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2020–21 St. Cloud State Huskies
men's ice hockey season
NCAA tournament, runner-up
Conference2nd NCHC
Home iceHerb Brooks National Hockey Center
Rankings
USCHO.com2
USA Today/US Hockey Magazine2
Record
Overall20–11–0
Conference15–9–0–3–3–0
Home6–2–0
Road3–5–0
Neutral11–4–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachBrett Larson
Assistant coachesDave Shyiak
Nick Oliver
Matt Bertram
Captain(s)Spencer Meier
Alternate captain(s)Seamus Donohue
Lucas Jaycox
Kevin Fitzgerald
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The 2020–21 St. Cloud State Huskies men's ice hockey season was the 86th season of play for the program, the 24th at the Division I level and the 8th in the NCHC conference. The Huskies represented St. Cloud State University and were coached by Brett Larson, in his 3rd season.

Season

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As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the entire college ice hockey season was delayed. Because the NCAA had previously announced that all winter sports athletes would retain whatever eligibility they possessed through at least the following year, none of St. Cloud State's players would lose a season of play.[1] However, the NCAA also approved a change in its transfer regulations that would allow players to transfer and play immediately rather than having to sit out a season, as the rules previously required.[2]

Regular season

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Due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns, St. Cloud joined the rest of the NCHC in Omaha, Nebraska for the first three weeks of the season.[3] The Huskies started well, winning their first three matches and used some of the games to give their backup netminders a turn in goal. From the beginning, however, Dávid Hrenák was the team's go-to goalie. He helped the team swiftly climb into the top-20 and provided the team with the needed support to overcome then-number-one North Dakota. The win put St. Cloud on the map and by the end of the NCHC's Omaha bubble, the Huskies were in the top-10.

St. Cloud got a chance to prove they were worthy of their ranking with four consecutive games against #4 Minnesota Duluth. The Huskies lost the first match but then won three in a row and jumped into the top-5. Aside from the honor of being ranked so highly after beginning the season unranked, the Huskies were guaranteed a spot in the NCAA tournament if they could maintain their position. Unfortunately, the very next weekend they were swept by Western Michigan. The losses didn't cost STC too much, since the NCHC is typically regarded as the best conference in college hockey (St. Cloud only fell two spots).

St. Cloud went through a bit of a rough patch in February, splitting series against two teams with losing records, and found themselves in a race for second place with UMD. The two ended the regular season with a home-and-home series over two weekends and when the Bulldogs took the first game they were just one point behind St. Cloud in the standings. The Huskies jumped out to a huge lead in their final regular season game, leading 3–0 after 20 minutes, but Duluth fought back in the final two periods to tie the game. Not wanting to let Duluth have a chance, Easton Brodzinski scored the winning goal just 17 seconds into overtime, giving the Huskies the second seed.

NCHC Tournament

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With the entire conference tournament being played at the Ralph Engelstad Arena, there was no home advantage for the Huskies, but the team was able to avoid playing Western Michigan in the quarterfinals (WMU had won the season series 2–4). Instead, St. Cloud was nearly overcome by a tremendous performance by Colorado College's Matt Vernon. STC outshout CC 44–7 in the game but still found themselves down as the second period wound down. Vernon only allowed two goals while his team was completely outplayed and St. Cloud never took the pressure off. The Tigers couldn't even get a shot on goal in the third and the Huskies' oppressive defense carried them to the victory. In the semifinal, St. Cloud met Minnesota Duluth for the seventh time that season. The two teams fought a mostly even first period but STC carried a 2–1 lead. The Huskies dominated the middle frame, outshooting the Bulldogs 18–6, but the teams exchanged goals to leave St. Cloud with a 1-goal lead after 40 minutes. St. Cloud put up a defensive wall in the third and were able to hold UMD off of the scoresheet to win the game and head to the title match.

The Huskies were once again able to play well in the first two periods, leading 2–1 after one and then pushing the pace in the second. Unfortunately for St. Cloud, North Dakota possessed a far better offense than Duluth and when the Fighting Hawks got some power play opportunities in the third they took full advantage. UND scored three times in just over two minutes to take the lead and then added an empty-net goal to down the Huskies 5–3.

