Minnesota State Mavericks men's ice hockey

Minnesota State Mavericks
Current season
University	Minnesota State University
Conference	CCHA D1 Division
Head coach	Mike Hastings 11th season, 274–96–24 (.726)
Captain(s)	Carter Foguth
Arena	Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center Capacity: 4,832 Surface: 200' x 85'
Location	Mankato, Minnesota
Colors	Purple and Gold
NCAA Tournament championships
1980 (DII)
NCAA Tournament Frozen Four
2021, 2022
NCAA Tournament appearances
D-II (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983) D-III (1985, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992) D-I (2003, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022)
Conference Tournament championships
WCHA: 2014, 2015, 2019 CCHA: 2022
Conference regular season championships
NCHA: 1986, 1987, 1991 WCHA: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21 CCHA: 2021–22
Current uniform

The Minnesota State Mavericks men's ice hockey team is an NCAA Division I college ice hockey program that represents Minnesota State University, Mankato. The Mavericks compete in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA). Their home arena is the Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center located in downtown Mankato, Minnesota.

History

The Minnesota State Mavericks men's ice hockey team commenced play as a varsity sport in 1969-70. They competed independent of a conference affiliation at the NCAA Division II level from 1969-70 to 1983-84. From 1984-85 to 1991-92, the Mavericks competed at the NCAA Division III level, before returning to the NCAA Division II ranks from 1992-93 to 1995-96. Starting with the 1996-97 season, the Mavericks began competition at the NCAA Division I level. The Mavericks were granted acceptance to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) in 1999-00, and have remained with the conference to the present.

The program saw great success at the NCAA Division II level during the 1970s and 1980s. The Mavericks finished as the NCAA Division II national runner-up in 1979, after being defeated by the University of Massachusetts Lowell 6-4 in the final. The Mavericks were awarded the 1980 NCAA Division II National Championship over Elmira College 5-2 in the championship game. In 1991, while competing at the NCAA Division III level, the Mavericks finished as national runner-up following a loss versus the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point 6-2. The Mavericks have had sustained success in recent seasons, reaching the NCAA Tournament in consecutive seasons (2013 and 2014) for the first time in program history, winning the Broadmoor Trophy as the WCHA playoff champions in 2014 and the MacNaughton Cup as WCHA regular season champions in 2015. MSU was the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament in 2015 but was upset by RIT in the first round, becoming the first No. 1 overall seed to lose in the first round of the NCAA hockey tournament.

They are one of five Minnesota-based universities that competed in the WCHA, the others being Minnesota, Minnesota-Duluth, St. Cloud State, and Bemidji State. After a major hockey conference realignment in 2013, only Minnesota State and Bemidji State remain in the WCHA. Minnesota joined the new men's hockey league of its all-sports conference, the Big Ten, and Minnesota–Duluth and St. Cloud State became charter members of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. The five schools compete annually for the North Star College Cup, hosted by the University of Minnesota at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.

On March 29, 2017, the university announced that it was in negotiations to extend the contract of head coach Mike Hastings by 10 years (through the 2027-28 season), providing its coach with the longest contract term in all of Division I men's hockey. In addition to the contract extension, the university said it would invest further resources into the program's recruiting and equipment budgets and work to cover full cost of attendance.

On June 28, 2019, the seven Midwestern members of the men's WCHA, including Minnesota State, announced they would leave the men's WCHA after the 2020–21 season, with the intent of creating a more geographically compact league. On February 18, 2020, these seven schools announced that their new conference would be a revival of the CCHA, whose original version had disbanded after the 2012–13 season due to that year's conference realignment.

