Saturday, January 14
Mankato, Minn.
3:00 P.M. CT
St. Cloud State
13-12-0, 6-12-0
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Minnesota State
13-11-0, 7-11-0
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Photo by: Thomas Breach
No. 14 St. Cloud State swept in Mankato
1/14/2023 6:00:00 PM | Women's Hockey
Huskies drop 4-1 finale to Minnesota State
MANKATO, Minn. – No. 14 St. Cloud State Women's Hockey fell 4-1 in their series finale on Saturday evening against Minnesota State, suffering a road sweep at the Mayo Clinic HSEC in Mankato. The Huskies were outshot 41-18 and won just 20 of 49 draws on the night.
After falling behind 2-0 midway through the first period, the Huskies took their first of four penalties on a delay of game call and sent Avery Myers to serve the minor. SCSU killed off the Maverick power play and forced a poor cycling pass to flutter into neutral just as Myers jumped out of the box. The Huskies junior forward collected the puck in the high slot and wristed it through five-hole to cut the deficit to one.
A scoreless second period preceded a wild pendulum shift of momentum in the early stages of the third. Moments after St. Cloud State missed a grade A chance in the crease, Minnesota State scored twice in the span of a minute to take a 4-1 lead. The Huskies found themselves on the kill three times following the goals and were successful each time, but the six minutes spent shorthanded sealed their fate.
Emma Gentry led the Huskies with four shots on goal while Dayle Ross skated to a plus-one with three blocks.
Quotables – St. Cloud State head coach Brian Idalski
"I thought Mankato was hungrier. They played well and deserved the outcome that they got. A disappointing weekend overall for us."
"Our goaltenders both nights gave us an opportunity to win a hockey game. That's all you can ask from your goaltenders – I thought they were solid for us, did a good job. We didn't cash in on opportunities, way too many turnovers. A little uncharacteristic for us this weekend with our compete level and defensive intensity. Mankato is a good club, just hungrier all weekend long and definitely played with a lot more edge than we did."
"We keep talking about characteristics of a quality club. Playing meaningful games, important games, our mindset needs to be different. We're a ranked opponent. They were hungry to prove that they were better than we are and I don't think we rose up to that challenge. That challenge being new for most of the players was a little bit too much for us to overcome. We didn't have that mentality to prove that we're a good club and deserve to be ranked."
Notables
After falling behind 2-0 midway through the first period, the Huskies took their first of four penalties on a delay of game call and sent Avery Myers to serve the minor. SCSU killed off the Maverick power play and forced a poor cycling pass to flutter into neutral just as Myers jumped out of the box. The Huskies junior forward collected the puck in the high slot and wristed it through five-hole to cut the deficit to one.
A scoreless second period preceded a wild pendulum shift of momentum in the early stages of the third. Moments after St. Cloud State missed a grade A chance in the crease, Minnesota State scored twice in the span of a minute to take a 4-1 lead. The Huskies found themselves on the kill three times following the goals and were successful each time, but the six minutes spent shorthanded sealed their fate.
Emma Gentry led the Huskies with four shots on goal while Dayle Ross skated to a plus-one with three blocks.
Quotables – St. Cloud State head coach Brian Idalski
"I thought Mankato was hungrier. They played well and deserved the outcome that they got. A disappointing weekend overall for us."
"Our goaltenders both nights gave us an opportunity to win a hockey game. That's all you can ask from your goaltenders – I thought they were solid for us, did a good job. We didn't cash in on opportunities, way too many turnovers. A little uncharacteristic for us this weekend with our compete level and defensive intensity. Mankato is a good club, just hungrier all weekend long and definitely played with a lot more edge than we did."
"We keep talking about characteristics of a quality club. Playing meaningful games, important games, our mindset needs to be different. We're a ranked opponent. They were hungry to prove that they were better than we are and I don't think we rose up to that challenge. That challenge being new for most of the players was a little bit too much for us to overcome. We didn't have that mentality to prove that we're a good club and deserve to be ranked."
Notables
- Avery Myers scored her second goal of the season
- Emma Gentry led SCSU with four shots on goal
- Sanni Ahola stopped 37 shots on the night
- Dayle Ross blocked three shots and was a plus-one
- Taytum Geier skated to a plus-one
- Shots were 41-18 in favor of Minnesota State
- The Huskies' power play went 0-for-1 while their PK killed off all four Maverick power plays
- Minnesota State led 29-20 on draws
Team Stats
SCS
MSU
Shots
18
41
PPG
0
0
SHG
0
0
Penalties
4
1
Penalty Mins
8
2
Faceoffs Won
20
29
Game Leaders
+/-
-1
Goals
1
Sh
1
A
0
+/-
-1
Goals
0
Sh
4
A
0
+/-
-1
Goals
0
Sh
3
A
0
+/-
-2
Goals
0
Sh
3
A
0
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