Huskies Hockey Insider
by Forum Communications Co.
The Rink Live's Mick Hatten interviews players and coaches and helps you find out more about the personalities and behind the St. Cloud State men's and women's hockey teams. We also cover some of the hot topics of the day in college hockey.
Episodes
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Bemidji State coach Tom Serratore talks about his team, helps preview series vs. SCSU -- Ep. 54
Bemidji State men's hockey head coach Tom Serratore discusses how his team played in the first half — strengths, things it needs to work on, playing St. Cloud State, how former Huskies assistant coach Mike Gibbons came back for another season and more in this podcast with The Rink Live's Mick...
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Kevin Fitzgerald discusses leading his team in scoring, assesses where SCSU is at the break, Jack Peart, his road to college -- Ep. 52
If you had asked St. Cloud State men's hockey fans before the season which player would lead the Huskies in scoring at the holiday break, it is fair to say that Kevin Fitzgerald would not likely have been the first pick. But the graduate student has 21 points (already a career high) through 16...
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Pat Micheletti breaks down last weekend's NCHC series split between North Dakota and St. Cloud State -- ep. 51
Former Gophers All-American and TV analyst Pat Micheletti breaks down last weekend's NCHC series split between North Dakota and St. Cloud State. He also takes a look at the the Huskies 16 games into the season. He also discusses the play of Kevin Fitzgerald, Veeti Miettinen, Jack Peart, Micah...
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- ep. 50
In a trial format, Mick Hatten discusses the St. Cloud State men's hockey team with WJON-AM's Dave Overlund on this week's episode. The Huskies are preparing to play the University of North Dakota in a series at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. Hatten discusses the team, the rivalry with...
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SCSU head coach Brett Larson discusses a tough weekend, lineup changes, recruiting, gives an update on Sam Hentges
The No. 5/6-ranked St. Cloud State men's hockey team has a bye week, but head coach Brett Larson said his team will not be taking it easy in practices after getting swept last weekend at Western Michigan. Larson discusses the series against Western Michigan, some lineup changes, recruiting, gives...
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The Rink Live signs Jake Sanderson
Forum Communications announced this week that it is partnering with athletes to expand The Rink Live brand as the go-to destination for North Dakota and Minnesota hockey coverage. In the 2020 NHL draft, Jake Sanderson was selected fifth overall by the Ottawa Senators. Welcome to The Rink Live…
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The Rink Live signs Maddie Rooney
Goalie Maddie Rooney backstopped the U.S. to the 2018 Olympic gold medal. Welcome Maddie to The Rink Live Team as the U.S. aims to repeat as gold medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics in February. Forum Communications is excited to partner with like-minded athletes to expand The Rink Live brand…
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- ep. 48
St. Cloud State men's associate head coach Dave Shyiak has coached college hockey since 1995. He is in charge of the Huskies defensemen and he talks about where the defensemen are at, discusses newcomers Jack Peart and Josh Luedtke 1/3 of the way through their freshman season and playing at…
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- ep. 47
Former St. Cloud State men's hockey captain and defenseman Geno Parrish discusses his former teammates who played on the 2001 WCHA Final Five team that will be honored Saturday and talks about his impressions on this season's top-ranked Huskies team to open. Then we get to the meat of this…
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- ep. 46, part 1
With St. Cloud State about to honor its 2001 WCHA Final Five champion men's hockey team on Nov. 13 at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center, the insider catches up with Mark Hartigan. Hartigan, the program's career leader in goals (86) and is fifth in points (165), was the WCHA Player of the…
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- Ep. 46, Part 2
With St. Cloud State about to honor its 2001 WCHA Final Five champion men's hockey team on Nov. 13 at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center, the insider catches up with Mark Hartigan. Hartigan, the program's career leader in goals (86) and is fifth in points (165), was the WCHA Player of the…
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- ep. 45
Matt Hendricks has been an assistant directory of player development for the Minnesoa Wild since June 2019. In his position, he is a liaison between the organization and players that the team has drafted. Hendricks discusses two Wild draft picks playing for the Huskies (Jack Peart and Sam…
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- ep. 44
Allie Cornelius grew up in St. Cloud, dreaming of playing in the WCHA. When she graduated from Cathedral High School, she was the all-time leader in goals for the St. Cloud Icebreakers and ended up accepting an offer to play for St. Cloud State. She became friends with her three teammates from...
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- ep. 43
It is homecoming week at St. Cloud State and it will be a homecoming for University of Minnesota men's assistant hockey coach Garrett Raboin. Raboin played for the Huskies from 2006-10 and was an assistant coach for SCSU from 2012-18 before leaving to take his current job with the Gophers. He...
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- ep. 42
Hard to believe, but Nick Oliver is beginning his fourth season as an assistant coach for the St. Cloud State men's hockey team. Oliver talks about the excitement surrounding this weekend's nonconference series at Minnesota State University-Mankato, keys for the Huskies, discusses last weekend's...
