St. Cloud State University Men's Hockey Release 2/19/01
Contact: Tom Nelson (320-255-2141)
Upcoming Games:
Feb. 23 - MSU, Mankato vs. #6/7 SCSU, 7:05 p.m.
Feb. 24 - MSU, Mankato vs. #6/7 SCSU, 8:05 p.m.
UPCOMING GAMES: The #6/7 St. Cloud State University (23-8-1, 16-8-0 WCHA)
will host MSU, Mankato (18-3-1, 12-11-1 WCHA) on Feb. 23-24 at the National
Hockey Center (cap. 5,763) in St. Cloud. Game time on Feb. 23, will be at
7:05 p.m. and at 8:05 p.m. on Feb. 24. The Huskies were ranked #6 in the
last USA TODAY/AHM poll and #7 in the last USCHO poll. In the last Pairwise
Ranking, SCSU is ranked 7th with 23 points and Michigan State is first with
29. In the RPI ranking, SCSU is also ranked 7th with a 0.5696 rating. The
WCHA has seven teams rated among the top 17 teams in the last Pairwise
rankings.
THE RESULTS: On Feb. 16, the Huskies suffered a 3-2 loss at Wisconsin. The
Badgers scored twice in opening three minutes of play before SCSU came back
with a goal by Jeff Finger at 6:07 of the second period, with assists from
Derek Eastman and Tyler Arnason. Matt Hendricks tied the game for SCSU with
a goal at 4:24 with assists from Ryan LaMere and Andy Lundbohm in the third
period. UW won the game at 7:28 when Kevin Granato scored in the third.
SCSU outshot the Badgers 44-31, as Scott Meyer posted 28 saves in the
game...on Feb. 17, SCSU gained a 5-1 win at Wisconsin. Both teams skated to
a 0-0 tie in the first period before Keith Anderson broke the deadlock with
a goal at 7:54 of the second. Arnason scored the game winner at 11:24 of
the second with assists from Nate DiCasmirro and Brandon Sampair. Arnason
added his 20th goal of the season at 19:37 of the second. Anderson moved it
to 4-1 when he scored at 9:01 of the third before UW broke the shutout with
a power play tally at 13:42. Joe Motzko iced the game with a power play
tally at 18:07 of the third. Ryan Malone and Jon Cullen each had three
assists in the match, while Meyer was stellar with 25 saves to his credit.
SCSU outshot the Badgers 39-26. #10 UW falls to 16-12-4 overall and 11-9-4
in the always rugged WCHA.
HEAD COACH: SCSU coach Craig Dahl (Pacific Lutheran, 1976) in his 14th
season as head coach for the Huskies. He is the only coach that SCSU has
had since moving to the NCAA Division I level in 1987-88. Dahl has a career
record of 252-242-38 at SCSU and a 20-year career coaching mark of
328-329-40. Of note, Dahl won his 250th game at SCSU on Feb. 9, 2001 with a
2-0 win at Alaska-Anchorage...Dahl won his 300th career game on 2/19/00. In
1997-98, Dahl was named the WCHA Coach of the Year. He has won more games
than any SCSU hockey coach. In 2000-01, Dahl will be assisted by Doc
DelCastillo (SCSU, 1992) in his third season and first year coach Brad
Willner (Lake Superior State, 1995).
ALL-TIME RECORD: The Huskies and Coach Dahl both own a 252-242-38 record
since the program went Division I in 1987-88. This is the first season that
the Huskies have gone above .500 with their overall record since going
Division I...The Ferris State game on Oct. 13th was the 500th Division I
hockey game in the history of the program at SCSU. The game was also Dahlıs
500th as a coach at SCSU.
HUSKY BITS: SCSU allowed a season low three shots on goal during the first
period of the game on Feb. 17, at UW...a total of five SCSU players has
multiple point games vs. UW on Feb. 17. Tyler Arnason and Keith Anderson
each had two goals, while Brandon Sampair had two assists. Ryan Malone and
Jon Cullen each added three assists. Arnason has scored two goals in a game
three times this season. Sampair and Arnason each lead the team with 12
multiple point games this season...Mark Hartigan and Arnason each lead the
club with four GWG apiece this season...On Jan. 19, SCSU hit a season-high
and national high with four pp goals...SCSU was named the USATODAY.com
national team of the week on Jan. 18. SCSU received its highest national
ranking since going Division I in 1987-88 with a #3/4 ranking in both the
USCHO and USA TODAY/ American Hockey Magazine polls on Jan. 22...in its last
eight games, the Huskies have played the nationıs #3 (UND), #6 (CC) and #10
(UW) teams. SCSU will finish with games against Mankato (received votes in
last national poll) and #4 Minnesota.
