Men’s hockey: meet the freshmen
The Huskies start the 2015-2016 hockey season with nine freshmen on their roster. With players, including a NHL draft pick (Borgen) and a USHL Rookie of the Year award winner (Jackson), the team is adding some exciting new talent to the locker room.
St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey freshmen profiles:
Jacob Benson
Jersey #: 17
Position: Forward
Previous Team: Dubuque Fighting Saints – USHL
Hometown: Grand Forks, North Dakota
Most memorable hockey experience: Winning state junior year and a bronze medal in Russia with Dubuque, he said.
Intended major: Business
Most looking forward to being at SCSU:
“Starting a new journey with a great group of guys,” he said.
Will Borgen
Jersey #: 20
Position: Defense
Previous Team: Omaha – USHL
Hometown: Moorhead, Minnesota
Most memorable hockey experience: Section championship sophomore year against Brainerd, he said.
Most looking forward to being at SCSU:
“Hockey season.”
Mikey Eyssimont
Jersey #: 19
Position: Forward
Previous Team: Sioux Falls – USHL
Hometown: Littleton, Colorado
Most memorable hockey experience: “Winning the Clark Cup last year,” he said.
Most looking forward to being at SCSU:
“The hockey season and playing the teams I grew up watching,” he said.
Robby Jackson
Jersey #: 23
Position: Forward
Previous Team: Dubuque Fighting Saints – USHL
Hometown: Alameda, California
Most memorable hockey experience: “Playoff games in Dubuque,” he said.
Intended major: Broadcast communications
Most looking forward to being at SCSU:
“Winning lots of hockey games,” he said.
Clark Kuster
Jersey #: 2
Position: Defense
Previous Team: Cedar Rapids – USHL
Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri
Most memorable hockey experience: “Winning the state hockey championship in Missouri,” he said.
Most looking forward to being at SCSU:
“Winning the national championship with a bunch of great guys,” he said.
Jon Lizotte
Jersey #: 16
Position: Defense
Previous Team: Minot – NAHL
Hometown: Grand Forks, North Dakota
Most memorable hockey experience: Winning state hockey senior year, he said.
Intended major: Business
Most looking forward to being at SCSU:
“All of the new experiences that college has to offer through school and hockey,” he said.
Patrick Newell
Jersey #: 14
Position: Forward
Previous Team: Penticton – BCHL
Hometown: Thousand Oaks, California
Most memorable hockey experience: “Winning the Clark Cup championship in the USHL two years ago,” he said.
Intended major: Undecided, but most likely business
Most looking forward to being at SCSU:
“Meeting all the new people and having new experiences with my hockey team,” he said.
Jimmy Schuldt
Jersey #: 22
Position: Defense
Previous Team: Omaha – USHL
Hometown: Minnetonka, Minnesota
Most memorable hockey experience: “Hockey Day Minnesota in Minnetonka, beat Duluth East 9-3 on FSN,” he said.
Most looking forward to being at SCSU:
Home games at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center, the Minnesota Cup and playing rivalry games, he said.
David Zevnik
Jersey #: 30
Position: Goalie
Previous Team: Wichita Falls – NAHL
Hometown: Lakeville, Minnesota
Most memorable hockey experience: Winning the high school state hockey tournament 2011, 2012 and 2013, he said.
Intended major: Finance
Most looking forward to being at SCSU:
The hockey season and meeting new people, he said.
The men’s hockey team will have their first home game against University of Alberta on Oct. 3 in the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center.
Maddie MacFarlane is a senior at St. Cloud State. She is majoring in Mass Communications with an emphasis in Photojournalism and a minor in Graphic Design. In addition to the University Chronicle, MacFarlane works for the SCSU Athletics department as a photographer and is the Creative Services intern at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center.
