Cornelius’ shootout winner earns Huskies two points on Homecoming

Saturday, October 16

St. Cloud, Minn.

1:00 p.m. CST

St. Cloud State

2-3-1, 0-3-1

St. Thomas

2-3-1, 2-3-1

OT 1

OT 2

St. Thomas (MN)

St. Cloud St.

Photo by: Kylie Macziewski

Cornelius’ shootout winner earns Huskies two points on Homecoming

10/16/2021 4:30:00 PM | Women's Hockey

Box Score

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud product Allie Cornelius delivered the sudden-death shootout winner to earn St. Cloud State Women's Hockey two points in the WCHA standings against St. Thomas on Homecoming Saturday. Deadlocked at 2-2 through 60 minutes, the Huskies and Tommies held tight in overtime before a thrilling seven-round shootout ended with Cornelius finding the back of the net. Klara Hymlarova opened the scoring midway through the first, taking a beautiful feed from Emma Gentry in the low slot and banging it through the pipes. After the Tommies tied things up early in the second, Olivia Cvar blasted a Mackenzie Bourgerie pass to the right circle past the tender's right shoulder to retake the lead. St. Thomas evened things with seven and a half to go in the third. Following a stalemate in OT, Emma Polusny turned away all seven Tom shootout tries until Cornelius zipped one through the five-hole.

TURNING POINT

In round seven of the exhilarating shootout, Allie Cornelius skated ahead into the slot, made a pair of strong dekes with the stick then fired the puck through the five-hole.

TOP HUSKIES

• Klara Hymlarova (11-5, 68.8% on draws) and Olivia Cvar both scored for St. Cloud State, with Cvar skating to a plus-two.
• Emma Polusny stopped 23 shots in the game and denied all seven shootout looks.
• Dayle Ross blocked a team-high four shots and put a career-high five shots on goal.

NOTES

• The Huskies led 28-25 on shots.
• Mackenzie Bourgerie, Chace Sperling and Emma Gentry each recorded their first assists of the season.
• Faceoffs were even at 28-28.

QUOTABLES

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

"Exciting way to finish off a game on Homecoming. I thought our team was able to battle through some hard-played minutes by both teams to get the shootout win."

UP NEXT

The Huskies are idle next weekend before traveling to Ohio State for a WCHA series over October 29-30. The series will be broadcast on B1G+, available on the SCSU Women's Hockey schedule page.

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