No. 10 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Falls to UMD in Series Finale

Saturday, January 11

Amsoil Arena | Duluth, Minn.

6:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

11-9-0, 4-6-0

Minnesota Duluth

8-11-1, 4-6-0

St. Cloud St.

Minn. Duluth

No. 10 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Falls to UMD in Series Finale

1/11/2025 10:29:00 PM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Gross and Gardner find the back of the net for Huskies

DULUTH, Minn. – No. 10 St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (11-9-0, 4-6-0 NCHC) fell in the series finale to Minnesota Duluth (8-11-1, 4-6-0 NCHC), 5-2, on Saturday night at AMSOIL Arena in Duluth. The Huskies cut a 3-0 second period deficit to 3-2 but couldn't get any closer as the Bulldogs scored the final two goals to secure the series sweep.

SCSU led the shots on goal in the first period 8-7, but Minnesota found the back of the net first, scoring at the 12:36 mark on a Jason Shaugabay tally that was recorded right after a power play expired.

The second period saw five goals scored with UMD extending their lead to 3-0 before the Huskies scored two straight to cut the lead to one goal and then a UMD power play tally to make the score 4-2. Sophomore forward Daimon Gardner (Eagle Lake, Ontario) and sophomore forward Tyson Gross (Calgary, Alberta) were the goal scorers for the Huskies, netting their third and seventh goals of the season, respectively. Gardner's score came 12 seconds after UMD scored while Gross netted his third power play goal of the season. Late in the period, SCSU put itself in a 5-on-3 situation after taking two penalties in a eight second span. The Huskie skilled off the first penalty but was unable to finish the kill on the second penalty as Max Plante's power play goal at 17:00 made the score 4-2.

UMD scored the only goal of the third period, an even strength goal at 4:36 to close the scoring at 5-2.

TOP HUSKIES

Gross had a goal and assist for two points and went 11-7 in the faceoff dot.
Gardner scored his third goal of the season in the second period.
Sophomore forward Verner Miettinen (Espoo, Finland) went 9-3 in the circle for the Huskies.

NOTES

With the loss, SCSU moves to 83-67-11 all-time against Minnesota Duluth and 30-37-3 in Duluth.
The Huskies move to 2-7-0 when its opponent scores first and 0-4-0 when trailing after two periods.
SCSU won 62.3 percent of faceoffs, going 38-23.
The Huskies were 5-of-6 on the penalty kill to moving to 90.2 percent (55-of-61), a mark still tracking to surpass the single season program record of 87.3 percent (124-of-142) in 2007-08.
Gross netted his third power play and seventh goal of the season overall, while adding an assist for two points. His seven goals this season in 20 match his mark from his freshman campaign when he netted seven in 34 games.
The Husky sophomore has scored two or more points in four games this season and has now scored points in five of his last seven games, a stretch where he has produced five goals and four assists for nine points.
Gross' 11-7 mark in the dot helped him improve to 58.5 percent (190-135) in the faceoff dot this season.
Gardner found the back of the net for the third time this season with his second period tally. He has now recorded six points this season, matching his production from his freshman campaign at Clarkson (1g/5a).
Burnevik had the primary assist on Gross' goal to record the eighth assist of his season and move into the team lead in points at 17 (9g/8a).
Senior forward Mason Salquist (Grand Forks, N.D.) went 10-7 in the faceoff dot, marking the seventh consecutive game and team-leading 13^th time this season he has won 10 faceoffs.

HIGHLIGHTS

UP NEXT

St. Cloud State will return home to host No. 16/15 Arizona State on Jan. 17-18 at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. The series begins on Friday at 7:30 p.m. CT and concludes on Saturday at 6:00 p.m. CT with television coverage on Fox 9 + and radio coverage on KNSI.

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