10/16/00
Contact: Tom Nelson (320-255-2141)
St. Cloud State Men's Hockey Release for 10/16/00
UPCOMING GAMES: The St. Cloud State menšs hockey team (1-0-1) will travel
to Bemidji State University on Oct. 20, for a 7:05 p.m. game in the John S.
Glas Fieldhouse (200x85). The two teams will return to St. Cloud on Oct.
21, for a 7:05 p.m. game in the National Hockey Center (5,763 cap./200x100).
THE RESULTS:It was a day for the youth, as SCSU opened its 2000-01 campaign
with a 3-1 win over visiting Ferris State University (0-1-1). The Bulldogs
jumped to an early lead on a power play goal by Kevin Swider at 2:56 of the
first before frosh Andy Lundbohm charted the team's first goal of the season
with an assist from Duvie Westcott at 6:06 of the first. Rookie Brian
Schuster posted the next tally at 9:21 with another feed from Westcott. The
game's scoring ended at the 16:00 mark of the first when freshman Jeff
Finger scored on a power play goal with an assist from Lee Brooks. SCSU
goalie Scott Meyer charted 28 saves in the contest...in the second game of
the series on Oct. 14, the Huskies and Ferris skated to a 3-3 tie. FSU
jumped to a quick 1-0 lead on a goal by Rob Collins before Brandon Sampair
scored at 7:14 of the first with assists from Tyler Arnason and Brian
Gaffaney. Kevin Swider posted his second goal of the series and Collins
scored his second goal of the night to help FSU take a 3-1 lead into the
third period. SCSU fought back with a goal by Finger at 4:04 of the third.
Sampair tied the game with a power play goal at 15:12 of the third with
assists from Arnason and Keith Anderson. Meyer tallied 27 saves in the
game...of note SCSU is now an even 2-2-2 in games played against FSU.
FINAL 2000-01 RECORD: In 1999-2000, the Huskies continued their tradition of
excellence with a 23-14-3 overall record and a 16-9-3 third place record in
the always rugged WCHA. The Huskies advanced to the Final Five of the WCHA
tournament last season, which included a 6-4 third place win over Minnesota.
The icing on the cake was a trip to the 2000 NCAA Division I East Regional,
and a number 12 ranking in the final Division I national poll. The 23 wins
ties a school record for most wins in a season. The Huskies also had 23
wins during the 1997-98 campaign.
HEAD COACH: SCSU coach Craig Dahl (Pacific Lutheran, 1976) i
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 230-233-38 at SCSU and a 19-year
career coaching mark of 306-321-40. 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).
500th GAME AT SCSU: 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 Dahlšs 500th as a coach at SCSU. SCSU and Dahl both own a record of
230-233-38 during the past 14 seasons.
ROOKIES SHINE: The offensive output for the Huskies was centered around the
rookies. Newcomers Andy Lundbohm, Brian Schuster and Jeff Finger all
tallied goals for the Huskies against FSU on Oct. 13. The goals were all
collegiate firsts for the new players. Of note, SCSUšs first two goals were
tallied on the second and third shots on goal of the game for SCSU. Finger
moved his goal tally this season to two with a score against FSU on Oct. 14.
NICE COMEBACK: The Huskies tallied 18 shots on goal in the third period
against Ferris State on Oct 14. The results were two goals by the Huskies
in the final 16 minutes of play. The last time the Huskies rebounded from a
two-goal deficit, SCSU gained a 5-4 win over Alaska-Anchorage on Jan. 21,
2000 in St. Cloud.
ASSIST DATA: Junior defender Duvie Westcott notched his 19th and 20th
assists of his career last night against FSU on Oct. 13. With 21 career
points, Westcott now ranks 155th in the career scoring ranks at SCSU...Lee
Brooks posted his 12th assist of his career last night. He now has 24
career points, which places him 140th in the school charts. Tyler Arnason
also had two assists on Oct. 14, which places him 19th among Husky career
point leaders at 82 (33g, 49a)...Brian Gaffaney now has 12 career assists
and 16 career points (177th on the SCSU scoring charts)...Keith Andersonšs
assist on Oct. 14 pushes him to 25 in his career and 49 career points (82nd
in SCSU history)...Jeff Saterdalen leads the Husky scoring pack with 179
points (78-101) from 1988-92.
GOAL DATA: As mentioned above, SCSU saw its freshmen post four of its six
goals this weekend against Ferris State...Brandon Sampair charted the other
two goals. Sampair now has 39 goals and 81 career points. He ranks 40th on
the SCSU all-time scorers list and is 11th on the goal scoring list. He
moves past George Awada, who scored 38 goals from 1995-99. Sampair is one
goal behind Tony Gruba, who had 40 from 1990-94.
