski leads the Huskies with an impressive +27 on the plus/minus...Andrew Prochno (48) and Nic Dowd (46) pace the Huskies with blocks this season...Drew LeBlanc hit his 15th multi-point night of the season with his goal and two assists on March 16. LeBlanc has scored three-or-more points in a game four times in 2012-13.
AWARD WINNER: Junior Nick Jensen was selected as the WCHA Defensive Player of the Year. He is the first SCSU player to gain Defensive Player of the Year notice. He was also picked as a All-CHN First Team choice on defense for 2013. Jensen ranks second among DI defensemen with 27 assists this season. Of note, the SCSU record for most points by a defenseman was set by Bret Hedican in 1990-91 at 30 assists...Jensen ranks fourth in the team records for a blueliner with 86 points and second with 71 assists.
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... The Huskies also tied a team record by putting 16 players on the 2013 All-WCHA Academic team.
SCSU HOCKEY 101: The Huskies began playing organized hockey in 1931-32. In 1986-87, SCSU placed 3rd at the NCAA DIII tournament under the direction of head coach Herb Brooks, who served for just one season as SCSU's head coach. He helped SCSU make the move to the DI level, which took place in 1987-88. Craig Dahl was SCSU's head coach from 1987 to 2005, and Bob Motzko has been the Huskies' head coach since 2005-06.
A FEW FINAL NOTES: SCSU is 32-15-3 in games played against teams in the ECAC during the Huskies' Division I era. Earlier this season, SCSU split a pair of games vs. RPI on Dec. 27-28 in St. Cloud. SCSU is 14-15-3 in games played against Hockey East teams since 1987-88...on the topic of conferences, SCSU will join the NCHC in 2013-14...SCSU is 11-0-0 this season when Nic Dowd scores a goal...SCSU is 10-6-1 in games played against top 20 opponents (at time played) in 2012-13...SCSU is 2-1-0 in games played at neutral sites this season...Consol Engery Center features an NHL-sized ice sheet. SCSU plays all of its home matches on the larger Olympic sheet of ice at the NHEC and the Huskies posted a 15-7-0 record at home in 2012-13. The Huskies have skated on the smaller NHL-sized ice sheets 15 times this season and they own a 8-5-0 record in those contests...SCSU posted only one tie game in 2012-13. This ties the SCSU record for fewest tie games in a season and this is just the fourth time since 1987-88 that the Huskies have had one tie in a season...SCSU has allowed 1068 shots this season. The current team record for fewest shots in a season is 1035 set in 1991-92.
NEED SCSU HELP AT THE REGIONAL: Tom Nelson, SCSU's contact for Men's Hockey will be in attendance at the Frozen Four. If you need assistance with anything related to St. Cloud State, please contact Tom Nelson in the Press Box or call him on his personal cell phone at 320-224-0813.
The St. Cloud State University men's hockey team (25-15-1, 18-9-1 WCHA) will play in the NCAA Frozen Four on April 11 and April 13 at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pa. The Huskies will open the Frozen Four on April 11 with a match against Quinnipiac (29-7-5, 17-2-3 ECAC) at 7 p.m. (CT). In the early game at 3:30 p.m. (CT) on April 11, Yale (20-12-3, 12-9-1 ECAC) will play UMass Lowell (28-10-2, 16-9-2 HE). The two winners will advance to the championship game of the Frozen Four at the Consol Energy Center at 6 p.m. (CT) on Saturday, April 13 in Pittsburgh, Pa.
COMPLETE SCSU HOCKEY NOTES FOR FROZEN FOUR (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, and Dave Reichel will be making the call from Pittsburgh. 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
WATCH ON TV: The games are schedule to air on ESPN2. Check out www.ncaa.com for all the details.
TICKETS FOR THE FROZEN FOUR: A limited number of Frozen Four tournament packages are available for sale at the SCSU Athletic Ticket Office. Please call 1-877-SCSUTIX or 320-308-2137 during office business hours for complete information on these tournament ticket packages. No single game tickets are available through the SCSU ticket office. For other ticket information, please check the NCAA website at
www.ncaa.com
NCAA DETAILS: For more informationa about the upcoming NCAA Regionals and the NCAA Frozen Four, please visit the NCAA website at www.ncaa.com
THE CHAMPS: The Huskies claimed their first WCHA regular season title in 2012-13 with an 18-9-1 league record. SCSU joined the league in 1990-91 and also won the WCHA FInal Five title in 2001.
