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Mike Hastings has been coaching hockey since an injury forced him to retire from playing the game when he was a defenseman at St. Cloud State in 1988. He has put together quite a resume with leaving the Omaha Lancers in 2008 as the USHL's all-time winningest coach to being an assistant coach at the University of Minnesota (2008-09) and Nebraska-Omaha (2009-12) to the last 10 seasons as the head coach at Minnesota State. The Mavericks have won more games in those 10 seasons than any other team in college hockey. He was rumored to be the frontrunner for head coaching openings at Boston University and Michigan State, among others, over the offseason. Hastings says "presenting the facts" are at the top of the list of how the Mavericks approach recruiting. Minnesota State went to the national championship game last season and Hastings talks about the team's prospects this season and more with The Rink Live's Jess Myers and Mick Hatten.

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The Rink Live's Kirsten Krull, Mick Hatten, Matt Wellens, Jess Myers, and Brad Schlossman meet to catch up on the opening of college hockey action. The Minnesota Duluth men and women and St. Cloud State men and women are all undefeated in the early going. The Gophers men opened with a sweep and the women get started this weekend. North Dakota opened with an exhibition win over the University of Manitoba. What stood out from those teams in the early going and which newcomer to their rosters stood out?

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Cory Laylin talks about this season's UST team, which opens this weekend against St. Cloud State. He also discusses coaching at the junior, high school, pro, NCAA Division III and Division I levels and his playing career, which included playing in Europe from 1992-98, on The Rink Live podcast

Jimmy Schuldt answers a number of fun and intriguing questions from people on Twitter about his career, teammates and some from his personal life. An hour-long Huskies Hockey Insider podcast with the former SCSU defenseman, who is in camp with the Seattle Kraken.

Now that the dust has settled from NCHC Media Day, The Rink Live takes an in depth look at the conference with its podcast with reporters Matt Wellens, Brad Schlossman, Jess Myers, Mick Hatten and Joe Paisley.

Wellens covers Minnesota Duluth hockey, Schlossman covers the University of North Dakota, Paisley covers Colorado College and Myers interviewed two representatives from every NCHC team at media day. The group covered a variety of topics including their big takeaways from media day, which team may surprise some people in the conference race, key players throughout the league and more on this episode of The Rink Live podcast.

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A conversation with Huskies associate head coach Jinelle Siergiej, who is beginning her ninth season with the team.

There's been a lot of change recently and Siergiej discusses the process, reviews the new playing style for the Huskies and gives a scouting report on the eight new players on the roster.

St. Cloud State captain Spencer Meier has been with the Huskies so long that he is going to be teammates with Grant Ahcan, who is five years younger than his brother Jack, who was also an SCSU teammate. Meier gives an overview of this season's Huskies, gives scouting reports on the 10 new players, talks defense, the changes he sees in Jack Peart, the feeling of not having David Hrenak around anymore, what running his first hockey camp was like and more in the Huskies Hockey Insider podcast with The Rink Live's Mick Hatten.

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Former junior and college hockey coach Lincoln Nguyen, a former junior and college coach, discusses how difficult it has been for players to navigate the recent changes in college and junior hockey.

Jack Peart spent the majority of the summer in St. Cloud, working out with other members of the SCSU men's hockey team and the strength and conditioning coach. A second-round draft pick of the Minnesota Wild, he also spent time with that team at its development camp and played for Team USA at the rescheduled IIHF World Junior Championships. Peart, who grew up in Grand Rapids, Minn., said he also got more fishing than he has in several years. He is preparing for his sophomore season with the Huskies, who have 10 new faces in camp. On this episode of the Huskies Hockey Insider podcast, he talks about all of these topics and more with The Rink Live's Mick Hatten.

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North Shore girls hockey head coach Zack Vieau joins The Rink Live podcast to talk about the team's past season and all of the up-and-coming talent the team is looking forward to in 2022-23.

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