No. 10 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Falls to No. 2 Boston College, 2-1

Saturday, November 2

St. Cloud, Minn.

6:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

6-3-0

Boston College

5-1-0

Boston College

St. Cloud St.

Photo by: Jason Soria

No. 10 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Falls to No. 2 Boston College, 2-1

11/3/2024 12:36:00 AM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Huskies grab 1-0 lead, can’t find equalizer in final period in series finale

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – No. 10 St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (6-3-0, 0-0-0 NCHC) jumped out to an early lead but then couldn't hold on in a 2-1 setback to No. 2 Boston College (5-1-0, 0-0-0 HEA) on Saturday night at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. Sophomore forward Verner Miettinen (Espoo, Finland) scored the Huskies lone goal in the first period, his first score of the season.

The Husky sophomore's goal at the 4:59 mark of the first period gave the Huskies its first lead of the weekend. SCSU's forecheck made the play happen, with sophomore forward Barrett Hall (Apple Valley, Minn.) and freshman forward Austin Burnevik (Ham Lake, Minn.) creating a turnover in its offensive zone. Burnevik ended up with the puck behind the Eagle net and then found a streaking Miettinen to the slot, who then fired a shot past the goaltender for the score.

Boston College was able to knot the score up at 1-1 in the second period on a wrist shot from just inside the blue line by defenseman Eamon Powell. Then, at 3:23 of the third period, James Hagens got his stick on a Husky pass attempt, creating a turnover and chance in front of the net for Gabe Perreault, who beat the Husky goaltender to make the score 2-1. SCSU had its chances in the period to tie the score, including 62 seconds of a major penaly to end the game, but couldn't find the back of the net.

TOP HUSKIES

Miettinen scored his first goal of the season and was 11-8 in the faceoff dot.
Burnevik and Hall each recorded assist's on Miettinen's goal.
Sophomore forward Tyson Gross (Calgary, Alberta) went 14-6 in the faceoff dot.

NOTES

With the loss, SCSU moves to 4-3-0 all-time against Boston College.
SCSU controlled the faceoff dot by going 42-27 in the circle. Gross led the way for the Huskies at 14-6, while Miettinen went 11-8, senior forward Mason Salquist (Grand Forks, N.D.) went 9-6 and redshirt junior forward Ryan Rosborough (Mt. Brydges, Ontario) went 6-3.
Miettinen scored his first goal of the season and fifth career goal.
Hall and Burnevik each had an assist and continued to lead the team in points with eight, each.
Sophomore goaltender Isak Posch (Umea, Sweden) made 26 saves in the game, marking the sixth time this season and 14^th time in his career he has made 25 or more save.

HIGHLIGHTS

UP NEXT

Next, St. Cloud State will open conference play at the Brooks Center against Miami on Nov. 8-9. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. CT on Friday and 6:00 p.m. CT on Saturday on Fox 9 + and KNSI.

For all the latest on St. Cloud State Men's Hockey, stay tuned to SCSUHuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Tickets for the 2024-25 season are available at www.scsutickets.com, downloading the St. Cloud State Huskies app or by calling 1-877-SCSUTIX / 320-308-2137.