No. 12/14 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Finishes Homecoming Sweep of Augustana

Saturday, October 26

St. Cloud, Minn.

5:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

6-1-0

Augustana

3-3-0

Augustana (SD)

St. Cloud St.

No. 12/14 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Finishes Homecoming Sweep of Augustana

10/26/2024 10:54:00 PM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Huskies dominate faceoff dot, get goals from defensemen Josh Zinger and Josh Luedtke

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – No. 12/14 St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (6-1-0, 0-0-0 NCHC) moved to 5-0 in one-score games with a 2-1 win over (RV) Augustana (3-3-0, 0-0-0 CCHA) on Saturday night at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. Junior defenseman Josh Zinger's (Red Deer, Alberta) second goal in as many nights in the second period proved to be game-winner, while sophomore goaltender Isak Posch (Umea, Sweden) was strong in net with 26 saves to secure the win.

The Huskies got on the board first with a goal from its senior captain, as defenseman Josh Luedtke (Minnetonka, Minn.) let a wrist shot rip from the slot to go up 1-0 with 3:44 left in the first. Freshman forward Austin Burnevik (Ham Lake, Minn.) earned the primary assist on the with a touch base at the left dot to feed Luedtke alone in the slot of the score. Sophomore forward Verner Miettinen (Espoo, Finland) had the secondary assist, as he brought the puck into the offensive zone and kept possession on the wall before passing to Burnevik.

Augustana evened the score at the 4:20 mark of the second period, but the Huskies responded quickly with Zinger's goal just 3:13 later at the 7:33 mark of the period. Junior forward Grant Ahcan (Savage, Minn.) won a puck battle off a rebound and moved the puck back to the point to senior forward Karl Falk (Vasteras, Sweden), who then fed Zinger in front of the blue line and above the left circle who fired a one-timer past the Viking goaltender for a 2-1 lead.

Posch made 13 of his 26 saves in the third period, but the claim down on the Vikings comeback attempts and sealing the Huskies victory.

TOP HUSKIES

Zinger scored the game-winning goal and earned the first star of the game.
Luedtke had his first goal of the season with his first period score.
Posch made 26 saves and improved to 6-1-0 on the season between the pipes.

NOTES

With the win, SCSU moved to 2-0-0 all-time against Augustana.
SCSU turned away both Vikings power plays and improved to 94.4 percent on the season on the penalty kill.
The Huskies have killed nine consecutive penalties dating back Oct. 12 against Bemidji State.
St. Cloud State was a remarkable 36-18 in the faceoff dot, led by senior forward Mason Salquist (Grand Forks, N.D.) at 15-6 and sophomore forward Tyson Gross (Calgary, Alberta) at 12-5.
Zinger scored his second goal of the season and his second career game-winning goal.
Luedtke's first goal of the season was also his 10^th career goal.
Posch had 26 saves, marking the fifth time this season and 13^th time in his career he has made 25 or more saves.
Posch lowered his GAA on the season to 1.58 while raising his save percentage to .946.
Falk recorded his first point of the season with the primary assist on Zinger's goal.
Burnevik (four), Miettinen (five) and Ahcan (two) all recorded single assists in the game.

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UP NEXT

St. Cloud State continues its six-game homestand next weekend when the Huskies host No. 2 Boston College Nov. 1-2 at the Brooks Center. Friday's game starts at 7:30 p.m. CT, while Saturday's game is slate for 6:00 p.m. CT on Fox 9 + and KNSI.

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