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St. Cloud State
Colorado College
#4 St. Cloud State On the Road to Colorado College
3/5/2014 11:18:00 AM | Men's Hockey
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 #4 St. Cloud State (19-8-5,13-6-3-0 NCHC) at Colorado College (6-20-6, 6-11-5-1 NCHC) |
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| Â Date / Time | Friday, March 7, 2014 - 8:08 p.m. (CT)Â |
| Saturday, March 8, 2014 - 8:07 p.m. (CT) | |
| Â Location | Herb Brooks National Hockey Center |
| Â Audio | KNSI Radio AM 1450/FM 103.3Â Â |
| Â TV |
Friday Only - CBS Sports Network (check your local listings) DirecTV 221/Dish Network 158/Charter Cable 412 Saturday Only - CC live video stream |
|  Live Video Stream  | http://www.cctigers.com/showcase/ - Sat. Only |
| Â Live Stats | CC Live Stats |
|  Game Notes | Complete Game Notes from (PDF) St. Cloud State |
| Â Social Media |
 @SCSUHUSKIES_MH  | Facebook |
LISTEN TO THE HUSKIES THIS WEEKEND:  Fans can follow all the action from live on KNSI AM 1450/FM 103.3 this weekend.  You can listen on the web at www.knsiradio.com with Dan Terhaar providing the call. Â
WATCH THE GAME:  The game on March 7 will be televised live on CBS Sports Network with Ben Holden, Dave Starman and Shireen Saski on the call.  Please check your local TV listings for the location of CBS Sports Network on your dial.  In the St. Cloud area, you can watch CBS Sports Network on Charter Cable channel 412.  It is also available on DirecTV channel 221 and Dish Network 158.  The game on March 8 will available on the Colorado College live video stream at http://www.cctigers.com/showcase/
FIRST ROUND PLAYOFFS:  The first round of the 2014 NCHC Playoffs will run from Mar. 14-16 at on-campus locations.  The sites for the first round games will be determined by the results of the final two games of the NCHC regular season. The top four teams in the final regular season standings will serve as first round hosts in the tournament.  The Huskies have clinched home ice in the upcoming playoffs.  Please remember to visit www.scsutickets.com or call 1-877-SCSUTIX for complete ticket information for the upcoming NCHC playoffs games at the Brooks Center.  This will be a best-of-three playoff series.  For information about the upcoming NCHC Frozen Faceoff at the Minneapolis Target Center on March 21-22, please visit www.nchchockey.com
FIRST ROUND TICKET INFORMATION:  Tickets for the NCHC best-of-three first round tournament games on Mar. 14-16 at the Herb Brooks National Center are now available at www.scsutickets.com.  Tickets prices for the games will be $20.  Since these are NCHC tournament games, SCSU students must purchase a ticket for $5.  Fans can also purchase the always popular $50 Husky Four-Pack for these games.  This special offer includes four tickets in the Plaza Park Bank Family section and two popcorns for just $50.
RANK AND FILE:  The Huskies earned a number 4 ranking in this week's USA TODAY/USA Hockey poll and a #4 ranking in the USCHO.com poll this week.  In the Pairwise rankings on March 4, the Huskies were tied for third place along with Union.  SCSU was the top ranked team from the NCHC in the Pairwise on March 4.
LAST TIME OUT:  The Huskies lost a 5-2 decision against North Dakota on Feb. 28 at the Brooks Center.  SCSU goals were scored in the game by Joey Benik and Kevin Gravel.  The Huskies maintained a share of 1st place in the league thanks to a 3-1 win over UND on March 1.  Benik opened the scoring and Cory Thorson published the game winner in the second before Kevin Gravel iced it with an ENG in the final minute of play.  Ryan Faragher won the game with 33 saves for the Huskies in the nets.
WHAT'S ON THE LINE: SCSU enters the final week of regular season play in the NCHC with a 19-8-5 overall record and a 13-6-3-0 record in the NCHC.  The Huskies are currently tied for first place in the league along with North Dakota.  Both teams have 42 league points this season.  The Huskies will have an opportunity to clinch the regular season NCHC championship this weekend when they travel to Colorado College for a pair of league tilts at the World Arena in Colorado Springs on March 7-8.
50 WINS: SCSU netminder Ryan Faragher became just the second goalie in team history to gain 50 career victories with his 3-1 win over UND on March 1.  In his career, Faragher is 50-32-8 with a 2.53 career goals against average, five shutouts and a .913 save rate.  Brian Leitza is the all-time wins leader at SCSU with a 66-56-7 record from 1994 to 1998.
TOP GUN:  Sophomore Jonny Brodzinski currently leads the Huskies in 2013-14 with 35 points (16g/19a). Brodzinski will bring a five-game point streak into the CC series and he has notched two goals and six assists during the current streak.
SENIOR CITIZENS:  SCSU saluted its four seniors on March 1, as they played in their final regular season home games at the Brooks Center.  The group included forward Nic Dowd, forward Cory Thorson, defender Kevin Gravel and defender Brandon Burrell.  Thorson and Gravel both charted goals in the contest on March 1, while Burrell saw his first ice time of the 2013-14 campaign in the contest.
TAKING ADVANTAGE:  SCSU senior Nic Dowd ranks fifth in the nation and first in the NCHC with nine power play goals to his credit this season.  As a team. The Huskies rank fourth in the nation on the power play at 24.4 percent this season (31-of-127).
PLAYING CLEAN: The Huskies are the fourth least penalized team in all of Division I college hockey this winter. SCSU ranks 56th out of 59 teams this season with an average of just 8.2 penalty minutes per game.  The Huskies have been called for 121 penalites this season with a total of 261 penalty minutes.
SECOND ON THE LIST:  SCSU head coach Bob Motzko won his 181st career game on March 1.  Motzko is now tied for second place in the team records for most wins by a coach along with Charlie Basch, who had a 181-193-7 record from 1968 to 1984.  Motzko enters the weekend of play at CC with a 181-133-40 record during his nine seasons in St. Cloud.  Motzko is 13-12-4 during his career against Colorado College.  SCSU's all-time coaching victory leader is Craig Dahl, who had a 338-309-52 record from 1987 to 2005.
SCORING NOTES:  The Huskies' Jonny Brodzinski ranks 27th in the nation on scoring with 1.09 points per game and Nic Dowd ranks 12th in the nation with 0.56 goals per game this season.  The Huskies may not have a top 10 scorer this season, but they do rank third in the nation on offense with a team scoring rate of 3.56 goals per game. The Huskies have 114 goals this season and have allowed only 86 goals in 2013-14.
THE DALY SHOW: Junior blueliner Tim Daly has five assists this season and four of those assists have been scored in the last five games for the Huskies.  Daly gained an assist in both games against UND.  On the season, Daly has one goal and five assists in 2013-14.
FUN FACTS: SCSU was outshot by North Dakota in both games this weekend, but that trend doesn't seem to bother the Huskies too much as they are 10-2-3 in games when they are outshot this season.  SCSU is 9-4-5 when it scores on the power play this season, and the Huskies are also 10-4-0 in games when they don't score on the power play this season.
MORE NOTES: In his last six outings, sophomore forward Kalle Kossila has scored six points.  On the season, Kossila ranks third on the team with 12 goals and 19 assists.  He is one of three Huskies with 30-plus points this season and he is one of six SCSU players to see ice time in all 32 games played this season.  The other Husky iron men in 2013-14 include Nic Dowd, Jonny Brodzinski, Ethan Prow, Cory Thorson and Kevin Gravel... SCSU is 10-6-3 in play against nationally ranked team this season.
