THANKSGIVING WEEKEND
• Michigan Tech hosts St. Thomas this weekend for a CCHA home series.
• The puck drops at 7:07 p.m. on Friday and 6:07 p.m. on Saturday at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena.
• The Huskies are 8-5-1 overall and 5-2-1 in the CCHA.
• UST is 5-6-2 overall and 2-2-1 in the CCHA.
• The teams will play for a second time this season on Jan. 30-31 in St. Paul.
 
PROMOTIONS
Friday - Vollwerth's Family and Jersey Night
• Coupon for a free Vollwerth's Hot Dog and soda for each family member with purchase of a Family Pack for Friday night's hockey game. Also, the first 100 youth (3-18 years old) wearing a hockey jersey to the game will get a hot dog coupon.
Saturday
• Marketplace Foods gave away 400 hockey youth tickets. If you got a voucher during Tuesday's giveaway, you will need to exchange it for a game ticket at the SDC Ticket Office.
• Teddy Bear Toss - Please bring new, soft stuffed animals/toys to toss onto the ice during the second intermission of Saturday's game. All donations received will be given to Toys-For-Tots to benefit children in need. University Images and Michigan Tech Athletics will provide a number of stuffed Huskies toys for tossing.
• After Saturday's game, Skate With The Huskies will take place on the ice. Helmets are required, and the Skate Rental Center will be open to borrow helmets.
 
ON THE RADIO
• Mix 93.5 FM WKMJ broadcasts all Michigan Tech hockey games.
• Fans can listen live on the radio at Mix 93.5 FM WKMJ, online at TheMix93.com or Pasty.com, or by using your favorite radio streaming app.
• Dirk Hembroff will call all the action in his 24th year behind the microphone.
 
WATCH THE GAMES
• All Michigan Tech home and CCHA games during the 2025-26 season will be live-streamed on Midco Sports Plus 2.
• Fans can stream all CCHA games live and on-demand, on their home televisions, computers, tablets, and mobile devices via Midco Sports Plus.
• The app is available on mobile/tablet apps (iOS and Android), connected TV device apps (AppleTV, FireTV and Roku) and a web-based browser interface.
 
SCOUTING THE TOMMIES
• St. Thomas is 5-6-2 overall and 2-2-1 in the CCHA.
• The conference wins are over Bowling Green and Minnesota State.
• The Tommies are 3-2-1 on the road and are unbeaten in four of the last five overall.
• Alex Gaffney leads the CCHA with 10 goals and is second with 19 points. He is a fifth-year transfer from Harvard.
• Three different goaltenders have started at least three games.
• Rico Blasi is in his fifth season as head coach.
• The Tommies went 19-14-5 overall last season and 13-9-4 in the CCHA.
• They were picked first in the CCHA Preseason Coaches' Poll and second in the Media Poll.

SERIES INFO
• Tech is 19-11-2 all-time against St. Thomas, dating back to 1922.
• The Huskies are 14-6-1 against the Tommies in Houghton.
• In the series, Tech has only two wins in the last eight games
 
LAST TIME OUT
• Michigan Tech dropped a pair of games at No. 14 Minnesota State last weekend. The Mavs won 3-0 on Friday and 3-2 on Saturday.
• Reid Andresen and Tom Leppa scored the goals for the Huskies.
 
STATISTICAL NOTES
• Stiven Sardarian is third nationally in assists (15) and eighth in points (19).
• Owen Bartoszkiewicz is fifth nationally with 8 wins and seventh in minutes played.
• Tech is eighth in the nation in fewest penalty minutes per game (7:34).
• Max Koskipirtti is ranked 16th in the nation in faceoff wins (146).
• Five of Teydon Trembecky's six goals have been scored in the second period.
• Tech is 6-1 when scoring the first goal of the second period and 4-0-1 when scoring the first goal of the third period.
• The Huskies are 4-0-1 on home ice and 4-0 when have 30-39 shots on goal.
• Stiven Sardarian, Jack Anderson, and Joe Prouty have all hit the 100-game plateau in their NCAA careers this season.
 
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
• Tech has the weekend off before traveling to Ferris State (Dec. 12-13) for the lone series of December.
• The 59th Great Lakes Invitational begins on December 28 against Miami.
 
COLLEGE HOCKEY INC NOTES
• Bill Muckalt is one of 11 new coaches across the country for the 2025-26 season.
• Michigan Tech is tied for the largest freshman class in the nation (12).
• 24 percent of Finlanders in college hockey are on Michigan Tech's roster (6-of-25).
• Seven of the 76 players in college hockey who played in the WHL are on Michigan Tech's roster.
• Coach Muckalt is one of six NCAA head coaches with NHL playing experience.
 