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- Ep. 41, Part 2
When the NCAA announced that athletes who competed in the 2020-21 school year could have another year of eligibility because of the pandemic, Emma Polusny took her time to make her decision. During that last school year, she finished two undergraduate degrees and helped the St. Cloud State…
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- Ep. 41, Part 1
When the NCAA announced that athletes who competed in the 2020-21 school year could have another year of eligibility because of the pandemic, Emma Polusny took her time to make her decision. During that last school year, she finished two undergraduate degrees and helped the St. Cloud State…
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- Ep. 37
Blake Winiecki did not know much about the ECHL when he left St. Cloud State to join the Florida Everblades. But having recently re-signed with the team for his fourth full pro season, he clearly enjoys playing for the team, which plays its home games in Estero, Fla., a suburb of Fort Myers....
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- Ep. 40
Clark Kuster, in a way, came back home when he accepted a job as an assistant coach with the North American Hockey League's St. Cloud Norsemen. Kuster was a member of the St. Cloud State men's hockey team from 2015-20. Kuster spent last season as a defenseman for the Pensacola Ice Flyers in the...
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- Ep. 39
Former St. Cloud State and Moorhead High School defenseman Will Borgen is preparing for fall camp for the expansion NHL Seattle Kraken. Camp begins on Thursday, Sept. 23. Borgen discusses spending time in Seattle for the first time, what it was like finding out he had been selected in the…
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- ep. 38
R.J. Enga was born in Germany, where his father was stationed in the U.S. Air Force, and he speaks fluent German and played a lot of soccer in his early years. When his family moved to Colorado Springs, he went to an Air Force hockey game, fell in love with hockey and started playing. He went on…
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- Ep. 36
Since finishing his career with St. Cloud State in 2019, Jacob Benson has played in the ECHL for Jacksonville and Tulsa and the majority of the last two seasons for the Knoxville Ice Bears in the Southern Professional Hockey League. He led the SPHL in scoring last season and recently signed a...
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- ep. 35
As promised in an earlier podcast, former St. Cloud State captain Jimmy Schuldt makes a return appearance to the Huskies Hockey Insider podcast. Schuldt talks about his time with the Black Aces for the Vegas Golden Knights, becoming a free agent and then takes a look at his Huskies teammates from...
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- ep. 34
Zack Fisch was a mass communications major with a broadcast journalism emphasis when he attended St. Cloud State University from 2008-12. Since leaving the university, he's gone on to do play-by-play for the Dubuque Fighting Saints (2012-15) of the United States Hockey League, the South Carolina...
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- ep. 33
Former St. Cloud State women's goalie Julie Friend talks about her new position with the University of St. Thomas, which included being on the search committee for the head women's hockey coach for the Tommies. She also discusses her playing career, which included winning a state title with...
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- ep. 32
Robby Jackson got caught in a tough spot this season. The American Hockey League team he was supposed to play for opted out of the season due to the coronavirus pandemic. So he ended up on the roster of the Utica Comets in the AHL, a team that included prospects from the Vancouver Canucks and St....
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- ep. 31
This is a big offseason for Blake Lizotte on a lot of fronts. The former St. Cloud State All-American center is a restricted free agent after spending the last two full seasons with the Los Angeles Kings. He also recently got engaged, will get married this summer and is in the market for a house....
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- ep. 30
Defenseman Jimmy Schuldt talks about his unique second season of pro hockey, playing for the Henderson Silver Knights of the American Hockey League with a number of restrictions because of the lingering pandemic. The Silver Knights are playing a modified playoffs in a three-game series for the...
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- ep. 29
Mick Hatten finally gave in and did a podcast with @GOHUSKIESWOOOOO. Some of the reason for the initial apprehension for Hatten was because the two had actually never spoken to one another, despite Twitter direct messaging since 2013 when he started his account. So there's some getting to know…
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- ep. 28
Since the first season of the NCHC in 2013-14, the conference has established itself as arguably the most consistently outstanding of the six in NCAA Division I men's hockey. The eight-team conference has had at least one team reach the national championship game in each of the last five seasons...
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- ep. 27
Josh Luedtke decided to go back to his second full season of junior hockey and the Des Moines Buccaneers of the United States Hockey League. Luedtke, a 20-year-old defenseman from Minnetonka, Minn., was the captain of the Buccaneers and had 18 assists, 22 points 59 penalty minutes and was a…
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Huskies Hockey Insider podcast -- ep. 26
Former St. Cloud State captain and All-America defenseman Jack Ahcan has seen three levels of pro hockey this season as a rookie. He has played for the Jacksonville Icemen (ECHL), Providence Bruins (AHL) and the Boston Bruins (NHL). The 23-year-old from Savage, Minn., talks about some of the...
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- Ep. 25, Part 2
Jim Erickson has experienced a lot of cool events during his career as a play-by-play announcer. He's worked in the minor leagues, the Minnesota boys state tournament and with the St. Cloud State men in hockey. He will work at his first Frozen Four on Thursday, April 8 (96.7 FM) when the Huskies...
