No. 12/10 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Closes 2024 with 2-1 Win over St. Thomas

Sunday, December 29

St. Cloud, Minn.

4:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

11-7-0

St. Thomas

4-10-4

St. Thomas (MN)

St. Cloud St.

No. 12/10 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Closes 2024 with 2-1 Win over St. Thomas

12/29/2024 10:39:00 PM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Ingram and Hall score timely goals, Enright impresses in fourth consecutive start in net

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – No. 12/10 St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (11-7-0, 4-4-0 NCHC) closed its nonconference slate and 2024 calendar year with a 2-1 win over St. Thomas (4-10-4, 3-6-3 CCHA) on Sunday afternoon at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud. The Huskies received timely goals from sophomore forward Barrett Hall (Apple Valley, Minn.) and junior forward Adam Ingram (West St. Paul, Manitoba) while fifth-year goaltender Gavin Enright (Farmington, Minn.) made 28 saves in a superb night in net.

With the win, the Huskies finish the nonconference portion of its 2024-25 schedule with a 7-3-0 record, its best mark in nonconference play since an 8-2-0 mark in 2023-24.

The Huskies jumped on the board immediately with its fastest goal scored this season when Ingram fired a laser wrist shot from the high slot that beat the Tommie netminder just 71 seconds into the game. The score helped SCSU jump out to an early lead and continue its trend fast starts as the Huskies have now outscored its opponents 12-5 in the first period this season.

The game then remained 1-0 for the next 54 minutes as both goaltenders made stop in key moments for both teams. St. Thomas broke the scoreless streak at the 15:17 mark of the third period when Cooper Gay's tip-in made the score 1-1. The game did not remain tied for long, however, as the Huskies responded just 31 seconds later to take the lead for good. This time it was a tip-in from Hall, who recorded his first career game-winning goal off senior defenseman Josh Luedtke's (Minnetonka, Minn.) shot from the point at the 15:48 mark of the period.

TOP HUSKIES

Hall scored his 12^th career goal and first career game-winning goal with his third period score.
Enright made his fourth consecutive start in net, making 28 saves to improve to 2-2-0 on the season between the pipes.
Ingram found the back of the net for the first time this season with his first period goal.

NOTES

With the win, the Huskies improve to 23-25-0 all-time against St. Thomas and 7-1-0 as Division-I opponents (2021-22).
After outscoring the Tommies 21-3 in the first four meetings as D-I opponents, the last four meetings have been one-score games with SCSU outscoring UST 8-6.
In the win, SCSU improves to 7-3-0 at home, 9-2-0 when scoring first, 8-2-0 when leading after the first period, 9-1-0 when leading after two periods and 8-4-0 in one-goal games.
SCSU killed all three penalties it committed in the game to improve to 90.6 percent on the penalty kill (48-of-53) this season and 7-4-0 on the season when its opponent fails to score on the power play.
The Huskies penalty kill is on pace to set a program record, sitting ahead of the 2007-08 team that was 87.3 percent (124-of-142) on the season.
SCSU went 43-28 in the faceoff dot, including a 19-4 mark from sophomore forward Tyson Gross (Calgary, Alberta) and 14-7 mark from senior forward Mason Salquist (Grand Forks, N.D.).
Hall scored his fourth goal on the season, 12^th of his career and first career game-winning goal. In just 18 games this season, it also marked his 16^th point, equaling his marking of 16 points (8g/8a) in 33 games from his freshman campaign.
Ingram found the back of the net for the first time this season and 19^th time in his career.
Enright made 28 saves to earn the victory, marking the fourth time this season and 10^th time in his career he has made 25 or more saves.
In four starts this season, Enright is 2-2-0 with a 2.25 goals-against-average and .929 save percentage.
Gross had a career-best 19 wins in the dot and recorded his sixth assist on the season with the secondary assist on Ingram's goal. He has now scored seven points (4g/3a) in his last five games.
Luedtke, sophomore defenseman Warren Clark (Riverside, Ontario) and sophomore forward Daimon Gardner (Eagle Lake, Ontario) each had single assists in the game.

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UP NEXT

St. Cloud State will now be off until Jan. 10 when it returns to NCHC play against Minnesota Duluth. The two-game series will be played Jan. 10-11 at Amsoil Arena in Duluth, Minn.

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