By Carl Goenner / Sports Director / @carl_goennerpxp / St. Cloud, Minn

-On Monday, April 13, St. Cloud State athletics officially introduced Nick Oliver as the new men’s hockey head coach at SCSU. Nick Oliver is the fourth head coach of the men’s hockey team in SCSU division 1 history. An introductory press conference was held at 3:00 p.m. on Monday.  Athletics Director Holly Schreiner, SCSU president Dr. Gregory Tomoso, and coach Oliver himself all spoke at the event.

“We know what we’re getting with Nick,” said SCSU Athletics Director Holly Schreiner during Monday’s introductory press conference.  “I have no concerns about his ability to succeed in our program.”

Nick Oliver spoke at the press conference about the team saying “We want to be a group that people are excited to watch and that might mean different things.”

Coach Oliver also discussed the transfer portal and adding players to the roster. “There’s already a special foundation laid,” said Oliver. “The foundation for what you’re looking for and how you acquire players, I don’t believe has changed.”

Nick Oliver returns to SCSU where he played from 2011-2015 and served as team captain during the 2014-2015 season.  He worked under Brett Larson at SCSU as an assistant coach from 2018-2022 and spent the last three years as an assistant coach at Wisconsin.