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- Ep. 25 Part 1
Jim Erickson has experienced a lot of cool events during his career as a play-by-play announcer. A few examples: He's worked in the minor leagues, the Minnesota boys state tournament and with the St. Cloud State men in hockey. He's about to experience something for the first time professionally…
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Huskies Hockey Insider podcast -- ep. 24
The last time that Nick Oliver took part in a Frozen Four, it was 2013 as a sophomore forward for the St. Cloud State men's hockey team in Pittsburgh, Pa. Next week, he will be an assistant coach for the Huskies when they take part in the 2021 Frozen Four in Pittsburgh. Oliver shares his memories...
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Huskies Hockey Insider podcast -- ep. 23
Jared Cockrell grew up in Maine and played four seasons for Colgate University in Hamilton, N.Y. Despite being about a two-hour drive away from Colgate, Cockrell said he has never been to Times Union Center in Albany, N.Y. That is where the NCAA Division I Northeast Regional men's hockey…
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Huskies Hockey Insider podcast -- ep. 22
There will be a new format to the NCHC Frozen Faceoff this year with the conference tournament going to a single-elimination, one location look this season due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Rink Live beat reporters Brad Schlossman, Mick Hatten and Matt Wellens discuss the new format, who it...
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- ep. 21
St. Cloud State's Steve Macdonald had quite the second season as the team's women's hockey head coach. Like everyone, he had to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. But he also had to deal with two pauses because of positive COVID-19 test results on his team, a game that the referees got the rules...
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- ep. 20
It could be a good test of your demeanor: Have a conversation with David Hrenak and see if you are not smiling for most of it. The St. Cloud State senior goalie from Považská Bystrica, Slovakia, has an upbeat and infectious personality. That is on full display in this podcast with the Los Angeles...
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- Ep. 19
You know it is been brutally cold when Easton Brodzinski has not even thought about going ice fishing. The senior from Blaine, Minn., is an avid hunter and fisherman. He talks about the two teammates he has gone hunting and fishing with this season, gives updates on his three hockey playing...
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- Ep. 18
Brendan Bushy is from a hockey family in Thief River Falls. His dad, Jon, played college hockey for Minnesota State University-Mankato. His younger brother, Evan, is a St. Cloud State commit and is playing juniors for the Minnesota Wilderness in the North American Hockey League. They also have a...
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- Ep. 17
St. Cloud State men's hockey forward Zach Okabe discusses his strong start to the season, how his offseason work has helped, living in five countries, scoring four goals in a game with his dad and sisters in attendance, what it is like to play on a line with two players from Finland, his family's...
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- Ep. 16
Nolan Walker thinks his last four-goal game happened in youth hockey. But the junior center from Anchorage, Alaska, had four in a game Saturday in a win over Miami and is the reigning NCHC Forward of the Week. Walker has bounced back from a challenging sophomore season and already has more goals...
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- ep. 15
Eric Rud spent four seasons (2006-10) as an assistant men's hockey coach for former St. Cloud State head coach Bob Motzko. Rud returned to be the head coach for the Huskies women's hockey team from 2014-19. His wife, Amy, and son, Max, are still living in St. Cloud as Max plays for the St. Cloud...
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- ep. 14
On Jan. 8, Chase Brand scored on a set play off a faceoff to snap a 15-game streak without a goal. Brand talks about his season to this point with The Rink Live's Mick Hatten. He also discusses his winding road to get to the St. Cloud State men's hockey team: four junior teams in two leagues,...
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- ep. 13
Former St. Cloud State captain and current Huskies assistant coach Nick Oliver discusses his experiences of working in the NCHC Pod, getting to know new assistant Dave Shyiak and recruiting during the pandemic. Oliver also gives a scouting report on recent Huskies signees Jack Peart, Mason…
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- ep. 12
The sixth-ranked St. Cloud State and fourth-ranked Minnesota Duluth men's hockey teams' next four games against one another. So The Rink Live's Mick Hatten and Matt Wellens take a look at how the teams match up, what we saw out of both teams in the NCHC Pod and also take a look at the second half...
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- ep. 11
OMAHA, Neb. — Joey Lamoreaux joins the podcast and talks about the St. Cloud State men's hockey team bonding over his decision to bring a puzzle down to the NCHC Pod and he describes what his experience has been like in the first two weeks. He also discusses his first college start on Sunday,...
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Huskies Hockey Insider -- ep. 10
The good news is, Brady Ziemer's arm is feeling a bit better a day after blocking a shot in a game against Western Michigan. The freshman from Caver, Minn., said that he skated on Thursday and plans to be ready to play when the Huskies Ziemer talked about a variety of subject on this episode of…
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Huskies Hockey Insider podcast -- ep. 9
OMAHA, Neb. — St. Cloud State men's hockey forward Micah Miller discusses what may have been a key to his quick start in the season-opener, his background growing up in northern Minnesota, his track and field career, who his roommate is during the three-week NCHC pod and what they are doing to…
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About this show
The Rink Live's Mick Hatten interviews players and coaches and helps you find out more about the personalities and behind the St. Cloud State men's and women's hockey teams. We also cover some of the hot topics of the day in college hockey.
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Forum Communications Co.