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Friday, March 7
Colorado Springs, CO
8:08 p.m.
St. Cloud State
14-6-320-8-5/ NCHC
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Colorado College
6-12-5-16-21-6/ NCHC
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St. Cloud State
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Colorado College
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Team Stats
SCSU
CC
Shots
28
34
PPG
3
1
SHG
0
0
Penalties
2
4
Penalty Mins
15
8
Faceoffs Won
31
28
Game Leaders
Skaters
+/-
+3
Goals
2
Sh
5
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3
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
3
A
4
+/-
0
Goals
3
Sh
8
A
0
+/-
+3
Goals
1
Sh
1
A
2
Huskies celebrate goal vs. Colorado College
Photo by: Tom Nelson
Offense Carries SCSU to 7-4 Victory at CC
3/7/2014 11:55:00 PM | Men's Hockey
Colorado Springs, Colo. - The #4 St. Cloud State University (20-8-5, 14-6-3-0 NCHC) stayed in the race for the Penrose Cup and the National Collegiate Hockey Conference's regular season championship with a 7-4 victory at Colorado College (6-21-6, 6-12-5-1 NCHC) on Friday, March 8.
The victory helped the Huskies stay in a tie for first place in the NCHC along with North Dakota, which posted a victory over Western Michigan on March 7 in Grand Forks, N.D. Both SCSU and UND have 45 league points this season after 23 games played in the conference. The Huskies will conclude their regular season on March 8 with game two of the series against Colorado College at 8:07 p.m. (CT) at the World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colo.
In an offensive showcase, the Tigers gained an early 1-0 lead at 2:53 of the first period with a goal by Cody Bradley, who was assisted on the play by Scott Wamsganz and Ian Young. CC's lead was shortlived as SCSU's Joey Benik rallied the troops with a goal at 3:32 of the first period with helpers from Nic Dowd and Jimmy Murray.
In the second period, SCSU's Jonny Brodzinski scored his first goal of the evening at 1:19 with power play assists from Kalle Kossila and Benik to make it 2-1. The Huskies stretched their lead to 3-1 with Brodzinski's second goal of the night at 2:59 of the second period with assists from Ryan Papa and Kossila.
Senior defender Kevin Gravel added his seventh goal of the year at 6:03 of the second period with assists from Murray and Dowd, which pushed the score to 4-1.
The Huskies' comfortable lead quick evaporated as the Tigers rallied with three unanswered goals of their own to tie the game. Wamsganz made it 4-2 with a marker at 7:37, and Bradley made it 4-3 with a goal at 11:45 of the second period. The CC rally ended at 15:06 with a power play goal by Jacob Slavin, which tied the game at 4-4.
SCSU got back on track in the closing minute of the second period with a power play goal by Benik at 19:49 of the period. Ethan Prow and Kossila had assists on the play. This was Benik's second goal of the evening and his 12th of the season.
In the final period, the Huskies padded their lead to 6-4 with an even-strength goal by Murray at 2:48 of the third. Benik posted the lone assist on the goal, which was Murray's 11th of the 2013-14 season. To cap the night, Brodzinski earned his first career hat trick with a power play goal at 4:39. Kossila and Benik each had assists on the play, which marked Brodzinski's 19th goal of 2013-14.
On the night, Benik had an epic two goals and three assists for five points, while Kossila notched a career game-high four assists. On the season, Kossila now has a team leading 23 assists. Benik also moved his season totals to 14 assists and 26 points. On the topic of multi-point nights, Murray added one goal and two assists and Dowd posted two helpers in the game.
SCSU was outshot 34-28 in the contest but the Huskies offset that margin by going 3-of-4 on the power play, was CC was 1-of-2 on the advantage.
In the nets, SCSU's Ryan Faragher made 30 saves to gain his 18th win of the season. Josh Thorimbert posted 21 saves in the loss for the TIgers.
SCSU will continue its scheduled on March 8 with an 8:07 p.m. (CT) game at Colorado College. Fans can listen to the game live on www.knsiradio.com (AM 1450/FM 103.3) and they can watch the game live on the web through the www.cctigers.com video stream
The victory helped the Huskies stay in a tie for first place in the NCHC along with North Dakota, which posted a victory over Western Michigan on March 7 in Grand Forks, N.D. Both SCSU and UND have 45 league points this season after 23 games played in the conference. The Huskies will conclude their regular season on March 8 with game two of the series against Colorado College at 8:07 p.m. (CT) at the World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colo.
In an offensive showcase, the Tigers gained an early 1-0 lead at 2:53 of the first period with a goal by Cody Bradley, who was assisted on the play by Scott Wamsganz and Ian Young. CC's lead was shortlived as SCSU's Joey Benik rallied the troops with a goal at 3:32 of the first period with helpers from Nic Dowd and Jimmy Murray.
In the second period, SCSU's Jonny Brodzinski scored his first goal of the evening at 1:19 with power play assists from Kalle Kossila and Benik to make it 2-1. The Huskies stretched their lead to 3-1 with Brodzinski's second goal of the night at 2:59 of the second period with assists from Ryan Papa and Kossila.
Senior defender Kevin Gravel added his seventh goal of the year at 6:03 of the second period with assists from Murray and Dowd, which pushed the score to 4-1.
The Huskies' comfortable lead quick evaporated as the Tigers rallied with three unanswered goals of their own to tie the game. Wamsganz made it 4-2 with a marker at 7:37, and Bradley made it 4-3 with a goal at 11:45 of the second period. The CC rally ended at 15:06 with a power play goal by Jacob Slavin, which tied the game at 4-4.
SCSU got back on track in the closing minute of the second period with a power play goal by Benik at 19:49 of the period. Ethan Prow and Kossila had assists on the play. This was Benik's second goal of the evening and his 12th of the season.
In the final period, the Huskies padded their lead to 6-4 with an even-strength goal by Murray at 2:48 of the third. Benik posted the lone assist on the goal, which was Murray's 11th of the 2013-14 season. To cap the night, Brodzinski earned his first career hat trick with a power play goal at 4:39. Kossila and Benik each had assists on the play, which marked Brodzinski's 19th goal of 2013-14.
On the night, Benik had an epic two goals and three assists for five points, while Kossila notched a career game-high four assists. On the season, Kossila now has a team leading 23 assists. Benik also moved his season totals to 14 assists and 26 points. On the topic of multi-point nights, Murray added one goal and two assists and Dowd posted two helpers in the game.
SCSU was outshot 34-28 in the contest but the Huskies offset that margin by going 3-of-4 on the power play, was CC was 1-of-2 on the advantage.
In the nets, SCSU's Ryan Faragher made 30 saves to gain his 18th win of the season. Josh Thorimbert posted 21 saves in the loss for the TIgers.
SCSU will continue its scheduled on March 8 with an 8:07 p.m. (CT) game at Colorado College. Fans can listen to the game live on www.knsiradio.com (AM 1450/FM 103.3) and they can watch the game live on the web through the www.cctigers.com video stream
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