Dominant Third Leads No. 14/15 Huskies Women’s Hockey to 5-2 Win Over Bemidji State

Friday, October 13

St. Cloud, Minn.

6:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

4-1-0, 1-0-0

Bemidji State

0-4-1, 0-1-0

Bemidji St.

St. Cloud St.

Photo by: Jason Soria

Dominant Third Leads No. 14/15 Huskies Women’s Hockey to 5-2 Win Over Bemidji State

10/13/2023 11:30:00 PM | Women's Hockey

Box Score

Bowlby scores two goals; SCSU nets three in the final period to earn series-opening win

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – No. 14/15 St. Cloud State Women's Hockey (4-1-0, 1-0-0 WCHA) used three third period goals to down Bemidji State (0-4-1, 0-1-0 WCHA) 5-2 in Friday's conference opener at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. The Huskies earned three conference points with the win while outshooting Bemidji 30 to 12.

Graduate forward CC Bowlby scored twice on the evening while freshman forward Alice Sauriol and graduate forward Katie Kaufman each provided two assists. Fifth-year forward Klára Hymlárová and redshirt freshman forward Laura Zimmermann added multi-point efforts with a goal and an assist each. Hymlárová won a dominant 66.7% of her draws, going 14-7 in the circle as the Huskies held a three-faceoff edge on draws.

Zimmermann opened the scoring five minutes into the first period as the Huskies' power play unit earned their first opportunity on the advantage. Taking a pass from freshman forward Sofianna Sundelin as the Huskies crossed through neutral ice, Zimmermann walked into the slot and ripped a powerful wrister past the BSU tender to make it 1-0. Bemidji State scored with just under five to go in the frame, sending the game to the first intermission locked at one a piece.

The SCSU forecheck showed off their creativity early in the second period as Sauriol poked the puck loose at the half wall above the right circle, deflecting to the stick of Kaufman as she darted down the wall. Kaufman turned sharp at the bottom of the circle and knifed to the dot, sending a perfect pass to Bowlby for a one-time blast. St. Cloud State's 2-1 lead would last just 20 seconds as BSU tied things back up at 2-2 a moment later.

SCSU opened the final 20 minutes with a flurry of chances, striking first in the frame a minute in as Sauriol dished an incredible back pass from below the goal line in the left corner to Bowlby in the slot for a one-timer. Sauriol fed the puck back through three defenders, finding Bowlby through traffic to make it 3-2. Hymlárová pushed the lead to two with a goal just under three minutes later, wrapping around blocker side to beat the goaltender. Less than a minute later sophomore forward Avery Farrell went bar down on a perfect pass from Zimmermann to finish an odd-man rush for the decisive 5-2 lead.

QUOTABLES – St. Cloud State head coach Brian Idalski

"Overall, a pretty good game – the third period was definitely solid, but you can see there's some room for us to grow. It's very interesting – last year I thought we came in, had an identity and quickly played to it, but I also can tell you we quickly reached our ceiling of what we were capable of. This group, we're still finding that identity of who we are and what we are, but we definitely can get up and down the ice a lot better. We have a lot more depth, it's just trusting each other, trusting the structure and everyone being on the same page. It was nice to see us put some of that together in the third period."

NOTABLES

CC Bowlby recorded her sixth collegiate multi-goal game with two while adding five shots on goal
Klára Hymlárová skated to a plus-two while recording one goal and one assist for her 12^th career multi-point game while going 14-7 on draws
Alice Sauriol provided her first career multi-point game with a career best two assists
Katie Kaufman provided her fourth career multi-assist game with two
Laura Zimmermann scored a goal and added an assist for her first collegiate multi-point game
Avery Farrell scored a goal and added two shots on goal
Jojo Chobak posted her second win of the season with 10 saves
Greta Henderson recorded an assist in her first collegiate game
SCSU outshot Bemidji State 30 to 12
The Huskies PK killed off its lone chance while the power play went 1-for-2

UP NEXT
The Huskies look for a series sweep on Saturday afternoon at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. Puck drop is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. CT with coverage available on B1G+ ($) and 97.5 FM RadioX.

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