Second Period Barrage Leads to Huskies Win, Series Sweep over Miami

Saturday, November 9

St. Cloud, Minn.

6:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

8-3-0, 2-0-0

Miami

3-7-2, 0-2-0

Miami (OH)

St. Cloud St.

Second Period Barrage Leads to Huskies Win, Series Sweep over Miami

11/10/2024 12:27:00 AM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Burnevik scores twice, Salquist notches game-winner in 3-1 victory

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – No. 12/14 St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (8-3-0, 2-0-0 NCHC) used a three-goal second period to vault its way to a 3-1 victory and series sweep over Miami (3-7-2, 0-2-0 NCHC) on Saturday night at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. Freshman forward Austin Burnevik (Ham Lake, Minn.) scored twice to increase his team lead in goals while senior forward Mason Salquist (Grand Forks, N.D.) provided the game-winner.

The Huskies completely dominated the first two periods of play, outshooting the RedHawks 33-9 in the opening 40 minutes of the game. However, it took 22 minutes for SCSU to get on the scoreboard, as Burnevik's first of the night opened the scoring at 2:37 in the second period. The play started with a turnover in the neutral zone, creating a 2-on-1 break with sophomore forward Barrett Hall (Apple Valley, Minn.) and Burnevik. Hall waited and brought the RedHawk defender towards him before making a move around him and firing shot at the net. The Miami goalie made the initial save, but Burnevik was on the backside waiting for a rebound, where he hammered it home for a 1-0 lead.

Less than 90 seconds later, it was Salquists's turn. First, the Husky senior earned one of his eight faceoff wins from the left circle, passing the puck back to sophomore forward Daimon Gardner (Eagle Lake, Ontario). Gardner took the puck and skated behind the net, attempted a wrap-around wrister. Once again, the Miami goalie made the first save, but Salquist was there waiting for the rebound, one-timing home a goal to double SCSU's lead.

SCSU's young guns teamed up for its third goal in less than 10 minutes at the 10:33 mark of the second period when Burnevik notched his second goal of the night. Freshman defenseman Colin Ralph (Maple Grove, Minn.) had the puck at the point on the left side and sent a pass to the backside, where Hall got his stick and deflected right towards Burnevik, who was alone with the goalie, walking around him for a beauty of a goal and a 3-0 lead.

Miami was able to find the back of the net with a power play goal in the third period, but sophomore goaltender Isak Posch (Umea, Sweden) made seven of his 16 saves in the third period to close the door and seal the victory.

TOP HUSKIES

Burnevik recorded his second career multi-goal game and moved his team-lead to six goals on the season.
Salquist had the game-winning goal with his first goal of the season.
Hall had two assists, earning the primary assist on both of Burnevik's goals.

NOTES

With the win, SCSU improves to 36-19-6 all-time against Miami and 23-5-3 against the RedHawks in St. Cloud.
SCSU improved to 7-1-0 on the season when scoring first.
SCSU outshot its opponent for just the third time this season, recording a season-high in shots on goal with 36 and recording its best margin at +19 (36-17). The 17 shots on goal SCSU held Miami to was a season-low for an opponent this season.
The Huskies won the battle in the faceoff dot once again, winning 30-of-55 faceoffs. Sophomore forward Verner Miettinen (Espoo, Finland) led the way at 8-4, while Salquist was at 50 percent on the at 8-8.
Burnevik kept his impressive start to the season going, scoring two goals for the second time this season and moving his season total to six. Among NCAA freshmen, Burnevik's six tallies rank second, only trailing Union's Ben Muthersbaugh at eight.
Hall's two assists moved his season total to nine, surpassing his freshman season mark of eight. It marked his fourth game this season and sixth game of his career with multi-points in a game.
Hall's nine helpers currently rank fifth in the NCHC and 10^th in the NCAA this season.
Salquist scored his first goal of the season and third career game-winning goal. In his 122^nd career game, the game-winning goal was his first since a game-winning score on Oct. 15, 2021 at Minnesota, his third career game.
Gardner, Miettinen and Ralph each had single assists in the game.
Posch made 16 saves and improved to 8-3-0 on the season while lowering his GAA to 1.73.

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St. Cloud State will next have its first bye week of the season before returning to conference play on the road at No. 8/9 Colorado College on Nov. 22-23 in Colorado Springs, Colo.

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