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Bob Motzko has the unique experience of coaching Team USA in two IIHF World Junior Championships tournaments in 2017 and 2018. This year's U.S. team is in Plymouth, Mich., for a camp that will decide the final roster that will compete in Canada later this month. Motzko shares some of his world juniors experiences and discusses this season for the University of Minnesota men's team on The Rink Live...

The Rink Live's Sydney Wolf, Mick Hatten, Matt Wellens, Jess Myers and Brad Schlossman catch up on the last weekend of college hockey's first half with host Kelly Hinseth. Schlossman talks about North Dakota picking up five points at Western Michigan. Myers discusses Minnesota's home sweep of Wisconsin. Wellens talks about Denver picking up two OT wins at UMD. Hatten talks about a split for St. Cl...

When Mike Randolph left the Duluth East boys hockey team, he left behind a legacy and won three state titles. After leaving the Greyhounds, he said that he was not done coaching. Shortly after, he joined the staff at St. Thomas Academy and spent last season as the junior varsity coach. When the Cadets let head coach Trent Eigner go, Randolph applied and got the job. St. Thomas Academy is 4-0 and r...

The Rink Live's Mick Hatten welcomes foward Zach Okabe to the Huskies Hockey Insider podcast.

The Rink Live's Sydney Wolf, Mick Hatten, Matt Wellens, Jess Myers and Brad Schlossman catch up on first weekend of December in college hockey with host Kelly Hinseth. Hatten and Schlossman discuss the SCSU sweep of North Dakota. Hatten also reviews a weekend sweep for the St. Cloud State women over St. Thomas. Wolf discusses the atmosphere at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center for the Huskies...

Jon Ammerman joins The Rink Live podcast to talk about this season's boys hockey team. He also talks about the changing landcape of hockey for high school age boys, his relationship with Andover's coaches and more.

Fifth-year senior and Olympian from Finland is tied for 14th in NCAA Division I in goals, tied for 20th in points for the Huskies. St. Cloud State jumps back into WCHA play with a series this weekend against St. Thomas.

The Rink Live's Sydney Wolf, Mick Hatten, Matt Wellens and Brad Schlossman catch up on the weekend of college hockey after Thanksgiving. Wolf discusses an interesting weekend for the Gophers men's and women's hockey teams. Schlossman talks about North Dakota's win and tie with Bemidji State. Hatten reviews a weekend sweep for the St. Cloud State women. Wellens previews a couple of series where the...

St. Cloud State alum @GOHUSKIESWOOOOO has come back from his first trip to Colorado Springs and he gives his first impressions of the city and reviews the Ed Robson Arena, which opened last season. He also answers questions from Twitter and helps break down how the SCSU men's hockey team is 11-3 when it went into the season with many question marks. All this and more on this episode of the Huskies...

The Rink Live reporters catch up on the weekend of college hockey action before Thanksgiving. Mick Hatten recaps St. Cloud State's road sweep at Colorado College, Matt Wellens tackles Minnesota Duluth's weekend split at Western Michigan. Jess Myers talks Minnesota's sweep at Michigan. Wellens also discusses the UMD women's team pounding Harvard by a combined score of 13-0 in a nonconference series...

It is a rule change season in NCAA Division I hockey and that always seems to leave fans wondering why certain calls are being made and why a change was made to a rule. Big 10 coordinator of officials Steve Piotrowski explains the rule changes, how they are being enforced, why it can take a while to get puck dropped on a faceoff and what it is like to try to coordinate a team of 60 officials. All...

Dan Reimann played for St. Cloud State from 1992-96 and then played pro hockey in the ECHL. His son, Jack, recently signed to play center for the Huskies. Fun coversation on the Huskies Hockey Insider podcast.

The Rink Live's Kirsten Krull, Mick Hatten, Matt Wellens, Jess Myers, and Brad Schlossman meet to catch up on the second weekend of November college hockey action. Hatten recaps St. Cloud State's Jekyll and Hyde series against Western Michigan, Schlossman reviews North Dakota getting swept at home by Denver, Wellens tackles Minnesota Duluth's weekend split with Nebraska Omaha. Myers talks Minnesot...

