St. Cloud State
15-11-1, 10-10-1
Wisconsin
23-4-0, 17-4-0
No. 10 Women’s Hockey Falls to No. 2 Wisconsin in Overtime
2/3/2024 9:37:00 PM | Women's Hockey
Tayor Lind Nets Lone Goal for the Huskies
MADISON, WIS. — The St. Cloud State Women's Hockey Team (15-11-1, 10-10-1 WCHA) was taken down by a score of 2-1 on Saturday versus No. 2 Wisconsin (23-4-0, 17-4-0 WCHA) at LaBahn Arena.
LEADING AFTER ONE
Captain Taylor Lind (Shaunavon, Saskatchewan) would start off scoring in the game with the assists going to Klara Hymlarova (Opava, Czech Republic) and Ella Anick (Hermantown, Minn.) at the 2:16 mark of the opening frame. The Huskies would maintain their 1-0 lead until the 8:35 mark of the second frame when the Badgers were able to strike back to tie the game at one a piece.
REGULATION WAS NOT ENOUGH
Following Badger Maddi Wheeler's goal just under the halfway mark of the middle period, neither team would capitalize. St. Cloud State would go 2-for-2 on the penalty kill as Dayle Ross would get called for body checking in the second and tripping in the third. The Badgers were able to tally eight combined shots on their power play attempts but none were able to beat netminder Jojo Chobak (Chicago, Ill.) making them unsuccessful attempts
With the score tied at 1-1, the Badgers and the Huskies would head to overtime. The Huskies had trouble getting out of the defensive zone, and Wisconsin was able to capitalize at the 2:47 mark of overtime. St. Cloud State picked up one point in the overtime loss in game one
FACEOFF SUCCESS
The team went 38-34 in the faceoff circle with Emma Gentry (Alpena, Mich.) leading the charge. Gentry went 17-7 on the dot for a 70.83 percent. Avery Farrell (Rogers, Minn.) also found success in the faceoff circle, going 7-3 or 70 percent. Going into the series versus St. Cloud State, the Badgers were 58.50 percent on the dot. The Huskies held them to 47.22 percent in game one of the series.
PUCK STOPPER
Goaltender Jojo Chobak was incredible in net for the Huskies, stopping 45 of 47 shots faced. Chobak played 62:47 minutes in the overtime loss. Last time Chobak made 40 or more saves was last season when the Huskies went up against Minnesota-Duluth, Chobak's former team, on Feb. 10, 2023. Chobak stopped all eight shots faced on the penalty kill and helped her team pick up a point in the loss.
UP NEXT
The Huskies are back at LaBahn Arena taking on the Badgers in the second game of the two game series on Sunday. Puck drop is set for 4:00 p.m. CT in Madison. The game will be streamed on Big Ten Network Plus ($) and KVSC Radio.
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