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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 sweep at Wisconsin and women's series between Huskies and Badgers Wellens reviews the series sweep for the Minnesota State men over visiting Minnesota Duluth. Schlossman takes a look back at the tie and loss for North Da...

Taylor Lind likes to be busy and she likes to talk. Those two things have combined and explain some of why she enjoys playing hockey. The captain of the St. Cloud State women's hockey team, Lind is leading the team in assists (4) and points (6) through its first four games. Last season, she led the Huskies in assists (17) and points (25) in 34 games. Now in her fourth college season, her productio...

A look at some of the questions facing Minnesota, its key players and what expectations are like as it opens the NHL season against the Rangers. Wild beat reporter for the Pioneer Press checks in on The Rink Live podcast.

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. Myers recaps the top-5 matchup between Minnesota State and Minnesota. Wellens previews the Mavericks vs. Minnesota Duluth. Schlossman talks about North Dakota opening in impressive fashion against Holy Cross and previews the series against Quinnipiac....

St. Cloud State men's hockey coach Brett Larson's team got off to a 2-0 start with a series sweep in a home-and-home series last weekend against St. Thomas. Larson takes a look back at the series, notes his likes and dislikes on how the team played, gives an update on defenseman Josh Luedtke's condition, discusses whether the hit on him was clean and then gives scouting reports on all eight freshm...

Mike Hastings has been coaching hockey since an injury forced him to retire from playing the game when he was a defenseman at St. Cloud State in 1988. He has put together quite a resume with leaving the Omaha Lancers in 2008 as the USHL's all-time winningest coach to being an assistant coach at the University of Minnesota (2008-09) and Nebraska-Omaha (2009-12) to the last 10 seasons as the head co...

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. The Minnesota Duluth men and women and St. Cloud State men and women are all undefeated in the early going. The Gophers men opened with a sweep and the women get started this weekend. North Dakota opened with an exhibition win over the University of Ma...

Cory Laylin talks about this season's UST team, which opens this weekend against St. Cloud State. He also discusses coaching at the junior, high school, pro, NCAA Division III and Division I levels and his playing career, which included playing in Europe from 1992-98, on The Rink Live podcast

Jimmy Schuldt answers a number of fun and intriguing questions from people on Twitter about his career, teammates and some from his personal life. An hour-long Huskies Hockey Insider podcast with the former SCSU defenseman, who is in camp with the Seattle Kraken.

Now that the dust has settled from NCHC Media Day, The Rink Live takes an in depth look at the conference with its podcast with reporters Matt Wellens, Brad Schlossman, Jess Myers, Mick Hatten and Joe Paisley. Wellens covers Minnesota Duluth hockey, Schlossman covers the University of North Dakota, Paisley covers Colorado College and Myers interviewed two representatives from every NCHC team at me...

A conversation with Huskies associate head coach Jinelle Siergiej, who is beginning her ninth season with the team. There's been a lot of change recently and Siergiej discusses the process, reviews the new playing style for the Huskies and gives a scouting report on the eight new players on the roster.

St. Cloud State captain Spencer Meier has been with the Huskies so long that he is going to be teammates with Grant Ahcan, who is five years younger than his brother Jack, who was also an SCSU teammate. Meier gives an overview of this season's Huskies, gives scouting reports on the 10 new players, talks defense, the changes he sees in Jack Peart, the feeling of not having David Hrenak around anymo...

Former junior and college hockey coach Lincoln Nguyen, a former junior and college coach, discusses how difficult it has been for players to navigate the recent changes in college and junior hockey.

Jack Peart spent the majority of the summer in St. Cloud, working out with other members of the SCSU men's hockey team and the strength and conditioning coach. A second-round draft pick of the Minnesota Wild, he also spent time with that team at its development camp and played for Team USA at the rescheduled IIHF World Junior Championships. Peart, who grew up in Grand Rapids, Minn., said he also g...

North Shore girls hockey head coach Zack Vieau joins The Rink Live podcast to talk about the team's past season and all of the up-and-coming talent the team is looking forward to in 2022-23.    For more hockey coverage, visit  The Rink Live .

Minnesota Duluth forward Gabbie Hughes and her father, Terry, a former MSU-Mankato defensemen, have both earned All-America status in their hockey careers. Gabbie was a top three finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award and a top five finalist for the Hockey Humanitarian Award last season. The father-daughter duo has become heavily involved in helping players with mental health issues through Sophie'...

Eric Rud has been a hockey coach since 1999, but he will get an opportunity to do something brand new this fall. Rud will be coaching one of his children. He was named the head coach of the USHL's Sioux Falls Stampede on Aug. 18, replacing Rob Rassey, who was named an assistant coach at the University of Michigan. Rud will take over a Stampede team that includes his son, Max, an 18-year-old defens...

Tommy Haines, who lived in Mountain Iron before moving to Rosemount, discusses his documentary, which follows the 2019-20 seasons for the Eveleth-Gilbert and Hermantown boys hockey teams. He talks about the film, which will have screenings in Minnesota, North Dakota in September, on The Rink Live podcast with Jess Myers and Mick Hatten.

Shakopee boys hockey head coach Calvin Simon joins The Rink Live podcast to talk about the team's success this past season and how the squad is shaping up for this winter. 0:00 Introductions 0:48 Recapping the season 2:23 Excitement around the program 3:42 Seniors that graduated 5:20 Simon's coaching story 8:12 Jackson Vogel 9:39 Simpson and Steinhoff 11:40 Cole Bumgarner transfer 12:34 Incoming p...

Enga, who spent last season as the director of hockey operations/video coordinator, talks about his new role with the team, how the Huskies will try to replace the offense that graduated, gives an overview of Grant Cruikshank, Dominic Basse. He discusses all this and more on this episode of the Huskies Hockey Insider podcast.

Chisago Lakes boys hockey head coach Cory Lushanko joins The Rink Live podcast to talk about the team's 21-6-1 season and the boys' successes on and off the ice.  For more hockey coverage, visit  The Rink Live .

Mikey Eyssimont was one of 12 former St. Cloud State men's hockey players to play in the NHL last season. Eyssimont made his NHL debut for the Winnipeg Jets on April 11, 2022, in Montreal during his fourth full season of pro hockey. Eyssimont discusses his progression as a pro, his favorite memories of playing for and attending SCSU, growing up in Colorado, Huskies players and coaches who had an i...

In June, Tracy Dill retired after spending nine years as the director of athletics for Bemidji State. Then on July 5, he was named interim commissioner for the WCHA women's hockey conference. Dill discusses his career in athletics, which began by playing football at William Penn, then working as an assistant football coach and track and field coach and then in administration at St. Cloud State bef...

Tartan boys hockey head coach Cole Leitch talks with The Rink Live's Sydney Wolf about the team's leading scorers, the large senior class heading into next season and the new captains taking over in 2022-23. For more hockey coverage, visit  The Rink Live .

Brett Barta has been an assistant boys hockey coach since 2012 for Andover High School. Last season, the Huskies won the Class AA state title, something he was not able to accomplish despite two championship game appearances when he was a player for Moorhead High School. Barta is a middle school teacher in Andover and he discusses his career as a coach, player and teacher. He also gives scouting r...