RIVALRY WEEKEND
• No. 19 Michigan Tech travels to No. 15 St. Thomas for a CCHA series between the top two CCHA teams.
• The puck drops at 8:07 p.m. Friday and 7:07 p.m. Saturday at the Lee & Penny Anderson Arena.
• The Huskies are 17-9-2 overall and 12-4-2 in the CCHA.
• UST is 16-7-3 overall and 13-3-2 in the CCHA.
• The Tommies lead the Huskies by five points in the conference standings.
 
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.
 
HUSKIES RANKED
• Michigan Tech is ranked No. 19 in this week's USCHO.com Top 20 Poll. The Huskies are No. 20 in the USA Hockey Poll.
• Tech was ranked No. 19 in both polls last week.
• The USA Hockey Poll had the Huskies at No. 20 on November 18, 2024.
• Tech was last ranked in the final USCHO poll of the 2023-24 season, checking in at No. 19 on April 15, 2024.
 
SCOUTING THE TOMMIES
• St. Thomas is 16-7-3 overall and 13-3-2 in the CCHA.
• The Tommies have won 10 in a row and are 7-4-1 at home.
• UST is ranked No. 15 in both national polls this week.
• Lucas Wahlen leads the CCHA with 18 goals. Alex Gaffney has 30 points. He is a fifth-year transfer from Harvard.
• Three different goaltenders have started at least five 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 19-12-3 all-time against St. Thomas, dating back to 1922.
• The Huskies are 5-4-1 against the Tommies in Minnesota.
• In the series, Tech has only two wins in the last 10 games
 
FIRST MEETING
• Michigan Tech had a 3-3 tie and a 2-1 loss to St. Thomas on Thanksgiving weekend.
• The Tommies won the shootout on Friday after tying the game with 1.2 seconds left in regulation.
• Stiven Sardarian scored twice on Friday, while Reid Andresen and Kalem Parker also found the back of the net.
 
POINT STREAKS
• Seven game – Max Koskipirtti – 3 goals, 9 assists
• Seven game – Isaac Gordon – 3 goals, 5 assists
• Three game – Teydon Trembecky – 3 goals, 2 assists
• Two game – Stiven Sardarian – 2 goals, 3 assists
• Two game – Elias Jansson – 1 goal, 3 assists

LAST TIME OUT
• No. 19 Michigan Tech split its weekend against Northern Michigan, winning 8-2 on Friday in Marquette and falling 3-2 on Saturday in Houghton.
• Teydon Trembecky (3), Stiven Sardarian (2), Noah Reinhart (2), Elias Jansson, Isaac Gordon, and Reid Andresen scored the goals.
 
CCHA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
•  Stiven Sardarian is the CCHA Forward of the Week for the fourth time this season.
• Sardarian had two goals and two assists in the CCHA split with Northern Michigan over the weekend. He racked up four points in Friday's 8-2 win in Marquette, scoring Tech's second and fifth goals of the game.
• In 28 games this season, Sardarian has 11 goals and 25 assists. He ranks second in the nation in points and assists to lead the CCHA and also leads the conference with a plus 15 rating.
 
HOBEY BAKER CANDIDATES
• Stiven Sardarian is a Hobey Baker candidate for the second year in a row.
• Owen Bartoszkiewicz is also a candidate for college hockey's top player award.
• Fans can vote at hobeybaker.com/vote.
 
RICHTER WATCH LIST
• Owen Bartoszkiewicz is on the Watch List for the Mike Richter Award, given annually to the nation's top goalie since 2014.
• The Hockey Commissioners Association (HCA) announced the 29 goalies on the list and Bartoszkiewicz is one of five from the CCHA named.
 
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
• Augustana is next weekend's Winter Carnival opponent on Feb. 6-7.
• Tech travels to Lake Superior State on Feb. 13-14.
• After an off weekend, the regular season wraps up on Feb. 27-28 when Bowling Green travels to Houghton.
 
STATISTICAL NOTES
• Michigan Tech leads the nation in games played (28) this season.
• Owen Bartoszkiewicz leads the nation in minutes played and is second nationally with 17 wins.
• Stiven Sardarian is second in the nation in assists (25) and second in points (36).
• Sardarian leads the CCHA with a plus-15 rating.
• Max Koskipirtti is ranked sixth in the nation in faceoff wins (289). He also ranks 12th with three game-winning goals.
• Tech ranks sixth in the nation in overall team assists (164) and 12th in the nation in penalty killing percentage (.844).
• Tech is 10th in total shots on goals against and 14th in save percentage (.914).
• The Huskies are 10-2-1 when leading after the first period and 8-0-2 when scoring the first goal of the third period. They are 9-5-0 on the road and 11-3-1 when not allowing a power play goal.
• Isaac Gordon skated in his 100th game on Saturday at Bemidji State.
• Stiven Sardarian, Jack Anderson, and Joe Prouty have all hit the 100-game plateau in their NCAA careers this season.
 
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 (5-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 went 5-5 in non-conference play.
• Tech split at No. 8 Minnesota on Oct. 3-4.
• The Huskies also split at Alaska on Oct. 17-18.
• Tech 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 opened the GLI with a 5-2 win over Miami and then fell 4-1 to No. 3 Michigan State in the title game.
• Non-conference play wrapped up at the Desert Hockey Class with a loss to Air Force and a win over Alaska Anchorage.
 
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
• Dec. 15 – Owen Bartoszkiewicz – CCHA Goaltender of the Week
• Dec. 30 – Owen Bartoszkiewicz – CCHA Goaltender of the Week
• Dec. 30 – Stiven Sardarian – CCHA Forward of the Week
• Jan. 5 – Jack Anderson – CCHA Defenseman of the Week
• Jan. 12 – Max Koskipirtti – CCHA Forward of the Week
• Jan. 19 – Luca Fasciano – CCHA Defenseman of the Week
• Jan. 19 – Owen Bartoszkiewicz – CCHA Goaltender of the Week
• Jan. 26 – Stiven Sardarian – CCHA Forward of the Week
 
CCHA FORWARD OF THE MONTH
• Stiven Sardarian has been named the CCHA Forward of the Month after he scored six goals and added seven assists in nine games in November, accumulating at least one point in eight of the nine contests.
• His 13 points ranked third in the NCAA. Sardarian had two goals and one assist against Northern Michigan (Nov. 7) and St. Thomas (Nov. 28).
 
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.
 
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.
 
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)
 
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: 5
• Russia: 1
 
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
• Nov. 28 – Stiven Sardarian – 2 goals, 1 assist
• Nov. 29 – Kalem Parker – 1 goal
• Dec. 12 – Isaac Gordon – 2 assists
• Dec. 13 – Carson Birnie – 1 goal, 1 assist
• Dec. 28 – Jack Anderson – 1 goal
• Dec. 29 – Carson Latimer – 1 goal
• Jan. 2 – Elias Jansson – 1 goal, 1 assist
• Jan. 3 – Jack Anderson – hat trick
• Jan. 9 – Max Koskipirtti – 2 goals
• Jan. 10 – Brayden Boehm – 2 goals
• Jan. 16 – Carson Birnie – game winner
• Jan. 17 – Owen Bartoszkiewicz – 46 saves
• Jan. 23 – Noah Reinhart – 2 goals, 2 assists
• Jan. 24 – Elias Jansson – 1 goal, 1 assist