#11/13 St. Cloud State suffers 2-0 setback against #18 Omaha

Sunday, December 13

Omaha, NE

8:05 p.m.

St. Cloud State

4-2-0, 4-2-0NCHC

University of Nebraska at Omaha

4-3-0, 4-3-0NCHC

St. Cloud State

Omaha

Joey Lamoreaux

Photo by: Mark Kuhlmann/Omaha Athletics

#11/13 St. Cloud State suffers 2-0 setback against #18 Omaha

12/13/2020 11:18:00 PM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

The #11/13 St. Cloud State University men's hockey team (4-2-0, 4-2-0 NCHC) continued play at the NCHC pod on Sunday, Dec. 13 with the result being a 2-0 loss against #18 Omaha (4-3-0, 4-3-0 NCHC) in Baxter Arena in Omaha, Neb. (Photo gallery at end of story)

The game marked just the second loss for the Huskies in pod play during the month of December. SCSU will continue its 2020-21 season on Wednesday, Dec. 16 with a 7:30 p.m. game against North Dakota at the NCHC pod in Omaha. Fans can watch the game on NCHC.tv/scsu or MidcoSN. Fan can listen to the game live on The River 96.7 FM or KVSC FM 88.1.

Joey Lamoreaux with the breakaway save in the 1st. pic.twitter.com/iyCUagVwSZ
— SCSU Men's Hockey (@SCSUHUSKIES_MH) December 14, 2020

In a solid defensive battle against Omaha, the Huskies managed to outshoot the Mavericks by a 41-21 margin in the game, including an impressive 18-3 shooting margin in the third period. Despite the statistical margin, Omaha posted the eventual game winner with a goal by Kirby Proctor at 13:38 of the first period with assists from Jack Randl and Chayse Primeau.

Omaha padded its lead to 2-0 in the second with a goal by Tyler Weiss at 8:38. Kevin Conley and Brandon Scanlin each had assists on the play.

Outstanding effort by Nick Perbix to keep the score 2-0.#NCHCPod #SCTop10 pic.twitter.com/LWpoIy1SgX
— SCSU Men's Hockey (@SCSUHUSKIES_MH) December 14, 2020

In the game, SCSU was perfect once again on the penalty kill at 3-of-3. SCSU has only allowed two power play goals this season (both in the game vs. Denver on Dec. 5). The Huskies are an impressive 23-of-25 this season on the penalty kill and that translates to a .920 PK rate - seventh best in NCAA DI hockey.

Nick Perbix and Easton Brodzinski each led SCSU with five shots apiece in the game, while Seamus Donohue had four blocks on defense to lead the Huskies. On the power play, SCSU was 0-of-3 in the game.

Joey Lamoreaux was SCSU's goalie of record with 19 saves in his first start of the 2020-21 season. Austin Roden gained the shutout for Omaha with 41 saves to his credit. Of note, this marked the first time since Jan. 7, 2018 that Huskies have suffered a shutout (2-0 loss at Minnesota). Since that time, SCSU went 99 games without being shutout.