NCAA tournament

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The second-place finish resulted in St. Cloud State being ranked 7th by the NCAA selection committee and the team received was set to face Boston University in the regional semifinals. The first period was marked by BU killing off a 5-minute major penalty and, when the Terriers opened the scoring 8 seconds into the second, it appeared that it may be their night. St. Cloud continued to pile shots on goal and were finally able to break through after the half-way point of the game. Once the Huskies broke through a wave of goals followed; four goals were scored in less than four minutes, three from St. Cloud State, and the Huskies found themselves up 3–2 entering the third. Chase Brand took a major penalty for elbowing Jay O'Brien in the head and gave BU a chance to get back into the game. Instead, Jami Krannila wound up scoring on a penalty shot less than a minute later and the goal from St. Cloud seemed to take the steam out of the Terriers. The penalty ended without another goal and Hrenák held BU scoreless in the third while the Huskies scored twice more to run away with a 6–2 win.[4]

In their second game the Huskies met Boston College, who had been advanced due to the forced withdrawal of Notre Dame.[5] despite coming in cold, BC scored first and led after one but, for the fifth consecutive game, St. Cloud was an absolute terror in the second period. The Huskies outshot Boston College 20–7 and reeled off three goals to take a commanding lead. The defense proved stout once again and held the Eagles scoreless over the final 45 minutes of the game to send St. Cloud State to their second Frozen Four since joining Division I in 1987.[6] Unfortunately for St. Cloud, not everything had turned up roses. the team's leading goal scorer, Easton Brodzinski, broke his femur in the game and would miss the team's Frozen Four run.[7]

Frozen Four

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Two weeks later the Huskies opened the Frozen Four as one of three Minnesota teams and faced the highest-remaining seed, Minnesota State. After exchanging power play markers, St. Cloud took a 2–1 lead into the second period. The Huskies increased their lead to two less than three minutes into the middle frame, but this game saw the Huskies' script change. MSU came charging back in the second, more than doubling St. Cloud's shot total, and scored twice in the second half of the period to tie the game. The Mavericks then scored early in the third to take the lead and looked to have all the momentum, but St. Cloud was able to fight back. After tying the score with under 10 minutes to play, St. Cloud fought a mostly even duel with Minnesota State for the rest of the game but, with less than a minute to play, Nolan Walker deflected a point shot over the shoulder of Dryden McKay and put the Huskies ahead. They were able to hold off the Mavericks in the final few second and reached the program's first ever championship game.[8]

In the title game, St. Cloud got off to a slow start against Massachusetts, recording only 3 shots in the first period. While the Huskies found themselves down by just a goal as the first neared its end, there was a bit of controversy when a UMass player grabbed the puck and threw it out of his defensive zone. On replay it appeared to be worth of a delay-of-game penalty but nothing was called. Shortly thereafter, the Minutemen scored their second goal of the game on what was likely an offside play. Despite the referees reviewing the goal, it was allowed to stand and the St. Cloud team was livid. The Huskies were able to calm down during intermission and came out firing in the third. After getting their second power play opportunity, the team had a chance to climb back into the game. Instead, the Huskies were caught after a bad turnover and Philip Lagunov put UMass ahead by 3 after a highlight-reel goal. The short-handed marker left many of St. Cloud's players with slumped shoulders. Before the period was out the Minutemen scored again on their own power play and essentially put the game out of reach. While it can't be known what difference the missed calls in the first or the absence of Brodzinski made, Massachusetts was the better team throughout the game and St. Could would have to wait for another year.[9]

Trevor Zins sat out the season.

Departures

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Player Position Nationality Cause
Jack Ahcan Defenseman  United States Graduation (Signed with Boston Bruins)
Clark Kuster Defenseman  United States Graduation (Signed with Pensacola Ice Flyers)
Jack Poehling Forward  United States Graduation (Signed with Ontario Reign)
Nick Poehling Forward  United States Graduation (Signed with Ontario Reign)
Jake Wahlin Forward  United States Graduation (Signed with Rapid City Rush)

Recruiting

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Player Position Nationality Age Notes
Jared Cockrell Forward  United States 25 Kent's Hill, ME; graduate transfer from Colgate
Seamus Donohue Defenseman  United States 24 North Oaks, MN; transfer from Michigan Tech
Jack Johnston Forward  United States 21 Saint Paul, MN
Veeti Miettinen Forward  Finland 19 Espoo, FIN; selected 168th overall in 2020
Joey Molenaar Defenseman  United States 20 Minnetonka, MN
Brady Ziemer Goaltender  United States 20 Carver, MN

Roster

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As of March 1, 2021.[10]

