#9 St. Cloud State snaps #2 Union's win streak with 3-2 victory

Saturday, October 25

Schenectady, NY

6:00 p.m. CT

St. Cloud State

2-2-0

Union College

5-1-0

St. Cloud State

Union

Nate Widman

Photo by: Tom Nelson

#9 St. Cloud State snaps #2 Union's win streak with 3-2 victory

10/25/2014 8:46:00 PM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Schenectady, N.Y. - A third period goal by senior forward Brooks Bertsch lifted the #9 St. Cloud State men's hockey team (2-2-0, 0-0-0 NCHC) to a huge 3-2 victory at #2 Union College (5-1-0, 0-0-0 ECAC) on Saturday, Oct. 25 in Schenectady, N.Y. The victory snapped a 17-game win streak for Union College, the defending national champs from 2014.

Bertsch lit the lamp with his even-strength marker at 8:18 of the third period, which pushed the final score to 3-2. Freshman Judd Peterson added his first college point with the assist on the goal, which was Bertsch's first of the 2014-15 season.

In the closing minutes of play, Union pulled its goalie to gain the extra skater but SCSU netminder Charlie Lindgren shut the Dutchmen down with 10 saves in the final period for a game total of 22 saves and the victory.

Union opened the game's offense at 18:41 of the first period with a goal by Spencer Foo. Daniel Ciampini and JC Brassard each had assists on the goal for Foo. SCSU dominated the play in the first period as they outshot Union 15-6 to set the tempo early.

In the second period, SCSU broke the shutout with a power play marker by Andrew Prochno at 1:19. David Morley provided the assist on the play, which was Prochno's first of the season. SCSU's Blake Winiecki provided the Huskies with a 2-1 lead at 5:22 of the second with his first collegiate goal. Murray and Morley each had assists on the goal by Winiecki.

At the end of the second period after a scrum in front of the net, SCSU was called for a crease violation. The penalty provided the Dutchmen with a rare penalty shot situation, which resulted in a goal by Mike Vecchione at 19:46 of the second period.

In the game, SCSU ended up outshooting Union by a 39-24 margin. On the power play, SCSU was 1-6 and Union was 0-5 in the game.

Lindgren was the goalie of record for SCSU with 22 saves in the contest while Alex Sakellaropoulos had 36 saves in the loss for the Dutchmen.

The Huskies will continue their 2014-15 season on Oct. 31 with a 7:37 p.m. home game against #1 Minnesota at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud. For complete ticket information on this game, please visit www.scsutickets.com or call 1-877-SCSUTIX. The Huskies will finish the weekend with a 4:07 p.m. game against Minnesota at Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis.