No. 11/10 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Upends No. 7/8 Colorado College in Series Opener

Friday, November 22

Ed Robson Arena | Colorado Springs, Colo.

8:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

9-3-0, 3-0-0

Colorado College

8-2-1, 2-2-1

St. Cloud St.

Colorado Col.

No. 11/10 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Upends No. 7/8 Colorado College in Series Opener

11/23/2024 12:41:00 AM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Posch makes 25 saves, Huskies score twice on the power play

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – No. 11/10 St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (9-3-0, 3-0-0 NCHC) jumped out to a 2-0 lead and kept No. 7/8 Colorado College at bay in a 3-2 win on Friday night at Ed Robson Arena in Colorado Springs. The Huskies scored two power play goals and didn't allow a 5-on-5 goal in the victory.

The Huskies opened the scoring on the game's first power play, scoring just nine seconds into the man advantage on sophomore forward Verner Miettinen's (Espoo, Finland) second score of the season. The goal was scored after senior defenseman Josh Luedtke's (Minnetonka, Minn.) shot from the point created a rebound in the slot where the Tigers failed to get a body on Miettinen, who backhanded the puck to the back of the net for a 1-0 lead 9:45 into the first period.

SCSU then extended its lead to 2-0 early in the second period when sophomore forward Tyson Gross (Calgary, Alberta) forced a CC turnover in the offensive zone and was left all alone in the slot, beating Kaidan Mbereko in the five-hole for the score. CC responded with a power play goal to cut the lead to 2-1 at the 7:04 mark of the period, but then SCSU pushed its lead back to two with a power play goal of its own just over three minutes later. Colorado College had an odd man rush while shorthanded, but missed a pass and turned over the puck to freshman forward Austin Burnevik (Ham Lake, Minn.), who started a 2-on-1 breakaway the other way and finished with a forehand, backhand goal that ended up being the game-winning goal.

CC scored an extra attacker goal late in the third period, but SCSU held off a Tiger rally with sophomore goaltender Isak Posch (Umea, Sweden) making nine of his 25 saves in the final period to seal the victory.

TOP HUSKIES

Posch made 25 saves and kept the Tigers scoreless in 5-on-5 situations, only allowing a power play and extra attacker goal.
Burnevik continued his stellar start to his freshman campaign, scoring his seventh goal of the season and his first career game-winning goal.
Miettinen and Gross each notched their second goals of the season.

NOTES

With the win, SCSU improves to 67-52-9 all-time against Colorado College and 39-25-3 against the Tigers in Colorado Springs. The Huskies are also now 6-1-0 in Ed Robson Arena.
SCSU improved to 8-1-0 on the season when scoring first, 7-1 in one-goal games and 3-0-0 when scoring on the power play.
The Huskies went 2-of-3 on the man advantage to improve to 14.3 percent (5-of-35) on the season.
Miettinen's first period power play goal ended a streak of 16 consecutive power plays without score.
Posch made 25 saves in the game, marking the seventh time this season he has made 25 or more saves. He has also allowed two or fewer goals in nine of 12 games this season.
Burnevik's hot start to his freshman campaign continues with his seventh goal of the season, moving back up to third in the NCAA in freshmen goals. His second period tally was his second power play goal and first career game-winning goal.
Miettinen recorded his second goal and first power play tally of the season.
Gross found the back of the net for the second time this season and ninth time in his career.
Sophomore forward Barrett Hall (Apple Valley, Minn.) recorded his team-leading 10^th assist of the season. He is one of six NCHC skaters to record 10 or more assists this season.
Luedtke's assist on Miettinen's goal was his first of the season and 28^th of his career.

HIGHLIGHTS

UP NEXT

St. Cloud State and Colorado College will finish its series on Saturday, Nov. 24. The two teams will drop the puck at 7:00 p.m. CT / 6:00 p.m. MT on NCHC.tv and KNSI.

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