(RV) St. Cloud State Women’s Hockey Set for Final Home Series of 2025-26 Season

Friday, February 13

St. Cloud, Minn.

2 p.m.

St. Cloud State

Bemidji State

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Hannele Tarkiainen vs. Minnesota State 2-7-26

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(RV) St. Cloud State Women’s Hockey Set for Final Home Series of 2025-26 Season

2/12/2026 4:04:00 PM | Women's Hockey

Series Notes

Huskies host Bemidji State at the Brooks Center Friday and Saturday

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – (RV) St. Cloud State Women's Hockey (9-19-2, 5-17-2 Western Collegiate Hockey Association) hosts Bemidji State (6-21-3, 3-20-1 WCHA) in its final home series of the 2025-26 season this weekend at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud. Puck drops for the series are scheduled for 2 p.m. (Friday) and 1 p.m. (Saturday).

SERIES NOTES

FOLLOW THE HUSKIES
Both games will be broadcast on Big Ten Plus (note – a paid subscription is required) with audio coverage on the 97.5 FM RadioX. Nick Maxson will have the call on B1G+, while KVSC talent Brian Moos will be on the radio broadcasts. Live stats will be provided by St. Cloud State. Tickets for the games can be purchased at scsutickets.com.

Game 31 – vs. Bemidji State (Herb Brooks National Hockey Center // St. Cloud, Minn.) – Friday, Feb. 13 / 2 p.m. / Watch ($ - B1G+) / Live stats / Listen (97.5 FM RadioX)
Game 32 – vs. Bemidji State (Herb Brooks National Hockey Center // St. Cloud, Minn.) – Saturday, Feb. 14 / 1 p.m. / Watch ($ - B1G+) / Live stats / Listen (97.5 FM RadioX)

Links to each coverage option can also be found on the St. Cloud State Women's Hockey game day central or schedule page.

GAME DAY PROMOTIONS
Saturday, Feb. 14 vs. Bemidji State --> Skate with the Huskies (after the men's game)

SERIES HISTORY
SCSU leads the all-time series against the Beavers, 57-52-10 and is 29-24-6 against Bemidji State at the Brooks Center. Earlier this season, the teams split their series in Bemidji with the Huskies earning a 4-0 shutout win in game one before BSU took game two 6-5 in overtime to snap a 13-game SCSU win streak that dated back to Jan. 22, 2022.

LET'S GO POLLING
The Huskies are receiving votes in the U.S. College Hockey Online (USCHO) Poll and the USA Hockey Poll. Bemidji State is unranked in both polls. The WCHA has four programs featured in the rankings, with three additional clubs receiving votes.

HUSKIES AT MILANO CORTINA 2026
Eight with ties to SCSU Women's Hockey (four current players and four alumnae) are on their respective countries Olympic rosters at Milano Cortina 2026, doubling the previous program record (from 2022) for the most total players at an Olympics. Group play for the tournament concluded on Feb. 12 and all eight Huskies advanced to the quarterfinals which are set for Feb. 13 and 14 in Milan, Italy.

The largest contingent of Huskies – two current players and two alumnae, are on Team Finland. Sophomore goaltender Emilia Kyrkkö (Nokia) and sophomore defender Siiri Yrjölä (Vantaa) are joined by goaltender Sanni Ahola (Helsinki), who played for the Huskies from 2020-25 and is currently in her rookie season with the Professional Women's Hockey League's (PWHL) Ottawa Charge and former alternate captain, forward Jenniina Nylund (Pietarsaari) who wore the red and black from 2018-23 and is in her third season with Brynäs IF in Sweden. Nylund, the lone Finn with previous Olympic experience, won a Bronze Medal in Beijing in 2022 with Suomi.

Senior forward Svenja Voigt (Cologne) and former alternate captain, forward Laura Kluge (Berlin) who wore a Huskies sweater from 2017-21 and is in her first season with the PWHL's Boston Fleet are representing Team Germany and have made their Olympic debuts in Milan. Additionally, Kluge was been named an alternate captain for the tournament.

Redshirt junior forward Laura Zimmermann (Ringgenberg) is playing for Team Switzerland and former alternate captain forward Klára Hymlárová (Opava), who skated for the Huskies from 2019-24 and is now in her second season with the PWHL's Minnesota Frost is competing fpr Team Czechia. Both skated in Beijing at the 2022 games.