COACH MUCKALT
• Bill Muckalt was named the 23rd head coach at Michigan Tech on May 22, 2025.
• Muckalt returned to Houghton after one season as head coach of Lindenwood.
• Muckalt was an assistant coach at Tech for four seasons from 2011-15.
• Muckalt played 256 NHL games over five seasons with Vancouver, New York Islanders, Ottawa, and Minnesota. He scored 97 career points with 40 goals and 57 assists.
• He won two National Championships as a player at Michigan in 1996 and 1998 and was an All-American in 1998.
 
SPORTSCENTER TOP 10
• Carson Latimer's second-period goal at Northern Michigan on Nov. 8 checked in at number five on ESPN's top 10 plays of the night.
• It was also highlighted as No. 1 in the CCHA top plays of the week.
 
NON-CONFERENCE
• The Huskies have 10 non-conference games scheduled for the season.
• Tech split at No. 8 Minnesota on Oct. 3-4.
• The Huskies also split at Alaska on Oct. 17-18.
• Tech travels fell 6-4 at Clarkson on Oct. 31.
• The trip to New York wrapped up with a 3-0 shutout at St. Lawrence on Nov. 1.
• Tech opens the GLI against Miami with Michigan State and Ferris State playing in the second semifinal.
• Non-conference play wraps up at the Desert Hockey Class against Air Force in the semifinal and Alaska Anchorage or host Arizona State on the second day.
 
CCHA ROOKIE OF THE MONTH
• Teydon Trembecky was named the CCHA Rookie of the Month for October after he scored five goals and added five assists in his first month of college hockey. He had three power-play goals, 23 shots on goal, and seven blocked shots.
 
CCHA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
• Oct. 27 – Stiven Sardarian – CCHA Forward of the Week
• Oct. 27 – Owen Bartoszkiewicz – CCHA Goaltender of the Week
• Nov. 3 – Teydon Trembecky – CCHA Rookie of the Week
• Nov. 10 – Stiven Sardarian – CCHA Forward of the Week
• Nov. 10 – Owen Bartoszkiewicz – CCHA Goaltender of the Week
 
CAPTAINS
• Junior Isaac Gordon is the captain of the 2025-26 Huskies.
• Junior Max Koskipirtti and seniors Jack Anderson and Joe Prouty are also on the leadership team as alternate captains.
 
PRESEASON ALL-CCHA
• Senior forward Stiven Sardarian was named to both the coaches' and media's Preseason All-CCHA Team.
• Junior forward Isaac Gordon was named to the coaches' Preseason All-CCHA Team.
 
ASSISTANT COACHES
• Benton Maass begins his first season as an Assistant Coach. Maass comes to Houghton after one season as an Assistant Coach at Lindenwood. As a defenseman, he played collegiately at New Hampshire and Minnesota State and appeared in 122 professional games in the AHL and ECHL.
• L.J. Scarpace begins his first season as an Assistant Coach. Scarpace comes to Houghton after serving as a video coach in the NHL since 2017. He most recently worked with Detroit for the past six seasons. As a goaltender, he played collegiately at Western Michigan and Michigan.
• Former Michigan Tech hockey player Tyler Shelast begins his fifth season as an assistant coach. Before being named an assistant coach, Shelast spent the previous eight seasons as the strength and conditioning coach for the Huskies.
 
PRESEASON CCHA COACHES POLL
• Tech was picked in a tie for third in the Preseason CCHA Coaches' Poll with Augustana. The Huskies earned a pair of first-place votes.
• St. Thomas and Minnesota State were the top two choices, with Bowling Green, Bemidji State, Lake Superior State, Ferris State, and Northern Michigan rounding out the poll.
 
PRESEASON CCHA MEDIA POLL
• Tech was picked fourth in the Preseason CCHA Media Poll behind Minnesota State, St. Thomas, and Bowling Green.
• Augustana, Bemidji State, Ferris State, Lake Superior State, and Northern Michigan rounded out the poll.
 
NHL DEVELOPMENT CAMPS
• Jack Anderson – Philadelphia Flyers (2025)
• Owen Bartoszkiewicz – St. Louis Blues (2025)
• Rylan Brown – Winnipeg Jets (2025)
• Isaac Gordon – Columbus Blue Jackets (2024 & 2025)
• Max Koskipirtti – Dallas Stars (2025)
• Carson Latimer – Ottawa Senators (2021, 2022)
• Kalem Parker – Minnesota Wild (2023 & 2024)
• Stiven Sardarian – Buffalo Sabres (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
• Teydon Trembecky – Winnipeg Jets (2025)
• Max Vayrynen – Calgary Flames (2023)
 
NHL DRAFT PICKS
• Carson Latimer was selected by Ottawa in the fourth round of the 2021 NHL Draft with the 123rd pick. He is now a free agent.
• Kalem Parker was selected by Minnesota in the sixth round of the 2023 NHL Draft with the 181st pick. He is now a free agent.
• Stiven Sardarian was selected by Buffalo in the third round of the 2021 NHL Draft with the 88th pick. He is now a free agent.
 
