St. Cloud State Pulse Check

• The Most prolific scorer in Minnesota State High School League history Ben Hanowski showed St. Cloud State fans why the addition of he and Mike have many thinking that this year St. Cloud State might have a better recruiting class than their rival the University of Minnesota. Hanowski scored twice in a 3-3 tie with Minnesota Duluth Friday night.
• Saturday night he got in his first collegiate scrum and picked up his first penalty minutes with a five minute major when he squared off with Dylan Olsen and were called for "Grasping the face mask." Hanowski was drafted in the second round by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
  
• Early in Hanowski's and fellow Husky Jared Festler's high school career both of their gaudy offensive stats kept scouts guessing how legit they were because of the competition Little Falls plays. So far Hanowski and the sophomore Festler have transitioned into the college game quite nicely. Festler was one of the heroes in Saturday's 4-2 win over UMD when he scored the eventual game-winning goal. It was a short-handed goal that at the time put the Huskies ahead 3-1.
• Early on the Huskies are not lighting the lamp as much as expected considering they have two of the best scorers in the league back this year in Ryan Lasch and Garret Roe (L.A. Kings). However, consider it good that SCSU is 2-2-2 and has 10 players with thee points or more while playing good competition and not hitting their stride quite yet. Roe leads the team in points with a goal and four assists while Lasch only has two goals and an assist and is a -5.
  
• Chalk up a slow start to Warroad's Aaron Marvin(Calgary Flames) as well. The second line center has yet to register a point and is a -3.
  
• In Saturday night's win over UMD the Huskies allowed to power play goals but managed to score two short handed goals, the first of the season. Festler had one of the short-handed goals and sophomore Drew LeBlanc from Hermantown had the other. LeBlanc leads the team with a +3 rating.
• Former Burnsville star Nick Oslund(Detroit Red Wings) assisted on all three goals in Friday's 3-3 tie.
• One player to watch for is the emergence of 6'6", 220 pound defenseman Oliver Lauridsen (Philadelphia Flyers) from Denmark. He has a goal and two assists with a +2 rating.
• Judging from last weekend it appears the two goalies Roseau's Mike Lee (Phoenix Coyotes) and Dan Dunn (Washington Capitals) from the state of Washington may split time. Lee a freshman did play in both games versus Union College however. Dunn, a junior, played in Saturday night's 4-2 win while Lee played Friday night. Currently Lee has a 1-1-2 record with 2.18 GAA and a .926 save pct while Dunn is 1-1 and has a 2.46 GAA and .918 save pct.
  
• The Huskies have two of the more difficult road trips to make coming up next. First to Michigan Tech, tough because of travel and they style of play. And then North Dakota, which will probably be the toughest place to play in the WCHA this season.