No. 10/9 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Falls to (RV) Minnesota State in OT

Friday, October 13

Mankato, Minn.

7:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

1-2-0

Minnesota State

1-0-0

OT 1

Minnesota St.

St. Cloud St.

Photo by: Bill Prout

No. 10/9 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Falls to (RV) Minnesota State in OT

10/13/2023 11:35:00 PM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Hall and Molenaar each score as Huskies drop series opener in Mankato 3-2

MANKATO, Minn. – No. 8/7 St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (1-2-0, 0-0-0 NCHC) fell 3-2 in overtime to (RV) Minnesota State (1-0-0, 0-0-0 CCHA) in Friday's series opener at the Mayo Clinic HEC in Mankato. Shots were even at 23 as freshman forward Barrett Hall and senior forward Joe Molenaar each scored for SCSU.in the loss.

Hall opened the scoring with a powerful finish off a feed from fellow freshman forward Verner Miettenen seven minutes into the first period. Molenaar would make it 2-0 Huskies just two minutes into the second, burying a shot from the left circle on the back door.

Minnesota State scored three unanswered the rest of the way, scoring twice in the second period to even things at two before scoring the game-winner three minutes into the overtime period.

Fifth-year defenseman Dylan Anhorn and junior defenseman Josh Luedtke provided the assists on Molenaar's goal while senior goaltender Dominic Basse recorded 24 saves on the evening.

NOTES

With the loss, St. Cloud State falls to 61-62-13 all-time against Minnesota State.
Barrett Hall scored his second goal of the season while skating to a plus-one and blocking a shot.
Joe Molenaar scored his first goal of the year and skated to a plus-one with two shots on goal.
Verner Miettenen, Dylan Anhorn and Josh Luedtke each provided an assist with Miettenen and Anhorn tallying their second of the season.
St. Cloud State's penalty kill turned away all three MSU power plays while the SCSU power play went 0-for-3.
Shots were even at 23.

UP NEXT

St. Cloud State and Minnesota State drop the puck on the series finale at 6:00 p.m. CT on Saturday evening in Mankato. Coverage will be available on FloHockey ($) as well as 1450 AM / 99.3 FM KNSI and The Varsity Network App.

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