#17 St. Cloud State men's hockey charts 6-2 win over Alberta

Saturday, October 3

St. Cloud, Minn.

7:07 p.m.

St. Cloud State

1-0-0, 0-0-0NCHC

University of Alberta

4-2-0

Alberta

St. Cloud State

Huskies celebrate a goal against Alberta on Oct. 3

Photo by: Bella Rose Photography

#17 St. Cloud State men's hockey charts 6-2 win over Alberta

10/3/2015 10:17:00 PM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

St. Cloud, Minn. - The #17 St. Cloud State University men's hockey team (0-0-0, 0-0-0 NCHC) opened its 2015-16 season with a 6-2 exhibition victory over the University of Alberta (4-2) on Saturday, Oct. 3 at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, Minn.

The Huskies made an early statement in the contest as sophomore forward Patrick Russell scored a :44 of the first period with an assist from freshman Patrick Newell. SCSU then extended its lead to 2-0 with a goal by senior Joey Benik at 6:02 of the first period with a pair of assists from senior David Morley and sophomore Ryan Papa. The Golden Bears broke the shutout at 14:42 of the first period with a marker by Kruise Reddick before Newell notched the game winner at 16:32 with assists from Russell and rookie blueliner Jon Lizotte.

Junior Ben Storm ended the first period attack with a goal at 18:35 that made the total 4-1 in favor of SCSU. Senior captain Ethan Prow and junior Daniel Tedesco each had assists on the play for the Huskies.

In the second period, SCSU continued its push with a goal by sophomore Blake Winiecki at 4:53, which included assists from Morley and freshman Jacob Benson. Alerta narrowed the gap to 5-2 with a goal by Dylan Bredo at 5:40 of the second period before Prow completed the night's scoring with a power play goal at 14:48 of the second period. Assists on the play were added by senior Kalle Kossila and Benik.

On the night, Alberta outshot SCSU 34-25. Huskies' goalie Charlie Lindgren earned the victory with 16 saves in 31:26 of play, while teammate Rasmus Reijola completed the game in net for SCSU with 16 saves and no goals allowed in the final 28:34 minutes. Marc-Olivier Daigle started the game for Alberta and posted 12 saves and allowed five goals, while Ryan Demharter finished the game with seven saves n the closing 28:34 of play. SCSU was 1-2 on the power play and Alberta was 0-2 on the advantage in the game.

Of note, this marked the first victory for the Huskies over Alberta in three total meetings in the series. Alberta is the two-time defending CIS defending national champions.

The Huskies wil open regular season play on Oct. 9-10 with a road trip to the Kendall Hockey Classic in Anchorage, Alaska. SCSU will play Alaska Fairbanks at 8 p.m. (CT) on Oct. 9 and then complete the series on Oct. 10 with a 10 p.m. (CT) game against host Alaska Anchorage. Fans can listen to these games live on KCML FM 99.9 (www.lite999.com) with Dan Terhaar on the call from up north.

SCSU will then return home on Oct. 16-17 for home dates against downstate rival Minnesota State Mankato. Great tickets are available for this series at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud. Visit www.scsutickets.com or call 1-877-SCSUTIX for all the details.