Hymlárová, Nylund and Zimmermann become the second, third and fourth Huskies to appear in multiple Olympics. In total, 11 Huskies will have made 15 appearances on Olympic rosters. The 2026 octet joins fellow Husky Olympians Janine Alder (Team Switzerland - 2014 Sochi, 2018 PyeongChang), Josefin Pettersson (Team Sweden - 2002 Salt Lake City), Sofianna Sundelin (Team Finland - 2022 Beijing) and the trio from 2022 who are returning to the 2026 games.

In 2022, Nylund became the program's first-ever active player to earn an Olympic medal, skating in all seven games for Suomi and scoring one goal during the Olympics, Hymlárová scored a shorthanded game-winning goal while playing in four games with Czechia in its first-ever Olympics appearance, skating to an even plus/minus and Zimmermann skated in each of Switzerland's seven games, helping lead the Swiss to an appearance in the Bronze Medal Game.

LAST TIME OUT
(RV) SCSU split its penultimate home series with (RV) Minnesota State last weekend. The Huskies won the opener 5-1 before falling 4-1 in game two.

Notes from the games
GAME 29 - 5-1 win vs. (RV) Minnesota State (2-6-26)

SCSU improved to 56-44-14 all-time against the Mavericks and 6-3-1 in the 10 games against MSU. The Huskies improved to 32-21-5 all time against Mankato at home and 2-1-0 against MSU this season.
SCSU moved to 4-8-1 in home games this season and 6-17-2 in games against teams ranked/receiving votes in either the U.S. College Hockey Online (USCHO) Poll or the USA Hockey Poll.
The Huskies went 2-for-2 on the penalty kill and 0-for-2 on the power play. For the season, SCSU is 68-for-90 (75.6%) on the penalty kill and 13-for-79 on the power play (16.5%).
The Huskies led the game in shots on goal (36-32) and blocks (13-9). MSU won 55.6% of the faceoffs.
SCSU blocked 13+ shots for the ninth time this season. The Huskies have posted double-digit blocks in nine consecutive games.
The Huskies scored 5+ goals for fifth time this season and allowed one or fewer goals for the sixth time.
Redshirt sophomore forward Marie Moran (Lakeville, Minn.) and junior forward Sofianna Sundelin (Ulvila, Finland) paced the Huskies with 2 points (1 goal, 1 assist) apiece. Moran skated to a +3 mark and Sundelin was +2. Moran posted her first career multi-point game and skated to a career-best +3 mark. Her assist was the fifth of her career. Sundelin recorded her sixth multi-point performance of the season and second consecutive. She surpassed 50 career points and recorded her 25^th career assist. Her 14 goals and 23 points lead the team.
Graduate goaltender Jojo Chobak (Chicago, Ill.) saved 31 of the 32 shots (.969 save percentage) she faced. It was her ninth game this season saving 31+ shots.
Junior forward Alice Sauriol (Sherbrooke, Quebec), junior forward Sidney Jackel (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and freshman forward Maria Mikaelyan (Moscow, Russia) scored goals in the game. Sauriol skated to a career-high +3 mark. Her goal was her 55^th career point. Jackel's goal was her 30^th career point. Mikaelyan's 11 goals are second most on the team this season.
Freshman forward Julianne Labbé (Wendake, Quebec) tied her career best +/- mark, with a +2 rating. Her assist was her 10^th point of the season to become the ninth Husky to reach double-digit points.
Redshirt sophomore Sydney Bryant (Traverse City, Mich.) tallied her fifth assist of the season and of her career.
Freshman defender Sydney Lamb (Lombard, Ill.) skated to a +3 mark, tying her career best mark.
Junior forward Payton Holloway (Tomah, Wis.) went 11-and-6 (.647) on the faceoff dot, winning double-digit draws for the second time this season.
Senior forward Avery Farrell (Rogers, Minn.) led the team with three blocks.
Graduate defender Grace Wolfe (Owatonna, Minn.) tallied her team-leading 13^th assist of the season.