THE CHAMPS II: The Huskies captured their first ever NCAA Regional title with a first place ending at the NCAA Midwest Regional on March 30-31 at the Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio. The Huskies won the first round match against #1 seed Notre Dame by a 5-1 tally and then punched their ticket to Pittsburgh with a 4-1 win over #2 seed Miami in the title game on March 31. SCSU earned its ninth NCAA tournament bid in 2013 and the Huskies are 3-9 in NCAA tournament play since their first appearance on the national stage in 1989. SCSU has gained 4 NCAA bids during the Bob Motzko era with tournament trips in 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2013.
NCAA ACTION: Here are some quick facts about the Huskies and the NCAA tournament:
- This is SCSU's ninth NCAA tournament bid since 1989. The Huskies have advances to the NCAA tournament in 1989, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2013.
- SCSU is 3-1-0 in games played vs. Quinnipiac since 2010. The last meeting between SCSU and QU was a weekend split in St. Cloud on Oct.. 29, 2010 (L, 4-2) and Oct. 30, 2010 (W, 5-2). On Jan. 15-16, 2010, the Huskies collected a 3-1, 3-2 sweep at Quinnipiac.
- SCSU is 3-9-0 in NCAA tournament play. The Huskies picked up their first NCAA tournament win on March 26, 2010 with a 4-3 OT win in West Regional play against Northern Michigan at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. SCSU earned its first regional title win 2013 at the Midwest Regional in Toledo. On Mar. 30, the Huskies defeated top seed Notre Dame 5-1 and then beat #2 seed Miami on March 31, 4-1 to earn their tickets to the Iron City.
- SCSU was one of six WCHA teams selected for tournament play this season - and the lone WCHA rep at the Frozen Four.
- In SCSU's first trip to the NCAA tournament, the Huskies lost a 6-3 and 4-2 series at Lake Superior State.
- Other regional opponents for SCSU have included Boston University in 2000, Michigan in 2001, Michigan in 2002, New Hampshire in 2003, Maine in 2007, Clarkson in 2008, Northern Michigan in 2010 and Wisconsin in 2010.
- This marks the fourth time during Bob Motzko's tenure that the Huskies have gained an NCAA tournament bid.
- SCSU is 0-1-0 in play against UMass Lowell and 1-0-0 in play against Yale.
HUSKY HOBEY HAT TRICK:
STOP FORCE: SCSU head coach Bob Motzko has been named as one of the finalists for the 2012-13 AHCA Men's Ice Hockey
Spencer Penrose Award Finalists flexxCOACH/AHCA Division I Coach of the Year. The award winner will be announced on April 10 in Pittsburgh. Motzko is in his 8th season at SCSU with a 162-124-35 career record. He has earned 4 NCAA bids and won the 2013 WCHA Regular Season title and the 2013 NCAA DI Midwest Regional crown.
STOP FORCE: Sophomore goalie Ryan Faragher owns a 24-13-1 record this season. Faragher needs three more wins this season to tie the team record of 25 goalie wins set by Scott Meyer in 2000-01. Faragher owns a 2.22 GAA and a .914 save rate this season. Faragher was named to the All-Regional Tournament team for his performance in Toledo that featured just two goals allowed.
YOUNG GUNS: Freshman forward Jonny Brodzinski leads all DI rookies in 2012-13 with 22 goals (along with leading SCSU in goals scored this winter)...SCSU's freshmen class has been impressive this season with 55 goals and 61 assists. Among DI rookie scoring leaders this winter, Kalle Kossila ranks 13th with .85 points per game and Brodzinski ranks 14th with .80 ppg. Rookie David Morley ranks 13th among all DI players with seven power play goals this season. Brodzinski was also named the 2013 All-CHN Rookie team in 2013.
