No. 11/10 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Falls to No. 7/8 Colorado College in Goaltender Duel

Saturday, November 23

Ed Robson Arena | Colorado Springs, Colo.

7:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

9-4-0, 3-1-0

Colorado College

9-2-1, 3-2-1

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St. Cloud St.

Colorado Col.

No. 11/10 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Falls to No. 7/8 Colorado College in Goaltender Duel

11/23/2024 11:47:00 PM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Posch and Mbereko combine for 61 saves in 1-0 overtime win for CC

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – No. 11/10 St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (9-4-0, 3-1-0 NCHC) played to a 1-0 overtime loss with No. 7/8 Colorado College (9-2-1, 3-2-1 NCHC) on Saturday evening at Ed Robson Arena in Colorado Springs. Sophomore goaltender Isak Posch (Umea, Sweden) matched a season-high with 34 saves while his counterpart, Kaidan Mbereko, made 27 saves and held the Huskies off the scoresheet.

The goaltender's duel did not come without chances to score, as the Tigers recorded 35 shots on goal and the Huskies 27. CC had three power play chances stopped while the Huskies lone chance on the man advantage was also turned away. Posch made 14 of this game-high 34 saves in the second frame and shut down two Tiger power plays in the game's middle 20 minutes.

In the overtime period, CC's Philippe Blais-Savoie scored with 1:01 remaining to earn the win and series split.

TOP HUSKIES

Posch made 34 saves and only allowed a 3-on-3 goal.
Senior defenseman Karl Falk (Vasteras, Sweden) had five blocks to lead the Huskies.
Freshman forward Austin Burnevik (Ham Lake, Minn.) led the team in shots on goal with five.

NOTES

With the loss, SCSU moves to 67-53-9 all-time against Colorado College and 39-26-3 against the Tigers in Colorado Springs.
SCSU moved to 7-2 in one-goal games and 1-1-0 in overtime games.
The Huskies recorded a season-high 27 blocks in the game, surpassing its previous best of 19 blocks at Michigan (Oct. 19).
Posch made 34 saves, matching his season-best from his season-opening performance against St. Thomas (Oct. 6) and marking the ninth time in his career he has made 30 or more saves in a game.
Posch allowed one or fewer goals for the fourth time this season and 11^th time in his career.
Falk, sophomore forward Tyson Gross (Calgary, Alberta) and senior defenseman Josh Luedtke (Minnetonka, Minn.) all set career-highs in blocks at five, four and four, respectively.

HIGHLIGHTS

UP NEXT

St. Cloud State will have its second bye week of the season next week before returning home to host Omaha on Dec. 6-7 at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center.

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