No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team NHL rights
2 Minnesota Brady Ziemer Freshman D 5' 10" (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 2000-05-24 Carver, Minnesota Green Bay (USHL)
3 Minnesota Seamus Donohue (A) Senior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1996-06-01 North Oaks, Minnesota Michigan Tech (WCHA)
5 Czech Republic Ondřej Trejbal Sophomore D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1999-04-21 Hamry nad Sázavou, Czech Republic Minnesota Wilderness (NAHL)
6 Minnesota Luke Jaycox (A) Senior D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1997-08-19 Warroad, Minnesota Lincoln (USHL)
7 Minnesota Jack Johnston Freshman F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1999-06-29 St. Paul, Minnesota Fairbanks (NAHL)
8 Manitoba Tyler Anderson Senior D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1997-01-12 Winnipeg, Manitoba Steinbach (MJHL)
9 Minnesota Spencer Meier (C) Junior D 6' 4" (1.93 m) 212 lb (96 kg) 1999-04-15 Sartell, Minnesota Fargo (USHL)
10 Alberta Kyler Kupka Junior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1999-05-11 Camrose, Alberta Camrose (AJHL)
11 Minnesota Trevor Zins Sophomore D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1998-07-23 St. Michael, Minnesota Trail (BCHL)
13 Finland Jami Krannila Sophomore F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 2000-10-03 Nokia, Finland Sioux Falls (USHL)
14 Alberta Zach Okabe Sophomore F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 2001-01-04 Okotoks, Alberta Grande Prairie (AJHL)
15 Minnesota Micah Miller Junior F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1998-10-29 Grand Rapids, Minnesota Sioux City (USHL)
16 Minnesota Will Hammer Senior F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1996-02-06 St. Cloud, Minnesota Minnesota (NAHL)
17 Virginia Thomas Rocco Sophomore F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1999-11-04 Midlothian, Virginia Aberdeen (NAHL)
18 Minnesota Brendan Bushy Junior D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1998-08-23 Thief River Falls, Minnesota Dubuque (USHL)
19 Minnesota Sam Hentges Junior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1999-07-26 New Brighton, Minnesota Tri-City (USHL) MIN, 210th overall 2018
20 Alaska Nolan Walker Junior F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1998-10-20 Anchorage, Alaska Sioux Falls (USHL)
21 Maine Jared Cockrell Senior F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1995-06-29 Kents Hill, Maine Colgate (ECAC)
22 Minnesota Joe Molenaar Freshman F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1999-10-16 Minnetonka, Minnesota Cedar Rapids (USHL)
25 Minnesota Nick Perbix Junior D 6' 4" (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1998-06-15 Elk River, Minnesota Omaha (USHL) TBL, 169th overall 2017
26 Minnesota Easton Brodzinski Senior F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 1996-08-13 Blaine, Minnesota Green Bay (USHL)
27 Minnesota Chase Brand Sophomore F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1999-02-25 Nevis, Minnesota Madison (USHL)
28 Illinois Kevin Fitzgerald (A) Senior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1996-07-31 Hinsdale, Illinois Aberdeen (NAHL)
29 Finland Veeti Miettinen Freshman F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 2001-09-20 Espoo, Finland Kiekko-Espoo (Nuorten SM-liiga) TOR, 168th overall 2020
30 Wisconsin Joey Lamoreaux Sophomore G 6' 1" (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1999-02-01 Shorewood, Wisconsin Madison (USHL)
34 Slovakia Dávid Hrenák Senior G 6' 2" (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1998-05-05 Považska Bystrica, Slovakia Green Bay (USHL) LAK, 144th overall 2018
40 Arizona Jaxon Castor Sophomore G 6' 3" (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1997-03-14 Phoenix, Arizona Shreveport (NAHL)

Standings

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Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL 3/SW PTS PT% GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#5 North Dakota †* 24 18 5 1 2 1 0 54 .750 94 47 29 22 6 1 114 57
#2 St. Cloud State 24 15 9 0 3 3 0 45 .625 78 64 31 20 11 0 101 84
#3 Minnesota Duluth 24 13 9 2 1 2 1 43 .597 72 54 28 15 11 2 84 66
#13 Omaha 24 14 9 1 4 0 1 40 .556 79 69 26 14 11 1 85 81
Denver 22 9 12 1 0 2 1 31 .470 61 60 24 11 13 1 67 66
Western Michigan 24 10 11 3 1 0 1 33 .458 73 84 25 10 12 3 77 89
Colorado College 22 4 16 2 0 2 2 18 .273 35 77 23 4 17 2 36 79
Miami 24 5 17 2 0 1 0 18 .250 46 83 25 5 18 2 48 89
Championship: March 16, 2021
† indicates conference regular season champion (Penrose Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Frozen Faceoff Championship Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Schedule and results

