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Men's Hockey
Enga, R.J.
R.J. Enga
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- rj.enga.2@stcloudstate.edu
R.J. Enga begins his third season as an assistant coach and fourth season overall with St. Cloud State in 2024-25. Enga was promoted to assistant coach ahead of the 2022-23 season after spending the 2021-22 campaign as the Director of Hockey Operations and Video Coordinator. Enga brings nearly 20 seasons of coaching experience at the collegiate, amateur and professional levels, including a seven-year stint as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Colorado College.
In three seasons on the SCSU staff, Enga has helped the Huskies reach two NCAA Tournaments (2022, 2023) and win the 2023 NCHC Frozen Faceoff championship. In the 2023 NCAA Tournament, the Huskies reached the NCAA regional championship game for the sixth time in program history. While on staff, seven Huskies have earned all-NCHC honors, including Jami Krannila, who earned first team and NCHC Defensive Forward of the Year honors in 2022-23.
In his seven-year, second stint, as an assistant coach with Colorado College (2014-21), Enga led the Tigers recruiting efforts (domestic and international), worked with both forwards and defensemen, and assisted with on-ice practices. He helped mentor numerous student-athletes to professional careers while with the Tigers, including 2018 NCAA Second Team All-American and Hobey Baker Award nominee Nick Halloran.
Prior to his time in Colorado Springs, Enga spent three seasons (2011-14) as an assistant coach and director of player development with the Chicago Steel of the United States Hockey League (USHL), where he helped the team improve from nine to 29 wins.
Enga joined Huskies head coach Brett Larson on the coaching staff of the 2012 USA National Team at the World Junior Challenge, where the pair helped lead Team USA to a Gold Medal. Enga led all video operations for the team, collaborated to select the team's roster and assisted with all on-ice practice planning and execution.
He also spent time as an assistant coach with the Topeka RoadRunners (2009-11) in the NAHL, as a volunteer assistant at Colorado College (2008-09) and as the Director of Hockey at the Colorado Spring Amateur Hockey Association (2004-09).
Before entering the coaching profession, Enga was a 10th-round selection by the New York Islanders in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft and enjoyed a 10-year professional hockey career at virtually every level. He totaled 779 points in his playing career (324 goals, 455 assists), was named to the East Coast Hockey League All-Rookie Team in 1996, won the West Coast Hockey League's Taylor Cup as a member of the San Diego Gulls in 2003, and became the Colorado Gold Kings all-time leading scorer with 387 points (165 goals, 222 assists) in just four seasons.
Enga played in 158 games for Colorado College from 1991-95 where he was a member of back-to-back WCHA champion teams (1994-95) and one NCAA Tournament team (1995). He was a two-time WCHA All-Academic selection (1994-95), an All-WCHA Team selection in 1994 and a member of Colorado College's Century Club with 142 points. He earned his bachelor’s degree in international political economy from Colorado College in 1995.
Enga is married to his wife, Jessica, and is the proud father of two daughters, Kaelin and Makenna.
In three seasons on the SCSU staff, Enga has helped the Huskies reach two NCAA Tournaments (2022, 2023) and win the 2023 NCHC Frozen Faceoff championship. In the 2023 NCAA Tournament, the Huskies reached the NCAA regional championship game for the sixth time in program history. While on staff, seven Huskies have earned all-NCHC honors, including Jami Krannila, who earned first team and NCHC Defensive Forward of the Year honors in 2022-23.
In his seven-year, second stint, as an assistant coach with Colorado College (2014-21), Enga led the Tigers recruiting efforts (domestic and international), worked with both forwards and defensemen, and assisted with on-ice practices. He helped mentor numerous student-athletes to professional careers while with the Tigers, including 2018 NCAA Second Team All-American and Hobey Baker Award nominee Nick Halloran.
Prior to his time in Colorado Springs, Enga spent three seasons (2011-14) as an assistant coach and director of player development with the Chicago Steel of the United States Hockey League (USHL), where he helped the team improve from nine to 29 wins.
Enga joined Huskies head coach Brett Larson on the coaching staff of the 2012 USA National Team at the World Junior Challenge, where the pair helped lead Team USA to a Gold Medal. Enga led all video operations for the team, collaborated to select the team's roster and assisted with all on-ice practice planning and execution.
He also spent time as an assistant coach with the Topeka RoadRunners (2009-11) in the NAHL, as a volunteer assistant at Colorado College (2008-09) and as the Director of Hockey at the Colorado Spring Amateur Hockey Association (2004-09).
Before entering the coaching profession, Enga was a 10th-round selection by the New York Islanders in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft and enjoyed a 10-year professional hockey career at virtually every level. He totaled 779 points in his playing career (324 goals, 455 assists), was named to the East Coast Hockey League All-Rookie Team in 1996, won the West Coast Hockey League's Taylor Cup as a member of the San Diego Gulls in 2003, and became the Colorado Gold Kings all-time leading scorer with 387 points (165 goals, 222 assists) in just four seasons.
Enga played in 158 games for Colorado College from 1991-95 where he was a member of back-to-back WCHA champion teams (1994-95) and one NCAA Tournament team (1995). He was a two-time WCHA All-Academic selection (1994-95), an All-WCHA Team selection in 1994 and a member of Colorado College's Century Club with 142 points. He earned his bachelor’s degree in international political economy from Colorado College in 1995.
Enga is married to his wife, Jessica, and is the proud father of two daughters, Kaelin and Makenna.
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