Sauriol Scores Again, No. 11 St. Cloud State Women’s Hockey Sweeps Bemidji State

Saturday, October 12

Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minn.

2 p.m. CT

St. Cloud State

7-0-0, 3-0-0

Bemidji State

0-7-0, 0-5-0

St. Cloud St.

Bemidji St.

Photo by: Bill Prout

Sauriol Scores Again, No. 11 St. Cloud State Women’s Hockey Sweeps Bemidji State

10/12/2024 10:59:00 PM | Women's Hockey

Box Score

Sauriol scores game-winner for second consecutive game, Kyrkkö records second shutout

BEMIDJI, Minn. – For the second game in a row, sophomore forward Alice Sauriol (Sherbrooke, Quebec) scored the game-winning goal as No. 11 St. Cloud State (6-0-0, 2-0-0 WCHA) earned a 2-0 victory over Bemidji State (0-6-0, 0-2-0 WCHA) on Saturday afternoon in Bemidji. With the win, the Huskies continued its best start in program history, improving to 6-0-0 for the first time in program history.

Freshman goaltender Emilia Kyrkkö (Nokia, Finland) made 18 saves and produced her second career shutout in her second career start, extending her scoreless stretch between the pipes to 120:00 to start her collegiate career.

Sauriol's game-winning score came at the 4:52 mark of the second period, as her and sophomore forward Sofianna Sundelin (Ulvila, Finland) started a break in the offensive zone. Sundelin came into the attacking zone and fed Sauriol, who moved up the ice on the left side, working her way around two defenders and straight to the crease, where she went forehand, backhand to beat the goalie. Junior forward Avery Farrell (Rogers, Minn.) added an empty net goal with under a minute to play to seal the victory.

TOP HUSKIES

Sauriol scored her second goal of the season and added an assist for two points to earn the first start of the game.
Kyrkkö had 18 saves and her second shutout in as many starts and was named the second star of the game.
Farrell scored her first goal of the season.

NOTABLES

The Huskies improve on their best start in program history, improving to 6-0 for the first time in program history.
St. Cloud State kept its narrow lead in the all-time series against Bemidji State, improving to 54-51-10 all-time against the Beavers.
The Huskies have now won 10 consecutive games against BSU.
Sauriol scored her second goal of the season and eighth goal of her career.
With her two points, she matched her career high for the third time in her career.
Kyrkkö improved to 2-0-0 on the season and has saved all 39 shots she has seen in her career so far.
Sundelin and senior Taylor Larson (Nisswa, Minn.) each recorded their third assists of the season.
Fifth-year senior Emma Gentry (Alpena, Mich.) went 11-4 in the faceoff dot and improved to 59.0 percent (62-43) in the circle this season.

UP NEXT

Up next, the Huskies will return home to host No. 4/5 Ohio State at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center on Oct. 11-12. Puck drop is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. CT on Friday and 2:00 p.m. CT on Saturday on B1G+.

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