A NEW TEAM RECORD: The Huskies hit a new team record on Jan. 20 by winning
their ninth consecutive game on Jan. 20. The previous best was seven
consecutive wins set last year from Jan. 14-Feb. 4. SCSU set a team record
with a 10-game unbeaten streak last year that included two ties during that
stretch.
THE NEWEST MEMBERS: Tyler Arnason and Brandon Sampair are now both members
of the 100 point club. On Jan. 12, Arnason scored a goal and an assist,
while Sampair had a goal and two assists. Aranson (53g/64a) and has 20g/17a
this season... Brandon Sampair (45g/71a). He has 8g/29a this season.
Sampair and Arnason are the 24rd and 25th players in team history (all
Divisions) to reach the 100-point level in their careers...of note, Arnason
is the 7th player in SCSU history to score 50 or more goals in his career.
Arnason ranks 12th on the all-time scoring list and Sampair is 13th at
SCSU...here are some other interesting facts about the pair: Arnason became
the 13th player in team history to score 20-or- more goals in a season with
his pair vs. UW on Feb. 17...Sampair needs one more assist to become only
the 6th player in team history to score 30-or-more assists in a season. He
only needs four more assists to tie the team record of 33 assists in a
season set by Jeff Saterdalen in 1989-90.
DAHL GAINS 250th WIN: SCSU coach Craig Dahl gained his 250th career win at
SCSU with the Huskiesı 2-0 victory at UAA on Feb. 9. His 14 year record in
St. Cloud now stands at 252-242-38.
EQUALS THE RECORD: SCSU has already equalled its record for most wins in a
season (since going Div. I) with 23 in 2000-01. The Huskies (23-8-1 overall
in 2000-01) need one more win to hit a program high for most wins in a
season. The previous team-highs were 23 wins in 1999-00 (23-14-3) and
1996-97 (23-13-4). As a Division III program, SCSU collected a 25-10-1
record in 1986-87 under the leadership of coach Herb Brooks. SCSU also
charted a 25-2 record in 1934-35. This marks the fifth season since going
Division I that the Huskies have won 20 or more games.
ON THE RADIO: Husky hockey can be heard on KNSI Radio 1450 AM during the
2000-01 season. The broadcasts will also be available on the web at
www.1450knsi.com. Don Lyons will call the play-by-play and former SCSU
All-American Dave Reichel will provide the color commentary for home
games selected games this season will also be broadcast live by KVSC FM
88.1...KNSI AM 1450 will also host the Craig Dahl Show each Monday at 5:05
p.m. during the season. The show will feature Coach Dahl, SC Times writer
Kevin Allenspach and host Don Lyons. The show is sponsored by Plaza Park
Bank/Investment Centers of America.
HUSKIES ON TV: A total of 18 Husky home games this season will be televised
live on St. Cloud's Charter Communications cable channel 65 this season.
Charter Communications are also slated to carry the games live on their
systems in Alexandria, Willmar and Little Falls. KSTC channel 45 (Charter
cable channel 17 in St. Cloud) out of the Twin Cities. Veteran announcer
Wally Shaver will call the play-by-play along with color commentary from
Doug Johnson. KSTC games slated for this season are Feb. 24 Mankato and
Match 3 Minnesota.
ON THE NET: Can't get enough of Husky hockey news? Check out the Husky Home
Page at www.stcloudstate.edu/~sports. The WCHA website is www.wcha.com For
college hockey stats, please go to www.collegehockeystats.com.
TICKETS: For SCSU hockey ticket information, please call the Athletic Ticket
Office at 320-255-2137 or 1-877-SCSUTIX.
HUSKY AUTOGRAPH DEN: SCSU fans can obtain autographs in the Husky Autograph
Den after each home game this season. Players slated to appear in the
autograph den after the game on Feb. 23 are Brandon Sampair and Duvie
Westcott and on Feb. 24 are Jon Cullen and Brian Gaffaney.
HUSKIES READING FOR FUN: Each year the St. Cloud Public Library and the
SCSU hockey teams combine to present the Husky Reading for Fun program.
This popular childrenıs reading program at the St. Cloud Public Library in
downtown St. Cloud, features SCSU players reading books on selected Saturday
mornings prior to SCSU home games. The program continues on Feb. 24, and it
will feature Lee Brooks and Ryan LaMere. For more information, please call
the Library at 251-7282.
ABOUT SCSU: The 1999-2000 season marked the 13th year that SCSU has been a
member of NCAA Division I hockey. SCSU joined the Division I hockey ranks
in 1987-88 and became a member of the WCHA in 1990-91. That first year in
the league, SCSU finished fifth with a 12-16-4 league record and an 18-19-4
overall record. SCSU's highest league finish has been third place, a
standing that was reached in 1996-97 and again in 1999-2000...since going
Division I, SCSU owns a 252-242-38 overall record.
