Trio of Huskies Named Captains, Two Selected as Alternates for 2025-26 Season

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Trio of Huskies Named Captains, Two Selected as Alternates for 2025-26 Season

8/26/2025 4:51:00 PM | Men's Hockey

Grant Ahcan, Tyson Gross and Cooper Wylie named captains; Barrett Hall and Mason Reiners named alternate captains

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud State Men's Hockey head coach Brett Larson announced the team's leadership group ahead of the upcoming 2025-26 season. For the first time since 2011-12 and just the third time in the D-I era, three Huskies will wear a "C" as captain. Senior forward Grant Ahcan (Savage, Minn.), junior forward Tyson Gross (Calgary, Alberta) and senior defenseman Cooper Wylie (Stillwater, Minn.) will serve as captains, while junior forward Barrett Hall (Apple Valley, Minn.) and senior defenseman Mason Reiners (Edina, Minn.) will be alternate captains. The five-man leadership group will be largest group to wear a letter in program history.

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Ahcan follows his brother, Jack, who served as a captain for the 2019-20 season. The Ahcan's are the first set of brothers in the Division-I era to serve as captains for SCSU, and just the second pair overall, following Steve (1985-86) and Mike (1986-87) Brodzinski. Ahcan scored five goals and six assists for 11 points with two shorthanded goals, all career-highs, in 2024-25. He scored twice in SCSU's overtime win over Miami on Nov. 8, netting a shorthanded tally before the OT winner. Ahcan also skated to a +1 mark in seven contests and had a career-high 21 blocks last season. In the classroom, he earned NCHC Academic All-Conference recognition. In 78 career games, Ahcan has scored 10 goals and 14 assists for 24 points with three shorthanded goals and two game-winning goals.

Gross has begun his collegiate career with back-to-back 20-point seasons, scoring 20 points (7-13-20) as a freshman before a 25-point (9-16-25) campaign last season for the black and red. The junior forward led the Huskies in assists (16) and ranked second in goals (nine), points (25), shots on goal (81) and power play goals (four). He earned NCHC Forward of the Week honors after a four-goal, five-point performance against Omaha (Dec. 6-7), becoming the first Husky to score four goals in a series since 2020-21 (Nolan Walker – Jan. 22-23, 2021) and the first to score two goals in back-to-back games since 2015-16 (Kale Kossila – Dec. 11-12, 2015). In the classroom, he has earned NCHC Academic All-Conference honors in each of his first two seasons. In 70 career games, Gross has scored 16 goals and 29 assists for 45 points with six power play goals.

Wylie produced two goals and six assists for eight points with 25 blocks in 26 games in his 2024-25 junior campaign. He also added one power play goal and one game-winning goal, scoring the game-winner in overtime to beat Minnesota Duluth (March 7). In the classroom, Wylie has earned three NCHC Academic All-Conference honors, one NCHC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete Award honor and was named to the 2023-24 CSC Academic All-District team. In 94 career games, Wylie has scored seven goals and 14 assists for 21 points.

Hall has consistently produced a high level in his first two seasons as a Husky, scoring seven goals and 15 assists for 22 points with one power play goal and one game-winning goal while being named a Hobey Baker candidate in his 2024-25 junior campaign. Among team ranks, he ranked second in assists (15), third in points (22), fourth in goals (seven) and fourth in shots on goal (67). He recorded the first two-goal game of his career and added an assist for three points and a +2 mark in the ice in a 4-2 win over Colorado College (Feb. 22). In 67 career games, Hall has scored 15 goals and 23 assists for 38 points.

Reiners appeared in all 36 games for the Huskies a season ago, as he was a stalwart on the blue line with three assists, 37 blocks and a +2 mark on the ice. In the classroom, Reiners graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting in three years with a 4.0 GPA. He has earned three NCHC Academic All-Conference and Distinguished Scholar-Athlete honors, three AHCA All-America Scholar honors and was named to the 2024-25 CSC Academic All-District team. In 90 career games, Reiners has scored six assists for six points with 77 blocks.

Season tickets for the 2025-26 season are now available for purchase by visiting www.scsutickets.com or by calling 1-877-SCSUTIX / 320-308-2137. 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.