St. Cloud State Men's Hockey charts 3-1 win over #5/6 Miami

Friday, January 9

St. Cloud, Minn.

7:37 p.m.

St. Cloud State

8-10-1, 3-5-1-0NCHC

Miami University (OH)

14-7-0, 7-4-0NCHC

Miami

St. Cloud State

Joey Benik (9) and Jonny Brodzinski (22)

Photo by: Maddie MacFarlane

St. Cloud State Men's Hockey charts 3-1 win over #5/6 Miami

1/9/2015 10:45:00 PM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

St. Cloud, Minn. - The St. Cloud State University men's hockey team (8-10-1, 3-5-1 NCHC) relied on a pair of goals from junior forward David Morley to earn a 3-1 victory over NCHC rival #5/6 Miami University (14-7-0, 7-4-0 NCHC) on Friday, Jan. 9 at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, Minn.

The victory snapped a three-game winning streak for the RedHawks and it also broke a three-game losing streak for the Huskies in NCHC competiton. The two squads will complete the weekend series at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, Minn. with a 7:07 p.m. game on Jan. 10. The first 2,000 fans coming to the game will receive for free the second Huskies' player trading card sheet. Great tickets are still available for this important NCHC contest. For complete information, please visit www.scsutickets.com or call 1-877-SCSUTIX.

On Friday night, SCSU and Miami skated to a 0-0 draw after the first period of play. The stellar play of Huskies' netminder Charlie Lindgren helped SCSU offset being outshot 17-8 in the opening period.

In the second period, Miami finally broke the shutout with a goal at 5:06 of the second by Sean Kuraly. Matthew Caito and Alex Wideman each posted assists on the play.

The Huskies evened the ledger at 13:57 of the second period with a power play marker by David Morley. He was set up on the play by Joey Benik and Kalle Kossila, which came during a 5x3 power play for the Huskies. This was Kossila's team-leading 10th assist of the season, while Benik now has seven assists in 2014-15.

To open the third period, senior Joe Rehkamp notched his first goal of the season at 4:09 with helpers from Andrew Prochno and Jonny Brodzinski. The goal was also Rehkamp's second game winning goal of his career at SCSU. The assist for Brodzinski was his seventh of the season and his team leading 18th point of 2014-15.

In his career, Brodzinski now has 92 points in 99 games played at St. Cloud State. Brodzinski will bring a seven-game point scoring streak into the second game of the Miami series on Jan. 10. Of note, fans can vote for Brodzinski on this year's Vote for Hobey Baker fan ballot by visiting www.voteforhobey.com

In the closing minutes of the contest, Morley iced the decision with his fifth goal of the season at 18:23 of the third period. Patrick Russell and Niklas Nevalainen each coined assists on the play for the Huskies.

On the night, Miami outshot the Huskies 38-37. Lindgren was sterling throughout the night with 37 saves to his credit. The victory improves his season record to 8-9-1 and his goals against average to 2.53 and his save rate to .911. Ryan McKay was the goalie of record for the RedHawks with 34 saves. On the power play, SCSU was 1-of-3 and Miami was 0-of-1 in the game.