The Free Press, Mankato, MN

College Sports

May 14, 2010

MSU men's hockey schedule set

The Free Press

MANKATO — The Minnesota State men’s hockey team will be racking up the frequent-flyer miles in October and November.

The university released the Mavericks’ 2010-11 schedule on Thursday, and a four-states-in-five-weeks road swing will be an early challenge.

The Mavericks will play no home games from Oct. 29 through the end of November, a five-week stretch that has them going to Alaska, Nebraska, Colorado and Massachusetts.

Minnesota State will  open the season with a home exhibition game against British Columbia on Oct. 4. Four days later, on Oct. 8, they will play the first of two nonconference games against St. Lawrence of the ECAC Hockey conference.

After opening the Western Collegiate Hockey Association schedule Oct. 15-16 at Michigan Tech, MSU will return home to play Colorado College (Oct. 22-23) before embarking on an eight-game road swing that concludes Nov. 26-27 with a nonconference series against Hockey East member Massachusetts-Lowell.

After that, Minnesota State will return home for conference series against Minnesota (Dec. 3-4) and North Dakota (Dec. 10-11).

Other home opponents include: American International (Jan. 7-8), Denver (Jan. 14-15), Bemidji State (Feb. 4-5), Minnesota Duluth (Feb. 18-19) and Alaska-Anchorage (March 4-5).

Other road series include: Anchorage (Oct. 29-30), Nebraska-Omaha (Nov. 5-6), Denver (Nov. 12-13), Wisconsin (Jan. 21-22), St. Cloud State (Jan. 28-29) and Colorado College (Feb. 11-12).

The Mavericks will also play in Notre Dame’s Shillelagh Tournament in Chicago on Jan. 1-2, along with Boston University and Brown.

This will be the first season that Nebraska-Omaha and Bemidji State will be WCHA members.

Season tickets are now on sale through the MSU athletics office (507-389-6111). Single-game tickets will go on sale in October.



2010-11 MSU men’s hockey schedule



Oct. 4    British Columbia (exhibition)

Oct. 8-9    St. Lawrence

Oct. 15-16    Michigan Tech

Oct. 22-23    Colorado College

Oct. 29-30    Alaska Anchorage

Nov. 5-6    Nebraska-Omaha

Nov. 12-13    Denver

Nov. 26-27    Massachusetts-Lowell

Dec. 3-4    Minnesota

Dec. 10-11    North Dakota

Jan. 1-2    Shillelagh Tournament*

Jan. 7-8    American International

Jan. 14-15    Denver

Jan. 21-22    Wisconsin

Jan. 28-29    St. Cloud State

Feb. 4-5    Bemidji State

Feb. 11-12    Colorado College

Feb. 18-19    Minnesota Duluth

March 4-5    Alaska-Anchorage

March 11-13    WCHA tournament, first round

March 17-19    WCHA Final Five



home games in bold



* at Chicago, with Notre Dame (host), Boston University, Brown

Text Only | Photo Reprints
College Sports
  • MSU bball 3/15 2 Top-seeded Mavericks get knocked off by Huskies

    St. Cloud State advanced to the region championship game with an 83-71 victory Sunday, ending the season for the top-seeded Mavericks.

    March 15, 2010 2 Photos

  • xsmall_Schiller, Joe_PE6X7791.JPG Mavericks healthier but still hurting

    Michael Dorr and Eriah Hayes will be back in the lineup, but with six players still out with injury, center Joe Schiller will move to defense.

    November 3, 2011 1 Photo 1 Story

  • xsmall_Lee, Austin_PE6X7812.JPG College hockey gameday

    Minnesota State at Michigan Tech

    6:07 p.m. today and Saturday, MacInnes Student Ice Arena, Houghton, Mich.

    Radio: KTOE 1420 AM TV: None

    November 3, 2011 2 Photos 1 Story

  • Northern Sun to vote on expansion

    Today, the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference board of directors will vote on whether to expand from 14 to 16 programs.

    January 19, 2011

  • Gusties ranked 8th in DIII

    The Gustavus Adolphus men’s hockey team is ranked eighth in the country, according to the first U.S. College Hockey Online poll released earlier this week.

    October 28, 2010

  • MSU w hock-9.jpg Sister support: Ariel the latest Mackley to shine for MSU

    Anyone familiar with women’s college hockey in southern Minnesota must know the Mackleys. Since the fall of 2004, at least one of the three Mackley sisters has been skating for Minnesota State or Gustavus Adolphus.

    October 7, 2010 1 Photo

  • msu hockey 10-4-1.jpg Zuck's goal lifts MSU past British Columbia

    MSU's Eli Zuck’s short-handed breakaway goal 100 seconds into the third period stood as the lone goal in the Mavericks’ 1-0 victory over British Columbia before an announced crowd of 2,236 at the Verizon Wireless Center.

    October 5, 2010 1 Photo

  • Young Mavericks look to prove rankings wrong

    The Western Collegiate Hockey Association’s preseason polls were released on Wednesday, and Minnesota State isn’t getting a lot of love from the league’s coaches nor from the media who cover the conference. Both polls put the Mavericks in 10th place in what is now a 12-team conference.

    October 2, 2010

  • gustfb 092510.jpg Clark, St. Olaf run past Gustavus

    St. Olaf halfback Leon Clark cut loose for 134 second-half yards and scored the game-winning touchdown with 29 seconds left to lift his team to a 19-14 victory over Gustavus Saturday.

    September 26, 2010 1 Photo

  • MSUfb 092510.jpg Mavericks get shocked at home

    Concordia upset No. 11 MSU 28-26 in a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference game before 4,264 fans. It was the second time in the series history that MSU lost to Concordia.

    September 26, 2010 2 Photos