By james art 
The new NCHC featuring North Dakota, UMD, etc., took the state of St. Cloud from our public colleges. Mankato and Bemidji State were the two Minnesota teams that were spinning in CCHA. In general, this league is not so strong, which does not mean that the three -season Hastings mileage at the end of his term in southern Minnesota deserves an asterisk.
Mavericks had its best team so far (31-5-2) in 2019-20-Absolum power plant with the appropriately called driver McCay on the net-when the Covid-19 stopped the Petro-Education in mid-March. They demolished GoPhers 4-0 to reach the frozen four in 2021. They did it again on GoPhers, 5-1, in the national semifinals in 2022.
“When I was the first time in Mankato, I used to go around the city, the question I heard most often was:” When did the Goffs play here, the coach? “” Hastings said on Friday. “They improved the arena, we won a lot, and these same fans entered it … No matter what team it was in the city.”
Mavericks lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament to St. 1 seed.
“Wisconsin … Chris Chelios, Paul Ranheim, Mike Richter,” Hastings said. “The Goffs against the Yazovtsi, these teams against North Dakota -it was a college hockey in the best case for me as a younger man. The chance to come to Wisconsin, try to take a shot to get the badgers on top … It was something I couldn’t refuse.