The Huskies Warming House Podcast

No School Like the Old School (ft. Dave Reichel) - Ep. 24 August 15th, 2020   It’s Episode 24 of the HWH Podcast on this Saturday in the middle of August. We throw it back to the late 1970’s as St. Cloud State’s third-leading pre-Division I scorer and 96.7 the River current color analyst Dave Reichel joins the show. Dave talks about his family lineage at St. Cloud State, what it was like playing i...

It's a bittersweet Saturday for Episode 23 of the HWH Podcast. The Minnesota Wild were ousted in 4 games in the best-of-5 Stanley Cup Qualifying round and are headed home from Edmonton and the hosts break the series down. However, they do enter the draft lottery for the number one overall pick and a premiere player. Speaking of premiere players, our first two St. Cloud State University Men's Hocke...

  #FreeJoeKelly. Episode 22 means hockey is back and the boys are on Youtube. Pat Micheletti joins the show to talk about his journey as a player and a broadcaster, the state of college hockey, and the Minnesota Wild’s playoff chances. The hosts discuss the playoffs, Matt Dumba’s speech, St. Thomas and new renovations at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. The hosts discuss the wild rumors sur...

It's Episode 21 and sports are back! The Twins are in town and so is former St. Cloud State rinkside reporter Katie Emmer as she joins the show this week. Katie is a 2018 Jim Nantz Award Winner, a former Fox Sports North reporter and currently resides at NBCSN Philadelphia working for the Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL. The league looks to resume play next week as the Seattle Kraken finally have a...

You listen to Nick and Noah talk each week, now listen to someone who talks for a living! Episode 20 of the HWH Podcast welcomes in special guest and former colleague Kirsten Krull. Kirsten has just finished her senior year at St. Cloud State as a mass communications major; you might know her as the ice-side talent for Fox Sports doing Huskies hockey. She joins to talk about her journey to St. Clo...

It's the middle of July for Episode 19 of the HWH Podcast. There are New Challenges for Handling Covid (see what we did there?) across the college hockey and NHL landscape. Special guest and NCHC commissioner Josh Fenton joins the show to talk about the leagues plans to get college hockey rolling again, as well as how he became NCHC commissioner. As cohost Nick gets ready for a weeklong vacation,...

Happy 4th of July from the HWH Podcast! Ep. 18 is a special edition as former St. Cloud State men's hockey bench boss Bob Motzko joins the show to talk about his time at St. Cloud State, his difficult decision to move to the University of Minnesota, and how he has become the world-class coach that he is. Some college players signed in the NHL, and Hub cities may be chosen soon! As always, find us...

It's Episode 17 of the HWH on Saturday, June 27th, 2020. We don't know what happened as the boys are a little tongue-tied this episode and so is the rest of NHL world after Friday's Draft Lottery. However, two people well on their way are former women's hockey senior Abby Thiessen as she heads to Sweden professionally and this week's guest, Craig Dahl. Craig was a former head coach for the St. Clo...

Welcome to another edition of the HWH Podcast. It's June 20th, 2020, and Episode 16 features an important guest with some insider information. St. Cloud State University Athletic Director Heather Weems joins Nick and Noah to talk about the return-to-school plans for the university, how she became the Athletic Director at St. Cloud State, and an ongoing fundraiser for a new workout facility on-camp...

Welcome back to a Sunday edition of the HWH podcast! This week welcomes a very special guest and a dear friend of the show; Bill Prout, the founder of CenterIceView.com , brings his stories and suggestions about St. Cloud State hockey after covering the Huskies for almost two decades. Hosts Nick and Noah then announce the first Two-Line Fan Trivia winner before doing a little Huskies Hat-Trick Tri...

Episode 14 of the HWH Podcast brings a special guest, new St. Cloud State Men's Hockey Associate Coach Dave Shyiak, who sat down for just under half an hour with hosts Nick and Noah. The fellas also hit on some quick NHL news and notes before closing out with (yes, more) Alabama-Huntsville news as some of their coaching staff resigned this past week, while Long Island University is on the move wit...

