Five Huskies Score in 5-2 Win over Miami for No. 16 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey

Friday, February 9

Oxford, Ohio

6:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

13-9-5, 9-4-4

Miami

7-18-2, 1-15-1

St. Cloud St.

Miami (OH)

Five Huskies Score in 5-2 Win over Miami for No. 16 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey

2/9/2024 9:46:00 PM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Peart’s three points leads the way as five Huskies score

OXFORD, Ohio – No. 16 St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (13-9-5, 9-4-4 NCHC) netted five goals in a 5-2 win over Miami (7-18-2, 1-15-1 NCHC) on Friday night in Oxford, Ohio. Five different Huskies found the back of the net in the game, led by junior defenseman Jack Peart's (Grand Rapids, Minn.) three-point night.

Miami came out of the gates buzzing and recorded five of the first six shots on goal in the game, but the Huskies were able to weather the storm and strike first late in the period. With just under five minutes left in the period, junior forward Nick Portz (St. Cloud, Minn.) gathered the puck behind the RedHawk net and found Peart, who was streaking towards the net and sent a slap shot past the netminder for the first score of the game. The Huskies would then go on the power play soon after, with SCSU converting at the 17:35 mark of the period to increase its lead to 2-0. Peart threaded the needle to find fifth-year forward Zach Okabe (Okotoks, Alberta) in front of the net who the RedHawk goaltender blocker side for the score.

The two teams traded goals in the second period, first with Miami at the 2:23 mark to make the score 2-1 followed by fifth-year defenseman Dylan Anhorn's (Calgary, Alberta) scored at the 13:18 mark. The Miettinen brothers teamed up to tally assists for Anhorn's goal with freshman forward Verner Miettinen (Espoo, Finland) feeding Anhorn near the blue line which started a give-and-go play with senior forward Veeti Miettinen (Espoo, Finland) on a drive to the net. The older Miettinen fed Anhorn perfectly in the slot, who one-timed a slap shot right past the RedHawk goalie for a score and 3-1 lead.

In the third period, Miami scored 13 seconds into the last frame, but SCSU won't wait long to respond and put away the RedHawks for good. First, freshman forward Barrett Hall (Apple Valley, Minn.) made a spinning shot from the high slot to surprise Miami's goalie for a score at the 3:27 mark of the period. Then, 50 seconds later on a delayed penalty, freshman defenseman Tynan Ewart (Duncan, British Columbia) played the puck down the boards on the left side of the ice and got behind the defense. Once there, Ewart threaded a pass to the weakside to sophomore defenseman Cooper Wylie's (Stillwater, Minn.) stick, who had a wide open net for SCSU's fifth goal of the night.

TOP HUSKIES

Peart led the Husky offense with three points – one goal and two assists – to earn the first star of the game.
Wylie had a goal and assist for two points to earn the second star of the game.
Okabe netted his seventh goal and 12^th assist of the season for two points and the third star of the game.

NOTES

With the win, St. Cloud State improves to 33-17-6 all-time against Miami and pulls even at 10-10-3 against the RedHawks in Oxford.
SCSU was 1-of-3 on the power play to improve to 21.6 percent (21-of-97) on the man advantage this season. The Huskies are now 9-5-1 on the season when scoring on the power play.
Peart set a season-high and matched a career-best with three points, the third time in his career he has reached three points in a game. Peart scored his third goal of the season and eight goal of his career, while also registering his sixth and seventh assists of the season and 42^nd and 43^rd career assists.
The Husky junior now has 51 career points. His 43 career assists ranks 18^th among SCSU blue liners all-time.
Wylie had a goal and assist for two points, his second two-point game of the season and career. The Husky sophomore now has four career goals and eight career assists for 12 career points.
Okabe continued his hot stretch of hockey, scoring his sixth goal in the last 10 games and seventh goal overall this season. He also notched his 12^th assist for 19 points this season.
Anhorn netted his fifth goal of the season and matched a career-high with 25 points, equaling his total from last season.
Hall scored his sixth goal and 11^th point of the season.
Senior goaltender Dominic Basse (Alexandria, Va.) made 18 saves to improve to 12-9-2 on the season, setting a new career-best for wins in a season.
Verner Miettinen recorded two assists, the second time this season he has tallied two or more assists.
Veeti Miettinen had two assists in the game, logging the second time this season and 12^th time in his career he has recorded two or more assists.
Ewart notched his fifth assist of the season while Portz recorded his second.
Junior forward Mason Salquist (Grand Forks, N.D.) went 14-5 (.737) in the faceoff dot, his best mark since a .808 (21-5) against Miami on Nov. 3.

HIGHLIGHTS

UP NEXT

St. Cloud State will finish its series and go for the season sweep against Miami on Saturday. Puck drop from Steve Cady Arena is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. CT on NCHC.tv and KNSI.

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