No. 5/6 St. Cloud State Falls to No. 7 North Dakota in Series Finale

Saturday, December 4

St. Cloud, Minn.

6:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

10-6-0, 4-4-0

North Dakota

11-6-0, 6-2-0

North Dakota

St. Cloud St.

No. 5/6 St. Cloud State Falls to No. 7 North Dakota in Series Finale

12/4/2021 11:02:00 PM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Fitzgerald, Kupka and Perbix score goals for the Huskies in loss

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – No. 5/6 St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (10-6-0, 4-4-0 NCHC) dropped the second game of the series to No. 7 North Dakota (11-6, 6-2 NCHC), 5-3, on Saturday evening at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, Minn. The Huskies and Fighting Hawks went into the first intermission tied, 2-2, but three North Dakota goals, two in the second and one in the third, gave the Hawks a three-goal lead.

TURNING POINT

The Hawks took the lead for good just 1:37 into the second period when Gavin Hain scored a shorthanded goal to take a 3-2 lead. The Hawks added another goal from Louis Jamernik halfway through the second period and a fifth and final goal in the third period.

TOP HUSKIES

Senior defenseman Nick Perbix (Elk River, Minn.) scored a goal and added an assist to give him six points on the weekend.
Senior forward Kevin Fitzgerald (Hinsdale, Ill.) scored a goal 17 seconds into the game and assisted on a goal later in the first period.
Junior forward Kyler Kupka (Camrose, Alberta) scored his second goal in as many nights with a late first period goal.

NOTES

St. Cloud State scored 17 seconds into the game, just five seconds off the school record for quickest goal scored, which was 12 seconds against Michigan Tech on March 13, 1993 by Fred Kripscheer.
Perbix scored his first goal of the season and 17^th of his career in the third period, while adding his 10^th assist on the season and 52^nd of his career. He now has 69 career points after registering six points in the series with four assists on Friday.
Fitzgerald scored two points, one goal and one assist, in the game to give him 21 points on the season. His 21 points are a new season career-high after scoring 19 points in 2017-18.
Kupka scored his second goal of the season and fifth of his career in the first period.
Senior forward Nolan Walker (Anchorage, Ala.), sophomore forward Veeti Miettinen (Espoo, Finland) and freshman defenseman Jack Peart (Grand Rapids, Minn.) each recorded assists in the game.

POST-GAME PRESS CONFERENCE

UP NEXT

The Huskies will be off for the next three weeks before playing a home-and-home series with Bemidji State on New Year's and New Year's Day. The Huskies and Beavers will play in Bemidji on Dec. 31 at 6 p.m. CT, and in St. Cloud on Jan. 1 at 6 p.m. CT.

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