Brian Idalski is in his first season as head coach of the Huskies (7-6), who have won five straight games going into this weekend's WCHA series against Minnesota Duluth (3 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday, B1G+). Idalski talks about that big win, keys to his team already surpassing last season's win total (6), his coaching career and his Olympic experience as the head coach of the Chinese women's team...

Grant Cruikshank is off to the best start of his college career with eight goals and 13 points in the first 10 games this season for the St. Cloud State men's hockey team. Cruikshank is a fifth-year senior who played last season for the University of Minnesota and the three previous seasons at Colorado College. The center talks about some of the keys to his fast start (11:50), the team's 8-2 start...

On the UND Hockey Podcast, Brad Elliot Schlossman, Jason Feldman and Eli Swanson provide in-depth analysis on UND Fighting Hawks hockey, preview upcoming matchups and discuss storylines from across college hockey. UND had a solid weekend in Omaha, picking up four points with a win and tie/shootout loss, and now looks ahead to a matchup at The Ralph with the No. 2 Denver Pioneers. Brad, Jason and E...

The Rink Live's Kirsten Krull, Mick Hatten, Matt Wellens, Jess Myers, and Brad Schlossman meet to catch up on the first weekend of November college hockey action. Hatten recaps St. Cloud State's overtime win and loss at Denver, Schlossman reviews North Dakota's win and shootout loss at Omaha, Wellens tackles Minnesota Duluth's weekend split at Colorado College. Wellens also discusses the Bulldogs...

Mark Manney, the head coach of the defending Class AA state champions, talks about the coming season, his background, being a pilot on Air Force One and more.

Huskies Hockey Insider podcast with goalie JoJo Chobak, who also talks about her decision to transfer from Minnesota Duluth, where her interest in hockey came from growing up in Chicago and more. 

The Rink Live's Kirsten Krull, Mick Hatten, Matt Wellens, Jess Myers, and Brad Schlossman meet to catch up on the last weekend of October college hockey action. Hatten recaps St. Cloud State's home-and-home split with Bemidji State, Schlossman reviews North Dakota's Las Vegas loss to Arizona State, Myers discusses Minnesota's split at Ohio State and Wellens talks about Minnesota Duluth getting bac...

The Ohio State women's hockey team is the defending NCAA Division I champion and is 8-0 and ranked No. 1 a month into the season. The Buckeyes play host to second-ranked Minnesota this weekend. Nadine Muzerall has a lot of history with both teams. She played for the Gophers from 1997-2001 and was an assistant coach for Minnesota from 2011-16. She left the Gophers to become the head coach for the B...

The two places that Mike Gibbons has spent the most time at in his playing and coaching career are Bemidji State and St. Cloud State. Gibbons played defense for the Beavers from 1975-79, was an assistant coach in 1981-82 and then the interim head coach for BSU in the 1982-83 season when Bob Peters was on sabbatical. Gibbons' coaching career also took him to the pro, junior and high school levels....

The Rink Live's Kirsten Krull, Mick Hatten, Matt Wellens, Jess Myers, and Brad Schlossman meet to catch up on the opening of college hockey action. Hatten recaps St. Cloud State's homecoming sweep over Minnesota State University-Mankato and women's series between Huskies and Gophers. Wellens reviews the series sweep for Wisconsin at Minnesota Duluth and the women's series between Ohio State and Bu...

Dave Shyiak talks about why his team has given up just three goals through four games, the challenges of playing MSU-Mankato, breaks down the early play of his team's defensemen and more on the Huskies Hockey Insider podcast.

Rick Zombo played defense for the University of North Dakota, Detroit Red Wings, St. Louis Blues and Boston Bruins. Since 2008, he has been a coach for Lindenwood, a university in St. Charles, Mo. He discusses his career, the art of coaching and more on The Rink Live podcast.