Omaha Roars Back to Beat No. 17 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey

Friday, January 24

Baxter Arena | Omaha, Neb.

7:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

11-12-0, 4-9-0

Omaha

13-10-0, 9-4-0

St. Cloud St.

Omaha

Omaha Roars Back to Beat No. 17 St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey

1/25/2025 1:23:00 AM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Huskies take a 3-2 lead in the third before four unanswered Maverick goals

OMAHA, Neb. – No. 17 St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (11-12-0, 4-9-0 NCHC) grabbed a 3-2 lead in the third period but then allowed four unanswered goals to drop its fifth consecutive game in a 6-3 loss to Omaha (13-10-0, 9-4-0 NCHC) on Friday night at Baxter Arena in Omaha, Neb. The Huskies outshot the Mavericks 34-32 and 16-6 in the third period, but two power play goals helped the Mavericks upended SCSU in a four-goal period.

The first period ended scoreless despite numerous scoring chances from Omaha, as fifth-year goaltender Gavin Enright (Farmington, Minn.) turned away all 12 shots from the Mavericks. Omaha broke through first at the 6:50 mark of the second period when Zach Urdahl found the back of the net on a 2-on-1 breakaway. SCSU then responded on the game's first power play five minutes later when freshman forward Austin Burnevik (Ham Lake, Minn.) buried a rebound to tie the score at 1-1. Both teams then traded goals in the last 2:07 of the period, first Omaha and then SCSU when sophomore forward Verner Miettinen (Espoo, Finland) scored his third goal of the season on a near-sided shot that snuck through the UNO's goalie's pads.

SCSU took the lead early in the third period when junior forward Grant Ahcan (Savage, Minn.) deflected a shot from the point from sophomore defenseman Warren Clark (Riverside, Ontario). The deflection hit off a post then a defender's skate and into the net to make the score 3-2. SCSU's lead didn't last long, however, as Omaha scored a power play goal just over three minutes later and then three more goals to cap the scoring a 6-3.

TOP HUSKIES

Ahcan had a goal and assist for his second consecutive two-point game.
Burnevik scored his team-leading 10^th goal with a second period power play goal.
Miettinen netted his third goal of the season.

NOTES

With the loss, SCSU moves to 30-19-4 all-time against Omaha and 11-10-2 against the Mavericks in Omaha.
The Huskies move to 2-10-0 when its opponent scores first and 2-6-0 when tied after two periods.
Ahcan recorded his second consecutive two-point game and third overall of the season with a goal and assist. Over his last four games, he now has a goal and four assist for five points.
Burnevik tallied his fifth power play goal and 10^th goal overall, registering his 20^th point of the season. He becomes the first Husky freshman to score 20 points since Adam Ingram in 2022-23 (8-15-23) and first to score 10 goals since Veeti Miettinen (11) in 2020-21.
Sophomore forward Barrett Hall (Apple Valley, Minn.) recorded his 13^th assist and 17^th point of the season, surpassing his mark of 16 (8-8-16) from his freshman campaign.
Miettinen recorded his third goal of the season and seventh career goal in the second period.
Sophomore forward Gavyn Thoreson (Andover, Minn.) recorded an assist to extend his point-streak to a career-best three games.
Senior defenseman Karl Falk (Vasteras, Sweden) and Clark recorded their fourth and third assists of the season, respectively.
Senior forward Mason Salquist (Grand Fork, N.D.) went 10-7 in the faceoff dot, his 15^th game this season and ninth time in the last 10 games he's recorded 10 or more wins in the dot.

HIGHLIGHTS

UP NEXT

St. Cloud State and Omaha will finish its series on Saturday with a 7:00 p.m. CT puck drop from Baxter Arena on NCHC.tv and KNSI.

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