No. 15/14 St. Cloud State Drops 13-Goal Back-and-Forth Battle to (RV) Omaha

Friday, January 26

St. Cloud, Minn.

7:30 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

11-8-4, 7-3-3

Omaha

12-9-2, 5-7-1

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Omaha

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No. 15/14 St. Cloud State Drops 13-Goal Back-and-Forth Battle to (RV) Omaha

1/27/2024 1:25:00 AM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Huskies hold three two-goal leads but drop 7-6 result in overtime

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – No. 15/14 St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (11-8-4, 7-3-3 NCHC) matched a season-high for goals but dropped a 13-goal thriller, 7-6, in overtime to (RV) Omaha (12-9-2, 5-7-1 NCHC) on Friday night at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud. The Huskies held three two-goal leads in the game but allowed four scores in the second period, and two in the third period before an overtime power play goal from Omaha's Tanner Ludtke to seal the victory.

Fifth-year defenseman Dylan Anhorn (Calgary, Alberta) and freshman forward Verner Miettinen (Espoo, Finland) each scored three points for the Huskies, while sophomore forward Adam Ingram (West St. Paul, Manitoba) scored two goals in the game.

Ingram started the game off for the Huskies on the right foot, netting the game's first two goals to jump out to a 2-0 lead. SCSU dominated the game's opening period by outshooting Omaha 18-4 and entered the locker room up 1-0 after Ingram scored at the 16:19 mark of the period. Ingram received a breakout pass in the neutral zone from freshman forward Tyson Gross (Calgary, Alberta) to spring him loose on a breakaway, where he beat the Maverick netminder with a wrist shot.

Ingram scored the first goal of the second period, a power play goal at the 5:34 mark to start a wild period which saw four goals from each team. Fifth-year forward Zach Okabe (Okotoks, Alberta) and freshman forward Barrett Hall (Apple Valley, Minn.) each netted their fifth goals of the season after Omaha responses to take a 4-2 lead, but then Omaha scored two goals in a span of 14 seconds to knot the game up at 4-4 with 2:38 left in the period. Junior forward Mason Salquist (Grand Forks, N.D.) would then have a response of his own a little after, as he netted a goal with just over a minute remaining in the period to see-saw the lead back to SCSU, 5-4.

In the third period, the Mavericks came out of the locker room on fire, scoring at the 1:12 and 1:42 marks of the period to grab its first lead of the game at 5-4. With the Huskies now seeking a bounce back of their own, Anhorn would be the one to answer. The Husky captain fired a shot from just inside the blue line that got all the way through traffic and passed Omaha's goaltender for a score at the 10:16 mark to pull even at 6-6.

Neither team would find the back of the net in the final 10 minutes of regulation, sending the game to overtime. Following an interference call on SCSU early in the overtime session, Omaha scored a power play goal 39 seconds into the extra period for a 7-6 win and two points in the conference standings.

TOP HUSKIES

Ingram scored two goals in the game, the first two goals of the game to earn the third star.
Anhorn had a goal and two assists for three points.
Verner Miettinen recorded three assists in the game for his first career three-point game.

NOTES

In the loss, St. Cloud State moves to 29-17-3 all-time against Omaha and 17-7-1 in St. Cloud.
St. Cloud State outshot Omaha 39-31 in the game, marking the 15^th time in 23 games SCSU has outshot its opponent.
Anhorn netted his fourth goal of the season and recorded two assists for three points and 23 points on the season. His three points matched a career-best, a mark he has now reached five times.
Ingram scored two goals, one a power play goal, in the game, matching a career-best mark that he has now set three times.
Verner Miettinen logged a career-best three assists in the game, surpassing his previous high of one helper.
Salquist had a goal and assist for two points to match a career-best point total in a game.
Okabe scored a goal for the fourth time in the last six games and for the fifth time this season.
Hall's power play score was his third goal on the man advantage and fifth overall this season.

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St. Cloud State and Omaha will finish its series on Saturday night at 6:00 p.m. CT at the Brooks Center. The game will be broadcast on Fox 9 + and NCHC.tv with radio coverage on KNSI.

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