TRANSFERS
• Jack Anderson played three seasons and 90 games at Lindenwood (2022-25). He tallied 25 points with the Lions on four goals and 21 assists.
• Owen Baker played seven games in one season at Michigan State (2023-24). He notched two points with a goal and an assist.
• Owen Bartoszkiewicz played at Lindenwood in 2024-25, with a .919 save percentage and 2.57 goals-against average in 29 games. He played six games for Minnesota during the 2022-23 season with a 3.72 goals-against average and .883 save percentage.
• Joe Prouty played three seasons and 90 games at Lindenwood (2022-25). He tallied 21 points with the Lions with three goals and 18 assists.
• Stiven Sardarian played the two seasons for New Hampshire (2022-24). In 61 NCAA games for the Wildcats, he tallied nine goals and 12 assists
 
FRESHMEN
• Tech's 12-member freshman class is tied for the largest in the country. There are eight forwards and four defensemen.
• Forwards: Ryan Abraham, Carson Birnie, Brayden Boehm, Michael Cicek, Reid Daavettila, Noah Reinhart, Teydon Trembecky, Matthew Van Blaricom
• Defensemen: Reid Andresen, Max Matthews, Kalem Parker, Braden Pietila
 
ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS
• Owen Bartoszkiewicz – Independent Hockey Goaltender of the Year (2024-25)
• Rylan Brown – CCHA All-Rookie Team (2024-25)
• Isaac Gordon – CCHA Rookie of the Year (2023-24), All-CCHA Second Team (2023-24) & CCHA All-Rookie Team (2023-24)
• Elias Jansson – CCHA Rookie of the Year (2024-25) & All-CCHA Rookie Team (2024-25)
 
INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR
• Tech's roster boasts players from four different countries.
• United States: 11
• Canada: 14
• Finland: 6
• Russia: 1
 
59TH GLI
• The 59th Great Lakes Invitational will be staged at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids on Dec. 28-29.
• The Huskies will open against Miami while Michigan State and Ferris State will play in the other semifinal.
• Tickets are now on sale at Ticketmaster.com.
 
HUSKIES AT NHL TRAINING CAMPS
• Carson Bantle – Detroit Red Wings
• Pheonix Copley – LA Kings
• Brian Halonen – New Jersey Devils
• Michael Karow – Dallas Stars
• Jake Lucchini – Nashville Predators
• Ryland Mosley – Columbus Blue Jackets
• Chase Pietila – Pittsburgh Penguins
• Matt Roy – Washington Capitals
 
HUSKIES HOCKEY RADIO SHOW
• The Michigan Tech Huskies Hockey Show airs weekly throughout the season at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays with host Dirk Hembroff.
• The program features regular appearances by the coaching staff and current Huskies.
• The show can be heard live on Mix 93.5 FM and is streamed on the TuneIn Radio app and online at Pasty.net or themix93.com.
 
BLUE LINE CLUB
The Michigan Tech Blue Line Club provides additional resources to the hockey program, enabling hockey student-athletes to pursue success both in the classroom and on the ice. The annual membership drive is now open.
 
SUPERIOR PLAYER OF THE GAME
• Superior National Bank sponsors the Superior Player of the Game.
• Oct. 3 – Tom Leppa – 1 goal
• Oct. 4 – Stiven Sardarian – 3 assists
• Oct. 17 – Max Koskipirtti – 1 goal, 1 assist
• Oct. 18 – Tyler Miller – 1 goal
• Oct. 24 – Teydon Trembecky – 1 goal, 1 assist
• Oct. 25 – Stiven Sardarian – 2 assists
• Oct. 31 – Teydon Trembecky – 2 goals
• Nov. 1 – Owen Bartoszkiewicz – 29-save shutout
• Nov. 7 – Stiven Sardarian – 2 goals, 1 assist
• Nov. 8 – Lauri Raiman – 1 goal
• Nov. 14 – Owen Bartoszkiewicz – 33 saves
• Nov. 15 – Max Koskipirtti – OT goal
• Nov. 21 – Kalem Parker
• Nov. 22 – Stiven Sardarian – 2 assists