NO PLACE LIKE HOME: The Huskies were 14-6-1 at home in 1999-00. SCSU has
posted a 122-68-20 all-time record at the National Hockey Center. St. Cloud
State was 8-6-2 on the road and 1-2-0 in neutral site games last winter...so
far in 2000-01, the Huskies are 1-0-1 at the National Hockey Center. In the
friendly confines of the NHC, the Huskies own an all-time win percentage of
.629.
TEAM RECORDS The Huskies set or tied nine single season records in
1999-2000. SCSU tied the single season record for victories with 23 this
season. The original mark was set in 1996-97. SCSU set new marks for
consecutive wins in a season with seven (old mark was established in1993-94)
and the longest unbeaten streak of ten games (set in 1994-95 and 1997-98) .
SCSU also established a new mark for shutout wins in a season with seven.
(the old mark of four was set in 1993-94). SCSU set a new mark for winning
percentage, .612 (old mark .575), most assists with 255 (old mark 245), most
points with 411 (old mark 409) and fewest goals allowed of 103 (old mark
122).
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS: Two Huskies established new individual records during
last season. Goaltender Scott Meyer set three new season marks for best
goals against average of 2.37 (previous mark of 2.97 was held by Dean
Weasler), best save percentage of .920 (old mark of .910 was held by Jason
Jiskra) and most shutouts with seven (old mark of three held by Grant
Sjerven and Dean Weasler). He also surpassed the career record for shutouts
with seven (the old mark of six was held by Brian Leitza, 1995-98). Right
wing Brandon Sampair set a new mark for most assists in a game by a forward
with five against Minnesota on March 18.
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.
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 Oct. 28 Denver, Nov. 17
Minnesota, Dec. 9 Wisconsin, 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 Bemidji State game on Oct. 21 are Peter Torsson 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 childrenšs 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 will begin on Oct. 21, and
it will feature captains Brandon Sampair, Ritchie Larson and Brian Gaffaney.
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 230-233-38 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.).
TEAM NOTES/STREAKS: Did you know that SCSU freshman Jim McNamara is the
brother of SCSU womenšs hockey standout Erin McNamara. The pair hail from
Macomb, Mich. and their parents are David and Marie McNamara...SCSU is off
to one of its best starts in the history of the program. The win on Oct.
13, marked the first time since 1995-96 that SCSU has won its season opener.
It also marked only the second time since 1990-91 that the Huskies have won
their season opener. SCSU is 4-9-1 in season openers since going Division I
back in 1987-88...The Huskies 23 wins last year marks the seventh 20-win
season in Husky hockey history. It also ties the season record for wins
which the Huskies posted in 1996-97. That year SCSU was 23-13-4 and finished
third in the WCHA with an 18-10-4 record. SCSU has posted 20-win seasons in
three of the last six years. The 16 WCHA wins is the second highest total
for the Huskies in the ten years of membership in the league. The most is 18
recorded during the 1996-97 season. The Huskies longest win streak of the
season was seven games. The longest unbeaten streak was ten games. SCSU's
longest losing streak was five games at the start of the WCHA season. The
Huskies had four players, Tyler Arnason (19-30-49), Nate DiCasmirro
(19-24-43), Mark Hartigan (22-20-42) and Brandon Sampair (18-24-42) with 40
or more points this season. The last time SCSU had four players with 40 or
more points in a single season was in 1996-97 when Matt Cullen (15-30-45),
Dave Paradise (19-24-43), Sacha Molin(18-25-43) and Mark Parrish (27-15-42),
all hit the 40-point mark.
BIG CROWDS: For the fifth straight year, Husky Hockey averaged over 5,000
fans per home game. 123,504 people attended SCSUhome games in 1999-2000, an
average of 5,881 per game. The attendance figure reflects a steady incline
as SCSU averaged 5,736 in 1998-99, 5,593 in 1997-98, 5-473 in 1996-97 and
5,004 in 1995-96...in two games this season, SCSU has an attendance total of
10,928 for an average of 5,464 per game.
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 ticket information, please
call 651-989-5151...St. Cloud State made its fifth straight WCHA Final Five
appearance and sixth in the last seven years. SCSU is 3-8 overall in Final
Five games. SCSU reached the WCHA Final Five Championship game in 1994 after
beating Wisconsin 3-2 in overtime in the semifinal. SCSU's other Final Five
win was a 4-3 overtime win over Minnesota-Duluth in 1998 in the play-in
game.
