St. Thomas Upends St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey, 3-1

Tuesday, November 11

Lee & Penny Anderson Arena | St. Paul, Minn.

7:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

6-6-0

St. Thomas

4-5-1

St. Cloud St.

St. Thomas (MN)

Photo by: Kayden Kircher

11/11/2025 11:54:00 PM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Huskies score first goal before giving up next three in setback

ST. PAUL, Minn. – St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (6-6-0, 1-3-0 NCHC) fell to St. Thomas (4-5-1, 1-1-0 CCHA), 3-1, on Tuesday night at Lee & Penny Anderson Arena in St. Paul, Minn. The Huskies scored the first goal of the game, but then surrendered the next three without finding the back of the net again.

SCSU was the first to find the back of the net sophomore forward Austin Burnevik (Ham Lake, Minn.) was able to clean up a rebound in front of the net at the 6:38 mark of the first period. Sophomore defenseman Thor Byfuglien (Roseau, Minn.) began the chance by carrying the puck around the net before a centering pass went through the crease, hit the skate of freshman forward Noah Urness (Roseau, Minn.) and back through the crease to Burnevik's stick, where he tapped it in for the 1-0 lead. The Tommies then evened the score at 1-1 with 2:32 left in the period on Attila Lippai's first goal of the season.

St. Thomas scored twice in the second period to push its lead to 3-1 on goals from Alex Gaffney and Lucas Wahlin. In the third period, SCSU outshot UST 13-5 and skated with an extra skater for more than three minutes but couldn't narrow its deficit, falling 3-1.

TOP HUSKIES

Burnevik scored his 11^th goal of the season.
Byfuglien and Urness recorded assists.
Sophomore goaltender Patriks Berzins (Talsi, Latvia) made 32 saves in net.

NOTES

With the loss, St. Cloud State moves to 23-27-0 all-time against St. Thomas and 7-3-0 since the two schools became Division-I programs.
The game was the first between the two programs played in Lee & Penny Anderson on the campus of St. Thomas.
The Huskies had 32 shots on goal, marking the 11^th time in 12 games they have registered 30 or more shots on goal.
SCSU went 3-of-3 on the penalty kill, the third time this season they have been perfect on the PK while raising their season mark to 73.1 percent (30-of-41).
Burnevik scored his 11^th goal of the season to move into a tie for the NCAA lead with Penn State's JJ Wiebusch and Michigan's Will Horcoff.
Urness recorded his fourth assist of the season while Byfuglien recorded his second.
Berzins made 32 saves to match his season and career-high, the third time he has reached that mark this season.

UP NEXT

SCSU will be off this weekend before traveling to Miami for an NCHC road series on Nov. 21-22 in Oxford, Ohio.

For all the latest on St. Cloud State Men's Hockey, stay tuned to SCSUHuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Tickets for the 2025-26 season are available at www.scsutickets.com, downloading the St. Cloud State Huskies app or by calling 1-877-SCSUTIX / 320-308-2137.