Coaches

As of the end of the 2021–22 season

Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
2012–Present	Mike Hastings	11	274–96–24	.726
2000–2012	Troy Jutting	12	184–224–55	.457
1983–1984	Brad Reeves	1	16–14–0	.533
1969–1983, 1984–2000	Don Brose	30	535–334–78	.606
Totals	4 coaches	51 seasons	949–657–156	.583

Awards and honors

NCAA

Individual Awards

Hobey Baker Award Dryden McKay: 2022 Spencer Penrose Award Mike Hastings: 2015, 2021, 2022 All-American Teams AHCA First Team All-Americans 2015-16: Matt Leitner, F 2017-18: C. J. Suess, F 2019-20: Dryden McKay, G; Marc Michaelis, F 2021-22: Dryden McKay, G; Nathan Smith, F AHCA Second Team All-Americans 2002-03: Shane Joseph, F; Grant Stevenson, F 2005-06: David Backes, F 2014-15: Zach Palmquist, D 2016-17: Daniel Brickley, D 2019-20: Connor Mackey, F 2020-21: Dryden McKay, G NCHA Individual Awards MVP Tom Kern, F: 1983 Coach of the Year Don Brose: 1987 All-Conference Teams First Team All-NCHA 1981–82: Jim Follmer, F 1982–83: Pat Carroll, F; Tom Kern, F 1983–84: John Anderson, D 1984–85: Mark Gustafson, D; Pat Carroll, F 1985–86: Ken Hilgert, G; Troy Jutting, F 1986–87: Ken Hilgert, G; Scott Jenewein, D 1987–88: Dan Horn, D 1989–90: Terry Hughes, D 1990–91: Glen Prodahl, G 1991–92: Brian Langlot, G; Tim Potter, D Second Team All-WCHA 1981–82: John Anderson, D; Tom Kern, F 1982–83: Mike Hill, D WCHA Individual Awards Player of the Year C. J. Suess, F: 2018 Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year Steven Johns, D: 2005 Joel Hanson, D: 2008 Max Coatta, F: 2019 Coach of the Year Don Brose: 2000 Troy Jutting: 2003, 2008 Mike Hastings: 2013, 2015, 2019 Freshman of the Year Stephon Williams, G: 2013 Marc Michaelis, F: 2017 Jake Jaremko, C: 2018 Defensive Player of the Year Casey Nelson, D: 2016 Daniel Brickley, D: 2017 Most Valuable Player in Tournament Cole Huggins, G: 2014 Brad McClure, F: 2015 All-Conference Teams First Team All-WCHA 2002–03: Shane Joseph, F; Grant Stevenson, F 2012–13: Stephon Williams, G 2013–14: Zach Palmquist, D; Matt Leitner, F 2014–15: Zach Palmquist, D; Matt Leitner, F 2015–16: Casey Nelson, D; Teodors Bļugers, F 2016–17: Daniel Brickley, D; Marc Michaelis, F 2017–18: C. J. Suess, F; Marc Michaelis, F 2018–19: Marc Michaelis, F Second Team All-WCHA 2005–06: David Backes, F 2006–07: Travis Morin, F 2013–14: Cole Huggins, G; Jean-Paul Lafontaine, F 2014–15: Stephon Williams, G; Casey Nelson, D; Bryce Gervais, F 2016–17: C. J. Franklin, F 2017–18: Daniel Brickley, D 2018–19: Dryden McKay, G; Parker Tuomie, F Third Team All-WCHA 1999–00: Aaron Fox, F 2000–01: Ben Christopherson, D 2003–04: Shane Joseph, F 2004–05: David Backes, F 2006–07: Steve Wagner, D 2008–09: Kurt Davis, D 2010–11: Kurt Davis, D 2012–13: Matt Leitner, F; Eriah Hayes, F 2013–14: Johnny McInnis, F; Zach Lehrke, F 2015–16: Bryce Gervais, F 2016–17: Brad McClure, D 2017–18: Connor LaCouvee, G; Ian Scheid, D; Zeb Knutson, F 2018–19: Connor Mackey, D; Ian Scheid, D All-WCHA Rookie Team 2003–04: David Backes, F 2005–06: Dan Tormey, F 2011–12: Jean-Paul Lafontaine, F 2012–13: Stephin Williams, G 2013–14: Cole Huggins, G; Sean Flanagan, D 2014–15: C. J. Franklin, F 2015–16: Daniel Brickley, D; Max Coatta, F 2016–17: Ian Scheid, D; Marc Michaelis, F 2017–18: Connor