2000-01 TEAM CAPTAINS: The 2000-01 team captain is senior forward Brandon
Sampair (Mahtomedi). Assistant captains are senior forward Keith Anderson
(Thief River Falls) and senior defenseman Ritchie Larson (Winnipeg, Mant.).
NOTES ABOUT MSU: MSU received votes in the last NCAA Division I hockey
polls...senior Jesse Rooney, MSUıs leading scorer (21-13-33) is MSUıs
leading active career scorer with 66-40-106 in 142 games....junior Nate
Mauer has 12-14-26 points and ranks second on the team...Eric Pateman is the
teamıs top netminder with a 3.16 GAA and a .901 SV% (14-8-1 overall)...MSU
lost 4-2 to MTU on Feb. 16 in Mankato, but rebounded with a 5-4 win over
Tech on Feb. 17...in 1992-93, Mankato and SCSU played each other while
Mankato was still a Division II program. In that series, MSU posted a 5-5
tie and the Huskies won 11-4. The games were played at the NHC that year.
TEAM NOTES: In 1999-00, SCSU played their first-ever games at Mankato since
the Mavericks joined the WCHA. On Nov. 27, 1999, SCSU gained a 7-4 win at
MSU and on Nov. 28, 1999, SCSU posted an 8-2 win. Chris Purslow was a
one-man wrecking crew that weekend with four goals and one assist and
Brandon Sampair had three goals and two assists. Goalie Scott Meyer gained
the win in both games with a total of 56 saves...MSU has not won a game vs.
SCSU since moving to the Division I level. In 1997-98, the Huskies and Mavs
skated to a 2-2 tie in St. Cloud. The last time the series was played in
the NHC, the Huskies gained a 6-3 and 3-1 sweep on Jan. 2-3, 1999...in WCHA
games only, SCSU is fourth in the league with 3.67 gpg and second in the
league with 2.54 goals allowed per game...SCSUıs power play ranks third in
the WCHA at 21.9% and the penalty kill is seventh at 80.0%...In overall
games, the Huskies rank first in the league with 2.31 goals allowed per
game...in WCHA games only, Sampair ranks 7th in the league with 31 points,
while Mark Hartigan is ninth with 29 points and Tyler Arnason is 13th with
27 points...Hartigan is second in the league with 18 goals scored and
Sampair is second with 25 assists...Jon Cullen leads the league with four
shorthanded points scored and Arnasonıs four game winners is second in the
league...Scott Meyer is tied for first in the league with a .919 SV% along
with UMıs Adam Hauser...Meyer is fourth in the league with a 2.45 GAA...
...in the season record book at SCSU, Hartiganıs 21 goals this season ranks
ninth all-time, while Sampairıs 29 assists places him 6th in the
records...SCSU been outshot 16 times by its opponents this season but the
Huskies are 10-6 in those games...at 16-8-0 in the WCHA this season, the
Huskies only need to win two of their last four games in the regular season
to equal the teamıs best ever WCHA finish. In 1996-97, the Huskies charted
a team-high 18 wins in the WCHA (18-10-4)...Aranson has a team-high three
game scoring streak...in the latest NCAA stats, SCSU ranked second in hte
nation with a 25.7% power play rate and fourth in the nation with 2.33 goals
allowed per game. In goals scored per game, SCSU ranked 8th with 3.77
gpg...Hartigan was sixth in the nation with .72 goals scored per game and
Sampair was ninth with .93 assists per game. Meyer ranked 7th among
Division I players with a SV% of .923 and was 13th with a 2.27 GAA. His
winning rate of 71.7% placed him 7th among Division I goalies...Meyer
currently owns a .918 career SV% and a 2.41 career GAA. The current team
career records in both the categories is .890 SV% by Brian Leitza from
1995-98 and 3.38 GAA by Leitza from 1995-98...Meyer is also on track to
make a run at the single season records. Last year, he set the SV% record
at .920 and the GAA record at 2.37. He currently stands at .924 SV% and
2.25 GAA.
BIG CROWDS: In home games this season, SCSU has an attendance total of
93,420 for an average of 5,839 per game...On Nov. 17, SCSU was at capacity
for the first time in 2000-01 with a crowd of 6,685.
WCHA FINAL FIVE: The 2001 WCHA Final Five tournament will be held on March
15-17 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. For info. 651-989-5151.
UP NEXT: SCSU will play at Minnesota on March 2, and host UM on March 3.