GAME 30 – 4-1 loss vs. (RV) Minnesota State (2-7-26)

SCSU moved to 56-45-14 all-time against the Mavericks and 5-4-1 in the 10 games against MSU. The Huskies moved to 32-22-5 all time against Mankato at home and split the season series with MSU, going 2-2-0 against the Mavericks this season.
SCSU moved to 4-9-1 in home games this season and 6-18-2 in games against teams ranked/receiving votes in either the U.S. College Hockey Online (USCHO) Poll or the USA Hockey Poll.
The Huskies went 1-for-1 on the penalty kill and 0-for-1 on the power play. For the season, SCSU is 69-for-91 (75.8%) on the penalty kill and 13-for-80 on the power play (16.3%).
The Huskies led the game in blocks (10-6), MSU won 66.1% of the faceoffs and each team registered 35 shots on goal.
SCSU blocked 10+ shots for the 19^th time this season. The Huskies have posted double-digit blocks in 10 consecutive games.
The Huskies conceded 4+ goals for 14^th time this season and were held to one or fewer goals for the 10^th time.
Freshman defender Maélie Pion (Sherbrooke, Quebec) scored the lone SCSU goal. The goal was her third of the season.
Holloway and freshman forward Raili Mustonen (Kalajoki, Finland) were credited with assists on Pion's goal. Holloway's assist was her 10^th of the season, and she became just the fourth Husky to compile double-digit assists. Mustonen's assist was her fifth of the season.
Redshirt junior defender Regan Bulger (Yellowknife, Northwest Territories) blocked a game-high three shots. It was her fourth game this season with 3+ blocks.
Chobak made 31 saves, posting a .969 save percentage. She made 31+ saves for the 10^th time this season and second consecutive game.
Wolfe skated in her 147^th career game, which is tied for the fifth most in program history.
Farrell skated in her 100^th game as a Husky.
Redshirt freshman forward Myah Krueger (Stillwater, Minn.) was the lone Husky to skate to a + mark. Her +1 rating was a new career best.

THIS WEEK IN THE WCHA
Friday, Feb. 13
Bemidji State at (RV) St. Cloud State* - 2 PM
No. 1 Wisconsin at (RV) Minnesota State* - 3 PM
No. 3 Minnesota at No. 2 Ohio State* - 5 PM - FOX9+
(RV) St. Thomas at No. 10 Minnesota Duluth* - 6 PM CT

Saturday, Feb. 14
Bemidji State at (RV) St. Cloud State* - 1 PM
No. 1 Wisconsin at (RV) Minnesota State* - 2 PM
No. 3 Minnesota at No. 2 Ohio State* - 2 PM - FOX9+
(RV) St. Thomas at No. 10 Minnesota Duluth* - 3 PM CT

*WCHA Game
** Rankings are USCHO/USA Hockey
***All times in CT

SENIOR DAY
Last Saturday, the Huskies honored four of its five seniors for their contributions to Husky Hockey after the game. The program recognized goaltender Jojo Chobak (Chicago, Ill.), forward Avery Farrell, goaltender Hali Lawrence (Calgary, Alberta) and defender Grace Wolfe (Owatonna, Minn.). Forward Svenja Voigt (Cologne, Germany) was honored on Jan. 23 prior to her departure for the 2026 Winter Olympics.

ALL-STAR ACH
St. Cloud State Women's Hockey assistant coach Emily Ach was named a Mentorship Coach for the 2026 American Hockey League (AHL) All-Star Classic presented by BMO, as announced by the organization on Jan. 30. Ach was behind the bench when the best players in the AHL convened at the BMO Center in Rockford, Ill. Feb. 10-11. for the AHL All-Star Skills Competition and the AHL All-Star Challenge.

Ach was one of four NHL Coaches' Association (NHLCA) program members and one of two NHLCA Female Coaches Program members who were invited to participate in the 2026 AHL All-Star Classic as mentorship coaches.

WCHA WEEKLY/MONTHLY HONORS
Sophomore goaltender Emilia Kyrkkö (Nokia, Finland) was named Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) Goaltender of the Week, as announced by the league office on Jan. 19. Kyrkkö was solid in net, posting a .950 save percentage and 1.92 goals against average in the Huskies 1-0-1 (shootout win) weekend at then-No. 8 Minnesota Duluth. The weekly honor is her second of the season (Goaltender of the Week on Dec. 1) and fifth of her career after being named Goaltender of the Week twice (10/7/24, 10/28/24) and Rookie of the Week once (10/21/24) last season as a freshman.

Kyrkkö became the second Husky to win multiple weekly honors from the conference after freshman forward Maria Mikaelyan (Moscow, Russia), who was named WCHA Rookie of the Week on Oct. 13 and Dec. 8. The Huskies have won all four conference weekly honors (forward, defender, goaltender and rookie) at least once. In addition to Kyrkkö and Mikaelyan, junior forward Alice Sauriol (Sherbrooke, Quebec) was named Forward of the Week on Oct. 20 and sophomore defenderSiiri Yrjölä (Vantaa, Finland), was named Defender of the Week on Sept. 22.