Mackey, D; Jake Jaremko, F; Reggie Lutz, F 2018–19: Dryden McKay, G; Ashton Calder, F; Julian Napravnik, F CCHA Individual Awards Player of the Year Dryden McKay, G: 2022 Forward of the Year Nathan Smith: 2022 Defenseman of the Year Jake Livingstone: 2022 Goaltender of the Year Dryden McKay: 2022 Coach of the Year Mike Hastings: 2022 All-Conference Teams First Team All-CCHA 2021–22: Dryden McKay, G; Jake Livingstone, D; Nathan Smith, F; Julian Napravnik, F CCHA All-Rookie Team 2021–22: Bennett Zmolek, D Statistical Leaders Career points leaders Player Years GP G A Pts PIM Kern, TomTom Kern 1979–1983 144 129 144 239 90 Carroll, PatPat Carroll 1981–1985 132 123 101 224 175 Forliti, SteveSteve Forliti 1977–1981 136 83 113 196 83 Passolt, JohnJohn Passolt 1979–1982 106 68 105 173 94 Rintoul, RyanRyan Rintoul 1994–1998 128 55 114 169 202 Hill, JonJon Hill 1981–1985 133 63 105 168 178 Larson, GregGreg Larson 1977–1981 147 76 92 168 142 Deis, TylerTyler Deis 1995–1999 130 90 74 164 309 Fox, AaronAaron Fox 1996–2000 147 61 103 164 68 Leitner, MattMatt Leitner 2011–2015 158 49 113 162 114 Michaelis, MarcMarc Michaelis 2016–2020 148 71 91 162 65 Career Goaltending Leaders GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average Minimum 1300 minutes Player Years GP Min W L T GA SO SV% GAA McKay, DrydenDryden McKay 2018–2022 140 8250 113 20 4 201 34 .932 1.46 LaCouvee, ConnorConnor LaCouvee 2017–2018 31 1800 23 6 1 54 3 .914 1.86 Huggins, ColeCole Huggins 2013–2017 88 4730 46 27 4 158 11 .914 2.00 Williams, StephonStephon Williams 2012–2015 82 4636 51 24 5 155 10 .917 2.01 Pawloski, JasonJason Pawloski 2015–2018 45 2468 22 11 7 87 5 .907 2.12 Statistics current through the start of the 2022–23 season. Players Current roster As of September 17, 2020. # S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team NHL rights 2 Alberta Hirose, AkitoAkito Hirose 1 Freshman 2.0 D 72 6' 0" (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 9420 1999-04-09 Alberta Calgary, Alberta Calgary, Alberta BCHL Salmon Arm (BCHL Salmon Arm (British Columbia Hockey League BCHL) — 3 Minnesota McNeely, JackJack McNeely 4 Senior 2.0 D 75 6' 3" (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 10264 1996-12-16 Minnesota Lakeville, Minnesota Lakeville, Minnesota USHL Muskegon (USHL Muskegon (United States Hockey League USHL) — 4 Minnesota Carroll, AndyAndy Carroll 3 Junior 2.0 D 70 5' 10" (1.78 m) 178 lb (81 kg) 10201 1997-02-17 Minnesota Northfield, Minnesota Northfield, Minnesota USHL Green Bay (USHL Green Bay (United States Hockey League USHL) — 5 Minnesota Jaremko, JakeJake Jaremko 4 Senior 3.0 F 72 6' 0" (1.83 m) 189 lb (86 kg) 10378 1996-08-24 Minnesota Nowthen, Minnesota Nowthen, Minnesota USHL Chicago (USHL Chicago (United States Hockey League USHL) — 6 Colorado Morton, SamSam Morton 3 Junior 2.0 D 72 6' 0" (1.83 m) 174 lb (79 kg) 9310 1999-07-28 Colorado Lafayette, Colorado Lafayette, Colorado BCHL Wenatchee (BCHL Wenatchee (British Columbia Hockey League BCHL) — 7 Minnesota Aamodt, WyattWyatt Aamodt 3 Junior 2.0 D 71 5' 11" (1.8 m) 201 lb (91 kg) 9923 1997-11-22 Minnesota Hermantown, Minnesota Hermantown, Minnesota USHL Lincoln (USHL Lincoln (United States Hockey League USHL) — 8 Florida Smith, NathanNathan Smith 2 Sophomore 3.0 F 72 