Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Men's Ice Hockey

Year at Saint Mary's: 7th (in 2025-2026) Record at Saint Mary's: 68-84-9 Career Collegiate Record: 68-84-9 WKBT Preseason Interview 2019 Ryan Egan is the head men’s hockey coach at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, a position he has held since the start of the 2019-2020 academic school year. He found record success in his seventh season at the helm coaching the Cardinals to a MIAC Semifinal game and swept the post season conference awards with both the Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Rookie of the Year in net. He coached four All-Conference players and an Honorable Mention honoree that season.   Egan guided the Cardinals to nine wins in his first year at the helm in 2019-20 — including a pair of victories over nationally ranked teams en route to claiming the tournament title at the Pathfinder/Oswego State Holiday Classic in Oswego, N.Y. Saint Mary's beat No. 10 Oswego State 1-0 in their first game, then clinched the crown with a 4-2 win over No. 14 Williams. During his second season, Egan and the Cardinals had to play through the COVID-19 pandemic, being limited to an 11-game schedule vs. only MIAC schools. Egan's Cardinals finished 8-14-1 overall in 2021-22, earning the No. 6 seed in the MIAC Playoffs, falling to third-seeded Saint John's 5-1 in the quarterfinals. Saint Mary's returned to the MIAC Playoffs during the 2023-24 season, locking up the No. 4 seed with a sweep of Concordia in the final weekend of the regular season. SMU's post-season run came to a screeching halt, however, with a 3-0 loss to St. Olaf in the quarterfinals. Egan is no stranger to Saint Mary's, having served as the Cardinal men's hockey team's assistant coach from 2009 to 2014.   After leaving Saint Mary's, Egan spent two years as head coach and general manager of the La Crosse Freeze in the NA3HL, and then was named the head coach/general manager for the Coulee Region Chill in the NAHL. During this first season in the NAHL (2016-17), the Chill set a franchise record for NCAA Division college commitments. He spent last season as head coach and general manager of the College Station Spirit (recently renamed the Texas Roadrunners) of the NA3HL.   Egan began his coaching career with the Omaha Energy AAA program, where he was program director and head coach. Egan then moved on to guide the San Antonio Diablos (WSHL).    

Moore is the Saint Mary's University men's hockey coach, a position he has held since the 2008-09 school year In 2014-15, Moore guided the Cardinals to their first MIAC post-season appearance since 2003-04. The Cardinals, who finished second in the regular-season conference standings in 2014-15, reached the MIAC Playoff championship game, falling to Hamline 4-2. Moore's 2014-15 Cardinals reached the conference tournament title game for the first time since 1994-95and finished with a 15-10-2 overall record, their most wins since that same 1994-95 campaignearning the Cardinal head coach MIAC Coach of the Year honors A 1985 graduate of Saint Marys, where he was both a standout soccer and hockey player, Moore has coached at both the collegiate and high school levels. He spent three seasons at Saint Marys from 1987-1990, while also serving as the head coach at Tartan, South St. Paul and Woodbury High Schools. Moore is a three-time Section Coach of the Year, who also earned the Minnesota State High School Coach of the Year honor in 2004, and the Dave Peterson Award for long-term service to high school and youth hockey in 2007. Moore earned his Bachelors degree in Secondary Education (Social Studies) in 1985.

Kinne is the assistant mens hockey coach at Saint Marys University of Minnesota, a position he has held since the start of the 2014-15 academic school year.   Kinne played four seasons at NCAA Division I Bemidji State, where he was a two-time team captain and a three-time WCHA All-Academic. In his four seasons with Bemidji State, Kinne compiled 32 goals and 44 assists, played in two NCAA national tournaments, including reaching the NCAA Frozen Four in 2008-09.   Prior to his time at Bemidji State, Kinne played one season with the Santa Fe Roadrunners of the NAHL, where he recorded 37 points (20 G, 17 A) in 59 games and one season with the Sioux City Musketeers of the USHL, tallying 43 points (17 G, 26 A) in 60 games.   Kinne graduated from Cretin-Derham Hall in 2006. He earned all-state honorable-mention honors, helped lead the Raiders to the Minnesota State High School League state title in his senior season, and closed out his high school career with 55 points points (21 G, 34 A) in 31 games.  

J Reszka is an assistant coach for the Saint Mary's University men's hockey team, a position he has held since the start of the 2007-08 season. He is also the Saint Mary's Ice Arena rink manager and the athletic departments compliance officer.