REGIONAL MVP: Joey Benik was named the Regional MVP after charting 4 goals and one assist in the tournament, which included two game winners. An injury scratch after being hurt in the first day of practice for the first half of the season, Benik has charted 7 goals and 4 assists in 23 games played this winter. He helped lead Penticton to a Canadian Junior title in 2012. He was joined on the All-Region team by Andrew Prochno, Cory Thorson and Ryan Faragher.
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS: SCSU claimed its first MacNaughton Cup title thanks to a 4-2 win at Wisconsin on Mar. 8 in a weekend series played at the old Dane County Coliseum...the victory provided the Huskies with an 18-9-1 league record and 37 WCHA points. SCSU is the regular season co-champ this year along with Minnesota. This marked the 5th time since 1951-52 that the WCHA had co-champs and the first since CC and Denver shared the title in 2004-05.
HOLY TOLEDO: The Huskies earned their first-ever NCAA Regional title with a first place ending at the Midwest Regional on March 30-31 in Toledo, Ohio. The Huskies were the #4 seed at the Regional and defeated top seed Notre Dame (5-1) and #2 seed Miami (4-1) to punch their ticket to Pittsburgh. This marks SCSU's ninth NCAA bid and first trip to the Frozen Four.
HUSKY NOTES AND NEWS: SCSU has nine players with 20-or-more points in 2012-13...Jonny Brodzinski leads the Huskies with an impressive +27 on the plus/minus...Andrew Prochno (48) and Nic Dowd (46) pace the Huskies with blocks this season...Drew LeBlanc hit his 15th multi-point night of the season with his goal and two assists on March 16. LeBlanc has scored three-or-more points in a game four times in 2012-13.
AWARD WINNER: Junior Nick Jensen was selected as the WCHA Defensive Player of the Year. He is the first SCSU player to gain Defensive Player of the Year notice. He was also picked as a All-CHN First Team choice on defense for 2013. Jensen ranks second among DI defensemen with 27 assists this season. Of note, the SCSU record for most points by a defenseman was set by Bret Hedican in 1990-91 at 30 assists...Jensen ranks fourth in the team records for a blueliner with 86 points and second with 71 assists.
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... The Huskies also tied a team record by putting 16 players on the 2013 All-WCHA Academic team.
SCSU HOCKEY 101: The Huskies began playing organized hockey in 1931-32. In 1986-87, SCSU placed 3rd at the NCAA DIII tournament under the direction of head coach Herb Brooks, who served for just one season as SCSU's head coach. He helped SCSU make the move to the DI level, which took place in 1987-88. Craig Dahl was SCSU's head coach from 1987 to 2005, and Bob Motzko has been the Huskies' head coach since 2005-06.
A FEW FINAL NOTES: SCSU is 32-15-3 in games played against teams in the ECAC during the Huskies' Division I era. Earlier this season, SCSU split a pair of games vs. RPI on Dec. 27-28 in St. Cloud. SCSU is 14-15-3 in games played against Hockey East teams since 1987-88...on the topic of conferences, SCSU will join the NCHC in 2013-14...SCSU is 11-0-0 this season when Nic Dowd scores a goal...SCSU is 10-6-1 in games played against top 20 opponents (at time played) in 2012-13...SCSU is 2-1-0 in games played at neutral sites this season...Consol Engery Center features an NHL-sized ice sheet. SCSU plays all of its home matches on the larger Olympic sheet of ice at the NHEC and the Huskies posted a 15-7-0 record at home in 2012-13. The Huskies have skated on the smaller NHL-sized ice sheets 15 times this season and they own a 8-5-0 record in those contests...SCSU posted only one tie game in 2012-13. This ties the SCSU record for fewest tie games in a season and this is just the fourth time since 1987-88 that the Huskies have had one tie in a season...SCSU has allowed 1068 shots this season. The current team record for fewest shots in a season is 1035 set in 1991-92.
NEED SCSU HELP AT THE REGIONAL: Tom Nelson, SCSU's contact for Men's Hockey will be in attendance at the Frozen Four. If you need assistance with anything related to St. Cloud State, please contact Tom Nelson in the Press Box or call him on his personal cell phone at 320-224-0813.
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