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 9593 1998-10-18 Florida Hudson, Florida Hudson, Florida USHL Cedar Rapids (USHL Cedar Rapids (United States Hockey League USHL) Winnipeg WPG, 91st overall 2018 9 Alaska Edwards, TannerTanner Edwards 1 Freshman 3.0 F 72 6' 0" (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 9083 2000-03-11 Alaska Anchorage, Alaska Anchorage, Alaska USHL Muskegon (USHL Muskegon (United States Hockey League USHL) — 10 Colorado McMahan, ShaneShane McMahan 3 Junior 3.0 F 71 5' 11" (1.8 m) 201 lb (91 kg) 10403 1996-07-30 Colorado Lakewood, Colorado Lakewood, Colorado USHL Fargo (USHL Fargo (United States Hockey League USHL) — 11 North Dakota Spooner, JaredJared Spooner 4 Senior 2.0 D 72 6' 0" (1.83 m) 196 lb (89 kg) 10533 1996-03-22 North Dakota Bismarck, North Dakota Bismarck, North Dakota USHL Green Bay (USHL Green Bay (United States Hockey League USHL) — 12 Colorado Bukes, ColbyColby Bukes 2 Sophomore 2.0 D 71 5' 11" (1.8 m) 178 lb (81 kg) 9487 1999-02-01 Colorado Littleton, Colorado Littleton, Colorado USHL Muskegon (USHL Muskegon (United States Hockey League USHL) — 13 Ohio Furry, BrendanBrendan Furry 1 Freshman 3.0 F 72 6' 0" (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 9695 1998-07-08 Ohio Toledo, Ohio Toledo, Ohio USHL Tri-City (USHL Tri-City (United States Hockey League USHL) — 14 Minnesota Sandelin, RyanRyan Sandelin 2 Sophomore 3.0 F 72 6' 0" (1.83 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 9516 1999-01-03 Minnesota Hermantown, Minnesota Hermantown, Minnesota BCHL Penticton (BCHL Penticton (British Columbia Hockey League BCHL) — 15 Germany Napravnik, JulianJulian Napravnik 3 Junior 3.0 F 71 5' 11" (1.8 m) 167 lb (76 kg) 10123 1997-05-06 Germany Bad Nauheim, Germany Bad Nauheim, Germany USHL Des Moines (USHL Des Moines (United States Hockey League USHL) — 16 Minnesota Lutz, ReggieReggie Lutz 4 Senior 3.0 F 70 5' 10" (1.78 m) 178 lb (81 kg) 10323 1996-10-18 Minnesota Elk River, Minnesota Elk River, Minnesota USHL Chicago (USHL Chicago (United States Hockey League USHL) — 17 South Dakota Duehr, WalkerWalker Duehr 4 Senior 3.0 F 74 6' 2" (1.88 m) 211 lb (96 kg) 9922 1997-11-23 South Dakota Sioux Falls, South Dakota Sioux Falls, South Dakota USHL Bloomington (USHL Bloomington (United States Hockey League USHL) — 18 Czech Republic Pavel, OndřejOndřej Pavel 1 Freshman 3.0 F 74 6' 2" (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 8912 2000-08-29 Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic USHL Fargo (USHL Fargo (United States Hockey League USHL) — 19 Saskatchewan Van Os-Shaw, ChrisChris Van Os-Shaw 3 Junior 3.0 F 74 6' 2" (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 10109 1997-05-20 Saskatchewan Regina, Saskatchewan Regina, Saskatchewan AJHL Spruce Grove (AJHL Spruce Grove (Alberta Junior Hockey League AJHL) — 20 Ontario Gregga, ConnorConnor Gregga 1 Freshman 3.0 F 70 5' 10" (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 8948 2000-07-24 Ontario Markham, Ontario Markham, Ontario BCHL Coquitlam (BCHL Coquitlam (British Columbia Hockey League BCHL) — 21 Florida Sowder, LucasLucas Sowder 2 Sophomore 3.0 F 71 5' 11" (1.8 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 9565 1998-11-15 Florida Trinity, Florida Trinity, Florida