No. 4 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Skates Past No. 17 Western Michigan to Earn Split

Saturday, November 12

St. Cloud, Minn.

6:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

9-3-0, 2-2-0

Western Michigan

8-5-0, 3-1-0

Western Mich.

St. Cloud St.

No. 4 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Skates Past No. 17 Western Michigan to Earn Split

11/13/2022 12:08:00 AM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Huskies bounce back in dominating fashion to earn series split with 4-1 victory

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – After a disappointing showing on Friday, No. 4 St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (9-3-0, 2-2-0 NCHC) bounced back in a big way, defeating No. 17 Western Michigan, 4-1, on Saturday night at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. The Huskies dominated the game in every fashion, as they scored in the game's first 65 seconds, outshot the Broncos, 29-12, and won 40-of-60 faceoffs.

TURNING POINT

The Huskies grabbed the momentum from the get-go, scoring just 1:05 into the game, as senior forward Grant Cruikshank (Delafield, Wis.) gobbled up a rebound off a shot from senior forward Micah Miller (Grand Rapids, Minn.) and buried a shot into the back of the net to score the game's first goal. St. Cloud State set the tone early with the Cruikshank score and would outshoot the Broncos 13-2 in the period.

A goal from its fourth line would later prove to be the game-winner, as senior Aidan Spellacy (Lakewood, Ohio) scored at the 14:52 point of the period off assists from senior defenseman Ondrej Trejbal (Hamry nad Sazavau, Czech Republic) and redshirt freshman Ryan Rosborough (Mt. Brydges, Ontario).

TOP HUSKIES

Senior forward Jami Krannila (Nokia, Finland) led the way for the Huskies with two goals.
Cruikshank scored for the fourth consecutive game and the 10^th time this season.
Spellacy scored for the first time as a Husky, recording the game-winning goal.

NOTES

St. Cloud State outshot Western Michigan, 29-12, in the game, its second-best mark of the season, matching its margin against Bemidji State (Oct. 29, 36-19) and trailing only its mark against St. Thomas (Oct. 2, 38-15).
Cruikshank continued his scoring flurry to start the season, scoring for the fourth consecutive game by recording his 10^th goal in the Huskies' 12^th game. He is the fastest Husky to 10 goals in a season since Ryan Lasch scored 10 in the first 11 games of the 2007-08 season.
Spellacy netted his first goal as a Husky, scoring for the first time since March 12, 2021, when he scored a power play goal against Niagara as a member of Robert Morris.
Spellacy's goal was his career fourth game-winning goal.
Krannila scored fifth and sixth goal of the season with scores in the second and third period. With his two scores, he recorded his fifth career multi-goal game while matching a career-high for goals in a game.
Rosborough recorded his first career point with an assist on Spellacy's score.
Senior defenseman Brendan Bushy (Thief River Falls, Minn.) matched a career-high with a +3 mark on the ice, the fourth time he has hit that mark.
Sophomore defenseman Jack Peart (Grand Rapids, Minn.) matched a career-high with four blocks, matching his mark against St. Thomas on Oct. 1, 2022.

UP NEXT

St. Cloud State will hit the road for a conference road series at Colorado College next. The series is set for Nov. 18-19 at Ed Robson Arena.

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