No. 5 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Ties with Miami, Earns Shootout Win

Saturday, February 4

St. Cloud, Minn.

6:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

18-8-2, 10-6-2

Miami

7-17-4, 2-13-3

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Miami (OH)

St. Cloud St.

No. 5 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Ties with Miami, Earns Shootout Win

2/5/2023 12:03:00 AM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Krannila becomes 37th member of SCSU’s 100-point club

ST CLOUD, Minn. – For the second straight night, No. 5 St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (18-8-2, 10-6-2 NCHC) and Miami (7-17-4, 2-13-3 NCHC) played to a tie at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. After finishing regulation and overtime knotted at 1-1, the Huskies prevailed in the shootout once again to earn the extra point in the conference standings. Senior forward Jami Krannila (Nokia, Finland) and senior forward Micah Miller (Grand Rapids, Minn.) scored shootout goals while junior goalie Dominic Basse (Alexandria, Va.) stopped both RedHawk attempts to seal the shootout victory.

Krannila scored the Huskies lone goal in regulation in the first period to record his 100^th career point, becoming the 37^th member of SCSU's 100-point club.

1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ ‼️@jamikrannila2 puts the #Huskies up 1-0 with a power play goal!

He becomes the 37th member of SCSU's 100-point club!#GoHuskies | #HuskyHockey 🏒 pic.twitter.com/8QdBLkjSRP
— St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (@SCSUHuskies_MH) February 5, 2023

TURNING POINT

The Huskies rode the hot goaltender hand of Basse throughout the entire game, but his shutout attempt fell just short when Miami's John Waldron scored with 35 seconds remaining while an extra attacker was on the ice. The Husky netminder had made 21 saves ahead of the RedHawk goal to tie the score late.

Miami led the shots on goal in the overtime period, 7-2, thanks to a power play opportunity stemming from a SCSU penalty, but the Huskies killed off the penalty to help force the game to a shootout.

TOP HUSKIES

Krannila led the offensive attack for the Huskies, scoring the Huskies' goal while leading the team with seven shots on goal.
Basse made 28 saves and flirted with his fourth shutout of the season.
Senior defenseman Spencer Meier (Sartell, Minn.) and sophomore forward Mason Salquist (Grand Forks, N.D.) recorded assists in the game.

NOTES

Following the tie, St. Cloud State is now 30-17-6 all-time against Miami and 19-5-3 in St. Cloud.
The back-to-back ties is St. Cloud State's first in a series since Oct. 11-12, 2019, when the Huskies and Bemidji State tied 4-4 and 2-2 in Bemidji. SCSU and Minnesota Duluth tied both games of a rescheduled home series last season, tying 2-2 and 1-1 on Feb. 8 and 22, 2022.
Krannila scored his 16^th goal of the season to record his 100^th career point, becoming the 37^th member of SCSU's 100-point club (39^th with D-I and D-II stats). He is the first Husky to join the 100-point club since Kevin Fitzgerald reached the century mark against Colorado College on Feb. 26, 2022.
The Husky senior now ranks fifth in the NCHC and 11^th in the NCAA with 16 goals.
Krannila has recorded career-highs in goals (16), assists (17), points (33), plus/minus (+20) and power play goals (five).
Basse made 28 saves in the game, the seventh time this season and 27^th time in his career he has made at least 25 saves in a game. He has allowed one or fewer goals in seven of his 14 starts this season, lowering his goals-against average to 1.99 while raising his save percentage to .925.
Meier recorded his fifth assist on the season with the primary assist on Krannila's goal.
Salquist recorded his season assist and fourth point of the season with the secondary assist on Krannila's goal. After being held off the scoresheet in the first 22 games of the season, Salquist has now recorded a point in four of the last six games.

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PRESS CONFERENCE

UP NEXT

St. Cloud State heads into its final bye week of the season, resting next weekend before returning to action on the road at North Dakota Feb. 17-18.

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