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Copy editor. @USCHO #CCHA columnist. Former @Bemidjisports editor, MI native, MN transplant. He/him.
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CCHA 2025-26 Men's Hockey Season Preview: Potential there for conference 'to be the tightest the CCHA has ever been' - College Hockey

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By Jack Hittinger
| USCHO.com
It’s almost a cliche at this point to point out the parity that exists in the CCHA. Sure, Minnesota State last season won their third MacNaughton Cup in the four seasons since the league was re-formed in 2022, but every year we’ve seen close races for the league title and for home ice in the conference tournament. This year, though, things look even more unpredictable. With the NCAA finally allowing major junior players into the fold, the talent pool is more wide-open than it’s ever been.
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'Statement game' for Minnesota State as Mavericks double up St. Thomas on home ice to capture third Mason Cup playoff title in four years - College Hockey | USCHO.com

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By Jack Hittinger-, Jack Hittinger
| USCHO.com
MANKATO, Minn. -– Last time Josh Groll scored a goal in a Mason Cup final, it didn’t count. Groll’s overtime goal in the Mason Cup final against Bemidji State in 2022 was infamously overturned, despite the fact that the trophy had already been presented to his Minnesota State team and both teams were in their locker rooms. In 2025, however, the Mavericks’ captain would not be denied.
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This Week in CCHA Hockey: Minnesota State focused on Mason Cup title vs. St. Thomas in game that promises to be 'big-time challenge' - College Hockey

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By Jack Hittinger-, Jack Hittinger
| USCHO.com
The unique nature of this season’s CCHA Mason Cup playoffs are not lost on Luke Strand. The Minnesota State boss finds himself in a somewhat strange position for a college hockey head coach: Being out of an at-large position in the Pairwise rankings but still knowing with 100% certainty that his team is still going to make the tournament. Normally a team who is No. 15 in the rankings like the Mavericks would be a bubble team until they won their conference tournament.
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