# @d3hky on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-07-29T15:37:24.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** D3 Hockey (@d3hky) — https://gondola.cc/d3hky

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On Monday, July 27th, the College of St. Scholastica announced the hiring of Brenden Kotyk as new head coach for the men’s ice hockey program.

Kotyk, a native of Regina,SK, CAN, is a former Saint where he played the 2012-2013 season before transferring to the University of Minnesota Duluth. He accumulated 14 goals & 28 assists for 42 points in 122 career games between DI & DIII. He was an alternate captain for UMD in his senior season where the Bulldogs won the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) Frozen Faceoff title while also reaching the Division I National Championship. 

Professionally, Kotyk played three seasons where he dressed in 151 games with the Greenville Swamp Rabbits & Toledo Walleye of the ECHL from 2017-2020. He’d help the Walleye reach the 2019 Kelly Cup Finals. Kotyk also appeared in 7 games with the Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) during the 2017-2018 season.

Kotyk’s coaching career would begin in the 2020-2021 season, becoming an assistant coach with the South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL). Working primarily with the defense and penalty kill, the Stingrays would reach the Kelly Cup in his first season. He’d become the interim head coach the following season before officially becoming the 11th head coach in franchise history ahead of the 2022-2023 season. As a head coach, Kotyk would put together an overall record of 94-56-12 (.580) while capturing one division title. Most recently, Kotyk was an assistant coach with the Savannah Ghost Pirates (ECHL) for the last two seasons. 

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