St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Beats Miami 4-2 in Series Finale

Saturday, November 22

Goggin Ice Center | Oxford, Ohio

5:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

7-7-0, 2-4-0

Miami

8-4-0, 2-4-0

St. Cloud St.

Miami (OH)

St. Cloud State Men’s Hockey Beats Miami 4-2 in Series Finale

11/22/2025 8:57:00 PM | Men's Hockey

Box Score

Ahcan scores twice, Berzins stops 35-of-37 shots to earn victory

OXFORD, Ohio – St. Cloud State Men's Hockey (7-7-0, 2-4-0 NCHC) jumped out to a 3-0 lead and held on to take the series finale and four points on the weekend in a 4-2 win over Miami (8-4-0, 2-4-0 NCHC) on Saturday night at Goggin Ice Center in Oxford, Ohio. All three goal scorers for SCSU scored for the second consecutive game with senior forward Grant Ahcan (Savage, Minn.) leading the way with his second career two-goal performance. Sophomore goaltender Patriks Berzins (Talsi, Latvia) was solid in between the pipes for SCSU, making a career-best 35 saves en route to his fourth win of the season.

SCSU jumped out to a 1-0 lead when it took advantage of a timely out of the box moment at the 13:05 mark of the first period. Ahcan had been serving a two-minute minor for cross-checking and jumped out of the box right as junior forward Tyson Gross (Calgary, Alberta) was making a clear during the penalty kill. Ahcan grabbed the puck before the blue and was all alone on a breakaway, faking multiple shots before waiting patiently and wrapping the puck around the outside pad of the goalie for the score. Ahcan's second goal in as many nights was the only goal of the first period.

Both teams scored twice in the middle frame, with SCSU jumping out to a 3-0 lead before Miami crawled back to make it 3-2 at the second intermission. The Huskies' goals both came on the power play, first from junior forward Barrett Hall (Apple Valley, Minn.) on a re-entry into the zone and then next from junior forward Tyson Gross (Calgary, Alberta) on a deflection from a shot from the point from senior defenseman Max Smolinski (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.). Senior forward Adam Ingram (West St. Paul, Manitoba) and sophomore forward Austin Burnevik (Ham Lake, Minn.) recorded assists on Hall's goal while Smolinski and senior defenseman Josh Zinger (Red Deer, Alberta) had helpers on Gross' goal. The Redhawks would then claw its way back with goals at the 10:13 and 15:06 marks to pull within one goal heading into the third and final period.

Both teams had a power play chance in the third period, but no one found the back of the net until Ahcan netted an empty net goal to seal the victory with 0:58 left.

TOP HUSKIES

Ahcan scored twice to lead the offensive charge for the Huskies while being named the first star of the game.
Berzins made a career-high 35 saves and earned the third star of the game.
Gross and Hall added their sixth goals of the season.

NOTES

With the win, SCSU is now 37-18-6 all-time against Miami and 12-11-3 against the RedHawks in Oxford.
On the season, SCSU improves to 7-1-0 when scoring first, 7-0-0 when leading after the first period, 7-1-0 when leading after two periods and 7-4-0 when scoring on the power play.
SCSU went 2-of-5 on the power play to improve to 31.3 (20-of-64) percent on the man advantage this season. The Huskies have scored a power play goal in 11 of 14 games this season.
Ahcan scored twice for his second career multi-goal game while recording the time in his career he has scored goals in back-to-back games.
Gross scored a goal and an assist for two points; the fifth time this season and 16^th time in his career he's scored 2+ points in a game. The Husky captain found the back of the net for the sixth time this season while adding his 12^th helper for his team-leading 18 points. The goal was his fourth power play goal of the season.
Gross continued his extremely impressive work in the dot, winning 19 faceoffs (19-9), already the fifth time this season he has won 15+ faceoffs. The Husky captain has won 10+ faceoffs in 13 of 14 games this season.
Hall scored his sixth goal of the season, fourth on the power play and 16^th point with his second period score.
Berzins' 35 saves set a new career-best, surpassing his previous best he set three other times, including in his most recent start against St. Thomas on Nov. 11. He allowed two or fewer goals for the fourth time in six starts this season.
Six Huskies had single assists in the game (season assist): Ingram (8), Wylie (7), Burnevik (6), Zinger (5), Smolinski (3), Miettinen (1).
Smolinski matched a career-best with five blocks, matching his mark against Clarkson on Jan. 13, 2024.

UP NEXT

SCSU returns home for its next two conference series, first with No. 6 North Dakota visiting the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center on Dec. 5-6.

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