Minnesota State Mavericks men's ice hockey

Minnesota State Mavericks
Current season
University	Minnesota State University
Conference	CCHA
Head coach	Mike Hastings 10th season, 236–90–24 (.709)
Captain(s)	Wyatt Aamodt(C), Reggie Lutz(A), Jack McNeely(A)
Arena	Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center Capacity: 4,832 Surface: 200' x 85'
Location	Mankato, Minnesota
Colors	Purple and gold[1]
NCAA Tournament championships
DII: 1980
NCAA Tournament Frozen Four
2021
NCAA Tournament appearances
DII: 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 DIII: 1985, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992 DI: 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).^[2] Their home arena is the Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center located in downtown Mankato, Minnesota.^[3]

History[]

The Minnesota State Mavericks men's ice hockey team commenced play as a varsity sport in 1969-70.^[4] They competed independent of a conference affiliation at the NCAA Division II level from 1969-70 to 1983-84.^[4] 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.^[4] 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 remained with the conference until 2021.^[4]

The program saw great success at the NCAA Division II level during the 1970s and 1980s.^[4] 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.^[5] The Mavericks were awarded the 1980 NCAA Division II National Championship over Elmira College 5-2 in the championship game.^[5] 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.^[5]

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 once competed 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.^[6] 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.

Beginning with the 2021–22 season, the Mavericks, and six other teams formerly in the WCHA, will begin play in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, restarting the conference after an eight-year hiatus.

Season-by-season results[]

Source:^[7]

Coaches[]

As of April 15, 2021^[4]

Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
2012–Present	Mike Hastings	9	236–90–24	.709
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	52 seasons	971–662–157	.586

Awards and honors[]

NCAA[]

Individual Awards[]

All-American Teams[]

AHCA First Team All-Americans

AHCA Second Team All-Americans

NCHA[]

Individual Awards[]

All-Conference Teams[]

First Team All-NCHA

Second Team All-NCHA

WCHA[]

Individual Awards[]

All-Conference Teams[]

First Team All-WCHA

Second Team All-WCHA

Third Team All-WCHA

All-WCHA Rookie Team

CCHA[]

Individual Awards[]

All-Conference Teams[]

First Team All-CCHA

CCHA All-Rookie Team

Statistical leaders[]

Source:^[7]

Career points leaders[]

Player	Years	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	1979–1983	144	129	144	239	90
	1981–1985	132	123	101	224	175
	1977–1981	136	83	113	196	83
	1979–1982	106	68	105	173	94
	1994–1998	128	55	114	169	202
	1981–1985	133	63	105	168	178
	1977–1981	147	76	92	168	142
Tyler Deis	1995–1999	130	90	74	164	309
Aaron Fox	1996–2000	147	61	103	164	68
Matt Leitner	2011–2015	158	49	113	162	114
Marc 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
Dryden McKay	2018–Present	97	5690	75	15	4	145	24	.932	1.53
	2017–2018	31	1800	23	6	1	54	3	.914	1.86
	2013–2017	88	4730	46	27	4	158	11	.914	2.00
Stephon Williams	2012–2015	82	4636	51	24	5	155	10	.917	2.01
	2015–2018	45	2468	22	11	7	87	5	.907	2.12

Statistics current through the start of the 2020-21 season.

Players[]

Current roster[]

As of August 20, 2021.^[8]

No.	S/P/C	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team	NHL rights
2		Akito Hirose	Sophomore	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1999-04-09	Calgary, Alberta	Salmon Arm (BCHL)	—
3		Jack McNeely (A)	Senior	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1996-12-16	Lakeville, Minnesota	Muskegon (USHL)	—
4		Andy Carroll	Senior	D	5' 10" (1.78 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	1997-02-17	Northfield, Minnesota	Green Bay (USHL)	—
6		Sam Morton	Junior	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	1999-07-28	Lafayette, Colorado	Wenatchee (BCHL)	—
7		Wyatt Aamodt (C)	Senior	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	1997-11-22	Hermantown, Minnesota	Lincoln (USHL)	—
8		Nathan Smith	Junior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1998-10-18	Hudson, Florida	Cedar Rapids (USHL)	ARI, 91st overall 2018
9		Tanner Edwards	Freshman	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2000-03-11	Anchorage, Alaska	Muskegon (USHL)	��
10		David Silye	Sophomore	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	1999-03-02	Arnprior, Ontario	Clarkson (ECAC)	—
11		Benton Maass	Senior	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1998-11-25	Elk River, Minnesota	New Hampshire (HEA)	WSH, 182nd overall 2017
12		Josh Groll	Sophomore	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2001-08-09	San Diego, California	Michigan (Big Ten)	—
13		Brendan Furry	Junior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1998-07-08	Toledo, Ohio	Tri-City (USHL)	—
14		Ryan Sandelin	Junior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	1999-01-03	Hermantown, Minnesota	Penticton (BCHL)	—
15		Julian Napravnik	Senior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	167 lb (76 kg)	1997-05-06	Bad Nauheim, Germany	Des Moines (USHL)	—
16		Reggie Lutz (A)	Senior	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	1996-10-18	Elk River, Minnesota	Chicago (USHL)	—
17		Bennett Zmolek	Freshman	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2002-04-17	Rochester, Minnesota	Youngstown (USHL)	—
18		Ondřej Pavel	Sophomore	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2000-08-29	Prague, Czech Republic	Fargo (USHL)	—
19		Will Hillman	Freshman	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	2000-11-22	Blaine, Minnesota	Youngstown (USHL)	—
20		Connor Gregga	Sophomore	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2000-07-24	Markham, Ontario	Coquitlam (BCHL)	—
21		Lucas Sowder	Junior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1998-11-15	Trinity, Florida	Wenatchee (BCHL)	—
22		Steven Bellini	Freshman	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2000-05-23	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	Tri-City (USHL)	—
23		Jake Livingstone	Sophomore	D	6' 4" (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1999-04-16	Creston, British Columbia	Langley (BCHL)	—
24		Zach Krajnik	Freshman	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	1999-05-13	Eagle River, Alaska	Kenai River (NAHL)	—
25		Brenden Olson	Freshman	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	173 lb (78 kg)	2000-10-18	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	Sioux City (USHL)	—
27		Tony Malinowski	Sophomore	D	6' 4" (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1999-10-15	Clarkston, Michigan	Des Moines (USHL)	—
28		Cade Borchardt	Junior	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1998-07-06	Burnsville, Minnesota	Sioux Falls (USHL)	—
29		Dryden McKay	Senior	G	5' 11" (1.8 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1997-11-25	Downers Grove, Illinois	Madison (USHL)	—
32		Andrew Miller	Freshman	G	6' 0" (1.83 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	2000-02-10	Boulder, Colorado	Fargo (USHL)	—
35		Keenan Rancier	Freshman	G	6' 2" (1.88 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	2000-06-21	Victoria, British Columbia	Minot (NAHL)	—

Olympians[]

This is a list of Minnesota State alumni were a part of an Olympic team.

Name	Position	Minnesota State Tenure	Team	Year	Finish
David Backes	Center/Right Wing	2003–2006	USA	2010, 2014	Silver, 4th
Nathan Smith	Center	2019–Present	USA	2022	5th

Mavericks in the NHL[]

Source:^[9]

= NHL All-Star Team

= NHL All-Star[10]

= NHL All-Star[10] and NHL All-Star Team

= Hall of Famers