SCSU falls 2-1 in overtime finale to Bemidji State

Saturday, December 4

St. Cloud, Minn.

2:00 p.m. CST

St. Cloud State

6-9-1, 2-9-1

Bemidji State

6-8-2, 3-8-1

OT 1

Bemidji St.

St. Cloud St.

Photo by: Kylie Macziewski

12/4/2021 5:45:00 PM | Women's Hockey

Box Score

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud State Women's Hockey earned the overtime point but fell 2-1 in a wild series finale against Bemidji State on Saturday evening. BSU opened the scoring just under six minutes into the first period, then the two sides traded blows and spent plenty of time on special teams – a combined 42 minutes were spent on the box with 15 power plays put in order. The Huskies' PK killed their first eight chances before the Beavers scored on a 4-on-3 advantage in OT. Emma Gentry scored a power play goal to tie things at one 8:20 into the third, cleaning up a rebound as Taylor Lind and Jenniina Nylund each put great chances on net.

TURNING POINT

SCSU's penalty kill went on their ninth chance late in the overtime session, creating an opportunity for the Beavers to break the Huskies streak of 18 straight kills. Bemidji State scored the winner with 1:34 to go.

TOP HUSKIES

• Emma Gentry scored the Huskies' lone goal and put four shots on.
• Jenniina Nylund put a game-high eight shots on goal and had one assist.
• Sanni Ahola stopped 27-of-29 shots including all 13 she faced in the second period.
• Kenzie Wylie led the Huskies with three blocked shots.

NOTES

• The Huskies led 30-29 on shots.
• Taylor Lind has scored a point in every series this season and has pushed her point total to 17.
• 42 total minutes were spent in the penalty box between the two teams.
• SCSU went 1-for-6 on the power play.

QUOTABLES

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

"We didn't start well today. We started really passive, not engaged, not focused on some of the details that we talk about during the week. That resulted in us trying to manufacture things in the middle and trying to create momentum, which is hard to do. You can't rely on momentum. You just can't within the game. You have to rely on the focus on the details, and we didn't start the game with that. We started to put some of those piece together, but in this league it's tough to do that. Obviously today was a special teams-filled day, and it's hard to get into a rhythm with that, but that wasn't the difference in the game today. It was how we started, and our attention to starting a game well. That was the difference. "

UP NEXT

The Huskies close out the 2021 portion of their schedule next weekend with a road series at Minnesota State over December 10-11. Coverage is available on B1G+ with links available on the St. Cloud State Women's Hockey schedule page.