Bemidji State men's hockey head coach Tom Serratore discusses how his team played in the first half — strengths, things it needs to work on, playing St. Cloud State, how former Huskies assistant coach Mike Gibbons came back for another season and more in this podcast with The Rink Live's Mick Hatten

If you had asked St. Cloud State men's hockey fans before the season which player would lead the Huskies in scoring at the holiday break, it is fair to say that Kevin Fitzgerald would not likely have been the first pick. But the graduate student has 21 points (already a career high) through 16 games. Fitzgerald talks about his fast start, takes a look at where the Huskies are, discusses teammate Jack Peart, how he got started in hockey, playing Tier III junior hockey, being a walk-on for SCSU. Discover all this and more in this podcast with The Rink Live's Mick Hatten.

Podcast Timestamps:

Final exams, degree he is working on and teammates in classes to open

4:05 hearing from people "you play on the hockey team?!"

5:05 his quick start to the season

6:45 Matt Cullen coming in to teach session on faceoffs, how Cullen treats others

11:05 assessing the Huskies at the holiday break

17:35 Jack Peart being named to USA roster for world championships, having him as a teammate

23:10 playing pro an option?

25:15 starting out playing hockey, his winding junior hockey career

27:50 playing junior hockey for the Aberdeen Wings

30:10 how he ended up walking on at SCSU

35:00 playing in 38 games as a freshman walk-on 

Former Gophers All-American and TV analyst Pat Micheletti breaks down last weekend's NCHC series split between North Dakota and St. Cloud State. He also takes a look at the the Huskies 16 games into the season. He also discusses the play of Kevin Fitzgerald, Veeti Miettinen, Jack Peart, Micah Miller, Seamus Donohue, David Hrenak more in this podcast with The Rink Live's Mick Hatten.