Women's Hockey
Women's Hockey
WOMEN'S HOCKEY: St. Cloud State Weekly Notes
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Diana Karouzos is +1 in 2009-10. |
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THIS WEEK’S SERIES: St. Cloud State returns home to the National Hockey Center to play host to the University of North Dakota on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 30-31. Game times are slated for 7:07 pm and 2:07 pm in the NHC.
THE RECORD: St. Cloud State women’s hockey is 1-5-0 overall and 0-4-0 in the WCHA. To view complete statistics of the 2009-10 season, click here.
GIESEN VS. UND: SCSU’s head coach Jeff Giesen is 6-3-3 all-time against North Dakota.
NORTH DAKOTA BRIEFLY:
2008-09: 13-19-4 (9-16-3 WCHA)
2009-10: 1-4-1 (1-4-1 WCHA) - Complete UND Team Statistics
Series: SCSU leads 17-7-4
THE SERIES: St. Cloud State currently leads the all-time series with the University of North Dakota 17-7-4, dating back to December 14, 2002.
LAST YEAR AGAINST UND: The Huskies went 1-3-0 against UND in 2008-09. SCSU defeated
UND 3-2 on Jan. 10, 2009, for its lone win of the season over North Dakota.
LAST TIME OUT: St. Cloud State suffered a home-and-home series shutout against the No. 2-ranked Minnesota Gophers on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 23-24, by scores of 4-0 and 7-0.
SHARING TIME BETWEEN THE PIPES: SCSU’s junior goaltender Ashley Nixon (Blaine) stopped 38-of-42 Gophers shots in the loss on Oct. 23, dropping her record to 1-2-0 overall on the year. On Saturday, Oct. 24, sophomore goaltender Tayler VanDenakker (Winnipeg, Manitoba) earned the start between the pipes for the Huskies and charted 13 saves and four goals against in the first period before Nixon came in for VanDenakker’s relief. VanDenakker posted 13 saves in the loss, falling to 0-3-0 on the season. The Gophers applied the same pressure to Nixon, as Nixon backstopped the Huskies with 13 saves and suffered three goals against in 41:46 minutes of ice time.
HUSKY PLUS: St. Cloud State’s Caitlin Hogan (Oakdale), Holly Roberts (St. Cloud) and Diana Karouzos (Chicago, Ill.) are all a “plus” this season on the plus/minus chart. Hogan leads the squad at +2 and is +25 in her career, ranking her No. 1 all-time at SCSU. Roberts and Karouzos are each +1 in 2009-10. Hogan surpassed former Husky Ricki-Lee Doyle, who was +24 during the 2000-01 season, for the school lead.
LOOKING FOR A ‘W’: The Huskies are on a five-game slide and looking for their first win since the initial game of the 2009-10 season.
BACK IN 2008-09: The last time St. Cloud State dropped five games in a row was during the 2008-09 season, when the Huskies went winless from Dec. 5 through Jan. 9.
POWER PLAY WOES: St. Cloud State’s woes continue on the power play as the Huskies have been held scoreless in their last 35 straight power play opportunities. SCSU is 2-of-39 on the season in power play opportunities.
HOT SHOTS: Senior forwards Holly Roberts, Meaghan Pezon (Eden Prairie) and Caitlin Hogan are leading the Huskies in shots in 2009-10. Roberts is atop the shots chart with 26 in six games played. Pezon has added 22 shots in 2009-10, while Hogan has 21 shots.
CLIMBING THE CHARTS: Caitlin Hogan’s 90 career points (39g, 51a) currently rank her fourth all-time in the Cardinal and Black. Of note, SCSU’s Roxy Stang (2000-04) is the lone Husky to score over 100 career points. Stang completed her career with 119 points (71g, 48a).
ALUMNI GAME SCHEDULED: The St. Cloud State University women’s hockey program has scheduled its third annual Alumni Game for Saturday, Nov. 7, from 4:15 pm-5:15 pm at the National Hockey Center. For complete information, click here.
FREE YOUTH CLINIC AVAILABLE: The St. Cloud State University women’s hockey program will offer a free youth hockey clinic for all girls age 14 and under on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on the main rink at the St. Cloud State’s National Hockey Center.
WATCH HOME HOCKEY ON THE WEB: Husky fans, you can watch live video streaming of SCSU home women’s hockey thru a pay-perview partnership with B2 Networks. For complete information on how to watch the hockey games on the web, please visit the Husky Home Page at www.stcloudstate.edu/athletics.
HEARING THE HUSKIES: SCSU women’s hockey action will be heard live on KVSC 88.1 FM this Friday, Oct. 30, as well as streamed live at www.kvsc.org for the home game against UND in the NHC. KVSC’s Matt Bishop will be providing the play-by-play and KVSC’s Joe Clemence will be doing color commentary. Zack Fisch will be also be calling the plays from ice side.
SCSU’s HEAD COACH JEFF GIESEN: Jeff “Goose” Giesen is in his fourth season at the
helm of Husky Hockey in 2009-10 and became SCSU’s all-time winningest women’s hockey coach, garnering his 46th career win on Friday, Oct. 2, against Niagara in the Nat’l Hockey Center. A native of Blaine, Minn., Giesen is the third head coach since the inception of the women’s program in 1998. Giesen tallied his first career victory against Robert Morris on Sept. 29, 2006, with a 4-0 shutout in the NHC. Giesen’s career coaching record stands at 46-56-16 in three seasons along with a 29-47-12 mark in the ever grueling WCHA. A 1993 graduate of St. Cloud State University and a true student of the game, Coach Giesen and his wife Karla reside in St. Cloud, Minn.
ASSISTING IN 2009-10: Jeff Giesen is assisted by Jennifer Kranz and Jason Johnson in 2009-10. Ian Andersen is serving as the volunteer goaltending coach while former Husky standout Brita Schroeder (2005-09) is serving as the student assistant coach this season.
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