BCHL Wenatchee (BCHL Wenatchee (British Columbia Hockey League BCHL) — 22 Minnesota Gerads, DallasDallas Gerads 4 Senior 3.0 F 70 5' 10" (1.78 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 10462 1996-06-01 Minnesota Blaine, Minnesota Blaine, Minnesota USHL Dubuque (USHL Dubuque (United States Hockey League USHL) — 23 British Columbia Livingstone, JakeJake Livingstone 1 Freshman 2.0 D 76 6' 4" (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 9413 1999-04-16 British Columbia Creston, British Columbia Creston, British Columbia BCHL Langley (BCHL Langley (British Columbia Hockey League BCHL) — 24 Arizona Burgess, ToddTodd Burgess 4 Senior 3.0 F 74 6' 2" (1.88 m) 179 lb (81 kg) 10521 1996-04-03 Arizona Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix, Arizona ECAC RPI (ECAC RPI (ECAC Hockey ECAC) Ottawa OTT, 103rd overall 2016 25 Minnesota Zmolek, RieseRiese Zmolek 4 Senior 2.0 D 73 6' 1" (1.85 m) 201 lb (91 kg) 10359 1996-09-12 Minnesota Rochester, Minnesota Rochester, Minnesota USHL Cedar Rapids (USHL Cedar Rapids (United States Hockey League USHL) — 27 Michigan Malinowski, TonyTony Malinowski 2 Sophomore 2.0 D 76 6' 4" (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 9231 1999-10-15 Michigan Clarkston, Michigan Clarkston, Michigan USHL Des Moines (USHL Des Moines (United States Hockey League USHL) — 28 Minnesota Borchardt, CadeCade Borchardt 2 Sophomore 3.0 F 70 5' 10" (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 9697 1998-07-06 Minnesota Burnsville, Minnesota Burnsville, Minnesota USHL Sioux Falls (USHL Sioux Falls (United States Hockey League USHL) — 29 Illinois McKay, DrydenDryden McKay 3 Junior 1.0 G 71 5' 11" (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 9920 1997-11-25 Illinois Downers Grove, Illinois Downers Grove, Illinois USHL Madison (USHL Madison (United States Hockey League USHL) — 33 Minnesota Foss, EvanEvan Foss 2 Sophomore 1.0 G 71 5' 11" (1.8 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 8740 2001-02-17 Minnesota White Bear Lake, Minnesota White Bear Lake, Minnesota USHS–MN White Bear Lake (USHS–MN White Bear Lake (USHS-MN USHS–MN) — 35 Minnesota Edquist, RyanRyan Edquist 4 Senior 1.0 G 72 6' 0" (1.83 m) 172 lb (78 kg) 9856 1998-01-28 Minnesota Lakeville, Minnesota Lakeville, Minnesota HEA Boston College (HEA Boston College (Hockey East Association HEA) — Mavericks in the NHL = NHL All-Star Team = NHL All-Star = NHL All-Star and NHL All-Star Team = Hall of Famers Player Position Team(s) Years Stanley Cups David Backes Right Wing STL, BOS 2006–Present 0 Teodors Bļugers Center PIT 2018–Present 0 Daniel Brickley Defenseman LAK 2017–Present 0 Ryan Carter Left Wing ANA, CAR, FLA, NJD, MIN 2006–2016 1 Eriah Hayes Right Wing SJS 2013–2015 0 Tim Jackman Right Wing CBJ, PHO, NYI, CGY, ANA 2003–2016 0 Jon Kalinski Center PHI 2008–2010 0 Travis Morin Center DAL 2011–2015 0 Kael Mouillierat Left Wing NYI, PIT 2014–2016 0 Casey Nelson Defenseman BUF 2015–Present 0 Tyler Pitlick Center EDM, DAL 2013–Present 0 Grant Stevenson Right Wing SJS 2005–2006 0 Steve Wagner Defenseman STL 2007–2009 0 David Backes Teodors Bļugers Ryan Carter Tim Jackman Tyler Pitlick Grant Stevenson See also Minnesota State Mavericks women's ice hockey References External links Official website