No. 11 St. Cloud State Women’s Hockey Completes Sweep of No. 15/RV Mercyhurst, Continues Program-Best Start

Saturday, October 5

St. Cloud, Minn.

1 p.m. CT

St. Cloud State

4-0-0

Mercyhurst (Pa.)

1-3-0

Mercyhurst

St. Cloud St.

Emilia Kyrkkö earned a shutout in her collegiate debut against Mercyhurst on October 5, 2024

Photo by: Bill Prout

No. 11 St. Cloud State Women’s Hockey Completes Sweep of No. 15/RV Mercyhurst, Continues Program-Best Start

10/5/2024 7:08:00 PM | Women's Hockey

Box Score

Kyrkkö posts shutout win in first career start between the pipes, Ross and Anick score in Huskies 2-0 win over Mercyhurst

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – No. 11 St. Cloud State Women's Hockey (4-0-0, 0-0-0 WCHA) continued its perfect start to the 2024-25 season on Saturday afternoon, completing a sweep of No. 15/RV Mercyhurst with a 2-0 victory at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud.

The Huskies have extended the program record for most wins to start a season to four after freshman netminder Emilia Kyrkkö (Nokia, Finland) posted a 21-save shutout in her first collegiate start and senior defenders Dayle Ross Spirit River, Alberta) and Ella Anick (Hermantown, Minn.) each found the back of the net for their first goals of the season.

Ross opened the scoring midway through the first period with a wrist shot from just inside the blue line with assists going to linemate sophomore defender Carmen Bray (Nanaimo, British Columbia) and sophomore forward Greta Henderson (Regina, Saskatchewan). Anick doubled the Huskies lead with a one-timer early in the second period. The assists from her goal were credited to her linemate, senior defender, Taylor Larson (Nisswa, Minn.) and junior forward Svenja Voigt (Cologne, Germany).

The Huskies outshot Mercyhurst 38-21, went 2-for-2 on the penalty kill and 1-for-1 on the powerplay. SCSU remains perfect on the kill to start the season (15-for-15).

TOP HUSKIES

Kyrkkö earned the win in her collegiate debut, saving all 21 shots she faced.
Ross scored the game's first goal and finished +1.
Anick scored the Huskies second goal.

NOTABLES

SCSU is now 4-10-2 all-time against the Lakers and have won the last three matchups. The Huskies are 3-5-2 against Mercyhurst in its last 10 matchups and own a 3-4-1 record all-time when the game is at the Brooks Center.
The Huskies have gotten off to a 4-0 start for the first time in program history.
SCSU's penalty kill went 2-for-2, continuing its perfect start to the season (15-for-15), while the powerplay went 1-for-1 to improve to 5-for-11 (45.5%) on the season.

Kyrkkö earned the shutout win in her collegiate debut, saving all 21 shots she faced.

Ross scored her first goal of the season and sixth of her career. She also tallied the second game-winning goal of her career. She skated to a +1 mark and is a team-best +6 to start the season.
Anick scored her first goal of the season and sixth of her career. She tallied two blocks and is second on the team in blocks for the season (five).
Bray recorded an assist for the second game in a row. She finished the game +1.
Henderson tallied her second assist of the season and the fifth of her career. She skated to a +1 mark for the game.
Larson distributed her second helper of the season and the eighth of her career.
Voigt posted her first point of the season and the fourth assist of her career.
Sophomore forward Laura Zimmermann (Ringgenberg, Switzerland) skated to a +1.
Sophomore forward Sofianna Sundelin (Ulvia, Finland) led the game in shots on goal (six). She also skated to a +1 and tied for the game lead in faceoff wins (12).
Senior defender Grace Wolfe (Owatonna, Minn.) led the game in blocks (three).
Fifth year forward Emma Gentry (Alpena, Mich.) was tied for second in the game with 11 faceoff wins.

UP NEXT
The Huskies begin conference play next weekend on the road at Bemidji State on Friday and Saturday with puck drops slated for 6 p.m. CT and 2 p.m. CT respectively from the Sanford Center in Bemidji. Links to each coverage option are available on the SCSU Women's Hockey schedule page.

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