Gentry’s 50th Career Goal Leads No. 11 St. Cloud State Women’s Hockey to First 3-0 Start in Program History

Friday, October 4

St. Cloud, Minn.

6 p.m. CT

St. Cloud State

3-0-0

Mercyhurst (Pa.)

1-2-0

Mercyhurst

St. Cloud St.

Emma Gentry (#20) scored her 50th career goal to help the Huskies to their first 3-0 start in program history

Photo by: Bill Prout

Gentry’s 50th Career Goal Leads No. 11 St. Cloud State Women’s Hockey to First 3-0 Start in Program History

10/4/2024 11:38:00 PM | Women's Hockey

Box Score

Gentry’s late game-winning goal gives Huskies 2-1 win over No.15/RV Mercyhurst in first regular season home game

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – No. 11 St. Cloud State Women's Hockey (3-0-0, 0-0-0 WCHA) continued its perfect start to the 2024-25 season on Friday night, beating No. 15/RV Mercyhurst 2-1, at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud thanks to a late-game goal by fifth year forward Emma Gentry (Alpena, Mich). It marks the first time in program history that a team has begun a season with a 3-0 start.

Sophomore forward Sofianna Sundelin (Ulvia, Finland) was the first player to get in the score book when she scored her first goal of the season early in the second period to give the Huskies a 1-0 lead. The Lakers (1-2-0, 0-0-0 AHA) responded with a goal of their own with 40 seconds left in the second to tie the game going into the final frame. Gentry's first game-winning goal of the season came with just under four minutes left in the final period and was enough to keep the Huskies perfect start to the new season intact. The goal was the 50^th of her career (13^th game winner) and the 75^th point of her career.

Sophomore forward Greta Henderson (Regina, Saskatchewan) and sophomore forward Laura Zimmermann (Ringgenberg, Switzerland) tallied assists on Sundelin's goal, while sophomore defender Carmen Bray (Nanaimo, British Columbia) and fifth year forward Abby Promersberger (Fargo, N.D.) recorded assists on Gentry's game-winner.

The Huskies outshot Mercyhurst 27-22 and went 2-for-2 on the penalty kill. SCSU is a perfect 13-of-13 on the kill to start the season.

Fifth year goaltender Sanni Ahola (Helsinki, Finland) earned her third win in as many games to start the season. She saved 21 of the 22 shots she faced (.955 save percentage).

TOP HUSKIES

Gentry scored the game-winning goal (50^th goal, 75^th point for her career).
Sundelin scored her first goal of the season and just the second of her career.
Ahola earned the win while saving 21 of the 22 shots she faced.

NOTABLES

SCSU is now 3-10-2 all-time against the Lakers and has won the last two matchups. The Huskies are 2-6-2 against Mercyhurst in its last 10 matchups and own a 2-4-1 record all-time when the game is at the Brooks Center.
The Huskies have gotten off to a 3-0 start for the first time in program history.
SCSU's penalty kill went 2-for-2, continuing its perfect start to the season (13-for-13).
The Huskies were unable to convert on their two powerplay chances.
Gentry posted her fourth goal of the season (fifth point), 50^th goal of her career (75^th point) and first game-winning goal of the season (13^th of her career). She was second on the Huskies in faceoff wins (7) and skated to a +1.
After recording an assist in each of the firsy two games, Sundelin scored her first goal of the season (second of her career), while leading the game in shots on goal (four). She went 5-for-10 in her faceoffs.
Ahola earned her third straight victory (30^th of her career). She has made 59 saves this season and has a save percentage of .952.
Henderson tallied her first assist of the season and 10^th point of her career. She skated to a +1. Her goal streak ended at two games. She was tied for second on the team in shots on goal (three).
Zimmermann recorded her second assist of the season.
Bray posted her first assist of the season and second of her career. She tied for the game-lead in +/- (+2) and also tied her career single game best +/-.
Promersberger has tallied an assist in each of her first three games wearing a Huskies sweater.
Senior defender Grace Wolfe (Owatonna, Minn.) led the game in blocks (three).
Fifth year forward Brieja Parent (Forest Lake, Minn.) led the Huskies with 10 faceoff wins.
Senior defender Dayle Ross (Spirit River, Alberta) tied for the game-lead in +/- (+2).
Junior defender Regan Bulger (Yellowknife, Northwest Territories) was second in the game with two blocks.
Sophomore forward Alice Sauriol (Sherbrooke, Quebec) was a +1.
Junior forward Avery Farrell (Rogers, Minn.) tied for second on the team in shots on goal (three).

UP NEXT
The Huskies close their first home series of the year with No. 15/RV Mercyhurst on Saturday afternoon. Puck drop is scheduled for 1 p.m. CT at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud. Links to each coverage option are available on the SCSU Women's Hockey schedule page.

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