No. 20/18 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Drops Series Finale to (RV) Alaska

Saturday, October 21

St. Cloud, Minn.

6:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

2-4-0

Alaska Fairbanks

2-3-1

Alas. Fairbanks

St. Cloud St.

No. 20/18 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Drops Series Finale to (RV) Alaska

10/21/2023 11:29:00 PM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Huskies tie the score in the third period before three late goals from Nanooks

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – No. 20/18 St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (2-4-0, 0-0-0 NCHC) dropped the second game of its series with Alaska (2-3-1, IND.), 5-2, on Saturday night at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, Minn. The Huskies peppered Alaska and outshot the Nanooks, 39-26, but were only able to muster one power play goal on eight chances.

St. Cloud State scored the game's first goal with an empty attacker on the ice, as senior forward Veeti Miettinen (Espoo, Finland) hammered home a rebound at the 5:22 mark of the second period. However, the Huskies went into the second intermission down a goal after Alaska's Harrison Israels scored a pair of goals to make the score 2-1.

Midway through the third period, fifth-year forward Kyler Kupka (Camrose, Alberta) tied the score with his second goal of the season, but Alaska quickly responded with a goal just 1:09 later to regain the lead, 3-2. The Nanooks would add a power play soon after and an empty net goal to close the score at 5-2.

TOP HUSKIES

Miettinen recorded his second consecutive multi-point game with a goal and an assist.
Kupka scored his second goal of the season with a second period power play goal.
Junior forward Mason Salquist (Grand Forks, N.D.) continued his good start to the season in the faceoff dot, going 14-7 on faceoffs in the game.

NOTES

With the loss, St. Cloud State drops to 12-7-0 all-time against Alaska, losing to the Nanooks for the first time since Oct. 29, 1988, a 4-2 result in Fairbanks.
The Huskies went 1-of-8 on the power play with 16 shots-on-goal with the man advantage.
Miettinen scored his third goal of the season and recorded his fourth assist, increasing his season point total to a team-leading seven points.
Miettinen's multi-point game was the second consecutive, third of his season and the 23^rd of his career.
Kupka's power play goal extended his point streak to three games.
Anhorn recorded the primary assist on Miettinen's goal, his fourth assist of the season, which is tied with Miettinen for the team lead.
Freshman defenseman Warren Clark (Riverside, Ontario) recorded his first collegiate point with the secondary assist on Miettinen's goal.
Salquist won 66.7 percent of faceoffs (14-7), improving his season total to 61.5 percent (72-45).

UP NEXT

St. Cloud State will have its first bye week of the season next week before beginning conference play against Miami on Nov. 3-4 at the Brooks Center.

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