St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Drops 11-Goal Thriller to No. 3 Western Michigan, 6-5

Friday, October 31

St. Cloud, Minn.

7:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

5-3-0, 0-1-0

Western Michigan

5-2-0, 1-0-0

Western Mich.

St. Cloud St.

Photo by: Kayden Kircher

St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Drops 11-Goal Thriller to No. 3 Western Michigan, 6-5

11/1/2025 2:46:00 AM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Huskies erase two two-goal deficits but can’t breakthrough for lead

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (5-3-0, 0-1-0 NCHC) came back from two two-goal deficits but ultimately fell to No. 3 Western Michigan (5-2-0, 1-0-0 NCHC), 6-5, on Friday night at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud. The Huskies and Broncos combined for six goals in a wild third period which saw the Huskies score twice in three minutes to tie the game with less than six minutes remaining before Western Michigan scored the game-winning goal less than a minute later on the power play.

The Broncos scored the first two goals of the game in the first period before the Huskies second line made a beautiful play to cut the lead back to one and keep SCSU in the game. With just over two minutes left in the opening frame, freshman forward Noah Urness (Roseau, Minn.) created a turnover behind WMU's goal on the forecheck and passed to freshman forward Nolan Roed (White Bear Lake, Minn.) in the slot and then quickly over to sophomore forward Austin Burnevik (Ham Lake, Minn.) on the backside for the score. Burnevik scored for the ninth time this season and moved his point streak to 10 consecutive games.

The second period started with a five-minute power play for the Huskies, and SCSU took advantage, scoring 1:03 into the period with junior forward Tyson Gross' (Calgary, Alberta) second goal of the season. Gross and senior defenseman Cooper Wylie (Stillwater, Minn.) played a two-man game and switched places on top of the circles with Wylie feeding Gross for a one-timer that found nylon and tied the score at 2-2. A tip-in for WMU at 16:48 gave the Broncos a 3-2 lead heading into the third period.

In the third period, senior defenseman Mason Reiners (Edina, Minn.) tied the game at 3-3 just 3:32 into the period, but Western Michigan would respond just 20 seconds later to retake the lead. Late in the period, sophomore defenseman Thor Byfuglien's (Roseau, Minn.) first goal of the season made the score 5-4 with 8:57 left in the game. The play started with Byfuglien intercepting a pass in the neutral zone and starting a 2-on-1 breakaway with sophomore forward Gavyn Thoreson (Andover, Minn.). Byfuglien drop passed the puck to Thoreson, who carried it all the way under the goal line and fired it at the back of the Bronco goalie. Byfuglien was near the crease and saw the puck was loose behind the goalie and pushed it across the goal line for the score. Then, with 5:39 left in the game, redshirt junior Jack Rogers (East Northport, N.Y.) finished a breakaway chance on a beautiful feed from junior forward Jack Reimann (Ham Lake, Minn.) to tie the score at 5-5. However, SCSU was called for a penalty just 16 seconds later and the Broncos capitalized with a power play goal for the game-winning score.

TOP HUSKIES

Burnevik scored a goal and assist for two points, recording his ninth goal and 12^th points of the season.
Reimann and redshirt senior Ryan Rosborough (Mt. Brydges, Ontario) each recorded two assists in the game.

NOTES

With the loss, SCSU dropped its fifth consecutive game to Western Michigan and moves to 25-20-5 all-time against the Broncos.
SCSU scored five goals in its third consecutive game, marking its first streak of three consecutive games with five or more goals since Nov. 19 – Dec. 9, 2022, when the Huskies scored five, seven, six and seven goals in a stretch of four games.
SCSU went 1-of-3 on the power play and extended its streak of scoring on the man advantage to eight, its longest streak in a single season since Feb. 22 – March 20, 2008. Counting the last two games of last season, SCSU has now scored a power play goal in a program-best 10 consecutive games.
The Huskies power play conversion rate currently sits at 38.5 percent (15-of-39), the second-best mark in the nation.
SCSU recorded a season-high 18 blocks in the game, led by four from senior captain Cooper Wylie.
Burnevik scored his ninth goal of the season and added an assist for another two-point game, his fourth of the season. The Husky sophomore's nine goals leads the NCHC and ranks second in the nation.
Burnevik extended his point streak to 10 games dating back to last season, as he becomes just the sixth Husky since 2002-03 to record a point streak of 10+ games. He joins Garrett Roe (14, 2007-08), Jonny Brodzinski (13, 2012-13), Drew LeBlanc (13, 2012-13) and Ryan Lasch (11, 2007-08; 10, 2007-08).
Gross scored a power play goal to extend his point streak to nine consecutive games dating back to March 15, 2025.
Reiners scored his second goal of the season and second career goal in the third period.
Rogers scored his first goal of the season and his first goal since March 17, 2024 against Western Michigan.
Byfuglien scored his first goal of the season and his second career goal with his third period score.
Reimann and Rosborough both recorded their first career game with two assists and two points.
Roed, Urness, Wylie and Thoreson recorded single assists in the game.

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SCSU and Western Michigan will finish its series on Saturday, Nov. 1 at 6:00 p.m. CT at the Brooks Center.

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