Late Power Play Goal Lifts No. 10 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey to Sweep of Wisconsin

Saturday, October 15

Madison, Wis.

7:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

4-0-0

Wisconsin

0-4-0

St. Cloud St.

Wisconsin

Late Power Play Goal Lifts No. 10 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey to Sweep of Wisconsin

10/15/2022 11:03:00 PM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Kupka’s deflection give the Huskies the 2-1 edge, Huskies start 4-0-0 for fifth time in program history

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – No. 10 St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (4-0-0, 0-0-0 NCHC) took advantage of its final chance on the power play to seal a 2-1 victory and clinch a series sweep over Wisconsin (0-4-0, 0-2-0 B1G) on Saturday night at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. Wisconsin native senior forward Grant Cruikshank (Delafield, Wis.) scored in the second period and senior forward Kyler Kupka (Camrose, Alberta) finished off the scoring, as he got his stick on a wrist shot from freshman forward Adam Ingram (West. St. Paul, Manitoba) to give the Huskies the lead for good.

TURNING POINT

St. Cloud State controlled the pace of the game for the first two periods, but found themselves on their heels in the third, as Wisconsin was able to sneak a shot past Husky goaltender junior Dominic Basse (Alexandria, Va.) with 11:26 remaining in the game. Just five minutes later, the Huskies were given a chance on the power play when Wisconsin was called for too many men on the ice. They only needed 14 seconds the cash-in on the opportunity, as Ingram let a wicked wrister go from the left slot where Kupka was able to deflect the puck past the Badger goalie for the go-ahead score with 6:02 remaining in the game.

The Huskies held on after that point, killing off a penalty and an extra attacker situation to seal the victory.

TOP HUSKIES

Kupka scored the game-winning goal and recorded an assist on the Huskies first goal of the game.
Cruikshank scored for the third consecutive game with his second period score.
Basse was solid for the Huskies in his second start in-between the pipes, recording 19 saves in the victory.

NOTES

With the win, the Huskies improve to 4-0-0 for just the fifth time in its Division-I history (since 1987-88) and for the first time since the 2018-19 season, when St. Cloud State began the season 5-0-0. The Huskies also began its season with four consecutive victories in 2001-02 (9-0-0), 2015-16 (4-0-0), 2017-18 (7-0-0) and 2018-19 (5-0-0).
St. Cloud State killed off three penalties in the game, extending its perfect mark on the penalty kill to start the season to 13-for-13, its longest streak since turning away opponents first 16 chances with a man advantage to start the 2018-19 season.
The Huskies scored on the power play once again and have done so in each game this season. St. Cloud State's success rate remains steady at 33.3 percent (6-of-18)
The Huskies improve to 4-0-0 when scoring on the power play and 20-7-2 since the start of last season.
Kupka recorded his ninth career goal, 22^nd career assist, as well as his 30^th and 31^st career points. It marked just the fifth multi-point game of his career.
The go-ahead goal from Kupka was his first career power play and first career game-winning goal.
Cruikshank scored his 40^th career goal and 65^th career point with his second period goal.
Senior defenseman Dylan Anhorn (Calgary, Alberta) recorded an assist in the game, extending his team-leading mark to five. Anhorn has recorded a point in every game this season and leads the Huskies with seven points.
Junior forward Veeti Miettinen (Espoo, Finland) and Ingram recorded assists in the game. Ingram's tally was his first career assist.

UP NEXT

St. Cloud State returns home to the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center next weekend for Homecoming, as the Huskies will host Minnesota State Mankato on Oct. 21-22.

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