#1 St. Cloud State defeats Miami in opening game of NCHC Quarterfinals

Friday, March 15

St. Cloud, Minn.

7:07 p.m.

St. Cloud State

28-4-3, 19-2-3-2

Miami University (OH) - NCHC Playoffs (Best of 3)

11-22-4, 5-17-2-1

Miami

St. Cloud State

SCSU's Robby Jackson scored the Huskies' second goal of the game and only power-play goal

Photo by: Maddie MacFarlane

#1 St. Cloud State defeats Miami in opening game of NCHC Quarterfinals

3/15/2019 10:53:00 PM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

By: Maddie MacFarlane

ST. CLOUD, MINN. - Ryan Poehling's second period goal secured the St. Cloud State University (28-4-3, 19-2-3-2 NCHC) 5-2 win over the Miami University Redhawks (11-22-4, 5-17-2-1 NCHC) on Friday, March 15. The victory puts the Huskies at a one-game advantage in the best-of-three series of the NCHC Quarterfinals.

The Huskies took a two-goal lead heading into the first intermission after Nick Poehling got the scoring started with his sixth goal of the season at 3:43 of the period. Senior Robby Jackson added another for SCSU on the power-play.

Take a look‼️👇 Nick Poehling from Ahcan and J. Poehling; 1-0 St. Cloud leads! #SCSUvsMiami pic.twitter.com/AmMVRaQkZS
— SCSU Men's Hockey (@SCSUHUSKIES_MH) March 16, 2019

Miami's Ben Lown cut the Huskies lead in half at 11:18 of the second period, but a goal by Ryan Poehling from N. Poehling and Jack Poehling just minutes later kept SCSU in a two-goal lead into the next intermission. That goal marks R. Poehling's 75th career point for SCSU and was tonight's game-winning-goal.

Ryan Poehling tipping it in off his brother Jack's shot makes it a 3-1 game against Miami, with 5 minutes left in the 2nd period. pic.twitter.com/hmOM2UQq99
— Husky Productions (@hphky) March 16, 2019

Only 24 seconds into the third period, Miami put another past St. Cloud's netminder. Nevertheless, the Huskies would add two more goals, from Jack Ahcan and Easton Brodzinski respectively, to finish the game with a final score of 5-2.

HUSKIES GOAL‼️
Jack Ahcan nets his fifth of the year and #1 SCSU takes a 4-2 lead at 3:57 of the third. #SCSUvsMiami pic.twitter.com/RNSZvIHPLH
— SCSU Men's Hockey (@SCSUHUSKIES_MH) March 16, 2019

St. Cloud State's goaltender David Hrenak stopped 23 shots in the game; the Redhawks' Ryan Larkin had 32 saves. Final shots on goal from today's game were SCSU 37, MIAMI 25. St. Cloud went 1-2 on the power play, 2-2 on the penalty kill.

St. Cloud State got their eighth straight win and remain undefeated at home with tonight's results. The Huskies and Redhawks will faceoff again tomorrow at 6:07 p.m. at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud.

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