No. 10/9 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Drops Finale in Mankato

Saturday, October 14

Mankato, Minn.

6:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

1-3-0

Minnesota State

2-0-0

St. Cloud St.

Minnesota St.

Photo by: Bill Prout

No. 10/9 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Drops Finale in Mankato

10/14/2023 11:00:00 PM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Kupka scores lone SCSU goal as Huskies fall 5-1 in series finale

MANKATO, Minn. – No. 8/7 St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (1-3-0, 0-0-0 NCHC) fell 5-1 to (RV) Minnesota State (2-0-0, 0-0-0 CCHA) in Saturday's series finale at the Mayo Clinic HEC in Mankato. Shots were even at 30 as fifth year forward Kyler Kupka scored St. Cloud State's lone goal.

Minnesota State scored once in the first and added back-to-back goals in a 40 second span early in the second period to build a 3-0 lead through the game's first 40 minutes. Kupka scored his first goal of the season with an extra attacker on the ice with just under five minutes to play in regulation before the Mavericks tacked on two empty-netters to make it a 5-1 final.

Freshman goaltender Isak Posch made his collegiate debut in the loss and logged 33:18 scoreless minutes of relief, turning away each of the 14 shots he faced.

NOTES

With the loss, St. Cloud State falls to 61-63-13 all-time against Minnesota State.
Kyler Kupka scored his first goal of the season.
Barrett Hall recorded his first collegiate assist while Adam Ingram provided his second apple of the season.
Isak Posch made 14 saves across 33:18 scoreless minutes in his collegiate debut off the bench.
SCSU went 0-for-3 on the power play and killed off one of their two penalties.
Shots were even at 30.

UP NEXT

St. Cloud State returns home to host (RV) Alaska Fairbanks at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center on Friday and Saturday, October 20-21. Puck drop on Friday is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. CT with a 6:00 p.m. CT start on Saturday.

For all the latest on St. Cloud State Men's Hockey, stay tuned to SCSUHuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Tickets for the 2022-23 season are available at www.scsutickets.com, downloading the St. Cloud State Huskies app or by calling 1-877-SCSUTIX / 320-308-2137.