Saints Athletics at The College of St. Scholastica

Mark Wick, Head Coach
The College of St. Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Ave.
Duluth, MN 55811
(218) 723-6610
MWick2@css.edu

The NCHA’s 2008-09 Coach of the Year, Mark Wick, returns for his sixth season behind the bench for the Saints after guiding CSS to their first NCAA National Tournament appearance last season.

Coach Wick was hired just two days before the first practice of the 2004-05 season, but still earned honorable results in the first year of a five-season campaign which would see Wick bring the program back to a former glory of national recognition last seen in the 1970s.

In 2009, the Saints peaked at the No. 2 spot in the weekly U.S. College Hockey Online Division-III poll, holding the spot for three straight weeks starting January 19th, and also earned a number-two selection in the first official NCAA Division-III poll used to set playoff positioning released in mid-February.

Wick turned the program around quickly in 2005-06 as the Saints had their first winning season in twenty years. The record caught more than a few people by surprise, but not many within the Saints hockey community because Wick has had success in every stop throughout his career.

A Hermantown native, the 1985 graduate of St. Scholastica transferred from Gustavus Adolphus College prior to his junior year. He was the team’s second leading scorer his senior year with 41 points and was a scholar-athlete both years at Scholastica. After graduating, he earned a Master of Education degree from Bowling Green State University in 1989.

Coach Wick’s leadership qualities were evident during a brief stint at Augsburg College where he was the assistant in the 1988-89 season then served as a co-head coach and head coach from 1990-96. He helped lead the Auggies to MIAC prominence during that time, recording a 36-34-3 overall record.

Following his time at Augsburg, Wick became an assistant coach at Wis.-Superior from 1996-2000. While at Superior he helped lead the Yellowjackets to three NCAA Frozen Four appearances (1997, 1999, 2000) and two NCHA playoff championships (1997, 2000).

He is married to Linda and has three children - Anders, Carly, and Jonathon.

Brant Nicklin, Assistant Coach

Assistant coach Brant Nicklin enters his fifth season as an assistant. He played four years at UMD ('96-'00) … signed Free Agent contract with Pittsburg Penguins and played in two training camps with the team. Nicklin played four years of pro hockey in the AHL, ECHL, UHL, and CHL. He currently lives in Superior, Wis., with wife Kelly and daughter Reese (6).

Lenny Hofmann, Assistant Coach

Hofmann enters his second season as assistant men’s hockey coach at the College of St. Scholastica. Hofmann was a four-year letterwinner and Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) All-Conference selection at Saint Mary's Univ. (Minn.). At Saint Mary's, Hofmann graduated with a B.A. in Public Relations in 2004. After a brief professional stint with the Quad City Mallards of the United Hockey League, he served four years as assistant men's hockey coach at Saint Mary's, before joining CSS in August of 2008.

Dave Reyelts, Assistant Coach

Assistant coach Dave Reyelts played for the Saints from '94-'97 … He played Junior Hockey for Fargo-Moorhead Bears, ’93-’94 … A former HS coach (Duluth Central, Proctor) and youth traveling coach (Proctor) Reyelts also serves as head coach of the Saints women’s soccer, and assistant coach for track and field … Reyelts lives with his wife Ann and sons Kennan and Andrew.

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