No. 8 St. Cloud State Women’s Hockey Skates to 2-2 Tie with Union in Series Opener

Friday, November 29

Messa Rink • Schenectady, N.Y.

5 p.m. CT

St. Cloud State

9-5-3

Union (N.Y.)

7-9-1

OT 1

OT 2

St. Cloud St.

Union (NY)

Photo by: Mary Gettens - Union Athletics

No. 8 St. Cloud State Women’s Hockey Skates to 2-2 Tie with Union in Series Opener

11/29/2024 9:05:00 PM | Women's Hockey

Box Score

Huskies score two third-period goals to force OT, drop shootout

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – No. 8 St. Cloud State Women's Hockey (9-5-3, 5-5-2 Western Collegiate Hockey Association) skated to a 2-2 tie with Union (N.Y.) to open the teams' nonconference series on Friday night at Messa Rink in Schenectady, New York. It took nine shooters, but the Garnet Chargers eventually won the shootout, 2-1.

The Huskies trailed 1-0 after the first 20 minutes and 2-0 after 40 minutes but responded with two goals in the final period to force overtime. SCSU's first goal came just under six minutes into the third period when senior defender Ella Anick (Hermantown, Minn.) scored. Six minutes later, fifth year forward Ally Qualley (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) scored the second St. Cloud State goal of the period to tie the game at two with 7:38 left in regulation. Junior forward Avery Farrell (Rogers, Minn.) provided the primary assist for each goal while senior defender Taylor Larson (Nisswa, Minn.) tallied the secondary assist on Anick's goal and senior defender Grace Wolfe (Owatonna, Minn.) recorded the secondary assist on Qualley's goal.

Neither team found the back of the net in the rest of regulation, or during the five minutes of three-on-three overtime hockey, so the game ended as a tie and went to a shootout.

Union (7-9-1, 4-3-0 ECACH) converted on its first penalty shot while SCSU scored its second to tie the shootout at one after two shooters. The next 12 shots were stopped before the Garnet Chargers were able to convert their second of the shootout. The Huskies could not convert on their next shot, so Union won the shootout, 2-1.

TOP HUSKIES

Qualley scored the game-tying goal, putting her only shot of the game in the back of the net.
Anick scored the Huskies first goal. She put all three of her shots on target and skated to a +1 mark.
Farrell provided the primary assist for both SCSU goals and skated to a +1 mark.
Larson and Wolfe each added secondary assists. Larson skated to a +1 mark and Wolfe recorded a team-high two blocks.

NOTABLES

SCSU moves to 4-0-1 all-time against Union and 0-0-1 all-time in Schenectady against the Garnet Chargers.
The Huskies led the game in shots (33-13) and faceoff wins (23-22). Union led the game in saves (31-11) and blocks (15-7).
SCSU's powerplay went 0-for-3. The Huskies did not take a penalty.
Qualley scored her second goal of the season for her 35^th career point.
Anick scored her second goal of the season.
Farrell posted her seventh career multi-point game and fourth career two assist game (first since last year against Union). She doubled her season assist total and posted her 50^th career point.
Larson is now tied for the team lead in assists, with six.
Wolfe tallied her third assist of the season.
Fifth year forward Emma Gentry (Alpena, Mich.) led the Huskies in shots on goal (eight) and faceoff wins (10) while skating to a +1 mark.
Sophomore forward Marie Moran (Lakeville, Minn.) skated to a +1 mark.
Junior defender Regan Bulger (Yellowknife, Northwest Territories) tied Wolfe for the team lead in blocks (two).
Fifth year goaltender Sanni Ahola (Helsinki, Finland) made 11 saves in her 75^th career game.
Fifth year forward Avery Myers (Fargo, N.D.) skated in her 125^th career game.
Fifth year forward Abby Promersberger (Fargo, N.D.) played in her 120^th career game.
Redshirt sophomore Laura Zimmermann (Ringgenberg, Switzerland) skated in her 50^th career game.

UP NEXT
The Huskies wrap up their series with Union on Saturday. Puck drop is scheduled for 1 p.m. CT. Live coverage will be available on ESPN+ ($) with live stats provided by Union. Links to each coverage option are available on the SCSU Women's Hockey schedule page.

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