St. Cloud State
3-3-0, 0-2-0
#3 Minnesota
6-0-0, 2-0-0
No. 10 St. Cloud State Women’s Hockey Falls to No. 3 Gophers in High Scoring Series Finale
10/11/2025 5:56:00 PM | Women's Hockey
Minnesota wins 5-3, sweeps SCSU in opening series of WCHA play
ST. CLOUD, Minn. – No. 10 St. Cloud State Women's Hockey (3-3-0, 0-2-0 Western Collegiate Hockey Association) was swept its first WCHA series of the season after falling to No. 3 Minnesota, 5-3 in game two on Saturday afternoon at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud.
The Huskies took its first lead of the series when redshirt junior forward Laura Zimmermann (Ringgenberg, Switzerland) scored her first goal of the season six and a half minutes into the first period. Zimmermann's shot from the high slot took a friendly bounce off the stick of a Minnesota defender and bounced off the right post and in. SCSU would carry its 1-0 lead into the first intermission.
The second period saw five goals after yesterday's middle 20 saw four. Minnesota (6-0-0, 2-0-0 WCHA) tied the game in the first 1:45 of the second and took a 2-1 lead just past the halfway point. SCSU evened the game at two apiece after freshman forward Maria Mikaelyan (Moscow, Russia) scored her second goal in as many games. Redshirt sophomore defender Sydney Bryant (Traverse City, Mich.) made a nice cross-ice pass to senior forward Avery Farrell (Rogers, Minn.) who took a shot from the left dot that bounced off a Gopher defender right to Mikaelyan who had great positing in front of the net.
Less than two minutes later, the Gophers regained the lead for the second time in the period, but graduate defender Grace Wolfe (Owatonna, Minn.) brought the game back even in the final 30 seconds of the period, scoring a beautiful one-timer off a great pass from Mikaelyan.
Minnesota added a pair of third period goals to pull away with a 5-3 win to sweep the weekend home-and-home series.
TOP HUSKIES
- Mikaeylan was the only Husky with multiple points (1 goal/1 assist) and was named the game's third star.
- Wolfe and Zimmerman also scored goals for SCSU. Wolfe was the lone Husky to skate to a positive mark (+2).
- Before leaving the game due to injury in the second period, sophomore goaltender Emilia Kyrkkö (Nokia, Finland) made 30 saves on 32 shots (.938 save percentage).
NOTABLES
- SCSU moves to 6-110-4 all-time against Minnesota and 4-46-2 all-time against the Gophers at home.
- The Huskies moved to 1-3-0 this season against ranked teams and 2-1-0 in home games.
- SCSU went 3-for-3 on the penalty kill and 1-for-5 on the power play. For the season, SCSU is 19-for-21 (90.5%) on the penalty kill and 3-for-15 on the power play (20.0%).
- Mikaelyan scored a goal for the second consecutive game. She recorded her first career assist and first career multi-point game. Her four goals lead the team by two and her five points are second most.
- Wolfe scored her first goal since January 25, 2025, at Wisconsin.
- Zimmermann scored her first goal since last year's final game against Minnesota Duluth on March 1, 2025.
- Kyrrkö made 30 saves in 32 minutes of play between the pipes. Her 30 saves were the second most in a game this season.
- Sophomore defender Siiri Yrjölä (Vantaa, Finland) recorded her team-leading fifth assist of the season. She leads the team in points this season, with six.
- Farrell posted her third assist of the season which ranks second on the team.
- Bryant and junior forward Sidney Jackel (Ann Arbor, Mich.) tallied their second assists of the season.
HIGHLIGHTS
UP NEXT
The Huskies welcome (RV) St. Thomas (5-1-0, 1-1-0 WCHA) to St. Cloud next weekend for a series at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. Friday's puck drop is set for 2 p.m. and Saturday's game will start at 1 p.m. Links to each coverage option can be found on the SCSU Women's Hockey schedule page.
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