Cruikshank, Freshmen Lead Huskies to 5-1 win over Badgers

Friday, October 14

Madison, Wis.

7:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

3-0-0

Wisconsin

0-3-0

St. Cloud St.

Wisconsin

10/14/2022 11:50:00 PM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Five Huskies score, Ahcan and Wylie score first collegiate goals

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – No. 10 St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (3-0-0, 0-0-0 NCHC) took charge in the second period with three goals to cruise past Wisconsin (0-3-0, 0-2-0 B1G), 5-1, on Friday evening at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. The Huskies scoring was extremely balanced for its third victory of the season, as five different goal scorers found the back of the net, including a pair of freshman for the first time in their collegiate careers. Senior Jaxon Castor (Phoenix, Ariz.) was solid in the net for St. Cloud State, stopping 25 of 26 shots to record his second win of the season.

TURNING POINT

After a scoreless first period, the Huskies got on the board early in the second period as senior forward Grant Cruikshank (Delafield, Wis.) found the back of the net off a pass from senior forward Micah Miller (Grand Rapids, Minn.) at the 3:56 mark of the period. The score remained 1-0 for the next 10 minutes until freshman forward Grant Ahcan (Burnsville, Minn.) scored his first collegiate goal at the 13:11 mark of the period. His goal was a shorthanded goal and was finished off a feed from Cruikshank. Then, just 61 seconds later, freshman defenseman Cooper Wylie (Stillwater, Minn.) scored his first collegiate goal to make the score 3-0 and solidify the momentum in St. Cloud State's favor.

TOP HUSKIES

Cruikshank scored a goal and assist for his second consecutive multi-point game to lead the way for the Huskies.
In addition to his first collegiate goal, Ahcan added an assist in the third period to record his first career multi-point game.
Senior forward Jami Krannila (Nokia, Finland) recorded two assists in the game.
Castor made 25 saves in the game, reaching that mark for just the fifth time in his career.

NOTES

The Huskies scored on the power play for the third time in as many games to start the season, raising their power play percentage to 33.3 percent (5-of-15). St. Cloud State is now 3-0-0 when scoring on the power play and 19-7-2 since the start of last season.
Ahcan and Wylie scored their first collegiate goals in the second period.
Ahcan's goal was the first shorthanded goal of the season for the Huskies. He is the first Husky since 2005 (Michael Olson, Oct. 21, 2005 vs. Wisconsin) to have his first collegiate goal be a shorthanded goal.
Senior defenseman Dylan Anhorn (Calgary, Alberta) added his second goal of the season late in the third period. Through three games, Anhorn has six points with two goals and a team-best four assists.
Krannila's two assists moved him into a tie for the team-lead with Anhorn with four assists.
Senior forward Spencer Meier (Sartell, Minn.) scored a third period power play goal, his 11^th career power play goal and 16^th overall.
Freshman forward Jack Rogers (East Northport, N.Y.) recorded his first career point with a third period assist.
Senior forward Zach Okabe (Okotoks, Alberta) played in his 100^th career collegiate game.

UP NEXT

St. Cloud State and Wisconsin will play game two of the series tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. CT at the Kohl Center. The game will be broadcast on Bally Sports Wisconsin and streamed on BigTen plus, as well as on the radiowaves on KNSI.

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