2025-26 WCHA MONTHLY/WEEKLY HONORS
Rookie of the Month

Maria Mikaelyan (1x, December)

Defender of the Week

Siiri Yrjölä (1x, Sept. 22)

Forward of the Week

Alice Sauriol (1x, Oct. 20)

Goaltender of the Week

Emilia Kyrkkö (2x, Dec. 1 | Jan. 19)

Rookie of the Week

Maria Mikaelyan (2x, Oct. 13 | Dec. 8)

NURSING STUDENT BY DAY, GOALTENDER BY NIGHT
Graduate goaltender Jojo Chobak's (Chicago, Ill.) journey as the first hockey player to make their way through St. Cloud State University's nursing program was recently featured on #OurSCSU.

WCHA COMMISSIONER'S CORNER
Redshirt junior forward Laura Zimmermann (Ringgenberg, Switzerland) was featured on the most recent installment of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) Commissioner's Corner podcast series on Nov. 5. In the series, WCHA Commissioner Michelle McAteer sits down one-on-one with extraordinary student-athletes from across the league to discuss real-life topics, hockey, and everything in between. You can watch the video on the WCHA Hockey YouTube page.

PWHL HUSKIES
Last season, Klára Hymlárová (2019-24) became the first former Husky to be drafted into the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL), the first to be named to an opening day roster and the first to play in a PWHL game. This season, Hymlárová was joined by SCSU alumnae Sanni Ahola (2020-25), Emma Gentry (2020-25), Laura Kluge (2017-21) and Dayle Ross (2021-25) on PWHL opening day rosters.

Hymlárová is looking to win back-to-back Walter Cups with the Minnesota Frost, who as a franchise have won the first two league championships. Ahola was the 37^th overall pick by the Ottawa Charge in the 2025 PWHL Draft in June becoming the program's first netminder to be drafted. Gentry became the highest draft pick in program history when she was selected in the second round with the 11^th overall pick by the Toronto Sceptres. Kluge, who became the second former Husky to play in a PWHL game after joining the Sceptres late in the 2024-25 season signed with the Boston Fleet during the offseason. Ross became the program's first blueliner drafted when she was picked No. 25 overall by the New York Sirens.

NEW LEADER OF THE PACK
Former assistant coach, Mira Jalosuo (MEER-ah YAH-loh-SUE-oh) was named the seventh head coach of the St. Cloud State Women's Hockey team on June 27, 2025. She is just the second woman to lead the Huskies during the program's 27-year history, following in the footsteps of Kerry Brodt Wethington, who was the programs first head coach from 1998-99 to 2001-02.

Jalosuo picked up her first win as the Huskies bench boss in her first game, a 5-0 win over Lindenwood (Mo.) on September 19. She earned her first series sweep the next day after SCSU took down the Lions 5-0 for the second straight game. It was the first time in program history that a team posted back-to-back shutouts to open a season and the fourth season in a row that the Huskies opened their season with a series sweep. Jalosuo earned her first ranked win in her third game when SCSU took down No. 12/13 UConn at the Toscano Family Ice Forum in Storrs, Conn. and her first WCHA win on Oct. 17 with a 4-3 overtime win over (RV) St. Thomas.

A highly decorated member of Finland's National Team, the two-time Olympian and five-time World Championships Bronze medalist spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach with the Minnesota Frost (formerly PWHL Minnesota), helping the franchise win back-to-back PWHL Walter Cups in each of the first two seasons of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).

ALL-FEMALE COACHING STAFF
For the first time in program history, the Huskies have an all-female coaching staff. SCSU is one of two programs in the WCHA and one of six programs in all of NCAA DI Women's Hockey with an all-female staff.

O CAPTAINS! OUR CAPTAINS!
St. Cloud State named four captains ahead of the 2025-26 season on Friday. Graduate student defender Grace Wolfe (Owatonna, Minn.) with be the fifth Husky to wear the "C" as captain for two seasons, while redshirt junior defender Regan Bulger (Yellowknife, Northwest Territories), graduate student goaltender Jojo Chobak (Chicago, Ill.) and redshirt junior forward Laura Zimmermann (Ringgenberg, Switzerland) will be alternate captains and wear a letter for the first time in their career.

Wolfe, who served as a co-captain in 2024-25 and an alternate captain in 2023-24, becomes just the second Husky to wear a letter in three seasons after Katy Battis (C – 1999-2000, A – 2001-02, 2002-03).

For all the latest on St. Cloud State Women's Hockey, stay tuned to SCSUHuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.