Huskies drop Game One of WCHA Quarterfinals to No. 2 Ohio State

Friday, February 25

Columbus, Ohio

5:00 p.m. CST

St. Cloud State

9-22-3

Ohio State

26-6-0

St. Cloud St.

Ohio St.

Photo by: Jay LaPrete

Huskies drop Game One of WCHA Quarterfinals to No. 2 Ohio State

2/25/2022 8:00:00 PM | Women's Hockey

Box Score

Columbus, Ohio – St. Cloud State Women's Hockey was shut out 6-0 by No. 2 Ohio State in Game One of the WCHA Quarterfinals on Friday evening. The Huskies were outshot 60-13 and fell behind 3-0 after one period of play. Goaltender Emma Polusny made 54 saves in a herculean effort.

TURNING POINT

Ohio State scored three times in the first period and didn't look back, holding momentum and dominating puck possession on their way to a critical Game One win.

TOP HUSKIES

• Emma Polusny made 54 saves on 60 shots.
• Emma Gentry led the Huskies with five shots on goal.

NOTES

• Ohio State outshot the Huskies 60-13.
• The Buckeyes won 41 of 59 faceoffs.

QUOTABLES

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

"Any time you get down early against a team as good as Ohio State, it's hard to come back. They're a top team in the country, and we need to have better starts so we're not playing from behind so early. From there, we just weren't able to dig ourselves out of that, and ultimately it ended in that result."

On Emma Polusny's 54-stop night…"She's doing what she could back there with that many shots. She competed well – that's way too many shots to be giving up. We need to be better defensively, specifically with our breakouts. We need to spend less time in our zone. We just weren't able to break the puck out effectively early on, and that just led to a long night for us in the D-zone."

On the message to the team going into an elimination game… "We have to have a short memory. You have to forget about this game. Obviously you learn from everything, but we have to park it. We have to have a short memory – tomorrow's it. You have to lay it all out on the line, we have to have everybody willing to compete and everyone willing to commit to the details. We have to have a short memory and refocus for tomorrow."

UP NEXT

Game Two of the series is scheduled for a 2:00 p.m. CT puck drop on Saturday, February 26 at the OSU Ice Rink. Coverage can be found on 88.1 FM KVSC and B1G+ with links available on the St. Cloud State Women's Hockey schedule page.

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