SCSU falls in 4-3 heartbreaker to No. 5 Minnesota-Duluth in regular season finale

Saturday, February 19

Duluth, Minn.

3:00 p.m. CST

St. Cloud State

9-21-3, 4-20-3

Minnesota-Duluth

22-9-1, 19-8-1

St. Cloud St.

Minn. Duluth

Photo by: Kylie Macziewski

SCSU falls in 4-3 heartbreaker to No. 5 Minnesota-Duluth in regular season finale

2/20/2022 1:30:00 AM | Women's Hockey

Box Score

Duluth, Minn. – St. Cloud State Women's Hockey led 3-2 with under a minute to go on Saturday afternoon in their regular season finale at No. 5 Minnesota-Duluth, but a pair of goals with 55 and 10 seconds left by UMD ended the Huskies' upset hopes. Courtney Hall, Olivia Cvar and Taylor Lind each scored for the Huskies – with Lind's coming seven minutes into the third to give SCSU the lead. Cvar and Hall each added assists for two-point nights, while Emma Polusny made 32 saves in the loss.

TURNING POINT

With just under a minute to go, UMD buried a goal with an extra attacker then scored the go-ahead marker with 10 seconds left to play.

TOP HUSKIES

• Courtney Hall and Olivia Cvar (8 shots on goal) both had a goal and an assist for two-point nights.
• Taylor Lind scored a goal and put three shots on.
• Dayle Ross blocked three shots.

NOTES

• Minnesota-Duluth outshot the Huskies 36-25.

QUOTABLES

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

"We thought we played a much better game than yesterday. Our effort was better, our puck management was better, we put ourselves in good spots, but we just weren't able to manage that last minute when they pulled the goalie. Often games come down to those moments, and just weren't able to get through them."

On the Huskies' offensive structure…"We had better puck pressure on the forecheck. We created a lot of chances off of that. Our go-ahead goal was a good entry, far-pad shot. Chobak was giving up rebounds tonight and we were able to capitalize on them the one time. When we get a good forecheck going, when we're smart on entries, we're a team that really thrives on that. We did that well tonight."

On looking ahead to the postseason… "We feel really good about how we responded well today after not a good showing yesterday. It bodes well for us going into a very tough Ohio State team, and we look forward to that challenge."

UP NEXT

The Huskies will begin their 2022 postseason action with the WCHA Quarterfinals next weekend at Ohio State. Coverage can be found on B1G+ with links available on the St. Cloud State Women's Hockey schedule page.
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