Mavericks Upend No. 9 Huskies in OT

Friday, December 6

St. Cloud, Minn.

7:30 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

9-5-0, 3-2-0

Omaha

6-7-0, 4-3-0

OT 1

Omaha

St. Cloud St.

12/7/2024 1:53:00 AM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Gross scores a pair of goals, Clark notches first collegiate goal

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – No. 9 St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (9-5-0, 3-2-0 NCHC) dropped its series opener with Omaha (6-7-0, 4-3-0 NCHC), 4-3, in overtime on Friday night at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. The Huskies erased a 2-1 to take a 3-2 lead after back-to-back goals from sophomore forward Tyson Gross (Calgary, Alberta), but couldn't hold its lead, giving up a third period goal and an overtime score to give the Mavericks the win.

Omaha jumped on the scoreboard first, scoring 9:01 into the game when Jimmy Glynn caused a turnover and fired a wrist shot to the back of the net to take a 1-0 lead. SCSU then pulled back to even early in the second period when sophomore defenseman Warren Clark (Riverside, Ontario) recorded his first career goal at the 4:20 mark of the period. Clark had just jumped on the ice and worked his way left dot where sophomore forward Verner Miettinen (Espoo, Finland) was able to find him for a one-timer and a goal.

After Omaha retook the lead with a Zach Urdahl goal, Gross nearly single-handedly gave the Huskies the lead with a pair of scored in just under two minutes. First, Gross created a turnover at the redline and started a 2-on-1 breakaway where he took the puck all the way past the left dot where he fired a wicked wrist shot for a score. Next, Gross won a faceoff and then worked his way to the front of the net, where junior forward Ethan AuCoin (Calgary, Alberta) found him and let Gross finish it off for a score a 3-2 lead.

Omaha's Zach Urdahl then scored 22 seconds into the third period, causing an overtime where Omaha's Sam Stange scored at the 1:48 mark to earn the win.

TOP HUSKIES

Gross scored had his first career two-goal game to lead the way for the Huskies.
Clark scored SCSU's first goal of the game.
Redshirt sophomore goaltender James Gray (Toronto, Ontario) made 25 saves in his first start of the season in net for the Huskies.

NOTES

With the loss, SCSU moves to 29-18-4 all-time against Omaha and 17-8-2 against the Mavericks in St. Cloud.
SCSU moved to 7-3 in one-goal games and 1-2-0 in overtime games.
The Huskies turned away all three UNO chances on the power play, moving to 90.2 percent (37-of-41) on the season.
Gross recorded his career multi-goal game with his third and fourth goals of the season. It also marked his 10^th and 11^th goals of his career.
Clark recorded his first collegiate goal with his second period score.
Miettinen logged his seventh assist of the season while AuCoin recorded his first.
In just his second career start, Gray recorded a career-high 25 saves.

HIGHLIGHTS

PRESS CONFERENCE

UP NEXT

St. Cloud State and Omaha will finish its series at 6:00 p.m. CT on Saturday at the Brooks Center.

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