UP NEXT: The Huskies will entertain Denver University on Oct. 27 and Oct. 28
at the National Hockey Center. Both games times are at 7:05 p.m.
SCSU Season Long Streaks (2000-01):
Win Streak 1 games
Unbeaten Streak 2 games
Losing Streak -
Winless Streak -
Home Win Streak 1 games
Home Losing Streak -
Home Winless Streak -
Home Unbeaten Streak 2 games
Road Win Streak -
Road Unbeaten Streak -
Road Losing Streak -
Road Winless Streak -
2000 St. Cloud State
Hockey Results (1-0-1)
Date Opponent Time
10/13 FERRIS STATE W, 3-1
Oct. 14 FERRIS STATE T, 3-3
Oct. 20 @ Bemidji State 7:05 pm
Oct. 21 BEMIDJI STATE 7:05 pm
Oct. 27 DENVER* 7:05 pm
Oct. 28 DENVER * 7:05 pm
Nov. 10 @Colorado College * 8:35 pm
Nov. 11 @Colorado College * 8:05 pm
Nov. 17MINNESOTA* 7:05 pm
Nov. 18 @Minnesota * 7:05 pm
Nov. 24 @ Northeastern 6:00 pm
Nov. 25 @ U Mass - Amherst 6:00 pm
Dec. 1 @ Michigan Tech * 6:35 pm
Dec. 2 @ Michigan Tech * 6:05 pm
Dec. 8 WISCONSIN * 7:05 pm
Dec. 9 WISCONSIN* 7:05 pm
Dec. 15 UAA* 7:05 pm
Dec. 16 UAA* 7:05 pm
Dec. 18 CSKA (Red Army) 7:05 pm
Jan. 5 @ Minnesota-Duluth * 7:05 pm
Jan. 6 @ Minnesota-Duluth * 7:05 pm
Jan. 12 MICHIGAN TECH * 7:05 pm
Jan. 13 MICHIGAN TECH * 7:05 pm
Jan. 19 BROWN 7:05 pm
Jan. 20 BROWN 7:05 pm
Jan. 26 @ North Dakota * 7:35 pm
Jan. 27 @ North Dakota * 8:35 pm
Feb. 2 Colorado College* 7:05 pm
Feb. 3 Colorado College* 7:05 pm
Feb. 9 @UAA* 10:35 pm
Feb. 10 @ UAA * 10:05 pm
Feb. 16 @Wisconsin * 7:05 pm
Feb. 17 @ Wisconsin * 7:05 pm
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
2000-01 WCHA Standings
Team WCHA Overall Pts.
- Colorado College 2-0-0 2-0-0 4
- Wisconsin 2-0-0 4-0-0 4
- Minnesota 0-0-0 2-0-0
- SCSU 0-0-0 1-0-1
- North Dakota 0-0-0 1-0-3
- UMD 0-0-0 0-0-0
- Denver 0-0-0 0-0-0
- UAA 0-0-0 0-2-0
- Michigan Tech. 0-2-0 0-2-1 0
- MSU-Mankato 0-2-0 0-2-0
WCHA Results Oct. 13, 2000
at SCSU 3, Ferris 1
Wisconsin 5, at MTU 0
at Colorado College 6, MSU, Mankato 2
UND 1, at Maine 1 OT
Michigan State 5, at UAA 4
WCHA Results Oct. 14, 2000
at SCSU 3, Ferris 3 OT
North Dakota 4, at Maine 2
Minnesota 9, at Bemidji State 3
at Colorado College 6, MSU, Mankato 5
Wisconsin 4, at Michigan Tech 2
WCHA Games on Oct. 20, 2000
SCSU at Bemidji State, 7:05 p.m.
UMD at Minnesota, 7:05 p.m.
Mankato at Wisconsin, 7:35 p.m.
Michigan Tech at North Dakota, 7:35 p.m.
Boston College at Denver, 8:35 p.m.
UAA at UAF, 7 p.m. (AT)
WCHA Games on Oct. 20, 2000
Bemidji State at SCSU, 7:05 p.m.
UMD at Minnesota, 7:05 p.m.
Mankato at Wisconsin, 7:35 p.m.
Michigan Tech at North Dakota, 7:35 p.m.
Boston College at Denver, 8:35 p.m.
WCHA Games on Oct. 20, 2000
UAF at UAA, 5:05 p.m. (AT)
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