St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Falls in NCAA Regional Championship to Close Season

Saturday, March 25

Fargo, N.D.

5:30 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

25-13-3

Minnesota

28-9-1

St. Cloud St.

Minnesota

St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Falls in NCAA Regional Championship to Close Season

3/25/2023 10:34:00 PM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Ingram scores power play goal in second period, Huskies finish with 25 wins in 2022-23

FARGO, N.D. – No. 6 St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (25-13-3, 12-9-3) fell to No. 1 Minnesota (28-9-1, 16-4-0 B1G), 4-1, in the NCAA Fargo Regional Championship game on Saturday night at SCHEELS Arena in Fargo, N.D. The Huskies tied the score at 1-1 in the second, but the Gophers responded with a goal just a few minutes later and added two more in the third for the 4-1 result.

Following the game, three Huskies were named to the NCAA Fargo Regional All-Tournament team, as junior forward Veeti Miettinen (Espoo, Finland), sophomore defenseman Jack Peart (Grand Rapids, Minn.) and senior goalie Jaxon Castor (Phoenix, Ariz.) all earned the honor.

TOP HUSKIES

Freshman forward Adam Ingram (West St. Paul, Manitoba) scored a power play goal in the second period, his third power play goal and eighth goal overall this season.
Freshman defenseman Cooper Wylie (Stillwater, Minn.) and senior forward Grant Cruikshank (Delafield, Wis.) recorded assists in the game.
Castor made 26 saves in the game, including 13 in the first period.

NOTES

With the loss, St. Cloud State moves to 36-59-12 all-time against Minnesota.
The Huskies regional championship game appearance was its sixth in program history.
SCSU's 25 wins in 2022-23 is tied for the fifth-most in a single season in program history.
Cruikshank's assist moves him to 98 career points (23 goals / 15 assists) to close his career. His 23 goals is the ninth-most in a single season in program history.
Castor closed the season with a 2.02 goals-against-average and .924 save percentage, marks which rank second and fifth, respectively, in a single season in program history.
Senior defenseman Brendan Bushy (Thief River Falls, Minn.) closes his career with the most games played in program history at 178.

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