Dave Shyiak is beginning his third season as the associate head coach for the St. Cloud State men's hockey team. The eighth-ranked Huskies have a big nonconference series this weekend when they play second-ranked Minnesota State at 7:30 p.m. Friday and 6 p.m. Saturday (both on FOX 9+) at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center.
The Huskies are off to a 4-0 start, have given up three goals for the season and are 13-for-13 on the penalty kill. Shyiak works with the defensemen and on the penatly kill. He talks about some keys to the good start, breaks down the eight healthy defensemen for the Huskies and helps preview this weekend's series.
Join The Rink Live's Mick Hatten on this episode of the Huskies Hockey Insider podcast.
TIME STAMPS
:30 Previewing this weekend's series between No. 2 MSU-Mankato and No. 8 SCSU, Mavericks coming off home sweep against Minnesota Duluth , how deep Minnesota State is and why they are tough to play against
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5:40 Keys to giving up only 3 goals through the first 4 games
A look at SCSU's defensemen
7:00
Senior Dylan Anhorn, things they didn't know about the Union
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10:00 Sophomore Jack Peart , the steps he's taken this season, the pressure of being a Mr. Hockey and Minnesota Wild draft pick
13:35 Spencer Meier, a three-year captain and some of the things he does off the ice
15:15 The steadying influence of fifth-year senior Brendan Bushy
16:26 Junior Brady Ziemer playing a bigger role
19:00 Freshman Cooper Wylie and his skating ability
20:00 Senior Ondrej Trejbal and his improvement
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21:10 Freshman Mason Reiners and his trajectory
22:30 Some key things with the penalty kill, which is 13-for-13
23:45 Why the Huskies will continue to use Grant Ahcan on the penalty kill
24:45 How Grant Cruikshank has moved into a key role for the Huskies
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