Episode 65: Scott Sandelin

Episode 65: Scott Sandelin. The prohockeypod was honoured to have long time NCAA D1 Head Coach Scott Sandelin come on this week. Scott is currently in his 25th season as Head Coach at Minnesota-Duluth University. A draft pick of the Montreal Canadiens, Scott played D1 hockey himself at North Dakota before embarking on a 7 year professional playing career. Scott retired at the age of 28 and jumped immediately into coaching. He went back to North Dakota University as an Assistant Coach, learning from Dean Blais and was able to win 2 National Championships in his 6 years there. He then made the jump to Head Coach at Minnesota-Duluth and his resume/record speaks for itself. 3 National Championships (2011/2018/2019), multiple NCCA tournament appearances, and Coach of the Year (03/04), just to name a few. Scott is also very proud of the fact that his athletes have the most “free agent” NHL games of any D1 school. We talked a lot about his coaching philosophies, what he has learned over the years and the types of players he likes to recruit. It was awesome to talk hockey with Scott and I am happy he had some time for me. Hope you enjoy!