No. 16 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Pulls Away from Miami for Series Sweep

Saturday, February 10

Oxford, Ohio

6:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

14-9-5, 10-4-4

Miami

7-19-2, 1-16-1

St. Cloud St.

Miami (OH)

No. 16 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Pulls Away from Miami for Series Sweep

2/10/2024 10:11:00 PM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Anhorn and Okabe’s third period scores seal 3-1 victory for SCSU

OXFORD, Ohio – No. 16 St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (14-9-5, 10-4-4 NCHC) finished off a sweep of Miami (7-19-2, 1-16-1 NCHC) with a 3-1 victory on Saturday night in Oxford, Ohio. The game was tied at 1-1 entering the third period before fifth-year defenseman Dylan Anhorn (Calgary, Alberta) broke the tie and fifth-year forward Zach Okabe (Okotoks, Alberta) added insurance in the third period. Freshman goaltender Isak Posch (Umea, Sweden) made his fourth start of the season and earned the win after making 21 saves.

St. Cloud State pushed the pace for the entirety of the first period and took a 1-0 lead into the first intermission after outshooting the RedHawks 16-6. Sophomore forward Adam Ingram (West St. Paul, Manitoba) lite the lamp first for the Huskies on a beautiful tic-tac-toe play on the power play, as senior forward Veeti Miettinen (Espoo, Finland) and fifth-year forward Kyler Kupka (Camrose, Alberta) fed Ingram on the backside for a wide open net and goal at the 11:13 mark of the opening period.

The Huskies outshot Miami 12-9 in the second period, but Dylan Moulton was able to tie the score at 1-1 with a breakaway goal that squeaked past Posch for the only goal SCSU allowed all night.

In the third period, Miami had plenty of plenty of scoring chances, but the Huskies remained strong and kept Miami out of the scoring column. Midway through the final frame, Husky captain Dylan Anhorn provided the jolt SCSU needed to re-capture momentum. The play started when freshman forward Barrett Hall (Apple Valley, Minn.) poke-checked the puck away from Miami in the offensive zone and right to Vetti Miettinen's stick. Miettinen fed Hall back as he was breaking up the right side of the ice, and then Hall turned towards the center of the ice and made a cross-ice pass to Anhorn, who was ready for a one-time slap shot to beat the Miami goaltender at 10:16.

The Huskies would then add insurance with just under two minutes remaining when Kupka fed Okabe on a cross-ice pass to the backside of the net to make the score 3-1 with 1:59 left in the game.

TOP HUSKIES

Veeti Miettinen and Kupka each had two assists in the game with Miettinen earning the first star.
Anhorn scored the game-winning goal and was named the third star.
Posch logged his second career victory in the game with 21 saves.

NOTES

With the win, St. Cloud State improves to 34-17-6 all-time against Miami and now sits at 11-10-3 against the RedHawks in Oxford.
SCSU was 1-of-2 on the power play to improve to 22.2 percent (22-of-99) on the man advantage this season. The Huskies are now 10-5-1 on the season when scoring on the power play.
SCSU improved to 10-2-1 when its opponent fails to score on the power play and 12-5-3 when scoring first.
Anhorn logged his second goal of the series, recording the game-winner in both games. It marks Anhorn's first time scoring goals in consecutive games as a member of the Huskies.
The Husky captain now has six goals this season and set a new career-best with 26 points (six goals / 20 assists). He now has 87 career points with 24 goals and 63 assists.
Okabe netted his eighth goal of the season and 50^th career goal with his third period score. He becomes the 24^th skater in program history to reach the 50-goal mark.
Okabe goal marked his 20^th point this season as becomes the 14^th Husky – and second this season after Miettinen – to record 20 or more points in four consecutive seasons (2020-21 – 2023-24: 22, 28, 36, 20).
Ingram's power play score in the first period was his fourth power play tally and eighth goal of the season. His score set a new career-high for power play goals while his eighth goal and 23^rd point matched his career-highs from last season.
Veeti Miettinen had two assists in the game and totaled four helpers in the series. It marks the third time this season and 13^th time in his career he has logged two or more assists.
Kupka had two assists in the game, marking the third time this season and eighth time in his career he has reached two or more assists. Kupka matched his career-best mark points in a season with 25 points (11 goals / 14 assists) and now has 78 career points.
Posch made 21 saves in the victory, the fourth time in four starts this season he has made 20 or more saves.
Hall logged his sixth assist of the season and 12^th point.

HIGHLIGHTS

UP NEXT

St. Cloud State will have its final bye week of the regular season next week before the Huskies return home for back-to-back home series, its final two at home this season. First, the Huskies will host No. 14 Western Michigan on Feb. 23-24 at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. Friday's contest is scheduled to start at 7:00 p.m. CT on CBS Sports Network, while Saturday's game will start at 6:00 p.m. CT on Fox 9 + and NCHC.tv.

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