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Sauriol Named Captain of St. Cloud State Women’s Hockey, Three Selected as Alternates for 2026-27 Season
9/18/2026 12:12:00 PM | Women's Hockey
Alice Sauriol named captain; Regan Bulger, Payton Holloway and Laura Zimmermann selected as alternate captains
ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud State Women's Hockey head coach Mira Jalosuo announced the team captains ahead of the 2026-27 season. Senior forward Alice Sauriol (Sherbrooke, Quebec) was named the captain, while fifth-year defender Regan Bulger (Yellowknife, Northwest Territories), senior forward Payton Holloway (Tomash, Wis.) and fifth-year forward Laura Zimmermann (Ringgenberg, Switzerland) were selected as alternate captains.
Sauriol, the 28th player in program history to wear a "C", is wearing a letter for the first time in her career alongside Holloway, who was named an alternate captain in just her second season with the program after transferring in from Minnesota Duluth. Bulger and Zimmermann are alternate captains for the second consecutive season, becoming the 25th and 26th players to wear a letter in multiple seasons.
Sauriol is coming off another career season in 2025-26 in which she led the team in scoring for the second consecutive season after notching new career-highs in goals (eight), assists (21) and points (29). Her 21 assists were tied for the eighth most in a single season. She also set the school record for points in a period with four after scoring one goal with three assists in the second period of SCSU's 6-2 win over Bemidji State on February 13. Her three assists in the period also tied the school record for assists in a period. In 109 career games, she has 21 goals and 45 assists for 66 points including three power play goals, one shorthanded goal, six game-winning goals and 51 blocked shots. Her 61 career points rank No. 21 on the program's all-time scoring list.
Bulger, one of two returning captains, blocked 29 shots and recorded one assist in an injury-shortened campaign last season in which she only skated in 20 of the Huskies 37 games. For her career, she has 139 blocked shots and nine assists in 86 games.
Holloway produced career highs in every statistical category in her first season with the Huskies in 2025-26 after spending two seasons with Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) rival, Minnesota Duluth. Last season, she posted three goals and 10 assists for 13 points to go along with 11 blocks and 174 faceoff wins while skating to an even +0 mark. For her career, she has four goals and 12 assists for 16 points including one powerplay goal and one game-winning goal along with 17 blocks and 187 faceoff wins and a +1 mark in 100 games.
Zimmermann, the second returning captain and two-time Olympian, is coming off her first Olympic medal and a third consecutive 10+ point season. In 2025-26, she won a bronze medal with Team Switzerland at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics and posted her second 15 point season in a row. She scored a career-high eight goals to go along with seven assists and posted 206 faceoff wins and 20 blocked shots. In her 99 career games for SCSU, she has totaled 19 goals and 21 assists for 40 points, four powerplay goals, one game-winning goal, 232 faceoff wins and 44 blocks.
The Huskies will open the new season on Sept. 25-26 with a home series against UConn that will be played at Torrey Arena in the Municipal Athletic Complex (MAC) in northwest St. Cloud due to the ongoing $12.9 million construction project at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center (HBNHC). Links to each coverage option will be available on the SCSU Women's Hockey game day central or schedule page.
2026-27 SCSU Women's Hockey Captains
C – #4 Alice Sauriol
A – #11 Laura Zimmermann*
A – #18 Payton Holloway
A – #45 Regan Bulger*
*served as an alternate captain in 2025-26
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.
Sauriol, the 28th player in program history to wear a "C", is wearing a letter for the first time in her career alongside Holloway, who was named an alternate captain in just her second season with the program after transferring in from Minnesota Duluth. Bulger and Zimmermann are alternate captains for the second consecutive season, becoming the 25th and 26th players to wear a letter in multiple seasons.
Sauriol is coming off another career season in 2025-26 in which she led the team in scoring for the second consecutive season after notching new career-highs in goals (eight), assists (21) and points (29). Her 21 assists were tied for the eighth most in a single season. She also set the school record for points in a period with four after scoring one goal with three assists in the second period of SCSU's 6-2 win over Bemidji State on February 13. Her three assists in the period also tied the school record for assists in a period. In 109 career games, she has 21 goals and 45 assists for 66 points including three power play goals, one shorthanded goal, six game-winning goals and 51 blocked shots. Her 61 career points rank No. 21 on the program's all-time scoring list.
Bulger, one of two returning captains, blocked 29 shots and recorded one assist in an injury-shortened campaign last season in which she only skated in 20 of the Huskies 37 games. For her career, she has 139 blocked shots and nine assists in 86 games.
Holloway produced career highs in every statistical category in her first season with the Huskies in 2025-26 after spending two seasons with Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) rival, Minnesota Duluth. Last season, she posted three goals and 10 assists for 13 points to go along with 11 blocks and 174 faceoff wins while skating to an even +0 mark. For her career, she has four goals and 12 assists for 16 points including one powerplay goal and one game-winning goal along with 17 blocks and 187 faceoff wins and a +1 mark in 100 games.
Zimmermann, the second returning captain and two-time Olympian, is coming off her first Olympic medal and a third consecutive 10+ point season. In 2025-26, she won a bronze medal with Team Switzerland at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics and posted her second 15 point season in a row. She scored a career-high eight goals to go along with seven assists and posted 206 faceoff wins and 20 blocked shots. In her 99 career games for SCSU, she has totaled 19 goals and 21 assists for 40 points, four powerplay goals, one game-winning goal, 232 faceoff wins and 44 blocks.
The Huskies will open the new season on Sept. 25-26 with a home series against UConn that will be played at Torrey Arena in the Municipal Athletic Complex (MAC) in northwest St. Cloud due to the ongoing $12.9 million construction project at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center (HBNHC). Links to each coverage option will be available on the SCSU Women's Hockey game day central or schedule page.
2026-27 SCSU Women's Hockey Captains
C – #4 Alice Sauriol
A – #11 Laura Zimmermann*
A – #18 Payton Holloway
A – #45 Regan Bulger*
*served as an alternate captain in 2025-26
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.
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