#3/5 Huskies sweep Nanooks with 6-2 victory on Oct. 13 on the road

Saturday, October 13

Fairbanks, AK

7:07 p.m. AT

St. Cloud State

2-0-0, 0-0-0-0NCHC

University of Alaska Fairbanks

0-4-0, 0-0-0-0WCHA

St. Cloud State

Alaska Fairbanks

Jeff Smith (Photo by Paul McCarthy)

Photo by: Paul H. McCarthy

#3/5 Huskies sweep Nanooks with 6-2 victory on Oct. 13 on the road

10/14/2018 12:41:00 AM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

The #3/5 St. Cloud State University men's hockey team (2-0-0, 0-0-0 NCHC) scored their first weekend sweep of the season thanks to a 6-2 road win at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, Alaska on Saturday, Oct. 13.

The Huskies battled back from two early deficits to cruise to the victory with five unanswered goals in the second and third periods.

UAF opened the night's scoring at 13:28 of the first with a goal by Brennan Blaszczak. The Huskies quickly replied with senior forward Jacob Benson's first goal of the season at 16:12 of the first period. He capitalized on a rebound in front of the net on a pair of assists from Patrick Newell and Jack Ahcan.

All tied at 1-1 in the first thanks to this goal by Jacob Benson on the rebound from Jack Ahcan's shot. @SCSUHUSKIES_MH at UAF on Oct. 13. #unleashSCSU pic.twitter.com/Zi5jDxvOxh
— SCSU Men's Hockey (@SCSUHUSKIES_MH) October 14, 2018

The Nanooks punched back at 4:57 of the second period with an even-strength marker by Ryker Leer to make it 2-1. Less than 17 seconds later, SCSU tied the game up at 2-2 with sophomore forward Kevin Fitzgerald's first goal of the new season at 5:13 of the second. Nick Poehling coined the lone assist on the play for SCSU.

Lead goes to 4-2! @SCSUHUSKIES_MH Robby Jackson score with assist from Ahcan at 6:03 of the 3rd. pic.twitter.com/5lgXOtThwh
— SCSU Men's Hockey (@SCSUHUSKIES_MH) October 14, 2018

Newell hit the game winner at 6:58 of the second period with an assist from Blake Lizotte. This was Newell's third goal of the weekend and his fifth point of the weekend.

In the third period, senior forward Robby Jackson made it 4-2 with his first goal of the season at 6:03. Ryan Poehling and Easton Brodzinski each had assists on the play. Jackson made it two for the night with his second goal of the game at 13:53 of the third. Ryan Poehling had the assist on the play, which was his third assist of the season.

Lead moves to 6-2 with goal by Nolan Walker - 1st collegiate goal - at 15:10 of the 3rd. @SCSUHUSKIES_MH pic.twitter.com/1yRPXlQBp0
— SCSU Men's Hockey (@SCSUHUSKIES_MH) October 14, 2018

To end the offense, rookie forward and Alaska resident Nolan Walker scored an unassisted goal at 15:10 of the third. This was the first collegiate goal for Walker, who is a resident of Anchorage, Alaska.

On the night, SCSU also dominated the scoresheet as it outshot the Nanooks 36-22. SCSU's Jeff Smith had 20 saves in the game and earned the goalie victory for the Huskies. On special teams, SCSU was a perfect 6-of-6 on the penalty kill and the Huskies were 0-of-3 on the power play.

Weekend sweep at UAF! @SCSUHUSKIES_MH score sweep with 6-2 victory at UAF on Oct. 13. Shots: SCSU 36, UAF 22. SCSU goals by Benson, Fitzgerald, Newell, Jackson (2) and Walker. Goalie win goes to Jeff Smith with 20 saves. SCSU moves to 2-0-0 on the season. #NCHCHockey #unleashSCSU pic.twitter.com/qrr35BpATh
— SCSU Men's Hockey (@SCSUHUSKIES_MH) October 14, 2018

SCSU will continue its 2018-19 season on April 19-20 with a pair of non-conference bouts against Northern Michigan University at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, Minn. Tickets are available for both of these games, which will be part of the Homecoming 2018 events at SCSU next week. For more information on tickets, please visit www.scsutickets.com or call 1-877-SCSUTIX. SCSU students get in FREE to these two games!