Episode 13 of the HWH will hit close to home. This one is political. The host Nick and Noah will talk the resurgence of the Alabama-Huntsville program, the state of college hockey, and a brief update on the NHL return-to-play protocol. However, 33 minutes into the podcast, the hosts discuss NHL hub cities, including the civil unrest in the Twin Cities, what it means for the world, and how hockey i...

Episode 12 of the HWH Podcast brings a mix of good and bad news to the hockey community. Hosts Nick and Noah talk St. Cloud State men's hockey, as the team added a new associate coach in Dave Shyiak, who won a 1991 National Championship with Northern Michigan before coaching there; he has also coached at Alaska-Anchorage and Western Michigan. College hockey also received sad news as Alabama-Huntsv...

Episode 11 of the HWH Podcast is our biggest yet! As the NHL playoff bracket gets bigger (24 teams), hosts Nick and Noah discuss the potential matchups and why the format makes sense. Then, at 50 minutes into the show, St. Cloud State men's hockey head coach Brett Larson joins the hosts for a 25 minute chat about the upcoming men's season, his golf game, and the new hunt for an assistant coach. As...

It's double digits, Episode 10 of the HWH Podcast (a day late because finals week is hard). Hosts Nick and Noah talk about Long Island University joining the NCAA D1 men's hockey ranks before the fellas list their top media bloopers while at St. Cloud State, including Huskies HC Brett Larson roasting Noah in a press conference. Nick and Noah talk a little more about the Larson era so before finish...

Episode number 9 of the HWH Podcast focuses on the only NHL squad in the state of Minnesota, the Wild. The host Nick and Noah talk the possibility of NHL hockey in July (and what that means for the Xcel Energy Center), the arrival of Kirill Kaprizov and Kappo Kahkonen, the Seattle Expansion Draft, and rollerblading as the new NHL trend (which may not be new at all...it isn't). As always, find us o...

Episode 8 is Trivia and Opinion Day on the HWH Podcast! The hosts only tackle one non-hockey question to start the show before a lineup of college hockey trivia, favorite and least favorite NHL teams, franchises, players, thoughts on the shootout and overtime, and a pretty heated debate about... NHL mascots??? In a show that spans one hour and 45 minutes, this one has it all. As always, find us on...

It is episode seven of the HWH Podcast! This week the hosts start off tackling some pretty serious discussions with the passing of former NHLer Colby Cave and some COVID-19 talk. However, brighter things conclude the podcast with discussions about the 2020-21 St. Cloud State college hockey schedule, NCHC players who have signed in the NHL, a lengthy discussion of attributes that are overrated and...

It's episode number six of the podcast! The hosts Nick and Noah make some wayyyyyy too early NCHC and WCHA women's hockey predictions for next year with new recruits coming in. The hosts then dive into the landscape of college hockey and how to reconfigure the league before talking Twins baseball to finish the show. As always, find us on Podbean, iTunes, and huskieswarminghousepodcast.com for all...

It's episode number five on a Saturday in March! After a month or so without recording, Nick is in Apple Valley, Minnesota, and Noah is in northern North Dakota. This week, the hosts try to figure out the first ever remote edition of the Huskies Warming House Podcast. We would love listeners to give their input on the show's topics at huskieswarminghousepodcast@outlook.com  and Twitter! Discussion...

It's episode number four (or "vier" as our guest Janine Alder would say) of the HWH Podcast. The Swiss netminder joins the hosts to talk about her roots, playing as a Husky, and responding to health and life-related adversity. The hosts also touch on men's hockey and Kevin Fiala, as well as some Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournament predictions. As always, find us on Podbean, iTunes, and h...

It's episode three of the Huskies Warming House Podcast and three special guests join the hosts live. Senior forward Dana Rasmussen, junior forward McKenna Wesloh, and freshman forward Olivia Cvar of the St. Cloud State women's hockey team join Nick and Noah to talk shop. The hosts also discuss men's hockey, who comes off a huge weekend series against North Dakota, and the NHL had some interesting...

We are iTunes official! Check out the link as we roll on episode number two. It's a recap of the thrilling OT win for women's hockey, some NCHC predictions for the men, and wondering what the heck is going on with the Wild's plan for a rebuild. US Sled hockey coach David Hoff joins in, as well as some trade talk for the Canadiens and Canucks.