Cyclone Hockey started its season fast during the week, sweeping Waldorf as it continued to round out its roster. 

The Cyclones picked up the series sweep against Waldorf College with wins by the scores of 8-0 and 5-1.

“It was a good series,” said ISU coach Al Murdoch. “It was exactly what I wanted to start the season.”

Iowa State was able to dress 26 different players in the series, as it continues the process of completing its final roster.

“Anytime you can come out with two wins when dressing everybody, that’s a good deal.” Murdoch said.

Iowa State was able to get major contributions from several different players throughout the weekend. One player who stood out was junior J.P. Kascsak, who finished Friday’s game with a hat trick to his name.

The Cyclones also saw big contributions from senior Jon Feavel, who finished with three points, one goal and two assists in the two weekend games. 

“Feavel is one of the guys on the short list for the World University Games,” Murdoch said. “He just works hard all the time.”

Feavel was pleased with the depth that was shown by the Cyclones throughout the series.

“We proved how skilled we are as a team,” Feavel said. “We proved that we can handle any different situation.”

There were many different players that saw the ice for the Cyclones during the weekend, but there were a couple that really stuck out to Feavel.

“Jake Bruhn and Seth Serhienko were doing good things with the puck,” Feavel said. “Eero Helanto is also proving that he is a Helanto; Luke MacDonald was out there throwing his body around making plays, too.”

Bruhn was another player that helped lead the way for the Cyclones during the series. He was able to finish the weekend with four points, one goal and three assists.

Bruhn was able to help get Saturday’s game going by assisting on the first Cyclone goal and then scoring the team’s second goal.

“We were a little bit rusty the first night,” Bruhn said. “Overall as a weekend it went well, but there is a lot of room for improvement.”

The consensus from all the players and coaches is that the team just needs to continue getting better this week to prepare for the Huntsville Havoc.

“We just need to keep getting our feet under us. We have to continue getting in better shape,” Bruhn said. “We just need to keep moving forward this week.”

Iowa State’s next action will be Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 21 and 22, at home against Huntsville.