No. 10 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Shutout by Minnesota Duluth in Series Opener

Friday, January 10

Amsoil Arena | Duluth, Minn.

7:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

11-8-0, 4-5-0

Minnesota Duluth

7-11-1, 3-6-0

St. Cloud St.

Minn. Duluth

No. 10 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Shutout by Minnesota Duluth in Series Opener

1/10/2025 11:29:00 PM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Enright makes 32 saves in net while SCSU shutout for the fourth time this season

DULUTH, Minn. – No. 10 St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (11-8-0, 4-5-0 NCHC) dropped its series opener with Minnesota Duluth (7-11-0, 3-6-0 NCHC), falling 2-0 on Friday night at AMSOIL Arena in Duluth. The Huskies got 32 saves from fifth-year goaltender Gavin Enright (Farmington, Minn.), but a second period tap-in goal proved to be the difference in the game before an empty net goal late.

SCSU missed out on its only two power play chances of the game in the first period, but UMD was able to outshoot the Huskies 10-6 in the opening period. The second and third period were much more even in shots on goal favoring UMD 15-14 and 9-8, respectively. UMD's Max Plante scored the first goal of the game at the 16:42 mark of the second period, tipping in an Aaron Pionk shot from the point for the 1-0 lead. UMD then put in an empty net goal late to make the score 2-0.

TOP HUSKIES

Enright was sharp in net all night, allowing just the one goal while recording 32 saves.
Sophomore forward Tyson Gross (Calgary, Alberta) went 9-4 in the faceoff dot
Junior defenseman Josh Zinger (Red Deer, Alberta) led the Huskies in shots on goal with four.

NOTES

With the loss, SCSU moves to 83-66-11 all-time against Minnesota Duluth and 30-36-3 in Duluth.
The Huskies move to 2-6-0 when its opponent scores first and 0-3-0 when trailing after two periods.
SCSU went 2-of-2 on the penalty kill in the game to move to 90.9 percent (50-of-55) on the PK this season.
Enright made 32 saves in the game, marking the second time this season and eighth time in his career he has made 30+ saves in a game.
Senior forward Mason Salquist (Grand Forks, N.D.) went 10-6 in the faceoff dot, marking the sixth consecutive game and team-leading 12^th time this season he has won 10 faceoffs.
Gross' 9-4 mark in the dot helped him improve to 58.3 percent (179-128) in the faceoff dot this season.

HIGHLIGHTS

UP NEXT

St. Cloud State and Minnesota Duluth will finish its two-game set on Saturday with the series finale scheduled for 6:00 p.m. CT at Amsoil Arena with television coverage on Fox 9 + and radio coverage on KNSI.

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