Huskies fall to St. Thomas in thriller

Friday, October 15

Mendota Heights, Minn.

3:00 p.m. CST

St. Cloud State

2-3-0, 0-3-0

St. Thomas

2-3-0, 2-3-0

St. Cloud St.

St. Thomas (MN)

Photo by: Kylie Macziewski

10/15/2021 6:40:00 PM | Women's Hockey

Box Score

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud State Women's Hockey outshot St. Thomas 41-17 but couldn't solve tender Saskia Maurer in a 3-2 loss at the St. Thomas Ice Arena on Friday afternoon. Taylor Lind and Ellie Andersen each scored game-tying goals to make it 1-1 and 2-2 in the first and third frames, but the Tommies responded within a minute of each Huskies tallies. Momentum hung in the balance between the two sides throughout the hotly contested game, with the Huskies dominating faceoffs (34-14, 70.8%) and taking just one penalty while blocking 10 shots.

TURNING POINT

Late in the third period, Adela Skrdlova deflected a pass across the defensive zone towards Addi Scribner. The latter knifed her way through the defense and feathered a pass to Ellie Andersen. SCSU's freshman forward banged home the feed with a strong righthanded shot to even the score at two. St. Thomas responded 53 seconds later, hanging on for the 3-2 victory.

TOP HUSKIES

• Taylor Lind scored her second goal of the season and now has recorded a point in eight of her last nine games.
• Ellie Andersen recorded her first collegiate goal.
• Klara Hymlarova (11-6, 64.7%), Mackenzie Bourgerie (9-3, 75.0%), Courtney Hall (5-2, 71.4%), Allison Green (5-2, 71.4%) and Olivia Cvar (4-1, 80.0%) dominated on draws.
• Chace Sperling blocked a career-high four shots.
• Allie Cornelius put a career-best seven shots on goal.

NOTES

• With an assist on Lind's goal, Taytum Geier has now posted a helper in four of the Huskies' first five games.
• Sanni Ahola made 14 saves in goal for SCSU.
• Both teams' PK units killed off their lone chance.

QUOTABLES

St. Cloud State Women's Hockey Head Coach Steve Macdonald

"Today's game came down to capitalizing on chances. We felt as though we were able to create enough chances but were not able to finish. They played a tough game in front of their net and we will have to be better in that area at both ends of the ice tomorrow."

UP NEXT

The Huskies host the Tommies on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. CST for their Homecoming game at the HBNHC. The game will be broadcast on B1G+, available on the SCSU Women's Hockey schedule page.

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