St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Earns 16th NCAA Tournament Berth in Program History
3/20/2022 5:27:00 PM | Men's Hockey
The Huskies are a 3-seed in the Allentown regional and will face Quinnipiac on Friday
INDIANAPOLIS – For the fourth time in the last five seasons and the 16th time in program history, St. Cloud State Men's Hockey is heading to the NCAA Tournament. The Huskies are the No. 3 seed in the Allentown region of the 2022 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
The No. 3-seeded Huskies (18-14-4) will square off against Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference runner-up and No. 2 seed Quinnipiac (31-6-3) on Friday, March 25 at 7:00 p.m. CT at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pa. St. Cloud State is 4-5 all-time against the Bobcats, with Quinnipiac sweeping the last series against the two teams, 5-2 and 4-1 on Oct. 23-24, 2015, in Hamden, Conn. The two teams have met in the NCAA Tournament once before, with the Bobcats earning a 4-1 win over the Huskies at the NCAA Frozen Four on April 11, 2013. The winner of the SCSU-QU matchup will faceoff against the winner of No. 1 seed Michigan (29-9-1) and No. 4 seed American International (22-12-3), who play at 2:00 p.m. CT on Friday.
The Huskies will be making their third trip to the NCAA Tournament under fourth-year head coach Brett Larson. He is the first St. Cloud State head coach in the D-I era to lead the Huskies to NCAA Tournament berths the first three seasons a tournament is played (no tournament in 2020 due to pandemic). The Huskies earned the No. 4 seed in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference Tournament after a 10-10-4 record in conference play before falling to NCHC Frozen Faceoff champions Minnesota Duluth in the quarterfinals. The Huskies 18 wins marks the 22nd time in its 35-year history as a Division-I program St. Cloud State has won 18 or more games.
St. Cloud State's 2022 NCAA berth will be the third time it has entered the NCAA Tournament as a 3-seed since the playoff format expanded to 16 teams in 2003, with the first two occurrences happening in 2014 and 2015. The Huskies advanced to the regional final in St. Paul and Fargo, respectively in each of those seasons, earning first-round wins against Notre Dame (4-3 OT, March 29) in 2014 and Michigan Tech (3-2, March 27) in 2015.
The Huskies will look to build upon a historic NCAA Tournament run from a season ago, as St. Cloud State earned its first ever appearance in the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey National Championship game at the 2021 NCAA Frozen Four in Pittsburgh, Penn. After a runner-up finish in the NCHC Frozen Faceoff Championship game an at-large bid to the NCAA Northeast Regional, the Huskies beat Boston and Boston College for the regional championship to advance to the NCAA Frozen Four for just the second time in program history. In Pittsburgh, St. Cloud State beat Minnesota State Mankato in the semifinal game before falling to Massachusetts in its first-ever Division-I national title game appearance.
More information on tickets and travel details for the 2022 NCAA Regional will be announced soon. For all the latest on St. Cloud State Men's Hockey, stay tuned to SCSUHuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Ticket information will always be available at www.scsutickets.com, by calling the SCSU Ticket Office at 1-877-SCSUTIX / 320-308-2137.
The No. 3-seeded Huskies (18-14-4) will square off against Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference runner-up and No. 2 seed Quinnipiac (31-6-3) on Friday, March 25 at 7:00 p.m. CT at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pa. St. Cloud State is 4-5 all-time against the Bobcats, with Quinnipiac sweeping the last series against the two teams, 5-2 and 4-1 on Oct. 23-24, 2015, in Hamden, Conn. The two teams have met in the NCAA Tournament once before, with the Bobcats earning a 4-1 win over the Huskies at the NCAA Frozen Four on April 11, 2013. The winner of the SCSU-QU matchup will faceoff against the winner of No. 1 seed Michigan (29-9-1) and No. 4 seed American International (22-12-3), who play at 2:00 p.m. CT on Friday.
The Huskies will be making their third trip to the NCAA Tournament under fourth-year head coach Brett Larson. He is the first St. Cloud State head coach in the D-I era to lead the Huskies to NCAA Tournament berths the first three seasons a tournament is played (no tournament in 2020 due to pandemic). The Huskies earned the No. 4 seed in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference Tournament after a 10-10-4 record in conference play before falling to NCHC Frozen Faceoff champions Minnesota Duluth in the quarterfinals. The Huskies 18 wins marks the 22nd time in its 35-year history as a Division-I program St. Cloud State has won 18 or more games.
St. Cloud State's 2022 NCAA berth will be the third time it has entered the NCAA Tournament as a 3-seed since the playoff format expanded to 16 teams in 2003, with the first two occurrences happening in 2014 and 2015. The Huskies advanced to the regional final in St. Paul and Fargo, respectively in each of those seasons, earning first-round wins against Notre Dame (4-3 OT, March 29) in 2014 and Michigan Tech (3-2, March 27) in 2015.
The Huskies will look to build upon a historic NCAA Tournament run from a season ago, as St. Cloud State earned its first ever appearance in the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey National Championship game at the 2021 NCAA Frozen Four in Pittsburgh, Penn. After a runner-up finish in the NCHC Frozen Faceoff Championship game an at-large bid to the NCAA Northeast Regional, the Huskies beat Boston and Boston College for the regional championship to advance to the NCAA Frozen Four for just the second time in program history. In Pittsburgh, St. Cloud State beat Minnesota State Mankato in the semifinal game before falling to Massachusetts in its first-ever Division-I national title game appearance.
More information on tickets and travel details for the 2022 NCAA Regional will be announced soon. For all the latest on St. Cloud State Men's Hockey, stay tuned to SCSUHuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Ticket information will always be available at www.scsutickets.com, by calling the SCSU Ticket Office at 1-877-SCSUTIX / 320-308-2137.
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