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Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Decision Result Attendance Record
Regular season
December 1 7:30 PM vs. #17 Western Michigan Baxter ArenaOmaha, Nebraska   Hrenák W 4–3  0 1–0–0 (1–0–0)
December 5 8:05 PM vs. #4 Denver Baxter ArenaOmaha, Nebraska Altitude Hrenák W 4–3  0 2–0–0 (2–0–0)
December 6 8:05 PM vs. Omaha Baxter ArenaOmaha, Nebraska   Castor W 5–3  0 3–0–0 (3–0–0)
December 9 3:35 PM vs. Western Michigan #13 Baxter ArenaOmaha, Nebraska   Hrenák L 1–2  0 3–1–0 (3–1–0)
December 12 4:05 PM vs. #1 North Dakota #13 Baxter ArenaOmaha, Nebraska   Hrenák W 5–3  0 4–1–0 (4–1–0)
December 13 8:05 PM vs. #18 Omaha #13 Baxter ArenaOmaha, Nebraska   Lamoreaux L 0–2  0 4–2–0 (4–2–0)
December 16 7:35 PM vs. #4 North Dakota #9 Baxter ArenaOmaha, Nebraska   Hrenák L 3–4 OT 0 4–3–0 (4–3–0)
December 18 7:35 PM vs. Colorado College #9 Baxter ArenaOmaha, Nebraska AT&T RM Castor W 4–3 OT 0 5–3–0 (5–3–0)
December 20 4:05 PM vs. #8 Denver #9 Baxter ArenaOmaha, Nebraska Altitude Hrenák W 3–1  0 6–3–0 (6–3–0)
January 2 6:00 PM vs. #4 Minnesota Duluth #6 Herb Brooks National Hockey CenterSt. Cloud, Minnesota   Hrenák L 3–4 OT 101 6–4–0 (6–4–0)
January 3 4:00 PM vs. #4 Minnesota Duluth #6 Herb Brooks National Hockey CenterSt. Cloud, Minnesota   Hrenák W 3–1  102 7–4–0 (7–4–0)
January 8 7:36 PM at #5 Minnesota Duluth #6 AMSOIL ArenaDuluth, Minnesota CBSSN Hrenák W 4–3  0 8–4–0 (8–4–0)
January 9 6:00 PM at #5 Minnesota Duluth #6 AMSOIL ArenaDuluth, Minnesota   Hrenák W 1–0 OT 0 9–4–0 (9–4–0)
January 15 6:05 PM at Western Michigan #4 Lawson ArenaKalamazoo, Michigan   Hrenák L 2–6  0 9–5–0 (9–5–0)
January 16 6:41 PM at Western Michigan #4 Lawson ArenaKalamazoo, Michigan CBSSN Hrenák L 1–3  0 9–6–0 (9–6–0)
January 22 7:30 PM vs. Miami #6 Herb Brooks National Hockey CenterSt. Cloud, Minnesota   Castor W 3–2  86 10–6–0 (10–6–0)
January 23 7:00 PM vs. Miami #6 Herb Brooks National Hockey CenterSt. Cloud, Minnesota   Hrenák W 8–2  110 11–6–0 (11–6–0)
February 5 7:30 PM vs. Western Michigan #4 Herb Brooks National Hockey CenterSt. Cloud, Minnesota   Hrenák W 5–1  153 12–6–0 (12–6–0)
February 6 6:07 PM vs. Western Michigan #4 Herb Brooks National Hockey CenterSt. Cloud, Minnesota   Hrenák L 4–5 OT 157 12–7–0 (12–7–0)
February 12 6:00 PM at Miami #6 Steve Cady ArenaOxford, Ohio   Hrenák L 2–3  0 12–8–0 (12–8–0)
February 13 4:05 PM at Miami #6 Steve Cady ArenaOxford, Ohio   Hrenák W 4–2  0 13–8–0 (13–8–0)
February 20 12:00 PM vs. Colorado College #6 Herb Brooks National Hockey CenterSt. Cloud, Minnesota   Hrenák W 4–0  143 14–8–0 (14–8–0)
February 27 7:07 PM at #10 Minnesota Duluth #6 AMSOIL ArenaDuluth, Minnesota CBSSN Hrenák L 1–5  250 14–9–0 (14–9–0)
March 6 1:00 PM vs. #9 Minnesota Duluth #8 Herb Brooks National Hockey CenterSt. Cloud, Minnesota   Hrenák W 4–3 OT 201 15–9–0 (15–9–0)
NCHC Tournament
March 12 2:30 PM vs. Colorado College* #8 Ralph Engelstad ArenaGrand Forks, North Dakota   Hrenák W 2–1  1,923 16–9–0
March 15 3:00 PM vs. #9 Minnesota Duluth* #8 Ralph Engelstad ArenaGrand Forks, North Dakota   Hrenák W 3–2  1,957 17–9–0
March 16 7:30 PM at #2 North Dakota* #8 Ralph Engelstad ArenaGrand Forks, North Dakota   Hrenák L 3–5  3,000 17–10–0
NCAA tournament
March 27 12:00 PM vs. #10 Boston University* #7 Times Union CenterAlbany, New York (Regional semifinal) ESPNews Hrenák W 6–2  1,136 18–10–0
March 28 4:30 PM vs. #2 Boston College* #7 Times Union CenterAlbany, New York (Regional final) ESPN2 Hrenák W 4–1  1,136 19–10–0
April 8 4:00 PM vs. #5 Minnesota State* #7 PPG Paints ArenaPittsburgh, Pennsylvania (National semifinal) ESPN2 Hrenák W 5–4  3,660 20–10–0
April 10 6:00 PM vs. #6 Massachusetts* #7 PPG Paints ArenaPittsburgh, Pennsylvania (National Championship) ESPN Hrenák L 0–5  3,963 20–11–0
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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Scoring statistics

