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24 Photos / SCSU Athletics, Owatonna People's Press/owatonna.com Wolfe was a three-time captain for Owatonna High School's hockey and soccer teams. 24 M H J ON L I N E . C O M | N O V. / D E C . 2 0 2 3 HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLFE I think Grace is now really seeing and realizing how good of a player she can be and how far she can go. Grace has been terrific. I'm a fan." —Brian Idalski, Head Coach "As long as you put in the work, you're going to get good things out of it," Wolfe said. Idalski didn't know too much about Wolfe when he took the coaching job, but he referred to her as a "super-pleasant sur- prise," outgoing, encouraging, improved a lot last year and has grown into her leadership role. She's an assistant captain this season after being in the leadership group for two years. "I think Grace is now really seeing and realizing how good of a player she can be and how far she can go," Idalski said. "Grace has been terrific. I'm a fan." CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF HUSKIES WOMEN'S HOCKEY This season also marks 25 years of St. Cloud State women's hockey. Commemorating that many years of hockey is "just crazy" to Wolfe. "I think it just brings women's hockey into a new light," Wolfe said. "How long we've been doing it and how important it is for the development of young women and young girls as well." Wolfe would like to see the Huskies once again beat their win total, citing 25 wins as a good benchmark, and also has high hopes to be recognized more nationally with higher rankings. She and her teammates have also talked about how they want to approach opponents like Minnesota, Wisconsin and Ohio State. While sweeping those series would be great, they'd like to at least achieve a series split. Idalski sees the blueprint being the same as last year. They should expect things like playing in the Final Faceoff and com- peting for championships. "We need to defend very well. We need to be opportunistic at the offensive end, and I think that our special teams need to be super good," Idalski said. "I've said from the moment I arrived that you have to expect things before you can do them."