SCSU Season Long Streaks (2000-01):
Win Streak 9 games (12/9 -1/20)
Unbeaten Streak 9 games (12/9 -1/20)
Losing Streak 3 games (1/26 -2/2)
Winless Streak 3 games (1/26 -2/2)
Home Win Streak 7 games (12/9- )
Home Losing Streak 3 games (10/28-12/8)
Home Winless Streak 3 games (10/28-12/8)
Home Unbeaten Streak 7 games (12/9-1/20 )
Road Win Streak 6 games (11/24-1/6)
Road Unbeaten Streak 6 games (11/24-1/6)
Road Losing Streak 2 games (1/26-1/27)
Road Winless Streak 2 games (1/26-1/27)
WCHA RESULTS/SCHEDULE
Friday, February 16:
Colorado College 1 at Minnesota 6 WC
St. Cloud State 2 at Wisconsin 3 WC
Denver 3 at North Dakota 3 WC OT
Minnesota-Duluth 2 at Alaska Anchorage 2 WC OT
Michigan Tech 4 at MSU-Mankato 2 WC
Saturday, February 17:
Colorado College 1 at Minnesota 4 WC
Minnesota-Duluth 3 at Alaska Anchorage 5 WC
Michigan Tech 4 at MSU-Mankato 5 WC
St. Cloud State 5 at Wisconsin 1 WC
Denver 0 at North Dakota 3 WC
Friday, February 23:
Minnesota at Minnesota-Duluth WC 7:05 pm
MSU-Mankato at St. Cloud State WC 7:05 pm
Alaska Anchorage at Denver WC 7:35 pm
North Dakota at Michigan Tech WC 7:35 pm
Wisconsin at Colorado College WC 7:35 pm
Saturday, February 24:
Minnesota at Minnesota-Duluth WC 7:05 pm
MSU-Mankato at St. Cloud State WC 8:05 pm
Alaska Anchorage at Denver WC 7:05 pm
North Dakota at Michigan Tech WC 7:05 pm
Wisconsin at Colorado College WC 7:05 pm
All-Time Scoring Leaders List at SCSU
1. Jeff Saterdalen, 1988-92 (78-101-179)*
2. Tim Hanus, 1988-92 (73-99-172)*
3. Mike Brodzinski, 1984-87 (76-70-146)
4. John Bergo, 1980-84 (76-69-145)
5. Dave Reichel, 1976-79 (65-73-138)
6. Jeff Passolt, 1977-81 (68-68-136)
7. Steve Martinson, 1977-81 (69-64-133)
8. Brett Lievers, 1990-95 (53-71-124)*
Brian Cook, 1987-91 (48-76-124)*
10. Dave Paradise, 1993-97 (66-56-122)*
12. Tyler Arnason, 1998-present (53-61-117)*
13. Brandon Sampair, 1997-present (45-71-116)*
* Division I players
2000 St. Cloud State
Hockey Results (23-8-1)
Date Opponent Time
10/13 FERRIS STATE W, 3-1
Oct. 14 FERRIS STATE T, 3-3
Oct. 20 @ Bemidji State W, 3-1
Oct. 21 BEMIDJI STATE W, 7-0
Oct. 27 DENVER* W, 5-1
Oct. 28 DENVER * L, 3-1
Nov. 10 @Colorado College * W, 6-3
Nov. 11 @Colorado College * W, 3-2 OT
Nov. 17 MINNESOTA* L, 2-0
Nov. 18 @Minnesota * L, 4-3
Nov. 24 @ Northeastern W, 4-1
Nov. 25 @ U Mass - Amherst W, 3-1
Dec. 1 @ Michigan Tech * W, 4-3 OT
Dec. 2 @ Michigan Tech * W, 4-3
Dec. 8 WISCONSIN * L, 3-1
Dec. 9 WISCONSIN* W, 5-0
Dec. 15 UAA* W, 3-1
Dec. 16 UAA* W, 4-3
Dec. 18 Russia Select (EX) W, 5-4
Jan. 5 @ Minnesota-Duluth * W, 6-3
Jan. 6 @ Minnesota-Duluth * W, 5-4
Jan. 12 MICHIGAN TECH * W, 5-2
Jan. 13 MICHIGAN TECH * W, 4-1
Jan. 19 BROWN W, 4-2
Jan. 20 BROWN W, 5-4
Jan. 26 @ North Dakota * L, 4-3
Jan. 27 @ North Dakota * L, 4-3
Feb. 2 Colorado College* L, 5-3
Feb. 3 Colorado College* W, 7-5
Feb. 9 @UAA* W, 2-0
Feb. 10 @ UAA * W, 4-1
Feb. 16 @Wisconsin * L, 3-2
Feb. 17 @ Wisconsin * W, 5-1
Feb. 23 MSU, MANKATO* 7:05 pm
Feb. 24 MSU, MANKATO* 8:05 pm
Mar. 2 @ Minnesota* 7:05 pm
Mar. 3 MINNESOTA* 7:05 pm
Mar. 9-11WCHA First Round TBA
Mar. 15-18WCHA Playoff TBA
Mar. 23-25NCAA Quarterfinals TBA
Apr. 5-7NCAA Championship TBA
*WCHA game
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