An already veteran roster was augmented by the addition of three transfers with the biggest unknown coming in goal.

Cloud won their first 6 games of the season, including a sweep of national Runner-Up Minnesota State.

The goalies were aided by the ascension of several players, particularly Jami Krannila and Zach Okabe, who improved their performance and took over as the team's leaders.

The other two transfers fit in seamlessly with their new team as Grant Cruikshank swiftly became the Huskies' top goal scoring threat.

The senior defenseman shot out of the gate and was seemingly scoring in every game He posted 21 points by the winter break and helped lift St.

Even with the rest of the NCHC having a down year, the Huskies were one of the bright spots for the conference and were a near certainty to make the tournament at the midway point of the season.

Unfortunately, just before the second game against the Pios, Anhorn suffered a lower body injury in warmups and would miss the rest of the season after having surgery to fix the problem.

Cloud didn't win a game for 3 weeks and were swept by an underperforming Minnesota Duluth team.

While the Huskies had barely finished in the top half of the NCHC, they were still highly ranked overall and were guaranteed to make the NCAA tournament.

While they were fortunate enough to get 2 goals with that paltry output, the defense was able to hold off the Fighting Hawks and only surrendered 2 markers themselves.

However, despite being close to home, the Huskies got an unfavorable draw by having to face Minnesota State who were hot on the heels of their own championship.

Veeti Miettinen fired a seeing-eye shot through a maze of bodies from the right circle that somehow found the back of the net.

About five minutes later, Jack Peart accomplished a similar feat from the top of the left circle and St.

Minnesota State continued to press, trying to find a way to tie the game, but the couldn't solve Castor.