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Name Position Games Goals Assists Points PIM
Veeti Miettinen RW 31 11 13 24 0
Nolan Walker C 31 10 14 24 8
Jami Krannila F 31 11 12 23 18
Nick Perbix D 31 7 16 23 16
Zach Okabe RW 30 6 16 22 12
Easton Brodzinski RW 29 13 5 18 46
Kevin Fitzgerald C 31 9 9 18 22
Sam Hentges C 29 8 9 17 14
Spencer Meier D 31 4 11 15 6
Micah Miller C/RW 31 3 7 10 14
Ondřej Trejbal D 29 1 9 10 10
Will Hammer F 31 3 6 9 6
Brendan Bushy D 31 1 8 9 27
Seamus Donohue D 31 1 8 9 40
Chase Brand C 27 4 4 8 21
Kyler Kupka F 23 3 5 8 4
Jared Cockrell F 30 3 4 7 12
Luke Jaycox D 31 1 6 7 8
Joe Molenaar F 13 1 3 4 2
Brady Ziemer D 18 1 1 2 8
Dávid Hrenák G 27 0 1 1 2
Thomas Rocco F 2 0 0 0 2
Joey Lamoreaux G 2 0 0 0 0
Jack Johnston F 3 0 0 0 0
Jaxon Castor G 5 0 0 0 0
Tyler Anderson D 15 0 0 0 2
Bench - - - - - 12
Total 101 167 268 312

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Goaltending statistics

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Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals Against Saves Shut Outs SV % GAA
Jaxon Castor 5 205 3 0 0 6 64 0 .914 1.75
Dávid Hrenák 27 1579 17 10 0 70 661 2 .904 2.66
Joey Lamoreaux 2 69 0 1 0 5 21 0 .808 4.35
Empty Net - 15 - - - 3 - - - -
Total 31 1868 20 11 0 84 746 2 .899 2.70

Rankings

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Poll Week
Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 (Final)
USCHO.com NR NR NR NR 13 9 6 6 6 4 6 5 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 - 2
USA Today NR NR NR NR 11 9 6 6 7 5 6 5 5 7 7 6 8 6 8 7 3 2

USCHO did not release a poll in week 20.[13]

Awards and honors

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Player Award Ref
Nolan Walker NCAA All-Tournament Team
Veeti Miettinen NCHC Rookie of the Year [14]
Kevin Fitzgerald NCHC Sportsmanship Award [14]
Nick Perbix NCHC Second Team [15]
Veeti Miettinen
Veeti Miettinen NCHC Rookie Team [16]
Nick Perbix Frozen Faceoff All-Tournament Team [17]

Players drafted into the NHL

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Round Pick Player NHL team
2 54 Jack Peart Minnesota Wild

† incoming freshman [18]

References

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