No. 15/14 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Can’t Hold Lead in Setback to No. 13 Arizona State

Friday, January 17

St. Cloud, Minn.

7:30 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

11-10-0, 4-7-0

Arizona State

12-8-1, 7-4-0

Arizona St.

St. Cloud St.

No. 15/14 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Can’t Hold Lead in Setback to No. 13 Arizona State

1/18/2025 1:10:00 AM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Huskies grab 3-1 lead before giving up five unanswered goals

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – After taking a 3-1 lead in the second period, No. 15/14 St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (11-10-0, 4-7-0 NCHC) gave up five unanswered goals in a 6-3 loss to No. 13 Arizona State (12-8-1, 7-4-0 NCHC) on Friday at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud. The Sun Devils scored three goals in a 3:32 stretch midway through the second period to take a 4-3 lead and grab momentum for the rest of the game.

ASU broke through first, scoring at the 12:28 mark of the first period when Cullen Potter took a 3-on-1 all by himself and sent a wrister that snuck through the five-hole for a 1-0 lead. However, SCSU responded just 1:25 later on the power play when junior forward Adam Ingram (West St. Paul, Manitoba) grabbed a rebound on the weakside and fired a wrist shot top shelf to tie the score at 1-1.

The Huskies jumped out quick in the second period, scoring back-to-back goals in the first five minutes of the middle frame. First, sophomore forward Gavyn Thoreson (Andover, Minn.) found himself all alone in the slot for a wrist shot and score on a set play after a faceoff win from sophomore forward Verner Miettinen (Espoo, Finland). Then, senior forward Mason Salquist (Grand Forks, N.D.) hammered home a rebound off a shot from the point from senior defenseman Karl Falk (Vasteras, Sweden) at the 4:34 mark of the period.

Arizona State then grabbed the lead with three straight goals between the 11:04 and 14:36 marks of the third period and added a power play goal and empty net goal in the third period to take the game, 6-3.

TOP HUSKIES

Salquist netted his third goal of the season with his second period goal.
Ingram and Thoreson each scored their second goals of the season.
Miettinen recorded an assist and was an impressive 13-5 in the faceoff dot.

NOTES

With the loss, SCSU moves to 3-1-0 all-time against Arizona State and 2-1-0 in St. Cloud.
The Huskies move to 2-8-0 when its opponent scores first and 0-5-0 when trailing after two periods.
SCSU won 66.1 percent of faceoffs, going 39-20.
Salquist netted his third goal of the season and 16^th of this career.
Thoreson scored his second goal of the season, recording his first point since Nov. 1 (assist vs. Boston College) and first goal since Oct. 19 (Michigan).
Ingram scored his second goal of the season and 20^th of his career in the second period.
Burnevik had the primary assist on Ingram's goal, his ninth assist of the season to extend his team-lead to 18 points.
Miettinen recorded an assist for his ninth assist of the season while going 72.2 percent (13-5) in the faeoff dot to move to 58.6 percent (181-128) on the season.
Senior forward Nick Portz (St. Cloud, Minn.) recorded his first assist of the season and first point since scoring two goals against Augustana on Oct. 25.
Falk recorded his third assist on the season, setting a new single season high.
Sophomore forward Jack Reimann (Ham Lake, Minn.) shifted over to center and set a new career-high with seven faceoff wins.

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St. Cloud State and Arizona State will finish its series on Saturday at 6:00 p.m. CT on Fox 9 + and KNSI.

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