No. 14/16 Colorado College Takes Series Finale over No. 16/15 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey

Friday, February 2

Colorado Springs, Colo.

8:00 P.M.

St. Cloud State

12-8-5, 8-3-4

Colorado College

15-9-1, 9-6-0

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No. 14/16 Colorado College Takes Series Finale over No. 16/15 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey

2/3/2024 11:42:00 PM | Men's Hockey

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Tigers win 5-3, Kupka, Salquist and Gross score for the Huskies

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – No. 16/15 St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (12-9-5, 8-4-4 NCHC) dropped its series finale with No. 14/16 Colorado College (16-9-1, 10-6-0 NCHC), 5-3, on Saturday night at Ed Robson Arena in Colorado Springs, Colo. The loss snapped an 18-game unbeaten streak dating back to 2013 for the Huskies against the Tigers in Colorado Springs.

Colorado College opened a 2-0 lead following a score at the 4:06 mark of the second period, but the Huskies quickly responded with a power play goal from junior forward Mason Salquist (Grand Forks, N.D.) at the 6:48 mark of the period. Salquist beat the Tiger netminder on a weakside shot after a beautiful backdoor feed from fifth-year forward Zach Okabe (Okotoks, Alberta) to make the score 2-1.

After the second intermission, the Tigers opened up the game with back-to-back goals and the 7:37 and 11:35 marks of the period to open a three-goal lead at 4-1. Fifth-year forward Kyler Kupka (Camrose, Alberta) scored his second goal of the weekend with a power play score, but the Huskies would never get closer, as Colorado College added an empty net goal later in the period. Freshman forward Tyson Gross (Calgary, Alberta) would add a score in the final minute of play to make the score 5-3.

TOP HUSKIES

Sophomore forward Adam Ingram (West St. Paul, Manitoba) recorded a pair of assists in the game.
Kupka netted his 11^th goal of the season with a third period power play score.
Salquist scored his fourth goal and first power play goal of the season.

NOTES

With the loss, St. Cloud State moves to 66-52-9 all-time against Colorado College and 38-25-3 against the Tigers in Colorado Springs.
The loss snaps the Huskies' 18-game (17-0-1) unbeaten streak against Colorado College in Colorado Springs, dating back to Feb. 23, 2013. SCSU's last loss in Colorado Springs was Feb. 22, 2013, a 4-3 loss in Colorado Springs.
SCSU went 2-of-3 on the power play to improve to 21.3 percent (20-of-94) on the man advantage this season.
Senior forward Joe Molenaar (Minnetonka, Minn.) played in his 100^th career game.
Ingram had two assists in the game to move his season total to 15, matching his career-best mark from his freshman campaign. His two assists are a season-high and marks the fourth time in his career he has dished out two or more assists.
Kupka scored his 11^th goal of the season to set a new career-best for goals in a season, surpassing his previous best mark of 10 from 2022-23. The score was his third power play goal of the season and 29^th career goal.
Salquist recorded his fourth goal of the season to post a new career-best mark for goals in a season. His score in the second period was his first career power play goal and 10^th career goal.
Gross scored his second goal and 10^th point of the season.
Fifth-year defenseman Dylan Anhorn (Calgary, Alberta) recorded his 20^th assist of the season to match his career-high from last season. His third period assist was his 85^th career point.
Okabe, freshman defenseman Tynan Ewart (Duncan, British Columbia) and junior defenseman Josh Luedtke (Minnetonka, Minn.) all recorded assists in the game.

HIGHLIGHTS

UP NEXT

St. Cloud State will next travel to Miami on Feb. 9-10 for 6:00 p.m. CT puck drop both nights. The series will be streamed on NCHC.tv with radio coverage on KSNI.

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